I am trying to find information on the family of James Andrew Patton. He was born 3 March 1855 in Effington County, Illinois. Married Mary Selina Largent 5 Sept 1877 in Shelby Co., Illinois James Andrew taught school most of his life, and farmed or truck farmed most of his younger years. Places where he taught; Watson; Bement; Herbon Stewartson and Sullivan Illinois. He also taught music. He taught in several schools in Louisiana; Forest Hill; Glenmore Ponchatoula; Verda; He was a Dean of scholars in this section of Louisiana. He died 4 March 1947 and was buried in Verda Grant Parish, LA. His father was my gr gr grandfather. I have been trying to record our family genealogy and would like a picture of the grave site of James Andrew Patton, and a map of the location of the site in the cemetery for future use. If there is someone in the area that would get this information for me and send me the bill, I am more than willing to pay for the picture. Thankyou in advanace; Sandra (Patton) Pickett sdpickett@triton.net

I have a distant cousin that lives in the Forest Hill area that is a retired music teacher. I will inquire about her address and try to connect you. I will keep a copy of what I received and try to get back to you with any information I can. My uncle, Gailon Steve Weeks, has taken pictures at many cemeteries--he may be of help. I too have family from the Simpson, LA area, yet I have only seen them at an annual reunion held the first weekend in June. My grandparents, Fred Oscar Weeks and Pearl Netherlin, are from that general area. Miss Lisa (Vicki) Monsour McNeese State University PO Box 93248, Lake Charles, LA 70609-3248 (337)475-5428 Fax 5960 LOST 60 POUNDS SO FAR! missshortone@yahoo.com home, missshortone@cox-internet.com --------------------------------- Do You Yahoo!? Try FREE Yahoo! Mail - the world's greatest free email!

Sandra: I live in Bossier City about two hours from Grant Parish. I could look the cemetery up for you. Do you know what cemetery James Andrew Patton is buried in? Do you have a death certificate which would probably indicate cemetery? Do you have an obituary on James Andrew Patton? My charge is $12.50 per hour plus expenses. Ben Achee Bossier City, LA 71112 ----- Original Message ----- From: "sdpickett" <sdpickett@triton.net> To: <LA-CEMETERIES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, March 10, 2002 4:57 PM Subject: [LA-CEMETERIES] JAMES ANDREW PATTON > I am trying to find information on the family of James Andrew Patton. > He was born 3 March 1855 in Effington County, Illinois. > Married Mary Selina Largent 5 Sept 1877 in Shelby Co., Illinois > > James Andrew taught school most of his life, and farmed or truck farmed most > of his younger years. Places where he taught; Watson; Bement; Herbon > Stewartson and Sullivan Illinois. He also taught music. He taught in > several schools in Louisiana; Forest Hill; Glenmore Ponchatoula; Verda; He > was a Dean of scholars in this section of Louisiana. > > He died 4 March 1947 and was buried in Verda Grant Parish, LA. > > His father was my gr gr grandfather. > > I have been trying to record our family genealogy and would like a picture > of the grave site of James Andrew Patton, and a map of the location of the > site in the cemetery for future use. > > If there is someone in the area that would get this information for me and > send me the bill, I am more than willing to pay for the picture. > > Thankyou in advanace; > Sandra (Patton) Pickett > sdpickett@triton.net > > > ==== LA-CEMETERIES Mailing List ==== > USGenWeb Archives > http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >