Biographies: Dr. D. S. Waddell, 1884, Winn Parish, LA
Submitter: Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
Date Submitted; 24 Nov 2004
Source: Southern Sentinel
Date: June 13, 1884
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Hon. D. S. Waddell, Representative of Winn, was born in Hillsboro, Orange Co.,
North Carolina in 1830.  He was educated in a high school and the Caldwell
Institute, and was one of the graduates of the Jefferson Medical College of
Philadelphia, session of 1853-54.

Dr. Waddell is the sone of the late Hugh Waddell and is the elder brother of
Hon. A. M. Waddell, M. C., of North Carolina.  On his maternal side he is
descended from Governor James Moore of South Carolina and Alfred Moore of
North Carolina, a Justice of the United States Supreme Court.  On his paternal
side from Lt. General Waddell of the British Army and General Francis Nash,
killed at the Battle of Germantown.

Shortly after graduation he came to Louisiana and established himself at
Natchitoches where he was made Parish Physician.  He subsequently returned to
North Carolina where he remained during the war, caring for the sick and
wounded soldiers.  He returned to Louisiana in 1868 and has resided in Winn,
whose people, in acknowledgment of his worth, have elected him their
Representative in the General Assembly.

Dr. Waddell is a modest, unassuming gentleman and possesses a vast fund of
general information.  He is a warm advocate of education and is passing a bill
for the appointment of an active practical Geologist with a view of bringing
to light the vast mineral resources of our state.  Through his efforts notice
is being attracted to the discovery of a rich marble quarry in his parish.  We
have no doubt that his eminently practical suggestions will be adopted.  He
loves his parish and his adopted state with the fervor that might be expected
of a gentleman of his stamp and he is destined to occupy a high place in the
confidence of his colleagues and of the people of the state.