Please reply too me at "phk9682aol.com". Ed Farrell may be buried on the "Eason" farm as there is a cemtery (small) there. I have not been there but was told that there was a marker on at least one grave. Red

Please reply too me at "phk968@aol.com". Have info & am looking too exchange. RED

As you know, Edward Eason has been listed as being buried at "LANAN" cemetary. I have hunted to no avail, but did see an article by Carl Dilbeck on the Sabine site about the town of Florien. Part of Florien was made up of an area called the Lanana Grant. I will check with relatives in area to see if their is any unmapped cemetaries in Florien area. Bill Hardy

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I am very much interest in the location of the grave of Edward Farrell & wife Sarah Jane wrinkles. Please reply to phk968@aol.com. Red Peters

Just read your message about Sarah Jane Wrinkles which you sent toRed Peters in July 2000. Sorry to rehash old material. My wife is Patsy Eason from Many, LA., and Edward Farrell and Sarah Jane Wrinkle are her GG father and GG mother. We have info about their deaths in Negreet, and Pleasant Hill, respectively, but unsure. Have a Abram David Wrinkle listed as GGG father, died 3 Aug 1844. Seems we have missed a generation here. Also have Richard Farrell listed as father of Edward. Would appreciate any help with sources and information Easons, Farrells & Wrinkles Thanks Very much. Would like to help with any expense that might be incurred. Bill Hardy

Hi, I looked up the "Pyle" name in a Desoto,La. marriage book I have and came up whith this Info. you might be interested in. 5/31/1841 John Haggen* to Mrs Sarah Anne Pyle , pg.019 Loose Marriages 1837-1904 6/8/1854 Jeremiah Pyle to Jane Adeline Sinclair , pg. 061 " " " " 9/13/1863 John R. Pyle to Narcelia Ann Pyle , pg 203 " " " " 8/17/1848 Thomas C. Pyle to Nancy Creech , pg. 065, Vol. A, 1843-1860 11/8/1848 John R. Pyle to Kitsy Ann Spears , pg. 070 " " " " 11/21/1850 George W. Pyle to Rebecca Pyle , pg. 093 " " " " William Pressly

I felt it very important that this information be posted to the Desoto Mailing List also. Hope someone will recognize something. Elnora Frances Cook-Wyrick -----Original Message----- From: JamesSmee@aol.com <JamesSmee@aol.com> To: PYLE-L@rootsweb.com <PYLE-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Saturday, July 07, 2001 1:43 PM Subject: Re: [PYLE] Jeremiah Pyle- DeSoto Parish, LA > >Hello Elnora, > >Household #379 in 1850 DeSoto Parish LA is Margaret PILES [55; born GA], >Jeremiah M. PILES [17; born AL], Rebecca J. PILES [15; born AL], and Suntha >[Cynthia?] E. PILES [15; born AL]. Margaret is the widow of Thomas PILES, >who as I understand it, died right around 1850. > >I don't see a Jeremiah PILES/PYLE household in the index to the 1860 DeSoto >Parish census. Other PILESs are on pages 920 through 950, or thereabouts. >Eventually, I'll take a look at that microfilm, and maybe Jeremiah will pop >up. Since he received a patent to a tract of land there in 1860 (your >records), and seems to have served with others of this line across the Sabine >River in TX during the Civil War, it seems like he would be found somewhere >in DeSoto Parish in 1860. Perhaps Doris HAYNES or some other researcher of >this line has run into Jeremiah PILES/PYLE in 1860. > >Have you found your Thomas WHITE in a household in 1860? Seems like he would >be in AR or in TX, based upon what the 1870 census information for the places >of birth of the children indicates. I would be curious to see if Sarah (born >c1835) appears as his wife then. If you only have the 1870 census to go on, >I still think it's a real possibility that Sarah was married, earlier, to >Jeremiah PILES. I can't think of another way that she would have wound up >owning the very tract that Jeremiah PILES was granted in 1860. > >How is it that you know or believe Sarah was a PYLE/PILES when she married >Thomas WHITE (presumably around 1850, if she was his first and only wife)? >From what you have posted, it seems like you have not found a marriage >record, right? If I were you, I might look for a marriage in GA of a Thomas WHITE to anyone, around 1850, as this might prove to be Thomas WHITE's first >wife. > >I enjoy problems (puzzles) like this, and hope you can make some progress. >If you have information that quickly shoots down this thinking (such as a >Thomas and Sarah WHITE household in 1860 somewhere), please let me know. > >Jim Smee >Pittsburgh PA Hi James, Thank you for the info, I too had found those records on the DeSoto Parish Page, but did not know that Margaret was the widow of a "Thomas Pyle". The land description on our Lease matched the one found on the BLM site for Jeremiah Pyle in DeSoto Parish, LA. I did it by entering the description and County, State only, I had no idea what name would be brought up, I had no record for a Jeremiah. The only (questionable) family history I have on this says that Sarah Ann was the daughter of Peter Pyle, but that has been ruled out by descendants of that Line with very good documentation, so I was happy to learn of a new name as a possibility. Don't confuse this Land thing, I did not say she owned that land; Her descendants were part ;of an Oil and Gas Lease on that land, with an R.L. Pyle of Caddo Parish, and a ( Mrs Cordie L Pyle, Registar Et Al). I do not know why my family was contacted and received payments (amount unknown) on this land or why this Lease was made with them, I am beginning to fear there may have been a mistake in identity, (they thinking our Sarah Ann was Peter Pyle's daughter)? The Only proof I have of Sarah Ann's maiden name are death certificates for 2 of her children, and handwritten notes by my Grandfather giving the name (Pyle) as that of his Maternal Grandmother. I have not found a marriage record, nor have I found any other census for the Thomas & Sarah White Family, 1850 or 60. I have thought of all the issues you raise, and agree that it is a (puzzle/mystery). My Mother even had an attorney investigate it in 1985, when she was settling my Grandfather's Estate and wrote to the Love Petroleum Co., in Jackson, MS with no results that I have been able to find. Sure hope someone recognizes something that can help. Elnora Frances Cook-Wyrick >

