This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Sledge>Bass>Doyle/Dial>Dunn Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/WEB.2ACI/469 Message Board Post: My grandmother Lillie Mae Bass married Wesley Bryan Sledge. They lived in St. Landry Parish until about 1920 and then they moved to Glenmora. My mother and her brothers and sisters were raised in Glenmora and I still have cousins that lived there. Would love to share info with you about this family. Catherine

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/211.2 Message Board Post: I was wondering if this is the Margret Gibson who married James(Jim) Tyler? I would like to talk to you about them if it is. Billy Deville

I show a James A. Tyler married M.A. Gibson in Rapides Parish 26 July 1886. According to my notes, this came from the Rapides Marriage Index.

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 Message Board Post: I would like to know if anyone has anything on Margaret Gibson who married James Tyler in Rapides Parish? Thank you. Billy

-----Original Message----- From: carolyn tregre [mailto:puddintregre@msn.com] Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2004 8:17 AM To: Morgan Edward Johnson Subject: Query: Rapides Parish DATE: Thu Feb 19 06:17:03 2004 NAME: carolyn tregre EMAIL: puddintregre@msn.com URL: QRYTEXT: I am searching for the obits of Frank P. WHARTON, dod 3/22/1947 and Dr. Willie L. WHARTON, DOD 5/16/1934. Both died in Alexandria. Both resided at 809 Elliott St. Can someone tell me how to acquire these, please.

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/467 Message Board Post: Hello I am searching for a half sister who was born in New Orleans and placed up for adoption. The only information I have is this: Baby Girl Sinclair Placement agency Children’s Bureau of New Orleans D.O.B. 02/15/1966 Judgment Rendered Orleans Parish Juvenile Court My mother has just recently been diagnosed with lung cancer and I don’t know how much longer she has left. If anyone out there knows an adoptee born on this date please forward this message along to them. Also if you own a business or know someone who does please ask them if they could post this message where their patrons can see it. Thank you Bonnie

I am seeking information on Dr. W. L. Wharton. He practiced medicine in Alexandria area. He died May 17, 1934. I am hoping someone on the list will find me an obituary from your local newspaper. I am particularly interested in any surviving children. He is my great uncle. Thank you in advance for any assistance. Carolyn

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/466.1 Message Board Post: Sara, Are you also a descendant of Thomas Minor Davenport? If so I would very much like to share family information..........Judy

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/466 Message Board Post: Can anyone help look-up or make suggestions about where to find records of abt. 1886? My great-grandfather supposedly drowned in the Red River March 20, 1886. My new e-mail address is sdk@cox-internet.com.

Thank you-I did some follow-ups; especially Josephine and Ignacio; also have the marriage license for Josephine and Adalar. I, too believe they are of the same family as Celestine (married to Strother). Ignacio ended up in Calcasieu Parish around Hecker and married into the Hebert family. (buried in Graceland-Orange Cem. in Lake Charles). Adalar Hagan married a second time to Emeline Laird. Adlar Hagan and Josephine Rodriguez are in my Gordon line. Would appreciate you sharing whatever you have. If I can be of help to you, please let me know. How do you fit in? Thanks. Ethel

Did you ever find what you were looking for on this family? I've seen them on page 32 of the 1860 Rapides Parish census: Enumerated 19 Jun 1860 229/230: Dio Rodrigues 46 M Farmer $405 LA unable to read or write [1814] Louisa 46 F LA unable to read or write [1814] Andrew 17 M Farm laborer LA ]1843] Josephine 12 F LA [1848, m Adalar Hagan 22 Feb 1868 Rapides Parish, LA] Ignacio 7 M LA [1843] I had wondered if they were related to Celestine Rodriguez (1838 LA - 14 Jun 1901; buried Pine Chapel Cemetery near Oakdale and married to Leroy Strother 8 Mar 1866 in Rapides Parish) Lisa ----- Original Message ----- From: Luluinla1@cs.com To: LARAPIDE-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Monday, September 30, 2002 7:12 AM Subject: [LARAPIDE] RHODRIGUEZ in Rapides Parish Am researching the family of Ignace RHODRIGUEZ / RODRIGUEZ. Could anyone help in finding Ignace (poss. Ignacio) in 1870 Rapides Census? Believe his parents are Dio RODRIGUEZ and Louisa (maiden name unknown). Thank you very much. Lou ==== LARAPIDE Mailing List ==== Have you backed up your data lately?

