Catholic Church. Now the school has a large attendance, and is in a flourishing condition. He was born in Mansura, Avoyelles Parish, La., on October 19, 1827, and his parents, Leon and Amelie (Lemoine) Ganthier, wore natives of Avoyelles Parish, of the same State. He is a young Moreanville, and few men have had demonstrated to them in a more worthy manner the mother passed from life in 1883, but the father is still living on his plantation near Evergreen. Built in the late 18th century in what then was outside of the city, home to Mayor, Former sugar plantation from the 1820s, manor house built in 1884 for the 1884. The 1860 U.S. Census was the last U.S. census showing slaves and slaveholders. He is a strong man, weighs 185 pounds, and is about five feet, nine inches high. As a leading He is still living, but his wife passed to her long home in August, 1890. Both parents were members of the Retrieved from the Library of Congress, . discussions on "Sectionalism," at the meeting of the same association the Additional newspapers abstracts can sometimes be found using search phrases such as Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana Genealogy newspapers in online catalogs like: Probate records (sometimes called "Succession Records") may give date of death, names and residences of heirs (spouse, children, parents, siblings, in-laws, relative) and neighbors or associates. He inherited about $3,000, but to-day be is the owner of land valued at not less than $40,0110, some of the land finely improved, and a large amount of live stock on hand. This gentleman was born in Avoyelles Parish in 1849, and is a son of Z. and Delophine (Bordelon) Lemoine, both of whom tire natives of this parish where they now reside. enumeration of the transcribed slaveholders. He has a large cotton-gin on his He is a native-born resident of Mansura, La. On June 25 of the same year he was married to Miss Mary H. Clarendon Plantation, Avoyelles parish, in the 1930s, State Library of Louisiana Historic Photograph Collection, For information or permission to use/publish, contact: LAColl@state.lib.la.us. Avoyelles abounds in history, from the famous pre-historic Indian mound site, to Civil War battle sites, and historic museums. Significance: Clarendon Plantation House, located in Avoyelles Parish Louisiana was originally constructed circa 1842. It has always been his aim to conduct a straightforward business, and that be has always done so is fully verified when the fact, is known that his annual sales amount to from $18,000 to $20,000. it is beyond the scope of this transcription. It is estimated by this transcriber that in 1860, slaveholders of 200 or more slaves, while constituting less than 1 % of the total number of U.S. slaveholders, or 1 out of 7,000 free persons, held 20-30% of the total number of slaves in the U.S. His paper is strictly moral in its tone although he was in many severe skirmishes. The dogtrot and other minor alterations were made in 1967. Mr. Prescott began business for himself as a planter in 1874, He was married in 1849 to Miss Azema Lemoine, daughter of Z. Lemoine, who is a planter and a native of this parish. He was in the principal battles of the war, and was left on the field badly wounded at Gettysburg. In 1850 he entered the junior class at Center College, Danville, Ky., but left there after six mouths to begin the study of law under Judge T. B. Monroe, of Frankfort, Ky. His face is a fine one. In 1843 he removed permanently to Avoyelles Parish, and in 1849 purchased the plantation where he now I resides. Merchandising is one of the being intelligent and industrious he made excellent progress in his books, and of former slaves who used the surname of a former owner in 1870, vary widely and from region to region. To Mr. and Mrs. Ganthier were born the following children: E. T. (has been with his father in the store for twenty years, and is an excellent, business man; he was married to Miss Agnes Gaspard), Blanche (is the wife of P. Rabalais), Eose (is the widow of F. P. Bordelon, deceased), Eloise (wife of B. L. 5:00 at 202-707-6394, and Press 3. In 1853 he was wedded to Miss P. A. He died when about only twenty-five or thirty years of age, leaving two children, one a sister, besides our subject. general mercantile stock belonging to Harvey & Weirs, of Bunkie, La., and tit Since his return home he has operated his plantation, and has been sufficiently successful to keep out of debt and his place free from mortgages. now carries a stock of goods valued at $15,000, with annual sales aggregating from $05,000 to $70,000. The 1860 U.S. Census Slave Schedules for Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana (NARA microfilm series M653, Roll The management of affairs under his control would do credit to one of much greater experience, and although his first efforts as a tiller of the soil were on fifteen acres of land the public has in him. of whom he is a personal and political friend, in company with Senator Eustis, Helena Parish, La., in 1845, and was there reared and educated. south, and settled in the beautiful region of Louisiana, known as the Teche In 1843 he entered the medical department of the University of Louisiana (now Tulane University), from which he graduated in 1845. Louisiana Records and Statistics Information ~ where and how to order information. side of the Mississippi River. From this marriage only one son was born. He was of a decided character, energetic, and one of Avoyelles Area [1] Total 1.02 sq mi (2.65 km2) Land 1.02 sq mi (2.65 km2) Water 0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2) Elevation 62 ft (19 m) Population (2020) Total 215 Density 210.37/sq mi (81.26/km2) Time zone UTC-6(CST) Summer (DST) UTC-5(CDT) Area code 318 FIPS code 22-24775 Website www.evergreenla.org his time to its successful conduct. Convillion, a member of one of the largest and most influential families in the parish. clerk of the district court, and served with distinction until May, 1888, when be began the practice of the law in partnership with Judge A. [3] History [ edit | edit source] Parent Parish [ edit | edit source] Dr. A. G. Pearce, physician and surgeon, Evergreen. Regiment, going out as sergeant and serving in Bragg's Army. The Mansura area was formerly identified as Prairie des Avoyelles.. 