 biloxi mayors and politicians biloxi mayors and politicians ray mon 4122010 1255  john l henley 1866    references  the biloxi herald  lyman b holley 1868 1870 see harrison co mississippi chancery court land deed bk 11 p 372     no records from 18691875  18791880 raymond caillavet  raymond caillavet 18381898 called medeaux was born at biloxi in 1838 he was the eldest son of francois caillavet 18151883 a carpenter and euranie fayard 18181895 raymond caillavet was the grandson of louis arbeau caillavet 17931860 a native of the opelousas post louisiana and marguerite fayard 17871863 of biloxi louis a caillavet was baptized on march 31 1793 with louis carriere and marie despaux standing as his godparents la caillavet s father symphroen caillavet 17461806 was born at bordeaux france his mother was marie rose carriere 1766c 1855 a native of new orleans the caillavet family at biloxi was well respected louis a caillavet the progenitor of the family here had arrived in 1809 from opelousas louisiana his mother rose carriere and brother adolph caillavet c 18031842 joined him at biloxi later la caillavet 17931860 married marguerite fayard 17871863 circa 1811 she was the daughter of jean baptist fayard jr 17521816 and angelique ladner 17531830 these families are among the oldest at biloxi la caillavet was fluent in the french and english languages and acted as an agentinterpreter and representative to wealthy creole families from new orleans as well as his neighbors in land and legal matters he was often called as a witness in probate chancery court matters and his depositions in several court cases reveal something about his life from nap cassibry s excellent two volume series  early settlers and land grants at biloxi  the following has been extracted concerning la caillavet 1 was in biloxi in 1809 and no later than 1812 2 sometimes he was the only one in biloxi who could write 3 served as an interpreter and notary in legal matters 4 he was blind by 1848 la caillavet acquired much land on the mississippi coast in february 1837 he received a us government land patent on 7185 acres at jackson county mississippi described as lot 1 of section 32 t7sr8w it comprised the ne 4 and se 4 of the ne 4 of that section this land is located on the beach front at east ocean springs west of halstead road louis a caillavet was elected treasurer of the harrison county board of police board of supervisors for the term 18411843 jxco ms land deed bk 96 pp 325326 as a young man raymond caillavet took the call of the confederate cause and joined company e biloxi rifles 3rd mississippi infantry csa he served as a private the biloxi rifles were mustered into state service on may 21 1861 at jackson and confederate service at shieldsboro bay st louis on october 5 1861 they were originally expected to be sent to virginia but governor pettus thought they would be better utilized as a home guard protecting the mississippi coast from union excursions young caillavet must have left the coast during the civil war for new orleans here he met and married celina joucheray 18411903 circa 1864 their first two children were born at new orleans they returned to biloxi for birth of their third child in 1869  celina joucheray young caillavet must have left the coast during the civil war for new orleans here he met and married  celina joucheray  18411903 circa 1864 celina joucheray was born at new orleans on november 24 1841 her father was  pierre joucheray  18091842 and mother  louise denis   ca 1812ca 1849 pierre joucheray was born at chare sur argos canton conde department of maine andloire on march 16 1809 while louise denis was a native of sable department of sarthe the joucherays were married at paris france circa 1836  joucheray celina be it remembered that on the day to wit the fourteenth of november of our lord one thousand eight hundred and forty two and the sixty seventh of the independence of the united states before me alfred e farstall duly commissioned and sworn recorder of births and deaths in and for the parish and city personally appeared mrs louise denis widow of the late mr pierre joucheray a native of sable department of the sarth in france about thirty years of age and residing on royale street no 358 in the first municipality of new orleans who in the presence of undersigned witnesses doth declare that she bore a female child celina joucheray the legitimate child of the late mr pierre joucheray born at chare sur argoz canton conde born at chare sur argos canton conde department of maine and loire in france on the sixteenth of march eighteen hundred and nine and since about six years ago married at paris in france in illegible department the child was born on the twenty fourth of november eighteen and forty one at half past eleven o clock am in a house on louise street between marigny and mandeville streets in the first municipality of this city  louisiana department of archives baton rouge louisiana birth records volume 7 p 189    joucheray pierre be it remembered that on the day to wit the fourteenth of november of our lord one thousand eight hundred and forty two and the sixty seventh of the independence of the united states before me alfred e farstall duly commissioned and sworn recorder of births and deaths in and for the parish and city personally appeared mrs louise denis widow of the late mr pierre joucheray a native of sable department of the sarthe in france about thirty years of age and residing on royale street no 358 in the first municipality of new orleans who in the presence of undersigned witnesses doth declare that her lawful husband mr pierre joucheray born at chare sur argos canton conde department of maine and loire in france on the sixteenth of march eighteen hundred and nine and since about six years ago married at paris in france departed this life on the twenty first of may last past at ten o clock pm by falling accidentally into the blind river parish of st tammany in the state of louisiana  louisiana department of archives baton rouge louisiana   death records volume 9 p 383 after pierre joucheray s death in may 1841 madame joucheray and celina disappear until the orleans parish federal census of 1850 at this time celina is living in the household of marcelin effort 18281850 a louisiana born pilot in the first ward of new orleans it appears that her mother remarried or died before 1850  coming home raymond caillavet and celina s first two children were born at new orleans they had returned tobiloxi for birth of their third child in 1869 on february 26 1869 raymond caillavet bought a lot fronting on north street at biloxi from his father it was described in the land deed records as having a front of eightyfive feet on north street and being twohundred feet deep it was bounded on the north by north street east by mrs lefaure south by lands of cook and west by a street or road cuevas street 2 he paid 200 for the land here raymond caillavet reared his family and made his livelihood as a carpenter in june 1869 young raymond caillavet for 100 acquired another lot from his father it had a width of sixtyfive feet and was onehundred twenty five feet in depth the lot was bounded on the north by john latour caillavet east by charles t couave cuevas south by a street and west by an alley 3 caillavet conveyed this property to phillip lestrade 18321912 on january 5 1876 as partial repayment for a debt owed lestrade in a partnership that they had once participated 4  public service raymond caillavet also had a career in public service in harrison county and as a city official at biloxi he served as justice of the peace district 1 18731875 corner and ranger 18751877 mayor of biloxi 18771882 corner and ranger 18891891 and city councilman 18911892 and 18941895 in the january 1879 mayoral election caillavet defeated jr harkness receiving 151 of the 200 votes cast in october 1883 while serving as street commissioner of biloxi raymond caillavet was lauded in  the pascagoula democratstar  for his expertise in opening the beach road from porter avenue to a point near the biloxi city cemetery to connect with the shoreline thoroughfare from mississippi city mr caillavet removed trees and stumps but when completed the road had the appearance of a   long avenue shaded on both sides   it was said of commissioner caillavet that   the city fathers could not have appointed a more efficient man for commissioner that the present incumbent    the pascagoula democratstar october 5 1883 p 3  raymond caillavet was elected as secretary of the city of biloxi in january 1885 he defeated thomas d bachino 147 votes to 72 votes  the pascagoula democratstar january 9 1885 p 2  mr caillavet lost to john walker in the biloxi mayoral election of 1888  the biloxi herald march 1888    construction raymond caillavet built a large storage house for the biloxi artesian ice manufacturing company  the biloxi herald february 18 1888 p 8  on february 26 1869 raymond caillavet bought a lot fronting on north street at biloxi from his father it was described in the land deed records as having a front of eightyfive feet on north street and being twohundred feet deep it was bounded on the north by north street east by mrs lefaure south by lands of cook and west by a street or road cuevas street he paid 200 for the land here raymond caillavet reared his family and made his livelihood as a carpenter in june 1869 young raymond caillavet for 100 acquired another lot from his father it had a width of sixtyfive feet and was onehundred twenty five feet in depth the lot was bounded on the north by john latour caillavet east by charles t couave cuevas south by a street and west by an alley 3 caillavet conveyed this property to phillip lestrade 18321912 on january 5 1876 as partial repayment for a debt owed lestrade in a partnership that they had once partcipated 4 raymond caillavet also had a career in public service in harrison county and as a city official at biloxi he served as justice of the peace district 1 18731875 corner and ranger 18751877 mayor of biloxi 18771882 corner and ranger 18891891 and city councilman 18941895 in the january 1879 mayoral election caillavet defeated jr harkness receiving 151 of the 200 votes cast raymond and celina j caillavet reared their family at new orleans and biloxi their children were marie blanche caillavet 18651940 john caillavet b circa 1867pre 1870 aristide bertrand caillavet 18681898 emma rose c murray c 18691955 alice c bellande 18721955 edward caillavet 18741923 clarissa rita caillavet 18771885 william 18791940 lillian c holley 18831967 louise c morgan 18811965 raymond caillavet expired on february 16 1898 mrs caillavet died on march 15 1903 both are buried at the old biloxi cemetery  marie blanche caillavet  18651940 born december 12 1865 at new orleans she moved frombiloxi to new orleans circa 1915 where she resided at 830 governor nicholls in the vieux carre blanche never married she kept house for her sister emma before she married william p murray miss caillavet died april 19 1940 at new orleans mrs calvin strayham and alice bellande her sister were with her when she died blanche caillavet s remains were interred at the biloxi cemetery john caillavet born circa march 1867 at new orleans probably died before 1880 this may be the same person as aristide caillavet no further information aristide bertrand caillavet  18681898 born february 10 1868 at new orleans aristide caillavet married ellen gannon on june 17 1890 at biloxi bvm she was the daughter of patrick gannon and anna pennel their children were celina b 1890 arthur aristide 18931893 mary winnie mon 18951977 edward aristide 18981963 aristide caillavet died on january 19 1898 he was buried at the biloxi cemetery emma rose caillavet murray  18691955 born 1869 at biloxi emma caillavet married william p murray on may 19 1891 at new orleans their children were edgar murray b 1891 and robert murray 18931955 emma c murray s remains are buried at new orleans alice louise caillavet bellande  18721955 born october 7 1872 at biloxi she married peter bellande 18711933 on august 19 1894 at bvm peter bellande made his livelihood as a bartender and a policeman they resided at 837 lameuse street children roy p bellande 18951964 faye b davidson 18981974 aristide c bellande 19011976 elliott a bellande 19041977 ruth b ragusin 19061993 marcel j bellande 19091982 alton l bellande 19121970 alice c bellande died on july 10 1955 buried at biloxi cemetery edward caillavet  18741923 born december 1874 at biloxi edward caillavet relocated to new orleans circa 1896 he was familiarly known as nig caillavet edward caillavet died november 15 1923 at jackson louisiana after a long illness clarissa rita caillavet  18771885 born april 22 1877 died april 10 1885 no further information william fernand caillavet  18791940 born january 14 1879 at biloxi he married eulalie rita louge 18871941 on march 19 1910 wf grits caillavet made his livelihood as a carpenter the family resided at 701 west howard avenue at the time of his demise on february 27 1940 rita louge caillavet was the daughter of michael j louge and mary fayard of biloxi she was born on july 17 1887 at biloxi and died there on june 21 1941 their children were william caillavet 19111912 irma lucille caillavet 19121994 and an unnamed son 19141914 lucille caillavet their only surviving child never married and lived on thomas street most of her life she was close to arnice sanders wagner of mobile the daughter of her aunt mrs tj eugenie louge cox all members of this family are buried at the old biloxi cemetery louise clemence caillavet morgan  18811965 born february 3 1881 at biloxi as a young woman she worked as a salesgirl in the julius cahn establishment louise married alvah clark morgan 18811979 who she met while he worked in biloxi as the cashier at the l n freight depot their nuptial vows were taken on august 28 1911 at new orleans al morgan was born at trilla near matoon in south central illinois after leaving biloxi in 1911 the morgans resided at memphis forth worth and wichita falls texas before settling at denver colorado in 1917 mr morgan worked for the colorado fuel iron company until 1931 their only child trilla morgan reilly 19132004 was born at fort worth texas on april 25 1913 she was named for trilla illinois the birthplace of her father louise c morgan died november 6 1965 at denver colorado mary liliana caillavet holley  18831967 born july 19 1883 at biloxi she was known as lillian lillian caillavet married anson holley 18821967 at biloxi on january 29 1907 they resided at 139 magnolia street the holley children were anson holley jr 19081975 lillian h maumus 19101981 lionel holley 19101993 pat h daley 19131986 and raymond holley 19201940 anson holley built biloxi schooners for us lel desporte and the cb foster packing company  references  1 harrison county land deed book 10 p 614 2 book 11 p 522523 3 book 15 p 2425 nap l cassibry ii  early settlers and land grants at biloxi  volume i mississippi coast history and genealogical society biloxi mississippi1986 p 48 nap l cassibry ii  early settlers and land grants at biloxi  volume ii mississippi coast history and genealogical society biloxi mississppi1986 p 24 p 50 and pp 118119 nap l cassibry ii  the ladner odyssey  mississippi historical and genealogical society biloxi mississippi1988 p gladys de villier  the opelousas post  polyanthos inc cottonport louisiana1972 p 25 grady howell  to live and die in dixie  chickasaw bayou press jackson mississippi1991 pp 303333 and p 566 jerome lepre  the caillavet family  mississippi coast history and genealogical society biloxi mississippi1984 p 30 p 66 and p 76 jerome lepre  catholic church records diocese of biloxi  mississippi diocese of biloxi mississippi biloxi mississippi1991 pp 4548 harrison county mississippi register of commissions pp 22 26 28 37 and 51 harrison county chancery court cause no p2781b estate of irma louise caillavet august 26 1994  journals the biloxi  herald   william murrayemma caillavet   may 19 1891 p 4 see also july 18 1891 p 4 the biloxi  herald   fw elmer elected   january 10 1891 p 1 the biloxi  herald   uranie cailavet   december 28 1895 p 8 the biloxi  herald   aristide b caillavet   january 22 1898 p 8  the biloxi  herald   captain raymond caillavet   february 19 1898 p 5 the biloxi  herald   zeline caillavet   march 16 1903 p 6 the daily herald    holleycaillavet   january 29 1907 the daily herald    lougecaillavet   march 21 1910 p 8 c 2 the daily herald    moran  sic  caillavet   august 30 1911 p 8 the daily herald    edward caillavet dead   november 16 1923 p 3 the daily herald    blanche caillavet dies   april 20 1940 p 7 the daily herald    mrs wm caillavet dies   june 23 1941 the pascagoula  democratstar   elections at biloxi  january 10 1879 p 3 the sun herald    lionel j holley sr   february 23 1993 p 2 us censusharrison county mississippi 1850 1860 1870 1880 and 1900 personal communication hazel m bellandeseptember 1995 fern davidson dubaz o nealseptember 1995 laura thompson creelseptember 1995 trilla morgan reillyseptember 1995 thelma g bellandeoctober 1995  fw elmer  1883 frederick w elmer 18471926 was born at biloxi on january 23 1847 he was the son of two european immigrants jacob elmer 18121894 and barbara gettendorf 18231858 jacob elmer was born at canton glarus in switzerland the same area of the hosli and abbley family origination mr elmer came to biloxi in 1836 and circa 1837 he married barbara gettendorf a native of winweiler rhein kreis bavaria in 1850 jacob elmer was a merchant at biloxi worth 15000 his children with barbara gettendorf were helena elmer northrop 18381869 anna elmer b 1839 jacob elmer 18431885 john p elmer b 1843 henry m elmer 18441868  frederick william elmer  18471926 augustus elmer b 1848 otho elmer 18511926 and charles elmer 18521926 1850 harrison co mississippi federal census after the demise of his wife in 1858 jacob elmer married