Hello, I would like to make contact with descendants (new cousins) of the following ancestors (Bienville, DeSoto, Grant, Natchitoches, Red River, Sabine, Webster, & Winn Parishes). * means lines for which I need information. If you descend from ANY of these lines, please contact me. JOHN AUSTIN b. 1764 VA d. 02/1829 LA m. 8/12/1788 Richmond Co., GA *FRANCIS CRITTENDEN RICHARD AUSTIN b 1795 GA d. 11/7/1835 Ouchita (now Union) Parish, LA m. 2/5/1818 Amite Co., MS *JOANNAH FERGUSON JACKSON AUSTIN b. 3/31/1831 Union Parish, LA d. 2/14/1910 Sabine Parish, LA m. 8/15/1857 1 *AMANDA JACKSON m. 2 *ELLEN SOPHRONIA SALLEY WILLIAM ISOM AUSTIN b 7/13/1858 Union Parish, LA d. 11/11/1928 Natchitoches Parish, LA m. 7/3/1890 Coushatta, RRP, LA MARY PICKENS WEAVER (dau. of JAMES RILEY WEAVER (b. 3/20/1843 MS d. 12/21/1922 Natchitoches Parish, LA) & *MARY HILBURN b. 9/16/1937 AL d. 7/22/1910 Natchitoches Parish, LA) WILLIAM PEARL AUSTIN b. 6/4/1891Natchitoches Parish, LA d. 8/16/1952 Red River Par., LA m. 3/14/1914 ALMA MINTA MILEY b. 1/6/1895 Bienville Parish, LA d. 6/20/1972 Shreveport, LA (dau. of WILLIAM SUTTON MILEY II & MARTHA ANN BOGAN) JOHN MILEY b. 1795 Germany m. ELAN BYRD O'NEAL b. 3/3/1815 (dau. of *SUTTON BYRD) WILLIAM SUTTON MILEY I b. 1842 Ireland d. Battle of Mansfield, Red River Parish, LA m. MARTHA LAWRENCE b. 12/4/1838 d. 3/16/1887 Kimbletown, LA (dau. of *HIGDON LAWRENCE & MARY ?) WILLIAM SUTTON MILEY II b. 7/2/1965 d. 7/29/1919 Red River Parish, LA m. MARTHA ANN BOGAN b. 11/20/1865 d. 12/2/1943 (dau. of *HENRY BOGAN & *LUCINDA HOWARD) Regards, William Carl (BILL) Austin [email protected] or [email protected] AUSTIN: WILLIAM CARL13 AUSTIN (Lynn Doyle 12, William Pearl 11, William Isom 10, Jackson 9, Richard 8, John 7, Richardson (Richard) 6, John 5, James 4, James 3, James 2, John 1) MILEY: WILLIAM CARL7 AUSTIN (Lynn Doyle 6, Alma Minta 5 MILEY, Wiliam Sutton 4, William Sutton 3, John 2, John W. 1) WEAVER: WILLIAM CARL11 AUSTIN (Lynn Doyle 10, William Pearl 9, Mary Pickens 8 WEAVER, James Riley 7, James H.6, Mathias 5, Mathias 4, Hans Dieterich (Peter) 3 WEBER, Phillip Joseph 2, Johann Georg 1)

