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Re: New Iberia, Louisiana - Mary War Nan JOHNSON Laster
Posted by: Thomas Kerwin (ID *****3248) Date: August 23, 2008 at 09:22:53
In Reply to: New Iberia, Louisiana - Mary War Nan JOHNSON Laster by Toni Linn of 16904

I'm not related to t his family.

Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002
Name: Elias Laster
Spouse: Mary W Johnson
Marriage Date: 1 Nov 1854
Marriage County: Obion
Marriage State: Tennessee

Tennessee, Civil War Confederate Pension Applications Index
Name: Mary War Narr Laster
Soldier Name: Elias Laster
State Served: TN
Application Type: Widow
Application Numbers: W715
Application Location: Obion, TN
Note: The name Laster, Mary War Narr appears on a Tennesse Confederate Application

Name: Elias Laster
Home in 1880: Rives Station, Obion, Tennessee
Age: 49
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1831
Birthplace: Tennessee
Relation to Head of Household: Self (Head)
Spouse's Name: Mary
Father's birthplace: Tennessee
Mother's birthplace: Tennessee
Occupation: Farmer
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Male

Elias Laster 49, TN - farmer, cannot write
Mary Laster 42, LA
Sarah Laster 22, TN
James Laster 17, TN - cannot read or write
Lucy Laster 15, TN
Jack Laster 13, TN
Oder Laster 11, TN
Daniel Laster 9, TN
Clarence Laster 7, TN
Pinkney Laster 5, TN
Virgil Laster 2, TN
Sam James 21, MS - s/inlaw, works on farm
Jane James 19, TN - dau

Go to this site - others have supplied the data

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=brenda_shue&id=I3837

Mary War Johnson
Born: 9 Mar 1837 New Iberia, Louisiana
Died: 25 Jun 1918 NO, Obion, Tennessee

Mary's father -
Joseph Johnston
Born: 1810 Lower Slaughter,Gloucestershire, England
Died: 1885 Lower Slaughter, Gloucestershire, England

Mary's mother -
Elizabeth Steen
Born: 18 Apr 1818 Iberia, Louisiana
Died: 1 May 1859 Obion, Tennessee

Mary's mother married -
Henry Callis
Born: 15 Apr 1818 in Rutherford, North Carolina
Died: 30 May 1879 in Obion, Tennessee
Marriage: 3 Feb 1844 in Sumner, Tennessee

Henry & Elizabeth had these children -
Frances Emeline Callis F 1 Feb 1845 in Sumner, Tennessee
David D Callis M abt 1849 in Tennessee
Daniel Dubois Callis M 1 Jan 1849 in Tennessee
Henrietta Callis F abt 1851 in Tennessee
Elias Callis M 1853 in Tennessee
Charlotte A Callis F 1855 in Tennessee
Margaret W Callis F abt 1858 in Tennessee

Order Mary Laster's death certificate from Obion, cty, TN.
Death cert. should list parents names, their place of birth and possibly mothers maiden name.

FYI = Tennessee began keeping birth and death records state-wide in 1908.


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