Hi Barbara, Gave the fax number by mistake. Regular phone is: 318-929-1730. Peggy

Hi Barbara, The internet address is: http://www.dhc.net/~jw/ Snail mail is:J & W Enterprises PO Box 19443 Shreveport, LA 71149-0443 (318) 929-9778 email: jw-enterprises@worldnet.att.net Hope the email and phone are still the same. I haven't ordered from them since last July.... Peggy

Hi Doris, I have a book called "Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Bienville Parish, Louisiana", indexed by Wanda Head. It's 60 pages and it was taken from the book "Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Northwest Louisiana", which was originally published in 1890. I bought it from J&W Enterprises in Shreveport. Have you heard of it? Peggy

I have received some new information from this list on my COLLINSWORTH line from Peggy. BUT, now am seeking information on my JORDAN line. Johm M. JORDAN, born 1814 in NJ, married in 1853, Sally Matilda HOLDER of Bienville Parish, LA. Their children were: Marean Jordan, b. 1854 Rebekah Jordan, b. 1855, marr John DUTY Prior M. Jordan, b. 1856, marr S. STEWART William W Jordan, b. 1858 Charloty Jordan, b. 1859 Charles Wesley Jordan, b. 1861, marr Mozella CUMMINGS Sally Matilda Jordan, b. 1862, marr A. P. (Alf) STEWART Thomas Jordan, b. 1864, marr Louisiana America COLLINSWORTH (my ggrandparents Elizer M Jordan, b. 1865, marr T. J. CUMMINGS Henry Green Jordan, b. 1867, marr Nicie CUMMINGS Martha Jane Jordan, b. 1868 Emily Parlee Jordan, b. 1869 George H. Jordan, b. 1872, marr Ida Viola VERON Lydia Henrietta Jordan, b. 1873, marr Henry Jack HENNIGAN Would like to know in particular about Thomas JORDAN. When and where he died, and where he was buried. I know that Loula (COLLINSWORTH) JORDAN left and went to Columbia County, AR. She later married a man named GLASS. Have no info on him either. Loula died in Kingsland AR in 1948. Any information on anyone mentioned above will be much appreciated.

Does anyone on the list know how to contact Henry and Billie Jean Poland? I am told that she might be one who can lead us to a copy of the book" History of Bienville Parish"

Joseph supposedly had 3 children: Walter, Ona & Ada. No mention as to who his wife was....

Hi Doris, I got most of my info from my mother in law, who helped Eva Loe McDuffie with her book. She says that there are mistakes, as there are in a lot of genealogies. I have not found any other info on Joseph, and thank you for telling me about Albert and Laurien. Did you find them on the earlier census? I will have to do some digging....she's not much help anymore as she's up in age and can't remember like she used to, bless her heart. Peggy

Hi to all, I have started GenConnect Boards for Bible, Biographies, Deeds, Obituraries, Pensions, and Wills. These are for posting of information only, do not put any queries on these pages. If you want to post a query, then go to the USGenWeb site for Bienville Parish: http://www.rootsweb.com/~labienvi/ The following are the addresses for the other boards: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/La/BienvilleBibl http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/La/BienvilleBios http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/La/BienvilleDeed http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/La/BienvilleObits http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/La/BienvillePens http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/La/BienvilleWill I want to also remind everyone to PLEASE respect the copyright laws!! If any copyright has been violated, then I will have to remove the information from the board. I hope that everyone likes the mailing list and boards, and please feel free to contact me with any problems. Enjoy yourselves, Peggy

Laurian and Albert Brown Collinsworth are on the IGI as children of O. M. and Maranza. I also have a copy of a Bible Record (very poor) that was sent to me by Billy Bob Hillier. I can definitely see Albert Brown b. 1844 but can not distinguish Laurian on the copy that I have. There are several different hands writing the bible record and parts of it was done after the marriage of Georgia Theodotia (dau of OM and Frances). Looks like she married a J. A. Williams in 1882. There is no Joseph listed on the IGI nor that I can determine on the Bible Record. He also is not on the 1850 Clarke County MS census. I do not have a census record showing Oran's family in 1860. (Am not sure where they were at that time) Of course, that still does not mean he was not there. He could easily have been born and died between census years. Do you recall any information as to whether he lived to adulthood? This is what makes genealogy so interesting while making us crazy at the same time.

