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     Lillie White Glover was born in January 1853 in Louisiana.^1,2,3 She died on 16 March 1936 at St. Anna's Asylum in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, at age 83.^4,5,6 She was interred at Hope Mausoleum in New Orleans.³
     She was living in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, in 1900 and in 1910, with her sister Emma and her husband Anthony Medine in 1900⁷, and with her sister Laura and her husband Charles Fee in 1910.⁸ In 1930 she was living at St. Anna's Asylum in New Orleans.⁹

     Mary Elizabeth Glover was born on 15 May 1855 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana.^1,2 She married Asa Jourdan Sapp on 30 April 1874 in Sicily Island, Catahoula Parish, Louisiana.^3,2 She died on 24 September 1936 at Ferriday Hospital in Ferriday, Concordia Parish, Louisiana, at age 81 from chronic myocarditis (heart inflammation).¹ She was buried at Old Pine Hill Cemetery in Sicily Island.^1,4
     She and her husband Asa are listed in Ward 2, Catahoula Parish, Louisiana, in the censuses from 1880 to 1920. Living with them in 1880 was Walter Valentine, age 12. In 1930 their son John and his second wife Eula, along with John's daughter Laura from his first marriage, were living with them, as was a lodger, Anna Lovelace.^5,6,7,8
     In 1930, after her husband's death, she was living with her daughter Laura and her husband William Gleason in Dixie, Caddo Parish, Louisiana.⁹

     Matilda Glover was born on 7 December 1857 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana.^3,4,5 She married John Henry Bruce, son of John Bruce and Anna Daniels, on 25 April 1878 in Sicily Island, Catahoula Parish, Louisiana.^6,5 She died on 22 November 1949 at home in Lee Bayou, Catahoula Parish, at age 91 from a heart attack.^3,7,5 She was buried at Old Pine Hill Cemetery in Sicily Island.^3,4
     She and her husband John are listed in Ward 1, Catahoula Parish, Louisiana, in the 1880 census. John's brother Orville was then living with them.⁸
     She continued to live in Catahoula Parish, in Lee Bayou, the rest of her life⁷, and is listed there in the censuses from 1900 to 1940. In 1910 her son Frederick's family was living with her, along with her granddaughter Ruth Gillespie, and Ruth was still with her in 1920. Her daughter-in-law Katie, widow of her son Harold, was with her in 1940.^{9,10,11,12,13}

     Laura Lane Glover was born on 9 March 1860 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana.^5,3 She married Charles Baldwin Fee, son of James William Fee and Sarah Caroline Baldwin, on 1 September 1883 at the bride's parents' home near Amite, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana.^6,7,8 She died suddenly from heart failure on 31 March 1914 at age 54, while visiting neighbors in New Orleans.^8,5 She was buried at Metairie Cemetery (Section 110, C. B. Fee tomb) in New Orleans.^9,5
     She and her husband Charles and their children are listed in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, in the 1910 census. Living with them were Charles's widowed mother Carolina, and Laura's sister Lilly Glover.⁷

     Emma Vick Glover was born on 21 October 1862 in Sicily Island, Catahoula Parish, Louisiana. (Her birth date is from the Vick genealogy, and is consistent with her entries in the 1870 and 1880 censuses.^3,4,5,6 Other sources give dates ranging from about November 1861 to about 1872.)^7,8 She married Anthony Gatien Medine, son of John Medine and Augustine (?), on 8 January 1887 at the Lafayette Presbyterian Church in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana.^1,9,3 She died on 17 June 1930 in New Orleans at age 67 from heart disease.¹⁰ She was probably initially buried at St. John Cemetery in New Orleans, and later re-interred at Hope Mausoleum in New Orleans.^11,12
     She and her husband Anthony are listed in New Orleans in the 1900, 1910, and 1930 censuses. They have not been found in 1920.
     In 1900, in addition to their children Emily (listed as Elma) and Clifford, Emma's sister Lillie was living with them, listed as a servant with the occupation housemaid. Another servant, Clara Auer, a cook, was also with them.¹³
     They and their children are listed twice in 1910, first on 21 April in a "travelers boarding house" at 3004 Peytania St. run by Edgar McEntire, wife of Malcolm McEntire, and second on 23 or 24 April on "Lake Avenue on Shell Road - Suburb."^14,15
     In 1930 they were living in a boarding house run by the widow Margret Handly.¹⁶