louisa b wetzel 18441894 in january 1863 she was the daughter of german immigrant jacob wetzel 18021860 and her mother was dead before 1860 their children were coresta e bachino 18661900 effee elmer dulion 1866193 clarence elmer 18681901 percy l elmer 18731949 edward ross elmer 18781934 and the twins albert 18811900 and arthur elmer b 1881 jacob wetzel s siblings raised by jacob elmer were julia wetzel b 1853 and catherine wetzel b 1855 harrison co ms mrb p  elizabeth carson maycock fw elmer married elizabeth carson maycock 18501905 in may 1871 guice 1968 p 19 she was the daughter of captain james maycock 18251892 and mary emily carson 18271900 born atcape may new jersey captain maycock was a native of hull yorkshire england and arrived atbiloxi on an english vessel in 1839 harrison co ms mrb p and  the biloxi  herald march 19 1892 p 4 captain maycock was a seafood pioneer at biloxi in 1881 he and lazaro lopez 18501903 f w elmer 18471926 wkm dukate 18531916 and william gorenflo 18441932 with a capital stock of 8000 organized the lopez elmer and company which became the biloxi canning company this factory was situated on the back bay of biloxi at the head of reynoir street fw elmer and his spouse were the parents of ten children eight survived into the 20 th century the known elmer children are marie ann sichirich 18721946 ida l elmer 18731891 nina v scott 18771937 cora v enochs 18781962 fw elmer ii 18811948 james c elmer 18831920 inez f ebersole 18851937 margueryte e cole 18871965 and edward e elmer 18921900   references    the biloxi daily herald business and professional men  the biloxi daily herald biloxi mississippi1902 p  the biloxi  herald   fw elmer elected   january 10 1891 p 1 the daily herald   biloxi  loses noted citizen december 24 1926  john   a bousquet     mayor in 1885 1886 1893 1894  jean alphonse bousquet  18451908 from th glenn 1893 p 55 jean alphonse bousquet 18451908 was born august 2 1845 the son of jean baptiste bousquet and marie caillavet the daughter of louis arbeau caillavet and marguerite fayard he married in november 1867 to marie eugenie sabourin 18521894 a native of canada and the daughter of charles sabourin and jan thurber lepre 1991 p 38  family jean a bousquet and marie e bousquet were the parents of four children joseph arthur bousquet 18711880 m florence savage edgar gabriel bousquet 18731962 m ella mullen 18751900 lelia marie bousquet 18751936 m james v hagan 18 1929 and denella bousquet 18781900 m sl coward  children edgar g bousquet married ella mullen 18751900 at new orleans on december 15 1898 james e bousquet first child was born july 1900 at nola  lelia m bousquet lelia marie bousquet 18751936 married james v hagan 181929 of biloxi on june 24 1897 at new orleans  the biloxi daily herald june 1897 p 8 and the daily herald november 30 1936 p 5    danella bousquet daniella bousquet 18781921 was born at new orleans she married sidney l cowand 18781930 at biloxi on december 9 1905 he was born at bay st louis mississippi in 1920 the cowands were domiciled at ocean springs mississippi where he owned a cabinet making shop they lived on porter street with ada cowand 19071920 their teenage daughter 1900 harrison co circuit court ms mrb 17 p 275 harrison co mississippi federal census t623808 p 3b ed 28 and 1920 jackson co mississippi federal census t625879 p 2b ed 66 mrs cowand gave birth to another daughter on october 11 1921 at ocean springs she died on october 15 1921 only four days after delivery her corporal remains were interred in the biloxi cemetery the daily herald october 14 1921 p 6 and october 21 1921 p 2 ja bousquet expired at biloxi on december 12 1908 eugenie died at nola on june 1898 jv hagan expired on 1271929  new orleans  the daily picayune february 27 1876 p 3  bakery in december 1893 mayor bousquet acquired full interest in the sun bakery when he bought his partners vested interest in the company bouquet planned to operate the business himself and retain the services of fred quint who managed the bread making department of the bakery  the biloxi herald december 2 1893 p 8    new orleans the bousquet family left biloxi for new orleans circa 1895 and planned to return august 1 1897  the biloxi daily herald july 17 1897 p 8    jean alphonse bousquetmayor 18851886 jean a bousquet served biloxi as its mayor from 18851886 he defeated emile laudner 161 votes to 148 votes in the 1885 election  the daily picayune january 5 1885  other elected biloxi city officials for 18851886 were secretary raymond caillavet 18381898 treasurer edward glennan 18541933 aldermen el james rm balius pedro perez 18661927 and phil mccabe marshall cary holleman  references   th glenn  the mexican gulf coast on mobile bay mississippi sound   illustrated  delchamps mobile alabama1893 jerome lepre  catholic church records diocese of biloxi mississippi  volume i catholic diocese of biloxi biloxi mississippi1991  journals the biloxi  herald     local happenings   december 2 1893 the biloxi  daily herald   latest  city news  the biloxi  daily herald   latest  city news  the biloxi  daily herald   latest  city news  the biloxi  daily herald   latest  city news  the biloxi  daily herald   latest  city news  the daily herald   james v hagan dies   december 7 1929  the daily herald   mrs hagan died in biloxi  today november 30 1936 the daily picayune  january 5 1885 the pascagoula  democratstar   local news   january 9 1885 p 3  1887 emile laudner ladner  mayoremile laudner aldermen mj grady el james e bakeler and joseph r davis references the biloxi herald town council january 21 1888 p 1  emile laudner ladner   mayor 1887  john c walker  mayor of biloxi 18881889 the city election at biloxi for mayor and city council was held on march  john c waker mayor kuhn elmer sc stirling gorenflo  references  the biloxi daily herald business and professional men  the biloxi daily herald biloxi mississippi1902 p 52 charles l dyer  along the gulf  women of the trinity episcopal church pass christian1971 originally published 1895  journals the biloxi   herald   announcement   march 3 1888 the biloxi    herald   official municipal vote   march 10 1888 the biloxi   herald      march 1888 the biloxi  daily herald   captain walker fatally shoots himself and wife   june 8 1907 the biloxi  daily herald   captain walker s will   june 15 1907  harry t howard mayor of biloxi 18891890   references    fw elmer mayor of  biloxi  18911892 frederick william elmer was elected mayor of biloxi on january 6 1891 he defeated two opponents zachary taylor champlin and ab delamarre of the votes cast mr elmer received 392 champlain 102 and delamarre 74 mr elmer was lauded in the local journal with these words     fw elmer is  a man of sound ideas liberality of opinion energy and progressive tendencies and during the years he has previously served his constituency both as a municipal officer and state legislator has proven fidelity to biloxi his interest inher welfare and displayued an executive ability which fits him for the office to which he had been called   the biloxi herald january 10 1891 p 1  1891 biloxi city council fw elmer mayor treasureredward glennan francis a caillavet marshall john a bousquet secretary alderman 1st wardemile v laudner alderman 2nd wardphil mccabe alderman 3rd wardraymond caillavet 18381898 alderman 4th wardjames o donohoe  references  the biloxi daily herald business and professional men  the biloxi daily herald biloxi mississippi1902 p  the biloxi  herald   fw elmer elected   january 10 1891 p 1 the biloxi  herald   proceedings of the town council   january 4 1892 p 8 the daily herald   biloxi  loses noted citizen december 24 1926  jean a bousquet mayor of biloxi from 18931894 in early january 1893 the new biloxi city government took office in the mayoral race jean a bousquet beat challenger zachary t champlin 18471924 in a very close contest sixtysix to sixtythree votes other elected officials were wkm dukate 18521916 treasurer ward 1th gleason ward 2am dulion ward 3michael j louge 18471921 ward 4john c bradford phil mccabe 18671935 was city clerk and wp murray city marshal  the biloxi herald january 7 1893    references  the biloxi  herald   biloxi  s new municipal officers january 7 1893 the biloxi  daily herald   latest  city news july 17 1897  1894      1895 edward glennan edward glennan mayor of biloxi from 18951896 edward glennan    19111933 was born at new orleans on february 13 1854 the son of james glennan and anne daugherty both irish immigrants in october 1884   edward glennan married mary e colbert 18581938 the daughter of anthony colbert and bridget kirby at biloxi mississippi in the nativity bvm catholic church five children francis e glennan 18851914 m jennie frees celestia violet glennan 1887 ethel l glennan 1889 hazel l glennan 18911891 roy o glennan 18941982 and althea s glennan 1898 m george r anderson lepre 1991 p 136 biloxi merchant since 1880 resided on howard avenue the election was held on january 1 1895 in the mayoral contest edward glennan and thomas e gleason both garnered 103 votes the city charter required that the tie be broken by drawing lots and glennan won other city officers elected were tp dulion treasurer jr fowler 1 st ward alderman jb lemon 2 nd ward alderman raymond caillavet 3 rd ward alderman and john c bradford 4 th ward alderman  the biloxi herald january 5 1895 p 8    references  the biloxi  herald   biloxi  s city election january 5 1895  1896   1896 city officers mayor ed glennan aldermen  1 st ward joseph r fowler 18401914 and isidore heidenheim 18571918 2 nd ward jb lemon and l lopez 3 rd ward raymond caillavet 18381898 and nicholas voivedich 18501937 4 th ward john c bradford 18551928 and william gorenflo  aldermanatlarge daniel a nash 18581904   recorder thomas h gleason 18571935   marshal joseph c delamarre    18551931   street commissioner joseph r fowler  assessor and tax collector richard j lowery 18671939   city clerk phil mccabe 18671935   the biloxi herald february 18 1896 p 1    references    bradfordo keefe burial book  no 20a   edward glennan   bradford o keefe funeral homebiloxi mississippi1933  the biloxi daily herald business and professional men  the biloxi daily herald biloxi mississippi1902 p 51 jerome lepre  catholic church records diocese of biloxi mississippi  volume i catholic diocese of biloxi biloxi mississippi1991    journals the biloxi  herald   new officers   february 18 1896 the daily herald   the new administration of the city of biloxi  january 4 1911 the daily herald   glennan dies at biloxi  home december 18 1933  harry t howard mayor of  biloxi  1897   city officials 1st wardfh mccaleb and isidore heidenheim 2nd wardjoseph w swetman and charles redding 3rd wardlazaro lopez and john mccormick 4th wardjohn c bradford and raymond caillavet aldermanatlargeedward c glennan og swetman clerk jh neville city attorney th gleason police justice and city recorder rj lowery assessor and tax collector charles blake marshal william t curry janitor   the biloxi herald january 9 1897 p 1 and p 8  resignation   references  the biloxi  herald   the city officials   january 9 1897 p 1 and p 8 the biloxi  daily herald   city officials   january 28 1898 the biloxi  daily herald   city council   september 9 1899  harry t howard mayor of  biloxi  1898   mayor pro tem joseph w swetman aldermen 1st wardfh mccaleb and isidore heidenheim 2nd wardjoseph w swetman and charles redding 3rd wardlazaro lopez and john mccormick 4th wardjohn c bradford and william gorenflo aldermanatlargeedward c glennan city attorneyjames h neville city clerk and auditorog swetman city acessor and tax collectorrichard j lowery city registrarwl gilbert city physicianwt bolton marshal and market clerkcharles w blake street commissionerraymond caillavet fire departmentdan markey  references  the biloxi   herald   the biloxi herald    city directory   january 1 1898 the biloxi   daily herald       harry t howard mayor of  biloxi  from 1899   mayor pro tem joseph w swetman aldermen 1st wardfh mccaleb and isidore heidenheim 2nd wardjoseph w swetman and charles redding 3rd wardlazaro lopez and jc clower 4th wardjohn c bradford and william gorenflo aldermanatlargeedward c glennan city attorneyjames h neville city clerk and auditorog swetman city treasurertp dulion city acessor and tax collectorrichard j lowery city registrarwl guice city physicianwt bolton marshal and market clerkcharles w blake street commissionerraymond caillavet fire departmentdan markey references  the biloxi   herald    city election   december 14 1898 the biloxi herald       the biloxi   daily herald    city council   january 5 1899 the biloxi   daily herald    opposed to shell mountains   january 10 1899  daniel a nash mayor of  biloxi  from 18991900 dr daniel arthur nash 18581904 was born at livingston sumter county alabama on december 10 1858 his parents were preston g nash 18211880 a virginia born attorney and later chancery clerk of sumter county alabama and by birth and a native of north carolina marriage and family in 1900 he married elizabeth lizzie carraway 18691935 of jackson mississippi she was the daughter of john chapman carroway 18431901 and arcola carroway 18481933 john c carroway 18731931 mrs nash s brother was cashier at the bank of biloxi and later the couple had a child born circa 1901 that expired at birth  professional painless dentistry dr da nash dentist office in the picard  building opposite the opera house biloxi mississippi teeth pulled and extracted without pain my method is a simple discovery scientifically applied and perfectly harmless  the biloxi herald july 22 1893 p 1    politics elected aldermanatlarge and served in this capacity in 1895 and 1896  the biloxi herald february 18 1896 p 1  in 1900 the carroway family lived on front street at biloxi 1900 harrison county mississippi federal census t623 808 p 1a ed 31  mayoral appointment with the resignation of mayor ht howard    dr daniel a nash alderman of ward 3 was appointed mayor of biloxi by governor anselm j mclauren 18481909 after resigning his position as city alderman daniel a nash took the oath of office on september 5 1899  the biloxi daily herald  yachtsman dr nash was heavily involved in the biloxi yacht club and southern gulf yachting association he served as commodore of the byc and urania dr nash and william via owned the swift racing yacht  urania  at the 1903 annual gulfport yacht club regatta they decided not to sail  urania  to defend the gcya cup held by the biloxi yacht club the owners felt that their craft could win the upcoming gulfport regatta but were offended by criticism resulting from the baywaveland race in which mr via s piloting of the  urania  met with scrutiny william nels johnson 18641903 the builder of  urania  had sailed her to six wins in seven matches against all comers the boat had new sails and the owners felt that she had no other rival on the mississippi coast except the  gladiola  dr nash commented that the  urania  was for sale  the biloxi daily herald july 29 1903 p 1    nash home and fire in the spring of 1897 dr nash let a contract to william p burke 18581924 to erect a sixroom cottage in the keller addition subdivision on the biloxi front beach john c carraway his brotherinlaw was also having his residence built nearby by john r harkness 18271903   the biloxi herald april 3 1897 p 1  dr nash s beach front domicile west of the biloxi cemetery was destroyed in a large conflagration on february 10 1902 faulty electric wiring was believed to be the origin of the fire dr nash escaped from the burning structure with a minimal amount of clothing on his person the vacant judge hc turley home adjacent to the nash place was saved by a volunteer bucket brigade dr nash estimated his losses at 5000 which included many painting and silverware he carried 3000 in insurance with the swan agency  the biloxi daily herald february 11 1902 p 1  it is interesting to note that judge hc turley was appointed postmaster at natchez in april 1897 during the william mckinley 18431901 presidential administration judge turley was republican national committeeman for mississippi from 1900 to february 1904  the biloxi herald april 3 1897 p 1 and the new york times february 28 1904 p 1  in june 1902    dr nash and family took up quarters at the montross hotel on the biloxi waterfront they later relocated to a home on the corner of howard avenue and couevas street in late august 1903 he planned to hold a fire works celebration at his home for the children of ward 2 if james k vardaman 18611930 was elected governor of mississippi mr vardaman was elected and served one term as governor  the biloxi daily herald june 30 1902 p 8 and august 27 1903 p 6  da nash doctor of dental surgery hours 830 am600 pm office upstairs bank of biloxi building  the biloxi daily herald october 21 1903 p 4  accidental death dr daniel a nash expired at his biloxi residence in late march 1904 he was accidentally shot to death with his own shot gun the funeral was held at his couevas street residence with the reverend hw van hook of the biloxi methodist church presiding dr nash was eulogized by  the biloxi  daily  in his death the city of biloxi has lost a useful and progressive citizen who had the future of the place he had adopted as his home close to his heart  his corporal remains were interred in the biloxi cemetery  the biloxi daily herald march 26 1904 p 5 and the progress april 2 1904 p 4  elizabeth c nash and hd lowd in may 1908 elizabeth lizzie carraway nash married howard dickson lowd 18601910 at biloxi howard was her childhood sweetheart in jackson mississippi initially he made his livelihood in the newspaper business as a printer s apprentice and bookkeeper for  the clarion  at jackson in 1886 howard d lowd commenced his own journal  the daily advertiser  it failed after two years and he went to washington dc to work for the government printing office in 1907 hd lowd returned to his