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('book', 0, 268, 271, 'en', 0, '<p align=\"center\">\r\n	<img src=\"http://image2.findagrave.com/photos/2012/196/93089001_134235323882.jpg\" style=\"height: 290px; width: 200px;\" /></p>\r\n<p align=\"center\">\r\n	<strong><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif;\">Christoper and Mary A. Juanico burial marker-Biloxi Cemetery</span></strong></p>\r\n<p align=\"center\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif;\"><strong>JUANICO</strong></span></span></p>\r\n<p>\r\n	<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif;\"><strong>Christopher Juanico </strong>(1852-1926) was an 1878 Spanish immigrant.&nbsp; He married Mary Aligrate (1861-1925), daughter of Joseph Aligrate and Mary Jordan.&nbsp; Their children were : <strong>Christopher Juanico</strong> (1885-1942) m. Henrietta ?; <strong>Miguel Paul Juanico</strong> (1888-1949) m. Georgine A. Desporte (1894-1979); <strong>Mary Ellen Juanico</strong> (1892-1942+) m. Walter Planas (1891-1940+); and <strong>Joseph Juanico</strong> (1895-1965) m. Della Norton and Ida Mae Mabry (1901-1933).</span></span></p>\r\n<p>\r\n	<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif;\">In 1900, the Juanico family lived at 238 Delauney Street near the George E, Ohr Pottery.&nbsp; Christopher made his livelihood as a bartender and barroom&nbsp; proprietor.&nbsp; By 1920, the Juanicos had relocated to 312 Copp Street.</span></span></p>\r\n<p>\r\n	&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p>\r\n	<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif;\">Mary A. Juanico died at Biloxi on April 6, 1925 while a resident of 412 Copp Street. &nbsp;She was survivied by her spouse; three sons, Christopher Juanico of New Orleans, Joseph Juanico and Miguel Juanico of Biloxi; and a daughter, Ellen Planas, of New Orleans; three sisters, Mrs. Frances Cunni, Mrs. Johanna sentell, and Mrs. William Knox, all of Biloxi. &nbsp;Services were held at Nativity BVM Catholic Church with internment in the Biloxi Cemetery.(The Daily Herald, April 6, 1925, p. 3)</span></span></p>\r\n<p align=\"center\">\r\n	&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p align=\"center\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif;\"><strong>Children</strong></span></span></p>\r\n<p align=\"center\">\r\n	<strong style=\"font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;\">Christopher Juanico</strong></p>\r\n<p>\r\n	<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif;\"><strong>Christopher Juanico&nbsp;</strong>(1885-1942) left Biloxi before 1918 and relocated to New Orleans.&nbsp; Here he worked as a motorman for the</span></span></p>\r\n<p align=\"center\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif;\"><strong>Miguel P. Juanico</strong></span></span></p>\r\n<p>\r\n	<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif;\"><strong>Miguel Paul Juanico &nbsp;</strong>(1888-1949) married <strong>Georgina Antonia Desporte</strong> (1894-1979) in Harrison County, Mississippi on March 10, 1910. &nbsp;They were the parents of:</span></span><span style=\"font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;\">&nbsp;</span><strong style=\"font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;\">Chester J. Juanico</strong><span style=\"font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;\"> (1911-1969) m. May Baker &nbsp;(1915-2006) and </span><strong style=\"font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;\">George Christopher Juanico</strong><span style=\"font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;\"> (1914-1969) m. Emily Lowd (1919-2001). &nbsp;The family resided at 1007 Lee Street in Biloxi where Miguel made his livelihood as a painter. &nbsp;he was also the business manager for Painters Local No. 107 AFL. &nbsp;Miguel died at the Biloxi Hospital on January 12, 1949 after being stricken with a heart attack at the Park Hotel. &nbsp;He was survivied by his spouse; sons, Chester J. Juanico and George C. Juanico; brother, Joseph Juanico of Biloxi; a sister, Mrs. Walter Planas of NOLA; and four grandchildren. &nbsp;His remains were interred in the Biloxi Cemetery under the auspices of the Bradford Funeral Home of Biloxi.(Harrison Co., Mississippi Circuit Court MRB 21, p. 443 and The Daily Herald, January 13, 1949, p. 6)</span></p>\r\n<p>\r\n	<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif;\">After the death of her spouse, Georgina A. Juanico married Walter Joseph Hahn Jr. in Harrison County, Mississippi.</span></span><span style=\"font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14.399999618530273px;\">(Harrison Co., Mississippi Circuit Court MRB 90, p. 73)</span></p>\r\n<p align=\"center\">\r\n	&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p align=\"center\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif;\"><strong>Chester J. Juanico</strong></span></span></p>\r\n<p>\r\n	<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif;\">Chester Joseph Juanico (1911-1969) was born at Biloxi on Augsut 6, 1911. &nbsp;He graduated from Biloxi High School in 1930 where he excelled in athletics. &nbsp;Chester married May Baker &nbsp;(1915-2006). &nbsp;They were the parents of three children: Jerry S. Juanico (1935-1985) m. &nbsp;Annie Laura Waites; June Juanico m. Fabian Taranto; and Mona Lisa Juanico.</span></span></p>\r\n<p>\r\n	<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif;\">Chester J. Juanico left Biloxi with his family in the 1930s and became employed with the Masonite Corpotation at its plant in Laurel, Mississippi. &nbsp;Here he played baseball with the Masonite team. In late March 1937, he signed with Meridian, a member of the Southeastern Baseball League . &nbsp;Earlier in his career, &nbsp;Juanico had played in the New Orleans Winter League and his team won the championship in 1935-1936 seasons.(The Daily Herald, March 31, 1937)</span></span></p>\r\n<p>\r\n	<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif;\">Chester J. Juanico married Tommy Jeanette Glisson in Harrison County, Mississippi on December 15, 1951.(</span></span></p>\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif;\"><strong style=\"font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14.399999618530273px;\">George C. Juanico</strong></span></span></p>\r\n<p>\r\n	<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif;\"><strong>George Christopher Juanico</strong> (1914-1969) was born at Biloxi, Mississippi on January 24, 1914. &nbsp;On September 11, 1938, he married <strong>Emily Lowd</strong> (1919-2006), the daughter of Shelton and Leona Stanovich, in Harrison County, Mississippi. &nbsp;They were the parents of &nbsp;two children:&nbsp;</span></span><span style=\"font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14.399999618530273px;\"><strong>Jerrlyn Juanico </strong>(b. 1939) m. LeRay Delaney Gill Sr.(1936-1988)</span><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif;\">&nbsp;and <strong>George C. Juanico Jr</strong>. (b. 1942) m. Diane O&#39;Neal and Kathleen Michelle Eide.</span></span><span style=\"font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;\">(Harrison Co., Mississippi Circuit Court MRB 49, p. 168)</span></p>\r\n<p>\r\n	<span style=\"font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;\">George C. Juanico had operated the Coast Novelty Company, a local amusement machine business, &nbsp;since 1933. &nbsp;He expired at 912 West Bayview on August 15, 1969. &nbsp;His corporal remains were interred at Southern Memorial Park.(The Daily Herald, August 16, 1969, p. 2)&nbsp;</span></p>\r\n<p>\r\n	<span style=\"font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 25.5px;\">Emily Lowd Juanico, 82, died Saturday, Nov. 24, 2001, in Biloxi&nbsp;was born in Biloxi and was a graduate of Biloxi High School where she played basketball on the girls team, which won the state championship six years in a row. She participated in other varsity sports at Biloxi High and was inducted into the Biloxi Sports Hall of Fame. She was a member of First United Methodist Church of Biloxi.</span></p>\r\n<p>\r\n	<span style=\"font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 25.5px;\">She was preceded in death by her husband, George C. Juanico Sr.; her parents, Shelton and Leona Stanovich Lowd; two sisters, Ethel Ashley and Marguerite Slay; and a grandson, <strong>LeRay D. Gill Jr.</strong> (1959-1998) m. Tammy Renee Taranto.(The Sun Herald, December 17, 1998, p. A9)</span></p>\r\n<p>\r\n	<span style=\"color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 25.5px; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;\">Survivors include a daughter, Jerrlyn Gill of Biloxi; a son, George C. Juanico Jr. of Biloxi; a sister, Sis Keifer of Port Herring, Mich.; her longtime companion, Ervin Bellais of Biloxi; six grandchildren; and 13 great-grandchildren. &nbsp;</span><span style=\"color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 25.5px; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;\">Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Howard Avenue Chapel of Bradford-O&#39;Keefe Funeral Homes in Biloxi where friends may call one hour before service time. Burial will be in Southern Memorial Park.</span><span style=\"color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em;\">(The Sun Herald, November 25, 2001, p. A10)</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\">\r\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"/sites/default/files/u4/Acevedo%2C Georgette Juanico (1962-2013)-SMP.jpg\" style=\"width: 76px; height: 76px;\" /></p>\r\n<p align=\"center\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif;\"><strong>Georgette Juanico Acevedo</strong> (1962-2013)</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"rtejustify\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif;\"><strong>Georgette Anne Juanico </strong>(1962-2013) was born January 17, 1962 to George C. Juanico Jr. (b. 1942) and Diane O&#39;Neal (b. 1943), the daughter of Pat B. O&#39;Neal (1924-1991) and Dorothy &#39;Dot&#39; Boudwin (1925-2001) &nbsp;. She married Robert Sheldon Breal Jr (1981) and John Sebastian Acevedo (1984). &nbsp;Children: Jamie; Elizabeth; Sebastian; John; Joseph; and Christian. &nbsp;Georgette passed on November 22, 2013 with internment in Southern Memorial Park.(The Sun Herald, November 26, 2013, p. A6)</span></span></p>\r\n<p align=\"center\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif;\"><strong>Mary Ellen Juanico</strong></span></span></p>\r\n<p>\r\n	<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif;\"><strong>Mary Ellen Juanico </strong>(1892-1942+), called Ellen, &nbsp;was born &nbsp;at Biloxi, Mississippi.&nbsp; She married <strong>Walter Planas</strong> at the Church of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary on September 18, 1919. &nbsp;Walter Planas made his livelihood operating a pile driver and they lived 1701 Encampment Street and 3008 St. John in the Crescent City. &nbsp;Mary Ellen and Walter were the parents of three childre: Clara Planas (b. 1923); Walter Planas Jr. (1925-1994); and Marie Planas (b. 1027).(1940 Orleans Parish, Lousiana Federal Census T627_1424, p. 12B, ED 26-188)</span></span></p>\r\n<p align=\"center\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif;\"><strong>Joseph Juanico</strong></span></span></p>\r\n<p>\r\n	<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif;\"><strong>Joseph &lsquo;Buck&rsquo; Juanico </strong>(1895-1965) was born married <strong>Della Norton</strong> in Harrison County, Mississippi on July 11, 1916.&nbsp; They were the parents of <strong>Mary Enarise Juanico</strong>.(1917-1979).</span></span></p>\r\n<p>\r\n	<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif;\">It appears that their marriage ended in divorce and he then wedded Ida Mae Mabry (1901-1933), daughter of John T. Mabry and Mary Thornhill.</span></span></p>\r\n<p>\r\n	&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p>\r\n	<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif;\"><strong>REFERENCES:</strong></span></span></p>\r\n<p>\r\n	<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif;\">The Daily Herald, <strong>&lsquo;Marry quietly and creates surprise&rsquo;</strong>, March 11, 1910.</span></span></p>\r\n<p>\r\n	<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif;\">The Daily Herald, <strong>&lsquo;Chris Juanico Jr. sick in New Orleans&rsquo;</strong>, October 18, 1918.</span></span></p>\r\n<p>\r\n	<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif;\">The Daily Herald, <strong>&lsquo;Planas-Juanico marriage&rsquo;</strong>, September 22, 1919.</span></span></p>\r\n<p>\r\n	<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif;\">The Daily Herald, <strong>&lsquo;Mrs. Juanico dead&rsquo;</strong>, April 6, 1925.</span></span></p>\r\n<p>\r\n	<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif;\">The Daily Herald, <strong>&lsquo;Mrs. Juanico dies&rsquo;</strong>, September 7, 1933.</span></span></p>\r\n<p>\r\n	<span style=\"font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;\">The Daily Herald,&nbsp;</span><strong style=\"font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;\">&lsquo;</strong><strong style=\"font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;\">[Chester] </strong><strong style=\"font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;\">Juanico with Meridian&rsquo;</strong><span style=\"font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;\">, March 31, 1937.</span></p>\r\n<p>\r\n	<span style=\"font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;\">The Daily Herald, </span><strong style=\"font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;\">&lsquo;Miguel Juanico dies&rsquo;</strong><span style=\"font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;\">, January 13, 1949.</span></p>\r\n<p>\r\n	<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif;\">The Daily Herald, <strong>&lsquo;George C. Juanico&rsquo;</strong>, August 16, 1969.</span></span></p>\r\n<p>\r\n	<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif;\">The Daily Herald, <strong>&lsquo;Chester Juanico&rsquo;</strong>, December 9, 1969.</span></span></p>\r\n<p>\r\n	<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif;\">The Daily Herald, <strong>&lsquo;Mary E. Ware&rsquo;</strong>, February 13, 1979.</span></span></p>\r\n<p>\r\n	<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif;\">The Sun Herald,<strong>&ldquo;Jerry S. Juanico&rdquo;</strong>, October 26, 1985.</span></span></p>\r\n<p>\r\n	<span style=\"font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14.399999618530273px;\">The Sun Herald,</span><strong style=\"font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14.399999618530273px;\">&ldquo;LeRay D. Gill Jr.&rdquo;</strong><span style=\"font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14.399999618530273px;\">, December 17, 1998.</span></p>\r\n<p>\r\n	<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif;\">The Sun Herald,<strong>&ldquo;Emily Juanico&rdquo;</strong>, November 25, 2001, p. A10.</span></span></p>\r\n<p>\r\n	<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif;\">The Sun Herald,<strong>&ldquo;May B. Juanico&rdquo;</strong>, February 6, 2006, p. A8.</span></span></p>\r\n<p>\r\n	<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif;\">The Sun Herald,<strong>&ldquo;Georgette Juanico Acevedo&rdquo;</strong>, November 24, 2013.</span></span></p>\r\n<p>\r\n	<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif;\">The Sun Herald,<strong>&ldquo;&rdquo;</strong>,</span></span></p>\r\n<p>\r\n	<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif;\">The Times-Picayune, <strong>&ldquo;Badger frosh badly beaten by Millsaps&rdquo;</strong>, November 12, 1931.</span></span></p>\r\n<p>\r\n	<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif;\">The Times-Picayune, <strong>&ldquo;Juanico&rdquo;</strong>, February 2, 1942.</span></span></p>\r\n', NULL, '2');
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('book', 0, 269, 272, 'en', 0, '<p class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>SYRIAN-LEBANESE</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>ABRAHAM</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"/sites/default/files/u4/Abraham%2C William (1863-1941)-tombstone.jpg\" style=\"height:200px; width:300px\" /></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>REFERENCES:</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">__________________________________________________________________________________</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"/sites/default/files/Ellis%2C%20Sara%20Emile-Biloxi.jpg\" style=\"height:250px; width:161px\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Sarah Chawool</span></span></strong><span style=\"background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family:georgia,serif; font-size:14px\"><strong>&nbsp;Ellis </strong>(1884-1960)</span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>ELLIS</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">In July 1907, <strong>Najib Gllias</strong> (1886-1943), known as <strong>James Ellis</strong>, a native of Beirut, Lebanon, and <strong>Sarah Chawool</strong> (1884-1960), his spouse and born near Beirut, came to the United States from Lebanon, then called Syria, and a part of the Ottoman Empire [Turkey], with their two daughters, <strong>Katherine ‘Katie’ Ellis</strong> (1905-1989) m. Theodore Peter ‘Tody’ Creel (1895-1945); and <strong>Marie Ellis </strong>(1907-1927).&nbsp;</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">The Ellis family settled at Biloxi, Mississippi at 204 West Division Street where James Ellis made his livelihood initially as a street peddler and later became a store owner and mercantile merchandiser.&nbsp; The Ellis children born at Biloxi, Mississippi were: <strong>Rosie Ellis</strong> (1909-1915); <strong>Joseph A. Ellis</strong> (1910-1994) m. Constance Sandoz (1910-1989) and Joyce M. Ellis (1928-2000); <strong>Victoria Rita Ellis</strong> (1914-1989) m. Ernest William Page (1909-1959); <strong>James Ellis</strong>; <strong>Lillian Ellis</strong> (1917-1985) m. John Acevedo (1917-1954); <strong>Agnes Ellis</strong> (1920-2011) m. Lester L. Cottrell (1919-2014); <strong>Peter J. Ellis</strong> (1922-1985) m. Ariel Hurley (1924-2001); <strong>Elizabeth V. Ellis</strong> (1924-2010) m. Paul Bailey Kilpatrick (1923-2008); and <strong>Lillie Catherine Ellis </strong>(1925-1971) m. Howard Truman Gollotte (1925-1988) and Mr. Latimer.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">James Ellis expired at Biloxi on August 3, 1943.&nbsp; He was survived by his wife; five daughters: Mrs. Theodore Creel; Mrs. John Acevedo and Miss Elizabeth Ellis of Biloxi; Mrs. E.W. Page of Flint, Michigan; Joseph Ellis; James Ellis; and Peter J. Ellis, all of Biloxi; eleven grandchildren; and a brother George Otto, of Biloxi.&nbsp; The funeral was held at St. John’s catholic Church with the Reverend J.P. McGlade officiating.(The Daily Herald, august 3, 1943, p. 8)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Sarah Ellis was struck and killed by an automobile near her West Division home on April 4, 1960.&nbsp; She was survived by five daughters: Mrs. Katie Creel, Mrs. Vickie Page, Mrs. Lillian Latimer and Mrs. Elizabeth Kilpatrick all of Biloxi and Agnes Cottrell of Flint, Michigan; two brothers, Joseph A. Chawool, Beirut, Syria and Abraham Chawool, Brazil [sic], probably Bezhel, Syria; 26 grandchildren; 25 great grandchildren; and one great-great grandson. (The Daily Herald, April 5, 1960, p. 1)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Children</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"/sites/default/files/Creel%2C%20Tody-Biloxi_0.jpg\" style=\"height:150px; width:200px\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Katherine Ellis</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Katherine ‘Katie’ Ellis&nbsp; </strong>(1905-1989) was born at Beirut, Lebanon on December 12, 1905.&nbsp; She married <strong>Theodore ‘Tody’ Peter Creel</strong> (1895-1945), the son of John Calvin Creel (1865-1941) and Aurelia Anna Fayard (1867-1942), in Harrison&nbsp;</span></span><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">County, Mississippi on October 15, 1921.(Harrison Co., Mississippi Circuit Court MRB 33, p. 423)&nbsp;</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Tody Creel made his livelihood as a fisherman.&nbsp; He and Katie lived at 1305 Hopkins at Biloxi and were the parents of four children<strong>:&nbsp; Lurline Creel</strong> (1924-2006) m. Joe R. Little (d. 1990); <strong>Norman James ‘Blackie’ Creel</strong> (1927-2005) m. Ruby Dronet (1926-2008); <strong>Elwood T. Creel</strong> (b. 1931) m. Shannon Brown; and <strong>Larry L. Creel</strong> (b. 1935).[1940 Harrison Co., Mississippi Federal Census T 627_2024, p. 3A-ED 24-9]</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Katie Ellis Creel became a widow in 1945.&nbsp; She made her livelihood as a nursing assistant at Keesler AFB.&nbsp; She was a member of the 8 &amp; 40 Club, the American Legion auxiliary and the St. John’s Altar Society.&nbsp; She expired at Biloxi on July 5, 1989 and was survived by a daughter, Lurline Creel Little of Wichita Falls, Texas; four sons: Theodore A. Creel of Topeka, Kansas; Norman J. Creel of Biloxi; Elwood T. Creel of Latimer, and Larry Creel of Ocean Springs; two sisters, Agnes Ellis Cottrell of and Elizabeth Ellis Kilpartick of Ocean Springs; two brothers, Joseph Ellis of Ocean Springs and Jimmy Ellis of Biloxi; 27 grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.(The Sun Herald, July 7, 1989, p. B-2)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Tody Creel expired at Biloxi, Mississippi October 18, 1945.&nbsp; Katie Ellis Creel lived until July 5, 1989.&nbsp; Their corporal remains were interred in the Biloxi Cemetery.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Marie Ellis</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Marie Ellis</strong> (1907-1927) was born March 9, 1907 at Beirut, Lebanon.&nbsp; She died at Biloxi, Mississippi on February 11, 1927.&nbsp; Marie’s funeral was held at St. John’s Catholic Church with the Reverend Father Riley in attendance.(The Daily Herald, February 15, 1927, p. 10)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Joseph A. Ellis</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Joseph A. Ellis</strong> (1910-1994) was born on June 9, 1910 at Biloxi, Mississippi.&nbsp; He married Constance ‘Connie’ Sandoz (1910-1989), a native of New Iberia, Louisiana and the daughter of Emile Sandoz (1882-1932) and Laurence ‘Laura LaSalle Sandoz (1880-1943), in Harrison County, Mississippi on May 16, 1929.(Harrison Co., Mississippi Circuit Court MRB 41, p. 297)&nbsp;</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Joseph A. Ellis and Connie S. Ellis were the parents of <strong>Jerry J. Ellis</strong> (b. 1930).&nbsp; Connie and Joseph divorced and she married Ernest Cavalier Jr. (1916-1972) in Harrison County, Mississippi on October 17, 1943.(Harrison Co., Mississippi Circuit Court MRB 62, p. 459)&nbsp;</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">As a young man, Joseph A. Ellis worked in the seafood industry on oyster and shrimp boats.&nbsp; By the 1930s, he had become a saloon keeper and restaurateur.&nbsp; One of his first ventures was the Blue Heaven Beer Garden which was located on the shell pile at the foot of Lameuse Street. &nbsp;Ellis opened the Brass Rail in the fall of 1934 in the Vignes Building at 110 West Howard Avenue. &nbsp;It served lunches and had a beer saloon. &nbsp;The Brass Rail also had bands like the Merritt Brunes Orchestra perform there.(The Daily Herald, September 21,1933, p. 2 , October 23, 1934, p. 2 and November 7, 1934, p. 2)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Circa 1943, Joseph married Joyce M. Ellis (1928-2000).&nbsp; They were the parents of three children: Jheri Ellis (1944-1990); Richard Ellis (1948-1989); and Berinda Ellis m. Floyd Logan.&nbsp; In July 1965, Joyce M. Ellis remarried to Samuel Randolph ‘Sam’ Bennett (1921-2010).(Harrison Co., Mississippi Circuit Court MRB 129, p. 527)&nbsp;</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">In 1962, Mr. Ellis became the owner, operator and director of the American Beauty College.&nbsp; His other business endeavors include a land investment business and rental properties in Gulfport.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Joseph A. Ellis was a civic oriented person and he had memberships in the following: Governor’s Staff and served as the Harrison County coordinator for the Governor’s Staff; Carpenter’s Local Union; past president and board of directors of the Biloxi Lions Club; member of the Elks Club; four year term on the Law Enforcement Assistance Association; and a member of the Gulfport Community Development Commission.(The Sun Herald, May 15, 1994, p. A-2)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Mr. Ellis was a member of the Nativity BVM Catholic Church in Biloxi and was active in education in Harrison, Hancock and Stone Counties.&nbsp; He was a member of the National Cosmetology Association, National Accreditation Commission of Cosmetology Schools, Mississippi Cosmetology Schools Association, Mississippi Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators and the Rehabilitation Association. He was past president of the Mississippi Cosmetology Schools Association.(The Sun Herald, May 15, 1994, p. A-2)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Joseph A. Ellis, age 72 [sic], of Biloxi, died Thursday, May 12, 1994, in Biloxi, Mississippi.&nbsp; He was preceded in death two sons, Richard Ellis and Jheri Ellis.&nbsp; Joseph was survived by Berinda Logan Ellis of Pass Christian, Mississippi; a son, Jerry J. Ellis of Biloxi; two sisters, Elizabeth Ellis Kirkpatrick and Agnes Ellis Cottrell, both of Ocean Springs, Mississippi; 13 grandchildren; and 10 great grandchildren.(The Sun Herald, May 15, 1994, p. A-2)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Bradford-O’Keefe Funeral Home of Biloxi directed funeral services for the Ellis family with interment in Southern Memorial Park.(The Sun Herald, May 15, 1994, p. A-2)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Rosie Ellis</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Rosie Ellis was born at Biloxi on December 15, 1909.&nbsp; She died on September 15, 1915.&nbsp; Internment was in Biloxi Cemetery.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Victoria Ellis</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Victoria Ellis </strong>(1914-1989) was born at Biloxi September 9, 1914.&nbsp; She married Ernest William Page (1909-1959) in Harrison County, Mississippi on September 9, 1934.&nbsp; Victoria was a lifelong citizen of the Coast and worshipped at St. John’s Catholic Church where she was a member of the Altar Society.&nbsp; Mrs. Page had been president of the American Legion, the Elks, VFW and 8 &amp; 40, all in Biloxi.(Harrison Co., Mississippi Circuit Court MRB 45, p. 352&nbsp; and The Sun Herald, May 19, 1989, p. A-3)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Mrs. Page was preceded in death by her spouse, Ernest W. Page; her parents; three sisters: Maria Ellis, Rose Ellis and Lillian Ellis Acevedo; and P.J. Ellis, a brother.&nbsp; She passed at Biloxi on May 17, 1989 and was survived by three sisters: Katie Ellis Creel of Biloxi; Agnes Ellis Cottrell of Ocean Springs; and Elizabeth Kilpatrick of Ocean Springs; two brothers, James Ellis of Biloxi, and Joseph Ellis of Ocean Springs.(The Sun Herald, May 19, 1989, p. A-3)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Lillian Ellis</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Lillian Ellis (1917-1985) was born at Biloxi, Mississippi on April 15, 1917.&nbsp; She married John Acevedo (1917-1954), the son of &nbsp;&nbsp;.&nbsp; Children:&nbsp; <strong>Judy Marie Acevedo</strong> (1940-2014) m. Frank R. Ibele; <strong>Charlotte K. Acevedo</strong> (1942-1998) m. Richard Harold Graafmeyer.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Agnes Ellis</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Agnes Ellis Cottrell</strong>(1920-2011), age 91 years of Fenton, Michigan formerly of Ocean Springs, Mississippi, died Wednesday, September 28, 2011. Funeral mass will was celebrated on October 1, 2011 at St. Augustine Catholic Church, 6481 Faussett Road, Deerfield Township with Father Gregg Pleiness as celebrant.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Visitation will be held 5-8 PM Friday at Sharp Funeral Homes, Fenton Chapel, 1000 Silver Lake Road, Fenton. A rosary will be prayed 7:00 PM Friday, at the funeral home. Those desiring may make contributions to St. Augustine Catholic Church or St. Elizabeth Seton Catholic Church. Agnes was born July 25, 1920 in Biloxi, Mississippi the daughter of James and Sarah Emile Ellis. She was a member of St. Augustine Catholic Church. She was formerly a member of the Holy Rosary in Flint and of St. Elizabeth Seton Catholic Church in Ocean Springs, Mississippi.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Agnes is survived by her husband of 71 years, Lester; son, Gary and wife Peggy; 2 grandchildren, Todd, Brent and wife Leslie; great-granddaughter, Joslynn. She is preceded in death by 8 siblings.(The Sun Herald, September&nbsp; 30, 2011)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Peter J. Ellis</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Peter John Ellis</strong> (1922-1985) was born May 4, 1922 at Biloxi.&nbsp; He married Ariel Hurley (1924-2001) in Harrison County, Mississippi on July 14, 1941.(Harrison Co., Mississippi Circuit Court MRB 52, p. 540)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">P.J. Ellis was former proprietor of the Ellis Battery Shop.&nbsp; He joined the pipe department at Ingalls Shipbuilding where he worked until retirement.&nbsp; Mr. Ellis was a member of Magnolia Lodge No. 120 F &amp; A.M.&nbsp; Peter John Ellis died at Biloxi on Saturday, March&nbsp; 1985.&nbsp; He was preceded in death by his parents, Mrs. and Mrs. Jim Ellis and Toni Ellis Glavan, a daughter.&nbsp; P.J. Was survived by his spouse; two daughters, Sherri Ellis Pitalo and Levon Ellis Broussard, both of Biloxi; five sisters: Agnes Ellis Cottrell and Elizabeth Ellis Kilpatrick; both of Ocean Springs; Katie Ellis Creel, Vickie Ellis Page; and Lillian Ellis Acevedo, all of Biloxi; two brothers, Joseph A. Ellis of Ocean Springs and Jimmy Ellis of Biloxi; and five grandchildren.&nbsp; Bradford-O’Keefe Funeral Home of Biloxi provided the Ellis family with funeral arrangements and internment in Southern Memorial Park.(The Daily Herald, March 25, 1985, p. A-2)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Ariel Hurley Ellis, age 77, years passed at Biloxi, on Thursday, February 1, 2001. &nbsp;&nbsp;Mrs. Ellis was born in Biloxi, January 12, 1924 and was a lifelong resident of the Coast. She was a homemaker and loved spending time with her family. Cherished are the fond memories of many summers together in Gulf Shores,\" Alabama. Mrs. Ellis was preceded in death by her beloved husband, P.J. Ellis; her daughter, Toni Ellis Glavan; her parents, Leon \"Cutie\" and Voncile Hurley; and sister, Verbie Gallina. &nbsp;Survivors include two daughters and three sons-in-law, Sherri and Kenny Pitalo, Levon and Greg Carroll, and Herbert Glavan; five grandchildren, Kenny and Sheri Glavan, Stacie Broussard, Kelly and Stephanie Pitalo; two great-grandchildren, Ken and Toni Glavan; two sisters, Nona Hendren and Kay Nunley; and Ariel\'s very special caregivers, Terry Waters, Jean Cooley, Sharon Casey and staff.&nbsp; A memorial service will be held at Heritage United Methodist Church on Popp\'s Ferry Road in Biloxi. Inurnment will be held at a later date in Southern Memorial Park Cemetery. The Howard Avenue Chapel of Bradford-O\'Keefe Funeral Homes in Biloxi is in charge of arrangements. (The Sun Herald, February&nbsp; 2001)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Elizabeth Ellis</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Elizabeth V. Kilpatrick (1924-2010), age 85 years, of St. Martin-Ocean Springs passed away on Friday, April 30, 2010 at his daughter\'s home surrounded by family. She was a loving mother, grandmother, friend, and devoted Catholic.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Mrs. Kilpatrick was born on June 21, 1924, to the late Sarah and James Ellis. Many remember her as the lady that made donuts in Winn-Dixie deli. Her grandchildren nicknamed her as Maw-Maw Donut. She will be missed very much by many. &nbsp;&nbsp;She is preceded in death by her husband of 62 years, <strong>Paul Bailey Kilpatrick</strong> (1923-2008); two great-granddaughters, Candice Polite and Chanley Gray. She is survived by his six daughters and three sons, twins, Sheila Gray (Jerry) and Sylvia Dimitry (Thomas), Denise Koon (Mike), Vickie Charpie (Beaver), Kay Arnold (Mike), Tina Shoemaker (Bruce), Michael Kilpatrick (Jackie), Ronald Kilpatrick (Jean), Dennis Kilpatrick (Barbara); sister, Agnes Cottrell (Lester) 25 grandchildren, 25 great-grandchildren, and numerous other relatives and friends. &nbsp;&nbsp;Funeral Mass will be Wednesday, May 5, 2010, 2:00 p.m., at Christ The King Catholic Church in Latimer with Father Thang Pham officiating. Visitation with the family will be one hour prior to the service. Private burial will be at Biloxi National Cemetery. Arrangements made by O\'Bryant-O\'Keefe Funeral Home in Vancleave, Mississippi.(The Sun Herald, May 2, 2010)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Paul Bailey Kilpatrick</strong>(1923-2008) age 85 years, of St. Martin-Ocean Springs passed away Friday, May 23, 2008 at his daughters home surrounded by family. Mr. Kilpatrick was born February 14, 1923 to the late Tom and Grace Kilpatrick in Temple, Oklahoma. He served in the United States Army Air Corps during WWII. He and his family moved to the coastal area in 1955. After retiring as a machinist and owner of P&amp;D Tool and Die, Paul built Ocean Lanes and operated the business until he retired in 2000. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his brother Leon Kilpatrick and two great-granddaughters, Candice Polite and Chanley Gray. He is survived by his wife of 62 years, Elizabeth Ellis Kilpatrick of St. Martin; six daughters, twins, Sheila Gray (Jerry), Sylvia Dimitry (Thomas), Denise Koon (Mike), Vickie Charpie (Beaver), Kay Scarbrough (Mike Arnold), Tina Shoemaker (Bruce); three sons, Michael Kilpatrick (Jackie), Ronald Kilpatrick (Jean), Dennis Kilpatrick (Barbara); brother, Tommy Kilpatrick; 25 grandchildren and 22 great-grandchildren and numerous other relatives and friends. Funeral Mass will be held Wednesday, May 28, 2008 at 12 noon at Christ the King Catholic Church in Latimer with Father John McGrath as celebrant. Family will receive friends one hour prior to service. Interment will follow with military honors at Biloxi National Cemetery at 1:30 p.m. Arrangements by O\'Bryant-O\'Keefe Funeral Home, Vancleave, Mississippi.(The Sun Herald, May 27, 2008)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Lillie C. Ellis</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Lillie Catherine Ellis </strong>(1925-1971) was born at Biloxi, Mississippi on October 28, 1925.&nbsp; She married Howard ‘Buddy’ Truman Gollotte (1925-1988), the son of Lori D. Gollotte Sr. (1901-1975) and Grace T. Gollotte (1907-1985), in Harrison County, Mississippi on September 12, 1948. (Harrison Co., Mississippi Circuit Court MRB 78, p. 43)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Mr. Gollotte was a retired engine man in the US Navy. He and Lillie C. Ellis Gollotte lived at 618 Crawford Street and were the parents of two children: Jenny Gollotte Tiblier Matthews of Jackson, Mississippi and Howard T. Gollotte Jr. of Jackson, Mississippi.&nbsp; Lillian died at the USAF Medical Center at Keesler AFB in Biloxi on November 4, 1971.(The Daily Herald, November 6, 1971, p. 2)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Howard T. \'Buddy\' Gollotte, age 63 years, of Biloxi, died Friday, December 23, 1988, in Biloxi, Mississippi.&nbsp; He was survived by his wife and two children; four sisters: Mae Dell Gollotte m. Lester Katan of Long Beach, Mississippi; Inez Gollotte Sadek at Round Lake Beach, Illinois; Norma Gollotte Bell of Olatle, Kansas; and Jean LaCruz of Reno, Nevada; two brothers, Dennis S. Gollotte of Morgan City, Louisiana; and Lorie D. Gollotte Jr. of Biloxi; and three grandchildren.(The Sun Herald, December 26, 1988, p. A-2)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>REFERENCES:</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">The Daily Herald, “Quiet wedding [Creel-Ellis]”, October 22, 1921.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">The Daily Herald, “Blue Heaven Beer Garden”, September 21, 1933, p. 2.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">The Daily Herald, “Ellis to open downtown”, October 23, 1934, p. 2.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">The Daily Herald, “Names new saloon”, November 10, 1934, p. 2.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">The Daily Herald, “Ellis opens business”, November 7, 1934, p. 2.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">The Daily Herald, “James Ellis dies”, August 3, 1943.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">The Daily Herald, “Acevedo expires”, January 18, 1954.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">The Daily Herald, “Biloxi woman [Sarah Ellis] is struck, killed by automobile”, April 5, 1960, p. 1.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">The Daily Herald, “Mrs. Lillie E. Gollott”, November 6, 1971.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">The Sun Herald, “Peter ‘P.J.’ Ellis”, March 25, 1985.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">The Sun Herald, “Mrs. Lillian Acevedo”, April 17, 1985.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">The Sun Herald, “Howard ‘Buddy’ Gollotte Sr.”, December 26, 1988.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">The Sun Herald, “Mrs. Victoria Page”, May 19, 1989.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">The Sun Herald, “Mrs. Katie Ellis Creel”, July 7, 1989.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">The Sun Herald, “Joseph A. Ellis”, May 15, 1994.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">The Sun Herald, “Paul Bailey Kilpatrick”, May 27, 2008</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">The Sun Herald, “Elizabeth V. Kilpatrick”, May 2, 2010.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">The Sun Herald, “Agnes Cottrell”, September 30, 2011.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">The Sun Herald, “Lester L. Cottrell”, May 1, 2014.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">__________________________________________________________________________________</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>KHAYAT</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Children</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Nellie Khayat</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Mouna Khayat</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"/sites/default/files/u4/Khyat%2C Edward-1973.jpg\" style=\"height:150px; width:92px\" /></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Edward A. Khayat</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Edward Assad Khayat </strong>(1911-1993) was born at Biloxi, Mississippi on January 1, 1911. &nbsp;He married Eva Pates (1913-2000). &nbsp;Edward died July 2, 1993. &nbsp;Griffin Cemetery. &nbsp;Eva passed June 2, 2000.