Welcome to the list, Sharon. I hope someone can help with your quest. The migration pattern you mention - AL to LA to TX - ( and a lot of them came to AL from GA) is a common one among our ancestors on this list. Karen Mabry Rice, USGenWeb Archives Coordinator Union Parish, Lousiana http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/la/union.htm Listowner, LAUNION-L@rootsweb.com Listowner, MABRY-L@rootsweb.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sharon Jung" <fbgtitle@ktc.com> To: <LAUNION-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2001 9:13 PM Subject: JAMES/THOMPSON/BENNETTS-1850s > Hello to All on List, > > I am a new subscriber and this is my first time to post to > this list. Recently, I discovered some of my ancestors were > in Union Parish, LA during the mid 1800s. A cousin sent me > a copy of the marriage certificate of my 2nd great > grandparents. It shows they were married on July 7, 1853 in > Union Parish, LA in the home of A. Bennett by Rev. A. D. > Gaskill, Methodist Minister. My 2nd great grandparents were > Alfred A. JAMES and Louisa May THOMPSON. > > Alfred A. JAMES was b. in Alabama in 1833. I don't know > exactly where in Alabama, His father was Benjamin JAMES. I > don't know the name of his mother. Am looking for parents, > siblings. He died, probably in Texas between 1873 and 1880, > place unknown. > > Louisa May THOMPSON, was the daughter of Nancy BENNETT and > George THOMPSON. I don't know where she was born. Some > census records show KY and some show TN. She was born April > 29, 1835. She died in Memphis, Hall Co. TX on September 11, > 1919 and is buried in Hall Co. TX. Am looking for > information on her parents and siblings. > > Also would like to know who the A. BENNETT, at whose house > they were married, might be and how he or she was related to > Louisa. > > Louisa THOMPSON JAMES and Alfred A. JAMES came to Texas. I > don't know exactly when they came. Their oldest child is > believed to have been born in Caddo Parish in abt 1854 and > their second child in Ft. worth, Tarrant Co. TX in 1856. > > I see from the records on the USGenWeb Union Parish site > that there were lots of Bennetts and Thompson. Didn't find > many James. Any help on James, Thompson or Bennett will be > appreciated. Thanks. > > Sharon Jung >