This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5BB.2ACE/381 Message Board Post: Congratulations to Rober Tanner and those of his Church that devised and made available a wonderful presentation of residents of the church cemetery for the last 164 years. The web site is http://bayourouge.net/ Then click the word cemeteries on the left side of the page. We are not aware of any other church that makes such information available for free and on the web. Such a great presentation, on line and free is truly unique and deserves our many thanks. THANKS Robert Tanner and Bayou Rouge Baptist Church!!! Martin Gauthier Historic River Road Collection

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5BB.2ACE/376.1 Message Board Post: Check our web page at http://historicriverroad.org/ under Cemeteries/Avoyelles and look at Unknown 9 which is in Bunkie. Maybe that's yours. If/when you find out your cemeteries location, please let me know and I'll add it to the listing for those folowing behind you. Martin Gauthier Historic River Road Collection

The scheduled Dec. 3, 2005 meeting of the WPGHA has been postponed because of the various Christmas activities in the area. The new date for the meeting will be announced as soon as possible. I apologize for any confusion that may have been caused. Happy Thanksgiving! Maude Ann Gilmore WPGHA Vice-president

The Winn Genealogical and Historical Association will meet on Saturday, Dec. 3, in the meeting room located on the second floor of the Winn Parish Health Unit building, 301-A Main, Winnfield. The stairs are located at the rear of the building. Business meeting begins at 12:00, social at 1:00. Bring a refreshment, your latest discovery and your "brick wall" to share. Joins us for the election of new officers, an informal discussion and socialization. We look forward to seeing you there. Maude Ann Gilmore WPGHA - Vice-president

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/5BB.2ACE/339.1.1 Message Board Post: Thanks for your information. I didn't see it until just recently. Yes, they are related. It seems that the Tubres lived near the Mims, and married siblings. My great-grandfather was Stephen Douglas Tubre, and he married Annie Elizabeth Mims. I think I have a copy of their marriage license, but need to check. Thanks again, Pam

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/5BB.2ACE/339.3.1 Message Board Post: Thanks for your message. I didn't see it until just lately, and would like to know more about the Tubres that are from your area. I believe the same Tubre families will connect to my father, Louis Cornelius Tubre, Jr. I have a copy of an older court record that lists several names, and I don't know where to put your family. Are your related to John Tubre from France? Do you know anything about the fact that he was Basque? Please forgive me for not answering earlier and maybe we can share information. Pam

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Cason - Fisher Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/5BB.2ACE/112.1.1 Message Board Post: Did Amos Fisher have a daughter named Ida? Could you contact me please Thanks Janelle

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Fisher - Cason Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/5BB.2ACE/380 Message Board Post: Seeking info on my great-grandmother who was born in Avoyelles Parish in abt 1859. Her father was John Wesley Fisher and his wife was Marie Peyton... I would appreciate any help. Thanks Janelle Schneider (Cason)

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Laborde Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/5BB.2ACE/145.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: In reply to R. Gaspard's message about his Laborde lineage, Marcelina and Evariste were siblings. I am Evariste's great grandaughter: Jean 1, Jean 11, Pierre 1, Pierre 11, Francois, Evariste, Inez, me Interested in informtion about other children of Francois Laborde of Marksville. Found a Valsain with wife and daughter.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5BB.2ACE/379 Message Board Post: dear friends I am looking for any information on a barbin Amica Barbin if anyone has information please let me know. bettye

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Tubre Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/5BB.2ACE/339.3 Message Board Post: The cemetary my family has members buried in is the Pythian Cemetary in Bunkie. It dates back to the mid 1800's.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Tubre Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/5BB.2ACE/339.2 Message Board Post: I am a tubre from Avoyelles. I also met a Stephen Tubre in Sacramento, CA. He was working a military base. I lost touch with him back in the 60's. I would now be in the 80's or 90's.