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Rames A. Khayat</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Violet Khayat</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>REFERENCES:</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">The Daily Herald, \'Mrs. Khayat dies suddenly\', February 13, 1922, p. 3.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">The Daily Herald, \'A. Khayat dies\', September 2, 1929, p. 2.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">The Daily Herald, \'Khayat funeral\'m September 3, 1929, p. 2.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">The Sun Herald, \'Eva Khayayt\', June, 2000.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">___________________________________________________________</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>OTTO</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"/sites/default/files/u4/Otto Tomb-No. 2 [6th Addition-Biloxi].jpg\" style=\"height:350px; width:300px\" /></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Otto Family Tomb</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Biloxi Cemetery</strong>-[6th Addition-Section 4-Block 12-Lots 21, 22, 23, 24, &nbsp;]</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"background-color:rgb(220, 208, 207)\">George Otto came to America arriving at the Port of New York on May 30, 1900, embarking from Lebanon. In April 1919, he made his declaration to become an American citizen at Biloxi, Mississippi. At this time, he was not married and lived at 473 Division Street. George Otto became an American citizen [certificate number 1511950) on June 11, 1923.(Declaration of Intention No. 600-South Mississippi Federal Court-April 1919 and Petition for Naturalization No. 292-South Mississippi Federal Court-March 1922)</span></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"background-color:rgb(220, 208, 207)\">Mr. Otto operated a grocery store on East Howard Avenue for many years, retiring about 15 years ago. He is survived by his wife, three daughters, Antoinette Mary Otto m. Donald L. Gray of Guam; Lillie m. Amedo A. Melone; and Elaine Otto m. Jerry LeBlanc; three sons, Antoine Otto of Biloxi; Brother Joseph Otto, CSC (1931-1960), Indianapolis, Indiana; and Norman A. Otto (1933-2008), McComb, Mississippi; and three grandchildren.</span></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"background-color:rgb(220, 208, 207)\">George Otto (1879-1959), age 80 years, a native of Beirut, Lebanon, resident of 653 Forrest Avenue, and a former Biloxi merchant, died at 5:30 a.m. today at his home. &nbsp;</span><span style=\"background-color:rgb(220, 208, 207)\">O\'Keefe Funeral Home of Biloxi directed the services of Mr. Otto with entombment in the Biloxi Cemetery.</span></span></span><br />\r\n<br />\r\n&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>REFERENCES:</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">The Daily Herald,&nbsp;<strong>“George Otto”</strong>, July 8, 1959.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">The Daily Herald,<strong> \"Brother Joseph </strong>[Otto]<strong>, native Biloxian, dies in Indiana\"</strong>, September 21, 1960.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">_______________________________________________________________________________________</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>POULOS</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"/sites/default/files/u4/Poulous%2C Salim (1867-1941) and Theresa A. (1880-1964).jpg\" style=\"height:234px; width:300px\" /></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Salim \'Sam\' Poulos </strong>(1867-1941), a native of Zeghorta, Lebanon and Theresa Artbanie (1880-1964) were the founders of this family at Biloxi, Mississippi. &nbsp;Sam came to America in 18 Came to Biloxi circa 1906 where he made his livelihood in the grocery business. &nbsp;he had previously been in the mercantile business at St. Martinville and New Orleans, Louisiana; Birmingham and Moblie, Alabama; and other locales. &nbsp;Mr. Poulos retired from bsiness in 1926. &nbsp;He expired on 1941 at his home at 803 Caillavet Street.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Children</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Mary A. Poulos</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Mary Agnes Poulos</strong> (1900-1994) was born &nbsp;in Louisiana . &nbsp;She married <strong>Joseph G. Saab</strong> (1890-1972)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Joseph P. Poulos</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Joseph Peter Poulos</strong> (1903-1990) married Irene Trochesset (1913-1962).</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><br />\r\n&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Anthony L. Poulos</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Anthony \'Toney\' Leo Poulous Sr.</strong> (1906-1947) was born in Louisiana. &nbsp;He married Esther Stout (1910-1999).</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Catherine Poulos</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Catherine Poulous married Henry W Bills (1903-1993)</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Rose M. Poulous</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\">\r\n<p class=\"rtejustify\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"background-color:rgb(220, 208, 207)\">Rose M. Poulos (1911-2000)&nbsp;</span><span style=\"background-color:rgb(220, 208, 207)\">m. James Hulett or Hewlet Pounds (1909-1943)&nbsp;</span><span style=\"background-color:rgb(220, 208, 207)\">and Evander Gill (1914-1997)</span></span></span></p>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"/sites/default/files/inline/images/Screen%20Shot%202018-05-31%20at%202.33.49%20PM_0.png\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>John T. Poulous</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtejustify\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"background-color:rgb(220, 208, 207)\">John Thomas Poulos Sr. (1914-2002)&nbsp;</span><span style=\"background-color:rgb(220, 208, 207)\">m. Lucille V. Toncrey (1922-2007)</span></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtejustify\">&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtejustify\">&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtejustify\">&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"/sites/default/files/Poulos%2C%20Michael%20%281918-1998%29.jpg\" style=\"height:250px; width:187px\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Michael Poulous</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Michael Poulos</strong> (1918-1998) was born &nbsp;</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Helen Poulous</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Helen Poulous</strong> (1920-2010) was born . &nbsp;She married Paul I. Newman (1922-2009)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>REFERENCES:</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">The Daily Herald, <strong>\'Salim Poulos dies\'</strong>, July 15, 1941.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">The Daily Herald, <strong>\'Mrs. Theresa Poulos\'</strong>, November 12, 1964.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">The Sun Herald, \'</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">_________________________________________________</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>SIMON</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"/sites/default/files/Simon%2C%20Joe%20Sr.%20%281878-1952%29and%20Kathernie%20Shedrawy%20%281886-1973%29.jpg\" style=\"height:300px; width:400px\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\">_______________________________________________________________________________</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"/sites/default/files/Shedrawy%2C%20Jabbour-Biloxi.jpg\" style=\"height:333px; width:250px\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>SHEDRAWY</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Jabbour&nbsp;Bedewy Shedrawy</strong> (1889-1944) was born on February 27, 1889 at Ehden, Ash Shamal, Lebanon, formerly Syria.&nbsp; Ehden, a mountain town is located 4,900&nbsp;feet above sea level, and is 19.1&nbsp;miles from Zgharta, 68&nbsp;miles from Beirut, the capital, and 24&nbsp;miles from Tripoli, Lebanon. &nbsp;It is a famous summer resort and tourist center, often called \"the Bride of Summer Resorts” in the North of Lebanon.&nbsp; It is famous for its setting on the Saint Sarkis Mountain overlooking coastal towns and villages as far as Akkar to Shikka. A large number of local and foreign tourists visit Ehden annually to enjoy its dry climate, water and forest.&nbsp; Gastronomy is one of the most prominent tourist attractions in Ehden, especially in summer. Kebbeh Meshwyeh and the Kebbeh Nayeh, both traditional cuisines, and particularly notable in this town.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Jabbour B. Shedrawy came to America in October 1906.&nbsp; He left Beirut, Lebanon on the <strong><em>La Gascogne</em></strong>, a French liner, and arrived at New York City on October 22, 1906.&nbsp; Jabbour declared his intentions to become an American citizen at New Orleans in February 1917.&nbsp; He was naturalized at Biloxi, Mississippi on February 21, 1921 receiving Certificate of Naturalization No. 1511983.(US District Court-Southern Division of Mississippi-Petition for Naturalization No. 251-February 1921)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"/sites/default/files/Shedrawy%2C%20Theresa%20Simon-Biloxi.jpg\" style=\"height:333px; width:250px\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Jabour married Theresa Simon (18-1940)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>REFERENCES:</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">The Daily Herald, ‘Mrs. Shedrawy dead’, May 16, 1940.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">The Daily Herald, ‘Mr. Shedrawy dead’, September 4, 1944.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n', '', '2');
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('book', 0, 271, 274, 'en', 0, '<p class=\"rtecenter\"><img alt=\"\" height=\"189\" src=\"/sites/default/files/u4/Robinson%2C William.jpg\" width=\"250\" /><br />\r\n<strong>Springtime in the South-Biloxi, Mississippi</strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">William S. Robinson</span></span></strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtejustify\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif; font-size:14px\">William Smith Robinson (1861-1945) was born on September 15, 1861 at East Gloucester, Essex County, Massachusetts to Robert Robinson (1839-1907), an 1855 English immigrant fisherman, and Emeline Smith (1841-1919), a native of Massachusetts.&nbsp; They married November 28, 1860 in Gloucester, Massachusetts and were the parents of two other children, George R. Robinson (1864-1940) m. Susan Sibley (1860-1925) and Nellie D. Robinson Torrey (1868-1896).(1870 Essex Co., Massachusetts Federal Census RM593_608, 473B, image 179 and FAG-Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Gloucester, Essex Co., Massachusetts)</span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtejustify\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif; font-size:14px\">William was the son of a fisherman whose early years were highlighted by meeting the famous artist Winslow Homer and famous writer Rudyard Kipling. His early art work focused on the sea, with paintings and drawings of boats. Around 1890, he traveled to Paris to study at the Académie Julian. Upon his return to the United States, he began to exhibit his art and teach in both Philadelphia and New York.</span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>“William Robinson to us all was first and last a painter. He had few hobbies and did not seem to need any. He painted the beauty of the New England countryside, its harbors and vessels with devotion and knowledge accumulated through long years of study and acquaintance.”</em></span></span></strong><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif; font-size:14px\">~ Robinson’s Biographer for the Salmagundi&nbsp;</span><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif; font-size:14px\">Club Frederick Lester Sexton, 1945</span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Old Lyme</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">During the first two decades of the 20th century, the village of Old Lyme, Connecticut, was the setting for one of the largest and most significant art colonies in America. Centered in the boardinghouse of Miss Florence Griswold (1850-1937), the colony attracted many leading artists -- Henry Ward Ranger, Childe Hassam, and Willard Metcalf among them -- who were in the vanguard of the Tonalist and Impressionist movements. Drawn to Old Lyme by its natural beauty, they discovered an “old” New England setting that was, as one observer noted, “expressive of the quiet dignity of other days.” Here was a country retreat where, as Metcalf put it, “every day is so in line with work.” Interacting with each other and with the community, the artists of the colony produced an impressive body of work, which achieved renown in its day and still calls attention to the enduring – and fragile -- qualities of the rural New England landscape.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Old Lyme re-created many of the features found abroad and was, for a time, identified in the popular press as the “American Barbizon” or the “American Giverny.” A stay at the Griswold House provided an artist with affordable lodgings, good food and company, the availability of studio space, and varied subject matter for plein-air painting. But Old Lyme offered something more – a retreat from the hurried pace of the city to a town that time had largely forgotten.(from Jeffery Anders</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">In 1905, William S. Robinson traveled from New York to the village of Old Lyme, Connecticut to stay at the boardinghouse of Florence Griswold (1850-1937). He worked in a studio near the brook that flows in the corner of the property. In 1921, Robinson moved into the boardinghouse and established a full-time studio on the grounds. During this same year, the new building for the Lyme Art Association, designed by Charles Platt, opened, and Robinson became a charter member—years later he was elected their president. Once sequestered in Old Lyme, his paintings revel in the surrounding landscape. According to his Salmagundi Club biographer, “His best pictures are not always of sailing vessels but more often of Connecticut hillsides and pasture lands, especially about Old Lyme where he lived for thirty-one years in the old Griswold House, working in a studio across the brook from the Lyme Art Association Gallery.”</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Robinson was one of the few people with Miss Florence when she died in the house in 1937. Shortly thereafter, the boardinghouse was shut down and all of her belongings sold in a public auction on the front lawn of the house. Robinson then moved to Biloxi, Mississippi, where he continued to create impressionistic landscapes. Instead of stoic New England homesteads and blossoming mountain laurel, however, he painted charming images of shrimp factories and southern shanties.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Biloxi</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>LAUREL INN</strong></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtejustify\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">The Laurel Inn was a large, two-story, framed structure situated at 1722 West Beach Boulevard, now 1316 West Beach, in Biloxi, Mississippi between present day St. Jude, formerly 3<sup>rd</sup> Street, and St. Paul Street, once known as 2<sup>nd</sup> Street. &nbsp;It was situated in&nbsp;</span></span><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif; font-size:14px\">a part of Block 2-Lot 10 of the Keller’s Avondale Subdivision.&nbsp; This subdivision was bounded by West Beach Boulevard [south]; 3</span><sup>rd</sup><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif; font-size:14px\"> Street [east]; Father Ryan Avenue [north]; and 2</span><sup>nd</sup><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif; font-size:14px\"> Street [west].&nbsp; Lot 2-Block (Harrison Co., Mississippi Chancery Court 2</span><sup>nd</sup><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif; font-size:14px\"> JD District, Plat Bk. 1, p. 2)</span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtejustify\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif; font-size:14px\">The Laurel Inn was operated by two women, <strong>Anna Rebecca ‘Bessie’ Shorey Allen Edmonds</strong> (1871-1961) and <strong>Lottie Belle Brooks Williams</strong> (1874-1959). &nbsp;&nbsp;</span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtejustify\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif; font-size:14px\">Bessie D. Edmonds, the manager, was a native of Baltimore, Maryland.&nbsp; Before 1900, she had married a Mr. Allen and at this time, she was living at Baltimore with her parents, Miles C. Shorey and Mary J. Shorey, natives of Maine and Virginia respectively.&nbsp; Bessie had a daughter, Mary E. Allen (1893-1961+).&nbsp; Circa 1904, Bessie married Lt. Commander Samuel Preston Edmonds (1867-1943), a native of Miami, Missouri.&nbsp; The Edmonds family arrived at Biloxi in 1925 as Lt. Commander Edmonds was assigned to head the US Coast Guard base at Biloxi.&nbsp; He had graduated from the US Naval Academy in 1887 and entered into military service with the US Coast Guard.&nbsp; Lt. Commander Edmonds retired at Biloxi in 1931.&nbsp; His service had taken him to Alaska, the Great Lakes, Atlantic and Gulf Coast, as well duties in foreign waters as an instructor on cadet cruises.(1931 Biloxi City Directory, 1931, p. 124, 1900 Baltimore&nbsp; Co. Maryland Federal Census R 615, p. 3B, ED 211, and </span><em>The&nbsp; Daily Herald, June 21, 1943, p. 1</em><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif; font-size:14px\">)</span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif; font-size:14px\">At this time, neither Mrs. Edmonds nor Mrs. Williams owned the Laurel Inn.&nbsp; They were domiciled here in 1930 and were renting the home for $200 per month.&nbsp; In their household were: Preston S. Edmonds (1904-1977); Ryland C. Edmonds (1908-1970) m. Virginia Welsh; Ella E. Edmonds (1910-1972) m. Irwin Massey Cowie (1910-1972); and Olive W. Shorey (1874-1930+), the sister of Mrs. Edmonds. &nbsp;</span><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif; font-size:14.399999618530273px\">Mrs. Edmonds expired at Tallahassee, Florida on September 21, 1961, at the home of her daughter, Ella E. &nbsp;Cowie.</span><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif; font-size:14px\">(1930 Harrison Co., Mississippi Federal Census R 1146, p. 6A, ED 4)</span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif; font-size:14px\">Mrs. Lottie B. Williams was born at Lumpkin County, Georgia on October 1, 1874. &nbsp;She married William Smith Robinson in Harrison County, Mississippi on November 9, 1936. (Harrison Co., Mississippi Circuit Court MRB 47, p. 336)&nbsp;</span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtejustify\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Mrs. Robinson acquired the Laurel Inn on July 17,&nbsp;1937, from Fred L. Burton.( Harrison Co., Mississippi Chancery Court Land Deed Bk. 216, p. 87)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>REFERENCES</strong>:</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>1927 Biloxi City Directory</strong>, (R.L. Polk and Company: NOLA-1931).</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>1931 Biloxi City Directory</strong>, (R.L. Polk and Company: NOLA-1931).</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>The Daily Herald, 50<sup>th</sup>&nbsp;Anniversary Souvenir, Golden Jubilee Number, Biographical and Historical 1884-1934</strong>, \"Samuel Preston Edmonds\",&nbsp;(The Daily Herald: Gulfport-Biloxi, Mississippi-1934).&nbsp;</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>CHANCERY COURT</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Harrison County, Mississippi Chancery Court Cause No. 33844,&nbsp;<strong>‘City of Biloxi v. Mrs. Myrtle Walker and Deedy Baxter’</strong>-May 1955.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>JOURNALS</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Daily Herald</em>,&nbsp;<strong>“Captain Edmonds dies after short illness at Biloxi”</strong>, June 21, 1943.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">The Daily Herald, <strong>‘William S. Robinson dies in Biloxi’</strong>, January 12, 1945.</span></span></p>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">The Daily Herald, <strong>‘Lottie B. Robinson’</strong>, August 20, 1959.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<div>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Daily Herald</em>,&nbsp;<strong>“Wife of former C.G. Commander&nbsp;</strong>[Captain S.P. Edmonds]&nbsp;<strong>dies in Florida”</strong>, September 21, 1961.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n</div>\r\n', '', '2');
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('book', 0, 273, 276, 'en', 0, '<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>SHERIFF HARRISON COUNTY</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>JOHN BRILL</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>1841-</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>John Brill </strong>(1802-1878)-was the first elected Sheriff of Harrison County, Mississippi.&nbsp; He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.&nbsp; John Brill came South in 1835 and had settled at Pass Christian, Mississippi in 1837.&nbsp;</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>REFERENCES:</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Pascagoula Democrat Star, </em><strong>“Brill”</strong>, June 28, 1878.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Pascagoula Democrat Star,&nbsp; </em><strong>“”</strong>,</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Pascagoula Democrat Star,&nbsp; </em><strong>“”</strong>,</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Pascagoula Democrat Star,&nbsp; </em><strong>“”</strong>,</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>THOMAS A. HESTER</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Elected November 1843.(Bk. 1, p. 47)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>JOHN L. HENLEY</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>1847-</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Elected November 1847.(Bk. 1, p. 51)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>J.T. LIDDLE</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">J.T. Liddle-Elected November 1853.(Bk. 1, p. 290)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>CHRISTOPHER L. QUAVE</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Christopher Quave-1855</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Christopher Quave-1858</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>REFERENCES:</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">John H. Lang, <u>History of Harrison County, Mississippi</u>, (The Dixie Press: Gulfport, Mississippi-1936)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>1860-1869</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>CHRISTOPHER L. QUAVE</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Christopher Quave-1860</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">___________________________________________________________________________</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>BENJAMIN E. WALDEN</strong>&nbsp; &nbsp;</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Benjamin E. Walden (1818-1894) was born on August 17, 1818 in Virginia the son of Colonel Richard Walden.&nbsp; Some of his family relocated to New Orleans.&nbsp; Here two brothers, John P. Walden (1810-1874) and George W. Walden, served the people of Orleans Parish as&nbsp; Civil Sheriff and Deputy from November 21, 1861 until June 14, 1862.<em>(The True Delta, November 12, 1861 and The Daily Picayune, May 16, 1873, p. 1)</em></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Walden family lore relates that &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Walden, also a brother to Sheriff John P. Walden, was a Tax Collector and Mary Walden, a widowed sister, worked for the U.S. Mint both &nbsp;in the Crescent City.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Ben married Minerva Fatheree on October 28, 1852.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Ben Walden died June 22, 1894?</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<div>\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Old residents on the coast heard with sincere sorrow of the death of Mr. Ben Walden, a resident of Woolmarket, whose demise took place at his home on Sunday night. &nbsp;Deceased was a native Virginian, one of those fine old gentlemen of the ante-bellum days that Porte Crayon delighted to delineate. &nbsp;For many years he had been a citizen of Harrison county, having held the office of Sheriff for two terms, and an excellent sheriff he is said to have made. &nbsp;At the ripe age of 81 years he peacefully departed these scenes.</strong>(The Biloxi Herald, Biloxi Miss.</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Saturday, March 10, 1894, p. 1)</span></span></div>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Benjamin E. Walden-1862</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Benjamin E. Walden-1864</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Benjamin E. Walden-1865</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Benjamin E. Walden-1866</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>William Wheaton-1869</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>REFERENCES:</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><u>The History of Jackson County, Mississippi</u>, <strong>‘The Walden Family’</strong>,(Jackson County Genealogical Society: Pascagoula, Mississippi-1989).</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">John H. Lang, <u>History of Harrison County, Mississippi</u>, (The Dixie Press: Gulfport, Mississippi-1936).</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Daily True Delta, </em><strong>“”</strong>,</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Daily Picayune, </em><strong>“”</strong>,</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Daily Picayune, </em><strong>“Triple Sheet”</strong>, July 12, 1865.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Daily Picayune, </em><strong>“Sheriffs of Orleans Parish”</strong>, May 16, 1873.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Daily True Delta, </em><strong>“Sheriffs sworn in</strong>, November 12, 1861.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>_______________________________________</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>1870-1879</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>LOUIS E. PRADAT</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Louis E. Pradat (1809-1896) was born at New Orleans to Pierre Pradat (1781-1854), a French immigrant, and Elizabeth Inelly Pradat (1790-1855). Louis married Caroline Glover Pradat (1851-) and they were the parents of: Augustina Pradat (1856-1897); Oscar Pradat (1859-1929) m. Rose C. Keller (1867-1936); Louis Pradat; Mary Pradat; Lilly Pradat (1864-1914) m. Valentine Woodworth; Alice Pradat; and William Pradat.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">As early as 1850, Louis E. Pradat and family lived at Pass Christian, Mississippi. &nbsp;Here he made his livelihood as a merchant and was elected Sheriff in 1870.(1850 Harrison Co., Mississippi Federal Census M593_729, p. 369B, image 746)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><img alt=\"Louis E Pradat\" src=\"http://image1.findagrave.com/photos250/photos/2009/205/39877965_124857312979.jpg\" /></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>St. Louis Cemetery No. 1-New Orleans</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>REFERENCES:</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">The Daily Picayune, \'Died\'. August 14, 1896.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>__________________________________________________________________</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>1871-1875</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><img alt=\"\" height=\"261\" src=\"/sites/default/files/u4/Ramsay%2C Andrew Jackson_0.jpg\" width=\"217\" /></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>ANDREW JEFFERSON RAMSAY</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Andrew Jefferson Ramsay&nbsp;</strong>(1840-1917), called ‘Jeff’ was born at Stonewall, Hancock County, Mississippi on July 4, 1840 to William J. Ramsay (1812-1860+), a farmer, and Mary Ramsay (1815-1860+).&nbsp;</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Civil War</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Company A, Third Mississippi Regiment.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">By 1880, Jeff Ramsay was a merchant at Stonewall, Harrison County, Mississippi.&nbsp; He had partnered with Washington C. Myers (1845-1880+) before November 1881.&nbsp; They were lauded by a reporter for&nbsp;<em>The Pascagoula Democrat-Star&nbsp;</em>and ran the following advertisement: &nbsp;<strong><em>A.J. Ramsay and Wash C. Myers, two clever gentlemen as can be found, and customers will always get some good bargains by trading them.&nbsp; They keep a general stock of merchandise such as usually found in first class stores.</em></strong><em>(The Pascagoula Democrat-Star, November 4, 1881, p. 3)</em></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>A.J. RAMSAY &amp; COMPANY</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong><em>A.J. Ramsay&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Wash C. Meyers&nbsp;</em></strong>[sic]</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Stonewall, Mississippi</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Dealer in dry goods, notions, groceries, feed, hats, ready made clothing, boots and shoes, hardware, crockery; in fact everything necessary to country trade.&nbsp; The highest prices paid for wool and all country produce.</strong><em>(The Pascagoula Democrat-Star, November 4, 1881, p. 3)</em></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Marriage and family</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Jeff Ramsay married Mary E. Myers (1856-1935) of Whistler, Alabama on February 19, 1884.&nbsp;</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Jeff and Mary M. Ramsay were the parents of three children: Andrew J. Ramsay Jr. (1885-1923+), called ‘Little Jeff’ m. Martha Corinne Murphy (1890-1966); Katherine ‘Kate’ D. Ramsay (1887-1909); and Frederick Benson Ramsay (1893-1918+) m. Esther Nill (1895-1986), the daughter of Herman J. Nill (1863-1904) and Caroline Vahle Nill Hulsey Kratli (1862-1949).</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><img alt=\"\" height=\"225\" src=\"/sites/default/files/u4/Ramsay%2C Andrew Jackson-tombstone-Mississippi City.jpg\" width=\"300\" /></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Mississippi City Cemetery</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>REFERENCES:</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong><u>The Biloxi Daily Herald, Business and Professional Men</u></strong>, (The Biloxi Daily Herald: Biloxi, Mississippi-1902).</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">John H. Lang,&nbsp;<u>History of Harrison County, Mississippi</u>, (The Dixie Press: Gulfport, Mississippi-1936)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Biloxi Herald,&nbsp;</em><strong>“City News”</strong>, June 2, 1888.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Daily Herald,&nbsp;</em><strong>“Miss Kate Ramsay”</strong>, January 27, 1909.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Daily Herald,&nbsp;</em><strong>“A.J. Ramsay celebrates 75<sup>th</sup>&nbsp;birthday”</strong>, July 5, 1915.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Daily Herald,&nbsp;</em><strong>“Ramsay-Nill”</strong>, June 22, 1916.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Daily Herald,&nbsp;</em><strong>“More men leave and more going”</strong>, August 1, 1918.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Daily Herald,&nbsp;</em><strong>“A.J. Ramsay called to last reward”</strong>, August 2, 1917.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Daily Herald,&nbsp;</em><strong>“A.J. Ramsay”</strong>, March 19, 1923.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Daily Herald,&nbsp;</em><strong>“Funeral services for Mrs. Ramsay attended by many”</strong>, July 6, 1935.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Daily Herald,&nbsp;</em><strong>“”</strong>,</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Daily Herald,&nbsp;</em><strong>“”</strong>,</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Gulfport Advocate,&nbsp;</em><strong>“A.J. Ramsay, Jr.”, August 7, 1915.</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Pascagoula Democratic Star,&nbsp;</em><strong>“A.J. Ramsay &amp; Company”</strong>, November 4, 1881.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Pascagoula Democratic Star,&nbsp;</em><strong>“Ramsay-Myers”</strong>, March 21, 1884.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Pascagoula Democratic Star,&nbsp;</em><strong>“”</strong>,</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>A.J. Ramsay-1871</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>A.J. Ramsay-1873</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>A.J. Ramsay-1875</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>_______________________________________________________</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>1877-1879</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><img alt=\"\" height=\"147\" src=\"/sites/default/files/u4/Northrup%2C A.K. Sheriffjpg.jpg\" width=\"118\" /></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>ABNER R.K. NORTHROP</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Abner Reuben Knight Northrop</strong> (1839-1896) was born July 28, 1839 at Franklin, St. Mary Parish, Louisiana to Abner Northrop and Christina Knight. &nbsp;His father was a native of Hartford, Connecticut and a West Point graduate. &nbsp;Mrs. Northrop was the daughter of Reuben Knight, a Louisiana sugar planter.(Lang, 1936, p. 165)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Marriage and family</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">On November 19, 1869, Abner Knight Northrop (1839-1896) married Helena Elmer (1838-1917) at Biloxi in Nativity B.V.M. Catholic Church.&nbsp; She was the daughter of Jacob Elmer (1812-1894) and Barbara Gettindorf&nbsp; (1818-1859).(Lepre, 1991, p.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; and Harrison Co., Mississippi Circuit Court MRB 6, p. 127)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Jacob Elmer (1832-1894) was a Swiss immigrant having been born at Canton Glarus in Switzerland, the same area of the Hosli and Abbley family origination.&nbsp; Mr. Elmer came to Biloxi in 1836 and circa 1837, he married Barbara Gettendorf (1823-1858), a native of Winweiler, Rhein Kreis, Bavaria.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>REFERENCES:</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">John H. Lang,&nbsp;<strong><u>History of Harrison County, Mississippi</u></strong>, (The Dixie Press: Gulfport, Mississippi-1936)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">_________________________________________________</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Andrew J. Ramsay (1840-1917)</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>REFERENCES:</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">John H. Lang, <u>History of Harrison County, Mississippi</u>, (The Dixie Press: Gulfport, Mississippi-1936)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Biloxi Herald, </em><strong>“City News”</strong>, June 2, 1888.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>_______________________________________________________</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>1882-1883</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><img alt=\"\" height=\"147\" src=\"/sites/default/files/u4/Bond%2C Thomas Sheriff.jpg\" width=\"118\" /></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>THOMAS BOND JR.</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>REFERENCES:</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>_______________________________________________________</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>1883-1895</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><img alt=\"\" height=\"147\" src=\"/sites/default/files/u4/Seal%2C Florian Sheriff.jpg\" width=\"118\" /></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>FLORIAN SEAL</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Florian Seal</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Florian Seal (1852-1927) was born on east Pass Christian Street [Howard Avenue] at Biloxi on February 17, 1853.&nbsp; His parents were Roderick Seal and Charlotte Orr Seal.&nbsp; In 1877, Mr. Seal married Rebecca V. Walker (1853-1936) of Bay St. Louis, Mississippi.&nbsp;&nbsp; They were the parents of two children:&nbsp; Eurilda J. Seal (1879-1966) m. Lazaro Lopez Jr. (1877-1918) and Roderick Dudley Seal (1881-1942) m. Marie Ramon.(<u>The Biloxi Daily Herald, Business and Professional Men</u>, 1902, p. 56)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Florian Seal, popular Sheriff of Harrison County, rode his bicycle with considerable skill and grace so as to quickly fulfill his business engagements in Biloxi.<em>(The Biloxi Herald, January 20, 1894, p. 8)</em></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">At Biloxi, when Mr. Seal was not in public office, as he was Sheriff of Harrison County five times, Tax Assessor of Harrison County four times, and Deputy Clerk of the Chancery and Circuit Courts of Jackson County, Mississippi in 1872-1873, functioned in local commerce operating as the Cash Variety Store.&nbsp; Apparently, Florian Seal had lost his store building in the Great Biloxi Fire of November 1900, because in January 1901, he had workmen erecting a new commercial structure on Howard Avenue next to the Biloxi Daily Herald Building.&nbsp; The Seal store building was twenty-six feet on the front and about seventy-five feet deep.<em>(The Biloxi Daily Herald, January 5, 1901, p. 8 and January 8, 1901, p. 8)</em></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>State v. Florian Seal</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Florian Seal was charge with embezzeling $8571 from Harrison County while Sheriff and Tax Collector. &nbsp;He was acquitted by a jury on March 19, 1909 of this allegation. &nbsp;L.H. Doty and Thomas Evans, attorneys for Mr. Seal, brought an expert witness in accounting to the stand who testified that after a four month examination of the Harrison County financial records that not only was Seal innocent of embezzelment, but the County owed hm $400. &nbsp;It was geneally held that former Sheriff Seal had been victimized by a combination of \"bad bookkeeping\" by the State Auditor, the Board of Supervisors and himself.