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Joseph Barton Elam II

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Joseph Barton Elam II

Birth
Mansfield, DeSoto Parish, Louisiana, USA
Death
26 Oct 1935 (aged 57)
Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA
Burial
Mansfield, DeSoto Parish, Louisiana, USA GPS-Latitude: 32.0303161, Longitude: -93.6933026
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The son of Joseph Barton Elam and Mary Elizabeth Stewart. Worked as a journalist in Louisiana, St. Louis, Chicago and Oklahoma after attending Sewanee University. He wound up back in Mansfield and founded the Mansfield Progress newspaper and became editor of the Mansfield Enterprise newspaper.

JBE, Jr. married Margaret Taylor on June 25, 1912. He was elected mayor of Mansfield 1914 until 1920.

The son of Joseph Barton Elam and Mary Elizabeth Stewart. Worked as a journalist in Louisiana, St. Louis, Chicago and Oklahoma after attending Sewanee University. He wound up back in Mansfield and founded the Mansfield Progress newspaper and became editor of the Mansfield Enterprise newspaper.

JBE, Jr. married Margaret Taylor on June 25, 1912. He was elected mayor of Mansfield 1914 until 1920.



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