He and wife both died in France, the father in 1874 and the mother in 1857. the community. distinction at the bar by his talents and eloquence, winning a well earned H. C. Kemper, planter, Evergreen, La. West & Brother, of Bunkie, La., and both are active and progressive business men. He surrendered at Natchitoches. was laid, and there he entered the business of sugar planting on a large scale. The father was a Baptist minister of considerable prominence. He served to 1888, and was noted for his uprightness and impartiality, qualities so desirable in one who wears the ermine. father being a gunsmith by occupation. Ala.). Subject's great great-grandfather was the first governor of I Louisiana under the Spanish rule. FORMER SLAVES. E. J. Joffrion was born in Mansura, Avoyelles Parish, La., on February 7, 1838. May 16, 1864 - Mansura, also known as Smith's Place or Marksville. institute, and the school flourished of the fourteenth section of the Ninth International Medical Congress, which met well-deserved success, for he is industrious, painstaking and economical. He subsequently commenced the study of law, but gave up this work to enter the Confederate Army upon the opening of the Walter. Mrs. Joffrion lived only eighteen months after marriage, and left no issue. eructation was obtained in the city of Brotherly Love. residence. Established circa 1815, Frogmore Plantation has a steam-powered cotton gin. Avoyelles Parish Marriages Return to Marriage Index. of former slaves who used the surname of a former owner in 1870, vary widely and from region to region. After the war was over he turned his attention to teaching, first in Franklin College, Opelousas, La., afterward becoming principal of Evergreen Home Institute, holding the position from 1868 until 1875. Later he embarked in the mercantile business at Evergreen. He possesses a brilliant intellect, am! Dr. Tarleton's career as a practitioner and The Avoyels were later absorbed by the Tunica Biloxi tribe. Walter and Elizabeth. Catholic Church. CLAIM THIS LISTING Are you on staff at this church? removed with his parents in childhood. Return to Avoyelles Parish In some cases, a surrogate (substitute image) is candidate for both houses of the Legislature. He manifests the instinct and training of a real gentleman in his daily walk and conversation, and it may be truly said of him that, he never violated a friendship nor forgot a kind action done him. He has acquired nearly all father was a farmer and merchant, by occupation, and for many years was one of the most prominent citizens of Spotsylvania County. He was captured at Franklin, La., and was confined in New Orleans 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. In 1857 Mr. Joffrion married Miss Desdemona Fields, daughter of William M. and Ann (Thorn) Fields, natives of Kentucky and England, respectively. in 1886 began merchandising in East Feliciana Parish for himself, and there Each institution contributes the digital items and the descriptive text for their collections. He subsequently became professor of French and mathematics in Jefferson College, St. James Parish, then the State institution, and held this position several years. 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. Catholic Church. Mr. Mayer was a member of the police jury for three years, from Marksville, and was a member of the school board four years. enumerated in 1860 without giving their names, only their sex and age and indication of any handicaps, such as deaf or blind 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. A from that State to Avoyelles Parish, La., where the father purchased a tract of Denomination / Affiliation: Roman Catholic. site.). The fusion party was successful, and John McEnery was elected, but afterward ousted from office by Grant and his soldiers. P. Regard, merchant, Mansura, La. by a total of 521 slaveholders, and those slaveholders have not been included here. T. H. Thorpe was the youngest of five brothers, attained manhood on Blue-Grass soil, his education being obtained in the schools of that State and in Philadelphia, Penn., He began improving his plantation and was one of the first members of the Legislature from St. Landry Parish. He was born in Louisville, Ky., in 1849, to Thomas J. and Sallie (Roane) Thorpe, the former of whom was reared and educated in the Hoosier State, removing to Kentucky when a young man. daughter of F. C. Monnin, a native of France. 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. Both paternal and maternal grandparents came to this country and settled under the old French regime. Miss Normand was reared, find received a common-school education in her native town. By the 1870 census, the white population had increased 14% to 6,751, Regard. most slaves with the least amount of transcription work. Image; Results: 1-9 of 9 View. He was elected to the Legislature from Avoyelles Parish from 1884 to ISSS, was appointed on the police jury recently, by the governor of the State, and is Besides the necessity of river transportation, the ground near the rivers and old river channels contained the best agricultural land, where the sandy and silty soil settled, increasing the height of the natural levees. now living: Mrs. M. H. Spilker, Virginia, George, Robert, Bessie, Josie and Julia. St Elizabeth Parish is a Catholic church in Guerneville California. Later he became superintendent of public, instruction of Avoyelles Parish, his appointment to this office being a tribute to his ability as an educator. Mr. Lafargue is the fortunate owner of some 3,000 acres of land, the tillable portion of which he do votes to the raising of cotton and corn. Thomas A. 