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Biographical Sketches - Page 10
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V. Wainwright
May 30, 1903
V. Wainwright, the gentleman whose likeness is presented in connection with this sketch, is a resident of Lake Charles, but his business connections at Gueydan causes that enterprising city to lay claim to him. Mr. Wainwright is one of the partners in the Gueydan Machine Shop, and a member of the firm of Booze, Wainwright & Booze.
Mr. Wainwright is a native of Ohio. He was born in the county of Clearmont Nov. 10, 1850 and was married on Oct. _, 1882 to Miss Frances Hanks. Two children were born to the couple – William Everest and Clara Eva.
Mr. Wainwright moved from Ohio to Illinois and located near Galesburg in 18_3. he followed well drilling as a vocation for seven years. In the year 1889 he came to Louisiana and built the first house on the banks of the Mermentau River where the village of Lakeside now stands. He raised rice until 1900, when he again began his old business of well drilling. He operated all over the rice territory of Southwest Louisiana. Last year he dug over 49 wells and he will drill even more this season.
Mr. Wainwright has always taken an active part in public affairs wherever he resided and has always surrounded himself with good warm friends.
Dr. Hines C. Webb
October 27, 1894
Dr. H. C. Webb was born in 1866 in this parish, but which at that time constituted a part of St. Landry. He is a son of the Hon. James Webb, Mayor of Rayne. His first collegiate instructions were received at Baton Rouge, but he later attended and graduated from the Vanderbilt University of Nashville Tenn. Conceiving a liking for the medical profession he entered the Louisville, (Ky.,) Medical College, from which he graduated with honors in 1889. He located in Crowley the same year and began the practice of his profession, and was not long until he had built up a fine practice and established himself in the esteem and confidence of all his patients and the public generally. He has also recently opened up a drug store in Crowley.
Dr. Webb married the eldest daughter of Dr. R. R. Lyons in 1891 and his handsome home in the northern part of town is one of the rewards of temperate habits, energy and skill in his profession.
James Webb
October 27, 1894
Among the self-made men of this parish may be prominently mentioned Hon. James Webb, the present worthy Mayor of Rayne, who was born February 21, 1833, in what is now the southwestern portion of Acadia parish. His school days were limited to less than six months, and these were spent in the old neighborhood school house, which had dirt floors. He was married in 1853 and settled less than a mile from the present site of Crowley, where he lived until the close of the war. He then removed to Plaquemine Brulee and in 1889 took up his residence in Rayne.
Mayor Webb was appointed justice of the peace in 1855 and held the office fourteen years. He served two and a half years in the Confederacy as a member of Brent’s Cavalry. In 1874 he was chosen for two years to represent St. Landry parish in the Legislature, and in 1888 was a delegate to the Democratic national Convention at St. Louis. He is now serving a second term as Mayor of Rayne, being first elected in 1891 and chosen a second time in 1893.
Dr. Rufus Clyde Webb
October 27, 1894
Dr. R. C. Webb is a native of this parish, and was born June 20, 1863. He attended school at Opelousas, La., until sixteen years of age, when he entered the Vanderbilt University at Nashville, Tenn., where he remained four years. The last three years at the University were spent in the medical department; from which he graduated in 1883. He first began the practice of medicine at Sulphur City, La., removing to Rayne in January of 1885.
Dr. Webb enjoys an excellent practice in both town and parish, and Rayne boasts of few equally enterprising or public spirited men as he. Dr. Webb was chairman of the first committee organized for the creation of the new parish of Acadia in 1886, and was the first coroner of the parish, a position he has ever since retained saving one term. He has also been an active member of the Democratic Executive Committee since the creation of the parish.
Dr. Henry B. White
April 18, 1903
One afternoon less than five years ago a passenger on the S. P. train was badly injured in alighting from the train at Gueydan. Medical assistance was not at hand and the injured man was in great pain. It was proposed to put him on the train and take him to Crowley for treatment. A smooth faced, alert looking boy stepped up to the sufferer and offered to dress his hurts. With no other surgical instrument than a pocket knife and with bandages improvised from pocket handkerchiefs ha had in a few minutes dressed the wounded man’s hurts in a manner that would have done credit to an old hospital practitioner. The young man was Henry B. White, then a medical student at Tulane University. The Gueydan people liked his style of work and invited him to settle among them in the practice of his chosen profession. Last year his practice amounted to ten thousand dollars.
Dr. Henry B. White was born at Abbeville, Vermilion parish, August 18, 1877, of good old Tennessee stock. His ancestors crossed the mountains from North Carolina just after the Revolutionary War. Dr. White was educated in the public schools of Abbeville and at the E. A. Seminary, Arcadia, La. He acquired his medical education at Tulane University and at Vanderbilt University, receiving his degree in 1899. He has practiced medicine in Gueydan since the years before his graduation.
Dr. White was married Nov. 22, 1900, to Miss Emma Smith.
He is interested in the Gueydan Drug Co., and is accounted to one of the best physicians of Vermilion parish. He has a special aptitude for surgery but carries on a general medical and surgical practice.
