GED4WEB version 4.41 Pearson Larry Hugh [Male] b. 28 JUL 1944
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Author: John H. "Buster" Strahan
Title: A Strahan Story
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William Alonza Dorsey McIntosh was born in Darlington, South Carolina, July 6, 1838 to Alexander James Mikell McIntosh and Ann Eliza Dossey, the third child in a family that would eventually number six children. William's father was a farmer and his mother was the daughter of a Baptist minister.
In the 1850 census of Marengo County, Alabama, William is shown as a boy of 12, with an older brother, John, age 16, a sister Sarah, 14, and three younger sisters; Mary 10, Margaret 5 and Ann 3. His father, listed as A. J. McIntosh was 49 and his mother Ann, was 36. The entire family, except for the youngest girl, gave South Carolina as their birthplace. Little Ann was born in Alabama. This leads to speculation that the family left South Carolina for Alabama about 1846 to settle in Marengo County, which was known for its particularly fertile soil. Many settlers, at this time, came to Marengo County from North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia.
In the 1860 Census, Shiloh Township, Marengo County, Alabama, William, 23, is living with his sister Sarah, her husband, J. W. Ford, and their three children. J. W. Ford is a Grocery Merchant and William is a farmer. A. J. McIntosh, the father of William and Sarah, had died in 1853 and was buried in the Shiloh Cemetery.
On June 11, 1861 at Linden, Alabama, William A. D. McIntosh enlisted in the Confederate Army. According to the State of Alabama, Department of Archives and History, William was a Private in Company A, 11th Alabama Infantry Regiment, (Also known as "The Marengo Rifles" according to William F. Amann in PERSONNEL OF THE CIVIL WAR, Vol. 1, THE CONFEDERATE ARMIES).
William was wounded at the Battle of Sharpesburg, September 17, 1862. On furlough from October 6, 1862 until February 20, 1863. Commutation of rations for 134 days @@ 33 cents per day.
William was wounded July 3, 1863 in Wilcox's Brigade at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The wound was inflicted by a minnie ball in the left thigh (from information on pension applications filed in Marengo County, 1887, 1889, 1891, 1892, 1893 and 1894).
He was assigned as Ambulance Driver (teamster) in June 1864, rate of pay, 25 cents per day. William met his future bride, Indianna Foster, while she was working in the hospital in Richmond, Virginia. They may have met when he was wounded, or when he was transporting the wounded from the battlefields to the hospital in Richmond.
The end of the war came for William when surrender took place on April 9, 1865, with Forney's Brigade at Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia. (Official Report, Vol. 15, Southern Historical Society Papers, published Richmond, Va., 1887).
After the war ended, William returned to his widowed mother in Marengo County. The end of the war also meant that his mother had lost all of her land when the slaves were freed, and she needed his help in maintaining the homestead.
Somehow, the attraction between William and his wartime sweetheart survived because on February 10, 1869, in Nottoway County, Virginia, Indianna's home, the couple were married by George H. Ray, who was the County Clerk.
Four children were born to this marriage; William Lee in 1872, Margaret Louise in 1874, John Dorsey in 1875 and Alonza Eddie in 1877. According to Alonza Eddie, all the children were born in Como, Panola County, Mississippi. The mother, Indianna, died soon after the birth of her last child and it is not known exactly when or where the death occurred.
In the 1880 Census of Shiloh Township, Marengo County, Alabama, William is shown living next door to the Kenon Agee family. Kenon (sometimes spelled Kennon) was the husband of Anna, William's youngest sister, and they had six children. Ann Eliza, mother of Anna and William, also lived with the Agee family. Williams's household included the four children, ages 2, 4, 6, and 8, and a black man named John Curry. William was listed as a farmer and John Curry as a farm laborer. According to Alonza Eddie, at some time, William's unmarried sister, Mary, moved into the household to care for William's children. She stayed with William and the children, going along with them when they moved back to Mississippi. She died March 3, 1900 and is buried in the Poplarville Cemetery, Pearl River County, Mississippi.
After Mary's death, and the children had all married, William lived with his only daughter, Margaret (called Maggie), her husband Alcee Malley and their children.
