Albert L. Smith, Grant Parish, Louisiana
Submitted to USGENWEB by Greggory E. Davies
120 Ted Price Lane
Winnfield, LA  71483




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Albert L. Smith


Albert L. Smith was superintendent of the Tremont & Gulf
Railroad, officially
head quartered at Winnfield, Louisiana.  He began his railroad
career as an
axman with the engineering corps during preliminary construction
of the rail
line.  He was born at Pollock, Grant Parish, Louisiana, December
5, 1886, son
of William L. and Jane Lee Smith.  Mrs. Smith was a sister to
Colonel Swords
Lee.  

William L. Smith was a farm industry representative in Grant
Parish when he
assumed the position of trackman for the Big Creek Lumber
Company, having
charge of the laying of track for logging railroads for the
company.  He later
became supervisor of highway maintenance in Winn Parish.  He was
born in Winn
Parish, in 1864, and Mrs. Smith was born in Mississippi.  Mr.
Smith also
worked for the Germain-Boyd Lumber Company at Atlanta, Winn
Parish, after he
left the Big Creek Lumber Company.  He next took a position with
the Tremont &
Gulf Railroad.  He was a loyal democrat and he and his wife
active Baptists.

The children of William L. and Jane Lee Smith were Albert L., the
eldest,
Henry H., an artillery man in the United State Army during World
War I, L.
Houston, who also served in the World War as a radioman, James
I., who was in
officers' school when the World War ended, and later attended
Tulane Law
School, and Mattie Lou, wife of A. L. Ladner, a store owner at
Joyce, Winn
Parish, Louisiana.  

Albert L. was educated in local schools and worked with the civil
engineering
department of the Big Creek Lumber Company.  He served in
positions such as
axman, rodman, dispatcher, chief dispatcher, train master, and
finally as
superintendent.  

Albert was a loyal democrat and served on the Winnfield City
Council and as
chairman of the street committee.  He was a member of Eastern
Star Masonic
Lodge, Winnfield, and Bethlehem Commandery, York Rite Masons,
Shreveport
Scottish Rite, and the El Karubah Shrine.  He and his wife were
earnest
members of the First Baptist Church, Winnfield, and he was a
teacher of the
Men's Bible Class.  Mr. Smith married Jeannette Ottice Barnes,
daughter of
Osey and Nancy Barnes.  Mrs. Smith was a graduate of Winnfield
High School. 
Their children were Albert L., Jr., Marjorie Elaine, and Leonard
Ashley.  Mrs.
Smith was a member of Winnfield's Eastern Star Chapter.


(Source:  Chambers' History of Louisiana, 1925; Submitted to USGENWEB by
Greggory Ellis
Davies, Winnfield, Winn Parish, Louisiana.  The above Albert L.
Smith was the
grandfather of Eighth Judicial District Judge Douglas H. Allen,
of Winnfield,
La.)