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    1. [VASHENAN] James Fravel, s/o Isaac Fravel & Catherine Reese - VA to Louisiana
    2. ISAAC FRAVEL, SON OF GEORGE FRAVEL SR. & ELIZABETH BUSHONG CHILDREN OF ISAAC FRAVEL AND CATHERINE REESE Part 1 of 2 of 6 NOTE: Researching James Fravel and his wife Mary Ann Hendrix was a real challenge. We could find not cemeteries on-line with burials so we do not know where any of them are buried. James obviously died between 1850 and 1860 in Louisiana. ----------------------------------- 1. James Fravel Born: 9 June 1817, Shenandoah County, Virginia Died: Between December 1850 and 1860, East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana Married: 10 December 1846, East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, to MARY ANN HENDRIX MARY ANN HENDRIX Born: About 1821, Louisiana Died: After 1870 Married three times in East Feliciana Parish: M/1: 3 September 1840 to John E. Paschal M/2: 10 December 1846 to James Fravel M/3: 14 January 1868 to B. F. Morris ----- FIRST MARRIAGE: East Feliciana Parish Louisiana Marriages Mary Ann Hendrix to John E. Pascal 3 September 1840 ------ SECOND MARRIAGE: East Feliciana Parish Louisiana Marriages James Fravel to Mary Ann Paschal 10 December 1846 ----- THIRD MARRIAGE: East Feliciana Parish Louisiana Marriages Mary Ann Fravel to B. F. Morris 14 January 1868 ----- One known child from first marriage to John E. Paschal Mary C. Paschal born 1841 in East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana ----------------------------------------------- 1850 Federal Census: Louisiana East Feliciana Parish Enumerated 23 November 1850 Page 251B Lines 14-19, HH 660/660 James Fravel 33/Male/Teacher/$1500/VA Mary Fravel 29/Female/Louisiana Isaac Fravel 3/Male/Louisiana Sylviah Fravel 9mos/Female/Louisiana Mary C. Paschal 9/Female/Louisiana {Daughter from first marriage to John E. Paschal} James W. Hendrix 61/Male/Farmer/SC {Mary Ann's father} ----- James Fravel died between 1850 and 1860 in Louisiana and widow Mary Ann Fravel and the children are found living with a Knighton family in the 1860 census. ----- 1860 Federal Census: Louisiana PO Clinton, East Feliciana Parish Enumerated 20 June 1860 Page 20 Lines 27-39, HH 135/135 J. Knighton 65/Male/Planter/$4000-$15000/SC S. T. Knighton 48/Female/Louisiana J. H. Knighton 20/Male/Louisiana M. E. Knighton 14/Female/Louisiana M. T. Knighton 12/Female/Louisiana E. C. Knighton 9/Female/Louisiana R. P. Brown 28/Male/KY M. A. Brown 23/Female/Louisiana J. Heath 59/Male/SC M. A. FRAVEL 48/Female/Louisiana {Wife or Widow of James Fravel} I. Fravel 13/Male/Louisiana {Isaac, Son of James Fravel} S. A. Fravel 10/Female/Louisiana {Sylviah Alvira Fravel, Daughter of James Fravel} O. Fravel 7/Female/Louisiana {Octavia Fravel, Daughter of James Fravel} ------ HER FUTURE HUSBAND WITH HIS FIRST WIFE AND CHILDREN: 1860 Federal Census: Louisiana PO Clinton, East Feliciana Parish Enumerated 21 July 1860 Page 67/64 Lines 27-31, HH 416/416 B. F. Morris 30/Male/White/CarriageMaker/$600-$800/NY S. W. Morris 28/Female/KY E. C. Morris 7/Female/IN C. L. Morris 5/Male/KY George Morris 2/Male/LA Children of B. F. Morris and S. W. Morris: 1. Eva Morris 2. Charles L. Morris 3. George Morris 4. Elizabeth "Lizzie" Morris 5. Caroline Belle "Carrie" Morris ------ East Feliciana Parish Louisiana Marriages Mary Ann Fravel to B. F. Morris 14 January 1868 ----- 1870 Federal Census: Louisiana Clinton, East Feliciana Parish Enumerated 2 June 1870 Page 347A Lines 23-32, HH 37/37 B. F. Morris 45/Male/White/Painter/$10000-$1000/ParentsOfForeignBirth/NY Mary A. Morris 41/Female/White/KeepingHouse/Louisiana {Mary Ann Hendrix Paschal Fravel} Eva Morris 17/Female/White/AtHome/AttendedSchool/Louisiana Charles Morris 14/Male/White/AtHome/AttendedSchool/KY George Morris 11/Male/White/AttendedSchool/Louisiana Lizzie Morris 9/Female/White/Louisiana Belle Morris 7/Female/White/Louisiana Isaac Fravil 22/Male/White/Laborer/Louisiana Elivira Fravil 20/Female/White/AtHome/Louisiana Octavia Fravil 16/Female/White/AttendedSchool/Louisiana ----- 1880 Federal Census: Louisiana Clinton, ED 114, East Feliciana Parish Enumerated 3 July 1880 Page 112B & C Lines 49-50 & 1-6, HH 415/502 B. F. Morris White/Male/50/Married/MayorOfClinton/England/England/England Mary Morris White/Female/51/Wife/KeepingHouse/Louisiana/SC/SC George Morris White/Male/22/Son/Single/Laborer/LA/England/KY Carrie Morris White/Female/17/Dau/AtSchool/LA/England/KY Octavia Fravel White/Female/26/StepDau/Single/SchoolTeacher/LA/VA/LA Kizzie Reily Black/Female/40/ServantCook/Single/LA/LA/LA Christy Reily Black/Female/10/LA/LA/LA Augusta Reily Black/Male/6/LA/LA/LA ------------------------- Then sometime after 1880 B. F.Morris & wife Mary Morris disappear and her daughter Octavia Fravel marries 1881 to William Ramp. We don't know whether the the Morris's stayed in Louisiana and died there but their daughter Octavia and husband and their children are found living in Knox County, Illinois in the 1900 census. ----------------------------- TO BE CONTINUED: Researched and Submitted by Gloria Bushong

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