Friday's Photo: A Play at Hope High School, Bienville Parish, Louisiana

A reader sent me this program from a play at Hope High School in 1922. Her great-grandmother, Maggie Frye, played Mrs. Gordon and Miss Madden, and her great-grandfather, Charlie Wedgeworth, played a lineman. In reading my past posts, I saw that 1922 was the year an addition was added to Hope School, and from that time, it was usually known as Hope High School. 

"Hope School" is written on the back of this photo from the Frye Family Collection. 

I had hoped to have photos of students named—I had two. You can see them at the links below. 

• Friday's Photo: Clara and Kyle Davis of Bienville Parish

• Friday's Photo: Charles Lavelle Davis Jr.

Other posts about Hope School:

• A Revisit to Hope School

• Friday's Photo: Hope School - Was this in Bienville Parish?

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"A Kentucky Colonel / Belle," digital image, original program from the collection of  Chantel Freeman, September 2024. Used with permission. 

"Hope School," original photograph from the Frye Family collection, C. Frye, CA.  Accessed June 6, 2016, and June 3, 2019. Used with permission.

James Bryan's Bible - Recorded Births, Deaths, and Marriages of Bryan and Wimberly Family Members in Northwest Louisiana.

This Bible is identified as James Bryan's Book. It is part of the Frye family's collection of family documents and photos. James and Alice Mary Wimberly did not have children but did adopt Joseph "Josie" Sarah Catherine Bryan and John Terrel (also seen as Terrell) Bryan, siblings and children of Sarah Margaret Wimberly (Alice's sister) and Joseph B. Bryan (James's half-brother). It appears that this Bible was passed down from James and Alice to Josie Bryan Cook then on to her grandson, William Trott and finally to the Frye family. In this post, I have included the scanned images of the pages in the Bible containing family information. 

On this page in the first column, marriages were recorded for James and Alice, for Josie and Joseph W. Cook, for Thomas H. Wimberly (Alice's brother) and Josephine A. Davis, and for Josie's brother, John T. Bryan and Sarah Elizabeth "Lizzie" McElroy. 

In the second column, the marriages of the children of Josie Bryan and Joe Cook are recorded; Lula L. Cook to William J. Trott, Alice Belle Cook to Thomas W. Neal, Mary Elizabeth Cook to Thomas Corley, and James Bryan Cook to Ollye Mae Reed. The death of S. E. McElroy, wife of John T. Bryan is found at the bottom of the column. 

On this second page are the births and deaths of James, Alice, Josie, and John. On the bottom of the page are the birth and death dates of the biological parents of Josie and John, Joseph B. Bryan and Sarah M. Wimberly. 

The second column also shows the deaths of James Anderson Bryan and Fannie Nix Bryan. James A. was Josie and John's brother (another son of Joseph and Sarah). James A. and Fannie died of influenza within only a few days of each other. 

This third page tells of births and deaths of several family members. 

Thomas Henry Wimberly, Alice's brother, died in 1871, just a few years after his wife, Josephine, and young daughter, Lula. 

Under Thomas Henry Wimberly's birth, John Lawson Senior's death on April 6th, 1888 can be seen in very faded handwriting. This may be Alice's uncle as her mother, Lucy Lawson Wimberly did have a brother, John, who lived in Louisiana. 

Sophanny Ann Frances Nix Wimberly was the first wife of John Lawson Wimberly who is named below her and died on April 13, 1888. John was Alice's brother. 

C. A. Martin was Charles Arthur Martin, son of Laura Frances Bryan Martin (Josie's biological sister) and Thomas Jefferson Martin. He died at age 27 on June 15, 1912. 

At the bottom of the second column find the deaths of Martha S. Caldwell and Alice M. Stewart sisters of Alice's mother, Lucy Lawson.

This final page names some birth and death dates of  Josie and Joe Cook's children. 

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 Posts Related to James Bryan and Alice Mary Wimberly

Friday's Photo: Alice Mary Wimberly and James Bryan

Correcting Mistakes in Bryan Family Trees And How You Can Help

Friday's Photo: Joseph B. Bryan or James Bryan?