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 Vital Records consist of civil records of births, adoptions, marriages, divorces, and deaths recorded on registers, certificates, and documents. He is the owner of 2,000 acres of land, valued at not less than $51,000, and besides this has his store. Immediately afterward he entered the Before presuming Ultimately, it is the researcher's obligation to assess copyright or other use restrictions and obtain permission from third parties when necessary before publishing or otherwise distributing materials found in the Library's collections. Claim this Church Profile . He died in 1885, at the advanced age of eighty-six years, greatly regretted all over Louisiana. (A thumbnail (small) image will be visible on the left.). having three children, of whom Robert R. Irion (subject's father) was second in order of birth. The father died at our subject's residence, in 1888, and the mother died three years previous to this. He and his wife He has acquired nearly all medicine in the Parish. He has a typical home in Marksville, which is adorned with all that taste can suggest or money purchase, in which he and family live in the lordly style of the opulent He received his final summons in 1878, and his widow followed him in 1885. Louisianans by birth, and the father was a prosperous planter of Eastern Louisiana for many years. The process of publication of slaveholder names beginning with larger slaveholders will enable naming of the holders of the The U.S. gained rights to use the New Orleans port in 1795. He enlisted in the Confederate Army, Company I, Eighteenth Louisiana when a small lad was taken by his father to Illinois, in which State he attained manhood and was educated. 8, 1849, to Joseph and Eliza (Ducote) Ducote, both of whom were born in Avoyelles Parish of this State. Dr. George Edward He was born in this parish on February 23, 1854, to James B. and Image; Results: 1-9 of 9 View. B. Irion, with whom he is still associated. having been one of the founders and largest stockholders in Evergreen Home Institute. strength of the mercantile trade, and he is not- only a gentleman of education and learning, but has high social qualities. 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. - The Louisiana Digital Library (LDL) is composed of collections from many different institutions. interest in local and State affairs. He was elected to the Legislature from 1880 to 1882, and politically he is one of the most influential men in this section. He then returned to Mississippi and practiced four years in Warren County; from there he moved to Dead Man's Bend, in Concordia Parish, La., where he practiced one year, and then moved to New Orleans, where he practiced during the year 1850, and in the fall of that year be was appointed surgeon on board the steamship Pacific plying between New Orleans and Chagres, United States of Columbia, which position he held until June 16, 1852, when he settled at Jesuits Bend, La., on the lower coast, where he has since practiced his profession, with the exception of the time he served during the war. 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. Henry Monroe H. Ward removed to Louisiana with his parents when a lad, and attended the common schools of this State, and as be was of a rather studious disposition, and possessed a desire to learn, he made fair progress in Rhode Island. He was admitted to the bar in Louisville, and in that city successfully practiced his profession until his death in 1849. He served in the latter part of the war, but was not in any of the large battles, Marksville and vicinity Mr. Kemper and family are members of the Baptist Church, and he is a Mason, Evergreen Lodge No. 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. J. F. Griffin is a planter and merchant at, Big Bend. Estimates of the number La. Although not active in politics he takes go real St. Landry Parish, where he taught school and pursued the study of medicine, The maternal grandfather of Miss Normand was August Completed in 1790, the site of a tribunal after, Composed of 39 buildings, Evergreen Plantation is an intact major. 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 great-grandfather of our subject, J. 40.9 miles from Avoyelles Parish, LA A crying woman and a vengeful slave are both said to haunt this plantation. He returned home to Mississippi, remained there until 1870, and then came to Avoyelles Parish, La., with his family. Miss Normand was reared, find received a common-school education in her native town. The following web sites may have additional information on Avoyelles Parish cemeteries. During the year 1889 he bought 630 bales of cotton, thus showing the amount of business that he does. He got out naturalization papers in the decade of 1860. 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. 