Pleasant S. Roe, Sr.

1821 - 1873  (52 years)

 Set As Default Person

• Name	Pleasant S. Roe  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Suffix	Sr.
  Born	1821	, Catahoula, Louisiana, USA   [8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14]
  Gender	Male
  Census	1830	, Catahoula, Louisiana, USA   [15]
  1830 US
  	1830 US Census, LA, Catahoula Parish - Judith Roe Family [0305] 1830  [from Ancestry.com]
  Census	1840	, Caldwell, Louisiana, USA   [16]
  1840 US
  	1840 US Census, LA, Caldwell Parish - James Roe Family [0306] 1840  [from Ancestry.com]
  Photograph	Abt 1850  [17]
  Pleasant S. Roe, Sr.
  	Pleasant S. Roe, Sr. [0278B] Abt 1850  [from Ancestry.com]
  Occupation	1850	, Natchitoches, Louisiana, USA   [18, 19]
  Farmer
  Worked for his uncle, Samuel Roe, Sr.
  Residence	1850	, Natchitoches, Louisiana, USA   [20]
  Census	28 Oct 1850	, Natchitoches, Louisiana, USA   [20]
  1850 US
  	1850 US Census, LA, Natchitoches Parish - Pleasant Roe Family [0298] Oct 28, 1850  [from Ancestry.com]
  Probate	16 May 1851	, Caldwell, Louisiana, USA   [21]
  Succession of Judith Roe filed in
  with her son Pleasant Roe as executor of the Estate - lists him as residing in Natchitoches Parish
  Land	10 Jul 1851	, Caldwell, Louisiana, USA   [22]
  Book B, Page 417, Deed Records
  Sold 160.10 acres and an adjoining improvement containing 18 acres for $200 to Rankin S. Scott, witnessed by John Straughan and R. Duckworth
  Occupation	1860	, Rapides, Louisiana, USA   [23, 24]
  Farmer
  Residence	1860	, Rapides, Louisiana, USA   [25]
  Alexandria (Post Office)
  Census	17 Aug 1860	, Rapides, Louisiana, USA   [26]
  1860 US
  	1860 US Census, LA, Rapides Parish - Pleasant Roe Family [0299] Aug 17, 1860 p. 1 [from Ancestry.com]
  	1860 US Census, LA, Rapides Parish - Pleasant Roe Family [0299] Aug 17, 1860 p. 2 [from Ancestry.com]
  Military Service	4 Jul 1863	Vicksburg, Warren, Mississippi, USA   [27]
  in the Confederate Army. Captured
  Private, 12th Louisiana Infantry, Co. D
  	Civil War Prisoner of War Records - Pleasant Roe [0307] Jul 4, 1963  [from Ancestry.com]
  Residence	1868-1869	, Houston, Texas, USA   [28]
  After Melissa's death in March of 1868, the family moved to Houston Co., TX, where they lived until 1869 and where he apparently married Ann Bolin (Bunion).
  Occupation	1870	, Van Zandt, Texas, USA   [29]
  Farm Laborer
  Residence	1870	, Van Zandt, Texas, USA   [30]
  Canton (Post Office)
  Personal estate $100
  Census	5 Sep 1870	, Van Zandt, Texas, USA   [31]
  1870 US
  	1870US Census, TX, Van Zandt Co. - Pleasant Roe Family [0300] Sep 5, 1870  [from Ancestry.com]
  Alt. Birth	, , Mississippi, USA   [32, 33]
  Residence	1873	, Ellis, Texas, USA   [34]
  Buried	Dec 1873	Ennis, Ellis, Texas, USA   [35, 36]
  Died	24 Dec 1873	Ennis, Ellis, Texas, USA   [37, 38]
  Person ID	I1812	Quigley Doyle Family Tree
  Last Modified	15 Mar 2017

  
  

  Father	John Roe           b. 1785, Edgefield, Edgefield, South Carolina, USA           d. 1833, , Catahoula, Louisiana, USA  (Age 48 years)
  Relationship	biological
  Mother	Judith Clayton           b. 1794, , , French Louisiana, France           d. 24 Apr 1851, Columbia, Caldwell, Louisiana, USA  (Age 57 years)
  Relationship	biological
  Married	30 May 1810	, Avoyelles, Louisiana, USA   [39, 40]
  Children	9 children
  1. James Roe           b. 1811           d. 1850
  2. ??? Roe           b. 1812-1815           d. Bef 1830
  3. ??? Roe           b. 1812-1815           d. Bef 1830
  4. Lavinia Roe           b. 1816           d. 1850
  5. Nancy Roe           b. 1819           d. 1880
