Bio:  Paul Lisso, Red River Parish
Source: Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Northwest Louisiana
The Southern Publishing Company, Chicago & Nashville, 1890
Submitted for the LA GenWeb Archives by: Gwen Moran-Hernandez, Feb 2000.

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Paul Lisso is the senior member of the general mercantile firm of Lisso &
Brother, of Coushatta, La., which has become well known for honest, upright
dealing, as well as for the reasonable price of its goods, throughout this
section.  These brothers are the sons of A. M. Lisso, who was born in Konig,
Prussia, in 1824, and came to the United States in 1846, dying in the city of
New Orleans, La., in 1867,  After his arrival in this country, he spent about
two years in St. Louis, and in 1848 came to what is now Red River Parish, La.,
establishing a mercantile store in Springville, a mile and a half east of the
present town of Coushatta, and erected the first store in the place-a log
building, 40x20 feet, which stood  a little southwest of the present store
building, which belongs to his sons.  He moved to New Orleans in 1865, to
educate his children, and left his business in the hands of his brothers,
Marks and Jules Lisso, who , after his death, succeeded him, the firm changing
to Lisso & Brother in 1865.  In 1879 Paul Lisso began business in his present
store, and he and his brother are now partners.  Paul was born at Springville,
La., August 22, 1854, and was educated in New Orleans.  In 1879 he was married
to Miss Carrie Phillips, who was born in Natchitoches, January 15, 1858, to
Jacob Phillips and wife.  Of her union with Mr. Lisso, four children have been
born: Cora Lee, Berate, Essay and an infant yet unnamed.  Mr. Lisso is a
Democrat, a member of the I. O B. B. and A. O. K. S. B., and connected with
the Jewish Widows and Orphans' Home of New Orleans, La.  He and his brother do
an annual business of $100,000, for , in addition to their mercantile
establishment, they deal extensively in cotton.  Samuel Lisso, the junior
member of the firm, as also born in Springville, La., January 12, 1853.  He
like his brother, received good educational advantages, and in 1885 became a
member of the above-mentioned firm.  He was married September 15, 1875 to Miss
Mary E. Phillips, of Natchitoches, born April 4, 1854, and died in Coushatta,
La., November 4, 1884, leaving her sorrowing husband with two children to care
for:  Paul M. and Roy.  Samuel was a Democrat, and belongs to Silent
Brotherhood Lodge No. 146, A. F. & A. M., at Coushatta , the A. O . U. W., the
A. L. of H. and I. O. B.B. the mother of Paul and Samuel died in 1854.

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