John Nelson Whitehead; Winn Parish, LA
Contributed by Greggory E. Davies
120 Ted Price Lane
Winnfield, LA  71483
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John Nelson Whitehead

The Whiteheads came from Alabama.  J. G. Whitehead was the father of our subject.  He was a
farmer and came from Alabama in 1850.  He married Miss Martha Mixon in 1844, Mr. Whitehead
died in Winn Parish April 3, 1893, and his wife in Catahoula Parish, March 6, 1900.

John Nelson was born in Alabama November 18, 1848, but coming to Louisiana in 1850, most of
his life was spent here.  He was educated in the common schools and at a time when school
advantages were meager, but he was observant and is now a wise man with a good knowledge. 
He is what the world calls a success.  He is a farmer and is proud of it.  He magnifies his calling. 
He began farming in 1870 and here in Winn Parish he has succeeded most admirably, having
acquired a neat competency.  

He married Miss Rebecca Patton and they have eight children.  He is of Methodist family and is of
strictest integrity  and has lived in frugality and industry.  He supplies the very best object lesson
for Winn Parish and north Louisiana.  He has demonstrated the feasibility of intensive farming and
the use of machinery here.  He removed the stumps from his farm and improved it into a very high
state of cultivation.  He made tremendous crops on what was considered our poorest land.  


We are of the opinion that this interview and the facts in it should yield thousands to our people. 
The untold wealth that resides in our soil has never appeared to even our most observant.  
Mr. Whitehead, after trying it, thinks our country has wonderful possibilities.

His motto:  "Onward and upward, observing the Golden Rule."


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