(The Biloxi Daily Herald, March 19, 1909, p. 1)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Expired December 11, 1927</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">In September 1898, Roderick Seal and spouse sold the Montross Hotel to John H. Miller and John Carraway for $12,000.(Harrison County, Ms. Land deed Bk. 39, p. 79)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Mrs. Rebecca Walker Seal passed on at New Orleans at the residence of her daughter, Eurilda Lopez.&nbsp; Her corporal remains were interred in the St. Roch Cemetery in the Crescent City.<em>(The Daily Herald, September 12, 1936, p. 5)</em></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Florian Seal, a Biloxi native, had an illustrious political public service career in Harrison County, Mississippi.&nbsp; During his life, he held thirteen public offices.&nbsp; Among them were: county officer, Sheriff-five terms; and tax assessor-eight terms.&nbsp; Florian Seal’s education was at Springhill College, Mobile, Alabama and at Washington and Lee in Lexington, Virginia.&nbsp; Rebecca Walker Seal was born at Bay St. Louis, Mississippi.<em>(The Daily Herald, December 12, 1927, p. 1 and September 12, 1936)</em></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Florian Seal</strong>-(1852-1927)-elected Sheriff five times and tax assessor eight times.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Florian Seal-</strong>1888<strong>-</strong>Joseph A. Delamarre, deputy appointed May 1888.(June 2, 1888, p. 8)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>REFERENCES:</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">John H. Lang, <u>History of Harrison County, Mississippi</u>, (The Dixie Press: Gulfport, Mississippi-1936)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Biloxi Herald, </em><strong>“City News”</strong>, June 2, 1888.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Biloxi Herald, </em><strong>“”</strong>,</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Biloxi Herald, </em><strong>“”</strong>,</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Biloxi Daily Herald, </em><strong>“First complete map [of Gulfport]”</strong>, July 9, 1902.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Biloxi Daily Herald,&nbsp;</em><strong>“For Sheriff\"</strong>, August 5, 1903.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Biloxi Daily Herald,&nbsp;</em><strong>“Money wins”</strong>, August 7, 1903.</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Biloxi Daily Herald,&nbsp;</em><strong>“Harrison County\'s vote”</strong>, August 8, 1903.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Biloxi Daily Herald,&nbsp;</em><strong>“Chancery Court proceedings”</strong>, October 24, 1908.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Biloxi Daily Herald, </em><strong>“Florian Seal is acquitted”</strong>, March 19, 1909.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Biloxi Daily Herald,&nbsp;</em><strong>“Final decree in Florian Seal case”</strong>, October 6, 1909.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Daily Herald, </em><strong>“Seal gets back in official life”</strong>, January 1, 1916.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Daily Herald, </em><strong>“Florian Seal dies suddenly”</strong>, December 12, 1927.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Daily Herald, </em><strong>“Florian Seal buried today”</strong>, December 13, 1927.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>_______________________________________________________</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>1896-1900</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><img alt=\"\" height=\"276\" src=\"/sites/default/files/u4/Hewes%2C George P..jpg\" width=\"253\" /></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>GEORGE P. HEWES</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>George Poindexter Hewes</strong> (1868-1959) was born June 17.1868 to Hewes and &nbsp; &nbsp;. &nbsp;He married Mary Wallace Henderson (1872-1963).</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><img alt=\"\" height=\"188\" src=\"/sites/default/files/u4/Hewes%2C George poindexter (1868-1959).jpg\" width=\"250\" /></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Live Oak Cemetery</strong>-Pass Christian, Mississippi</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>REFERENCES:</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">John H. Lang, <u>History of Harrison County, Mississippi</u>, (The Dixie Press: Gulfport, Mississippi-1936)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Daily Herald, </em><strong>“”</strong>,</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Daily Herald, </em><strong>“”</strong>,</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Daily Herald, </em><strong>“”</strong>,</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Daily Herald, </em><strong>“”</strong>,</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Daily Herald, </em><strong>“”</strong>,</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>___________________________________________________</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>ANDREW J. RAMSAY</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><img alt=\"\" height=\"261\" src=\"/sites/default/files/u4/Ramsay%2C Andrew Jackson_1.jpg\" width=\"217\" /></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>1900-1904</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>_______________________________________________________</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>1904-1908</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><img alt=\"\" height=\"147\" src=\"/sites/default/files/u4/Seal%2C Florian Sheriff_0.jpg\" width=\"118\" /></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>FLORIAN SEAL</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>_______________________________________________________</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>1908-1912</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><img alt=\"\" height=\"147\" src=\"/sites/default/files/u4/Reeves%2C William Sheriff.jpg\" width=\"118\" /></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>WILLIAM REEVES JR.</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">William Reeves Jr. (1867-1933) was born at Lyman, Harrison County, Mississippi to William Reeves and &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; . &nbsp;He married Mary I. Cowart (1868-1922) in Harrison County, Mississippi on May 16, 1889.&nbsp; They were the parents of six children of whom&nbsp;&nbsp; five lived to adulthood: John Clarence Reeves (1893-1954); Edith Reeves; Byron F. Reeves (1900-1922); Milliard F. Reeves; and Mary Reeves.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Sheriff</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">William Reeves Jr. succeeded Florian Seal and took office as Sheriff and Tax Collector in January 1908.&nbsp; His deputies were E.W. Wells, F.L. Patnotte, Hugh McManus, J.V. Hagan, and William Murray.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Candidates: M.A. Broadus, William Reeves Jr., and Uriel Wright.<em>(The Daily Herald, July 30,1907, p. 2)</em></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Resignation</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Sheriff Reeves resigned from his office on September</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>REFERENCES:</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">The Biloxi Daily Herald, \"</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">The Biloxi Daily Herald,&nbsp;<strong>\"County officers qualify\"</strong>, January 7, 1908.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">The Biloxi Daily Herald,<strong>&nbsp;\"Noted visitor\"</strong>, June 5, 1909.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">The Daily Herald,&nbsp;<strong>\"Icham Reeves for Supervisor\"</strong>, January 26, 1911.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">The Daily Herald,&nbsp;<strong>\"Report of&nbsp;</strong>[Charles J.]&nbsp;<strong>Moore in Reeves matter is made public\"</strong>, August 12, 1911.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">The Daily Herald,&nbsp;<strong>\"Reeves resigns; Brother takes place\"</strong>, September 9, 1911.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">The Daily Herald,&nbsp;<strong>\"Icham Reeves passes away\"</strong>, September 7, 1925.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">The Daily Herald,&nbsp;<strong>\"Reeves \"</strong>, September 9, 1933.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>_____</strong><strong>__________________________________________________</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>1912-1916</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"http://035421f.netsolhost.com/WordPress/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/JamesCElmer.jpg\" /></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>JAMES C. ELMER</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">James Chester Elmer (1883-1920) was born at Biloxi, Mississippi on&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1883, the son of Frederick W. Elmer (1847-1926) and Elizabeth Carson Maycock (1850-1905).&nbsp; Jacob Elmer (1812-1894), his grandfather, was a native of Canton Glarus, Switzerland while Barbara Gettendorf (1823-1858), his grandmother, was born in Bavaria.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">J.C. Elmer was educated in the Biloxi public school system and graduated from the Poplarville High School, Pearl River County, Mississippi.&nbsp; He attended Alabama Polytechnic Institute [Auburn] for three years before going to Charlottesville, Virginia to study law.&nbsp; After a year at the University of Virginia, he continued his legal studies at the University of Mississippi.&nbsp; J.C. Elmer returned to the Mississippi Coast after his law studies, he assisted his father in his lumber exporting enterprise at Gulfport.&nbsp; James Chester Elmer was admitted to the Mississippi bar in May 1907.<em>(The Daily Herald, January 4, 1911, p. 1)</em></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Athlete</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">J.C. Elmer was a fine football player.&nbsp; He played the rugged sport at every college that he attended and was a member of the highly touted University of Virginia squad of 1903.&nbsp; He was a team mate of future Harrison County Sheriff, Cleveland Pol Huggins (1885-1933), at the University of Mississippi.<em>(The Daily Herald, January 6, 1909, p. 2)</em></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Political career</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">James C. Elmer began his most successful political career at Biloxi in May 1908, when he defeated Zachary T. Champlin, veteran adjudicator, for the office of Police Judge. &nbsp;J.C. Elmer garnered 487 votes compared to Judge Champlin’s 247 ballots.&nbsp; &nbsp;Judge Elmer took office in early January 1909 and heard his first case on January 4<sup>th</sup>.<em>(The Daily Herald, July 15, 1908, p. 1 and p. 2 and January 4, 1909, p. 1)</em></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Marriage</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">OnMarch 26, 1913, James C. Elmer married Hazel Thompson (1890-1974), the daughter of Erastus R. Thompson (1855-1924) and Mary Ellen Aber (1863-1910).&nbsp; Hazel Thompson was born at Harrisonburg, Catahoula Parish, Louisiana and came to Biloxi in 1908.&nbsp; At Harrisonburg, Mr. Thompson made his livelihood as a dry goods merchants.&nbsp; At Biloxi, the Thompson family may have built a large home in the Avondale Subdivision at 2116 West Beach Drive.&nbsp; The Elmer-Thompson marriage was held in the Thompson home and their nuptial ceremony performed by the Reverend C.B. Crawford of the Church of the Redeemer.&nbsp; The newlyweds were domiciled on Main Street and Water Street in a home that was given them by Erastus R. Thompson.<em>(The Biloxi Daily Herald, June 11, 1908, p. 2 and The Daily Herald, March 26, 1913, p. 8 and March 27, 1913, p. 8)</em></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Thompson family</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Erastus R. Thompson had married Mary Ellen Aber at New Orleans on April 12, 1888.&nbsp; From this holy union four children were born and three survived: Hazel Thompson (1890-1974); Emmet Ray Thompson (1894-1969) and Louis O. Thompson (1896-1972).</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Sheriff J.C. Elmer</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">James Cleveland Elmer was elected Sheriff of Harrison County, Mississippi in</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>West Beach Home</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">In December 1916, J.C. Elmer acquired for $7000 a large residence from Sam W. Taylor at 1918 West Beach Drive in Biloxi.&nbsp; It was situated in the Bienville Subdivision, in Lot 5 and Lot 6 of Block 1.&nbsp; At this time, Mr. Taylor also conveyed Lots 5 and 6 in Block 8 and Lots 5 and 6 in Block 9 to J.C. Elmer.(Harrison Co., Mississippi Land Deed Bk. 117, pp. 405-406)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Candidate for State Revenue Agent</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>District Attorney</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Death</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">J.C. Elmer expired on April 30, 1920 in the Touro Infirmary at New Orleans.&nbsp; He was survived by his spouse, father, and sisters: Marie Ann Sichirich (1872-1946) of Buenos Aires Argentina; Nina V. Scott (1877-1926+) of Atlanta, Cora V. Enochs (1878-1962) of Biloxi, Inez Elmer Ebersole (1885-1926+) of NOLA, and Marguerite Elmer Cole (1887-1965) of Biloxi; and two brothers, F.W. Elmer II (1881-1920) and Edward E. Elmer (1896-1926<em>+).(The Daily Herald, April 30, 1920, p. 1)</em></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Hazel Thompson Elmer lived until January 1974.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>REFERENCES:</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">John H. Lang, <u>History of Harrison County, Mississippi</u>, (The Dixie Press: Gulfport, Mississippi-1936)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Biloxi Daily Herald, </em><strong>“City News”</strong>, June 11, 1908.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Biloxi Daily Herald, </em><strong>“Personals”</strong>, July 12, 1908.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Biloxi Daily Herald, </em><strong>“Results of the election”</strong>, July 15, 1908.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Biloxi Daily Herald, </em><strong>“The winners yesterday”</strong>, July 15, 1908.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Daily Herald, </em><strong>“Judge Elmer opens court”</strong>, January 4, 1909.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Daily Herald, </em><strong>“Biloxi’s new administration”</strong>, January 6, 1909.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Daily Herald, </em><strong>“The new administration of the City of Biloxi”</strong>, January 4, 1911.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Daily Herald, </em><strong>“Ovation for Elmer on Eve of election”</strong>, August 22, 1911.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Daily Herald, </em><strong>“Elmer is Sheriff of Harrison </strong>[County]<strong>by over 70”</strong>, August 23, 1911.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Daily Herald, </em><strong>“Chicken spaghetti in honor of newly elected Sheriff”</strong>, August 24, 1911.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Daily Herald, </em><strong>“Sheriff-elect Elmer will have Bradley and Huggins as Deputies”</strong>, December 12, 1911.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Daily Herald, </em><strong>“Near-beer saloons of Biloxi cleaned out Saturday night”</strong>, August 5, 1912.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Daily Herald, </em><strong>“Marriage of Mr. Elmer and Miss Thompson”</strong>, March 26, 1913.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Daily Herald, </em><strong>“Elmer-Thompson wedding last night”</strong>, March 27, 1913</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Daily Herald, </em><strong>“J.C. Elmer leaves in interest of his candidacy”</strong>, May 7, 1915.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Daily Herald, </em><strong>“Sheriff Elmer to open law office”</strong>, December 15, 1915.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Daily Herald, </em><strong>“Local News Paragraphs of Interest”</strong>, October 17, 1916.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Daily Herald, </em><strong>“Elmer announces for District Attorney”</strong>, March 14, 1919.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Daily Herald, </em><strong>“Biloxi and Coast Cities lose most valuable citizen in James C. Elmer”</strong>, April 30, 1920.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Daily Herald, </em><strong>“”</strong>,</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Daily Herald, </em><strong>“”</strong>,</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>_______________________________________________________</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>1916-1920</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><img alt=\"\" height=\"147\" src=\"/sites/default/files/u4/Clark%2C John B.jpg\" width=\"118\" /></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>JOHN B. CLARK</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">John B. Clark (1859-1940) was born at Handsboro, Harrison County, Mississippi on December 26, 1859 to Clark, a Kentuckian, and&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Clark from Alabama.&nbsp; In 1900, John B. Clark was a resident of Nugent, Mississippi and married to Vernell A. Hurlbert (1869-1936).&nbsp; They had wedded in Harrison County, Mississippi on June 13, 1886.&nbsp; At this time, John was engaged in the manufacture of lumber and lived in the vicinity of his two brothers, Hiram Clark (1857-1900+) and William W. Clark (1845-1900+), who were in lumber and carpentry respectively. Vernell A. Hurlbert (1896-1981), a niece of Mrs. Clark, who would marry Albert S. Lloyd (1891-1972) in February 1918, was also in their household in 1900.(1900 Harrison County, Mississippi Federal Census T623_808, p. 12B, ED 32)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Political career</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><img alt=\"John B. Clark\" src=\"http://image2.findagrave.com/photos250/photos/2013/319/82454594_138463241124.jpg\" /></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Evergreen Cemetery</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Death</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">John B. Clark expired at Nugent on September 17, 1940.&nbsp; Living with him at this time was Albert S. Lloyd and his spouse, Vernell Hurlbert Lloyd, and their four children: John B. Lloyd (1918-2003), Albert Homer Lloyd (1921-1930+), Claude Lloyd (1925-1930+), and Juanita Lloyd (b. post-1930).&nbsp; Buried at Evergreen Cemetery with his wife who had died on September 23, 1936.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>REFERENCES:</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">John H. Lang, <u>History of Harrison County, Mississippi</u>, (The Dixie Press: Gulfport, Mississippi-1936)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Daily Herald, </em><strong>“Remarkable political occurrence”</strong>, July 21, 1915.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Daily Herald, </em><strong>“Seal gets back in official life”</strong>, January 1, 1916.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Daily Herald, </em><strong>“Patenotte is to be retained”</strong>, January 3, 1916.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Daily Herald, </em><strong>“John B. Clark taken in death”</strong>, January 17, 1940.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Daily Herald, </em><strong>“”</strong>,</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>_______________________________________________________</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>1920-1924</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><img alt=\"\" height=\"147\" src=\"/sites/default/files/u4/Havens%2C Joseph W.jpg\" width=\"118\" /></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>JOSEPH W. HAVENS</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Joseph \'Joe\' Wesley Havens</strong> (1881-1941) was born May 24, 1881 at Vancleave, Jackson County, Mississippi to Abizer Havens (1858-1933) and Margarette Berry Havens (1849-1907). &nbsp;He was reared in an an agrarian and timber society and educated in the public schools of Jackson County, Harrison County, and Peral River County, Mississippi. &nbsp;In his youth, Joseph W. Havens worked for the Kew Mercantile Company at Wiggins, Mississippi and the at the large department store at Lyman, Mississippi owned by the Ingram Day Lumber Company.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><img alt=\"\" height=\"200\" src=\"/sites/default/files/u4/Havens%2C Joe Will (1915-1993).jpg\" width=\"124\" /></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Joe Will Havens</strong> (1915-1993)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>from The Daily Herald,&nbsp;</em><em>&nbsp;April 9, 1925.</em></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Mr. Havens married Leona Hutto (1888-1971), a native of Montrose, Mississippi on June 10, 1914. They were the parents of two children: Joe Will Havens (1915-1993) m. Roberta Alice Irby and Mary Frances Havens (b. 1921) m. Joseph Thomas White. &nbsp;In 1934, Joe Will Havens was a student at Mississippi State College and Mary Frances Havens was studying at Gulfport High School.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">The J.W. Havens family lived at Nugent, Mississippi about 8 miles north of Gulfport. &nbsp;Here Sheriff Havens owned a home on 31 acres of land. &nbsp;He had pecan trees, fruit trees, blueberry bushes and did some small scale farming.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Joseph W. Havens was elected Harrison County Tax Assesor in 1911 and served the County as its tax assessor from 1912 to 1915 and deputy tax collector from 1916 to 1920. &nbsp;He was elected Sheriff and Tax Collector in 1919 and was Sheriff from 1920-1924 and 1928-1932. &nbsp;</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Joe Havens was described as a “good plain man, full of good hard common sense and those qualities which equip a man for Public service.&nbsp; He is calm and courteous and maintains a pleasant front under the most trying circumstances.&nbsp; Havens tried to live by his motto: “never start anything that you can’t finish”.(The Daily Herald, February 18, 1919, p. 1)&nbsp;</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">In June 1932, Joseph W. Havens was appointed Superintendent of Beauvoir, the last home of Jefferson Davis, at Biloxi, Mississippi. &nbsp;He expired on November 24, 1941 at Gulfport, Mississippi. &nbsp;Mrs. Havens lived until December 17, 1971. &nbsp;Their corporal remains were interred in the Evergreen Cemetery at Gulfport, Mississippi.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><img alt=\"Joseph W Havens\" src=\"http://image2.findagrave.com/photos250/photos/2012/164/86768507_133961119755.jpg\" /><img alt=\"F Leona &lt;i&gt;Hutto&lt;/i&gt; Havens\" src=\"http://image2.findagrave.com/photos250/photos/2012/164/86768523_133961122856.jpg\" /></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Evergreen Cemetery-Gulfport, Mississippi</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>REFERENCES:</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>The Daily Herald, 50<sup>th</sup>&nbsp;Anniversary Souvenir, Golden Jubilee Number, Biographical and Historical 1884-1934</strong>, \"Joseph W. Havens\",&nbsp;(The Daily Herald: Gulfport-Biloxi, Mississippi-1934).&nbsp;</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Daily Herald, </em><strong>“Had </strong>[Joe Will Havens]<strong> a birthday \'March 31st\'”</strong>, April 9, 1925.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Daily Herald,&nbsp;</em><strong>“Jos. W. Havens to run for Sheriff”</strong>, February 18, 1919.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Daily Herald, </em><strong>“Joseph W. Havens taken by death”</strong>, November 24, 1941.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Daily Herald, </em><strong>“”</strong>,</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">____________________________________________________________</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>1924-1928</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><img alt=\"\" height=\"147\" src=\"/sites/default/files/u4/Duckworth%2C B.F.jpg\" width=\"119\" /></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>BENJAMIN F. DUCKWORTH</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">In August 1923, Benjamin Franklin &nbsp;‘Frank’ Duckworth (1870-1939) of Gulfport, Mississippi faced Louis Staehling of Biloxi for Sheriff of Harrison County, Mississippi.&nbsp; Duckworth garnered 2663 ballots while Staehling received 2227 votes at the August 28, 1923 election.(The Daily Herald, August 29, 1923, p. 1)&nbsp;</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Ballots stolen from courthouse</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Frank Duckworth was the son of B.F. Franklin (1836-1915) and Josephine Shelby (1849-1900+).</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><img alt=\"Benjamin Franklin Duckworth\" src=\"http://image2.findagrave.com/photos250/photos/2012/327/101179049_135371687533.jpg\" /></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Evergreen Cemetery-Gulfport, Mississippi</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>REFERENCES:</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">John H. Lang, <u>History of Harrison County, Mississippi</u>, (The Dixie Press: Gulfport, Mississippi-1936)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Daily Herald, </em><strong>“B.F. Duckworth, well-known man, dies at age of 79”</strong>, December 27, 1915.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Daily Herald, </em><strong>“Harrison Co. Tabulation”</strong>, August 29, 1923.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Daily Herald, </em><strong>“”</strong>,</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Daily Herald, </em><strong>“”</strong>,</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>_______________________________________________________</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>1928-1932</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><img alt=\"\" height=\"147\" src=\"/sites/default/files/u4/Havens%2C Joseph W_0.jpg\" width=\"118\" /></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>JOSEPH W. HAVENS</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">_____________________________________________________________________________________</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>1932-1933</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><img alt=\"\" height=\"147\" src=\"/sites/default/files/u4/Huggins%2C Cleveland Pol (1885-1933)-portrait.jpg\" width=\"118\" /></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>CLEVELAND P. HUGGINS</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Cleveland Pol Huggins </strong>(1885-1933), son of George E. Huggins (1862-1951) and Isabelle E. Pol (1864-1954), was born at Pascagoula, Mississippi on January 25, 1885. &nbsp; He coached football at Biloxi in 1908. &nbsp;</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">On December 12, 1912 in the Church of Redeemer in Biloxi, Cleveland P. Huggins married Eleanor Virginia Greaves (1890-1974), called Virginia and Virgie, the daughter of Dr. Walter J. Greaves (1858-1930+) and Lucy Harrison (1870-1954).&nbsp; She was born at Biloxi on July 7, 1890.&nbsp; They were the parents of two children: &nbsp;Virginia Huggins (1913-1983) m. T.O. Green and Cleveland P. Huggins Jr. (1916-1990).(The Daily Herald, December 3, 1974, p. A2)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Cleveland Pol Huggins was elected Sheriff of Harrison County, Mississippi and took office in January 1932.&nbsp; He expired on January 25, 1933 while in office.&nbsp; Mrs. Virgie Huggins was appointed Sheriff of Harrison County by Governor Martin ‘Mike’ Sennett Conner (1891-1950).&nbsp; Virgie lost her office to Oscar L. Meador in a special election held on March 10, 1933.&nbsp; Although about 6000 registered voters were expected to cast ballots in the race, the turnout was close to 5100 voters resulting in the election of Mr. Meador as their Sheriff.(The Daily Herald, March 9, 1933, p. 1 and March 13, 1933)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><img alt=\"\" height=\"133\" src=\"/sites/default/files/u4/Huggins%2C Cleveland Pol (1885-1933).jpg\" width=\"200\" /></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Cleveland P. Huggins expired on January 25, 1933. &nbsp;His corporal remains were interred the the 6th Addition of the Biloxi Cemetery.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">____________________________________________________________________</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>1933-1933</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><img alt=\"\" height=\"147\" src=\"/sites/default/files/u4/Huggins%2C Virgie G.-portraitjpg.jpg\" width=\"118\" /></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>VIRGINIA G. HUGGINS</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">After the demise of her husband, Sheriff Cleveland P. Huggins on January 25, 1933, Virginia Greaves Huggins&nbsp;(1890-1974)&nbsp;was appointed Sheriff of Harrison County, Mississippi by Governor Martin Sennett ‘Mike’ Conner (1891-1950).&nbsp; She lost her post to Oscar L. Meador in the special election held on March 10, 1933.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Special Election</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Shortly after the demise of Cleveland P. Huggins, the denizens of Harrison County voted on March 10, 1933 for a new Sheriff.&nbsp; In addition to Oscar L. Meador, the candidates for the Sheriff’s post were: Curtis Dedeaux;&nbsp;Duckworth; George M. Foote (1873-1934+), former three-term, Gulfport Mayor and Harrison County State Senator; Virgie E. Huggins;&nbsp;and Redfield.&nbsp; Although about 6000 registered voters were expected to cast ballots in the race, the turnout for this special election was close to 5100 voters who elected Oscar L. Meador as Sheriff.<em>(The Daily Herald, March 9, 1933, p. 1 and March 13, 1933, p. )</em></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><img alt=\"\" height=\"177\" src=\"/sites/default/files/u4/Huggins%2C Virgie G. (1890-1974).jpg\" width=\"250\" /></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Virgie Greaves Huggins died on December 1, 1974. &nbsp;Her corporal remains were interred the the 6th Addition of the Biloxi Cemetery.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>REFERENCES:</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong><u>&nbsp;The Daily Herald 50<sup>th</sup> Golden Jubilee Number Biographical and Historical 1884-1934</u></strong>, (The Daily Herald: Gulfport-Biloxi, Mississippi-1934).</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">John H. Lang, <u>History of Harrison County, Mississippi</u>, (The Dixie Press: Gulfport, Mississippi-1936)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Biloxi Daily Herald, </em><strong>“City News”</strong>, November 28, 1908</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Daily Herald, </em><strong>“Sheriff-elect Elmer will have Bradley and Huggins as Deputies”</strong>, December 12, 1911.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Daily Herald, </em><strong>“Mr. Huggins and Miss Greaves wed”</strong>, December 12, 1912.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Daily Herald, </em><strong>“Greaves property is deed to daughter”</strong>, September 17, 1914.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Daily Herald, </em><strong>“Huggins for Assessor”</strong>, January 16, 1915.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Daily Herald, </em><strong>“Notice”</strong>, July 17, 1917.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Daily Herald, </em><strong>“Gulfport”</strong>, September 6, 1917.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Daily Herald, </em><strong>“Huggins makes appointments”</strong>, January 4, 1932.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Daily Herald, </em><strong>“Sheriff Huggins dies of pneumonia, Gov. Conner comes to attend funeral”</strong>, January 26, 1933.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Daily Herald, </em><strong>“Deputy acts as Sheriff”</strong>, January 26, 1933.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Daily Herald, </em><strong>“Funeral of Huggins held”, </strong>January 27, 1933.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Daily Herald, </em><strong>“Sheriff to be named Friday, seven in race”</strong>, March 9, 1933.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Daily Herald, </em><strong>“Official returns give Meador 2133, Mrs. Huggins, 1636”</strong>, March 13, 1933.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Daily Herald, </em><strong>“Mrs. Huggins ends her term”</strong>, March 20, 1933.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Daily Herald, </em><strong>“Mrs. Virgie G. Huggins”</strong>, December 3, 1974.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>__________________________________________________________________</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>1933-1939</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><img alt=\"\" height=\"147\" src=\"/sites/default/files/u4/Meador%2C Oscar L.jpg\" width=\"118\" /></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>OSCAR L. MEADOR</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Oscar Lafayette Meador (1880-1973) was born on June 18, 1880 at New Island, Newton County, Mississippi. He lived at Hattiesburg, Mississippi before coming to Gulfport.&nbsp; Oscar L. Meador married Feltie McManus (1894-1993) `on May 29, 1917 in Harrison County, Mississippi.&nbsp; She was born on November 27, 1894 the daughter of&nbsp;&nbsp; McManus and&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; .&nbsp; They were the parents of four children:&nbsp; Elizabeth D. Meador (1918-2001+) m. M.D. Speed; Oscar L. Meador II (1922-2007); Richard Lamar Meador (1931-2001) m. Beth Grubb; and Gordon Meador. &nbsp;Before he was elected Sheriff of Harrison County, Mississippi, Oscar L. Meador was a salesman for the Swift Company at Gulfport and Hattiesburg.&nbsp; He later represented wholesale grocers and coffee companies operating from New Orleans.&nbsp; Prior to his election to Sheriff, Oscar L.&nbsp; Meador served as a deputy sheriff with Joseph Havens and Cleave Huggins.&nbsp; He was later a deputy sheriff for Laz Quave (1910-1985) and Edward A. McDonnell (1912-1986).</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>1933 Election</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Oscar L. Meador was elected Sheriff on March 10, 1933 and was sworn into office on March 20, 1933.&nbsp; He named William F. Gorenflo of Biloxi as his chief deputy.&nbsp; Other deputies appointed at this time were: Edward VanZandt; Jimmie Williams [Biloxi]; W.G. ‘Bill’ Simpson [Pass Christian]; Joe Mattina [Biloxi]; and Lieutte S. Broadus [Gulfport].(The Daily Herald, March 20, 1933, p. 1)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Alonzo Gabrich, former Biloxi Police Chief, was appointed a deputy by Sheriff Meador in December 1933. &nbsp;Gabrich was regarded highly in the local law enforcement community. &nbsp;He had been a detective and assistant police chief before becoming Biloxi\'s chief law enforcement officer.(The Daily Herald, Decemebr 22, 1933, p. 1)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>1936 Election</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">During his life at Gulfport, Mississippi, Sheriff Meador and family resided at 1308 2<sup>nd</sup> Street.&nbsp; He was active in many facets of Gulfport’s social, civic and religious organizations:&nbsp; Mr. Meador was a member of the following: 1st Baptist Church of Gulfport; Southern Star Lodge No. 500 F. &amp; A.M. at Long Beach, Mississippi; 32<sup>nd</sup> Degree Mason and Shriner; Coast Shrine Club; Knight of Commander of the Court of Honor of Scottish Rite Masonry; Gulfport Elks Club; Tennessee-Mississippi Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association; Civitan Club; Kiwanis Club; and served as a Colonel on the staff of Governor Paul B. Johnson.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>REFERENCES:</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">John H. Lang, <u>History of Harrison County, Mississippi</u>, (The Dixie Press: Gulfport, Mississippi-1936)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Daily Herald, </em><strong>“Sheriff to be named Friday, seven in race”</strong>, March 9, 1933.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Daily Herald, </em><strong>“”</strong>,</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Daily Herald, </em><strong>“Official returns give Meador 2133, Mrs. Huggins, 1636”</strong>, March 13, 1933.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Daily Herald, </em><strong>“Meador takes office as Harrison County Sheriff and names his Deputies”</strong>, March 20, 1933.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Daily Herald,&nbsp;</em><strong>“Gabrich appointed Deputy Sheriff”</strong>, December 22, 1933.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Daily Herald, </em><strong>“Obit”</strong>, October 15, 1973.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The South County Journal </em>(Kent, Washington)<em>, </em><strong>“Richard L. Meador”</strong>, January 4, 2001.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, </em><strong>“Oscar L. Meador”</strong>, November 14, 2007, p. B5.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">____________________________________________________________</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>1940-1944</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><img alt=\"\" height=\"147\" src=\"/sites/default/files/u4/Edwins%2C Raleigh Clifton (1897-1960).jpg\" width=\"118\" /></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>RALEIGH C. EDWINS </strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Raleigh Clifton Edwins (1897-1960) was born on June 28, 1897 in rural Orangeburg County, South Carolina to Milton Calhoun Evans (1862-1946), a farmer, and Ida Miller Edwins (1866-1946), both natives of South Carolina.&nbsp; He married Mary Ruth Cottrell Edwins (1902-1987), native of Alabama.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Family</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">R.C. Edwins made his livelihood as Gulfport as the proprietor of Edwins Auto Supply Company.&nbsp; His first child, R.C. Edwins Jr. (1928-1928), died at Gulfport in March 1928. &nbsp;Another son, Rallie Cottell \"Rack\" Evans (1930-1991) was born at Gulfport and became an attorney at Baton Rouge. &nbsp;In addition, the Edwins had two daughters, Patricia Edwins Hardesty and Mary Frances Edwins Carothers.