Ibzan Porter, Winn Parish, LA
Contributed by Greggory E. Davies
120 Ted Price Lane
Winnfield, LA  71483
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Ibzan Porter
Is one of the representative men among the farmers of Winn Parish.  He has remained 
on his farm and made a living, reared a large family in respectability and saved money 
all this time.  The family came from South Carolina.  His father's name was Starks and 
he was born and reared in the State mentioned.  He was also a farmer.  He married 
Miss Sarah Bevill, whose brother was the father of Winnfield's  present Mayor.  Mr. 
Porter died in Franklin Parish in January, 1858; Mrs. Porter died in Winn many 
years later.  

Ibzan was born in South Carolina, November 4, 1842.  His parents came to Alabama 
later where he was reared and where most of his education was secured.  Yet later 
they came to Louisiana and his fortunes have been entirely here.  He is a farmer, "to 
the manor born;" has never been anything else.  He has practically lived in the same 
community all these years and enjoys the confidence of the people.  He has served 
his section on the Police Jury on important committees of arbitration and is a man of 
most excellent judgment.  He is a most reliable object lesson for this section, 
demonstrating what can be done here in the line of farming in the straightforward 
usual way.  

He married Miss Hannah Cockerham and they have eleven children, three of whom 
are dead.  They have a neat new farm home five miles east of Winnfield.  He is a 
Baptist, a Mason, and belongs to the Farmers Union.  He was a Confederate soldier 
in the infantry and is now living in comfort and in the esteem of all the people.  He is 
among the very salt of the earth.  

Motto:  "To do my full duty, advocate right and justice and to help my fellow man."


(The above article appeared in The Guardian newspaper, Volume XXVII , No. 8-9, 
published in October-November at Winnfield, LA.  The above article was copied from 
this newspaper which was located at the Watson Memorial Library, Cammie Henry 
Archives, Northwestern State University, Natchitoches, LA.  Submitted by Greggory 
Ellis Davies, Winnfield, LA.)