> > From: Brenda White <brendywhite@bellsouth.net> > Date: 2006/08/16 Wed PM 10:44:48 EDT > To: MSWILKIN-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [MSWILKIN] S. O. Beauchamp > > on 8/16/06 1:31 AM, Virgina Ewing at vewing65@ctesc.net wrote: > > > S. O. Beauchamp md. Clarissa E. Nettles, 17 Sept 1868, in Wilkinson Co. > > MS. Clarissa was the d/o William Thomas Nettles & Sarah Ann Owens. > > I have nothing on this family and am hoping someone on the list will know > > where they lived. I did find an S. O. Beauchamp in East Feliciana > > Parish, LA in 1870 and in East Baton Rouge Parish in 1900 and 1910 but it > > may not be the same family. > > > Virginia couldn't you have picked a "better" name to research...the census > takers couldn't even spell the surname White correctly ...and we are looking > for the name Beauchamp (smile)!!! > > According to the 1860 Wilkinson County Census--which I'm sure you have.. > > 1860 Wilkinson Co., MS Census > Nettles, William, age 38, M, planter, $600/$700, MS > --Sarah A, age 27, F, SC > --James, age 12, M, MS > --Henry, age 10, M, MS > --Wm. M, age 8, M, MS > --Frances M, age 6, F, MS > --Clarissa E., age 4, MS > > So, hopefully we know a Clarissa E. existed in 1860 but did she exist in > 1870. > > The Wilkinson County marriage records state S.O. Beauchamp married C.M. > Nettles....not C.E. Nettles in 1868. Of course, names were hard to read with > the swirley handwriting on the marriage records--so that is iffy. > > In 1870 Wilkinson Co. Clarissa E is not in the household with her > parents--stands to reason she got married or died. > > 1870 East Baton Rouge Parish Census > Beauchamp, S.O., 22, MW, farming, $6,000/$1500, La > --Cecilia M., age 16 (not 14), FW, keeping house, BORN LOUISIANA--not > Mississippi > > And, in the 1870 census, the name is Cecilia--not Clarissa.... which could > be another census taker oops. > > This is what I found this evening on the internet..... > > The following copied from Ancestry, John H. Poole, Jr.:ripoole1@juno.com > S. O. Beauchamp, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana > S. O. Beauchamp, one of the most influential citizens of Irene, > Baton Rouge parish, La., is a native of Louisiana born in 1848. He > received a good education, lacking two years of graduation. He was > married in 1868 to Miss C. M. Nettles, who died in 1885. The first line > of work in which he engaged after leaving school was the drug business > at The Plains, East Baton Rouge parish. He afterward engaged in the > mercantile trade, and carries a stock of $3,000. In connection with > this business he finds time to superintend the cultivation of a > plantation of 600 acres. The land is the most choice and produces a > fine cotton crop annually. Mr. Beauchamp was married a second time, in > 1884, to Miss Irene Netterville. Two children were born to this union, > and two were born of the first marriage--one son and three daughters-all > of whom still survive. The family are members of the Methodist > Episcopal church. Mr. Beauchamp is a member of the Knights of Pythias. > He is the present postmaster of Irene, and has made a most efficient > officer. He is a man of the highest standing in the community, and in > every way merits the esteem in which he is held. W. W. Beauchamp, the > father of our subject, was born in Louisiana in 1812, and reared a > family of five children, of whom S. O. Beauchamp is the oldest. He was > captain of the militia before the war. His death occurred in 1856. > From Biographical and Historical Memoires of Louisiana, volume 2, p. > 272. > > > 1910 East Baton Rouge Parish Census > Beauchamp, Stephen (b. abt. 1851), head, MW, 57, married twice/23 years, LA, > LA, La > --Irene, wife, FW, 48, married once,/23 years, LA, MS, MS > --Olyn??, son, MW, 21, single, LA, LA, LA > --Irene, daughter, FW, 18, single, LA, LA, LA > --Ernest, daughter, FW, 17, single, LA, LA, LA > --Mattie, daughter, FW, 14, single, LA, LA, LA > > Just some thoughts....I think it just got a little more confusing, huh? > > Brenda McCurley White > > > > > > ==== MSWILKIN Mailing List ==== > unsub: mswilkin-L-request@rootsweb.com > unsub: mswilkin-D-request@rootsweb.com > admin: MSWILKIN-admin@rootsweb.com > Webpage: http://www.rootsweb.com/~mswilkin > archives: http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > threaded archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ > Tina Halls webpages: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~thall/censuses.html > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~thall/mississippi.htmL > > ============================== > Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. > Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx > >