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John William Wasson

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John William Wasson

Birth
Gansville, Winn Parish, Louisiana, USA
Death
7 Feb 1934 (aged 73)
New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA
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Gansville, Winn Parish, Louisiana, USA
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John William Wasson, pioneer citizen of Winn Parish, died Wednesday following an operation in a New Orleans hospital. Funeral services were held Thursday afternoon at two-thirty o'clock at the church at Gansville, and interment made in the old family cemetery there, conducted by Dr. B. C. Land, pastor of the First Baptist Church and Rev. Alwin Stokes, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church both of Winnfield.

Mr. Wasson was born at Gansville November 27, 1861 [sic 1860]. He was educated in the schools of Winn Parish and Louisiana and later taught in the public schools for a number of years. During his residence at Gansville he was elected police juror from Ward 4 which office he held for eight years serving during that time as president of that body.

From 1900 to 1908 he served as parish treasurer and from 1915 to 1922 as clerk of the Town of Winnfield, having moved to Winnfield during his term as parish treasurer. Following his retirement as town clerk he became justice of the peace which office he held until forced from public life by ill health.

He was twice married, the first time to Miss Mary McBride, who died April 6, 1910 and the second time to Miss Emily Shelton, who preceded him in death more than three years.

The deceased is survived by eleven children, Mrs. Ida Finlay and George and Shelton Wasson of Winnfield, C. C. Wasson, Vivian, Mrs. E. R. Norgress, Thibodeaux, Mrs. David Henderson, Lompac, Calif., Mrs. M. L. Meador, Olla, Mrs. Eula Ford, Colfax, Mrs. Steve Norris, Bossier City, McBride Wasson, Cleveland, Tenn., Herbert M. Wasson, Marion; three sisters, Mrs. J. T. Haigler, Mrs. Alfred Mixon, Dodson, and Mrs. Iron [sic Oren] Sholars, Garland City, Ark.; three brothers, C. H. Wasson, Los Angeles, Calif., A. J. Wasson, Natchez, Miss., and S. E. Wasson, Monroe.

Published in The Winnfield News-American, February 9, 1934
John William Wasson, pioneer citizen of Winn Parish, died Wednesday following an operation in a New Orleans hospital. Funeral services were held Thursday afternoon at two-thirty o'clock at the church at Gansville, and interment made in the old family cemetery there, conducted by Dr. B. C. Land, pastor of the First Baptist Church and Rev. Alwin Stokes, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church both of Winnfield.

Mr. Wasson was born at Gansville November 27, 1861 [sic 1860]. He was educated in the schools of Winn Parish and Louisiana and later taught in the public schools for a number of years. During his residence at Gansville he was elected police juror from Ward 4 which office he held for eight years serving during that time as president of that body.

From 1900 to 1908 he served as parish treasurer and from 1915 to 1922 as clerk of the Town of Winnfield, having moved to Winnfield during his term as parish treasurer. Following his retirement as town clerk he became justice of the peace which office he held until forced from public life by ill health.

He was twice married, the first time to Miss Mary McBride, who died April 6, 1910 and the second time to Miss Emily Shelton, who preceded him in death more than three years.

The deceased is survived by eleven children, Mrs. Ida Finlay and George and Shelton Wasson of Winnfield, C. C. Wasson, Vivian, Mrs. E. R. Norgress, Thibodeaux, Mrs. David Henderson, Lompac, Calif., Mrs. M. L. Meador, Olla, Mrs. Eula Ford, Colfax, Mrs. Steve Norris, Bossier City, McBride Wasson, Cleveland, Tenn., Herbert M. Wasson, Marion; three sisters, Mrs. J. T. Haigler, Mrs. Alfred Mixon, Dodson, and Mrs. Iron [sic Oren] Sholars, Garland City, Ark.; three brothers, C. H. Wasson, Los Angeles, Calif., A. J. Wasson, Natchez, Miss., and S. E. Wasson, Monroe.

Published in The Winnfield News-American, February 9, 1934

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