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 HABS LA,5-EVGR.V,1- (sheet 1 of 9) - Clarendon Plantation, Evergreen, Avoyelles Parish, LA Contributor: Historic American Buildings . South Carolina, whither the father removed when a young man. Thus Bob (Robert Windes) was acquainted with him as well." [citation needed] The Year without a summer of 1816 resulted in famine in Europe and a wave of immigration to the U.S., with New Orleans being the destination of many refugees. thus engaged is mainly duo to his honesty, enterprise and the confidence which In 1859 Mr. Joffrion was the Democratic candidate for sheriff of Avoyelles Parish, and he and his opponent, received the same number of votes, necessitating another election, which resulted in the election of his opponent by 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. having previously managed his plantation in Gremillion, was born in Louisiana, was a farmer and a resident of this parish from the time he was a boy. He is not only held in high repute as a physician, but he has a host of warm been doing a large and paying business at his present stand. He was reared in the town of Marksville, his education being also received there, and in this town followed the calling of a gunsmith for ten or twelve years, or until he was appointed to the position of assessor in June, 1888, serving in this capacity constantly up to the present time. In 1850, the slave census was also separate from the free census, but in earlier years it was a part of the free census. 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. He was born ou February 11, 1832, and is a son of Josoph and Deidami (Rabalais) Joffrion (see sketch of E. J. Joffrion]. He was in the battle of Mansfield, and was at Alexandria at the time of the surrender. 14095 Woodland Dr, Guerneville, CA 95446. . B. Irion was reared in Avoyelles Parish, and prepared for a collegiate course in the private schools of St. Landry Parish, subsequently graduating from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, in the class of 1855. Avoyelles Parish proudly displays its French-friendly seal from the Council on the Development of French in Louisiana. A. Richmond, Va., and transmit it across the Mississippi. was wedded to Miss Cleophine Frank, daughter of Adolph and Caroline (Bonette) Frank, natives of Germany Alternatively, you can purchase copies of various types through Documentation Compiled After. 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. The father of the subject of this sketch was Judge John H. Overton, who was a native of North Carolina, but who came to this State at an early age, where he figured conspicuously as lawyer, judge, and an enterprising, public-spirited citizen. Gen. Lee, and in the 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. Afterward he returned to Louisiana find began the study of law, being admitted to the bar in Opelousas in 1857. Numbers represent an alphabetical ordering by significant words. where he completed his studies. term "slaveholder" rather than "slave owner", so that questions of justice and legality of claims of ownership need not be He was born in this parish November 6, 1867, to S. S. and Mary E. (Bennett) Pearce, and in the public and private schools of this parish his scholastic advantages were received. that parish. He' was a lineal descendant of Charles J times Fox. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in a map.[1]. He served nearly three years in the Trans- Mississippi Department, and was in the battles of Pleasant Hill, Mansfield and Morgan's Ferry. The paternal grandfather. He was in the principal battles of the war, and was left on the field badly wounded at Gettysburg. although the schools had become very poor under Republican rule, be did much to remodel and improve them, and they are now in a flourishing condition, and are a credit to the parish and to his In 1851 be entered the University of St. Louis, 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. He was elected to the Legislature from 1880 to 1882, and politically he is one of the most influential men in this section. surgeon, serving with distinction in Stewart's division until cessation of Both daughters are married. planter, and has devoted much of his time to this calling ever since, and estimable lady arc members of the Catholic Church. In November, 1865, he entered Cicilian College, near Elizabethtown, Ky., and graduated from that institution in 1869. *There is a New Hope Cemetery in Grant Parish, located south of Verda about three miles off Hwy. Significance: Clarendon Plantation House, located in Avoyelles Parish Louisiana was originally constructed circa 1842. Louisiana Museums. young attorney of undoubted ability, find as a forcible and convincing speaker has especially distinguished himself. 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.

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