William Oscar Averett, Winn Parish, LA b. 1879

Submitted by Greggory E. Davies
120 Ted Price Lane
Winnfield, LA  71483
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William Oscar Averett

Mr. William Oscar Averett was born in Claiborne Parish, Louisiana, February
18, 1879, and is a son of David Franklin Averett and Martha A. Timmerman.  The
elder Averetts were born and raised in Alabama, he serving as a gallant
soldier in the Fifteenth Alabama Confederate Infantry. David F. Averett served
principally in Virginia and Maryland, taking part in many engagements.  He
narrowly escaped death when shot in the forehead, the bullet passing under the
skin and exiting at the other side of the forehead.  He was a stalwart
democrat, a United Confederate Veteran, and devout Baptist.  Their children
were John Rufus, a blacksmith; Maude, wife of J. R. Watts, a Winnfield,
Louisiana merchant; D. E., a farmer of Gilmer, Texas; Pearl, wife of W. A.
Stamper, of Natchitoches; Emma, wife of J. S. Spiker; William Oscar; Walter
W., Clarence,  a printer; Edna, wife of C. E. Sompayrac, and Kate, wife of
William Baker.  

William O. was educated in local schools and at an early age took up
carpentry.  By 1906 he had settled in Winnfield, Louisiana where he became a
civic leader and a leader in the construction industry.  His political
allegiance was strongly in favor of the democrats and he and his family were
staunch Baptists.  He served as an official on his church's  building
committee and was affiliated with the Knights of Pythias.  In 1907, he married
Miss Alma Perkins, daughter of H. J. Perkins, of Winnfield, and the Averett's
had two children, Walter Merle and Mildred Katherine.

Mr. Averett erected many of the modern buildings in early Winnfield, including
the Methodist and Baptist churches.

(Source:  Chambers' History of Louisiana, 1925.  Submitted by Greggory Ellis
Davies, Winnfield, Winn Parish, La.)