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Descendants of Jessee Vinson

3. MARION² VINSON (JESSEE¹) was born March 21, 1847 in Alabama, and died April 09, 1899 in Summerfield Louisiana. He married MOLLIE C. ELDER Abt. 1870 in Hico Louisiana, daughter of WILLIAM ELDER and INDIANA TUCKER. She was born April 13, 1854 in Alabama, and died May 19, 1911 in Jonesboro Louisiana.

Notes for MARION VINSON:
Note 1.
The following excerpt is quoted from a book that is in the Jackson Parish Library
and was written by Tommie Early, Better known as "Cheatiebeau".
"Marion Vinson came to this Parish from Mississippi. He married Mollie Elder
from Vienna, Louisiana. In 1890 they moved from Union Parish to Jackson
Parish. They lived out East of Jonesboro about three miles. Their children were :
William Jessie, Annie, Mamie, Robert Lee, Mack, Mollie, Mittie, Brooks, Dayton
and Ira Vinson".

Note 2.
MARION VINSON'S GRAVE IS LOCATED IN THE SUMMERFIELD
CEMETERY ADDITION, ABOUT 1.5 MILES NORTHEAST OF
HIGHWAY 71 ON LOUISIANA HIGHWAY 471
( VERDA - SUMMERFIELD ROAD) IN GRANT PARISH.
NOTE - IT IS LOCATED ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE
OF THE ROAD FROM THE SUMMERFIELD CEMETERY.

THE GRAVE STONE READS AS FOLLOWS:

MARON VINSON
HUSBAND OF MOLLIE VINSON
MARCH 21, 1847
APRIL 9, 1899
MY OWN DEAR HUSBAND HAS
GONE TO NATIONS ABOVE YONDER SKY
TO GAZE ON THE BEAUTIFUL THRONE OF
HIM WHO IS SEATED ON HIGH.

SOURCE FOR THE ABOVE:
VIRGIL VINSON JR , RHEA MARY DAVIS VINSON AND THERESA
HODNETT LAVESPERE PERSONALLY VERIFIED THE ABOVE
INFORMATION ON AUG 1, 1997.

Dear Ancestor
Your tombstone stands among the rest;
Neglected and alone.
The name and date are chiseled out
On polished, marbled stone.
It reaches out to all who care
It is too late to mourn.
You did not know that I exist
You died and I was born.
Yet each of us are cells of you
In flesh, in blood, in bone.
Our blood contracts and beats a pulse
Entirely not our own.
Dear Ancestor, the place you filled
One hundred years ago
Spreads out among the ones you left
Who would have loved you so.
I wonder if you lived and loved,
I wonder if you knew
That someday I would find this spot,
And come to visit you.
(Author Unknown)

Note 3.
In the 1880 Union Parish Census the following
is recorded about Marion Vinson
a. Marion Vinson was born in Georgia
b. Marion Vinson's Father was born in South Carolina
c. Marion Vinson's Mother was born in Georgia
d. They lived in Union Parish, Ward 4
e. His occupation was Farmer
f. He could not read or write

Note : This information was taken from Roll 473, volume 16, Ed 88,
sheet 23, line 58 of the 1880 Census for Louisiana. The Census was
taken on the 11th Of June 1880. The index of the Census was as follows:

Union PARISH 1880 census Ed 88 s 23
VINSON Marion H WM 33 Ga
VINSON M C W WF 26 Ala
VINSON W J S WM 9 La
VINSON I T D WF 8 La
VINSON M I D WF 4 La
VINSON Delia D WF 3 La

Household:

Name/Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father/Mother Birthplace
Marion VINSON/Self M Male W 33 GA. Farmer SC. / GA.
M. C. VINSON/Wife M Female W 26 AL. Keeps House VA. / VA.
W. J. VINSON/Son S Male W 9 LA. GA. / AL.
I. F. VINSON/Dau S Female W 8 LA. GA. / AL.
M. I. VINSON/Dau S Female W 4 LA. GA. / AL.
Della VINSON/Dau S Female W 3 LA. GA. / AL.

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Source Information:
Census Place 4th Ward, Union Parish , Louisiana
Family History Library Film 1254473
NA Film Number T9-0473
Page Number 490C

Note 4
While at the Nation Archives in Ft Worth TX, I discovered research books
(The Roster of Confederate Soldiers 1861-1865) on all the Members of the
Confederate Southern Army (CSA), It (Volume xv) listed Marion Vinson as
a Member of the Louisiana 5th Cavalry, Company C. Further research on this
information revealed a book title" Records of Louisiana Confederate Soldiers
and Louisiana Confederate Commands" (written by Andrew B. Booth) .
It had the following information listed for Marion Vinson:
Private, Company C, 5th Louisiana Cavalry, Roll of Prisoners of war,
of divers companies and regiments unattached CSA. Paroled Monroe
Louisiana, June 7, 1865. RES Ouachita, Louisiana.

