Bio: Charles W. Hamner, General Merchant, Bienville Parish La
Source: Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Northwest Louisiana
The Southern Publishing Company, Chicago & Nashville,  1890
Submitted by: Gaytha Thompson


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CHARLES W. HAMNER
General Merchant
Bulah, La.

This prominent merchant who is engaged in business on the route between
Arcadia and Sparta, was  born in the Empire State of the South, on October 8,
1848, and was the eldest of the following children: Susan E. (resides in
Bienville Parish, and is the wife of B. F. Roberson), Jesse H. (is married,
resides in Bienville, and is a cotton planter and public ginner), Miles E. (is
married, and is a planter), Lorenzo P. (is married, and is also a planter),
Mary 0. (married William B. Bryan, a planter),William D.(is married, and a
planter), Fannie V. (married W. B. Stall who besides planting is also a
salesman), and Oliver 0. (who is attending college in Tennessee).  The above
mentioned children, with the exception of the last, are residents of Bienville
Parish.  

The father, William Hamner, was also a native of Georgia, and was born on
April 24,1824.  Like the sons who have followed in his footsteps, he was a
planter by occupation, and was a man universally respected.  He died in 1884. 
The mother, Sarah Jane (Baten) Hamner, was born in Georgia on November 24,
1828, and is now a resident of Bienville Parish.  

Charles W. Hamner first attended the private schools of Alabama, and then took
a course at Mount Lebanon University, after which he started out to teach the
"young idea."  On December 19, 1872, his nuptials with Miss Sallie L. Moreland
were celebrated. She was a native of Louisiana, born August 31, 1852, and
received a good education at Mount Lebanon University. Her father, William C.
Moreland, was a native of South Carolina, and was Missionary Baptist minister.
He was a prominent divine and was noted far and near.  The mother, whose
maiden name was Ann T. Willis, was a native Georgia, and is living at the
present time in Bienville Parish. The father is deceased. 

Four children ere born to the union of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Hamner: The eldest
died in infancy.  William Peale six years of age, Charles Ernest is four years
of age, and Henry Gordon ]s one year old. 

Mr. Hamner votes the Democratic ticket, and always endeavors to exercise his
franchise for men of principle and honor.  He is now a member of the police
jury of Bienville Parish.  This position is an important one to fill, and
requires men of judgment and executive ability to successfully conduct the
same.  He has been the postmaster at Bulah since 1884.  He is owner of about
1,000 acres of land, a half interest in a ginning and grist-mill valued at
1,500, and has also a mercantile establishment at Bulah, his annual sales
amounting to $10,700. 

Mr. Hamner is well known for his strict and fair dealing with his customers,
and is a man of prominence. Mrs. Hamner is a member of the Missionary Baptist
Church at Good Hope.