William Alonza Dorsey McIntosh, Confederate Veteran, died November 30, 1908. He is buried in the Poplarville Cemetery, next to the grave of his sister, Mary. On his tombstone the words GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN.
On page 2, an account of some of the action by William A. D. McIntosh's Civil War involvement with County A, 11th Regiment Alabama Infantry.
The following information is from Microcopy 311 - Roll #201, National Archives, Washington, D. C. Copied October 3, 1994 by Pauline Lindner
County A, 11th Regiment Alabama Infantry
for July and August 1861
Near Manassus
Record of Events
We left Winchester on Thursday 18th July 1861 on a forced march for Bull Run. About 12 o'clock at night we arrived on the bank of the Shenandoah River where we slept during the remainder of the night. Early the next morning (the 19th of July) we again took up our line of march, wading the River and crossed the Blue Ridge Mountains at Ashboro Pass on the morning of the same dy. Arrived at Piedmont about noon where we were detained until the morning of 22nd July. Many of our sick were left behind. We arrived at Manassus about 4 o'clock in the evening and again took up our line of march during a considerable rain, for Bull Run, a distance of about five miles, where we arrived and bivouaced near the Noted (?) Lewis House and remained until 9th August when we were ordered to leave on account of bad water, bad health and the horrid bad scent arrising (sp) up from the dead bodies of horses and Yankees on the Battlefield where we have been nursing our sick ever since.
(signed) E. Knight
County A, 11th Regiment Alabama Infantry
for Sept. and Oct. 1861
Record of Events
Left camp near Bristoe on the 21st Sept. 1861, and took up our line of march for Centreville, a distance of about 12 miles, where we arrived at 4 o'clock P.M. of the same day and pitched our tents. We remained at this place until the 10th day of October we were ordered to move. Marching down the Braddock Road about ten miles toward where the Accotink Creek crosses the Road arriving at said Point about four o'clock P.M. On the following morning we relieved the 19th Miss. Reg't from Picket duty and remained there until 15th of October and being relieved by 9th Alabama Reg't about 3 o'clock P. M. return to our Camp at night of same day. The following morning at 2 o'clock we took up our line of March for this place where we remained till 28th inst when we were again ordered out on Picket to relieve the 19th Miss. Reg't on the Braddock Road about five miles west of Centreville where will remained till this date and being relieved by the 16th Miss. Reg't returned to our camp near Cub Run Bridge (Va.).
(signed) E. Knight
Alonzo DeWitte MC INTOSH was the first born child of Alonza Eddie and Lela Lane MCINTOSH. He was born in Lumberton, Lamar County, Mississippi on August 27, 1906. He graduated from Lumberton High School in 1925 and attended Mississippi Southern College in Hattiesburg, Mississippi for a year, majoring in Business.
DeWitte (nicknamed Deacon) had black hair, dark brown eyes, and as an adult was 5'7", and weighed about 148 pounds. He was always neatly dressed and took pride in his manners and appearance. He had a good appetite and in later years, when he would visit Mother and Dad in Crosby, he enjoyed his favorite dish, butterbeans and dumplings. He loved to sing and had a good ear for music. When the Lucky Strike Hit Parade was on radio, he would always sing along.
After the Mc Intosh family moved to Picayune, Mississippi, DeWitte worked as part owner in a Dry Cleaning business called the Odorless Dry Cleaners.
During the Great Depression, he also worked for Pearson Motor Company selling Ford cars. He moved to West Palm Beach, Florida and worked for the Florida East Coast Railway Company,as a ticket agent, where he met Lillian Rines, an employee of the same company. They were married on Christmas Day, 1940. Their only child, Robert DeWitt, was born September 2, 1942. DeWitte was inducted into the Army January 7, 1944. On the 27th of June, 1944, he was sent to England and was assigned as a stock clerk in the Army PX. He was honorably discharged from the Army, because of his age (over 35) and returned to the States in July 1945.
He liked his adopted state, Florida, and enjoyed his home with the fruit trees in the yard. His only hobby was involvement with the Masonic Order and the related participation in the Order of Eastern Star with his wife, Lillian. He joined the Congregational Church when he and Lillian were married and was a faithful member of the church.