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Candidate</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">In the spring of 1935, Mr. Edwins announced that he was considering becoming a candidate for Sheriff of Harrison County with this statement<em>:<strong>&nbsp; “Many of my friends from every walk of life have encouraged me to enter the race for Sheriff of Harrison County and I am giving it deep consideration.&nbsp; Although I am considering the business which I have and the future for it in case I do sacrifice the growth of my business to enter race for Sheriff, but if the number of voters for this county think that I am the man to make this race I am for the people any and all times and will make the sacrifice.”</strong></em></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Staff</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Laz Quave, a deputy.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Illegal Operations</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Sheriff R.C. Edwins commenced his war on crime in Harrison County shortly after assuming the office of Sheriff.&nbsp;&nbsp; He demonstrated that his regime was serious about deterring gambling and illicit spirits when his men destroyed 1700 bottles of bonded whiskey and 38 slot machines in the yard of the County jail in late May 1940.<em>(The Daily Herald, May 31, 1940, p. 1)</em></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Ban of gaming and liquor</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">On September 9, 1940, Sheriff Raleigh C. Edwins (1897-1960) announced a ban in Harrison County on slot machines, liquor, dice and other forms of gambling.&nbsp; This included bank nights and bingo as well as counter games, like ‘high dice’ or ‘double or nothing’, being held in cigar stands and cafes.<em>(The Daily Herald,</em> <em>September 11, 1940, p. 1)</em></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>East Biloxi Raid</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">In mid-June 1941,Sheriff R.C. Edwins and twelve deputies seized a large quantity of bonded whiskey and high volume alcoholic wine from an unidentified location on East Howard Avenue in Biloxi. Grover Graham Sr. (1893-1964) was arrested in the raid which also uncovered slot machines, dice tables, and poker chips.&nbsp; It appeared that gambling was in progress at the time of the break-in as money and other evidence were found on the premises.(The Daily Herald, June 16, 1941, p. 1)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Expired</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Raliegh C. Edwins expired circa September 17, 1960 at Gulfport, Mississippi.&nbsp; Mary Ruth Edwins died circa June 19, 1987.&nbsp; Both were buried at Evergreen in Gulfport, Mississippi.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>REFERENCES:</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Daily Herald, </em><strong>“Edwins considering running for Sheriff”</strong>, April 15, 1935.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Daily Herald, </em><strong>“R.C. Edwins takes oath of office”</strong>, January 1, 1940.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Daily Herald, </em><strong>“Sheriff destroy liquor and slots”</strong>, May 11. 1940.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Daily Herald, </em><strong>“$50,000 liquor seizure made at Biloxi following raids up and down Coast”</strong>, June 16, 1941.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Sun Herald, </em><strong>“Rallie C. \'Rack\' Edwins”</strong>, July 4, 1991, p. A-2.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>_____________________________________________________</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>1944-1948</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><img alt=\"\" height=\"147\" src=\"/sites/default/files/u4/Broadus%2C Maxie Sheriff.jpg\" width=\"118\" /></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>MAXIE M. BROADUS </strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Maxie M. Broadus ran (1906-1985) was born on April 6, 1906 in Harrison County, Mississippi in T4S-R10W near the Perkinston community to J. Willis Broadus (1871-1930+) and Maranda A. Lott (1878-1930+).&nbsp; He was the fifth of seven children reared in a rural setting where his father farmed and ran a logging operation.&nbsp; Married Harriet Rogers (1910-2003) in Harrison County, Mississippi in September 1932.(1910 Harrison County, Mississippi 1910 Federal Census T624_741, p. 10B, ED 51; 1920 Stone County, Mississippi Federal Census T625_893, p. 2A, ED 143; and Harrison Co., Mississippi MRB 44, p. 44)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>1943 ELECTION</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">In the Harrison County, Mississippi elections of August 1943, Maxie M. Broadus lost to Deputy Sheriff Arthur W. Lang (1922-2006) in the first primary by 28 votes.&nbsp; He defeated Lang in second primary 4836 to 3345, leading in 24 of 29 voting precincts.<em>(The Daily Herald, August 5, 1943, p. 1 August 25, 1943, p. 1 and August 26, 1943, p. 1)</em></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>REFERENCES:</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Daily Herald, </em><strong>“photo with campaign ad”</strong>, July 31, 1943, p. 8.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Daily Herald, </em><strong>“Lang, Broadus, enter second Sheriff race”</strong>, August 5, 1943, p. 1.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Daily Herald, </em><strong>“Maxie M. Broadus elected Sheriff by big majority”</strong>, August 25, 1943.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Daily Herald, </em><strong>“Official returns in second primary”</strong>, August 26, 1943, p. 1.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Daily Herald, </em><strong>“Maxie Broadus takes office as Sheriff”</strong>, January 3, 1944, p. 1.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Daily Herald, </em><strong>“”</strong>,</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">____________________________________________________________</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>1948-1952</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><img alt=\"\" height=\"147\" src=\"/sites/default/files/u4/Quave%2C Laz Sheriff.jpg\" width=\"117\" /></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>LAZ QUAVE </strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Laz Quave (1910-1985) was born on October 31, 1910, in rural Jackson County, Mississippi, near Vancleave,&nbsp; the son of Joseph Quave (1859-1928), a farm laborer, and Della ? Quave.&nbsp; In 1930, Laz Quave was a seaman stationed aboard the USCG Cutter&nbsp;<strong><em>Tallapoosa</em></strong>, near Annapolis, Maryland.(1930 Anne Arundel Co., Maryland Federal Census R 844, p. 29A, ED11)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Returning from his military duty, Laz Quave married Bernice S. Thornton (1908-2000) on June 6, 1934.&nbsp; She was the daughter of Arthur Thornton (1880-1922) and Sophronia ? Thornton (1883-1920+).&nbsp; Laz and Bernice T. Quave were the parents of three children: June Rose Quave m. Eugene L. Martino; Leon J. Quave m. Peggy Ann Cook; and Laz Quave Jr. m. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; .(Harrison Co., Ms. MRB 45, p. 210)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Seafood Industry</strong></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Laz Quave was a partner in Union Fisheries and&nbsp;a director and vice president of the Gulf Coast Shrimper’s and Oystermen’s Association.</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Venus and Quave</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">On September 4, 1968, the Biloxi Canning &amp; Packing Company was chartered by D.J. Venus III, Gordon D. Venus, and Laz Quave with 150,000 shares par value at $1.00 per share.(HARCO, Ms. Chancery Court Charter Bk. 2, pp. 179-182)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">On September 9, 1968, the Charter of Biloxi Canning &amp; Packing Company was amended and the name changed to Rosalis, Inc.&nbsp; Roy Rosalis (1909-1984), president, and Rena LeBlanc Rosalis (1917-2004), secretary, 300 shares issued.(HARCO, Ms. Charter Bk. 2, pp. 175-178).&nbsp; &nbsp;</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">On October 10, 1968, Rosalis, Inc. conveyed to Biloxi Canning &amp; Packing Company for $610,000, all improvements, buildings, warehouses, docks, wharves, with riparian and littoral rights.&nbsp; (go 413.4 south along east side of Anglada x Landers x 253\' x Chartres Street (332.9) x 136\' (Stanovich) x Back Bay to point of beginning on Anglada). &nbsp;The sale included the following brands:&nbsp; Negro Head, Biloxi, Sea Beach Canned Shrimp, Mobile Bay, Danny Boy, and Pueblo. &nbsp;Mr. Rosalis then retired and resided at 872 Central Beach Boulevard.(HARCO, Ms. Trust Deed Bk. 535, p. 47 and Bk. 535, p. 50).</span></span></p>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Deputy Sheriff</strong></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Laz Quave was a Deputy Sheriff in Harrison County, Mississippi during the term of Raleigh Clifton \'R.C.\' Edwins (1897-1960) from 1939 to 1943.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Police Chief</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Laz Quave was named Biloxi\'s Police Chief by Mayor Chester A. Delacruz in January 1943. &nbsp;He replaced Alonzo L. Gabrich, long-time Biloxi public servant. &nbsp;Police Chief Quave named&nbsp;<strong>Louis Anglada</strong>&nbsp;his assistant. Other members of Quave\'s staff were: &nbsp;<strong>Earl Wetzel</strong>, City Detective;&nbsp;<strong>Arthur Largilliere</strong>, Desk Sergeant;&nbsp;<strong>Joseph Mattina</strong>;&nbsp;<strong>Charles Comeaux</strong>;&nbsp;<strong>Vincent Fernandez</strong>;&nbsp;<strong>Albert Demoran</strong>;&nbsp;<strong>Oswald Chatham</strong>;&nbsp;<strong>Henry</strong><strong>Cook</strong>;&nbsp;<strong>Al Boehm</strong>;&nbsp;<strong>S.O. Hall</strong>;&nbsp;<strong>John Labash</strong>; and&nbsp;<strong>Floyd Gill</strong>.(The Daily Herald, January 4, 1943, p. 5)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Sheriff Quave</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Laz Quave was elected Sheriff of Harrison County, Mississippi in August 1947 when he defeated Aubrey Beeson of Long Beach by about fourteen hundred votes.&nbsp; He succeeded Maxie M. Broadus (1906-1985) of Gulfport.<em>(The Daily Herald, August 30, 1947, p. 1)</em></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Mayor Quave</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">When Laz Quave placed his name in the race for Mayor of Biloxi, he was in competition with R. Hart Chinn, incumbent, Norman Levine (1917-198), poultry marketer, and Elmer Williams, owner of the DeJean Packing Company.<em>(The Daily Herald,&nbsp; April 13, 1953, p. 1)</em></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Supervisor Quave</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">From July 1962 to December 1971, Laz Quave served the people of Harrison County, Mississippi Beat 1, as their County Supervisor.(Sullivan, 2002, p. 581)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><img alt=\"\" height=\"118\" src=\"/sites/default/files/u4/Quave%2C Laz )1910-1985) and Bernice Thornton (1908-2000).jpg\" width=\"300\" /></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Biloxi Cemetery</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Laz Quave expired at New Orleans on December 20, 1985.&nbsp; His corporal remains were interred in the Biloxi City Cemetery.&nbsp; Bernice Thornton Quave followed her husband in death passing on February 26, 2000 at Gautier, Mississippi.&nbsp; Her corporal remains were also buried in the Biloxi City Cemetery.<em>(The Sun Herald, February 29, 2000, p. A5 and December&nbsp; , 1985, p. )</em><strong>&nbsp;</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>REFERENCES:</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Charles L. Sullivan,<strong>&nbsp;<u>Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College: A History</u></strong>, (McNaughton &amp; Gunn, Inc.: Saline, Michigan-2002)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong><em>Journals</em></strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Daily Herald,&nbsp;</em><strong>“New Police Chief”</strong>, January 4, 1943.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Daily Herald,&nbsp;</em><strong>“Quave announces for Sheriff of Harrison County”</strong>, March 26, 1947, p. 1.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Daily Herald,&nbsp;</em><strong>“Quave is elected in Harrison County”</strong>, August 30, 1947, p. 1.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Daily Herald,&nbsp;</em><strong>“May 12 ballot at Biloxi will have 19 names listed”</strong>, April 13, 1953.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Daily Herald</em>,&nbsp;<strong>\"Coast Mayors take office\",&nbsp;</strong>July 6, 1953, p. 1.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Daily Herald,&nbsp;</em><strong>“Quave Grand Marshal, Ross East End Marshal”</strong>, July 8, 1954, p. 23.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Jackson County Times,&nbsp;</em><strong>“Quave is elected in Harrison”</strong>, August 30, 1947.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Sun Herald</em>,&nbsp;<strong>\"Biloxi leader Laz Quave dies\"</strong>, December 22, 1985, p. A-1 and p. A-12.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Sun Herald,&nbsp;</em><strong>“Bernice Quave”</strong>, February 29, 2000, p. A5.</span></span></p>\r\n</div>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>_______________________________________________________</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>1952-1956</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><img alt=\"\" height=\"147\" src=\"/sites/default/files/u4/McDonnell%2C Edward Sheriff_0.jpg\" width=\"118\" /></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>JOHN EDWARD ‘EDDIE’ McDONNELL </strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Edward A. McDonnell (1912-1986) was born October 30, 1912 to Sidney McDonnell and Leona Arguelles. Eddie McDonnell &nbsp;attended the Sacred Heart Academy in Biloxi and married Lillian Newman (1915-2004).&nbsp; They were the parents of Charlotte McDonnell (b. 1941).</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Herbert M. McDonnell (1902-1974) elected to House of Representatives and took office in January 1940.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Eddie accepted a position with the Mississippi State Fish and Game Commission as chief law enforcement officer in 1957 and resigned from this post to be a candidate for Harrison County Sheriff in 1959.(The Daily Herald, august 26, 1959, p. 1)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Expired June 1986. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>REFERENCES:</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Daily Herald, </em><strong>“Representative”</strong>, January 1. 1940.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Daily Herald, </em><strong>“”</strong>,</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Daily Herald, </em><strong>“Edward McDonnell announces candidacy for Harrison Sheriff”</strong>, June 5, 1947.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Daily Herald, </em><strong>“Eddie McDonnell takes oath as Harrison County Sheriff; Deputies, others sworn”</strong>, January 7, 1952.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Daily Herald, </em><strong>“”</strong>,</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Daily Herald, </em><strong>“Order lid clamped on Harrison gaming; McDonnell is offered use of National Guard”</strong>, August 24, 1955, p. 1.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Daily Herald, </em><strong>“Sheriff is mum on game order”</strong>, August 25, 1955, p. 1.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Daily Herald, </em><strong>“Dedeaux elected to Harrison Sheriff Post”</strong>, August 26, 1959.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Daily Herald, </em><strong>“Claim grounds to invalidate vote </strong>[McDonnell’s attorneys in statement<strong>]”</strong>, September 8, 1959.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>_______________________________________________________</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>1956-1960</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><img alt=\"\" height=\"147\" src=\"/sites/default/files/u4/Wittmann%2C J.J.jpg\" width=\"118\" /></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>JOHN J. WITTMANN </strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>John Joseph “J.J.” </strong>&nbsp;and <strong>\"Joe\" Wittmann</strong> (1911-1990) was born on October 14, 1911. &nbsp;He married Frances King of Orange Grove.&nbsp; They were the parents of three children: John Edward Wittman; Margaret L. Wittman; and Ann Wittman.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">In 1936, Joe Wittmann began his long career in law enforcement as a County patrolman. &nbsp;In 1942, he joined the Mississippi State Highway Patrol and later became an assistant inspector and inspector of the District 8 headquartered in Gulfport, Mississippi. &nbsp;Wittmann resigned his inspectors position in 1956 to campaign and be elected as Sheriff of Harrison County, Mississippi. &nbsp;In the race for Sheriff, he&nbsp;defeated Aubrey Beeson, a Long Beach, Mississippi accountant, in late August 1955 by acquiring 10065 votes to 8554 for Beeson.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Mayor Wittman</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">In February 1968, J.J. \'Joe\' Wittmann won a landslide victory in his quest for Mayor of Pass Christian, Mississippi. &nbsp;Wittmann filled the office of former Mayor Francis J. Hursey who assumed duties as Harrison County, Mississippi Beat 3 supervisor. &nbsp;Wittman\'s term expired on July 1, 1969. He defeated J.J. \'Snap; Hayden Sr., R. Parnell McKay, Shannon P. Pickich in the mayoral contest.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Mr. Wittmann expired on December 3, 1990 at Pass Christian on December 3, 1990.&nbsp;</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>REFERENCES:</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Daily Herald, </em><strong>“”</strong>,</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Daily Herald, </em><strong>“”Coleman new governor; Wittmann is Sheriff”</strong>, August 24, 1955.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Daily Herald, </em><strong>“Sheriff is mum on game order”</strong>, August 25, 1955, p. 1.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Daily Herald, </em><strong>“Wittman group holds party at Pass </strong>[Christian]<strong>”</strong>, August 25, 1955, p. 1.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Daily Herald, </em><strong>“Sheriff, others new Harrison Officers sworn”</strong>, January 2, 1956.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Daily Herald, </em><strong>“Wittmann gives list of new officers in Sheriff’s office”</strong>, January 2, 1956.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Daily Herald,&nbsp;</em><strong>“Wittman new Mayor of Pass”</strong>, February 21, 1968</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Daily Herald,&nbsp;</em><strong>“Pass Christian-Wittmann cite minutes”</strong>, March 6, 1968.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Sun Herald, </em><strong>“Wittman </strong>(sic)<strong>, former sheriff, ex-Pass mayor dies”</strong>, December 5, 1990.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>_______________________________________________________</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>1960-1964</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><img alt=\"\" height=\"147\" src=\"/sites/default/files/u4/Dedeaux%2C Curtis O.-Sheriff-jpg.jpg\" width=\"118\" /></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>CURTIS O. DEDEAUX</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Curtis O. Dedeaux (1919-1966) was born October 6, 1919 in Harrison County, Mississippi. &nbsp;He was educated in Mississippi schools and acquired a Master\'s degree in political science from the University of Chicago.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Dedeaux, a packing plant operator, was elected Harrison County, Mississippi Sheriff in late August 1959.&nbsp; Challenger Edward ‘Eddie’ McDonald of Biloxi claimed that the results of the second Democratic primary held on August 25<sup>th</sup> and won by Mr. Dedeaux, who garnered 9661 votes to 9566 cast for McDonnell, were invalid.&nbsp; In a recount of the forty-seven county ballot boxes, Mr. McDonnell’s legal representation reported that <strong><em>“has gained in excess of 63 votes”.(</em></strong><em>The Daily Herald, August 26, 1959, p. 1 and September 8, 1959, p. 1)</em></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Dedeaux had made an unsuccessful run for Sheriff in 1955.&nbsp;</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><img alt=\"\" height=\"400\" src=\"/sites/default/files/Dedeaux%2C%20Curtis%20and%20Sheriff%3Bs%20Dept.-December%2023%2C%201960.jpg\" width=\"438\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Harrison County Sheriff\'s Department</span></span></strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">[2nd row-L-R: Lawrence Mensi, Sheriff Dedeaux and George Rosetti. &nbsp;From the Daily Herald, December 23, 1960, p. 5]</span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Income Tax Evasion-1965</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">In late October,&nbsp;<strong>Joseph Asa Garriga</strong>&nbsp;(1903-1973)&nbsp;<strong>testified as one of seven witnesses for the prosecution in Federal Court</strong>&nbsp;in a case that charged&nbsp;<strong>Curtis O. Dedeaux</strong>, former Harrison County, Mississippi Sheriff, with&nbsp;<strong>accepting graft from bar operators, income tax evasion and giving false information to the IRs in the years 1960-1962</strong>. Joseph Asa Garriga stated that he and his brother, Edward Garriga, had opened the Silver Dollar Lounge in December 1959 and that he ran a bar and brothel until 1962 when he was convicted of the breaking the White Slavery Traffic law and sentenced to the penitentiary. &nbsp;Garriga alleged that Sheriff Dedeaux had taken \'protection\' money from him to operate slot machines, prostitution, and illegal alcohol, etc.(The Daily Herald, October 27, 1965, p. 1 and p. 30)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Demise</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Curtis O. Dedeaux was found dead on September 10, 1966 at 218 Oak Ridge Circle, his west Biloxi residence. &nbsp;An autopsy revealed that the cause of his death was \"poisoning due to overdose of barbituates\". &nbsp;Mr. Dedeaux\'s funeral was under the auspices of Riemann Funeral Home of Gulfport, Mississippi. &nbsp;His interment was in the Evergreen Cemetery at Gulfport after services at Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church [Biloxi] with the Reverend James O\'Riordan officiating.(The Daily Herald, September 10, 1966, p. 1 and September 12, 1966, p. 2)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>REFERENCES:</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Daily Herald, </em><strong>“”</strong>, October 27, 1957.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Daily Herald, </em><strong>“Dedeaux elected to Harrison Sheriff Post”</strong>, August 26, 1959.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Daily Herald, </em><strong>“Claim grounds to invalidate vote </strong>[McDonnell’s attorneys in statement<strong>]”</strong>, September 8, 1959.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Daily Herald, </em><strong>“Harrison County elected officials take their oaths”</strong>, January 4, 1960.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Daily Herald, </em><strong>“Dedeaux takes about $15,000 worth of whiskey”</strong>, September 5, 1960.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Daily Herald, </em><strong>“Pete Parker Beat Constable seizes contents of Grover Graham Jr. warehouse of Biloxi”</strong>, September 5, 1960.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Daily Herald, </em><strong>“Romeo gives statement on Sheriff’s raid”</strong>, September 5, 1960.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Daily Herald, </em><strong>“Romeo, Graham reported still closed today”</strong>, September 6, 1960.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Daily Herald, </em><strong>“Former Coast bar operator </strong>[Asa Garraga (1903-1970)]&nbsp;<strong>tells of payoff”</strong>, October 27, 1965.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Daily Herald,&nbsp;</em><strong>“Found dead</strong><strong>”</strong>, September 10, 1966.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Daily Herald,&nbsp;</em><strong>“Ex-Sheriff rites held, autopsy report pending</strong><strong>”</strong>, September 12, 1966.</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Daily Herald,&nbsp;</em><strong>“Dedeaux autopsy report</strong><strong>”</strong>, September 13, 1966.</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>______________________________________________________</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>1964-1967</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><img alt=\"\" height=\"147\" src=\"/sites/default/files/u4/McDonnell%2C Edward Sheriff.jpg\" width=\"118\" /></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>JOHN EDWARD ‘EDDIE’ McDONNELL</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>REFERENCES:</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Daily Herald, </em><strong>“”</strong>,</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Daily Herald, </em><strong>“McDonnell sworn in as New Sheriff”</strong>, January 6, 1964.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Daily Herald, </em><strong>“”</strong>,</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Daily Herald, </em><strong>“”</strong>,</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Daily Herald, </em><strong>“”</strong>,</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">_____________________________________________________________________________________</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>1967-1971</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><img alt=\"\" height=\"147\" src=\"/sites/default/files/u4/Patton%2C  Luther.jpg\" width=\"118\" /></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>LUTHER &nbsp;R. PATTON</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Mr. Luther Raleigh Patton (1916-2009), age 92 years, passed away on Saturday, March 21, 2009 at Memorial Hospital at &nbsp;Gu;fport, Mississippi from pneumonia. Mr. Patton was a life-long resident of the Gulf Coast, born in Saucier on October 25, 1916, the youngest son of Evariste \"Valreece\" and Mary Jacobs Patton.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Luther was best known for his time in politics, including serving as Sheriff and Tax-Collector of Harrison County from 1968-1971 overseeing law enforcement on the coast during Hurricane Camille and the aftermath. He also was a member of the Mississippi Highway Patrol, serving on the Governor\'s detail in Jackson and was the Chief Law Enforcement Officer for the MS Department of Fish and Game Southern District. \"Sheriff\" Patton had a farm on Hwy 53 and enjoyed hunting and fishing in his early years. He was employed with Broadus Furniture Company for over 20 years.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Mr. Patton graduated from Success High School and was a Methodist attending both Burton Memorial and Lyman Methodist Church for many years. Most recently he attended Lakeview Baptist church in Lyman and lived at the Lakeview Nursing Home.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Luther &nbsp;was preceded in death by his wife of forty-years Florence Hamner Patton (1923-1987), his parents, three brothers - Virgil, James, and Woodrow, five sisters - Clara, Cora, Ethel, Hazel, and Zimley, and his grandson, Ryan Christopherson. He is survived by a large, loving family consisting of his son Shephard Hamner \"Sonny\" Patton (1940-2010) and wife Cindy; son Luther R. \"Ronnie\" Patton II and wife Janet; son Hunter Lowery Patton and wife Jan all of Gulfport; grandchildren Andy R. Patton (Sandy) of Hill City, Kansas; Shephard H. Patton, Jr. (Melinda) of Vaiden, Mississippi; Susan Patton Shannon (Jeff) of Mesa, Arizona; Shane Tyler Patton of Hattiesburg, Mississippi; Nancy Barron, Deanna Patton, and Christopher Patton, all of Gulfport, and PO1 Jarrell Patton (Heather) of Suffolk, Virginia. He also is survived by nine great-grandchildren; four great-great-grandchildren and a host of nieces, nephews, and cousins.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">The Patton &nbsp;funeral service was held on Wednesday, March 25th at the Riemann Funeral home with visitation one hour prior to services. Burial was in the Finley Cemetery at Lyman, Mississippi.&nbsp;</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Former Sheriff Luther Patton dies</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Former Harrison County Sheriff Luther Patton, age 92 years, who held the office from 1968 to 1972 on a platform to clean up the Biloxi strip and stop illegal gambling, died Saturday afternoon in Gulfport.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">He had been hospitalized with pneumonia, but could not recover, said his son, Hunter Patton of Lyman. Funeral arrangements are pending at Riemann Funeral Home in Gulfport.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Patton ran for sheriff three times before being elected on his fourth try. Then, after his first term, he ran for re-election and won his Republican party primary, his son said, but lost in the general election to Leroy Hobbs, an independent.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Politics aside, Patton loved to hunt and fish and was a big bird hunter. &nbsp;\"Matter of fact,\" Hunter said, \"that\'s how I got my name. I was the youngest of three boys and they said the next son they had, they were going to either name him Hunter or Fisher. I\'m glad it was not Fisher.\"</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">After his wife died, Patton, who was Methodist, did not go to church for a long time.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">\"The last year and a half before he went into the nursing home, he began going with me to Lakeview Baptist,\" Hunter said. \"He made the statement that, \'Who\'d have ever thought; here\'s a Methodist in a Baptist church listening to a holiness preacher.\' \"</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">For 15 or 20 years, until he was 89 years old, his son said, Patton worked at Broadus Furniture Store on 25th Avenue in Gulfport, opening and closing the store, driving a truck and taking orders for furniture. He started there because the store was owned by the brother of one of his deputies, Maxie Broadus.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">\"He always gave of himself, not only his time and finances, but his personality,\" said his grandson, Jarrell Patton, of Suffolk, Va., who was with Patton when he died.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Patton really liked to eat at Catfish Charlie\'s on Canal Road and Saturday night, his son said. \"Me and my boy are going to go there and eat a meal for him.\"</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>REFERENCES:</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">The Sun Herald, \"<strong>Former Sheriff Luther Patton </strong><strong>dies\"</strong><strong>, March 22, 2009.</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">The Sun Herald, <strong>\"Luther Raleigh Patton\"</strong>, March 23, 2009.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">The Sun Herald, \"</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>____________________________</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>1972-1983</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><img alt=\"\" height=\"147\" src=\"/sites/default/files/u4/Hobbs%2C Howard Leroy.jpg\" width=\"118\" /></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>HOWARD L. HOBBS</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Howard LeRoy Hobbs</strong> (1934-2008) was born September 19, 1934 at Gulfport, Mississippi to Howard B. Hobbs (1907-1974) and Verna Mae Hobbs.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>June 1983 Drug Sting</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Sheriff Howard Leroy Hobbs (1934-2008) was arrested on June 16, 1983 with David J. Venus III; Chief Deputy Sheriff Craig Monroe; D.J. Venus IV; George Mims Venus; Bill Carroll; Jim Blackwell; John Higgins; and Wayne Ford. &nbsp; &nbsp;Phillip Baugh was arrested on 20 July in connection with this case which involved cocaine conspiracy.(The Daily Herald, July 28, 1983, p. A-2)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>1983 Election</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Obituary</strong></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>\r\n<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\">\r\n	<tbody>\r\n		<tr>\r\n			<td colspan=\"2\">\r\n			<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Howard LeRoy Hobbs, Sr., 73, of Biloxi, passed away Monday, March 3, 2008 in Biloxi. He was a longtime resident of Biloxi, but the entire coast was his beloved home. &nbsp;&nbsp;His law enforcement career started with the Gulfport Police Department in 1958 through 1972. He served as Chief from 1963 and received many awards including Outstanding Law Enforcement Officer of the year and started the first local Police Training Center in the state.&nbsp;</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n			<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Sheriff Hobbs was a graduate of the FBI National Academy 86th class and was a former president and Secretary-Treasurer of the Mississippi Law Enforcement Officers Association. Mr. Hobbs was elected Harrison County Sheriff in 1972 and served until 1984 where he started the Sheriff\'s Air Patrol, Watch Programs, and was a founding member of the Mississippi Sheriff\'s Boys and Girls Ranch. Through the highs and lows he always kept his quick wit and keen sense of humor. Nothing touched him more than when he would co-ordinate and personally fly childreen to and from one of the many Shriner\'s Children\'s Hospitals and Burn Centers for treatment. He will be dearly missed by his many friends and family.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n			<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">He was preceded in death by his father, Howard Buck Hobbs, mother, Verna Mae Toncrey, guardian aunt, Hattie Hobbs, sister, Verna Marie \"Tillie\" Fountain, and wife, Bonnie Lee Hobbs. &nbsp;He is survived by his daughter, Nina M. Rosskopf (Ken); two sons, Howard L. Hobbs, Jr. (Jamie), Lawrence L. Hobbs; and grandchildren, Haley and Alicia Hobbs, Whitney, Madison, and William Rosskopf. &nbsp;The funeral service will be Thursday, March 6, 2008 at 12 noon at Bradford-O\'Keefe Funeral Home, 15th Street, Gulfport where friends may visit from 10:00 a.m. until the service. Interment will follow at Evergreen Cemetery, Gulfport.(<em>The Sun Herald</em><em>, March 5, 2008, p. A-10)</em></span></span></p>\r\n			</td>\r\n		</tr>\r\n	</tbody>\r\n</table>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Howard LeRoy Hobbs&nbsp;</strong>(1934-2008), former Harrison County Sheriff expired on March 3rd.<em>(The Sun Herald, March 4, 2008, p. A1 and March 5, 2008, p. A10)</em></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>REFERENCES:</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">&nbsp;<em>The Daily&nbsp;</em><em>Herald, </em><em><strong>\"Mayor Shaw clarifies Chief Hobbs\' position\"</strong></em><em>, September 11, 1971,&nbsp;</em><em>p. 1</em><em>.</em></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Daily&nbsp;</em><em>Herald,&nbsp;</em><em><strong>\"Two Gulf Coast indictments included in grand jury report\'</strong>, July 28, 1983.</em><em>The </em></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>Daily&nbsp;</em><em>Herald,&nbsp;</em><em><strong>\"Biloxian arrested on charge of perjury during grand jury\'s conspiracy probe\', </strong>July 29, 1983, p. A-1.</em></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Daily&nbsp;</em><em>Herald, <strong>\"Murder, threats suggested as federal officials argue testimony in Hobbs case\"</strong></em><em>,</em><em> August 3, 1983.</em></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Sun Herald, </em><em>March 4, 2008, p. A-1</em><em>.</em></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>&nbsp;The Sun Herald</em><em>, March 5, 2008, p. A-10.</em></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>_______________________________________________________</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>1983-1983</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><img alt=\"\" height=\"250\" src=\"/sites/default/files/u4/Rhodes%2C Farley E. (1922-1999).jpg\" width=\"172\" /></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>FARLEY E. RHODES</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Farley E. Rhodes (1921-1999) was born on July 19, 1921 at Gulfport, Mississippi to Ernest Cleveland Rhodes (1890-1930+), a meat market butcher, and Collie Amelia Lundy (1894-1974).&nbsp; He was reared at 2720 25<sup>th</sup> Street with his siblings: Ernest C. ‘Dutch’ Rhodes II (1914-1985) m. Kathy Dianne McDonald and Elizabeth Rhodes (1916-1999+) m. Russell Thomas Baldwin.&nbsp; Farley attended Gulfport High School and was the blocking back on their 1941 Big Eight Champion football team. For some reason he was ineligible to play football in 1940 although he lettered in 1939.(The Sun Herald, May 30, 1999, p.&nbsp; A11 and Times-Picayune, September 13, 1914, p. 5)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">With the advent of WWII, Farley E. Rhodes enlisted on June 18, 1942 in the US Army at Camp Shelby, Mississippi.&nbsp; He became an Army officer and after the war he became a junior executive for the USAF at Brookley Field, Mobile, Alabama.&nbsp; Farley was also a veteran of the Korean Conflict and owned several restaurants at Gulfport, Mississippi.(The Sun Herald, May 30, 1999, p. A11)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Farley E. Rhodes married Nelly Quiros (1921-2007, the daughter of Tulio Quiros and Carmen Barralt.&nbsp; Nelly was born in the Dominican Republic and reared in Brooklyn, New York.&nbsp; She graduated from Huntington College at Huntington, Indiana and during WWII&nbsp; joined the US Navy as an interpreter in its Naval Intelligence branch.&nbsp; Nelly was fluent in three languages.&nbsp; With Farley, she reared two daughters: Barbara Farlene Rhodes m. Stephen Curtis Friday and Theresa Rhodes m.&nbsp; Mr. Liner.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Farley E. Rhodes and family led a peripatetic life as his work as an executive with the Chrysler Corporation in its aerospace division brought them to Mount Clemens, Michigan, Detroit and New Orleans.