William A. continued to pay down his debt and prospered. The finances of John Rucker Bisland do not seem to be as well documented. Perhaps this is because John did not incur the level of debt that his brother did. John “Jack” Brownson Bisland is born , on April 26, 1858, at Aragon Plantation to John Rucker Bisland and Fannie Brownson Bisland. He is the third child and second son. Many of the Bisland descendants stayed in Louisiana and Mississippi, many of the descendants of Jack Bisland still reside in Terrebonne Parish today. William A. Bisland and John R. Bisland traveled with their families from Louisiana to New York, through the Port of Havana to the Port of New York aboard the Steamship DeSoto on May 19, 1860.
US Census data offers information regarding the three Bisland brothers and their households in 1860. Records for Terrebonne Parish, 7th Ward show William A., age 34, listed as a Planter; wife Caroline, age 28; son Calvin, age 10; son, Baker, age 9; daughter, Marguerite, age 7; and daughter Jane, age 5. A servant, Mary Flanagan and an Overseer, Thomas Welsh, are also listed and both listed as born in