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Long-serving deputy Clarence Roland Hennigan (1905-1992),<ref name=hennigangrave>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=pv&GRid=20795846|title=Clarence Roland Hennigan|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=September 12, 2014}}</ref> a native of bordering Bienville Parish and the father of the retired professional [[football]] player Charlie Hennigan, joined the sheriff's department under Batton and was still in service at the time of his death<ref name=hennigangrave/> At the time he was the oldest active deputy in the state. Hennigan recalls that in 1952 the department had eight deputies, two per shift. So primitive were communications that the sheriff's telephone was on a pole in front of the current downtown courthouse, which opened in 1953.<ref name=crhennigan/>
Long-serving deputy Clarence Roland Hennigan (1905-1992),<ref name=hennigangrave>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=pv&GRid=20795846|title=Clarence Roland Hennigan|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=September 12, 2014}}</ref> a native of bordering Bienville Parish and the father of the retired professional [[football]] player Charlie Hennigan, joined the sheriff's department under Batton and was still in service at the time of his death<ref name=hennigangrave/> At the time he was the oldest active deputy in the state. Hennigan recalls that in 1952 the department had eight deputies, two per shift. So primitive were communications that the sheriff's telephone was on a pole in front of the current downtown courthouse, which opened in 1953.<ref name=crhennigan/>
Another long-serving deputy who began his law-enforcement tenure in the tax-collection division in 1956 under Sheriff Batton was Thomas Cameron "T. C." Bloxom, Jr. (1929-2014), a native of Mansfield in DeSoto Parish. Bloxom continued in the department and was named chief criminal deputy under Sheriffs Haynes, Jr., and then Royce L. "Doc" McMahen, until he resigned in 1982, joined the coroner's office as an investigator,<ref>Marilyn Miller, "T. C. Bloxom Retires from Law Enforcement: Well, I Gave It My Best Shot", ''Minden Press-Herald'', September 6, 1982, p. 1.</ref> and then challenged McMahen unsuccessfully for reelection to a second term as sheriff.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/10221983/10221983_60.html|title=Results for Election Date: 10/22/1983: Webster Parish|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=September 13, 2014}}</ref> The Democrat Bloxom ran again for sheriff in 1999, when he polled 45.7 percent of the vote against the incumbent [arkin T. "Ted" Riser.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/10231999/10231999_60.html|title=Results for Election Date: 10/23/1999: Webster Parish|publisher=staticresults.sos.la.gov|accessdate=September 15, 2014}}</ref> McMahen's son, [[Royce Wayne McMahen is a [[Republican Party|Republican]] and the current state representative for Webster Parish.
Another long-serving deputy who began his law-enforcement tenure in the tax-collection division in 1956 under Sheriff Batton was Thomas Cameron "T. C." Bloxom, Jr. (1929-2014), a native of Mansfield in DeSoto Parish. Bloxom continued in the department and was named chief criminal deputy under Sheriffs Haynes, Jr., and then Royce L. "Doc" McMahen, until he resigned in 1982, joined the coroner's office as an investigator,<ref>Marilyn Miller, "T. C. Bloxom Retires from Law Enforcement: Well, I Gave It My Best Shot", ''Minden Press-Herald'', September 6, 1982, p. 1.</ref> and then challenged McMahen unsuccessfully for reelection to a second term as sheriff.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/10221983/10221983_60.html|title=Results for Election Date: 10/22/1983: Webster Parish|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=September 13, 2014}}</ref> The Democrat Bloxom ran again for sheriff in 1999, when he polled 45.7 percent of the vote against the incumbent [arkin T. "Ted" Riser.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/10231999/10231999_60.html|title=Results for Election Date: 10/23/1999: Webster Parish|publisher=staticresults.sos.la.gov|accessdate=September 15, 2014}}</ref> McMahen's son, [[Royce Wayne McMahen]] is a [[Republican Party|Republican]] and the current state representative for Webster Parish.
In 1962, Batton hired as a deputy John T. Kennon, Jr. (1928-2005), a nephew of former Louisiana Governor [[Robert F. Kennon]], a former Minden mayor, district attorney, and circuit court judge.<ref>"Kennon Hired As Sheriff's Deputy Here", ''Minden Herald'', May 17, 1962, p. 1.</ref> John Kennon later served as the Minden city marshal and ran unsuccessfully for sheriff in the 1971 Democratic primary against O. H. Haynes, Jr.
In 1962, Batton hired as a deputy John T. Kennon, Jr. (1928-2005), a nephew of former Louisiana Governor [[Robert F. Kennon]], a former Minden mayor, district attorney, and circuit court judge.<ref>"Kennon Hired As Sheriff's Deputy Here", ''Minden Herald'', May 17, 1962, p. 1.</ref> John Kennon later served as the Minden city marshal and ran unsuccessfully for sheriff in the 1971 Democratic primary against O. H. Haynes, Jr.