DeSoto Parish, Louisiana; Biography: H. A. Storey - s360

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           H. A. Storey.  The life of this well-known
         planter affords an example that might well be
         imitated by the young men of to-day, for on start-
         ing out in life for himself he had but little means,
         but his endeavors were resultful of good, and he is
         now a well-to-do farmer of De Soto Parish.  He
         possesses a fine property of 640 acres, with
         about 400 under cultivation, and has shown much
         intelligence and shrewdness in its management.
         His principal crop is cotton, the raising of which
         he understands thoroughly, but he also raises corn
         in abundance, and vegetables of all kinds sufficient
         for home consumption.  He raises sufficient stock
         to successfully conduct his plantation, and his
         reputation here as a leader of his calling is firmly 
         established.  He was born in Pickens County, Ala.,
         December 21, 1846, to Henry and Jane (White)
         Storey, natives of South Carolina, who removed to
         Louisiana in 1856, taking a farm adjoining the 
         present town of Grand Cane, his section of land
         costing him $10 per acre, a small portion being
         purchased for $6.  This land was partly improved, 
         but to such a man as Henry Storey this was not at
         all satisfactory until the greater portion was under
         the plow.  He made many very valuable improve-
         ments, and here made his home until his death,
         which occurred on August 16, 1871, his wife dying
         in 1862, after having borne him a family of ten
         children, only three being alive at the present 
         time: H. A., Mrs. Ricks and Mrs. Sloan.  H. A.
         Storey was but nine years of age when brought
         this State, and owing to the thinly-peopled country
         and to the scarcity and inferiority of the schools of
         that day, the education which he received was
         rather limited.  During the latter part of the war
         he served three months in the Confederate army
         but was in no severe battles or skirmishes.  Miss
         Alice L. Eatman became his wife in 1874, and, in
         time, the mother of his six children:  Clarence,
         Florence, John, Myrtle, Hardee and Earl.  He
         and wife are members of the Cumberland Presby-
         terian Church.  In connection with his farming
         he operates a large cotton-gin and grist-mill, doing
         an extensive and paying business.