Columbia E Dobyns Biography

The Sevier family moved to Tallulah, Madison Parish Louisiana in 1877.
Andrew Jackson Sevier Sr. served on the Madison Parish School Board from 1883-1887 and was a Police Juror from 1909-1913. Andrew Jackson Sevier, Sr. died August 2, 1916 and is buried in Tallulah. His wife Columbia died in 1881.

All of the children were born in Port Gibson, except the younger two, Mary Katherine and Ada who were born in Madison Parish. Sarah Knox Sevier died without marrying.. Columbia married Willard H. Utz and they had one son, Merrick

Andrew Jackson Sevier, Jr. married Mary Louise Day in Vicksburg on April 26, 1905. Their two children were Emma Louise Sevier (1907-1944) and John Donelson (Don) Sevier (1909-1987.) Andrew Jackson Sevier was Sheriff of Madison Parish from 1904 until his death in 1941. His wife Mary Louise filled his unexpired term until 1944. Andrew Jackson died August 25, 1941 and Mary Louise died February 3, 1958. Except for Emma Louise all are buried in Tallulah Andrew Jackson Sevier - Madison Parish, Louisiana

Andrew Jackson Sevier Obituary

From Vicksburg Evening Post, August 26, 1941

SHERIFF SEVIER TO BE BURIED AT TALLULAH TODAY
Esteemed Leader of Parish Dies Suddenly Yesterday

TALLULAH, La., Aug. 26 - Funeral services will be held this afternoon at 4:30 for Andrew Jackson Sevier, sheriff of Madison Parish for nearly forty years, who died suddenly yesterday afternoon.

The services will take place at the home here, with the Rev. J. Dean Maurer, Episcopal rector, officiating.

Active pallbearers will be S. B. Bettis, J. N. Harvey, T. A. Smith, P. O. Benjamin, A. J. Boswell, Frank McCaffery, Horace Maxwell, and W. L. Rountree.

The honorary pallbearers will be all the citizens of Madison Parish.

Born in Claiborne county on January 30, 1872, Mr. Sevier had moved to Madison Parish at the age of five years, and lived there since that time.

At the age of 24 he started his career as peace officer, and subsequently he became known as "Dean of Louisiana sheriffs." With opposition only twice, he had been elected for eight consecutive terms.

In 1905, Sheriff Sevier was married to Miss Mary Day of Vicksburg. He was senior warden in the Episcopal Church at Tallulah.

During the years of his service in Madison Parish, he had become an outstanding leader and was one of the most beloved men of northeast Louisiana.

Surviving are his wife; one son, J. Donald Sevier of Vicksburg; one daughter, Mrs. Allan Nadler, of Plaquemine, La.; five sisters, Mrs. Fred Young and Mrs. A. C. Williamson, both of Vicksburg; and Mrs. J. S. Agee, Mrs. C. S. Utz and Mrs. W. J. Ward, all of Tallulah, and two grandsons.

Annie C. Sevier married J. S. Agee in the late 1890’s. They had one son, Willard C. Agee (1899-1947). All are buried in Tallulah

Jennie Vertner Sevier married Theodore Fred Young in Tallulah on December 15, 1897. They lived in Vicksburg where they had two children, Theodore Fred Young, Jr. (1908-1950) and Elizabeth Sevier Young (1910-1987). All are buried in Vicksburg

Mary Catherine (Mary Kate) Sevier, the first of Andrew Jackson Sevier Sr.’s children to be born in Madison Parish, married Warren J. Ward, a sawmill contractor and later a merchant, in 1900. Their children were William Henry Ward (1901-????), Katherine (Kitty) Sevier Ward (1903-1978), Louise Ward (1905-1972) and Marianne Ward (1916-????). Mary Kate, Warren and Kitty are buried in Tallulah.