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Husband: William Whitfield DELOACH 1 2
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   Born: 31 Mar 1832 in Crawford County, Georgia 3 4 5
Married: 24 Aug 1853 in Louisiana 25
   Died: 10 Jun 1911 in Columbia County, Arkansas 6 7
 Father: John R. DELOACH
 Mother: Elizabeth SAWYER
Spouses: Isabella Elizabeth HARRIS
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   Wife: Mary Elizabeth SHAW 21
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   Born: 17 Apr 1829 in Greene County, Georgia 22 23
   Died: 23 Jul 1857 in Claiborne Parish, Louisiana 24
 Father: John SHAW
 Mother: Fidella "Della" FENDLEY
Spouses:
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Children
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01  (F): Elizabeth Fidella DELOACH 26 27 28
   Born: 29 Nov 1854 in Claiborne Parish, Louisiana 29 30
   Died: Unknown
Spouses: Thomas HOLT
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02  (M): John Alexander DELOACH 31 32 33
   Born: 16 Nov 1856 in Claiborne Parish, Louisiana 34 35 36 37 38
   Died: 01 Oct 1924 in Claiborne Parish, Louisiana 39
Spouses: Sarah Bettie OWENS

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Additional Information

William Whitfield DELOACH:
Buried: 1911, Friendship Cemetery, Haynesville, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana 8
Residence: 1848, Moved to Louisiana 9
Residence: 1850, Homer, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana 10
Residence: 1860, Homer, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana 11
Occupation: 1860, farmer 12
Property: 1860, land worth $1, 500 and personal property worth $130 13
Residence: 07 Oct 1868, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana 14
Residence: 1870, Homer, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana 15
Occupation: 1870, farmer 16
Property: 1870, land worth $1, 200 and personal property worth $433 17
Residence: 1880, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana 18
Occupation: 1880, farmer 19
Military Service: 20
Co. F, 13th Batn. Of Louisiana during the Civil War

Notes:
From Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Northwest Louisiana, 1890, The Southern Publishing Company, Nashville and Chicago. (Reprinted and published by J & W Enterprises, Shreveport, LA, 1989.) pp. 38-39.

William W. De Loach is a planter of Claiborne Parish, La. He is one of the most successful agriculturists of this region, and one whose honesty has never been questions. He is a Georgian, born in Crawford County, March 31, 1832, to John and Elizabeth (Sawyer) De Loach, both of whom were born in South Carolina, after their marriages removing from Crawford County, Ga., to Harris County of that State, thence to Louisiana, in 1847, being one of the pioneers of Claiborne Parish. he opened up a farm two and a half miles south of where Homer now stands, and here made his home until 1862, when he moved to the northwest portion of the parish, and afterward died at the residence of a son, in 1889, at the age of eighty-six years. He served in the war with the Creek Indians, and at the time of his death had been a resident of Claiborne Parish for forty-five years. His first wife died when the subject of this sketch was an infant, and he was afterward married again. W. W. De Loach came to this State and parish when a lad of sixteen years, and here attained manhood, receiving a common-school education. After remaining with his father until he attained his majority, he was married in August, to Miss M. E. Shaw, a daughter of John Shaw, and a native of Greene County, Ga., where she was reared and educated. After his marriage, until 1855, Mr. De Loach was engaged in overseering, but at the end of that time came to his present place of abode, where he has since made his home. Although he commenced life with very limited means, he has become the owner of a good plantation of 320 acres, but now has only 160 acres, as he has given the rest to his children, having at the present time 70 acres under cultivation. His residence and buildings are all excellent, and he is now prepared to spend the rest of his days in enjoying the goods his means will provide. in 1862 he enlisted in the Thirteenth Louisiana Battalion, serving until the war ceased, participating in some skirmishes and scouting. He and his wife have six children: E. F. (wife of Thomas Holt), John A., Mollie (wife of D. G. Owens), George M., M. W. and Irene. Mr. and Mrs. De Loach are members of the Missionary Baptist Church, and he has served as church clerk for a number of years. He is a Master Mason, a member of the Farmers' Union, and as a neighbor and citizen is all that could be desired.