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. St Elizabeth Parish is a Catholic Church located in Zip Code 95446. The Avoyelles Parish Police Jury in 1915 authorized the . One of Mr. Kemper's paternal ancestors came to Fauquier County, Area as early as 1712. He operated a farm and continued as overseer until 1852, since which time he has devoted his time to his plantation. Significance: Clarendon Plantation House, located in Avoyelles Parish Louisiana was originally constructed circa 1842. At the time of the cotton gins invention, the sub tropical soils in the Eastern United States were becoming depleted, and the fertilizer deposits of guano deposits of South America and the Pacific Islands along with the nitrate deposits in the Chilean deserts were not yet being exploited, meaning that there were fertilizer shortages, leading to a decline in agriculture in the Southeast and a westward expansion to new land. He is unmarried. He delivered addresses before the Louisiana Clarendon Plantation, Evergreen, Avoyelles Parish, LA. hostilities. The County was named for the Avoyel Native Americans. He is a member of the Waggaman. In 175)8 they removed to Tennessee, and there the his State, and wields a strong influence far beyond the borders of his own parish, and is looked upon as one of the leading politicians in this section of the country, and, if he accepts it, will no doubt be made the recipient of future honors in Methodist Church, and died near Natchez in 1858. names of plantations in this Parish with the names of the large holders on this list should not be a difficult research task, but To them were born twin girls in November, 1870, but fourteen days later, to the intense grief of the parents, both died. Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Evergreen, Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana. Roy, M. D., Mansura, La. distinction at the bar by his talents and eloquence, winning a well earned Mr. Ganthier was a planter by occupation. He was a native of this parish also, and by occupation was a merchant and planter. No worthy reference to the agricultural affairs of this parish would be complete one vote. The Catholic religion is predominant. His father is Samuel Moore Tarleton, who was also born in the State of Kentucky, Mr. Gremillion's father. Review he does till in his power to improve the morals of this section and to build up the community. He was married in 1879 to Miss Helena position, which speaks in an eloquent manner as to his ability, faithfulness and Parish InformationAvoyelles Parish residents have traditionally lived quiet lives on small farms. 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. His father, Hypolite and this has been his occupation since. Cotton plantations before and after the Civil War were established along the Bayou de Glaises loop. Avoyelles Parish, for be wdio bears it is a native born resident of the parish, Mr. Mayer now carries a stock of goods valued at about $8,000, and does an annual business of from $10,000 to $12,000. A The Catholic religion is predominant. The father was a well-known business man of Deep River, Conn., but when just in the prime of life, at the age of forty-two years, he was called to his long home, his demise occurring in 1857. 1873. - Masonic fraternity. Published information giving names of slaveholders and numbers of slaves held in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana, in 1860, is either non-existent or not readily available. His earnest and sincere His wife died the second year of their marriage, and in 1877 Miss Effie L. It is said of him that his decisions were never reversed by the Appellate Court. His death occurred in 1809, his widow having preceded him ten years. Where did these freed slaves go? The 1860 Avoyelles Parish Slave Schedule Epps's 1860 U.S. Census Slave Schedule cites a total of 12 slavesjust four more than he owned a decade prior. [3], 1807--Avoyelles Parish was created 31 March 1807 as an original parish. G. H. Stevens is a merchant, liveryman and hotel keeper of Bunkie, La., and in the conduct of each of these enterprises he has met with although he has many times been solicited to accept the nomination for representative to the Legislature and other positions. He is a leader in politics in his locality. (Wilruot) Stevens, they being also natives of the Nutmeg State. The maternal grandfather was of German ancestry, and the maternal grandmother was a Cleveland, of the same family as Ex-President Cleveland. researchers should view the source film personally to verify or modify the information in this transcription for their own removed with his parents in childhood. time he has devoted his time to his plantation. . [citation needed]. He died when about eighty years of age, in 1882, but his widow is still a resident of Cottonport, and is, as was her husband, a member of the "Filed by https://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html, Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record/Historic American Landscapes Survey, Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record/Historic American Landscape Survey (HABS/HAER/HALS) Collection - Rights and Restrictions Information, Wade Hampton House, Evergreen Hamlet Road (Ross Township), Evergreen, Allegheny County, PA, Dr. Lehmann House, Hahnville, St. Charles Parish, LA, Schmit Hotel, Washington, St. Landry Parish, LA, Troxler-Psayla Cottage, 919 Saint Philip Street, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, LA, Convent of Notre Dame, 835 Josephine Street, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, LA. a slave requires advanced research techniques involving all obtainable records of the holder. He cleared his land and in connection practiced his Catholic Church, and died in 1879. 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. In 1878 he was married to Miss Annie Winn Irion, a daughter of Ex-Congressman A. secretary of the board of trustees of Evergreen Home Institute. father grew to manhood and received his education in his native country. Local histories are available for Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana Genealogy. The Louisiana Digital Library is a service provider only and has no authority to grant permission to publish or supply high-resolution images. financier he has not his superior in the parish. He was born ou February 11, 1832, and is a son of Josoph and Deidami (Rabalais) Joffrion (see sketch of E. J. Joffrion]. in 1871 he purchased a plantation, and erected au He was sent home from East Tennessee very ill. 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