G. L. P. Wren
| George Lovich Pierce "G. L. P." Wren | |
Louisiana State Representative
for Webster Parish | |
| In office 1884–1892 | |
| Preceded by | Irvin Talton |
|---|---|
| Succeeded by | Nicholas J. Sandlin |
Louisiana State Senator for
Bienville, Bossier, Claiborne, and Webster parishes | |
| In office 1892–1896 | |
| Preceded by | William Washington Vance John R. Phipps |
| Succeeded by | Thomas Wafer Fuller |
| Born | January 10, 1836 Putnam County, Georgia, USA |
| Died | February 8, 1901 (aged 65) Minden, Webster Parish, Louisiana |
| Resting place | Pine Grove Cemetery in Webster Parish |
| Nationality | American |
| Political party | Democrat |
| Spouse(s) | Ellen Carr Wren |
| Relations | Marcus D. Wren (grandson) |
| Children | Robert Lee Wren Lovick Pierce Wren |
| Occupation | Farmer |
| Religion | Methodist |
George Lovich Pierce Wren, known as G. L. P. Wren (January 10, 1836 – February 8, 1901), was a native Georgian[1] who served from 1884 to 1892 as a Democrat state representative as the sole member from his adopted Webster Parish in northwestern Louisiana. His tenure corresponded with the administrations of Governors Samuel Douglas McEnery and Francis T. Nicholls.[2] From 1892 to 1896, Wren and W. A. Stroud represented Bienville, Bossier, Claiborne, and Webster parishes in the state Senate during the first term of Governor Murphy J.ames Foster, Sr.[3]
Wren was born in Putnam County in central Georgia but relocated to Minden in Webster Parish, where he lived until his death at the age of sixty-five. He was a second lieutenant in the Louisiana infantry of the Confederate States of America Army during the American Civil War.[1] He enlisted at Camp Moore in Tangipahoa Parish with the "Minden Blues" for a period of twelve months. Nicholas Sandlin had also been part of "The Blues." He fought in the Battle of Antietam. From 1864 to 1865, he was a prisoner of war at Fort Delaware in Delaware. Released after he swore an oath to support the government of the United States, he returned to Webster Parish where he engaged in farming.[4]
In 1892, Senator Wren fought alongside Representative Nicholas J. Sandlin of Minden to abolish the Louisiana State Lottery Company.[5]
Wren and his wife, the former Ellen Carr (1846-1941), a native of Chambers County in eastern Alabama, had seven children: Robert Lee Wren (1869-1871), Livick Pierce Wren (1871-1956), Atticus Asbury Wren (1874-1939), Marcus Dee Wren, Sr. (1876-1952), Floyd Carr Wren (1880-1967), Ernest Septimus Wren (1882-1887), and Ava Gertrude Wren (1885-1950).[6]
Marcus Wren, Sr., represented Minden on the Webster Parish Police Jury, the parish governing body, from 1920 to 1925.[7] Dr. Floyd Wren graduated from Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, and practiced dentistry in Jonesboro in Jackson Parish, where he was the mayor, and in Winnfield in Winn Parish, where he was a member of the city council, the school board, and was the registrar of voters from 1940 to 1948. He retired from dentistry in 1945 because of arthritis and operated a dairy in Winnfield for a number of years thereafter. Dr. Wren and his wife are interred at Winnfield Cemetery.[8] Grandson Marcus Dee Wren, Jr., was a dairyman and tree farmer in Webster Parish. He was named "Dairyman of the Year" in 1976.[9] His wife, Gay Stewart Wren (1928-2011), was a granddaughter of William G. Stewart, namesake of the former William G. Stewart Elementary School in Minden.[10]
Wren, his wife, and other family members are interred at Pine Gove Methodist Cemetery north of Minden.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 George Lovich Pierce Wren. findagrave.com. Retrieved on March 12, 2015.
- ↑ Membership of the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2024: Webster Parish. Louisiana House of Representatives. Retrieved on December 24, 2020.
- ↑ Membership of the Louisiana State Senate since 1880: Bienville, Bossier, Claiborne, and Webster parishes. Louisiana State Senate. Retrieved on December 23, 2020.
- ↑ George Lovich Pierce Wren. wrenacres.com. Retrieved on March 12, 2015.
- ↑ John Agan (2010). Echoes of Our Past: The Civil War Years in Minden. Lulu.com. ISBN 978-0-557-56490-3. Retrieved on December 23, 2020.
- ↑ Ellen Carr Wren. Findagrave.com. Retrieved on December 23, 2020.
- ↑ Respect for the Past; Confidence in the Future: Webster Parish Centennial, Webster Parish Police Jury, 1971, p. 13.
- ↑ Dr. Floyd Carr Wren. The Winn Parish News-American (February 16, 1967). Retrieved on March 12, 2015.
- ↑ "Minden is proud of Wren", Minden Press-Herald, April 7, 1976, p. 1.
- ↑ Gay Stewart Wren. The Shreveport Times (May 8, 2011). Retrieved on March 15, 2015.
