Unless you are related to me, I only have obits from the gazette and the Banner for the last 2 years. I'm sorry that I got peoples hopes up. However, sometimes in the article it will mention the parents, as well as survivors, I have been able to piece together quite a bit with these obits. I wish I had more. Gina Sherrard

Someone asked about the status of the Union Reunion. We are continuing to publicize the reunion. Everyone on the list should feel free to help with this effort. Tell all your relatives that are not on the list. Post messages to other discussion lists that you are on, etc. Registrations are slowly coming in. We are now up to 30 people attending. Hopefully, we will have some local people that will just show up the morning of the reunion. Sue

I have all of my Obits in a database now. If anyone wants to submitt their names I will see if I have anything for them. Gina

Gina, if you could relay the information on Edna C. Ward. I'd greatly appericate it. Thanks Shonta >>> <[email protected]> 04/27 4:42 PM >>> I have the following obits, if anyone wants a copy. Georgia Marie Gardner William R. (Billie) Grafton William G. Stinson Sr. Raymond Lee Louise McDougle Bishop Frank Davidson Louise Williams Jones Clara Harvey Lockwood Taylor Gray Bayles Ben Werner Harvey Ben F. Hayes Jr. Lori Kilcrease Herman E. Mike Edna C. Ward Virgie T. Harlow Hope these help. Gina Sherrard

I have the following if you want a copy. Please include the number. Myrdith H. Miller B11599 W.C. "Bill" Weldon B31299 Louise Stephenson Bush B32699 Joe Hayes Jr. G11499 Claude Marshall Finklea G11499 Milton " Po John" Trichell G11499 Lydia Gary B32699 Roger Hicks Neal B32699 Mildred Conrad Hayes G32599 Duke E. Fields Sr. G3499 Claudia T. Sharp G3499 Ouida P "Ma" Nolan G3499 James Raymond Jones G3499 Myrtle Nolan G3499 Roger W. Fisch G21899 Dan J. Lowery G21899 Harry V. Ferrar G31199 John T. Hammond Sr. G31199 Wilma A. Pardue G31199 Ruth Drummond G31199 Sylvia L. Medlin G31199 Shirley R. Silmon B42399 Nathaniel Lee Simpson B42399 Edna Faye Hudson Gilmore G42299 Ruth Hamby Jones G42299 Gracie Adams Davidson G42299 Mildred Hollis Carner G42299 Myra Ray Spurlock G42299 Gina

I got my Gazette today, and the ad for the reunion was in there! Gina

I have the following obits, if anyone wants a copy. Georgia Marie Gardner William R. (Billie) Grafton William G. Stinson Sr. Raymond Lee Louise McDougle Bishop Frank Davidson Louise Williams Jones Clara Harvey Lockwood Taylor Gray Bayles Ben Werner Harvey Ben F. Hayes Jr. Lori Kilcrease Herman E. Mike Edna C. Ward Virgie T. Harlow Hope these help. Gina Sherrard

I've been out of the loop awhile. Will you guys help to update me on the plans. I had submitted my family info on line and am ready to mail my registration. So please let me know the latest details. Gina Sherrard

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I need to locate an obituary, if one exists, from 1862 newspaper. Am I dreaming or is it possible? Tom in TX.

Hi! to All, More on my recent trip to Union Parish: When I was at the library at LA Tech in Ruston, I found an article in the Farmerville Gazette dated April 11, 1894 which was evidently copied from the Monroe Telegraph Bulletin. The gist of this article is as follows: "...an establishment of Swdes for a canning factory. The North Louisiana Immigration Association hs secured 200 families to settle in the area. Swedes are small farmers - truck farmers..........diversified farming will follow their advent here. As we have said, a better day for this section is at hand and soon the one-crop farmer will be a thing of the past." Did his ever happen? Do any of you have Swedish ancestors if it did happen? Ruth Stout

