STORY, Hambden, St. Bernard, 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. 419-420.  Edited by Alc‚e
Fortier, Lit.D.  Published in 1914, by Century Historical Association.

Story, Hampden, of Shreveport, La., attorney, is a distinguished citizen of
the Pelican state, learned in the law, prominent in public and social life; by
birth and family alliances belonging to the ancient and eminent element of
wealth and influence in the southern part of this country.  He is a native of
the parish of St. Bernard, La., (April 27, 1852).  His father, Henry C. Story,
born in New Orleans, received a brilliant education, graduated at West Point
in 1842; served as lieutenant in the United States army, and resigned to
engage in the sugar planting business on the extensive estate known as the
Story plantation, in St. Bernard parish, 9 miles below the city of New
Orleans, on the banks of the Mississippi River.  The marriage of Henry C.
Story and Miss Amelia Lesseps took place in New Orleans, the birthplace of the
bride, who was the daughter of Alexandre Lesseps, prominent citizen and
planter.  The Story and the Lesseps families have been identified with the
best interests of Louisiana since the early part of the nineteenth century. 
Benjamin Story, grandfather of the subject of this sketch was a native of
Monmouth county, N. J., who settled in Louisiana in 1803 and engaged in the
cotton business.  He was with the American troops at the battle of New Orleans
in 1815, was captured by the British and taken prisoner to England.  Returning
to Louisiana, he was agent for the banking firm of Brown, Shipley & Co.  The
Louisiana Bank of New Orleans, which was for many years one of the strongest
among the financial institutions of the state, was founded by Mr. Benjamin
Story, who was elected its president, in which office he remained until his
death, about the year 1847.  James Story, paternal great-grandfather of Hon
Hampden Story, was born in Massachusetts.  He removed to New Jersey in his
early manhood and was a farmer for many years.  The Storys are of English
lineage, and the Lesseps are of French descent. Hampden Story is the eldest of
a family of 9 children, all of whom except one, who died within the past few
months, are living.  After going through the usual preliminary schooling at
home, Hampden Story entered the University of Nashville, Tenn.  In 1873, he
was admitted to practice by the supreme court, and soon after, he began his
professional career, also taking care of his interests in the ancestral sugar
estate. In 1887, Mr. Story devoted himself to practicing law to the exclusion
of his plantation business, and in 1892 went Crowley, La., where he remained
20 years, then removing to Shreveport, his present domicile.  Mr. Story has
thoroughly identified himself with the people of that city.  He is considered
as one of the ablest lawyers of North Louisiana.  For a great many years he
has been prominent in the political life of Louisiana. In 1874-76, he was
district attorney pro tempore for St. Bernard parish; member of the
legislature in 1880.  Mr. Story is a life-long democrat, and was one of the
presidential electors for Woodrow Wilson in 1912.  In fraternal orders, Mr.
Story is a member of the Elks Lodge, No. 745, of Crowley.  The marriage of
Hampden Story and Miss Catherine Bradford, daughter of Robert H. Bradford, a
distinguished lawyer of New Orleans, took place in 1889.  One daughter,
Millicent B. Story, has blessed their union.