Hi Peggy, I do agree on the fact that Ursula was probably a daughter of a previous marriage of Frances Cason basically since she was 14 in 1870. That would have created her being born before the death of Maranza Loe since she died in 1863. According to the 1880 Census of Bienville, the Susan is the mother of Frances Cason. She is listed in the household of O M, Frances and Georgia (age 14). It does not give an age for Susan but it does define her as "mother-in-law". It is hard to distinguish her age on the 1870 copy that I have but it could be 66. Will take a look at the rest of the info and get back with you. Do you know where you acquired the information on Joseph? I certainly do not contend there wasn't one at this point. Just that I haven't run across anything to pick him up yet. Thanks for your help. Doris Will accept any information that anyone else has also. JUMP RIGHT IN.

Dear Bienville Parish Researchers, My grandfather, FRENCH G. GRAHAM, married twice in Bienville Parish. He first married, about 1880/1881, SALLIE McGUIRE (b.c.1864), the daughter of WILLIAM & JANE McGUIRE. FRENCH & SALLIE had three daughters: ESTELLA (b.1882), NELLIE (b.1886) and SALLIE (b. 1888). SALLIE must have died about 1888-1890 because in 1890 FRENCH married TENNESSEE EVELYN HODGES, daughter of JAMES MADISON HODGES & ZILLA ANN (DAVIS) HODGES. They married at Sparta in Bienville Parish. In the late 1890s, FRENCH & "TENNIE" moved their family to Red River Co, TX, and then on to Eastern Oklahoma about 1902. I would like to correspond with anyone related to these families and especially the family of SALLIE McGUIRE since I would like to learn more about her family. FRENCH G. GRAHAM and "TENNIE" were my mother's parents. Shirley B. Alexander

Hi Doris, Here is what I have on them: O.M. Collinsworth b May 1816 in NC and died 27 Jul 1890 at Liberty Hill. Maranza Loe b 20 Dec 1820 at Lumberton,Robeson,NC and died 31 Jul 1863 at Liberty Hill. They were married c. 1837 in AL and both are buried in the Old Liberty Hill graveyard. Their children: Henry L. b 10 Dec 1839 in AL, d 28 Aug 1876 in Liberty Hill. He married Margaret Hood b 29 Dec 1845 d 3Aug 1900, both buried in the Old graveyard at Liberty Hill. They had the following children:1) Hattie b 26 Aug 1864 d 10 Jun 1905 m George Rhinehart. 2) George b 1868 d ? m Martha Sanderlin. 3) Annie b 1872 d? m. George Kemp and George Rhinehart (Hattie's widower). 4) Mose b 1874 d? m Lela Edwards. Melissa b Apr 1840 in AL, d 28 Mar 1914 at Liberty Hill m John Newton Jones b 8 Feb 1841 in Smith Co. TN d 14 Jan 1929. Buried in the New graveyard at Liberty Hill. Their children: 1) Newton Jr. b ? d ? m Virginia Hines b 28 Jul 1867 d 12 Jan 1911 buried Liberty Hill. 2) Robert b 1872 d? m Lizzy Dring 3) John P b Jan 1870 d ? m Minnie Woods 4) William b 1867 d ? m Cora Woods 5) Sarah b ? d ? m Mack Tyler 6) Minnie L. b 1874 d 10 May 1925 m John Ford b 1873 d 14 Feb 1911 7) Elizabeth b? d? m Cook Martin 8) Annie N. b 1879 d ? m Robert Griggs. John b 1842 in MS d ? m Elizabeth Thomas b 1844. Their children: 1) Orren Mose b 1867 d? 2) Dave b 1868 d ? 3) Mae b 1870 d ? Andrew b 22 Jan 1846 in MS d 16 Feb 1909 in Friendship LA m Martha Hood b 20 Jan 1850 d 1 Apr 1916 m c. 1868 Their children: 1) Martha b 1869 d 21 Mar 1941 m Amos Shively 2)Henry b 24 Dec 1875 d 18 Dec 1945 in Friendship m Betty Eldridge b 14 Feb 1884 d 19 Nov 1920 3) James b 27 Sep 1876 d? m Tronie Lann b 10 Feb 1884 4) Maranza b? d? m John Bartlett 5) Allen b? d? m Julia Robinson 6) Minnie b? d? m Add Bartlett Victoria b 1847 in Clark Co. MS d? m A.M. Warren, their children: 1) Thomas b 1864 d? 2) Amy b 1866 d ? 3) Stephen b 1868 d? 4) Lon b 1871 d ?. Victoria's second husband was John McCoy and they had the following: Margaret b 1876, Elizabeth b 1877, Lydia, James, and Dave. Zipra b 11 Jun 1849 Clark Co MS d 6 Oct 1920 Liberty Hill. m Harper Campbell in 1867. Children: Francis b 1869, William b 1870, Georgia b 1877, Mose b 1872, Beady b 1880. Joseph b ? d? m? had the following children: Walter, Ona & Ada Nathan b 1847 in Clark MS m ? McCoy and had the following: Mary, John, Margaret, Georgia, Stephen, Robert, Kimble, Roberta, and William. Orren M b 1860 in LA d 1924 m Theodocia Easley in 1866 and had the following: Henry b 1884 d 1898, Maude b 1887 d 1919 m Walter Horne, Robert b 1892 d 1907. As you can see, I don't have any info on Albert, Stephen, Laurian, Daniel or Louisiana. I show a Joseph and you don't. I also don't know anything about OM's second marriage to Frances Casson, although I see them in the 1870 census with Louisiana and Georgia. I also see a Susan and Urusula, perhaps daughters of Frances adopted by OM? Let me know what you think.... Peggy

