J. D. Pace, President of Progressive League, Winnfield, Louisiana
Contributed by Greggory E. Davies
120 Ted Price Lane
Winnfield, LA  71483

Jefferson Davis Pace
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M. C. Pace was the father of J C Pace  and came from Georgia; was reared in Georgia and
Louisiana.  He was a blacksmith.  His wife was a McKibben and came from Georgia also.  The
father died in 1863 and the mother in March, 1883.

Mr. Pace himself was born March 18, 1861 in Arcadia, La., and educated mainly in her schools. 
His father having been a mechanic, he inherited a goodly gift in this direction and well nigh
borders on the genius.  This faculty has served him in numerous plans and devices for saving labor
and accomplishing his purpose.

In 1879 he married Miss S. E. Henry and they have five children.  Mr. Pace is a Mason, Knight of
Pythias, and Woodman; is warm hearted and has a broad vision of things.  

He came to Winnfield some years ago and has been especially active in promoting the interests of
this section and bringing our resources before the public.  He has dealt in real estate and has been
quite active in boring for oil three miles from Winnfield, and 'tis thought by many that oil exists in
good quantities there and that it is only a question of time and expenditure when oil fill be found. 
Mr. Pace is broad minded and generous, gives freely and liberally to churches and public
enterprises.  He has an abiding faith in this section and believes marvelous things are just ahead of
us.  

Motto:  "Do all the good I can and as little harm."


(The above article was copied from The Guardian newspaper, Vol. XXIVV, No. 8-9, published
September-October, 1907 at Winnfield, LA., and is on file at the Watson Memorial Library,
Cammie Henry Archives, Northwestern State University, Natchitoches, LA., and was submitted
by Greggory Ellis Davies, Winnfield, LA.)