1905 Obituary of former slave Harriet Liles, residing in Farmerville, Union Parish Louisiana Submitted for the Union Parish Louisiana USGenWeb Archives by T. D. Hudson, 11/2006 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ************************************************ ================================================================================== 1905 Obituary of former slave Harriet Liles, residing in Farmerville, Union Parish Louisiana Published in the Farmerville "Gazette", issue dated Wednesday, 8 March 1905, page 3 ================================================================================== A Good Colored Woman Dead. --------- Harriet Liles, a faithful colored woman, passed away at her home in Farmerville, La., on Wednesday morning at 1:20 o'clock, March the 1st, 1905. She was born in Alabama March 10, 1838. She was carried to New London, Ark., by her master, Rev. George Perry in 1844, sold by auction sale in Farmerville, La., Feb. 1855. Carson & Bayliss being the purchasers. At the time of her death she was 66 years 11 months and 20 days old. She was an old time Methodist, receiving her religious training from her early slave owners. She lived a noble life. A RELATIVE. =============================================================================== NOTE: The 1870 census shows Harriet living in the Town of Farmerville in the household adjoining that of Union Parish Recorder William Callaway Smith. Harriet was listed as the wife of Frank Lile born about 1844 in Alabama. Also listed were Cora Lile (born about 1856), Edward Lile (born about 1867), and Frank Lile (born about 1869). In 1880, Frank Lile was living in the household next to Mary A. Callaway, who was the sister-in-law to William C. Smith. His younger brothers James Lile (born about 1870) and William Lile (born about 1874) were living with him. I cannot locate Harriet herself in Union Parish in 1880. In 1900, a widowed Harriett lived near Farmerville, where she owned her own farm. The census said that she was the mother of six children, only three of whom were then living. Her two sons Frank and Ed lived in adjoining households to her, probably on her farm. Ed worked as a day laborer, while Frank worked as a teamster. #################################################################################