Julien Button Young and Catherine Monroe- 3rd Great Grandparents

When Julien Young was born on February 16, 1850, in Sugartown, Louisiana, his father, Julien was still known as Julien LeJeune. All of his 12 children took the surname Young. I'm not sure why they changed their name.  His mother was Louise Eliza.

Julien married Catherine C Monroe on December 10, 1868. They had 12 children in 25 years. He died on October 24, 1926, in Lake Charles, Louisiana, at the age of 76, and was buried in DeRidder, Louisiana. Catherine was the daughter of John Anthony Monroe and Sarah Ann Levie. She died when she was 52 in 1902.  Julien died on October 24, 1926, in Lake Charles, Louisiana, at the age of 76, and was buried in DeRidder, Louisiana.

Julien Button Young and Catherine Monroe

J.B. Young's Grave

Catherine Monroe's Grave

 

They had 11 children. My Great Grandma's (Nana's) father was their son- Luther Dutch Young.

The Lutheran Visitor's News about the George, Rosa, Rosa and David Wise

A descendant of George Calhoun Wise sent me scanned newspaper articles of my 3rd Great Grandfather and some of his relatives. This is wonderful!!!!  I'm posting them here:

1. George C Wise Obituary:

2. His Daughter Rosa Wise's Marriage Announcement:

3.  My 4th Great Grandmother Rosa's Obituary:

4. George C's Father (My 4th Great Grandfather!!!) David Wise. Sorry that it's in two parts, it was on 2 different parts of the Newspaper.

The Children of George C. Wise and Frannie Coogle

Back Row: William and Rosa. Middle Row, Daniel, John C. and Hattie. Bottom Row: George, Francis, Walter, George C. and Mellie Mae.

My Great Great Grandfather Daniel Wise had 8 siblings and one half sibling. He was the only one to leave Georgia. The following is what I've found online (ancestry.com and findagrave). If anyone has any new information that differs, you are probably right. Please contact me and I will correct any errors.  Below are the birth and death years.

 

William Wise married Alma Clark and they had 4 children.  They are buried in Sumter County, Georgia.

Rosa Nettie Wise married J.W Murray and they had one child. She is buried in Plains, Georgia. 

Hattie Belle Wise married Franklin McGill and they had a son and daughter. She was buried in Sumter County, Georgia.This is them with their daughter Sarah. Sarah passed away when she was 11.

John Calhoun Wise, Sr. married   Eola Anderson. They had 7 children. 

My Great Great Grandfather, Daniel Joseph Wise married Corinne Clohecy. I've been told that he was a great baseball player. He left for Louisiana and was murdered in the 1930s. Family lore says it was the Sheriff because Daniel would not sell his land, however, his body was never found.  The pictures are of Daniel at his wedding and his wife with their oldest son.

Walter James Wise married Ruth Myrtle Crawford. These pictures are from Ancestry.com. They are of Walter and Myrtle with their grandchildren, Walter and his sister Mellie Mae and Walter and Myrtle.

 Mellie Mae married Burr Thomas Jennings and they had 3 children. She lived till she was 97 and is buried in Florida next to her husband.

George Elmore was the youngest. He married Martha Alethea "Allie" Godwin on June 4, 1916.They had 4 children and he is buried with his wife in Bronwood, Georgia. 

Luther Dutch Young and Frances Emma Walker- My Great Great Grandparents.

My Nana loved her parents. It was hard for her to leave them in Louisiana and move to Alaska with my Grandad after World War 2. However, she and Grandad got some time off every year so they would drive (IMAGINE THAT) from Alaska to Louisiana. My mom went with them a few times.

Frances and Kate Irene

Nana's mom was Frances Emma Walker. She was born on July 19, 1887, her father, Andrew, was 36 and her mother, Caroline, was 31. She had five brothers and two sisters named Kate Irene and Olla. She was very close with her sisters and she loved to cook. 

Frances at age 18.

The Walker Sisters. Top Row: Kate Irene, Frances, Olla. 2nd Row, Carroe. Elsie and LD.

Luther D Young was born on March 29, 1882, in Sugartown, Louisiana, his father, Julian, was 32 and his mother, Catherine, was 31.  He had 10 siblings. His Mom died when he was a young man and his father remarried. Luther left home not long after and didn't have much contact with them afterwards. Luther was a railroad man and moved his family all around Louisiana. They had three children, one son and two daughters. The son was named after her husband so everyone called him "LD." He was a rail man and a newspaper editor. Her two daughters were named Elsie and Esther. Esther is my Nana. 

