Biographies: 1906 Winn Parish Police Jury Members, 1906, Winn Parish, LA. Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483 ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** From: April 20, 1906 Southern Sentinel Police Jury Biography Something About Our Parish Lawmakers JAMES TILLET PORTER was born in South Carolina Nov. 21, 1842; moved to Louisiana in 1857, to the vicinity where he now resides. He enlisted in Company C, 12th La. Infantry and served with that command until the close of the war, when he came home and commenced farming. He is now serving his second term as a member of the police jury representing ward one. WILLIAM N. DUNN was born near Olla, in Catahoula Parish, July 5, 1857. He has never lived outside this state and has lived in the neighborhood where he now lives since 1873. This is his first term as a member of the police jury. He represents ward two. THOMAS C. WILLIS was born in Winn Parish Dec. 39, 1859. He has been and still is a farmer. This is his first term on the police jury, from the third ward. THOMAS B. PUCKITT was born at Mer Rouge, Morehouse Parish, Louisiana, Oct. 10, 1842, and has lived all his life in this State. He joined Company H, 28th La. Infantry at Monroe May 8, 1862. He moved to Winn Parish in 1877 and has since lived in the same neighborhood near Gansville. He was a member of the parish school board for eight years and is now serving his first term as representative of ward four on the police jury. DANIEL H. SHUMATE was born in the state of Mississippi Oct. 25, 1843, came to Louisiana in 1858 and has lived in Winn Parish near Montgomery ever since. He enlisted in the 12th La. Infantry and served during the war, participating in every engagement his regiment was in. After the war he came back home and went to farming and has been engaged in that pursuit ever since. He served for several years on the school board and is now representing ward five on the police jury. JAMES M. WEBB was born in Union County, Arkansas, May 21, 1851, came to Louisiana in 1853, and moved to where he now lives near Atlanta in 1890. He is a farmer, but has been engaged in sawmilling for the past three years. He was justice of the peace for eight years, but at the last election was elected to represent ward six on the police jury. PERSIFOR F. SMITH was born in the territory now included in Winn Parish, July 17, 1848, has lived in the same neighborhood all of his life. He was selected in 1896 as ward seven's member of the police jury and has never missed a meeting of that body since that time, having been reelected each time. He was too young to enter the army. ANDREW JACKSON FRANKS was born in Winn Parish June 26, 1838, and has since lived in this parish. He enlisted in Company K, 28th La. Infantry and served during the war, being paroled at Natchitoches. He has been engaged in farming and stock raising all of his life and is still following that occupation. He was elected as a member of the police jury from ward eight in 1877 and has served continuously since that time, being reelected in each succeeding election. DAVID B. WILLIAMS, M. D., was born in Union County, Arkansas, June 10, 1842; came to Louisiana when quite small and has lived in the vicinity where he resides, near Georgetown, ever since he came to the state. He enlisted in Company C, 12th La. Infantry and served with that command until the end of the war. Immediately after the war he commenced the practice of medicine. This is his first term as ward nine's representative on the police jury, of which body he is also the president. He is a member of the parish board of health. JOSEPH L. BREWTON was born in Winn parish Nov. 7, 1878, near what is now the Mill postoffice in the northwest corner of the parish, where he still lives. He is a farmer and has been engaged in that business since he began to work for himself. He was elected a member of the police jury from ward ten at the last general election.