1925 Biography - Green L. Talbot

Green Lyle Talbot, a doctor of dental surgery, is a native of Louisiana, has practiced his profession for twelve years, and is a specialist in surgical dentistry. He is one of the esteemed citizens of De Ridder.

Doctor Talbot was born on a farm at Summerfield, in Claiborne Parish, Louisiana, February 2, 1888, son of Milton Arthur and Emma Teresa (Ledbetter) Talbot. His mother, a native of Claiborne Parish, was a sister of Benjamin F. Ledbetter, the first United States surveyor general of the port of New Orleans. Milton Anthony Talbot, a native of Mississippi, was a farmer and merchant at Summerfield and later located at Bernice, in Union Parish. Where he established M. A. Talbot & Sons, general merchants; also had banking and farming interests there, and for sixteen years was president of the parish school board, and for an equal length of the was mayor of Bernice. He is a Baptist.

Green Lyle Talbot was the fifth in a family of ten children. His early education was acquired at Bernice, and from 1907 to 1909 he was a student at the Louisiana State University, where he was a member of the Kappa Alpha fraternity. He graduated with the degree Doctor of Dental Surgery from the Atlanta Dental College in 1911. He is a member of the Psi Omega dental fraternity. He also had a special course in chemistry in the Georgia Institute of Technology at Atlanta, and in 1912 returned to his native state and practiced two years at Fullerton, and from 1914 to 1915 at Leesville. He then moved out to Matadore, Motley County, Texas, where he continued the work of his profession for some four years. Since March, 1919, his home has been at De Ridder. Every year he has taken special post-graduate courses in some institution, including the Northwestern University at Chicago. He has a well deserved reputation for the skillful work he has done. He has a complete X-ray equipment for diagnosis and makes a specialty of conductive anaesthesia and exodontia. He is a member of the District, Louisiana State and National Dental Society.

Doctor Talbot has manifested much interest in the welfare and improvement of his home town, particularly in those matters that lend beauty and attractiveness to the community. In 1924 he was honored by election as president of the De Ridder Rotary Club. He is exalted ruler of De Ridder Lodge No. 1333, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks; is a member of De Ridder Lodge No. 271, Free and Accepted Masons, and has taken fourteen degrees in the Scottish Rite Consistory at Lake Charles, his favorite recreation is fishing.

Doctor Talbot married at Fullerton, Louisiana, February 18, 1914, Miss Olive Magee, who was born and reared at Lake Charles, daughter of Edward Magee, a carpenter and cabinetmaker now living retired at De Ridder. Doctor and Mrs. Talbot have one daughter, Gretchen Lyle.

Contributed 2021 Nov 04 by Mike Miller, from A History of Louisiana, by Henry E. Chambers, published in 1925, volume 2, page 283.