Cheston Folkes (September 27, 1863 – June 10, 1941) was a farmer from St. Francisville, Louisiana, who served in the

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for West Feliciana Parish in three nonconsecutive stints from 1908 to 1920, 1924 to 1932, and 1936 to 1940. His son, Warren Davis Folkes of St. Francisville, also served in the state House, nonconsecutively, from 1944 to 1955 and 1968 to 1976, and in the

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from 1955 to 1968.

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1863 births 1941 deaths Democratic Party members of the Louisiana House of Representatives People from St. Francisville, Louisiana Farmers from Louisiana Episcopalians from Louisiana Burials in Louisiana {{Louisiana-politician-stub