native jackson to become manager of  the daily news  composing room he became telegraph editor before relocation to birmingham alabama to work in a similar post with  the birmingham ledger  howard d lowd expired in the nation s capitol in january 1910  the daily herald january 12 1910 p 8  lizzie carroway nash lowd and her mother eventually relocated to st louis missouri they were residence of the washington hotel in 1930 and of the monterrey hotel in august 1931 when john c carroway her brother expired at st louis on july 30 1931 his corporal remains were sent to biloxi mississippi for internment in the family plot in the biloxi cemetery  1930 st louis co missouri federal census r1244 pp 8a and 8b ed 218 and the daily herald august 6 1931    references    the biloxi daily herald business and professional men  the biloxi daily herald biloxi mississippi1902 p 53   journals the biloxi herald   a fish story   july 1 1893 p 8 the biloxi herald   advertisement   july 22 1893 the biloxi herald   local happenings  december 28 1894 the biloxi herald   woodmen of the world   august 31 1895 the biloxi herald   new officers   february 18 1896 the biloxi herald     april 3 1897 the biloxi herald   the biloxi daily herald   city officials   january 28 1899 the biloxi daily herald   biloxi new mayor   september 1 1899 the biloxi daily herald   city council   september 9 1899 the biloxi daily herald   john c carroway dies   april 21 1901 p 1 the biloxi daily herald   dr nash s house burned to the ground last night   february 11 1902 the biloxi herald   city news   june 29 1902 the biloxi daily herald   senator mclaurin   october 21 1902 the biloxi daily herald   races saturday   august 19 1902 the biloxi daily herald   bank of biloxi   may 2 1903  the biloxi daily herald    urania  will not enter   july 29 1903 the biloxi daily herald   fireworkif   august 27 1903 the biloxi daily herald   advertisement   october 21 1903 the biloxi daily herald   dr nash killed   march 26 1904 the biloxi daily herald   funeral of dr nash   march 28 1904 the clarion   jackson mississippi   mortuary notice   april 27 1887 the daily herald   howard d lowd dies at capital   january 12 1910 the daily herald   weekly list of deed filed   september 27 1912 the daily herald   john carraway   sic   buried   august 6 1931 the daily herald   arcola carroway   september 1933 the daily herald   lizzie c lowd   june 1935 the new york times   southern republican quits   february 28 1904 the   ocean springs  progress     personal news interest   april 2 1904 p 4  joseph w swetman   mayor of biloxi from 19011902 joseph william swetman 18631937 was born at handsboro mississippi on august 26 1863 to emery swetman and susan h long on january 7 1900 he married sophie pauline schumann 18831965 in harrison county mississippi they were the parents of joseph w swetman ii 19011937 evon swetman 19021976 married hazel mattina lloyd e swetman 19041992 married louise e stewart and olga swetman 1908 married reginald h sewell 19061991 joseph w swetman was married twice before 1900 and had mabel beatrice swetman 18911937 a daughter who married charles dunbar lancaster hewes 18871917 at nola in march 1917 business began his long career as a railroader and became a passenger conductor circa 1890 he established swetman s drug store a pharmacy at biloxi which he enlarged substantially over the next forty years election   dual government   references  charles l dyer  along the gulf  women of the trinity episcopal church pass christian1971 originally published 1895  the biloxi daily herald  the biloxi daily herald   the quo warranto   january 13 1901 the daily herald   jos w swetman taken by death   may 31 1937  fw elmer mayor of biloxi 1903     mayor fw elmer  was notified by the  department of commerce and labo r that  chandeleur   heron north and new harbor islands  were made  bird sanctuaries  the daily herald november 17 1914 p 5    references    the daily herald   ten years ago today   november 17 1914   john c bradford mayor of biloxi from 19051906  john comstock bradford 18551928 ran with no opposition for the 19051906 mayoral term city elections were held in december 1904 with the following results  mayor   jc bradford  aldermen  1 st ward edward s balthrope 187319 39 and harry edwards 2 nd ward joseph w swetman 18631937 and charles redding 18571926 3 rd ward tj rossell 18611923 and cm buckingham 4 th ward henry latimer 18551941 and judson c batton 18691943  aldermanatlarge ed glennan  18541933  city clerk  og swetman  treasurer  percy l elmer 18731949  tax collector  henry j meaut  marshal  ja mckinley  street commissioner  henry j guiterrez 18691953  board appointments  police justice judge thomas h gleason 18571935 fire chief louis e gill 18511919 superintendent of water works joseph o laska 18631911 water rent collector edward l suter 18661943 health officer dr walter j greaves 18681910 city attorney wh maybin street sweeper  references  the biloxi daily herald business and professional men  the biloxi daily herald biloxi mississippi1902 p 53 journals the biloxi daily herald   the city election   december 14 1904 the biloxi daily herald   the new board   january 14 1905 the daily herald   john c bradford died last night   january 1 1929  edward glennan  mayor of biloxi from 19071908 edward glennan s only opposition was george w grayson in the first primary held in early november 1906 he garnered 245 votes to 159 for mr grayson  the biloxi daily herald october 20 1906 p 4 and november 7 1906 p 1    aldermen  1st wardjacob d jack covacevich 2nd ward edward h benedict 18681920 3rd ward 4th ward jules aa rousseau 18431913 jacob d jack covacevich joseph ott police chief louis staehling  references  the biloxi daily herald   elmer s sweep   november 14 1906 the biloxi daily herald   municipal candidates    october 20 1906 the biloxi daily herald   biloxi s new administration    january 7 1907  thomas j rosell mayor of biloxi from 19091910 thomas jefferson rosell 18611923 was born on april 28 1861 at monroe county missouri married kizzie catron expired at biloxi on november 19 1923 aldermen laz lopez john reynoir thomas h gleason meunier judson c batton edward h benedict frank b castanera and john j kennedy 18751949 city clerk william gaston henderson tax collector henry j meaut police chief louis staehling city attorney john j curtis tj rossell manufacturing   1903new residence nearly complete was the tj rosell pretty cottage on howard avenue  the biloxi daily herald april 27 1903    1905 building boom the year 1905 at biloxi was one of rebuilding and growth mr rosell s company was a major player having erected since may 1905 the following four residences for wkm dukate a residential buildings for daniel j gay and charles elarbee a cottage for wf swan a cottage for dr hiram m folkes a residence for mary hunt a 3000 residence for je swetman a residence for el doyle a 3500 residence for wa white and a residence for tj rosell by late november 1905 the tj rossell manufacturing company was progressing with the following developments at biloxi three buildings for wa white one building for wkm dukate a building for dulion rosell and tony benachi in the planning stage were five cottages for william watson on the parson property in the avondale section in addition rosell s crews were busy at the rigolets erecting a catholic church which cost 1500 for the workers of the lopez dukate cannery  the biloxi daily herald november 20 1905 p 1  1908 election held on july 7 1908 tj rosell defeated jw swetman former mayor in an extremely close race  1909commission form of government   references  the biloxi daily herald business and professional men  the biloxi daily herald biloxi mississippi1902 p 55 charles l dyer  along the gulf  women of the trinity episcopal church pass christian1971 originally published 1895  the biloxi daily herald     p  the biloxi daily herald   city news   april 27 1903 the biloxi daily herald   biloxi s building boom   november 20 1905 p 1 the daily herald   recount asked for vote on mayor   july 8 1908 p 1 the daily herald   to vote on commission form of government   june 4 1909 p 1 the daily herald   john j curtis is biloxi s city attorney   january 19 1910 p 1  edward glennan mayor of biloxi 1911   edward glennan  edward glennan ran unopposed for biloxi mayor in the 1910 election  the biloxi daily herald august 9 1910 p 4  aldermen 1 st ward edward barq 18711943 2 nd ward edward h benedict 18681920 3 rd ward john j kennedy 18751949 4 th ward joseph venus b 1884 aldermanatlarge isidore heidenheim 18571918 city clerk william gaston henderson 75 per month tax collector henry j meaut 18421934 75 per month marshal louis staehling 18651938 85 per month policemen peter bellande 18711933 nat bolton and rm randolph each 70 per month police justice james c elmer 18881920 city attorney louis goldman 50 per month health officer dr george f carroll 18851920 40 per month in summer and 50 per month in winter street commissioner john l swanzy 188119 waterworks superintendenteugene l castanera 18681917 75 per month janitor and street sweepermartin cavanaugh pound keeper delmas seymour 40 per month  references  the biloxi daily herald   candidates announcements   august 9 1910 the daily herald   facts about retiring biloxi council   january 3 1911 p 1 the daily herald   last meeting of old council   january 3 1911 p 1 the daily herald   the new administration of the city of biloxi   january 4 1911 the daily herald   lively meeting biloxi council   january 4 1911 p 1 the daily herald   fix salaries of city officers   january 5 1911 p 1  edward glennan mayor of biloxi 1912     aldermen   edward glennan mayor of biloxi 1913  the term of mayor glennan naval reserve park under the aegis of edward everette moore 18791947 alderman a cemetery comprising twenty acres was laid out in the naval reserve park in early june he was assisted by aldermen john e lewis and john eistetter as well as wf swan by late august 1913 the city council has accepted the 825 bid of he latimer son to harvest and clear the standing timber on the cemetery lot at this time alderman moore presented the city council a plat for the new cemetery prepared by fred voak approximately 1500 gravesites several small parks and pine tree preservation areas were depicted on the cemetery plat the daily herald june 6 1913 p 8 and august 27 1913 p 8  jr meunier resigns john r meunier resigned from his alderman s post to accepted the postion of us postmaster at biloxi in early august 1913 he was replaced by benedict the daily herald august 6 1913 p 1  aldermen isadore heidenheim 18571918 jacob tremmel 18761941 3 rd ward edward everette moore 18791947 john eistetter hugh mccallum john e lewis john meunier lee elder and pascal meaut street commissioner john l swanzy 188119 city clerk jv hagan 75 per month tax collector henry j meaut 18421934 75 per month police chief louis staehling 18651938 85 per month policemen peter bellande 18711933 nat bolton and rm randolph each 70 per month police justice zt champlin city attorney louis goldman 50 per month health officer to hunter 40 per month in summer and 50 per month in winter waterworks superintendenteugene l castanera 18681917 75 permonth janitor and street sweepermartin cavanaugh sanitary inspectorjulius sablich pound keeper cc kirk 40 per month   references  the daily herald   biloxi new city council meets officers named and pay is fixed  january 8 1913 p 1 the daily herald   will lay out cemetery   june 6 1913 p 8 the daily herald   meunier resigns benedict seated on city council  august 6 1913 p 1 the daily herald   plat prepared for cemetery      august 27 1913 p 8  edward glennan mayor of biloxi 1914   naval reserve park in the spring of 1914 he latimer and his work crew of eight men and mule teams began to cut a road into the naval reserve park from pass christian road called glennan avenue the new road went north from pass christian road for 14 mile and turned west for 14 mile to the site of the new cemetery there were still virgin pine and gum trees in this area of biloxi glennan avenue   aldermen 1 st ward edward barq 18711943 and cj keller 2 nd ward john eistetter and theodore desporte 3 rd ward everette e moore 18791947 and jacob tremmel 4 th ward charles b foster and jc batton aldermanatlarge john e lewis street commissionerjohn swanzy water works superintendent city clerk jv hagan 75 per month tax collector henry j meaut 18421934 75 per month police chief louis staehling 18651938 85 per month policemen peter bellande 18711933 nat bolton and rm randolph each 70 per month police justice zt champlin city attorney health officer janitor and street sweeper pound keeper street commissioner john l swanzy 188119 city clerk tax collector henry j meaut 18421934 75 per month police chief louis staehling 18651938 85 per month policemen peter bellande 18711933 nat bolton and rm randolph each 70 per month police justice city attorney louis goldman 50 per month health officer to hunter 40 per month in summer and 50 per month in winter waterworks superintendenteugene l castanera 18681917 75 permonth janitor and street sweepermartin cavanaugh pound keeper cc kirk 40 per month  references  the daily herald   ee moore seeks reelection  may 14 1914 p 2 the daily herald   glennan avenue now gives excess to the cemetery  june 2 1914 p  the daily herald   staehling reelected police chief  july 1 1914 p 1 the daily herald   walter hunt is elected in second ward  december 9 1914  edward glennan mayor of biloxi 1915 mayor edward glennan 18541933 started his final year as mayor of biloxi with turmoil in the police department in january 1918 when it was time to reappoint patrolmen walter h hunt 18871961 1 st ward alderman opposed that frank j zudie hightower 18901976 peter bellande 18711933 and john w mabry 18731940 continue with the force the board of aldermen  appointed joseph mattina   18891969 a barber  willie ryan  18761958 biloxi yacht club keeper and  martin green jr  18751951 a boat dealer to replace the three men none of the city council s new policemen had any law enforcement experience and they had to be trained by chief rm randolph chief randolph further stated that he was greatly surprised and  was unwilling to part with officer bellande  he declares that officer  peter bellande has always proven himself a very efficient police officer  officer bellande also has a large number of friends in the city administration as well as among citizens who are nor connected with the city  the daily herald january 3 1918 p   1  aldermen 1 st ward edward barq 18711943 and cj keller 2 nd ward john eistetter and walter hunt 3 rd ward everette e moore 18791947 and jacob tremmel 4 th ward charles b foster and jc batton aldermanatlarge john e lewis street commissionerjohn swanzy water works superintendent city clerk jv hagan 75 per month tax collector henry j meaut 18421934 75 per month police chief louis staehling 18651938 85 per month policemen peter bellande 18711933 nat bolton and rm randolph each 70 per month police justice zt champlin city attorney louis goldman 50 per month health officer dr wt bolton janitor and street sweeper pound keeper  references  the daily herald   ee moore seeks reelection  may 14 1914 p 2 the daily herald   wt bolton is chosen health officer bu caucus   january 4 1915 p 1 the daily herald   glennan certain of victory say biloxi citizens   june 27 1916 p 1    john j kennedy mayor of biloxi from 19191933 j ohn joseph kennedy 18751949 was born at new orleans on june 12 1875 the son of patrick kennedy and margaret m kenna kennedy jj kennedy relocated to biloxi from the crescent city in 1897 patrick kennedy 18451913 was born at gaulestown county kilkenny in southern ireland in 1866 he immigrated to america settling at new orleans here he married margaret m kenna 18451905 also an 1860s irish immigrant the kennedys had eleven children of which five survived into the 20 th century katherine m kenna coyle 18641952 william p kennedy 18731951 married fantie wright 18761969 john j kennedy 18751949 married minnie gilbert kennedy 18761900 and mrs ww baltar mrs k coyle  the daily herald   sons who were born at new orleans and became outstanding business men at biloxi john j kenndey in restaurant and hotel business as well as politics kennedy hotel on reynoir wp kennedy engaged in retail drugs and oyster business patrick kennedy was in the hotel business at biloxi bdhpp 5758 and p 64 on november 12 1892  the biloxi herald  announced that p kennedy co is the name of the new firm in biloxi which will engage in the shipment of raw oysters local happenings p 1 c 1 also selling beer in gulfport biloxi daily herald march 11 1903 p 6  education and interests john j kennedy was educated in new orleans at the jesuit college mcdonough school no 13 and soule college byc biloxi golf club rotary club chamber of commerce  the biloxi news march 21 1926 p 1    family in 1898 jj kennedy married minnie gilbert 18761900 one daughter sarah kennedy 18991990 who married gustave philip bentz 18901977 of new orleans gustave philip bentz 18901977 age 86 years santa maria del mar apartments biloxi died at 820 am sunday january 16 1977 at howard memorial hospital he had been a patient here for four weeks gustave was born september 18 1890 in new orleans the youngest of the ten children of henry bentz 18471915 and margaret poppe 18491932 he was a retired rice buyer and had lived at biloxi for three years mr bentz was a member of nativity bvm catholic church gustave bentz married sarah kennedy 18991990 the daughter of john joseph kennedy 18751949 and minnie gilbert 18761900 j j kennedy was mayor of biloxi from 1919 until 1933 mr kennedy also a native of new orleans became an outstanding business men at biloxi with interest in the hotel and seafood industry mr bentz was survived by his wife and a sister lea b laub 18881987 of roanoke virginia bradfordo keee funeral home of