BETTISON, David R., Marksville, Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by Randy DeCuir




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D. R. Bettison, deputy sheriff and jailer, of Avoyelles Parish, was born in
Rapides Parish, La., in 1849. He is the son of Thomas G. and Eliza S.
(Rutledge) Bettison. T. G. Bettison was born and reared near Woodville, Miss.
He immigrated to Louisiana in 1818, and became a pioneer of Rapides Parish,
entering a great amount of Government land around the present site of
Cheneyville. He married close to Cheneyville, and lived in Rapides Parish till
1850, when he moved into Avoyelles Parish, and lived on Bayou Chopegue5 till
the time of his death, 1873. Mrs. E. S. Bettison was born in Georgia, and
became a resident of Rapides Parish, La., while a young lady. She became the
mother of sixteen children by her first and only marriage, and is still alive,
residing in Texas. She is a lineal descendant of John Rutledge, one of the
signers of the Declaration of Independence.  Our subject grew to manhood in
Avoyelles Parish, and received a limited education. He was married in 1878,
and remained on the farm till 1882, when he entered the livery business in
Evergreen, La., where he remained till 1888, when he came to Marksville and
there opened the livery business. He reached Marksville with limited capital,
but has done well, and has accumulated considerable property in the short
period he has been there. He has been deputy sheriff of Avoyelles for six
years, and parish jailer for nearly three years. He married Miss Ada Keller of
Holmesville, La., and is the father of three children: D. L., Susan and
Bessie.