GNIS gives this info: Feature NameStCounty Equivalent NameTypeUSGS 7.5' Map SycamoreLAConcordiapopulated place313645N0913203WFerriday South Sycamore ChurchLAConcordiachurch313544N0913037WFerriday South Sycamore LandingLAConcordialocale313650N0913105WFerriday South Sycamore Post Office (historical)LARapidespost officeUNKNOWNUNKNOWNMelder

Can someone please tell me where Sycamore In Rapides Parish La. in 1915 would be located? I don't know if it is a town, community, or something that is no longer there. I can not find the location. I do know that it is not the same Sycamore that is in Concordia Parish La. Thanks for any help you have to offer. Gladys

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/WEB.2ACI/180.1 Message Board Post: My father, Arthur Calvin Dousay, was your grandfather's brother.He lived in Hineston until 1963.

I know of none that were Unionists during the Civil War or that were opposed to the Confederate war effort. John Houston Strother, Sr. father was Alexander Asaria Strother, Sr. (1829-1864). Alexander Strother, Sr. was hung and shot in his front yard during the Civil War, May 11, 1864, by union soldiers who were stealing horses. His wife and son John were witnesses to the tragedy and cut him down. Alexander Strother married Martha "Patsy" Coker (1830-1899). Dr. Greene Strother wrote me, in 1981, concerning Alexander and Patsy: "My father's father was Alexander. His wife, my grandmother, was Aunt Patsy Coker. I remember her as a quite little women. He was killed in the Civil War times." Dr. Strother also stated that "Patsy Coker was a granddaughter of Rev. Joseph Willis by his second wife." John Strother (1852-1926) in 1865, became a coachman for the first carpetbagger governor of Louisiana. Richard Strother, III, was in the CSA from Nov. to Dec., 1862 and then deserted Dec. 9, 1862. He was later shot soon after having the child by Lydia Willis. He and Lydia could not marry, as he was a hunted man. Lydia later married Henry Stanley. Matilda later married Ruben Fee. Lydia also lost a brother, Crawford Willis, in 1862 at Shiloh in the Civil War. Richard Strother, III joined a group of Jayhawkers (probably the large group based in Oberlin, Louisiana at the time). He would slip into see relatives (although he was not really safe when around some of them) and to see Lydia. Randy Willis randywillis@ev1.net ----- Original Message ----- From: awbergeron@aol.com To: LARAPIDE-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Friday, April 30, 2004 7:27 AM Subject: [LARAPIDE] Re: Strother and Willis Families of 1850 Rapides Parish This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/WEB.2ACI/460.1 Message Board Post: If my memory serves me, I think I read somewhere that some of the Strothers were Unionists during the Civil War, or at least they opposed the Confederate war effort (perhaps even joining the Jayhawkers). Do you have any information on this? I've been researching the Jayhawkers for a long time and welcome anything you can contribute. ==== LARAPIDE Mailing List ==== Have you backed up your data lately?

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/WEB.2ACI/460.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Thank you for the prompt reply. If I run across any notes about the Strothers, I'll let you know.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/WEB.2ACI/460.1 Message Board Post: If my memory serves me, I think I read somewhere that some of the Strothers were Unionists during the Civil War, or at least they opposed the Confederate war effort (perhaps even joining the Jayhawkers). Do you have any information on this? I've been researching the Jayhawkers for a long time and welcome anything you can contribute.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/WEB.2ACI/474.1.1 Message Board Post: Thanks DeAnn, I guess the hardcopy I have wasn't that clear. I might try to download the census image from the Web and see if I can sharpen it. Jacques

Thanks for the info. I'm looking for Peyton, Dessens, Pemberton & Kay. Thanks again, Jeanne

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/WEB.2ACI/474.1 Message Board Post: Jacques - I have the 1930 Louisiana, Rapides Parish CD. I looked at the census page. It looks like Margie belongs to another household (perhaps left off the census page with her family). Pinkney's dwelling # is 199, family #209. Margie's dwelling # is 104, family #112. Something is written next to Margie's name but I cannot read it. I can scan the census page and send it to you. Let me know. DeAnn

