O'LEARY, James Francis, M. D., Madison County, MS., 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), p. 333.  Edited by Alcée
Fortier, Lit.D.  Published in 1914, by Century Historical Association.

O'Leary, James Francis, M. D., successful physician and surgeon, Shreveport,
La., was born at Sharon, Madison county, Miss., Jan. 30, 1847; son of Dr.
Pearce O'Leary, who was a native of Ireland.  The father came to America when
about 21 years of age and immediately located in the state of Georgia.  He was
professionally educated at Augusta, in that state, and practiced medicine many
years.  He died at the age of 75.  The mother, Catherine Cooksey (Semmes)
O'Leary, was a native of Georgia and of English ancestry.  James Francis
O'Leary was the fifth of 8 children born to his parents.  His youth was passed
in the locality in which he was born, where he attended the private schools,
and was a student in Madison college, Sharon, Miss., when at the age of 17
years he enlisted in the Confederate army.  After the war he entered Bellvue
Hospital college, New York, from which he graduated with the degree of M. D.
in the class of 1873.  Shortly thereafter he located at Millikens Bend, La.,
and there engaged in the practice of his profession, continuing in this
location until 1882, when he removed to Shreveport, La., where he has since
been continually engaged in practice, his professional experience in the
latter city now covering a period of about 32 years.  He is widely and
favorably known among members of his profession throughout the South, and
enjoys a very large practice at Shreveport and in adjacent territory, where he
is highly esteemed as a citizen as well as an able physician and surgeon.  He
is a member of both the state and parish medical societies.  In 1876 Dr.
O'Leary was married to Miss Alice Jones, a daughter of Allen Jones of
Millikens Bend, La.  Dr. and Mrs. O'Leary have 3 children, as follows: 
Hattie, wife of George Andrews of Los Angeles, Cal.;  Frank, of Shreveport,
and  Florence, wife of R. H. Wald, of Shreveport.  Dr. O'Leary and members of
his family affiliate with the Catholic church.