Boatner, Mark M.; Concordia Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by Mike Miller



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Boatner, Mark M., is a son of the late Charles J. Boatner, and was born in
Concordia parish, La., Jan. 5, 1872.  He obtained his degree of bachelor of
science from the Virginia Military institute in 1892, and graduated in law
from Tulane university in 1896.  He was junior-major of the 2nd United States
volunteer infantry, commanded by Col. Duncan N. Hood in the Spanish-American
war.  From 1906 to 1910 Mr. Boatner was the attorney for the collector of
inheritance tax and was a member of the constitutional convention of 1913.  He
has held no other positions of consequence.  He is a Democrat in politics, but
not a politician.  Fraternally, Mr. Boatner is a Master Mason.  He was married
in 1894 to Miss Bertie E. Bryant. 

Source:  Louisiana:  Comprising Sketches of Parishes, Towns, Events,
Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form (volume 3), p. 53. 
Edited by Alcée Fortier, Lit.D.  Published in 1914, by Century Historical
Association.