Sherry, Henry P. ANDERSON and Mary WOOD Anderson had three children, James Matthew ANDERSON, Eliza Alice ANDERSON and William Henry ANDERSON. I am a granddaughter of William Henry ANDERSON and his third wife, Clara HAMPTON. I know you are a decendant through William Henry ANDERSON and his second wife, Mollie/Mary Shaw, but I do not have a copy of that line. I hope the following will answer some of your questions. Re:>Can anyone furnish information on Talitha Cumi Stowe and Dr. James P. >Anderson? Seeking proof that Henry P. Anderson was a son. (Note he >named his eldest son, James Matthew Anderson. The eldest dau. was >named Talitha.) The oldest daughter of Henry P. ANDERSON was: Eliza Alice ANDERSON, born 1844, married Daniel Payne (unknown if he was related to William PAYNE). To date I have not found a daughter named Talitha for Henry P. ANDERSON. Eliza Alice ANDERSON was the only daughter of Henry P. ANDERSON and Mary WOOD. Henry P. ANDERSON and his second wife Elizabeth __?__ had daughters named Mary and Mattie accordding to the census. Please let me know your source of documentation of a daughter Talitha for Henry P. ANDERSON Matthew WOOD was the father of Mary WOOD who married Henry P. ANDERSON, and Willis WOOD who married Talitha Anderson. It is unknown if Henry P. ANDERSON and Talitha Anderson were siblings. James Matthew ANDERSON, oldest son of Henry P. ANDERSON and Mary WOOD ANDERSON had a daughter named Sarah Talitha "Litha" ANDERSON, who married Robert Eaton Lee. Re:>Seeking information on Abigail Swint and William Payne. William PAYNE and Mary Abigail SWINT Payne lived in Greenville, Alabama History of Butler County from 1815 to 1885 by J. B. Little, states William PAYNE was Greenville's first treasurer. William PAYNE was born about 1755 in England and is believed to have died about 1825 in Greenville, Alabama. After his death, his widow moved to the home of their son William PAYNE in Sandy Ridge, Lowndes County, Alabama. She is buried in the Payne family cemetery on the property. She died August 29, 1852. William PAYNE and Abigail SWINT were the parents of Hannah PAYNE who married Matthew WOOD. I have found no record of Hannah PAYNE being married to anyone except Matthew WOOD. I have found a note that Hannah PAYNE was the second wife of Matthew WOOD. I have a name that is supposed to have been his first wife, but to date have not documented the marriage. >Re:Was Matthew Wood a son of Miseal Wood? and grandson of James Wood? Matthew WOOD was the son of Abraham WOOD accordding to the will of Abraham WOOD. Abraham WOOD,(August 29, 1762 - August 30, 1828) was married to Jane GILBERT (June 03, 1759 - December 07, 1823) and she is probally the mother of Matthew WOOD, but to date I have not found documentation of this. Abraham WOOD is believed to be the son of Philemon Wood, but to date I have not documented this. If you learn more of the ANDERSON and/or WOOD families, I would appreciate any information you will share. Rena Anderson Pittman >______________________________X-Message: #1 >Date: Sun, 30 May 1999 07:40:52 EDT >From: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Message-ID: <[email protected]> >Subject: Union Parish Web >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > >Seeking information on Abigail Swint and William Payne. >Also: Hannah Payne and Matthew Wood. Was Hannah previousl married & >if so, the name or names of the children.? >Can anyone furnish information on Talitha Cumi Stowe and Dr. James P. >Anderson? Seeking proof that Henry P. Anderson was a son. (Note he >named his eldest son, James Matthew Anderson. The eldest dau. was >named Talitha.) >Was Matthew Wood a son of Miseal Wood? and grandson of James Wood? >Thanks you, >Sherry Gritzbaugh >

Hope someone can provide me with the historical background for Spearsville, LA. I am starting my research of Mary M. Spears b. 1828 AL m. abt. 1850 Humphrey Ramsey. I have been told this town is named for her line. Help in this matter is greatly appreciated, Tana

Sherry, (and all) Could you give us a timeframe for these folks? I have a John Wood who was in Union pr around the middle of the 1800's. His daug. Maneta m. Robert Farrar. Looks like they came from Pike Co AL Manetta was b. there in 1841. John's wife was Janetta Cole. I have nothing on her other than she was b. in 1804 and d. in Union Pr. Anyone have anything else? Jan Hope all of you at the reunion are having FUN! Wish I wuz there! At 07:40 AM 5/30/1999 EDT, [email protected] wrote: >Seeking information on Abigail Swint and William Payne. >Also: Hannah Payne and Matthew Wood. Was Hannah previousl married & >if so, the name or names of the children.? >Can anyone furnish information on Talitha Cumi Stowe and Dr. James P. >Anderson? Seeking proof that Henry P. Anderson was a son. (Note he >named his eldest son, James Matthew Anderson. The eldest dau. was >named Talitha.) >Was Matthew Wood a son of Miseal Wood? and grandson of James Wood? >Thanks you, >Sherry Gritzbaugh > > >

Seeking information on Abigail Swint and William Payne. Also: Hannah Payne and Matthew Wood. Was Hannah previousl married & if so, the name or names of the children.? Can anyone furnish information on Talitha Cumi Stowe and Dr. James P. Anderson? Seeking proof that Henry P. Anderson was a son. (Note he named his eldest son, James Matthew Anderson. The eldest dau. was named Talitha.) Was Matthew Wood a son of Miseal Wood? and grandson of James Wood? Thanks you, Sherry Gritzbaugh

