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Jesse Marion Ledbetter, M. D.

Jesse Marion Ledbetter, M. D. The profession of the physician is one of the noblest to which a man can devote his life, that is if he makes a proper use of the talents given him, and this Dr. Ledbetter has most assuredly done. He is a resident of Summerfield, Louisiana, but was born near Harpersville, Scott County, Mississippi, February 3, 1854, being the youngest of the following ten children: Benjamin T., Mary (wife of T. J. Denson, a druggist and pharmacist of Harpersville. Miss.), Lou (the wife of J. K. Whitehead, deceased, of Harpersville, Mississippi), Dora (wife of J. H. Dorsett, a planter of Scott County, Mississippi), W. S. (a resident of Summerfield, Louisiana), William S, (who was married to Miss Mattie Morgan, a resident of Mississippi, and during the last ten years of his life he has been with the Doctor in mercantile business in Summerfield, but, prior to this he had been a planter.

He entered the war with the first company that left Scott County, Mississippi, in 1861, and served till the close of the war), A. A. (an eminent physician and surgeon of Hallettsville, Lavaca County, Texas), W. H. (a planter of Grayson County, Texas), Toressa C, (wife of P. T. Talbot, who is a banker, real estate broker and dealer in general merchandise at San Marquis, Texas), McPherson B., and Dr. Jesse M. (the subject of this sketch). Benjamin T. eldest in the family, was married to a Miss Vanderhurst, and died at the age of fifty-two years. He was a leading politician of Northwestern Louisiana, and his influence was plainly felt throughout this region. At his death he was surveyor-general of the State of Louisiana, having been appointed by President Cleveland. McPherson B., ninth in the family, was married to Miss Nannie Calloway.

He was a finely educated young man, and at the time of his death, which occurred when he was thirty-two years of age, he was associated in the mercantile business with the Doctor and William S. and was joint proprietor with the former in a drug store, and was in very independent circumstances.

He and his brother, Benjamin, now sleep beside their mother and father in Summerfield Cemetery. The father and mother of these children, William and Casandra S. (Black) Ledbetter, were born in Georgia, the former being a farmer in early life and a merchant of Summerfield, Louisiana, during his declining years. Both parents were liberally educated and were supporters of all good scholastic institutions, being also ardent and consistent members of the Primitive Baptist Church for many years. They are now deceased and are sleeping their last sleep in the cemetery of Summerfield.

Biographical Sketches| Claiborne Parish

Source: Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Northwest Louisiana, Southern Publishing Company, 1890