DeSoto Parish, Louisiana; Biography: W. B. Peyton -p350

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            W. B. Peyton is a police juror from Ward 1,
         and having been born in this section he has the in-
         terests of the community at heart and is proving
         himself one of its most substantial residents.  His
         birth occurred on February 14, 1853, to William
         C. and E. J. (Kennedy) Peyton, natives, respect-
         ively of Tennessee and North Carolina.  They
         came to Louisiana during the early settlement of
         this region and being pleased with the country,
         and his enterprises meeting with good success, the
         father remained here until his death, which oc-
         curred in 1886, at the age of sixty-seven years, his
         wife dying in 1880, when sixty-two years old. He
         was one of the first men to open a store at this
         point, and being an able financier, succeeded in
         accumulating a fortune, but afterward lost it.
         Both were members of the Methodist Episcopal
         Church South, and in his political views he was a
         Democrat.  He came to this parish long before the
         town of Longstreet was dreamed of, which fact
         shows that he was a very early inhabitant of this
         section.  He and his wife became the parents of
         children, seven of whom are now living, of whom
         the subject of this sketch is the fourth.  He spent
         his school days in this parish, and when twenty
         years of age he commenced to sell goods at Mel-
         rose, Tex., but after remaining there two years he
         came to Keatchie, and has been one of the leading
         men of the place up to the present time.  In Au-
         gust, 1889, he commenced life as a commercial
         traveler, his business calling him throughout the
         cities of Arkansas, Texas and Louisiana.  He was
         appointed by Gov. McEnery to the office of justice
         of the peace, and in 1884 was elected to the posi-
         tion and has discharged his duties very ably.  In
         1884 he also received the appointment of police
         juror, becoming notary the same year.  He has
         always taken a deep interest in the political affairs
         of this parish, district and State, and has always
         been an earnest and active worker for democracy.
         Miss Eva Hall, of Shreveport, became his wife in
         1872, and their union has been blessed in the birth
         of the following children: C. H., W. B , Jr., G.
         Lamar and Edgar E.  One child, Elma, died in
         infancy.  Mrs. Peyton is a member of the Meth-
         odist Episcopal Church South.