Note 5
Louisiana 5th Cavalry, Company C research reveled the following information:
(a) The following are verbatim extracts of the service records of Marion Vinson
as they appear in the Booth, Volume III, book 2 page 940:
"M. Vinson, Pvt, Company D, 13th Battalion, Louisiana Partisan Rangers.
Roll Call for 1 Jan to 30 April 1863, only roll on file, enlisted 11 April 1863,
Lane's Ferry. Remarks : Present."
The 13th Battalion, Louisiana Partisan Rangers subsequently became part
of the 5th Louisiana Cavalry Regiment. Lane's Ferry was located on Bayou
Macon in what was then Carroll Parish. Bayou Macon now divides East and
West Carroll Parishes.

(b) Company C, McKoin Rangers (Morehouse) commander was John Mckoin.
They were attached to the 5th Regiment which was organized February 20,
1864 by the addition of four companies to the 13th Louisiana Cavalry Battalion.
The regiment became part of Colonel Isaac F. Harrison's cavalry brigade
in the Sub-district of North Louisiana. Most of the early service consisted of
scouting and picket duty between the Ouachita and Mississippi rivers.
They participated in a raid into Pineville on April 24, 1864.
On May 1, the regiment fought in a skirmish at HADNOT'S PLANTATION.
In September of the same year, after they had moved back to Northeast Louisiana,
they went with Harrison's Brigade into southern Arkansas but apparently saw no
fighting. By the end of the year they had returned to Louisiana.
Then in April of 1865 the entire Regiment moved to Alexandria Louisiana.
In May of 1865 the regiment surrendered near Mansfield Louisiana.
The above information was extracted from the book Titled
"Guide to Louisiana Confederate Military Units."
All of the above referenced books were obtained from the Ft Worth TX ,
Public Library in September of 1997.

A PRAYER FOR GENEALOGISTS
Lord, help me dig into the past
And sift the sands of time
That I might find the roots that made
This family of mine.
Lord, help me trace the ancient roads
On which my fathers trod,
Which led them through so many lands
To find our present sod.
Lord, help me find an ancient book
Or dusty manuscript,
Thatšs safely hidden now away
In some forgotten crypt.
Lord, let it bridge the gap that haunts
My soul when I canšt find,
The missing link between some name
That ends the same as mine.

Note 6
Found in Louisiana Genealogical Register, Volume XI , Dated 1 March 1993,
a list of Grant Parish Registered Voters for 1898. In this list was Marion Vinson
and his son William Jesse Vinson. The break out of each Column is as follows
1. Name of Voter
2. Age Of Voter
3. Voters place of Birth
4. Voters Ward of Residence.
5. Voters Years of Residence in State of Louisiana
6. Voter's years of Residence in Grant Parish
7. Voter's years of Residence in Ward
8. Voter's Father or Grand Father (GF)
9. State where Grandfather or Father Voted

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
M. Vinson 51 AL 06 46 7M 7M JESSEE VINSON LA
W.J.VINSON 27 LA 06 27 7M 7M JESSEE VINSON (GF) LA

The following list of Wards was also provided:
Ward 1-Colfax, Farsmount
Ward 2-Ada, Bagdad, Stay, Pollock, Hadnot s
Ward 3-Black Creek,
Ward 4-Lincecum, Iatt, Ward 5- Union, Zion
Ward 6-Vilas, Summerfield, Guy
Ward 7-Montgomery.

Note 7
Marion Vinson was the father of 13 children, 10 lived to be adults according to the
family Bible in the possession of Vernell Coughlin (d/o Mittie Jane Vinson)

More About MARION VINSON:
Burial: April 1899, Summerfield Cemetery, Grant Parish Louisiana
Residence: 1847, Alabama

Notes for MOLLIE C. ELDER:
Note 1
In the 1870 Jackson Parish Census Mollie Elder was listed as
living with the W. Dicken family on their Farm.
a. She was 16 years old.
b. The Census was taken on the 1st day of June 1870 for Jackson Parish
c. The Post Office was in Viennia Louisiana.
d. She attended school and could read and write.
e. They lived in Ward 2 of Jackson Parish

