Loula Ayres was a daughter of Major Enoch Shaw Ayres (22 June 1835-26 July 1912) and his wife Samantha Tyler (25 Jan. 1846-22 July 1931), of Beechwood Plantation, Marion County, South Carolina.
Loula married Rev. James Chester Rockwell (1868-1893) on 29 Nov. 1888. He was a noted poet and a Baptist minister. They lived at Morristown, Tennessee, and later at Newport, Tennesee. They had three children: Paul Ayres Rockwell (1889-1985), Agnes Rockwell (1890-1926, Mrs. L. B. Hayes) and Kiffin Yates Rockwell (1892-1916).
After her husband's death, Loula became a school teacher; and, according to one account, she "founded the system of schools that obtains today (1920) in the little town of Newport....she moved with her family to Asheville, to give them better opportunities in education and herself in business. She took up the successful practice of osteopathy..." from "The North Carolina Booklet" published in 1920 by the DAR detailing the NC heroes of the Great War, article by R. B. House, North Carolina Historical Commission.
She was living in Newport, Tennessee in 1900, was listed at 84 Church Street, Asheville in the 1909 city dirctory, and was listed at 142 Hillside St. (listed as a doctor) in the 1930 census. She died at this address in 1959.
Loula's two sons, Paul and Kiffin, had most distinguised military careers.
Loula married Rev. James Chester Rockwell (1868-1893) on 29 Nov. 1888. He was a noted poet and a Baptist minister. They lived at Morristown, Tennessee, and later at Newport, Tennesee. They had three children: Paul Ayres Rockwell (1889-1985), Agnes Rockwell (1890-1926, Mrs. L. B. Hayes) and Kiffin Yates Rockwell (1892-1916).
After her husband's death, Loula became a school teacher; and, according to one account, she "founded the system of schools that obtains today (1920) in the little town of Newport....she moved with her family to Asheville, to give them better opportunities in education and herself in business. She took up the successful practice of osteopathy..." from "The North Carolina Booklet" published in 1920 by the DAR detailing the NC heroes of the Great War, article by R. B. House, North Carolina Historical Commission.
She was living in Newport, Tennessee in 1900, was listed at 84 Church Street, Asheville in the 1909 city dirctory, and was listed at 142 Hillside St. (listed as a doctor) in the 1930 census. She died at this address in 1959.
Loula's two sons, Paul and Kiffin, had most distinguised military careers.
Loula Ayres was a daughter of Major Enoch Shaw Ayres (22 June 1835-26 July 1912) and his wife Samantha Tyler (25 Jan. 1846-22 July 1931), of Beechwood Plantation, Marion County, South Carolina.
Loula married Rev. James Chester Rockwell (1868-1893) on 29 Nov. 1888. He was a noted poet and a Baptist minister. They lived at Morristown, Tennessee, and later at Newport, Tennesee. They had three children: Paul Ayres Rockwell (1889-1985), Agnes Rockwell (1890-1926, Mrs. L. B. Hayes) and Kiffin Yates Rockwell (1892-1916).
After her husband's death, Loula became a school teacher; and, according to one account, she "founded the system of schools that obtains today (1920) in the little town of Newport....she moved with her family to Asheville, to give them better opportunities in education and herself in business. She took up the successful practice of osteopathy..." from "The North Carolina Booklet" published in 1920 by the DAR detailing the NC heroes of the Great War, article by R. B. House, North Carolina Historical Commission.
She was living in Newport, Tennessee in 1900, was listed at 84 Church Street, Asheville in the 1909 city dirctory, and was listed at 142 Hillside St. (listed as a doctor) in the 1930 census. She died at this address in 1959.
Loula's two sons, Paul and Kiffin, had most distinguised military careers.
Loula married Rev. James Chester Rockwell (1868-1893) on 29 Nov. 1888. He was a noted poet and a Baptist minister. They lived at Morristown, Tennessee, and later at Newport, Tennesee. They had three children: Paul Ayres Rockwell (1889-1985), Agnes Rockwell (1890-1926, Mrs. L. B. Hayes) and Kiffin Yates Rockwell (1892-1916).
After her husband's death, Loula became a school teacher; and, according to one account, she "founded the system of schools that obtains today (1920) in the little town of Newport....she moved with her family to Asheville, to give them better opportunities in education and herself in business. She took up the successful practice of osteopathy..." from "The North Carolina Booklet" published in 1920 by the DAR detailing the NC heroes of the Great War, article by R. B. House, North Carolina Historical Commission.
She was living in Newport, Tennessee in 1900, was listed at 84 Church Street, Asheville in the 1909 city dirctory, and was listed at 142 Hillside St. (listed as a doctor) in the 1930 census. She died at this address in 1959.
Loula's two sons, Paul and Kiffin, had most distinguised military careers.
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