BRUTON T. DAWKINS 
Union Parish;  now Rapides Parish, Louisiana

Submitted by Mike Miller



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Source:  Louisiana:  Comprising Sketches of Parishes, Towns, Events,
Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form (volume 3), p. 120. 
Edited by Alcée Fortier, Lit.D.  Published in 1914, by Century Historical
Association.

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Dawkins, Bruton T., of the firm of Blackman, Overton & Dawkins,
attorneys-at-law, Alexandria, La., was born in Union Parish, La., Oct. 1,
1887, son of Oliver Cromwell and Jessie T. (Thompson) Dawkins, the former of
whom was born in the same locality as was the son, was a graduate of the
University of Tennessee at  Knoxville and became a prominent attorney at
Monroe, La.  His wife also was a native of Union parish, and was a daughter of
Dr. Thompson, whose wife's maiden name was Ann Bruton.  The ancestors of the
Dawkins family in Louisiana came to this state from South Carolina.  Both
parents of the subject of this sketch are living at this time.  Bruton T.
Dawkins is the eldest of 6 living children born to his parents.  He graduated
from the Louisiana state university in 1909, with the degree of bachelor of
laws.  He had previously attended the law department of Tulane university. 
After graduating at the Louisiana state university he began the practice of
law at Monroe, La., where he remained about 1 year.  In Jan., 1911, he moved
his law offices to Alexandria, where he has since practiced his profession. 
Mr. Dawkins is a Royal Arch Mason and a member of the Woodmen of the World and
the Sigma Alpha Epsilon, and Theta Nu Epsilon fraternities.  He enjoys large
popularity, both professionally and as a citizen of Alexandria.  In 1914 Mr.
Dawkins married Miss Sarah Blackman, daughter of Wilbur W. and Sallie (Fisk)
Blackman.

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