I have been trying to figure out where exactly the original Avoylles Post was/is located. I am gathering it is outside Marksville but am not sure. Anyone have some information?? Martha Austin Texas

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Willis, Hanks, Graham, Lawson, Stark, Stagg, Strother, Soileau, Rougeou, Deroussel, Slaughter, Story and Smith. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5BB.2ACE/378.1 Message Board Post: Buried at the Graham Cemetery in Forest Hill, Louisiana (located off present day Willis-Gunter Road & Bell Road) Daniel Hubbard Willis, Jr. & the 16th Regiment, Louisiana Infantry in the Civil War by Randall "Randy" Lee Willis http://www.randywillis.org/ randywillis@ev1.net Daniel Hubbard Willis, Jr. (born 2 APRIL 1839; died 22 MAY 1900) enlisted, September 29, 1861, at Camp Moore, Louisiana, (Camp Moore Confederate Cemetery and Museum) in the Confederate Army as a Pvt. 5th. Company Battalion, Washington Artillery of Louisiana. He was (March 16, 1864) in Raxdale's Company E, 16th Louisiana Regiment, Gibson's Brigade, Army of Tennessee. He was promoted to 2nd Sergeant on March 5, 1865. He was captured and made a prisoner of war. Daniel was paroled at Meridian, Mississippi on May 14, 1865. Daniel H. Willis, Jr.'s obituary in the Alexandria Town Talk dated June 23, 1900 states: "He participated in all the hard battles of that army and for bravery, soldierly bearing, discipline and devotion to duty, he was unexcelled in his entire Brigade. He was made Orderly Sergeant of his Company at an early period of the war. It has always been said by his surviving comrades that when any particularly dangerous service was required, such as scouting parties to ascertain the position and movements of the enemy, he was always selected for the place, and never hesitated to go, let the danger be what it may. He was for a long time connected with the famous Washington Artillery, and at the battle of Chickamauga so many horses of the battery to which he was attached were killed that they had to pull the guns off the field by hand to keep them from falling in the hands of the enemy." His obituary also records: "He was paroled at Meridian, Miss., in May, 1865, and brought home with him a copy of General Gibson's farewell address to his soldiers and of him it can be truly said that through the remaining years of his life he followed the advice then given by his beloved commander. His love for the Southern cause, and for the men who wore the gray, was not dimmed by years, but he lived and died firmly convinced of the justice of the cause for which the South poured out so much of her best blood and treasure...Before death he expressed a wish that he might see his children who were at home, especially Randall L., his baby boy, whom he had named in honor of his beloved [*] Brigadier General, Randall Lee Gibson. He also requested that his Confederate badge be pinned on his breast and buried with him." I was named after my grandfather, Randall Lee Willis, whom was named after Randall Lee Gibson. The 16th Infantry Regiment, organized during the fall of 1861 at Camp Moore, Louisiana, contained men from East Feliciana, Caddo, Livingston, Rapides, Bienville, St. Helena, and Avoyelles parishes. After fighting at Shiloh and Perryville, the unit was assigned to General D.W. Adams' and Gibson's Brigade, Army of Tennessee. It was consolidated with the 25th Louisiana Regiment from December, 1862 until the late summer of 1864. The unit participated in the difficult campaigns of the army from Murfreesboro to Atlanta, moved with Hood to Tennessee, and shared in the defense of Mobile. The regiment lost 14 killed, 48 wounded, and 27 missing at Shiloh, then the 16th/25th lost 37 killed, 159 wounded, and 17 missing of the 465 engaged at Murfreesboro and thirty-five percent of the 319 at Chickamauga. In December, 1863, it contained 265 men and 116 arms. During the Atlanta Campaign, May 8-28, 1864, its casualties were 11 killed, 47 wounded, and 5 missing. During November, 1864, the 16! th had 115 officers and men fit for duty. It surrendered with the Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana. The field officers were Colonels Daniel Gober and Preston Pond, Jr.; Lieutenant Colonels Robert H. Lindsay, Enoch Mason, and W.E. Walker; and Majors Robert P. Oliver and Frank M. Raxsdale. *General Gibson was later an agent for Paul Tulane in founding Tulane University, of which Gibson was the first president of the board in 1885. He was elected (but not seated) as a Democrat in the U.S. House of Representatives in 1872; he was reelected and seated two years later and served continuously until 1882. From 1883 to 1892, he served in the U.S. Senate. Daniel Hubbard Willis, Jr. and the 16th Regiment, Louisiana Infantry Battles Compiled by Randall "Randy" Lee Willis The 16th Regiment, Louisiana Infantry was organized at Camp Moore (Camp Moore Confederate Cemetery and Museum) on September 29, 