Children of James G. Birdwell and Aletha Leonard of Alabama and Louisiana – Elvira, Hannah, John B. Birdwell

Or, Subtitled: “Died at the ripe old age of 85 years at the residence of her son, J. C. Harville” As the previous posting states, the combined succession documents of James G. Birdwell and his wife Aletha Leonard give us the names of the six youngest children of James and Aletha: Dewitt Clinton, Thomas, Camilla, … More Children of James G. Birdwell and Aletha Leonard of Alabama and Louisiana – Elvira, Hannah, John B. Birdwell

Ezekiel Samuel Green (1824/5 – 1900/1910) (2)

Or, Subittled: From the Louisiana Supreme Court to the Texas Supreme Court The account of the early life of Ezekiel Samuel Green in the previous posting, culled almost entirely from affidavits in the 1856 Pointe Coupee Parish Green v. Green case, augmented with data from federal censuses, brings us to the point at which he … More Ezekiel Samuel Green (1824/5 – 1900/1910) (2)

Mary Ann Green (1861-1942) and Husband Alexander Cobb Lindsey (2)

Or, Subtitled: “We all loved and respected Mollie Green Lindsey, our grandmother” This posting is a continuation of a previous one in which I began documenting the life of my great-grandmother Mary Ann Green, daughter of Ezekiel Samuel Green and Camilla Birdwell, who married Alexander Cobb Lindsey on 2 November 1876 in Red River Parish, … More Mary Ann Green (1861-1942) and Husband Alexander Cobb Lindsey (2)

Children of Dennis Lindsey (1794-1836) and Jane Brooks: Mark Jefferson Lindsey (1820-1878) and Mary Ann Harrison — Son Alexander Cobb Lindsey (1858-1947)

Or, Subtitled: “A Man of Service to Humanity in Red River Parish, Louisiana,” “Don Quixote Attacking a Spinning Windmill“ Alexander Cobb Lindsey, the seventh child of Mark Jefferson Lindsey and Mary Ann Harrison, was born 10 March 1858 in Union Parish, Louisiana, and died 22 January 1947 at Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana.[1] His tombstone in Old … More Children of Dennis Lindsey (1794-1836) and Jane Brooks: Mark Jefferson Lindsey (1820-1878) and Mary Ann Harrison — Son Alexander Cobb Lindsey (1858-1947)

Children of Dennis Lindsey (1794-1836) and Jane Brooks: Mark Jefferson Lindsey (1820-1878) and Mary Ann Harrison — Daughter Emma C. Lindsey (Cone) (Wester)

Or, Subtitled: Mysteries and Incongruities Piled Atop Each Other Emma C. Lindsey was the fourth child of Mark Jefferson Lindsey and Mary Ann Harrison, and their only daughter — though, as the last posting notes, a grandson of Mark and Mary Ann, Aaron Bloomer Lindsey, stated in an August 1959 interview in the Coushatta Citizen newspaper that his grandparents … More Children of Dennis Lindsey (1794-1836) and Jane Brooks: Mark Jefferson Lindsey (1820-1878) and Mary Ann Harrison — Daughter Emma C. Lindsey (Cone) (Wester)

Children of Dennis Lindsey (1794-1836) and Jane Brooks: Mark Jefferson Lindsey (1820-1878) — The Louisiana Years

Or, Subtitled: The Lure of the New Cotton Frontier in Northwest Louisiana Prior to the War In my last posting, I told you of a letter my uncle Henry C. Lindsey (Carlton to his family, but Henry professionally) sent me on 18 November 1980, in which he recounted what several elderly relatives he had just … More Children of Dennis Lindsey (1794-1836) and Jane Brooks: Mark Jefferson Lindsey (1820-1878) — The Louisiana Years

Children of Dennis Lindsey (1794-1836) and Jane Brooks: John Wesley Lindsey (1814-1903) — Louisiana Years

Or, Subtitled: When Tombstone Information May Lead Us Astray My postings have now followed John Wesley Lindsey, oldest child of Dennis Lindsey (1794-1836) and Jane Brooks, from his birth in Wayne County, Kentucky, in 1814, to his move with his parents in 1817 to what would soon be Lawrence County, Alabama, where he grew up … More Children of Dennis Lindsey (1794-1836) and Jane Brooks: John Wesley Lindsey (1814-1903) — Louisiana Years