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46. THOMAS TOMPKINS⁶ WALL (BENJAMIN⁵, HOWELL⁴, HOWELL ELIJAH³, JOSEPH², JOSEPH¹) was born Abt. 1833 in Amite County, Mississippi, and died August 1868 in Livingston Parish, Louisiana. He married (1) MARY CAROLINE KING (BAKER). She was born April 20, 1837, and died December 16, 1901 in Amite, Tangipahoa, Louisiana ²⁹. He married (2) ALETHA ANN SPURLOCK. She died Unknown.

Notes for THOMAS TOMPKINS WALL:
Thomas Thompkins Wall, son of Benjamin, was born in Amite County, MS in about 1833. He moved with his family to Livingston Parish, LA in 1847. He lived and farmed on the west side of the Tickfaw River, near Centerville. In the war he was a Sergeant in Company C, Ninth Battalion Louisiana Infantry, and was captured and paroled when Port Hudson fell in July, 1863. Thomas died shortly after the war, in August, 1868.

His first wife was Aletha Ann Spurlock, and they had two daughters. After his first wife died, Thomas married Mary Caroline King (widow Baker), and they had two children, a son who died young and a daughter Ada Catherine, who died at age 19, unmarried.

From the book entitled "The Free State - A History and Place-Names Study of Livingston Parish" by the members of the Livingston Parish American Revolution Bicentennial Committee in cooperation with the Livingston Parish Police Jury and the Louisiana American Revolution Bicentennial Commission, 1976. Reprinted by permission. Dedicated to the memory of Reuben Cooper and Raymond Riggs.

Wall Bayou is located four miles southeast of Frost and immediately south of Gum Swamp. Wall Bayou and Edwards Bayou serve as the only drainage outlets to Gum Swamp and both eventually flow into the
Tickfaw River. Wall Bayou flows through Section 35, T7S-R5E and Sections 2 and 1, T8S-R5E. (1)

Thomas Thompkins Wall purchased a great deal of land in Section 2, T8S-R5E beginning on March 11, 1859. (2) James Thomas "Judge" Smiley (born 1891), a lifelong resident of the Frost area, stated that he believed that Wall Bayou was named after Tom Wall. (3)

Thomas T. Wall served in the 9th Battn. of La. Infantry during the Civil War, and was captured and paroled at Port Hudson in July of 1863. (4) In poor health after the war, he died in August of 1868. (5)

---Clark Forrest, Jr.---------------
(1) United States Geological Survey Map, Springfield Quadrangle, 15 Minute Series (Topographic), 1963
(2) US Tract Book 1A, p. 223, Louisiana State Land Office, BatonRouge.
(3) Personal interview by Clark Forrest, Jr. with James Thomas Smiley on Sept. 27, 1972.
(4) Booth, Andrew B., "Records of Louisiana Confederate Soldiers and Louisiana Confederate Commands"
(5) Medical Journal of Dr. George Colmer (1807-1878) of Springfield, La.
**Revised in 1998 by W.B. Wall.**

More About THOMAS TOMPKINS WALL:
Military: Sergeant in Co. C., Ninth Batt'n ³⁰
Service: Louisiana Infantry, CSA

More About MARY CAROLINE KING (BAKER):
Burial: Unknown, Amite City Cemetery, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana

Child of THOMAS WALL and MARY (BAKER) is:

ADA CATHERINE⁷ WALL, b. February 1865; d. November 19, 1884, Amite, Tangipahoa, Louisiana ³¹.

Notes for ADA CATHERINE WALL:
Died at age 19, never married

Children of THOMAS WALL and ALETHA SPURLOCK are:

89.	ii.		ELIZABETH⁷ WALL, b. December 18, 1858, Livingston Parish, Louisiana; d. December 26, 1897, Livingston Parish, Louisiana.
90.	iii.		ALETHA ANN WALL, b. September 28, 1862, Livingston Parrish, Louisiana; d. December 21, 1931, Jena, LaSalle, Louisiana.

47. JOHN SIBLEY⁶ WALL (BENJAMIN⁵, HOWELL⁴, HOWELL ELIJAH³, JOSEPH², JOSEPH¹) was born July 30, 1836 in Amite County, Mississippi, and died February 2, 1891 in Livingston Parrish, Louisiana ³². He married MARY ANGELINE BALLARD December 28, 1865 in Livingston Parish, Lousiana, daughter of JOHN BALLARD and KETURA KING. She was born July 17, 1841 in Louisiana, and died February 17, 1891 in Livingston Parrish, Louisiana ³³.

Notes for JOHN SIBLEY WALL:
John Sibley Wall, youngest son of Benjamin, was born in Amite County, MS about 1836. He came to Livingston Parish with his family in 1847. A farmer, he lived on the east side of Lizard Creek, just off the Springfield-Centerville Road. In the war he was a Private in Company K, Seventh Louisiana Infantry.