  6. Mary (Polly) Roe           b. 1820, , , Louisiana, USA           d. 1875
  7. Pleasant S. Roe, Sr.           b. 1821, , Catahoula, Louisiana, USA           d. 24 Dec 1873, Ennis, Ellis, Texas, USA
  8. Samuel Roe           b. 1824-1827, , , Louisiana, USA           d. Yes, date unknown
  9. James Henry W. Roe, Sr.           b. 1824, , , Louisiana, USA           d. 1881
  Family ID	F635	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Melissa Roe           b. 1826, , Rapides, Louisiana, USA           d. 15 Mar 1868, , Winn, Louisiana, USA  (Age 42 years)
  Married	1843	, , Louisiana, USA   [41, 42]
  Children	+ 1. Samuel Clayton Roe           b. 1 Jul 1844, , Rapides, Louisiana, USA           d. 12 Jan 1919, Decatur, Wise, Texas, USA  (Age 74 years)  [biological]   2. Judith (Judie) E. Roe           b. 1845, , Rapides, Louisiana, USA           d. Yes, date unknown  [biological]   3. Abby Francis Roe           b. 29 Jan 1848, , Rapides, Louisiana, USA           d. 2 Jul 1922, Wills Point, Van Zandt, Texas, USA  (Age 74 years)  [biological]   4. Pleasant S. Roe, Jr.           b. 1849, , Rapides, Louisiana, USA           d. 1888  (Age 39 years)  [biological]   5. Henry Joseph Roe           b. 1851, , Rapides, Louisiana, USA           d. Yes, date unknown  [biological]   6. Anna Isabella Roe           b. 9 Oct 1852, Rapides, Rapides, Louisiana, USA           d. 17 Apr 1934, Belmont, Sabine, Louisiana, USA  (Age 81 years)  [biological]   7. Sarah Jane Roe           b. 4 May 1854, , Rapides, Louisiana, USA           d. 3 Jun 1911, , Van Zandt, Texas, USA  (Age 57 years)  [biological]   8. William Roe           b. 1855, , Rapides, Louisiana, USA           d. Yes, date unknown  [biological]   9. Peter Boggess Roe           b. 12 Feb 1858, , Rapides, Louisiana, USA           d. 2 Oct 1932, Mineola, Wood, Texas, USA  (Age 74 years)  [biological]   10. Daniel Marion Roe           b. 1859, , Rapides, Louisiana, USA           d. 1937  (Age 78 years)  [biological]   11. Mary Lenora Roe           b. May 1860, , Rapides, Louisiana, USA           d. Bef 5 Sep 1870  (Age ~ 10 years)  [biological]   12. Lorahamie Lavinia Roe           b. 1862, , , Louisiana, USA           d. 1880-1900  (Age 38 years)  [biological]   13. Cynthia Roe           b. 1864           d. Bef 1870  (Age 5 years)  [biological]   14. Catherine Roe           b. 1865           d. Bef 1870  (Age 4 years)  [biological]   15. David Morris Roe           b. 1867, , , Louisiana, USA           d. Bef 1870  (Age 2 years)  [biological]   16. Melissa Adeline Roe           b. 15 Mar 1868, , Winn, Louisiana, USA           d. 17 Apr 1948, , , Texas, USA  (Age 80 years)  [biological]
  Last Modified	7 Aug 2019
  Family ID	F634	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Ann (Annie) Bolin (Bunion)           b. Abt 1844, , , Arkansas, USA           d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	1869  [28, 43]
  Last Modified	7 Aug 2019
  Family ID	F662	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 3	Mary Snow           d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	Abt 1871  [44]
  Children	1. Wesley W. Roe           b. Abt 1872           d. Yes, date unknown  [biological]
  Last Modified	7 Aug 2019
