Bio:  John C. Pugh, 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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John C. Pugh. One of the best-known names at the Louisiana bar, and now on of
the leading and solid men of Coushatta, is Mr. Pugh, who is a native of De
Soto, Parish, La., his birth occurring on March 27, 1860, he being the fourth
of five children born to William and Mollie (Tidwell) Pugh, who were born in
Alabama in 1825 and 1834, respectively.  The father was a farmer by
occupation, and about 1836 came to Louisiana, and followed his chosen calling
in De Soto Parish until his death, which occurred in 1872, the farm on which
he settled being still occupied and owned by his widow. The paternal
grandfather, Jesse Pugh, was born in Wales, and passed from life in De Soto
Parish when about eighty years of age.  The maternal grandparents were born in
Ireland and died in De Soto Parish, where they lived to a ripe old age.  John
C. Pugh was first a student in the public schools of Louisiana, and for a
short time attended the Center High School in Shelby County, Tex., and
although he was a fair student upon leaving this institution, the most of his
education has been acquired by self-application and contact with the world in
his professional, as well as in a social capacity.  In 1881 he began the study
of law at Mansfield, in the office of Elam & Sutherland, the former member of
the firm being a congressman from this district.  Mr. Pugh was admitted to the
bar in October, 1881, in the Supreme Court at Shreveport, after which he
opened an office in Mansfield, where he continued practicing until 1886, when
he came to Coushatta.  In 1884 he was elected district attorney for the Tenth
District, composed of the parishes of Red River and De Soto, and, owing to the
ability with which he served, he was re-elected to this position in 1888, by
the Democratic party, with which he has long affiliated.  He is one of the
leading lawyers of this part of the State, for he reads a case well and
thoroughly before he undertakes it, and although he is a man of unassuming
manner, he possessed much firmness.  He was married on April 12, 1887, to Miss
Carrie Gahagan, who was born in Red River Parish, La., in 1865, and their
union has resulted in the birth of two children:  Lamar and Crea.  Mr. Pugh is
a member of the Missionary Baptist Church.  He is a great believer in
education, and is now connected with two prominent institutions of learning. 
He is president of the board of trustees of the Coushatta Male and Female
College, and one of the trustees of Keatchie Male and Female College.

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