Louisa (Walker) Tolbert (1864 - 1948)

Born 15 Dec 1864 in Louisiana, United States

Wife of Reason Green Tolbert — married 6 Jan 1893 in Alexandria, Rapides, Louisiana, United States

Died 3 Feb 1948 at age 83 in Winnfield, Winn, Louisiana, United States

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Biography

Burial

Sharon Cemetery Sikes, Winn Parish, Louisiana, USA [1]

Obituary

Mrs. Louisa Tolbert, 84, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Charles Risher, on the Atlanta highway, Tuesday, February 3, at 10:35 p.m., following a lengthy illness. Funeral services were held from the home of another daughter, Mrs. G. C. Barton, 205 Elliott Street, Thursday at 1 p.m. with Judge Cas Moss in charge of the services. Interment was in the Sharon Church Cemetery near Sikes.

The widow of the late R. G. Tolbert, the deceased had resided in Winnfield for the past 17 years. She was a member of the First Baptist Church.

Surviving are four daughters, Mrs. Effie Stubbs, Mrs. Bessie Risher, Mrs. Jane Barton, and Miss Lessie Lee Tolbert, all of Winnfield; two sons, Henry of Winnfield and Lawrence of Winnsboro; one brother, Leggett Walker of Monroe, and one sister, Mrs. Lizzie Tolbert of Sikes.

Published in The Winn Parish Enterprise, February 5, 1948

Sources

"Louisiana Marriages, 1816-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4CB-KXX : 4 December 2014), R. G. Talbert and Louisa Walker, 06 Jan 1893; citing reference ; FHL microfilm 1,316,161.

"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSPJ-BK5 : accessed 4 January 2018), Louisa Tolbert in household of Green Tolbert, Ward 3, Winn, Louisiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 115, sheet 4B, family 80, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,586.

"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPBJ-RGN : accessed 4 January 2018), Louisa Tolbert in household of Rubin G Tolbert, Police Jury Ward 3, Winn, Louisiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 126, sheet 13A, family 243, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 535; FHL microfilm 1,374,548.