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.

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?