&nbsp; In the Crescent City, he was assigned to the Michoud Plant in East New Orleans.&nbsp; Mr. Rhodes was a well-educated man having attended New Mexico State, Springhill College at Mobile and the Chrysler Institute of Engineering at Auburn Hills, Michigan. .(The Sun Herald, May 30, 1999, p. A11)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">The Rhodes family returned to Gulfport, Mississippi and in 1971, Farley E. Rhodes was named Chief Administrator for the Harrison County, Mississippi Sheriff’s Office.&nbsp; When Sheriff Howard LeRoy Hobbs (1934-2008) was convicted and imprisoned for a felony, the Harrison County Board of Supervisors appointed Farley E. Rhodes as Sheriff in 1983.&nbsp; He again served Harrison County as its Sheriff in 1988 following the untimely demise of Larkin I. Smith (1944-1989) who was killed when his airplane crashed on August 13, 1989 in rural Perry County, Mississippi.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Farley E. Rhodes lived until May 28, 1999.&nbsp; He died at Gulfport, Mississippi and his corporal remains were interred in the Biloxi National Cemetery.&nbsp; Nelly Q. Rhodes expired on May 27, 2007.&nbsp; She joined Farley in eternal rest also at the Biloxi National Cemetery.(The Sun Herald, May 30, 1999, p. A11 and June 3, 2007, p. A?)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>REFERENCES:</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Sun Herald, </em><strong>“Farley E. Rhodes”</strong>, May 28, 1999.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Sun Herald, </em><strong>“Nelly Rhodes”</strong>, June 3, 2007.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Times-Picayune, </em><strong>“Gulfport might be tougher this season in Big 8”</strong>, September 13, 1941.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­_______________________________________________________</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>1984-1989</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><img alt=\"\" height=\"147\" src=\"/sites/default/files/u4/Smith.jpg\" width=\"118\" /></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>LARKIN I. SMITH</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Larkin I. Smith </strong>(1944-1989)-Sheriff from January 1984-January 1988. &nbsp;Born june 16, 1944 in Pearl River County, Mississippi. &nbsp;Ran for the 5<sup>th</sup> Congressional District seat in 1988 and won beating Gary Eugene ‘Gene’ Taylor.&nbsp; Took Federal office in January 1989 and was killed on August 13, 1989 in Perry County, Mississippi in an airplane crash.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><img alt=\"\" height=\"167\" src=\"/sites/default/files/u4/Smith%2C Larkin I.jpg\" width=\"250\" /></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Floral Hills Cemetery</strong>-Gulfport, Mississippi</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>REFERENCES:</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Sun Herald, </em><strong>“”</strong>,</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Sun Herald, </em><strong>“”</strong>,</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Sun Herald, </em><strong>“”</strong>,</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Sun Herald, </em><strong>“”</strong>,</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Sun Herald, </em><strong>“”</strong>,</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">____________________________________________________________</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>1989-1989</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><img alt=\"\" height=\"147\" src=\"/sites/default/files/u4/Rhodes%2C Farley E.jpg\" width=\"118\" /></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>FARLEY E. RHODES</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>_______________________________________________________</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>1990-1999</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><img alt=\"\" height=\"147\" src=\"/sites/default/files/u4/Price%2C Joseph Sheriff.jpg\" width=\"116\" /></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>JOSEPH PRICE</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>REFERENCES:</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Daily Herald, </em><strong>“”</strong>,</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Daily Herald, </em><strong>“”</strong>,</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Daily Herald, </em><strong>“”</strong>,</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Daily Herald, </em><strong>“”</strong>,</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Sun Herald, </em><strong>“”</strong>, June 1, 1999, p. A4.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Sun Herald, </em><strong>“”</strong>,</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Sun Herald, </em><strong>“”</strong>,</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>­­­­­­­­­­­­­­_______________________________________________________</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>2000-2008</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><img alt=\"\" height=\"169\" src=\"/sites/default/files/u4/Payne%2C George Sheriff.jpg\" width=\"118\" /></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>GEORGE H. PAYNE JR.</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">When George H. Payne Jr. ran for Sheriff in 1999, he faced fellow Republicans, Joseph Price, the incumbent, as well as James D. ‘Jimmy’ Johnson and Danny W. ‘Dan’ Tackett.&nbsp; The first primary was held on August 3<sup>rd</sup> and the general election on November 2<sup>nd</sup>.(The Sun Herald, June 1, 1999, p. A4)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>REFERENCES:</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Sun Herald, </em><strong>“”</strong>,</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Sun Herald, </em><strong>“”</strong>,</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Sun Herald, </em><strong>“”</strong>,</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Sun Herald, </em><strong>“Candidates”</strong>, June 1, 1999, p.A4.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>_______________________________________________________</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>MELVIN T. BRISOLARA</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><img alt=\"\" height=\"300\" src=\"/sites/default/files/Brisolara%2C%20Melvin-Sheriff%202008-2016.jpg\" width=\"210\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>2008-2016</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Melvin T. Brisolara (b. 1956) was elected Sheriff of Harrison County, Mississippi in August 2007.&nbsp; He ran as a Republican against his former boss, George H. Payne.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">In 2011, Sheriff Brisolara had thirty-four years experience in law enforcement with administrative duties under four Sheriffs.&nbsp; His education was in specialized law enforcement training at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College.&nbsp; Owner of Oil Plus Inc<em>.(The Sun Herald, June 19, 2011, p. A8)</em></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Sheriff &nbsp;Melvin Brisolara is the son of Arthur L. Brisolara II (1914-1977) and Haydee Ratigan (1922-2003).&nbsp; His father and mother were both Louisiana natives.&nbsp; Arthur L. Brisolara II was reared in Bunkie, Avoyelles Paris, Louisiana where Arthur L. Brisolara (1885-1968) and Alma T. Leon (1890-1974), his parents operated a hardware store.&nbsp; She was the daughter of David Leon (1862-1930+).&nbsp; The ancestral family of Melvin Brisolara originated at New Orleansmarried Barbara Reed.&nbsp; Three children: Sara; Brandon; and Chelsea.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Money issues</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">In June 2011, Sheriff Brisolara asked the Harrison County Board of Supervisors for an additional $430,000 to make his payroll of the last quarter of his fiscal year which ends on September 30, 2011.<em>(The Sun Herald, June 14, 2011, p. A1 and p. A11)</em></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>2011 Election</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Sheriff Brisolara’s only Republican opponent for the office of Sheriff in 2011 was Neil Resh (b. 1955) who he beat in the Republican primary of 2007.&nbsp; Mr. Resh earned a Bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice from William Carey College.&nbsp; A former Gulfport councilman, Neil Resh worked twenty-one years for the Harrison County Sheriff’s Department and eight years as a security guard with Inter-Con Security in the Dan M. Russell Jr. Federal Courthouse.<em>(The Sun Herald, June 19, 2011, p. A8)</em>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Melvin T. Brisolara’s faced Democratic opponent Randall S. Darty (b. 1967) a patrol officer with the Bay St. Louis police department.&nbsp; Mr. Darty had specialized law enforcement and international police training.&nbsp; On November 8, 2011, Sheriff&nbsp; Brisolara bested&nbsp; Darty garnering 70% of the 38,686 votes cast<em>.(The Sun Herald, November 9, 2011. P. A10)</em></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Homeland Security</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">In November 2011, the Harrison County Sheriff’s Department was recognized byU.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Homeland Security Investigations [ICE and HIS] for its interdiction and capture in 2010 of large quantities of marijuana from Jamaica and meth and cocaine from Mexico.&nbsp; An official with the Federal agency stated:<strong><em>Sheriff Brisolara and his team epitomize the concept of homeland security beginning with hometown security and I am genuinely grateful for their partnership.</em></strong><em>(The Sun Herald, November 13, 2011, p. A2)</em></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>REFERENCES:</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Sun Herald, </em><strong>“Sheriff’s budget shortfall causes still at meeting”</strong>, June 14, 2011.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Sun Herald, </em><strong>“Editorial-Sheriff has the luxury of money in the bank to meet the needs”</strong>, June 14, 2011.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Sun Herald, </em><strong>“Resh challenges Brisolara again in Sheriff’s race”</strong>, June 19, 2011, p. A8.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Sun Herald, </em><strong>“Money, trust key issues in race”</strong>, June 20, 2011, p. A1.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Sun Herald, </em><strong>“Harrison incumbents sweep elections”</strong>, November 9, 2011, p. A10.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Sun Herald, </em><strong>“Hometown security leads to national award”</strong>, November 13, 2011, p. A2.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Sun Herald, </em><strong>“”</strong>,</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Sun Herald, </em><strong>“Brisolara changes mind on retirement”</strong>, August 16, 2014, p. A-1.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">The Sun Herald, <strong>\'Peterson won majority of precincts in Sheriff\'s race\'</strong>, August 28, 2015, p. A-5.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p>_________________________________________________________________________</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>TROY PETERSON</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><img alt=\"\" height=\"300\" src=\"/sites/default/files/Peterson%2C%20Troy-Sheriff%20elect%202015.jpg\" width=\"200\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Troy Peterson</strong> was elected Sheriff of Harrison County, Mississippi on August &nbsp;25, &nbsp;2015. &nbsp;He defeated incumbent and his former boss, Melvin Brisolara, in a runoff election. &nbsp;Sheriff elect Peterson had won&nbsp;the first primary held on August 4, 2015 but did not gain the&nbsp;majority of the 20,491 votes casts. &nbsp;In the runoff, Brisolara garnered only 7237 votes [38%] while Peterson had 11,998 [62%].(The Sun Herald, August 28, 2015, p. A-5)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">REFERENCES:</span></span></strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Sun Herald, <strong>\'\'</strong></em><span style=\"background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255); color:rgb(51, 51, 51)\">,</span></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">The Sun Herald,<strong> \'Peterson won majority of precincts in Sheriff\'s race\'</strong>, August 28, 2015, p. A-5.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n', '', '2');
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('book', 0, 274, 277, 'en', 0, '<p align=\"center\">\r\n	<strong><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif;\">SABL</span></span><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif;\">ICH</span></span></strong></p>\r\n<p>\r\n	<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif;\"><strong>Julius Joseph Sablich</strong>(1872-1947), sometimes known as &ldquo;Zudie Hightower&rdquo;, was born at New Orleans on&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; .&nbsp; He married Alphonsine Roux or Rouez (1874-1960), a native of Alabama, on May 16, 1894 at Nativity BVM Catholic Church in Biloxi, Mississippi.&nbsp; Their children were: <strong>Edward Sablich </strong>(b. 1889);&nbsp; Leona Sablich; &nbsp;<strong>Aline Lucinda Sablich</strong> (1895-1977); <strong>&nbsp;Julius Joseph Sablich Jr.</strong> (1896-1972) m. Mary Amelia Louise Jalanivich (1900-1991); &nbsp;<strong>Marie Louise Sablich</strong> (1898-) m. Lawrence Runfalo (1886-1956); &nbsp;<strong>William &lsquo;Willie&rsquo; Joseph Sablich</strong> (1899-1979) m. Alphonsine Cannette; <strong>Loretta Alphonsine Sablich </strong>&nbsp;(1901-1992) m. Nosery Mark Abraham (1898-1969);&nbsp; <strong>George Joseph Sablich </strong>(1902-965) m. Irma Augusta Williams (1903-1987); and <strong>Joseph J. Sablich</strong> (1907-1922).(Lepre, 1991, p. 289)</span></span></p>\r\n<p align=\"center\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif;\"><strong>Julius J. Sablich</strong></span></span></p>\r\n<p>\r\n	<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif;\"><strong>Julius Joseph Sablich</strong>(1896-1972) was born at Biloxi on&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; .&nbsp; He married Mary Amelia Louise Jalanivich (1900-1991), the daughter of Luca Jalanivich (1861-1902) and Manuella Morrano Jalanivich (1858-1929), at Nativity BVM Catholic Church on June 5, 1918.&nbsp; John Matthew Jalanivich (1895-1967), her brother, walked Miss Jalanivich to the altar.&nbsp; Other members of the wedding party were: Edward Caillavet, groomsman, Fay Bellande, Emile Fallo and Ewell St. Amant, ushers; Althea Wentzell, flower girl, and Sidney McDonnell Jr., ring bearer; and Miss Sablich.(<em>The Daily Herald, June 6, 1918, p. 3</em> and Lepre, 1991, p. 289<em>)</em></span></span></p>\r\n<p align=\"center\">\r\n	&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p align=\"center\">\r\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"/sites/default/files/u4/Abraham%2C Nosery Mark (1898-1969).jpg\" style=\"width: 120px; height: 200px;\" /></p>\r\n<p align=\"center\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif;\"><strong>Nosery Mark Abraham</strong> (1898-1969)</span></p>\r\n<p align=\"center\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif;\"><strong>Loretta A. Sablich</strong></span></span></p>\r\n<p>\r\n	<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif;\"><strong>Loretta Alphonsine Sablich </strong>(1901-1992) was born at Biloxi on August 17, 1901.&nbsp; On April 7, 1926, she married <strong>Nosery Mark Abraham</strong> (1898-1969), the son of William Abraham (1863-1941) and Virginia Abraham (b. 1873), both immigrants from Syria.(The Daily Herald, April 8, 1926, p. &nbsp;</span></span></p>\r\n<p>\r\n	<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif;\">Nosery M. Abraham was born at Mount Lebanon, Syria on January 25, 1898.&nbsp; His parents and sister Virginia Abraham (b. 1897) came to America in 1901 and 1902 respectively.&nbsp;&nbsp; Nosery joined them in 1909 or 1910 at Ocean Springs, Mississippi where his parents made their livelihood as fruit merchants on Washington Avenue.&nbsp; Mr. Abraham became an American citizen on August 20, 1917 in the Federal Court at Biloxi, Mississippi.(1910 Jackson County, Mississippi Federal CensusThe Daily Herald, August 21, 1917, p. 1)</span></span></p>\r\n<p align=\"center\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif;\"><strong>Superior Seafood Company</strong></span></span></p>\r\n<p>\r\n	<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif;\">Nosery M. Abraham moved to Biloxi in 1926 and by 1930 was the proprietor of the Superior Seafood Company.&nbsp; By 1933, he was employing seventy people during the oyster season and shipping fresh seafood via three trucks to seafood dealers in Mississippi and Louisiana.&nbsp; His trucks went as far north as Oxford, Mississippi and west to Monroe, Louisiana.(The Daily Herald, October 14, 1933, p. 2 and</span></span></p>\r\n<p align=\"center\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif;\"><strong>Children</strong></span></span></p>\r\n<p>\r\n	<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif;\">Nosery M. Abraham and Loretta A. Sablich Abraham were the parents of two sons: <strong>Nosery Mark Abraham Jr</strong>. (1927-2011) and <strong>Joseph Edward Abraham</strong> (1929-1976) m. Jo Ann St. Pe&rsquo;.(The Sun Herald, September 4, 2011)</span></span></p>\r\n<p align=\"center\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif;\"><strong>Joseph J. Sablich</strong></span></span></p>\r\n<p>\r\n	<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif;\">Joseph J. Sablich (1907-1922) was born at Biloxi, Mississippi on</span></span></p>\r\n<p>\r\n	<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif;\"><strong>REFERENCES:</strong></span></span></p>\r\n<p>\r\n	<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif;\"><strong>The Daily Herald, 50<sup>th</sup>&nbsp;Anniversary Souvenir, Golden Jubilee Number, Biographical and Historical 1884-1934</strong>, &quot;Nosery M. Abraham&quot;,&nbsp;(The Daily Herald: Gulfport-Biloxi, Mississippi-1934).&nbsp;</span></span></p>\r\n<p>\r\n	<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif;\">Jerome Lepre,</span></span></p>\r\n<p>\r\n	<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif;\">The Daily Herald, &lsquo;Sablich-Jalanovich[sic]&rsquo;, June 6, 1918.</span></span></p>\r\n<p>\r\n	<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif;\">The Daily Herald, &lsquo;Foreigners are made Citizens&rsquo;, August 21, 1917.</span></span></p>\r\n<p>\r\n	<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif;\">The Daily Herald, &lsquo;Sablich-Cannett [sic]&rsquo;, December 10, 1920.</span></span></p>\r\n<p>\r\n	<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif;\">The Daily Herald, &lsquo;Expects more oysters&rsquo;, October 14, 1933.</span></span></p>\r\n<p>\r\n	<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif;\">The Daily Herald, &lsquo;Julius Sablich dies at Biloxi&rsquo;, April 30, 1947.</span></span></p>\r\n<p>\r\n	<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif;\">The Daily Herald, &lsquo;Mrs. Alphonsine Sablich dies at Biloxi&rsquo;, , 1960.</span></span></p>\r\n<p>\r\n	<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif;\">The New Orleans Item, &lsquo;Biloxi boy [Joseph Sablich] dies from gunshot wound Sunday&rsquo;, November 30, 1922.</span></span></p>\r\n<p>\r\n	<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif;\">The Sun Herald, &lsquo;Mrs. Irma Sablich&rsquo;, November 4, 1987.</span></span></p>\r\n<p>\r\n	<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif;\">The Sun Herald,&lsquo;N. Mark Abraham&rsquo;,September 4, 2011.</span></span></p>\r\n', NULL, '2'),
('book', 0, 276, 279, 'en', 0, '<p align=\"center\">\r\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"/sites/default/files/u4/Steene-Biloxi trawler-OOMA-2013.jpg\" style=\"width: 250px; height: 197px;\" /></p>\r\n<p align=\"center\">\r\n	<strong><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif;\">Biloxi Trawler</span></strong></p>\r\n<p align=\"center\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif;\">[Possession of OOMA in Biloxi, Mississippi]</span></p>\r\n<p align=\"center\">\r\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"/sites/default/files/u4/Steene%2C William.jpg\" style=\"width: 162px; height: 250px;\" /></p>\r\n<p align=\"center\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif;\"><strong>WILLIAM R. STEENE</strong></span></span></p>\r\n<p>\r\n	<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif;\">William Robert Steene (1887-1965) was born at Syracuse, New York on August 18, 1887.&nbsp; He was a nationally known portrait painter and muralist. Steene studied under Colarossi and Julian in Paris, after his initial art education at the Art Students&rsquo; League and National Academy of Design in New York City. Among his portraitures possibly familiar to local residents are: President Franklin D. Roosevelt; Senator Theodore Bilbo of Mississippi; Governor Henry Whitfield of Mississippi; Dr. Karl Meyer, head of Cook County Hospital at Chicago; E.V Richards, president of the Navy League of America and Paramount Richards Theatres; and golfing legend, Robert Trent &ldquo;Bobby&rdquo; Jones.(Who&rsquo;s Who in America, Vol. 31, 1960-1961 and Bradford-O&rsquo;Keefe Burial Book 48, p. 245)</span></span></p>\r\n<p>\r\n	<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif;\">Probably William R. Steene&#39;s first visit to the Mississippi Gulf Coast was in April 1931, when he was a guest of the Buena Vista Hotel at Biloxi. He had painted in Mississippi earlier in his distinguished art career. &nbsp;Steene had come to Biloxi after completing two portraits. &nbsp;They were of Frank G. Logan (1851-1937), philanthropist and honorary president of the Chicago Art Institute, and Dr. Harry Woodburn Chase (1883-1955), president of the University of Illinois. &nbsp;Mr. Logan&#39;s portrait was hung in the Grand Central art gallery at NYC.(The Daily Herald, April 18, 1931, p 2)</span></span></p>\r\n<p>\r\n	<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif;\">In 1956, from his Gulf Hills studio, W.R. Steene completed a large mural depicting the 1953 Louisiana Sesquicentennial Celebration, a remembrance of the Louisiana Purchase of 1803, at New Orleans.&nbsp; President Eisenhower is at the center of this 50-foot long, ten-foot tall, triptych mural, which took a year to complete.&nbsp; The painting hangs in the Presbytery of the Louisiana State Museum at New Orleans.(<em>The Daily Herald, &ldquo;Know Your Coast&rdquo;, November 15, 1957)</em></span></span></p>\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif;\">Blossman Collection</span></strong></span></p>\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\">\r\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"/sites/default/files/u4/Steene%2C William-Landing of Iberville.jpg\" style=\"width: 250px; height: 171px;\" /><img alt=\"\" src=\"/sites/default/files/u4/Steene-Blossman_0.jpg\" style=\"width: 211px; height: 250px;\" /></p>\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\">\r\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"/sites/default/files/u4/Steene-Blossman-2_0.jpg\" style=\"width: 300px; height: 242px;\" /></p>\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif;\"><strong>Landing of Iberville-1699</strong></span></p>\r\n<p>\r\n	<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif;\">Locally, Blossman Gas on Washington Avenue has a fine collection of Mr. Steene&rsquo;s paintings.&nbsp; E.W. &ldquo;Woody&ldquo; Blossman (1913-1990) commissioned &quot;Landing of Iberville&quot; from Steene to hang in his refurbished Gottsche Building, which was acquired in 1962.&nbsp; The architectural firm of Slaughter &amp; Smith of Pascagoula directed the buildings restoration and W.R. Steene served as art consultant for the project.(Down South, March 4, 1964)&nbsp;</span></span></p>\r\n<p>\r\n	<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif;\">The City of Biloxi has a Steene painting in its City Hall on Lameuse Street appropriately titled, &ldquo;Blessing of the Fleet&rdquo;.(<em>The Ocean Springs News, June 3, 1965, p. 7)</em></span></span><span style=\"font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</span></p>\r\n<p align=\"center\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif;\"><strong>Gulf Hills</strong></span></span></p>\r\n<p>\r\n	<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif;\">In November 1950, the William R. Steene home and studio in Gulf Hills was under construction.&nbsp; The Steens were domiciled in the Ed Brou residence on Washington (sic) Avenue.<em>(The Gulf Coast Times, November 3, 1950, p. 8)</em></span></span></p>\r\n<p>\r\n	<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif;\">William Steene and his wife Eula Mae Jackson Steene (1888-1969) resided in Gulf Hills north of Ocean Springs from 1950, until his death at Biloxi on March 24, 1965.&nbsp; They married in 1914, and had two daughters, Betty S. Painter and Marianne S. Ware (1919-2001).&nbsp; Mrs. Steene&rsquo;s sister, Miss O. Jackson, a native of Lexington, Kentucky, was once the manager of the Town And Country Restaurant on Park Avenue in NYC.(<em>The Daily Herald, March 24, 1965, p. 1 and</em> <em>The Gulf Coast Times, January 22, 1953, p. 1)</em></span></span></p>\r\n<p>\r\n	&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p>\r\n	<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif;\"><strong>Eula Jackson Steene</strong>(1888-1969) expired in July 1969 at Jackson, Mississippi.(SSDI)</span></span></p>\r\n<p>\r\n	<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif;\"><strong>Betty Steen Painter</strong>(1915?-1998?) married? Lawrence Painter (1915-1980)</span></span></p>\r\n<p>\r\n	<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif;\"><strong>Marianne Steene Ware</strong>(1919-2001) died at Bronxville, New York on March 3, 2001.(SSDI)</span></span></p>\r\n<p>\r\n	&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p>\r\n	<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif;\"><strong>REFERENCES:</strong></span></span></p>\r\n<p align=\"center\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif;\"><strong><em>Books</em></strong></span></span></p>\r\n<p>\r\n	<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif;\"><strong>Bradford-O&rsquo;Keefe Burial Book 48</strong>, <strong>&ldquo;William Robert Steene&rdquo;</strong>, (Bradford-O&rsquo;Keefe Funeral Home-Biloxi, Mississippi-1965).</span></span></p>\r\n<p>\r\n	<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif;\"><strong>Who&rsquo;s Who in America</strong><strong>, </strong><strong><em>&ldquo;William Steene&rdquo;</em></strong><em>, </em>Vol. 31, 1960-1961.</span></span></p>\r\n<p align=\"center\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif;\"><strong><em>Magazines</em></strong></span></span></p>\r\n<p>\r\n	<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif;\"><strong>Down South, &ldquo;William Steene-Artist Laureate of the Gulf Coast&rdquo;</strong>, Vol. 5, No. 1, January-February 1955, pp. 13-14.</span></span></p>\r\n<p>\r\n	<strong style=\"font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;\">Down South, &ldquo;Preserving the Past&rdquo;</strong><span style=\"font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;\">, Vol. 14, No. 2, March-April 1964.</span></p>\r\n<p align=\"center\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif;\"><strong><em>Journals</em></strong></span></span></p>\r\n<p>\r\n	<em style=\"font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;\">The Daily Herald,&nbsp;</em><strong style=\"font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;\">&ldquo;Portrait painter here&quot;</strong><span style=\"font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;\">, April 18, 1931.</span></p>\r\n<p>\r\n	<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif;\"><em>The Daily Herald, </em><strong>&ldquo;Know Your Coast&rdquo;, </strong><strong><em>&lsquo;Portrait Painter Of Distinguished Americans&rdquo;</em></strong>, 1956.</span></span></p>\r\n<p>\r\n	<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif;\"><em>The Daily Herald, </em><strong>&ldquo;Know Your Coast&rdquo;</strong><em>,</em><strong>&lsquo;Self portrait&rsquo; </strong>(photo), November 15, 1957.</span></span></p>\r\n<p>\r\n	<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif;\"><em>The Daily Herald, </em><strong>&ldquo;Know Your Coast&rdquo;</strong><em>,</em><strong><em>&lsquo;Another Mississippian Adds to the Luster of the Little Church Around the Corner&rsquo;</em></strong><em>, December 8, 1959.</em></span></span></p>\r\n<p>\r\n	<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif;\"><em>The Daily Herald, </em><strong>&ldquo;Gulf Hills Artist Dies in Hospital&rdquo;</strong>, March 24, 1965, p. 1.</span></span></p>\r\n<p>\r\n	<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif;\"><em>The Gulf Coast Times, </em><strong>&ldquo;Personal Items&rdquo;</strong>, November 3, 1950, p. 8.</span></span></p>\r\n<p>\r\n	<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif;\"><em>The Gulf Coast Times, </em><strong>&ldquo;Miss O. Jackson dies here after long illness&rdquo;, </strong>January 22, 1953, p. 1.</span></span></p>\r\n<p>\r\n	<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif;\"><em>The Ocean Springs News, </em><strong>&ldquo;Steene Exhibit Opens Sunday At Gulf Hills&rdquo;</strong>, March 8, 1962, p. 1.</span></span></p>\r\n<p>\r\n	<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif;\"><em>The Ocean Springs News, </em><strong>&ldquo;Painter of Great, Lives Quietly at Gulf Hills&rdquo;</strong>, September 27, 1962, p. 2.</span></span></p>\r\n<p>\r\n	<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif;\"><em>The Ocean Springs News, </em><strong>&ldquo;Steen (sic) to Judge&rdquo;</strong>, February 11, 1965, p. 6.</span></span></p>\r\n<p>\r\n	<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif;\"><em>The Ocean Springs News, </em><strong>&ldquo;Gulf Hills Artist Dies&rdquo;</strong>, March 25, 1965, p. 1.</span></span></p>\r\n<p>\r\n	<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif;\"><em>The Ocean Springs News, </em><strong>&ldquo;Plan Award in Name of Coast Artist&rdquo;</strong>, April 22, 1965, p. 1.</span></span></p>\r\n<p>\r\n	<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif;\"><em>The Ocean Springs News, </em><strong>&ldquo;Blessing of the Fleet&rdquo;</strong>(photo), June 3, 1967, p. 7.</span></span></p>\r\n', NULL, '2');
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('book', 0, 277, 280, 'en', 0, '<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>BILOXI MURDERS</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>1842</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>Thomas Martin</strong>, a baker, died after<strong>&nbsp;his jugular vein was slashed with a razor by W. Woodhall</strong>, his father-in-law. &nbsp;Mr. Woodhall was captured and sent to Bay St. Louis on the steamer <strong><em>Monmouth</em></strong>.(The Daily Picyaune, September 10, 1842, p. 2)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>1851</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>Bartolo San Andro</strong>, a Spaniard called Antonio, <strong>was slain on Biloxi beach on the night of July 15th with a sword cane. </strong>&nbsp;His alleged killer was an Italian man who was later arrested at Bay St. Louis and held for a $1000 bail.(The Daily Picayune, July 21, 1851, p. 1)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><strong><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">1853</span></span></strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"/sites/default/files/inline/images/Screen%20Shot%202020-01-19%20at%2012.25.22%20PM.png\" style=\"height:200px; width:678px\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><strong><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">[The Daily Picayune, April 12, 1853, p. 2]</span></span></strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>1896</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Jules Soule Murder</strong></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"/sites/default/files/inline/images/Screen%20Shot%202020-01-12%20at%2012.06.59%20PM.png\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>Jules P. Soule with children in 1896</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">While editor of <em>The Biloxi Herald</em>, John&nbsp;H. Miller </span><span style=\"background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255); color:rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:georgia,serif; font-size:14px\">(1847-1928)&nbsp;</span>became<span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"> embroiled with competing Biloxi&nbsp;editor,&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>Jules Paul Soule&nbsp;</strong>(1855-1896), a native of Castillon-en-Couserans, Midi-Pyrenees, France, and the son of Bernard Dominique Jules Soule [1837-1867] and Marie Pardine Pradere [1837-1919].&nbsp; His great uncle,&nbsp;Pierre Soule [1801-1870], was US Senator from&nbsp;Louisiana and US Ambassador to Spain [1853-1855]. Soule and family came to Ocean Springs from Whitecastle, Louisiana.[The Pascagoula Democrat-Star, October 23, 1896, p. 3]</span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">In February 1896, Jules P. Soule et fils arriving from Whitecastle, Louisiana&nbsp;commenced <em>The Ocean Wave</em>, a short-lived newspaper at Ocean Springs.&nbsp;&nbsp;He became editor of the&nbsp;<em>Biloxi Review</em>&nbsp;when its editor, H.F. Evans, was dismissed for his scathing editorials attacking&nbsp;<em>The Biloxi Herald</em>, his competitor, and also Biloxi\'s Board of Aldermen, resulted in his dismissal.&nbsp;Unfortunately, Mr. Soule continued the Evans\' policy of sarcastic denunciations and innuendoes upon the character of rivals and politicians.(The Biloxi Herald,&nbsp;January 25, 1896, p. 1, October 24, 1896, p. 8 and August 7, 1897, p. 1)</span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">After several scathing articles attacking his character and reputation, Captain Miller became incensed to the point that on 7 December 1896, he shot and&nbsp;mortally wounded&nbsp;<strong>Jules P. Soule on Howard Avenue.&nbsp;&nbsp;Monsieur Soule was sent to New Orleans were he expired and later interred in the Greenwood Cemetery.</strong>(The Biloxi Herald,&nbsp;December 12, 1896, p. 8)</span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">John H. Miller was acquitted of his crime against Soule by a jury in late June 1897. The innocent verdict was realized in only five minutes. &nbsp;Miller had many prominent gentlemen from Biloxi and other areas of Mississippi testify to his good character and moral standing.(The Biloxi Herald, July 10, 1897)&nbsp;</span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Captain Miller became a real estate magnate in Biloxi managing the Biloxi Real Estate and Loan Agency.&nbsp;&nbsp;He was also on the board of trustees of the Industrial Institute and College [later MSCW and MUW] at Columbus, Mississippi.&nbsp; Alice S. Miller expired at Biloxi on&nbsp;October 10, 1916.&nbsp; He died&nbsp;April 21, 1928 in New Orleans.&nbsp;&nbsp;Captain Miller passed a wealthy man and the citizens of Biloxi were remembered as they were gifted with funds for their incipient hospital system.(The Daily Herald, April 23, 1928, p. 2 and May 5, 1928, p. 1)</span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>Ocean Springs, Mississippi</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">Jules Soule and family arrived at Ocean Springs from Whitecastle, Louisiana.&nbsp; Here he commenced <em><strong>The Ocean Springs Wave</strong></em>-published for 10 months in 1896 by Arthur Soule and Jules Soule, editor.&nbsp; Two issues (1896) available at Mississippi Department of Archives and History and on microfilm at the Pascagoula Public Library.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>Baseball team</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">While domiciled at Ocean Springs, Jules Soule sponsored the local baseball nine. &nbsp;The new ball park at Ocean Springs was formally opened in June 1896 with the local squad playing Scranton. &nbsp;The battery from the Lopez team of Biloxi, Gaston Henderson and Adolph Abbley, led the Ocean Springs team to victory by a score of 13-8. Henderson fanned 18 batters.(The Biloxi Herald, June 27, 1896, p. 8)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>Biloxi, Mississippi</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">In 1896, Jules Soule became editor of the <em>Biloxi Review</em> when H.F. Evans\' policy of attacking <em>The Biloxi Herald</em>, his competitor, and also Biloxi\'s board of aldermen resulted in his dismissal and taking editorial control of <em>The Gulfport Southward</em> in August 1897. Captain John H. Miller was editor of The Biloxi Herald at this time and Mr. Soule contined the Evans\' policy of attacking rivals in his <em>Biloxi Review</em>.(The Biloxi Herald, August 7, 1897, p. 1)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>Civil Suit</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">On September 9, 1896, Lazaro Lopez, William Gorenflo, Daniel A. Nash, John C. Bradford, Raymond Caillavet and J.B. Lemon, Aldermen of the City of Biloxi filed a libel suit in the Circuit Court of Harrison County, Mississippi against H.S. Evans, editor of the Biloxi Review and local correspondent for the Daily Picayune, and the following stockholders of the journal: Edward Glennan, Louis E. Gill, Charles Redding, W.P. Henley, and E.C. Joullian. &nbsp;The litagation alleged that an editorial by Mr. Evans damaged the character of these well known Biloxi citizens. &nbsp;The plaintiffs were seeking $20,000 in damages from the defendants.(The Biloxi Herald, September 12, 1896, p. 1)&nbsp;</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">After several articles attacking his character and reputation, Captain Miller became ired to the point that he shot and&nbsp;mortally wounded&nbsp;<strong>Jules Soule, editor of&nbsp;<em>The Biloxi Review</em></strong>&nbsp;on December 7th, 1896.(The Biloxi Herald, December 12, 1896, p. 8)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">Captain Miller was acquitted of his crime against Soule by a jury in late June 1897. The innocent verdict was realised in only five minutes. &nbsp;Miller had many prominent gentlemen from other areas of Mississippi testify to his good character and moral standing.(The Biloxi Herald ,July 10, 1897)&nbsp;</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"/sites/default/files/u4/Miller%2C John H. (1847-1928)jpg.jpg\" style=\"height:200px; width:142px\" /></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>Captain John H. Miller</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">John Henry Miller (1847-1928) born December 14, 1847 at Paulding, Jasper County, Mississippi.&nbsp; During the Civil War, he enlisted in ‘The Jasper Grays’, Company F of the 16<sup>th</sup> Mississippi Regiment serving three year as a Lieutenant Robert E.&nbsp; Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia.&nbsp; Returning from the conflict, he married Alice Sophie Miller (1852-1916) circa 1871, and they were childless. During and post-Reconstruction, J.H. Miller was a newspaper man. (The Biloxi Daily Herald, 1902, p. 52)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>Captain John H. Miller</strong>&nbsp;(1847-1928) assumed&nbsp;<strong>editorial control of</strong>&nbsp;<em><strong>The Biloxi Herald</strong></em>&nbsp;on October 31, 1896 from George W. Wilkes (1854-1915). &nbsp;Captain Miller&nbsp;<strong>left the journal on May 1, 1898 when the co-partnership, G.W. Wilkes &amp; Company, was dissolved</strong>&nbsp;leaving G.W. Wiles sole owner of&nbsp;<em><strong>The Biloxi Herald</strong></em>.(The Biloxi Herald, June 11, 1898, p. 1 and The Daily Herald, April 23, 1928, p. 2)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">In 1900, at Biloxi, the Millers lived on Front Street near the Carraway family.&nbsp; John H. Miller was manager of the Biloxi Real Estate and Loan Agency and was also on the board of trustees of the Industrial Institute and College at Columbus, Mississippi.&nbsp; Alice S. Miller expired at Biloxi on October 10, 1916.&nbsp; He died April 21, 1928.(1900 Harrison County, Mississippi Federal Census )</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">_______________________________________</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>FLASHBACK</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">Murella Hebert Powell</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">[published in The Sun Herald, July 27, 2014, p. F-6]</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">This Flashback story reflects a time when a man\'s honor and integrity were considered his most precious assets, and it was more or less expected that he protect those assets in a certain way.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">The story involves a newspaper controversy between the Biloxi Herald, founded in 1884, and a short-lived newspaper called the Biloxi Review. The controversy ended in manslaughter.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">The weekly Biloxi Review made its debut on Aug. 1, 1896, under the editorship of H.F. Evans. From the beginning, the Review practiced what was called \"cut-throat competition\" by launching attacks against the Herald and Biloxi\'s board of aldermen. The aldermen filed a libel lawsuit against the Review in September 1896 and won. The Review replaced Evans with Joules Soule, who continued Evans\' same policies.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">In October 1896, Capt. J.H. Miller, pictured here in 1902, of the Tupelo Journal, became the Biloxi Herald\'s new editor. Miller had a reputation throughout the state as a man of great integrity. About then, the Herald\'s owner, G.W. Wilkes, borrowed $500 from the Bank of Biloxi for new office equipment. He offered his own property and the signatures of seafood pioneers L. Lopez and W.H.K. Dukate as securities.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">This opened a floodgate of insinuations by Soule of financial wrongdoing against the Biloxi Herald, and particularly upon Miller. His defamation and \"scurrilous attacks\" on Miller was such that the Gulf Coast Progress newspaper of Bay St. Louis stated that \"no honorable or brave man could wear the stigma of Soule\'s denunciation and hold his head up among gentlemen.\" &nbsp;</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">Review issues teemed with vicious attacks on Miller. Finally, Miller avenged himself by firing a mortal shot at Soule in downtown Biloxi on Dec. 3, 1896. During his September 1897 trial for manslaughter, witnesses from along the Coast and throughout the state, including a judge from the state capital, appeared in Miller\'s favor. The jury was out for only 5 minutes. The verdict? Not guilty! &nbsp;</span></span><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">Read more here: http://www.sunherald.com/2014/07/26/5715719/a-newspaper-war-that-went-too.html#storylink=cpy</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>REFERENCES:</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong><u>The Biloxi Daily Herald, Business and Professional Men</u></strong>, (The Biloxi Daily Herald: Biloxi, Mississippi-1902).</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">Regina Hines Ellison, <strong><u>Ocean Springs, 1892</u>, </strong>(Lewis Printing</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><em>The Biloxi Herald, </em><strong>“<em>The Ocean Wave</em> will commence about February 1st”</strong>, January 25, 1896.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><em>The Biloxi Herald, </em><strong>“Safe hits”</strong>, June 27, 1896.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><em>The Biloxi Herald,&nbsp;</em><strong>“A heavy suit for libel”</strong>, September 12, 1896.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><em>The Biloxi Herald, </em><strong>“An echo of the Ocean Springs incident”</strong>, October 3, 1896.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><em>The Biloxi Herald, </em><strong>“<em>Biloxi Review</em> and <em>Ocean Wave</em>”</strong>, October 24, 1896.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><em>The Biloxi Herald, </em><strong>“Unwarranted insinuation”</strong>, November 21, 1896.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><em>The Biloxi Herald, </em><strong>“Recorder’s Court”</strong>, December 12, 1896.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><em>The Biloxi Daily Herald, </em><strong>“A statement”</strong>, December 12, 1896.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><em>The Biloxi Herald,&nbsp;</em><strong>“Captain Miller placed on trial”</strong>, June 30, 1897.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><em>The Biloxi Daily Herald, </em><strong>“Not Guilty”</strong>, July 3, 1897.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><em>The Biloxi Herald,&nbsp;</em><strong>“Captain J.H. Miller acquitted”</strong>, July 10, 1897.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><em>The Biloxi Daily Herald,&nbsp;</em><strong>“Result of unfortunate newspaper controversy”</strong>, July 10, 1897.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><em>The Biloxi Daily Herald,&nbsp;</em><strong>“News story”</strong>, July 10, 1897.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><em>The Pascagoula Democrat-Star, October 23, 1896.</em></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><em>The Sun Herald</em>,<strong>\'Flashback\'</strong>-<strong>\"A newspaper war that went to far\"</strong>, July 27, 2014, p. F-6.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">__________________________________________________________</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>1897</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>Parkhurst Murders</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>Caroline F. ‘Carrie’ Boardman</strong>(1832-1897) acquires Section 20, T7S-R9W from <strong>Jacob Elmer</strong> who once had a saw mill here.&nbsp; Miss <strong>Boardman</strong> <strong>marries John Stevenson Parkhurst</strong> (1827-<strong>1897</strong>) in January 1894. The area now the Oak Park Subdivision becomes known as Parkhurst Point.&nbsp; The <strong>Parkhursts</strong> are murdered on October 21, 1897 in their Back Bay home and their bodies and domicile burned by the killer<em>.(The Biloxi Herald, October 23, 1897 and October 30, 1897)</em></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>Harry G. Gibson</strong>(1870-1898), probably a native of New Albany, Floyd County, Indiana, was indicted on January 17, 1898 by a grand jury of the Circuit Court of Harrison County, Mississippi.&nbsp; He was found guilty by jury of his peers on January 29, 1898.(<em>The Biloxi Herald,&nbsp; January 22, 1898)</em></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">The <strong>Mississippi Supreme Court affirmed the guilty verdict</strong> of the Circuit Court and fixed Monday, June 30, 1898 as the date for his execution<em>.(The Biloxi Herald, May 14, 1898, p. 8)</em></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>Harry G. Gibson&nbsp;</strong>was hanged at Mississippi City on July 16, 1898 for the murder of John S. Parkhurst (1827-1897) and Caroline F. ‘Carrie’ Boardman Parkhurst (1832-1897).&nbsp; He was the first person ever legally killed for a crime in Harrison County, Mississippi.<em>(The Biloxi Herald, July 16, 1898)</em></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">The Parkhurst property was sold to Theo P. Dulion, a Biloxi merchant, on August 29, 1899 for $1600 by Stephen L. Parkhurst and Emma McMeekin, sole heirs of J.S. Parkhurst.[Harrison Co., Mississippi Land Deed Bk. 42, p.516]</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>REFERENCES:</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><em>The Biloxi Herald, </em><strong>“Local Happenings”</strong>, January 27, 1894.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><em>The Biloxi Herald, </em><strong>“A Visitor”</strong>, January 11, 1896.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><em>The Biloxi Herald, </em><strong>“Latest City News”</strong>, February 20, 1897.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><em>The Biloxi Herald, </em><strong>“A Fiend’s act”</strong>, October 23, 1897.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><em>The Biloxi Herald, </em><strong>“The Late Horror”</strong>, October 30, 1897.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><em>The Biloxi Herald, </em><strong>“Mr. and Mrs. J.S. Parkhurst”</strong>, January 15, 1898.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><em>The Biloxi Herald, </em><strong>“Circuit Court”</strong>, January 22, 1898.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><em>The Biloxi Herald, </em><strong>“Found guilty”</strong>, January 29, 1898.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><em>The Biloxi Herald, </em><strong>“Harry G. Gibson again”</strong>, April 2, 1898.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><em>The Biloxi Herald, </em><strong>“Gibson’s doom sealed”</strong>, May 14, 1898.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><em>The Indiana State Journal, </em><strong>“Gibson believes that he is doomed”</strong>, June 15, 1898.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><em>The Biloxi Herald, </em><strong>“Gibson executed”</strong>, July 16, 1898.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><em>The Biloxi Herald, </em><strong>“County Expenses”</strong>, September 8, 1898.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">______________________________________________</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:14px\">1900</span></strong></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><strong><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">Christina Winterstein</span></span></strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>Christina Winterstein </strong>[1886-1900]&nbsp;was born in August&nbsp;1886 in&nbsp;Harrison County, Mississippi to George W. Winterstein [1849-1933] and Margaretha Hoffmann [1850-1929]. both German immigrants and native of Alsace-Lorraine. On 2 June, 1900,&nbsp;Christina&nbsp;was butally murdered and raped by an unknown assailant o assailants which led to the equally autrocious&nbsp;hangings at Mississippi City of two Blackmen, Henry Askew and Ed Russell.&nbsp;</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">The investigation was held under the auspices of Marshal&nbsp;</span></span><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Robert Marion Mosley (1865-1910), a native of&nbsp;Kemper County, Mississippi. &nbsp;He married Mary Elizabeth Naylor (1869-1948), the daughter of Louis Naylor and Cornelia Ramsay, and also a native of Kemper County. &nbsp;There only child was Dr. Robert M. Mosley Jr. (1886-1951). &nbsp;</span></span><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Robert became a policeman at Meridian, Mississippi attaining the rank of Sergeant. &nbsp;The family relocated to Biloxi and he joined the BPD.</span></span>&nbsp;&nbsp;Officer&nbsp;<span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Mosley became Biloxi\'s Marshal upon the resignation of C.W. Blake in late December 1898. &nbsp;</span></span><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Robert M. Mosley resigned as Biloxi\'s Marshal on 2 September 1902 to become the first Chief Inspector for the Mississippi Oyster&nbsp;Commission which had been created by the 1902 Bower\'s Bill.[The Biloxi Daily Herald, September 1, 1902, p. 1]</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><strong><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:16px\"><span style=\"background-color:rgb(250, 250, 250); color:rgb(54, 50, 45)\">\"Horrible&nbsp;Atrocity\"</span></span></span></strong><br />\r\n<br />\r\n&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"background-color:rgb(250, 250, 250); color:rgb(54, 50, 45); font-family:source sans pro,helvetica,arial,sans-serif; font-size:15px\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:16px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>\"One of the most fearful, atrocious and heinous crimes known to the history of Biloxi occurred sometime during the day yesterday, and it had the effect, when discovered of stirring each and every one of our citizens up to a state of frenzy. Its nature, character and surroundings was just such as to do this, and no one, individually or collectively, would be expected to contain or restrain themselves under the circumstances. A bright, beautiful, pure young girl, with all alluring before her in life, ruthlessly cut down by the hand of a fiend, who sought and did destroy more than life itself, and her poor, tender body left in the woods to be discovered by her family and friends, tells a tale that is hard to believe, but which is nevertheless true and overwhelming. The victim of the fearful outrage was little Christina Winterstein, a lovely young girl about thirteen years of age, who was a pupil of the public school. She came into the city yesterday morning to attend the practices for the closing exercises. She left the city about 12 o\'clock on her way home, and the last seen of her was when she left her brother\'s house about 12:30. When not returning about 2 o\'clock her people became uneasy about her, and instituted inquiry. They came to Mr. Collins\' house looking for her, having found her hat in the road coming down. Mr. Collins then started out to find the girl, and after a brief search he found blood in the road, which gave him and young Charley Foretich, who accompanined him, a clue to follow, and they found the body of the child about a hundred yards from the road, and about midway from&nbsp;where she was last seen and from her home. There was evidences of a struggle on the side of the road near where the fiend first attacked the little victim, and there was blood from there to where her body was found. Her remains were found at 5 p.m. There were marks on her face where she had apparantly struck with a man\'s fist, another mark on her breast, and the top of her head bore the mark of a blunt instrument of some sort, her scalp being laid open, and her skull fractured. The shock she sustained from the last injury would have been sufficient under the circumstances to have caused death. Dr. E. R. Bragg was summoned as soon as the child\'s remains were found, and after a close examination, he declared that she had been outraged after death had come to her relief The authorities were promptly notified, and a preliminary examption began, but the investigation will not be completed before some time today. In the meantime the tender remains of the girl were turned over to her family to be prepared for burial..</em></span></span></strong>.<span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">[from The Biloxi Daily Herald, June 3, 1900, p. 1]</span></span></span><br />\r\n<br />\r\n&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><strong><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">Reward</span></span></strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">In late June 1900, Marshal Moseley advertised in <em>The Biloxi Daily Herald</em> that&nbsp;$200 woud be awarded to anyone who provided information that would result in the arrest of the murderer and rapist of Christina Winterstein on 2 June 1900. &nbsp;<em>The Pascagoula Democrat-Star </em>commented .[The Biloxi Daily Herald, June 24, 1900, p. 1 and The Pascagoula Democrat-Star, June 29, 1900, p. 3]</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"background-color:rgb(250, 250, 250)\">REFERENCES:</span></span></strong></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255); color:rgb(51, 51, 51)\">The Biloxi Daily Herald, \'Horrible atrocity\', June 3, 1900</span></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255); color:rgb(51, 51, 51)\">The Biloxi Daily Herald, \'No developments\', June 5, 1900</span></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255); color:rgb(51, 51, 51)\">The Biloxi Daily Herald, \'\', June , 1900.</span></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">The Biloxi Daily Herald, \'$200 Reward\', June 24, 1900.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255); color:rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:georgia,serif; font-size:14px\">The Pascagoula Democrat-Star, \"Mississippi Press Association versus Negro type-setters\'\', June 29, 1900.</span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255); color:rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:georgia,serif; font-size:14px\">The Sea Coast Echo, \'Mississippi City lynching\', June 16, 1900.</span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\">__________________________________________________________________________________</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>The Veronica Mutiny and Trial</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">In August 1902, while at Ship Island, a very special event occurred in the life of Antoine Bellande.&nbsp; It concerned a ship mutiny.&nbsp; Ernest Desporte Jr. told me this tale when I was a teenager. Ernest Desporte Jr. (1888-1977) was a native of Biloxi and lifelong resident.&nbsp; He had a remarkable memory and enjoyed telling stories of Biloxi\'s early history.&nbsp; He also was a writer of local history and genealogy sometimes using the nom de plume, Old Timer.&nbsp; When I met Mr. Desporte about 1960, he was an elderly septuagenarian gentleman and of keen wit.&nbsp; His father, Ernest Desporte Sr.(1853-1931), had been a bar pilot and harbor master at Ship Island at the turn of the Twentieth Century.&nbsp; Captains Bellande and Desporte served together as fellow pilots guiding blue water barks, brigs, schooners, and steamers across the Ship Island Bar to safe anchorage at Ship Island Harbor.&nbsp; After 1902, they would sail these large vessels seeking Mississippi longleaf pine for the world export market into the new harbor at Gulfport.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<div>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">The result of my meeting with Ernest Desporte was new knowledge about the life of Antoine Bellande.&nbsp; The most intriguing information was the reference to a mutiny. Desporte wrote the following for me: &nbsp;<strong>When Gulfport became a port about 1898, Captain Bellande was one of the pilots, piloting vessels through the Gulfport Channel into the harbor at Gulfport.&nbsp; On one occasion he piloted a vessel from Gulfport harbor to the open Gulf of Mexico.&nbsp; This vessel was bound for England, but the crew mutinied on the high seas.&nbsp; The crew was captured and tried in England.&nbsp; As Captain Bellande was the last man to see the captain and crew, he was a witness in the trial of the crew in the Royal Court of England.</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">Without a date for the alleged mutiny, I was never able to corroborate the tale of Captain Desporte.&nbsp; In the fall of 1989, I was in the history and genealogy section of the Biloxi Public Library waiting to talk to Murella Powell, archivist and historian.&nbsp; She was on the telephone, and I heard her speak to someone of \"the mutiny at Ship Island\".&nbsp; Immediately I thought of the account of Desporte.&nbsp; When she became available, I related my story, and she shared her very interesting knowledge of the subject.&nbsp; She had been contacted by a Canadian novelist, Bruce Wishart, who was writing a book about an episode in maritime history known as the Veronica Mutiny.&nbsp; Since the event commenced at Ship Island, he needed background data on the Mississippi Gulf Coast to write his novel.&nbsp; Murella was doing basic research for him especially concerning Ship Island.&nbsp;</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">I contacted Bruce Wishart at his residence in Brandon, Manitoba.&nbsp; From him I learned the details of the mutiny and with my knowledge of Captain Bellande incorporated these facts into my rendering of the story.&nbsp; With this background knowledge, I now present the reader the Veronica Mutiny:</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">At a time when most men his age had long retired or passed on, Captain Antoine Bellande and Inspector Duckworth of Scotland Yard, England were boarding an L&amp;N train on April 15, 1903, at Biloxi.&nbsp; Their destination was Liverpool, England via New York where they would board the steamer, Irenia.&nbsp; The catalyst for this adventure had been the three-masted barque, Veronica, out of St. John, New Brunswick.&nbsp; The Veronica had sailed into Gulf waters south of Ship Island in August of 1902.&nbsp;</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">Captain Bellande had come to Mississippi from Marseille, France in 1851, at the age of twenty-two years.&nbsp; His family in France had been caulkers in a local shipyard, and the ways of the sea were natural to this young French immigrant.&nbsp; He had learned well the waters of the Gulf of Mexico while navigating his trading schooner the,&nbsp;<strong><em>John Randolph</em></strong>, to Cuba for sugar and tobacco.&nbsp; Occasionally, he would transport longleaf pine to Galveston and New Orleans.&nbsp; His maritime lore was so widely acclaimed that during the Civil War, Admiral David Farragut utilized his services for the Union Navy.&nbsp; His Civil War records indicate he was an acting ensign and pilot, one of only two in the entire Navy.&nbsp;</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">Antoine Bellande served the Union well.&nbsp; He was the pilot aboard the&nbsp;<strong><em>USS Monongahela</em></strong>&nbsp;at the Battle of Mobile Bay in August 1864, when it valiantly rammed the&nbsp;<strong><em>CSS Tennessee</em></strong>.&nbsp; After the War, Bellande settled at Back Bay (D\'Iberville), and began a family with Marie Harvey (1840-1894).&nbsp; They moved to 254 Reynoir Street about 1882, the year he became a Ship Island bar pilot.&nbsp;</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"http://biloxihistoricalsociety.org/sites/default/files/u4/bellande-liverpool_web.jpg\" style=\"height:253px; width:489px\" /></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>Veronica Trial at Liverpool Assizes, Liverpool, England, May 12, 1903.</strong></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>(L-R)&nbsp;<strong>Inspector Duckworth, Moses Thomas, ?, Antoine V. Bellande, and Sgt. Ford</strong></strong></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">As Captain Bellande rode the pilot boat out to meet the incoming&nbsp;<strong><em>Veronica</em></strong>&nbsp;south of the Ship Island bar that late summer day in 1902, I can only speculate on his state of mind.&nbsp; In 1894, his wife had died at Biloxi.&nbsp; He married an Ocean Springs lady, Mary Catchot (1860-1931), in 1896.&nbsp;&nbsp; She was the daughter of Antonio Catchot (1826-1885), a Spanish immigrant, from the Balearic Island of Menorca, and Elizabeth Hoffen (1838-1916), a German immigrant from Bremen.&nbsp; Antoine and Mary Catchot Bellande resided on Jackson Avenue in Ocean Springs across from the St. Alphonsus Church where a son, Edward Antoine (1897-1976), was born in 1897 to the newly weds.&nbsp; He was sixty-seven years of age and she thirty-seven at the time of Edward\'s delivery.</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">When Captain Bellande boarded the&nbsp;<strong><em>Veronica</em></strong>, he met Captain Alexander Shaw, the master of the 1167 ton vessel which was loaded during September with Mississippi lumber for Montevideo, Uruguay.&nbsp; The heavily laden vessel waited for a high tide and was towed across the Ship Island bar on October 11, 1902, into the waters of the Gulf of Mexico.&nbsp;</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">While at sea, the four German crewmen of the Veronica became upset with their Anglo-Saxon shipmates.&nbsp; While off the northeast coast of Brazil, they murdered Captain Shaw and the crew, and set the ship afire.&nbsp; In December 1902, the mutineers landed on the small island of Tuotoia which forms a part of the bar at the mouth of the Rio Parnaiba in northeastern Brazil.&nbsp; They were rescued by the SS Brunswick in mid-January 1903.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">The German seamen made a fatal mistake by bringing the ship\'s cook Moses Thomas, a Negro, with them.&nbsp; On the way to England, Thomas related the tale of horror aboard the Veronica to Captain Browne.&nbsp; After the Brunswick reached Liverpool in late January, three of the alleged murderers were incarcerated until the trial which commenced on May 12, 1903, at the Liverpool Assizes.&nbsp; The fourth seaman, a youth, was given mercy.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">Since Antoine Bellande was the last person to see the crew of the Veronica alive at Ship Island, he was called to testify at the trial in Liverpool.&nbsp; Before his departure for England with Inspector Duckworth who had been sent to Biloxi by Scotland Yard to investigate the local scene, an article of interest was printed in&nbsp;<em>The Biloxi Daily Herald</em>&nbsp;on April 15, 1903:</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong><em>The sailor boys are very anxious concerning the visit of pilot, Antoine Bellande, to Liverpool, for they say he has never served time in the French army, and if the frog eaters in the Old&nbsp; World hear of his being in Europe, they fear in some manner they will get possession of him and force him to mark time and carry a gun to the great loss of the sailor craft of these waters.&nbsp; It is said that John Brasellman, of Dejean &amp; Mitchell\'s, and John Lyons, boarding officer at Ship Island, will also be induced to go to England on the same errand.</em></strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">The sworn testimony of Captain Antoine Bellande taken from&nbsp;<strong><u>The Trial of Gustav Rau, Otto Monsson, and Willem Smith: The \"Veronica\" Trial</u></strong>&nbsp;by Professor G.W. Keeton and John Cameron went as follows:</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong><u>Antoine Bellande, sworn, examined by Mr. F.E. Smith.</u></strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong><em>I am a port pilot at Ship Island and Biloxi, and I live at Ocean Springs, four miles from Biloxi.&nbsp; I believe the Veronica arrived at Ship Island in ballast last August.&nbsp; Captain Alick Shaw was in command.&nbsp; She lay in quarantine for something like 15 days.&nbsp; I was on board during the quarantine, and was put in quarantine five days myself.&nbsp; I do not exactly remember either the first or second mates\' names.&nbsp; I knew the men well, but not their names.</em></strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">Tell me whether either or any or none of these men in the dock were on board then? &nbsp;</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong><em>The middle one (Monsson) was on board when I was in quarantine.&nbsp; I don\'t know the others.&nbsp; I noticed nothing in particular going on on board the vessel when I was there.&nbsp; Captain Shaw could not hear very well; he was a little deaf.</em></strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">Do you remember going on board the&nbsp;<strong><em>Veronica</em></strong>&nbsp;to take her out?&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong><em>Yes, that was in October.&nbsp; At that time her crew consisted of twelve all told-there was Captain Shaw, the first mate and the second mate.&nbsp; I cannot remember the names of the other members of the crew as there were so many vessels going about.&nbsp; There was a man named Moses Thomas-he was the cook.</em></strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">Will you look at that paper and tell us whether you saw any of those signatures made?&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong><em>Yes, Monsson.&nbsp; I saw Thomas the cook signing.&nbsp; The captain of the tugboat was with me and Captain Shaw.</em></strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">On what sort of terms seemed the officers to be with the crew?&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong><em>They seemed to be all very well, all satisfied; I never heard anything.</em></strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong><u>Cross-examined by Mr. Maxwell for Rau.</u></strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">Your only duty on board was to take the ship out to sea? &nbsp;</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>Yes.</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">You had nothing to do with the crew yourself? &nbsp;</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong><em>No, only when I wanted to get underway</em></strong>.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">Out of all those names you only saw Thomas the cook sign? &nbsp;</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong><em>He signed, yes</em></strong>.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">Cross-examined by Mr. Aggs for Smith.&nbsp; You brought the&nbsp;<strong><em>Veronica</em></strong>&nbsp;in when she came in ballast? &nbsp;</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong><em>Yes.</em></strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">Do you remember this man Monsson on board? &nbsp;</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong><em>Yes.</em></strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">Do you remember anybody else?&nbsp; Do you remember Rau being on board? &nbsp;</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong><em>Yes.</em></strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">When she came in who were chief officer and second officer? &nbsp;</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong><em>Mr. Shaw was the captain; the first mate was a young man.</em></strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">What I want to know is, was the same first mate and second mate that went out in her as came in with her when she came in with ballast? &nbsp;</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong><em>Yes.</em></strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">You cannot tell me the name of the first mate, but you say he was a young man.&nbsp; What was his height-tall or short? &nbsp;</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong><em>He was a young man with a moustache, about the same height as me-rather short, I think.</em></strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">Can you tell me anything about the course the Veronica would take in order to get to Monte Video leaving Ship Island-would she go due east? &nbsp;</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong><em>About E.S.E.</em></strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">How far east would she go before she turned down south? &nbsp;</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong><em>She would have to go to the Strait of Florida.</em></strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">Would she have to go farther east after she went through the Strait? &nbsp;</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong><em>She would go through the Strait and keep east.</em></strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">Can you tell whereabouts that part of the ocean called the Doldrums is? &nbsp;</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong><em>No.</em></strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">Can you tell whether vessels get into a part of the ocean where there are contrary winds and calms sometimes?&nbsp;</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong><em>It happens at sea that there are calms and so on.</em></strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">Is there a part of the ocean in which they are more frequent than other parts? &nbsp;</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong><em>I do not know</em></strong>.&nbsp;</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">What is the time of a voyage from Ship Island to Monte Video? &nbsp;</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong><em>Between 60 and 70 days</em></strong>.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">Did you not say when you gave your evidence before that the length of the voyage for a sailing ship is from 43 to 80 days? &nbsp;</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong><em>From Monte Video, yes.&nbsp; It is longer from Ship Island to Monte Video.</em></strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">You would agree that it would not as a rule take more than 70 days? &nbsp;</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong><em>From 60 to 70 days, although with a fair wind it might be shorter.</em></strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">You spoke also as to the provisions, which were taken on board this boat.&nbsp; Do you know anything about that?</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">-<strong><em>Not very well.&nbsp; They took provisions, but I cannot say how much.</em></strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">Can you tell me, would a captain as a rule take about 60 or 70 days\' provisions with him for this voyage?</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">-<strong><em>Generally it is a rule to take double the provisions to come back with.</em></strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">Would he not be able to get fresh provisions at Monte Video?</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">-<strong><em>He would get meat and flour, but would buy nothing else because it is too dear.</em></strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong><u>Re-examined by Mr. F.E. Smith.</u></strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">Did you notice while you were on board the vessel what the name of the firm was that was supplying the provisions for the&nbsp;<strong><em>Veronica</em></strong>?&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong><em>Yes, the DeJean &amp; Mitchell Company.&nbsp; They are a good firm.</em></strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">Have you made the voyage from Ship Island to Monte Video?&nbsp; If I gave you this chart (chart shown to witness) could you mark out the course in pencil a sailing vessel would take to go from Ship Island to Monte Video? &nbsp;</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>No, I could not do it</strong>.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">The Veronica Trial ended on May 14th, 1903.&nbsp; Guilty was the verdict rendered by the jury against all three defendants.&nbsp; Two were hanged at Walton Gaol outside of Liverpool while the third was given penal servitude for life.&nbsp; Captain Bellande returned to America from Liverpool, England aboard the&nbsp;<strong><em>Campania&nbsp;</em></strong>and landed at New York City on May 23, 1903.&nbsp; At Biloxi, he continued his service in the Ship Island and Gulfport Pilots Association.&nbsp;</span></span></p>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">___________________________________________________________________</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><strong><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">1914</span></span></strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><strong><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">Ora Rawls</span></span></strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">Ora Rawls, </span></span></strong><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">Pascagoula, Mississippi resident,&nbsp;</span></span><strong><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">was shot and killed </span></span></strong><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">at Desporte\'s Wharf on October 6, 1914 </span></span><strong><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">by Alcana B. Green </span></span></strong><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">(1882-1930)</span></span><strong><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"> of Denton, Texas. &nbsp;Green claimed taunting and self-defense</span></span></strong><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">. &nbsp;The two men were on the crew of the schooner,<strong><em> Nellie L</em></strong>., run by Captain George Seymour.(The Daily Herald, October 7, 1914, p. 1)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">___________________________________________________________________</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><strong><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">1922</span></span></strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"/sites/default/files/Richter%2C%20Walter%20Roche.jpg\" style=\"height:300px; width:214px\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Walter Roche Richter</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255); color:rgb(54, 50, 45)\"><strong>Walter R. Richter </strong>(1890-1922), 31 years, who was shot down by <strong>Ben Bolton</strong> (1897-1957), son of <strong>Nat Bolton</strong> on&nbsp;Sunday night at 10:30 and who suffered intensely during the time he lived at the Biloxi City Hospital, died at that institution this morning at 5:30 o\'clock. It was stated that Mr. Richter could hardly survive the wound which penetrated the intestines. This is said to have been the second shot fired at h</span><span style=\"color:rgb(54, 50, 45)\">im as he attempted to leave a building in which he and several other Biloxians were visiting for just a few moments, while out for a ride during the evening.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nHundreds of interested persons anxiously inquired about Mr. Richter all during Monday, indicating that feeling for him as one of the best young men of city. Not only did they make inquiry at the hospital, where he was carried by Officers George Mon and Alonzo Gabrich immediately after the shooting, but the question was passed along the streets as to how he was progressing. The hospital was visited by numerous persons who went to inquire and offer their assistance if it need be, but here he received every care during his last moments by medical aid and attending loved ones.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nBolton, who was given a hearing yesterday afternoon on a charge of shooting with intent to kill, will be brought back to Biloxi. The affidavit against him will now be changed to murder and he will be given another hearing and bound over to await the Harrison County grand jury without benefit of bond.