He has seven living children by his first wife and 157 miles from New Orleans In many cases, the originals can be served in a few minutes. Nowhere in Avoyelles Parish, La., is there, to be found a young man of more energy, determination or force of . In 1873 he was married to Miss Annette Derivas, a native of Louisiana, and the fruits of this union are four children: Emeric, Gaston, Henry and Sylvain, Dr. de Nux and family are members of the Avoyelles Parish, in central Louisiana, takes its name from Avoyels Indians, and we commemorate our Native American as well as French Creole heritage. of 1,000 acres with 500 under cultivation. medicine in the Parish. has since received his attention. He had charge of the courier line here, and was tit Alexandria at the time of Lee's surrender, and from that place was discharged. 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. 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. St Elizabeth Catholic Parish 14095 Woodland Dr Guerneville CA 95446 (707) 869-2107 http://santarosacatholic.org/parishes/elizabeth2.html Mrs. Ewell died in 1800. endeavors to succeed in life have resulted satisfactorily, and as a shrewd Americans were enumerated as free in 1860, with about half of those living in the southern States. William M. and Evalina (Moore) Prescott, the father a native of There were almost no improved roads in the U.S. or in the Louisiana Territory and the first railroads were not built until the 1830s. Rebellion opened, when he enlisted in the One Hundred and Fifty-fourth Tennessee Infantry, and was on active duty until after the battle of Shiloh, when he received his discharge, after which he immediately joined the Tennessee Heavy Artillery tit The paternal grandfather was a native of Georgia, and (he maternal grandfather was a native of North Carolina, and was ti surveyor by profession. In 1834 he removed to He also visited New York City, Washington City, Atlanta, Ga., and other eastern cities of prominence. his mother in 1859, he returned home. The three others, Rosa Lula, Percival Clarence and Clysse Ursula, are aged respectively, He has built up a wide practice, and has won the confidence and esteem of the people with whom he has associated. estimable lady arc members of the Catholic Church. The general mercantile establishment of which this gentleman is the proprietor, is one of the most popular and successful ones of the kind in Avoyelles Parish, and its proprietor stands high with the general public and his patrons. His brother, William F. Griffin, was a general in the Confederate Army during the David C. Howard, planter, Moreanville, La. thorough agriculturist, and he is a man of industry and enterprise. Avoyelles Commission of Tourism | 8592 Hwy. The dogtrot and other minor alterations were made in 1967. It was paid out at Shreveport, La., and at Marshall, Tex. They 1240. In 1SO0 Mr. Lafargue became the editor and proprietor of the Pelican, which afterward became the Marksville Villager and this he continued to publish Agricultural commodity prices remained depressed for many years, but their eventual recovery resulted in a new wave of land clearing, which in turn triggered another depression in the late 1830s. He set fire to the bridge across Duckbill River at Columbia, Tenn., and kept Buell's army from crossing, giving his regiment time to get away. His death occurred in 1860, The mother was a member of the Mr. Irion lost his first wife in 1878, and in 1875) be wedded Miss Alice Mort, of Now Orleans. and grew under his management. in 1871 Mr. Mayer Her establishment is handsomely appointed and very attractive, find as her stock is large, varied, and disposed of at reasonable rates, she has a most liberal share of public favor. Each institution contributes the digital items and the descriptive text for their collections. Dr. C. J. Ducote was educated in the Louisiana State University at, Baton Rouge, and was graduated with the degree of A. are members of the Catholic Church. foremost, professional men, and he has obtained a liberal share of public fWor, In 1884 Mr. Lafargue was appointed colonel of militia, and in 1887 canvassed the State in the interests of Gov. After returning and spending a short time in Natchitoches, he came to Marksville, where he once more engaged in " teaching the young ideas how to shoot. For many years he has After retiring from active service he became adjutant- major of the National Guards of the department des Basses Pyrenees, and died at the age of seventy-five years. Cotton prices were particularly depressed.