Metairie Cemetery Captures Civil War History

From:		"DeeDee" 
To:		    "Wayne Hepburn" 
Subject:	Re: Samuel C. Hepburn
Date:		Sat, 15 Jul 2006 11:11:58 -0500

Hi Wayne - I'm not a descendant.  Actually I am a private investigator who loves researching history.  
I'm working with a group of local historians who are currently documenting politicians that served 
in pre-civil war, civil war, and reconstruction era Ascension Parish, Louisiana.  
Mr. Glen FALGOUST, historian, and also owner of very early newspaper articles, has 
listed your ancestor (I assume) Samuel C. HEPBURN, as the Sheriff of this parish 
during this time frame. 
 
Yes, I did see your website, and also your queries/messages.  
Great work by the way.  I especially liked the migration route documented.  



From:		"DeeDee" 
To:		    "Wayne Hepburn" 
Subject:	Re: Samuel C. Hepburn
Date:		Sat, 15 Jul 2006 13:28:36 -0500

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New Orleans City Directory -
 
1822:
Hepburn James broker & secretary to the    d.h. cor.     Levee & St. Philip   
Louisiana Insurance Co.  35 Chartres
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1842:
Hepburn & Turpin exchange brokers  16 Exchange Place
Hepburn & Castarede exchange brokers  Merchant's Exchange
Hepburn  James, Mrs.  277 Rampart St.
Hepburn  Edward  of Hepburn & Castarede r.     277 Rampart St.
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1851:
Hepburn   J. M. adjuster of averages  21 St. Charles  d.  Orleans b. 
Robertson & Claiborne  Hepburn Samuel appraiser of ship damages      
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1861:
Copernicus, Algiers   Hepburn C. M., Mrs.    
219 Rampart, d. 1  Hepburn J.  clerk 
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1895:
4801 Magazine  Hepburn Celestine  widow Samuel 
r. 414 Royal  Hepburn George  lab.     



To:		"Wayne Hepburn" 
CC:		"Falgou" 
Subject:	Re: Samuel C. Hepburn
Date:		Sat, 15 Jul 2006 13:32:35 -0500
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Samuel C. HEPBURN listed in official documents as
1875-1880 Recorder of Births, Marriages and Deaths, in and for the Parish and
City of New Orleans,
(Note:  There are many certificates on file, but I only copied and sent one from 
each year to verify his position with the City of New Orleans.)
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Be it remembered that on this day to wit, the Third of May in the year of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-five (1875) and the one hundred and
third of the Independence of the United States of America, before me, S.
Choppin, M. D., President Board of Health and Ex-Officio Recorder of Births
Marriages and Deaths in and for the Parish and City of New Orleans
personally appeared

Octave Legier a native of this city residing at No 258 Dumaine St. in this
city who hereby declares that on the Twenty-seventh day of February 1874 (27
February , 1874) at No. 260 Dumaine St. was born a female child, named

Marie Honorine Adele Legier (white)

Lawful issue of Deponent a native of this city. aged 32years, occupation
Steamboatsman and Odeide Drouet a native of this city, aged 32 years,

Thus done at New Orleans in the presence of the aforesaid O. Legier as also
in that of Messrs. S.C. HEPBURN & P. H. Lanauze both of this city,
witnesses by me requested so to be, who have hereunto set their hands
together with me, after due reading hereof the day, month and year first
above written.
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Be it Remembered, That on this day, to wit:  the 21st of November
in the year of our Lord 1879 and the 104 of the Independence of
the United States of America, before me, S. Choppin, M.D. President
Board of Health and ex-officio Recorder of Births, Marriages and
Deaths, in and for the Parish and City of New Orleans,

personally appeared:
Julius Althaus, a native of Texas residing at Carrollton in this
city who hereby declares That on the 28th day of August of this
present year (28 Aug. 1879) at Carrollton in this city was born
a female child, named

Francisca Viola Althaus (white),

a lawful issue of deponent a native of Texas aged 30 years,
occupation Patrolman and Charlotte J. Hickman a native of
Louisiana aged 27 years.

Thus Done at New Orleans, in the presence of the aforesaid J.
Althaus as also in that of Messrs. S. C. HEPBURN & P. H. Lanauze
both of this City, witnesses by me requested so to be, who have
hereunto set their hands, together with me, after due reading
hereof, the day, month, and year first above written.