I am trying to research the family tree of my paternal grandmother, Lillie Bice, b. 11/09/1888, in Oxford, Louisiana, and who later moved to Moorhead, Mississippi and married Joseph Byron Hughes. Steve Byron Hughes 1503 N. 24th St. Nederland, TX 77627 409-721-9777

I am searching for William "Bill" Carpenter's family. He had two sons: Clifton Roy Carpenter 6/6/1946 and O'Dell. He was married to Georgia Louise Shoumaker. I'm not sure where he was from. Bossier Parrish has been indirectly mentioned. He may have robbed a bank. Thanks, Lisa Carpenter-Clements lgc37@ipa.net

I am still trying to find out something about Family of my GGGrandmother Sarah Ann (Pyle) White, b. abt 1830-35 in GA, d. abt 1873-75 in Van Zandt, Co., TX I would like to contact descendants or anyone with knowledge of the Jeremiah Pyle that was issued Land Patents in DeSoto Parish, LA in 1860 and again 1899. My family, descendants of Sarah Ann (Pyle) White were part of; as heirs to an Oil and Gas Lease in DeSoto Parish, LA, dated 1950. The description of the land in that Lease was the same as the Land Patented to Jeremiah Pyle, dated 1860 as shown on BLM records. Names mentioned in the Lease were (R L Pyle) and (Cordie L. Pyle, Register, Et Al) and (Cleve Love). Any help much appreciated. Elnora Frances Cook-Wyrick

I've added a scan of the postcard version of an R.R. Loving photograph of the old Mansfield Female College main bldg. to the DeSoto 'front page'. http://www.rootsweb.com/~ladesoto/index.htm (Scroll down the page - the photo is beside links to info on MFC & its alumni.) The Louisiana State Archives has brought online a searchable database of the index to Confederate pensions. See link at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ladesoto/csa.htm#res Weekly report from the DeSoto pages search engine - Count Keyword ----- ------- 14 williams 6 holder 6 mason 5 wemple 4 bozeman 4 robinette 3 pearce 3 collins 3 horn 3 campbell 3 fuller 2 ott 2 pugh 2 tidwell 2 boseman 2 nunley 2 bullock 1 eakin 1 ratliff 1 booten 1 cemetery 1 fulghum 1 cody 1 beard 1 norris 1 allen 1 coday 1 carmel 1 robe 1 rembert

As some of you may already know, the entire GenConnect message board database was merged last week with the message board system at Rootsweb's commercial partner Ancestry.com. A discourse on the advantages/disadvantages (and there are both) of this change is beyond the scope of this list. More information, as well as the links (sometimes one works, sometimes the other - I assume the 'glitches' will be resolved soon) to the new location of the 675 messages posted to the old DeSoto GenConnect query board, are on the DeSoto query page. http://www.rootsweb.com/~ladesoto/query.htm Judy