DeWitte worked as a salesman for the Eli Witt Tobacco Company for 20 years. He was a member of the Union Congregational Church, Past Master of Harmonia Lodge 138, F. and A.M., Past Patron of Iretta Sherman Chapter 145 O.E.S., a member of All York Rite Masonic Bodies of Lake Worth, Florida. He was a member of Mahi Temple A.A.O.N.M.S. and a member of Palm Beach County Shrine Club. He died peacefully in his sleep August 17, 1972 and is buried at Hillcrest Memorial Park, West Palm Beach, Florida.
Alonza Eddie McIntosh was born May 9, 1877, the youngest child of William Alonza Dorsey McIntosh and Indianna Foster, in Como, Panola County, Mississippi. His older brothers and sister were also born in Como, Mississippi. The mother, Indianna died shortly after the birth of Eddie, as he was called, from complications following childbirth. The widower, William A. D., with four small children and no wife, returned to a farm next to his married sister's family in Marengo County, Alabama.
An unmarried sister of William's, Mary E., moved in to take care of the children. From a collection of letters written to Eddie by his Aunt Mary in 1899, we find that Eddie, the baby of the family, was dearly loved by his aunt. (The collection of letters are on a separate disk in storage).
As a young man, he had severe rheumatism and was limited in the work that he could do. On the advice of a local pharmacist, he went to Hot Springs, Arkansas in either late 1903 or early 1904 for the hot baths and treatment by a recommended physician. On crutches, in the wintertime, he made the trip from Mississippi to Hot Springs, Arkansas. When he arrived, late at night, the train conductor, mistakenly put him off the train at the wrong location. Unable to find the Hotel he was looking for, he stopped at the nearest building that had lights and fortunately, it was a boarding house. However, there were no rooms available unless he slept in a rarely used attic room, one which had a broken window admitting snow. Cardboard over the window sufficed for the weary traveller to make it through the night. The next day, he was befriended by a young Boston Braves ball player, who offered to share his room with Eddie and helped him get to the doctor's office. After a stay in Hot Springs, Eddie recovered from his rheumatism and had no reoccurrence in later life.
Eddie began working in lumber mills and experienced the migratory life that was common to mill workers in the early 1900's. When the forests had been depleted of mature timber, a move had to be made to another area. While Eddie was working in Lumberton, Mississippi he met Miss Lela Lane, the oldest daughter of the widow, Julia Lane. After a brief courtship they were married October 11, 1905.
The young couple began their married life in Lumberton, Lamar County, Mississippi. Eddie transferred from Seminary Lodge # 461 F. & A. M. in Seminary, Mississippi to Frederick Speed Lodge 540 in Lumberton and was accepted on July 14, 1913. Records show he was a Past Master at the time. Lela joined the Ladies of the Eastern Star. Their stay in Lumberton was not lengthy and in the next 30 years they would live in other sawmill towns in Mississippi including Sanford, Orvisburg, back again in Lumberton, then Picayune and finally in Crosby, Amite County, Mississippi where they would spend the rest of their lives.
Eddie and Lela had four children. Alonza DeWitte, called DeWitte, born in 1906, Clifton Lane, called Lane, born in 1909, Raymond Edward, called Ray, born in 1914, and Lela Pauline, called Pauline, born in 1921, all born in the southern region of Mississippi. They always lived in rented company houses and all their friends shared the same lifestyle. Eddie's work was primarily in the planer section of the lumber mills and in his later years, while working in Crosby, he developed a machine that would form multiple broomhandles from a single board. In the nearby town of Natchez, Mississippi, a number of antebellum homes were being restored by well-to-do home buyers. Part of the restoration jobs included the reconstruction of elaborate cornices and moldings. Given a sample of the needed parts, Eddie was able to adapt a machine to duplicate the old woodwork, calling himself a "molder man". At one time, the Crosby Lumber Company considered making furniture and Eddie, given a drawing for a proposed kitchen chair, made the knives for a machine to run the parts of the chair. Using black walnut as a prototype, he presented the first chair off the line to his daughter, Pauline.
