Tuesday, April 22, 2014

Bennett Cemetery in St.Helena Parish

BENNETT CEMETERY, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana. 
Recorded and Submitted by Antoinette Harrell-Miller, June, 2001

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An African American Cemetery

Bennett Cemetery is located on Cleveland Rd.
Get on Hwy 16, take a right on Hwy 1046, when
you get to the fork, take the left on Hwy  1045.
Past Gordon Chapel Church of God In Christ, 
go about 5 miles, the road on  the right hand side is J.P. Thomas Rd.
The Road on the left
is Cleveland Road. Take this road past the 
curve, about a quarter of a mile past the curve.
The cemetery sit on the left hand side. This
land belong to the Bennett Family.

Special thanks to Bernard Temple and ILona
Lyttle.
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   1. C. B.
       Cleveland Bennett, Jr.
       b. May 11, 1936
       d. April 21, 1987
           God so loved the world; John 3:16


    2.  Cleveland Bennett, Sr.
          b. Jan 7, 1907
          d. Aug 14, 1987
              US Navy 
              World War II

    3.  " Mama Lillie"
           Lillie Lue Van Hitchens Bennett"
           b. Mar 1, 1907
           d. Sept 3, 1991
               Follow peace with all men: 
               Heb 12: 14

    4.  Rev. Jasper Harrell, Jr.
          b. Mar 9, 1934
          d. Aug 1, 1987
              I must work the work of him that sent
              me. John 9:4

    5.   Ms. Chandel Renita Pope
          d. June 25, 1995
               age 32


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            All Rights Reserved         
        

Free Persons of Color Marriages; West Feleciana Parish, Louisiana by Glenna Goulter

Free Persons of Color Marriages; West Feleciana Parish, Louisiana
1865-1869

This information generously donated to the Louisiana Genealogy Project
African American Archives by Glenna Coulter coultergiest@worldnet.att.net



