1925 Biography - J. M. Breard

J. M. Breard, Monroe banker, is a member of a family that has been identified with the history of this section of Louisiana since the first settlement was planted there in the form of a military post by his ancestor of the Filhiol family. The Breards have been in Monroe almost as long as the Filhiols.

J. M. Breard was born at Monroe in 1883, son of J. M. and Azema (Trouard) Breard. His mother is still living. His father, who died in 1911, was a member of the Monroe City Council for eight years.

J. M. Breard was educated in St. Hyacinth's Academy, in Professor Bentley's private school at Monroe, also attended the Louisiana Polytechnic Institute at Ruston, and graduated from the Alamo Business College at San Antonio, Texas.

In 1911 he entered the service of the Central Savings Bank and Trust Company as bookkeeper, was promoted to teller, in 1918 to assistant cashier, and on January 1, 1924, became cashier of this old and substantial bulwark in the financial history of Ouachita Parish. He is looked upon as a banker of exceptional ability, and besides the service he has rendered in the profession, he has been for some years prominent in the public life of his parish.

Mr. Breard has been a member of the Ouachita Parish Police Jury since 1915. During 1921-22 he was president of the police jury, at which time plans were made for the erection of the new courthouse, now under construction. For six years, from 1916 to 1922, Mr. Breard was a member of the City of Monroe School Board.

He is a member of the Monroe Golf and Country Club, the Lotus Club and Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. He married Miss Lottie Pritchard and has a daughter, Charlotte Olive Breard.

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Contributed 2021 Nov 04 by Mike Miller, from A History of Louisiana, by Henry E. Chambers, published in 1925, volume 2, page 215.

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