Genealogy of Several Allied Families - Paperback

by Charles Owen Johnson (Author), Charles Owen Johnson (Preface by)

The result of more than fifteen years of research, this genealogy includes the family histories of more than ten ancestral lines primarily hailing from Louisiana and Mississippi. The familes of Frazer, Owen, Bessellieu, Carter, Shaw Wright, Landfair, Briggs, Neill, Tidwell, and Johnson are among those included in this comprehensive volume.

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Discover the history of some of the oldest families in the South with Charles Owen Johnson's meticulously compiled records. His research delves into the lives of more than thirty families from Mississippi and Louisiana and their impact on the South. Johnson's work traces the genealogy of many original families, including:

- Bessellieu - Frazer - Owen - Briggs - Greene - Parker -Carter - Johnson - Shaw - Coleman - Landfair - Wright

Find family names of matriarchs and patriarchs easily in a table of contents organized by last name. Uncover details about each family, including careers, accomplishments, relatives, marriages, births, and deaths. All profiles have been verified through public documents of births, personal accomplishments, and family traditions as well as wills, census records, tombstones, deeds, marriage announcements, and obituaries.

Johnson's extensive background in ancestry research has made him the perfect guide to Southern genealogy. He was the first editor of the Hereditary Registry of the United States of America. He has a BA from Tulane University, LLB from Harvard Law School, JD from Tulane Law School, and LLM from Columbia Law School.