Note 2
The following is recorded about Mollie Elder Vinson in the 1880 Union Parish
Census that was taken on June 11, 1880.
a. She was born in Alabama, April 13th in the year 1854.
b. Her mother was born in Virginia
c. Her father was also born in Virginia
d. Mollie stated occupation in the 1880 Census was "KEEPER OF THE HOUSE"

Household:

Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
Marion VINSON Self M Male W 33 GA. Farmer S. C. GA.
M. C. VINSON Wife M Female W 26 AL. Keeps House VA. VA.
W. J. VINSON Son S Male W 9 LA. GA. AL.
I. F. VINSON Dau S Female W 8 LA. GA. AL.
M. I. VINSON Dau S Female W 4 LA. GA. AL.
Della VINSON Dau S Female W 3 LA. GA. AL.

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Source Information:
Census Place 4th Ward, Union, Louisiana
Family History Library Film 1254473
NA Film Number T9-0473
Page Number 490C

Mollie C had twin children that died at Birth, Names are not known
nor is the date of birth, but suspect this may be them, although it doesn't list
them as twins:
Name
| | Vinson, ------ | --- | m | w | s | La | Ga | Ala | ----- | July| Still birth | | R. Roberts

Note 3
Mollie Vinson went into the restaurant business with her late
daughter's(Annie Vinson) husband(J.A Wheat) in
Jonesboro Louisiana. Their establishment was known as
"Wheat and Vinson Restaurant and Meat Market."

Note 4 (Two Versions of the 1900 Census)

1900 Census - Louisiana - Grant parish - Colfax - ED#62 - Sheet 18A Lines
32-40 - Dwelling:373 - Visit:376 - dated:2 July 1900

Vinson, Mollie - Head - White/Female - Arl 1854 - 46yo - Widowed; Bore 13
Children - 10 Presently Living Born:AL Father Born:VA Mother Born:VA
Occupation:Farming - Rents
Mannie - Daughter - White/Female - Oct 1871 - 24yo - Single
Robert L - Son - White/Male - July 1879 - 20yo - Single Farm Laborer
Mack - Son - White/Male - Apr 1882 - 18yo - Single Farm Laborer
Mollie - Daughter - White/Female - Apr 1882 - 18yo - Single
Mittie - Daughter - White/Female - Oct 1884 - 15yo - Single
Brooks - Son - White/Male - May 1886 - 14yo - Single
Dayton - Son - White/Male - Apr 1889 - 11yo - Single
Ira - Son - White/Male - March 1892 - 8yo - Single
***All Children listed Born:LA Father Born:Al Mother Born:AL ***

1900 Grant Parish, Louisiana - Colfax - July 2, 1900 - page 114
376 - Vinson, Mollie, head; Apr 1854, age 46; widowed; 13 children/10
living; AL VA VA; farming; renting farm #255
Maud?, dau; Oct 1875, age 24; single; LA AL AL
Robert L., son; Jul 1879, age 20; LA AL AL; farm laborer
Mack , son; Apr 1882, age 18; LA AL AL; farm laborer
Mollie, dau Apr 1882, age 18; LA AL AL
Mittie, dau; Oct 1884, age 15; LA AL AL
Brooks, son; May 1886, age 14; LA AL AL; hack driver
Dayton, son; Apr 1889, age 11; LA AL AL; farm laborer
Ira, son; Mar 1892, age 8; LA AL AL

1910 Census Records, Jackson Parish Census records show Mollie C.
living with daughter mollie Elizabeth Vinson Starne. Her sons Brooks
and Ira Vinson also lived there.
1910 Census Report Louisiana
Jonesboro , Jackson Parish
Series T624, Roll 516, Page 29
Name      GENDER RELATIONSHIP      Age      MARRIED,WIDOWED,SINGLE

Starnes A.L M       Head      32      MARRIED
Starmes Mollie      F      Wife      27      MARRIED
Starmes Etta      F      Dau      5      SINGLE
Starnes Bertha      F      Dau      1      SINGLE

Vinson S.I      M      Brother In Law 19      SINGLE
Vinson Brooks      M      Brother In Law 21      SINGLE
Vinson Mollie C      F      Mother In Law 55      WIDOWED


Note 5
Mollie Elder Vinson is buried in Jonesboro Cemetery In Jonesboro Louisiana .
She died on May 19, 1911. This information was found in a book in the Ft Worth
Texas Library title "Louisiana Tombstone Inscription, Jackson Parish" .
This book(dated 1956) was put together by the DAR Louisiana and the
information was submitted by the "Dugdamona Chapter" Daughters
American Revolution. Dugdamona is the name of a creek that runs
through Jonesboro Louisiana.

