The Political Graveyard: Bossier Parish, La.
- ️Lawrence Kestenbaum
Index to Locations
Bellevue Cemetery
Bellevue, Bossier Parish, Louisiana
Cottage Grove Cemetery
Benton, Bossier Parish, Louisiana
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Henry Warren Ogden (1842-1905) —
also known as Henry W. Ogden —
of Benton, Bossier
Parish, La.
Born in Abingdon, Washington
County, Va., October
21, 1842.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; delegate
to Louisiana state constitutional convention, 1879; member of Louisiana
state house of representatives, 1880-88; Speaker of
the Louisiana State House of Representatives, 1884-88; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Louisiana, 1892
(member, Rules
Committee); U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 4th District, 1894-99.
Died in Benton, Bossier
Parish, La., July 23,
1905 (age 62 years, 275
days).
Interment at Cottage Grove Cemetery.
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Samuel Milton Thomas (1833-1910) —
of Bossier
Parish, La.
Born near Jackson, East
Feliciana Parish, La., January
12, 1833.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member
of Louisiana
state senate 21st District; elected 1870.
On April 10, 1881, he killed his brother-in-law, M. Hugh Dickson; he
claimed that Dickson had committed an "outrage" against a female
member of his family.
Died in Camden, Ouachita
County, Ark., December
16, 1910 (age 77 years, 338
days).
Interment at Cottage Grove Cemetery.
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Hillcrest Cemetery
Haughton, Bossier Parish, Louisiana
Mt. Zion Cemetery
Haughton, Bossier Parish, Louisiana
Plain Dealing Cemetery
Plain Dealing, Bossier Parish, Louisiana
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Joe David Waggonner Jr. (1918-2007) —
also known as Joe Waggonner, Jr. —
of Plain Dealing, Bossier
Parish, La.
Born near Plain Dealing, Bossier
Parish, La., September
7, 1918.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; served in the
U.S. Navy during the Korean conflict; wholesale petroleum
products distribution business; member, Louisiana state board of
education, 1960-61; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 4th District, 1961-79.
Methodist.
Member, American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Lions; Kappa
Sigma.
Arrested
in Washington, D.C., 1976, for soliciting
a policewoman posing as a prostitute.
Died in Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La., October
7, 2007 (age 89 years, 30
days).
Interment at Plain Dealing Cemetery.
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Rocky Mount Cemetery
Rocky Mount, Bossier Parish, Louisiana
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