Two books released to commemorate 175th anniversary of Bayou Rouge Baptist Church

With the 175th anniversary of Bayou Rouge Baptist Church being celebrated this weekend two commemorative pictorial books on Evergreen have been released.

One book is a timeline of history of the Evergreen community and the other is a collection of family histories of the area before the CIvil War.

175 YEARS ON BAYOU ROUGE
175 Years on Bayou Rouge has
The work also contains an historical sketches of community aspects such as the old homes of the area, school classes, a history of the education of Evergreen, Confederate soldiers, World War Veterans and government histories.
The timeline includes:
1812………..War of 1812 veterans of Evergreen area
1832………..Pearce arrives in Evergreen
1835 ……….Oakwold
1830s………Pearce Store
1837………..Post Office established
1839………..Evergreen Methodist Church founded
1841………..Bayou Rouge Baptist founded
1842………..Clarendon plantation home
1856………..Lone Pine plantation home
1856………..Stephen Pearce Plantation
1850s………Cappel home
1857………..Evergreen Home Institute established
1858………..Mansuel Bennett home built
1861………..Civil War letter from Evergreen
1861-1865…The Civil War, The Evergreen Rifles
1861-1865…Evergreen’s Confederates
1862………..Missing War Money in Evergreen
1868………..Branch home built
1872………..The government of Evergreen is created
1872-2016…Mayors of Evergreen
1879………..Survey map of Evergreen
1881-1885…Old news clippings of Evergreen
1885………..Pearce-Flournay home built
1890s………Lena Plantation Token, Evergreen
1890………..Branch-Quirk home
1900………..Dr. Buck with grandchildren
1904………..Group of men at Evergreen
1900s………Masonic Hall of Evergreen
1904………..Evergreen Public High - consolidated school building
1910………..5th grade class
1915-15……Evergreen High senior class
1922-23……Evergreen High student body
1917-1918…World War I
1927………..CATHOLIC CHURCH BUILT
1927-28……Evergreen 5th grade class
1933………..Evergreen consolidated school
1930s………Evergreen High faculty
1941-45……WWII
1941………..EHS Senior Class
1945-46……Evergreen 1st grade class1945 7th Grade1945 Snow in Evergreen
1940s………Evergreen Class
1945-46……Evergreen senior class
1948………..2nd grade
1960s………1st grade, Evergreen
1952………..Evergreen school campus aerial photo
1953-4……..Korean War Vet
1950s………EHS girl’s basketball team
1957-58……EHS boy’s basketball team
1960s………May Festival
1960s………Bare Footed Altar Boys

EVERGREENFAMILIES
The other book, Antebellum families of Bayou Rouge Bains a chapter on each of the following families who settled before the Civil War in the area.

Brief histories of Antebellum families of Bayou Rouge Baptist Church in Evergreen, Louisiana. Prepared for 175th anniversary of the Church in

In commemoration of the 175th Anniversary of Bayou Rouge Baptist Church, two pictorial booklets have been released.

EVERGREENHISTORY

ANTEBELLUM FAMILIES OF BAYOU ROUGE
175 Years on Bayou Rouge contains several chapters, each with a brief history of several of the oldest families who were members of the Bayou Rouge Baptist Church since it was founed in 1841.

Families inlcude:
Allen
Bennett,
Bettison,
Branch,
Brown,
Brunson,
Bubenzer,
Buck,
Cappel,
Cappel,
Chamberlain,
Chatelain,
Ewell,
Flournoy,
Frith,
Gray,
Hall,
Hollinshead,
Hudson,
Irion,
Jeansonnne,
Kemper,
Kilpatrick,
Marshall,
Kemper,
Kilpatrick,
Marshall,
Miles,
Mounger,
Normand,
O’Quinn,
Pearce,
Quirk,
Taliaferro,
Tanner,
West,
White,
Wier,
Wright.

The books sell for $10 each and are available at www.shopavoyelles.com