52 Ancestors-Week #7-John Mabe Autrey

This post is part of Amy Johnson Crow's 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks challenge.  The object is to write something about 1 ancestor each week.  More information can be  found at her blog No Story Too Small.

Here are the basic facts I have about my probable but so far no conclusively proven paternal great great grandfather John Mabe Autrey:

He was born in Selma, Alabama 12 Aug 1828 to Absalom and Elizabeth H. Norris.(1) 

In 1850 John is in living in Absalom's household in Union Parish Louisiana. (2)

On the 3 October 1851 John and Dianacy Wallace were married in Union Parish, Louisiana.(3)

1860-1870 John and Dianacy lived in Union Parish and had about 10 children during this period.(4)

In 1880 the Autrey's are living in the neighboring parish of Lincoln, Louisiana. (5)

By the 1900 census, Dianacy is living in Hardin, Texas with one of her son's family and is listed as a widow. (6)

In 1911, Dianacy filled out a widows pension  application and stated that John had died in 1903.(7)

John served the Confederate army during the Civil War.  He enlisted on 11 May 1862 in Monroe, Louisiana and was discharched on 8 June 1865. (8)

After 1880, John Mabe seems to have disappeared completley.  No death, probate, property or tax record has been located in Louisiana or Texas.   
My next step is to visit Hardin,  Texas and see if I can locate anything. 

I have also seen unsourced references to them living in Robertson County, Texas and owning a store.  So far, nothing I've checked verifies this so it looks like I'll be taking a couple of road trips in the not too distant future. 

Sources:

(1) Edmund West, comp.. Family Data Collection - Births [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2001. (2)1850 U. S. census, Union Parish, Louisiana, population schedule, p. 791 (written), dwelling 706, family 706, Absalom Autrey; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 11 April 2013); citing National Archives microfilm publication M432 roll 241. (3)"Louisiana, Marriages, 1816-1906," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F4C2-Z5T : accessed 21 Apr 2013), John Autry and Dianacy Wallace, 03 Oct 1851. [4] 1860 U. S. census, Union Parish, Louisiana, population schedule, p. 25 (written), dwelling 154, family 154, Jno Autry; digital, image, Ancestry.com, (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 11 April 2013); citing National Archives microfilm publication, M653, roll 426.Ancestry.com. Arkansas, Confederate Pension Records, 1891-1935 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. [4] 1870 U. S. census, Union Parish, Louisiana, population schedule, p. 42 (written), dwelling 319, family 319, John Autry; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 11 April 2013); citing National Archives microfilm publication M593, roll 534. [5] 1880 U. S. census, Lincoln Parish, Louisiana, population schedule, p. 59 (written), dwelling 488, family 501, J. H. Sample; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 11 April 2013); citing National Archives microfilm publication T9, roll 456. [6] 1900 U. S. census, Liberty County, Texas, pop. sch., p. 237 A (stamped), dwell. 252, fam. 252, Dianacy Autrey. digital image, Ancestry.com (http:www.ancestry.com: accessed 11 April 2013); citing National Archives microfilm publication T623.

[7]Ancestry.com. Arkansas, Confederate Pension Records, 1891-1935 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.

[8]National Park Service. U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.

Original data: National Park Service, Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, online <http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/>, acquired 2007.