1861, just north of Tangipahoa, Louisiana. It contained men from East Feliciana, Caddo, Livingston, Rapides, Bienville, St. Helena, and Avoyelles parishes of Louisiana. The regiment moved to New Orleans and spent the winter at Camp Benjamin. In February, 1962, the regiment went to Corinth, Mississippi, as part of General Daniel Ruggles' brigade. Shiloh (April 6-7, 1862) Tennessee Corinth Campaign (April-June 1862) Mississippi Farmington (May 9, 1862) Mississippi Kentucky Campaign (August-October 1862). The regiment was part of General Daniel W. Adams' Louisiana brigade during the invasion of Kentucky. Perryville (October 8, 1862) Kentucky The army went into winter quarters at Tullahoma, Tennessee. At Shelbyville, Tennessee, General Braxton Bragg consolidated the 16th regiment into five companies and merged it with the 25th Louisiana Regiment on November 30, 1862 as the 16th and 25th Consolidated Regiment Infantry. The 25th Infantry Regiment was originally organized in April, 1862, with men from Madison, Morehouse, and Concordia parishes of Louisiana. 16th & 25th Consolidated Regiment, Louisiana Infantry Battles Murfreesborough (December 31, 1862-January 3, 1863) Tennessee Jackson Siege (July 10-17, 1863) Mississippi Chickamauga (September 19-20, 1863) Georgia Chattanooga Siege (September-November 1863) Tennessee Chattanooga (November 23-25, 1863) Tennessee Missionary Ridge, November 25, 1863 Georgia/Tennessee Spent the winter at Dalton, Georgia. Atlanta Campaign (May-September 1864) Georgia Rocky Face Ridge (Mill Creek) (May 8, 1864) Georgia Resaca (May14-15, 1864) Georgia New Hope Church (May 25-June 4, 1864) Georgia Atlanta (July 22, 1864) Georgia Ezra Church (outside Atlanta) (July 28, 1864) Georgia Atlanta Siege (July-September 1864) Georgia Jonesborough (August 31-September 1, 1864) Georgia Florence (October 30, 1864) Alabama Franklin (November 30, 1864) Tennessee Nashville (December 15-16, 1864) Tennessee On February 3, 1865, while at Mobile, Alabama, the regiment was broken up. The remnants of the 16th Louisiana were consolidated with the 1st Louisiana Regulars and 20th Louisiana as a new unit. The men of the 25th Louisiana were merged with those of the 4th Louisiana Battalion." 16th Regiment, Louisiana Infantry Battles Continued Mobile, Alabama (March 17-April 12, 1865) Spanish Fort Alabama (March 27-April 8, 1865). CS Brigadier General Randall L. Gibson evacuated the garrison, on March 8, 1865, after dark along a treadway only eighteen inches wide and about 1,200 yards long and fled to Mobile. Following the evacuation of Mobile, Alabama the men of the 16th Louisiana were consolidated with the 13th Infantry Regiment and designated as the Chalmette Consolidated Infantry Regiment in April 1865. On April 9, 1865, General Robert E. Lee’s surrenders the army of Northern Virginia to General Ulysses S. Grant. The 16th Louisiana surrendered with the Chalmette Consolidated Infantry Regiment at Gainesville, Alabama on May 8, 1865. Daniel Hubbard Willis, Jr. was paroled at Meridian, Mississippi on May 14, 1865. Sources: Bergeron, Arthur W., Jr. Guide to Louisiana Confederate Military Units, 1861-1865. Baton Rouge & London: Louisiana State University Press, 1989. pp. 112-15: Source: Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Louisiana. New York: Facts On File, 1995. pp. 100-01 Booth, Andrew B. Records of Louisiana Confederate Soldiers and Louisiana Confederate Commands. 3 vols. Spartanburg, SC: Reprint Co., 1984. E565.3L872. Confederate Military History, Extended Edition. Vol. 13: Louisiana. Wilmington, NC: Broadfoot, 1988. 631 p. E484C65.1987v13. Crute, Joseph H., Jr. Units of the Confederate States Army. Midlothian, VA: Derwent Books, 1987. Daniel H. Willis, Jr.'s obituary: Alexandria Town Talk, 23 June 1900 Current, ed., Encyclopedia of the Confederacy Wier, Jerry Johnson, Army of Tennessee Louisiana Division The Association and Tumulus, The Center for Louisiana Studies, University of Southwestern Louisiana, 1999. LOUISIANA HISTORY, the journal of the Louisiana Historical Association, vol. 28, pp. 245-262 and vol. 36, pp. 389-411. Also see http://www.civilwar.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm Film Number M378 roll 31 The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System maintained by the National Archives and Records Administration and National Park Service.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Civil War Veterans' Graves Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5BB.2ACE/378 Message Board Post: My students at LSUE are once again researching local Civil War veterans and their graves. With the high price of gasoline, they cannot scout the area as they once did. If any list member has knowledge of Civil War (CSA, Union or Native Guard) graves in SW LA, would you please post the cemetery name and location or the veteran's name so that the students can find these burial spots for their research. Many thanks. Alma Reed History LSUE

