Absalom and
Elizabeth Autrey and Their Descendants, With a
Section on Thomas Norris
by Jeanne McDuff Murphy and Jo Lyon Autrey
CHAPTER XI
William Jackson and Celia
(Autrey Field)
Celia J. Autrey, ninth child of
Absalom and Elizabeth (Norris) Autrey, was born 31
March 1838 in Perry County, Alabama. She
married William Jackson Field about 1859 in
Louisiana. He had been the second husband of
her sister, Harriet Autrey Wiley. William Field
was born 1 October 1828 in Claiborne Parish,
Louisiana, the son of Lewis and Mary (Duty)
Field).
William Jackson Field enlisted
in the Confederate Army 33 August 1863 at Camp
Moore, Louisiana. He served as a Private in
Company B, 12th Louisiana Infantry. After a
year of service, he was detailed to work in a
blacksmith shop.
He owned and farmed 640 acres
in Bienville parish, Louisiana and 800 acres in
Lincoln Parish, Louisiana.
They both died in Claiborne
Parish. William J. died 3 March 1906 from
the infection of an abscessed tooth.
Celia (Autrey) Field died in 1808.
They were both buried in the Arcadia Cemetery at
Arcadia, Louisiana.
They had six children:
William Lewis, Martha Idella, Thomas Jefferson,
George Washington, Benjamin Franklin and Bettie.
References/Contacts
Absalom Autrey Bible (have copy)
Arcadia Cemetery Records
Bienville parish, Louisiana 1870 U.S. Census
Bienville Parish, Louisiana History, Volume II
Claiborne Parish, Louisiana Marriage Record, Book 4, Page 151
Colvin and Allied Families - Baker Colvin (have copy)
Daughdril, Elizabeth (Rogers)
Farley, Will8ie (Huffman)
Lincoln parish, Louisiana 1900 U.S. Census
McClain, Vivian (Field)
Norris Line - Mrs. Walter Frank & Bettye Green
Park, George Rogers
Records of Louisiana Confederate Soldiers & Commands -
Andrew Booth
Rogers, Janet
Skinner, Joycelyn Ann (Beard)
Warren, Bert
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