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Clan Munro USA
Genealogy Pages
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 1887 - Abt 1928 (41 years)
Generation: 1
| 1. | Elmo Monroe was born in 1887 in Kosciusko, Attala Co., Mississippi, USA (son of George Columbus Monroe and Betty Harper); died about 1928 in , , California, USA. Notes:
Elmo may have been placed in an orphanage with his half brother, George W. Monroe, or he may have been raised by Hazel B. Kornegay Anthony's family in Mississippi.
Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA
Died:
Elmo suffered an injury or fell sick and died while working in the logging industry in northern California. He was buried at his place of employment (unknown). The family was unable to retrieve his body.
Sarah Elizabeth, Elmo's sister, got a letter from Elmo's wife in California saying he was dead from something like pneumonia. She could not afford to bring his body home to California from Cedar City, Utah, so she asked for his personal belongings. They sent her his clothes and when they arrived, they were bloody, which was evidence that he may have died from an injury instead of pneumonia.
The location of Elmo's death is a bit muddled. If he died in northern California, why was his body in Cedar City, Utah?
Elmo married Ida Mae Sills on 12 Jan 1910 in , Attala Co., Mississippi, USA. Ida was born est 1889 in Kosciusko, Attala Co., Mississippi, USA; died in in , , California, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- Roy Glade Monroe was born on 20 May 1920 in , Los Angeles Co., California, USA; died on 4 Jul 1992; was buried in Baltimore, Baltimore (city), Maryland, USA.
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- Paul Monroe was born about 1926 in Azusa, Los Angeles Co., California, USA; died in in Orange Grove, , California, USA.
- Harry Monroe was born about 1928; and died.
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Generation: 2
| 2. | George Columbus Monroe was born on 1 Sep 1859 in , , Mississippi, USA (son of George Ervin Monroe and Nancy Frances Wilson); died on 16 Jan 1938 in Drew, Sunflower Co., Mississippi, USA. Notes:
Marriage records of Natchitoches Parish list a George Monroe married to Sarah Perin on 18 Mar 1871. George Columbus would have been 12 years old in 1871 so it is believed that the is not a record of George Columbus.
Family lore says that George went to Louisiana and returned with his mother. Her death bed wish was to return to Attala County, Mississippi with her son. The children asked her as she lay upon the bed near death to show them her corncob pipe. She lit and smoked it for them. She died a few days later.
It is believed that George had a son, George W., by his first wife in Louisiana, and was then involved in a crime in Louisiana. He left the state and went to Mississippi and married Betty Harper. Betty died in childbirth. He then married Sarah Elizabeth Morgan and had eight children. He left a letter to each of his children and tried to explain his past to them.
Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA
Buried:
George's burial marker says he was born in 1860.
George married Betty Harper about 1885 in Kosciusko, Attala Co., Mississippi, USA. Betty was born about 1861; died in 1887 in , Attala Co., Mississippi, USA; was buried in , Attala Co., Mississippi, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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| 3. | Betty Harper was born about 1861; died in 1887 in , Attala Co., Mississippi, USA; was buried in , Attala Co., Mississippi, USA. Notes:
Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA
Birth:
Estimate: This birth date is an estimate based on the birth dates of nearest relatives or contemporaries, or based on other clues such as christening date, marriage date, birth order, etc.
Buried:
Buried in a graveyard near Highway 35 S.
Children:
- 1. Elmo Monroe was born in 1887 in Kosciusko, Attala Co., Mississippi, USA; died about 1928 in , , California, USA.
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Generation: 3
| 4. | George Ervin Monroe was born in 1834 in , , Alabama, USA (son of Robert Ervin Monroe and Sarah H. (Sally) Burnett (Bernett)); and died in Goldonna, Natchitoches Par. Louisiana, USA; was buried on 9 Nov 1912 in Goldonna, Natchitoches Par. Louisiana, USA. Notes:
Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA
George was called a "homesteader". It would appear very probable that he homesteaded land in the Goldonna area or perhaps it was the custom at that time to call anyone that cleared new land a "homesteader". His holdings in his old age were divided between his youngest son, Steven Lafitte Monroe and Steven lafitte's brother-in law, James Isom Conley. Steven Lafitte's brother, George Columbus Monroe's eldest son, George W. Monroe lived on the adjacent property. George Ervin's great grandson's Erve and Elton Monroe, Tilmon Monroe's sons, eventually owned most of the land that passed to Steven Lafitte.
George had tax receipts from Laurel, Mississippi and Goldonna, Louisiana for the year 1871 in his papers.
He was very religious in his old age. He would call his grandson, Itrel, to him, place his hand on the boy's head, pray for him and announce that Itrel would serve the Lord by becoming a great preacher. Itrel became a Baptist preacher upon graduating from Louisiana College.
Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA
George married Nancy Frances Wilson in May 1853 in Koscuisko, Attala Co., Mississippi, USA. Nancy was born in Jun 1835 in , Walton Co., Georgia, USA; died on 5 Dec 1924 in , Sunflower Co., Mississippi, USA; was buried in Drew, Sunflower Co., Mississippi, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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| 5. | Nancy Frances Wilson was born in Jun 1835 in , Walton Co., Georgia, USA; died on 5 Dec 1924 in , Sunflower Co., Mississippi, USA; was buried in Drew, Sunflower Co., Mississippi, USA. Notes:
Nancy was the daughter of Riley and Rebecca (Fowler) Wilson. The Wilsons were neighbors of the Monroes in Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana.
After George's death, Nancy was denied a widow's pension because the bureau said that George had been AWOL (absent without leave) from 7 Aug 1863 until the end of the American Civil War.
Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA
Buried:
Family lore says that Nancy's son, George Columbus Monroe, who lived in Mississippi with his third wife and family, went to Louisiana and took Nancy back to Mississippi for a visit. While she was there, she died and was buried there. George Columbus Monroe lived in Drew, Mississippi, near the "Quiver River" on what was called the Monroe Plantation because of the length of time they had farmed the land. It is assumed that this is Nancy's burial place.
Children:
- Uriah Nelson Monroe was born about 1855 in , , Mississippi, USA; died on 26 Nov 1919 in Rusk, Cherokee Co., Texas, USA; was buried on 28 Nov 1919 in Rusk, Cherokee Co., Texas, USA.
- William Leonard Adolphus Monroe was born in Sep 1857 in , , Mississippi, USA; died in 1929 in Denham Springs, Livingston Par., Louisiana, USA.
- 2. George Columbus Monroe was born on 1 Sep 1859 in , , Mississippi, USA; died on 16 Jan 1938 in Drew, Sunflower Co., Mississippi, USA.
- Joel Riley Monroe was born on 16 Oct 1861 in Kosciusko, Attala Co., Mississippi, USA; died on 17 Mar 1959 in Natchitoches, Natchitoches Par., Louisiana, USA.
- Sarah Rebecca Monroe was born about 1869 in Natchitoches, Natchitoches Par., Louisiana, USA; and died.
- Frank Theodore Monroe was born on 25 Dec 1872 in Goldonna, Natchitoches Par. Louisiana, USA; died on 16 Jan 1927 in Crowville, Franklin Par., Louisiana, USA.
- Steven Lafitte Monroe was born on 23 May 1876 in Goldonna, Natchitoches Par. Louisiana, USA; died on 5 Feb 1965 in Goldonna, Natchitoches Par. Louisiana, USA; was buried on 6 Feb 1965 in Goldonna, Natchitoches Par. Louisiana, USA.
- Mary Tennessee Monroe was born about 1878 in Goldonna, Natchitoches Par. Louisiana, USA; died in in Goldonna, Natchitoches Par. Louisiana, USA.
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Generation: 4
| 8. | Robert Ervin Monroe was born in 1791 in , , Tennessee, USA (son of Robert S. Monroe and Rosannah Janie Puckett); died in 1847 in , Union Co., Tennessee, USA. Notes:
This may be the same person as George [43574].
Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA
Birth:
Estimate: This birth date is an estimate based on the birth dates of nearest relatives or contemporaries, or based on other clues such as christening date, marriage date, birth order, etc.
Robert married Sarah H. (Sally) Burnett (Bernett) on 28 Apr 1827 in , Grainger Co., Tennessee, USA. Sarah was born about 1802; and died in , Grainger Co., Tennessee, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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| 9. | Sarah H. (Sally) Burnett (Bernett) was born about 1802; and died in , Grainger Co., Tennessee, USA. Notes:
Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA
Birth:
Estimate: This birth date is an estimate based on the birth dates of nearest relatives or contemporaries.
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