Biography - Lewis C. Biggs

LEWIS C. BIGGS is a farmer and stock-dealer residing near Bellevue, and was born near the same place in 1857, being a son of Joseph L. and Elizabeth R. (Bryant) Biggs, the former a Tennessean, born in 1814, and the latter born in South Carolina, their marriage taking place in Mississippi. Some time in the forties they took up their abode near Bellevue, and here the mother was called to her long home in 1882, her husband still surviving her. He is a tailor by trade, and after serving a short time in the Confederate army, he was detailed home to make clothing for the Confederate soldiers. He has served several years as coroner of Bossier Parish, and was also for a short time sheriff by virtue of his office as coroner. He is a member of the A. F. & A. M., Bellevue Lodge No. 95, and is a member of the Methodist Church, as was his wife. Lewis C. Biggs is the third of their ﬁve children, and in his youth was reared to a knowledge of farm life, his literary education being received at Bellevue and at Homer College. He was married in 1881 to Miss Mary Lou, daughter of Maj. Robert E. Wyche and Catherine (Hamiter) Wyche, who were born in Alabama and Georgia in 1829 and 1836, respectively, their marriage taking place in Bossier Parish in 1854. The Major was a successful planter, and during the Rebellion commanded a battalion known as Wyche’s Battalion of the Confederate States army. His home was in Upper Bossier Parish until 1878, when he was elected to the position of sheriff, and ﬁlled the duties of the same until his death, which occurred September 26, 1889. He was a member of the A. F. & A. M., the K. of P., the A. L. of H., and he and his wife were Methodists, she being a daughter of John Hamiter, who came from Georgia when she was a little girl, being one of the early settlers of this region. He died here in 1866, a well>to>do farmer, his wife’s death having occurred some time prior to his. Mrs. Biggs was born in Bossier Parish, and her union with Mr. Biggs has resulted in the birth of ﬁve children, three of whom are living. Since the war Mr. Biggs has lived in Bellevue, but is the owner of 500 acres of ﬁne farming land, and in connection with tilling the soil is largely engaged in stock-raising. He ﬁlled the position of constable four years, was deputy sheriff some years, and, socially, is a member of the A. L. of H., Bellevue Lodge No. 1120. His wife is a Methodist.

Contributed 29 Aug 2020 by Norma Hass, extracted from Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Northwest Louisiana, published in 1890, pages 127-128.