Jacob Levin, Jr., Rapides Parish Louisiana
Submitted by: Suzanne Shoemaker

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Source: Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Northwest Louisiana
The Southern Publishing Company, Chicago & Nashville,  1890

     JACOB LEVIN, JR., manager of Lemourie Shingle Mills at Lemourie, La., is
a native of Louisiana, born in Rapides Parish in 1864, and the son of Julius
and Christina (Dupree) Levin.  The father was born in Germany, but came to
America when quite young.  He is now an extensive property owner and mill
man of Alexandria, La.  Jacob Levin was educated in the University of
Louisiana, and after returning from school he remained with his father at
Alexandria until 1889.  He and his father then located the Lemourie Shingle
Mills at Lemourie, Rapides Parish, La., and here they have since continued.
 Mr. Levin is a bright and successful business man, and all his operations
are conducted with dispatch and decision.  He is a man of education, of
high literary taste, and his home is made pleasant by many of the best
books the times offer.  As he is very fond of reading, his library is
filled with all the standard works.  The Lemourie Mills turn out 110,000
shingles per day and ship to all parts of the country, although Indian
Territory gets most of them.  The firm owns about 16,000,000 feet of
cypress timber, and is enlarging the Lemourie Mills to greater capacity.
They are wide awake, thoroughgoing business men, and have all the
requisites necessary to make a success of whatever they undertake.