M. Q. SWILLEY
                         Sugartown, LA



**
**********************************************
Copyright.  All rights reserved.
http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm
http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm
************************************************
 

Source: Southwest Louisiana Historical and Biographical by William Henry Perrin
published in 1891; page 194.
Typed by Margaret Rentrop Moore


M. Q. SWILLEY, Sugartown.- M. Q. Swilley, planter, living in Ward 7, is a native
of Mississippi, born in Capor county, in 1856. He is the son of Sutlif and
Matilda (Little) Swilley. His father was a native of Georgia, his mother of
Mississippi. They were married in Mississippi, and became the parents of six
children, four sons and two daughters, three of whom are now living: Marion,
Monroe and M. Q., the subject of this sketch. S. Swilley was a prosperous
planter, and to this vocation gave his full attention during his whole life. He
died in 1858, his widow surviving him until 1862 or 1863. They were both members
of the Baptist church.
M. Q. Swilley came to Louisiana in 1879. He bought a farm, and has given his
undivided attention to its cultivation.
He was married, in 1881, to Miss Perkins, a native of Louisiana, born in
Calcasieu parish, 1865. He and his wife are the parents of five children, two of
whom are living: Ida C. and Susan; the other three died in infancy. Mr.
Swilley owns a nice little farm consisting of about one hundred acres, a portion
of which is under cultivation, well  improved, with a good orchard of a variety
of fruits. Mr. Swilley is a Freemason, a member of Sam Todd Lodge, No. 182.