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WALL, J. Paris, St. Helena Parish, Louisiana
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Submitted to the USGenWeb Archives by Mike Miller, Feb. 1999
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Copyright. All rights reserved.
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http://usgwarchives.org/copyright.htm
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http://usgwarchives.org/la/lafiles.htm
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J. Paris Wall was born in St. Helena parish, La., September 19, 1833, the
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eldest of the six children born to D. W. and Elizabeth (Huff) Wall, natives
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of South Carolina. His father came to Louisiana in 1812, before the battle
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of New Orleans. He was a merchant all of his life, and was a very
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prominent figure in the political world. He was probate judge of
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Livingston parish for a number of years. He was also president of the
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State University while it was at Springfield, before it was removed to
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Baton Rouge. His business dealings were of the very highest and he was
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recognized as one of the leading, honest and upright citizens of his
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parish. He died in 1860, at Osyka, Miss. The paternal grandparents of our
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subject were D. W. and Amanda (Wickliff) Wall, natives of South Carolina.
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D. W. Wall was a minister of the Methodist Episcopal church. The maternal
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grand-parents of J. Paris Wall were William and Elizabeth (Breed) Huff,
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Mrs. Huff being a cousin of the celebrated Gen. Robert E. Lee. Our subject
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was reared and educated in Louisiana, and he attended Centenary college at
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Jackson, La., where he graduated in 1853, in the mercantile course. He is
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a lawyer and has figured very prominently in the politics of both parish
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and state. He was elected state senator for the Florida parishes in 1860
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and served for four years, being then only twenty-eight years of age at the
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time of his election, and was the youngest member of the senate. He has
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been mayor of Tangipahoa alternately for thirty years. At present he is
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the notary public of Tangipahoa. In 1862 he enlisted in the late war, and
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was commissioned as captain by Gov. Thomas O. Moore, and acted as general
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recruiting officer for Camp Moore and particularly was influential in
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raising and equipping the Ninth Louisiana battalion cavalry, to which
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regiment he allied himself and continued with it during the war when not
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engaged in his official duties as senator. He introduced a bill in the
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legislature for the relief of the destitute families of confederate
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soldiers for the Florida parishes, which became general, and he regularly
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brought thousands of dollars for the relief of his constituents. Although
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the money was much depreciated in value it was a godsend to the poor
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starved soldiers' families. His brother, Frank Wall, was quartermaster of
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the same regiment to which our subject belonged; during this time, Mr. J.
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Paris Wall was in the state senate when that body was in session. He was
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in the battle of Baton Rouge and was in several minor engagements, but in
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no regular pitched battles. He was paroled at Clinton, La. Mr. Wall has
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been twice married. The first time, 1854, he married Miss Mary B. Addison,
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a native of Louisiana and a daughter of Dr. Overton C. and Bethsheba
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(Louis) Addison, of Washington. D. C. and Louisiana respectively. Dr
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Addison was a very prominent physician of this state. To this union there
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were six children born, namely: Cora (deceased), Jennie, Drury W., May,
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Natie and John P. (deceased.) In 1866 he took for his second wife Miss
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Sallie E. Kemp, a native of Louisiana, and a daughter of Dempsey and
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Adelaide (Thompson) Kemp, natives of Louisiana. Her father was a very
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wealthy man. To this union were born the following ten children: Mary,
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Emma L., Lena A., Carrie K. (deceased), Dempsey (also deceased), Julia C.,
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Jay P., Ella, Preston H. and Bessie. Mr. and Mrs. Wall are members of the
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Presbyterian church. He is a Mason and has been identified with that body
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for twenty years. He is quite an extensive planter and owns several
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thousand acres of land and 275 town lots in the town of Tangipahoa,
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devoting a great deal of his time in buying and selling real estate. He is
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well and favorably known throughout the entire parish, as an honorable,
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upright and Christian gentleman.
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Biographical and Historical Memoires of Louisiana, (vol. 2), pp. 440-441.
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Published by the Goodspeed Publishing Company, Chicago, 1892.
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