Bio: Dr M. M. Bannerman, Desoto Parish Louisiana
Source: Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Northwest Louisiana
The Southern Publishing Company, Chicago & Nashville, 1890

Submitted by Gaytha Carver Thompson





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DR. M. M. BANNERMAN

Few, if any industrial or professional pursuits have within the last few
years made such rapid strides as that of the profession of medicine, and among
the leading physicians of Do Soto Parish, La., who have availed themselves of
all new ideas and put them into practice, may be mentioned Dr. Bannerman. He
first saw the light of day in Mansfield, La., on October 22, 1865, being a son
of C and S. G. (Moss) Bannerman, both of whom were born in the State of
Alabama, and in 1854 emigrated to Louisiana locating at Mansfield, but the
father died in Texas in 1867, having served as an adjutant in the Rebellion.
He was wounded in the battle of Mansfield by a gunshot, but otherwise escaped
injury during his service. He was a planter by calling, socially a Royal Arch
Mason, and being a prominent Politician, represented Leon County in the Texas
Legislature. His widow survives him, being a resident of Mansfield and to
their union two children were born Dr. M. M. and Charles T. 

The former received the principal part of his rearing in the town of Mansfield
and in his youth and early manhood received excellent educational advantages,
being an attendant for some time of the Centenary College of Jackson, La.
Unlike many boys who are given good educational advantages but fail to improve
them, he applied himself diligently to his books and upon leaving that
institution was an intelligent and well-informed young man, well fitted to
make his own way in the world. He had long desired to take up some
profession, and in 1881 he entered the medical department of the University of
Virginia, and graduated in the year 1885, immediately entering upon his
practice at Grand Cane, where his practice already extends over a wide
territory, and is among the most intelligent and well-to-do citizens of
this section. In 1887 he was appointed-physician and surgeon for the Texas
& Pacific Railroad, a position he still retains. He was married in 1889 to
Miss Ione Estman, by whom he has one child, Charles D.