biloxi directed the bentz funeral with services at nativity bvm catholic church followed by internment on biloxi cemetery the daily herald january 17 1977 p a2  kennedy hotel in 1926 mayor kennedy lived in the kennedy hotel with his daughter sarah and kate coyle his sister  the biloxi news march 21 1926 p 1    the kennedy opposite l n depot member mississippi hotel association modernconvenient near business center and beach front hot and cold running water in every room reasonable rates john j kennedy proprietor   the biloxi news march 28 1926 p 19    1918 election elected in 1918 with wh hunt and ml michel as city commissioners  commission government1919 when john j kennedy took office as mayor of biloxi on january 6 1919 he became the first mayor to govern the city under a commission form of government the citizens of biloxi in a special election held in late 1917 voted in a landslide decision to replace their mayoralderman method of representation for the commission system in addition the only pave streets in biloxi at this time were reynoir to howard avenue howard avenue from fayard to nixon street and one block of lameuse street  the daily herald january 4 1918 p 1 and the biloxi news march 21 1926 p 1    1919 city government mayorjj kennedy commissionerwh hunt commissionerml michel city attorneylouis goldman pound keeperbaptiste moran 18601927  1921 city government mayor jj kennedy commissioner wh hunt commissioner ml michel city attorney tax collector hj meaut police chiefgeorge bills health officerdr g frank carroll commissioner s secretarymiss josephine marie waterworks superintendentthomas espisito and assistant b villa street foremanwilliam cavanaugh city janitorjames hunt pound keeper baptiste moran 18601927 the daily herald january 15 1921 p 1  gulf coast canners association mayor kennedy was elected executive secretary of the gulf coast canners association in early november 1921 the seven member executive council consisting of el dukate charles b foster and hart chinn of biloxi jb humphries of nola j mcdermott of mobile rr rice of apalachicola florida and h taylor of brunswick georgia there was some concern that john j kennedy might tender his resignation as biloxi s mayor  the daily herald november 8 1921 p 1    1922 elections mayor kennedy ran in the july 1922 democratic primary against three challengers edward glennan george w grayson and dr anthony ferrer he won handily garnering 771 votes grayson ran second with 376 votes followed by glennan with 367 votes and dr ferrer with only 6 votes commissioner wh hunt was defeated and replaced by ml michel while john swanzy was relected other candidates for commissioner were ed ott with 503 votes and david j venus with 195 votes this was the first election at biloxi in which were allowed to vote the newly elected municipal officers took office on january 1 1923 to commence their four years terms in office the daily herald july 7 1922 p 1  baton rouge1926 in late may 1926 mayor jj kennedy was in baton rouge louisiana to lobby against several bills in the louisiana legislature that were serious impediments to the immediate future of the seafood industry at biloxi sponsored by senator jules fisher of jefferson parish and house representative allen j ellender 18901972 of terrebonne parish this legislation sought to prevent person firm association or corporation that were not domiciled or residents of louisiana from catching taking canning packing shucking dealing in or transporting any oysters or shrimp harvested in the state waters of louisiana mayor kennedy was certain that the new orleans delegation to the louisiana legislature would oppose these proposals  the jackson county times may 29 1926 p 3    runs unopposed mayor kennedy faced no democratic opposition in the democratic primary held at biloxi on july 8 1926  police department1928 by early february 1928 the new police station on the first floor of biloxi s city hall was nearing completion chief george bills 18671945 had just hired felix mattina 18861946 and frank hecht 19011981 to the work with the night force to fill the void in his ranks created by the death of officer jake stanovich 18911927 mr mattina had prior law enforcement experience and had been a deputy sheriff frank hecht had no police experience as he had worked for standard oil and the city bus company with the new hires the biloxi night force consisted of the following men charles lowd omer graves 18861933 evon swetman richard grady 18911958 and lawrence stockton 18931956 chief bills and alonzo gabrich 18941948 city detective comprised the day force  the daily herald february 8 1928 p 2    old spanish trail dedication1929 governor bilbo appointed mayor kennedy as mississippi s official represented to the boulder dedication ceremony at st augustine florida  this historic event marked the completion of the old spanish trail from san diego to the east florida coast the daily herald march 18 1929 p 1  resignationjuly 1933 on july 1 1933 mayor john kennedy resigned his mayoral post to accept the post of comptroller of customs new orleans louisiana for the gulf district which included mississippi alabama arizona louisiana new mexico and texas his recommendation for this federal position had come from us senator byron patton pat harrison 18811941 of gulfport mississippi and an appointment from president franklin delano roosevelt 18821945 kennedy s presidential appointment was approved by the us senate on june 13 1933  the daily herald june 13 1933 p 1 june 14 1933 p 1  it was decided that there would be no mayor protem or appointee named to replace john j kennedy city commissioners ml michel and john a swanzy would manage the business of biloxi until a new mayor was elected some of the potential candidates to replace mayor kennedy were john w apperson anthony v ragusin john w o keefe william baltar dr a ferrer william p kennedy jacinto baltar and arnaud lopez  the daily herald june 14 1933 p 1 june 15 1933 p 1    kennedy hotel   exalted ruler in march 1940 john j kennedy was elected exalted ruler of the biloxi elks lodge replacing denny wambsgan jj kennedy had been exalted ruler in the past and was holding the office of trustee during the hotly contested contest for the elk s leadership of the position in 1940 mr kennedy was comptroller of customs for new orleans district other officers elected were clyde campbell 18961954 esteemed leading knight chester h rose esteemed lecturing knight cm drey secretary eugene lacaze 18691949 toiler john e breaux trustee joseph lawrence treasurer wf hubbell alternate to grand lodge  the daily herald march 21 1940 p 8    chinn s election   references  the biloxi daily herald business and professional men  the biloxi daily herald biloxi mississippi1902  the daily herald 50 th golden jubilee number biographical and historical 18841934  the daily herald gulfportbiloxi mississippi1934  the biloxi daily herald   city news   january the daily herald the daily herald   john j kennedy elected to important office by canners   november 8 1912 the daily herald  commission form of government wins in biloxi election   january 4 1918 the daily herald   biloxi council in annual meet   january 15 1921 the daily herald   biloxi s municipal election causes largest vote in history   july 7 1922 the daily herald   builders of biloxi   march 21 1926 the daily herald   the kennedy   advertisement     march 21 1926 the biloxi herald   the kennedy   advertisement     march 28 1926 the biloxi herald   hard fight ahead on louisiana sea food legislation   june 6 1926 the biloxi herald   cannery crisis safely averted   june 6 1926 the daily herald   kennedy s reelection assured   june 13 1926 the daily herald   police chances   february 8 1928 the daily herald   bilbo chooses biloxi mayor   march 18 1929 the daily herald   kennedy brothers attend class reunion   march 30 1930 the daily herald   president nominates mayor kennedy to be comptroller of customs   june 13 1933 the daily herald   many to seek mayor s post   june 14 1933 the daily herald   senate approves nomination of mayor kennedy   june 14 1933 the daily herald   no mayor to be appointed   june 15 1933 the daily herald   biloxians to elect mayor on aug 25   july 3 1933 p 1 the daily herald   biloxians to elect mayor on aug 25   july 3 1933 p 1 the daily herald   kennedy s friends give him sendoff   july 5 1933 p 2 the daily herald   ferrer makes announcement   july 6 1933 p 1 the daily herald   staehling is out of race   july 31 1933 p 1 the daily herald   city election will be august 18 1933   august 18 1933 p 1 the daily herald   gabrich resigns as police chief   august 18 1933 p 1 the daily herald   biloxians to elect mayor on aug 25   july 3 1933 p 1 the daily herald   kennedy is new exalted ruler   1940 p 8 the daily herald   john j kennedy exbiloxi mayor dies at residence   september 13 1949 the daily herald   wp kennedy sr is buried sunday with catholic services   december 24 1951  the jackson county times   committee to visit gulf coast towns   january 30 1926 p 4 the jackson county times   mayor kennedy fights for coast packers   may 29 1926 the timespicayune    women vote for first time   july 6 1922  r hart chinn   mayor of biloxi from 19331934  richard hart chinn 18881972 called hart was born on april 9 1888 at vandalia audrain county missouri the son of james buchanan buck chinn 18571912 and martha ella hart 18571938 buck chinn was born in salem virginia the son of robert chinn 18221880 and frances a chinn 18261880 by 1880 the robert chinn family had relocated to ralls county in northeast missouri where they were farmers buck chinn was married circa 1880 and had a son roy chinn 1881 his wife died and he married martha e hart a native of winchester kentucky in addition to hart chinn buck and martha h chinn had mary f chinn 189119 and thomas gill chinn 18931953 who were born at biloxi mississippi  biloxi milling company in 1890 buck chinn came to biloxi to start the biloxi milling company with fellow missourians eg burklin rd chinn and mr brewton in april 1893  the biloxi milling company  commenced operations making flour and meal  the biloxi herald january 7 1893 p 8 and april 22 1893 p 1    hart chinn and leo e ohr r hart chinn 18881972 who would become mayor of biloxi in the 1930s and leo e ohr 18901970 biloxi s master mechanic were caught speeding on ohr s motorcycle and charged with a violating the bicycle law they appeared at the city court and were discharged by the judge because the city had no ordinances applicable to motorcycles  the daily herald june 12 1911 p 8    chinn motor car companychinn auto company inc the chinn motor car company was organized at biloxi in september 1913 initially hart chinn was the manager and often went to new orleans to buy automobiles for the business in september 1915 the chinn motor car company was incorporated as the chinn auto company inc with martha e chinn mary f chinn and thomas gill chinn as incorporators the company was in business to buy sell and repair automobiles as well as motorcycles and bicycles the chinn enterprise situated on reynoir street between howard avenue and the l n depot was considered as one of the well established car dealerships on the mississippi gulf coast and had shown an increase in sales since its commencement  the daily herald september 29 1913 p 8 january 21 1914 p 2 and september 9 1915 p 2 and  harrison co mississippi chancery court charter bk 15 p 319 the chinn auto company sold the saxon hudson hupmobile and overland brand of motorcars when the biloxi airdome an outdoor movie theatre burned in early may 1914 the chinn motor company was damaged by water to its fixtures and tools from the nearby conflagration  the daily herald may 5 1914 p 1    mississippi a m  lt hart chinn married mrs vera l dukate bond 18861977 on november 11 1918 at camp sherman ohio she had two daughters with mr bond vera leola bond 19091989 m leslie baltar grant 19081986 and willamene l bond b 1912   the daily herald november 14 1918    fosterfountain packing company manager in 1922  1928 school litigation   1933 election  r hart chinn was elected mayor of biloxi at the august 25 1933 general election in the democratic primary held earlier mayor chinn ran against walter h hunt and dr gf carroll  chinn v swanzy at a city council meeting on august 22 1934 mayor r hart chinn struck city commission john a swanzy 1881 in the head with a  1936 election running for biloxi s mayorial office were dr a ferrer jacinto baltar dr gf carroll and hart chinn louis staehling had dropped out in late july  the daily herald july 31 1936 p 1    chinn v o keefe   1936 congressional run r hart chinn ran for the us congress in 1936 was to speak with js easterling of laurel at kc bazaar in front of byc in july 1936  the daily herald july 10 1936 p 7    references  the daily herald 50 th golden jubilee number biographical and historical 18841934  the daily herald gulfportbiloxi mississippi1934    the biloxi herald   local happenings   december 3 1892 the biloxi herald   biloxi milling co  january 7 1893 p 8 the biloxi herald      april 22 1893 p 1 the daily herald   chinn carraway   november 1 1907 the daily herald   no law against speeding motorcycles  june 12 1911 the daily herald     jb chinn prominent biloxian succumbs to apoplectic stroke   june 6 1912 p1 the daily herald  jb chinn will be buried today   june 7 1912 the daily herald   kk  january 21 1914 the daily herald   finds countryman in biloxi concern   march 26 1914 the daily herald   biloxi airdome prey to flames davis loses too   may 5 1914 the daily herald   new cars received by chinn motor car co   may 28 1914 the daily herald   chinn motor corporation   september 9 1915 the daily herald   chinnbond   november 14 1918 the daily herald   government officials visit biloxi to aid in dredging channel   march 17 1922 p 1 the daily herald   will secure some free attractions   june 27 1922 p 4 the daily herald   biloxi school regulation is aired in court   january 14 1928 the daily herald   chinn holds big lead in biloxi   august 15 1933 the daily herald   guice resigns as city attorney   august 15 1933 the daily herald   guice resigns as county attorney   august 17 1933 the daily herald   chinn wins mayors office as carroll and hunt withdraw   august 17 1933 the daily herald   chinn and swanzy fightgasoline bill argument encounter between two biloxi officials   august 22 1934 p 1 the daily herald   chinn parks make bondsbiloxi mayor and secretary free under bond   august 24 1934 p 1 the daily herald   prosecutor charges mayor chinn with assault and battery   august 24 1934 p 1 the daily herald   mayor chinn hearing set   october 1 1934 the daily herald   mayor chinn is bound over   october 3 1934 the daily herald   siege at city hall   january 5 1935 the daily herald   motion to quash chinn indictment   january 14 1936 the daily herald   two political speakers   july 10 1936 the daily herald   biloxians to elect mayor on aug 25   july 3 1933 p 1 the daily herald   biloxians to elect mayor on aug 25   july 3 1933 p 1 the daily herald   kennedy s friends give him sendoff   july 5 1933 p 2 the daily herald   ferrer makes announcement   july 6 1933 p 1 the daily herald   staehling is out of race   july 31 1933 p 1 the daily herald   city election will be august 18 1933   august 18 1933 p 1 the daily herald   gabrich resigns as police chief   august 18 1933 p 1 the daily herald   biloxians to elect mayor on aug 25   july 3 1933 p 1 the daily herald   hart chinn taken by death   february 3 1972 the daily herald     19 the jackson county times   mayor o keefe takes office by force   january 12 1935  john wa o keefe mayor of biloxi from 1919  john w a o keefe  john w aloysius o keefe 18911985 was born at new orleans on february 24 1891 the son of jeremiah j o keefe 18601911 and alice cahill 18641921  education attended local schools and the jesuit college at new orleans in 1901 promoted from first sergeant to first lieutenant in the jesuit cadets  the pascagoula democratstar december 3 1901  john a o keefe graduated from tulane university in 1911    family  john a o keefe married amelia nicki castanera 19052000 the daughter of captain frank b castanera 18701934 and amelia desporte 18801953 in december 1929 amelia castenera was the queen of les masques a biloxi mardi gras krewe in 1927 and taught school at biloxi  the daily herald february 12 1927 p 1  in 1937 john and nicki o keefe adopted a jackson mississippi born baby girl and named her patricia mary o keefe 19372009 patricia m o keefe was born on september 27 1937 she was a graduate of the immaculate seminary at washiington dc and a 1959 graduate of chestnut hill college at philadelphia pennsylvania patricia married ensign badger conley smith iii on july 4 1959 in the walter reed memorial chapel at washington dc ensign smith had graduated from st john s college washington dc and the us naval academy in 1959 the daily herald july 8 1959 p 8 patrica mary o keefe married frank o brimski in may 1965 she worked for the library of congress for fifteen years patricia died on september 20 2009 at garrett park maryland she and frank obrimski were the parents of margaret obrimski bonacorda and sharon obrimski portillo the history of jackson co ms 1989 p 302 and the sun herald october 4 2009 p a  employment he was employed on sugar plantations in louisiana cuba haiti santo domingo and trinidad as a sugar chemist until he entered military service during wwi in late october 1916 o keefe departed ocean springs for thibodeaux louisiana to work for a large sugar mill  the jackson county times october 28 1916 p 5  o keefe s last assignment as a sugar chemist before entering the military was at a sugar mill in trinidad bwi on his return from the caribbean he visited washington dc where he took an examination to qualify as an officer in the flying corps  the jackson county times june 2 1917 p 5  wwi military