  Family ID	F674	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Born - 1821 - , Catahoula, Louisiana, USA Census - 1830 US - 1830 - , Catahoula, Louisiana, USA Census - 1840 US - 1840 - , Caldwell, Louisiana, USA Married - 1843 - , , Louisiana, USA Child - Samuel Clayton Roe - 1 Jul 1844 - , Rapides, Louisiana, USA Child - Judith (Judie) E. Roe - 1845 - , Rapides, Louisiana, USA Child - Abby Francis Roe - 29 Jan 1848 - , Rapides, Louisiana, USA Child - Pleasant S. Roe, Jr. - 1849 - , Rapides, Louisiana, USA Occupation - Farmer - 1850 - , Natchitoches, Louisiana, USA Residence - 1850 - , Natchitoches, Louisiana, USA Census - 1850 US - 28 Oct 1850 - , Natchitoches, Louisiana, USA Child - Henry Joseph Roe - 1851 - , Rapides, Louisiana, USA Probate - Succession of Judith Roe filed in - 16 May 1851 - , Caldwell, Louisiana, USA Land - Book B, Page 417, Deed Records - 10 Jul 1851 - , Caldwell, Louisiana, USA Child - Anna Isabella Roe - 9 Oct 1852 - Rapides, Rapides, Louisiana, USA Child - Sarah Jane Roe - 4 May 1854 - , Rapides, Louisiana, USA Child - William Roe - 1855 - , Rapides, Louisiana, USA Child - Peter Boggess Roe - 12 Feb 1858 - , Rapides, Louisiana, USA Child - Daniel Marion Roe - 1859 - , Rapides, Louisiana, USA Occupation - Farmer - 1860 - , Rapides, Louisiana, USA Residence - Alexandria (Post Office) - 1860 - , Rapides, Louisiana, USA Child - Mary Lenora Roe - May 1860 - , Rapides, Louisiana, USA Census - 1860 US - 17 Aug 1860 - , Rapides, Louisiana, USA Child - Lorahamie Lavinia Roe - 1862 - , , Louisiana, USA Military Service - in the Confederate Army. Captured - 4 Jul 1863 - Vicksburg, Warren, Mississippi, USA Child - David Morris Roe - 1867 - , , Louisiana, USA Child - Melissa Adeline Roe - 15 Mar 1868 - , Winn, Louisiana, USA Residence - 1868-1869 - , Houston, Texas, USA Occupation - Farm Laborer - 1870 - , Van Zandt, Texas, USA Residence - Canton (Post Office) - 1870 - , Van Zandt, Texas, USA Census - 1870 US - 5 Sep 1870 - , Van Zandt, Texas, USA Alt. Birth - - , , Mississippi, USA Residence - 1873 - , Ellis, Texas, USA Buried - Dec 1873 - Ennis, Ellis, Texas, USA Died - 24 Dec 1873 - Ennis, Ellis, Texas, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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  Pleasant S. Roe, Sr. [0278B] Abt 1860  [from Ancestry.com]

  
  

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  [S351] Pedigree & Family Data - Hattie Lee Giles; 1894-1938 [0278], Britton, Kenneth R., (Ancestry. Ancestry.com), 0278., Ancestry  (Ancestry.com). Name Pleasant S. Roe, Sr. [S1087] Pleasant Roe Family History [0279], Linda B. Shull, (1996; URL:http://community.fortunecity.ws/millenium/ratty/213/roe.htm), 0279. Name Pleasant Roe [S5071] 1850 US Census, LA, Natchitoches Parish - Pleasant Roe Family [0298], Louisiana, Natchitoches, (ancestry.com: National Archives and Records Administration, 2009), 0298., M432. Name Pleasant Roe [S5072] 1860 US Census, LA, Rapides Parish - Pleasant Roe Family [0299], Louisiana, Rapides, (ancestry.com: National Archives and Records Administration, 2009), 0299., M653. Name Pleasant Roe [S5073] 1870 US Census, TX, Van Zandt Co. - Samuel & Pleasant Roe Fami1es [0300], Texas, Van Zandt, (ancestry.com: National Archives and Records Administration, 2009), 0300., M593. Name Pleasant Roe [S5078] Civil War Prisoner of War Records - Pleasant Roe; 1863 [0307], (Ancestry. ancestry.com : 2007), 0307., Ancestry (ancestry.com). Name Pleasant Roe [S5079] Photograph of Pleasant S. Roe, Sr.; abt. 1850 [0278B], Britton, Kenneth R., (Ancestry. ancestry.com), 0278B., Ancestry  (ancestry.com : accessed Nov 17, 2011). Name Pleasant S. Roe, Sr. [S351] Pedigree & Family Data - Hattie Lee Giles; 1894-1938 [0278], Britton, Kenneth R., (Ancestry. Ancestry.com), 0278., Ancestry  (Ancestry.com). Born 1821 in Catahoula, LA [S1087] Pleasant Roe Family History [0279], Linda B. Shull, (1996; URL:http://community.fortunecity.ws/millenium/ratty/213/roe.htm), 0279. Born in 1821 [S5071] 1850 US Census, LA, Natchitoches Parish - Pleasant Roe Family [0298], Louisiana, Natchitoches, (ancestry.com: National Archives and Records Administration, 2009), 0298., M432. Born in Louisiana; Age 26 [S5072] 1860 US Census, LA, Rapides Parish - Pleasant Roe Family [0299], Louisiana, Rapides, (ancestry.com: National Archives and Records Administration, 2009), 0299., M653. Born in Louisiana; Age 39 [S5073] 1870 US Census, TX, Van Zandt Co. - Samuel & Pleasant Roe Fami1es [0300], Texas, Van Zandt, (ancestry.com: National Archives and Records Administration, 2009), 0300., M593. Born in Louisiana; Age 48 [S5080] 1840 US Census, LA, Caldwell Parish - James Roe Family [0306], Louisiana, Caldwell Parish, (ancestry.com: National Archives and Records Administration, 2010), 0306., M704. I male age 15-20 [S5081] 1830 US Census, LA, Catahoula Parish - Judith Roe Family [0305], Louisiana, Catahoula, (ancestry.com: National Archives and Records Administration, 2010), 0305., M19. 1 male age 5-10 [S5081] 1830 US Census, LA, Catahoula Parish - Judith Roe Family [0305], Louisiana, Catahoula, (ancestry.com: National Archives and Records Administration, 2010), 0305., M19, roll M19-44, p. 222. 1 male <5, 1 male 5-9, 1 male 10-14, 1 male 15-19; 1 female 5-9, 1 female 10-14, 1 female 15-19, 1 female 30-39 [S5080] 1840 US Census, LA, Caldwell Parish - James Roe Family [0306], Louisiana, Caldwell Parish, (ancestry.com: National Archives and Records Administration, 2010), 0306., M704, roll 127, p. 87. 3 males 10-14, 1 male 15-19; 1 female 15-19, 1 female 20-29, 1 female 40-49 [S5079] Photograph of Pleasant S. Roe, Sr.; abt. 1850 [0278B], Britton, Kenneth R., (Ancestry. ancestry.com), 0278B., Ancestry  (ancestry.com : accessed Nov 17, 2011). [S5071] 1850 US Census, LA, Natchitoches Parish - Pleasant Roe Family [0298], Louisiana, Natchitoches, (ancestry.com: National Archives and Records Administration, 2009), 0298., M432, roll M432_233, p. 17A, dwelling 270, family 270. Occupation Farmer [S1087] Pleasant Roe Family History [0279], Linda B. Shull, (1996; URL:http://community.fortunecity.ws/millenium/ratty/213/roe.htm), 0279. Worked for his uncle, Samuel Roe, Sr., in Natchitoches Parish [S5071] 1850 US Census, LA, Natchitoches Parish - Pleasant Roe Family [0298], Louisiana, Natchitoches, (ancestry.com: National Archives and Records Administration, 2009), 0298., M432, roll M432_233, p. 17A, dwelling 270, family 270. [S1087] Pleasant Roe Family History [0279], Linda B. Shull, (1996; URL:http://community.fortunecity.ws/millenium/ratty/213/roe.htm), 0279. Successuion of Judith Roe filed in Caldwell Parish, with her son Pleasant Roe as executor of the Estate - lists him as residing in Natchitoches Parish [S1087] Pleasant Roe Family History [0279], Linda B. Shull, (1996; URL:http://community.fortunecity.ws/millenium/ratty/213/roe.htm), 0279. Sold 160.10 acres and an adjoining improvement containing 18 acres for $200 to Rankin S. Scott, witnessed by John Straughan and R. Duckworth [S5072] 1860 US Census, LA, Rapides Parish - Pleasant Roe Family [0299], Louisiana, Rapides, (ancestry.com: National Archives and Records Administration, 2009), 0299., M653. Occupation Farmer [S1087] Pleasant Roe Family History [0279], Linda B. Shull, (1996; URL:http://community.fortunecity.ws/millenium/ratty/213/roe.htm), 0279. Worked for his uncle, Samuel Roe, Sr., in Rapides Parish [S5072] 1860 US Census, LA, Rapides Parish - Pleasant Roe Family [0299], Louisiana, Rapides, (ancestry.com: National Archives and Records Administration, 2009), 0299., M653. Real Estate $500; Personal Estate $1260 [S5072] 1860 US Census, LA, Rapides Parish - Pleasant Roe Family [0299], Louisiana, Rapides, (ancestry.com: National