Title: Louisiana Statewide Death Indeces 1900-1929[1]
Fact: Residence (1870) Louisiana, United States
Fact: Residence (1880) 5th Ward, St Landry, Louisiana, United States
Research Notes
The family story is that she was Native American. Her mother is listed as Rose Ware on a census or sibling death notice and appears to be black or mulatto and perhaps was a slave. So, perhaps Diana's father was Native American. Don't know much more. KOROVIEV1 at Ancestry
Sources
Census
1870
"United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M87K-HB3 : 17 October 2014), Dinah Prescott in household of Patrick Prescott, Louisiana, United States; citing p. 171, family 1636, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,029.
↑ State of Louisiana, Secretary of State, Division of Archives, Records Management, and History. Vital Records Indices. Baton Rouge, LA, USA.