G. L. P. Wren

George Lovich Pierce "G. L. P." Wren
Louisiana State Representative for Webster Parish
In office 1884–1892
Preceded by	Irvin Talton
Succeeded by	Nicholas J. Sandlin
Louisiana State Senator for Bienville, Bossier, Claiborne, and Webster parishes
In office 1892–1896
Preceded by	William Washington Vance John R. Phipps
Succeeded by	Thomas Wafer Fuller J. A. W. Lowry
Personal details
Born	(1836-01-10)January 10, 1836 Putnam County, Georgia, USA
Died	Minden, Webster Parish Louisiana, USA
Resting place	Pine Grove Cemetery in Webster Parish
Nationality	American
Political party	Democratic Party
Spouse(s)	Ellen Carr Wren
Children	Robert Lee Wren Lovick Pierce Wren Atticus Asbury Wren Marcus Dee Wren, Sr. Floyd Carr Wren Ernest Septimus Wren Ava Gertrude Wren
Occupation	Farmer
Religion	Methodist Church

George Lovich Pierce Wren, known as G. L. P. Wren (January 10, 1836 – February 8, 1901), was a native Georgian who served from 1884 to 1892 as a Democrat in the Louisiana House of Representatives as the sole member from his adopted Webster Parish in northwestern Louisiana. His tenure corresponded with the administrations of Governors Samuel Douglas McEnery and Francis T. Nicholls.

Biography

From 1892 to 1896, he and W. A. Stroud represented Bienville, Bossier, Claiborne, and Webster parishes in the Louisiana State Senate during the first term of Governor Murphy J. Foster, Sr.

In 1892, Senator Wren fought with Representative Nicholas J. Sandlin of Minden to abolish the Louisiana State Lottery Company.

Wren was born in Putnam County in central Georgia but relocated to Minden, the seat of government of Webster Parish, where he lived until his death at the age of sixty-five. He was a second lieutenant in the Louisiana infantry of the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. He enlisted at Camp Moore in Tangipahoa Parish with the "Minden Blues" for a period of twelve months. Nicholas Sandlin had also been part of "The Blues". He fought in the Battle of Antietam. From 1864 to 1865, he was a prisoner of war at Fort Delaware in Delaware. Released after he swore an oath to support the government of the United States, he returned to Webster Parish where he engaged in farming.

He and his wife, the former Ellen Carr (1846-1941), a native of Chambers County in eastern Alabama, had seven children, Robert Lee Wren (1869-1871), Livick Pierce Wren (1871-1956), Atticus Asbury Wren (1874-1939), Marcus Dee Wren, Sr. (1876-1952), Floyd Carr Wren (1880-1967), Ernest Septimus Wren (1882-1887), and Ava Gertrude Wren (1885-1950).

Marcus Wren represented Minden on the Webster Parish Police Jury, the parish governing body, from 1920 to 1925. Dr. Floyd Wren graduated from Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee and practiced dentistry in Jonesboro in Jackson Parish, where he was the mayor, and in Winnfield in Winn Parish, where he was a member of the city council, the school board, and was the registrar of voters from 1940 to 1948. He retired from dentistry in 1945 because of arthritis and operated a dairy in Winnfield for a number of years thereafter. Dr. Wren and his wife are interred at Winnfield Cemetery. Grandson Marcus Dee Wren, Jr. (born 1924), is a retired dairyman and tree farmer in Webster Parish.He was named "Dairyman of the Year" in 1976. His wife, Gay Stewart Wren (1928-2011), was a granddaughter of William G. Stewart, namesake of the former William G. Stewart Elementary School in Minden.

Wren, his wife, and other family members are interred at Pine Gove Methodist Cemetery north of Minden.

References

Preceded by Irvin Talton	Louisiana State Representative for Webster Parish George Lovich Pierce "G. L. P." Wren 1884—1892	Succeeded by Nicholas J. Sandlin
Preceded by William Washington Vance John R. Phipps	Louisiana State Senator for Bossier and Webster parishes George Lovich Pierce "G. L. P." Wren (alongside W. A. Stroud) 1892—1896	Succeeded by Thomas Wafer Fuller J. A. W. Lowry