I too, have no memories of Union Parish. But my great grandfather, Stephen McCoy met and married my great grandmother, Emiline Independence Taylor there. They moved to Collin Co., TX sometime around 1894. However, I spent several years searching for a great great grandfather, having little to go on - not even a name. I finally got his son's nickname 'Ollie' from an obituary of his son (my grandfather). Tracing Ollie to TN, and discovering that my grandfather's name McCagie was a family misspelling of Micajah --- I finally found my grandfather (Micajah Bennett) in Wilson Co., TN in 1820. He had died on "his own doorstep". That set off another search until a kind lady in Lebanon, TN sent me a photocopy of the minutes of the grand jury investigation into his murder. My ggggf was murdered by five men for robbery after he closed his store -- but I had never heard the story from any relative and had to search it out myself. I've not been able to go further yet, but the importance of not hiding this stuff is so vital to our histories that I wanted to share my story. Jan