She was the first Known person buried at Vienna cemetery; on property of the Gahagans. At the time of Abrintha's death in Vienna, Vienna was in Jackson Parish. Vienna was incorporated directly after the Civil War.
First wife of Lawrence Mobley Gahagan. Daughter of William Potts, Jr. and Rebecca Ann Howard Potts.
Ann's first husband was Thomas Milledge Galphin (1828 – 1859), they were married about three months then Thomas died or was killed; they had one child born after Thomas's death (Milledge Daisy Galphin,1859 – 1929).
Ann and Lawrence had five children: Lawrence C., Thomas A. Orren, Delia (a son), Florence A, and William Howard.
Thomas was Born 23 June 1863 in Mount Lebanon, Bienville, Louisiana, USA. Death 23 July 1864 in Brush Valley, Louisiana.
Delia in the census records is Lawrence Cordelia Gahagan.
Contact Mike Gahagan if you have information. Thanks.
Vienna, where Daniel Colvin settled, was first known as the Colvin community. Vienna was the first Louisiana town west of the Ouachita. The town of Vienna, then part of the country named Ouachita by Governor Claiborne, which until the building of the Vicksburg, Shreveport and Pacific Railroad through Ruston, four miles to the south, was one of the most thriving towns in the North Louisiana area. The failure of the railroad to come through Vienna was really the town's death blow. Vienna once was the Parish seat of Jackson Parish. Of Vienna, the -former seat of justice of the whole territory, however, little remains today other than a post office and a few scattered dwellings.
The first "Vienna" Post Office was established in 1838; known as the Colvin Post Office on Dec 21, 1846, the name changed to Vienna on April 9, 1878 - transferred to Lincoln Parish in 1874
During the American Civil War, Confederate troops drilled at a new camp established in 1862 in Vienna; Camp Jackson. Later in the war, a parolee camp was established at Vienna. Powell Casey's book on Forts, Camps and Military Installations in Louisiana makes no reference to the site as Camp Jackson, only as Camp at Vienna La. It says the camp was about four miles north of Ruston as a training and assembly camp. Gray' 28th organized there about May 1862. Casey goes on to say that Brig Gen Paul O. Hebert, commanding the sub district of Louisiana, had his HQ there in October 1863. He says it was a parolee camp in 1864.
Lincoln Parish was formed, in 1873, from Bienville, Claiborne, Jackson and Union parishes; with Vienna the Parish seat. In 1873, a two story frame courthouse was built at Vienna, it burned in 1880. A new frame courthouse was built, this courthouse was taken apart and moved to Ruston in 1886, when Ruston became the Parish seat.
In May, 1886, Ruston became the Parish seat.
First wife of Lawrence Mobley Gahagan. Daughter of William Potts, Jr. and Rebecca Ann Howard Potts.
Ann's first husband was Thomas Milledge Galphin (1828 – 1859), they were married about three months then Thomas died or was killed; they had one child born after Thomas's death (Milledge Daisy Galphin,1859 – 1929).
Ann and Lawrence had five children: Lawrence C., Thomas A. Orren, Delia (a son), Florence A, and William Howard.
Thomas was Born 23 June 1863 in Mount Lebanon, Bienville, Louisiana, USA. Death 23 July 1864 in Brush Valley, Louisiana.
Delia in the census records is Lawrence Cordelia Gahagan.
Contact Mike Gahagan if you have information. Thanks.
Vienna, where Daniel Colvin settled, was first known as the Colvin community. Vienna was the first Louisiana town west of the Ouachita. The town of Vienna, then part of the country named Ouachita by Governor Claiborne, which until the building of the Vicksburg, Shreveport and Pacific Railroad through Ruston, four miles to the south, was one of the most thriving towns in the North Louisiana area. The failure of the railroad to come through Vienna was really the town's death blow. Vienna once was the Parish seat of Jackson Parish. Of Vienna, the -former seat of justice of the whole territory, however, little remains today other than a post office and a few scattered dwellings.
The first "Vienna" Post Office was established in 1838; known as the Colvin Post Office on Dec 21, 1846, the name changed to Vienna on April 9, 1878 - transferred to Lincoln Parish in 1874
During the American Civil War, Confederate troops drilled at a new camp established in 1862 in Vienna; Camp Jackson. Later in the war, a parolee camp was established at Vienna. Powell Casey's book on Forts, Camps and Military Installations in Louisiana makes no reference to the site as Camp Jackson, only as Camp at Vienna La. It says the camp was about four miles north of Ruston as a training and assembly camp. Gray' 28th organized there about May 1862. Casey goes on to say that Brig Gen Paul O. Hebert, commanding the sub district of Louisiana, had his HQ there in October 1863. He says it was a parolee camp in 1864.
Lincoln Parish was formed, in 1873, from Bienville, Claiborne, Jackson and Union parishes; with Vienna the Parish seat. In 1873, a two story frame courthouse was built at Vienna, it burned in 1880. A new frame courthouse was built, this courthouse was taken apart and moved to Ruston in 1886, when Ruston became the Parish seat.
In May, 1886, Ruston became the Parish seat.
