Henry Thomas Pye, Winn Parish, LA

Contributed by Greggory E. Davies

120 Ted Price Lane

Winnfield, LA  71483

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The family came from Georgia originally, James P. Pye was born in Georgia but afterward went

to Texas and thence in Louisiana.  He married Amanda E. Boone.  They reared a large family of

children.  The wife died in March, 1905, but he is still living.  He has always been a farmer, but

the boys have all gone into commercial life, mostly into banking and insurance.



H. T. Pye was born near Weatherford, Texas, and was reared in that State and in Louisiana and

was educated in the common schools and in Mt. Lebanon College.  His education has been

intensely practical and he has made it tell powerfully in his chosen vocation, that of banking.  



Mr. Pye is beyond question the successful and influential individuals in Winnfield and the parish. 

He is president of the Bank of Winnfield and is much devoted to his calling as any man to be

found.  He is an excellent judge of credits, well versed in business demands and methods and his

decisions in his line are accepted with unusual weight.  The bank is regarded as one of the best

institutions in the country, enjoying remarkable solidarity and dividend paying qualities. 



Mr. Pye is a Baptist, a Mason, and Knights Templar.  He thinks this section is destined to greater

development and that good roads and intensive farming feasible.  



Mr. Pye would be a useful man in any community.



He married Miss Inda Leslie and they have one of the elegant homes in Winnfield.  One little girl

graces the charmed circle and altogether manifest concord reigns in its every feature. 







(The above article was copied from The Guardian newspaper, Vol. XXVII, No. 8-9, published

September-October, 1907 at Winnfield, LA., and this newspaper 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.)