Thanks, Houston, for the history info on Babb's Bridge. I do not decend from this BABB line that settled in Rapides Parish, but from the same group of Babbs that lived in Laurens County, SC and in Tennessee before my line moved on to Mississippi (about 1830) and about the same time that the below group moved on to Georgia. The below Babb family line (shown below) migrated from Laurens, SC to Georgia to Texas and back to Rapides Parish. Also note, the Babb's Bridge, Rapides Parish BABB family connects directly with Roxanne BABB Baden, wife of Fred BADEN, former long time Pineville Mayor. Fred Baden and I were neighbors and classmates at Pineville Grammar School back in the mid-1940's. We remain good friends today. And Fred's wife, Roxan, is a "Babb Cousin" of mine, too! I believe that this Joseph Babb, Sr. and Mary Roann Babb Family were the first BABBs to actually settle down near Glenmora in Rapides Parish. Family of Joseph Babb, Sr. of Babb's Bridge, Rapides Parish, LA 1 Joseph Babb, Sr. b: February 13, 1826 Laurens Co, SC d: June 05, 1905 Rapides Parish, LA .. +Mary Roann Mitchell b: June 20, 1831 GA d: November 22, 1914 Rapides Parish, LA m: 1849 Children: ....... 2 Elise Babb b: Abt. 1851 GA d: Unknown ....... 2 Larcenia Babb b: September 30, 1852 GA d: Unknown ........... +John J. Mitchell b: Unknown d: Unknown m: September 29, 1870 ....... 2 James Thomas Babb b: January 1853 AL d: Aft. 1920 ........... +Alice Lorena Paul b: April 1867 LA d: Aft. 1920 m: January 16, 1884 ....... 2 Parthenia Babb b: Abt. 1856 AL d: Unknown ........... +Felix R. Barker b: Unknown m: 1873 ....... 2 Kellett 'Dock' Babb b: January 08, 1858 TX d: December 08, 1933 Rapides Parish, LA ........... +Ellen Morris b: June 13, 1855 d: October 10, 1915 Rapides Parish, LA m: 1879 ....... 2 Joseph Babb, Jr. b: February 02, 1863 LA d: April 07, 1942 Rapides Parish, LA ........... +Sarah V. Elliott b: August 07, 1861 LA d: July 20, 1953 Rapides Parish, LA m: November 01, 1883 ................. 3 Dallis H. Babb, Sr. b: August 1890 LA d: Unknown ..................... +Dave Anna Block b: Abt. 1900 LA d: Unknown ........................... 4 J.D. Babb b: Unknown ............................... +Unknown b: Unknown m: Unknown .....................................>> 5 Roxan Babb b: March 17, 1950 Lake Charles, LA ......................................... +>>Fred Baden b: May 04, 1934 Pineville, LA m: Unknown. Former Mayor of Pineville, LA. ........................... 4 Tommie Altha Babb b: Unknown ................. 3 Eva Babb b: September 1893 ................. 3 David Babb b: Abt. 1894 ................. 