HAMPTON, C. P.
                          Edgerly, LA



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Source: Southwest Louisiana Historical and Biographical by William Henry Perrin
published in 1891; page 162.
Typed by Margaret Rentrop Moore

C.P. Hampton, Edgerly - C.P. Hampton is a native of Texas, born in 1844, in the
city of Marshall, of which his grandfather was the founder.
C.P. Hampton came to Louisiana in 1856 and has been a resident of Calcasieu
parish for sixteen years, having resided in Rapides parish previous to locating
in Calcasieu.  In 1861 Mr. Hampton enlisted in the Confederate service and was
in the Army of Tennessee, serving during the whole war.  Mr. Hampton has taken
as active part in political affairs.  He was elected State Senator in
1884 and reelected in 1888.  During his term of service he has been active in
all measures to promote the interests of this section.  Mr. Hampton deals
largely in lumber and has a mill at Vinton.  He is also a succcessful farmer and
has a plantation of two thousand acres, eight hundred of which are under
cultivation.  Mr. Hampton was married in 1876 to Miss Louvinia Perkins. 
They are the parents of six children, all of whom are living.