Bio as given in the State Ledger: “educated in the High Schools of Vicksburg; has held the positions of Magistrate and Representative heretofore, and has taken great interest in the education of his race; is a planter, Republican, Methodist and married.” Listed on the 1880 census in Friars Point with wife Francis. Listed as a Deputy Tax Collector for the Internal Revenue Service in Louisiana, 1891, residence Friars Point, salary $1100 (U.S., Register of Civil, Military, and Naval Service, 1863-1959).
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