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Next Meeting of the Society: SUNDAY, August 19, 2001 3:00 p.m. PRESERVATION AND HISTORY OF A DESOTO PARISH SHOWPLACE: WOOD PARK Wood Park: Home of Randy and Janet Guy Directions: Take Highway 175 South out of Mansfield. Drive past the Mansfield Battlepark and continue for approximately one and one-half to two miles. Make a right on to Addison Road which is marked. The house is located at the very end of the road. The Summer 2001 'Plume' (quarterly pub. of the Society) is out! ToC: Reverend John Glassell of Wood Park Wood Park Rendezvous in DeSoto Parish Historical Tidbits to Ponder and Opine Medical Doctors in DeSoto Parish, Baton Rouge Advocate, May 17, 1892 Succession of James M. & Tabitha E. Powell Joint Succession of James M. And Tabitha E. Powell Descendants of Sterling Powell The Old Log Courthouse The most recent 'Plume', and all other DHS publications are available at the Old Courthouse, as well as by mail. See the DHS page for details http://www.rootsweb.com/~ladesoto/society.htm

I have information on Warrick who was married to Vicenta Dias who is my family. Contact me for more info.

I info Vicenta Dias (Gagne). If this would help you email me at the above.

Willie Elbert WILKINSON, b. 2-21-1906 d. Unknown Year but probably 1980, Nacogdouches Co., TX Son of David N. WILKINSON and Sadie Phillips of Wallace, Pelican, and (maybe) Many, LA, then Melrose, TX. Elbert WILKINSON Funeral for Elbert Wilkinson, Sr. 74, of Woden, will be held at 2 p.m.. Sunday at the Woden Baptist Church with burial in the Melrose Cemetery. Officiating will be Emmett Upchurch of the Woden Baptist Church and W. H. Bartlett of the Melrose Baptist Church. Mr. Wilkinson died Thursday at Memorial Hospital. He was born February 20, 1906, in Many, La, the son of David and Sadie Phillips Wilkinson. Mr. Wilkinson was a retired farmer and school bus driver for the Woden Schools. He and Esther Garret were married Nov. 22, 1924 and she survives him. A member of the Woden Baptist Church Mr. Wilkinson lived in the area most of his life. In addition to his wife, survivors include to sons, Willie Elbert Wilkinson, Jr., of Houston and Bobby J. Wilkinson of Seguin; one daughter, Mrs. Bufford (Mavis) Hammet of Henderson; two brothers, Marvin Wilkinson and Alton Wilkinson, both of Houston; two sister, Mr. Dora Holt of Houston and Mrs. Fannie Johnston of Many, La., nine grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren. Pallbears will be Jim Raines, Mark Wilkinson, Greg Wilkionson, Hubert Wilkionson, Buddy Wilkinson, and Randy Heiser. Oakley-Metcalf Funeral Home is in charge of arraignments. I think the reference to Many may be incorrect. In 1980 Mrs. Fannie Johnston lived in Mansfield, DeSoto Parish, and had been there about 35 years. This family lived near Plesant Hill - Wallace so they may have been in either parish in 1906. Grant Johnston, Chico, CA Searching for JOHNSTON, JOHNIKEN, MIDDLETON, WILKINSON, and related names in AL. S. LA. and TX.

their is the old walter pierce home place, hwy 191 about six pr seven miles out of logansport,la. i believe his son,don lives across the road from the house place. daughter-betty daniels lives about five miles from their on hwy 191. ----- Original Message ----- From: <Sundawn262001@yahoo.com> To: <LADESOTO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, August 11, 2001 5:03 PM Subject: [LADESOTO-L] Re: Robert Pierce > > > Hello, > I have a Walter Pierce in Desoto Parish and is buried at Price Cemetary in Logansport. His daughter is Iva Jean which is my husband's grandmother she still lives in Logansport. If you have any info please write back. > > Thank you, > Donna > >

Hello, There is also a Price Cemetary down by the Highschool. Hope this helps.

Hello, I have a Walter Pierce in Desoto Parish and is buried at Price Cemetary in Logansport. His daughter is Iva Jean which is my husband's grandmother she still lives in Logansport. If you have any info please write back. Thank you, Donna

I have some extra copies of a wonderful book titled "What won't be in my Will" The books were purchased directly from the author for a marketing program that was never introduced and now I need to find a home for them. The book is laid out in a format to obtain the thoughts, dreams and stories that would not be passed from one generation to the next. It''s a great way for your family members and loved ones to leave behind their most cherished thought and moments. I am happy to give these books for free, just send me your address and tell me how many you want. I prefer to keep the quantities requested by each person under 10 so that many people can order them. However, if you have a special need and would like more, just let me know. Thanks, Jerry San Diego, CA Researching Kerlin, Mat(t)hews, Kirkland, Killgore and Cook in LA

Has anyone used software to map the land information found on deeds? For example, I would like to map the coordinates found on the deeds I obtained from the County Clerks office on Desoto Parish. Thanks, Jerry Linney San Diego, CA Researching Mat(t)hews, Kerlin, Kirkland, Killgore and Cook in LA Linney, Bell, Coker and Hamilton in TX.

