Second Generation

4. Eugene Green ROE was born on Oct 15, 1874 in Baywood, EBR Parish, LA. He was a farmer. He registered for the WW1 draft on Sep 12, 1918 in East Baton Rouge Parish, LA¹² He appeared in the census on Apr 3, 1930 in Livingston Parish, LA, enumerated as a widower.¹³ He died on Jun 8, 1953 in Denham Springs, Livingston Parish, LA.

Obituary, The Baton Rouge State Times, Jun. 9, 1953


Roe, Eugene Age 79. Died at 11:25am, June 8, at residence, Rt. 1, Denham Springs. Born in Stony Point, La. Survived by wife, former Alice Stockstill; three sons, L.H. Roe, Waterproof; A. A. Roe, Baton Rouge; Frank Roe, Denham Springs; one stepson, Carl Stockstill, Biloxi, Miss.; three daughters, Mrs. Myrtle Coronet, Morganza; Mrs. Betty Jean Sutcliff, Denham Springs; Mrs. Reggie Solomon [sic], Denham Springs; one step-daughter, Mrs. Fannie Weaver, Cleveland, Miss.; two sisters, Mrs. Ida Achord, Denham Springs; Mrs. Addie McInnis, San Antonio, Tex.; numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren. Services at Rabenhorst Funeral Parlors, 9am, June 9; Rev. Thomas officiating. Interment South Union Cemetery near Baywood.


He was buried on Jun 10, 1953 in South Union Cemetery, East Feliciana Parish, LA.

I remember my great-grandfather "Green" Roe quite well. I was 10 years old when he died, and was on the front porch of his home in Denham Springs (Old River Road) when he passed away in June, 1953 at the age of 78. I do not recall attending a church funeral service so services were likely held at grave side. I also recall attending the burial.

A trip to Grandpa's house from Baton Rouge to Denham Springs was a day trip in those days. To me, grandpa - as I called him - was a tall, and very slender man. He had very little hair in his later years. He did have a large, bushy and very white moustache. He also had a large brown spot resembling a mole on the side of his head, near his left ear. As I've grown older I too have developed a similar spot near my left ear.

Grandpa had an old, nearly blind horse. In his barn he had a Civil War era saddle, which probably belonged to his father. When my sister and I visited him he would saddle that old horse for us, and as if on remote control the horse would circle the barn until we got tired of riding. The old barn sat to the front left while facing the house from the road.

In the rear of his old house Grandpa raised a garden. In it he planted watermelons and sugarcane. I'm sure there were other vegetables but the melons and cane were the ones that interested me most. The cane was the "Blue Ribbon" variety, very sweet, juicy and easily chewed. The melons which we ate at room temperature were also sweet and juicy. I suspect that the cane was called "blue ribbon" because it had a some blue coloring around the joints.

He also had a few old cows on the place and I remember once finding the skull of one that had died in the pasture. I pulled out some of the teeth, and Grandpa scolded me, explaining that the cow had died from some unknown disease, and that I might catch it from handling cow's bony remains.

To the front of his home, and near the road was a Sassafras tree. Since there was no driveway into the front yard, visitors had to park on the road. That old tree provided shade so that the car would not be too hot after sitting in the sun while we visited. When my sister and I left Grandpa would cut a twig for each of us off that tree, and we chewed on it all the way back to Baton Rouge.

Grandpa had a "two holer" for a toilet. I always checked for snakes and spiders before using it. Not far from the outhouse, and just outside the backdoor was his smoke house. There was no running water or electricity in the house.

The old house, as I recall, had a front porch that went all the way across the front. There were two front doors. The one on the left went into a bedroom. The door on the right went into a sort of living room, but as I recall may also have contained a bed. There was a fireplace in the wall between the two bedrooms, and gave heat to both rooms.

Through there and to the rear of the house was the kitchen. A large "pie safe" was along the left wall, and a few cabinets adorned the wall. The sink was on the back wall, near the back door. A pitcher pump was installed at the sink area. The water from the well was cold and tasted of iron.

When Grandpad died in 1953, Archie bought the property from the other heirs, and prepared the property for sale. I went with him on many occasions as he wired the house for electricity, brought in water and added an indoor bathroom.

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Conveyances found at the East Feliciana Parish Clerk of Court office show that Eugene Roe purchased from the US Land Office a certain tract of land in that parish on Jan. 3, and July 1, 1908. Recorded in Book K-2, p593, and Book K-2, p501

Eugene Roe to L. H. Roe, 1029, Book N-2, p193, Feb 20, 1920
Eugene Roe to Archie A. Roe, Book N-2, p193-194, Feb. 2, 1920

Eugene Green ROE and Margaret B. (Maggie) HENDERSON were married on Nov 28, 1893 in Baywood, EBR Parish, LA. They appeared in the census on Jun 20, 1900 in East Baton Rouge Parish, LA.¹⁴ They appeared in the census on May 7, 1910 in East Feliciana Parish, LA.¹⁵ Margaret B. (Maggie) HENDERSON (daughter of __________ HENDERSON and Sarah __________) was born on Jan 28, 1873.¹⁶ There is an obvious error somewhere. Either her headstone was carved with an incorrect birthdate, or the census entry for 1880 is for another Margaret Henderson. She appeared in the census on Jun 24, 1880 in Tangipahoa Parish, LA, enumerated with her widowed mother. She died on Jun 18, 1910 in Baywood, EBR Parish, LA.¹⁶ She was buried in Jun 1910 in South Union Cemetery, East Feliciana Parish, LA. Eugene Green ROE and Margaret B. (Maggie) HENDERSON had the following children:

+21	i.	Lee Howard ROE.
+22	ii.	Archie Allen ROE.
+23	iii.	Frank Eugene ROE.
+24	iv.	Myrtle Olivia ROE.
+25	v.	Ida Mae ROE.

Eugene Green ROE and Olivia RICHARDSON were married on Jan 30, 1911. They appeared in the census on Jan 2, 1920 in East Baton Rouge Parish, LA.¹⁷ Olivia RICHARDSON (daughter of Sylvester RICHARDSON and Harriet __________) was born on Feb 6, 1866. She appeared in the census on Jan 2, 1920 in East Baton Rouge Parish, LA. She died on Nov 21, 1927.¹⁸ She was buried in Nov 1927 in South Union Cemetery, East Feliciana Parish, LA.

Eugene Green ROE and Alice Adella KING were married on Jul 6, 1931 in Woodville, Wilkinson Co., MS. Alice Adella KING (daughter of John Perry KING and Addie HEMPHILL) was born on Dec 6, 1900 in Brookhaven, Lincoln Co., MS. She died on May 26, 1963 in Denham Springs, Livingston Parish, LA. She was buried on May 28, 1963 in Port Vincent, Livingston Parish, LA.¹⁹ Eugene Green ROE and Alice Adella KING had the following children:

+26

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Betty Jean ROE.