CALHOUN, (Hon.) Nathan M., Catahoula Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by Mike Miller
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Date: Aug. 1998




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Calhoun, Hon. Nathan M., judge tenth district court of Louisiana is a son of
Dr. Davney P. and Ellen D. (Neely) Calhoun, and was born in Catahoula
parish, Nov. 7, 1853.  The father was born in South Carolina in 1817 and
when about 30 years old came to Louisiana where he practiced medicine and
followed planting until his death in 1900.  His first residence in this
state was at Trinity, at which place he married Miss Ellen D. Neely in 1850,
after which he moved down the river to a plantation near where his wife had
formerly lived.  Dr. and Mrs. Calhoun were the parents of 4 children:  Dr.
S. N. Calhoun, practicing medicine at Lavacca on Little River;  Judge Nathan
M. Calhoun, the subject of this sketch;  Jennie, now Mrs. S. N. Yarrel of
Williamston, N. C.;  Dr. Lee F. Calhoun, drowned in Black river in 1903.
Judge N. M. Calhoun spent his youth in the place of his birth and attended
country school until about 15 years old.  He then went to Morehouse college,
in Morehouse parish, where he remained 2 years, and then spent another 2
years in Homer college, a Methodist school in Claiborne parish, followed by
1 year in Arizonia seminary in the same parish.  At that time the last named
school was in charge of Prof. J. W. Nicholson, now of the Louisiana State
university.  After this, Judge Calhoun read law and attended the law
department of the University of Louisiana, now Tulane.  He graduated there
in 1876 with the degree of LL. B.  Succeeding this, he taught school 1 year
and then began the practice of law in Harrisonburg, remaining there only
about 1 year, when lie moved to Houma, this state, where he resided about 4
years.  While there he filled the office of recorder under appointment of
Gov. Nicholls for part of the time.  In 1882 he left Houma and returned to
Catahoula parish to engage in planting on what is known as the Eutaw
plantation on Black river, occasionally practicing law.  He remained there
until 1899, when he located in Vidalia and began the practice of law, which
continued until he was elected judge to fill the unexpired term of Judge
John Dale, who had resigned.  Judge Calhoun was married Jan. 14, 1878, to
Miss Nannie N. Williams of Ouachita parish.  Her parents were Rev. R. T.
Williams, originally from North Carolina, and Nannie (Newit) Williams.  To
Judge and Mrs. Calhoun 2 children have been born: R. D. Calhoun, now an
attorney in Vidalia, La.;  Benjamin C. Calhoun, in business in Mobile, Ala.
Judge Calhoun is a member and a steward of the M. E. church, South, and has
been a district steward.  In all the stations of life, he has acquitted
himself in an able and creditable manner and is ranked among the state's
foremost jurists.

Source:  Louisiana: Comprising Sketches of Parishes, Towns, Events,
Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form, volume 3, pp. 718-
719.  Edited by Alc e Fortier, Lit. D.  Published in 1914, by Century
Historical Association.