Family: HARPER/TYSON/OGLESBY, Grant Parish, Louisiana
Submitted to USGENWEB by
Kathleen H. McConathy, Houston, TX
E-mail: yauj79c@prodigy.com




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HARPER/TYSON/OGLESBY


Does anyone have any ties to this HARPER/TYSON/OGLESBY family of Grant
Parish in the 1800's.  Specifically researching my grandfather:

William S. HARPER b.about 1851 TX, d. before 1900 census
    (2nd wife in Grant Parish, LA /children, listed as widow).

William S. HARPER b. about 1851 TX (Father & mother b.TX)
  "Bill"          d. before 1900 census married
(1)Sallie TYSON   b. about 1852 Related to Caldonia
                     TYSON LONG

Had at least two sons:
          1. William S. HARPER Jr. b. 28 June 1878
                                      Montgomery, LA
                                   d. 26 Feb 1951
                                      Pineville, LA
          2. "Boss" HARPER         b.
                               d.

William HARPER's first family lived near Winnfield, LA.
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William S. HARPER b. about 1851 TX (Father & mother b.TX)
    "Bill"        d. before 1900 census (Wife in Grant
                     Parish w/children, listed as widow.)
married   22 Sept 1884 Grant Parish, LA
(2)Amanda OGLESBY b. Aug. 1871 Grant Parish, LA
     "Mandy"      d. Aug. 24, 1908 Shreveport, LA
Dau. of Wm. Beauregard OGLESBY, Sr. & Mary J. NEAL.
Amanda buried New Hope Cemetery near Montgomery, LA

Children were:
          1. Izzie HARPER b. July, 1885 Grant Par.LA
                    married Ben BRYANT
          2. Ludie HARPER b. Apr. 1886 Grant Par. LA
                    married l. Charles DURHAM
                            2. Dense WOOD
          3. Alice HARPER b.            Grant Par. LA
                    married l.     SMITH
                            2.     GRAZIANO
          4. John Wesley HARPER b. 9 Feb 1890 Aloha, LA
                    married Essie L. CRAIN
          5. Minnie HARPER  b. Dec 1893 Grant Par. LA
                    married Frank KEITH

William HARPER's second family lived at Aloha near Colfax, LA


I would appreciate any advice for trying to find my
grandfather's ancestry.