Tensas Parish, Louisiana History
Writings of Josiah P. Scott                         
Submitted by Edith Ziegler, March 2002
Extracted from the Tensas Gazette of June 17, 1938

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Ante Bellum Home Rehabilitated
     Mrs. Marjorie Canady and her two daughters, Misses Virginia 
and Elizabeth Canady, of Greenfield, Tennessee, returned to Tensas 
with Mrs. O. H. Deason and Miss Jacquelin James on their recent 
trip to Tennessee.  Mrs. Canady is a sister of Mrs. Deason.  And 
incidentally it may be in order to mention the marked improvement 
Mr. Deason has made to the Farrar house on Myrtle Grove Plantation 
between Waterproof and Goldman.  One of the few remaining ante 
bellum homes of Tensas Parish, this elegant old landmark has 
suffered neglect for years, receiving only repairs essential to 
immediate need.  Purchased late in 1937 by Mr. Deason, happily 
both able and willing to repair the magnificent old home, this 
scene of pleasure in days past to the elite of Tensas has been 
completely rehabilitated and restored to its former elegance.  
The Farrar home is hand made throughout and the cornice work over 
the doors and windows, all hand carved, is beautiful.  The material 
for this house was cut out and made ready to put together in 
Kentucky and loaded on a barge and brought down the Mississippi to 
the river landing near location.  It is believed to have been 
built by Weldin Brothers, architects and builders, who lived at 
Rodney, Miss.; and who built the old court house and jail both at 
St. Joseph and at Vidalia.  The late Mr. A.C. Leger, finished 
mechanic of the old school, well known to old timers of this 
parish, served his apprenticeship under this firm.  The Farrar 
house at St. Joseph and the old Reeves house on the Eddy Field 
several miles below St. Joseph, long since demolished ere the 
sight(sic) caved into the river, likewise cut out in Kentucky and 
shipped by barge to Tensas parish, construction requiring several 
months to each building.  All material entering into these old 
homes was the best and is still in good state of preservation.