James Lafitte Guillet was born March 29. 1831 at Princess Anne, Somerset County, Maryland, of French ancestry. His father, Pierre, had been a soldier in the French Army and was with Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo. After this defeat, Pierre and a brother were involved in an attempt to rescue Napoleon, which was unsuccessful. The brother was caught and beheaded, but Pierre escaped to America. He moved from Maryland to New Orleans, where he died in 1837. His widow, Mary Jane Porter Guillet and her children, Lafitte, Columbus, John, Phoecian, and Sarah, moved to Carroll County in 1841. Another daughter, Frances, had married in Louisiana and did not accompany the rest of the family to Missouri.
James Lafitte Guillet and Martha Jane Thomas were married July 13, 1854, and became the parents of five children: Peter, Herman, Hattie, Ella and Rose. Not wanting to participate in the discord and divisions brought about by the Civil War, Lafitte and his brother Columbus, with their families, emigrated to Brazil, where they resided until after the close of the war. While still in Brazil, Martha Jane, wife of Lafitte, died on August 28, 1865 and was buried in that country.
After the return of the Guillet families from South America, James Lafitte, now a widower, and Susan McMahan Thomas, a widow, met and married in January 1868. They became the parents of six children: Mary Jane, Ernest Lafitte, Genevra, Susan Margaret, Georgia Emma, and John Hugo. Since Martha Jane Thomas, first wife of Lafitte, and John Archer Thomas, first husband of Susan McMahan Thomas were brother and sister, the children of the first marriage of each were cousins as well as step brothers and sisters and half brothers and sisters to the children of the last marriage. Some descendants of Lafitte and Susan still reside in Carroll County, others are scattered to many parts of the United States.
James Lafitte Guillet and Martha Jane Thomas were married July 13, 1854, and became the parents of five children: Peter, Herman, Hattie, Ella and Rose. Not wanting to participate in the discord and divisions brought about by the Civil War, Lafitte and his brother Columbus, with their families, emigrated to Brazil, where they resided until after the close of the war. While still in Brazil, Martha Jane, wife of Lafitte, died on August 28, 1865 and was buried in that country.
After the return of the Guillet families from South America, James Lafitte, now a widower, and Susan McMahan Thomas, a widow, met and married in January 1868. They became the parents of six children: Mary Jane, Ernest Lafitte, Genevra, Susan Margaret, Georgia Emma, and John Hugo. Since Martha Jane Thomas, first wife of Lafitte, and John Archer Thomas, first husband of Susan McMahan Thomas were brother and sister, the children of the first marriage of each were cousins as well as step brothers and sisters and half brothers and sisters to the children of the last marriage. Some descendants of Lafitte and Susan still reside in Carroll County, others are scattered to many parts of the United States.
James Lafitte Guillet was born March 29. 1831 at Princess Anne, Somerset County, Maryland, of French ancestry. His father, Pierre, had been a soldier in the French Army and was with Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo. After this defeat, Pierre and a brother were involved in an attempt to rescue Napoleon, which was unsuccessful. The brother was caught and beheaded, but Pierre escaped to America. He moved from Maryland to New Orleans, where he died in 1837. His widow, Mary Jane Porter Guillet and her children, Lafitte, Columbus, John, Phoecian, and Sarah, moved to Carroll County in 1841. Another daughter, Frances, had married in Louisiana and did not accompany the rest of the family to Missouri.
James Lafitte Guillet and Martha Jane Thomas were married July 13, 1854, and became the parents of five children: Peter, Herman, Hattie, Ella and Rose. Not wanting to participate in the discord and divisions brought about by the Civil War, Lafitte and his brother Columbus, with their families, emigrated to Brazil, where they resided until after the close of the war. While still in Brazil, Martha Jane, wife of Lafitte, died on August 28, 1865 and was buried in that country.
After the return of the Guillet families from South America, James Lafitte, now a widower, and Susan McMahan Thomas, a widow, met and married in January 1868. They became the parents of six children: Mary Jane, Ernest Lafitte, Genevra, Susan Margaret, Georgia Emma, and John Hugo. Since Martha Jane Thomas, first wife of Lafitte, and John Archer Thomas, first husband of Susan McMahan Thomas were brother and sister, the children of the first marriage of each were cousins as well as step brothers and sisters and half brothers and sisters to the children of the last marriage. Some descendants of Lafitte and Susan still reside in Carroll County, others are scattered to many parts of the United States.
James Lafitte Guillet and Martha Jane Thomas were married July 13, 1854, and became the parents of five children: Peter, Herman, Hattie, Ella and Rose. Not wanting to participate in the discord and divisions brought about by the Civil War, Lafitte and his brother Columbus, with their families, emigrated to Brazil, where they resided until after the close of the war. While still in Brazil, Martha Jane, wife of Lafitte, died on August 28, 1865 and was buried in that country.
After the return of the Guillet families from South America, James Lafitte, now a widower, and Susan McMahan Thomas, a widow, met and married in January 1868. They became the parents of six children: Mary Jane, Ernest Lafitte, Genevra, Susan Margaret, Georgia Emma, and John Hugo. Since Martha Jane Thomas, first wife of Lafitte, and John Archer Thomas, first husband of Susan McMahan Thomas were brother and sister, the children of the first marriage of each were cousins as well as step brothers and sisters and half brothers and sisters to the children of the last marriage. Some descendants of Lafitte and Susan still reside in Carroll County, others are scattered to many parts of the United States.
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