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Logtown, Miss., Sawmill Links Weston, Wingate Families
Henry Weston (born January 9, 1823, died October 29, 1912) started working for D. R. Wingate in July of 1848 at the Wingate Mill at Logtown, Miss. The mil! (discussed in this column, February 26 was sold by Wingate to W. W. Carre and Henry Carre (and also John Russ), and became known as W. W. Carre Company. Russ held only a few s!>ares in the company.
Apparently, they ceased operations during the Civil War because records indicate Henry Weston spent this period in improving his farm and following other vocations, including the manufacture of salt on the Gulf Coast near Bay St. Louis.
Immediately after the war, W. W. Carre Company resumed the manufacture of lumber at their old plant and in 1870, they build a new mill a short distance from the old one, across Boga Homa Bayou (in Logtown) which was circular-rigged and considered one of the finest in the area. In 1874, the Carres dissolved their partnership, and Weston operated the mill as its sole owner.
Weston also purchased the D. R. Wingate home in Logtown around 1850 or 1855 and subsequently it was owned by his oldest son, Asa S. Weston and then
by Asa’s daughter. The home remained in the family until 1963 when N.A.S.A. built their test site area in Gainesville, and all residents of an area comprising about 144,000 acres had to sell their homes for salvage or move them out of the area. The Wingate/Weston home was too large to move and had to be demolished.
According to Henry L. Otis (Circuit Clerk, Hancock County), P.O. Box 249, Bay St. Louis, Miss. 39520, the Weston family originated in England. John Weston, who was born in 1631 in Buckinghamshire, England, immigrated to Salem, Massachusetts at the age of 18 in 1648. Asa S. Weston is the 8th generation descendant. Many descendants of this family can now be found in Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas.
Many members of the family have the mistaken idea that the H. Weston Lumber Company operating in Logtown until around 1930 was named after Horatio Weston. However, proof can be found in family records that it was definitely Henry Weston. Henry left his home in Skowhegan, Maine, and came by steamboat down the Mississippi River, arriving in New Orleans in the fall of 1846.
In February, of 1847, he went to
work in Gainesville. Mississippi, at a saw-mill owned by W. J. Poitevent as a sawyer (his profession in Maine). His salary was $45/month. Horatio Weston was nearly 10 years his junior and didn’t arrive in Mississippi until several years later. Henry Weston only worked for Poitevent a year before receiving a better paying position with the Wingate mill in Logtown.
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Mrs. Evelyn C. French, 2001 West Park, Houma, La. 70360, would like to obtain more information on the Avcock family of Louisiana and North Carolina. Simon Aycock married Elizabeth Bennett and had one known son, Burrell Aycock. The 1790 census of Wayne County, North Carolina, shows a Simon Aicock with a wife, 2 sons and 5 daughters. Is this the same Simon Aycock?
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Mrs. Carolyn Ricke, 18 Donald Ct„ Metairie, La. 70003, is interested in James Mires, Jr. of St. Landry Parish. He was a justice of the peace according to the 1870 census, and the marriage records for St. Landry show him officiating at many weddings of the period. He was married on July 19, 1859, to Carmilite Garry in St. Landry Parish by another justice of the peace (also
named James Mires). James, Jr. was only 19 at the time, so this may have been his father. They had seven children — Eva, Celestine, William, Henry, John, Rufus and Octavia.
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Mrs. Jere Oakley, 7021 Martin Dr., 210, New Orleans 70126, would like information on Anna Guidena Behnen who came to New Orleans around 1852 from Hanover, Germany. She was born in 1834 and died in 1921. Any information would be appreciated.
S. John Falgoust, Jr., 3008 Kent Ave., Metairie. La. 70002, would like more data on Jeanne Arthemise Hymel who married Augustine Falgoust on April 28, 1817. Her father was Sebastian Hymel and her mother was Victorie Simon. Jeanne’s grandparents were Sebastian Hymel, Sr. and Genevieve Boudoin.
Falgoust would also like to know if there is a history of Post Des Alle-mands of St. Charles Parish, 1737-1769.
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Correspondence to this column should be sent to Damon Veach, CAJUNS, CREOLES, PIRATES AND PLANTERS, The Times-Picayune, 3800 Howard Avenue, New Orleans, La. 70140.