3 Louis Everett Babb b: April 27, 1896 LA d: May 11, 1923 Rapides Parish, LA Joseph Babb, his wife & several children are buried in Butter Cem. near Forest Hill in Rapides Parish. Directions to Cemetery: Located south on US Hwy 165 from Alexandria, turn left at the blinking light at Forest Hill. Cross the railroad tracks, turn right immediately on Hwy 497 and go .3 miles. Turn left on Butter Cemetery Road and continue for 1.7 miles. Bear left at fork for .3 mile to cemetery. Glenda EMail: <gflcrbd@aol.com> (23 Jan 2004) ------------------ Graves at Butter Cemetery (from Glenda Bradley): *Joseph Babb, Sr. 13-Feb-1826 / 5-Jun-1905 *Mary Roann Babb 20-Jun 1831 / 22-Nov-1914 **Joseph Babb Jr. 2-Feb-1863 / Apr-7-1942 **Sarah Virginia Babb 7-Aug-1861 / 20-Jul-1953 Charley Babb 5-Dec-1887/ 28-Oct-1889 Hosea 3-Aug-1884 / 5-Jun-1905 **Kellet (Dock) Babb 8-Jan-1858 / 8-Dec-1933 **Ellen Morris Babb (wife of Kellett (Dock) Babb 13-Jun-1855 / 10-Oct-1915 Beverly Allen Babb 4-Aug 1880 / 16-Aug-1966 Prudie Moore Babb, wife of B.A. Babb Sr. 17-Jun-1878 / 10-11-1951 Louis Everett Babb 27-Apr-1896 / 11-May-1923 -------------- July 1870 Rapides Parish, LA Census, Alexandria Post Office Family # 1271 Spring Hill Ward Joseph Babb 44/SC Farmer $140-$400 Mary Babb 37/GA Keeping House Elsie 19/GA Dau/at home Larcina 17/GA Dau/at home James 16/AL Son/at home Parthena 13/AL Dau/at home Kellett 12/TX Son/at home Joseph, Jr. 6/LA Son/at home From above census record dates: This family was living in Georgia thru about 1852, in Alabama from 1853 thru about 1857, in Texas about 1858 and had arrived back in Louisiana by 1863. ....Above data from the files of Bill King, Houston, TX Reply to: BillKing@houston.rr.com ______________________________ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Houston Tracy" <treesearch3@yahoo.com> To: <BillKing@houston.rr.com> Sent: Saturday, February 14, 2004 4:04 PM Subject: re: Babb's Bridge Hello Bill, All I have readily at hand is a handwritten "History of Glenmora" penned by Mrs. Winnie Mae Blevins and a copy submitted by her great-grandson, Michael Hilton of Bossier City, La., and published in the Central Louisiana Genealogical Society's Quarterly periodical in April of 1992, Vol. 6, No. 2, Pages 33-34. Within the text is only a mention that Babb's Bridge was located on Spring Creek 3 miles from Glenmora and its 3 merchants: Peninger, Dyer & Calhoon and about 200 residents moved that settlement to Glenmora after the Watkins Railroad was built to be nearer the track. NOTE: This would have been circa 1797. The Post Office in Glenmora was not established until 1902, so the name of Babb's Bridge may have continued to be used until that time. I did find Joseph Babb's military service and his widow applied for and received a Confederate Widow's Pension. He was paroled at Alexandria and shown to have been a resident of Rapides Parish in 1865. There may be some mention of Babb's Bridge in the Minutes of the Rapides Parish Police Jury, but not likely anything of its being established, unless some newspaper prior to 1850 have those minutes published in them. Babb may have built and he did maintain the bridge crossing Spring Creek, but could not be the founder of the settlement bearing his surname, for there were persons already settled in that area before he arrived. I do not know anything more off the top of my head, but as I say, more could certainly be found with some diligence. Houston Tracy Jr. Historical & Genealogical Researcher

