Samuel J. Rockhold, Winn Parish, Louisiana
Contributed by Greggory E. Davies
120 Ted Price Lane
Winnfield, LA  71483
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Samuel J. Rockhold


Mr. Rockhold is one of the reliable and trusted contractors and builders in Winnfield.  
His family came from Arkansas and his father's name was Sam and he was born and 
reared in Ohio.  He was a brick mason and died in Jackson Parish, Sept. 10, 1900.  
His wife's name was Wheat and was born and reared in Arkansas.  They were married 
in 1871.

Mr. Rockhold himself was born in Arkansas Nov. 4, 1874 and was educated in Texas 
and Louisiana.  He began his present vocation in 1897.  In 1895 he married Hattie 
Lindsay and five children have been born to them.  

Mr. Rockhold is a prominent member of the Methodist Protestant Church and 
superintendent in his Sunday School.  He believes there is a great future for us both 
spiritually and materially, and has made good investments, having a good amount 
assessed against him in real estate.  He is helpful in the advancement of all good things.

Motto:  "First, to honor and obey God; second, to be a help in humanity and rear my 
children for God and Christianity."


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