DeSoto Parish, Louisiana; Biography: George H. Sutherlin - s364

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	 George H. Sutherlin, district clerk and exofficio
         recorder of De Soto Parish, La., comes of old Vir-
         ginian stock his parents, John and Sarah (Conway)
         Sutherlin, having been born and lived and died in
         the Old Dominion.  The father was an honor-
         able and upright tiller of the soil, and he and his
         wife became the parents of seven children, only
         two of whom are living: George H. and a sister,
         who resides in Virginia.  Two sons, N. A. and W.
         S., were killed during the Rebellion.  George H.
         Sutherlin was born in Pittsylvania County, Va.,
         December 9, 1830, and resided in his native State
         until he was about sixteen years of age, his educa-
         tion being also received there.  In 1846 he left
         Virginia, and remained in Alabama until 1850,
         when he came to Mansileld, La., and began earn-
         ing his own living as a clerk, subsequently opening
         a store for himself, which he conducted with fair
         results for some years.  In 1862 he became a mem-
         ber of Company B, Consolidated Crescent Regi-
         ment, and served in the Trans-Mississippi Depart-
         ment until the final surrender, being afterward
         transferred from Company B to Company F, in
         which he was made lieutentant, which company he
         was commanding at the time of the surrender,
         having taken part in all the principal engagements
         in which his regiment participated.  He has been
         a planter and merchant all his life, and now has
         about 100 acres of his plantation under cultivation,
         on which he raises cotton and corn principally.
         He is one of the prominent men of his parish, and
         in 1885was appointed to fill the unexpired term
         of W C. Reynolds, as district clerk, and his popu-
         larity was proven for he was elected in 1888, and
         has since held the position with credit to himself
         and to the satisfaction of the public.  He was
         first married in 1855 to Miss Mary E. McMichael
         who left him with a family of three children to care
         for, two being now alive:  William R. and Cora E.
         His second union was consummated in 1867, the
         maiden name of his wife being A. C. Miles,by whom
         he has one child, E. L.  Mr. Sutherlin is a member
         of the Masonic fraternity, and he is a member of
         the Methodist Episcopal Church, and his wife is a
         member of the Baptist Church.