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Felan S. White, M. D.

Felan S. White, M. D., Lisbon, Louisiana Dr. White, a physician and surgeon of more than ordinary ability, is a native-born resident of Claiborne Parish, and was educated in Lisbon Academy. After finishing his literary education he read medicine with Dr. H. A. Lewis, of Lisbon (now of Grapevine, Texas), and entered the University of Louisville, Kentucky in 1878, graduating in the class of 1880. He subsequently commenced practicing at Lisbon, within two miles of his birthplace, and there he has continued ever since, actively engaged in his chosen calling.

His father was a native of Georgia, born in 1808, and all his life has been devoted to agriculture. He left his native State when but eight years of age, removed to Alabama, and there remained until 1853, or about that time, when he removed to Claiborne Parish, Louisiana, where he now resides. The mother was born in Alabama, but she is now deceased. Both parents received a common-school education.

Dr. White commenced practicing when twenty-four years of age, and his practice now extends over a wide territory. In politics he has always closely adhered to the Democratic Party, and his first presidential vote was cast for S. J. Tilden, while he was a student at Mississippi College. The Doctor has been a member of the Missionary Baptist Church for fourteen years, and is an exemplary young man in every respect. He is well liked by the public and the medical brotherhood. At, present he thinks of locating at Lisbon, whore he has been known from childhood, and where all have had an opportunity to judge of his character and qualifications.

Biographical Sketches| Claiborne Parish

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