PWey, of Hamburg, La., was born in Switzerland County, Ind., in 1840, am! He is a young After the Civil War, railroads took over most of the hauling of goods. Rebellion, and afterward became a very prominent politician of Louisiana, and served in both houses of the State Legislature, making an able, incorruptible and zealous legislator. Dr. L. Rabalais, physician and planter, Marksville, La. Although be was reared on his father's extensive plantation, be was not compelled to farm labor, owing to the numerous slaves his father always kept. verge of mankind, and much could be said in his praise were he not one of these that would that " the left hand should not know what the right hand doeth." Claim this Church Profile . An ancestor not shown to hold slaves on the 1860 slave census could have held slaves on an earlier census, so those films can be checked also. The paternal grandfather was a native of Georgia, and (he maternal grandfather was a native of North Carolina, and was ti surveyor by profession. Prof. Charles Campbell Wier, Evergreen, La. side of the Mississippi River. He is one of the truly representative men of the parish, and the property which he now has has been earned by his own earnest find determined G. H. Stevens was reared and received a common school education in the State of his birth, and prior to 1872 devoted his attention to his trade in Connecticut, that of a machinist, following it also in [citation needed], Transportation at the time was extremely limited. capture of Napoleon Bonaparte. His death occurred in 1860, The mother was a member of the Rhode Island. About - Travel Avoyelles He raises 350 bales of cotton each year, and is one of He was born ou February 11, 1832, and is a son of Josoph and Deidami (Rabalais) Joffrion (see sketch of E. J. Joffrion]. In 1843 he removed permanently to Avoyelles Parish, and in 1849 purchased the plantation where he although a resident of Marksville, La., was born in Mobile, Ala., October 3, 1842, but at the age of eleven years came to Louisiana, and grew to manhood in St. Landry Parish, where he received an excellent literary education, and afterward finished his knowledge of books in a school of Bingham, N. C., graduating in the classical course. Robert R. Irion was born in Mr. Kemper has ever since been solicited to accept the nomination of State Senator, but has In 1881 he was married to Miss Henrietta Bed River. which he had begun under an able physician in Missouri. A. D. Lafargue was Reproduced from The Bunkie Record - November 7, 2019 Police Juros Charles Jones and John Earles stand with sign shop employees Anthony Deselle and Mike Dorsey, who erected the sign for Holmesville Road. In January, 1874, Mr. Their family consists of four children: L. B., Susan E. (wife of Dr. J. J. Roberts, Hillsboro, Tex. in 1802 Mr. Joffrion responded to the call of the governor of Louisiana for volunteers to defend the city of New Orleans, organized a company and went to that city. Historical Markers and War Memorials in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana His earnest and sincere Mrs. Joffrion lived only eighteen months after marriage, and left no issue. under Gen. Washingtonian having been an officer of dragoons in the Revolutionary War. He now carries $10,000 worth of stock find has a very flourishing trade, and in addition to this prosperous establishment is the owner of 1,1500 acres of land of which about 900 acres are He and his worthy wife are both members of the Episcopal Church. The Doctor was the first, Creole graduate of his broad acres are devoted to the culture of sugar cane, and his plantation is one, of the finest in the State. Between 1860 and 1870, the Louisiana colored population Significance: Clarendon Plantation House, located in Avoyelles Parish Louisiana was originally constructed circa 1842. Mr. Mayer is possessed of a large business experience, and occupies a prominent position in commercial circles. To find the contact who can help you, find the field called "Contact Information" next to the image of interest to you. Upon completing his course he was employed as a book-keeper in a general mercantile establishment for a period of eight months, after which he was engaged for a short time in traveling in the interests of his father's business. Richmond, Va., and transmit it across the Mississippi. Marksville and vicinity After this he entered the Medical University at Louisville, and graduated from McEnery, E. John Ellis and Col. Press Association on The Duties and Abuses of Journalism and The State and the Press, and other subjects, which were also very favorably received. The rest of the slaves in the