career on august 23 1917 john w o keefe with several other young men from ocean springs boarded at new orleans the ole miss a special train carrying mississippi student officers to camp funston leon springs texas here in december 1917 o keefe won his commission as a captain in the field artillery  the jackson county times august 25 1917 p 5 and december 1 1917 p 1  by june 1918 captain john o keefe had arrived in france after an uneventful voyage  the jackson county times june 15 1918 p 5  cuba left ocean springs in late october 1925 for manoplea cuba he attended the georgianorth dakota football game in atlanta and made visits to miami and coral gables before departing for cuba  the jackson county times october 31 1925 p 5   john o keefe and ew illing at cuba on a large sugar plantation for last six months  the daily herald june 13 1925 p 2  post wwibusiness and politics in march 1928 john a o keefe became a partner in the biloxi laundry with john wright apperson 18621939 george j collins eugene dowling 18801944 and wl guice this organization was chartered to acquire by lease or purchase or construction a plant or plants for the conduct of a general steam and hand laundry and dry cleaning business  the daily herald march 21 1928 p 2  after the european conflict in which he served as a field artillery captain and flying observer in france and germany he went into business at biloxi he continued his military career as a captain and specialist in the us army air corps reserves in april 1932 o keefe left biloxi for new york to serve two weeks in the air corps headquarters in gotham  the daily herald april 11 1932 p 2  in march 1934 john a o keefe retired as grand knight of the biloxi council knights of columbus o keefe cited his active position as cwa aeronautics advisor for mississippi and it was his third term as grand knight  the daily herald march 20 1934 p 5  john a o keefe was a leader of men he was elected mayor of biloxi in august 1934 and later appointed as adjutant general of mississippi by governor hugh white    o keefe airfield in november 1934 the town of newton mississippi and the newton county american legion post dedicated their new 12000 airport to major john a o keefe former cwa aeronautics adviser for mississippi les ives 266 o keefe road newton ms 601 6830202 biloxi mayor john a o keefe was elected mayor of biloxi in august 1934 to succeed r hart chinn 18881972    chinn refuses to leave office hart chinn former mayor of biloxi alleged that mayor elect john a o keefe and his two city commissioners should have been disqualified from the municipal elections because of irregular tax payments mayor o keefe seized city hall on january 7 1935 with a band of armed supporters     siege at city hall   car wreck in early march 1935 mayor o keefe spouse nicki c o keefe amelia desporte castanera 18801953 his motherinlaw and dorothy daspit 19081937 an ocean springs school teacher and native of houma louisiana were traveling west to new orleans for a mardi gras celebration while driving the beach road through pass christian the steering mechanism of mayor o keefe s automobile failed and the vehicle struck a tree nicki c o keefe broke her hip bone while her mother and mayor o keefe suffered cuts and bruises miss daspit was not seriously harmed in the accident  the jackson county times march 9 1935 p1  resignationadjutant general mayor o keefe announced in early february 1936 that he would resign as biloxi s mayor on february 10 to take the position of adjutant general of the state of mississippi  the jackson county times february 1 1930 p 1  in november 1935 mayor o keefe was tapped by governor hugh l white 18811965 to served as adjutant general of mississippi mayor o keefe succeeded thomas grayson also of biloxi  the daily herald november 8 1935 p 1  grand marshal in september 1939 adjutant general john a o keefe rode in chicago as grand marshal for the mississippi delegation to the national american legion parade he was selected for this honor by ben hilbun of laurel the state commander of the american legion  the daily herald july 31 1939 p 3   in january 1940 general o keefe s term as adjutant general ended he was praised by lt general stanley dunbar embick 18771957 4 th corp army commander  washington dc he went to washington dc in 1940 as assistant to chief of the national guard bureau ww ii military career in september 1941 the o keefes were in washington dc and were planning a party for friends at the armynavy club lt colonel o keefe flew to louisiana with general williams commander of the national guard bureau to observe war maneuvers  the daily herald september 22 1941 p 7  during wwii colonel o keefe served in north africa with the air transport command in june 1945 he participated in the historic yalta conference in addition to his us military decorations o keefe was recognized by the sultan of morocco and the bey of tunisia for his accomplishments in the allied forces desert campaigns against the germans and italians in the deserts of north africa in the spring of 1945 the westergard boat works at biloxi launched a steel trawler named  john a o keefe   which was built for the dejean packing company in october 1946 john a o keefe was recognized by pope pius xii of the roman catholic church as he was made a knight of the order of st gregory the great in retirement o keefe was recognized as a major general in the mississippi national guard he passed at biloxi on september 14 1985 interment followed at the national cemetery in biloxi  the daily herald june 21 1945 p1 and october 15 1946 p 1  colonel o keefe underwent a serious eye operation at bethesda maryland in february 1951  the gulf coast times february 22 1951   john w a o keefe died september 14 1985 at biloxi mississippi  references  50 th anniversary golden jubilee  the daily herald   18841934   the daily herald gulfport mississippi1934  the history of jackson county mississippi    o keefethird generation     jackson county genealogical society pascagoula mississippi1989  journals the daily herald   fifth annual masques ball scene of exotic brilliance   february 12 1927 the daily herald   the charter of incorporation of the biloxi laundry incorporated   march 21 1928 the daily herald   o keefe leaves for east   april 11 1932 the daily herald   resigns as kc head   march 20 1934 the daily herald   o keefe airport dedicated monday   november 13 1934 the daily herald   siege at city hall   january 5 1935 the daily herald   o keefe and supporters seize city hall after midnight march   january 7 1935 p 1 the daily herald   no requests for troops conner says   january 7 1935 p 1 the daily herald   chinn talks with attorney declines to reveal plans   january 7 1935 p 1 the daily herald   new officers hold meeting   january 7 1935 p 1 the daily herald   city bastille falls   january 7 1935 p 1 the daily herald   chinn talks with attorney declines to reveal plans   january 7 1935 p 1 the daily herald   6new attorney   january 7 1935 p 1 the daily herald   chinn s plan for regaining office are not revealed   january 8 1935 p 1 the daily herald   vote authority to collect taxes and other moneys due  january 8 1935 p 1 the daily herald   biloxi quiet books needed   january 9 1935 p 1 the daily herald   importance of missing books   january 12 1935 p 1 the daily herald   indict chinn for assault upon swanzy   january 12 1935 p 1 the daily herald   taxpayer s petition sets forth need of records in conduct of biloxi business   january 12 1935 p 1 the daily herald   judge delays decision as guice disputes claim of fear for personal safety   january 19 1935 p 1 the daily herald   activities at biloxi city hall increasing taxes being received  january 19 1935 p 1 the daily herald   chinn fined 100 and costs on contempt charge parks freed   january 24 1935 p 1 the daily herald   o keefe back from capital   april 26 1935 the daily herald   biloxi mayor will succeed general grayson according to jackson announcement   november 8 1935 the daily herald   gen o keefe marshal of legion parade   july 31 1939 the daily herald   o keefes plan party   september 22 1941 the daily herald   westergard to launch trawler friday morning  june 21 1945 the daily herald   col john o keefe invested with st gregory medal   october 15 1946 the daily herald   speakers praise col o keefe at banquet held in his honor   october 16 1946 the daily herald   smitho keefe   july 8 1959  the gulf coast times   personal items   february 22 1951 the jackson county times   local news interests  the jackson county times   local news interests  october 28 1916 the jackson county times   local news interests   june 2 1917 the jackson county times   local news interests   august 25 1917 the jackson county times   ocean springs boys win commissions at training camp   december 1 1917 the jackson county times   local news items  june 15 1918 the jackson county times   local and personal   october 31 1925 the jackson county times   mayor o keefe takes office by force   january 12 1935 the jackson county times   mayor and mrs jno o keefe injured in auto wreck   march 9 1935 the jackson county times   gen john a o keefe   january 25 1936 the jackson county times   o keefe to resign as biloxi mayor feb 10   february 1 1936 the jackson county times   general o keefe and family take jackson apartment   february 1 1936 the jackson county times   o keefe praised by general embick   december 9 1939 p 1 the jackson county times   col john o keefe accompanies the secretary of war   october 12 1946 p 1 the jackson county times   speakers praise col john o keefe at banquet in his honor   october 19 1946 p 1  the ocean springs news   local news  july 4 1914 the ocean springs news   prestolite tanks  july 4 1914 the sun herald   patricia o keefe obrimski   october 4 2009     louis j braun mayor of biloxi from 18971899  louis j braun  louis john braun 18901951 was born at biloxi on july 1 1890 son of louis edward braun 18581915 and gertrude fayard louis e braun and gertrude f braun acquired the fountain home on reynoir street in february 1915 for 2800 the timespicayune february 15 1915 p 10 in 1911 louis j braun married katherine jones 18921983 children russell j braun m louise ruiz 19131992 june elizabeth braun 19152010 m john clark sinclair and wallace vogt  braun packing company in may 1924 louis j braun acquired for 2000 from foster and fountain r hart chinn president and vj olivari vicepresident the fosterfountain canning company on back bay of biloxi harrison co ms land deed bk 141 p 472 in september 1933 louis braun s gulf foods inc was packing an average of 200 barrels of shrimp per day  the daily herald september 26 1933 p 5    replaces r hart chinn   tourism mayor louis j braun 18901951 john t white ross l fickes and av ragusin went to marianna florida to convene on the promotion of tourist travel on  the old spanish trail the daily herald november 26 1936 p 1    mayor elected in 1937 and 1939 1936 city government p louis j braun 18901951 mayor frederick a tucei commissioner of finance and education john a swanzy 1881 commissioner of public works frederick a tucei 18891954 city clerk charles h sentell 18841951 fire chief alonzo gabrich 18941948 police chief  1940 city government louis j braun mayor frederick a tucei commissioner of finance and education john a swanzy commissioner of public works frederick a tucei city clerk charles h sentell fire chief alonzo gabrich police chief  uss biloxi launching on august 1 1942 katherine j braun and martha burnett daughter of dr riley burnett and  former mayor louis j braun suffered a stroke in midoctober which paralyzed his right side  the daily herald october 15 1943 p 5    references  biloxi city directory  1936  biloxi city directory  1940  the daily herald   le braun dies at early hour  january 7 1915 the daily herald   biloxi group visits florida   november 26 1936 the daily herald  mayor louis braun wins biloxi s outstanding citizen for cup j anuary 1 1938 p 1 the daily herald   mrs braun to christen new cruiser   june 3 1942 the daily herald    braun suffers stroke   october 15 1943 p 5 the daily herald   long illness is fatal to mayor lj braun   march 19 1951 the timespicayune   news item   february 15 1915  chester a delacruz  mayor of  biloxi  from 19431947   chester a delacruz chester august delacruz 18891964 was born on december 22 1889 at or near violet st bernard parish louisiana the son of simeon delacruz 18691900 sometimes spelled  delacroix  and florence heno 18711900 he was the eldest of their surviving five children as florence heno delacruz had eleven born romaldo  delacroix  18351900 chester s spanish born grandfather was living with them in 1900 there is a high degree of certitude that he delacruz family was  isleno immigrants from the canary islands  delacroix  is the french equivalent of the spanish delacruz literally from the cross t623 579 p 23a ed 45  los islenos like the french acadians who located in southwestern louisiana los islenos came to louisianawhen it was a european colony they stayed and today they re a cultural island the french get all the attention in south louisiana but the islenos literally islanders have just as rich a history and culture the colonial government of new spain brought some 3000 of them here from the canary islandsbetween 1778 and 1783 to colonize the wild swamplands of st bernard parish and serve as a frontier militia against british encroachment for the next two centuries they survived hurricanes and epidemics and became expert shrimpers crabbers oystermen muskrat trappers and bootleggers  marriage and family chester a delacruz married julia adele brown 18911958 on may 17 1908 at new orleans while residents of the bayou state alice l delacruz 19081973 the young couples first child arrived on december 18 1908 chester louis delacruz 19111996 was also born in louisiana edna mae delacruz moore 19151999 the third delacruz child was born at biloxi mississippi she married warner oland moore 19221994 in march 1942 before relocating to biloxi mississippi circa 1914 chester a delacruz provided for his young family as a fur trapper in the marshlands of st bernard parish louisiana at biloxi he found employment with the cb foster company seafood processing and canning factory on biloxi s back bay chester rose rapidly in the company becoming assistant superintendent by 1917 he was promoted to superintendent of the cb foster operation by 1920 and in 1930 was the manager 1910 st bernard parish louisiana federal census t624527 p 2a ed 60 1920 and 1930 harrison co mississippi federal census t625876 p 23a ed 42 and r 1146 p 21b ed 6  charles b foster charles b foster 18771931 a native of pascagoula mississippi became a good friend and business partner with chester a delacruz on several occasions they speculated in commercial real estate at biloxi mr foster was reared in the seafood packing business at pascagoula as his father john foster 18261903 founded in 1884 may bury foster successor company to the mexican gulf canning company of joseph t may bury 18411894 lillie o foster 18651924 cb foster s halfsister married edward c joullian 18631931 who owned and operated the ec jouillian packing company at biloxi in november 1903 at biloxi charles b foster married miss mary e caillavet 18771951 the daughter of john latour caillavet and georgiana dees  the daily herald june 27 1931 p 2 and the biloxi daily herald november 16 1903 p 6  in 1914 the  fosterfountain packing company was commenced by charles b foster  martin fountain jr gussie fountain and louis trochesset 18781933 located at 278 east back bayin 1922 1916 charles b foster packing company founded by charles b foster 18771931 located at 224 east back bay in 1922 when the capital stock of the company was increased in 1920 from 5000 to 60000 the ownership of the organization was revealed as follows cb foster chaiman20 shares chester a delacruz secretary10 shares mary e ford20 shares fj ford1 share and wh foster20 shares  the daily herald july 7 1920 p 5  i did a good bit of research on cb foster packing company when i was doing my thesis the company was founded by charles b foster in 1915 he had previously partnered with the martin fountain sr in foster fountain packing company charles foster s father john had owned a seafood company in pascagoula  back in the late 1800s and charles foster s brother in law was john joullian in 1915 when he opened his own company charles hired another in law anson holley to run the packing operation and to build boats for the company foster and holley were married to cousins foster also had another relative doing his legal work him a lawyer named ford cb foster packing company was sold to southern shell and oyster in 1934 charles b foster died in 1931 i think i believe chester  delacruz ii was manager at southern shell in the 1950s my grandmother worked shucking and picking there at that time and she remembered him to me many years ago when i talked with chester ii many years ago he recalled working there so i am pretty sure it was he that my grandmother remembered  1922biloxi oyster shell grit company the biloxi oyster shell grit company was organized in august 1922 by chester a delacruz anson holley charles redding cb foster and mary e ford the company was in business to crush and handle oyster and other shells  the daily herald august 24 1922 sec ii p 11    julia a delacruz the  julia a delacruz  was built by anson holley for the charles b foster in 1924 her official number was 224378 with registered dimensions 587 feet long x 194 feet at the beam x 45 foot hold depth and of 34 gross tons russell barnes biloxi schooner historian relates concerning the  julia a delacruz  that  it s just my opinion but looking at the photos of this schooner she was one of holley s more impressive efforts she had a beautiful sheer a very fine sailor and was a very good work boat i have her tonnage and measurement in my