Does anyone know where Springhill and Belle Cheney LA might have been located in the mid to late 1800's. Carla DeVille

-----Original Message----- From: Lynn & Bill King [mailto:wking13@houston.rr.com] Sent: Saturday, January 24, 2004 3:27 PM To: randy@randywillis.org Cc: LARAPIDE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: {not a subscriber} Babb Family of Rapides Parish/ @ Babb's Bridge near Glenmora-McNary Randy Willis, I notice that you are researching families who lived at/near Babb's Bridge down by McNary/Glenmora. My maternal grandmother was a BABB, born in Leake County, MS. Her grandfather came out of Laurens Co, SC.... as did the BABBs that helped develop the Babb's Bridge area. A number of BABBs are buried at Butter Cemetery, near Forest Hill. Might I ask you to copy and forward any data that you have, or come across in your searches, on the BABB families of this area to me? Many thanks!! Bill King from Pineville, but now in Houston Bolton, Class of '53 BillKing@houston.rr.com

Who was Babb's Bridge named after?

----- Forwarded message from BillKing@houston.rr.com ----- Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2004 21:54:14 -0700 From: Bill King <BillKing@houston.rr.com> Reply-To: Bill King <BillKing@houston.rr.com> Subject: {not a subscriber} BABB Graves at Butter Cemetery/near Forest Hill To: "Bo Johnson \\(Babb\\)" <APJ101750@aol.com>, Fred & Roxan Babb Baden <RBaden3950@aol.com>, Russell Laird <rll.geo@yahoo.com> Thought you folks might like this data from Glenda Bradley.... a Babb Researcher. Have you been to this cemetery? Bill ----- Original Message ----- From: Gflcrbd@aol.com To: BillKing@houston.rr.com Sent: Friday, January 23, 2004 10:15 PM Subject: BABB at Butter Cemetery in Rapides Parish, LA Butter Cemetery is 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 GRAVES AT BUTTER CEMETERY 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 All of these are in the Butter Cemetery in Rapides Parish, Louisiana ----- End forwarded message -----

"Bill King" <BillKing@houston.rr.com> wrote: __________ >James Babb is found on the 1870 Rapides Parish, LA census as age 16, born in Alabama. >-------------- >June 1900 Rapides Parish, LA Census >Fam # 128 Cheneyville, Ward 3 >James Babb 47/LA/GA/AL b. Jan 1853 Farmer/Owns >Lorena Babb 33/LA b. Apr 1867 Wife/married 16 yrs 12 children/10 living >Kellett 14/LA b. Nov 1883 Son/At School >Clotie 12/LA b. Sep 1887 Dau/At School >Oda 11/LA b. Jun 1889 Dau/At School >Frank 10/LA b. May 1890 Son/At School >Vernon/Vivian (?) 8/LA b. Jul 1891 Dau/At School >Bertha 7/LA b. Jan 1893 Dau >Carnia (?) 5/LA b. Sep 1895 Dau >Eddie 4/LA (twin) b. Feb 1896 Son >Edna 4/LA (twin) b. Feb 1896 Dau >Ida 5 mos/LA b. Jan 1900 Dau >----------------- >James Babb does not appear on the 1910 Rapides Parish Census. >----------------- > >March 1920 Rapides Parish, LA Census >Fam # 285 3rd Ward, Cheneyville >James Babb 67/AL/IL/IL Farm Owner >Lorena Babb 52/LA/KY/LA Wife >Claudia Babb 32/LA Dau/Dept Store Clerk >Frank Babb 30/LA Son/Horse Dealer >Bertha Babb 27/LA Dau/Dept Store Clerk >Edward Babb 24/LA Son/Farm Labor >Ida Babb 20/LA Dau/None >Neomie Babb 16/LA Dau/None >----------------- > >*Could the following actually be Kellett Babb, son of James Babb? > >Jan 1920 Rapides Parish, LA Census >Fam # 2 2nd Ward, LAMOURIE Latanier Road >Kelly (Kellett ?) Babb 34/LA/TX/LA Farmer/Rents >Evelene (?) Babb 36/LA/TX/LA Wife >Children: Maude (13), James(9), Frank (8), Helen (6), Robert (?) & Hazel (2 mos). > > >Please Reply to: BillKing@houston.rr.com >

