Ethel, As far as I know my 1850s Gordons only passed through Louisiana on their way to Texas. Only two children from that family survived to make the move. I suspect that the other five and their mother died as Ethel S. wrote: > > Could some of those 1850 Gordons have come into Louisiana? I first find > Thomas Jefferson Gordon in/around Church Point (St. Landry Parish), La > where the birth of his and Lucrettia Bushnell's first child is recorded in > 1867. Next,( on 1870 census) he and his family are found near Iowa, LA and > his age is listed as 25, with his birthplace listed as Alabama. > > On the 1880 census, he and his family are listed; his age as 32, and his > birthplace given as Louisiana. So--perhaps---in 1850 he could have been 5-7 > years old?? > Ethel. a result of the yellow fever epidemic which I understand took place in Mississippi about that time. My g-g-grandfather was in Cherokee Co., TX by 1857 when he remarried. Margaret Ethel S. wrote: > > Could some of those 1850 Gordons have come into Louisiana? I first find > Thomas Jefferson Gordon in/around Church Point (St. Landry Parish), La > where the birth of his and Lucrettia Bushnell's first child is recorded in > 1867. Next,( on 1870 census) he and his family are found near Iowa, LA and > his age is listed as 25, with his birthplace listed as Alabama. > > On the 1880 census, he and his family are listed; his age as 32, and his > birthplace given as Louisiana. So--perhaps---in 1850 he could have been 5-7 > years old?? > Ethel.