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nWalter Richter is survived by his wife&nbsp;, a little daughter, a father, W. H. Richter, of New Orleans, two sisters, Mrs. H. J. Gillen, of Biloxi and Mrs. Arthur Chester, of Montgomery, Ala., and two brothers, Alfred Richter&nbsp;and Bernie Richter, both of Biloxi. He was a member of the Biloxi Lodge of Elks, Knights of Columbus West End Fire Company and other organizations, whose members will attend the funeral in a body. He leaves many friends among Biloxians. He was a member of the Church of the Nativity under whose auspices he will be buried, the funeral will take place tomorrow afternoon at 3 o\'clock from the late residence on Bohn street, with interment in the Biloxi cemetery.(The Daily Herald,&nbsp;June 6, 1922, p.&nbsp;1)<br />\r\n<br />\r\nBen Bolton was found \"Not Guilty\" in the murder of Walter Richter. His defense attorney moved the jury to tears in his closing statements. The key statement being that \"Bolton had been threatened by the deceased and that he had reason to believe that his life was in danger when the deceased was said to have arisen from the chair prior to the shooting\".(The Daily Herald,&nbsp;December 21, 1922, p.&nbsp;1)</span></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>REFERENCES:</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">The Daily Herald, ‘Walter R. Richter dangerously shot by Ben Bolton Sunday night in Biloxi’, June 4, 1922, p. 1.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">The Daily Herald, ‘Injured Biloxian died this morning’, June 6, 1922, p. 1.</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">The Daily Herald, ‘Finish taking testimony in Bolton case this afternoon’, December 20, 1922, p. 1.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">The Daily Herald, ‘Ben Bolton secures freedom from the hands of jury’, December 21, 1922, p. 1.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\">___________________________________________________________________________________</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>1927</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>Maggie Hutchinson</strong></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>Leola Ridcourt</strong>, Biloxi negress, was charged with stabbing to death <strong>Maggie Hutchinson</strong>, negress, also of Biloxi at an Elmer Street house. &nbsp;She pleaded self-defense as the victim was alleged to have advanced on her with an ice pick.(The Daily Herald,&nbsp;&nbsp;and April 22, 1927, p. 1 and April&nbsp;&nbsp;27, 1927, p. 8)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>Edna Johnson Longinotti</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">Edna Mae Johnson was born at Ocean Springs, Mississippi in February 1891 to John E. Johnson (1859-1921) and Ella Felicia Pons (1868-1910). She married Joseph R. Longinotti Jr. (1882-1968), the son of Joseph Longinotti (1846-1923) and Clotilda Longinotti (1859-1936) of Hot Springs, Arkansas, on September 29, 1909 at Nativity BVM Catholic Church at Biloxi, Mississippi.</span></span><br />\r\n&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">Edna and Joseph R. Longinotti Jr. made their home at Hot Springs, Arkansas where he was in the hotel business. They were the parents of a daughter, Marjorie Longinotti.</span></span><br />\r\n&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">Edna was killed on August 13, 1927 at Biloxi, Mississippi by her lover, Sam Davis, of Little Rock, Arkansas. She had been divorced from Joseph Longinotti prior to her demise.</span></span><br />\r\n&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">Edna Mae was survived by Miss Emma Johnson, her aunt in Biloxi; Louis O. Johnson, an uncle, at Biloxi; Mrs. August Dorries, another aunt of Memphis, Tennessee.</span></span><br />\r\n&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">The O\'Keefe Funeral Parlors of Biloxi directed the Longinotti funeral with services at Nativity BVM Catholic Church in Biloxi. Committal followed in Bellande Cemetery at Ocean Springs.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>REFERENCES:</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">The Biloxi Daily Herald, \'City New\', September 21, 1909, p. 4.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">The Biloxi Daily Herald, \'Longinotti-Johnson nuptials yesterday\', September 30, 1909, p. 2.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">The Daily Herald, \'Joe Longinott Jr. inherits fortune\', July 24, 1911, p. 8.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">The Daily Herald, \'Mrs. Edna Longinotti killed by her lover\', August 15, 1927, p. 1.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">The Daily Herald, \'Longinotti funeral\', August 16, 1927, p. 2.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">The Daily Herald, \'Longinottis leave for Hot Springs\', August 19, 1927, p. 2.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">______________________________________________________________________</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>1933</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>Frank Anderson</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">Frank Anderson (1881-1933) was murdered on April 16, 1933 in the doorway of the Terry Apartment house at 120 East Water Street. &nbsp;The only suspect was Julius [Jules] Sablich (18-19), who also had the alais \'Zudie Hightower\'. &nbsp;Mr. Anderson was born in Scotland and made his livelihood at Biloxi as a bookkeeper.&nbsp; &nbsp;Although Jules Sablich was acquitted of the crime by a jury in June 1934, the State presented evidence that this could have been a crime of passion. &nbsp;Frank Anderson was dating Mrs. Edwina Case, nee Edwina Lynd (1891-1973), and the widow or divorcee of &nbsp;Mr. Case. &nbsp;She was with Frank Anderson on Water Street when he was slain. &nbsp;The State alluded that Mr. Sablich had shown affection towards Mrs. Case and had been rejected. &nbsp;Mrs. Case later married Fred G. Klein (1903-1978).</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">In his defense, Jules Sablich had 14 witnesses testify that he present at a family party at the time of the murder. In June 1934, the jury convined and adjucated him innocence of slaying Mr. Anderson.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>REFERENCES:</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">The Daily Herald, \'Deputy Sheriff is charged with murder in slaying of Biloxian at rooming house\', April 17, 1933.</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">The Daily Herald, \'Sablich trial delayed until next Monday\', June 22, 1933.&nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">The Daily Herald, \'Sablich alibi provided by 14 witnesses\', June 22, 1934.</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">The Daily Herald, \'Jury finds Jules Sablich not guilty of slaying\', June 23, 1934.</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">________________________________________________________________________</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>1934</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>Frederick J. Werkhoven</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>Frederick Julian Werkhoven</strong> (1900-1934) was born October 12, 1900 at Memphis, Tennessee. &nbsp;He was shot and killed by Roger Joseph D\'Aquin (1891-1966) with a double barrel, 20 gauge shotgun at his place of business&nbsp;on Main Street on March 25, 1934.&nbsp;</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">Roger J. D\'Aquin was a native of New Orleans and the husband of Mary Sherry (1897-1983). &nbsp;Mr. Werkhoven was married to Beulah Sherry (1905-1977), the sister of Mrs. D\'Aquin. &nbsp;Roger&nbsp;was an US Navy veteran of World War I and had sought medical help from the Biloxi VA Hospital for his \'nervous\' condition. &nbsp;He was found not guilty for the muder of Werkhoven in the Circuit Court of Harrison County, Mississippi in late June 1934.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">Roger J. D\'Aquin expired at New Orleans on January 20, 1966. &nbsp;His corporal remains were interred in the Metairie Cemetery.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>REFERENCES:</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">The Daily Herald, Argument is climaxed by fatal shot\', March 26, 1934.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">The Daily Herald, \'Werkhoven funeral this afternoon\', March 27, 1934.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">The Daily Herald, \'Fred Werkhoven buried\', March 28, 1934.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">The Daily Herald, Circit Court term adjourns\', June 26, 1934.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">The Times-Picayune, \'D\'Aquin\', January 22, 1966.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">_______________________________________________________________________</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">1941</span></span></strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Eddie</strong> [Edia Joseph]&nbsp;<strong>Longon </strong>(1908-1959)&nbsp;<strong>killed </strong>[Avis]<strong> Alves </strong>[sic]<strong> Romero</strong>&nbsp;(1915-1941), son of <strong>Ophelia Vincent Romero Dronet </strong>(1892-1955),&nbsp;in the Mavar Camps on February 12, 1941. &nbsp;Romero entered the Longon house in a drunken state and frightened and cursed Mr. and Mrs. Longon and their five young children. &nbsp;Eddie Longon avered&nbsp;self-defense of his family after&nbsp;he repeatly struck Mr. Romero in his head with a hammer until he died from the blows.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">REFERENCES:</span></span></strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">The Daily &nbsp;Herald, \'</span></span><strong><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Man slain by hammer at Biloxi\'</span></span></strong><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">, February 13, 1941, p. 1.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\">______________________________________________________________________</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>1942</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>Vernell Reid Thompson</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>Vernell Reid Thompson</strong> (1917-1942), native of Purvis, Mississippi and the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Seaborn Reid, was shot on a pier on Back Bay on July 17, 1942. &nbsp;She died in the Biloxi Hospital from her wounds August 9, 1942. <strong>&nbsp;William \'Buster\' K. Thompson</strong> (1913-1989), <strong>her spouse, admitted shooting Vernell</strong> to Deputy Sheriff Laz Quave. &nbsp;No further information.(The Daily Herald, August 10, 1942, p. 9)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\">____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">John P. Rabito</span></span></strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>John Peter Rabito</strong> (1891-1947) was born at New Olreans,&nbsp;the son of Anthony Rabito (1858-1931) and Lena DiNapoli Rabito (1870-1965), both natives of Contessa Entellina, Palermo, Sicily. &nbsp;he was murdered in the early morning of August &nbsp;1947 at Biloxi, Mississippi.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">REFERENCES:</span></span></strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">The Times-Picayune, \'Bandits murder former resident [John Rabito]\', August 3, 1947, p. 1.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">The Times-Picayune, \'Coast robberies are held solved\', August 8, 1947, p. 2.</span></span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">The Times-Picayune, \'Soldier sought in Rabito killing\', August 9, 1947, p. 19.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">The Times-Picayune, \'Police say Tall admits slaying\', August 17, 1947, p. 20.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">The Daily Herald [Biloxi, Mississippi], \'Two bound to grand jury\', August 19, 1945, p. 1.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">The Daily Herald [Biloxi, Mississippi], \'Enter mistrial in murder case\', December 11, 1947, p. 1.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\">_________________________________________</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>1950</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>Thomas J. Boyle Jr.</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Thomas Joseph Boyle Jr. (1897-1950) was born at New Orleans on January 20, 1897 to Thomas J. Boyle Sr. (1860-1909) and Emily Theresa Schneider (1861-1949).&nbsp; He married Joyce Christina Staiger (1897-1973), the daughter of John Adam Staiger (1857-1937) and Marie Magdalena Seifer (1878-1916) at New Orleans on January 3, 1918.&nbsp; They were the parents of Joyce Gretchen Boyle (1919-2004) who married Peter Dombourian (1920-1992).</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Thomas J. Boyle Jr. made his livelihood at New Orleans initially as a hotel clerk at the Lafayette Hotel.&nbsp; He later worked for Higgins Industries.&nbsp; Mr. Boyle was murdered at Biloxi, Mississippi on November 5, 1950 at 438 Porter Avenue in Biloxi, Mississippi.&nbsp; At the time, he was performing repairs in an old house at 438 Porter Avenue, which was owned by his aunt, also a resident of the Crescent City.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">The corporal remains of Mr. T.J. Boyle Jr. were interred in the Biloxi Cemetery where his parents rest in eternal peace.&nbsp; His wife expired at New Orleans on January 19, 1973.&nbsp; Her remains were entombed in the Seifer tomb in the Greenwood Cemetery at New Orleans.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">Mr. Ratcliffe was tried in the Circuit Court of Harrison County, Mississippi in early March 1951. &nbsp;He was found guilty of Mr. Boyle’s murder and sentenced to life in prison.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>REFERENCES:</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">The Daily Herald,<strong> “Believe robbery was motive in Biloxi slaying”</strong>, November 6, 1950, p. 1.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">The Daily Herald, <strong>‘Begin selection jury in murder trial’</strong>, March 1, 1950, p. 6.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">The Daily Herald, <strong>‘Negro gets life’</strong>, March 3, 1951, p. 1.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">The Morning Advocate [Baton Rouge], <strong>“Murder verdict held by Coroner’s jury in T.J. Boyle case”</strong>, November 8, 1950, p. 8-B.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">The Times-Picayune, <strong>“</strong>[Thomas J.] <strong>Boyle”</strong>, November 5, 1950.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">The Times-Picayune, <strong>“Set arraignment on murder count”</strong>, December 6, 1950.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">The Times-Picayune, <strong>“</strong>[Joyce S.] <strong>Boyle”</strong>, January 20, 1973, p. 16.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">_________________________________________________________________________</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>1955</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"/sites/default/files/u4/Morris%2C Dale-1955.jpg\" style=\"height:200px; width:145px\" /></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>Dale Morris</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">Dale Morris (1924-2000?), a 31-year old cowpuncher and rodeo rider from Whitehorse, Montana was arrested in New Orleans in early December 1955. &nbsp;Morris was accused of the murder of Charles W. Flink (1916-1955), a novelty store proprietor at Bay St. Louis, Mississippi on November 22, 1955, when Cowboy Morris was interupted by Flink while stealing a car tire.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 1961</strong></span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">In early 1961, Dale Morris failed to return to Parchman prison in Mississippi. &nbsp;He had gone with a prison official to Fort Smith, Arkansas to acquire horses. &nbsp;In early May 1961, Morris&nbsp;was captured in Oklahoma after a gun battle with Detective Jack Merchant.(The Daily Herald, May 5, 1961, p. 1)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>REFERENCES:</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">The Morning Advocate [Baton Rouge], \"Morris ordered extradicted to Mississippi today\", December 3, 1955.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">The Daily Herald, \"Fate of Dale Morris in hand of Hancock [County] &nbsp;jury\", March 29, 1956.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">The Times-Picayune, \"State, defense end testimony\", March 29, 1956.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">The Daily Herald, \"Enter mistrial in case of Dale Morris\", March 30, 1956.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">The Times-Picayune, \"Cowboy [Morris] denies shooting Flink\", September 21, 1956.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">The Times-Picayune, \"Four face charges in [Dale] Morris escape\", September&nbsp;24, 1957.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">The Daily Herald, \"Dale Morris is recaptured by Oklahoma police hand of Hancock jury\", May 5, 1961.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">__________________________________________________________________________</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>1957</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>Nicholas J.A. Surian</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>Audrey Ryan Surian</strong>&nbsp;(1922-1957) was allegedly stabbed to death by&nbsp;<strong>Nicholas J.A. Surian</strong>&nbsp;(1915-2004), her spouse, on January 24th at their home at 123 Kuhn Street in east Biloxi. &nbsp;Surian\'s trial ended in a mistrial on June 21, but he pleaded guilty of manslaughter in early July. &nbsp;Judge Leslie Baltar Grant sentenced Mr. Surian to four years in the State penitentiary for his crime.(The Daily Herald, January 26, 1957, p. 2 and July 4, 1957, p. 6, The Times-Picayune, June 21, 1957, p. 53 and The States-Times, July 5, 1957, p. 8-B)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>REFERENCES:</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">The Daily Herald, \"Surian charges with murder in death of wife\", January 26, 1957.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">The Daily Herald, \"Surian enters plea of manslaughter\", July 4, 1957.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">The States-Times [Baton Rouge], \"Pleaded guilty\", July 5, 1957.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">The Times-Picayune, \"Coast murder trial is voided\", June 21, 1957.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">______________________________________________________________________</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>Aden S. Bellew</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"/sites/default/files/u4/Bellew%2C Aden S. (1907-1981)-tombstone.jpg\" style=\"height:196px; width:250px\" /></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>Aden S. Bellew</strong> (1907-1981) was accused of murdering <strong>Harry Jacob Geiss Jr.</strong> (1924-1957), a resident of Mississippi City, at the east Biloxi Oak Street apartment of Mrs. Ruth Johnson (b. 1929) on February 13, 1957.&nbsp; The murder weapon was a .38 caliber revolver and Mr. Geiss was shot five times while in the bathroom of Mrs. Johnson.&nbsp; The corporal remains of Harry J. Geiss Jr. were interred in the Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery at San Antonio, Texas. &nbsp;Aden Bellew and Preston Bellew, a brother,&nbsp;were&nbsp;sent to Parchman State Penitentary in July 1960.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">Aden S. Bellew expired at Saucier, Mississippi on March 19, 1981.&nbsp; His corporal remains were interred in the New Fayard Church Cemetery at Latimer, Jackson County, Mississippi.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>REFERENCES:</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">The Daily Herald, “Bellew murder trial continues”, July 4, 1957.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">The Daily Herald, “Bellew case will be given to jury today”, July 6, 1957.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255); color:rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:georgia,serif; font-size:14px\">The Daily Herald, “Orders mistrial in murder case of Aden Bellew”, July 8, 1957.</span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">The Daily Herald, “Bellew [Preston J. Bellew and Tommy Bellew] cases back in court”, December 8, 1959.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">The Daily Herald, “Judge orders Bellew Brothers remanded to jail”, July 1, 1960.</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">The Daily Herald, “Bellew Brothers are transferred to [Parchman] Penitentiary”, July 6, 1960.</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">The Times-Picayune, \"Four [Aden Bellew, Preston Bellew, Thomas Bellew, and Ruth Johnson] face charges in [Dale] Morris escape\", September&nbsp;24, 1957.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">The Morning Advocate [Baton Rouge], \"Second trial on murder charge is underway\", December 10, 1957.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">The Times-Picayune, \"Bellew trial ends suddenly\", December 12, 1957.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">___________________________________________</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>Patey-DeLoache</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>William Bartell Patey</strong> (1905-1960) was born in Kansas to Arthur R. Patey, a native of England, and Illinois born, Anne F. Patey (1885-1975). &nbsp;William married Mary ?, a Georgian, and they were the parents of at least two children born in Florida, William B. Patey Jr. (b. 1928) and Brian Reid Patey (1930-1981) m. Linda Sue Cobb.</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">C.D. Irwin (b. 1901), a pipe fitter of Race Track Road at North Biloxi, shot and killed on April 16, 1960, Easter Eve, William Bartell Patey (1905-1960), his step-son, and <strong>Miss Miriam DeLoache </strong>(b. 1921), a native of Durant, Mississippi and Patey\'s girl friend, who was employed a KAFB. &nbsp;The two victims were shot with a .38 caliber revolver at close range at Patey\'s home on Happy Landing Lane, 218 Race Track Road, North Biloxi. &nbsp;Irwin lived next door and admitted to lawmen that he shot the couple while they sat on the sofa. &nbsp;He was taken to the Harrison County jail.</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>REFERENCES:</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">The Daily Herald, \'Biloxian is held for double murder\', April 18, 1960, p. 1.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">The Times-Picayune, \'2 are fatally shot in Biloxi\', April 17, 1960, p. 1.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">____________________________________________</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>1964</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"/sites/default/files/u4/Eleuterius%2C Darnell (1947-1964).jpg\" style=\"height:200px; width:118px\" /></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>Eleuterius-Zahra Murders</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>May Darnell Eleuterius</strong>&nbsp;(1946-1964) of 500 Oak Street at Biloxi and&nbsp;<strong>Joseph L. Zahra</strong>&nbsp;(1943-1964), USAF serviceman KAFB and from Livonia, Michigan,&nbsp;<strong>were shot and killed at Ocean Springs, Mississippi</strong>&nbsp;on July 6th.(The Daily Herald, July 7, 1964, p. 1 and July 8, 1964, p. 2)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">In November 1964<strong>, Sheriff Cecil Byrd of Jackson County</strong>, Mississippi and <strong>Police Chief W.T. Broome of Ocean Springs</strong> went to Lakeland, Florida to interrogate an ex-convict from Alabama about the Eleuterius-Zahra slayings in a roadside park at Ocean Springs.&nbsp; He was cleared of any involvement in the July 1964 murders.(The Times-Picayune, November 4, 1964, p. 5)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>REFERENCES:</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><em>The Daily Herald</em>,<strong>“Couple found murdered at Ocean Springs”</strong>, July 7, 1964.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><em>The Daily Herald</em>,<strong>“Autopsy shows girl shot in double killing”</strong>, July 8, 1964.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><em>The Times-Picayune</em>,<strong>“Police clear slay suspect”</strong>, November&nbsp; 4, 1964.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">___________________________________________________</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>1967</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>Harry Bennett Murder</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>On December 16, 1967, Harry Bennett</strong>&nbsp;(1902-1967),&nbsp;<strong>Biloxi gambler and bookmaker, was murdered gang land style outside of his apartment.</strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;Harold Donald Diddlemeyer (1943-2007), an escapee from the Mississippi State Penitentiary, was accused of his murder and in 1969 asked the court to take a lie detector test to prove his innocence of this crime. &nbsp;Diddlemeyer was convicted and died at Parchman Prison on 15 June, 2007.(The Daily Herald, December 16, 1967. p. 1,&nbsp;&nbsp;April 1, 1969, p. 2; The Sun Herald, March 19, 1995, p. A-1 and June 17, 2007.)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>REFERENCES:</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><em>The Daily Herald</em>,<strong>“Bullet-riddled body of Harry Bennett found”</strong>, December 16, 1967.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><em>The Daily Herald</em>,<strong>“Bennett rites”</strong>, December 18, 1967.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><em>The Daily Herald</em>,&nbsp;<strong>“”</strong>, April 1, 1969.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Sun Herald</em><span style=\"background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255); color:rgb(51, 51, 51)\">,&nbsp;</span><strong>“Son bids farewell to mother </strong>[Iona Fountain Diddlemeyer]<strong> returns to prison”</strong><span style=\"background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255); color:rgb(51, 51, 51)\">, April 1, 1995.</span></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Sun Herald</em><span style=\"background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255); color:rgb(51, 51, 51)\">,&nbsp;</span><strong>“Harold Diddlemeyer: Man convicted of 1967 Biloxi slaying dies in Pacrchman”</strong><span style=\"background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255); color:rgb(51, 51, 51)\">, April 1, 2007.</span></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">_____________________________________________________________________</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>1972</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>Kemp slaying</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">On February 16, 1972, <strong>Cornelius Bolding Kemp</strong> (1916-1972), operator of Kemp Cab Service, was strangled and robbed in his taxi cab while parked at Howard Memorial Hospital in Biloxi. &nbsp;The suspect was described as a Negro man about 6 feet tall, of medium build and weighing about 185 pounds. &nbsp;No further information.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>REFERENCES:</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">The Daily Herald, \'Taxicab operator found dead in parking lot\', February 17, 1972, p. 2.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">The Daily Herald, \'Biloxi police seeking suspect in Kemp slaying\', February 18, 1972, p. 2.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">______________________________________________________</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>1974</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<div>\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>Arthur Weinberger</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">On December 2, 1974, Art Weinberger, the proprietor of Art\'s Levis&nbsp;<strong>&nbsp;</strong>on Howard Avenue, was distracted by John \'Willie\' Durengo Reddix (b. 1954) in order that Larry \'Catfish\' Jones (b. 1954), Reddix\'s companion on that day, could sneak up behind Mr. Weinberger and kill him by striking him repeatedly with blows from a wrench. &nbsp;Reddix and Jones then took money and clothes from the Weinberger store and fled. &nbsp;Larry Jones was convicted of &nbsp;murder and incarcerated at Parchman Prison and of March 2012 is continuing to serve a life sentence for this heinous crime.(The Daily Herald, December 3, 1974, p.A 2, December 4, 1974, p. A2 and December 16, 1974, p. 2)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>Arthur \'Art\' Weinberger </strong>(1896-1974) was born on May 11, 1896 at Chicago, Illinois to Adolph Weinberger (1868-pre 1910), an 1876 Hungarian immigrant and Chicago variety store merchant, and Lena Rottenberg (1872-1930+), an 1885 Hungarian immigrant. &nbsp;Adolph had married and been a widower before he married Lena Rottenberger circa 1892. &nbsp;His children with his first wife were: Henry Weinberger (b. 1885); George A. Weinberger (b. 1888);&nbsp;Rae Weinberger (1890-1975) m. Joseph Shanberg (1882-1920+);&nbsp;and Louis Weinberger (b. 1891). &nbsp;Adolph and Lena R. Weinberger were the parents of: William Weinberger (1893-1976); Arthur Weinberger (1896-1974) m. Amy Rush (1907-1991); Emil G. Weinberger (1899-1986); and Richard Weinberger (1907-1982).(1900 Cook Co., Illinois Federal Census R 258, p. 14B, ED 330, 1910 and Cook Co., Illinois Federal Census T624_262, p. 7B, ED 871) &nbsp;</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">During WWI, both Art and William Weinberger served in the US Army. &nbsp;Art was a clerk at Butler Brothers in Chicago before joining the US Army in September 1917. &nbsp;He was discharged January 13, 1919. &nbsp;By 1920, Art and William Weinberger were domiciled at Savannah, Georgia where they retail clothes salesmen at Savannah, Georgia. &nbsp;By 1930, both men were in Chicago where Art was head of the household with his mother, and brothers, William, Emil, George and George A. Weinberger Jr. residing at 207 Winthrop. &nbsp;Art listed his occupation as an \'out of business merchant\'.(1920 Chatham Co., Georgia Federal Censusu T625_241, p. 2A, ED 74 and 1930 Cook Co., Illinois Federal Census R494, p. 2A, ED 1881)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>Biloxi</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">In September 1949, Art and Amy Weinberger acquired Lot 5-Block 2 of the Bienville Subdivision on Biloxi\'s West Beach Boulevard from L.C. Hicks. &nbsp;He later moved to the Gulf Towers near the Buena Vista Hotel.(Harrison Co., Mississippi Chancery Court Land deed Bk. 325, p. 24)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>SW/C West Howard Avenue and Reynoir Street</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">In August 1952, Art Weinberger took a sub-lease from Genevieve Lynn Dyer on a building situated on the SW/C of West Howard Avenue and Reynoir Street. &nbsp;The consideration was $4000 and Mrs. Victor B. Pringle was the lessor. &nbsp;Here he, Ronald Weinberger, his stepson?, and William Weinberger (1893-1976), his brother, operated and managed several businesses: Art\'s Army Store, William\'s Sportswear, Allan\'s Mens Store, and the Howard Clothing Company.(Harrison Co., Mississippi Chancery Court Land Deed Bk. 357, pp. 418-419).</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">The corporal remains of Mr. Weinberger were interred in the Southern Memorial Park at Biloxi. Mississippi. &nbsp;He was survivied by Amy Rush Weinberger, Mrs. Donald Friedman, a daughter, of Chicago, and Ronald Winters, a son, at Atlanta, Georgia. &nbsp;Art had been a charter member of SunKist Country Club, a 32nd degree Mason and Shriner and has formerly owned chain stores in the Midwest.(The Daily Herald, December 3, 1974, p. A2)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>REFERENCES:</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><em>The Daily Herald,&nbsp;</em><strong>“Arthur Weinberger”</strong>, December 3, 1974. &nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><em>The Daily Herald,&nbsp;</em><strong>“Young Biloxi man charged in murder of store owner”</strong>, December 4, 1974. &nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><em>The Daily Herald,&nbsp;</em><strong>“Third man arrested in Biloxi murder”</strong>, December 16, 1974. &nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><em>The Daily Herald,&nbsp;</em><strong>“William Weinberger”</strong>, May &nbsp; , 1976. &nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><em>The Times-Picayune,&nbsp;</em><strong>“Release of death row inmate halted”</strong>, January 30, 1983. &nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></p>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">_______________________________________________________________________</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>1976</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>Edwina de Gruy Marter</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>Edwina de Gruy Marter</strong> (1940-1976) wife of Charles W. Marter, vp of the Gulf National Bank at Gulfport, was kidnapped and murdered by Richard Gerald Jordan (1946-2012+) of Hattiesburg, Mississippi on January 1976. &nbsp;Mr. Marter had paid a $25,000 ransom for his wife\'s release, but she found murdered on January 14th. &nbsp;Mrs. Marter was the mother of two sons: Kevin Paul Marter and Eric Charles Marter. &nbsp;Her corporal remains were interred in St. Louis No. 3 Cemetery at New Orleans.(The Times-Picayune, January 15, 1976, p. 14)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">Richard Gerald Jordan appealed is conviction and it was denied by US District Judge Harold Cox in March 1981. Judge Cox wrote that the Court gave the petitioner a fair trial and his death sentence was proper in accordance with all the requirements of the Constitution through the application of the Mississippi death penalty statue.(The Daily Herald, March 23, 1981, p. A-2)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">Mr. Jordan was incarcerated in Parchman on March 2, 1977 and has been serving a life sentence since that time.(May 2014)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>REFERENCES:</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">The Daily Herald, \'Judge Cox denies Jordan death appeal\', March 23, 1981, p. A-2.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">The Dallas Morning News, \'Banker\'s wife found slain after ransom\', January 14, 1976, p. A-1.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">The Times-Picayune, \'Marter\', January 15, 1976, Section I, p. 14.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">_____________________________________________________________</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>1977</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>Robert E. Hansen Jr.</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>Robert Edward Hansen Jr. </strong>(1946-1977), age 30 years and a native of Minneapolis, Minnesota, was shot in the upper right chest with a .22 caliber rifle. &nbsp;He was transported to the Gulf Coast Community Hospital by Amserv and proounced DOA. &nbsp;Hansen lived at 376 Hopkins Boulevard and was the son of Robert E. Hansen Sr. of Council Bluffs, Iowa and Mrs. Lorraine Garber of Salem, Oregon. &nbsp;<strong>Gregory Sterling Achee</strong>, attached to the 3411 Student Squadron at Keesler AFB was charged with the murder which occurred at the McDonald Square Apartments, 415 McDonald Avenue in Apartment No. 203. &nbsp;He was held in the Harrison County Jail in Biloxi without benefit of bond. &nbsp;Mr. Hansen was survivied by his wife, Patti Hansen of Biloxi; his parents; and two siblings, John Hansen, and a sister, Mrs. Paula Garden, of Salem, Oregon. &nbsp;The body was sent to Bradford-O\'Keefe Funeral Home in Biloxi.(The Daily Herald, February 13, 1977, p. A-2.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>REFERENCES:</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">The Daily Herald,<strong> \'Keesler student held in slaying of Biloxian\'</strong>, February 13, 1977, p. A-2.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">________________________________________________________</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>1981</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>Josie Lee Jones</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>Greg Jones </strong>(b. 1954) of Biloxi was arrested and <strong>charged with murder in January for the shooting death </strong>of <strong>Josie Lee Jones</strong>, age 62 years, whose body was found in the living room of her home at 629 &nbsp;Lameuse Streeet. &nbsp;She had been shot three times with a .22 caliber weapon in the back, neck and head. &nbsp;Mr. Jones was found shortly after the crime at Beaumont, Mississippi and was held at New Augusta until brought to the Biloxi jail. The motive for the crime was robbery and attempted sexual assault. &nbsp;A pistol, stereo unit and other items were found in the vehicle of Mr. Jones when he was arrested.(The Daily Herald, January 22, 1981, p. A-2)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>REFERENCES:</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">The Daily Herald, \'Biloxi man charges in murder\', January 22, 1981, p. A-2.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\">______________________________________________________________________</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">1981</span></span></strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>Sue \'Tory\' Acevedo</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>Sue \'Tory\' Linda Dickens Acevedo</strong> [1948-1981] was shot and killed with a .38 caliber revolver on July 17, 1981. &nbsp;Her husband, Charles Acevedo, was charged with her murder. &nbsp;</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>REFERENCES:</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">The Daily Herald, \'Acevedo trial resumes after weekend break\', November 4, 1985, p. A-2.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">_______________________________________________________</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">1983</span></span></strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Dr. John R. Broussard (1925-1983), an Ocean Springs veterinarian,&nbsp;was killed by Jerry L. Davis on May 6, 1983 while attending the Jazz and Heritage Festival at New Orleans. &nbsp;Dr. Broussard and spouse, Betty Broussard, were preparing to camp&nbsp;at a site on the Chef Menteur Highway in east New orleans when robbed by Mr. Davis. &nbsp;Davis was convicted of 1st degree murder and sentenced to life for his crime.