-----Original Message----- From: Bill King [mailto:BillKing@houston.rr.com] Sent: Friday, January 23, 2004 2:01 PM To: Bo Johnson (Babb); Fred & Roxan Babb Baden; Russell Laird Cc: gflcrbd@aol.com; LARAPIDE-L@rootsweb.com; Babb-L@rootsweb.com Subject: {not a subscriber} 1900 Rapides Parish Census - Babb families of Babb's Bridge area, near Long Leaf/McNary This James Babb is found on the 1870 Rapides Parish, LA census as age 16, born in Alabama. June 1900 Rapides Parish, LA Census Fam # 128 Ward 3, Cheneyville James Babb 47/LA/GA/AL b. Jan 1853 Farmer/Owns Lorena Babb 33/LA b. Apr 1867 Wife Mar 16 Years 12 Children/10 living Kellett 14/LA b. Nov 1883 Son/At School Clotie 12/LA b. Sep 1887 Dau/At School Oda 11/LA b. Jun 1889 Dau/At School Frank 10/LA b. May 1890 Son/At School Vernon/Vivian (?) 8/LA b. Jul 1891 Dau/At School Bertha 7/LA b. Jan 1893 Dau Carnia (?) 5/LA b. Sep 1895 Dau Eddie 4/LA (twin) b. Feb 1896 Son Edna 4/LA (twin) b. Feb 1896 Dau Ida 5 mos/LA b. Jan 1900 Dau _______________________ _______________________ This Joseph Babb, Jr. is found on the 1870 Rapides Parish Census, age 6, born in Louisiana. June 1900 Rapides Parish, LA Census Records Family # 56 Spring Hill, 4th Ward Joseph Babb 37/LA/SC/GA b. Feb 1863 Farmer/Owns Sarah V. Babb 32/LA/LA/LA b. Aug 1861(?) Mar 16 yrs 6 children/5 living + 3 children at bottom of page/names not readable (2 sons, ages 15 & 14; and 1 daughter, age 12. All born LA. All at school). Dallas Babb 7/LA b. Aug 1890 at school Eva Babb 6/LA b. Sep 1893 Mary Babb 66/GA b. June 1833 Mother Bill King (Houston, TX) Reply to: BillKing@houston.rr.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/246.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Thanks Angie and Hazel for the replies! I bookmarked the web site - very helpful. Thanks! Julie

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Byrd, Dove, Goodson, Hunt, Miley, Neal, Nichols, Patterson, Payne, Rougeau/Rougeou, Shumate, Walker, Weaver and others Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/WEB.2ACI/246.1.1 Message Board Post: There is a Blanche, near Glenmora in Rapidies Parish according to Yale Peabody Museum Parish-County Locator. You can use this location to locate towns, rivers, chruches, cemeteries, etc. http://george.peabody.yale.edu/gnis/

