Perry Keith
| Perry Polk Keith, Sr. | |
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| Louisiana State Representative from Caddo Parish | |
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In office 1912–1928 |
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| Born | Near Macon, Georgia, USA |
| Died |
Keithville, Caddo Parish Louisiana |
| Resting place | Keithville Cemetery |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Narcissa Miller Keith (married 1871-1910, her death) |
| Children |
William Henry Keith |
| Residence | Keithville, Louisiana |
| Occupation | planter and developer |
| Religion | Methodist |
At-large members:
W. H. B. Croom
Henry Hunsicker
Leon R. Smith
At-large members:
Harvey S. Bogan
Reuben T. Douglas
Joseph B. Hamiter
William Henry Keith
Daniel Wesley Keith
Perry P. Keith, Jr.
David Keith
Mary Slaughter Keith
James Hardy Keith
Beulah Keith Darby Cranfield
Perry Polk Keith, Sr. (October 20, 1847 – February 6, 1935), was a planter, developer, and a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives who was the co-founder and namesake of the unincorporated community of Keithville outside Shreveport in Caddo Parish in northwestern Louisiana.
Keithville came into existence when two railroads met on Keith properties in the early 1880s, the Texas and Pacific (T&P) and the Houston-Shreveport, later part of the Southern Pacific.
Keith was born near Macon, Georgia but settled in virgin territory in Caddo Parish when he was three months old with his parents, Henry David Keith and the former Mary Jones. On February 23, 1871, he married the former Narcissa Miller (died 1910) of Caddo Parish, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. I. W. Miller. Their children were William Henry Keith (1875-1951), Daniel Wesley Keith (1875-1929), Perry P. Keith, Jr. (1877-1945), David Keith (Perry's twin who died an infant), Mary Slaughter Keith (1880-1931, never married), James Hardy Keith (born and died in 1883), Anna Beulah Keith Darby Cranfield (1885-1966, remarried after death of first husband) of Plaquemine, Louisiana, and Ray Cleveland Keith (died soon after birth in 1889).
A Democrat, Keith served in the state house from 1912 to 1928. In his first term from 1912 to 1916, he served alsongside David B. Samuel, later a long-term Shreveport city judge, and Lee Emmett Thomas, the Speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives from Caddo Parish and later from 1922 to 1930 the mayor of Shreveport.
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