Here is the second part of the article my mother, Edna Liggin, wrote on James Edmunds in 1962-63. Maradee Liggin Cryer Did James Edmunds come over to Union parish first then return to Georgia for his family? Perhaps, but in 1849, he was already here busy working on a road. The old police records show a road was commissioned to be reviewed and appointed for this job were Allen Carr, M.W. Laurence, James Edmunds, George W. Moore, W.B. Bailey, M.C. Heard, B. Tubbs and F.M. Linden. The road was to commence at the Farmerville crossing at the Cornie bridge and go by way of the plantations of Solomon, Feazel and James Edmunds to the Claiborne line to the most direct course to Homer, La. The next year. 1850, James bought land once more, this time quite a bit from J.G. Fuller, and for it he paid $2600. (possibly taking care of the gold reputedly buried) The next year he paid William Hopkins one hundred dollars in cash for land, and the same year bought more land from W.C. Heard. A land transfer deed in April of that year with Jesse Fuller was witnessed by J.B. Tubb and Elijah Tabor. Again in 1851 he paid J.G. Fuller $1500 for land, then before the year was up acquired yet 160 acres more from John C. Knott. He was shortly thereafter involved in land deeds with W.A. Milner, Thomas Pearson and James Sutton. In the year 1850 as James was getting settled in a new land with his family, one of the callers the family had was the census taker, a comparatively new innovation in the life of the American family. This one recorded James Edmunds born in Georgia and having $700 worth of real estate was 39, and his wife Ann was 37. The oldest daughter, Catherine was 17; Mary was 15; Susan 12. There were two little boys, James, 8 and Thomas, 3. Was Martha already married to John knott? It is presumed that yet to be born are Nanny, Penniah, and Matilda. records are not found of all the marriages of the Edmunds girls but there is that of one in 1852. Mary Edmunds was married to George W. Tabor, son of Elijah and Susan Tabor, December 4, 1852 with Jesse Tubb performing the ceremony. That same day were married a couple from up Meridian way near Oakland. These two were John B. Robinson and Frances Bilberry. They were later to come to Shiloh and from then until the present day the family John E. Robinson were to occupy the house built in the 1850s by George Tabor’s father, Elijah. These were the only two families ever to won the house still standing today, the threads of their lives first crossing December 4, 1852. By Edna Liggin

Gosh, I hate having to miss the reunion. I think it is WONDERFUL that there are going to be 40 there! If you see any of my Mabry cousins there or Copeland cousins, or Moore cousins - be sure to give them my new name and e-mail address! Have the best time ever!!!!! Judy, I understand about the Oklahoma tornado - my older daughter lives 2 blocks from the worst devastation in Moore, and we are just greatful they are alive! Sorry I can't help with your Coles, but hang in there - someone will come up with a connection one of these days. Maradee, your mother was the most wonderful person. I never got to meet her in person, but she helped me with my early start in Union Parish genealogy, and she wrote an article about my great-grandmother, Catherine Henry Cook Mabry, that I treasure. If you have any of her articles that you don't mind being on the internet, I would be so happy to put them on the Union Parish GenWeb Archives. Please let me know. Happy Reunion, guys! Can't wait to hear all the exciting tales of this great weekend! Karen Mabry Rice