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: WILLIS GRAHAM HANKS LAWSON STAGG STARK SMITH STROTHER SLAUGHTER SOILEAU DEROUSSEL Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/WEB.2ACI/462 Message Board Post: Robert "Bobby" Kenneth Willis, Jr. Service #274- 48 64 by Randy Willis www.randywillis.org randywillis@ev1.net Robert "Bobby" Kenneth Willis, Jr. was born February 2, 1923. He was graduated, in 1939, from Natchitoches High School in Louisiana. His half-sister (Ilie Jewel Willis Close) told me that their father encouraged Bobby to join the military and "make something of himself." Bobby's mother had died when he was barely 11-years-old. His family's patriotic background was too influence him, also. Bobby's ancestors had fought in most of the major wars in America and served their country well. His father's brother and Bobby's uncle, Daniel Oscar Willis, M.D., served in United States Army Medical Corps in World War I and was commissioned as a Captain on August, 1917. He began his medical practice in 1904 and was the first medical doctor in Vernon Parish, Louisiana. His commanding general, Brigadier General Charlie B. Lindsey, wrote to General John. J. Pershing of him with these words: "He has been one of the most efficient medical officers I have ever served with during my many years of service in the army." Bobby's cousin, Dr. Greene Strother, captured more Germans in World War I than any other soldier, besides the famed Sgt. York. Greene Strother was awarded the French Croix de Guerre, the Distinguished Service Cross and the Purple Heart. He also served as chaplain to General Claire Chennault’s "Flying Tigers," while in China as a missionary. Bobby's grandfather, Daniel Hubbard Willis, Jr., enlisted, September 29, 1861, at Camp Moore, Louisiana, in the Confederate Army as a Pvt. 5th and served in the famed Washington Artillery of Louisiana. Daniel H. Willis, Jr.'s obituary, in the Alexandria Town Talk, dated June 23, 1900, stated: "He participated in all the hard battles of that army and for bravery, soldierly bearing, discipline and devotion to duty, he was unexcelled in his entire Brigade." Bobby's great-great-great grandfather, the Rev. Joseph Willis, was a Patriot during the Revolutionary War. Joseph joined the legendary General Francis (the "Swamp Fox") Marion's small army. Marion's men operated out of the swampy forest of the Pedee region in the lower part of South Carolina. Their strategy was to surprise the enemy, cut their supply lines, kill their men and release any American prisoners they might have. He and his men then retreated swiftly back again to the thick recesses of the deep swamps. They were feared, very effective and their fame was widespread. Rev. Joseph Willis’ tombstone reads: "First Baptist Preacher of the Word West of the Mississippi River." With this heritage, and only 17-years-old, Bobby enlisted in the Navy (as Seaman First Class (S1/C), on July 31, 1940 at New Orleans. He reported aboard the USS Arizona, October 8, 1940, from NTS San Diego as Apprentice Seaman (AS). On November 30, 1940, he was promoted to S2/C and on May 1, 1941, he was promoted to S1/C. Between November 22-28, 1940, he was at the US Naval Hospital, Bremerton, WA. He served for 14-months on the USS Arizona before it was destroyed by the Japanese on December 7, 1941. He was the first casualty from Rapides Parish, Louisiana in World War II. The American Legion Post in Pineville, Louisiana (his last hometown) was named the Robert K. Willis Jr. Post in honor of his service and duty to his country. (This American Legion Post no longer exists) He is entombed in the USS Arizona at the bottom of Pearl Harbor. Two weeks after the attack on Pearl Harbor, Bobby's father (Robert Kenneth Willis, Sr.) received a message from the Rapides Parish Sheriff that he was trying too