Parish were held He was elected to the Legislature from 1880 to 1882, and politically he is one of the most influential men in this section. a prominent lawyer of this section in his day. have Wailed themselves of all new ideas, and put them in practice, is Dr. W. D. Haas. The father was of Irish and the mother of Scotch descent. the mother's native State. She is au exceptionally intelligent, enterprising and well-posted lady, and for many years past has been doing business for herself, first starting out in life for herself as a milliner. Main Page A. the political life of Mr. Joffrion commenced soon after the war closed. In 1857 Mr. Joffrion married Miss Desdemona Fields, daughter of William M. and Ann (Thorn) Fields, natives of Kentucky and England, respectively. without honor, save in his own country." There are 30 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the parish, including 1 National Historic Landmark. In November, 1865, he entered Cicilian College, near Elizabethtown, Ky., and graduated from that institution in 1869. although his first efforts as a tiller of the soil were on fifteen acres of land although he was a man interested in everything for the good of his community, he took no prominent part in political affairs. He has a large cotton-gin on his Review he does till in his power to improve the morals of this section and to build up the community. He is descended from a family which has occupied a prominent place in the history of this country from the early days of the republic. Mr. Joffrion is one of the largest and Legend claims that William T . L. H. Convillion, though he died before reaching middle age, stood very high in the parish, and had occupied responsible positions, being clerk of the district court for several years. In comparing census data for The Napoleonic Wars and the Embargo Act of 1807 restricted European trade, which did not recover until the end of the War of 1812 in 1815. . His father came to America after the battle of Waterloo and the The father was a planter, and died in Mississippi in 1802. tit the age of sixty-two years. He died on his plantation on December 16, 1849, ; was afterward stationed tit De Kalb, and subsequently was appointed president of the Conscript Bureau at, Aberdeen, Miss., where he remained until the close of the He is a leader in politics in his locality. the mother emigrated with her parents to America when young and settled with them in Lexington, Ky. In earlier prehistoric times, Indians lived in the parish as particularly noted in Marksville Prehistoric Indian Park and Museum. He has resumed the practice of the law, and enjoys to a great degree the esteem and confidence of his fellow-men. Mr. Windes is a well-to do cotton planter of Avoyelles Parish, La., this occupation Documentation Compiled After. This, in connection with the loss of money invested in slaves, left him almost penniless, but he was not the one to sit, down in despair. Judge Overton took a deep interest in till public enterprises, and was otio of the chief projectors of the Many a deer has forfeited its life by passing within the range of his trusty gnu, and many a fish has swung in mid air at the end of his line. He has since held the Larger plantations were noted in the Bunkie area with added sugar cane farming. He was captured at Franklin, La., and was confined in New Orleans 7, 1833, and comes of an old and honored family. Catholic Church. one vote. and is numbered among the highly-respected citizens of the same. From this marriage only one son was born. Since that time be has resided on his plantation at Eola, find has practiced his profession. representative position among the prominent and successful merchants of Avoyelles Parish. Mr. Ewell is a gentleman who has been' exceptionally successful in his career as a planter, and owing to his desire to keep out of the old ruts, and to his ready adoption of new and improved Reference staff can color or tint (assuming the original has any), you can generally purchase a quality copy of on African Americans in the 1870 census was obtained using Heritage Quest's CD "African-Americans in the 1870 U.S. young man of exemplary habits, and as a result has many warm personal friends. FORMER SLAVES. Immediately upon completion of his literary course he entered Jefferson Medical College in the city of Brotherly Love and graduated from the same in 1887. Convillion, was a native of the parish of Avoyelles, and a member of one of the largest and best families of Louisiana. Regiment Infantry, and served during the remainder of the war. the mother passed from life in 1883, but the father is still living on his plantation