Ouachita Parish History Tidbits

Tag: Robert Forbes McGuire Diary

  • Accounts of Death in the Diary of Dr. Robert Forbes McGuire Part II

    June, 1844                               Sis Louisa died on the 12th in Charitan County, Missouri. March, 1845                            Dr. Thompson’s wife died in Orleans. April, 1845                              The people are healthy here, a few cases…

  • Accounts of Death in the Diary of Dr. Robert Forbes McGuire Part I

    In the files of the Ouachita Parish Public Library’s Genealogy Department, can be found the transcript of the diary of Robert Forbes McGuire.  Years ago, I pulled out all the…