Tombstone Inscription reads as follows:
Mollie C. Elder
Wife Of Marion Vinson
April 13, 1854
May 19, 1911

More About MOLLIE C. ELDER:
Burial: May 25, 1911, Jonesboro Cemetery, Jonesboro Louisiana

More About MARION VINSON and MOLLIE ELDER:
Marriage: Abt. 1870, Hico Louisiana

Children of MARION VINSON and MOLLIE ELDER are:

6.	i.	WILLIAM JESSIE³ VINSON, b. May 04, 1871, Hico , Union Parish, Louisiana; d. December 25, 1932, Teague Texas.
7.	ii.	INDINA JULIOUS ANNIE VINSON, b. May 05, 1872, Hico, Union Parish, Louisiana/Hico, Lincoln Co., LA; d. August 1900, Jonesboro Louisiana ,Jackson Parish, Louisiana.
	iii.	MAMIE ISOLA VINSON, b. October 14, 1875, Hico, Union Parish, Louisiana; m. G.D. SMITH, February 24, 1902, Grant Parish( Colfax) Louisiana.

More About G.D. SMITH and MAMIE VINSON:
Marriage: February 24, 1902, Grant Parish( Colfax) Louisiana

iv.

DELLA VINSON, b. 1877; m. LOUIS DALLAS, July 06, 1895, Natchitoches, Louisiana.

Notes for DELLA VINSON:
Note
In the 1880 Census Records Della is listed as having chills.

More About LOUIS DALLAS and DELLA VINSON:
Marriage: July 06, 1895, Natchitoches, Louisiana

8.	v.	MACK MARION VINSON, b. April 30, 1882, Hico or Quitman , Union Parish, Louisiana/Hico, Lincoln Co., LA; d. July 20, 1952, Rapids Parish, Boyce, La..
9.	vi.	MOLLIE ELIZABETH VINSON, b. April 30, 1882, Hico ,Union Parish, Louisiana/Hico, Lincoln Co., LA; d. March 23, 1963, Jonesboro Louisiana.
10.	vii.	MITTIE JANE VINSON, b. October 08, 1884, Hico , Union Parish, Louisiana/Hico, Lincoln Co., LA; d. December 31, 1969, Jonesboro Louisiana.
	viii.	BROOKS ALMA VINSON, b. May 22, 1886, Hico, Union Parish, Louisiana; d. October 11, 1954, Jonesboro Louisiana and is buried there..

Notes for BROOKS ALMA VINSON:
Note 1.
Brooks A. Vinson is buried in the Jonesboro Cemetery, Jonesboro Louisiana,
next to his brother William Jesse Vinson.
Inscription reads as follows:
Brooks A. Vinson
October 11, 1954
68 Years, 4 Months, 19 Days

Note 2.
Obit: Vinson, Brook A. Jackson Par., Louisiana
Source: Jackson Independent Newspaper

Vinson, Brook A. Jackson Independent October 22, 1954
Brooks A. Vinson died after a short illness on October 11, 1954 in a local clinic.
Mr. Vinson was the son of Mr. Marion Vinson and Mrs. Mollie Elder Vinson who
came to Louisiana as young people. Mr. Vinson was born near Bernice on
May 22, 1886. Most of his life was spent in Jonesboro as a succeffful businessman.
Leaving here he went to Gandy, where he was store manager and deputy sheriff.
After retiring as store manager on account of ill health he went to Boyce,
where he was plantation overseer for Dr. Sewell. Recently on account of his ill health
he came back to Jonesboro where he died at the age of 68 years, 4 months, 19 days.
Funeral services were held at 3 p.m. October 12, 1954 at the First Baptist Church,
where he had been a member since a young man. Rev. John Hurt, pastor officiating
with Rev. Westbrook of Clay assisting. Pallbearers being his nephews were Brian
Walsworth, Webster Vinson, Ranney Vinson, Garland Starnes, Almer Vinson,
and Belvin Starnes. Survivors include two brothers, Mr. Robert Vinson
and Mr. Dayton Vinson of Oakdale, La., two sisters, Mrs. Mollie Starnes of
Robstown, Texas and Mrs. Mittie Walsworth of Jonesboro, La. He leaves a host of
nieces and nephews to mourn him.

Note 3.

