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.

William "Willie" Barron (1891-1900)

William “Willie” Barron was born December 1891 in Rapides Parish, Louisiana.  He was the third of six children born to Riley EugeneBarron and Althea Slay.  He was raised in Rapides Parish.

William Barron died on September 11, 1900 in Rapides Parish.  He was just 8 years old at his death.  Willie was buried at the Holloway Methodist Church Cemetery in Holloway, Rapides Parish, Louisiana.

Notes for William “Willie” Barron

Birth & Death:  Partain, Mary Jane and McManus, Jane Parker, Gone But Not Forgotten; Four volumes of books listing cemeteries and markers of cemeteries in Rapides Parish, Louisiana. (Parker Enterprises; Pineville, Louisiana), Alexandria Historical & Genealogical Library, Volume II, page 94

Minnie Alice Barron (1889-1979)

Minnie Alice Barron was born November 23, 1889 in Rapides Parish, Louisiana.  She was the second of six children born to RileyEugene Barron and Althea Slay.  She was raised in Rapides Parish.

Minnie married Thomas Lonnie Cooper on January 10, 1908 in Rapides Parrish.  She was 18 years old and he was 23 years.  Thomas was born on March 19, 1884 in Louisiana, the son of Etheldred D. Cooper and Christian Isabella Williams.  Thomas and Minnie had at least four children:

            Lula Pearl                  born 1909

            Hazel  Rae                 born 1911

            Laverne                     born 1915

            Nell                             born 1920

After their marriage, the couple settled their family in Allen Parish, Louisiana, where Thomas found work at a saw mill.

Thomas Lonnie Cooper died on May 23, 1922 in Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana.  He was 38 years old at his death.

Hazel Rae Cooper died on January 14, 1936 in Oakdale, Allen Parish, Louisiana.  She was 25 years old at her death.

Minnie Alice Barron Cooper died on May 5, 1979 in Oakdale, Allen Parish, Louisiana.  She was 89 years old at her death

Notes for Minnie Alice Barron

Birth & Death:  Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index, Master File. Social Security Administration.

Marriage:  Year: 1910; Census Place: Police Jury Ward 6, Winn, Louisiana; Roll: T624_535; Page: 10B; Enumeration District: 0130; Image: 724; FHL microfilm: 1374548.

Residence in 1930:  Year: 1930; Census Place: Oakdale, Allen, Louisiana; Roll: 782; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 9; Image: 987.0; FHL microfilm: 2340517.

Notes for Thomas Lonnie Cooper

Birth:  Year: 1900; Census Place: Pollock, Grant, Louisiana; Roll: 565; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 63; FHL microfilm: 1240565.

Residence & Occupation in 1910:  Year: 1910; Census Place: Police Jury Ward 6, Winn, Louisiana; Roll: T624_535; Page: 10B; Enumeration District: 0130; Image: 724; FHL microfilm: 1374548.

Residence & Occupation in 1920:  Year: 1920; Census Place: Police Jury Ward 5, Allen, Louisiana; Roll: T625_603; Page: 19B; Enumeration District: 22; Image: 1073.

Death:  www.FamilySearch.org, "Louisiana Deaths, 1850-1875; 1894-1954," T L Cooper (1922), accessed on 26 March 2012

Notes for Hazel Rae Cooper

Birth & Death:  www.FamilySearch.org, Louisiana Deaths, 1850-1875; 1894-1954," T L Cooper in entry for Hazel Rae Cooper (1936)

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

James Monroe Nugent (1857-1908)

James Monroe Nugent was born on July 25, 1857 in Rapides Parish, Louisiana.  He was the third of five children born to Cornelius Nugent and Amanda Antionette Sims.  He was raised in Rapides Parish.

James married Roberta Stephens on January 3, 1880 in Rapides Parish.  He was 22 years old and she was 20 years.  Roberta was born in 1860 in Mississippi, the daughter of Mary E. Wright. James and Roberta had no children.

James Monroe Nugent died on June 4, 1908 in Rapides Parish, Louisiana.  He was 50 years old at his death.  James is buried in the Liberty Chapel Cemetery in Rapides Parish.

In 1910, Roberta was living with her widowed mother in Alexandria, Rapides Parish, Louisiana.

Notes for James Monroe 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 Roberta Stephens

Birth & Residence in 1910:  Year: 1910; Census Place: Alexandria Ward 2, Rapides, Louisiana; Roll: T624_527; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 0079; Image: 101; FHL microfilm: 1374540.