History of Salem baptist Church as written by Vera Canady in 1960 and published in the Monroe paper.

George married Polly Hancock in Chambers County in 1838 and by 1845 was moving west and purchased 40 acres in Macon County, AL

New Salem School, Eros, LA ca 1920

Teacher is William Flannigan. Note one teacher for 12 grades!

Imogene Thomas, taken 10/20/2007in the Concord Cemetery

I think this is Roby, her sister, on the right who she just lost.

Marshal Loflin & Family

ID of some of the attendees at the 1916 Loflin Reunion

Other Loflin Children, brothers and sisters of Eda Jane, ca 1910

Eda Jane Loflin Flannigan, ca 1920, My grandmother.

Eda Jane Loflin, daughter of George and Polly Loflin (1852-1921)was born in Tallapoosa County, AL and died in Elba, AL. She married my grandfather , Francis Marion Flannigan, divorced him with four children, married George Canady, had two children and after he died married John Fallin. Buried in Danley's Crossroad Cemetery in Coffee County, AL

Photos of Maggie Flannigan(Pool) as a bridesmaid and later in life!

                    Maggie Flannigan Pool ca 1948

          Maggie Flannigan and Minnie Dozier(cousins) May have been Minnie's wedding. (ca 1900)

            Maggie Flannigan, ca 1900, appears to be slightly older than the above photo.

Russell J. Flannigan, ca 1890

The little girl is Margaret(Maggie) Flannigan, his niece. Photo was taken just prior to the migration from Elmore County, AL to Jackson Parish of Calton and family. Russell, who was a widower and  Cival War veteran stayed behind and married a neighbor girl 40 years his junior(Martha Nail). Russell died in 1898 at 72 years old. He was a shoemaker and served in the 47th Alabama Infantry(raised in Tallapoosa County, AL.) He survived Gettesburg, and many more famous battles. He was discharged at Appomattox Courthouse, being present when General Lee surrendered. Maggie of course later married Leland Pool in Jackson Parish.

Calton Wilburn and Elizabeth Adaline Dozier Flannigan, ca 1890

This picture was taken in Alabama prior to their migration to Jackson Parish, LA. Both in their mid fifties.

Flannigan Reunion ca 1915 near Eros, Jackson Parish, LA.

Calton W. Flannigan was the main attraction of this event, which was not long before his passing in 1916.
The little girls posing beside him are Era and Leila Pool. Can't identify any of the others, although I think George Flannigan is fourth from the left. Note they asked Calton to remove his hat for the photo. Cute little kids in the pony cart!

George W. Flannigan Home near Eros, LA ca 1920

The house was located just past the Salem Cemetery toward Eros on the same side of the Vernon-Eros Road

2015 Loflin Reunion(99th) at the Concord Methodist Church, Chatham, LA

Elizabeth Ernestine Harper Gibson/Jerry Flannigan/Shelton Stuckey/Geneva Stuckey

Henry Loflin Presentation given at the 2014 Loflin Reunion

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5gFF8WxburiNl9GY1dfMi1ycXM/view?usp=sharing

Will and Maggie Pool home in Eros, LA

ca 1910  William Langford Pool, Margaret(Maggie) Flannigan Pool, Bea, Ira, Leila

Irvin Canady Home

On the Vernon- Eros Road(Loop Road), just off of Hy. 34 out of Eros toward Chatham
Taken in 2005, to the right of this home is the site of the early Salem Baptist Church.

Salem New School, Eros, LA

 left to right, front to back

ca 1915

Dedication Ceremony to place Confederate Headstones in Salem Cemetery--- December 2003

Salem Bartist Church, near Eros, LA on the Vernon-Eros Road.

Jack Loflin

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5gFF8WxburicURfZ20xd3VjanM

Loflin Cemetery near Vernon, Louisiana (Jackson Parish) on the Eros vernon Road.

This little cemetery is nearly lost to history. George Loflin(1812-May5, 1890) and his 2nd wife Mary Ann Dopson are buried here.

Loflin-Flannigan sawmil     Eros, LA     Approx. 1900

Downtown Eros, Louisiana, ca 1920

I hope to post information and genealogy posts for the Loflin Reunion held on the third Saturday of each October in Jackson Parish, Louisiana. The reunion held for years at Eros, LA in the Salem Baptist Church is now held in the Concord Methodist Church in Chatham, LA