J. H. Netterville
| James Howard Netterville | |
|---|---|
| Born |
December 4, 1879 Mississippi, USA |
| Died | December 17, 1943 (aged 64) Newellton, Tensas Parish Louisiana |
| Resting place | Natchez City Cemetery in Natchez, Mississippi |
| Residence | Newellton, Louisiana |
| Occupation | Cotton plantation manager |
| Political party | Democrat |
| Spouse(s) | Bessie Swayze Netterville (married 1903-1943, his death) |
| Children | Mattie Swayze Netterville Roundtree Elizabeth Netterville Coit |
| Parent(s) | Charles and Martha Eliza "Mattie" Morris Netterville |
December 4, 1879
Near Woodville
James Howard Netterville, usually cited as J. H. Netterville (December 4, 1879 - December 17, 1943), was a large cotton plantation manager in Newellton in Tensas Parish in northeastern Louisiana in the Mississippi River delta country.
Netterville was born near Woodville in Wilkinson County, Mississippi; his father, Charles Netterville, was a planter in Adams County; his mother, the former Mattie Morris, was a native of Natchez in Adams County, where she also spent her later years.
Shortly after the start of the 20th century, Netterville came to Tensas Parish, where he was first a clerk in the plantation stores of C. B. Muir and then William O'Kelley at Somerset. From these starting positions, he obtained the training to become a plantation manager whose job was to maximize profits with minimum input. In 1907, Netterville began employment for the Panola Company, an agricultural business that controlled some eleven thousand acres, two thirds planted in cotton and the other third in grains. Panola was based in the parish seat of St. Joseph; among its principal founders was William Mackenzie Davidson, the mayor of St. Joseph from 1901 until his accidental death in 1930. Netterville became general manager of three highly profitable Panola properties, the Balmoral, Blackwater, and Wyoming plantations, in which capacity he supervised 125 African-American tenant farming families on some of the richest farmland in the United States.
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