Faust, William W., Dr.

Dr. William W. Faust, Livingston Parish, Louisiana Submitted by Mike Miller

Dr. William W. Faust, a prominent physician of Clio, La., whose name is familiar in many homes throughout Livingston parish, is a son of John G. and Harriet (Hart) Faust, the father a native of South Carolina, and the mother of Mississippi. The grandparents, William and Susan (Hughes) Faust, were, natives of the Palmetto state. John G. Faust was a carpenter by trade, was married in Pike county, Miss., and remained there until 1851, when he came to Washington parish, La., and there followed his trade. His wife died March 16, 1864. She was a member of the Methodist church. Mr. Faust's second marriage occurred in January, 1866. to Miss Julia Sivida, a native of Boston, Mass. They still live in Washington parish. Dr. William W. Faust was born in Pike county, Mississippi, June 11, 1844, and was the eldest of five children born to his parents. He had three half brothers and sisters also. After attending the common schools of the country, he entered the Medical University of New Orleans in 1888; completed his course the following year, but had commenced practicing in Washington parish in 1868.

He came to Livingston parish in 1874 and has remained here ever since. He has an extensive and renumerative practice and is a leading physician. He was married January 25, 1871, to Miss Lydia A. Alford, a native of Washington parish, La., born June 26, 1851, and the sixth in order of birth of ten children born to Warren and Ann (Lewis) Alford, natives of Mississippi. Dr. and Mrs. Faust's union was blessed by the birth of seven children: Pinckney J., Henry M., Adolphus H., Hiram W., Wiley C., Celia I. (deceased), and William B. Dr. Faust espoused the cause of the confederacy and in December, 1862, he enlisted in the Ninth Louisiana infantry, Company I, under Capt. Hardy Richardson, but was taken sick and could not go.

On May 13, 1863, he enlisted in the Third Louisiana cavalry, Company A, under Colonel Winfield and Captain Slocum, and was in the battle of Baton Rouge, Port Hudson, Clinton, and other skirmishes in Louisiana. He surrendered at Clinton, La., at the close of the war. He returned to his home in 1865, and has practiced his profession up to the present. He owns about 300 acres of land and is enterprising and progressive. In politics he is a democrat, his first presidential vote being for Tilden, and he was elected to the police jury in 1889, which position he is holding at the present time. He is a member of the Knights of Labor and Knights of Honor, and he and Mrs. Faust are members of the Methodist church.

Biographical and Historical Memoires of Louisiana, (vol. 1), pp. 408-409. Published by the Goodspeed Publishing Company, Chicago, 1892.