Bio: James Raborn,  Bienville & Winn Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by: Kay Thompson Brown
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Source: Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Northwest Louisiana
The Southern Publishing Company, Chicago & Nashville,  1890

JAMES RABORN
Cotton Planter
Arcadia, La.  


Mr. Raborn, an energetic and worthy citizen of Bienville Parish, and one of
the representative planters in the community, was originally from Mississippi,
being born on December 20, 1841.  His parents, Sherrod and Sarah (Rippie)
Raborn, were natives Mississippi and Virginia. respectively, the father a
planter by vocation.  He died at the age of sixty years, but the mother is
still living, is a resident of Bienville Parish, and is now eighty-three years
old.  Of the nine children born to their marriage, six are now living, and are
named in order birth as follows:  Leothe (resides in Bienville, and is the
widow of Mr. Derby), Jesse (resides in Indian Territory, and is married),
James,  Emi]y (resides in Texas, and is the wife of Mr. Pierce, who is a
planter), Nancy (resides in Bienville Parish, and is the wife of Mr.
Blackwood, a farmer, miller and merchant), and Columbus (who is married, and
resides in Winn Parish, where he is engaged in agricultural pursuits). 

James Raborn received his early education in the country schools of Louisiana,
and when twenty-three years of age be started out as an agriculturist.  At the
breaking it of the war he enlisted in Company if, of the Bienville Blues, and
was assigned to the Ninth Louisiana Infantry Volunteers, under Col Randolph. 
They went to Camp Moore, and from there they were immediately sent to the
front to Richmond, Va.  His regiment was in the following battles: 
Fredericksburg, Wilderness, seven days' fight at Richmond, Spottsylvania,
Culpepper,  Court House, three days' battle at Gettysburg and he acted as
sharpshooter at the battle of Antieytam.  He was at Sharpsburg, Winchester and
the latter p]ace was wounded in the shoulder by minie-ball, which is now in
his possession. He as confined in the hospital for about six weeks; and when
he was convalescent he returned to the service. While in the hospital be was
almost famished for something nourishing to eat, and under this pretext he got
out and returned to his command.  He was also at the battle of Martinsburg,
where 5OO of his comrades gave the charging "Yanks" (1,500 strong) so hot a
reception that they retreated and left the noble 500. Mr. Raborn was captured
at Petersburg, Va., and was taken to Point Lookout, where he was confined for
about three months.  He was then paroled and returned home, where he resumed
his former occupation. 

In February, 1865, Mr. Raborn was married to Miss Mary Gloer, who was horn in
Georgia on July 9, 1844, and whose parents were both natives of Georgia.  The
father was a cotton planter by pursuit, and died when still quite a young man,
not being over thirty-two years of age.  The mother, Emma (Bostwick) Gloer, is
still living, and is seventy three years of age.  Mr. and Mrs. Raborn are the
parents of four chi]dren:  T. (resides with her parents, and was educated in
the common schools and at Sparta), J. W. (was a student at Arcadia College,
but is new attending school at Lexington, Ky.), Lulu May (is fourteen years of
age), and Clyde (a daughter, is seven years of age).  

Mr. Raborn is a stanch Democrat and an active member of that party.  He is the
owner of 800 acres or land, all the result of hard and honest toil on the
part of himself and Mrs. Raborn. They expect to make Bienville Parish their
home for the future, and here, surrounded by their many warm friends, they
will pass a happy and contented life.  Mrs. Raborn is a member of the
Missionary Baptist Church, and her children are all members of the
Sunday school.