Marshall Torry (1879- )

Marshall Torry was born November 26, 1879 in Grant County, Louisiana.  He was the son of Lycurgus Eugene Torry and Lucy Anna Williamson. He was raised in Grant County, Louisiana.

Marshall married Udora “Dora” Brooks around 1902 in Grant County, Louisiana.  He was 22 years old and she was 20 years.  Dora was born in February 1882 in Louisiana, the daughter of Robert Arthur Brooks and Nancy Jane Pipes.  Marshall and Dora had at least seven children, six of which were listed in the 1930 census:

            Grant                          born February 22, 1903

            Mary Lee                    born 1907

            Lycurgus E.               born August 16, 1908

            Mildred D.                  born 1910

            Jackie                         born 1912

            Jamie                         born 1915

            Herman B.                 born July 20, 1919

           

After their marriage, Marshall and Dora settled their family on a farm in Grant County, Louisiana, where they were found in the 1910 and 1930 census. 

Marshall registered for the draft for the First World War on September 12, 1918 in Colfax, Grant County, Louisiana.  He was described as of medium height and build, with blue eyes and brown hair.

Notes for Marshall Torry

Birth, Military, Residence, Occupation & Physical Description in 1918:  Ancestry.com. World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.

Residence & Occupation in 1910: FamilySearch.org, United States Census, 1910 for Marshal Torry

Residence & Occupation in 1930: Year: 1930; Census Place: Police Jury Ward 2, Grant, Louisiana; Roll: 794; Page: 14B; Enumeration District: 6; Image: 131.0.

Notes for Udora Brooks

Birth:  Year: 1900; Census Place: Pollock, Grant, Louisiana; Roll: T623_565; Page: 18A; Enumeration District: 63.

Sarah Ann Boggus (1847-1875)

Sarah “Sallie” Ann Boggus was born October 9, 1847 in Hempstead County, Arkansas.  She was the daughter of Peter Boggess and Amanda M. West.  She was raised in Hempstead County, Arkansas and Rapides County, Louisiana.

Sallie married Lycurgus Eugene “L. E.” or “Kirk” Torry on January 10, 1861 in Rapides County, Louisiana.  She was 13 years old and he was 22 years.  L. E. was born on November 19, 1838 in Claiborne, Monroe County, Alabama, and the son of David Alexander Torry.  L. E. and Sallie had six children:

            Richard Samuel                               born 1862

            Elizabeth “Bessie” M.                      born November 1865

            Amanda “Nettie” Antionette           born December 1868

            Eva John                                           born March 26, 1870

            Sarah “Sallie” Eugene                    born August 25, 1872

            John Franklin Wynn                       born February 3, 1875

Sarah Ann Boggus Torry died on Christmas Day, December 25, 1875 in Rapides County, Louisiana.  She was just 28 years old at her death.

L. E. married Lucy Anna Williamson around 1877 in either Rapides or Grant County, Louisiana.  Lucy was born on May 19, 1855 in Grant County, the daughter of Dempsey Winburn Williamson and Lucy Anna Coleman.  L. E. and Lucy had twelve children:

            May                             born May 16, 1878 – died August 21, 1878

            Marshall                     born November 26, 1879

            James Garfield         born September 10, 1881

            Mary Deal                 born December 21, 1883

            Hallie Roberta          born January 4, 1885                     

            Henry Boggus          born April 12, 1888

            Rosebud                    born June 24, 1889

            Phlaby Alice             born May 7, 1892

            Tomas Reed             born October 22, 1894

            Samuel Carey          born November 7, 1896

            Lee Burleson            born May 5, 1899

            Lucy Elinor                born June 9, 1901

In 1880, L. E. and his family were living in Grant County, Louisiana, where L. E. was employed as a store clerk.  In 1900, they were living and working on a farm in Pollock, Grant County.

Lycurgus Eugene Torry died on May 26, 1906 in Grant County, Louisiana.  He was 67 years old at his death.

1910 found Lucy and her children living and working on a farm in Bently, Grant County, Louisiana.  In 1930, Lucy was living on the family farm with her two sons, James and Samuel.

Lucy Anna Williamson Torry died on June 8, 1932 in Dry Prong, Grant County, Louisiana.  She was 77 years old at her death.

Notes for Sarah “Sallie” Ann Boggus

Birth, Marriage & Death:  Information gathered from Ancestry.com, Janis & Bubba Perry Fam 000_2010-03-09, accessed 1 Nov 2011

Notes for Lycurgus Eugene Torry

Birth, Residence & Occupation in 1900: Year: 1900; Census Place: Pollock, Grant, Louisiana; Roll: T623_565; Page: 17B; Enumeration District: 63.

Residence & Occupation in 1880:  Year: 1880; Census Place: 2nd Ward, Grant, Louisiana; Roll: 453; Family History Film: 1254453; Page: 268A; Enumeration District: 26; Image: 0747.

Death:  Information gathered from Ancestry.com, Janis & Bubba Perry Fam 000_2010-03-09, accessed 1 Nov 2011

Notes for Lucy Anna Williamson

Birth & Death:  FamilySearch.org, Louisiana Deaths, 1850-1875; 1894-1954 for Lucy A Torry

Residence & Occupation in 1910:  Year: 1910; Census Place: Bentley, Grant, Louisiana; Roll: T624_515; Page: 9B; Enumeration District: 0060; Image: 102; FHL Number: 1374528.

Residence & Occupation in 1930:  Year: 1930; Census Place: Police Jury Ward 2, Grant, Louisiana; Roll: 794; Page: 10B; Enumeration District: 6; Image: 123.0.