I returned this week from a trip last week to Union Parish looking for family. I thought I would share some of my notes with this list. I only wish that those of you who are not familiar with Union Parish or who have never visited or it has been a long time could see springtime there. I was amazed at all the different shades of green as trees were leafing out and meadows and lawns were getting their spring covering. I made a pot of coffee every morning and sat in the porch swing and watched the birds and squirrels play for at least a couple of hours. The wildflowers were wonderful! There is an underlying sadness because I can see that most of the young people are leaving and there is not a great deal of economic incentive to live there. For those of us who live in the city, this is a wonderful place to let go of the stresses, rid your body of the city pollutants, and get ready to back and "fight the dragons" one more day. I hope to see a lot of you at the reunion - I'll even invite you to come sit on my porch with me! I visited the library at Louisiana Tech in Ruston and looked at microfilm of the Farmerville Gazette from 1894. They have the reels for 1894-1895 and 1897-98 I believe. I do know that there are only four years. There are other newspapers from the area also. The staff and student volunteers are very knowlegeable and very helpful. I spent almost one whole day and did not make it through 1894 but am looking forward to going back. I did not expect to find much information on my family but the history of the time made the trip worthwhile. Be sure to visit but be sure you do not park by a curb that is painted blue! I visited the library at Farmerville and there is a small family history section but I did find some gems there. I found that someone had copied the minutes of the First Baptist Church of Spearsville from 1849 to 1900 and hit gold on some family members. I found the book late and did not have time to read it all so am planning another trip to do that. Lastly, I would encourage - strongly - everyone to be sure that you document all your data. If you find information from other sources be sure to note it and also let others know that you personally may not have found the proof. I found two family histories that have erroneous information about my grandparents. This IS my family and I do know the names and birthdates and who married where and when but I also have documentation in my notes concerning marriage record books, family bibles, cemetery records, etc. I realize that none of us is ever going to be perfect but please be as careful as you can in getting your information out to the rest of the world, especially in this age of electronic media. If you have not signed up for the Reunion, I encourage you to do so. Union Parish is a fascinating place where many peoples of all backgrounds came together to make a better life for themselves and future generations. Ruth Stout

Hello! Just a note to let everybody know that the Farmerville Library has the Farmerville Gazette on microfilm also. It starts with the same years and goes on into later years. I don't remember exactly how far it goes. But, I know that it goes through the 1930's. I was there a couple of weekends ago and was looking for a mention of the death of my gggrandmother, Anna Stacey Meeks who died in 1936. Debbie

I was recently in Ruston, LA at the library at LA Tech University reading microfilm copies of the Farmerville Gazette from 1894 and came across a description of the wedding of the above two people. The write-up is from the Gazette of Wednesday, May 23, 1894. If any of the people in the wedding party are your ancestors, I will be glad to make copies and send to you if you will send me your snail mail address. Excerpts from the article are (I have capitalized the names of wedding party memebers so that they are easy to see): "At the Baptist church of our sister town, Shiloh, in the presence of a large concourse of friends and relatives of the contractions parties, the nuptials of MR. LEE GOYNE and MISS ETTA HEARD were celebrated last Sunday morning. Prompty at ten o-clock MISS ETHEL ROBINSON rendered the sweet strains of thte wedding march .....................MISSES GENIE STERLING and MATTIE LOU MOORE, bridesmaids, looking beautiful in immaculate white...............DR. J. G. TAYLOR and MR. YOUNG FULLER groomsmen...............Two beautiful little flower girls JENNIE PREAUS and RUTH FULLER walked immediately before the betrother pair, strewing their path with roses. Lastly came the bride and groom and took their place beneath a large and handsome wedding bell of roses and evergreens, before Hymen's altar where REV. J. V. B. WALDROP, of Spearsville...................After receving the congratulations of their friends, the happy husband and wife, accompanied by a few especial friends, drove over to Farmerville where MR. AND MRS. W. J. TURNAGE served an elegant wedding dinner. The bride if the daughter of MR. AND MRS. T. A. HEARD, one of Shiloh's most prominent families and is admired by all for hre culture, grace and beauty and is an ornament and jewel to any circle in which she may be thrown. Robed in an exquisite costume of pearl gray silk, trimmed in lace and orange blossoms, she looked the fairest of the fair.........................The groom is well known throughout the parish as a gentleman of high standing and courteous manners and is to be congratulated in winning the hand of such a queenly bride." Ruth Stout

