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William Amos Ponder

Male 1831 - 1890  (58 years)


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  • Name William Amos Ponder  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Birth 18 Sep 1831  Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4
    Gender Male 
    Death 2 Apr 1890  [4
    Burial Fort Jesup Cemetery, Many, Sabine Parish, Louisiana Find all individuals with events at this location  [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 Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Dec 1878, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 56 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1854 
    Children 
     1. Laura Eleanor Ponder,   b. 6 Sep 1854, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     2. Silas Daniel Ponder, Sr.,   b. 15 Jan 1860, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     3. Amos Lee Ponder,   b. 24 Sep 1863, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
    Family ID F11869  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 24 Feb 2012 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 18 Sep 1831 - Georgia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Fort Jesup Cemetery, Many, Sabine Parish, Louisiana Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 

  • Sources 
    1. [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).

    2. [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).

    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).

    4. [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).