Milton Monroe

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Tilmon was an accomplished fiddler and guitar picker with the unique ability to join in with groups he had the occasion to play with.

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(Medical):Tilmon suffered from a stroke wich in time resulted in his death. His mild behavior after the stroke was a blessing to his family in their care giving.

Tilmon married Lola Conlay. Lola was born on 1 Nov 1916; died on 21 Feb 1993 in , Natchitoches Par., Louisiana, USA; was buried on 23 Feb 1993 in Goldonna, Natchitoches Par. Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Lola was the daughter of Odis and Ola (Kimball) Conlay.

If ever a woman was saint while she lived, it was Lola. She cared for her grand mother and raised six children on a poor sand land farm while her husband slaved away in the highway department.

As one child noted, "If ever a board was nailed or sawed, soil tilled, live stock cared for, mother did it."

It was a shock to cousins to visit their home and watch her cut up food on her teen age boys plates. None of her daughters continued this honoring of male children in their adult life but the girls were note worthy in their care of their Monroe grand parents as well as helping their mother at home.

One of her daughters was voted High School Beauty Queen.

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Died:
Steven died in a Natchitoches hospital.

Buried:
Steven was buried in the Goldonna Cemetery.

Steven married Zillie Ann Conley on 20 Apr 1901 in , Natchitoches Par., Louisiana, USA. Zillie was born on 12 Oct 1876 in , Bienville Par., Louisiana, USA; died on 6 Dec 1963 in Goldonna, Natchitoches Par. Louisiana, USA; was buried on 14 Dec 1963 in Goldonna, Natchitoches Par. Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Zillie was the daughter of Steven and Alice (Rice) Conley. Her mother married (2) Mr. Moore and they had a daughter, Donnie (Donne) who married George W. Monroe.

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Died:
Zillie died in a Natchitoches hospital.

Buried:
Zillie was buried in the Goldonna Cemetery.

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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.

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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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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.

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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.