Career
A native of rural Melder in Rapides Parish in Central Louisiana, Teekell was the sixth of ten children of Nehemiah Teekell (1818-1911) and the former Lenora East. Gill (1833-1904). He was first married to the former Nancy Elmira Coody (1869-1918), by whom he had four children. After Teekell"s death, Josephine, known as "Josie", married a man named "Hatfield" and lived in Shreveport.
Teekell"s youngest son, Milam, a retired United States Army captain, was killed in an automobile accident in Shreveport at the age of forty-six.
Teekell died in Red River Parish eight days after his 75th birthday. He is interred with other Teekell family members at the rural Hand Cemetery in Red River Parish.
