He owned the Elkridge Plantation near Newellton in northern Tensas Parish and also engaged in the management of plantation properties of the Davis family, descendants of Jefferson Davis, the president of the Confederate States of America.[2]
His older brother by four years, A. Bonds Ratcliff, also a graduate of Jefferson Military Academy, was a plantation manager and a deputy to Tensas Parish Sheriff John Hughes. In 1930, Bonds Ratcliff succeeded William Mackenzie Davidson as the mayor of the parish seat of St. Joseph, a position which he held until 1932.[3] Bonds Ratcliff was thereafter the Tensas Parish clerk of court.[2]
Prior to his single-term election to the state Senate, which corresponded with the administration of GovernorJimmie Davis, who coincidentally owned farmland in Tensas Parish, Clyde Ratcliff served on the Fifth District Levee Board and as president of the Tensas Parish Police Jury, the parish governing body. He was a charter member of Newellton Rotary International and a Methodist.[4]
Personal lifeedit
Both Clyde and Bonds Ratcliff married daughters of the wealthy planter Douglass Muir, who died in August 1918. Clyde and the former Carrie Lou Muir (1883–1958), had four children, Mrs. G. E. Thomas, Douglass Horton "Buddy" Ratcliff (1906–1984), Clyde Ratcliff, Jr. (1910–1977), and Virginia Ratcliff Wilkerson (1908–1974), the wife of James Clifton Wilkerson, I (1902–1955), and herself a 19-year member of the Tensas Parish School Board.
Ratcliff died at home; after services at Newellton Union Church, he was interred at Legion Memorial Cemetery.[5]
clyde, ratcliff, clyde, vernon, ratcliff, july, 1879, october, 1952, american, cotton, planter, politician, from, newellton, louisiana, served, democrat, from, 1944, 1948, louisiana, state, senate, represented, delta, parishes, tensas, madison, east, carroll, . Clyde Vernon Ratcliff Sr July 26 1879 October 2 1952 was an American cotton planter and politician from Newellton Louisiana who served as a Democrat from 1944 to 1948 in the Louisiana State Senate He represented the delta parishes Tensas Madison East Carroll and Concordia 1 a rich farming region along the Mississippi River in eastern Louisiana ranging from Vidalia to Lake Providence The four parishes elected two senators at the time and Ratcliff s seat mate was Andrew L Sevier of Tallulah in Madison Parish Clyde Vernon Ratcliff Sr Member of the Louisiana SenateIn office 1944 1948Preceded byAndrew L SevierSucceeded byBrenham C CrothersPersonal detailsBorn 1879 07 26 July 26 1879Liberty MississippiDiedOctober 2 1952 1952 10 02 aged 73 Newellton Tensas Parish LouisianaPolitical partyDemocraticSpouseCarrie Lou Muir RatcliffChildren4Alma materJefferson Military AcademyOccupationCotton planter Contents 1 Early life and education 2 Career 3 Personal life 4 ReferencesEarly life and education editRatcliff was born in Liberty Mississippi and raised in Adams County He was educated at Jefferson Military Academy in Washington near Natchez in Adams County Career editHe owned the Elkridge Plantation near Newellton in northern Tensas Parish and also engaged in the management of plantation properties of the Davis family descendants of Jefferson Davis the president of the Confederate States of America 2 His older brother by four years A Bonds Ratcliff also a graduate of Jefferson Military Academy was a plantation manager and a deputy to Tensas Parish Sheriff John Hughes In 1930 Bonds Ratcliff succeeded William Mackenzie Davidson as the mayor of the parish seat of St Joseph a position which he held until 1932 3 Bonds Ratcliff was thereafter the Tensas Parish clerk of court 2 Prior to his single term election to the state Senate which corresponded with the administration of Governor Jimmie Davis who coincidentally owned farmland in Tensas Parish Clyde Ratcliff served on the Fifth District Levee Board and as president of the Tensas Parish Police Jury the parish governing body He was a charter member of Newellton Rotary International and a Methodist 4 Personal life editBoth Clyde and Bonds Ratcliff married daughters of the wealthy planter Douglass Muir who died in August 1918 Clyde and the former Carrie Lou Muir 1883 1958 had four children Mrs G E Thomas Douglass Horton Buddy Ratcliff 1906 1984 Clyde Ratcliff Jr 1910 1977 and Virginia Ratcliff Wilkerson 1908 1974 the wife of James Clifton Wilkerson I 1902 1955 and herself a 19 year member of the Tensas Parish School Board Ratcliff died at home after services at Newellton Union Church he was interred at Legion Memorial Cemetery 5 Portals nbsp Biography nbsp Mississippi nbsp United States nbsp Business and Economics nbsp PoliticsReferences edit Membership in the Louisiana State Senate 1880 2012 PDF legis state la us Archived from the original PDF on August 2 2020 Retrieved July 15 2013 a b Matthew Reonas Once Proud Princes Planters and Plantation Culture in Louisiana s Northeast Delta From the First World War Through the Great Depression PDF Baton Rouge Louisiana State University Ph D dissertation December 2006 pp 267 268 Archived from the original PDF on September 21 2013 Retrieved August 2 2013 List of mayors of St Joseph Louisiana usgwarchives net Retrieved August 2 2013 Obituary of Clyde V Ratcliff Sr Tensas Gazette October 8 1952 Interments at Legion Memorial Cemetery in Newellton files usgwarchives Retrieved August 2 2013 Preceded byDavid E BrownAndrew L Sevier Louisiana State Senator for Concordia East Carroll Madison and Tensas parishesClyde Vernon Ratcliff Sr 1944 1948 Succeeded byBrenham C CrothersAndrew L Sevier Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Clyde V Ratcliff amp oldid 1190268079, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
