DeSoto Parish, Louisiana; Biography: Middleton Hale Rembert - r516

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           Middleton Hale Rembert.  From this brief and
         incomplete view of the life record of Mr. Rembert
         will be seen that his life from earliest youth up
         has riot been uselessly or idly spent.  He was
         born in Sabine Parish, La., in 1851, being a son
         of Dr. Robert A. and Emily (Hale) Rembert, the
         former a native of Virginia, and the latter of Ala-
         bama, their marriage taking place in the last
         named State.  About 1849 or 1850 they came to
         Sabine Parish, La., soon after locating in Pleasant
         Hill, and three years later in Mansfield, where Dr.
         Rembert died in 1856, having been a successful
         physician and planter, his widow following him to
         his long home in 1861 both worthy Christians
         and members of the Missionary Baptist Church.
         Middleton Hale Rembert is the youngest of four
         children born to them, three sons now living, and
         his early days were spent at farm  labor and in
         attending the common schools near his home, be-
         ginning the battle of life for himself at about the
         age of fifteen years.  In 1874 he was married to
         Miss Minnie McDonnell, a native of Mississippi,
         and by her is the father of seven children.  Her
         parents, Alex and Fannie McDonnell, were born
         in Mississippi and Georgia, respectively, but the
         former was killed in war, and the latter died in
         her husband' s native State.  Mr. Rembert has
         resided on his present plantation of 120 acres for
         the past seven years, it being situated one mile
         west of Pelican, and although his acreage is small,
         it is so carefully tilled that it yields a larger
         annual income than many larger tracts.  He be-
         longs to the Farmers' Alliance, and he and his
         wife are members of the Baptist Church.