Biography of J. M. Breard;  Ouachita Parish, Louisiana

Submitted by Mike Miller
Source: A History of Louisiana, (vol. 2), p. 215, by Henry E. Chambers.
Published by The American Historical Society, Inc., Chicago and New York, 1925. 



**********************************************
Copyright.  All rights reserved.
http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm
http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm
**********************************************
 


J. M. Breard, Monroe banker, is a member of a family that has been identified
with the history of this section of Louisiana since the first settlement was
planted there in the form of a military post by his ancestor of the Filhiol
family.  The Breards have been in Monroe almost as long as the Filhiols.

J. M. Breard was born at Monroe in 1883, son of J. M. and Azema (Trouard)
Breard.  His mother is still living.  His father, who died in 1911, was a
member of the Monroe City Council for eight years.

J. M. Breard was educated in St. Hyacinth's Academy, in Professor Bentley's
private school at Monroe, also attended the Louisiana Polytechnic Institute
at Ruston, and graduated from the Alamo Business College at San Antonio,
Texas.

In 1911 he entered the service of the Central Savings Bank and Trust Company
as bookkeeper, was promoted to teller, in 1918 to assistant cashier, and on
January 1, 1924, became cashier of this old and substantial bulwark in the
financial history of Ouachita Parish.  He is looked upon as a banker of
exceptional ability, and besides the service he has rendered in the
profession, he has been for some years prominent in the public life of his
parish.

Mr. Breard has been a member of the Ouachita Parish Police Jury since 1915.
During 1921-22 he was president of the police jury, at which time plans were
made for the erection of the new courthouse, now under construction.  For six
years, from 1916 to 1922, Mr. Breard was a member of the City of Monroe
School Board.

He is a member of the Monroe Golf and Country Club, the Lotus Club and
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks.  He married Miss Lottie Pritchard
and has a daughter, Charlotte Olive Breard.

#  #  #