Luther

Frances died on March 25, 1957, in Opelousas, Louisiana, at the age of 69. My mom said that she had a type of diabetes. Luther remarried and passed away on January 2, 1972 at the age of 89 in  Lake Charles, Calcasieu, Louisiana, United States. They are both buried in Opelousas, Louisiana where my Nana and Grandad are buried.  Frances is one of the few times where the husband outlived the wife on my Mom's side.

Luther and Frances

Esther at Graduation

LD and Elsie

LD as a baby

The Mystery of Emma Bella Lawrence's Parents

My Granddad Wise died when my mom was a teenager and I was never able to meet him. My Nana didn’t talk a lot about his ancestors and when she died, I had no idea where to begin. I knew three things about my Granddad’s family:

•  They were from the South, namely South Carolina, Georgia and Louisiana.
• Nana converted to the Catholic religion when she married Granddad.
• We were somehow related to Jimmy Carter’s wife. 

As I looked through Nana’s notes, I saw that she wrote down Grandad’s relatives. The Wise side was very well documented, but the Clohecy side was not. Nana said that her mother in law was Corinne Clohecy and her parents were Mark Andrew Clohecy from New York and Emma de la Vergne from New Orleans.  Clohecy is an Irish name and de la Vergne sounded French.

My normal searches turned up nothing. Ancestry and Family Search had nothing on an Emma de la Vergne. A collegue pointed me to Findagrave.com and I was able to find their graves in Atlanta, Georgia. The name on the grave was not de la Vergne, it was Lawrence, Emma Bella Lawrence! Imagine my surprise. 

This was her obituary-“MRS. MARK CLOHECY OF ATLANTA PARISH DIES. Member of Leading Louisiana and Georgia Families. ATLANTA – Mrs. Mark Clohecy, one of the oldest and best loved members of the Sacred Heart parish, died here recently after a long illness. Born in New Orleans, a member of the well known de la Vergne family, she passed her girlhood and young married life in that city. In 1914 she, with her family, came to Atlanta, where she lived in the Sacred Heart parish until the time of her death. Until age and infirmity prevented, she engaged in all parish activities. Her deep piety and lovable character endeared her to all. She is survived by three daughters: Mrs. Dan Wise of New Orleans, and the Misses Viv and Aimee Clohecy of Atlanta. Her funeral took place from the Sacred Heart Church, Rev. Edward McGrath, S.M., pastor, officiating. The interment was at Great Lawn Cemetery.” She is buried next to her husband and one of her daughters. 

Marriage License  and Date-1876

I was thrilled! Now I knew her name and her birth date, it should be easy to find her parents!!! WRONG. The dates began to be inconstant. Emma was born in 1865, but her marriage certificate is dated November 28, 1876. That would have made her 11 or 12. She did not have children until 1883. She had 4 daughters. Two remained unmarried, one died in 1929 and Corinne, my Great Great Grandmother outlived everyone by living until 1972. Emma died on March 6, 1934. Census records have different birth years for both Emma and Mark. One year it said she was born in 1860 and another stated 1855.  

When I found Emma’s Death Certificate, the math added up that she was born in 1865. However, it did not include the name of her mother or her mother’s birthplace. The one piece of evidence it included was the name of her Father- John Lawrence. Do you know how many John Lawrence’s were in Louisiana at the end of the Civil War? Hundreds. 

Death Certificate

I am not sure what to do next. I wish I could find Emma’s Mom. Perhaps one day there will be more evidence to paint a clearer picture.

  

George Calhoun Wise and Frannie Coogle-3rd Great Grandparents

George Calhoun Wise

Frances "Frannie" Coogle

When George Calhoun Wise was born on April 17, 1844, in South Carolina, his father, David, was 34 and his mother, Rosannah, was 23. They had 11 children-seven sons and four daughters. Two of their sons, Tyre and William died during the Civil War. George also fought in the Civil War and lost a leg in the Battle of the Wilderness.

 No one was ever supposed to mention his peg leg. They all migrated to Georgia around 1870 and settled around the town of Plains, and George died on May 25, 1898. 

George and Frannie with the children. Daniel is the boy on the far left.

George married twice. His first wife's name was Rhodella Etheridge. She died as a young mother on May 22, 1875, in Webster County, Georgia. She was  22. They had three children but only one survived. His name named Allen and he married a girl named Martha Cobb. 

George then married Frannie Coogle in 1877 and they had 8 children-five sons and three girls. Their names were Walter, George, William, John, Rosa, Hattie Belle, Mellie Mae and my great great grandfather Daniel. Frannie died on November 24th, 1942. Census records suggest that she lived part of her life with Hattie after he husband died.