near Evergreen. The Louisiana Digital Library platform has been developed by LSU Libraries on behalf of the Louisiana Digital Consortium. Plantation heiress and manager Laura Lacoul Gore's (1861-1963) autobiography tells the family's history and her experience living at the plantation. leaving five children, two sons and three daughters, one child dying at the age of ton years, in 1888. After his marriage Mr. Kemper taught school for one year, and in 1862 he responded to his country's call by enlisting in Company H, Sixteenth Louisiana Infantry, and was in the Army of Tennessee. Cotton plantations before and after the Civil War were established along the Bayou de Glaises loop. Dr. Tarleton's mother, Leonora Tarleton, was also a Kentuckian, and was born and raised in the city of Lexington. been doing a large and paying business at his present stand. A With an inexpensive cotton gin a man could remove seed from as much cotton in one day as a woman could de-seed in two months working at a rate of about one pound per day. To the people of Avoyelles, as well as surrounding counties, the name that heads this sketch is by no means an unfamiliar one, for the owner is ever to be found by the bedside of the sick and afflicted. most slaves with the least amount of transcription work. elegant residence on it. Orleans Parish saw an increase After the war he returned home and entered journalism, taking charge of the Bulletin with his father, and continuing until the death of the latter, when the paper was turned over to the present proprietor. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana, United States. Mr. Ganthier has long been recognized as identified with the business interests of the parish, and has always taken au active part in every measure or enterprise for its good. He took a and is a son of A. and Eliza M. (Hoffatt) Owens the former a native of Ireland, and the mother of He was admitted to the bar in Louisville, and in that city successfully practiced his profession until his death in 1849. Three children died Mr. Lafargue is a man of fine literary qualifications, find being a fine, forcible and eloquent orator, has made many speeches throughout this section for his political friends, doing much to further their interests and the cause of his party. The mother's maiden name was Clemence Rabalais. having received his attention from early boyhood, his father having been uncommonly devoted to agriculture. He was sent home from East Tennessee very ill. Cavalry. Few, if any, industries of professional pursuits He was at Port Hudson from its first occupation to its surrender, and was here taken prisoner and paroled. In 1884 Mr. Lafargue was appointed colonel of militia, and in 1887 canvassed the State in the interests of Gov. which State they were married. St. Elizabeth | Discover Mass Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center: Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Shreveport: Northwestern State University of Louisiana: Vermilionville Living History Museum and Folklife Park: Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Shreveport, Vermilionville Living History Museum & Folklife Park. The father was reared and received a business education in Louisiana, and was engaged in merchandising at this place for many years. such age enumerated, out of a total of 3,950,546 slaves, and the transcriber did not find any such information on the Later he became superintendent of public, instruction of Avoyelles Parish, his appointment to this office being a tribute to his ability as an educator. has the utmost confidence of all with whom he comes in con tact, for be is the In 1870 he began merchandising in Bunkie as a clerk, but in 1883 began business for himself, and is now carrying a stock valued at from $5,000 to $0,000, it being exceptionally complete and well selected. He' was a lineal descendant of Charles J times Fox. In the following year he married Miss Cora Cornay, a daughter of one of the oldest Creole families of St. Mary's Parish, and formerly one of the largest sugar planters of the State. Particularly in the case of these larger slaveholders, the data seems to show in general not many freed slaves in 1870 were using the surname of their 1860 slaveholder. and resided there as a prosperous farmer until the year 1857, when he removed [citation needed], Due to poor transportation and slow industrialization, plantations tended to be somewhat self-sufficient, growing most of their own food, harvesting their own timber and firewood, repairing farm implements, and constructing their own buildings. A. Attractions | Avoyelles Commission of Tourism His face is a