Tensas pronunciation
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ADAMS, JOHN C.
John C. Adams, attorney at law; born New Carthage, La., July 25, 1868; son of Thomas Jefferson and Ellen (Cook) Adams; educated Campbell’s Academy, Natchez, and public schools of Hinds Co., Miss.; read law under English system in office; was connected with legal department Tenn. R.R. eleven years; since that time he has been connected with Memphis Trust Company and Bank of Commerce & Trust Co. in legal department, and is also manager of title department of said bank; married Lucy Sivley Aug. 1, 1889; member of Idlewild Presbyterian church, Memphis, Tenn. [Source: Who’s Who in Tennessee, Memphis: Paul & Douglass Co., Publishers, 1911; transcribed by K. Mohler]
ADAMS, FRANK O.
All his life Frank O. Adams, Goldman, La., has followed, with substantial results, the occupation to which he was reared and in which he is now engaged - planting. He is justly recognized as one of the leading plante
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Tensas Parish, Louisiana facts for kids
Tensas Parish (French: Paroisse des Tensas) is a parish located in the northeastern section of the State of Louisiana; its eastern border is the Mississippi River. As of the 2020 census, the population was 4,147. It is the least populated parish in Louisiana. The parish seat is St. Joseph. The name Tensas is derived from the historic indigenous Taensa people. The parish was founded in 1843 following Indian Removal.
The parish was developed for cotton agriculture, which dominated the economy through the early 20th century. There has also been some cattle ranching in the 1930s and timber extraction.
History
Prehistory
Tensas Parish was the home to many succeeding Native American groups in the thousands of years before European settlements began. Village and mound sites once built by these peoples have now become archaeological sites. One example is the Flowery Mound, a rectangular platform mound just east of St. Joseph measuring 10 feet (3.0 m) in height and 165 feet (50 m) by 130 feet (40 m) at its base and a summit measuring 50 fe
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1914 Parish Historical Overview
(Louisiana comprising sketches of parishes, towns, Vol 2, Edited by Alcee Fortier, Published by Century Historical Association, 1914 - vm)
Tensas Parish was established in 1842, during the administration of Gov. Andre Bienvenu Roman, and received its name from the Tensas Indians, who lived in this section when it was first settled by the French. Pénicaut, who was with Iberville on his trip up the Mississippi in 1700, writes: "On the 12th of April we left Natchez and coasted along to the right for a distance of 12 leagues we landed to visit a village situated 4 leagues in the interior. These Indians are called the Tensas. At this time Iberville tried to persuade the Indians to abandon their old camp and locate on the Mississippi river, which they promised to do, but for a number of years they wandered over a considerable district west of the river, making war on some of the less fierce and warlike tribes.
The parish is situated in the northeastern part of the state and is bounded on the north by Madison parish; the Mississippi riv
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