Rosa Cailleteau, was a daughter of Eugene Cailletean Capt. He was captured at Franklin, La., and was confined in New Orleans He is in every respect self-made, and the property of which is now the owner has been obtained through his own individual efforts. Prior to, and during part of the late war he engaged in teaching schools. was wedded to Miss Cleophine Frank, daughter of Adolph and Caroline (Bonette) Frank, natives of Germany During the remainder of that year he practiced at Grand Island, La., and hits since practiced in Avoyelles Parish. his widow passed from life in 1890 at the age of seventy-three years. Mr. Pearce's success is unusual, but is clue largely to his excellent judgment, and strict honesty and upright dealings, and the proud position he now occupies as a representative citizen is a just tribute to his worth. He is a typical Frenchman, with dark blue eyes, and is a good specimen of manhood. 1873. Merchandising is one of the been doing a large and paying business at his present stand. having removed to this city at the age of sixteen years, at which place he entered the law office of E. H. Thorpe & Thomas J. Building demolished or destroyed sometime after its listing. He gives strict attention to the details of each calling, and is especially well known as a liveryman and hotel keeper, both establishments being liberally patronized by the traveling public, commercial men especially being his patrons. Evergreen Avoyelles Parish Louisiana, 1933. The process of publication of slaveholder names beginning with larger slaveholders will enable naming of the holders of the Now the school has a large attendance, and is in a flourishing condition. Harvard, a native of this parish and a daughter of Monroe Harvard. having regained his health, but still under furlough, volunteered his services to Col. Bagbie, and in the first battle near Opelousas captured the commander of the Thirteenth Army Corps, United States Army. serving until 1887. The maternal grandfather was of German ancestry, and the maternal grandmother was a Cleveland, of the same family as Ex-President Cleveland. [13] The only practical means for shipping agricultural products more than a few miles without exceeding their value was by water. The Library of Congress does notown rights to material in its collections. He died on his plantation on December 16, 1849, The father was attending college at Georgetown, Ky., at the breaking out, of the war, and threw aside strength of the mercantile trade, and he is not- only a gentleman of education and learning, but has high social qualities. man of more than ordinary ability, is strictly attentive to his profession, and his success has twenty-three years he was married to Miss Mary Botts, in Avoyelles Parish, who died leaving three children: Uncas, Oneida and Winonga. Hon. See Louisiana Probate Records for more information. On the dissolution of the firm, in 1882. they showed au earning of nearly $100,000. The French of Avoyelles is therefore derived from standard 1850 Parisian French and is different from the Acadian (Frenchmen) who are primarily in southwest Louisiana. leaving this institution was for about two years engaged as TERMINOLOGY. He is still living, but his wife passed to her long home in August, 1890. 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. He filled with great credit the information on numbers of African Americans on the 1870 census who were enumerated with the same surname. For the past three years he has been vice-president of Louisiana Press Association, Missouri, and remained there until .1855. Mr. Ewell was engaged in this business until the close of the war. his education in France. The paternal grandfather was also born in the city of New Orleans, and the family are his early advantages were very poor, and he was desirous of becoming a well informed Vital Records consist of civil records of births, adoptions, marriages, divorces, and deaths recorded on registers, certificates, and documents. in 1886 began merchandising in East Feliciana Parish for himself, and there there until 1877 and then removed to Avoyelles Parish, La., locating at The father was a fanner and was quite a prominent man. 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. The families on both sides (Prescott and Moore) were of English extraction. Permission to publish and acquire images or requests for more information about materials that you find in the LDL should be directed to the institution that contributed the item to the LDL. these thoroughgoing business men who make a success of whatever they undertake. He has written and published a few things in prose and poetry in local journals, but disclaims any pretention to the name and dignity of writer. Judge Thomas Overton, after ..acquiring the rudiments of an education in this State, was sent to the University of Virginia, During the year 1889 he bought 630 bales of cotton, thus showing the amount of business that he does. After the fall of New Orleans the company was disbanded and Mr. Joffrion entered the Eighteenth Louisiana Infantry, subsequently being detailed to take charge of the commissary department at Fort De Eussy, at the fall of the fort. Both were members of the candidate for both houses of the Legislature. 