He was an honest, hard worker, who, for years worked six days a week at low wages without ever complaining. There was no union, no pension plan, no paid vacations. He took pride in his work and scorned fellow workers who grumbled about their lot in life. The early years in Picayune were good ones. The two older boys had a chance to go into the dry cleaning business. Eddie and Lela managed to find the money to stake the boys in their endeavor with another partner. The business was called the Odorless Dry Cleaning Shop and for a while it prospered. But the Great Depression altered the lives of the entire family. The mill did not have enough work for all the employees. Rather than take a lay-off, some workers were offered the chance to work in another mill town, Piave, located in mid-state. Eddie took this option. The family was allowed to stay and pay rent in the company house in Picayune, but Eddie worked in Piave, coming home on the few occasions when a ride was available. Times were difficult for the family. The oldest son, DeWitte, was able to get a job working for an automobile sales company and he contributed what he could. The second son, Lane, joined the CCC, one of President Roosevelt's antidotes for the Depression. Sometime during this era of hard times, Lane also took a job on a freighter ship to South America and back, and worked with a construction crew building a bridge over Lake Pontchartrain. Ray and Pauline, both still in school, kept the family vegetable garden going to help feed the family. Lela, always a thrifty housewife, sewed all the clothing for Pauline and herself and made the meals as tasty as she could with limited resources.
In 1930, Eddie convinced Lela that they should buy 40 acres of land in Lamar County. He had the notion that he might like to be a farmer, but Lela was not in favor of abandoning city life for a farm. For several years they leased the farm, but had trouble collecting the payments that were due them,as they were absentee land owners. Eventually, they sold the farm without profit.
In 1934, Hollis Crosby, one of the Picayune mill owner's sons, purchased a dormant sawmill town (Stephenson), on the western side of the state in Amite County. Along with the town he also acquired vast acreage of virgin pine timber. He selected men from Piave and Picayune and offered them jobs in the new town which he renamed Crosby. Eddie accepted the job offer and the move to Crosby was a step up in many ways. Hollis Crosby initiated a system of selective cutting along with reforestation that would insure a perpetual forest of long leaf yellow pine.
The company house, which Eddie and son, Ray, selected on an advance trip to the new town, was small, with only two bedrooms. It did have indoor plumbing, something the house in Picayune lacked, and the family now only numbered four, with the two older boys out on their own. DeWitte had moved to West Palm Beach, Florida and found a salesman job. Lane had married and moved to New Orleans where he was selling insurance. Ray, having graduated from High School had spent a year at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, but didn't have his heart in the studies. With the move to Crosby, he began working in the mill.
In Picayune, Lela cooked on a wood burning stove, with a warming oven and hot water reservoir. In Crosby, electricity was furnished by the mill, so the wood stove was left behind and Lela got a new electric stove. The custom for most of the mill workers was to come home at noon for their main meal. They had an hour off but the mill was about a mile away from the McIntosh home, so Eddie and Ray had to hustle to get home, eat dinner and get back to the mill. This walk, four times a day, probably was a significant contribution, healthwise, to Eddie's long life.
He was not a large person, perhaps 5'7" in his prime, weighing less than 150 pounds and wore a size 6 shoe. He had dark brown hair and dark brown eyes. He was a faithful member of the Methodist Episcopal church, serving as a steward for many years. He always had a vegetable garden, cultivating it with a hoe and a rake, and with the long, growing season in that part of Mississippi, he often had two crops, one in Spring and one in Fall.
On his job, he worked in an open shed, standing on his feet all day at the machines. The constant noise of the machines took their toll on his hearing, causing a certain amount of deafness in his later years. He had no desire to be a foreman or boss, but was content to do the work with which he was confortable. At home, he smoked a pipe which he would savor when relaxing after supper listening to the radio. He enjoyed the broadcasting of ball games and the comedy shows like Amos and Andy, Fibber McGee and Molly, Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy. He subscribed to the New Orleans newspaper, THE TIMES PICAYUNE and always kept in touch with politics, voting Democratic. For many years, Mississippi required a Poll Tax for voters. Eddie paid it without question as long as it was required.