fine one. The land area consists of 864 square miles. Mr. was engaged in the construction of railways in this State and Texas, afterward opening a stage line in Louisiana and Arkansas, which he managed for six years. Now it's located on the grounds of LSU-Alexandria Campus. and Irene Broutin, a native of the department of Ardennes, France, who was the only son of the Lord (Seigmen) of St. Prix, at the time of the overthrow of feudalism in France. His father was Arnaud Lafargue, who was born in Orthez, France, October 30, 1775, and at the age of fifty years was married to Miss Marie Heuga, received his literary education at, Georgetown College, Columbia, and in 1862 he Some locations in this table may have been corrected to current GPS standards. Clarendon Plantation, Evergreen, Avoyelles Parish, LA Built in 1830; French-Creole Architecture. under Gen. Kirby Smith, the most of his service being confined to the west [3], 1807--Avoyelles Parish was created 31 March 1807 as an original parish. B. While home Gen. Bank's army passed through the State, find Capt. J. M. Watson is an industrious, enterprising man of business, and as a general by her has four intelligent and interesting children: Arthur L., Edine, Lionel Annie L. is the wife of Clifton Cannon, and Rapids Parish, La., in 1822, at which time he purchased a large plantation on Bayou Robert, which be successfully operated until his death in 1828, his wife passing from life in 1835. Italianate and Greek Revival home, built about 1846. born in the parish of Natchitoches, La., May 11, 1845, but was reared in Avoyelles Parish, his education being received in Baton Rouge Collegiate He He participated in the battles He cleared his land and in connection practiced his Freed slaves, if listed in the next census, in 1870, would have been reported Due to variable film quality, handwriting upon finishing his education was well equipped to make his own way in the world. his extensive practice leads him. He was one of the leading politicians of this section, and was very popular and influential, as all men must be who are honest, intelligent find public-spirited. Mass times for St. Elizabeth are below. Catholic Church, and died in 1879. Historic American Buildings Survey, Creator. elected president of the State Medical Society in 1888, and is recognized as the The paternal grandfather of our subject, was also born in Louisiana, and was a planter. Dr. W. D, Hatis was reared in the Creole State, attended private schools in the same, was in Mississippi Military Institute for two years, and graduated from Tulane University, La., in 1883. his studies, and upon starting out in life for himself was an intelligent and well informed young man. up 27,000 (41%); Ohio, up 26,000 (70%); Indiana, up 25,000 (127%); and Kansas up from 265 to 17,000 (6,400%). He was one of the early assessors of the parish. He held the rank of lieutenant in the Twenty-sixth Regiment of the line, and rose to the rank of captain in the Seventeenth Regiment of the line, afterward in the Twelfth, the colonel of which he became at a later period. his views on all matters are original and shrewd, and although he is not of a disputatious disposition be expresses his opinions fearlessly on all matters, and his logic is oft times unanswerable. Photo, Print, Drawing Clarendon Plantation, Evergreen, Avoyelles Parish, LA Drawings from Survey HABS LA-1248 About this Item. He buys a great deal of cotton. On January 6, 1831, he was married to Miss Anne B. Audebert, a native of Mississippi and of French extraction. his property through his own efforts, and is a public spirited and enterprising citizen. Clarendon Plantation, Avoyelles parish, in the 1930s LDL / State Library of Louisiana / State Library of Louisiana Historic Photograph Collection details share Medium sized JPEG 34.56 KiB AWS S3 Properties Manifest 147 B Image Object Open Image Viewer B&W photo, circa 1930s. Building no more existing. The mother died in 1877. Congregation members: Mrs. Newel Walter and Elizabeth. He is a member of the During the last year the excellent manner in which he passed his examinations was the means of obtaining him the position of resident student in the Charity Hospital, a position that greatly increased After his wife's death he began the study of medicine, and graduated from the University of Louisiana, now Tulane University, in March, 1880. Belgium under Napoleon Bonaparte. The gentlemen composing the firm enjoy a solid reputation, and they require no accompanying sign to tell of their connection with the dry-goods trade of Avoyelles Parish. The maternal grandfather of Miss Normand was August Roy, also of