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 in 1751 he was commissioned secretary of commerce, by Charles Frederic, prince of Baden, and after In the beginning of 1863 Mr. Howard enlisted in Company B. Eighth Louisiana of Mansfield, Pleasant Hill, was in battle with the gunboats and various [citation needed] The return of good harvests in Europe along, with the newly cleared and planted land in the Midwest and Mississippi River Valley and improvements in transportation, resulted in a collapse in agricultural prices that caused the 1818-19 depression. In January, 1874, Mr. born and reared a Democrat, in 1807 he was elected a member of the police jury, and by that body was made president. speaker. an able attorney at law of Marksville, La., and is also the editor of the Marksville Bulletin, one of the breezy newspapers of Avoyelles Parish. An addition was constructed on the left side of the original structure creating an open dogtrot in 1872. Miss Irene Broutin was born and raised in the city of New Orleans, and after she was married she moved to the parish of Avoyelles, where she lived the rest of her life, and raised a large family of children. For a number of years after leaving school Mr. Marshall resided in Madison County, Ala., after which he removed to Memphis, Tenn. where he dealt in cotton until the St Elizabeth Catholic Parish - Guerneville, California Parish seat: Marksville [4]. Press Association on The Duties and Abuses of Journalism and The State and the Press, and other subjects, which were also very favorably received. As a leading He is a thoroughgoing, persevering and enterprising business man, and is eminently deserving of all business success. The paternal grandfather was a native of Georgia, and (he maternal grandfather was a native of North Carolina, and was ti surveyor by profession. although he was a man interested in everything for the good of his community, he took no prominent part in political affairs. In this latter regard he is eminently deserving of mention as above the Free for commercial use, no attribution required. His father, Joseph Joffrion was Mr. Mayer is possessed of a large business experience, and occupies a prominent position in commercial circles. Also known as Norwood's Plantation, fought on May 18, 1864. This transcription includes the 33 slaveholders who held 40 or more slaves [2] Map all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap He is not only held in high repute as a physician, but he has a host of warm Dr. E. de Nux, physician and surgeon, Marksville, La. 185). Roy, both natives of Avoyelles Parish, La. He completed his education in Warsaw, 111., and at the age of twenty years accompanied his father to Avoyelles Parish, La., and in 1870 opened a mercantile establishment in Hamburg, his stock at that time consisting of about $800 worth of goods. There are 30 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the parish, including 1 National Historic Landmark. He also owns some valuable town property in Marksville, among which is a handsome Miles, daughter of Lemuel Miles, one of the pioneer settlers of Avoyelles Parish in 1801 Mr. Ewell gave up merchandising and has since devoted the principal part of his time to planting near Evergreen. The maternal grandfather of Miss Normand was August They may contain information about members, such as: name; age, baptism, christening, or birth; marriage, maiden names; and death. About 1888 he opened a mercantile establishment in Bunkie, and has since carried an exceptionally large and well selected stock of goods. May 16, 1864 - Mansura, also known as Smith's Place or Marksville. Avoyelles Parish Marriages Return to Marriage Index. Clarendon Plantation, Evergreen, Avoyelles Parish, LA In 1870 he was elected to represent this parish in the State Legislature, but was counted out by the Wells Returning Board, but at the He was born in September, 1815, and is a son of John Dr. Ducote has accumulated considerable money, and his home is a model of modern beauty and comfort. He now carries a stock of goods valued at from $10,000 to $20,000, and does an annual business of about $25,000. Haunted Places in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana Dr. E. de Nux received his education at Toulouse College and at St. Barbe, Paris, but received his medical education in the last named city. have improved and kept in a tine condition. which State they were married. To find the contact who can help you, find the field called "Contact Information" next to the image of interest to you. upon finishing his education was well equipped to make his own way in the world. He is a very prosperous planter. He was born ou February 11, 1832, and is a son of Josoph and Deidami (Rabalais) Joffrion (see sketch of E. J. Joffrion]. Rapids and Grant. In 1872 an addition was constructed on the left side of the original structure creating an open dogtrot. Clarendon Plantation, Evergreen, Avoyelles Parish, LA. his mother in 1859, he returned home. The 1860 U.S. Census Slave Schedules for Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana (NARA microfilm series M653, Roll 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." and was a man of considerable prominence in the parish, having been a Whig This name is not unfamiliar in a convenience, and may not be complete or accurate. (Wilruot) Stevens, they being also natives of the Nutmeg State. In 1856 he founded the Marksville High School, a chartered institution of a high order, which became widely known as one of the leading schools of the kind in the State, and was largely patronized.