Posted on: DeSoto Parish La Query Forum Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/La/DeSoto/731 Surname: HART, POWELL ------------------------- I am the great grandson of Thomas Elbert Hart b. 19 Jun. 1832 in Cuthbert, GA, m. Eliza Powell 15 Nov. 1860 in Pelican, La. & d. 25 Dec. 1887, buried in the Grove Hill cemetary in DeSoto Parish between Mansfield and Pelican, with Eliza and their children. Eliza, b. Warren County, GA 1 Aug. 1842,was the sister of Benjamin B. Powell, and Eliza d. 1 July 1919, b. next to Thomas in Grove Hill. Thomas and Eliza's children: William H. Hart b. 27 Apr. 1886, d. 27 Nov. 1940 Anna Elizabeth Hart b. 1 Jan. 1870, d. 17 Jan. 1942 (Who married John Randolph Mason) Thomas G. Hart b. 17 Jul. 1874, d. 1 Aug. 1891 John Bell Hart (my grandfather)b.4 Aug. 1881, d. 1 Jul 1955 Zaidee b. 10 Aug. 1886, d. 7 May 1888 Fanny b. b. Pelican, d. Colorago Springs, Co. John Bell Hart's three children: Clifford Hart, d. 1943 and buried in Highland Cemetary in Mansfield, LA Clyde Frederick Hart, Sr., my father, born Pelican 12 May 1906 and died in Blanchard, LA 19 Jun. 1960, another son, John Alfred Hart, b. Pelican 1908, d. Shreveport, LA 1981. Eliza Powell's mother was Mary Hill who d. in 1854 and is buried around Bethany, La. Her father, James Powell, b. Warren County, GA 1811 supposedly perished of cholera while Eliza was very young and is buried somewhere in Rapides Parish. Anyone who can help me connect with the Hart and Powell ancestors above Thomas Elbert Hart and James Powell please contact me. Thanks very much and GOD BLESS!