Ouachita Parish History Tidbits

Tag: Sidney W. Saunders

  • “The Scroll and the Flame”

    I have been playing around with AI and wanted to see what it could do. I gave it all the information I had on Monroe’s black sheep couple, Sidney and…

  • Willie’s Birth Certificate?

    Last week, a hint popped up on my Ancestry tree I have created for Sidney and Annie Saunders’ son Willie. It stated there was a birth record in New Orleans…

  • An Unexpected Breakthrough in the Saga of Sidney and Annie Saunders

    I honestly don’t know what to think about what I just read. This is going to take some digesting. I have been chasing rabbits (as I like to say) and…

  • Sidney and Annie Saunders talk tomorrow!

    Just wanted to post a quick notice that tomorrow I will be giving a Facebook Live program about Sidney and Annie Saunders. Just go to the Ouachita Parish Public Library’s…

  • Sidney Saunders Monument, circa 1930

    This photo is interesting due to what is in the background! The monument, of course, is the Sidney W. Saunders monument in the Old City Cemetery. What strikes me about…

  • Ken Fletcher Booth

    Today is the day that one of Northeast Louisiana’s most respected investigative journalists is laid to rest. I remember seeing Mr. Booth on my TV screen as a kid. I…

  • Talking Headstones: Annie E. Livingston Saunders Hardin

    This was my performance of Annie Saunders, Monroe’s black sheep. She has been a lot of fun to do! This little performance has led into me portraying her life in…

  • Sidney and Annie’s Marriage License

    Back in 2001 I was very interested in Monroe’s black sheep couple! Their story fascinated me. I had access to a very bad copy of what looked to be a…

  • Sidney and Annie Saunders Part III

    Annie Saunders had now lost her husband and son.  She was inconsolable.  Rumors that Sidney and Annie were never married were still active among Monroe society.  When Sidney’s brothers and…

  • Sidney and Annie Saunders Part II

                Annie was born to the union of Alfred N. and Catherine Livingston in Bastrop around the year 1852.  One of the rumors was that Annie was of mixed race. …