Lula Florence Barron (1894-1990)

Lula Florence Barron was born on August 1894 in Rapides Parish, Louisiana.  She was the fourth of six children born to RileyEugene Barron and Althea Slay.  She was raised in Rapides Parish.

Lula married Joseph Hope Watts on July 3, 1922 in Rapides Parish, Louisiana.  She was 27 years old and he was 34 years.  Joseph was born on January 11, 1888 in Lincoln Parish, Louisiana, the son of Thomas J. Watts and Drucilla Walker.  At the time of their marriage, Joseph was employed as a Station Foreman for the railroad, and Lula was a public school teacher.

Joseph was a veteran of the First World War, having registered for the draft in June 1917.  At that time, he was described as a tall man of medium build, with gray eyes and black hair.

In 1930, the couple was living in a home on Huffman Street in Alexandria, Rapides Parish. 

Joseph Hope Watts died on September 5, 1941 in Rapides Parish, Louisiana.  He was 53 years old at his death.  Lula went on to live another 59 years after the death of her husband.

Lula Florence Barron Watts died on January 11, 1990 in Alexandria, Rapides Parish.  She was 96 years old at her death.  Lula was buried in Greenwood Cemetery.

Notes for Lula Florence Barron

Birth:  Year: 1900; Census Place: Pollock, Grant, Louisiana; Roll: 565; Page: 19B; Enumeration District: 63; FHL microfilm: 1240565.

Marriage & Death:  www.Ancestry.com public member trees, daigre family, accessed on 26 March 2012

Notes for Joseph Hope Watts

Birth, Military, Occupation & Physical Description in 1917:  Ancestry.com. World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.  Registration Location: Jackson County, Louisiana; Roll: 1684691; Draft Board: 0.

Residence in 1930:  Year: 1930; Census Place: Alexandria, Rapides, Louisiana; Roll: 816; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 14; Image: 448.0; FHL microfilm: 2340551.

Death:  Ancestry.com. Louisiana Statewide Death Index, 1900-1949 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002.

Original data: State of Louisiana, Secretary of State, Division of Archives, Records Management, and History. Vital Records Indices. Baton Rouge, LA, USA.

Alice Laurette Nugent (1860-1885)

Alice Laurette Nugent was born on August 12, 1860 in Rapides Parish, Louisiana.  She was the fourth of five children born to Cornelius Nugent and Amanda Antionette Sims.  She was raised in Rapides Parish.

Alice married Riley Eugene Barron on November 8, 1876 in Rapides Parish.  She was 16 years old and he was 20 years.  Riley was born November 2, 1856 in Pike County, Louisiana, the son of William Henry Barron and Malinda Felder. 

After their marriage, Riley and Alice settled their family in Rigolette, Rapides Parish, Louisiana, where Riley was employed at a saw mill.  The couple had two children:

           

            Laura Alice Barron                           born March 17, 1878

            Henry Cornelius "Neal" Barron       born 1880

Alice Laurette Nugent Barron died on April 15, 1885 in Rapides Parish, Louisiana.  She was 24 years old at her death.

Riley married again on July 27, 1886 in Rapides Parish, to Althea Slay.  He was 29 years old and she was 23 years.  Althea was born in May 1865 in Mississippi, the daughter of William Sidney Slay and Laura Ann Hargrove.  Riley and Althea had six children:

            May Barron                           born December 1888 
            Minnie Alice Barron               born November 23, 1889

            William Barron                       born December 1891

            Lula Florence Barron           born August 1894

            Edna Barron                         born 1902

            Clara Barron                         born 1905

In 1900, Riley and his family were renting a home in Pollock, Grant Parish, Louisiana, where he continued working at a saw mill.  By 1910, the family had moved to Winn Parish, Louisiana.   

In 1920, Riley and Althea and their three youngest daughters were living on a farm in Cheneyville, Rapides Parish, where Riley was working as a farmer.

Althea Slay Barron died on March 10, 1933 in Lecompton, Rapides Parrish, Louisiana.  She was 67 years old at her death. 

Riley Eugene Barron died three years later, on February 4, 1936 in the same place.  He was 79 years old at his death.

Notes for Alice Laurette Nugent

Birth & Death: Information found on http://www.libertychapelcemetery.org/files/family/nugent1.html, accessed 21 March 2012

Marriage:  Hunting For Bears, comp.. Louisiana Marriages, 1718-1925 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.

Original data: Compiled from a variety of sources including original marriage records located in Family History Library microfilm, microfiche, or books. Original marriage records are available from the Clerk of the Court where the marriage license was issued.

Notes for Riley Eugene Barron

Birth:  Year: 1900; Census Place: Pollock, Grant, Louisiana; Roll: 565; Page: 19B; Enumeration District: 63; FHL microfilm: 1240565.

Residence & Occupation in 1880:  Year: 1880; Census Place: Rigolette, Rapides, Louisiana; Roll: 466; Family History Film: 1254466; Page: 690B; Enumeration District: 041; Image: 0384.

Marriage to Althea:  Hunting For Bears, comp.. Louisiana Marriages, 1718-1925 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.

Original data: Compiled from a variety of sources including original marriage records located in Family History Library microfilm, microfiche, or books. Original marriage records are available from the Clerk of the Court where the marriage license was issued.

Residence & Occupation in 1900:  Year: 1900; Census Place: Pollock, Grant, Louisiana; Roll: 565; Page: 19B; Enumeration District: 63; FHL microfilm: 1240565.

Residence & Occupation in 1910:  Year: 1910; Census Place: Police Jury Ward 6, Winn, Louisiana; Roll: T624_535; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 0130; Image: 721; FHL microfilm: 1374548.

Residence & Occupation in 1920:  Year: 1920; Census Place: Cheneyville, Rapides, Louisiana; Roll: T625_627; Page: 10A; Enumeration District: 63; Image: 49.

Residence & Occupation in 1930:  Year: 1930; Census Place: Lecompte, Rapides, Louisiana; Roll: 816; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 21; Image: 706.0; FHL microfilm: 2340551.

Death:  www.FamilySearch.com, Louisiana Deaths, 1850-1875; 1894-1954 for R E Barron, accessed 25 March 2012

Notes for Althea Slay

Birth:  Year: 1900; Census Place: Pollock, Grant, Louisiana; Roll: 565; Page: 19B; Enumeration District: 63; FHL microfilm: 1240565.

Death:  www.FamilySearch.com, Louisiana Deaths, 1850-1875; 1894-1954 for Althea S Barron, accessed 25 March 2012