FAMILY TREE



This is the start of my new family pages. I've lost contact with a few family/friends I've made while searching for past families, but I hope to reconnect to many of them and hopefully meet some new ones. Surnames include Scott, Cooper, Byrd, May, Raiford, Hill, Parker, Rushing, Dennis, Capps, Randall, Henry, Peek, Mitchell, Villar, Lewis, Steward, Sticker, Bennett, Woods, Farris, Rumfield, and many, many more! Locations are mostly Louisiana...but into Texas, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, Kentucky, and Georgia. I have several Acadian decendants, some from France, a couple lines into England, a couple into Ireland, some of German descent, a connection into Australia and several unproven American Indian lines...these are the hardest to trace, it seems.... Our Louisiana Roots go back to the early days on the First and Second German Coast and the very early Florida Parishes. Our families were founders of areas such as Denham Springs, St. Tammany Parish and the Old Natchez Trace in the Mississippi Territory. MY MOTHER"S SIDE My mother is Brenda Gale Scott (b. Baton Rouge...1948) --------------- Her parents are Floyd Scott (b. Baton Rouge,LA...5-29-1923) and Doris Vardilliea Cooper Scott (b. East Baton Rouge Parish...8-3-1926) Floyd was baptised at Woodlawn Baptist Church in Baton Rouge. I believe this church was called Jones Creek Baptist Church. I am searching for the history of this Church in Baton Rouge. He was ordained Deacon at Belle River Baptist Church...1-21-1979 Entered Army in 1942...discharged 1945 S/Sgt. Fought in WWII European Theatre and was wounded at The Battle of the Bulge and sent home to serve out his remaining time. Dot was in the Navy 1943-45 ...S.C1/c. She was one of the first women accepted into the Navy and was sent to New York City. She recieved an honorable discharge when they realized she was underage. She fibbed to get in. ---------------- Floyd's parents were John Thomas Scott b. 3-3-1896 d. May 1965 at the age of 69 He was baptised in Comit River Baptist Church on Aug, 6, 1922 He played semi-pro baseball and played the fiddle. Minnie Burney Byrd b. 10-10-1904 Willow Hole,TX d. 9-9-1992...Leesville,LA m. Aug. 31, 1922 by a Mormon Preacher named Allen Married in a "Bitterweed Patch" in Port Allen, LA Granny dipped Levi Garrett snuff. She lived alone and tended her garden nearly til the very end of hers days. ----- Dot's parents were Varner Nicholas Cooper b. 8-8-1889 or 1882...he ----said 1882 d. 1971 Carrie Elizabeth Rushing b. 7-4-1895 d. 1939 -John Scott's parents were Samuel Richard Scott Martha Cornelia Hill ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Minnie's parents were Laura Elizabeth May Byrd(buried at Roselawn Cemetery in Baton Rouge) Lee Roy Byrd Married 1898...she was 18. Carrie Rushing's parents were Emmaline Dennis and James Rushing ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Varner Cooper's parents were Varner Benton Cooper(b. 8-1859 d. 1913) and Drucilla(Drusilla) Raiford b. 1866 Varner B. Cooper's parents were Samuel Buchanan Cooper and Catherine Welch(Welsh) She was born in England and her mother in Ireland.

	My mother was a SCOTT. They were from Baton Rouge, La. as was her father Floyd Scott. The Scott family was around Baton Rouge and Livingston Parish. Floyd's mother was Minnie Burney BYRD , who moved to La. from Grimes County Texas as a child. Her father went to prison in La. and the family went by wagon to be near him

			My mother's mother, Dorris Vardilliea COOPER Scott was the daughter of Varner and Carrie Cooper. They lived back and forth between Covington, La and Baton Rouge, as Carrie was treated at the Greenwell Springs TB Clinic. Carrie died in 1939, leaving behind her husband and 11 living children. The younger ones were put in foster care. They also had a daughter who later died of TB. Prior to 1910 the Cooper's lived in Tangipahoa Parish around the town of Robert. Other names in this area are Sticker, RAIFORD, EDWARDS

		Carrie was a RUSHING prior to her marriage to Varner Cooper. Her father is said to be James Rushing from Mississippi. Her mother was Emeline DENNIS b. in Alabama. I believe they married in Mississippi.

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