He was not a drinker or gambler, but he told the family that before he was married he was a wild sort of fellow (his children had trouble believing this.) During World War I, being too old to be in service, he moved the family (three children at this time) to Ocean Springs on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, to work in the shipyards. Knowing he liked to play Dominoes, some of his fellow workers invited him to join them at a Domino Parlor in town. He was astounded to see that they were playing for money. He didn't go along with that idea and never revisited the Domino Parlor. He still retained his love for playing Dominoes, however, and welcomed the challenge when playing with friends and family.
He was a gentle person with great love for his wife and children. No matter what food was put before him, he never left the table without complimenting Lela. "Mighty fine meal, Lovey (his pet name for her)." He took great pride in her housekeeping and home furnishings. In later years, when Lela joined a garden club and began a hobby of flower arranging, he too became interested in growing flowers, particularly roses. A high moment for both of them was the award of a plaque in the front yard, GARDEN OF THE MONTH, which they achieved more than once.
Eddie and Lela had 8 grandchildren. Visits with them were always joyful occasions. Little things the grandchildren said and did were remembered and quoted with love. The accomplishments of his children and grandchildren brought great satisfaction to him. He wanted Pauline to go to college and although it was a sacrifice financially, he and Lela saw to it that Pauline could reach that goal.
Eddie and Lela celebrated their 50th Wedding Anniversary in October 1955. All the children and grandchildren, along with many friends helped the couple celebrate with a dinner at the Crosby Hotel and a reception later at their home. Eddie proudly announced to the group, "Fifty years with the same woman!" Lela died a few months short of their 60th anniversary.
Eddie had a heart attack when he was 70 years old. He was hospitalized in Natchez and in a couple of weeks was sent back home. The diagnosis was angina and arteriosclerosis, and that someday he would probably die peacefully in his sleep. In deference to his physical condition, Mr. Crosby suggested that Eddie not work at the mill any more. This was a disappointing outlook for him as he really enjoyed working. He had no hobbies other than gardening, but he began to pursue the flower growing interest more vigorously. Even though there was no pension plan nor health insurance for the mill workers, Mr. Crosby, in appreciation for all the years of faithful work by Eddie, made arrangements for him to continue living in the house rent free and receive a small stipend each month for the rest of his life. Who would have thought that Eddie would live another 24 years, actually outliving Mr. Crosby, his benefactor.
Eddie often spoke of an outstanding teacher he had in school, although he only went through the 4th grade. This teacher spoke of things to come in the future, such as men riding in horseless carriages and even being able to fly. Eddie lived long enough to see men land on the moon, something almost beyond his comprehension. In the hours preceding the actual landing on the moon by the astronauts, there was shown a mock- up on television so that the viewing public would know what was going to take place. Eddie's daughter, Pauline and her husband, Alex, were visiting him on that eventful occasion. Eddie's television was not very clear, but the neighbors across the street invited Eddie, Pauline and Alex to join them where the viewing was much better. Everyone watched the mock-up and then waited for the actual event to take place. As that unbelievable moment appeared on the screen, Eddie's comment was " Well, that sure doesn't look like anything so great. It was much clearer before. I don't think they are really on the moon." The other spectators tried to explain that it was a remarkable occurrence, with cameras recording the actual landing. Somehow, Eddie wasn't truly convinced.
Eddie outlived his beloved Lela by six years although she was eleven years younger. She had suffered a stroke, but fought back to almost complete recovery. Later on she had surgery for diverticulosis and adjusted to that inconvenience of dieting. Eventually, she underwent successful surgery for adhesions, but developed an infection in the hospital and died.
When Eddie celebrated his 92nd birthday in 1969, the town of Crosby had a big birthday party for him. He was a familiar figure in the little town, with his constant companion, a Chihuahua dog named Pepper. When Pepper became ill and died, it was almost a known fact that Eddie felt no longer needed. In 1971, four months short of his 94th birthday, while visiting his son, Ray and daughter-in-law, Georgia, in Alexandria, Louisiana, he passed away.
