Submitted to LaGenWeb, West Carroll Parish, Family Bibles - 3/6/2004 ................................................................... Family Bible of John Samuel Crow (1838-1890) and Mildred Anna Merriwether (1852-1912), West Carroll Parish LA Submitted by - Tom Crowe, Rockwall TX Source - After Mildred Anna Merriwether’s death in 1912, the Bible was then passed down to their 5th child, Reuben Allen Crow (1884-1966), who remained in Forest, LA. His son, Dr. R.A. Crowe, Jr. (1929) of New Orleans graciously loaned it to the submitter. ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** As Written: Comments: Births: John Crow - November 21, 1818 John Samuel’s Father Mary Ann Guthrie - April 12, 1818 John Samuel’s Mother Nicholas Merriwether - December 22, 1820 Mildred’s Father Jane Louge - March 24, 1828 Mildred’s Mother Mildred Annie Lee Crowe - December 26, 1902 - ? Tseby Pearl Crowe - February 5, 1905 - ? Reuben Allen Crowe, Jr. - March 2, 1929 Reuben’s son Lula Harlan - September 9, 1890 Reuben’s wife John S. Crow - October 22, 1838 This is his Bible Milddrid Anna Merriwether - November 19, 1852 This is her Bible Nancy Jane Crow - March 8, 1876 Their daughter John Crow - July 23, 1878 Their son William Thomas Crow - September 17, 1880 Their son Irean Crow - February 16, 1883 Their daughter Reuben A. Crow - December 12, 1884 Their son Dave Crow - Feb. 3, 1887 Their son Sam Crow - July 8, 1889 Their son Marriages: John Crow and Mary Ann Guthrie - January 10, 1838 John Samuel’s parents Nicholas Merriwether and Jane Louge - September 20, 1843 Mildred’s parents John S. Crow and Milddrid Anna Merriwether - December 5, 1872 Their Bible John Crowe Jr. and Mary Francis Faroler - April 6, 1902 Their Children Reuben Allen Crowe and Lula Harlan - November 10, 1912 Their Children Irene Crowe and Lacey Moss Parkman - June 7, 1905 Their Children Deaths: Jane Elizabeth Crow - September 15, 1882 (or 1892 ?) Mildred’s Mother John Crow - October 26, 1902 John Samuel’s Father Mildred Annie Lee Crowe - January 20, 1904 (13 months old) ? Tseby Pearl Crowe - February 12, 1905 (only 7 days old) ? John Crowe Jr. - December 19, 1923 Their Children Sam Crowe - May 21, 1945 (heart trouble) Their Children Dave Crowe - March 20, 1948 (heart trouble) Their Children Nanie (Crowe) Waller - May 2, 1951 (cancer) Their Children John S. Crow - March 21, 1890 This is his Bible Mildred Annie Crowe - January 13, 1912 This is her Bible ................................................................... Submitter's notes - 1) About 25 acres of property for the townsite of Forest, LA was donated by the widow, Mildred Anna Merriwether Crow in July of 1906. Ref - West Carroll Parish Notarial Book G, page 301. 2) This pioneer family can be found in several U.S. censuses for West Carroll Parish - for 1880 on page 408, for 1900 on page 5/24B, and for 1910 on page 11B. ...................................................................