Hello everyone! The following items are new on the Union Parish USGenWeb Archives since the last update: 1) Successions transcribed & submitted by Shawn Martin dated 1859 - 1862: a) Marlin T. Crow b) William M. McCullom c) Susan Ann Mixon Honeycutt (wife of Austin Honeycutt), d) update on William Sutton's succession e) John B. Tubb f) Charles Larkin Gilbert & wife Permelia Taylor Gilbert This link has a table with the transcribed Union Parish successions: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/la/union/successions.htm 2) New Union Parish Cemeteries from Mary Anne Williams: a) complete listing of Crossroads Cemetery b) Dean Cemetery c) Marion Baptist Cemetery (white section) d) Ouachita City Cemetery e) Reppond Family Cemetery d) Roark-Stewart Cemetery Here is a table of all Union Parish cemeteries: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/la/union/cemeteries.htm 3) Photographs of the family of John Berry Adcock and his wife Loretta Jane Gray, from James Williams: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/%7Eusgenweb/la/union/photos/familya-i.htm 4) Zion Hill Cemetery photographs from Bruce Odom (more to be added soon): http://www.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/la/union/cemetery/zion-hill.html 5) Thanks to Karen Mabry Rice's work, we now have improved images from 1910 census. Pages 1 - 360 are now much more easy to read that the old images: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/la/union/census/union-1910.htm/ 6) New obituaries: W. K. Rushing, 1895 Joseph A. Upshaw, 1898 Rachel Beaird, 1904 W. A. Kirkpatrick, 1904 Click here to view a table of Union Parish Obituaries: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/la/union/obituaries.htm 7) Newspaper article about a stranger to Farmerville who stole a horse from a local business: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/la/union/newspapers/articles/1895horse.txt 8) Articles about the railroad coming to Farmerville. According to the newspapers, the major concerns of Union Parish residents between 1895 and 1905 were the severe drought of 1895-1898 (it resulted in near starvation for the poor and food aid being shipped in to the parish), politics, and the coming of the railroads. When the first Union Parish railroad opened in the latter 1890s and by-passed Shiloh, it helped spell the doom of that town (the 1899 fire that left Shiloh's commercial district in ashes was the other factor). Thus, Farmerville citizens were thrilled to learn in 1897 that the second north/south railroad through the parish would pass through their town. The arrival of the first passenger train in October 1904 was cause for a grand celebration, with Louisiana Governor Blanchard on hand to deliver a speech at the courthouse. There was also a public auction of Farmerville town lots, as businesses seemed ready to flock to Farmerville. Here are a few newspaper articles describing these events: a) 1897 - Railroad coming to Farmerville b) 1904 "Gazette" editorial by J. G. Trimble about the railroad coming to Farmerville and the hopes for a "new" Farmerville. c) 1904 article about the Barbecue Celebration to commemorate the arrival of the railroad to Farmerville d) 1904 article about Governor Blanchard's speech in Farmerville These articles are all indexed here: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/%7Eusgenweb/la/union/newspapers/unionnewsarticles.htm Tim Hudson http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/la/union.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~launion/ _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today - it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/