Roy---I too am so sorry for Mr.Williams in his bereavement....maybe since this is our 'first'---a longer swap and getting to know each other is what we need, as I am sure that most of us coming do not know each other and would like to meet and visit with all. just a thought...mary margaret [email protected] wrote: > --part1_68c7196b.244d3741_boundary > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > In a message dated 4/17/99 4:29:15 PM Central Daylight Time, > [email protected] writes: > > << Roy, I just got an e-mail from Max Williams. He says that because of the > extended sickness of his mother and her death last week that he must > cancel his speaking appointment for the Union Parish Family history > meeting. Please contact those who need to know. Thanks, Jim Ballard > >> > > We want to extend our sympathies to Max Williams during this time of his loss > and understand that he is not able to speak at the reunion. > > Does someone have another suggestion? If not, we'll just use the time for > more "swapping". If you haven't signed up yet, do so immediately by going to > the website at http://129.119.39.10. If you need a paper form, email your > snailmail address to me and I'll get one in the mail to you. > > Roy Austin > > --part1_68c7196b.244d3741_boundary > Content-Type: message/rfc822 > Content-Disposition: inline > > Return-Path: <[email protected]> > Received: from rly-zb04.mx.aol.com (rly-zb04.mail.aol.com [172.31.41.4]) by > air-zb03.mail.aol.com (v59.4) with SMTP; Sat, 17 Apr 1999 17:29:15 > -0400 > Received: from pemberton.magnolia.net (pemberton.magnolia.net [198.77.179.3]) > by rly-zb04.mx.aol.com (8.8.8/8.8.5/AOL-4.0.0) > with ESMTP id RAA14277 for <[email protected]>; > Sat, 17 Apr 1999 17:29:14 -0400 (EDT) > Received: from LOCALNAME (com012.magnolia.net [199.75.127.31]) > by pemberton.magnolia.net (8.9.2/8.9.2) with SMTP id QAA24505 > for <[email protected]>; Sat, 17 Apr 1999 16:21:37 -0500 (CDT) > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Date: Sat, 17 Apr 1999 15:21:41 -0700 > From: J & N Ballard <[email protected]> > Reply-To: [email protected] > Organization: NANCECO > X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0Gold (Win16; U) > MIME-Version: 1.0 > To: Roy Austin <[email protected]> > Subject: Need Union Parish Speaker > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > Roy, I just got an e-mail from Max Williams. He says that because of the > extended sickness of his mother and her death last week that he must > cancel his speaking appointment for the Union Parish Family history > meeting. Please contact those who need to know. Thanks, Jim Ballard > > --part1_68c7196b.244d3741_boundary--

--part1_68c7196b.244d3741_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 4/17/99 4:29:15 PM Central Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: << Roy, I just got an e-mail from Max Williams. He says that because of the extended sickness of his mother and her death last week that he must cancel his speaking appointment for the Union Parish Family history meeting. Please contact those who need to know. Thanks, Jim Ballard >> We want to extend our sympathies to Max Williams during this time of his loss and understand that he is not able to speak at the reunion. Does someone have another suggestion? If not, we'll just use the time for more "swapping". If you haven't signed up yet, do so immediately by going to the website at http://129.119.39.10. If you need a paper form, email your snailmail address to me and I'll get one in the mail to you. Roy Austin --part1_68c7196b.244d3741_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <[email protected]> Received: from rly-zb04.mx.aol.com (rly-zb04.mail.aol.com [172.31.41.4]) by air-zb03.mail.aol.com (v59.4) with SMTP; Sat, 17 Apr 1999 17:29:15 -0400 Received: from pemberton.magnolia.net (pemberton.magnolia.net [198.77.179.3]) by rly-zb04.mx.aol.com (8.8.8/8.8.5/AOL-4.0.0) with ESMTP id RAA14277 for <[email protected]>; Sat, 17 Apr 1999 17:29:14 -0400 (EDT) Received: from LOCALNAME (com012.magnolia.net [199.75.127.31]) by pemberton.magnolia.net (8.9.2/8.9.2) with SMTP id QAA24505 for <[email protected]>; Sat, 17 Apr 1999 16:21:37 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <[email protected]> Date: Sat, 17 Apr 1999 15:21:41 -0700 From: J & N Ballard <[email protected]> Reply-To: [email protected] Organization: NANCECO X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0Gold (Win16; U) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Roy Austin <[email protected]> Subject: Need Union Parish Speaker Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Roy, I just got an e-mail from Max Williams. He says that because of the extended sickness of his mother and her death last week that he must cancel his speaking appointment for the Union Parish Family history meeting. Please contact those who need to know. Thanks, Jim Ballard --part1_68c7196b.244d3741_boundary--

Does anybody have any information on Lucky N. Pierce? He moved to Union Parish in 1846 and died 1n 1855. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Jim Lee

