L. B. Baily, E. Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by Mile Miller


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L. B. Baily, E. Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana
    L. B. Baily, merchant, planter and stockraiser, is a native of
Louisiana, his birth occurring February 17, 1857, he sixth in a family
of eleven children born to J. N. and Caroline (Humblat) Baily, natives
of Mecklenburg county, Va. and Louisiana respectively, the father being
a merchant and planter by occupation.  L. B. Baily was brought up to a
knowledge of both these callings by his father, and up to the age of
seventeen years was given the advantages of the common schools.  From
that time until 1883 he was engaged in various callings, after which he
began merchandising in connection with planting and stock raising.  His
first independent venture was in picking cotton for his brother in order
to obtain means with which to start in business for himself.  He now
carries a large stock of general merchandise and does an extensive
furnishing business, being also a registered pharmacist and carries
drugs.  He is the owner of four plantations, amounting to about 600
acres, and has 400 acres under the plow.  He handles about 300 bales of
cotton yearly and occasionally does his own shipping.  For eight years
he was quite extensively engaged in stock raising and keeps a good grade
of beef cattle.  He carries a stock of general merchandise valued at
about $2,500, with which he does a business of about $15,000 yearly.  He
attends strictly to his business affairs, and as a result, and also
owing to his proper methods of conducting his affairs, he is now in good
circumstances, with a fair prospect of becoming wealthy.  He is
unmarried.  In 1888 he was appointed a member of the police jury.
 
 From Biographical and Historical Memoires of Louisiana, volume 2, p.
258. 
Submitted by Mike Miller