Signed: Julius Althaus
P. H. Lanauz
Saml. C. HEPBURN
Samuel Choppin, M.D.
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Be it Remembered, That on this day, to-wit: the Ninth of July in
the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Seventy-Seven
(1877) and the One Hundred and Second of the Independence of the United
States of America, before me, duly commissioned and sworn Recorder
of Births, Marriages and Deaths, in and for the Parish and
City of New Orleans,

personally appeared:
L.J. Even, a native of Louisiana, residing at No. 827 Good Children
Street, in this city, who hereby declares that: On the Seventh instant
(July 7, 1877) at 9 o'clock am at No. 122 Elmira Street in this city
was born a male child named:

Edouard Berges (White)

Lawful issue of Pierre Berges, a native of the Department des Basse
Pyrenees canton New Frances aged 46 years occupation Merchant and
Josephine Capdeville a native of the Department des Haute Pyrenees
vie Byone, aged 38 years.

Thus Done at New Orleans in the presence of the aforesaid L.J. Even as
also in that of Messrs S.C. HEPBURN and P.H. Lanauze both of this City
witnessed by me requested so to be, who have hereunto set their hands
together with me after due reading hereof, the day, month, and year
first above written.

Signed: Samuel C. HEPBURN
*****************
Recorder
Signed: L.J. Evers
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Be it remembered that on this day to wit, the Eighteenth of March in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty (1880) and the one hundred
and fourth of the Independence of the United States of America, before me,
S. Choppin, M. D. President Board of Health and Ex-Officio Recorder of
Births Marriages and Deaths in and for the Parish and City of New Orleans,
personally appeared

Louis Kloppenburg, a native of Germany. residing at #616 St. Andrew St. who
hereby declares that on the twenty-seventh day of December last year, (27
Dec. 1879).at #306 S. Franklin St. was born a female child named

Henrietta Louisa Buddig, (white)

lawful issue of Henry Buddig a native of Germany aged 40 years, occupation
merchant, and Henrietta Voss, a native of Mississippi., aged 28 years

Thus done at New Orleans in the presence of the aforesaid L. Kloppenberg as
also in that of Messrs. S.E. HEPBURN & P. H. Lanauze both of this city,
witnesses by me requested so to be, who have hereunto set their hands
together with me, after due reading hereof the day, month and year first
above written.
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Be it Remembered, That on this day to wit: the Third of June
in the year of our Lord one Thousand eight hundred and Seventy Eight (1878) and the
one Hundred Second of the Independence of the United States of America,
before me, S. Choppin M. D., President Board of Health and Ex-Office
Recorder of Births and Deaths, in and for the Parish and City of Orleans
personally appeared:

Paul Bellocq,  native of France , residing at Corner Barracks and Burgundy
Streets in this city, who hereby declares that:
On the Twenty First day of last April eighteen hundred and Seventy Eight
(21 April 1878). At his aforesaid residence,  Was born a female child named:

Marie Louise Bellocq (white)

Lawful issue of deponent a native of France aged 34 years, occupation Grocer
and  Josephine Laporte, a native of this city, aged 19 years.

Thus DONE at New Orleans in the presence of the aforesaid Paul Bellocq
as also in that of Messes  S.C. HEPBURN & P. H. Lanauze
both of this city, witnesses by me requested so to be, who have hereunto set
their hands together with me after
due reading hereof, the day, month and year first above written

signed: Paul Bellocq



From:		"DeeDee" 
To:		    "Wayne Hepburn" 
Subject:	Re: Samuel C. Hepburn
Date:		Sat, 15 Jul 2006 14:37:37 -0500

Confederate Research Sources
Volume 2
H.
page 277
Hepburn, Charles (also Hepburn, C. J.),Jr. 2nd Lt. 
    2nd Lt. Co. E, A, 13th La. Inf. En. May 1, 1861, New Orleans. 
Roll for June to Oct. 31, 1862, Present. Roll for Nov. and Dec., 1862. Killed in the 
Battle of Murfreesboro, Dec. 31, 1862. Appears on Roster dated May 5, 1864, Elected 
July 19, 1862, 2nd Lt.



Notre Dame Archived Letter

1847 Jun. 21
Ste. Angèle, (R.U.) Sister: (New Orleans, Louisiana)
to Bishop A(nthony) Blanc: (New Orleans, Louisiana)

The young man who will present this letter is Ste. Angèle's nephew. His name is 
Samuel Hepburn. He is coming from Mexico and asks Blanc to recommend him to Mr. Landry 
as he wishes to have a government position. Sister de St. L. writes for Ste. Angèle.

