On April 10th, 1890 John purchase a piece of land from the state of Louisiana. This land was described as NE4 of SE3, Section 19 of Township 3 south and Range 1 west according to Patent #2600 issued by the state. He sold this land to John H. Cole in 1893.
In front Justice of the Peace Eli Clark, John and Miss Adeline Smith were married on April 2nd, 1891; the license having been obtained the day before at the parish courthouse in Opelousas. Witnesses to the wedding were J. B. Carson, Wm. Clark, and John Danahy. John signed his name and Adeline made her mark. In 1892, their first child, Mason Rhedric, was born. He is our direct line ancestor. Four other children followed: William Charles born 1894, Beulah born 1897, Elma born 1899 and Curtis Elzie born 1902.
At some point before the 1900 U.S. Census, John and Adeline moved to Pollock, Grant Parish, Louisiana possibly to be closer to her family. Curtis was born there so they remained until at least 1902. At some point in the next 5 years Adeline passed away and left John with 5 young children. He returned to St. Landry parish and there married Mary L. Guillory Cole on 10th August 1907. Mary was the widow of John H. Cole to whom John had sold his land.
John and Mary lived in Pine Prairie, Evangeline Parish for most of the next 2 decades and had 3 more children together; Cornelia born 1909, Aline born 1911, and John B. born 1913. This gave them a total of 11 children with Mary's three from her marriage to John Cole. They bought and sold various pieces of land over the years, especially in Oakdale, Louisiana.
Shortly after the 1920 census they moved to Rapides Parish where John became the woods superintendent at the Zimmerman Mill. Unfortunately, on 14 July 1921, he was run over by a log train and killed immediately. Although there are discrepancies on the death certificate as to his parents, the informant was the doctor who attended and most likely did not know the correct information.