What a wonderful legacy I wish my pa-in-law was still alive & next door. I'd print this out and go read it to him. I know he'd know more about all this. Thanks for sending this for our reading enjoyment!! You folks who are traveling to Union this weekend, PLEASE be careful. This is the deadliest weekend of the year on the highways. WE need all of us. Jan At 06:18 AM 5/27/1999 EDT, [email protected] wrote: >I am typing a series of articles that my mother (Edna Liggin) wrote on James >Edmunds in the fall of 1962. I will post portions of them to the list as a >number of people are researching Edmunds (Edmonds) and related families. >Maradee Liggin Cryer > >James Edmunds: the Man and the Legend >By Edna Liggin > >A few miles east of Shiloh the terrain of the land erupts into sharp >convolutions of hills as high as any to be found in the area. At present the >highway runs through these in sharp curves. On one side is a historic spot >called Sutton�s hill; on the other is the carefully cultivated ranch of Mr. >C.T. Salley. In the lowest place is a little stream called Edmund�s creek. >Beginning at the top of the hill on which stands today the Salley Barn and >going as the crow flies northeast toward and over to Patrick church lies the >land upon which tred James Edmunds one hundred years ago. >James Edmunds was without doubt a man who did travel the miles. Many old >documents at Farmerville courthouse bear his signature. Many times was his >land bought and sold; and deeded to his children. His land was in the >building of the first roads in the area. Indeed what man who did not have a >grown son but six daughters would have time to sit still? >As records attest to the unceasing activity of the real man; the tales that >have passed on to his descendants make of James Edmunds a legend of a pioneer >not to be forgotten. Yet withal there is much both real and imagined that is >not known of him. When did he die? Who were his wives? Did he actually have a >fortune in gold buried? >In spite of the land he once owned he died with scarcely any. As he did not >have a son to live and marry and carry on his name none of his multitude of >descendants in this area living today bear the name of Edmunds. >The old Anglo-Saxon chronicles tell of several English kings who bore the >name of Edmund and it finally became synonmus with the dukedom of Kent. so >suggestively English is the name that the tradition that James Edmund�s >father came from England to Georgia is probably true. As James Edmunds was >not the only Edmund to come from Georgia to North Louisiana (close members of >his family of is generation came before and after him) the name Edmunds is >still to be found among their descendants today. Some of these other Edmunds >settled at shiloh others are in Claiborne parish near Lisbon. >There was Martha, James Edmunds� sister who was the wife of Dr. John R. Clark >who lived at Shiloh before the Civil War; while his brother John Edmunds >settled in Claiborne parish. The widow and son of another brother Roscoe >Edmunds also came to Shiloh before the War. >Family tradition says James Edmunds made the exodus from Georgia with family >in the gold rush year of 1849; traveling by covered wagon and camping along >the way in Indian villages; even eating with them. It was a slow tedious >journey no doubt; that one man made with his family of a wife and daughters >and two small sons. As the early Shiloh church records list among its black >members one Willie belonging to James Edmunds; he can be assumed to have come >with him. Known as Willie Edmunds he is said to have lived to the ripe old >age of 114. >however, contrary to tradition James Edmunds was in Union parish before 1840. >In December of 1847 he bought 370 acres of land from Phillip May for $400. >Two year before Phillip May had bought this land when Sheriff James Seale, >the Union Parish sheriff had held a sale of it at the Farmerville courthouse. >Phillip May had paid $250 for it. When Phillip May died in 1849 he was >recorded as having in his estate 1000 acres of land lying between Cornie and >D�Arbonne so the 370 James Edmunds bought from him may have been close to >this one thousand acres. It was James Edmunds first land bought in the State >of Louisiana. > > >

I am typing a series of articles that my mother (Edna Liggin) wrote on James Edmunds in the fall of 1962. I will post portions of them to the list as a number of people are researching Edmunds (Edmonds) and related families. Maradee Liggin Cryer James Edmunds: the Man and the Legend By Edna Liggin A few miles east of Shiloh the terrain of the land erupts into sharp convolutions of hills as high as any to be found in the area. At present the highway runs through these in sharp curves. On one side is a historic spot called Sutton’s hill; on the other is the carefully cultivated ranch of Mr. C.T. Salley. In the lowest place is a little stream called Edmund’s creek. Beginning at the top of the hill on which stands today the Salley Barn and going as the crow flies northeast toward and over to Patrick church lies the land upon which tred James Edmunds one hundred years ago. James Edmunds was without doubt a man who did travel the miles. Many old documents at Farmerville courthouse bear his signature. Many times was his land bought and sold; and deeded to his children. His land was in the building of the first roads in the area. Indeed what man who did not have a grown son but six daughters would have time to sit still? As records attest to the unceasing activity of the real man; the tales that have passed on to his descendants make of James Edmunds a legend of a pioneer not to be forgotten. Yet withal there is much both real and imagined that is not known of him. When did he die? Who were his wives? Did he actually have a fortune in gold buried? In spite of the land he once owned he died with scarcely any. As he did not have a son to live and marry and carry on his name none of his multitude of descendants in this area living today bear the name of Edmunds. The old Anglo-Saxon chronicles tell of several English kings who bore the name of Edmund and it finally became synonmus with the dukedom of Kent. so suggestively English is the name that the tradition that James Edmund’s father came from England to Georgia is probably true. As James Edmunds was not the only Edmund to come from Georgia to North Louisiana (close members of his family of is generation came before and after him) the name Edmunds is still to be found among their descendants today. Some of these other Edmunds settled at shiloh others are in Claiborne parish near Lisbon. There was Martha, James Edmunds’ sister who was the wife of Dr. John R. Clark who lived at Shiloh before the Civil War; while his brother John Edmunds settled in Claiborne parish. The widow and son of another brother Roscoe Edmunds also came to Shiloh before the War. Family tradition says James Edmunds made the exodus from Georgia with family in the gold rush year of 1849; traveling by covered wagon and camping along the way in Indian villages; even eating with them. It was a slow tedious journey no doubt; that one man made with his family of a wife and daughters and two small sons. As the early Shiloh church records list among its black members one Willie belonging to James Edmunds; he can be assumed to have come with him. Known as Willie Edmunds he is said to have lived to the ripe old age of 114. however, contrary to tradition James Edmunds was in Union parish before 1840. In December of 1847 he bought 370 acres of land from Phillip May for $400. Two year before Phillip May had bought this land when Sheriff James Seale, the Union Parish sheriff had held a sale of it at the Farmerville courthouse. Phillip May had paid $250 for it. When Phillip May died in 1849 he was recorded as having in his estate 1000 acres of land lying between Cornie and D”Arbonne so the 370 James Edmunds bought from him may have been close to this one thousand acres. It was James Edmunds first land bought in the State of Louisiana.

