James Douglas Sevier - Submitted for the USGenWeb Richard P. Sevier 2/7/2008

USGenWeb NOTICE: All documents placed in the USGenWeb remain the property of the 
contributors, who retain publication rights in accordance with US Copyright Laws and 
Regulations.

In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, these documents 
may be used by anyone for their personal research. They may be used by non-commercial 
entities, when written permission is obtained from the contributor, so long as all notices 
and submitter information are included.

These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit.

Any other use, including copying files to other sites, requires permission from the 
contributors PRIOR to uploading to the other sites.

************************************************************************************************
Copyright.  All rights reserved.
************************************************************************************************

James Douglas Sevier - Madison Parish, Louisiana 

From Nashville (TN) Banner September 20, 1951
 
James D. Sevier, Descendant of Early Hero, Dies

Word has been received here of the death last Saturday of James Douglas Sevier, 90, descendant of 
John Sevier, Revolutionary War officer, first governor of Tennessee and one of the state's two 
representatives in the Hall of Fame.

Mr. Sevier, who was a lifelong resident of Mississippi and Louisiana, died at his home in Gulfport.

He was the grandfather of three Vanderbilt University graduates James Sevier Folk of Islington 
Plantation, Tallulah, La., Mrs, Margaret Folk Booth of Columbia, 'Tenn., and Dr. Benjamin F. Folk, 
Jr. of Jackson, Miss., a former Vanderbilt  student.

Born Aug. 28, 1861, in Port Gibson, Miss., he was a son of Henry Clay and Mary Clark Sevier. His 
father later married the former Miss Nancy Nash of Nashville.

Mr. Sevier was a grandson of George Washington Sevier and a great-grandson of John Sevier.

He spent his early years in Kosciusko, Miss., and then, until 1923 when he retired to Gulfpbrt, 
he lived In Tallulah, La., where he owned the large plantation, "Islington.

His first wife was the former Miss Roxie Roberta Allen of Kosciusko. Following her death, he was 
married to her sister, the former Miss Margaret Allen.

Survivors are his wife; two children by his first marriage, Henry Clay (Happy) Sevier II, and 
Mrs. Benjamin Perry Folk, Sr., both of Tallulah; and seven grandchildren.

From Tallulah Madison Journal September 21, 1951

James Douglas Sevier 

James Douglas Sevier, former Madison Parish resident, died Saturday morning, September 15th at his 
home in Gulfport, Miss., where he had resided the past 29 years. He was 90 years of age.

Born in Kosciusko, Miss., August 28, 1861, Mr. Sevier moved to this community as a young man. He 
was married to the former Roxie Roberta Allen of Kosciusko, and had two children. In later years 
he married Miss Margaret Allen, also of Kosciusko. The son of the late Henry Clay Sevier and Mary 
Clark Sevier, he was a retired Madison Parish planter. He was the great-great grandson of John Sevier, 
first governor of Tennessee.

Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at the Tallulah First Methodist Church at 4 o'clock, 
with the Rev. A. A. McKnight, pastor, officiating. Burial followed in the Silver Cross Cemetery, under 
the direction of Crothers Funeral Home.

Pallbearers were Howard Sevier, Malcolm Sevier, Warren Sevier, Andrew Sevier, Jr., Jim Sevier, 
W. P. Sevier, Jr.

Besides his wife, he is survived by one son, Henry C. Sevier, Sr., Tallulah; one daughter, 
Mrs. B. P. Folk, Tallulah; seven grandchildren, and eleven great grandchildren.