Taken from page 336 of The Baillio Family Book
Auguste Baillio, the son of Jean Louis Baillio and Mary Catherine Layssard, ws born in Rapides Parish, Louisiana on his father's plantation, located on Bayou Jean de Jean, near the present town of Hot Wells, Louisiana, on August 14, 1821, and died March 17, 1855. Interment was in DeLoach Bluff Cemetery in Rapides Parish. He was a member of the Catholic Church.
In 1842, he purchased three hundred acres of the Jacque Dupuis Survey in that part of Rapides Parish that is now Grant Parish. This land is on Red River, fronting on Bayou Darrow, and extends on each side of Bayou Rigolette.
Auguste Baillio loved the soil and was a prosperous planter in pre-war days. He owned seven slaves; their names being Bob, aged 40 years; Henry, aged 35 years; Tom, age 20 years; Lucy, aged 35 years; Hester, aged 35 years; Ginny, aged 15 years, and Liszer aged 16 years. He had one mule and five head of horses, at the time of his death. Besides their home on the plantation, he maintained a home in Alexandria for many years. In the fall of 1853, he was taken ill and was never able to work again. He died in 1855.
He was married August 24, 1843, to Emeliza (Emma Eliza) Lewis, born February 21, 1825, in Washington County, North Carolina, and died January 6, 1906 at her home in the Prospect Community, in Grant Parish.Interment was in Bethel Cemetery in Grant Parish. Before moving to Louisiana, she was a member of the Episcopal Church in North Carolina, but in 1875, she joined the Methodist Protestant Church in the Mount Zion Community, Grant Parish. The names of her parents have not been located but she was a sister to Alfred C Lewis (Alfred C. Lewis was born in 1812 in Plymouth County, North Carolina, and moved to Louisiana in 1840, along with his wife, Ann Chesson, of North Carolina), a well know Grant Parish planter.
Emeliza Lewis Baillio was tall, stately, beautiful, and a decendent of proud English ancestors, who, it is said, came from Wales and had a Coat of Arms.
Auguste Baillio and Emeliza Lewis were the parents of four children: Joseph Bruce Baillio, Gustavus A. Baillio, William Warren Baillio and William Warren Wallace Baillio.
Auguste Baillio, the son of Jean Louis Baillio and Mary Catherine Layssard, ws born in Rapides Parish, Louisiana on his father's plantation, located on Bayou Jean de Jean, near the present town of Hot Wells, Louisiana, on August 14, 1821, and died March 17, 1855. Interment was in DeLoach Bluff Cemetery in Rapides Parish. He was a member of the Catholic Church.
In 1842, he purchased three hundred acres of the Jacque Dupuis Survey in that part of Rapides Parish that is now Grant Parish. This land is on Red River, fronting on Bayou Darrow, and extends on each side of Bayou Rigolette.
Auguste Baillio loved the soil and was a prosperous planter in pre-war days. He owned seven slaves; their names being Bob, aged 40 years; Henry, aged 35 years; Tom, age 20 years; Lucy, aged 35 years; Hester, aged 35 years; Ginny, aged 15 years, and Liszer aged 16 years. He had one mule and five head of horses, at the time of his death. Besides their home on the plantation, he maintained a home in Alexandria for many years. In the fall of 1853, he was taken ill and was never able to work again. He died in 1855.
He was married August 24, 1843, to Emeliza (Emma Eliza) Lewis, born February 21, 1825, in Washington County, North Carolina, and died January 6, 1906 at her home in the Prospect Community, in Grant Parish.Interment was in Bethel Cemetery in Grant Parish. Before moving to Louisiana, she was a member of the Episcopal Church in North Carolina, but in 1875, she joined the Methodist Protestant Church in the Mount Zion Community, Grant Parish. The names of her parents have not been located but she was a sister to Alfred C Lewis (Alfred C. Lewis was born in 1812 in Plymouth County, North Carolina, and moved to Louisiana in 1840, along with his wife, Ann Chesson, of North Carolina), a well know Grant Parish planter.
Emeliza Lewis Baillio was tall, stately, beautiful, and a decendent of proud English ancestors, who, it is said, came from Wales and had a Coat of Arms.
Auguste Baillio and Emeliza Lewis were the parents of four children: Joseph Bruce Baillio, Gustavus A. Baillio, William Warren Baillio and William Warren Wallace Baillio.
