Bio: Marion McMillan,  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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     Marion McMillan, planter, of Ward 7, Caddo Parish, La., was born in
Rapides Parish in 1832, being the son of Archie B. and Lucinda (Vines)
McMillan, natives of North Carolina and South Carolina, respectively.  His
parents were married in Alabama and moved from there at an early date to
Rapides Parish, and in 1837 settled in Caddo Parish, where the father died in
1870; his widow died in 1879.  The father was a planter by occupation, and his
father, Archie McMillan, was a Scotchman by birth, and breathed his last in
the State of North Carolina.  Andrew Jackson Vines, grandfather of the
subject of this sketch, was born in South Carolina, and died in Sabine
Parish about 1860.  He was of Scotch-French descent.  Marion McMillan was
the fourth in number of the ten children born to his parents, and passed
his early life on the plantation, receiving a good education at private
neighborhood schools.  In 1856 he married Miss Georgiana Gray, daughter of
Charles and Louisa Gray, who was born in Alabama.  To this union have been
born two sons and four daughters.  After his marriage, the subject of this
sketch lived in several different places, but came from Texas to Caddo
Parish, and has continued to make this his home.  He is the owner of
about 1,500 acres of valuable land, which is divided into two plantations,
the home place being only about eight miles south of Shreveport.  During
the late war, Mr. McMillan served about a year, being detailed by Kirby
Smith to do teaming from Shreveport to Houston.  Mr. McMillan is one of the
most thoroughly progressive planters in this prosperous State, and has
accumulated all his "worldly goods" by means of his industry and ability.
Everywhere it is a generally conceded fact that Southern gentlemen are, as
a rule, unusually courteous and generous in their opinion of others, and
Mr. McMillan belongs to this class, being a most hospitable and elegant
host and a kind neighbor.