Mansura), Emile (a graduate from Bardstown, Ky., and in the Tulane Medical School), Camille, Sydonie, Terreole, Martha and Joseph. Do a Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana Genealogy Place-name search for these and other records in the. In the public and private school of Avoyelles Parish, La., E. E. Tanner was educated, for some years thereafter being engaged in planting in this parish, an occupation to which he was reared. the He delivered addresses before the Louisiana Clarendon Plantation, Evergreen, Avoyelles Parish, LA. Rev. Regard is of foreign nativity, his birth having One of Mr. Kemper's paternal ancestors came to Fauquier County, Area as early as 1712. having died while in charge of the institute, the school had deteriorated rapidly, and when Mr. Avoyelles Parish residents have traditionally lived quiet lives on small farms. He was married in the mouth of July, 1878, to Miss Eliza Firment, and He is a strong man, weighs 185 pounds, and is about five feet, nine inches high. He was a graduate of Yale College in the class of 18.15, and died at his home in Warren County, Miss., at the ripe old age of eighty-eight years. by a total of 521 slaveholders, and those slaveholders have not been included here. enumerated in 1860 without giving their names, only their sex and age and indication of any handicaps, such as deaf or blind thorough commercial course in that department of the University of Kentucky at Lexington, and in November of 1887 received his diploma. He was born in Rapides Parish, La., in 1.867, and is the son of Alexander M and Mary M. Marshall Haas, the former a native of Alsace, France. Photograph. Mr. Joffrion is well known in B. Rabalais, In 175)8 they removed to Tennessee, and there the V. and Eugenie (Ganthier) Rabalais, both natives of Louisiana, and their families being among the first of this part of the State. He at different times received eleven wounds, and on August 30, 1813, received lance and gunshot wound in the right shoulder, which was very serious and incapacitated him for duty for some time. He was a planter by occupation. Virginia A. Mr. Tanner is a young man of energy, push and intelligence, and has made an excellent start in life. His father, Hypolite He got out naturalization papers in the decade of 1860. Slave quarters in Louisiana, unknown plantation (c. 1880s), Historical background of the plantation era, Magnolia Plantation (Schriever, Louisiana), Oakland Plantation (Natchitoches, Louisiana). He is a very successful criminal lawyer. Institute, being an attendant of this institution when the war opened, and immediately cast his books aside to don his suit of gray, shouldered his musket, and served for two and one half years the State. In the beginning of 1802 he enlisted in Boone's battery as a private, and later was promoted to sergeant. The abundant wildlife and many waterways make this a hunting, fishing and birdwatching paradise, year-round. Mr. Frith is of Scotch find English descent. of former slaves who used the surname of a former owner in 1870, vary widely and from region to region. Dr. E. de Nux, physician and surgeon, Marksville, La. serving until 1887. the first census on which they were listed. Welcome to Church Finder - the best way to find Christian churches in Guerneville CA. In November, 1848, he was married to Miss Laura M. Robison, a daughter of Eli Robison, by whom he is the father of four daughters and two sons. Joseph Joffrion was a planter, and took great interest in politics, ho served in the Legislature of 1845 as a Democrat. Eulalie (Lemoine) Ganthier, both of whom were born in Louisiana. In 1851 be entered the University of St. Louis, Wikipedia contributors, "Avoyelles, Louisiana," in, Wikipedia contributors, "Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana," in, "Rotating Formation Louisiana Parish Boundary Maps", List of counties in the United States with Record Loss, Louisiana African American Griots Project, Index to Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana, Court Records, Civil War Letters Written By Jean Baptiste G. 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Saucier, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avoyelles_Parish,_Louisiana, New Orleans Notarial Archives Research Center, https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/index.php?title=Avoyelles_Parish,_Louisiana_Genealogy&oldid=5258112. At the age of sixteen years he began clerking for himself in a general store in New Orleans, in which city he remained until 1861, when he entered the Confederate Army, find served four years, being in
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