I do not really research Deans, but I have a few in my data that married into my family. One of my Butler Co., Alabama LEEs--Lucinda LEE--married Andrew Dean in Butler Co. Ala. before 1860, and I believe Andrew's sister Martha married Lucinda's brother William LEE. Andrew Dean was killed in the Civil War, and then his widow Lucinda Lee Dean married Benjamin Norris and they moved to Louisiana before 1880. I know of families named Lee, Burkett, Joiner, Pearce, Franklin, Garrett, Pugh, Myrick, Shepherd, Gay and others who left Butler Co. Ala. (1840s - 1870s) and ended up in Louisiana (Bienville, Red River, DeSoto, and Union Parish). In Butler County, Alabama, they lived in a community not far from Georgiana called STARLINGTON (where I was born). That community was named after STERLING PARKER. Some of the Parker family headed west also. I found Tim's mention of a community in Union Parish called Sterlington very interesting. Does anyone know whom Sterlington, LA was named after? Cheryll ----- Original Message ----- From: "Timothy D. Hudson" <timothydhudson@hotmail.com> To: <LAUNION-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 2004 5:52 PM Subject: [LAUNION] Welcome new list member. > Please help me welcome Palmer Frith to our Union Parish Louisiana mailing > list. Palmer is researching Charles E. Dean & his wife Harriett Jane Sawyer > of the Rocky Branch area. From the 1880 census, Charles was the son of > Richard Dean who lived in eastern Union Parish, but I don't know anything > about Harriett Jane Sawyer. > > Can anyone help? > > Palmer would also like to know more about Alabama Landing. I know it is > located on the Ouachita River a short distance north of Ouachita City and > Sterlington and roughly 10 miles due south of the Arkansas state line. It > formed as a landing in the 1840s as settlers from Alabama began to pour into > northeastern Union Parish and southern Arkansas. I hope to have some > detailed maps posted on the Union Parish sites soon that can help identify > such locations. > > Can anyone offer additional details about Alabama Landing? > > Happy 4th, everyone! > > Tim Hudson > http://www.rootsweb.com/~launion/ > http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/la/union.htm > > _________________________________________________________________ > MSN Toolbar provides one-click access to Hotmail from any Web page - FREE > download! http://toolbar.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200413ave/direct/01/ > > > ==== 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 >

Do not know who Sterlington was named for, but I can venture a guess. I read an account where some pioneers from Marion, AL came to Union Parish and named a small village in their settlement Marion. (I have an aunt who lives near there at Haile.) I would guess that the people who settled Sterlington brought the name with them like the people of Marion did. By the way, Sterlington is only a few miles as the crow flies from my grandparents' place, and my uncle who died last week worked at the LA Power and Light power house there. Palmer ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cheryll Sumner" <csumner1@comcast.net> To: <LAUNION-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2004 8:22 AM Subject: Re: [LAUNION] Alabama Landing/Sterlington question > I do not really research Deans, but I have a few in my data that married > into my family. One of my Butler Co., Alabama LEEs--Lucinda LEE--married > Andrew Dean in Butler Co. Ala. before 1860, and I believe Andrew's sister > Martha married Lucinda's brother William LEE. Andrew Dean was killed in the > Civil War, and then his widow Lucinda Lee Dean married Benjamin Norris and > they moved to Louisiana before 1880. I know of families named Lee, Burkett, > Joiner, Pearce, Franklin, Garrett, Pugh, Myrick, Shepherd, Gay and others > who left Butler Co. Ala. (1840s - 1870s) and ended up in Louisiana > (Bienville, Red River, DeSoto, and Union Parish). > > In Butler County, Alabama, they lived in a community not far from Georgiana > called STARLINGTON (where I was born). That community was named after > STERLING PARKER. Some of the Parker family headed west also. I found Tim's > mention of a community in Union Parish called Sterlington very interesting. > Does anyone know whom Sterlington, LA was named after? > > Cheryll > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Timothy D. Hudson" <timothydhudson@hotmail.com> > To: <LAUNION-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 2004 5:52 PM > Subject: [LAUNION] Welcome new list member. > > > > Please help me welcome Palmer Frith to our Union Parish Louisiana mailing > > list. Palmer is researching Charles E. Dean & his wife Harriett Jane > Sawyer > > of the Rocky Branch area. From the 1880 census, Charles was the son of > > Richard Dean who lived in eastern Union Parish, but I don't know anything > > about Harriett Jane Sawyer. > > > > Can anyone help? > > > > Palmer would also like to know more about Alabama Landing. I know it is > > located on the Ouachita River a short distance north of Ouachita City and > > Sterlington and roughly 10 miles due south of the Arkansas state line. It > > formed as a landing in the 1840s as settlers from Alabama began to pour > into > > northeastern Union Parish and southern Arkansas. I hope to have some > > detailed maps posted on the Union Parish sites soon that can help identify > > > such locations. > > > > Can anyone offer additional details about Alabama Landing? > > > > Happy 4th, everyone! > > > > Tim Hudson > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~launion/ > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/la/union.htm > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > MSN Toolbar provides one-click access to Hotmail from any Web page - FREE > > download! http://toolbar.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200413ave/direct/01/ > > > > > > ==== 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 > > > > > ==== 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 >