Union
Parish, Louisiana
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Marion, LA, in northern
Union Parish where Sarah E. J. Rochelle Ross took her family
when he and Elias George married in 1851. Her sister Mary Bryant,
their families, servants and possessions made a wagon train,
overland and by boat, from southeast Perry County, AL to Alabama
Landing on the Washita River in LA.
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House
built by Elias George in 1850 is the largest house in Marion,
to which Sarah Rochelle Ross came in 1851 as a 2nd-time bride.
Note the remaining trees of 150-year-old cedar-bordered path.
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Original
furniture in large parlor. Furnishings were purchased in New
Orleans.
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BRICK
handmade on the property
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One of several original beds still
in use
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Sarah's stepdaughter
Louisa George Tompkins wrote a fascinating first-hand account
of both families' move from Perry Co., AL, to Union Parish. A
large group of Alabamans from Perry Co. moved there via land
and river to Alabama Landing on the Ouachita River. Excerpts
at RossFamily2. Or, Memoirs in full at Union Parish GenWeb.
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