Benjamin H. Talbot, M. D. ; Winn Parish, Louisiana
Contributed by Greggory E. Davies
120 Ted Price Lane
Winnfield, LA  71483
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Benjamin H. Talbot, M. D. 

Dodson, La.


One of the decidedly useful men in our parish is Dr. Talbot.  He is a busy man 
but always finds time to discuss plans for advancement.

Dodson is an excellent town and business center eleven miles north of Winnfield 
on the Rock Island.  They have a $ 10,000 school building and are moving 
forward evenly.  

Dr. Talbot is a son of E. M. Talbot, who was born and reared in Alabama, but 
came to Louisiana in the long ago.  He married Francis P. Jones in Jonesboro, La., 
in 1866.  He is living but lost his wife Nov. 18, 1906.  The Doctor was born Aug. 
25, 1870 at Jonesboro, La.  Was educated in the common schools and at E. A. 
Seminary at Arcadia and professionally in Tulane University where he graduated.  
He began April, 1893 and enjoys a lucrative and pleasant practice.  He is a member 
of his city council and president of the school board.  He stands for progress all 
along the line.

Feb., 1905, he married Katie E. McBride, a daughter of William McBride, so 
widely useful throughout the country. They have four boys and one girl, and Dr. 
Talbot is especially interested in the education of the young, considering that, 
the hope of the country.  He believes in Winn Parish and has right here in her 
midst acquired a competency.  He is an active church member and a Mason and 
enjoys the respect of all the people in the midst of his rearing.  Nervous, active, 
strong, standing for the right as he sees it.

Motto:  "Do right, hustle, do all the good you can for your country, 
especiallly your home people and family.  Honesty, pluck and perseverance will win."


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