(The Daily Herald, February 1, 1984, p. A-1)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">REFERENCES:</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">The Daily Herald, \'Davis found guilty\', February 1, 1984, p. A-1.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\">__________________________________________________________________</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>1987</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>Sherry Murders</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"/sites/default/files/u4/Sherry%2C Vincent_0.jpg\" style=\"height:200px; width:119px\" /></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>Vincent Jerome Sherry Jr.</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>Vincent Jerome Sherry Jr.</strong> (1929-1987), age 58 years, 203 Hickory Hills Circle, was found dead with Margaret Joyce Smith Sherry (1929-1987), his spouse, on Wednesday, September 16, 1987, at their Biloxi home.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">Vincent was the son of Vincent J. Sherry Sr. (1899-1970), a commercial salesman, and Cleo Hunt Sherry (1897-1980). On November 22, 1950, he married Margaret Joyce Smith (1929-1987), a native of Mooringsport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana and the daughter of Bernie W. Smith Sr. and Rubye Dyer Smith. She was the youngest of her two siblings: Bernie W. Smith Jr. (b. 1925) and Charles Raymond \"Red\' Smith (1926-2009). Margaret was reared in Bowling Green, Kentucky.</span></span><br />\r\n&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">Vincent and Margaret were the parents of four children: Margaret Lynne Sherry (b. 1952) m. Richard Sposito; Vincent J. Sherry III; Eric Smith Sherry m. Marian Venetia Bailey; and Leslie Anne Sherry m. Benjamin D. Miller III.</span></span><br />\r\n&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">Vincent J. Sherry Jr. held degrees from Western Kentucky College, Middle Tennessee State College, and the University of Southern Mississippi. His law degree was earned at the George Washington University Law School. In 1986, Vincent was appointed by Mississippi Governor William A. Allain (1928-2013) in to serve as interim 2nd Circuit Court Judge.</span></span><br />\r\n&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">Judge Sherry served in the USAF from November 1951 until November 1971. Colonel Sherry was an intelligence officer for seven years and judge advocate for thirteen years.&nbsp;</span></span><br />\r\n&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">Vincent J. Sherry Jr. had been employed with the Biloxi law firm of Page, Mannino, &amp; Peresich. He had taught political science and criminal justice at the University of Southern Mississippi for eight years.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"/sites/default/files/u4/Sherry%2C Margaret-SMP-BPL_0.jpg\" style=\"height:200px; width:129px\" /></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>Margaret Smith Sherry</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>Margaret Joyce Smith</strong> (1929-1987) was born in Mooringsport, Louisiana to Bernie W. Smith Sr. and Rubye Dyer Smith. She was the youngest of her two siblings: Bernie W. Smith Jr. (b. 1925) and Charles Raymond \"Red\' Smith (1926-2009) m. Ann Hall.</span></span><br />\r\n&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">Margaret was reared in Bowling Green, Kentucky. She graduated from Western Kentucky State College and taught school. On November 22, 1950, Margaret married Vincent Jerome Sherry Jr. (1929-1989), a native of Brooklyn, New York. They were the parents of four children: Margaret Lynne Sherry (b. 1952) m. Richard Sposito; Vincent J. Sherry III; Eric Smith Sherry m. Marian Venetia Bailey; and Leslie Anne Sherry m. Benjamin D. Miller III.</span></span><br />\r\n&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">Margaret Smith Sherry was active in politics on the Coast. She was elected to the Biloxi City Council from Ward VII; served as District V representative to the Harrison County Republican Executive Committee. Mrs. Sherry ran unsuccessfully for Mayor of Biloxi in 1985.<br />\r\n<br />\r\n<strong>REFERENCES:</strong><br />\r\n<br />\r\nEdward Humes, <strong><u>Mississippi Mud</u></strong>, (Gallery Books: New York-1994), 434 pages.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nThe Record [Leitchfield, Kentucky], \'Charles Raymond \"Red\" Smith\', October 17, 2009.<br />\r\nThe Sun Herald, \'Judge Vincent Sherry-Mrs. Margaret Sherry\', September 18, 1987, p. A4.<br />\r\nThe Sun Herald, \'Sherry files combed for clues to killers\', September 18, 1987, p. A1.<br />\r\nThe Sun Herald, \'Mrs. Sherry told of fears of murder\', September 19, 1987, p. A1.<br />\r\nThe Sun Herald, \'Sherrys remembered with humor, affection\', September 20, 1987, p. A1.<br />\r\nThe Sun Herald, \'Some confuse Biloxi family, Sherry daughter\', October 19, 1989, p. C-2.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">The Sun Herald, \"Eldest [Lynne S. Sposito] will not rest until nightmare is over\", December 16, 1990, p. A1.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">The Sun Herald, \"The Sherry Murders: 20 years later-Still stunning-Biloxi\'s most notorious murders revisited\", September 9, 2007, p. A 1.<br />\r\nThe Sun Herald, \"FBI vet won 10-year fight\", September 9, 2007, p. A 1.<br />\r\nThe Sun Herald, \"The Sherry Murders: 20 years later-Not the best sort of witness\", September 10, 2007, p. A 1.<br />\r\nThe Sun Herald, \"House where Sherry\'s were murdered will be torn down\", September 26, 2010, p. A 1.<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">_______________________________________________________________________________</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Sylvia A. Reddix</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Sylvia Ann Reddix</strong> (1958-1988) was allegedly murdered and George Henry Clay allegedly wounded by Charles Harris Jr. of Ocean Springs. &nbsp;The crime occured on Ebony Lane in Biloxi.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"background-color:rgb(250, 250, 250); color:rgb(54, 50, 45)\">Miss Sylvia Ann Reddix, age 36, 207 Elmer Street, Biloxi died November 4, 1988, in Biloxi, Mississippi at the Biloxi Regional Medical Center. She had been shot in the upper right side of the chest with a small caliber gun.</span><br />\r\n<br />\r\n<span style=\"background-color:rgb(250, 250, 250); color:rgb(54, 50, 45)\">Miss Reddix was a lifelong resident of Biloxi and a member of the New Bethel Baptist Church in Biloxi. She was formerly employed with Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula and at Keesler AfB. Sylvia was a graduate of Biloxi High School and Phillips College at Gulfport.</span><br />\r\n<br />\r\n<span style=\"background-color:rgb(250, 250, 250); color:rgb(54, 50, 45)\">Sylvia Ann Reddix was survived by Mrs. Cora Hegler Reddix (1920-2010), her mother; her son, Craig R. Reddix; two sisters, Mrs. Juanita E; Woods and Mrs. Jean A. Smallman; and a grandson, all of Biloxi.</span><br />\r\n<br />\r\n<span style=\"background-color:rgb(250, 250, 250); color:rgb(54, 50, 45)\">Miss Reddix\'s funeral was under the auspices of the Richmond Funeral Home in Biloxi. Her service was held at the New Bethel Baptist Church with internment following in the 6th Addition of the Biloxi Cemetery.</span><br />\r\n<br />\r\n<strong><span style=\"background-color:rgb(250, 250, 250); color:rgb(54, 50, 45)\">REFERENCES:</span></strong><br />\r\n<br />\r\n<span style=\"background-color:rgb(250, 250, 250); color:rgb(54, 50, 45)\">The Sun Herald, \'Ocean Springs man sought in shootings\', November 6, 1984, p. A4.</span><br />\r\n<br />\r\n<span style=\"background-color:rgb(250, 250, 250); color:rgb(54, 50, 45)\">The Sun Herald, \'Miss Sylvia Reddix\', November 7, 1988, p. A2.</span><br />\r\n<br />\r\n<span style=\"background-color:rgb(250, 250, 250); color:rgb(54, 50, 45)\">The Sun Herald, \'Mrs. Cora H. Reddix\', April 11, 2010.</span></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\">________________________________________________________________________________________________________</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">1989</span></span></strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"/sites/default/files/Gollott%2C%20Diane.jpg\" style=\"height:300px; width:185px\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Billie Dianne Edgerton Gollott</span></span></strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Billie Dianne Edgerton Gollott</strong> (1950-1989) was allegedly murdered by <strong>Francis Ray Gollott</strong> (1943-1995), her husband, on May 10, 1989. &nbsp;The affair was deemed a domestic dispute by police. &nbsp;Gollott was jailed and bond set at $500,000 by John McAdams, Justice Court Judge.(The Sun Herald, May 12, 1989, p. B-1)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">REFERENCES:</span></span></strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">The Sun Herald, <strong>\'Biloxi man</strong> [F. Ray Gollott] <strong>charged&nbsp;in shooting\'</strong>, May 12, 1989, p. B-1.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">The Sun Herald,&nbsp;<strong>\'Dianne Gollott</strong><strong>\'</strong>, May 13, 1989, p. A-11.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\">____________________________________________________________________</div>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">1990</span></span></strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Sylvester Williams</span></span></strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)\">On January 8, 1990,&nbsp;<strong>Sylvester Williams</strong>&nbsp;(1959-1990) was shot and killed by a former girl friend, <strong>Deborah Joann Smith</strong>. When Mr. Williams attempted to break into her bedroom in which she and her three children had barricaded themselves, Mrs. Smith fired a .25 caliber pistol striking Williams in the forehead resulting in his demise.(The Sun Herald, January 10, 1990, p. A-1)</span></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">REFERENCES:</span></span></strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">The Sun Herald,&nbsp;<strong>\'Police: Biloxi woman shot, killed ex-boyfriend as he broke in</strong><strong>\'</strong>, January 10,&nbsp;1990, p. A-1.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\">____________________________________________________________________</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>2004</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>Annie B. Denson Uchello</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>Annie Bell Denson Uchello&nbsp;</strong>(1925-2004), native of Stone County, Mississipp was assaulted in her home and expired from her injuries at Biloxi on February &nbsp;29, 2004. &nbsp;She had been the wife of James Adron Denson (1921-2000) and lived at Mantachie, Itawamba County, Mississippi. &nbsp;Annie came to Biloxi in 1980 and married Salvador \'Sam\' F. Uchello Jr. (1907-1996) in Harrison County, Mississippi on January 24, 1984. &nbsp;He passed on February 22, 1996.(The Sun Herald, March 2, 2004, p. A1 and p. A5 and Harrison Co., Mississipi 2nd JD Circuit Court MRB 27, p. 382)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>REFERENCES:</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">The Sun Herald, \'Salvador F. Uchello Sr.\', February 22, 1996.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">The Sun Herald, \'Elderly woman killed in assault at Biloxi home\', March 2, 2004, p. A1.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">The Sun Herald, \'Annie Denson Uchello\', March 2, 2004, p. A5.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\">_____________________________________________________________________________</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>2008</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>Andreas Koulmandas Galanis</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">A 28-year-old Mississippi State senior is being without bond on a capital murder charge in the Friday slaying of his roommate, also student at the university. &nbsp;<strong>Bobby Batiste</strong>, age 28, of 250 Sinai Road, Preston, was arrested by Oktibbeha County sheriff\'s deputies early Friday evening in the death of <strong>Andreas K. Galanis</strong> (1979-2008), age 28, of Biloxi and a native of Athens, Greece. &nbsp;According to the MSU campus directory, Galanis was a sophomore enrolled in the College of Business and Industry, while Batiste is a senior enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">Sheriff Dolph Bryan said deputies discovered Galanis\' body shortly after 6 p.m. Friday at Apartment 5108 at the 21 Apartments complex at 1219 Oktoc Road just south of the MSU campus. &nbsp;Deputies had been dispatched to the apartment between 5:30 and 5:50 p.m. Friday after members of Galanis\' family in Biloxi contacted the Sheriff\'s Department when he failed to catch a Florida-bound flight from the Biloxi airport at 4 p.m. Friday. &nbsp;Initially told upon arrival that Galanis had left to catch the flight, deputies were let into the apartment by a roommate - who was identified as Batiste - to further investigate the welfare concern reported by Galanis\' family. &nbsp;Upon entering the apartment, the deputies discovered large amounts of blood and then found Galanis\' body with \"very visible wounds\" in a vacant suite of the apartment, Bryan said.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">Bryan would not specify the nature of the wounds nor their location on Galanis body, nor would he comment on whether there were visible signs a struggle had taken place inside the apartment or what type of weapon - if any - was used to kill Galanis. &nbsp;Galanis\' body was taken to Jackson Friday night was scheduled to undergo an autopsy some time Saturday to determine the exact cause of death, Bryan said &nbsp;Batiste was immediately taken into custody and questioned later Friday night. Bryan would not comment on whether Batiste gave a statement to deputies confessing to Galanis\' death.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">Under state law, a capital murder charge is filed against a suspect if the slaying was committed while in the act of another felony crime. Bryan said the other crime involved in Galanis\' slaying was robbery, but would not comment over the specific circumstances or events of the robbery. Bryan also would not comment on whether Galanis and Batiste had been involved in any type of ongoing conflict.No additional suspects are currently being sought in connection with Galanis\' death, though the investigation is continuing, Bryan said. &nbsp;Detectives with the Starkville Police Department and MSU Police Department are assisting sheriff\'s deputies with the investigation, Bryan said. &nbsp;\"We still have an awful lot of investigative work to do, but I feel we have a really good grasp on this case at this time,\" Bryan said Saturday. &nbsp;\"I don\'t think we\'ll have any more surprises.\" &nbsp;Bryan did say that anyone who might have additional information related to the investigation of Galanis\' death is encouraged to call the Sheriff\'s Department at 323-2421 or Golden Triangle Crime Stoppers at 1-800-530-7151.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">A statement from officials with Ambling Management Co. of Atlanta, Ga., which operates 21 Apartments, said that the complex management team planned to have a private security company patrolling the property and attending the main security gate on Saturday. &nbsp;The managers were also working with MSU administrator to arrange a \"grief counselor onsite at our community to help residents during this trying time.\" &nbsp;\"As with any incident of this nature, our immediate thoughts and prayers are with the victim and their family. It saddens us to know that a young person needlessly lost their life and we can\'t imagine the pain felt by their loved one,\" the statement from Ambling officials said. &nbsp;At the time Ambling officials released their statement Saturday, sheriff\'s deputies were still working to complete the gathering of evidence at the apartment complex. &nbsp;\"The sheriff will not release any details of what occurred while the investigation is under way, but has advised us that they have made an arrest and that this was an isolated, contained event and that there is no threat of imminent danger to other residents and that there was not a firearm involved,\" the Ambling statement said.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\">______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><strong><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">2019</span></span></strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"/sites/default/files/inline/images/Robert%20%2522Mac%2522%20Mckeithen-Biloxi%20PD_1.jpg\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>Robert McKeithen</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">As of Tuesday morning, the Gulfport police chief said investigators still don\'t know why 19-year-old Darian Tawan Atkinson&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/2019/05/06/biloxi-police-officer-shot-police-station/1115975001/\">allegedly opened fire on Biloxi Police Officer Robert McKeithen</a>&nbsp;[1961-2019] in the parking lot outside a police station&nbsp;Sunday night.&nbsp;&nbsp;McKeithen died of multiple gunshot wounds at a hospital and law enforcement agencies arrested the suspect within 24 hours of the shooting.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">The suspect\'s brother, 21-year-old Davian Lewanika Atkinson, was&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/2019/05/07/accused-cop-killers-brother-charged-accessory-biloxi-mississippi/1126857001/\">also arrested by Gulfport police</a>. He has been charged with accessory after the fact, according to the Harrison County Jail\'s website.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">Here\'s what we know about Darian Atkinson, who is being held on a charge of capital murder of a law enforcement officer.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"/sites/default/files/inline/images/Untitled.png\" style=\"height:250px; width:188px\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">In this Monday, May 6, 2019 photo provided by the Stone County Enterprise newspaper, <strong>Darian Tawan Atkinson</strong>, wanted for capital murder in the slaying of Biloxi Patrolman Robert McKeithen, awaits transport back to Biloxi, after being arrested in Wiggins, Miss.<strong>&nbsp;</strong></span></span><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">The suspect\'s brother, 21-year-old <strong>Davian Lewanika Atkinson</strong>, was&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/2019/05/07/accused-cop-killers-brother-charged-accessory-biloxi-mississippi/1126857001/\"><span style=\"color:windowtext\">also arrested by Gulfport police</span></a>. He has been charged with accessory after the fact.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">Gulfport Police Chief Leonard Papania said authorities believe Darian Atkinson lives in Biloxi.&nbsp;&nbsp;He was arrested in Wiggins, about 35 miles north of the Gulf Coast, police said. An off- duty Biloxi officer, on his way to his home in Stone County, spotted the suspect walking on a road,&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.stonecountyenterprise.com/news/cop-killer-caught/article_18fe99bc-70dc-11e9-ac40-cbd3639157b7.html?fbclid=IwAR2K7zg3IF6E2uJ4q29ED65pSiZy6xX23u_84bMkPiMsrdZAWmhR665hGkE#utm_campaign=blox&amp;utm_source=facebook&amp;utm_medium=social\">reported the Stone County Enterprise</a>. The officer called Wiggins police, who subdued him at gunpoint in a field near a hotel, according to the Stone County Enterprise.&nbsp;&nbsp;On Monday night, officers marched Darian Atkinson, handcuffed, from a police cruiser up through the front doors of the Biloxi station near where McKeithen was shot. As he passed dozens of uniformed officers, the lanky teen<a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/WLOXTV/videos/352387602148998/\">&nbsp;appeared to smile</a>. Darian Atkinson said, “Oh, the police are mad at me ...murder,\"&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.sunherald.com/news/local/crime/article230103824.html\">according to The Sun Herald</a>.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>REFERENCES:</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">The Starkville Daily News (MS), <strong>‘</strong><strong>Andreas Galanis: MSU student murdered.&nbsp; Deputies charge roommate in slaying, suspect held without bond’</strong>, March 9, 2008.</span></span></p>\r\n', '', '2');
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('book', 0, 278, 281, 'en', 0, '<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Ocean Springs</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Several years before he retired to Biloxi, Dr. Absalom Jackson and his small family resided at Ocean Springs, Mississippi, a small resort community, on the east side of the Bay of Biloxi.&nbsp; Here in June 1894, Dr. Jackson leased and managed the Ocean Springs Hotel.&nbsp; Charles L. Dyer in <strong><u>Along The Gulf</u></strong> (1895), lauded The Jacksons’ management of this resort as follows:</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong><em>They have the best accommodations for excursionists, commercial travelers and families, and, as Ocean Springs is unsurpassed for healthfulness, being free from epidemics, etc. it makes one of the prettiest spots on the coast at which to pass a vacation.&nbsp; Guests of the hotel can be served with mineral water from the famous marble springs controlled by them</em></strong>...</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif; font-size:14px\">Dr. Ab Jackson renewed his lease for another year as indicated by this line in </span><em>The Pascagoula</em><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif; font-size:14px\"> </span><em>Democrat-Star</em><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif; font-size:14px\"> of October 11, 1895:&nbsp; </span><strong><em>Dr. A. Jackson has leased that popular hostelry, the Ocean Springs Hotel, which will continue under his excellent management for another year</em></strong><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif; font-size:14px\">.</span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">In late February 1898, Dr. W.C. Jackson, a prominent medical practitioner at Montgomery, and a brother of Dr. Ab Jackson, visited him at the Ocean Springs Hotel.&nbsp; (<em>The Pascagoula Democrat-Star, February 25, 1898, p. 3)</em></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<h1><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">After leaving the Ocean Springs Hotel, probably after the fall season of 1898, Dr. and Mrs. Jackson relocated to the Mobile area operating the Spring Hotel in 1900.(<em>The Pascagoula Democrat-Star, February 2, 1900, p. 3)</em>&nbsp; This is corroborated somewhat by the fact that in November 1898, Dr. Jackson’s son, Ab Jackson III, went to Mobile employed with the YMCA as a stenographer.(<em>The Pascagoula Democrat-Star, February 25, 1898, p. 3)&nbsp;</em></span></span></h1>\r\n\r\n<h1><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">New management arrived at the old hostelry on Biloxi Bay, in May 1899, when F.M. Allen of Chicago took control of the Ocean Springs Hotel.(<em>The Pascagoula Democrat-Star, May 26, 1899, p. 3)</em></span></span><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif; font-size:14px\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</span></h1>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Biloxi</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">In October 1903, Absalom Jackson II located to the Mexican Gulf, resort town of Biloxi, Mississippi.&nbsp; Initially, the Jacksons were guest of Colonel Harrison Smith Hyatt (1833-1906), a New York native and solicitor formerly of Ocean Springs.&nbsp; Here he practiced dentistry.<em>(The Pascagoula Democrat-Star, November 6, 1903, p. 3)</em></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<h4>&nbsp;</h4>\r\n\r\n<h4 class=\"rtecenter\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">The Election</span></span></strong></h4>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">In July 1910, Dr. Ab Jackson entered the political arena at Biloxi.&nbsp; He ran to represent the people of the 2<sup>nd</sup> Ward, as their city alderman.&nbsp; A local journal related the following about Ab Jackson’s political advent: &nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif; font-size:14px\">Dr. A. Jackson is well known to the voters of Biloxi.&nbsp; For the past nine years he has been a resident of the city, engaged in the practice of his profession-dentistry.&nbsp; Prior to coming to Biloxi he successfully conducted for eight years the Ocean Springs Hotel, since destroyed by fire, and during its existence one of the largest institutions of its kind on the Coast.&nbsp; Should Dr. Jackson be elected he will no doubt prove a valuable member of that body.(The Ocean Springs News, July 23, 1910, p. 1)</span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif; font-size:14px\">he Biloxi Democratic Party held its first primary elections on August 22, 1910.&nbsp; Dr. Jackson faced E.H. Benedict and Frank B. Castanera (1870-1934).&nbsp; He place third receiving 28% of the ballots cast, but qualified for the second primary race against Mr. Castanera.(</span><em>The Daily Herald, August 23, 1910, p. 1)</em></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Dr. Jackson withdrew from the race, only days before the second Democratic primary was held on August 29, 1910.&nbsp; He gave no explanation for his quitting the contest against Mr. Castanera who was declared the winner.&nbsp; Age could have been a factor, as Dr. Jackson was approaching seventy years.(<em>The Daily Herald, August 30, 1910, p. 1)</em></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<h4>&nbsp;</h4>\r\n\r\n<h4 class=\"rtecenter\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Death</span></span></strong></h4>\r\n\r\n<h1><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Dr. Jackson and his wif<strong>e both died at Biloxi in the care of their son, Ab Jackson III, who resided at 124 West Beach.&nbsp; Laura Scott Jackson expired on January 5, 1922.&nbsp; After funeral services at her son’s residence, her corporal remains were sent via the L&amp;N Railroad to Auburn, Alabama for perpetual internment.&nbsp; At Biloxi, Mrs. Jackson was a dedicated Methodist and attended services and worked diligently at the Main Street Methodist Church.&nbsp; In addition, she commenced the first chapter of the Unit</strong>ed Daughters of the Confederacy at Biloxi.&nbsp; At the time of her demise, Dr. Jackson was residing at Bayou La Batre, Alabama.(<em>The Daily Herald, January 5, 1922, p. 4)</em></span></span></h1>\r\n\r\n<h1>&nbsp;</h1>\r\n\r\n<h1><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Dr. Ab Jackson followed his spouse in death on October 28, 1925.&nbsp; Like his spouse, his corporal remains were sent by the L&amp;N Railroad to Auburn, Alabama for internment.(B-O’K Bk. 14, p. 3 and <em>The Daily Herald, October 28, 1925, p. 1)</em></span></span></h1>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">His great grandson, Glenn Andrews II of Anniston, Alabama, relates that Ab Jackson II was buried in his Confederate States of America military uniform.&nbsp; Dr. Jackson vowed that if the South lost the Civil War that he would never shave his face.&nbsp; Needless to say, he died with a very long beard!(Glenn Andrews II, August 3, 2001)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<h1 class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</h1>\r\n\r\n<h1 class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Absalom Jackson III </strong>(1879-1959)</span></span></h1>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Absalom Jackson III was known in Harrison County, Mississippi as Absalom Jackson Sr. He was born on March 16, 1879 at Auburn, Alabama, the son of Absalom Jackson II and Laura Scott.&nbsp; Ab Jackson III married Willie Houston Miller.&nbsp; Their children were: Absalom Jackson IV (1909-1976) and Ethel Jackson Andrews (1911-2001), the spouse of Glenn Andrews, of Anniston, Alabama.(HARCO, Ms. Chancery Court Cause No. 41,571-1960)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Ab Jackson Sr. made his livelihood as a hotelier and entrepreneur.&nbsp; At various stages in his career, he had managed the Union Hotel at Meridian, Mississippi, the Cawthorn Hotel in Mobile, and the Bienville Hotel of New Orleans.&nbsp; He had other affiliations with the Lessee Scoville Hotel in Atlanta and Chattanooga’s Ester Hotel.&nbsp; Mr. Jackson had also been the auditor for The Battle House at Mobile.&nbsp; At Mobile, he also commenced the Marine Supply Company.&nbsp; In addition, Ab Jackson III had been employed by the Federal government’s income tax division in Washington D.C.(<em>The Daily Herald August 22, 1959, p. 2)</em></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Prior to his hotel career, Ab Jackson III had matriculated to the Alabama Polytechnical Institute, now called Auburn University, for his education.&nbsp; Jackson’s military service was highlighted by his participation in the Spanish American War of 1898.&nbsp; At Auburn, he had been an Alpha Tau Omega.&nbsp; Mr. Jackson was an honorary member of the SCS Society in Mobile, Sons of Confederate veterans, and worshipped with the Methodist Episcopal Church, South.(Ibid., p. 2)&nbsp;</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Ab Jackson III expired at the Wayside Rest Home at 113 Davis Avenue in Long Beach, Mississippi on August 22, 1959.&nbsp; His corporal remains were sent to the Oakwood Cemetery at Montgomery, Alabama for eternal rest.(Bradford-O’Keefe Burial Book 42, p. 138)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<h1 class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</h1>\r\n\r\n<h1 class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</h1>\r\n\r\n<h1 class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Absalom Jackson IV</strong> (1909-1976)</span></span></h1>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Absalom Jackson IV was born on November 9, 1909, at Mobile, Alabama, the son of Absalom Jackson III and William \"Willie\" and \"Bill\"&nbsp;Houston Miller.&nbsp; In 1941, he married Edythe Glass (b. 1915?-1976+), a Californian.&nbsp; They had two children: Grace Tyler Jackson Dotterer and Absalom Jackson V.&nbsp; The Jacksons divorced in April 1960, at Jefferson Parish, Louisiana.&nbsp; In 1974, Ab Jackson IV married Yalye Leiton-Reyes of San Jose, Costa Rica.&nbsp; He expired in the Central American capitol on July 16, 1976. .(HARCO, Ms. 2<sup>nd</sup> JD Chancery Court Cause No. 6041-1976)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Ab Jackson IV attended Biloxi public schools.&nbsp; He graduated with the Biloxi High Class of 1927 on June 3, 1927, as valedictorian.&nbsp; Ab compiled a 92 average in his scholastic work, which was three points higher than the salutatorian, Grace Watson.&nbsp; For his efforts, he was awarded an academic scholarship to Tulane University at New Orleans.&nbsp; Mr. Jackson declined the honor, as his desire was to attend Princeton University of the Ivy League.(<em>The Daily Herald, June 3, 1927)</em>&nbsp;</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">During the commencement exercises of June 3, 1927, Ab Jackson delivered the&nbsp;</span></span><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif; font-size:14px\">valedictory address.&nbsp; His speech related that the seniors had certain regrets about leaving school and that companions of twelve years were about to drift away on the winds of fate.&nbsp;&nbsp; In addition, he emphasized that they would be alone now as their comradeship was ending.&nbsp; The class was at a crossroads in their life, soon to part for a new life.&nbsp; At the ceremony, Professor Ditto presented Ab Jackson the second place chemistry medal for his essay in the State contest.(</span><em>The Daily Herald, June 4, 1927)</em></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Ab Jackson matriculated to Princeton University in New Jersey, and graduated with high honors.&nbsp; While at Princeton, he was a member of the Cloister Inn Club.&nbsp; After college, Mr. Jackson relocated to the Crescent City where he found employment with the public relations department of the City of New Orleans.&nbsp; Ab Jackson also worked for the International House, the National Bank of New Orleans, and served as secretary of the Louisiana Restaurant Association.(<em>The Sun Herald, July 18, 1976, p. A-2)</em></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">In his holography written in 1975, Mr. Jackson appointed his daughter, Tyler Dotterer of Yorba Linda, California, as the executrix of his estate.&nbsp; His real property was divided amongst his spouse and children.&nbsp; Ab Jackson IV also requested that his corporal remains be sent to the Oakwood Cemetery at Montgomery, Alabama for internment. (HARCO, Ms. 2<sup>nd</sup> JD Chancery Court Cause No. 6041-1976)</span></span><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif; font-size:14px\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">According to his nephew, Glenn Andrews II (b. 1940), Mrs. Jackson’s corporal remains were interred in Costa Rica.(Glenn Andrews II, August 3, 2001)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"/sites/default/files/inline/images/Palmer%20House.jpg\" style=\"height:250px; width:323px\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Mr. Jackson’s real estate at Biloxi consisted of his old family home, the former Palmer House at&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; West Beach, and several lots in Jackson County, Mississippi. &nbsp;Ethel Jackson Andrews, his sister and spouse of Glenn Andrews, owned an undivided one-half interest these properties.&nbsp; Ethel Jackson Andrews expired on February 4, 2001, at Anniston, Calhoun, County, Alabama.(SSDI)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<h1 class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</h1>\r\n\r\n<h1 class=\"rtecenter\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Absalom Jackson V</span></span></strong></h1>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">A resident of Clermont, California in 1974.&nbsp; His sister, Grace Tyler Dotterer married Ivan Dotterer, circa 1969.&nbsp; They resided at 17351 Lawndale Place, Yorba Linda, California 92686 in 1976.(HARCO, Ms. 2<sup>nd</sup> JD Chancery Court Cause No. 6041-1976)</span></span><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif; font-size:14px\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">In 2001, Ab Jackson V resides at 3517 Chartres Street in New Orleans.&nbsp; He is a sculptor and potter. &nbsp;Ab is also a musician and writer. &nbsp;His nom de plume is David Nash and in recent years has preferred to be known as such.&nbsp; Tyler J. Dotterer is a Duke University Mathematics graduate.&nbsp; She and her husband worked in the aerospace industry in California, prior to their recent retirement.&nbsp; They are now traveling the continental United States via motorhome.(Glenn Andrews II, August 2, 2001)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>REFERENCES:</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif; font-size:14px\">Bradford O-Keefe Burial Book 11,</span><strong>“Laura Scott Jackson”</strong><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif; font-size:14px\">, (Biloxi Public Library: Biloxi, Mississippi)</span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif; font-size:14px\">Bradford-O’Keefe Burial Book 14,</span><strong>“Ab Jackson Sr.”</strong><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif; font-size:14px\">, (Biloxi Public Library: Biloxi, Mississippi)</span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif; font-size:14px\">Bradford-O’Keefe Burial Book 42, </span><strong>“Ab Jackson Jr.”</strong><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif; font-size:14px\">, (Biloxi Public Library: Biloxi, Mississippi)</span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Charles L. Dyer,<strong><u>Along The Gulf</u></strong>, (Trinity</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong><em>Chancery Court Causes</em></strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Harrison County, Mississippi Chancery Court Cause No. 41, 571, <strong>“The Estate of Absalom Jackson Sr”</strong>, September 1960.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Harrison County, Mississippi 2<sup>nd</sup> Judicial District Chancery Court Cause No. 6041, <strong>“The Estate of Absalom Jackson IV”</strong>, 1976.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Journals</span></span></h2>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Daily Herald, </em><strong>“Interesting Primary Election in Biloxi”</strong>, August 23, 1910.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Daily herald, </em><strong>“Elmer and Swanzy are Nominated”</strong>, August 30, 1910.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Daily Herald,</em><strong>“Beloved Woman Passes Away”</strong>, January 5, 1922.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Daily Herald, </em><strong>“Confederate Soldier Dies”</strong>, October 28, 1925.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Daily Herald, </em><strong>“Biloxi High Commencement”</strong>, June 3, 1927.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Daily Herald, </em><strong>“Wonderful Program Marks Biloxi High Graduation”</strong>, June 4, 1927.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Daily Herald, </em><strong>“Long Illness Fatal To Ab. Jackson Sr.”</strong>, August 22, 1959.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The PascagoulaDemocrat-Star, </em><strong>“Ocean Springs Locals”, </strong>October 11, 1895:</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Pascagoula Democrat-Star, </em><strong>“Ocean Springs Locals”</strong>, February 25, 1898.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Pascagoula Democrat-Star, </em><strong>“Ocean Springs Locals”</strong>,</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Pascagoula Democrat-Star, </em><strong>“Ocean Springs Locals”</strong>, November 25, 1898.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Pascagoula Democrat-Star, </em><strong>“Ocean Springs Locals”</strong>, May 26, 1899.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Pascagoula Democrat-Star, </em><strong>“Ocean Springs Locals”</strong>,</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Pascagoula Democrat-Star, </em><strong>“Ocean Springs Locals”</strong>, February 2, 1900.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Pascagoula Democrat-Star, </em><strong>“Ocean Springs Locals”</strong>, November 6, 1903.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Ocean Springs News, </em><strong>“Dr. Jackson Goes Into Politics in Biloxi”</strong>, July 23, 1910.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>The Sun Herald, </em><strong>“Ab Jackson”</strong>, July 8, 1976, p. A-2.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Personal Communication:</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Glenn Andrews II-telephone conversation on August 3, 2001.</span></span></p>\r\n', '', '2');