I'm going to try this one more time. I'm really really stuck in Union Parish. I am looking for family of William Marion COLE. 1880 census shows him at age 8 living in Union Par., LA, with grandmother Sintha ROBINSON (widow age 59, b. TN). I have found marriage of THOMAS J COLE & JOSEPHINE ROBINSON, in 1868. I found Thomas & Josephine on 1870 census. But after that I can find no trace of the parents. I'm pretty sure the grandfather was James COLE, sawmill engineer. I've found him & family on 1870 census, but, by then Thomas wasn't living at home. My grandfather spoke of the sawmill. I just haven't been able to firmly link James to Thomas J. and Thomas J. to William Marion COLE. Around 1906, as story goes, William Marion Cole & wife Mary Delaney Farley & children left Farmerville with several other families. They had heard of fantastic farm land in Mexico at very low prices, so they chartered a train, loaded all their possessions on it & went to Mexico. The story goes on, but at any rate they all wound up settling in Chickasha, Oklahoma. I wish I could attend the reunion. The Oklahoma City storm has altered our way of life for a while. Hoping someone there recognizes anything in this note. Hope you all have a great time this weekend. Judy Cole

> I'm on my way out of the door to pick the kids up from school and get on the > road I will be off line until Tuesday. We had one additional registration for > 6 people this morning so that kind of cancels out individuals who had > registered but can not make the reunion. We are currently expecting at least > 40 individuals. FYI: I did not have time to track down a USB floppy disk drive so if you are bring electronic files to exchange they will need to be on a zip disk. See everyone at the Reunion. Sue

I regret that due to sudden illness in my immediate family I will be unable to attend the reunion Saturday. I volunteered to help set up or register, so will someone please fill in for me? My Heard information was submitted on line, so if anyone is there that connects with it, please contact me. Best wishes to all for a fun and rewarding day at Shiloh. Annette Heard Shelton

I was at the Shiloh Church 150th Reunion last Sunday and met Roy Lee Austin. I gave him my materials for next weekend. The church has two small rooms that are off of its Fellowship Hall that serve as "history" or "genealogy" rooms. Most of my mother's (Edna Liggin) Shiloh Sketches and other articles on the history of the area are there. Cortez Lawrence and her daughter Margeanne were kind enough to compile and have them printed and bound. There is also an old map of the town of Shiloh and a scale model that someone built. These two rooms will be a great source of information for those of you attending the reunion. I understand from Roy that the room will be open for our use. Have fun. Maradee LIggin Cryer

Temperance Lee was in Union Parish in the 1850 census, still unmarried and living with her mother, Elizabeth Lee. She married James Floyd Faircloth, probably within a year after the 1850 census. James was still living with his parents in Coffee County Alabama in the 1850 census. Their first child was born in December of 1853. I have found nothing of their marriage in any of the Alabama records and thought it possible they may have married in Louisiana. Can anyone help? Ray Faircloth [email protected]

Unfortunately, I will not be able to attend the reunion. However, am working on the following surnames of Union Parish: TAUNTON, GILMORE, SLATER, URSERY, BROWN, FARRAR, LAWRENCE, ETHRIDGE, and LAWRENCE. Louis Taunton, P. O. Box 400, Louisville, MS 39339-0400

