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Parents:<br>
Columbia Dobyns and Andrew Jackson Sevier, Sr.
Columbia Dobyns and Andrew Jackson Sevier, Sr.
|relations=[[Andrew Sevier]] (cousin)<br>
|relations=[[Andrew L. Sevier]] (cousin)<br>
[[Henry Clay Sevier]] (cousin)
[[Henry Clay Sevier]] (cousin)
|party= [[Democratic Party|Democrat]]
|party= [[Democratic Party|Democrat]]
<blockquote>We had no trouble in meting out justice to the evil doer. The Negroes picked for service on juries were made up of the old-time, law-abiding elderly men, who hewed to the law as given them by the court. We had eight or ten legal executions of Negroes in this parish during the reign of the Negro jury, all of which were cases that called for that kind of verdict.<ref name=sevier/></blockquote>
<blockquote>We had no trouble in meting out justice to the evil doer. The Negroes picked for service on juries were made up of the old-time, law-abiding elderly men, who hewed to the law as given them by the court. We had eight or ten legal executions of Negroes in this parish during the reign of the Negro jury, all of which were cases that called for that kind of verdict.<ref name=sevier/></blockquote>
Sevier was an active participant in the establishment of the Louisiana Sheriffs Association. He spoke often to civic groups of crime prevention methods. He was an advocate of a penal institution or farm for delinquent African-American juveniles.<ref name=sevier/>
Sevier was an active participant in the establishment of the Louisiana Sheriffs Association. He spoke often to civic groups of crime prevention methods. He was an advocate of a penal institution or farm for delinquent African-American juveniles.<ref name=sevier/>
==Family==
Sevier and his wife, the former Mary Louise Day (c. 1880-1958) of Vicksburg, Mississippi, had a son, J. Donald "Don" Sevier (1909-1987), and a daughter, Emma Louise Sevier (1907-1944). Their son lived in Tallulah as an adult. "Don" Sevier was a long-time employee of the [[United States Army]] Corps of Engineers, based in Vicksburg.<ref>"Vicksburg Evening Post,'' September 9, 1987.</ref> Their daughter married and lived in Plaquemine in Iberville Parish near [[Baton Rouge]].
Sevier and his wife, the former Mary Louise Day (c. 1880-1958) of Vicksburg, Mississippi, had a son, J. Donald "Don" Sevier (1909-1987), and a daughter, Emma Louise Sevier (1907-1944). Their son lived in Tallulah as an adult. "Don" Sevier was a long-time employee of the [[United States Army]] Corps of Engineers, based in Vicksburg.<ref>"Vicksburg Evening Post,'' September 9, 1987.</ref> Their daughter married and lived in Plaquemine in Iberville Parish near [[Baton Rouge]].
Sevier served as senior warden in the [[Episcopal Church]] in Tallulah and the Masonic lodge.<ref name=vep>Sevier obituary, ''Vicksburg Evening Post,'' August 26, 1941.</ref> Sevier died at his home of a heart attack at the age of sixty-nine, having just returned from a drive to Vicksburg.<ref name=vep/> Services were held at the Sevier home. Like most members of the extended Sevier family, he and his wife are interred at Silver Cross Cemetery in Tallulah. Mrs. Sevier was appointed to complete her husband's last term as sheriff, with service until January 1944.<ref name=roots/>
Sevier served as senior warden in the [[Episcopal Church]] in Tallulah and the Masonic lodge.<ref name=vep>Sevier obituary, ''Vicksburg Evening Post,'' August 26, 1941.</ref> Sevier died at his home of a heart attack at the age of sixty-nine, having just returned from a drive to Vicksburg.<ref name=vep/> Services were held at the Sevier home. Like most members of the extended Sevier family, he and his wife are interred at Silver Cross Cemetery in Tallulah. Mrs. Sevier was appointed to complete her husband's last term as sheriff, with service until January 1944.<ref name=roots/>
==Legacy==
==Legacy==