<Li> John E. Guinn, current member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from Jennings </Li> <Li> Eugene John Hebert (1923--1990), Society of Jesus Roman Catholic priest who disappeared in Sri Lanka </Li> <Li> W. Scott Heywood (1872--1950), member of the Louisiana State Senate from 1932--1936, author of homestead exemption; discovered oil in Jeff Davis Parish in 1901 </Li> <Li> Charles Franklin Hildebrand (1893 - 1966), publisher of the Jeff Davis Parish News (1930 - 1948) and the Jennings Daily News (1948 - 1957) </Li>

What was first discovered in louisiana in 1901 near the town of jennings