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William Pierce Mabry (1825-1885)

of Georgia, Alabama and Louisiana


William Pierce Mabry b 13 Aug 1825 GA; m 23 Sep 1847 Catherine Henry Cook (d/o Thomas S. Cook) Chambers Co AL; d 21 Apr 1885 Bernice, LA; lived at Muscle Shoals, AL briefly before moving to Louisiana. William Pierce Mabry was opposed to slavery and did not participate in the Civil War. On April 21 1885 four white men came to his property late at night with the purpose of whipping a black woman, Caroline Simley, who worked for Mr. Mabry and lived on his property with her two sons. Mr. Mabry, hearing the noise, came to her aid and was shot by one of the men. See also, "The homicide at Shiloh."

Many years of research has produced strong circumstantial evidence that William Pierce Mabry was a son of Thomas W.5 Mabry, (Joel4, Ephraim3, Hinchia2, Francis1), who was born about 1788. Thomas married married Rebecca Bailey on 25 Aug 1808 in Morgan County GA.


The children of William Pierce Mabry and Catherine Henry Cook were:
  1. James Thomas Mabry b 13 May 1848 Milltown, AL; m 28 Feb 1867 (another source says 17 Jan 1866) Amanda Shackleford (d/o J. H. Shackleford & Harriet ?) LA; d 14 Feb 1933 Ruston LA.

  2. William Henry Mabry b 3 Feb 1850 Milltown, AL; m1 Mattie M. Beatty TX; m2 9 Dec 1883 Samantha E. Goss (d/o Evans Pearson Goss & Elizabeth Crowley) LA; d 8 May 1938 Bernice, LA.

  3. John Robert Mabry b 10 Nov 1851 Milltown, AL; m1 28 Dec 1871 Kisiah Alabama Byram; m2 30 Oct 1873 Christian Downey Byram (d/o Quincy Adam Byram & Christian Downey Cook) Union Pa LA; m3 16 Feb 1882 Frances Kendrick; d 27 Nov 1933.

  4. Pascal Howard Mabry b 14 Sep 1853 Milltown, AL; m 12 Jan 1873 Mary Frances Palmyra Lowrey (d/o George W. Lowrey & Mary Angelina Bullock) Bernice, LA; d 15 Dec 1937 Shreveport, LA.

  5. Franklin Wafer Mabry b 2 Aug 1855 Claiborne Pa, LA; m Sicily Angeline Lowrey (d/o George W. Lowrey & Mary Angelina Bullock); d 27 Jul 1906 Bernice, LA.

  6. Benjamin Bailey Mabry b 29 Apr 1857 Claiborne Pa LA; d 1 Jun 1857.

  7. Rebecca Elizabeth Mabry b 17 Apr 1858 Claiborne Pa LA; m James M. Russell

  8. Alonzo Mabry b 27 Aug 1860 Claiborne Pa, LA; m1 Sarah O. Hardison (d/o Francis M. Hardison & Elizabeth Byram); m2 22 May 1904 Rosa Eula Copeland (d/o Demetrius Colvin Copeland & Susan Annie Moore) Bernice, LA; d 6 Aug 1941 Elmer, OK.

  9. Milton Price Mabry b 25 Mar 1862 LA; m1 29 Dec 1889 Emma Lula Barrett (d/o Tilman H. Barrett & Martha E. Burdett) Bernice, LA; m2 Ida F. Edwards.

  10. Joseph Egleston Mabry b 22 Nov 1864 Bernice, LA; m 9 Dec 1886 Miranda K. Lowrey (d/o G. W. Lowrey & Mary Angelina Bullock) Cane Ridge, LA; d 7 Mar 1926 Ft. Worth, TX.

  11. Alfred Joel Mabry b 21 Jan 1867 Bernice, LA; m 20 Dec 1890 Nancy Ella Barrett (d/o Tilmam H. Barrett & Martha Missouri Elizabeth Burdett) d 2 Sep 1909 Noble, LA.

  12. George Spears Mabry b 15 Dec 1869 Bernice, LA; d 23 Nov 1873.

  13. Charles Leroy Mabry b 18 Nov 1871 Bernice, LA; m1 2 Jan 1891 Laura Burdett Barrett (d 17 Oct 1891); m2 15 Oct 1893 Elizabeth "Bessie" Barrett (d/o John A. Barrett & Catherine Rebecca Ferguson); d 1 Mar 1955 Ruston, LA.

  14. Mary Catherine Mabry b 30 May 1873 Bernice, LA; m Joseph J. Lewis.


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May 2008