He was buried in Roseland Cemetery, Gloster, Mississippi next to Lela. The inscription on Lela's tombstone is: Lela Lane, Sept. 6, 1888, June 7, 1965, A tender mother and faithful friend. The inscription on Eddie's tombstone is: Alonza E., May 9, 1877, Feb. 11, 1971, He was beloved by God and man.
On a plot of land where the High School once stood in Crosby, is a Memorial Garden serving as a place where dear friends are remembered. An ornamental plum tree is planted in that Garden with a plaque at its base: In. HONOR OF MR. AND MRS. A. E. MCINTOSH BY THE MCINTOSH AND LINDNER FAMILIES AND children.
Family legend states that Julia was living with the Francis Asbury Lane family engaged in sewing for the family, which was a custom at that time. This is how she and Robert Lewellyn became acquainted and fell in love.The couple had seven children before Robert died in 1900 or 1901. Julia then supported the family by doing professional dressmaking in her home. The task of keeping house for the family fell on the oldest child, Lela.
Julia never remarried. She lived in Lumberton, Lamar County, Mississippi until about 1926, when she and Ruth, the only child left at home, moved to Picayune, Pearl River County, Mississippi. They lived for a short time in the home of the Eddie (A. E.) and Lela McIntosh. Living conditions in the rented home were crowded as Eddie and Lela had three boys and a girl, all still at home. Myrtle (younger sister of Lela) and her husband, Edwin B. Conn, purchased a home for Julia and Ruth where they lived until Julia's death in 1934. Julia and Ruth Lane as well as the family of Eddie McIntosh were all members of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Picayune. Ruth married W. Arnold Sumrall on October 30, 1932, in the Methodist Episcopal Church at Lumberton, Mississippi.
Julia Ann Russell Pridgen Lane was a tall stately woman. She wore her long grey hair twisted into a bun on the top of her head. She enjoyed her house in Picayune with a swing on the front porch which was almost hidden by the rows of potted plants. There were family gatherings on holidays when the dining table displayed family favorites; fried chicken, biscuits, English peas, cubed potato salad, iced tea, spiced peaches and other home canned goodies. Around Thanksgiving, Gran (the name she was called by the grandchildren), would put freshly made fruitcakes in the window seat in the dining room, wrapping the cakes in clean cloths, and then packing apples around them. By Christmas, when the lid to the window seat was lifted, the tantalizing aroma of the mellowed fruitcakes invited everyone to the festive holiday table. The children ate in the kitchen while the grownups sat at the dining room table. Once, upon hearing a commotion in the dining room, the children ventured out of the kitchen to investigate. Lesley, the youngest son, who was a Methodist preacher, was also a great one for playing jokes on other people. When Gran wasn't looking, Lesly put a large artificial fly on one of Gran's biscuits, the platterful at her right. When she saw the fly, she continued in the table conversation, gently waving her hand to shoo the fly. The fly, of course, refused to move, so the alternative for Gran was to take the biscuit off the platter and drop it on the floor. When the others at the table couldn't contain their laughter any more, being aware all along of the trick, Gran finally gave a long look at Lesley and knew he was the culprit, but she forgave him.
Gran had a formal living room furnished with an Edison phonograph with a diamond needle, a hand crank and several quarter inch thick records. There was a long, highly polished library table with some National Geographic magazines and books on it, one book in particular was titled "As It Is In Heaven"; this was fascinating reading for a little girl who didn't quite understand all the hard words.
In the sitting room, adjacent to the formal living room, was a fireplace with a mantel full of pictures and mementos, comfortable rocking chairs, and an unusual wastebasket made of dishrag gourds. The gourds were grown in the back yard on a vine that stretched along a fence. Some of the gourds, after they had matured, could be cut and hollowed out to form a dipper. Other gourds, if they grew long and slender, could be split while they were still green, and turned with the inside out. When the seeds were removed, the spiny area, which once held the seeds, dried to a stiff, attractive surface. Gran sewed enough of the inside out gourds together to form a tubular container. A cardboard circle, covered with fabric, was stitched to one end of the cylinder, forming a wastebasket.
Gran's house had no indoor plumbing, although there was a little room at the back of the house for a future bathroom. In the meantime, the outhouse was used during the day, and a "slop jar", next to the bed served as a nighttime facility.