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02/21/1868  Butler, Moses Jones, Lucinda  531
04/04/1865  Ross, Melford Jackson, Lucy  531
01/16/1868  Emile, King  Wells, Phyllis  532
10/07/1868  Pruett, John Hamilton, Lucy 532 Gospel
01/09/1868  Parker, Robert Shavers, Octavia 533
12/02/1867  Redding, Miles Jourdan, Sara  533
08/31/1867  Thomas, Charles Lombard, Fannie 534 Gospel
01/25/1868  Andrew, William Hillard, Annie  534
12/24/1867  Carter, Henry  Owens, Sylvia  535
12/18/1867  Sheets, Anthony Sanders, Julie  535 Gospel
12/31/1866  Thompson, Jack Burgess, Polly  536
01/07/1867  Lewis, Aleck Jones, Jane  538
01/10/1867  Williams, Alleck Hodrick, Margaret 539
01/13/1867  Taylor, Burtlett Scott, Fannie  539
02/02/1867  Henrings, David Lee, Seah   538
02/02/1867  Dickerson, Ventston Fields, Ann  538
01/30/1867  Massie, William Norwood, Sara 541
03/16/1867  Harris, Joseph Johnson, Rosetta  542
04/06/1867  Duncan, David Duncan, Lorenza  542
04/06/1867  Hayes, Stephen Charity Butler,  542
04/25/1867  Piper, August Davis, Margaret 543
05/16/1867  Smith, Washington Lewis, Mahala  543
05/16/1867  Jones, Robert Morgan, Frances  544
12/18/1867  Madison, Shadrack Smith, Fannie   536
10/01/1867  Towles, David Gardiner, Lucy Jane 536 Gospel
12/14/1867  Miles, William Bell, Julia Ann 536 Gospel
12/20/1867  Armstead, William Riley, Isabella Anna 537
12/06/1866  Crawford, Silas Norfis, Elizabeth  537
08/03/1867  Bridges, Charles Gaines, Rebecca 545
08/10/1867  Coats, John  Barrow, Rose East 545
08/10/1867  Handy, Green Barrow, Easter  545
01/16/1867  Hilliard, Fisher Walker, Lottie  546
07/14/1866  Halsey, Ben  Halsey, Jane  546
08//23/1866  Hamner, William Freeland, Lydia 547
08/23/1866  Gray, William Griffen, Rachael  551
09/08/1866  Grand, Dick  Thompson, Jane 552
01/01/1867  Green, Joseph Wells, Katie  552
05/20/1866  French, Spencer French, Mrs. Judy  553
09/16/1866  Freeman, Willis Johnson, Amelia  553
05/12/1866  Douglas, Robert Crump, Ella  553
01/19/1867  Davison, Alfred Graf, Mrs. Patsy 554
07/21/1866  Den, Charles Branden, Nelly 554
12/01/1866  Bouser, Horace Price, Mrs. Eliza  555
01/19/1867  Brown, William Jones, Juliette   555
01/24/1867  Jones, Prince Albert Walker, Jane  556
01/02/1867  Jackson, James Polk, Barbara  557
12/27/1866  McKenzie, Richard Harris, Mary Ann  557
11/27/1866  Morrison, Normand Lewis, Laura   558
07/14/1866  Mason, Henry Washington, Grace 558
10/25/1866  Peyton, Willis Lewis, Emily  559
12/23/1866  Plater, Humpton??? Johnson, Caroline  559
07/14/1866  Pursey, Thomas Ross, Sabra  559
10/21/1866  Ross, John  Car, Ailsey   560
08/11/1866  Smith, Augustine McDermott, Antoine 560
12/23/1866  Taylor, Bob  Kelly, Caroline  561
05/12/1866  Taylor, Frank Hill, Clara  562
09/23/1868  Simmon, Archy Walker, Mrs. Jane 567
09/26/1868  Brown, Charles Smith, Katie  568
09/26/1868  Mayfield, Harry Brown, Mrs. Eliza  569
12/25/1868  Thorsbury, Henry Frew, Caroline  572
08/23/1868  Calbert, Louis Winchester, Mary 573
12/24/1867  Bell, Cain  Caia, Cresy  574
10/01/1868  Diggs, Cliver Gay, Mary   575
10/29/1868  Thomas, William W. Chamber, Alice 576
10/10/1868  Ward, Joshua Collins, Lucinda  577
11/05/1868  Grayson, Jackson Berver, Eveline ??? 578
11/05/1868  Kleibush, Peter Hearth, Wilheminer 579
10/27/1868  Jemison, John D. Barrow, Emily R. 580
11/15/1868  Harm, William Holmes, Roberta  581
01/07/1869  Turner, edmund Ridley, Mary Alice 582
01/18/1869  Cheatham, Edward Routh, Celeste  582
01/30/1869  Rivers, Isham Haskin, Clarrinda  583
01/16/1869  Routh, Woodford Cummings, Sara 584
12/26/1868  Johnson, Charles Wells, Agnes  585
01/30/1869  Smith, Frank Dickason, Leah 585
01/02/1869  Purnell, John Prevost, Ann  587
10/27/1868  Rainer,  Gary Connell, Elizabeth  588   .
12/17/1868  Gaines, Elias Randolph, Philadelphi???588
12/17/1868  Beckham, John Wright, Lucilla  589
12/31/1868  Sheppard, Charles Cheatham, Julia 591
12/31/1868  Johnson, Frank Gasper, Amelia  592
01/08/1869  Simons, Monroe Hall, Lucinda  593
01/14/1869  Swayze, George Reid, Sallie  594
01/16/1869  Steward, Claiborn Linderman, Lucy 594
01/22/1869  Handy, Henry Harris, Mary Jane  595
01/22/1869  Little James Hatfield, Rebecca  596
12/24/1868  Knox, Edmund Hatfield, Betsy 597
02/14/1869  Kidrell, Stephen Mulle, Lucy  598
02/06/1869  Jackson, Martin Birch, Alice  598
12/22/1868  Scott, William Gra, Emma   599
02/24/1869  McDonnell, Thomas Hammond, Mrs. Susie600
01/06/1869  Browder, Joe Franklin, Mahala 601
12/22/1868  Wiilliams, Frank Garrison, Fannie 601
01/06/1869  Moluck, Thomas Whitaker, Marie 602
08/15/1869  Coe, Y. Y.  Rowland, Mrs. Martha W. 604
07/28/1861  Moore, Joseph G. Comby, Rebecca J.  605
07/27/1869  Austen, Charles B. Posey, Louisa Jane 606
05/12/1869  Munzesheimer, Mas Cohen, Rachel  607
05/07/1869  Doherty, Lilburne W. Ogden, Susie  607
05/12/1869  Thompson, Y. Piper, Sara L.  609
05/25/1869  Barrow, Charles M. Reeves, Anna M. 610
06/26/1869  Bowman, John G. Thornsberry, Amanda M  611
04/20/1869  Cantwell, John L Blount, Katie  612
05/13/1869  Harris, William Ross, Lydia  613
09/16/1869  Wells, James A. Vanderslice, Sarah E.  614
07/03/1869  Johnson, Joshua Johnson, Emma  615
05/01/1869  Parker, William Goodin, Amanda  616
03/06/1869  Potter, Samuel Vaughn, Mary Elizabeth 617
03/14/1869  Asdrick, Willoughby Wails, Patence  618
12/06/1869  Dooler, Henry Frances   619
03/06/1869  Carter. Benj Doherty, Mentie Boyd 621
03/14/1869  Richardson, William Richardson, Sallie 620
02/20/1869  Williams, Alfred Moore, Patsy  622
02/06/1869  Yoyes, Merrick Perry, Easter  623

Personal Digital Archiving Day Workshop with Leonard Smith III

Libraries and other institutions can use Preservation Week to connect our communities through events, activities, and resources that highlight what we can do, individually and together, to preserve our personal and shared collections.
Preservation Week 2014 will take place April 27 through May 3.
Get involved! You don't need a lot of time or money, you just need to get started.
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Please join Digital Storyteller Leonard Smith lll for an upcoming workshop at the New Orleans Public Main Library on May 3, at 10:30 a.m to 1:00 p.m. Our photo albums, letters, home movies and paper documents are a vital link to the past. Personal information we create today has the same value. The only difference is that much of it is now digital. Come to the free workshop and learn how to digitalize your family records with Leonard Smith III. This workshop is sponsored by the African American Resource Center.

Leonard Smith lll is the owner of LS3 Studios, LS3 Studios was founded to bring the benefits of the internet and digital video technology to small businesses, individuals, schools, and not for-profit institutions. Our studio is a state-of-the-art, all-digital suite. It employs exclusively Canon high-definition digital cameras, Final Cut Pro X digital non-linear editing system, professional DVD Authoring, Post-Production, and DVD Menu Design services for your DVD or CD-ROM. We also provide CD and DVD duplication services. Leonard is a member of the Professional Photographers of America (PPA). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBjqCPwGcbA