Second Generation
5. Mary Melissa
(Molly) SMITH was born on Nov 22, 1862 in Clinton, East Feliciana Parish,
LA. She appeared in the census on Jan 13, 1920 in East Baton Rouge
Parish, LA, as a widow.21
She appeared in the census in 1930 in East Baton Rouge Parish, LA, enumerated
with daughter Lucy, and her husband Alcee Babin. She died on Jul
21, 1957 in Baton Rouge, EBR Parish, LA. She was buried in Jul 1957
in Roselawn Memorial Park, Baton Rouge, EBR Parish, LA. Mary Melissa
(Molly) SMITH and Levy Ratliff CHANEY were married on Nov 29, 1885 in Clinton,
East Feliciana Parish, LA.22
Levy Ratliff CHANEY (son of Bailey Franklin CHANEY
and Sarah Ann HOOPER) was born on Apr 18, 1838 in East Feliciana Parish, LA.23,24
He appeared in the census in 1860 in East Feliciana Parish, LA.25 He served in the military between May 25, 1861 and
Mar 21, 1865 in Co. A, 4th Louisiana Infantry, having enlisted at Camp Moore,
LA.
Levy R. Chaney was a member of the 4th La. Infantry, Co. A; Overseer in 1860;
post office: Clinton, La., born in Livingston Parish, La.; enlisted at Camp Moore,
LA., 5-25-61; present on rolls to Feb., 1862; according to pension application,
he was struck by a shell in the left ankle at the Battle of Baton Rouge on Aug
5, 1862; rolls from Nov 1862 to Aug 31, 1864, absent on account of wounds received
at Baton Rouge, La., Aug 5, 1862; roll from Aug 31, 1864 to Feb 28, 1865, prisoner
since Oct., 1864; Federal Rolls of Prisoners of War, captured at Clinton, La.,
Oct 6, 1864; received and confined at Provost Jail, Baton Rouge, La., Oct 10,
1864; forwarded to New Orleans, Oct 14, 1864; received at Steam Levee Press,
New Orleans, Oct 14, 1864; received at Ship Island, MS, Oct 21, 1864; sent to
New York Nov 5, 1864; received at Fort Columbus, NY Harbor, from Ship Island
on Nov 16, 1864; transferred from Fort Columbus to Elmira, NY Nov 19, 1864; paroled
at Elmira on Feb 9, 1865; sent to James River, VA for exchange; exchanged Boulewares
and Cox Wharf Feb 20/21, 1865; appears on roll of detachment of paroled and exchanged
Prisoners at Camp Lee, near Richmond, Va., dated Feb 27, 1865, present; admitted
to Way Hospital, Meredian, MS, Mar 21, 1865; buried March 1904 in Magnolia Cemetery,
Baton Rouge, LA.
From 1916 List of Civil War Pensioners & Widows of the State of Louisiana
- Tangipahoa Parish, page 120-122: Chaney, Mary M. (widow of) Levy R. 8985 Ponchatoula
A, 4th La. Inf.
He was a school teacher. He appeared in the census on Jun 8, 1880
in East Feliciana Parish, LA.26
He was buried in Mar 1904 in Magnolia Cemetery, Baton Rouge, EBR Parish, LA.
He died on Mar 28, 1904 in Baton Rouge, EBR Parish, LA. Mary Melissa
(Molly) SMITH and Levy Ratliff CHANEY had the following children:
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