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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Bossier Parish, La.</title> <meta name="description" content="A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 338,260 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present."> <meta name="keywords" content="political biography history genealogy cemeteries politics candidates congress senators legislators governors politicians biographies ancestors mayors birthplace geography elections"> <meta name="author" content="Lawrence Kestenbaum"> <script type="text/javascript"> var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-7383562-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 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Zion Cemetery</a> <li>Plain Dealing <a href="#cms07723">Plain Dealing Cemetery</a> <li>Rocky Mount <a href="#cms06107">Rocky Mount Cemetery</a> </ul> <hr> <a name="cms06104">Bellevue Cemetery</a> Bellevue, Bossier Parish, Louisiana <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John Augusta Way Lowry Jr. (1848-1899) — also known as J. A. W Lowry, Jr. — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/BO-lived.html">Bossier Parish</a>, La. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1848/01-12.html">January 12, 1848</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/ofc/stsen.html">Louisiana state senate</a>, 1893. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1899/03-20.html">March 20, 1899</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/51.html">51 years, 67 days</a>). Interment at Bellevue Cemetery. </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms00067">Cottage Grove Cemetery</a> Benton, Bossier Parish, Louisiana <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Henry Warren Ogden (1842-1905) — also known as Henry W. Ogden — of Benton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/BO-lived.html">Bossier Parish</a>, La. Born in Abingdon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/WA-born.html">Washington County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1842/10-21.html">October 21, 1842</a>. Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/ofc/cncn.html">delegate to Louisiana state constitutional convention</a>, 1879; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/ofc/sthse.html">Louisiana state house of representatives</a>, 1880-88; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/ofc/spkr.html">Speaker of the Louisiana State House of Representatives</a>, 1884-88; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Louisiana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1892/LA.html">1892</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1892/committees.html">Rules Committee</a>); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Louisiana</a> 4th District, 1894-99. Died in Benton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/BO-died.html">Bossier Parish</a>, La., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1905/07-23.html">July 23, 1905</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/62.html">62 years, 275 days</a>). Interment at Cottage Grove Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Maria Louisa (Gordon) Ogden and Elias Ogden; married to Mary Holcombe Scott.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=O000044">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408327">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6954316">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Samuel Milton Thomas (1833-1910) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/BO-lived.html">Bossier Parish</a>, La. Born near Jackson, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/EF-born.html">East Feliciana Parish</a>, La., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1833/01-12.html">January 12, 1833</a>. Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/ofc/stsen.html">Louisiana state senate</a> 21st District; elected 1870. On April 10, 1881, he killed his brother-in-law, M. Hugh Dickson; he claimed that Dickson had committed an "outrage" against a female member of his family. Died in Camden, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/OU-died.html">Ouachita County</a>, Ark., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1910/12-16.html">December 16, 1910</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">77 years, 338 days</a>). Interment at Cottage Grove Cemetery. </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms06106">Hillcrest Cemetery</a> Haughton, Bossier Parish, Louisiana <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Volney Voss Whittington (1893-1974) — also known as V. V. Whittington — of Benton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/BO-lived.html">Bossier Parish</a>, La. Born in Ivan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/BO-born.html">Bossier Parish</a>, La., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1893/09-26.html">September 26, 1893</a>. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">banker</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/ofc/stsen.html">Louisiana state senate</a>, 1928-32. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lions.html">Lions</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/40-8.html">Forty and Eight</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1974/index.html">1974</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/80.html">about 80 years</a>). Interment at Hillcrest Cemetery. </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms06105">Mt. Zion Cemetery</a> Haughton, Bossier Parish, Louisiana <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Asbury Arnold Abney (1817-1866) — also known as A. A Abney — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/BO-lived.html">Bossier Parish</a>, La. Born in South Carolina, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1817/06-28.html">June 28, 1817</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/ofc/stsen.html">Louisiana state senate</a>, 1850; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/royal-arch-masons.html">Royal Arch Masons</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1866/11-04.html">November 4, 1866</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/49.html">49 years, 129 days</a>). Interment at Mt. Zion Cemetery. </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms07723">Plain Dealing Cemetery</a> Plain Dealing, Bossier Parish, Louisiana <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Joe David Waggonner Jr. (1918-2007) — also known as Joe Waggonner, Jr. — of Plain Dealing, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/BO-lived.html">Bossier Parish</a>, La. Born near Plain Dealing, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/BO-born.html">Bossier Parish</a>, La., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1918/09-07.html">September 7, 1918</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean conflict; wholesale <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/oilgas.html">petroleum</a> products distribution business; member, Louisiana state board of education, 1960-61; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Louisiana</a> 4th District, 1961-79. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/40-8.html">Forty and Eight</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lions.html">Lions</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kappa-sigma.html">Kappa Sigma</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">Arrested</a> in Washington, D.C., 1976, for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/sex-crimes-scandals.html">soliciting</a> a policewoman posing as a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/sex-crimes-scandals.html">prostitute</a>. Died in Shreveport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/CA-died.html">Caddo Parish</a>, La., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2007/10-07.html">October 7, 2007</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/89.html">89 years, 30 days</a>). Interment at Plain Dealing Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Joe David Waggonner and Elizzibeth (Johnston) Waggonner; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1942/12-14.html">December 14, 1942</a>, to Mary Ruth Carter.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000018">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411197">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms06107">Rocky Mount Cemetery</a> Rocky Mount, Bossier Parish, Louisiana <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Robert H. Curry (1842-1892) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/BO-lived.html">Bossier Parish</a>, La. Born in Fairfield District (now <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/FA-born.html">Fairfield County</a>), S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1842/11-26.html">November 26, 1842</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/ofc/sthse.html">Louisiana state house of representatives</a>, 1887. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/grange.html">Grange</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</a>. Shot in the right ankle during the Battle of Manassas, and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/disabled.html">crippled</a> for the rest of his life. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1892/06-24.html">June 24, 1892</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/49.html">49 years, 211 days</a>). Interment at Rocky Mount Cemetery. </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="center"> </td></tr></table> <hr> <table width=100%> <tr><td align="center"> "Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard." Henry L. Clinton, Apollo Hall, New York City, February 3, 1872</td> <td><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/"> <img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/images/tpgsub.gif" width=450 height=71 align="right" border=0 alt="The Political Graveyard"></a></td></tr></table> <table width=100% cellpadding=2> <tr><td colspan=3> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/index.html">The Political Graveyard</a> is a web site about U.S. political history and cemeteries. Founded in 1996, it is the Internet's most comprehensive free source for American political biography, listing 338,260 politicians, living and dead.</td></tr> <tr><td colspan=3> </td></tr> <tr><td width=32 align="right" valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top"> <img src="rd.gif" width=10 height=10> The coverage of this site includes (1) the President, Vice President, members of Congress, elected state and territorial officeholders in all fifty states, the District of Columbia, and U.S. territories; and the chief elected official, typically the mayor, of qualifying municipalities; (2) candidates at election, including primaries, for any of the above; (3) all federal judges and all state appellate judges; (4) certain federal officials, including the federal cabinet, diplomatic chiefs of mission, consuls, U.S. district attorneys, collectors of customs and internal revenue, members of major federal commissions; and political appointee (pre-1969) postmasters of qualifying communities; (5) state and national political party officials, including delegates, alternate delegates, and other participants in national party nominating conventions; (6) Americans who served as "honorary" consuls for other nations before 1950. Note: municipalities or communities "qualify", for Political Graveyard purposes, if they have at least half a million person-years of history, inclusive of predecessor, successor, and merged entities.</td> <td width=100 align="right" valign="top"> </td></tr> <tr><td width=32 align="right" valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top"> <img src="rd.gif" width=10 height=10> The listings are incomplete; development of the database is a continually ongoing project.</td> <td width=100 align="right" valign="top"> </td></tr> <tr><td width=32 align="right" valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top"> <img src="rd.gif" width=10 height=10> Information on this page — and on all other pages of this site — is believed to be accurate, but is not guaranteed. Users are advised to check with other sources before relying on any information here.</td> <td width=100 align="right" valign="top"> </td></tr> <tr><td width=32 align="right" valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top"> <img src="rd.gif" width=10 height=10> The official URL for this page is: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/BO-buried.html">https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/BO-buried.html</a>.</td> <td width=100 align="right" valign="top"> </td></tr> <tr><td width=32 align="right" valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top"> <img src="rd.gif" width=10 height=10> Links to this or any other Political Graveyard page are welcome, but specific page addresses may sometimes change as the site develops.</td> <td width=100 align="right" valign="top"> </td></tr> <tr><td width=32 align="right" valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top"> <img src="rd.gif" width=10 height=10> If you are searching for a specific named individual, try the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html">alphabetical index of politicians</a>.</td> <td width=100 align="right" valign="top"> </td></tr> <tr><td colspan=3 align="left" valign="top"> Copyright notices: (1) Facts are not subject to copyright; see <a href="https://www.law.cornell.edu/copyright/cases/499_US_340.htm">Feist v. Rural Telephone</a>. (2) Politician portraits displayed on this site are 70-pixel-wide monochrome thumbnail images, which I believe to constitute fair use under applicable copyright law. Where possible, each image is linked to its online source. However, requests from owners of copyrighted images to delete them from this site are honored. (3) Original material, programming, selection and arrangement are © 1996-2025 Lawrence Kestenbaum. (4) This work is also licensed for free non-commercial re-use, with attribution, under a <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/deed.en">Creative Commons License</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td colspan=3 align="left" valign="top"> What is a "political graveyard"? See <a href="https://politicaldictionary.com/words/political-graveyard">Political Dictionary</a>; <a href="https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=political%20graveyard">Urban Dictionary</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td colspan=3 align="left" valign="top"> Site information: The Political Graveyard is created and maintained by Lawrence Kestenbaum, who is solely responsible for its structure and content. — The mailing address is The Political Graveyard, P.O. Box 2563, Ann Arbor MI 48106. — This site is hosted by <a href="https://www.hdlmi.com">HDLmi.com</a>. — The Political Graveyard opened on July 1, 1996; the last full revision was done on February 17, 2025. </td></tr> </table> </body> </html>