Taken from page 336 of The Baillio Family Book
Auguste Baillio, the son of Jean Louis Baillio and Mary Catherine Layssard, ws born in Rapides Parish, Louisiana on his father's plantation, located on Bayou Jean de Jean, near the present town of Hot Wells, Louisiana, on August 14, 1821, and died March 17, 1855. Interment was in DeLoach Bluff Cemetery in Rapides Parish. He was a member of the Catholic Church.
In 1842, he purchased three hundred acres of the Jacque Dupuis Survey in that part of Rapides Parish that is now Grant Parish. This land is on Red River, fronting on Bayou Darrow, and extends on each side of Bayou Rigolette.
Auguste Baillio loved the soil and was a prosperous planter in pre-war days. He owned seven slaves; their names being Bob, aged 40 years; Henry, aged 35 years; Tom, age 20 years; Lucy, aged 35 years; Hester, aged 35 years; Ginny, aged 15 years, and Liszer aged 16 years. He had one mule and five head of horses, at the time of his death. Besides their home on the plantation, he maintained a home in Alexandria for many years. In the fall of 1853, he was taken ill and was never able to work again. He died in 1855.
He was married August 24, 1843, to Emeliza (Emma Eliza) Lewis, born February 21, 1825, in Washington County, North Carolina, and died January 6, 1906 at her home in the Prospect Community, in Grant Parish.Interment was in Bethel Cemetery in Grant Parish. Before moving to Louisiana, she was a member of the Episcopal Church in North Carolina, but in 1875, she joined the Methodist Protestant Church in the Mount Zion Community, Grant Parish. The names of her parents have not been located but she was a sister to Alfred C Lewis (Alfred C. Lewis was born in 1812 in Plymouth County, North Carolina, and moved to Louisiana in 1840, along with his wife, Ann Chesson, of North Carolina), a well know Grant Parish planter.
Emeliza Lewis Baillio was tall, stately, beautiful, and a decendent of proud English ancestors, who, it is said, came from Wales and had a Coat of Arms.
Auguste Baillio and Emeliza Lewis were the parents of four children: Joseph Bruce Baillio, Gustavus A. Baillio, William Warren Baillio and William Warren Wallace Baillio.
Auguste Baillio, the son of Jean Louis Baillio and Mary Catherine Layssard, ws born in Rapides Parish, Louisiana on his father's plantation, located on Bayou Jean de Jean, near the present town of Hot Wells, Louisiana, on August 14, 1821, and died March 17, 1855. Interment was in DeLoach Bluff Cemetery in Rapides Parish. He was a member of the Catholic Church.
In 1842, he purchased three hundred acres of the Jacque Dupuis Survey in that part of Rapides Parish that is now Grant Parish. This land is on Red River, fronting on Bayou Darrow, and extends on each side of Bayou Rigolette.
Auguste Baillio loved the soil and was a prosperous planter in pre-war days. He owned seven slaves; their names being Bob, aged 40 years; Henry, aged 35 years; Tom, age 20 years; Lucy, aged 35 years; Hester, aged 35 years; Ginny, aged 15 years, and Liszer aged 16 years. He had one mule and five head of horses, at the time of his death. Besides their home on the plantation, he maintained a home in Alexandria for many years. In the fall of 1853, he was taken ill and was never able to work again. He died in 1855.
He was married August 24, 1843, to Emeliza (Emma Eliza) Lewis, born February 21, 1825, in Washington County, North Carolina, and died January 6, 1906 at her home in the Prospect Community, in Grant Parish.Interment was in Bethel Cemetery in Grant Parish. Before moving to Louisiana, she was a member of the Episcopal Church in North Carolina, but in 1875, she joined the Methodist Protestant Church in the Mount Zion Community, Grant Parish. The names of her parents have not been located but she was a sister to Alfred C Lewis (Alfred C. Lewis was born in 1812 in Plymouth County, North Carolina, and moved to Louisiana in 1840, along with his wife, Ann Chesson, of North Carolina), a well know Grant Parish planter.
Emeliza Lewis Baillio was tall, stately, beautiful, and a decendent of proud English ancestors, who, it is said, came from Wales and had a Coat of Arms.
Auguste Baillio and Emeliza Lewis were the parents of four children: Joseph Bruce Baillio, Gustavus A. Baillio, William Warren Baillio and William Warren Wallace Baillio.
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