James Bryan - No Middle Initial

Friday's Photo: James Bryan - He Died Happy

Friday's Photo: Alice Bryan and Albert Bryan of Bienville Parish, Louisiana

Friday's Photo: Alice Mary Wimberly Bryan of Bienville Parish, Louisiana

James Bryan's Bible, 1869; scanned images, from the privately held collection of the Frye Family, San Francisco, 2019. Used with permission. 

Vera Meeks Wimberly, Wimberly Family History, Ancestors, Relatives, and Descendants of William Wimberly, Pioneer from Georgia to Louisiana 1837 (Houston Texas: D. Anderson, 1979).

Friday's Photo: Grandma Trott

I suspect this is Louisa Trucks (also seen as Cynthia Louisa Trucks) who married Benjamin Franklin Trott. If so, she would be the mother of William Jackson Trott of Bienville Parish and grandmother to his children Lillie Mae Trott, Allie Belle Trott, and William Bryan Trott. 

Louisa was born on 31 October 1848 in Alabama and died on 14 Jun 1925 in Bibb County, Alabama. She and her husband are buried in Six Mile Cemetery, Six Mile in Bibb County. 

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Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/70859189/cynthia-louisa-trott : accessed 01 April 2022), memorial page for Cynthia Louisa Trucks Trott (31 Oct 1848–14 Jun 1925), Find a Grave Memorial ID 70859189, citing Six Mile Cemetery, Sixmile, Bibb County, Alabama, USA; Maintained by Betty (contributor 46824072). 

Grandma Trott, photograph, before 1925; scanned image, from the privately held photo collection of the Frye Family, San Francisco, 2019. 

Friday's Photo: Mr. and Mrs. Jack Wall lived in Bienville Parish, Louisiana in 1930

This photo was found in the Frye family collection. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Wall were living in Bienville Parish in 1930. Was this home in Bienville Parish? In 1930, Jack and his wife owned their home in Ward 4 and had two teachers as boarders - Amelia Brewer and Jessie Teddlie. Neighbors included the families of Bennie Madden, Jason Lacy, James E. Scott, Campbell C. Wedgworth, and Charles W. Frye.  

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Sources 

1930 U.S. Census, Bienville Parish, Louisiana, population schedule, supervisor's district no. 2, enumeration district 7-13,  p.3B, dwelling 57, family 60, Jack Wall household; digital images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/34336194:6224?: accessed 24 February 2022); citing NARA microfilm T626, roll 785. 

Mr. and Mrs. Jack Wall, scanned image, from the privately held photo collection of the Frye Family, San Francisco, 2019.

Friday's Photo: Sam Trott

This is another photo from the Frye family collection. [1] Written on the back is "Sam Trott." Sam was a younger brother of William J. Trott of Bienville Parish, Louisiana who was seen in last Friday's post and several other posts.[2] 

Samuel J. Trott was born in 1879 to Benjamin F. Trott and Cynthia Louisa Trucks in Bibb County, Alabama. He married Jessie Fancher. Sam died in 1948 and Jessie in 1976. They are buried in the Six Mile Cemetery in Bibb County. [3]

I tried to clean the photo with Adobe Photoshop (not my skillset). It looks a little better than the original. I put the correction beside a photo of young William J. Trott and can see some similarities. 

This photo of William J. Trott was scanned from an album that
once belonged to Marguerite Cook Clark.[4] 

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Sources 

    1. Sam Trott, digital image, n.d.; scanned photograph, from the privately held photo collection of the Frye Family, San Francisco, 2019.

    2. 1880 U.S. Census, Bibb County, Alabama, population schedule,  enumeration district 003, p.299B, dwelling 9, family 9, Benjamin Trott household; digital images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/6742/images/4244722-00388? : accessed 15 October 2021); citing NARA microfilm T9, roll 1.

    3. Find a Grave, database and images  (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/22811975/samuel-jonathon-trott : accessed 22 October 2021), memorial page for Samuel Jonathon Trott (8 Feb 1878–4 Jan 1948), Find a Grave Memorial ID 22811975, citing Six Mile Cemetery, Sixmile, Bibb County, Alabama, USA; Maintained by Tina Brown (contributor 46916130).