Thanks, Houston, for the history info on Babb's Bridge. I do not decend from this BABB line that settled in Rapides Parish, but from the same group of Babbs that lived in Laurens County, SC and in Tennessee before my line moved on to Mississippi (about 1830) and about the same time that the below group moved on to Georgia. The below Babb family line (shown below) migrated from Laurens, SC to Georgia to Texas and back to Rapides Parish. Also note, the Babb's Bridge, Rapides Parish BABB family connects directly with Roxanne BABB Baden, wife of Fred BADEN, former long time Pineville Mayor. Fred Baden and I were neighbors and classmates at Pineville Grammar School back in the mid-1940's. We remain good friends today. And his wife, Roxan, is a "Babb Cousin" of mine, too! I believe that the Joseph Babb, Sr. and Mary Roann Babb Family were the first BABBs to actually settle down near Glenmora in Rapides Parish. Family of Joseph Babb, Sr. of Babb's Bridge, Rapides Parish, LA 1 Joseph Babb, Sr. b: February 13, 1826 Laurens Co, SC d: June 05, 1905 Rapides Parish, LA .. +Mary Roann Mitchell b: June 20, 1831 GA d: November 22, 1914 Rapides Parish, LA m: 1849 Children: ....... 2 Elise Babb b: Abt. 1851 GA d: Unknown ....... 2 Larcenia Babb b: September 30, 1852 GA d: Unknown ........... +John J. Mitchell b: Unknown d: Unknown m: September 29, 1870 ....... 2 James Thomas Babb b: January 1853 AL d: Aft. 1920 ........... +Alice Lorena Paul b: April 1867 LA d: Aft. 1920 m: January 16, 1884 ....... 2 Parthenia Babb b: Abt. 1856 AL d: Unknown ........... +Felix R. Barker b: Unknown m: 1873 ....... 2 Kellett 'Dock' Babb b: January 08, 1858 TX d: December 08, 1933 Rapides Parish, LA ........... +Ellen Morris b: June 13, 1855 d: October 10, 1915 Rapides Parish, LA m: 1879 ....... 2 Joseph Babb, Jr. b: February 02, 1863 LA d: April 07, 1942 Rapides Parish, LA ........... +Sarah V. Elliott b: August 07, 1861 LA d: July 20, 1953 Rapides Parish, LA m: November 01, 1883 ................. 3 Dallis H. Babb, Sr. b: August 1890 LA d: Unknown ..................... +Dave Anna Block b: Abt. 1900 LA d: Unknown ........................... 4 J.D. Babb b: Unknown ............................... +Unknown b: Unknown m: Unknown ..................................... 5 Roxan Babb b: March 17, 1950 Lake Charles, LA ......................................... +Fred Baden b: May 04, 1934 Pineville, LA m: Unknown. Former Mayor of Pineville, LA. ........................... 4 Tommie Altha Babb b: Unknown ................. 3 Eva Babb b: September 1893 ................. 3 David Babb b: Abt. 1894 ................. 3 Louis Everett Babb b: April 27, 1896 LA d: May 11, 1923 Rapides Parish, LA ....Above data from the files of Bill King, Houston, TX Reply to: BillKing@houston.rr.com ______________________________ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Houston Tracy" <treesearch3@yahoo.com> To: <BillKing@houston.rr.com> Sent: Saturday, February 14, 2004 4:04 PM Subject: re: Babb's Bridge Hello Bill, All I have readily at hand is a handwritten "History of Glenmora" penned by Mrs. Winnie Mae Blevins and a copy submitted by her great-grandson, Michael Hilton of Bossier City, La., and published in the Central Louisiana Genealogical Society's Quarterly periodical in April of 1992, Vol. 6, No. 2, Pages 33-34. Within the text is only a mention that Babb's Bridge was located on Spring Creek 3 miles from Glenmora and its 3 merchants: Peninger, Dyer & Calhoon and about 200 residents moved that settlement to Glenmora after the Watkins Railroad was built to be nearer the track. NOTE: This would have been circa 1797. The Post Office in Glenmora was not established until 1902, so the name of Babb's Bridge may have continued to be used until that time. I did find Joseph Babb's military service and his widow applied for and received a Confederate Widow's Pension. He was paroled at Alexandria and shown to have been a resident of Rapides Parish in 1865. There may be some mention of Babb's Bridge in the Minutes of the Rapides Parish Police Jury, but not likely anything of its being established, unless some newspaper prior to 1850 have those minutes published in them. Babb may have built and he did maintain the bridge crossing Spring Creek, but could not be the founder of the settlement bearing his surname, for there were persons already settled in that area before he arrived. I do not know anything more off the top of my head, but as I say, more could certainly be found with some diligence. Houston Tracy Jr. Historical & Genealogical Researcher

