STRICKLAND, (Judge) Milton A., Tangipahoa then St. Helena Parish, Louisiana
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Judge Milton A. Strickland, attorney, Greensburg, La., was the eldest of
six children born to Henry K. and Elizabeth J. (Smith) Strickland, natives
respectively of Georgia and Louisiana.  The father came to Louisiana in
1844, settled in Tangipahoa parish, and was quite a prominent character in
his day.  He held various important positions in St. Helena parish, viz.:
assessor for several years, president of the police jury for some time and
also sheriff for a number of years.  He was a most efficient officer, and
by his untiring services, merited the honorable recognition he received.
He was in the Mexican and Civil wars and held the rank of lieutenant in the
late struggle.  He was an excellent citizen, a true Christian, and his
death, which occurred in 1885, was the occasion of universal sorrow.  Our
subject's paternal grandparents, Willis and Anna Strickland, were natives
of Georgia, and the maternal grandparents, John F. and Margaret (Womack)
Smith, were natives respectively of Tennessee and Louisiana.  Milton A.
Strickland  was  born in Tangipahoa parish, La., on October 8, 1851, and
finished his education in the Louisiana State university, Baton Rouge,
graduating in 1873.  He subsequently taught school for three years, studied
law at the same time, and was admitted to the bar in 1877.  He then
practiced law until 1888, when he was elected judge of the court of
appeals.  Prior to that he was elected to the state senate in 1884,
re-elected in 1888, and the same year was elected judge of the Fourth
circuit as above stated.  He holds that position at the present time and in
every public capacity he displays rare adaptability and fidelity to the
trusts imposed in him.  He possesses an eminently judicial mind, which has
placed him among the leading and distinguished members of the Louisiana
bar, and the soundness, justice and accuracy of his legal opinions are well
known throughout the state.  He was married in 1874 to Miss Victoria A.
Richardson, a native of Louisiana and the daughter of Joseph A. Richardson,
also of that state.  To Judge and Mrs. Strickland have been born four
children:  Leila B.,  Henry K.,  Joseph A. and  David B.  Judge Strickland
is a member of the Missionary Baptist church, and socially is a member of
the Masonic fraternity and the Knights of Honor.  He is a democrat in his
political views, and is ever ready to encourage and promote any good
object.  The Strickland family is of English origin.  Judge Strickland's
great-grandfather Womack came to Louisiana during, Spanish rule, and the
Judge is therefore of one of the pioneer families.

Biographical and Historical Memoires of Louisiana, (vol. 2), p. 412.
Published by the Goodspeed Publishing Company, Chicago, 1892.