    4. William J. Trott, n.d.; digital image, from the privately held photo collection of Marguerite Cook Clark (1913-1989), Waynesville, North Carolina, 2021. Photos were accessed and scanned at the home of Marguerite Cook Clark's daughter in Alpine, Texas on April 28, 2014, September 14, 2014, and November 9 to 11, 2016. 

Friday's Photo: The Trott Sisters, Lillie Mae and Allie Belle, of Bienville Parish, Louisiana

This beautiful photo of the Trott sisters, Lillie Mae and Allie Belle, was found in the Frye family collection.[1] Photos from the same photography session were found in Marguerite Cook Clark's collection.[2] 

These photos were taken sometime around 1900 as Lillie Mae was born in 1895 and Allie Belle in 1896. The sisters were the daughters of William Jackson Trott and Lula Laura Cook.[3]

The connection between the Frye family and Marguerite Cook Clark is through the Lula Laura's Bryan and Cook families. Both Lula Laura Cook and Marguerite Cook Clark are direct descendants of my great-great-grandparents Reddick Bryan and Elizabeth Regan.[4]

On the Cook side, the families were distantly related through Phillip Henry Cook of South Carolina and Mississippi.[5] 

Note that Allie Belle married Charles Jefferson Frye.[6] 

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    1. Lillie Mae and Allie Belle Trott, photograph, abt. 1900; scanned image, from the privately held photo collection of the Frye Family, San Francisco, 2019. Used with permission. 

    2. Lillie Mae and Allie Belle Trott photographs, ca.1900; digital images, from the privately held photo collection of Marguerite Cook Clark (1913-1989), Waynesville, North Carolina, 2021. Photos were accessed and scanned at the home of Marguerite Cook Clark's daughter in Alpine, Texas on April 28, 2014, September 14, 2014, and November 9 to 11, 2016. Used with permission. 

    3. BowmanFrye, "Frye Family Tree," public tree, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/tree/44469039/family/familyview?cfpid=6225724348: accessed 9 September 2021). 

    4. Diana Quinn, "My Family - Bryan, Regan, Albritton, Hairston, Davis, Giddens, Glynn, Bradshaw, Britt, Quinn, Murray, Driscoll," public tree, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/tree/45260559/family/familyview?cfpid=410088574056: accessed 9 September 2021). 

    5. bburnett1942, "MCGRAW," public tree, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/tree/77438091/family/familyview?cfpid=32370014188&fpid=32370014554&usePUBJs=true: accessed 9 September 2021). 

    6. "From the Files of Marguerite Cook Clark: Charles Jefferson Frye of Ringgold, Bienville Parish, Louisiana," blog entry, 27 January 2015, Moments in Time: A Genealogy Blog, blog (https://momentsintimeagenealogyblog.blogspot.com/2015/01/from-files-of-marguerite-cook-clark_27.html : accessed 9 September 2021).

Friday's Photo: Grover Frye of Louisiana

Grover Frye was found written on the back of this photo -another from the Frye family. A search for Grover points to Andrew "Andy" Grover Frye the son of Alexander Hamilton Frye and Georgia Ellen Gains. According to WWI and WWII draft cards, he was born in Minden in Webster Parish on August 11, 1888. 

The high collar and small bowtie indicate that the photo was probably taken in the early 1900s. I did not find a marriage record but according to information found on the 1910 United States Census, Andrew Grover Frye and Minnie M. Tullus had been married for one year. They were found living in Claiborne, Bienville, Ouachita, Morehouse, and Bastrop Parishes in Louisiana. 

Andrew Grover Frye died at age 72 and is buried in Pine Grove South Cemetery in Bastrop Parish. His obituary can be seen below. 

Obituary for Andy Grover GROVER FRYE (Aged 72) Thu, May 14, 1959 – Page 5 · The Monroe News-Star (Monroe, Louisiana) · Newspapers.com

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Sources 

"Andy Grover Frye." The Monroe News-Star 67, no.114 (1959): 5. 

Family photographs from the Frye Family collection. Accessed June 6, 2016 and June 3, 2019. Used with permission.

Louisiana, Claiborne Parish. 1900 U. S. Census, population schedule. Database with images. Ancestry. https://www.ancestry.com : 2020. 

Louisiana, Claiborne Parish. 1910U. S. Census, population schedule. Database with images. Ancestry. https://www.ancestry.com : 2020. 

