Fourth Generation

43. William Lafayette (Will) COYLE was born on Feb 14, 1864.³ He died on Apr 7, 1926.³

Ernestine Coyle Collins wrote..."this land, [where William is buried] far as records show, never was in possession of any Coyle. The story of William Coyle's burial here is that he was a great one for riding horseback over the country and one day came in a said he had found the place he wanted to be buried, had marked it with a large rock. There is no large rock there, now. I have been unable to find exactly where Wm. Coyle lived in 1856. In Dec. 1850 Census he, James Slack, Wm. Humphreys, Albert Tyler, Elijah C. Taylor, John Slack, and Wm. L. Coyle were all living in Ward 6, Bossier Parish, La. There is no record of any kind showing Wm. Coyle ever owned land of his own, though he farmed is on record." [Italics mine - jkc]

He was buried in Apr 1926 in Coyle No. 3 Cemetery, Cotton Valley, Webster Parish, LA.
Located on Jody Turner Place, southwest of Springhill, La.

William Lafayette (Will) COYLE and Nancy Lavonia (Nannie) ADAIR were married in 1888 in Arkansas.⁴² They appeared in the census on Jun 1, 1900 in Bienville Parish, LA.¹⁰⁴ Nancy Lavonia (Nannie) ADAIR (daughter of John ADAIR and Frances R. ANDERSON) was born in Jan 1862 in Louisiana. In her note of April 28, 1998, Knowles writes "...Nanie and her sister (& possibly her 2 brothers as well) were sent from the Adair home in Catahoula Par. to Arkansas to live in Aunt Georgie's home. So Will and Nanie became acquainted & married in 1888"
William Lafayette (Will) COYLE and Nancy Lavonia (Nannie) ADAIR had the following children:

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John Hixen COYLE was born in Sep 1897 in Louisiana. He died on Oct 31, 1920 in Webster Parish, LA. He was buried in Oct 1920 in Shiloh Cemetery, Bossier Parish, LA. This cemetery is described by Ernestine Coyle Collins as being on the Bossier side of Bodcau Bayou Bridge. A search of the USGS features website found Shiloh cemetery at latitude 32' 47.11" and longitude 93' 14.55". The area found at that location doesn't seem to match her description. It is far from Bodcau, and well to the east of Bossier City. The USGS does not find a Shiloh cemetery in Bossier Parish.