Footnotes

  1. 1850 Louisiana Census, Claiborne Parish, Homer (http://www.rootsweb.com/~laclaibo/old/cla1850.txt File Num: 0009697), 296-297.
    Quality: 3.
  2. Head, Wanda V. Reprinted and published in 1989 by J & W Enterpriss, Shreveport, LA., Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Northwest Louisiana (The Southern Publishing Company, Nashville and Chicago), p. 38-39.
    Quality: 3.
  3. 1850 Louisiana Census, Claiborne Parish, Homer (http://www.rootsweb.com/~laclaibo/old/cla1850.txt File Num: 0009697), 296-297.
    Quality: 3.
  4. 1860 Louisiana Census, Claiborne Parish, 7th Ward, Homer (File Num: 0803410), p. 744, line 15.
    Quality: 3.
  5. Bible of John R. DeLoach, ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/la/claiborne/bible/deloachj.txt.
  6. Letters from Tim Carter.
  7. Bible of John R. DeLoach, ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/la/claiborne/bible/deloachj.txt.
  8. Tombstone, Friendship Cemetery, Haynesville, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana.
  9. Seward, E. M, and J. C. Head, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana Amnesty Oaths (J & W Enterprises, Shreveport).
  10. 1850 Louisiana Census, Claiborne Parish, 7th Ward (File Num: 0009697).
  11. 1860 Louisiana Census, Claiborne Parish, 7th Ward, Homer (File Num: 0803410), p. 144.
    Quality: 3.
  12. Ibid.
  13. Ibid.
  14. Seward, E. M, and J. C. Head, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana Amnesty Oaths (J & W Enterprises, Shreveport).
  15. 1870 Louisiana Census, Claiborne Parish, Homer (Deloach - http://www.rootsweb.com/~cenfiles/la/claiborne/1870/ward3/pg001.txt, McCuller - http://www.rootsweb.com/~cenfiles/la/claiborne/1870/ward2/pg017.txt, Browning - http://www.rootsweb.com/~cenfiles/la/claiborne/1870/ward2/pg035.txt), p. 57.
    Quality: 3.
  16. Ibid.
  17. Ibid.
  18. 1880 Louisiana Census, Claiborne Parish, Ward 3, p. 15.
    Quality: 3.
  19. Ibid.
  20. Records of Louisiana Confederate Soldiers and Louisiana Confederate Commands vols. 1 and 2, p. 594.
    Quality: 3.
  21. Corkern, Nelwyn DeLoach, and Ora DeLoach, The Louisiana Story - the DeLoaches of Claiborne Parish and Their Descendents - John R. DeLoach (1804-1889) and William Earl DeLoach (1829-1919) (Baton Rouge, Louisiana), p. 1.
    Quality: 3.
  22. Bible of John R. DeLoach, ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/la/claiborne/bible/deloachj.txt.
  23. Head, Wanda V. Reprinted and published in 1989 by J & W Enterpriss, Shreveport, LA., Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Northwest Louisiana (The Southern Publishing Company, Nashville and Chicago), p. 39.
    Quality: 3.
  24. Bible of John R. DeLoach, ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/la/claiborne/bible/deloachj.txt.
  25. Ibid.
  26. 1860 Louisiana Census, Claiborne Parish, 7th Ward, Homer (File Num: 0803410), p. 744, line 17.
    Quality: 3.
  27. 1870 Louisiana Census, Claiborne Parish, Homer (Deloach - http://www.rootsweb.com/~cenfiles/la/claiborne/1870/ward3/pg001.txt, McCuller - http://www.rootsweb.com/~cenfiles/la/claiborne/1870/ward2/pg017.txt, Browning - http://www.rootsweb.com/~cenfiles/la/claiborne/1870/ward2/pg035.txt), p. 57.
    Quality: 3.
  28. Head, Wanda V. Reprinted and published in 1989 by J & W Enterpriss, Shreveport, LA., Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Northwest Louisiana (The Southern Publishing Company, Nashville and Chicago), p. 38-39.
    Quality: 3.
  29. 1860 Louisiana Census, Claiborne Parish, 7th Ward, Homer (File Num: 0803410).
  30. Bible of John R. DeLoach, ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/la/claiborne/bible/deloachj.txt.
  31. 1860 Louisiana Census, Claiborne Parish, 7th Ward, Homer (File Num: 0803410), p. 744, line 18.
    Quality: 3.
  32. 1870 Louisiana Census, Claiborne Parish, Homer (Deloach - http://www.rootsweb.com/~cenfiles/la/claiborne/1870/ward3/pg001.txt, McCuller - http://www.rootsweb.com/~cenfiles/la/claiborne/1870/ward2/pg017.txt, Browning - http://www.rootsweb.com/~cenfiles/la/claiborne/1870/ward2/pg035.txt), p. 57.
    Quality: 3.
  33. Head, Wanda V. Reprinted and published in 1989 by J & W Enterpriss, Shreveport, LA., Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Northwest Louisiana (The Southern Publishing Company, Nashville and Chicago), p. 38-39.
    Quality: 3.
  34. 1860 Louisiana Census, Claiborne Parish, 7th Ward, Homer (File Num: 0803410).
  35. 1880 Louisiana Census, Claiborne Parish, Ward 3.
  36. Bible of John R. DeLoach, ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/la/claiborne/bible/deloachj.txt.
  37. 1870 Louisiana Census, Claiborne Parish, Homer (Deloach - http://www.rootsweb.com/~cenfiles/la/claiborne/1870/ward3/pg001.txt, McCuller - http://www.rootsweb.com/~cenfiles/la/claiborne/1870/ward2/pg017.txt, Browning - http://www.rootsweb.com/~cenfiles/la/claiborne/1870/ward2/pg035.txt).
  38. Frazier, John Purnell, and Wanda Volentine Head, Cemetery Inscriptions of Claiborne Parish, Louisiana, Vol. 1 (J & W Enterprises, 2838 Jody Lane, Shreveport, LA 71118).
  39. Louisiana Statewide death Index, 1900-1949 State of Louisiana, Secretary of State, Division of Archives, Records Management, and History. Vital Records Indices. Baton Rouge, LA. (Ancestry.com), Death Index 1900-1929, Vol. 32, certificate 13843.
    Quality: 3.

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