J. D. Pace, President of Progressive League, Winnfield, Louisiana Contributed by Greggory E. Davies 120 Ted Price Lane Winnfield, LA 71483 Jefferson Davis Pace ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** M. C. Pace was the father of J C Pace and came from Georgia; was reared in Georgia and Louisiana. He was a blacksmith. His wife was a McKibben and came from Georgia also. The father died in 1863 and the mother in March, 1883. Mr. Pace himself was born March 18, 1861 in Arcadia, La., and educated mainly in her schools. His father having been a mechanic, he inherited a goodly gift in this direction and well nigh borders on the genius. This faculty has served him in numerous plans and devices for saving labor and accomplishing his purpose. In 1879 he married Miss S. E. Henry and they have five children. Mr. Pace is a Mason, Knight of Pythias, and Woodman; is warm hearted and has a broad vision of things. He came to Winnfield some years ago and has been especially active in promoting the interests of this section and bringing our resources before the public. He has dealt in real estate and has been quite active in boring for oil three miles from Winnfield, and 'tis thought by many that oil exists in good quantities there and that it is only a question of time and expenditure when oil fill be found. Mr. Pace is broad minded and generous, gives freely and liberally to churches and public enterprises. He has an abiding faith in this section and believes marvelous things are just ahead of us. Motto: "Do all the good I can and as little harm." (The above article was copied from The Guardian newspaper, Vol. XXIVV, No. 8-9, published September-October, 1907 at Winnfield, LA., and is on file at the Watson Memorial Library, Cammie Henry Archives, Northwestern State University, Natchitoches, LA., and was submitted by Greggory Ellis Davies, Winnfield, LA.)