Lucius Guy Coles (1903 - 1934)

Born 20 Apr 1903 in Leonville, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, United States

Ancestors

Died 23 Nov 1934 at age 31 in Leonville, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, United States

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Biography

Lucius Guy Coles was born on 20 April 1903 in Leonville, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, United States. He was the son of Edmond DeJean Coles and Ione Drusilla Holden.^[1][2] He was enumerated on the 1910 and 1920 censuses, living with his parents in St. Landry Parish.^[3][4]

He was said to have served in the military during The Great War,^[5] but no evidence of it has yet been found.^[6] His 1930 census entry states he was not a veteran.^[7]

Guy married Hattie Delphimer Hoffpauir, daughter of Naamon Hoffpauir and Anna Permella Sarver, on 3 July 1924 in Crowley, Acadia Parish. Reverend J. H. Hoffpauir officiated at the wedding. Witnesses were Linus Faulk, Lawrence Hoffpauir, and J. E. Forman[?].^[1][8] They had five children.^[9]

Guy and Hetty were enumerated on a farm with their children on the 1930 census in St. Landry Parish. They rented their home on the Bayou Teche Road, and lived next door to Guy's parents.^[7]

He died at age 31 on 23 November 1934, at his residence.^[1][8] He was buried at Myrtle Grove Cemetery in Opelousas, St. Landry Parish.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Edmond Coles Family Bible; held by Charles Denis Rivette, Houston, TX.
2. ↑ Paul Coles, Gedcom from Paul Coles (coles.ftw), Jul 1999, gives year 1901.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org : accessed 5 April 2022), household of Edmond Cole, Police Jury Ward 3, St Landry, Louisiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 106, sheet 27B, family 421, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 529; FHL microfilm 1,374,542.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org : 1 Feb 2021), household of Ed Coles, Police Jury Ward 3, St. Landry, Louisiana; citing ED 94, sheet 14B, family 105, NARA publication T625, roll 630; FHL microfilm 1,820,630
5. ↑ 1940 U.S. Census, St. Landry Parish, LA, population schedule (digital image), accessed 22 Aug 2014; Opelousas ward 4, block 34, ED 49-4, Sheet 14B, house #415 (street name not given), family 278, line 68, household of Hettie Coles; she was the widow of a World War veteran.
6. ↑ The following record collections were searched on 11 Jul 2022, with no results found:

   - FamilySearch, "United States, Enlisted and Officer Muster Rolls and Rosters, 1916-1939"

   - Ancestry.com, "U.S., Army Transport Service Arriving and Departing Passenger Lists, 1910-1939"

   - FamilySearch, "Louisiana World War I Service Records, 1917-1920"

   - FamilySearch, "United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940"

   - Ancestry.com, "U.S., Registers of Patients at Naval Hospitals, 1812-1934"

   - Ancestry.com, "U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1970"

   - Ancestry.com, "U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010"

7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org : accessed 31 July 2022), household of Guy Coles, Police Jury Ward 3, St Landry, Louisiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 49-18, sheet 1A, Bayou Teche Road, family 6, line 19, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 820; FHL microfilm 2,340,555.
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1} Myrtle Coles Rivette, compiler, Notebook with notes about the Coles and Holden families.
9. ↑ Names withheld for privacy.