Archives and Records Administration, 2009), 0299., M653, roll M653_423, Alexandria (Post Office), p. 171, dwelling 1237, family 1239. Born in Louisiana; Age 39 [S5078] Civil War Prisoner of War Records - Pleasant Roe; 1863 [0307], (Ancestry. ancestry.com : 2007), 0307., Ancestry (ancestry.com). [S1087] Pleasant Roe Family History [0279], Linda B. Shull, (1996; URL:http://community.fortunecity.ws/millenium/ratty/213/roe.htm), 0279. After Melissa's death in March of 1868, the family moved to Houston Co., TX, where they lived until 1869 and where he apparently married Ann Bolin (Bunion). [S5073] 1870 US Census, TX, Van Zandt Co. - Samuel & Pleasant Roe Fami1es [0300], Texas, Van Zandt, (ancestry.com: National Archives and Records Administration, 2009), 0300., M593. Occupation Farm Laborer [S5073] 1870 US Census, TX, Van Zandt Co. - Samuel & Pleasant Roe Fami1es [0300], Texas, Van Zandt, (ancestry.com: National Archives and Records Administration, 2009), 0300., M593. Post Office Canton, TX; Personal estate $100 [S5073] 1870 US Census, TX, Van Zandt Co. - Samuel & Pleasant Roe Fami1es [0300], Texas, Van Zandt, (ancestry.com: National Archives and Records Administration, 2009), 0300., M593, roll M593_1607, Canton (Post Office), p. 207B, dwelling 725, family 839. [S1108] 1900 US Census, TX, Wise Co., Pct 1 - Samuel C. Roe & William B. Giles Families [0301], Texas, Wise, (ancestry.com: National Archives and Records Administration, 2004), 0301., T623. Father born in Mississippa [S1109] 1910 US Census, TX, Wise Co., Pct 7 - Giles & Roe Families [0302], Texas, Wise, (ancestry.com: National Archives and Records Administration, 2006), 0302., T624. Father born in Mississippi [S1087] Pleasant Roe Family History [0279], Linda B. Shull, (1996; URL:http://community.fortunecity.ws/millenium/ratty/213/roe.htm), 0279. They moved to Ellis County in 1873 [S351] Pedigree & Family Data - Hattie Lee Giles; 1894-1938 [0278], Britton, Kenneth R., (Ancestry. Ancestry.com), 0278., Ancestry  (Ancestry.com). Buried in an unmarked grave in a cemetery about six miles beyond Ennis near Midlothian, TX [S1087] Pleasant Roe Family History [0279], Linda B. Shull, (1996; URL:http://community.fortunecity.ws/millenium/ratty/213/roe.htm), 0279. Buried in an unmarked grave about 6 miles from Ennis, TX [S351] Pedigree & Family Data - Hattie Lee Giles; 1894-1938 [0278], Britton, Kenneth R., (Ancestry. Ancestry.com), 0278., Ancestry  (Ancestry.com). Died Dec 24, 1873, in Ennis, TX [S1087] Pleasant Roe Family History [0279], Linda B. Shull, (1996; URL:http://community.fortunecity.ws/millenium/ratty/213/roe.htm), 0279. Died Dec 24, 1873 [S351] Pedigree & Family Data - Hattie Lee Giles; 1894-1938 [0278], Britton, Kenneth R., (Ancestry. Ancestry.com), 0278., Ancestry  (Ancestry.com). Married May 30, 1810, in Avoyelles Parish, LA [S1112] Louisiana Marriages - John Roe & Judith Clayton [0308], Ancestry.com, ((1997)), 0308. [S351] Pedigree & Family Data - Hattie Lee Giles; 1894-1938 [0278], Britton, Kenneth R., (Ancestry. Ancestry.com), 0278., Ancestry  (Ancestry.com). Married 1843 in Louisiana [S1087] Pleasant Roe Family History [0279], Linda B. Shull, (1996; URL:http://community.fortunecity.ws/millenium/ratty/213/roe.htm), 0279. Married abt 1843 (first cousins) [S351] Pedigree & Family Data - Hattie Lee Giles; 1894-1938 [0278], Britton, Kenneth R., (Ancestry. Ancestry.com), 0278., Ancestry  (Ancestry.com). Married in 1869 [S1087] Pleasant Roe Family History [0279], Linda B. Shull, (1996; URL:http://community.fortunecity.ws/millenium/ratty/213/roe.htm), 0279. Remarried Mary Snow and to them was born a son, Wesley W. Roe in abt 1872