Alexis Brian, Winn Parish, Louisiana Submitted by Mike Miller ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** Alexis Brian, for twenty-four years has practiced law as a member of the New Orleans bar, with offices in the Godchaux Building. He was born at Winnfield, Louisiana, August 10, 1874, son of S. Morgan and Maria (Milling) Brian. He is of old American stock, two of his ancestors having served as soldiers in the Revolutionary war, and through them he has membership in the Sons of the American Revolution. Alexis Brian was twelve years of age when his parents moved to Alexandria, where his father continued the practice of his profession as a lawyer until his death in 1887. The mother died at Winnfield in 1881. After the death of his father Alexis Brian lived with an uncle at Montgomery, Louisiana. He was educated in public schools, in Mount Lebanon College, and in the Louisiana State University, where he received his A. B. degree in 1895 and the Master of Arts degree in 1896. Mr. Brian was member of one of the early football teams of the State University, playing tackle and center. He studied law at Tulane University, taking his law degree in 1901, and since that year has been busy with a large general practice at New Orleans. He is a member of the Louisiana Bar Association, the Pickwick Club, and is a vestryman in St. George Episcopal Church. He married, March 5, 1899, Miss Maude Stroube. They have four children: Lucia, the wife of J. D. Corry: A. Morgan, a law student; and Donald and Dorothy, twins, born in 1907. A History of Louisiana, (vol. 2), p. 353, by Henry E. Chambers. Published by The American Historical Society, Inc., Chicago and New York, 1925.