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Joseph Barton Elam Jr.

Joseph Barton Elam Jr.
Mayor of Mansfield, DeSoto Parish
Louisiana, USA
In office
1914–1920
Personal details
Born (1878-06-01)June 1, 1878
Mansfield, Louisiana
Died October 24, 1935(1935-10-24) (aged 57)
Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana
Resting place Highland Cemetery in Mansfield
Nationality American
Spouse(s) Margaret Taylor Elam
Relations

Charles Wheaton Elam (brother)

Harmon Drew Jr. (grandson)
Children

Joseph Barton Elam III
Johnetta Elam
Mary Stewart Elam

Margaret Taylor Elam Drew
Parents

Joseph Barton Elam Sr.

Mary Elizabeth Stewart Elam
Residence Mansfield, Louisiana
Alma mater Sewanee University
Profession

Lawyer, businessman

Editor, Mansfield Enterprise

Charles Wheaton Elam (brother)

Joseph Barton Elam III
Johnetta Elam
Mary Stewart Elam

Joseph Barton Elam Sr.

Lawyer, businessman

Joseph Barton Elam Jr. (June 1, 1878 – October 24, 1935), was a politician, businessman, and journalist in his native Mansfield in DeSoto Parish in northwestern Louisiana.

Elam was the son of the former Mary Elizabeth Stewart and Joseph Barton Elam Sr., a lawyer who served in the Louisiana House of Representatives, as Speaker during the American Civil War, and thereafter in the United States House of Representatives from Louisiana's 4th congressional district.

Elam graduated from Sewanee University in Sewanee, Tennessee. He worked as a journalist in Chicago, Illinois, St. Louis, Missouri, and Oklahoma, before he returned to Mansfield, where he studied law privately and organized the DeSoto Abstract Company. He founded the newspaper, the Mansfield Progress, which merged with the Mansfield Enterprise, of which he became the editor. On June 25, 1912, he married the former Margaret Taylor, daughter of Johnetta Morgan and James Taylor of Nashville, Tennessee and Cleburne, Texas, respectively. Their children were Joseph Barton III (born 1914), Johnetta (born 1915), Mary Stewart (born 1917), and Margaret Taylor (1919-1977).


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