V-5-g - A.L.S. - 2pp. - 12mo. - {3} 



[WH note: this message got the exchange started. Falgoust thought Samuel was a
carpetbagger from the north. DeeDee copied wh with the Mexico link and it all took off]

("DeeDee"   Thu, 13 Jul 2006 22:29:32 -0500)

----- Original Message -----
From: Falgou@aol.com
To: DecoDeeDee@eatel.net
Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2006 9:27 PM
Subject: Samuel Hepburn

D -- I suspect this fellow was a Yankee.  
He was Ascension Parish sheriff in 1865 as the Civil War ended.  
Can you help me prove he was a Yank? -- GF



From:		"DeeDee" 
To:		    "Wayne Hepburn" 
Subject:	Re: Samuel HEPBURN
Date:		Sat, 15 Jul 2006 22:03:47 -0500

You know what - a thought just hit me.  The Bishop of New Orleans was the Bishop of 
Baltimore before this.There was a huge "mission" to Mexico from Baltimore.  
I bet I can go back and research Samuel's aunt that was listed on the letter and find 
a connection with her order in New Orleans, to the Baltimore order to the mission in Mexico. 
 
I bet Samuel HEPBURN was a good Catholic (must have been his aunt was a nun) and was 
a single man sent on mission (to Mexico) from Baltimore.  He came to New Orleans not 
as a priest, but as a layman. 
 
Francis T. NICHOLLS (governor) was a very strong Catholic in Ascension and had many 
dealings with the Bishop.  I ran a search on the Notre Dame Archived Records with 
letters using "Baltimore" and "New Orleans" and came up with over 200 letters written 
in a 10 year time frame.  See the first one below from the late 1700s.  Also notice 
that the letter is in Spanish. 
 
I remember seeing that one or more of the HEPBURN men married Spanish women.  
Must be a connection. 
 
What part of Maryland were the HEPBURNs from?
 
1796 Jan. 13
(Penalver y Cardenas), Luis, Bishop of New Orleans, Louisiana
to Bishop John Carroll (Baltimore, Maryland)
On (Penalver)'s arrival in this diocese he met S(a)n Pedro, whom Whals had ordered to 
come to New Orleans in order to examine his credentials. (Penalver) has no other 
papers but those of which he sent copies to Carroll: the patent of his superior, 
a license to hear confessions, and one about his service in France, with a letter from 
Carroll to his vicar-general when S(a)n Pedro was in the parish of Kaskaskia, but since 
the first three documents are not authentic, the last one has not much prestige. He did 
not present his ordination papers nor commendatory letters from Carroll at the time of 
leaving his diocese. (Penalver) has delayed his return to his parish. Also, three nuns 
of the order of St. Clare from France, who live near Carroll, sent (Penalver) information 
of which he encloses a copy and in which (Henri Peyroux de la Coudreniere) Perou, 
Commandant at St. Genevieve, concurs. (Penalver) begs (Carroll) to inform him about .
S(a)n Pedro.

L.S. Copy (Spanish)



From:		"DeeDee" 
To:		    "Wayne Hepburn" 
Subject:	Re: Samuel HEPBURN
Date:		Sat, 15 Jul 2006 22:06:08 -0500

I think he got to New Orleans in 1847:

1847 Jun. 21
Ste. Angèle, (R.U.) Sister: (New Orleans, Louisiana)
to Bishop A(nthony) Blanc: (New Orleans, Louisiana)

The young man who will present this letter is Ste. Angèle's nephew. His name is 
Samuel Hepburn. He is coming from Mexico and asks Blanc to recommend him to 
Mr. Landry as he wishes to have a government position. 
Sister de St. L. writes for Ste. Angèle.

V-5-g - A.L.S. - 2pp. - 12mo. - {3} 



From:		"DeeDee" 
To:		    "Wayne Hepburn" 
Subject:	Re: Samuel HEPBURN
Date:		Sat, 15 Jul 2006 22:10:58 -0500

His aunt was an Ursuline nun.  Now if I can just find her "real name" not her "nun name"

(1846?)
Ursulines: (New Orleans, Louisiana)
to (Bishop Anthony Blanc: New Orleans, Louisiana)

(A list of Sisters giving their positions, their ages and years of profession): 
Choir Sisters, Mother (St. Seraphine Ray, R.U.?), 
Sister Ste. Claire, 
Sister St. Charles, 
Sister St. Etienne (Morin), 
Sister Ste. Angele, 
Sister St. Arséne Blin, Sister Ste. Gertrude, 
Sister Ste. Marié, 
Sister St. Stanislas (Truchet), 
Sister St. Gabriel, 
Sister St. Michel, 
Sister Ste. Paule, 
Sister St. Augustin (de Brousser), 
Sister Ste. Eulalie, 
Sister Ste. Hélène, 
Sister Ste. Thérèse, 
Sister Ste. Philomène, 
Sister St. Joseph, 
Sister Ste. Ursule, 
Sister St. Louis, 
Sister Ste. Félicité, 
Sister Ste. Agnès, 
Sister Ste. Scholastique. 