reach him. He rushed to the Sheriff's Department. Bobby's half-sister (Ilie Jewel Willis Close) told me that when their father returned, she knew the moment he walked in the front door that it had been confirmed that Bobby had been killed from the expression on their father's face. My father was Bobby's first cousin. He and many other of Bobby's cousins rushed too enlist and one of America's finest hours began. Bobby's father, Robert Kenneth Willis, Sr., first married Eula Rosalie Hilburn in 1903, and had the following children: Flossie Litton Willis (b. August 5, 1905; d. September, 1985) and Ilie Jewel Willis (b. March 8, 1907; d. May, 1995). Eula was born March 10, 1884 and died February 6, 1919, at only age 34, of the flu. Bobby's father then married his mother, Julia Mae Johnson on June 13, 1922. Bobby's mother was born September 4, 1899 and died February 17, 1934, at age 34. As mentioned before, Bobby was barely 11-years-old at time of his mother's death. Robert Kenneth Willis, Sr. and Julia Mae Johnson Willis had the following children: Robert "Bobby" Kenneth Willis Jr. (b. February 2, 1923; d. December 7, 1941), Glenn Dewey Willis (b. May 8, 1924), and Billy Edward Willis (b. June 2, 1925; d. August 6, 1991). The doctors said Bobby's father died of a heart attack in 1951; the family said it was of a broken heart. Ilie Jewel Willis Close wrote to me about Bobby and her childhood. Much of their youth was spent at their grandmother's home, The Old Willis Place: "The home was a gathering place for all the family. There was always food cooked for family and friends. There was lots of blackberries, huckleberries and fruit of all kinds for good pies. The home was about a quarter of a mile from Barber's Creek, [Babb's Bridge, Louisiana, near present-day Long Leaf] known to be one of the coldest and clearest waters in the area. Grandma [Julia Ann Graham Willis] would walk down and swim sometimes twice a day. She said that was what had prolonged her life. All of the children and grandchildren loved to go swimming with her. She was reared a Methodist but later joined the Baptist Church and was a devoted Christian. She read the Bible daily. We use to joke and say 'she didn't think there would be anyone but Baptist in Heaven.' Her hobby was making quilts and she kept the family supplied with her hand work. She was bitten by a ground rattler at the age of 75 and survived with home remedies. Her son, Dr. Daniel Oscar Willis, said at the time she would live to 90 and she lived to be 92. She was a very wonderful and a remarkable woman, a real pioneer." Another grandchild of Julia Ann Willis and first cousin to Bobby was my uncle Howard Willis; he told me she would sit on the front porch of The Old Willis Place and eat an orange and latter eat the orange peal. He ask her why she ate the peal and she said "I don't know, I think it's good for you." He said "she would read her red-lettered Bible on the front porch and then sometimes pull out her late husband Daniel Willis' Civil War picture and get a tear in her eye.' He died 36 years before her, she never remarried. My father and Bobby's first cousin, Julian Willis, said Bobby was the nicest person he ever knew. When news came of the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor and then the confirmation of Bobby's death, my father said that he and other family members were deeply grieved but all had a resolve that Bobby's death would not be in vain. Our families motto, as corny as it may seem, was "God, country and family." Bobby had descending from a long list of ministers. The account above testifies to his and his families patriotism. Family and God were at the center of every activity. My uncle once told me that they grew up much like the Walton's on TV. I pray we never forget the cost of our precious freedom. Randy Willis