I know Winifred. I will contact her for you and tell her you're looking for her. Morgan -- morgan@usroots.com morgan@eastman.net My personal genealogy http://www.morganjohnson.org/ Christian County, ILGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilchrist/ Rapides Parish, LAGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~larapide/ CALVIT Surname Mailing List http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/surname/c/calvit.html JEANSONNE Mailing List http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/surname/j/jeansonne.html -----Original Message----- From: Frances Tyler [mailto:gtyler@brazosport.cc.tx.us] Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2004 8:55 PM To: LARAPIDE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [LARAPIDE] Re: LARAPIDE-D Digest My husband's first cousin, Winifred kay (HUNT) Guillot, lived on North Drive, Alexanderia,LA in the mid 80s. Would some kind soul check the phone book and see if she is still there. We lost touch about that time. We are researching HUNT, ABNEY and WALKER in LA. Frances Tyler Lake Jackson, TX ----- Original Message ----- From: <LARAPIDE-D-request@rootsweb.com> To: <LARAPIDE-D@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2004 5:01 PM Subject: LARAPIDE-D Digest V04 #39 ==== LARAPIDE Mailing List ==== Have you backed up your data lately?

My husband's first cousin, Winifred kay (HUNT) Guillot, lived on North Drive, Alexanderia,LA in the mid 80s. Would some kind soul check the phone book and see if she is still there. We lost touch about that time. We are researching HUNT, ABNEY and WALKER in LA. Frances Tyler Lake Jackson, TX ----- Original Message ----- From: <LARAPIDE-D-request@rootsweb.com> To: <LARAPIDE-D@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2004 5:01 PM Subject: LARAPIDE-D Digest V04 #39

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Akin, Maddox, Hatchell, Roux Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/WEB.2ACI/474 Message Board Post: There is a Margie Roberts age 26, listed in the 1930 Federal census of Rapides Parish, LA. She is listed as a daughter with Pinkney P. Akin as head of household. Her occupation was telephone operator. Does anyone know who Margie was? She is a complete mystery to me. Pinkney was my grandfather, although I never new him. He died several years before I was born. Also listed are Edward Akin & Louis Gilbert Akin (Uncles) and Percy Akin (my father). Dad or any other family member never mentioned Margie. I know that Pinkney's wife died three years earlier in 1927, so maybe Margie was a housekeeper or babysitter since Uncle LG was only 5 years old at the time. Her being listed as a daughter could have been a mistake on the census taker's part.....maybe?? Jacques Aiken

Thanks, Bryant for the marraige web site!

In a message dated 4/26/2004 11:13:50 PM Eastern Daylight Time, CTaconi113@aol.com writes: How do you get to the Rapides marriage index? Jeanne Jeanne Use this URL for the Rapides Marriage Index: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/la/rapides/marriage.htm Bryant Walker Brunswick, Ohio Looking for Louisiana Walkers, Whatleys, Pritchetts, Olivers

How do you get to the Rapides marriage index? Jeanne

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/WEB.2ACI/468.2.1 Message Board Post: Tahnk you Loretta. Billy

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/WEB.2ACI/468.2 Message Board Post: I have a note that James A. Tyler and M.A. Gibson married in Rapides Parish on 26 July 1886. This info came from Rapides Marriage Index.

go to the Natchitoches Parish Site : http://www.rootsweb.com/~lanatchi/ and then use the "Search Engine - US GenWeb Archives. Select LA and then key in your name. I got several hits for burks. ----- Original Message ----- From: <babyruth7891@aol.com> To: <LARAPIDE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, April 17, 2004 9:10 PM Subject: JOHN R.BURKS > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/WEB.2ACI/473 > > Message Board Post: > > LOOKING FOR SOMEONE TO VERIFY THAT JOHN R. BURKS AND MARY A. POPE ARE BURIED IN RAPIDES, LA....................JOHN DIED JAN.31, 1891 AND MARY DIED JULY 12, 1892...............ACCORDING TO INFORMATION THAT I RECEIVED FROM A SOURCE IT SHOWS BOTH DIED IN GRAND BEND, RAPIDES, LA..............I DON'T SHOW GRAND BEND ON MAP...............WOULD APPRECIATE ANY HELP................... > > ______________________________

Have you checked these cemeteries: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/la/rapides/cemetery.htm

Would appreciate any information on Matthew Bushnell and Roseanna Charbonneau; lived around Bunkie and Cheneyville and LeCompte, in mid 1800s. A brother named Lawrence married into the Brown family. Am particularly interested in death dates, possible burial places. Matthew Bushnell married Hyacinthe Aucoin after Roseanna's death, and had other children. Any info is acceptable, even if someone has already answered. Thanks. Ethel