W. B. White
October 27, 1894
Among all those who are in any way represented in the present issue of the Signal none stand higher in the community in which they live than does W. B. White, of Abbeville, whose advertisement appears in this issue. He has been extensively and successfully engaged in the real estate business for several years and owns a number of valuable improved and unimproved tracts of land. He has been a prominent attorney at Abbeville for ten years and is also a notary public.
Our acquaintance with Mr. White extends back to his boyhood days. We have always found him prompt in all business dealings, and he is a gentleman who commands the confidence and respect of all Southwest Louisiana.
J. A. Williams
October 27, 1894
J. A. Williams was born in Greene county, Ill., April 4, 1844, but when two years old his parents removed to Morgan county, Ill. He was reared on his father’s farm and educated in the public schools until 1862 when he enlisted in the 101st Illinois Infantry and served three years in the war. After his discharge he returned to Morgan county and engaged in farming for six years, removing to Hastings, Neb., in 1871. He here followed farming for ten years and then went to Grand Island, Neb., and for two years was engaged in the hotel business. His next move was to St. Paul, Neb., where he engaged in the implement business and farmed until coming to Crowley in March of 1887.
Following his location here, Mr. Williams was employed by W. W. Duson in the land department of his office until appointed postmaster by President Harrison in 1889. Mr. Williams assumed the duties of the office in July of 1889 and filled the position in a manner eminently satisfactory to every one until giving way to his successor in October of last year. He has also been extensively engaged in rice planting for the past four years and is a member of the Pickett Rice Milling Co. While now actively engaged in farming Mr. Williams has a pretty residence in town, which he occupies, and which is shown in this issue. He is a stalwart Republican and in 1888 was one of two in Acadia parish who cast their ballots for President Harrison. Since his location here he has been closely identified with every public improvement and has always taken an active interest in everything that pertained to the good and advancement of the country.
Victor H. Wood
March 21, 1903
The subject of this sketch is a native of Illinois, having been born in the County of Hancock, October 25, 1868. Mr. Wood received his education in the public schools of his native country.
In the year 1896 Mr. Wood was married to Miss Mary A. Van Cleve, a daughter of one of the most prominent families in that section. This union has been blessed by four children, Mabel, Myrtle, William and David.
Mr. Wood move to Southwest Louisiana in January, 1893, and farmed rice for four years, after which he opened a general merchandise store at Daspit in 1897. He was appointed postmaster at that place the same year.
Mr. Wood has made a success in life because of his straightforward manner and excellent business judgment, coupled with his genial disposition, which enables him to make many friends.
Frank E. Woodworth
October 24, 1903
Few towns possess a more enterprising and energetic citizen than Mr. Frank E. Woodworth, who claims Iota as his home.
Since settling in the thriving Acadia rice town, Mr. Woodworth has demonstrated his ability as a business man. Beginning with a small stock of notions and limited capital, Mr. Woodworth has by his tireless energy and indomitable spirit established the large and steadily growing business of the Iota Racket Store.
Lately Mr. Woodworth has made some improvements which were essential to his ever-increasing trade and now possesses one of the most complete stocks to be found outside of the larger cities.
The subject of this sketch was born February 10, 1877, in Wright county, Minn. His education was acquired in the high school of Clearwater, Minn., from which he was graduated with the highest honors at the age of 19. He came to Louisiana in 1890 and located at Jennings, securing a position in the drug store of G. W. Remage. He afterwards worked for Cary & Humphrey and A. C. Randolph. He moved to Iota last year, establishing his present business.
Mr. Woodworth is unmarried.
Wynne W. Woodworth
October 24, 1903
Among the prominent business men of Iota and Jennings is numbered Mr. Wynne W. Woodworth.
Although Mr. Woodworth is not a native of Louisiana, he has resided in this state since the year 1896, when he moved south and became a resident of Jennings. Mr. Woodworth’s birthplace is Wright county, Minn. He was educated in the high school at Clearwater, Minn., from which he was graduated with the highest honors. His first year in the south was spent in rice farming, working with John Roberts. After one year on the farm, he decided to re-enter school attending one session. Leaving school, he learned the barber’s trade and soon afterwards opened a shop in Jennings in partnership with G. W. Wilder, with whom he is still in business.
Mr. Woodworth is also a partner with his brother in the Iota Racket Store. In October of last year Mr. Woodworth was united in marriage with Miss Rose Snyder of Iowa.
By his sterling worth and exemplary habits he has won an enviable reputation in business and social circle of his community.
Dr. Warren G. Young
October 27, 1894
The first maxim among philosophers is that merit only makes distinction. This being true, Dr. Young must perforce become distinguished in his profession. While yet a young man, he enjoys a practice extending throughout the parish, and even beyond a practice of which any physician might well feel proud, or, indeed, envy.
Dr. Young was born in Abbeville on the 29th day of November, 1868, and attended the local schools until fourteen years of age, when he went to the Jesuit College at Grand Coteau, La. He began the study of medicine at the age of nineteen and graduated with honors from the University of Louisville, Ky., in the early part of 1891. Shortly thereafter he located at Rayne and soon established for himself an extended practice.
Dr. Young has given much time to the study of electricity, which is now being so successfully used by a number of eminent physicians, and he has largely increased his office room preparatory to putting in all needed electrical appliances and will introduce this system in his practice in the very near future.