     Fanny Glover was born on 21 January 1865 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, and died the same day.¹

     Asa Jourdan Sapp was born on 26 February 1849 in Bossier Parish, Louisiana.^1,3 He married Mary Elizabeth Glover, daughter of John George Glover and Emily Vick Morse, on 30 April 1874 in Sicily Island, Catahoula Parish, Louisiana.^4,5 He died on 19 June 1925 in Sicily Island at age 76 from heart disease¹, and was buried there at Old Pine Hill Cemetery.³
     He was a farmer in Ward 2, Catahoula Parish, Louisiana, and is listed there with his wife Mary and family in the censuses from 1880 to 1920. Living with them in 1880 was Walter Valentine, age 12. In 1930 their son John and his second wife Eula, along with John's daughter Laura from his first marriage, were living with them, as was a lodger, Anna Lovelace.^6,7,8,9

     Emma Dee Sapp was born on 10 April 1875 in Louisiana.^2,1 She died on 10 August 1883 at age 8.²

     John Glover Sapp was born on 20 or 21 September 1877 in Sicily Island, Catahoula Parish, Louisiana. (His World War II draft registration and the Vick genealogy say 20 September, and his death certificate says 21 September.)^1,5,4 He married first Beulah Belle Riley on 23 April 1911 in Hallsville, Harrison Co., Texas.^6,5 He married second Eula Cornelia Garrison, daughter of E. G. Garrison and Connelia Kenard, on 4 May 1919 in Sicily Island.^5,7,8,9 He died on 6 December 1945 at home in Foules, Catahoula Parish, at age 68 from a heart attack.^2,4 He was buried at Old Pine Hill Cemetery in Sicily Island.^4,7
     In 1910 he and his brother Albert were living as boarders with Luther and Hattie Allen in Harrison Co., Texas, and working for a stave manufacturer.¹⁰
     In 1920 he and his second wife Eula, along with his daughter Laura from his first marriage, were living with his parents in Catahoula Parish, Louisiana.¹¹ They are listed in their own (rented) home in Catahoula Parish in the 1930 census, along with their infant daughter Cornelia.⁹ He is listed as a farmer in both censuses.^11,9
     He has not been found in the 1940 census, but in April 1942, when he registered for the World War II draft, he was living in Waterproof, Tensas Parish, Louisiana, and working as a plantation manager.¹ He later moved back to Catahoula Parish, and worked in the insurance business.⁴

     Laura Sapp was born on 23 September 1880 in Sicily Island, Catahoula Parish, Louisiana.^2,4 She married first Wheeler Lee McKinney about 1905.^5,6,4 She married second William Isaac Gleason, son of James Pope Gleason and Effie Smith, on 16 August 1923 at the Central Christian Church in Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana.^7,2 She died on 7 February 1947 in Dixie, Caddo Parish, at age 66 from heart disease.² She was buried at Forest Park Cemetery in Shreveport.^2,8
     She and her first husband Wheeler are listed with their children Louis and Wheeler Jr. in Ward 8, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, in the 1910 census.⁵ In 1920, after her husband's death, she and the children are listed in Shreveport, Caddo Parish, and she was working as a sales lady for a bakery.⁹
     She and her second husband William are listed in Dixie, Caddo Parish, in the 1930 and 1940 censuses. In 1930 Laura's widowed mother Mary was living with them.^10,11

     Asa Jourdan Sapp was born on 9 July 1883.¹ He died on 16 March 1885 at age 1.¹
     Other than his listing in the Vick genealogy, no records have been found for him online.¹ However, his existence and death date are consistent with his mother Mary's census entries for 1900, which says she had ten children with eight then living, and 1910, which says she had ten children with seven then living.^2,3

     Albert Cammack Sapp was born on 10 January 1886 in Sicily Island, Catahoula Parish, Louisiana.^4,5 He died on 23 September 1946 in Alameda Co., California, at age 60.⁶ He was buried at Golden Gate National Cemetery (Sect. I, Site 4950) in San Bruno, San Mateo Co., California.⁷
     In 1910 he and his brother John were living as boarders with Luther and Hattie Allen in Harrison Co., Texas, and working for a stave manufacturer.⁸
     On Sunday 16 July 1911 he was arrested in Lafayette, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, and charged with being insane. He had arrived there the previous night, and in the morning went to a Methodist church, found it closed, and sat on the sidewalk weeping. Later, when church opened, he tried to address the congregation at the start of the services. Someone took him outside, where he sat crying again until the sheriff arrived to arrest him. He told officers that he had been sent "by God to deliver a message to the faithful," but became "overcome by the spirits."⁹
     His father arrived five days later to take him home, but he refused to go, saying that he was 24 and could care for himself. His father said that if he continued to refuse going home, he would have him declared insane by the court, and possibly sent to Pineville (i.e., the Louisiana Hospital for the Insane). According to his father, two or three years previously an illness had "wrecked" his nervous system, and he would go insane every year when hot weather arrived.¹⁰
     He served in the U.S. Army during World War I, enlisting on 25 May 1918. He was in supply training with the 313th Cavalry until 23 August. He became a mechanic on 18 September, and served stateside with the 70th Field Artillery until his discharge after the war on 29 January 1919.¹¹
     At some point after his discharge he began using the name Albert Louis McCormick.^12,13 In his mother's 1936 obituary he's listed as A. C. Sapp of Oklahoma¹⁴, but Social Security records list him as Albert Louis McCormick starting in January 1937 (probably when he initially signed up).¹⁵ He also used that name when he registered for the World War II draft on 27 April 1942. He was then living in Shawnee, Pottawatomie Co., Oklahoma, and working for the Salvation Army.⁵

     Lillie Vick Sapp was born on 14 February 1888 in Sicily Island, Catahoula Parish, Louisiana.^5,6,7 She married James Byron Roby, son of James A. G. Roby and Jeanette Hodges, there on 24 January 1917.^7,8,9,10,11 She died on 27 May 1966 at Lane Memorial Hospital in Zachary, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, at age 78.⁶ She was buried at Cotton Valley Cemetery in Cotton Valley, Webster Parish, Louisiana.^6,8
     After their marriage she and her husband James lived in Robson, Caddo Parish, Louisiana.¹² They later apparently lived in Mississippi for a time, where their daughter Mittie was born about 1926.¹³ They moved back to Cotton Valley, Webster Parish, Louisiana, James's home town, about 1929¹⁴, and are listed there in the 1930 and 1940 censuses.^13,15
     In 1950, after her husband's death, her daughter Mittie's family was living with her in Cotton Valley.¹⁶

     Junius Eugene Sapp was born on 1 July 1890 in Sicily Island, Catahoula Parish, Louisiana.^2,1 He married Winfield Cochran, daughter of Clarence Rhodes Cochran and Lillian Vitura Nichols, on 8 November 1913 in Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana.^3,4 He died on 21 June 1964 in Ferriday, Concordia Parish, Louisiana, at age 73 from heart disease.^1,5 He was buried at Old Pine Hill Cemetery in Sicily Island.^1,5,6
     He and his wife Winnie are listed in the 1920 to 1950 censuses in Swartz, Ouachita Parish, Louisiana.^7,4,8,9 He was principal at the Swartz School there from 1919 to 1951.^10,5
     He and Winnie moved to Monroe, Ouachita Parish, about 1954.¹¹ At some point after his wife's death in 1962 he moved to the Heritage Manor Nursing Home in Ferriday, Concordia Parish, Louisiana.^5,1

     Mary Lee Sapp was born on 10 July 1893 in Louisiana.^1,2,3 She died on 13 September 1908 at age 15.^2,3 She was buried at Old Pine Hill Cemetery in Sicily Island, Catahoula Parish, Louisiana.²

     Janie Bondurant Sapp was born on 31 May 1895 in Sicily Island, Catahoula Parish, Louisiana.^5,3,6 She married Benjamin Davis Causey, son of Robert D. Causey and Manerva A. Kelley, on 4 January 1919 in Sicily Island.^7,2,6 She died on 25 December 1974 at Lane Memorial Hospital in Zachary, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, at age 79. (Her cemetery marker says 24 December, but her obituary says she died at 12:10 AM on the 25th.)^2,3 She was buried at Roselawn Memorial Park and Mausoleum in Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish.³
     She and her husband Bennie are listed in Ward 2, Catahoula Parish, Louisiana, in the 1920 and 1930 censuses.^8,9 They moved to Liberty, Amite Co., Mississippi, where Bennie was from, sometime after 1936^10,11,12, and are listed in Beat 2, Amite Co., in the 1940 and 1950 censuses.^11,13
     In 1953, after her husband's death, she was living in Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana.⁶ Sometime between 1964 and 1966, she moved to Zachary, East Baton Rouge Parish, about 18 miles north of Baton Rouge.^14,15

     Willie Mae Sapp was born on 15 April 1900 in Sicily Island, Catahoula Parish, Louisiana.^6,7,8 She married Clayton Francis Smith, son of Frank Smith and Nettie Watson, on 5 August 1921 (although a 7 August 1921 news article says they were married "yesterday") at the county courthouse in Natchez, Adams Co., Mississippi.^8,2 She died on 24 June 1972 at age 72.^6,7 She was buried at Roselawn Memorial Park and Mausoleum in Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana.⁶
     She and her husband Clayton have not been found in the 1930 census. They are listed in Istrouma, an unicorporated community less than two miles from Baton Rouge, in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, in 1940⁹, and in Baton Rouge proper in 1950. Their daughter Francis and her husband Alvin Hodges were living with them in 1950.¹⁰

     Beulah Belle Riley was born on 5 March 1891 (the Vick genealogy says 1892).^2,3 She married John Glover Sapp, son of Asa Jourdan Sapp and Mary Elizabeth Glover, on 23 April 1911 in Hallsville, Harrison Co., Texas.^1,3 She died on 1 August 1913 at age 22.^2,3 She was buried at Forest Hill Cemetery in Harrison Co.²

     Eula Cornelia Garrison was born on 22 February 1898 according to her cemetery marker (the Vick genealogy says 21 February) in Denham Springs, Livingston Parish, Louisiana.^3,2,1 She married John Glover Sapp, son of Asa Jourdan Sapp and Mary Elizabeth Glover, on 4 May 1919 in Sicily Island, Catahoula Parish, Louisiana.^2,3,4,5 She died on 23 February 1931 (her cemetery marker and the Vick genealogy say 22 February) at the Greenwell Springs Sanitarium in Greenwell Springs, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, at age 33 from pulmonary tuberculosis.^1,3,2 Her death certificate says she was buried in Natchez, Mississippi, but she shares a cemetery marker with her husband John at Old Pine Hill Cemetery in Sicily Island.^1,3
     In 1920 she and her husband John, along with John's daughter Laura from his first marriage, were living with his parents in Catahoula Parish, Louisiana.⁶ They are listed in their own (rented) home in Catahoula Parish in the 1930 census, along with their infant daughter Cornelia.⁵

     Wheeler Lee McKinney was born in 1878.² He married Laura Sapp, daughter of Asa Jourdan Sapp and Mary Elizabeth Glover, about 1905.^3,4,1 He died on 30 January 1917 in Bossier Parish, Louisiana.⁵ He was buried on 31 January 1917 at Rocky Mount Cemetery in Rocky Mount, Bossier Parish.^5,2
     He and his wife Laura are listed with their children Louis and Wheeler Jr. in Ward 8, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, in the 1910 census³, and he was then working as a bookkeeper.³

