Biography - Lemuel R. Sapp

LEMUEL R. SAPP is a general merchant and farmer of Ward 6, and being a native of the same, born in 1851, he is well known throughout this region, and is esteemed and respected by all who know him. He is a son of William and Saleta (McCall) Sapp, who were born in Franklin County, Miss., and in 1837 came to Bossier (Claiborne) Parish, and married December 5, 1839. Mr. Sapp soon after entered a large tract of woodland, on which he died when the subject of this sketch was about one year old. His widow is still living on that farm twelve miles northeast of Shreveport, and has been a member of the Methodist Church since 1854. They were among the first settlers of Northwest Louisiana, at which time there were no roads and but very few white settlers, the woods abounding in wild animals and Indians. Overton, their nearest post office, was then but a small trading point. The mother's father, Mr. McCall, died in Texas. Lemuel R. Sapp is the youngest of six children, and he and his sister, Mrs. Lucinda Pope, are the only ones at present living. He was reared on the farm on which he was born, and on this farm has spent the most of his life, the principal part of his education being received in the Fillmore Academy. He was married in 1875 to Miss Emma C., daughter of Berry and Mary Sandefur, Georgians, who at an early day came to what is now Webster Parish, La., the father's death occurring in the war, his widow still surviving him. Mrs. Sapp was born in Webster Parish, and Mr. and Mrs. Sapp are the parents of two sons and three daughters. Mr. Sapp has a good farm of 160 acres, and has 100 acres in an excellent state of cultivation. He has also been engaged in merchandising for the past four years, his business being a successful one.

Contributed 29 Aug 2020 by Norma Hass, extracted from Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Northwest Louisiana, published in 1890, page 145.