A collection of stories about local people and local businesses by Minnie Murphy, resident of Madison Parish, written for WPA project in 1930's. 2. Richmond Compiler . Compiler printed in Richmond, LA. by John Quinton Anderson author of Brokenburn 4. The story of the Tyner family when they arrived in Madison Parish in 1930. Told by Bruce Tyner. 5.
Today there are none.
This family was connected with Madison Parish for 120 years. McDowell's widow was owner of Sparta Plantation at the beginning of the Civil War. Walnut Grove Plantation was also owned at one time by family members. The last transaction of this family in the Parish was 1955. A most interesting story related about the King family that lived at Mound, LA just after the Civil War.