(RESEND) Austin, Weaver, Miley, & Related Families 05/20/1999 Hello, I am looking for descendants (new cousins) of the following ancestors (Bienville, DeSoto, Grant, Natchitoches, Red River, Sabine, Webster, & Winn Parishes). * means lines for which I need information. If you descend from ANY of these lines, I would like to make contact JOHN AUSTIN m. *FRANCIS CRITTENDEN RICHARD AUSTIN m. *JOANNAH FERGUSON JACKSON AUSTIN m. 1 *ELLEN SOPHRONIA SALLEY m. 2 *AMANDA JACKSON WILLIAM ISOM AUSTIN m. MARY PICKENS WEAVER (dau. of JAMES RILEY WEAVER & *MARY HILBURN) WILLIAM PEARL AUSTIN m. ALMA MINTA MILEY (dau. of WILLIAM SUTTON MILEY II & MARTHA ANN BOGAN JOHN MILEY m. ELAN BYRD O'NEAL (dau. of *SUTTON BYRD) WILLIAM SUTTON MILEY I m. MARTHA LAWRENCE (dau. of *HIGDON LAWRENCE & MARY ?) WILLIAM SUTTON MILEY II m. MARTHA ANN BOGAN (dau. of *HENRY BOGAN & *LUCINDA HOWARD) Regards, William Carl (BILL) Austin AUSTIN (Lynn Doyle 12, William Pearl 11, William Isom 10, Jackson 9, Richard 8, John 7, Richardson (Richard) 6, John 5, James 4, James 3, James 2, John 1)

It's 10:45 Friday night. The car is packed to the brim, wonder if there'll be enough room for me. Will be leaving Saturday morning from Houston in time to get to Ruston, unload, and get ready for the Saturday night singing at Shiloh. I'll be attending the anniversary services on Sunday. I'll be offline until May 31st. See ya'll at the reunion of the 29th. Roy

I am researching REDDEN, LINDSEY, NORMAN... Lateral lines are NICKLAS, JACOBS, LEE, HENDERSON, GLASS, COX. I am also interested in Joseph MORROW who served with Levi NORMAN in Co. E 12th LA Reg during the Civil War. Regretfully, can't make it to the Reunion... Have a great time. BJ

Just got off the phone with J&W Enterprises. They will be coming to the reunion and bringing their many books that will be available for purchase. I just received a large order from them and will be placing another for delivery at the reunion.

At total of 16 cemeteries were requested for the tour. I have narrowed the tour down to the more popular 7 in order to get them all in a single afternoon. Shiloh Cemetery will be toured on Saturday, May 29th. It's next door to the church. You can visit it at your leisure or join in the walk about after the close of the reunion. On Sunday, May 30th, we will meet at Shiloh Baptist Church to begin our tour. I'd like to leave no later than 1:15. We can all bring our cars or carpool. First stop will be Pine Grove Baptist Church. If road conditions permit, we'll travel the back way just as our ancestors did. If the road isn't good, we'll take the "blacktop". We will then visit the Bernice City Cemetery, Pisgah Baptist Church Cemetery, Alabama-Weldon Cemetery, Fellowship Cemetery and finish up at the Farmerville City Cemetery. The other cemeteries requested but not on the tour were Spearsville, Conway, Mt. Nebo, Downsville, Meridian, Liberty Hill/Taylor, Marion and Mt. Patrick. I personally have family members buried in nearly all of these cemeteries. If the persons making the request to visit these cemeteries want to do something on Sunday morning, let me know. I'll be glad play tour guide on these. To reach me from May 22 through May 29th, you will need to call me at my aunt's home, Mary Scarpino, at (318) 251-1950 in Ruston. I'm going to the Shiloh Anniversary this weekend and plan to stay through until Memorial Day. Don't call too early in the morning--Aunt Mary likes to sleep late. You may need to leave a message. I plan to be courthousing during the day. In the evenings, I hope that my aunts (I have several in the area) will want to fix me some of those nice country dinners--home made fried chicken, purple hull peas, cornbread, sliced tomatoes and corn--my mouth is watering. Could eat it every day!! Remember a few things: Bring a covered dish and beverage for the potluck lunch. Paper goods are being provided. You may wish to bring your own card table if you can to display your family wares. Bring pictures. Bring water/drinks for the cemtery tour. Copy machine will be available. Bring all of your research materials, family group sheets, etc. etc. Never know what small piece you have may be the roadblock buster for someone else. See you at the reunion. Roy