She was the first Known person buried at Vienna cemetery; on property of the Gahagans. At the time of Abrintha's death in Vienna, Vienna was in Jackson Parish. Vienna was incorporated directly after the Civil War.
First wife of Lawrence Mobley Gahagan. Daughter of William Potts, Jr. and Rebecca Ann Howard Potts.
Ann's first husband was Thomas Milledge Galphin (1828 – 1859), they were married about three months then Thomas died or was killed; they had one child born after Thomas's death (Milledge Daisy Galphin,1859 – 1929).
Ann and Lawrence had five children: Lawrence C., Thomas A. Orren, Delia (a son), Florence A, and William Howard.
Thomas was Born 23 June 1863 in Mount Lebanon, Bienville, Louisiana, USA. Death 23 July 1864 in Brush Valley, Louisiana.
Delia in the census records is Lawrence Cordelia Gahagan.
Contact Mike Gahagan if you have information. Thanks.
Vienna, where Daniel Colvin settled, was first known as the Colvin community. Vienna was the first Louisiana town west of the Ouachita. The town of Vienna, then part of the country named Ouachita by Governor Claiborne, which until the building of the Vicksburg, Shreveport and Pacific Railroad through Ruston, four miles to the south, was one of the most thriving towns in the North Louisiana area. The failure of the railroad to come through Vienna was really the town's death blow. Vienna once was the Parish seat of Jackson Parish. Of Vienna, the -former seat of justice of the whole territory, however, little remains today other than a post office and a few scattered dwellings.
The first "Vienna" Post Office was established in 1838; known as the Colvin Post Office on Dec 21, 1846, the name changed to Vienna on April 9, 1878 - transferred to Lincoln Parish in 1874
During the American Civil War, Confederate troops drilled at a new camp established in 1862 in Vienna; Camp Jackson. Later in the war, a parolee camp was established at Vienna. Powell Casey's book on Forts, Camps and Military Installations in Louisiana makes no reference to the site as Camp Jackson, only as Camp at Vienna La. It says the camp was about four miles north of Ruston as a training and assembly camp. Gray' 28th organized there about May 1862. Casey goes on to say that Brig Gen Paul O. Hebert, commanding the sub district of Louisiana, had his HQ there in October 1863. He says it was a parolee camp in 1864.
Lincoln Parish was formed, in 1873, from Bienville, Claiborne, Jackson and Union parishes; with Vienna the Parish seat. In 1873, a two story frame courthouse was built at Vienna, it burned in 1880. A new frame courthouse was built, this courthouse was taken apart and moved to Ruston in 1886, when Ruston became the Parish seat.
In May, 1886, Ruston became the Parish seat.
First wife of Lawrence Mobley Gahagan. Daughter of William Potts, Jr. and Rebecca Ann Howard Potts.
Ann's first husband was Thomas Milledge Galphin (1828 – 1859), they were married about three months then Thomas died or was killed; they had one child born after Thomas's death (Milledge Daisy Galphin,1859 – 1929).
Ann and Lawrence had five children: Lawrence C., Thomas A. Orren, Delia (a son), Florence A, and William Howard.
Thomas was Born 23 June 1863 in Mount Lebanon, Bienville, Louisiana, USA. Death 23 July 1864 in Brush Valley, Louisiana.
Delia in the census records is Lawrence Cordelia Gahagan.
Contact Mike Gahagan if you have information. Thanks.
Vienna, where Daniel Colvin settled, was first known as the Colvin community. Vienna was the first Louisiana town west of the Ouachita. The town of Vienna, then part of the country named Ouachita by Governor Claiborne, which until the building of the Vicksburg, Shreveport and Pacific Railroad through Ruston, four miles to the south, was one of the most thriving towns in the North Louisiana area. The failure of the railroad to come through Vienna was really the town's death blow. Vienna once was the Parish seat of Jackson Parish. Of Vienna, the -former seat of justice of the whole territory, however, little remains today other than a post office and a few scattered dwellings.
The first "Vienna" Post Office was established in 1838; known as the Colvin Post Office on Dec 21, 1846, the name changed to Vienna on April 9, 1878 - transferred to Lincoln Parish in 1874
During the American Civil War, Confederate troops drilled at a new camp established in 1862 in Vienna; Camp Jackson. Later in the war, a parolee camp was established at Vienna. Powell Casey's book on Forts, Camps and Military Installations in Louisiana makes no reference to the site as Camp Jackson, only as Camp at Vienna La. It says the camp was about four miles north of Ruston as a training and assembly camp. Gray' 28th organized there about May 1862. Casey goes on to say that Brig Gen Paul O. Hebert, commanding the sub district of Louisiana, had his HQ there in October 1863. He says it was a parolee camp in 1864.
Lincoln Parish was formed, in 1873, from Bienville, Claiborne, Jackson and Union parishes; with Vienna the Parish seat. In 1873, a two story frame courthouse was built at Vienna, it burned in 1880. A new frame courthouse was built, this courthouse was taken apart and moved to Ruston in 1886, when Ruston became the Parish seat.
In May, 1886, Ruston became the Parish seat.
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This stone was broken off from the base, it was in the bushes that had grown up to the left of William Howard Gahagan; I pulled the stone out to take pictures of it.
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