Bosworth, Millard

Submitted by Mike Miller

MILLARD BOSWORTH, CYPREMORT --Millard Bosworth was born in New Orleans in 1850. His father, A. W. Bosworth, was a native of Maine, and his mother, Matilda Weir, was of English extraction, and was born in the West Indies. A. W. Bosworth was an ice manufacturer for a number of years. He served during the entire Civil War, starting out as a major of the Crescent Regiment; he was promoted to colonel, and, upon the death of General Mouton, was placed at the head of that command. He served as alderman in New Orleans both before and after the war. He was vice president of the Mutual National Bank, of New Orleans. He died October 9, 1886, his widow surviving him two years.

Millard Bosworth is the second son of a family of five children: C. H., Millard, the subject, W. S., Emily, and Anna B. C. S. Bosworth occupies a position in the post-office in New Orleans. Millard Bosworth in his boyhood attended schools in New Orleans, and afterward was sent to college at Belle View, Virginia. Upon leaving college he was engaged as clerk, afterward entering the ice business. He married in 1875 Miss Lucy Moore, of New Orleans. In 1876 Mr. Bosworth disposed of his ice business and became interested in sugar planting, purchasing Matilda plantation, which consists of seventeen hundred acres of land lying along the west bank of the Teche. Over one thousand of the seventeen hundred acres are susceptible of cultivation. He grows chiefly sugar cane. The soil on his place is very fertile and yields an average of three thousand pounds of sugar per acre. Mr. Bosworth's refinery is operated on the central system, and has a capacity of fifty thousand pounds of sugar per day. It uses the products of over forty different plantations. The refinery is equipped with large vacuum pans and first-class machinery through out. The products of this refinery are classed as high as those of any other of the State. In his refinery as well as on his plantation, Mr. Bosworth is his own manager, and to this fact is due, no doubt, the superior results of his enterprises. Mr. Bosworth is not a politician in the sense that he desires public office. He was appointed police juror of the first ward in 1882, and has held the position ever since. He is a member of the American Legion of Honor, a mutual benevolent association. He is the father of eight children, five sons and three daughters-Rachal W., Millard M., Nannie M., Mary W., Albert S., Abel W., Charles A., Lawrence S.

Source: Southwest Louisiana Biographical and Historical, Biographical Section, pp. 363-364. Edited by William Henry Perrin. Published in 1891, by The Gulf Publishing Company.