Parents - Andrew Jackson Bagwell and Naricissus Mahuldah Lewis. Married Emma Harriet Gentry ( December 15, 1885 ), 11 children.

Suggested edit: The following information was provided by Emma Lee (Bagwell) Thompson, daughter of Andrew Jackson Bagwell, Jr., to her son Glenn Oliver Thompson.

Andrew Jackson Bagwell, Jr. was born while his father, Andrew Jackson Bagwell, Sr., was at Vicksburg, Ms. serving in the Confederate Army. On Oct. 24, 1862 Andrew Sr. wrote his wife, Narcissis, "You can name your baby Andrew Jackson if you like that name and if you don't you can name it any other that you want to."
Andrew Jr. and his brothers and sisters had to work and did not go to school. He did not learn to read or write until he was grown. He could sign his name, but that was about all. He tried to read, but he couldn't. When his children learned to read, he asked them to read to him.
Andrew Jr. married Emma Harriet Gentry Dec. 15, 1885. Two weeks later, on their first Christmas together, Andrew gave Emma a pound of black pepper for his Christmas gift to her. During the days Andrew and Emma worked in the field and at night they split logs by the moon light to build their first house. Their log house was the first house on the top of the hill in Choudrant, La.
Andrew owned a farm and dairy in Choudrant. He was active in Lincoln Parish civic activities, a deacon in the local Baptist Church and a member of the school board.
Approximately a year after his first wife, Emma Gentry died on July 23, 1907, Andrew Jr. married his second wife, Sara Delia Taylor, whom he had known all his life. She lived on a farm at Choudrant and had never been married. Andrew and Sara had no children.
Andrew Jr., Emma and Sara are buried close together in the Pleasant Grove cemetery.
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