Lay Sisters, Sister St. Jean, 
Sister Ste. Angélique, 
Sister Ste. Marie Claire, 
Sister Ste. Marthe, 
Sister Ste. Monique, 
Sister St. Alexis, 
Sister St. Isidore, 
Sister Ste. Elizabeth, 
Sister St. Xavier, 
Sister St. Ambroise (Bennett?), 
Sister Ste. Anne. 

Novices, Sister Ste. Euphrasie, 
Sister St. Antoine, 
Sister St. Bruno. 

Postulants, Thérèse Harrington, 
Mary Ronke, 
Anna Balivet, 
Marguerite Porter, 
Périne Granjeais, 
Josephine Boudreaux, 
Marie Deleanne.

V-5-e - A. List - (French) 2pp. - 4to. - {45} 



From:		"DeeDee" 
To:		    "Wayne Hepburn" 
Subject:	Re: Samuel C. Hepburn
Date:		Sat, 15 Jul 2006 22:26:09 -0500

Louisiana. First Judicial District Court (Orleans Parish).
Suit Records, 1813-1835.
 
MCCOY, ISAAC L., PLEASANTS, T. F. ; HEPBURN, JAMES (CURATORS) 	2589
MOTHER ST. MARIE ; THE URSULINE NUNS 	JACOB, HENRY (FMC) ; JACOB, REGIS (FMC) 	295



From:		"DeeDee" 
To:		    "Wayne Hepburn" 
Subject:	Re: Samuel HEPBURN
Date:		Sat, 15 Jul 2006 22:31:02 -0500

okay look at this, living 2 doors down from James HEPBURN are the Ursuline Nuns in 1822 - cool:
 
1822 NEW ORLEANS CITY DIRECTORY All Removals, etc. are marked with the character "R" following
the street number.  Please refer to the "1822nocd.txt" file for additional information
______________________________________________________________________________________
STREETNUMBER S NAME;       NAME;           OCCUPATION/BUSINESS/INFORMATION

   R          ;  BELMONT, BONSEIGNEUR;  sub. Lieutenant of the City Guard
              ;  FERNANDIS, (SEE YBANEZ);  wharf master
              ;  GAIENNIE, L.U.
              ;  GAUDET, VICTORINE
              ;  GORDON, JUGH K.;  office
              ;  GRYMES & CANONGE;  counsellors at law
              ;  GUILHON & CHEVALIER;  druggists, &c.
   R          ;  GUILLOTE, P.A.;  special auctioneer for the sale of 
                        horses & cattle in the City of New Orleans
   R          ;  HART, JACOB;  sergeant of city guard
              ;  HART, JACOB
              ;  HEERMANN, LEWIS;  physician & naval hospital surgeon
              ;  HEPBURN, James
              ;  IMBAU, MARTIN;  tailor
              ;  LACLOTTE, ST. JOSEPH;  superior of the Ursuline Nuns



From:		"DeeDee" 
To:		    "Wayne Hepburn" 
Subject:	Jackpot!!!
Date:		Sat, 15 Jul 2006 22:37:38 -0500

I got it figured out, his aunt was an Ursuline Nun named Sister St. Angele JOHNSTON (JOHNSON) 
who must have been his mother's sister:
 
Ursuline Convent: JOHNSTON, ST. ANGELE; nun
    
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1822 New Orleans City Directory: 
 
90 Union (M) corner Bons Enfans;  VEILLON, EDWARD;  milkman
     Ursuline & Bourbon(corner);  LAMBERT, JOHN B.;  grocer & baker
     Ursuline above Rampart;  HUARD, LOUIS
     Ursuline below rampart;  GARSIDE, JAMES;  merchant
     Ursuline Convent;  BLANC, MARIE;  doorkeeper
     Ursuline Convent;  BLIN, ST. ARSENE;  nun
     Ursuline Convent;  BOWLING, ST. FRANCIS SALES;  nun
     Ursuline Convent;  BRUKER, ST. AUSTIN;  nun
     Ursuline Convent;  FRONTIEN, ST. MARTHA;  nun
     Ursuline Convent:  JOHNSTON, ST. ANGELE; nun
     Ursuline Convent;  THARRON, ST. JOHN;  nun
     Ursuline Nun's Convent;  BROUTIN, ST. SCOLASTIQUE;  2d depositary



From:		"DeeDee" 
To:		    "Wayne Hepburn" 
Subject:	johnston
Date:		Sat, 15 Jul 2006 23:12:55 -0500

1st cousin to Samuel C. HEPBURN, Dr. Chris JOHNSTON.  
[wh note: Dr Chris Jr is UNCLE, not cousin]
There are many letters on file from JOHNSTON Family of Baltimore to Bishop of 
New Orleans.

Christopher JOHNSTON
# Sex: M
# Title: Dr.