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/246.1 Message Board Post: I Dont think it is in Allen or Vernon Parish I'm from there and never heard of it.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Butler Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/WEB.2ACI/461 Message Board Post: Looking for my gg-aunt's first husband, William Newton Butler. He was born about 1887, and was living in Alexandria on the 1930 census with his second wife Callie (b. abt. 1905). It looks like he and Callie may have married about 1924 from the census information. I'd like to know their marriage date, death dates, and where they are buried. Thank you very much! - Heather

-----Original Message----- From: Dalena McGee [mailto:mcgeeda13@yahoo.com] Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2004 9:25 PM To: Morgan Edward Johnson Subject: Query: Rapides Parish DATE: Thu Jan 8 19:25:20 2004 NAME: Dalena McGee EMAIL: mcgeeda13@yahoo.com URL: QRYTEXT: I am researching Dolzy McGee md. to Adosia R. Reed, and my grandfather, Cleveland Clemen McGee md. to Jessie Mae Willis then Grace of Alexandria. Any information would be helpful.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Strother, Willis, Perkins, Coker, Hanks, Stark, Graham, Stagg, Lawson, Story, Ray, Dyer Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/WEB.2ACI/460 Message Board Post: Strother and Willis Families of 1850 Rapides Parish by Randy Willis www.randywillis.org randywillis@ev1.net Most of the Strother and Willis Families, in Rapides Parish, La., were neighbors in 1850. (Pay special attention to the 1850 Census household numbers in red. The dates in parenthesis are dates of birth and are estimates based upon census records in many cases). (649) Sally Willis (1798/1802). She may be a daughter of Rev. Joseph Willis. She was probably the Sarah Willis (1798) who married Nathaniel West. Their children were: Jackson West, William West (1828), Nathaniel West, Jr. (1834), John West (1836), Hettie West (1838), Andrew West (1840), Sophia West (1844) and Wade West (1852). (661) Francis E. Strother (1823) and his wife Mary S. Willis Strother (1827). There children were: Martha Ann Strother (1842), Elizabeth Strother (1844), Solomon Strother (1846), Mary Ann Strother (1847), Sophia Strother (1851), Francis P. Strother (1854), John Riley Strother (1859), Eliza Strother (1861), Henrietta Strother (1863). Francis E. Strother was Richard Strother, Jr.'s brother. Mary Willis was Agerton Willis' daughter and a sister to Rev. Daniel H. Willis (1817-1887), my great-great-grandfather. Agerton Willis was the eldest son of Rev. Joseph Willis. (660) Agerton Willis (1785) and his wife Sophie Story (1787). He was Rev. Joseph Willis' eldest son. Agerton Willis' son Rev. Daniel H. Willis, Sr.'s two eldest daughters were named Eliza Willis (1842) and Mary Jane Willis (1845). I believe Agerton named these two daughters after his sisters Eliza Willis (1818) and Mary Willis (1827). Family tradition states that Rev. Daniel H. Willis, Sr.'s sister would read the Bible while he preached because he was blind in his later years. Sophie Story was an Irish orphan brought from Tennessee by a Mr. Park, who then lived near Holmesville below Bunkie, Louisiana. (659) William Strother (1817) and his wife Mary Doyal/Dyer/Dyal ( 1826). Mary Doyal/Dyer was a daughter of Thomas Doyal/Dyer and Mary Willis. Mary Willis (1787) is also listed. She was probably the daughter of Rev. Joseph Willis. Their children listed in this census are Nancy Strother (1846) (married John Droddy) and William Strother (1849-1932). (658) Joseph Willis, Jr. (1792) and his wife Jane/Jennie Coker (1810). He was a son of Rev. Joseph Willis. Their children were: Joseph P. Willis (1824), Charles Willis (1833), Lemuel Willis (1836), and Elizabeth Willis (1839). It would appear they also raised a granddaughter, Martha "Patsy" Coker (1830-1899). (657) Lemuel Willis (1812) and his wife Eveline/Emeline Perkins (1823 date listed in census has to be wrong). He was a son of Rev. Joseph Willis. Their children were: Mary Willis (1833), Hawkins Willis (1834), Martha Willis (1835), Sarah Willis (1837), Lemuel I. Willis (1839), Olivia "Olive" Willis (1841), James K Polk Willis (1845), Lucinda "Lydia" Willis (1847), Carolyn Matilda Willis (1855), Crawford Willis (died in the Civil War at Shiloh), Sidney P. Willis, and Shrilda Willis. Lemuel Willis and Eveline/Emeline Perkins' daughter, Carolyn Matilda Willis, married John Houston Strother, Sr. and their daughter Lucinda "Lydia" Willis had a daughter (named Matilda) by Richard Strother, III. (654) John A. Strother (1820) and his wife Eliza Willis (1818). Eliza was Agerton Willis' daughter and a granddaughter of Rev. Joseph Willis. She was a sister to Rev. Daniel H. Willis. The children of John A. Strother and