William Amos Ponder

1831 - 1890  (58 years)

• Name	William Amos Ponder  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Birth	18 Sep 1831	Georgia   [1, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Death	2 Apr 1890  [4]
  Burial	Fort Jesup Cemetery, Many, Sabine Parish, Louisiana   [4]
  Notes	A son of Silas Lito Ponder and Lucitta Darden. His younger sister, Martha, married Americus V. Carter, the eldest son of his wife, Margaret Ursula Holden Carter, by her first marriage to Isaac Carter. This would technically make William the stepfather of his brother-in-law, though the two were only eight years apart in age. His tombstone was said to be inscribed with the following: Aged 58 Yearsm 8 Months, 14 Days. (Research): Census Listings: 1860 Census Lousiana, Natchitoches Parish, PO Natchitoches Enumarated 13 Sept 1860 Page 80 708-708 Wm. A. Ponder 29 M Planter 15000 2000 Ga Margaret W. Ponder 36 F Miss Laura Ponder 4 F Miss S. D. Ponder 8/12 M La W. O. Carter 12 M Miss E. A. Carter 11 F Miss M. A. Carter 8 F (sic) Miss 1870 Census Louisiana, Natchitoches Parish, Ward 6, PO Couchatta Chute Enumerated 15 July 1870 Page 2 16-15 Ponder, Wm. A. 39 M W Farmer 4500 1000 Ga Ponder, Margaret 45 F W Keeping House Miss Carter, Thaddeus 17 M W La Carter, Emily A. 20 F W La Ponder, Laura E 15 F W La Ponder, Silas 10 M W La Ponder, Amos 7 M W La Carter, Joseph 12 M W La (Nephew, son of her sister Julia Holden Carter) Carter, Ginsey 11 F W La (Niece, dtr of her sister Julia Holden Carter)
  Person ID	I38962	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	24 Feb 2012

  
  

  Family	Margaret Ursula Holden,   b. 21 May 1822, Amite County, Mississippi d. 17 Dec 1878, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana (Age 56 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1854
  Children	1. Laura Eleanor Ponder,   b. 6 Sep 1854, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana d. Yes, date unknown   2. Silas Daniel Ponder, Sr.,   b. 15 Jan 1860, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana d. Yes, date unknown   3. Amos Lee Ponder,   b. 24 Sep 1863, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F11869	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Feb 2012

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 18 Sep 1831 - Georgia Burial - - Fort Jesup Cemetery, Many, Sabine Parish, Louisiana  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S98] 1860 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004., (Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Eighth Census of the United States, 1860. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1860. M653, 1,438 rolls. This database is an index to individuals enumerated in the 1860 United States Federal Census, the Eighth Census of the United States. Census takers recorded many details including each person's name, age as of the census day, sex, color; birthplace, occupation of males over age fifteen, and more. No relationships were shown between members of a household. Additionally, the names of those listed on the population schedule are linked to actual images of the 1860 Federal Census.), Lousiana, Natchitoches Parish, PO Natchitoches Enumarated 13 Sept 1860 Page 80 708-708 (Reliability: 3). [S1178] Website "US Genweb" Natchitoches, LA Biographies, (http://files.usgwarchives.net/la/natchitoches/bios/carterav.txt), AMERICUS V. CARTER, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana Submitted by: Gaytha Carver Thompson Source: Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Northwest Louisiana The Southern Publishing Company, Chicago & Nashville, 1890 (Reliability: 3). [S873] Find A Grave [database online]; http://www.findagrave.com/, (Thousands of contributors submit new listings, updates, corrections, photographs and virtual flowers every hour to the FIND A GRAVE website. When it comes to administrating, building and maintaining the site, Find A Grave is largely operated by its founder, Jim Tipton.), Listing for Margaret Ursula Holden Ponder, Fort Jesup Cemetery, Sabine Parish, Lousiana (Reliability: 3). [S873] Find A Grave [database online]; http://www.findagrave.com/, (Thousands of contributors submit new listings, updates, corrections, photographs and virtual flowers every hour to the FIND A GRAVE website. When it comes to administrating, building and maintaining the site, Find A Grave is largely operated by its founder, Jim Tipton.), Fort Jesup Cemetery, Sabine Parish, Louisiana, listing for William Amos Ponder (Reliability: 3).