Father: Christopher JOHNSTON , Jr. b: 18 MAY 1800
Mother: Eliza GATES

1866 Jan.22
Jenkins, Father O. L.:
St. Charles College, (Ellicotts' Mills, Maryland)

Printed circular in which Jenkins announces that while the college was closed for a 
time because of disease, they are now prepared to state that the fever did not 
originate in the College, but was brought in by a student from the outside, and that 
the physicians say that it is entirely safe for the students to return. On the same 
printed page is the letter of the physicians, F.E. Chatard, William E.A. Aikin, 
Thomas B. Owings, J.A. Doyle and Christopher JOHNSTON of Baltimore, addressed to 
Father J(oseph) P(aul) Dubreul and Father Jenkins in which they state that the disease 
in question was typhus fever and that it did not originate in the college and that it 
is entirely safe for the students to return on March 1. (In the papers of 
Bishop Francis P. McFarland).

I-1-b - Printed Circular - 1p. - 4to. - {3} 



From:		"DeeDee"  
To:		    "Wayne Hepburn" 
Subject:	Re: Jackpot!!!
Date:		Sun, 16 Jul 2006 10:20:39 -0500  

Another thought just occurred to me.  Why haven't any of the marriage certificates 
been found for Samuel C. HEPBURN?
 
Have you checked with the Baton Rouge Catholic Diocese records - which is where all 
the early Catholic marriages are located?
 
Also, Samuel might have been sent to Mexico for another reason besides missionary, 
like possibly being an architect, and planning the cathedral being built there.  
He must have had a special talent as he was chosen to be an officer and adjutant to 
the governor during the civil war.  If it was clerical - he might have been sent to 
Mexico to dole out the finances for the cathedral.  Just a thought, but I do know 
that he was acting in the capacity as an official representative for the Catholic 
church out of Baltimore when he was sent to Mexico because his aunt was asking the 
Bishop of New Orleans to "reward" his service with a government position in New Orleans.



From:		"DeeDee" 
To:		    "Wayne Hepburn" 
Subject:	Catholic HEPBURN
Date:		Sun, 16 Jul 2006 16:35:48 -0500

[wh reply ...
the only wrinkle in all this is that samuel's father john muir hepburn was married in 
1st PRESBYTERIAN church in baltimore ... hard to image his wife was catholic but could 
have been.]

Okay look at this,
-  Samuel's father was Presbyterian, mother must have been catholic as mother's sister was a nun.
-  Samuel served as adjutant and officer for Governor Francis T. NICHOLS
-  Read below where it shows that Gov. NICHOLS (staff) were responsible for getting Catholic priests 
to go off to war (civil war) with units from Louisiana.
-  There is definitely a strong Catholic connection:
 
1861 Jul 16

Semmes, Dr. A.J.
Warrenton, Virginia

to Archbishop (John Mary Odin, C.M.)
New Orleans, (Louisiana)

The (8th) Regiment (Louisiana Volunteers) did not leave Camp Moore, 70 miles above 
New Orleans, until three days later than anticipated and then under orders from 
Richmond. They were seven days en route to Lynchburg, Virginia where they found a 
telegram from the Secretary of War countermanding the first order and ordering them 
immediately to the enemy lines at Manassas Junction. He was taken sick with inflammation 
of the lungs and removed to this village 20 miles from Manassas where he is spending a 
few days with his relations for the recovery of his health. He paid a flying visit to 
Richmond and called on the Secretary of War in reference to a chaplain for the Regiment. 
He was indisposed and not visible. Semmes wrote the Secretary a letter enclosing an 
application for a Catholic Chaplain signed by Colonel (Henry B.) Kelly, 
Lt. Col. (Francis T.) NICHOLLS, Major (John B.) Prados and himself as surgeon, and by 
Dr. Duffel as assistant surgeon. Their application asked for a priest of the diocese .
of Louisiana as may be recommended to the War Department by (ODIN-Bishop.)  
Semmes suggests that he write to the Secretary of War, L(eroy) P. Walker, stating 
whom he would recommend and stating also that there is a large number of French Creoles 
who need one who speaks their tongue.

VI-2-e A.L.S. 3pp. 4to.



From:		"DeeDee" 
To:		    "Wayne Hepburn" 
Subject:	Re: johnston
Date:		Sun, 16 Jul 2006 16:56:38 -0500

(1868 Feb. 20)
(Harrison, R.U.), Mother St. Pierre (Margaret): (Galveston, Texas)
 to Archbishop J(ohn) M(ary) Odin, (C.M.): New Orleans, L(ouisian)a

She asks Odin a question relating to the foundation of their monastery. 
The letters which she kept and encloses (no enclosure) explain the whole thing. 
She lets Odin draw his own conclusions. She thanks him for his kind letter, and 
relays to him the best wishes of the (Ursulines) along with their fervent desire 
to see him again. She promises to pray for him and for Father (Napoleon Joseph) Perché. 
Sister St. Ursula, (R.U.) has gone to the house at Houston. Sister St. Anastasie, (R.U.) 
has joined the too famous Sister St. Ambroise, (R.U.) due to dissatisfaction with the 
last election. They all consider her departure a great blessing. The community now 
numbers 8 choir sisters, 2 white veils and 1 postulant. Two of the professed sisters, 
Sister St. Stanislaus, (R.U.) and Sister Ste. Angele, (R.U.), are incapable of teaching; 
thus the heavy burden falls on the others. She wishes Bishop (Claude Mary) Dubuis had 
consulted her community before making the new foundation in Houston. She thinks it would 
have been better to have consolidated to the existing communities. Last year they had 
over 200 pupils. They have only 26 boarders and their orphans. Their day school numbers 110. 
Texas is seeing very hard times due to the crop failures and lack of funds. She heard 
Mrs. (Winifred) McDonnell say that these are the most trying times she has ever seen in Texas.

VI-2-n - A.L.S. - 2pp. - 4to. - {10} 



From:		"DeeDee" 
To:		    "Wayne Hepburn" , "Falgou" , 
		    "CanonierHistory" , 
		    "ACapone" , "Shemp1101" 
Subject:	S.C. HEPBURN - Congressional
Date:		Sun, 16 Jul 2006 20:38:55 -0500

Too Cool.  See below.
Journal of the Congress of the Confederate States of America, 1861-1865 [Volume 3]
THURSDAY, February 26, 1863.

SECRET SESSION.

Mr. Brown, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported

A bill (S. 61) to authorize the President to contract for the construction and 
equipment of vessels for the Navy abroad; which was read the first and second 
times and ordered to be placed upon the Calendar.

The Senate resumed, as in Committee of the Whole, the consideration of the joint 
resolution (S. 2) relative to the plan of retaliation proposed in the President's 
message.

After debate,

On motion by Mr. Davis, that the resolution lie on the table,
On motion by Mr. Brown,
The Senate resolved into executive session.

EXECUTIVE SESSION.

The following message was received from the President of the Confederate States, 
by Mr. B. N. Harrison, his Secretary:

Richmond, February--, 1863.
To the Senate of the Confederate States:
Agreeably to the recommendation of the Secretary of War, I nominate the officers on 
the accompanying list to the rank affixed to their names, respectively.

JEFFERSON DAVIS.

Confederate States of America, War Department,
Richmond, February 16, 1863.

Sir:  I have the honor to recommend the following nominations for appointment in the 
Provisional Army of the Confederate States of America:

* Brigadier-general. Col. William Smith, of Virginia, to be brigadier-general, 
January 31, 1863.

* Aids-de-camp, with rank of first lieutenant. 
        Henry Irwin, of Maryland, to Maj. Gen. A. Elzey, January 12, 1863.
* S. S. Kirkland, of North Carolina, to Brig. Gen. W. D. Pender, December 13, 1862.
* F. von Phul, of Missouri, to Brig. Gen. D. M. Frost, October 15, 1862.
* E. A. Hawkins, of Georgia, to Brig. Gen. George Doles, December 28, 1862.
* G. T. Smoote, of Tennessee, to Maj. Gen. J. P. McCown, March 10, 1862.
* James R. Crump, of Tennessee, to Brig. Gen. W. H. Jackson, January 6, 1863.
* E. H. Gregory, of Tennessee, to Brig. Gen. John Adams, January 11, 1863.
* M. M. Lindsay, of Tennessee, to Brig. Gen. C. M. Wilcox, August 19, 1862.
* A. L. Pitzer, of Virginia, to Maj. Gen. J. A. Early, January 21, 1863.
* W. G. Calloway, of Virginia, to Maj. Gen. J. A. Early, January 21, 1863.
* Jeff. B. Posey, of Mississippi, to Brig. Gen. C. Posey, January, 19, 1863.
* William McCabe, of Arkansas, to Brig. Gen. J. C. Tappan, January 26, 1863.
* S. C. Hepburn, of Louisiana, to Brig. Gen. F. T. Nicholls, January 17, 1863.  



From:		"DeeDee" 
To:		    "Wayne Hepburn" 
Subject:	MORE CONGRESSIONAL
Date:		Sun, 16 Jul 2006 21:26:19 -0500

Cool, this is the same date you show Samuel C. HEPBURN's service (commission) beginning.
 
Journal of the Congress of the Confederate States of America, 1861-1865 [Volume 3]
THURSDAY, April 23, 1863.
 
EXECUTIVE SESSION.

Mr. Sparrow, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom were referred the 
nominations of Samuel Cooper, Robert E. Lee, Joseph E. Johnston, G. T. Beauregard, 
to be generals, reported, with the recommendation that said nominations be confirmed.

The Senate proceeded to consider said report; and
On motion by Mr. Clay, that the further consideration of the nominations be postponed 
till to-morrow,

It was determined in the negative.

On motion by Mr. Wigfall, to reconsider the vote on refusing to postpone the further 
consideration of the nominations till to-morrow,
    * It was determined in the negative, Yeas ... 6
    * Nays ... 11

On motion by Mr. Clay,
The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the Senators present,
Those who voted in the affirmative are,
Messrs. Clay, Johnson of Georgia, Oldham, Orr, Simms, and Wigfall.

Those who voted in the negative are,
Messrs. Barnwell, Caperton, Clark, Haynes, Henry, Hunter, Maxwell, Mitchel, Peyton, 
Phelan, and Sparrow.

On the question,
Will the Senate advise and consent to the appointment of Samuel Cooper, Robert E. Lee, 
Joseph E. Johnston, G. T. Beauregard, to be generals

It was determined in the affirmative.
So it was
Resolved, That the Senate advise and consent to the appointment of Samuel Cooper, 
Robert E. Lee, Joseph E. Johnston, G. T. Beauregard, to be generals, agreeably to the 
nomination of the President.

Mr. Sparrow, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom were referred the 
nominations of Isaac R. Trimble, Jubal A. Early, to be major-generals, James H. Lane, 
Camillus J. Polignac, William Smith, Robert B. Vance, E. C. Walthall, Robert F. Hoke, 
H. L. Benning, W. T. Wofford, Samuel McGowan, M. A. Stovall, George B. Cosby, 
Frank C. Armstrong, W. L. Cabell, to be brigadier-generals; 
Jos. M. Jayne, John E. Penn, to be colonels; John J. Wade, H. A. Edmundson, 
John E. Penn, to be lieutenant-colonels; John S. Deyerle, John E. Penn, to be majors; 
R. Channing Price, Alfred Hoffman, W. Duncan McKim, J. F. Girault, to be assistant 
adjutants-general, with the rank of major; St. Jules Render, Charles J. Mastin, 
Emile P. Guillet, S. A. Moreno, John A. Barksdale, W. N. Worthington, A. H. Patton, 
John J. Reese, J. R. Fellows, William M. Magenis, H. W. Feilden, C. B. Duffield, 
A. N. Mills, to be assistant adjutants-general, with the rank of captain; 
Henry Irwin, S. S. Kirkland, F. von Phul, E. A. Hawkins, G. T. Smoote, James R. Crump,
E. H. Gregory, M. M. Lindsay, A. L. Pitzer, W. G. Calloway, Jeff. B. Posey, William McCabe, 
S. C. Hepburn, F. C. Cox, E. Bredell, jr., B. Manning, E. T. Harris, John M. Sharp, 
William Eggeling, S. P. Hanly, H. J. Brother, F. G. Lyon, Robert C. Stewart, 
Thomas G. Jones, Rufus J. Polk, McH. Howard, Fred. R. Blake, Richard T. Morrison, 
Benjamin F. Taylor, Andrew J. Watt, James H. Bate, Virginius Dabney, Thomas L. Macon, 
H. M. Stanard, B. H. Blanton, J. L. Bostick, W. W. Wilkins, Thomas J. Beall, 
Charles G. Elliott, Jesse W. Sparks, J. E. Drayton, Charles McCann, Samuel J. Corrie, 
William M. Peyton, E. Cunningham, John Dunlop, George H. Geiger, Henry B. Lee, 
C. F. Hampton, Samuel P. Jones, R. H. Morrison, jr., Lamar Cobb, E. Kearney, 
Alfred M. Erwin, F. B. Rodgers, Hugh F. Patton, W. S. Symington, J. C. H. Bryant, 
James Battle, D. W. Sanders, W. M. Hopkins, J. F. Ranson, Frank Steiner, 
Charles H. Rundell, William H. Wagner, Henry B. Estes, Clifton Walker, C. H. Richmond, 
Alexander Rose, R. B. George, Patrick Hamilton, Albert Belding, J. Little Smith, 
T. P. Hampton, Charles M. Davis, Oscar Lane, T. B. Thompson, W. C. Carrington, 
W. W. Herr, J. A. Shingleur, Robert Boggs, D. B. Taylor, Thomas C. Jackson, 
G. S. Worthington, S. D. Shannon, William McWillie, John G. Scott, Henry T. Botts, 
G. B. Lamar, C. T. Widney, E. B. Cherry, E. L. Lewis, John T. Ector, Farrar B. Conner, 
J. T. Brown, James C. Randle, John S. Smith, to be aids-de-camp, with the rank of first 
lieutenant; D. C. Pearson, Howard Lindsley, to be captains; E. W. Anderson, 
J. L. S. Kirby, George Marchbanks, to be second lieutenants; and Jacob Brice, to be 
military storekeeper of ordnance, with rank of first lieutenant (in the Regular Army); 
J. L. Sehon, W. B. Richards, C. H. Jones, C. H. Suber, to be quartermasters, with the 
rank of major; W. V. Deaderick, J. B. O'Bryan, John W. Green, William M. Sowers, 
E. H. Ewing, E. B. Faulkner, O. F. Weisiger, Felix Ducayet, E. P. Gaines, A. R. Venable, 
to be assistant quartermasters, with the rank of captain; Isaac Scherck, to be 
commissary, with the rank of major; F. G. Behre, George P. Elliott, to be assistant 
commissaries, with the rank of captain, reported, with the recommendation that all of 
said nominations be confirmed.

The Senate proceeded to consider said report; and in concurrence therewith, it was
Resolved, That the Senate advise and consent to their appointment, agreeably to the 
nomination of the President.

Mr. Sparrow, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom were referred the 
nominations of T. J. Freeman, B. M. Anderson, to be colonels; 
J. T. Cearnal, to be lieutenant-colonel; Richard Gaines, J. P. Thompson, to be majors; 
V. C. Cooke, E. Eastman, S. A. Doran, to be captains; W. M. Magenis, to be 
first lieutenant, reported the same with the recommendation that they lie on the table.

The Senate proceeded to consider said report; and
Resolved, That said nominations lie on the table.

Mr. Sparrow, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the 
nomination of L. Peck, to be major, reported, with the recommendation that said 
nomination be not confirmed.

The Senate proceeded to consider said report; and in concurrence therewith, it was
Resolved, That the Senate do not advise and consent to the appointment of L. Peck, 
to be major.



From:		"DeeDee" 
To:		    "Wayne Hepburn" 
Subject:	Hiding Thought
Date:		Sun, 16 Jul 2006 23:04:23 -0500

Thought:  He might have been in hiding along with his family because he was the 
aide-de-camp to Governor NICHOLS, and the south lost the war.  During reconstruction 
in Ascension Parish, i.e. Donaldsonville, where Samuel HEPBURN was the sheriff at the 
end of the war, there were political riots where 2 white mayors of Donaldsonville 
were murdered by black rioters (former slaves) etc...
 
The other historians I am working with have tons of info on the reconstruction period 
in Ascension Parish.  As a matter of fact they have a yearly (?) re-enactment of this event.  



From:		"DeeDee" 
To:		    "Wayne Hepburn" , "Falgou" , 
		    "CanonierHistory" , 		"ACapone" , 
            "Shemp1101" 
Subject:	HEPBURN
Date:		Mon, 17 Jul 2006 11:59:12 -0500

Hey Guys - I'm having a pretty hard time tracing HEPBURN through the censuses and 
military records on file.  Also descendant shows documents which state that he had a 
wife from St. James Parish and/or Ascension which I can't find the marriage certificates for. 
 
GF said that he was the Ascension Parish Sheriff in 1865, and after that I pretty much 
loose track of him until about 10 years later.  It almost seems as if he and his family 
were in hiding for some reason.
 
Thought:  Was he the sheriff during the time that Lt. William Conway LAWES and the 
other mayer were murdered?  LAWES mother Elizabeth LAWES was from Maryland also, 
and was very connected with the Catholic church - remember when she had 
Father BOGLIOLI come over and baptize all her slaves? 
 
Anyway, do you think he went into hiding because he was a confederate officer like 
LAWES, was connected to NICHOLLS like LAWES, was from the same area (and the Sheriff) 
when the political riots/murders occurred, and whose prominent family had roots to Maryland?  



From:		"DeeDee" 
To:		    "CanonierHistory" , 
            "Wayne Hepburn" 
Subject:	Question 3
Date:		Mon, 17 Jul 2006 12:20:17 -0500

Is the CSA General William PRESTON related to Samuel HEPBURN?
-  His brother-in-law was Hyatt Park HEPBURN married to the general's sister 
Susan PRESTON (CHRISTY) HEPBURN
 
-  General William PRESTON was part of Jefferson DAVIS' protection like MAURIN and 
the D'Ville Artillery
 
Also was CSA Colonel William Preston JOHNSTON related to the HEPBURNS?
-  He was present during capture of President Jefferson DAVIS.
-  Samuel HEPBURN's mother was a JOHNSTON.

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