his wife Eliza Willis were: John A. Strother, Jr. (1865), Alfred Strother (1841), Josiah Strother (1842), Bernard Strother (1844 and killed in the Civil War), Dempsey Strother (1846-1910), Henry Zachariah Strother (1848-1933), Mary Ann Strother (1852), George William Strother (1855-1908), Elizabeth Strother (1856); she married David Johnson), Sarah Jane Strother (1858), Richard Strother (1860), Nancy Strother (1862); she married T.J. Greer), and Martha Strother (1867); she married Frankin/Francis Perkins). John A. Strother then married Artimesa Smith; they had one child: Azariah Columbus Strother (1873-1933). (653) William Willis (1804) and his wife Rhoda Strother (1814). He was a son of Rev. Joseph Willis. She was Richard Strother, Jr.'s (listed below) sister. Their children were: William Willis (1835), Jackson Willis (1837), Sarah Willis (1839), Mary Willis (1841), Lemuel Willis (1843), Daniel Willis (1845), Joseph Willis (1847-1912), Jesse Willis (1850-1906), Matthew Willis (1853-1925), James Willis (1856), and Alexander Willis (1858). (652) Joseph P. Willis (1824) and his wife Mary Elizabeth Sweat (1828). He was Rev. Joseph Willis' grandson and a son of Joseph Willis, Jr.. Their children listed were: Josiah Willis (1844), Isaac Willis (1846), Mary Willis (1848) and Simon Willis (1851). (651) Richard Strother, Jr. (1806) and probably his mother or mother-in-law Sally (1787). [She is listed as Sally Ray sometimes] Richard Strother's siblings were: James Strother(?) (1808), Rhoda Strother (1814), William Strother (1817), John A. Strother, Sr. (1820) and Francis E. Strother (1823. Richard Strother, Jr.'s children were: Alexander Asaria Strother, Sr. (1829-1864), William Strother (1841), Richard Strother, III (1843-1868 - shot as a Jayhawker), Leroy Strother (1843), William Strother (1849 - named 2nd. son William also after others death), and John Strother (1852). Richard Strother, Jr's. sister, Rhoda Strother, married Rev. Joseph Willis' son William Willis. Richard Strother, Jr.'s son, Alexander Strother, was the father of John Houston Strother, Sr. who was the father of Dr. Greene Wallace Strother. (480) Jemima Willis (1796). She was a daughter of Rev. Joseph Willis. She married William Dyer and they lived on the Calcasieu River near Master’s Creek. Their children were: James Dyer (1823), Roland Dyer (1830), Joseph Dyer (1831), Elijah Dyer (1834), Elizabeth Dyer (1836), and Jemima Dyer (1839). (422) Rev. Joseph Willis (1758) and his fourth wife Elvy Sweat (1820 are listed. Rev. Joseph Willis' had 19 children by four wives. Rev. Joseph Willis, Sr. (1758-1854) had the following children: (1) Agerton Willis (1785), (2) Mary Willis (1787), (3) Joseph Willis, Jr., (1792), (4) Rachel Willis (1794), (5) Jemima Willis (1796), (6) Sarah Willis (1798), (7) Sally Willis (1802), [Although she could be the same as Sarah Willis (1798) above], (8) William Willis (1804), (9) Lemuel Willis (1812), (10) John Willis (1814), (11) Martha Willis(?) (1825), (12-15) (four females listed in the 1830 census between the ages of 5-20), (16) Samuel Willis (1836), (17) Aimuwell Willis (1837-1937), and two sons (18-19) that died "poisoned on honey and were buried a half mile from the present town of Oakdale, Louisiana.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Strother, Willis, Coker Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/WEB.2ACI/459 Message Board Post: Dr. Greene Wallace Strother & Other Willis/Strother Family Connections by Randy Willis randywillis@ev1.net randywillis@randywillis.org www.randywillis.org Rev. Joseph Willis (1758-1854) was the maternal great-grandfather of Dr. Greene Wallace Strother. Greene Strother's (1892-1981) father was John Houston Strother, Sr. (1852-1926). John Houston Strother, Sr. married Carolyn Matilda Willis Strother (1855-1931). She was a daughter of Lemuel Willis (1812) and Eveline/Emeline Perkins. Lemuel Willis was a son of Rev. Joseph Willis. Greene Strother's sister Nellie V. Strother (1899-1984) wrote me in a letter (1983) about her mother: "about Carolyn Matilda Willis Strother - a granddaughter of Joseph Willis. During the Civil War her grandfather Perkins came for her mother [Patsy] and children to live on the plantation. Following her mother's [Patsy] death the children lived there - each had a black nurse. She [Carolyn Willis] was several years younger than the others: Polk, Olive, Sryldia and Liddy. She was given the choice of where to live and she chose Polk [Willis] and his wife Anna. The estate was settled and she and John [Strother], after marriage, settled on her acreage...she was known as pet, mother, mamma, ma, mom." Greene Strother's siblings were Rev. John Houston Strother, Jr. (1873-1950), William (Willie) Strother (1879-1963), Martha Strother Ford (1882-1966), Katie Strother Head (1884-1979), Julius Scott Strother (1889-1966), Harry Winfield Strother (1894-1921), Hattie Bernice Strother (1897-1948), and Nellie Vernice Strother (1899-1984). Greene Strother married Martha Krause. Greene and Martha had four children: Miriam Jean Strother, Greene Wallace Strother, Jr., Joyce Carolyn Strother and Joseph Willis Strother. Their first three children were born in China. 