Francine- Thank you for emailing me back. I bet the K.O & Roy Dale Pearson were cousins, but I haven't got enough info yet. Was the school called Vivian? Also, while I'm at it, have you ever heard the last name Border? My grandfather had a cousin he used to talk about named Howard Border, who would have been much older than you, but maybe the father of someone you knew? Also, do you remember hearing anything about the murder of a woman named Mae Hayes by her husband in a beauty salon in Shreveport? She was killed about 1953. I have the newspaper article. Her husband, Virgil Frank Hayes, died about 20 years later, I believe in prison. I would love to know about the school part especially. Oh, how about Ethelene Steed? She was my aunt and went to school near Ida, maybe you knew her? Steed was her maiden name and she was my grandmother's half-sister, born about 1930-ish. She passed away in El Paso about 3 years ago. I had only met her a few months before that. Thanks again, Shelby ----- Original Message ----- From: "Francine" <granij@comcast.net> To: <LACADDO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, October 25, 2003 11:04 AM Subject: Re: [LACADDO] Marriage of James Pearson and Elizabeth/Lizzie Gibson > > Shelby: > > I graduated from Ida High School in 1950. There were 18 in my graduating > class. We had lots and lots of fun, for everyone knew everyone and it was > great! > There was a Pearson in our graduating class. He was K. O. Pearson. > Unfortunately he was killed about a year later in an automobile accident. I > do not remember the name of his father, but remember an older brother named > Roy Dale who had red hair. That's about all I remember about the Pearson > family. > > I do not recall a James or Robert, but they would have been about 10 or 12 > years behind me. A few years after we graduated, the high school was > consolidated and all the high school students went to Vivian to North Caddo > High School. The elementery school continued for a few years, but then it > was consolidated also. After that, I understand that a private school was > organized and continued to use the School building in Ida for a few years. > Now the school building has been torn down, the gymnasium has fallen almost > down and it is all concealed by trees and just a jungle. Can't tell the > school was ever there.... very sad! > > Every year the graduating class had a picture panel made that was hung in > the school hallway. These pictures were rescued before the building was > torn down and now are displayed in the Community Center in Ida. > > If I can help further, let me know. > > Francine Munnerlyn Jones > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Shelby Baltzley" <eric-shelb@lanset.com> > To: <LACADDO-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, October 25, 2003 9:06 AM > Subject: Re: [LACADDO] Marriage of James Pearson and Elizabeth/Lizzie Gibson > > > > When did you go to school there? My uncles did and I have some of their > > pictures, from a tiny school with only 20 or 30 people in it. James or > > Robert Pearson? My grandfather may have had cousins there who still have > > family that stayed in the area. My Uncle James is about 65 years old and > my > > Uncle Robert would have been about 60 or 62 years old. > > Shelby > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Francine" <granij@comcast.net> > > To: <LACADDO-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Monday, October 20, 2003 12:27 PM > > Subject: Re: [LACADDO] Marriage of James Pearson and Elizabeth/Lizzie > Gibson > > > > > > > > > > Mary Ann: > > > > > > Miller County in Arkansas was formed out of Lafayette in 1874. And yes, > > it > > > was form entirely out of Lafayette County. All records of that part of > > > Arkansas are found in Lafayette County prior to 1874. > > > > > > Is you Pearson family part of the Pearson family that lived near Ida in > > > northern Caddo Parish? I grew up there and went to school with several > > > Pearsons. > > > > > > Francine > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Mary Ann Reitzel" <marrei@bright.net> > > > To: <LACADDO-L@rootsweb.com> > > > Sent: Monday, October 20, 2003 10:59 AM > > > Subject: Re: [LACADDO] Marriage of James Pearson and Elizabeth/Lizzie > > Gibson > > > > > > > > > > francine.........what was the date when miller county was > > formed?......and > > > > was it formed from lafayette county only???? thank you........mary > ann > > > > chandler reitzel > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: "Francine" <granij@comcast.net> > > > > To: <LACADDO-L@rootsweb.com> > > > > Sent: Monday, October 20, 2003 11:10 AM > > > > Subject: Re: [LACADDO] Marriage of James Pearson and Elizabeth/Lizzie > > > Gibson > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Shelby, if they were married in Caddo Parish the marriage should be > > > > recorded > > > > > in the Courthouse in Shreveport. I have gotten marriages from that > > > period > > > > > from there. Write to Office of the Parish Clerk, Caddo Parish > > > Courthouse, > > > > > Shreveport, LA 71101 and request cost of obtaining copies of that > > > > marriage. > > > > > Be sure to include a stamped, self-addressed envelope. If you get a > > > > reply, > > > > > then send the money to cover cost and they should send you a copy of > > the > > > > > marriage record. Sometimes this will work and sometimes not, > > according > > > to > > > > > how busy the clerks are at the time. If not, maybe someone will > > > volunteer > > > > > to check for you. > > > > > > > > > > If you find that their marriage is not recorded in Caddo Parish, > check > > > the > > > > > surrounding parishes, and don't forget to check in the counties of > > Texas > > > > and > > > > > Arkansas. I found a lot of Caddo Parish Marriages recorded in the > > > > > Courthouse in Lewisville, Lafayette County, AR. However, these were > > > much > > > > > earlier before Miller County, AR was taken from Lafayette County. > > > > > > > > > > I wish you a lot of luck! > > > > > > > > > > Francine Munnerlyn Jones > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > > From: "Shelby Baltzley" <eric-shelb@lanset.com> > > > > > To: <LACADDO-L@rootsweb.com> > > > > > Sent: Sunday, October 19, 2003 11:34 PM > > > > > Subject: [LACADDO] Marriage of James Pearson and Elizabeth/Lizzie > > Gibson > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Does anyone know how to find out if there was a wedding between > > James > > > > > Pearson and Elizabeth (Lizzie) Gibson, probably between 1900 - 1905 > > and > > > > > probably in Caddo Parish? 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