Or, Subtitled: “The great sugar-house was a wilderness of tubs and tanks and vats and filters, pumps, pipes, and machinery” In the previous posting, I surveyed the life of Samuel Kerr Green from his birth in 1790 to John Green and Jane Kerr in Pendleton District, South Carolina, up to the point at which he … More Samuel Kerr Green (1790-1860) — The Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, Years
Or, Subtitled: “Winged as WASP” In this posting, I’ll provide information about the children of Ezekiel Samuel Green (1824/5 – 1900/1910) by his wives Camilla Birdwell, Hannah Birdwell (Harville), and Mary Ann Wester.
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)
Or, Subtitled: “The motion came with ill grace from the one presumed to be the father” In a number of previous postings, I’ve sketched some parts of the life of Ezekiel Samuel Green (1824/5 – after 1900), father of Mary Ann Green Lindsey (1861-1942) and son of Samuel Kerr Green (1790-1860) and Eliza Jane Smith … More Ezekiel Samuel Green (1824/5 – 1900/1910) (1)
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)
Or, Subtitled: A Family History Full of Twists, Turns, and Confusion When I began Begats and Bequeathals back in January 2018, I stated that my goal here would be to share some 40+ years of research on my family lines, in the hope of providing accurate documentation to anyone who might be researching these families … More Mary Ann Green (1861-1942) and Husband Alexander Cobb Lindsey (1)
Or, Subtitled: More Affrays! — “His bellicose disposition led him into many a brawl with others, one of which cost him very dearly, since by it he lost an eye” This posting is a continuation of two previous postings (here and here) discussing the children of James Brooks (1772-1835) and Nancy Isbell of Wayne County, Kentucky, Warren … More Children of James Brooks (1772 – 1835) and Wife Nancy Isbell: Johnson H. Brooks (1815-1875)
Or, Subtitled: “The fourth generation was represented, and there were 87 present” As the previous posting, to which this posting is a footnote, indicates, the 1910 federal census states that Alexander Cobb Lindsey and Mary Ann Green had thirteen children,[1] but the birth and death register of their family bible, of which the posting I’ve just … More Children of Alexander Cobb Lindsey (1858-1947), Son of Mark Jefferson Lindsey and Mary Ann Harrison, and Wife Mary Ann Green
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)
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
BEGATS AND BEQUEATHALS 