Connell Fort
| Connell Miles Fort, Sr. | |
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| Mayor of Minden, Louisiana, USA | |
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In office July 1922 – July 1926 |
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| Preceded by | J. Berry Sandefur |
| Succeeded by | Robert F. Kennon |
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In office July 1932 – June 1934 |
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| Preceded by | Henry L. Bridges |
| Succeeded by | Henry L. Bridges |
| Minden City Council | |
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In office 1900–1908 |
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In office 1912–1920 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born |
October 3, 1867 Bellevue Bossier Parish Louisiana, USA |
| Died | February 27, 1937 (aged 69) Minden, Louisiana |
| Resting place | Minden Cemetery |
| Nationality | American |
| Political party | Democratic Party |
| Spouse(s) |
(1) Ellie Miles Fort (married 1901-1913, her death) |
| Children |
From first marriage: |
| Parents |
Minden Mayor Thomas Moore Fort |
| Occupation |
Businessman Newspaperman |
| Religion | Methodist |
(1) Ellie Miles Fort (married 1901-1913, her death)
From first marriage:
Connell Miles Fort, Jr.
Thomas L. Fort
John L. Fort
Carlton A. Fort
Owen Fort
Mary F. Barnes
From second marriage:
Bennard M. Fort
George W. Fort
Minden Mayor Thomas Moore Fort
Connell Miles Fort, Sr. (October 3, 1867 – February 27, 1937), was a businessman and newspaperman who served from 1922 to 1926 and again from 1932 to 1934 as the mayor of the small city of Minden, the seat of government of Webster Parish in northwestern Louisiana.
Fort was born in rural Bellevue in Bossier Parish, located west of Minden, to Thomas Moore Fort (1820–1887), a lawyer originally from Twiggs County, Georgia, and the former Martha Ann "Mattie" Connell (1835–1927), a native of Columbus, Mississippi. The couple married in 1856 in nearby Fillmore in eastern Bossier Parish. In 1872, Thomas and Mattie Fort moved to Minden to rear their family. T. M. Fort, or "Colonel Fort", as he was known, was mayor of Minden from 1875 to 1876, when terms were for one year each. T. M. and Connell Fort are apparently the only father-son mayors of the city, at least since 1868; records before that date are fragmentary or nonexistent.
In 1901, Connell Fort married the former Ellie Miles (1873–1913), a native of South Carolina. The Forts had a daughter, later Mary F. Barnes of Shreveport, and five sons, Connell Miles Fort, Jr. (1902–1975), Thomas L. Fort, John L. Fort, Carlton A. Fort, and Owen Fort, all of Minden. John Fort (1906–1992) and his wife, Louise B. Fort (1906–2000), operated the former Fort's News Stand, which was located for many years on Main Street in Minden next to a barber shop.
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