Bio: William M. Antony, Sabine Parish, Louisiana

Submitted by: Gaytha Carver Thompson

Source: Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Northwest Louisiana

The Southern Publishing Company, Chicago & Nashville,  1890
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WILLIAM M. ANTONY



William m. Antony, farmer and cotton-ginner, of Ward 2, of Sabine Parish, La.,

was born in the town of Negreet in 1827, being a son of Christopher and

Mileberry (Cook) Antony, who were born in Virginia and Georgia, the former in

1781, and the latter in 1805.  When a small lad C. Antony was taken to

Kentucky by his parents, and in that State he remained until about grown, when

he went to Arkansas and was married in that State.  In 1821 he removed to

Texas, and a year later to what is now Sabine Parish, La., and here married

his second wife in 1826.  He made his home in the parish until his death in

1841, being one of the very oldest American settlers at the time of his death. 

At first the nearest trading post was Natchitoches, and the region, which was

very heavily covered with timber, was teeming with wild beasts and Indians. 

He was the only one of his family who ever came to this State.  His father was

Martin Anthony (the name being formerly Anthony), a native German, who came to

America prior to the Revolutionary War, in which he and his eldest son, Jacob,

took part.  The mothers father, Rev William Cook, was born in Georgia and was

one of the first Baptist ministers of Northwestern Louisiana, having emigrated

to what is now Sabine Parish, about 1825, his death occurring here in 1829,

after a successful ministerial career.  He had been a soldier in the War of

1812.



The subject of this sketch is the oldest of eight sons and two daughters, four

of the family now living, all of whom were reared in the wilds of Sabine

Parish, receiving such educational advantages as the primitive state of the

county at that time afforded.  In 1851 the daughter of Aaron L. and Penelope

Neil became his wife, her name being Mary Alice.  Mr. Neil was born in

Mississippi in 1808, and his wife in Alabama, their deaths occurring in 1872

and 1861, respectively, both passing from life in Mississippi, in which State

they had spent the greater part of their lives.  Mrs. Antony was born in that

Ste, and her union with Mr. Antony has resulted int he birth of ten children: 

Thomas R., George C., Marion S., Charles W., Mary E. (Wife of J. C. Salter,

Mileberry (wife of C. M. Morris), being the only ones now living.



Since his marriage Mr. Antony has resided in Ward 2, and since 1860 has been a

resident of his present farm, which comprises 1,300 acres of land, about 200

of which are cleared, on which is erected a good steam cotton gin, all of

which property is the result of his own and his worthy wife's efforts.  He was

a police juror for some time prior to the war, and for a short time served as

lieutenant in the Louisiana State troops and in the Second Louisianan Cavalry,

but was soon after detailed to look after matters at home.  He has been a

member of Little Flock Lodge No. 180, of the A. F. & A. M., for some time, but

since 1866 has been a member of that order, holding the rank of worshipful

master since 1868.  He and his wife are Methodists.



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