William Putnam Sevier
| William Putnam "Buck" Sevier, Jr. |
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| Mayor of Tallulah, Madison Parish, Louisiana | |
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In office March 14, 1947 – July 1, 1974 |
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| Preceded by | Thomas Hugh Montgomery |
| Succeeded by | Adell Williams |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
October 13, 1899 Madison Parish, Louisiana, USA |
| Died | September 4, 1985 (aged 85) Tallulah, Madison Parish |
| Resting place | Silver Cross Cemetery in Tallulah |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Martha Boney Sevier (married 1927-1983, her death) |
| Relations |
Andrew L. Sevier (cousin) |
| Children |
Richard Putnam Sevier |
| Parents | Ada Shadbourne Graves and William Sevier, Sr. |
| Residence | Tallulah, Louisiana |
| Alma mater |
Tallulah High School |
| Occupation | Banker |
| Religion | Episcopalian |
| Military service | |
| Service/branch | United States Army balloon observer |
| Battles/wars | World War I |
Andrew L. Sevier (cousin)
Henry Clay Sevier (cousin)
Richard Putnam Sevier
Dorothy Hamilton Elliott
Tallulah High School
William Putnam Sevier, Jr., known as Buck Sevier (October 13, 1899 – September 4, 1985) was the longest-serving mayor of a community in the U.S. state of Louisiana. Sevier was first an alderman and then, from 1947 to 1974, the mayor of Tallulah, the seat of government of Madison Parish in the delta country of northeastern Louisiana.
He is a great-great-grandson of the Tennessee pioneer and governor John Sevier, for whom Sevierville in Sevier County, Tennessee, is named. He was a cousin of State Senator Andrew L. Sevier and State Representative Henry Clay Sevier, both from Tallulah.
Sevier was born on a plantation in southern Madison Parish, the eldest child of William Sevier, Sr. (1868-1943), a native of Thomastown in Leake County in central Mississippi, and the former Ada Shadbourne Graves (1877-1955). His maternal grandparents were large landowners and plantation operators prior to the American Civil War. As a child, Sevier gave himself the nickname "Buck" but later tried to discourage its use; most people though still called him "Buck". In 1916, he graduated from Tallulah High School, since relocated and renamed Madison High School. He then attended Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge with hopes of becoming a lawyer. He was a member of Sigma Nu fraternity and served in World War I as a balloon observer. He never completed legal studies but instead returned to Tallulah in 1922, where he was employed in the United States Department of Agriculture experiment station established to protect cotton growers from the pervasive boll weevil.
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