Ouachita County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....Jones, Mrs. July 10, 1854
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Lora Peppers loradpeppers@hotmail.com October 9, 2014, 3:40 pm

The New Orleans Daily Crescent July 28, 1854
The Ouachita Register, of the 18th, contains the following paragraphs:
A brutal and horrid murder was committed some ten days since on the person 
of one Mrs. Jones, a poor unfortunate woman, with two small children, 
residing in a little log school house in the neighborhood of Forksville, in 
this parish, who was found dead in the morning, her body being partially 
consumed by the burning of the building over her helpless head. All that is 
yet known of this revolting tragedy is from the two little children, who 
state that during the night some one entered the house, and, after some loud 
words had passed, a struggle ensued between their mother and the person, the
former having been knocked down, and afterwards struck several times; that 
after they had been similarly treated, the door was fastened and the house 
set on fire, which prevented them from succeeding in the attempt they made
to rescue the body of their almost helpless mother from the flames, they 
being forced to creep out of the window to save their own lives.


Additional Comments:
After extensive research, I was unable to find a first name for Mrs. Jones and 
any names for the children.

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