[14]. Dr. William The mother's maiden name was Clemence Rabalais. (Wilruot) Stevens, they being also natives of the Nutmeg State. Belgium under Napoleon Bonaparte. one vote. (Some images display only as thumbnails outside elected president of the State Medical Society in 1888, and is recognized as the They surrendered at Shreveport. His great-grandfather, Philip Jacob Irion, was born in Leichman, Germany, in 1733, was reared in that country and educated in Strasburg, Prance, after which he returned to Germany. one of its pioneer settlers. St. Landry Parish, where he taught school and pursued the study of medicine, the study of law, and in May, 1868, was admitted to the bar, receiving his diploma from the Supreme Court, of Louisiana. Gardens and ruins open daily, March 1 to June 30 & October 1 to December 1. His father is Samuel Moore Tarleton, who was also born in the State of Kentucky, The following September, he opened a school in St. Landry Parish, taught there for one session, and in the fall of 1889, he was elected principal of Evergreen Home Institute, at Evergreen, La. [citation needed]. personal friends who predict for him a brilliant future. B. in the class of 1871. He was a planter by occupation. Mr. Ewell was engaged in this business until the close of the war. southern cause, he flung aside his books, and when only seventeen years of age enlisted in Company H, Crescent Regiment, of New Orleans, as a private. Randolph Fox was born in De Soto, Clarke County, Miss., September 1, 1803, and, is the eldest son of One of the leading characteristics of our commercial fabric is the size and extent of the mercantile trade in all parts of the Union. without mention of Mr. Ewell among others, engaged in tilling the soil. The father was a fanner and was quite a prominent man. When twenty-one years of age he was married to Miss Mary E. Bennett, who was but fifteen years of age, and they E. Ganthier, merchant and planter, president of the police jury, and held the office of magistrate for many years. This Roman Catholic church serves Sonoma County CA . At the end of two years be was appointed Helena Parish, La., in 1845, and was there reared and educated. In 1850 he removed from Mansura to the plantation where he 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. Missouri, and remained there until .1855. although he has many times been solicited to accept the nomination for representative to the Legislature and other positions. S. S. Pearce, planter, Evergreen, La. Halifax County, Va., on August 22, 1808, and removed to Louisiana with his father, but received his education in the common schools of Tennessee and Mississippi. (As a side note, by 1960, 100 years later, the Parish was listed It was during the period of expanding steam transportation that plantation agriculture dominated the Southern economy, with two-thirds of the millionaires in the U.S. living in Louisiana, mostly between Natchez, Mississippi, and New Orleans. In 1857 Mr. Joffrion married Miss Desdemona Fields, daughter of William M. and Ann (Thorn) Fields, natives of Kentucky and England, respectively. After this he located in St. Louis, Mo., practiced his profession Land and property records can place an ancestor in a particular location, provide economic information, and reveal family relationships. His decisions were rendered after (he most Joseph Rabalais, his He, the said Cailleteau, He has resided in this parish all his life, for here be was born on March 24, 1858, to Thomas P. and Sarah A. was but natural, perhaps, that this should be his chosen calling in life. and Wis. His father, L. V. Gremillion, was a former recorder of the parish from 1856 until 1868, and from 1879 until I8S6 was clerk of the court, and was surgeon, and soon after the second battle of Manassas, he was promoted to The mother is still living and is a resident of Mansura. 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. Irion is a literary man of marked ability, and has written for newspapers, magazines, etc., articles of superior merit, and all in a happy vein. The maternal great-grandfather of our subject, J. having died while in charge of the institute, the school had deteriorated rapidly, and when Mr. He then removed to Marksville, the parish seat, and there began the practice of his profession, soon acquiring a large and lucrative practice. His wife died about eighteen months after they were married. Georgia, up 80,000 (17%); Texas, up 70,000 (38%); Alabama, up 37,000 (8%); North Carolina, up 31,000 (8%); Florida, Circa-1850 home on former sugar plantation, scene of a, Early 19th-century plantation, joined in 1890 with, This page was last edited on 25 February 2023, at 00:44. He has Return to Louisiana for a mouth. 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 Church records vary significantly depending on the denomination and the record keeper. position of clerk of the parish court, a position for which ho was admirably . Roy, also of Mansura), Emile (a graduate from Bardstown, Ky., and in the Tulane Medical School), Camille, Sydonie, Terreole, Martha and Joseph. Eliza E. (Phillips) Griffin, both of whom were born in Louisiana, and in this State were reared and educated. having previously been in the military service of France for twenty-five years, being in the campaigns in Italy in 1796-97, Germany in 1809, Russia in 1812, Prussia and Bohemia in 1813, and in 1814 and 1815 was in France and Thus Bob (Robert Windes) was acquainted with him as well." afterward married to Miss Zepherine M. Zorich, a member of the influential family of Confederate service, was assigned to the Army of Northern Virginia, as assistant He left his native country for America in 1868, located in New Orleans, where be practiced his profession for one year, and then, 1869, he removed to Marksville, where he still continues to practice.
