Dear Linda, I transcribed the 1860 Union Parish Mortality Schedule many years ago (1992, to be precise) from the microfilmed originals. I think I own the microfilm, but I will have to check. My notes from twelve years ago have that J. A. Davis was born in "Arkansas". I will double check the birthplace on the originals. I may well have made an error. Best wishes, Tim Hudson >From: "Linda Davis" <ldavis8@msn.com> >To: "Dave Sarles" <sarles@hal-pc.org> >CC: "Judy Davis" <JudyJDavis@aol.com>,"mary margaret selig-trahan" ><mmstths@classicnet.net>,<timothydhudson@hotmail.com>,<LAUNION-L@rootsweb.com> >Subject: Re: [LAUNION] 1859 - 1860 Union Parish Louisiana Deaths >Date: Sun, 3 Oct 2004 17:12:25 -0400 > >To ALL >Read entire email. >I guess the transcriber read AK instead of AL, right? Things like that >does happen in genealogy. > >Linda Davis >Amelia Island, FL >----- Original Message ----- >From: Dave Sarles >Sent: Sunday, October 03, 2004 9:25 AM >To: Linda Davis; mary margaret selig-trahan >Subject: Re: [LAUNION] 1859 - 1860 Union Parish Louisiana Deaths > >Thanks a million for forwarding the message about the 1859-1860 Union >Parish Louisiana Deaths to me, Linda. It clears up the mystery of the death >of a relatively young man who was my great great grandfather. > >The J. A. Davis is undoubtedly John A. Davis, born 4 Jan 1824 in Perry >County, AL to Anderson Barton Davis and wife Lucinda Wright Davis. He was >survived by wife Susanah (Susan) Lawson, who had lived just down the road >from the Anderson B. Davises, and by seven children. He was not shown in >the 1850 Alabama census with Anderson Barton Davis and family because he >had already moved to Shilo, Union Parish, Louisiana. John's grandfather, >John Wright, Sr. had moved to Union Parish about the same time and had >acquired substantial land in the Parish. > >B. Dave Sarles, Jr. >----- Original Message ----- >From: Linda Davis >To: mary margaret selig-trahan >Sent: Sunday, October 03, 2004 1:04 AM >Subject: Re: [LAUNION] 1859 - 1860 Union Parish Louisiana Deaths > > > >There is a Davis listed too, but I don't know who it can be. ld > >----- Original Message ----- >From: Mary Margaret Selig-Trahan >Sent: Saturday, October 02, 2004 11:13 AM >To: Timothy D. Hudson >Cc: Tommypat Trahan; Patricia Duncan Thummel; Antoinette C. Ray; Victor >LaFave; Edna Sue Key; Jasper Hoover; Judy Trahan Hampton; Luther Lois >Farrar; Linda Davis; Hazel Welch Craig; Laurie Elliott Babb; Jacquie Bell >Subject: Re: [LAUNION] 1859 - 1860 Union Parish Louisiana Deaths > >Tim...What a HOOT !!!...my great grandfather was the J.M. Heard's death >listed as intemperance. The oral history in our family as that he was >thrown from a horse and was killed.....we always wondered what caused this >to happen, maybe now we know. He had come ahead and bought ground in Union >Parish and his family was on the Heard wagon train following. Some of his >sons were with him and his body was held for several days and was buried at >sunset (Shiloh) one evening and the wagon train was camped 6 miles away >that >nite. It had crossed at the Alabama Crossing and just recently we learned >the physical location of that crossing. >As you can see, I am Ccing this to several family members for their >information. Many thanks for the information. >mary margaret selig-trahan mmstths@classicnet.net > > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Timothy D. Hudson" <timothydhudson@hotmail.com> >To: <LAUNION-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Saturday, October 02, 2004 6:55 AM >Subject: [LAUNION] 1859 - 1860 Union Parish Louisiana Deaths > > > > Hello everyone, > > > > While trying to complete a listing of the 1860 Union Parish Mortality > > Schedule that lists all 1859-1860 deaths recorded by the 1860 census > > enumerator, I can't resist passing along these deaths from rather >unusual > > causes: > > > > Adam Skains, aged 61, born in South Carolina, was murdered in March 1860 > > > > These four men all died from "intemperance" (alcoholism): > > > > J. A. Davis, died June 1860, aged 35, born Arkansas, farmer > > J. M. Heard, died Dec 1859, aged 58, born Georgia, farmer > > William McCullum, died June 1860, aged 42, born Alabama > > Daniel Pucket, died Aug 1859, aged 44, born South Carolina, >carpenter > > > > A. Gaskill, aged 36, male, born Tennessee, committed suicide in Dec 1859 > > > > Georgia Ann Auld, aged 20, died from a cold in April 18 > > > > > > Tim Hudson > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Get ready for school! Find articles, homework help and more in the Back >to > > School Guide! http://special.msn.com/network/04backtoschool.armx > > > > > > ==== LAUNION Mailing List ==== > > Timothy D. Hudson > > Union Parish Louisiana List Manager > > TimothyDHudson@hotmail.com > > > > ============================== > > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ Is your PC infected? Get a FREE online computer virus scan from McAfee® Security. http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963