Ouachita Parish Biographies

IVO W. LIVELY

Prominent among the young business men of Santa Fe is Ivo W. Lively, the cashier of the Santa Fe bank. He is most industrious and resolute and, moreover, his course is characterized by a laudable ambition. He was born in Monroe, Louisiana, in 1886 and is a son of Chapman H. and Ella (Humble) Lively, who were also natives of that state, where they are still living, the father being well known as a planter and merchant of Monroe.

In the public schools of his native city Ivo W. Lively pursued his education and later became a student in a business college in Chillicothe, Missouri. He made his initial step in the business world in 1904 when a youth of eighteen years, at which time he entered the Ouachita National Bank at Monroe, Louisiana, as a messenger. He remained with that institution for two years, working his way gradually upward to the position of bookkeeper. Later he went with the Commerce Trust Company in Kansas City, Missouri, in the capacity of bookkeeper and was connected with that institution for six years, during which time successive promotions brought him to the position of teller, but the opportunities of the more rapidly developing southwest attracted him and in 1912 he made his way to Las Vegas, New Mexico, where he became assistant secretary of the Peoples Bank & Trust Company, spending a year and a half in that institution. Later he arrived in Santa Fe and entered upon his present relation as cashier of the Santa Fe Bank. He is proving a popular as well as efficient official, for he is always courteous and obliging and looks after the interests of depositors, while at the same time he carefully safeguards the interests of the bank.

On the 4th of November, 1907, at Marceline, Missouri, Mr. Lively was married to Miss Dorothy Stephenson, and they now have one son, Ivo W., Jr. Their religious faith is that of the Bapitst church, to which they loyally adhere, and Mr. Lively gives his political allegiance to the democratic party. However, he does not seek office, preferring to concentrate his energies upon his business affairs, and the steps in his orderly progression are easily discernable.

William W. Booles

Former member of the State Senate, William W. Booles for over a quarter of a century has been actively identified with merchandising at Taylorsville, and the character he has exemplified in business and in public affairs undoubtedly makes him one of the strongest and best known citizens of Spencer County.

He was born in Monroe Parish, Louisiana, June 26, 1867. His father, Dr. James J. Booles, was a physician and surgeon of more than ordinary ability, and also a merchant and banker. Born near Griffin, Georgia, Doctor Booles married Sarah A. Edmonds, a native of the same state. Just before the Civil war they removed to Monroe Parish, Louisiana, where Doctor Booles had his home the rest of his life. He soon joined the Confederate Army as a surgeon, and with the close of the struggle resumed the private practice of his profession. In later years he was prominently identified with business and banking. His force of character, his keen intellect, pronounced integrity and congenial spirit combined to make his career one of prominence and success. He lived to the ripe old age of seventy-nine. He was a democrat, an ardent Baptist, and his widow, who survives him at the age of eighty, is of the same church faith.

William W. Booles, one of the five children of his parents, grew up in Louisiana and finished his education in Howard College Military School. Through his later service as captain of a Louisiana company of militia he derived the title by which he is always known among his associates and friends in Kentucky. As a youth he acquired a thorough experience in his father's store and banking house, and to commercial affairs he has given the best years and zeal of his mature manhood.

Captain Booles in 1892 married Miss Nannie Hough, daughter of Charles Hough, a veteran merchant of Taylorsville, Kentucky. In 1894 Captain Booles prominently identified himself with Taylorsville as a member of the dry goods firm of Charles Hough & Company. With that old house he has continued his services now for over a quarter of a century.

Captain Booles is one of the leaders in the democratic party in this section of the state. He was in the State Senate two terms, and while there did much to impress the soundness of his business judgment upon the work of that body. In 1916 he was a delegate to the National Democratic Convention at St. Louis, when Mr. Wilson was re-nominated. He has been a thorough admirer of both the administration and personal character of Mr. Wilson. Captain Booles for many years has been a faithful member of the Baptist Church, and is a Knight Templar Mason.

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