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 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). She is listed with the maiden name Willis in some later documents, because it would seem, she was raised by Joseph Willis, Jr. & Jennie Coker. 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." Alexander Asaria Strother, Sr. and Martha "Patsy" Strother are both buried at Ashworth/Osborne Cemetery. Alexander Asaria Strother, Sr. and Martha "Patsy" Strother's children were: Sarah Strother (1848-1895 - married Chan Johnson), Dr. William Strother, MD (1850-1926), John Strother (1852-1926 - In 1865, he became a coachman for the first carpetbagger governor of Louisiana), Alexander Asaria Strother, Jr. (1854-1941), Martha Strother (1858), Rosanie Strother (1860), Texanna Strother (1870-1937 - married Andrew Johnson), and Mary/Martha Strother (1884 - married Frank Perkins). Alexander Asaria Strother, Sr.'s brother, Richard Strother, III (1843), had a daughter named Matilda by Lucinda "Lydia" Willis (1847). Lydia Willis was a daughter of Rev. Joseph Willis' (1758) son Lemuel Willis (1812) and a sister to Greene Strother's mother Carolyn Matilda Willis Strother (1855). 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. He only lived for a short time after their daughter Matilda was born. She only remembered seeing him once. Lydia took her out to the woods on the pretense of looking for a goose nest and he was there on a horse in the woods. Matilda barely remembered him. It was not long after that when the law (or whoever was looking for this group of Jayhawkers) found several of them together and killed them. The location was close to the Calcasieu River near the Ashworth/Osborne Cemetery area. It was a small lake and 5 or 6 men were killed there thus giving it the name "Dead Man's Lake. " Alexander Strother's father was Richard Strother, Jr. (1806). Richard Strother, Jr.'s sister, Rhoda Strother (1814), married Rev. Joseph Willis' son William Willis (1804-1881) on the Darbourn on the upper reaches of the Calcasieu. Richard Strother, Jr.'s brothers John A. Strother, Sr. (1820) and Francis E. Strother (1823) married two of Agerton Willis' daughters. Agerton Willis was the eldest son of Rev. Joseph Willis. John A. Strother, Sr. married Eliza Willis (1818). Francis E. Strother married Mary S. Willis (1827). Eliza and Mary Willis were sisters of Rev. Daniel H. Willis (1817-1887), my great-great-grandfather. Richard Strother, Jr.'s father was Richard Strother, Sr. (b. 1782 Hancock, Georgia, married a Sally? b. 1787, South Carolina). Richard Strother, Sr. was a private in the War of 1812. Richard Strother, Sr.'s children were: Richard Strother (1806), James Strother (?) (1808), Rhoda Strother (1814), William Strother (1817), John A. Strother, Sr. (1820), and Francis E. Strother (1823). Richard Strother, Sr.'s father was Francis Strother. Francis Strother was born in Virginia about 1760 and removed to Georgia. Other Strother relatives wound up in Chambers County, Alabama. Francis Strother then moved to St. Helena Parish, Louisiana. Francis died about 1821 in St. Helena Parish. Francis's first wife died and he then married Sarah Ray Fairchild in 1820, in St. Helena Parish. The Hagan family who are buried with the older Strother graves in Oak Hill Cemetery are also neighbors to the Strothers [Stroders in census records] in St. Helena Parish, in 1820. Francis Strother's father was John Strother, born 1743, in Culpeper, Virgina. He died June 11, 1796 in Hancock County, Georgia. He married Jane Fussell. They had several children including another Richard (who died in 1838 in Hancock, Ga.). Most of the children died in Georgia. Francis Strother died in St. Helena Parish, Louisiana, another child, Aaron Strother, died in Arkansas. Several of his children lived in Chambers County, Alabama including at one time a George Strother which the House of Strother book incorrectly gave as the father of the Louisiana Richard Strother. John Strother's father was Francis Strother, born 1709 in St. Marks Parish, Orange County, Virginia. He married Elizabeth Fossaker. Francis Strother's father was Jeremiah Strother, born 1655 in Westmorland, Virginia. He died in 1741 in Orange County, Virginia (now New Culpeper, Va.). He married Eleanor? Jeremiah Strother's father was William Strother (the immigrant), born 1630. He died in 1702 in Richmond County, Virginia. He immigrated from England or Germany.