Thanks for the note Peggy and a special thanks for the list. I am a descendant of Louisana America Collinsworth (the 13th child of Oran Moses and Maranza Loe Collinsworth). I do have the names and births of her siblings but little else. I also know that Oran married Frances Cason after the death of Maranza and I show two children born to them. I would appreciate any information that anyone on the list might have on the siblings and their families. The children I have listed are: Henry Lewis (1838 AL), Malissa (1840 MS), John Franklin (1842 MS)m. Elizabeth THOMAS, Albert Brown (1844), Andrew Pickens (1846 MS)m. Isabel HOOD, Victoria (1847 MS) Zypra (1849 MS) Stephen Alonzo (1851) Laurian (1853) Nathan Clark (1855) Oran Moses (1858) Daniel Nicklaus (1860) Louisiana America (1863 LA) m. Thomas JORDAN (son of John M. JORDAN and Ma tilda HOLDER ) The children of Oran and Frances (Cason) COLLINSWORTH I show as; Georgia Theodotia (1865)m. J. A. Williams Frances Marian (1871) m. J. W. Mathis? Any information on Frances Cason also appreciated.

Hi Doris, I started this list because of all the family that my husband had in Bienville Parish. His mother was born in Liberty Hill and descends from the Hays - Loe families. Maranza is my hubby's 3rd cousin. What info do you need on the Collinsworth-Loe line? I hope that everyone will enjoy this list and will be able to find all of those tidbits that you need to fill in the gaps!! Enjoy yourselves.... Peggy

He everyone, I'm new to the list, so thought I would post my Surnames from Bienville Pa. Womack; Southen; Myers; Rowell; Stevenson; Carlisle; Pierce; Sledge; Williams; Frame; Stiles; Smith; Garner; Dunn; Dildy, among others... as you can see, all 16 of my G-G-Grandparents came into Bienville Pa. from 1830-to-1865. Most being from the Castor, Jamestown, Hallsummit, Saline "area". Some moved back and forth from Winn Parish, Red River Parish, and Natchidoches Parish....I live in Shreveport. My Brick Wall that I have been hammering away at for the last 25 years is: Wrizopa "Rispey" Southern , mar: Robert Womack, 11 Nov. 1830 Copiah Co. Ms... moved to La. ca. 1842. Hunting Rispey's parents and siblings. Some of their children are buried at the Ridge Cem. in Castor, La. If anyone is a descendant of Robert and Rispey, I have a picture of them that I will be glad to send a copy to you. I'm really glad to find this list as most of my research has been in Bienville Parish. If I can help anyone, I will be happy to do what I can. Thank you, Martha Stevenson Owen "Markie"

Hello, Glad to see this list. Would like to have any information available on the families and connecting lines of John M JORDAN/Sally Matilda HOLDER and also of Oran Moses COLLINSWORTH/Maranza LOE. Am willing to share any and all information that I have. Also if anyone has a copy of the book "History of Bienville Parish", would you please e-mail me. I found this book in the Shreve Memorial Library and would love to have a copy if possible. Thanks, Doris Lindblad Please do make your contribution to Rootsweb. It is a great opportunity for all of us.

I am researching the McCONATHY family from Talladega, AL who settled near Arcadia apparently on or near the Lincoln/Bienville parish line. Does anyone have a connection to this family? Kathleen McConathy, Houston, TX