     William Isaac Gleason was born on 8 May 1875 in Rocky Mount, Bossier Parish, Louisiana.^3,4 He married first Johanne Maud Beck on 24 December 1903 in Sevier Co., Arkansas.⁵ He married second Laura Sapp, daughter of Asa Jourdan Sapp and Mary Elizabeth Glover, on 16 August 1923 at the Central Christian Church in Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana.^6,7 He died on 14 September 1960 at Confederate Memorial Hospital in Shreveport at age 85 from pneumonia.^1,8 He was buried at Forest Park Cemetery in Shreveport.^1,8
     He and his second wife Laura are listed in Dixie, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, in the 1930 and 1940 censuses. In 1930 Laura's widowed mother Mary was living with them.^9,10 In 1950, after Laura's death, he's again listed in Caddo Parish, along with Luther Fowler, described as his partner, and Luther's wife Minnie.¹¹ He worked on maintaining and installing cotton gins.^9,10,11

     James Byron Roby was born on 10 February 1884 in Cotton Valley, Webster Parish, Louisiana.^4,1 He married Lillie Vick Sapp, daughter of Asa Jourdan Sapp and Mary Elizabeth Glover, on 24 January 1917 in Sicily Island, Catahoula Parish, Louisiana.^3,2,5,6,7 He died on 13 May 1949 at home in Cotton Valley at age 65 from a stroke.^1,8 He was buried at Cotton Valley Cemetery in Cotton Valley.^1,2
     On 7 November 1910 he narrowly escaped serious injury or death when he jumped from a car just before it was struck by a train. He and several members of his family had hired William Lowe to drive them to the fairgrounds in Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana. Lowe reportedly ignored signals from a flagman, and the car stopped on the tracks. Lowe yelled for everyone to jump, and he was unhurt. But James's half-brother Virgil, age 10, was killed, and his stepmother Ada and brother Greer were seriously hurt. His half-brother Alvin, age 6, was tossed from the car by Greer and had minor injuries. Lowe was arrested and charged with manslaughter.⁹
     After their marriage, he and his wife Lillie lived in Robson, Caddo Parish, Louisiana.¹⁰ They later apparently lived in Mississippi for a time, where their daughter Mittie was born about 1926.¹¹ They moved back to Cotton Valley, Webster Parish, Louisiana, James's home town, about 1929¹², and are listed there in the 1930 and 1940 censuses.^11,13
     He was listed as an insurance agent in the 1930 census.¹¹ He later became a merchant in Cotton Valley, was a senior partner at the Roby Brothers department store, and also owned several farms in the area.^13,12
     On 11 April 1944, after the town of Cotton Valley was incorporated, he was officially elected as its first mayor by a vote of 162-47, having previously served as appointed mayor.¹⁴ He resigned due to ill health about 2 1/2 years later.^15,8

     Winfield Cochran was born on 6 August 1894 in Holly Springs, Marshall Co., Mississippi.^1,2 She married Junius Eugene Sapp, son of Asa Jourdan Sapp and Mary Elizabeth Glover, on 8 November 1913 in Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana.^1,3 She died on 24 November 1962 at age 68.⁴ She was buried at Old Pine Hill Cemetery in Sicily Island, Catahoula Parish, Louisiana.^4,2
     She and her husband Junius are listed in the 1920 to 1950 censuses in Swartz, Ouachita Parish, Louisiana.^5,3,6,7 She was an elementary school teacher at Swartz School there from at least 1930 to 1950.^4,6,7,8
     She and Junius moved to Monroe, Ouachita Parish, about 1954.⁴

     Benjamin Davis Causey was born on 26 January 1887 in Amite Co., Mississippi (his 1918 World War I draft registration says in Gloster; Social Security records and the Vick genealogy say in Liberty, about 13 miles east of Gloster).^4,5,3 He married Janie Bondurant Sapp, daughter of Asa Jourdan Sapp and Mary Elizabeth Glover, on 4 January 1919 in Sicily Island, Catahoula Parish, Louisiana.^2,6,3 He died on 9 September 1951 in Liberty, Amite Co., Mississippi, at age 64.^2,3 He was buried at Roselawn Memorial Park and Mausoleum in Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana.^2,7
     He and his wife Janie are listed in Ward 2, Catahoula Parish, Louisiana, in the 1920 and 1930 censuses.^8,1 They moved to Liberty, Amite Co., Mississippi, where Bennie was from, sometime after 1936^9,10,11, and are listed in Beat 2, Amite Co., in the 1940 and 1950 censuses.^10,12
     He was a cotton planter.²