More About JOHN SIBLEY WALL:
Burial: Unknown, Springfield Cemetery, Springfield, Livingston, Louisiana
Military: Company K, 7th Louisiana Infantry ³⁴

More About MARY ANGELINE BALLARD:
Burial: Unknown, Springfield Cemetery, Springfield, Livingston, Louisiana

More About JOHN WALL and MARY BALLARD:
Marriage: December 28, 1865, Livingston Parish, Lousiana

Children of JOHN WALL and MARY BALLARD are:

REBECCA⁷ WALL, b. October 18, 1866, Livingston Parish, Louisiana; d. March 28, 1922, Livingston Parrish, Louisiana ³⁵.

More About REBECCA WALL:
Burial: Unknown, Springfield Cemetery, Springfield, Livingston, Louisiana

91.	ii.	BENJAMIN WALL, b. February 17, 1868, Livingston Parish, Louisiana; d. June 5, 1931, Livingston Parrish, Louisiana.
92.	iii.	MARY ELIZABETH WALL, b. December 25, 1869, Louisiana; d. January 9, 1909, Livingston Parish, Louisiana.
	iv.	JOHN WALL, b. September 26, 1872, Louisiana; d. March 8, 1943, Livingston Parish, Louisiana; m. ROSA IRENE BRANNON, December 15, 1898, Livingston Parrish, Louisiana ³⁶; b. August 1879, Livingston Parrish, Louisiana; d. Unknown.

Notes for JOHN WALL:
130/209 Wall, John head Un M W 46 M LA LA LA laborer, log sawyer
Rosa wife F W 36 M LA LA LA none
Page 272A on microfilm, April 12, Ward 9, 1920 Livingston Parish Census

More About JOHN WALL:
Burial: Unknown, Old Red Oak Cemetery, Livingston Parish, Louisiana

More About JOHN WALL and ROSA BRANNON:
Marriage: December 15, 1898, Livingston Parrish, Louisiana³⁶

93.	v.		AMANDA WALL, b. December 1874, Louisiana; d. Aft. 1899.
	vi.		ALICE WALL, b. Abt. 1877, Louisiana; d. Unknown; m. (1) ? GATLIN; d. Unknown; m. (2) JOHN MCCARROLL, June 8, 1895, Livingston Parrish, Louisiana³⁶; d. Unknown.

More About JOHN MCCARROLL and ALICE WALL:
Marriage: June 8, 1895, Livingston Parrish, Louisiana³⁶

vii.

MELISSA WALL, b. July 1879, Louisiana; d. 1936, Livingston Parrish, Louisiana ³⁷; m. FRANK HANO; b. February 10, 1872, Louisiana; d. March 29, 1953, Los Angeles, California.

More About MELISSA WALL:
Burial: Unknown, Springfield Cemetery, Springfield, Livingston, Louisiana

94.	viii.		LORIN WALL, b. March 17, 1881, Livingston Parish, Louisiana; d. August 22, 1957, Livingston Parrish, Louisiana.
	ix.		WILLIAM WALL, b. February 21, 1883, Livingston Parish, Louisiana; d. October 10, 1900, Livingston Parrish, Louisiana ³⁸.

Notes for WILLIAM WALL:
Died at age 17

More About WILLIAM WALL:
Burial: Unknown, Springfield Cemetery, Springfield, Livingston, Louisiana

48. MARY ANGELINE⁶ WALL (BENJAMIN⁵, HOWELL⁴, HOWELL ELIJAH³, JOSEPH², JOSEPH¹) was born May 1839 in Amite County, Mississippi, and died Aft. 1900. She married HENRY T. NEAL Abt. 1870 in Livingston Parish, Lousiana. He was born Abt. 1825 in Louisiana, and died Unknown.

Notes for MARY ANGELINE WALL:
Mary Angeline Wall, daughter of Benjamin, was born in Amite County in May 1839. She married Henry T. Neal, a farmer, in about 1870, and they lived near Albany.

More About HENRY NEAL and MARY WALL:
Marriage: Abt. 1870, Livingston Parish, Lousiana

Children of MARY WALL and HENRY NEAL are:

	i.		BENJAMIN⁷ NEAL, d. Unknown.
	ii.		HENRY THOMAS NEAL, b. October 1871; d. Unknown.
	iii.		ARTHUR EUGENE NEAL, b. November 1873; d. Unknown.

49. WILLIAM LAFAYETTE⁶ WALL (LEMUEL EUGENE⁵, HOWELL⁴, HOWELL ELIJAH³, JOSEPH², JOSEPH¹) was born April 18, 1829 in Amite County, Mississippi, and died July 5, 1915 in Springcreek, Tangipahoa, Louisiana. He married SARAH MCELVWEN December 30, 1852 in Amite County, Mississippi. She was born December 8, 1835 in Mississippi, and died 1919 in Springcreek, Tangipahoa, Louisiana.

Notes for WILLIAM LAFAYETTE WALL:
Corporal, Company B, 33rd CSA

More About WILLIAM WALL and SARAH MCELVWEN:
Marriage: December 30, 1852, Amite County, Mississippi

Children of WILLIAM WALL and SARAH MCELVWEN are:

95.	i.		LEMUEL ALONZO⁷ WALL, b. August 3, 1854, Amite County, Mississippi; d. January 23, 1921, Springcreek, Tangipahoa, Louisiana.
96.	ii.		WILLIAM GUY WALL, b. December 28, 1860; d. February 22, 1892.

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