Tuesday, April 14, 2015
Life in Rural West Carroll Parish, Lousiana
Life
on the Farm in Rural West Carroll Parish, Louisiana
June
16, 2013
Esther Eley Jones
Esters (Erastus) Eley age 3 |
Daddy
taught us kids how to work, and we worked on the farm. We didn’t always like to
do the work, but Daddy had a way of persuading us it was for our own good. There
was always enough food to can and store for the winter. The meat that our
family ate was raised and cured on the farm.
The
thing that I remember most about growing up on a farm in West Carroll Parish is
that we always had food to eat, clothes to wear, and a place to live. We didn’t
do without the basic needs of life, and those were provided by Daddy and
Mother, and a home environment where we felt love and safe. No, we didn’t get
hugs and kisses, or words such as I love you. However, we knew they cared and
they loved us in their own ways.
Daddy
worked the fields and Mother cared for the household chores and the
children. He provided for his family
during very difficult times. Family was
important to daddy not only because the times were hard, but being raised by an
uncle, cousins, or grandparents, William and Emma until they passed away. William
died in 6 October 1917 and Emma died 11 November 1920 in Oak Grove, West
Carroll Parish. Daddy was the oldest of
the six children, and was five years old when Granny (Alice Lee) married Jack
Eley.
Daddy
retired from Mr. Hinton’s chicken farm when he was about 70 years old. He had
worked on the chicken farm since 1965 and retired due of upper respiratory problems. He lived to be 82 years old. He lived a full
productive life. He loved life and loved his family. He married his sweetheart Alma Coon; they were
married 58 years, and raised eight children. All of the children have lived to
become “senior adults.” That is an
accomplishment!
Esters Eley Draft Registration Card World War II
Citing
this Record:
"Louisiana,
First Registration Draft Cards, compiled 1940-1945," index and images,
FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KC1T-9ZH : accessed 27 Jan
2014), Esters Eley, .
Friday, April 3, 2015
Marriage License and Application for J. L. Eley and Alice Lee
The marriage
license for J. L. Eley and Alice Lee. The Clerk had written on the back of the
license. This is the best copy that I could get of the license. This is the
original as noted at the top of the document. written on the back of the
license. This is the best copy that I could get of the license. This is the
original as noted at the top of the document. J. L. Eley was Esters Eley's step-father. His given name was Jackson "Jack" Lawrence Eley. Granny Eley or Alice didn't have a middle name.
The
top part of the document shown is the application for a marriage
license, and is filled out when applying for the license. J. L. Eley was the
principal and R. E. Lee verified the security. J. L. applied for the license at
the courthouse that was located in Floyd, West Carroll Parish, Louisiana which at that
time was the County Seat for West Carroll Parish.
The next section is a
treasure of genealogical information. J. L. Eley and his parents information
and Alice Lee and her parents information. I can use this information for further research. On the last section the information is filled
out after the wedding takes place and filed at the courthouse.
The witness on the license R. Lee is Robert "Bob" Edward Lee youngest brother of Alice. The other witnesses are unknown to me. J. B. Reneau was the Justice of the Peace and performed the ceremony.
Great Grandparents William Alford Lee and Emma Meadows Lee
William Alford Lee and Sophronia Emma Meadows |
THE LEES FROM ALABAMA
William Alfred was born 06 Oct 1847 in Tecumseh, Cherokee County, Alabama. William died 18 Oct 1917 in Oak Grove, West Carroll Parish, Louisiana.
Emma was born 10 March 1850 in Wetumpka, Elmore County, Alabama. Emma died 11 Nov 1920 in Oak Grove, West Carroll Parish, Louisiana.
William Alfred and Emma are interred in the Oak Grove Cemetery located in Oak Grove, West Carroll Parish, Louisiana.
William Alfred Lee and Sophronia Emma were married 05 September 1869 in Tallapoosa County, Alabama.
William and Emma's children were James "Jim" William, Dolly Ophelia, Robert "Bob" Edward, and Alice Lee. Jim married Nancy Matilda "Nanny" Wynn, Dolly married John "Johnny" Houston Edwards, Alice married Jackson "Jack" Lawrence Eley.
Dolly Ophelia Lee was born 11 June 1879 in Elmore County, Alabama. She died 15 December 1970 in Harpersville, Shelby County, Alabama. Dolly married John Edwards 5 March 1899 in Elmore County, Alabama.
Robert "Bob" Edward Lee was born 5 September 1882 in Alexandria City, Tallapoosa County, Alabama. He died 11 December 1941 in Oak Grove, West Carroll Parish, Louisiana.
Alice Lee was born 9 November 1887 in Tecumseh, Alabama. She died in Pioneer, West Carroll Parish, Louisiana 26 January 1960. Alice Lee and Jack Eley married 29 June 1913 in Floyd, West Carroll Parish, Louisiana. Granny was 26 years old when she married Jack Eley.
Jim, Dolly, Alice, and Bob Lee, Emma Lee seated |
William Alfred Lee and Sophronia Emma Meadows Marriage Information
Cover Page for the Marriage License 1869 Lee and Meadows
License 245
License 245
Index to Tallapoosa County, Alabama marriages. William Alfred Lee and Sophronia Emma Meadows are my great grandparents.
The top part is an application for a marriage certificate. The bottom part is recorded after the ceremony at a later date.
A marriage bond for Wm. A Lee and Emma Meadows
Marriage Bond for W. A. Lee and Emma Meadows.
Consent note from J. C. Meaders for his daughter Emer Meadows to marry William Lee.
Consent note from Druciller Lee for her son William to marry Emer Meadows.
Source
"Alabama, County Marriages, 1809-1950," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/29F2-YZ6 : accessed 13 Apr 2014), William A Lee and Emma Meadows, 05 Sep 1869; citing Tallapoosa County; FHL microfilm 001302446.
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