Bio: Col. S. B. McCutchen,  Caddo Parish La
Source: Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Northwest Louisiana
The Southern Publishing Company, Chicago & Nashville,  1890
Submitted by: Suzanne Shoemaker




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     Col. S. B. McCutchen, president of the Commercial National Bank, at
Shreveport, and one of the oldest and most substantial citizens of that
city, was born in Columbus, Georgia, in July, 1834.  His father, Mark
McCutchen, was a native of Georgia, and his mother, whose maiden name was
Miss Pamelia Brown, was a native of Florida.  The parents emigrated to
Caddo Parish, Louisiana, in January, 1848, locating twelve miles from
Shreveport, and there the father followed planting up to the time of his
death, which occurred in 1858.  The mother died in 1872.  Of the four
children born to their marriage, only one besides our subject is now
living, Mrs. Hagood, of Texas.  When about thirteen years of age, Col. S.
B. McCutchen came with his parents to Louisiana, and here he received the
principal part of his education in the common schools, which were
considered very good.  He remained on the farm until nineteen years of age,
and then began bookkeeping in Magnolia, Tex., remaining there for five
years.  After this he returned home, and took charge of his father's
plantation for one year.  In 1860 he came to Shreveport, and kept books for
Walters & Elders, until the threatening of war-cloud broke over the Union.
In 1862 he enlisted in Company I, Twenty-seventh Louisiana Regiment, and
was subsequently made a lieutenant.  He filled the position of
Act.-Assist.-Adjutant-General, and was in Gen. Allen Thomas' brigade.  He
was captured at the siege of Vicksburg, but was paroled soon after.  He
participated in all the engagements of his regiment, has a good a war
record as any man in the State, and commanded a very fine set of men.
Returning home after the war, he kept books for a private bank until 1868,
and after this was engaged in the commission business, continuing at this
until 1884, since which time he has been connected with the Commercial
National Bank.  He was made president of the same in January, 1890.  He was
president of the Cotton Exchange for six years, and is president of the
board of trustees of Thatcher Institute.  He is a member of the Masonic
fraternity, and a charter member of the commandery, and is eminent
commander of the latter.  He is connected with the Electric Railway
Company, of which he is president, and is a member of the Shreveport Gin
company.  He is also the owner of considerable real estate.  He was
married, in 1869, to Miss Amelia, daughter of Judge J. M. Ford, and they
are the parents of four children:  Marcus A., Bessie, Mertis and S. B., Jr.
 Mr. and Mrs. McCutchen are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church,
South.  The commercial National Bank, of which Mr. McCutchen is the
president, is the outgrowth of a private bank established as far back as
1852.  It was nationalized in 1887, and has a paid-in capital of $100,000,
with a surplus of $21,000, and undivided profits of $24,000.  A general
banking business is done, and the concern is looked upon as one of the
strongest and safest financial establishments in this section of the
country, the officers and directors being men of large means and sound
business judgment.  The officers are S. B. McCutchen, president; J. P.
Scott, vice-president, and T. L. Stringfellow, cashier, who, together with 
the following gentlemen, constitute the board of directors:  J. G.
McWilliams, Jos. Boisseau, N. Gregg, H. F. Doll, Jacob Dillinger and R. N.
McKeller.  The correspondents of this bank in other cities are the
Importers & Traders' National Bank of New York; Hibernia National Bank of
New Orleans, and the Commercial Bank of St. Louis.  Mr. Stringfellow, the
cashier, has been with the bank eleven years, and is an able financier.