collection as well as a photo of her from the 1928 race the julia delacruz  was built by anson holley for the cb foster packing company in 1924 she was one of the last pure sailing schooners built for the local fisheries i believe that chester   delacruz was working in some capacity for cb foster at that time that would explain why a boat was named for his wife the  julia delacruz  worked in local waters for many years she was converted to power in the early 1940s and survived until camille at that time she was owned by a man named schmidt over inbay st  louis and was named for his wife carrie schmidt  family home on lameuse street in may 1918 chester a delacruz acquired at biloxi a lot with improvements on the northwest corner of lameuse street and division street this became his homestead until his demise in march 1964 the consideration to elias h chisolm of new orleans was 900 in november 1934 julia a delacruz his spouse acquired for 800 and additional lot to the north of the family home from sarah kennedy this gave the delacruz family one hundred feet fronting on the west side of lameuse street harrison county ms land deed bk 121 p 573 and bk 203 p 471 mrs julia a delacruz sold her lameuse street residence to chester l dealcruz and lettie h delacruz her son and daughterinlaw in december 1957 the home was damaged in katrina and torn down in 2006 harrison county ms land deed bk 430 p 7  1934 trip in the fall of 1934 chester a dealcruz and family took a combination businesspleasure trip to florida georgia and south carolina as a president of the biloxi oyster exchange he was interested in these states where packers and shippers of seafood were situated he found on this week sojourn that with the exception of a low shrimp catch the packers were doing alright and expected business o improve during the winter mrs delacruz and miss edna mae delacruz also enjoyed their visits especially to jacksonville and st augustine  the daily herald october 15 1934 p 3    chamber of commerce chester a delacruz was elected head of the biloxi chamber of commerce in october 1935  the daily herald october 5 1935 p 1    delacruz oyster and shrimp company   demise  chester a delacruz died on march 8 1964 at 709 lameuse street first methodist church buried southern memorial park bradfordo keefe burial bk 47 p 193  chester l delacruz chester  l delacruz married lettie gloe hendrix 19141999 of gulfport at pascagoula mississippi on december 19 1932 daughter of mrs ci hendrix of gulfport chester expired july 6 1996 and lettie on march 7 1999  1942 election     references  bradford o keefe burial book no 47    chester  a delacruz    p 193 harrison county mississippi chancery court cause no 48806   the estate of chester  a delacruz march 1965 journals the biloxi  herald   death of a prominent citizen   june 1 1894 the biloxi  herald   funeral notice   june 6 1894 the biloxi  daily herald   fosterhowe   july 13 1902 the biloxi  daily herald   city items   september 25 1902 the biloxi  daily herald   capt john foster   september 26 1903 the biloxi  daily herald   city items   november 16 1903 the daily herald   foster ready   june 25 1925 the daily herald   fosterclark   november 15 1927 the daily herald    delacruz new head of c of c   october 5 1935 the daily herald   fosterholzner   july 10 1937 the chroniclestar   mrs olivia elizabeth foster   april 20 1928 the chroniclestar   charles b foster   july 3 1931 the chroniclestar   mrs rourke dies after long illness   june 2 1950 the chroniclestar   mrs eva f ford taken by death   august 11 1959 the daily herald   cb foster packing company   july 7 1920 the daily herald   biloxi oyster shell grit co   august 24 1922 the daily herald   chas  b foster passes away june 27 1931 the daily herald   charles b foster funeral sunday   june 29 1931 the daily herald   delacruzhendrix   december 20 1932 the daily herald   returns from trip   october 15 1934 tdaily herald   delacruz is next mayor of biloxi  july 15 1942 the daily herald   former mayor ca delacruz taken by death   march 9 1964 the sun herald   delacruz rites   march 11 1964 the sun herald   chester  louis delacruz july 8 1996  george b cousins jr  mayor of biloxi from 19471951 george barrow cousins jr 19091966 was born at biloxi mississippi on september 10 1909 the son of george barrow cousins    18831969 and margaret maude clare hannon 18901919 his mother died in early january 1919 shortly after she delivered their third child baby boy cousins 19181918 at biloxi on april 20 1908 george b cousins had married maude clare hannon a native of louisiana and the daughter of irish immigrants peter hannon 18371889 and mary leaghy lahey or leahey before her early demise maude had bore two sons george b cousins jr 19091966 and peter h cousins 19101979   the daily herald april 21 1908 p 1 january 1 1919 p 1 january 2 1919 p 3 and january 6 1919 p 3  and harrison co ms mrb 19 p 379 after the demise of his spouse george b cousins married alma elizabeth brander on december 23 1923 harrison co ms mrb 35 p 440 gb cousins jr was educated in the biloxi public school system and matriculated to the university of mississippi where he received two degreesliberal arts 1932 and law 1934 mr cousins commenced his biloxi law practice in 1934 and was appointed city judge on may 15 1935 and served as such for three years until he became city attorney in august 1939 until he returned to the private practive of law in september 1941 during ww ii he served in the us navy from 1943 until his discharge in june 1945  marriage and family in 1936 george b cousins jr married muriel mead the daughter of walter r mead a native of mobile and emelie calogne 1887 of new orleans mr mead was a postal employee at new orleans he resided in ocean springs with his spouse and three daughters elaine mead muriel mead and audrey mead two children patricia claire cousins m william wallace weatherly in january 1958 and george rabbit barrow cousins iii m jean ahern 19412013    mayor gb cousins jr was elected mayor of biloxi on july 16 1946 by beating r hart chinn in the general election mr chinn lost the election but filed a complaint to void the contest he claimed that one of the election commissioners mayor cousins and aj tony creel and gordon a dacey newly elected city commissiners were sworn into office on january 6 1947 by circuit court judge lawrence c corban creel was relected to his post while dacey replaced john a swanzy who retired from politics after serving the city of biloxi for many years the daily herald january 6 1947 p 1  1947 september storm following the catastrophic 1947 hurricane which delivered strong winds and a thirteenfoot storm surge to the biloxi shoreline mayor gb cousins declared to property owners on biloxi s strand that   we are going to build a bigger and more beautiful city and not hurt a soul   the daily herald september 23 1947 p 1  mayor cousins appointed a committee of biloxi citizens to aid in the planning and rebuilding of biloxi following the 1947 september storm judge lelslie grant was named committee chair and av tony ragusin secretary committee members were h mendum dees james love anson holley jr dr riley burnett william lee guice i daniel gehr mrs sophie desporte george collins and gj wiltz  the daily herald september 23 1947  demise gb cousins jr expired circa april 4 1966 sr expired circa 7301969   references  the daily herald   cousinshannon   april 21 1908 p 1 the daily herald   biloxians elect cousins dacey creel   july 17 1946 the daily herald   asks suggestions for rebuilding of biloxi beach front   september 23 1947 the daily herald   election of cousins as biloxi mayor declared valid   october 5 1946 p 1 the daily herald   formal order is entered in biloxi election contest   october 17 1946 p 1 the daily herald   mayor gb cousins jr   january 6 1947 the daily herald   biloxi s new mayor and commissioners take office   january 6 1947 the daily herald   citizens committee is named at biloxi   september 23 1947 the daily herald   cousins exmayor dies today   april 4 1966 the jackson county times   showers and parties honoring miss mead are numerous   august 29 1936 the sun herald    jean cousins   september 30 2013 p a4   r hart chinn mayor of biloxi from 1951195 in october 1950 mayorelect r hart chinn related to the episcopal men s club at their dinner meeting that a salient feature of his administration would be to monitor that biloxi s citizens got full value for every dollar expended by his administration as an example of biloxi s past government fiscal irresponibilities he used the city of meridian mississippi as an example meridan although larger than biloxi operated for 770000 each year while biloxi s operating expenses were 996000 chinn also stated to his attentative audience that certain conditions in reference to law enforcement in biloxi would be corrected within two weeks afetr he was sworn in as biloxi s mayor the daily herald october 11 1950 p 7  references  the daily herald   mayorelect chinn addresses church club elect officers   october 11 1950 p 7 the daily herald   williams enters race for mayor   march 25 1953 p 7 the daily herald   hart chinn taken by death   february 3 1972 the gulf coast times   chinn accuses ministers of accepting financial aid from coast gamblers   february 14 1952 p 1  laz quave mayor of  biloxi  from 19531961 laz quave was born on october 31 1910 in rural jackson county mississippi near vancleave the son of joseph quave 18591928 a farm laborer and della quave in 1930 laz quave was a seaman stationed aboard the uscg cutter  tallapoosa  near annapolis maryland 1930 anne arundel co maryland federal census r 844 p 29a ed11 returning from his military duty laz quave married bernice s thornton 19082000 on june 6 1934 she was the daughter of arthur thornton 18801922 and sophronia thornton 188319200 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 harrison co ms mrb 45 p 210  police chief served as chief of police at biloxi from january 4 1943 to 1947 when he was appoined by mayor delacruz the daily herald january 4 1943 p 5  sheriff quave 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 he succeeded maxie m broadus of gulfport  the daily herald august 30 1947 p 1  biloxi canning packing company in the 1940s laz quave had been a director and vice president of the gulf coast shrimper s and oystermen s association rosalis inc on september 9 1968 charter of biloxi canning packing company amended and name changed to rosalis inc roy rosalis 19091984 president and rena leblanc rosalis 19172004 secretary 300 shares issued harco ms charter bo 2 pp 175178  venus and quave on september 4 1968 the biloxi canning packing company was chartered by dj venus iii gordon d venus and laz quave 150000 shares par 100 harco ms chancery court charter bk 2 pp 179182 on october 10 1968 rosalis inc conveyed to biloxi canning packing company for 610000 all improvements buildings warehouses docks wharves with riparian and littoral rights go 4134 south along east side of anglada x landers x 253 x chartres 3329 x 136 stanovich x bay to point of beginning on anglada sale included the following brands negro head biloxi sea beach canned shrimp mobile bay danny boy and pueblo harco ms trust deed bk 535 p 47 and bk 535 p 50 mr rosalis then retired and resided at 872 central beach boulevard hurricane camille hurricane camille of august 1969 according to company president dj venus caused losses estimated at 1 million there was doubt as whether the us pure food and drug inspectors would approve canned shrimp damaged by the tempest production was possible in two months  the daily herald    august 28 1969 p 18  loans april 12 1971 company under venus borrowed 12000 from peoples bank and bought more land to the west harco ms trust deed bk 3 pp 6465 january 3 1973 venusquave borrowed 319000 harco ms trust deed bk 49 p 425 in october 2 1974 henry slay guiterrez president and pete elder secretary got a sba loan for 500000 harco ms trust deed bk 72 pp 287293  lease on january 15 1975 henry s guiterrez leased a portion of the building to the douglasguardian warehouse corporation of new orleans harco ms land deed bk 55 pp 377378  default in may 1976 venus and quave defaulted on payments to rosalis and the biloxi canning company was bought from substitute trustee david cottrell jr for 200000 harco ms land deed bk 65 pp 486488  mayor quave when laz quave placed his name in the race for mayor of biloxi he was in competition with r hart chinn incumbent norman levine 19181953 poultry marketer and elmer williams owner of the dejean packing company   the daily herald april 13 1953 p 1  supervisor quave 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 laz quave expired at new orleans on december 20 1985 his corporal remains were interred in the biloxi city cemetery bernice thornton quave followed her husband in death passing on february 26 2000 at gautier mississippi her corporal remains were also buried in the biloxi city cemetery  the sun herald february 29 2000 p a5 and december 1985 p    references  charles l sullivan    mississippi gulf coast community college a history  mcnaughton gunn inc saline michigan2002  journals the jackson county times   quave is elected in harrison   august 30 1947 the daily herald    new police chief   january 4 1943 the daily herald   may 12 ballot at biloxi will have 19 names listed   april 13 1953 the daily herald    coast mayors take office   july 6 1953 p 1 the daily herald   quave grand marshal ross east end marshal   july 8 1954 p 23 the daily herald    quave enter councilman race   march 23 1981 p a2 the sun herald    biloxi leader laz quave dies   december 22 1985 p a1 and p a12 the sun herald   bernice quave   february 29 2000 p a5  daniel d guice   mayor of  biloxi  from 19611973  daniel danny dicks guice 19252017 at biloxi on december 1925 the son of william lee guice and lee dicks danny was reared on west beach boulevard in biloxi he graduated from bhs with the class of 1942 danny matriculated to ole miss but after one year in oxford mississippi he transferred to tulane university in new orleans he danny studied the prelaw curriculum and graduated from the tulane school of law in august 1947 he was licensed to practice law both federal and state law while at tulane danny was a ka and president of the pan hellinic council a member of phi delta phi the honorary legal organization and on the moot court board the daily herald april 3 1948 p 7  margaret carolyn barrett  danny guice married margaret carolyn barrett  19272006 in the main street methodist church on june 25 1948 margaret was born april 16 1927 at chicago to clarence burton barrett and margaret hoy she was a 1945 high school graduate in lagrange illinois miss barrett attended what is now southeast missouri state college at cape girardeau missouri and was an english and music major their children were carolyn lee guice m john w bode jr and joe h singletary daniel dicks guice jr m janie sue bertrand and barry guice the daily herald april 3 1948 p 7 harrison co ms mrb 77 p 330 harrison co ms 2 nd jd mrb 5 p 237 mrb 12 p 485 and mrb 7 p 323  congress in april 1972 mayor guice became a candidate for house of representatives from the 5th congressional district the ocean springs record april 13 1972 p 1 margaret barrett guice expired on october 1 2006 her corporal remains were interred in 6th addition of the biloxi cemetery mayor guice died on april 13 2017 the sun herald october 3 2006 and april 14 2017 p 6a  references    the daily herald   miss margaret carolyn barrett   april 3 1948 the daily herald   mayor guice named   firemen s day  parade grand marshall   september 14 1962 p 1 the daily herald   name guice member of a i board    july 23 1964 p 1 the ocean springs record   mayor guice plans north biloxi annexation  august 3 1970 p 1 the ocean springs record   mayor guice seeks congerssional post  april 13 1972 p 1 the ocean springs record   guice qualifies as candidate   march 3 1983 p 6 the sun herald    margaret barrett guice   october 3 2006 the sun herald   former biloxi mayor danny guice dies   april 14 2007 p 6a the sun herald   funeral services set as coast remembers for biloxi mayor danny guice   april 15 2017 p 6a   jeremiah j jerry o keefe iii mayor of biloxi from 19731981 jeremiah j o keefe iii jeremiah joseph o keefe iii  called jerry was born july 12 1923 at ocean springs the son of jj ben o keefe ii 18941954 and teresa slattery o keefe 18941995 the ben o keefe family relocated to biloxi in late august 1937  the jackson county times september 4 1937 p 2   jerry o keefe attended parochial schools at biloxi and graduated from the sacred heart academy in biloxi with the class of 1941 in february 1939 he was named mr sacred heart academy with mary katherine peresich nourse 19242003 as mrs sacred heart academy the daily herald february 25 1939 p 2 in his youth jerry was a boy scout in troop 213 led by louis j endris 19021988 and j kline coquet 19111969 a legendary biloxi scoutmaster jerry competed in sailing regattas at the biloxi yacht club and starred as left halfback and left end on the sacred heart academy galloping gaels football team led by coach joe hudson on the gridiron jerry was a good rusher and receiver dropkick field goal specialist and was elected football team captain in 1940 in the gaels game against the ocean springs varsity in midoctober 1940 they held their own fighting to a 1212 tie robert mohler of the greyhounds scored the tying td on a 45 yard sprint the daily herald august 20 1938 p 7 october 12 1940 p 6 october 26 1940 p 7 and may 26 1941 p 5 like many young biloxians jerry o keefe attended soule college at new orleans to further his education and skills for his entree into the business world on his nineteenth birthday he enlisted in the us navy and was granted his naval aviator s wings at pensacola florida in june 1943 jerry made 1 st lieutenant in april 1944 a month