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William Edward Dark

5 May 1848 – 23 Mar 1941

Birth	5 May 1848
Death	23 Mar 1941
Cemetery	Harmony Grove Cemetery Dodson , Winn Parish , Louisiana , USA
Added by	Gwynne Smith on 20 Sep 2015
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/24162949

Bio

The deceased was born in Merriweather County, Georgia. He was just a lad of a boy when he enlisted in the Confederate army and served as a courier directly for Gen. Joseph E. Johnston. He was with Gen. Johnston at the Battle of Atlanta and several other engagements in which the gray-clad Confederates tried to halt Sherman's march to the sea through Georgia. In 1869 he moved to Claiborne Parish, Louisiana. A few years later he moved to Winn Parish and has lived in the Gaar's Mill Community ever since. He was married three times and was the father of twenty-one children, 13 of whom survive. He has many grandchildren and great grandchildren. Among his descendants are some of the most prominent citizens of Winn Parish.

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Family

Parents

• LeRoy James Lawrence Dark 1824–1887
• Frances America Gresham Dark 1831–1896

Spouse

• Ada Louisiana Pipes Dark 1870–1944 FaG

Siblings

• Mary Florence Dark Boyd 1856–1951
• Fannie Eugenia Dark Boyett Cook 1865–1940
• Pinckney Troup Dark 1869–1883
• Robert Lee Dark 1872–1966

Children

• William Lee Dark 1870–1952 FaG
• Lela Lawrence Dark McMurry 1872–1960 FaG
• Emma F. Dark Hutson 1878–1941 FaG
• Louella Dark Branch 1880–1978 FaG
• Eugene Howard Dark 1885–1977 FaG
• Pink T. Dark 1887–1968 FaG
• Nora Dark 1894–1898 FaG
• Joseph Wheeler Dark 1898–1978 FaG
• Ora Dark Higginbotham 1901–1982 FaG
• Fannie Dark 1903–1904 FaG
• Anna Mae "Annie" Dark Covey 1905–1986 FaG
• Jim Franklin Dark 1908–1993 FaG
• Gordie Dark Powell 1911–1985 FaG
• Morgan Maude "Maud" Dark Reed 1911–1993 FaG

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