Is anyone researching any "Dunn" family. I am searching for info. on Eliza G. Green located in Desoto Parish , La. She purchased Land N.W. of Mansfield in 1847 & 1848. Also a Raphael Dunn. Also look for info. on two young persons shown in the Desoto Parish 1860 Census: Denie Dunn Age 18, male, b. La. Alice Dunn " 16 b. La. Would appreciate any help. Thanks William Pressly

Are you on a PC running Windows 98? I think this will work for 95 to but I'm not certain. Anyway, here is a way to view fonts. Click on the START button, go to FIND (files and folders) and enter FONTS. You will get a list of places that have FONTS. One is C:\WINDOWS\FONTS. Click on the little folder icon and you'll get a list or a bunch of icons, depending on how your Windows is set up. Click on one of those and you can see what it looks like. Some good ones have Archaic, Old Style, etc. in the name. Congratulations on discovering and utilizing this amazing genetic similarity. My wife and her mother looked quite a bit alike but it seems to have stopped there. Grant Searching for JOHNSTON, JOHNIKEN, MIDDLETON, WILKINSON, and related names in AL. S. LA. and TX.

Hello: I hope this is not out of line with this sort of question to the genealogy lists that I belong to, but it is genealogy related. I am sending this to several lists because I am doing up a very special genealogy photo montage. It is composed of my husband's Grandmother, Nannie Hubble, who was born in 1880 and her GGGranddaughter (our granddaughter, Rebeka, born in 1986). Everyone in the family has remarked how Rebeka - almost 100 years later - is the spitting image of her GGGrandmother Nannie. Soooo, I took Rebeka up and found a Gibson Girl outfit like they wore at the end of the last century, dressed Rebeka exactly like her GGGrandmother Nannie, We bought rings and a necklace as close as possible as those in the picture. Nannie's picture had a ring on her necklace, so we put one of Rebeka's GGrandmother's rings on her necklace that almost perfectly matched Nannie's. Then took Rebeka to the hair stylist and had her hair done in the same style, and we went to a photo vintage shop and had her pose just as Nannie did by a wicker chair so the poses would be identical. It is a work of art! They are almost 100 years apart in age, but it looks like they are twins. Everyone who sees the pictures says it is just too eerie. One of the pictures is of Rebeka holding and looking at the picture of her GGGrandmother Nannie. Now, my dilemma is that I want to have the proper font for the insert under each picture with names and dates that would be fitting for such a family heirloom before I have it framed at the frame shop. Can anyone out there suggest what font would look good under pictures like that? Thanks for listening & reading this far. This is just so important to me, and I want it to be perfect, since Rebeka is so interested in the finished product. Believe me, it got her interested in my favorite hobby, genealogy. She may be only 14, but this has brought her into asking all sorts of questions about all of the 12 family lines that I am researching, and not just the Hubbells. Jackie

located about five miles east of logansport,la. the old school,which was originally oak grove high school, is still their, what is left of it. new school is west of the old school. i graduted from oak grove high school in 1951-allen plummer-principal. the mims sawmill is operating on the same site, as the mccoy brothers mill site-site leased from carlton mccoy. cafe is operating in the old gordon christain store. name of town was changed when incorporated-a town in sabine parish had the name of oak grove. the stanley's lived their many years ago. log on to desoto parish louisiana-you should be able to find info on stanley. austin smith

Does anyone have names of any DeSoto Parish residents in 1864 who may have joined the 31st Texas Cavalry to fight at Mansfield?

Need information on any Connell who lived around Longstreet or Keatchie in DeSoto Parish, LA. Especially interested in period from 1850-1960.

My Great-Great Grandfather, C.B. Connell bought 160 acres from Levi and Louisa Shelton Pressley on Dec 7, 1850. I have a copy of the document. Section 9, Township 13, Range 16 in DeSoto Parish. Just thought this might help some. C.B. Connell came to DeSoto Parish in 1847 from Macon Co Alabama.

My Great-Great Grandfather, C.B. Connell bought 160 acres from Levi and Louisa Shelton Pressley on Dec 7, 1850. I have a copy of the document. Section 9, Township 13, Range 16 in DeSoto Parish. Just thought this might help some. C.B. Connell came to DeSoto Parish in 1847 from Macon Co Alabama.

Need information on the Bryant Clinton Gordon family who lived in Longstreet, DeSoto Parish from 1910 until about 1960.

your grandfather and my grandfather(stathum austin) are brothers. i own the old homeplace, not far, from glen hill's house. i think, alabama norwood married rayburn macdonald-buried at old union cemetery. austin smith