after he married his ocean springs sweetheart rose annette saxon at camp pendelton california they were blessed with seven daughter and six sons born between 1945 and 1962  the daily herald march 13 1944 p 7 and april 22 1944 p 4    ww iiusmc aviator in the pacific theatre during world war ii 1 st lieutenant jerry o keefe flew in april 1945 his first aerial combat mission over the skies of okinawa during this mission o keefe destroyed five japanese aircraft which earned him the ace designation  the daily herald april 25 1945 p 1   before the pacific theater hostilities with japan ended in august 1945 jerry o keefe was credited with two additional kills for his valiant military service he was bestowed the navy cross distinguished flying cross air medal and gold star he received these medals on october 14 1946 at new orleans  the daily herald october 15 1946 p 5    marine colonel gelon h doswell  ocean springs also had another usmc pilot to reside here he was gelon hann doswell 19201992 a native of new orleans louisiana and the son of menard doswell ii 18921927 and zoe louise hann 18931979 during wwii colonel doswell was a naval aviator serving with marine corps fighter squadron 214 vmf214 in the south pacific vmf214 was known as the black sheep squadron and commanded by major gregory pappy boyington 19121988 its moniker was earned since vmf214 was composed of fighter pilots without a squadron and replacement pilots from the united states the heroics of vmf214 were portrayed on television in 1977 in a series titled baa baa black sheep in 1943 the black sheep squadron performed well in the tropical skies over the solomon islands as they destroyed 97 japanese aircraft in three months the ocean springs record may 29 1986 for his military heroics in the solomon islands colonel doswell was awarded two distinguished flying crosses and six air medals he flew over 1800 combat missions  the sun herald august 6 1992 p a2    marine aviator ww ii j j jerry keefe iii b 1923 during world war ii ocean springs native jerry o keefe became a usmc aviator he saw aerial combat with japanese aircraft over the skies of okinawa in 1945 jerry was credited with destroying seven japanese fighter planes between april 1945 and september 1945 his military awards include the following navy cross distinguished flying cross air medal and gold starduring his first ww ii aerial combat mission flown with the 2 nd marine air wing over the skies of okinawa in april 1945 1 st lieutenant jerry o keefe destroyed five japanese aircraft which earned him the ace designation  the daily herald april 25 1945 p 1   before the pacific theater hostilities ended in august 1945 jerry o keefe had been credited with two additional kills for his valiant military service he was bestowed the navy cross distinguished flying cross air medal and gold star he received these medals on october 14 1946 at new orleans  the daily herald october 15 1946 p 5   it is interesting to note that jj ben o keefe ii jerry s father served in the marine corps during wwi and his son jj jody o keefe iv was a marine from 19641967mr o keefe resides in biloxi today where he is active with fund raising for the ohro keefe museum advising the o keefe foundation and supervising the management of his business enterprises  o keefe funeral service the o keefe funeral service was established by jeremiah jerry j o keefe 18601911 at ocean springs mississippi in 1892 the same year as the town became incorporated the business relocated to biloxi in june 1923 with jeremiah j ben o keefe 18941954 john a o keefe 18911985 and joseph h jody 19462007 o keefe 18971932 sons of the late jerry o keefe operated the funeral service on west howard avenue opposite the nativity bvm catholic church ben o keefe was a graduate of the cincinnati college of embalming and licensed in mississippi and louisiana in 1923 the company also commenced a burial insurance plan called the o keefe burial association the daily herald november 19 1954 p 1  1929 buyout shortly after the october 1929 wall street crash ben o keefe acquired the interest of his siblings in the o keefe funeral service of biloxi which had opened in june 1923 at 601 west howard avenue opposite the nativity bvm catholic church and the o keefe transfer and gasoline filling station enterprise on the southeast corner of washington avenue and robinson street at ocean springs ben o keefe assumed about 28000 in mortgages and other debt he also gave up his rights title and interest to several tracts of land at ocean springs and new orleans among them were the jj o keefe family home at present day 911 porter the o keefe castle also called the saxon house and seven gables present day 318 jackson avenue the old livery stable on porter street the white house tract on robertson street and the mary c o keefe domicile on porter street which was sold in february 1970 to the catholic charities housing association in to erect the villa maria jackson co mississippi land deed bk 63 pp 511515 and bk 371 p 506  1948 anniversary the o keefe funeral service celebrated its 25 th year in biloxi in early june 1948 at this time jerry o keefe ben s son was attending loyola university at new orleans and would graduate in july 1948 jerry joined his father in the burial business after receiving his degree in business from the jesuit university at its west howard avenue location the o keefe s had a fleet of six automobiles and a 1948 buick flexible ambulance at this time mr ben o keefe employed four men frank l conway dj newman willie mckinnis and jeremiah j jerry o keefe the daily herald june 4 1948 p 9  ben s demise ben o keefe died on november 19 1954 at 823 west beach his biloxi residence mr o keefe had been ill for approximately two years prior to his demise circa 1953 jerry o keefe was granted proprietorship by his father and became owner and manager of the o keefe funeral service company the daily herald may 19 1954 p 1  bradfordo keefe in may 1957 jj jerry o keefe iii acquired the bradford funeral home and all property ambulances etc from paul s bradford and ruth gates bradford the merger of the bradford funeral home and o keefe funeral service was not completed until july 1 1960 the company now called bradfordo keefe funeral service was situated at the former bradford funeral parlor on east howard avenue where improvements and additional parking had been acquired on the north side of the street harrison co ms land deed bk 422 pp 317326 and the daily herald june 17 1960 p 12  also in the summer of 1960 the former o keefe funeral parlor at 601 west howard avenue was demolished and a 6500 squareft goodyear service center was built on its former location in addition to selling new tires the goodyear enterprise performed frontend alignments and wheel balancing as well as replacing mufflers and tail pipes general electric appliances were also sold in may 1971 mrs teresa tess slattery o keefe made a 15year lease with goodyear the o keefe building and land were sold in may 1994 to james e sablich et ux by tess o keefe and sons dr john b o keefe and joseph ben o keefe harrison co ms 2nd jd land deed bk 21 p 271 and bk 273 p 204 and the daily herald june 17 1960 p 2 and november 2 1960 p 12    jeremiah j ben o keefe this vintage image of jj ben o keefe 18941954 and his bride teresa tess josephine slattery 18941995 was made at shreveport louisiana on may 1921 following their nuptials officiated by father fields at st john s catholic church the newly weds would reside at ocean springs and continue in several businesses with ben s brothers the o keefe funeral service was relocated to west howard avenue at biloxi in 1923 in 1964 bradfordo keefe built the ben o keefe chapel at ocean springs it was located on the northwest corner of government street and pine drive the chapel was later closed but became the temporary city public library in 19941995 in august 1997 the structure was dedicated as the  new hope center  a joint venture between the gulf coast ymca and the o keefe foundation  the ocean springs news august 6 1964 p 3 and the ocean springs record august 7 1997 p 1    winning team this november 1995 image shows annette saxon o keefe 19241998 and spouse jj jerry o keefe iii b 1923 with willie gary stuart florida based attorney the o keefes had just been awarded 500 million dollars by a jackson mississippi jury jerry o keefe had sued canadian based the loewen group for breachofcontract and other allegations mr o keefe settled the suit for about 175 million dollars and used some of the money to commence the o keefe foundation from the palm beach post november 7 1995  bradfordo keefe v riemann the two largest funeral homes serving the mississippi coast are bradfordo keefe and riemann initially both burial services were situated in their founding citiesbradfordo keefe at biloxi and ocean springs and riemann in gulfport the two cities have many historical and cultural differences biloxi is much older founded in 1718 and once predominantly roman catholic while gulfport was founded in the late 19 th century with a predominant protestant population they were both built by a bluecollar middle class citizenry with biloxi having more immigrants and transients the us military has been important to the growth and economic stability of biloxi and gulfport in 1985 the riemann family opened it first biloxi funeral home on beauvoir road making inroads into biloxi the traditional turf of bradfordo keefe since then both organizations have worked aggressively to succeed in the mortuary business on the entire coast bradfordo keefe now has two funeral homes in biloxi opened 1957 and 1979 ocean springs opened 1987 gulfport opened 1979 1989 and 2004 and vancleave opened 2010 in addition bradfordo keefe owns two cemeteries d iberville memorial park and crest lawn memorial park at ocean springs and a crematory in january 1990 riemann funeral homes incorporated joined with the loewen group international to form riemann holdings incorporated of canada this action angered jerry o keefe president of bradfordo keefe funeral homes as he espoused that local ownership is superior to foreign because money stays in mississippi rather than being funneled outside the state and country the riemanns are deceiving the public by claiming that they have taken on new partners instead of admitting that hey have sold their funeral homes  the loewen group in the mid1990s jerry o keefe president of bradfordo keefe funeral home and the gulf national group an insurance company filed litigation in mississippi alleging breachofcontract against the loewen group incorporated the second largest funeral service in north america and based in burnaby british columbia at this time the loewen group owned 814 funeral homes and 179 cemeteries in the usa and canada the basis for the o keefe law suit was the claim that the wright ferguson funeral home located in jackson mississippi which loewen acquired in 1990 broke an agreement with gulf national to act as its exclusive provider of certain types of funeral and burial insurance the lawsuit also alleged that loewen was diverting funeral insurance business to one of gulf national s competitors and had secretly gained control of an insurance company to compete with o keefe jerry o keefe hired attorney willie gary of stuart florida to represent his companies in the subsequent litigation held in jackson mississippi in the sevenweek trial that culminated on november 2 1995 mr gary and his staff of attorneys were able to persuade the jury to award jerry j o keefe the sum of 500 million dollars the palm beach post november 7 1995 in lieu of an onerous appeal the loewen group agreed to settle the o keefe lawsuit for cash and stock valued at up to 175 million the settlement was smaller than an earlier 500 million dollar jury award that loewen had said could have put the company out of business ironically share values in the lowen group increased 40 percent after the settlement with o keefe was announced the canadian based company said the cash and stock settlement will be phased in over 20 years and carries an aftertax value of 85 million in 1995 dollars in his closing remarks to the jury at jackson mississippi willie gary said the workings of the jury system speak louder than any fancy words ever written by any speech or given by anybody louder than the words of dr martin luther king jr in his famous i have a dream speech the system speaks mr gary and his mississippi cocounsel were paid 40 percent for their efforts the palm beach post november 7 1995 the riemanno keefe competition continues as in february 2015 the riemann family funeral home made its boldest move into the bradfordo keefe homeland when it opened a funeral parlor in st martin on lemoyne boulevard  jerry j o keefemississippi house of representatives19601964 following in his grandfather s success in local politics as jeremiah j jerry o keefe 18601911 served as an alderman in ocean springs jeremiah j jerry o keefe iii in the summer of 1959 began his political career in his campaign to represent the people of harrison county mississippi in the state house at jackson o keefe s opponent was incumbent representative daniel d danny guice mr guice ran on the slogan reelect a lawyer for a lawyer s job jerry o keefe was elected to the house and served his constituents well while in jackson he worked diligently for a local option liquor bill which was narrowly defeated one of o keefe s major successes resulted from his efforts to redistrict the legislature to provide substantially more representation for harrison county he was confident that the coast would get its local option liquor law and other important rights now that it would have adequate representation in jackson maureen o keefe wardmay 2015  gulf national life in 1960 jerry o keefe moved the main bradfordo keefe funeral home to its present location on howard avenue in biloxi naming audrey murray president of bradfordo keefe jerry delegated management of the funeral home operations so that he could focus in earnest on growing the life insurance division of his business he began to market the company s legal reserve insurance to funeral homes throughout the state as an added means of coverage once their smaller limits had been met and or surpassed at one point more than 100 funeral homes owned by caucasians and african americans were writing these policies and gulf national life became the largest provider of excess coverage statewide as with everyone else in the community the funeral business experienced the wrath of hurricane camille in 1969 which also devastated the o keefe family residence on beach boulevard in biloxi maureen o keefe wardmay 2015 in the wake of hurricane camille s widespread destruction jerry in late 1969 acquired two vacant lots on biloxi s beach boulevard between lameuse street and delauney street to spur redevelopment he began construction of a threestory office building one of the o keefe lots had been former site of a popular skating rink owned by george e egeditch 19071987 the gulf national life building was completed in 1971 and served as the company s headquarters the edifice also housed a number of smaller businesses and governmental agencies and the medical practice of jerry s brother dr john bernard o keefe 19252004 harrison co mississippi 2 nd jd land deed bk 10 p 69 and bk 28 p 139 and maureen o keefe wardmay 2015 jerry o keefe also maintained his strong interest in politics in 1971 he persuaded his eldest son jeremiah j jody o keefe iv 19462007 to run for the state legislature jody served two terms in the house of representatives from 19711979 like his father earlier jody was named outstanding freshman legislator in a bold move jody introduced horse racing legislation in january 1976   maureen o keefe ward may 2015 and the daily herald january 28 1976 p b1   after jody s 2007 demise the mississippi state legislature commended him for this as well as the notable courageous vote he had taken regarding civil rights and his status as the only white legislator to stand with the newly formed black caucus  mayor of biloxi from 19731981 jerry o keefe was elected mayor of biloxi in june 1973 he had no opposition mr o keefe was elected with city commissioners frank barhanovich jr b 1943 and ah lank patterson in his quest of his second term as biloxi s mayor jerry o keefe had three opponents in the may 1977 general election hl kent claude morgan and harry viator he easily defeated his opposition garnering 4122 votes of the 6515 ballots cast in the may 10 1977 election only mr kent s supporters demonstrated any resolve in defeating o keefe the incumbent as they cast 2235 ballots for him the daily herald may 11 1977 p a1 and p b2 incumbent jerry o keefe was elected with frank barhanovich jr and dominic fallo 19111996 who were chosen by the biloxi s electorate as their city commissioners also on the may 1977 election agenda was a referendum to increase the annual salary of the mayor from 12000 to 20000 and raise the city commissioner s pay from 10800 to 18000 the last time that biloxi s governing body had a pay increase was 1965 the salary increase for biloxi s city officials was successful as the yeas said 3682 and the nays 2796 mayor o keefe commenting on the voters granting them a raise related everyone likes to get a raise the daily herald may 8 1977 p d1 and may 11 1977 p a1  references  the daily herald   lt jerry o keefe awarded dfc air medal and gold star   october 15 1946 the daily herald   open house for lt jerry o keefe   october 16 1946  the daily herald   dominic fallo wins commissioner s post   may 8 1977 p 1 the daily herald   biloxi commissioner s in tuesday s runoff   may 9 1977 p 1 the sun herald   o keefe s life is filled with service   march 28 1999 p f2  19811989   gerald h blessey gerald henry blessey was born on 1942 at biloxi mississippi the son of walter j blessey iii 19131987 and geraldine ann fountain graduate biloxi