Brooks was a bachelor, never married. I am sure there is a story
behind this man, but have not been able to find it . Yet !

Note 4.
1900 Census Grant Parish, Louisiana - Colfax - July 2, 1900 - page 114
376 - Vinson, Mollie, head; Apr 1854, age 46; widowed; 13 children/10
living; AL VA VA; farming; renting farm #255
Maud?, dau; Oct 1875, age 24; single; LA AL AL
Robert L., son; Jul 1879, age 20; LA AL AL; farm laborer
Mack or Mark, son; Apr 1882, age 18; LA AL AL; farm laborer
Mollie, dau Apr 1882, age 18; LA AL AL
Mittie, dau; Oct 1884, age 15; LA AL AL
Brooks, son; May 1886, age 14; LA AL AL; hack driver
Dayton, son; Apr 1889, age 11; LA AL AL; farm laborer
Ira, son; Mar 1892, age 8; LA AL AL
Note 5.
1910 Census Records, Jackson Parish show
Mollie C. Vinson living with daughter
Mollie Elizabeth Vinson Starnes in Jackson Parish.
Her sons Brooks and Ira Vinson also lived there.(See Below)
1910 Census Report Louisiana
Jonesboro , Jackson Parish
Series T624, Roll 516, Page 29
Name GENDER RELATIONSHIP Age MARRIED,WIDOWED,SINGLE

Starnes A.L M Head 32 MARRIED
Starmes Mollie F Wife 27 MARRIED
Starmes Etta F Dau 5 SINGLE
Starnes Bertha F Dau 1 SINGLE

Vinson S.I M Brother In Law 19 SINGLE
Vinson Brooks M Brother In Law 21 SINGLE
Vinson Mollie C F Mother In Law 55 WIDOWED

Note 6
During this research of Brooks, I sent an e-mail out requesting info
on him. The following is the response I received from Wanda Vinson
Taylor, daughter of Ranney Alton Vinson, about Brooks:
The story is he never married. He lived with my grandparents (Mack Marion Vinson)
for a long time. She washed and ironed his big old suits my daddy told me.
This was while my dad was growing up. I was very close to him and his brothers when
I was very young until we moved to Texas. I do not know why he never married.
I don't know where he lived after he moved out. I have copied you his obituary From an
old newspaper clipping. Will get it in the mail soon. The Dr. Sewell Mentioned had his
office in his home across the street from us. I was best friends with his daughter Ann.
She had brothers. Grandpa's brothers gathered on their front porch and played dominoes
on Sunday afternoons. In Robstown, Garland Starnes And his mother Mollie lived in the
apartment above us. Garland and my Dad were Very close. Closer than his brothers until
he got older and seemed in ill health when He moved to (I think) Jonesboro. One of Garland's
sister's, and her husband lived And worked in (I think) South America back in those day for
many years. I forget which one she was. May have been Etta. They did not have children
as I remember. Oh yes, Garland never married until later years and he married unknown
Taylor (no kin to me), but that marriage didn't last long. She had a Grown son. I will write
more tomorrow as I remember things.
Wanda

More About BROOKS ALMA VINSON:
Burial: October 12, 1954, Jonesboro Louisiana

ix.

ROBERT LEE VINSON, b. July 17, 1879, Hico, Union Parish, Louisiana/Hico, Lincoln Co., LA; d. May 13, 1955, Jonesboro Louisiana; m. NORA; b. 1895, Louisiana.

Notes for ROBERT LEE VINSON:
Note 1.
Robert Lee Vinson is buried in the Jonesboro Cemetery, Jonesboro Louisiana.
Robert lived in Oakdale Louisiana
Note 2.
1920 Census, Allen Parish, Kinder Louisiana shows Robert Lee Vinson, age 38 and
Nora Vinson, age 25 living next door to his brother,Dayton F. Vinson.

More About ROBERT LEE VINSON:
Burial: May 1955, Jonesboro Cemetery, Jonesboro Louisiana

11.	x.	DAYTON FRANKS VINSON, b. April 02, 1889, Hico, Union Parish, Louisiana; d. May 09, 1958, Reeves Louisiana in Allen Parish..
	xi.	IRA SHERWOOD VINSON, b. March 17, 1892, Hlco, Union Parish, Louisiana/Union Co., LA; m. CLARA ELLIOTT.
	xii.	EDWARD ERASTUS VINSON, b. July 09, 1894, Jonesboro La; d. Unknown, Jonesboro La.

Notes for EDWARD ERASTUS VINSON:
Note 1
Edward died as a small child, date unknown.

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