HERNDON, Edward B., Mead County, KY; then Caddo Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by Mike Miller
Date: 1999-2000



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Louisiana:  Comprising Sketches of Parishes, Towns, Events, Institutions, and
Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form (volume 3), pp. 201-202.  Edited by Alcée
Fortier, Lit.D.  Published in 1914, by Century Historical Association.


Herndon, Edward B., of Shreveport, La., lawyer, was born March 12, 1849, in
Mead County, Kentucky, the son of William and Mary (Woolfolk) Herndon, who
were both natives of Virginia, and who emigrated to Texas in 1861 and owned a
plantation.  They removed to Louisiana in 1868, locating on a plantation 4
miles from  Shreveport.  Mr. Herndon was 56 years old, and his wife, 76, when
death overtook them.  Edward B. Herndon was the third son in the family of
six.  He was reared in Kentucky and in Texas, and was educated at Waco, Texas,
university; also under private tutors, and at the University of Virginia,
graduating with the degree of Bachelor of Laws in 1870.  He went, soon after
receiving his diploma, to Shreveport, where he has been practising his
profession during the last 44 years, an honorable, able and veteran
practitioner.  He has held public office but twice: as parish attorney for the
Parish of Caddo, and as member of the city council.  He is the owner of a
large plantation, 7 miles from Shreveport; is a member of the order Knights of
Pythias. Oct. 14, 1874, Mr. Herndon married Miss Mary F. Wise, daughter of Dr.
Jacob S. Wise, of Greenwood, Caddo parish.  They are the parents of 2
children, Mary S., wife of R. O. Alexander, of Charlotte, N. C., and  Edward
B. Jr., in partnership with his father in the practice of law.