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/5BB.2ACE/339.1 Message Board Post: here is a Mims & tubre marriage from t he oocurt house in Opelousas, LA marriage index: MIMS, Margeria Elizabeth m. 23 Dec. 1880 James TUBRE This couple is buried in Feurgeson Cemetery, near Bayou Chicot, LA. Could this be who you are looking for?

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5BB.2ACE/181.1.1.2.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Patti, I can not say for sure that are Winton Gaspards are the same or not. The Winton in my line does have a brother named Albert. I do not have a sibling by the name Forrest. The other siblings I have for him are: Eola, Thema (Thelma?), Rose, and Alice. I do not have a lot of information on the Gaspard line as I have been concentrating on the Duclos/Declue/Desselles/Decelles line.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Gaspard, Bonnette Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5BB.2ACE/181.1.1.2.1.1 Message Board Post: I have a Winton J. Gaspard in my tree, b. abt.1891 d. abt.1968. He was married to Leontine "Lode" Bonnette [11 OCT 1912 in Avoyelles Parish], daughter of Louis Seizieme Bonnette [my g-grandfather]. I have Albert and Forrest Gaspard as Wintons brothers. Could this be the same Winton Gaspard? My people are from in and around Avoyelles Parish. Patti

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5BB.2ACE/181.1.1.2.1 Message Board Post: Nathina, here is what I have concerning your posting. I have your Esma Marie as Angelina Isma Desselles. She was born Nov. 27, 1867, in Avoyelles Parish, La. She was the daughter of Jean Baptiste Desselles and Paulina Bordelon. She died in 1906 in New Orleans. She married Francois Alfred Gaspard Mar. 10, 1890 in Avoyelles Parish. I have six children for her and Alfred. 1. Winton Gaspard, born July 1890 2. Eola Gaspard, born Oct. 1891 3. Albert Gaspard, born Feb. 1 4. Thelma Gaspard, born Mar. 1896 5. Rose Gaspard, born Jan. 1899 6. Alice Hinerey Gaspard, born 1905 I hope this is of some help to you. Good luck. If you want more information, feel free to email me.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5BB.2ACE/181.1.1.3 Message Board Post: Hi Pat. I know your posting is 2 years old, but here is what I have . Lambert Desselles Duclos I, was born in 1774 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. I don't know when, but he migrated to Louisiana. As far as I can find out, his children dropped the Duclos surname and adopted Deselles. Lambert was married to Elizabeth Waltman. She and Lambert had seven children that I know of. If you would like more info, please feel free to email me at dale@adams.net