Tuesday, February 24, 2015

Henry Cornelius "Neal" Barron (1879-1945)

Henry Cornelius “Neal” Barron was born on October 9, 1879 in Rapides Parrish, Louisiana. He was the son of Riley Eugene Barron and Alice Laurette Nugent

Henry married Alma J. Holland in August 1908 in Rapides County, Louisiana.  He was 28 years old and she was 19 years.  Alma was born in February 1888 in Lee County, Alabama, the daughter of John M. Holland and Emma Golden.

In 1910, Henry and Alma were renting a home on Montgomery Avenue in Winn Parrish, Louisiana.  Henry was working as a bookkeeper for the La Saw Mill Company.

Henry registered for the draft for the First World War on September 12, 1918 in Alexandria, Rapides Parrish, Louisiana.  He was described as tall and stout, with blue eyes and dark hair.  Henry did not serve in the war.

In 1920, the couple was living in a home in Spring Hill, Rapides Parrish, Louisiana.

Alma J. Holland Barron died on January 17, 1922 in Calcasieu Parrish, Louisiana.  She was just a few weeks shy of her 34th birthday.

By 1930, Henry was listed as a boarder in a place on Third Street in Alexandria, Rapides Parrish, Louisiana.  He was employed as a laborer at a lumber mill at that time.

In 1942, Henry registered for the draft for World War II.  At that time, he was living in Gold Dust, Avoyelles Parrish, Louisiana.  He listed his sister, Mrs. J.P. Lacroix, of Pineville, Louisiana, as his next of kin.

Henry Cornelius Barron died on October 18, 1945.  He was buried in the Greenwood Memorial Park Cemetery in Pineville, Rapides Parrish, Louisiana.  He was 66 years old at his death.



Notes for Henry Cornelius Barron
Birth & Death:  Ancestry.com. U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.  Original data: Find A Grave. Find A Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi
Residence in 1910:  Year: 1910; Census Place: Police Jury Ward 6, Winn, Louisiana; Roll: T624_535; Page: 15B; Enumeration District: 0129; FHL microfilm: 1374548.  Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.
Military WWI:  Registration State: Louisiana; Registration County: Rapides; Roll: 1684931; Draft Board: 2. Ancestry.com. U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.
Residence in 1920:  Year: 1920; Census Place: Spring Hill, Rapides, Louisiana; Roll: T625_627; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 65; Image: 151.  Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.
Residence in 1930:  Year: 1930; Census Place: Alexandria, Rapides, Louisiana; Roll: 816; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 0003; Image: 62.0; FHL microfilm: 2340551.  Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002.
Residence in 1940:  Year: 1940; Census Place: Avoyelles, Louisiana; Roll: T627_1382; Page: 10A; Enumeration District: 5-29A.  Ancestry.com. 1940 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.
Military WWII:  The National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; World War II Draft Cards (4th Registration) for the State of Louisiana; State Headquarters: Louisiana.  Ancestry.com. U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.

Notes for Alma J. Holland
Birth & Death:  Ancestry.com. Louisiana, Statewide Death Index, 1900-1949 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002.  State of Louisiana, Secretary of State, Division of Archives, Records Management, and History. Vital Records Indices. Baton Rouge, LA, USA.
Residence in 1900:  Year: 1900; Census Place: Pierce Chapel, Lee, Alabama; Roll: 25; Page: 12B; Enumeration District: 0040; FHL microfilm: 1240025.  Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.


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