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/432.1 Message Board Post: I grew up in Oakdale and still have alot of family there. Please contact me at pcrcl@aol.com and I will be glad to share any info.

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/452.1 Message Board Post: You can go to the Rapides Parish Website from the County Database on the home page of rootsweb. Then you can get the listings for alot of the cemeteries in that Parish.

I finally found (with the aid of a nice young lady at Ancestry.com) where the 'missing' pages for Alexandria are in the 1880 Rapides Parish Census -(Ancestry. Com census on line). My family is on page 484 and some on other pages in that number range. I have looked and could not find that page or any in the 400 range. If you look in District 39 (where Alexandria is supposed to be) there are no pages in the 400 range. I went back to District 37 and it starts with page 501. Here is the 'trick'. If you go to image 104 ( in District 37) you will find page 553 (Rapides jail). Then go to image 105 and there is page 478. Floreda

Dear researchers, I would like to submit the following info in the hopes that someone will recognize a name or location and contact me with any information/resources/family stories etc. I have been waiting a year and a half for my pre-paid, requested court or criminal info from the state archives. I strongly suspect that Sam BOLING is my great grandfather; and he probably was buried near Glenmora in an unmarked grave. Thank you for any help, Sharon ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ LA State Board of Health Registered # 12653 File # 15 or 95 Registration District # 4030 (X) Rapides Parish – Calcasieu Twp/Ward SAM BOLING male/ white/ age: 48 / place of birth: North Carolina occupation: woodsrider DOD: Dec 24, 1916 from gunshot wound (170?) Coroner: J. L. Wilson of Atexa, LA Filed: Jan 10, 1917 >From the newspaper, "Alexandria Daily Town Talk", dated – Tuesday, Dec 26, 1916 Alexandria, LA Sam BOLING – woodsrider for Central Turpentine Co, Adams Camp, fifteen miles west of Glenmora, shot and killed Sun., Dec 24, 1916 at abt 5:00 pm by W. N. NEWBERRY (also a woodsrider for the same company). Coroner (J. L. WILSON) went to camp on Sunday night Jury: John ANDRIES, W. H. BRITT, John W. Smart, Jesse Flowers, and J. J. BAILLIO Witnesses: S. L. HARRISON and John POE Sam Boling had pistol in his overcoat pocket; Mr. Newberry carried a shotgun Newberry had been out to the quarters to get the hands/labor to help with a fire Men met in pathway; Boling spoke; Newberry answered; Boling reached into his pocket for pistol; Newberry fired once from shotgun; Boling fell and spoke one or two words, and breathed one or two times; Boling died; Newberry went into the store >From further info, it would appear that BOLING died in the arms of one of the witnesses, S. L. HARRISON. I also note that John Joseph BAILLIO was in 1920 and 1930 Rapides Parish, LA and his job was listed in census as that of a deputy sheriff and city officer. John R. ANDRIES was in 1920 and 1930 Rapides Parish, LA and his job was that of a merchant/dry goods and grocer. William H. BRITT also in 1920 and 1930 Rapides Parish, LA as deputy sheriff and watchman at industrial plant.

Thanks for the advice Dianne, I will give it a try. Karen ----- Original Message ----- From: <dianne_duncan@yahoo.com> To: <LARAPIDE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, January 02, 2004 9:58 AM Subject: [LARAPIDE] Re: Obit / Census Look-up for Neeley > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: Yarbrough, Gibson, Legg, Deason > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/WEB.2ACI/441.1 > > Message Board Post: > > Karen, > Did you get a lookup? If not, I would suggest you write to the reference librarian at the Rapides Public Library in Alexandria. They keep an obit index by year. When I write to them, I send a couple of dollars to cover the cost of the copies and also a self addressed stamped envelope. > They've helped me out many times. > Good luck > Dianne > > > ==== LARAPIDE Mailing List ==== > Have you backed up your data lately? > >

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: REED/Gaspar(d) Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/WEB.2ACI/458 Message Board Post: I am searching for any info on the following family found on 1850 Rapides Par. census: Laura Reed 32 b. La (widow) Robert Reed 13 b. La son Madison Reed 12 b. La son Mary Ann Reed 8 b. La daughter Bartholomew 4 b. La. son Samuel Gaspar(d)? 20 b. La son-in-law Harriet Gaspar(d)? 15 b. La daughter This family was living next door to Charles Wiley/Angeline; other neighbors: Anthony Bellgarde/Susan; Mitchell Deville; Johntee Deville. Many other Wiley's and Deville's. Any info on any of these people would be greatly appreciated. Would be glad to exchange info. Thank You, BJ