Louisiana, Bienville Parish. 1920 U. S. Census, population schedule. Database with images. Ancestry. https://www.ancestry.com : 2020. 

Louisiana, Ouatchita Parish. 1930 U. S. Census, population schedule. Database with images. Ancestry. https://www.ancestry.com : 2020. 

Louisiana, Morehouse Parish. 1940 U. S. Census, population schedule. Database with images. Ancestry. https://www.ancestry.com : 2020. 

Friday's Photo: The James M. Frye Family of Northwest Louisiana

Front - Hattie Frances, James M. Frye, Alvin Cornelius, Josephine "Josie" Hays Frye, and Mineola

Back - Mary Annie Elizabeth, Thomas Jefferson, Lorenzer Lee, Charles Walter

This  photo came from the Frye family collection. Don't you wish all photos came with this kind of recorded information! Place of birth, married names, and birth and death dates were included on the back for most of these family members. 

The youngest child, Mineola Frye, was born in 1888. Judging from her size, she was probably about two or three years old. This would give the photo a date of about 1890 or 1891. 

According to the information on the back of this photo, this looks like the James Michel Frye family. HOWEVER, according to 126 family trees at Ancestry.com (including mine), it is the James Mitchell Frye family. BUT, not any of the Public Member Trees showed that his middle name was Mitchell. On all resources identified in the trees, his name was James Frye (or Fry) or James M. Frye (Fry).  

DON'T remove Mitchell from your family tree yet. Mitchell was James M. Frye's mother's maiden name. SO, I did a Google search and found two James Mitchell Fryes in the Confederate Pension Application Index Database at the Louisiana Secretary of State website. 

If this were my family, I would order the pension record. If you have this pension record or any other record pertaining to James M. Frye and his family, please share so that it can be added to a tree at Ancestry.com or FamilySearch. 

Thank you to the Frye family for sharing this photo and others! I have written about Hattie Frye previously. Check out this 2017 post - Friday's Photo: William "Bill" Evans and Hattie Frye.

Written sideways in pencil: Two other infant boys, Benjamin Franklin and Albert died. Buried at Salem cemetery between Athens and Acadia. HOWEVER, I only found infants, Andrew F. Frye and James A. Frye, buried in the Salem Cemetery along with numerous Hays family members. 

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Sources 

Ancestry.com. "Public Member Trees." Web. Accessed 1 October 2020. 

Family photographs from the Frye Family collection. Accessed June 6, 2016 and June 3, 2019. Used with permission.

From the Files of Marguerite Cook Clark: Lula Laura Cook Trott

I am just assuming that the above photo is that of Lula Laura Cook Trott. On the back is written Lula Trott followed by Her daughter Allie Belle Frye. This can be interpreted to mean that this is Lula Trott OR this is her daughter, Allie Belle Frye. If anyone knows the correct answer, please send me an email OR respond on my Facebook page. 

Lula Laura Cook was the daughter of Josie Bryan and Joseph W. Cook and a life long resident of Bienville Parish. She married William Jackson Trott and together they had children Lillie Mae, Allie Bell, and William Bryan. Lula was a postmistress and taught school in Bienville Parish. She died on September 7, 1968. Her obituary is below. 

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Source

Family photographs and documents from the collection of Marguerite Cook Clark. Accessed April 28, 2014 and September 14, 2014. Used with permission.

Friday's Photo: Charlie Arrealous Fields

Found at Newspapers.com

This photo of Charlie Arrealous Fields is another from the Frye family collection. He was born in Heflin, Webster Parish on October 15, 1898 and was the son of Andrew Jackson Fields and Martha Elizabeth Smith. He was married to Annie Lemore Dickerson in 1922. 


He lived in Bienville, Franklin, and Caddo Parishes before leaving for California. 

Charlie Arrealous Fields died in El Cajon, San Diego County, California in 1968  and is buried in Bistineau Cemetery, Heflin, Webster Parish in Louisiana. 

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© 2019

Sources

Family photographs from the Frye Family collection. Accessed June 6, 2016. Used with permission.


Havens, M. "Charlie Arrealous Fields" Ancestry.com. Web. 29 March 2018.   <https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/105489724/person/420046905034/facts>