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Mary Elizabeth Bradford m. Jan 13, 1876 Catahoula Parish LA b. Sep 19, 1856 Walters, Catahoula Parish LA d. Apr 14, 1899 Catahoula Parish LA |
Alice Ophelia b. 1880? Catahoula Parish LA d. Mar 21, 1899 Catahoula Parish LA |
Allen Philmore "Fillmore" b. Feb 27, 1881 Catahoula Parish LA d. Feb 4, 1962 Catahoula Parish LA |
Martha Jane b. Oct 18, 1884 Catahoula Parish LA d. Mar 17, 1964 Ferriday, Concordia Parish LA |
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Mary Ellen b. Mar 30, 1887 Catahoula Parish LA d. Nov 18, 1967 La Salle Parish LA |
Anna b. 1889? Catahoula Parish LA d. 1910 |
James Alexander b. Apr 6, 1893? Alexandria, Rapides Parish LA d. Mar 16, 1940 Columbia, Caldwell Parish LA |
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Pearl b. 1897? Catahoula Parish LA |
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Rapides Parish was formed in 1807 by the Territory of Orleans government.
(see present day map
for location). |
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At present, Holloway is a community in Rapides Parish LA. It's center is located
at the intersection of Hickory Grove Road, State Route 1207 and Route 28, about
14 miles NE of the parish seat of Alexandria, and 50 miles W of Natchez MS.
Holloway Methodist Cemetery is located just off of Hickory Grove Road at the end
of Slay Cemetery Road (see
present day map for location). There is also a Hickory Grove Cemetery also
known as Holloway Baptist Cemetery. |
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Catahoula Parish was formed in 1808 and originally bordered Rapides Parish.
(see present day map
for location). About 1910 a western part of the parish became La Salle Parish
which contained Catahoula Lake
(2007 map of La Salle
Parish. |
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In the 1850 U.S. Census, father Thomas is listed as a farmer, aged 29 in Rapides
Parish LA. In 1860, he is listed as being aged 41, and Alexander is listed as
being aged 8 [Ancestry.com]. |
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The mother of Alexander may have been Sarah Cooper, daughter of the Nancy Cooper,
aged 70 in his household in the 1860 Census. Nancy was born in 1790 in SC. She
and husband John are listed in the 1830 Rapides Parish Census with two sons and
one daughter aged under 5 [US Census, Rapides Parish LA, p. 93]. |
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Daughter Mary Ellen married John Ogden in Catahoula Parish LA on Apr 17, 1909. |
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Alex Holloway died in Apr 1915 of heart failure at age of "about 60" while boating
on Catahoula Lake according to a
newspaper death notice.
Portrait photo. |
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Daughter Alice Ophelia married Henry Alexander Sasser (1878-1928) and died giving
birth to Alice Ophelia Sasser, who married another Sasser named Thomas. |
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In the 1900 U.S. Census for Rapides Parish, a "Cliff Holliway" aged 46 is listed
with a household that matches Alexander Holloway: Mary [wife], aged 44; Phil, aged 19; Martha, aged 15; Mary, aged 13; Anna, aged 11; James, aged 6; Pearl, aged 2; [Ancestry.com]. |
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Son James Alexander was registered in Catahoula Parish for service during World
War I. |
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Son Allen, known as Fillmore, was registered for service in WWI under the name
Allen Philmore Halloway of Jonesville, Catahoula Parish LA. He was a logger. |
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Son Fillmore and his wife were living in Harrisonburg, Catahoula Parish LA when he
died. He is buried in Pine Grove Baptist Cemetery in Rhinehart, La Salle Parish LA.
Photo of grave marker. |
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Also buried in Pine Grove Baptist Cemetery in La Salle Parish LA are daughters
Martha Jane Sansone (photo of grave marker)
and Mary Ellen Ogden (
photo of grave marker) |
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SOURCES: Aymond, Greg, Holloway Family of Holloway Prairie, Rapides Parish LA GenWeb, website, Dec 05, 1999. Census, Rapides Parish LA, 1810, 1820 and Nov 15, 1850 page 1, page 2. Documents ... , US Congress, 1815-24. Catahoula Parish Marriages,Aleck Holloway Mary Bradford Jan 13 1876, website. "John Holloway, 1851", File H-3, on p. 208 of "The MS Cains", website. Genealogy Forum, anonymous user post, Nov 22, 1999. John Stillee Bible. Unknown author, "...to John ..." [illegible], correspondence detailing discovery of baptismal records of Stillee children in Cathedral Archives, no date but possibly mid 1900's. Veach, Damon, "Louisiana Ancestors", article in Sunday Advocate Magazine, Baton Rouge LA, Feb 21, 1982. White, Gifford, "James White and John White", Wm Wiseman & the Davenports, Pioneers Of Old Burke County, North Carolina, v.2 by M.L.Vineyard & E.M.Wiseman, Franklin NC,1997, p. 111. White, Gifford, James Taylor White of Virginia and some of his descendants into Texas, Austin, TX, 1982. |
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