My great grandfather, William Edward LEHR, Sr. was born to Mary I. SEALE LEHR and John Eugene LEHR on August 13, 1890 in Carroll County Mississippi.

Around 1895, Mary and her son William left Vaiden, Mississippi in Carroll County and arrived in Sabine Parish, Louisiana. The story told throughout the family is that John Eugene LEHR (her husband) and her two daughters had passed away due to an illness between 1890 and 1895. We have never been able to locate John Eugene LEHR's grave.

Mary I. SEALE LEHR raised my great grandfather until she passed away in 1900 and was buried at Bayou Scie United Methodist Church Cemetery in Zwolle, Sabine Parish, Louisiana. William Edward LEHR, Sr. passed away in 1957 and is buried in Bayou Scie as well.

If anyone out there has any information concerning JOHN EUGENE LEHR, please contact me by replying to this post or e-mail me at jonathan@jonathanneel.com.

Thanks,
Jonathan Neel
Sabine Parish, Louisiana