Fourth Generation

10. Anna DELAFIELD was born on Mar 10, 1831 in Tennessee.¹² She died on Dec 18, 1867 in Louisiana.¹² She was buried in Dec 1867 in Coyle Family Cemetery, Webster Parish, LA.^13,14

Anna DELAFIELD and William Lafayette COYLE were married on Mar 18, 1849 in Bellevue, Bossier Parish, LA.^14,15,16,17 They appeared in the census on Dec 9, 1850 in Bossier Parish, LA.¹⁸ William Lafayette COYLE¹⁹ (son of William Washington COYLE and Elizabeth Ann (Betsey) CLARK) was born on Mar 16, 1825 in East Feliciana Parish, LA.^20,21

William M. <sic> Coyle is one of the pioneers of Northern Louisiana, who has accumulated a competency by hard work and good management in tilling the soil. He was born in East Feliciana Parish, La., March 14, 1825, to William and Elizabeth (Clark) Coyle, the former a native of Mississippi and the latter of Louisiana. Mr. Coyle was a farmer, but after a short residence in this State he returned with his family to Mississippi. He came back to Louisiana once more in 1836, and settled in what is now Webster parish, where he opened a farm on which he resided until his death in 1856. He was a soldier in the War of 1812, and was a participant in the battle of New Orleans. His first wife died in Mississippi in 1836, but afterward married again. William L. Coyle came to this State and parish with his father in 1836, and remained with him until he arrived at mature years. He was first married in 1844 to Miss Nancy Jane Crownover, a native of Louisiana, but she died two years after their marriage. Mr. Coyle purchased the farm where he now lived in 1844, his land now amounting to 600 acres, of which 250 acres are under cultivation. Besides this he owns other lands in the county, making some 3,000 acres all together. He is one of the largest land owners of Ward 2, if not of the parish, and as he began life a poor boy, empty handed, his present possessions are the result of individual effort. He married his second wife in this parish, she being Miss Anna Delafield, a native of Tennessee. He unfortunately lost this wife also in 1862, she leaving him with three children to care for. He married his present wife in Arkansas in 1873, her maiden name being Cassandra Fain, a native of and reared in Mississippi. One child was left him by his first wife: Mary Jane, and the names of those born to his second union are Sarah Ann (wife of R. E. Cox), John M. (married), and Celestia E. Mr. Coyle has nine grandchildren, one of whom resides with him. He has served on the parish board, has been a member of the police jury for three terms, and is a active member of the Farmers' Union, having served as president of the Parish Union, and in the same capacity in the local union. He and his wife and daughters are members of the Missionary Baptist Church.




He appeared in the census in 1860 in Bossier Parish, LA.

There is a W.L. Coyle in 1860 Bossier Parish, Ward 4, born in the correct time period, but none of the family members match. Ann should still be with the family at that census, but is not.

He appeared in the census on Jun 29, 1870 in Bossier Parish, LA, apparently as a widower.²² He died on Nov 7, 1906 in Angelina Co., TX. He was buried in Nov 1906 in Fairview Cemetery, Lufkin, Angelina Co., TX.

Gravesite found on Row N. This cemetery is located at the intersection of FM2108 and FM58, between Lufkin and Diboll

William M <sic> [L.]. Coyle is one of the pioneers of Northern Louisiana, who has accumulated a competency by hard work and good management in tilling the soil. He was born in East Feliciana Parish, La., March 14, 1825, to William and Elizabeth (Clark) Coyle, the former a native of Mississippi and the latter of Louisiana. Mr. Coyle was a farmer, but after a short residence in this State he returned with his family to Mississippi. He came back to Louisiana once more in 1836, and settled in what is now Webster parish, where he opened a farm on which he resided until his death in 1856. He was a soldier in the War of 1812, and was a participant in the battle of New Orleans. His first wife died in Mississippi in 1836, but afterward married again. William L. Coyle came to this State and parish with his father in 1836, and remained with him until he arrived at mature years. He was first married in 1844 to Miss Nancy Jane Crownover, a native of Louisiana, but she died two years after their marriage. Mr. Coyle purchased the farm where he now lived in 1844, his land now amounting to 600 acres, of which 250 acres are under cultivation. Besides this he owns other lands in the county, making some 3,000 acres all together. He is one of the largest land owners of Ward 2, if not of the parish, and as he began life a poor boy, empty handed, his present possessions are the result of individual effort. He married his second wife in this parish, she being Miss Anna Delafield, a native of Tennessee. He unfortunately lost this wife also in 1862, she leaving him with three children to care for. He married his present wife in Arkansas in 1873, her maiden name being Cassandra Fain, a native of and reared in Mississippi. One child was left him by his first wife: Mary Jane, and the names of those born to his second union are Sarah Ann (wife of R. E. Cox), John M. (married), and Celestia E. Mr. Coyle has nine grandchildren, one of whom resides with him. He has served on the parish board, has been a member of the police jury for three terms, and is a active member of the Farmers' Union, having served as president of the Parish Union, and in the same capacity in the local union. He and his wife and daughters are members of the Missionary Baptist Church.

Anna DELAFIELD and William Lafayette COYLE had the following children:

46	i.	William W. COYLE was born in 1849.
+47	ii.	Nancy Emmaline COYLE.
+48	iii.	Sarah Ann (Sally) COYLE.
49	iv.	Henry Clark COYLE was born on Jul 21, 1853.12 He died on Jan 12, 1872.12 He was buried in Jan 1872 in Coyle Family Cemetery, Webster Parish, LA.23
+50	v.	John Marion COYLE.
51	vi.	James Uriah (Bunk) COYLE was born on Mar 20, 1856.24 He died on Jun 20, 1872.12 He was buried in Jun 1872 in Coyle Family Cemetery, Webster Parish, LA.25 There must have been another Bunk Coyle in Webster parish about the same time as James lived there. The Parish History found in "Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Northwest Louisiana," Chapter XIII, contains the following: "On July 21, 1885, Cicero Green and John Figures were killed within the jail at Minden. The latter murdered Bunk Coyle, and was awaiting trial, while the former was a shrewd desperado who played peek-a-boo with the law for some years."
52	vii.	Martha Caroline COYLE was born in 1857. She died in 1872 in Webster Parish, LA. She was buried in May 1872 in Coyle Family Cemetery, Webster Parish, LA.26
+53	viii.	Celeste COYLE.