Son of Cornelius Nugent and Amanda Sims. He was one of the "Lumber Kings" of Louisiana and a civic leader. The flagstop on the Missouri-Pacific Railroad Line north of Pineville that bears the name "Nugent" is/was the sight of one of his sawmills.
He married Roberta Stevens in 1880; only one child born--an infant that did not survive.
James Monroe Nugent was elected to the Louisiana Senate in April of 1908, but before he could take his seat, he passed away. After his death, his widow married again; she married a Jemison. She passed away in 1943 and both she and James Madison are buried together.(www.files.usgwarchives.org/la/rapides/cemeteries/methodist.txt
He married Roberta Stevens in 1880; only one child born--an infant that did not survive.
James Monroe Nugent was elected to the Louisiana Senate in April of 1908, but before he could take his seat, he passed away. After his death, his widow married again; she married a Jemison. She passed away in 1943 and both she and James Madison are buried together.(www.files.usgwarchives.org/la/rapides/cemeteries/methodist.txt
Son of Cornelius Nugent and Amanda Sims. He was one of the "Lumber Kings" of Louisiana and a civic leader. The flagstop on the Missouri-Pacific Railroad Line north of Pineville that bears the name "Nugent" is/was the sight of one of his sawmills.
He married Roberta Stevens in 1880; only one child born--an infant that did not survive.
James Monroe Nugent was elected to the Louisiana Senate in April of 1908, but before he could take his seat, he passed away. After his death, his widow married again; she married a Jemison. She passed away in 1943 and both she and James Madison are buried together.(www.files.usgwarchives.org/la/rapides/cemeteries/methodist.txt
He married Roberta Stevens in 1880; only one child born--an infant that did not survive.
James Monroe Nugent was elected to the Louisiana Senate in April of 1908, but before he could take his seat, he passed away. After his death, his widow married again; she married a Jemison. She passed away in 1943 and both she and James Madison are buried together.(www.files.usgwarchives.org/la/rapides/cemeteries/methodist.txt
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