1904 Robbery of the Widow Meeks, Union Parish Louisiana

Submitted for the Union Parish Louisiana USGenWeb Archives by T. D. Hudson, 12/2006



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1904 Robbery of the Widow Meeks, Union Parish Louisiana

From the Farmerville "Gazette"; issue of Wednesday, 12 October 1904, page 3, column 1
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The Gazette has been informed that Mrs. Meeks, a widow lady living down in the Colson 
neighborhood was robbed one night last week of about $95. We could not learn any further 
particulars.


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NOTE:
This Widow Meeks is undoubtedly one of two women who lived in the Colson neighborhood, 
the region around where the Ward's Chapel Road intersects the modern Highway 2 heading 
towards Sterlington on towards Crossroads, some ten miles east of Farmerville. 

One possibility is that the Widow Meeks was Harriett Ann E. Auld [Hartie, Harty] 
(24/25 Dec 1835 – 27 Jan 1914), the widow of Joseph Anderson Meeks (6 May 1830 – 
19 Jan 1899). The other possibility is that Widow Meeks was Harty Auld Meeks' 
daughter-in-law, Permelia Elizabeth Auld [Betty] (Feb 1860 – after 1930), the widow 
of Harty Auld Meek's son, John Jordan Meeks [John Jurd] (c1857 – 1898/1900).
 

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