Moved from Old Texas, AL to Wallace, LA in 1888. Daily Sentinel Nacogdoches, TX, Thursday, October 25 1917 A MELROSE CITIZEN ACCIDENTALLY KILLED Team Hitched to Peanut Picker Ran Away and Threw Him Off Crushing His Head and Leg. From the undertaking department of Casob, Monk, & Co., who prepared the body for burial. The Sentinel gets the information of a horrible accident in the Melrose community in which a good citizen lost his life in a run-away accident yesterday afternoon. The particulars as best they can be obtained, are about as follows: Mr. D. N. Wilkerson [sic] a well known citizen of the community, was riding on a peanut picker, and when between the Thomas place and J. W. Garrett's, the team became frightened while going down an incline and ran away, throwing Mr. Wilkerson [sic] out, and in the fall his head and one of his lower limbs was crushed between one of the wheels of the machine and a tree. It is presumed that the team was frightened with the rattle or fall of some cans being carried on the picker. Mr. Wilkerson [sic] lived less than an hour. The deceased is survived by his widow, five daughters, and six sons. He was a member of the Baptist church, and those who know him say that he was a good christian [sic] man and a good citizen, well liked by the people of the community in which he resided. The funeral service will be held at the cemetery at Melrose at 2:30 this afternoon, and will be conducted by Rev. Gentry of Rusk. The whole community has been saddened with the deplorable accident, and all business and work in the community will be suspended this afternoon that people may turn out to the funeral service end of obituary "If I had it to do over again I would."

6/15/01 I'd like to contact Mr. Ross Patrick, who provided some photos of Keatchie College that are on the DeSoto Web Site. The e-mail that was given there does not work. If Mr. Patrick sees this, please e-mail me; if anyone else is in touch with him, can you let me know his present e-mail? Keatchie history is a particular interest of mine. Thanks very much. Nancy Wilson loosechips@aol.com

LA-CEMETERIES. A mailing list for anyone searching for their ancestors in Louisiana cemeteries and anyone interested in preserving historical information about Louisiana cemeteries and sharing information about them. http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Cemeteries/LA-CEMETERIES.html Louisiana Immigrants mailing list http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Immigration/LA-IMMIGRANTS.html LA-FRENCH-GERMAN mailing list http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Ethnic-European/LA-FRENCH-GERMAN.html Louisiana Obituaries mailing list To subscribe send "subscribe" to la-obituaries-l-request@rootsweb.com (mail mode) or la-obituaries-d-request@rootsweb.com (digest mode).

DeSoto Parish researchers - I've uploaded at the DeSoto Parish CW page a photo taken about 1900 of 40+ members of Camp Mouton, #41, Mansfield, United Confederate Veterans. The same photo is reproduced in Slawson's 1967 History of DeSoto Parish with row numbers and names, but it's extremely difficult to tell in which direction the rows are supposed to run, and whether the names read right to left, etc. The photo can be viewed at http://www.rootsweb.com/~ladesoto/csa.htm The names given are below, and are also shown on the page. Any help in identifying these veteran would be most appreciated. Judy Row #1- Abington, Thomas, Youngblood, G Jackson Row #2- Billingsley, T. S. Sligh, R. H. Jay, Marshall, McClanahan Row #3- McMullin, A P Reeves, Harwell, Sample, Franklin Row #4- Taylor, Rogers, Hamilton, Peyton Rascoe Row #5- W W Hunt, J Williams, Powell, Brownfield, John J Vascoe Row #6- J O Beck, McKinney, Cunningham, A F Jackson, W R Jackson, Row #7- H A Jenkins, J Yarborough, J J Gardner, J W Pitts, T. G. Pegues Row #8- B. Williams, Stribling, Marshall, B F Jenkins, L Williams Row #9- A P Harris, Greenings, J T Smith (JP), J M Parsons, S F Walker Row #10- Andrew Hoy, James H Hunter, A DeValtz, L M Rambin

Dear Folks, Somebody is sending a virus in my name. I had nothing to do with it, don't know how is happened. John Mimms

Posted on: DeSoto Parish La Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/La/DeSoto/10845 Surname: William Wayne Kervin, William Harrison Kervin, Lula Rainwater ------------------------- Searching for information on William Harrison Kervin and wife Lula Rainwater. They lived in DeSoto Parish around Dec 1894 when they had son William Wayne Kervin. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.

Posted on: DeSoto Parish La Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/La/DeSoto/10844 Surname: LOVE, DUNN, PHILLIPS, BINNING, Linsley, Tinsley ------------------------- Searching for the Parents of John A. Love(1869-1937) and wife Tinnie G. Love (1870-1949). Would love to know Tinnie's maiden name. Would like to find where they were from. They died in Benton La. (Bossier Parish). Known children: John Emory Love who married Jewel Francis. Mary "Addie" Love (1896-1987) who married Andrew Leonard Dunn.