sr high school in 1960 and the university of mississippi in 1964 attended the university of mississippi law school 19641967 and was elected class i president in july 1964 harvard law school married rose ann joachim in july 1969 and charlotte paige gutierrez in november 1984 the daily herald july 20 1964 p 16 and harrison county mississippi 2 nd jd circuit court mrb 1 p 529 and 2nd jd circuit court mrb bk 29 p 64  vietnam gerald h blessey served in the republic of vietnam in 19671968 with the us army as a 1 st lieutenant he was assigned to the 55 th military intelligence detachment and in july 1968 he was awarded the bronze star with three citations for his excellence  the ocean springs news july 24 1968 p 1    representative blessey gerald h blessey a democrat served in the mississippi state legislature as representative from district 1 from 1973 to 1981  the ocean springs record october 18 1973 p 12    mayor gerald h blessey  assistant to  mayor jeremiah j jerry o keefe iii  and counsel for federal grant programs resigned in september the daily herald september 18 1975 gerald h blessey was elected mayor of biloxi on june 23 1981 he soundly defeated frank barhanovich b 1943 a former city commissioner blessey s supporters gave him about 65 of the approximately 7700 votes cast  1990 extortion trial gerald h blessey and michael cavanaugh biloxi lawyers and business partners from 19791983 were accused of conspiring to extort 25 per cent of the bond fee paid to page mannino peresich the biloxi law firm hired by blessey for the city of biloxi s legal business when he was mayor the prosecution averred that page mannino peresich which were paid 28 million during blessey s term as mayor 19811989 and feared that it would lose the city s business if mr cavanaugh were not paid the government siad that cavanaugh did no work for the 134267 he is alleged to have extorted from the law firm the sun herald march 20 1990 p a1  school board attorney in march 2004 superintendent larry drawdy was verbally attacked by gerald h blessey newly hired biloxi newly elected school board attorney  alleging that mr drawdy had mismanaged the school district and had kept salient infomation from school board members  the sun herald    march 2 2004 p a1    katrina   councilmen ward i laz quave  19101985 ward ii michael l esters  19511983 michael leverne esters 19511983 was born on may 25 1951 to rehofus esters and barbara carter esters he graduated from notre dame high school at biloxi mississippi and attended mississippi gulf coast junior college and clark college in atlanta georgia in april 1977 michael married gail rose tyler they were the parents of imari esters a son the daily herald march 25 1983 p 2 and harrison co mississippi circuit court 2nd jd mrb 14 p 525 michael l esters was employed by the city of biloxi and was the first black councilman elected to the biloxi city government michael was elected to represent the people of ward ii in 1981 he was killed in an automobile accident on march 24 1983 michael and his family were domiciled at 641 fayard street they worshiped at our mother of sorrows catholic church on division street the daily herald march 24 1983 p 1 and march 25 1983 p 2 esters boulevard was named by the biloxi city council in to honor michael l esters it runs eastward from bohn street to and was formerly called railroad street ward iii lewis m langlinais  19452012 biloxi lost another son this week with the death of lewis louie milton langlinais 19452012 on september 23 2012 louie louie langlinais was born july 4 1945 and was a lifelong resident of biloxi he was preceded in death by his father lewis v langlinais a commercial fisherman who taught louie the value of hard work he is survived by his loving wife of 45 years donna winney langlinais two sons michael langlinais cathy and matthew langlinais mother mandeline langlinais all of biloxi sister frances mcnabb don of ocean springs ms six grandchildren michael samantha ally jeffery tiffany and shannon langlinais all of biloxi louie was the owner of beacon insurance services along with his wife donna he has been in the insurance business since 1968 and was a member of the million dollar round table he proudly served on senator trent lott s staff for the ms gulf coast when trent was a congressman and he served the city he loved as city councilman from 1981 to 1985 louie was voted outstanding young man in 1975 by the chamber of commerce was a former american heart association president chairman of the board of directors for gulf coast community hospital knights of columbus council 9409 as member of the  elks lodge  606 louie enjoyed playing santa claus for five years at the crippled children s party which he chaired he started power lifting at the age of fiftyfive winning numerous state and national titles at the time of his death he was a member of the prestigious southern elite power lifting team he had a very fond affection for everyone on his team and their accomplishments louie initiated morning call coffee club while active in the chamber of commerce and this has also been adopted by neighboring cities he was chairman of president gerald ford s visit to the gulf coast in 1976 he and his family enjoyed having lunch with the president at fisherman s wharf during his visit louie enjoyed mardi gras serving as duke of gulf coast carnival association charter member and president of le badineurs and other carnival groups he always enjoyed having friends family on mardi gras for an open house at the office a mass of christian burial will be at our lady of fatima catholic church on wednesday sept 26 2012 at 230 pm where friends may visit from 1200 pm until mass time interment will follow at southern memorial park ward iv mary carpenter ward v roy mattina ward vi wc mcmanus  ward vii margaret joyce smith sherry  19291987  margaret joyce smith sherry  19291987 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 19262009 m ann hall 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 19291989 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 margaret smith sherry was active in politics on the coast she was elected to the biloxi city council served as district v representative to the harrison county republican executive committee mrs sherry ran unsuccessfully for mayor of biloxi in 1985 she was murdered with judge vincent j sherry jr 19291987 at their biloxi home on september 16 1987 hud hunters   representative blessey served in the mississippi state legislature as representative from district 1 from 1973   the ocean springs record october 18 1973 p 12    references  edward humes   mississippi mud  gallery books new york1994 434 pages  the daily herald   elect blessey president of class iole miss law school   july 20 1964 the daily herald   barhanovich blessey await the final verdict   june 22 1981 the daily herald   blessey wins mayor s race by landslide   june 24 1981 the daily herald   winners   june 24 1981   the daily herald      the daily herald   esters      march 25 1983 the daily herald   quave has change of heart endorses blessey   march 22 1985 p a2 the daily herald   blessey seeks land swap with lab in water front plan   march 22 1985 p a5   the ocean springs news   bronze star winner   july 24 1968 p 1  the ocean springs record   blessey to address coast sierra club   moctober 18 1973 p 12 the ocean springs record   blesseycapers trial also had entertainment value   september 28 1989 p 1  the ocean springs record      the sun herald   judge vincent sherrymrs margaret sherry   september 18 1987 p a4 the sun herald   jurors hold blessey s fate now   march 20 1990 p a1 the sun herald   lewis langlinais   september 26 2012  19891993 peter p halat jr mayor of biloxi from 19891993  peter pete and petesie p halat jr 1942 was born at biloxi on july 27 1942 to peter p halat and louella mary gary he was reared up at 1150 east howard avenue in biloxi graduate biloxi high school in may 1960  jackson school of law pete married sandra dees b 1944 daughter of joseph p dees and dorothy rita eglin children sean stefan mckinnon halat m michelle ann holomon and lynetta marie dobbins  mayor began office in july 1989   references  edward humes   mississippi mud  gallery books new york1994 434 pages  the biloxid iberville press   peter halat enters mayoral race   november 16 1988 the sun herald   the sherry murders 20 years laterstill stunningbiloxi s most notorious murders revisited   september 9 2007 p a1 the sun herald   fbi vet won 10year fight   september 9 2007 p a1 the sun herald   the sherry murders 20 years laternot the best sort of witness   september 10 2007 p a1 the sun herald   house where sherry s were murdered will be torn down   september 26 2010 p a1 the sun herald    halat released from halfway house   april 25 2013 p a1 mayor of biloxi from 19932015  andrew j holloway jr  image made october 2007  andrew joseph aj holloway jr  19392018 was born at biloxi mississippi on april 17 1939 the son of aj holloway 19191997 and iris gertrude letort 19202015 he attended public schools at ocean springs mississippi until 195 when he transferred to the biloxi high public school system aj was an excellent athlete he was selected a member of an allamerican football team in 1958 and was awarded a football scholarship to the university of mississippi following his graduation from biloxi high school in 1959 aj holloway married miss seymour and married macklyn janice bond the daughter of mr and mrs se bond in nativity bvm catholic church at biloxi on december 22 1961 harrison co ms mrb 120 p 463  obituary aj holloway who oversaw an unprecedented number of qualityoflife improvements during his unprecedented 22 years as biloxi s mayor died early tuesday morning june 5 2018 he was 79 he was elected to the city council in 1989 and elected mayor in 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 and 2013 before resigning in 2015 holloway became mayor a year after casino gaming was legalized the industry reenergized the local economy creating 15000 jobs generating 6 billion in development boosting the number of annual visitors to the community from a million a year to between 8 and 10 million a year and accounting for billions in new revenue and holloway long known as a fiscal conservative tripled the size of the biloxi police and fire departments he called them the besttrained bestequipped and bestpaid police and fire departments you ll find built a 10 million lopezquave public safety center and new fire stations in east biloxi north biloxi and eagle point abolished fees for youth sports leagues and oversaw the construction of the donal m snyder sr community center the renovation and expansion of the biloxi community center and the construction of an 80acre sports complex in north biloxi that would later bear his name he was a force mayor andrew fofo gilich said he was always in it and that smile was infectious during holloway s tenure four new public schools were built including a stateoftheart high school an 80 million investment in public education tens of millions were invested in new municipal facilities such as police and fire stations libraries community centers parks playgrounds and ballfields new roads were built and decadesold ones were rebuilt a 35 million affordable housing initiative was undertaken in east biloxi and residents throughout the city saw their property tax rate drop by 50 percent the mayor also tapped into state and federal revenue for major projects he and the late delmar robinson whom holloway had appointed years earlier as chairman of the biloxi housing authority worked with sen trent lott then senate majority leader to establish the 35 million hope vi affordable housing initiative in east biloxi the townhome developments replaced barracksstyle housing that has been constructed generations earlier the mayor successfully lobbied thengov kirk fordice to have the state transform the derelict howard memorial hospital on back bay into the department of marine resources and other state agencies he also successfully lobbied the state for assistance on major road projects such as the widening of caillavet street which was part of a massive streets improvement project that saw the widening of cedar lake road and popp s ferry road and the construction of back bay boulevard as biloxi entered the 21st century the city was enjoying the most prosperous time in its 300year history that is until aug 29 2005 when hurricane katrina the worst natural disaster to ever strike the united states decimated biloxi and surrounding communities it was our tsunami holloway said in a quote that was republished around the world  katrina katrina claimed 6000 of 25000 homes and businesses in biloxi and more than 15000 were left without jobs in the gaming industry alone holloway s staunchly conservative nature and smallbusiness upbringing were steadfast before and after the storm the mayor s memory of the city s economic challenges before casino gaming arrived prompted him two months before the storm to invest 92000 in a businessinterruption insurance policy that captured 10 million in gaming revenue that would have been lost to the storm he marshaled city departments used state and federal aid and went about the business of clearing the city of debris in the days after the storm and set about a longterm recovery program six months after the storm holloway announced the reviving the renaissance initiative prompting nearly 200 residents to step forward to help craft a blueprint to guide the city s rebuilding efforts in a way that recaptures the successes of the past holloway along the way has stayed on message in fact a state of the city address he delivered to biloxians in 2007 included a line from a state of the city message he had delivered in 2004 more than a year before katrina said holloway in 2004 and again in 2007 future generations are going to look back on this chapter in our history as a time when we made the right decisions when we cherished and protected our culture and we did things to improve and enhance our quality of life they re going to see this as an historic time added the mayor we were on the right track before this storm and we re going to stay on the right track the people of biloxi have a unique opportunity we are in the midst of something most people can only dream of we were making history before this storm and we stand poised to make history again imagine that some people are lucky to be a part of history once in their lifetime we have the chance to be part of history twice in our lifetime the challenges of a postkatrina biloxi may define holloway s public service career which began with the biloxi public schools where he served as business manager for six years he also served at the mississippi tax commission for 12 years and attained the post of senior revenue agent he was later elected to the biloxi city council serving one term before being elected mayor of biloxi in 1993 holloway was a high school football hero a fierce competitor on the field and was later said to have thrown a punch that led to the longtime cancellation of the biloxigulfport football rivalry he was a legend gilich said one of my first memories was playing football with his brother donnie i remember like it was yesterday i thought i m playing football with aj holloway s brother then there was that ballgame with gulfport the whole town was like all the way holloway he was a legend in so many ways holloway parlayed his high school year into a scholarship at the university of mississippi where he earned a bachelor s degree in education at the same time he excelled in athletics having played in two sugar bowls and a cotton bowl while at ole miss and on the 1960 rebels national championship football team future us senators trent lott and thad cochran of mississippi were cheerleaders for the team holloway brought that winning spirit to city hall as councilman and later as mayor promising fiscally conservative leadership and responsible government he was preceded in death by his parents andrew joseph sr and iris letort holloway holloway s survivors include his wife of 56 years macklyn holloway his children heather holloway and her husband john radicia and jeff holloway his grandchildren destin holloway jordan holloway hannah radicia and abigail radicia his sister dale steckler and brothers donnie holloway and kenny holloway the family wishes to extend a special thanks to kare in home hospice especially patricia reddix for the special care provided for holloway a mass of christian burial will be held at nativity bvm cathedral on friday june 8 2018 at 1200 pm friends may visit from 930 am until mass time entombment will follow at southern memorial park the howard avenue chapel of bradfordo keefe funeral home is in charge of arrangements  19931997 city council installed on july 6 1993tullostoledano manor tom ferrill eric e dickey james n compton russell t bistle dianne g harenski tom wall mickey j bellande sr  19972001 city council   20012005 city council  james n compton ward iii alderman resigned on june 22 2004 a special election on july 27 2004 saw arlene canaan defeat walter blessey and mike hutter the sun herald june 23 2004 p a9 and july 2004 p james n compton replaced by arlene canaan in special election on july 27 2004 20052009 city council george lawrence william stallworth charles t harrison william michael mike fitzpartick  19382010  tom wall edward gemmill david fayard david fayard b 1954 was a 1972 graduate of d iberville high school he retired from the biloxi fire department after 25 years of service ran for ward 7 councilman on the republican ticket  20092013    george lawrence william stallworth lucy c denton william michael mike fitzpartick  19382010  tom wall  edward gemmill david fayard  tom wall died on 2013 and arlene wall his wife was appointed to his post    andrew m gillich jr 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