Editing Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana (section)

==Notable people==
* [[Curtis Boozman]] (1898–1979), member of the [[Louisiana House of Representatives]] from Natchitoches (two terms: 1952–1956 and 1960–1964).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembership_History_CURRENT.pdf|title=Membership in the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2016|publisher=house.louisiana.gov|access-date=September 9, 2014}}</ref>
* [[Jean Baptiste Brevelle]] (1698–1754), early 18th century explorer, trader and soldier of [[Fort St. Jean Baptiste State Historic Site|Fort Saint Jean Baptiste de Natchitoches]]. Father of the namesake of Bayou Brevelle and Isle Brevelle.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Summary Report: Isle Brevelle |url=https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/search/names/549591 |website=United States Geological Service |access-date=April 10, 2024}}</ref>
* [[Leopold Caspari]] (1830–1915), merchant in Cloutierville from 1849 to 1858 and thereafter businessman and banker in Natchitoches. He served nonconsecutively in both houses of the [[Louisiana State Legislature]] between 1884 and 1914.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lahistory.org/site20.php|title=Caspari, Leopold|publisher=[[Louisiana Historical Association]], A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography (lahistory.org)|access-date=December 22, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120225122235/http://www.lahistory.org/site20.php|archive-date=February 25, 2012}}</ref>
* [[Monnie T. Cheves]] (1902–1988), Northwestern State University professor; member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1952 to 1960<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.natchitocheshighschool1960.org/class_profile.cfm?member_id=2431454|title=In Memoriam: Monnie T. Cheves|newspaper=[[The Town Talk (Alexandria)|Alexandria Daily Town Talk]]|page=D3|date=August 17, 1988|access-date=September 9, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140910195808/http://www.natchitocheshighschool1960.org/class_profile.cfm?member_id=2431454|archive-date=September 10, 2014}}</ref>
* [[Charles Milton Cunningham]] (1877–1936), educator, lawyer, police juror, state senator, editor of ''The Natchitoches Times''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/m/e/t/Mildred-Methvin/index.html|title=Charles Milton Cunningham|publisher=familytreemaker.genealogy.com|access-date=October 2, 2014}}</ref>
* [[William Tharp Cunningham]] (1871–1952), planter, lawyer, judge of the 11th Judicial District in Natchitoches and Red River parishes, member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1908 to 1912, born in Natchitoches Parish in 1871<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.genealogy.com/users/m/e/t/Mildred-Methvin/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0185.html|title=William Tharp Cunningham|publisher=genealogy.com|access-date=October 5, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141007081038/http://www.genealogy.com/users/m/e/t/Mildred-Methvin/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0185.html|archive-date=October 7, 2014}}</ref>
* [[Numa T. Delouche]] (1888–1965), member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from Cloutierville from 1944 to 1948, served alongside [[Sylvan Friedman]] of [[Natchez, Louisiana|Natchez]], Louisiana.
* [[Caroline Dormon]] (1888–1971), naturalist, botanist, and preservationist; born and lived on her family estate of Briarwood in Natchitoches Parish.
* [[Anne des Cadeaux|Anne des Cadeaux Brevelle]] (unknown-1754), Adai Caddo Native American woman and early settler of Natchitoches. Devout Catholic and mother to the famed explorer of New France, Jean Baptiste Brevelle II, who is the namesake of Isle Brevelle.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Summary Report: Isle Brevelle |url=https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/search/names/549591 |website=United States Geological Service |access-date=April 10, 2024}}</ref>
* [[Abraham Dowden]], Democratic political figure.
* Brothers [[J. Isaac Friedman]] (1877–1949) and [[Leon Friedman (politician)|Leon Friedman]] (1886–1948) served in the Louisiana House from 1908 to 1916 and 1932 to 1940, respectively. Isaac Friedman also completed two years of a term in the state senate (1922 to 1924), following the resignation of Charles Milton Cunningham. Their nephew, [[Sylvan Friedman]] was a member of both houses of the state legislature, serving in the House from 1944 to 1952, and the [[Louisiana State Senate|state senate]] from 1952 to 1972. The Friedmans came from a large Jewish landholding family in [[Natchez, Louisiana]].
* [[Thomas Gilcrease]] (1890–1962), born in Robeline. He moved as a child with his parents in 1899 to the community of [[Wealaka]] in the [[Creek Nation]] in [[Indian Territory]], now eastern Oklahoma. Later an oilman and an art collector, he founded the [[Gilcrease Museum]], which he later donated to [[Tulsa]].
* [[Lloyd Hendrick]] (1908–1951), member of the state senate for [[Desoto Parish, Louisiana|DeSoto]] and [[Caddo Parish, Louisiana|Caddo]] parishes, 1940 to 1948; born in Natchitoches Parish.
* [[A.R. Johnson (Louisiana politician)|Andrew R. Johnson]] (1856–1933), Louisiana state senator and former mayor of [[Homer, Louisiana|Homer]], Louisiana, in 1901 named and sold lots to establish the village of [[Ashland, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana|Ashland]] in Natchitoches Parish.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://files.usgwarchives.org/la/claiborne/bios/johnsar.txt|author=Mike Miller|title=Andrew R. Johnson|editor=[[Henry E. Chambers]]|work=A History of Louisiana|volume=II|location=Chicago and New York City|year=1925|pages=147–148|publisher=usgarchives.org|access-date=May 25, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120316221602/http://files.usgwarchives.org/la/claiborne/bios/johnsar.txt|archive-date=March 16, 2012}}</ref>
* [[Ray Tarver]] (1921–1972), dentist from Natchitoches who represented Natchitoches Parish in the Louisiana House from 1964 to 1968; reared in Hagewood community in Natchitoches Parish<ref>{{cite web|url=http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/b/l/a/Jodie-L-Bland/GENE1-0025.html|title=123. Richard David Tarver, Jr.|publisher=familytreemaker.genealogy.com|access-date=September 10, 2014}}</ref>