Thomas J. Texada, Rapides Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by Mike Miller

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Thomas J Texada, commissioner of finance of the City of Alexandria, 
had a broad general business and commercial experience to qualify 
him for the administration of the financial department of the 
municipal government, and has made a most commendable record in 
that office.  He was born at Boyce, Louisiana, November 3, 1885, 
son of W. F. and Kate Melissa (Texada) Texada.  His parents were 
natives of Rapides Parish, where his father for many years was 
engaged in farming.  His father spent twenty years in the parish 
assessor's office.  He was a democrat in politics, and both parents 
were active members of the Methodist Church.

Fourth in a family of six children, and the only son.  Thomas B. 
Texada acquired a good education to prepare him for a commercial 
career.  He attended the Centenary College at Jackson, Louisiana, 
and also the Commercial College at Tyler, Texas.  His first working 
experience was as bookkeeper and after keeping books for five years, 
he spent seven years in the mercantile business at Boyce, and three 
years as a merchant at Alexandria.

His first experience in the commissioner of finance office was as
 bookkeeper and after a year he was appointed to fill the vacancy 
as commissioner of finance for one year.  At the end of that time 
in 1921, he was regularly elected commissioner of finance of the 
City of Alexandria, and recently became a candidate for reelection.  
To the duties of this office he gives full time.

Mr. Texada married in December, 1907, Miss Daisy Grissom, a native 
of Boyce.  They have two children, Catherine and Thomas J., Jr. 
They are members of the Methodist Church.  Mr. Texada is a democrat 
in politics and is affiliated with the Masonic Lodge, Benevolent 
and Protective Order of Elks and Woodmen of the World.

NOTE:  The referenced source contains a black and white photograph 
of the subject with his/her autograph.

A History of Louisiana, (vol. 2), pp. 207-208, by Henry E. Chambers.  
Published by The American Historical Society, Inc., Chicago and 
New York, 1925.