Gran had a fondness for Fig Newtons and Coca Cola, courtesy of Ruth, who worked in the drygoods department of a local department store. Ruth did not sew, but she was an excellent saleslady for the fabric yardgoods. Customers could rely on her advice as to the suitability of fabrics since Gran sewed many of Ruth's dresses, making her a walking advertisement.
There was always a faint, sweet, spicy odor in Gran's house which turned out to be what Gran called her "Lady"..........snuff.
Julia Ann Lane died July 1, 1934, after a long, painful illness of stomach cancer. The casket was placed in the formal living room for viewing of friends and family, a custom at that time. Her funeral, conducted by Rev. W. B. Allsworth, was held in the Methodist Church and her favorite song, "The Old Rugged Cross" was sung by the congregation. She is buried in Roseland Park Cemetery in Hattiesburg, Forrest County, Mississippi. Her tombstone reads: MOTHER Mrs. R. L. LANE 1864-1934.
Excerpt from "THE ANCESTRY AND KNOWN DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH LANE (1770-1850)" pp 344-345, DAR Library, Washington , D.C.
William H. B. Lane of Smith County (Mississippi).
According to census records, William H. B.Lane was born in North Carolina. As did many of the others, he apparently came first to Lawrence County, where he was listed in the Deed Index 1819-1926 Book M-20 as purchasing land from J. B. Chisman.
William H. B. Lane eventually settled in Smith County, Mississippi, where he patented land April 24, 1820, as recorded in Smith County Deed Book S-201.
end of excerpt from above book.
In the 1850 Census of Smith County, Mississippi, recorded August 5, 1850, William Lane's occupation ws indicated to be that of E. M. (Methodist Episcopal) minister, with Real Estate valued at $500. In the family household was a 28 year old woman named Mary Bullock (relationship unknown).
In the 1860 Census of Smith County, Mississippi, recorded June 18, 1860, William Lane's occupation was listed as farmer, with Real Estate listed at $2000, and personal property at $300. His spouse, Sarah, is not listed indicating he was widowed. Francis Asbury, the oldest son, is listed in the household along with his wife, Harriet. Francis, age 19, born in Mississippi, had personal property valued at $600. Harriet, his wife, age 17 was born in South Carolina, according to the census record.
In the 1870 Census of Marion Post Office, Columbia County, MIssissippi, on page 269, W. H. Lane, age 59, occupation of Minister and Clerk of Court, with Real Estate valued at $250. He has a new wife, E. A. (Elizabeth), age 39, born in Mississippi and a child, Mary age 2. No children from his first marriage are listed in this household.
At this time, I found no further record of William Henry Bryant Lane listed in the census records.
Tracking William C. PRIDGEN (father of Julia Ann Russell Pridgen LANE and grandfather of Lela Gertrue LANE) has been difficult. In trying to find William C. on census records, I found different spellings of the last name, but in comparing ages on the records, I feel it is the same man. It appears that he was married first to an Elizabeth (maiden name unknown). In the 1840 Census of Scott County, Mississippi, a W. C. PRIDGIN is listed as being between 20-30, with a male under 5, and a female between 20-30. In the 1850 Census of Scott County, Mississippi, a William C. PRIDGEON, age 39 is listed with his wife, Elizabeth, age 28, and six children ranging in age from 3 to 11. Williams's birthplace is listed as North Carolina, Elizabeth's as South Carolina, and all the children born in Mississippi.
Couldn't find him again until 1880, when he appears in Hinds County, Mississippi as W. C. PREDGAN. His wife is M. L. (maiden name unknown, but family accounts told us she was called Lanie). W. C. is 67, a farmer, born in North Carolina, his wife is 46 (note the difference in ages), born in Alabama. Their 3 children are Julia A., 15, a son, A. L. who is 10, and another
daughter, S. C. (Sarah Catherine, called Katie) 6 years old.
With the lack of an 1890 census, the family members don't appear until 1900, when Julia and Robert LANE appear with their own family.
These notes are merely speculation on my part, but they seem reasonable.
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