Bio: A.  J. Du Bose, Sr., 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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A.  J. Du Bose, Sr., of Grand Cane, De Solo Parish, La., is a practical
farmer, one who believes that it is beneficial to have all his farming
operations  conducted in a manner so thorough as to not slight one department
of labor more than another, and this idea is carried out very completely.  He
is a native of Dallas County, Ala., where he was born January 25, 1824, his
parents, Isaac and Mary (Moss) Du Bose, being natives of Georgia, their
ancestors having been French Huguenots.  The great-grandfather was born in
France and emigrated to the new world over 200 years ago.  Isaac, the paternal
grandfather, was a soldier in the Revolution, and died in Alabama in 1824,
after having followed the life of a farmer.  To Isaac and Mary (Moss) Du Bose,
a family of eleven children were born, but only three are living at the
present date:  A. S., Mrs. Johnson (of Alabama), and Mrs. Williams (of
Mansfield, La.).  

After spending his youth and  early manhood in Alabama A J. Du Bose removed to
Louisiana, this being about the year 1854, and purchased his present
plantation, which he increased to 1,200 acres prior the war, his slaves
numbering thirty.  His present plantation, which is an excellent one,
comprises 480 acres with about 250 under cultivation, shows that he is thrifty
and persevering, and ever ready to adopt new and improved methods.  The
principal products are cotton and corn, but vegetables of all kinds and
all sorts of grain can be raised in abundance.  

He was married October 1, 1850 to Fannie C. Atkins, a native of Alabama, by
whom he has four children: Mary M. Durham, Martha E. Williams, A. J., Jr., and
Junius A.   Four of his children are deceased:  Thomas L., Fannie A., Sarah A.
and Frances A.  

Mr. Du Bose is a member of the Baptist Church, and has been for the past fifty
years.