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/465 Message Board Post: My husband is searching for his son born Noel Griffin Owen, 12/24/66 in Shreveport, adopted through Catholic Charities. We know adoptive parents had three older adopted children, a boy, two girls; they had been married 4 1/2 yrs. Adoptive father was 36, had a degree in bookkeeping & his father owned a business; Adoptive mother was 31, college grad, lab tech prior to having family and has sister who is a nun. Bfather has wanted to find his son ever since he was born. Please help!

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.families.aol.com/mbexec/msg/4300/WEB.2ACI/437.4 Message Board Post: I'm the Great-Granddaughter of the late Charles Segars who in 1924 was living in Alexandria, Glenmore,LA Charles was Born in 1874 in Georgia not sure of the Town.Charles also had a Wife Name Earl Segars which may have been short for Earleen as Well as a Son Named Claud Segars between 1914-1918 Claud was Drafted in W.W.1 and in returned home after 1918 and worked in Consruction and Charles Raneda Mechinery Shop and on Nov 21,1924 Charles Died at Baptist Hospital in Alexandria, La and his Body was Shipped to Glenmora,La Which is where Charles is Buried at .The Obituary that I found alone with Charles Death Cert. the People Spoke Very Highly of Charles as wellas the fact that Charles was a Very Prominent Man in LA. Charles also had accumulated quite a bit of Property in Glenmora,LA IN 1943 Claud was living in Soso,Miss where Claud met and Married Estalla Thickpin, Estella already had 2 Children Issac Thikpin, Bethie Thickpin and Claud Comor Segars by now is using the Name Cla! udie Comor Gaston which is his aka so Claudieand Estella Segars aka Gaston have 5 Daughter Bertha Segars aka Gaston, Claudia Segars aka Gaston,

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Smith and Jeane (or Jeans or Jeanes) Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/WEB.2ACI/464 Message Board Post: Does anyone know the exact boundaries of "Pineville Ward" as listed on the 1870 Rapides Parish Census? Or does anyone know the location of a map of the old Rapides Parish showing the various wards? I am particularly interested in the area that is now Vernon Parish. Thank you for your help.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Fox Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/WEB.2ACI/463 Message Board Post: Looking for information on one Ambraham Fox. Known to have plantations in Rapides parish or a parish near by in 1836/37. His father's estate included a plantation and slaves that were mentioned by name in the inventory. Interested in the names of the slaves. My greatgrandmother was Charlotte Fox and would like to know if she could have been part of this family. Her birth date is about 1850. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Darleen domojo@aol.com

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/255.1 Message Board Post: I can barely remember great uncle seymour.we ae not sure what side of grandpa jeff he is buried on.i would enjoy talking with you.if you would send me your address iwill give you a call. thank you.

Does anyone know where Springhill and Belle Cheney LA might have been located in the mid to late 1800's. Carla DeVille Spring Hill is the designation of all of Police Jury Ward 4 in Southern Rapides Parish to include Forest Hill to the Allen Parish line, extending East to about Midway, which is inbetween LeCompte & Forest Hill, extending West to Union Hill, the remainder of Rapides Parish on that side is Ward 6 or Calcasieu Ward. Belle Chene' (French for Beautiful Oaks) is now in Western Evangeline Parish, formerly known as Baley Chaney Springs, located East of present-day Bayou Chicot and although bears today a French placename by CODIFIL-era cartographers, was actually named for an early Baptist Minister, Baley Chaney. Although being a native of South Carolina, it has never been proven that this Chaney family is kin to the founders of Cheneyville. Baley resided in the Natchez Province along with Rev. Joseph Willis. Baley was living on the Catahoula Prairie in 1799, was later in the area of Bayou Chicot in what was then St. Landry, but now Evangeline. Houston Tracy, Jr. Family TreeSearch An Historical and Genealogical Researcher __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance: Get your refund fast by filing online. http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html

At 03:59 PM 1/31/2004 -0600, you wrote: >Does anyone know where Springhill and Belle Cheney LA might have been >located in the mid to late 1800's. >Carla DeVille Carla, Springhill was near Lecompte and Midway I believe. I have no idea about Belle Cheney other than maybe it was a plantation in the area of Cheneyville. Best wishes in your endeavors. Hazel Payne LeBlanc Raised in Lecompte, but now living in Zachary, north of Baton Rouge.