Hello! I am looking for information on Caroline Adams who married Mark Meeks, Jr. in Union Co., Ark. in 1852. They raised their family in Union Parish, LA. Caroline Meeks is buried in Crossroads Cemetary near Farmerville, LA. Mark Meeks was killed in the Civil War. I am especially interested in any information on their daughter Anna Stacey Meeks who married Asbury Cason Auld. I would also appreciate any information on the parents of Caroline Adams.. Thanks! Debbie Richard

Debi, Here are some Union Parish marriage records for you. Hope it helps! Marriage Index: LA, Union Parish 1718-1925 Grice, Thomas Spouse : Carter, Cornelia Marriage date : Aug 27, 1881 Impson, Florence M Spouse : Henry, Samuel Green Marriage date : Dec 20, 1888 Impson, John Spouse : Carter, Sarah A Mrs Marriage date : Jan 24, 1872 Impson, Mollie Spouse : Briggs, William D Marriage date : Jan 29, 1891 Owens, Cornelia Spouse : Carter, John Marriage date : Jan 5, 1874 Wilhite, William Spouse : Owen, Lucy Ann Marriage date : Oct 5, 1868 It looks to me like your Cornelia was Cornelia Owens and her first husband was John Carter. Maybe Mrs. Sarah A. Carter was her mother? Just speculation on my part! But definitely worth following... BJ [email protected] wrote: > Hi Guys! > > I have a couple of new postings to make. Would appreciate any info on these > guys! > > Thomas G. Guice married Cornelia S. IMPSON. Cornelia was first married to a > Mr. Carter (would love to know his first name) and then to my Thomas abt > 1882. I just recently made a trip to Baton Rouge with another Union Parish > researcher to acquire all the death cert. we could find on our lines and on > Cornelias son, Parrish Guice's death cert, Joe Nolan stated her last name was > IMPSON. > > Gay, an Impson researcher, sent me info stating that her parents were: > > John IMPSON and Mary Catherine OWENS. Cornelia was born abt 1850 in Union > Parish. Gay said she was living in the household of William and Lucy Owens > WILHITE in the 1880 census of Union. > > There is a John IMPSON mentioned in the Providence Church material Tina sent > to me but I'm not sure if he's my IMPSON. > > I need to get back to the courthouse in Union Parish but in the meantime, > anyone recognize any of these guys? > > Thanks, > Debi

I wish I had know about this in time to attend so I hope someone on the list can. We need to distribute some flyers about the Union Reunion at this event TOMORROW. Can anyone do this? If you can please contact Maradee or myself. Sue Linder-Linsley ------------------------------- Subject: Nolans in Union Parish From: Amy Seymour <[email protected]> Hello! I heard about your "Union Reunion" and wondered if you had heard about this one: **** 1999 THE DAVID NOLAN, SR. ANNUAL REUNION This year we will be meeting April 10, 1999 in the Fellowship Hall of the Antioch Baptist Church near Farmerville, LA. Registration will begin at 9am. The welcome will be at 10am, followed by a roll call of the famlies at 10:15am. The reunion will continue until 2pm. If you are descended from Clay Nolan, Taylor Nolan, Joe Nolan, Elizabeth Caroline (Sis) Funderburk, Sarah Hendrix, Steve Nolan, David Nolan, Jr., Jeff Nolan, Sam Nolan, Tom Nolan, Susie Eubanks, Bob Nolan, Hosea Armstrong, Jesse Nolan, Dosia Colson or Fannie Johnson, please come join with the other members of our great family in celebration. This is the 39th year that we have met as a family and shared memories of our past, as well as the present. We ask that you come and be with us and bring your old and new pictures, family stories and old letters, anything that interest you will be of interest to the rest of us. Food will be served at 12pm noon. Please bring food and drinks of your choice. Ice, plates, knives, forks and spoons will be furnished. Please help us by notifying other family members of the reunion. We notify as many as we can. Unfortunately, we are unable to contact all family members. If you know of anyone that would like to receive an invitation, please let us know. Don't forget to bring old pictures. We are still looking for photos of all the David Nolan children. Please feel free to bring a Nolan with you. We will try to fit them into the family. If we can't, we will adopt! We are looking forward to seeing you at the Nolan Reunion. All the best people will be there! ** end ** I am descended from both Clay and Susie Nolan (don't ask!) I just thought I'd pass this info along, in case you don't already have it. Feel free to forward to anyone who might be interested! -Amy -- ~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^ "I give myself very good advice, but I very seldom follow it." -Alice in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll ^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^