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('page', 0, 57, 60, 'en', 0, '<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; text-align: center; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><b>EARLY&nbsp;</b></span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><b>SEYMOUR</b></span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\">&nbsp;<strong>FAMILY SETTLEMENTS</strong></span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;Although the Seymour family has been in this area since Colonial times, there is not much published information on this clan. &nbsp;Brother Jerome Lepre of New Orleans et al have been working several years on The Seymour Family, another cog in his Gulf Coasthave been working several years on&nbsp;<b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; \">The Seymour Family</span></b>, another cog in his Gulf Coast Genealogy series titled, Early Mississippi Coast Families.&nbsp; Brother Lepre has already written thirteen early Mississippi Coast family history books,<b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; \">Cannette-Moore-Fayard-LaFontaine-Graveline</span></b>&nbsp;(1983),&nbsp;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; \"><strong>The Despau Family</strong></span>&nbsp;(1984),&nbsp;<b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; \">The Caillavet Family</span></b>&nbsp;(1984),&nbsp;<b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; \">The Saujon Family</span></b>&nbsp;(1984),&nbsp;<b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; \">The Carriere Family</span></b>&nbsp;(1985),&nbsp;<b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; \">The Ignacio Sierra Family</span></b>(1987),&nbsp;<b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; \">The Delaunay Family</span></b>&nbsp;(1988),&nbsp;<b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; \">The Krohn Family</span></b>&nbsp;(1989),&nbsp;<b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; \">The Santa Cruz Family</span></b>&nbsp;(1990),<b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; \">The Trochesset Family</span></b>&nbsp;(1991),&nbsp;<b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; \">The Fountain Family</span></b>&nbsp;(1992),&nbsp;<b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; \">The Meaut Family</span></b>&nbsp;(1995), and&nbsp;<b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; \">The Seymour Family</span></b>&nbsp;(2001), which have proven to be invaluable to local genealogical researchers.&nbsp;</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In addition, Brother Lepre has provided researchers important references works, such as:&nbsp;&nbsp;<b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; \">Catholic Church Records Diocese of Biloxi</span></b>, Volume I (1991),&nbsp;<b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; \">Catholic Church Records of Biloxi</span></b>, Volume II, (1995),&nbsp;<b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; \">Catholic Church Records of Biloxi</span></b>, Volume III, (1995), and&nbsp;<b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; \">Index to the Records of Old Mobile-Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception 1704-1891</span></b>, (1992).</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; This essay is not meant to compete with Brother Jerome Lepre and his cohorts or other&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Seymour</span></span></st1:city><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">family historians, but rather to complement their genealogical research with early&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Seymour</span></span></st1:city><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;land records to define locales where the primal&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Seymour</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;families lived.&nbsp;</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; An admonition to&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Seymour</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;descendants, although there is much genealogical information in this article, I know that some of it must be incorrect.&nbsp; This is the nature of family research.&nbsp; One strives for perfection, but it is seldom attained.&nbsp; If I have erred in describing your&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Seymour</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;ancestors, please forgive me.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Other researchers known to this writer who have published on the Seymour family are Ellen E. Kuehn, &quot;Seymour Family&quot;, Annette R. Seymour, &quot;Seymour Family&quot; and &quot;John Chester Seymour and Annette Raley&quot;, and Betty Clark Rodgers, &quot;Lazarus Seymour and Nancy Seaman&quot;, all published in&nbsp;<b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; \">The History of Jackson County, Mississippi</span></b>&nbsp;(1989).&nbsp; Pauline H. Entrekin wrote &quot;The Seymore Family Tree&quot; for The Mississippi Coast History and Genealogical Society Journal</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">(Volume 20, No. 2) in June 1984.&nbsp; The&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Seymour</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;family is mentioned briefly in&nbsp;<b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; \">A History of the Mississippi Beef Cattle Industry</span></b>&nbsp;(1985).</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The author has utilized these and other common genealogical sources to create this essay.&nbsp; The Chancery Court Land Deed Records of Jackson and&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Harrison County</span></span></st1:city><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">,&nbsp;</span></span><st1:state><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Mississippi</span></span></st1:state><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">, as well as the Jackson County Archives directed by Betty C. Rodgers and Lois Castigliola at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Pascagoula</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;were invaluable to this study.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The genesis of the large&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Seymour</span></span></st1:city><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;family of the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Mississippi</span></span></st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placetype><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Gulf</span></span></st1:placetype><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placetype><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Coast</span></span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;traces its ancestry from St. Cyr Seymour (1788-1845) and Marie-Josephe Ryan (1786-1876).&nbsp; The origin of the name&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Seymour</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;is quite obfuscated by the Roman Catholic Church records of Colonial times and later.&nbsp; In</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">July 1995, Brother Lepre published an article, &quot;Solution To A Mystery? LeBlanc-White-Moore-Zamora-Seymour&quot;, in The&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Mississippi</span></span></st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placetype><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Coast</span></span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;History and Genealogical Society Journal.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Jerome Lepre relates that the man we know today as St. Cyr Seymour is referred to in various Catholic Church documents as St. Cyr LeBlanc, St. Cyr White, Jose St. Cyr, St. Cyr Zamora, Jose Zamora, and Joseph S. Moore.&nbsp; The name on his tombstone in Section B of the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Old</span></span></st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Biloxi</span></span></st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placetype><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Cemetery</span></span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;is St. Cyr Zamor.&nbsp; St. Cyr Seymour died on January 1, 1845 at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">New Orleans</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">.&nbsp;</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Regardless of this ubiquitous nomenclature from LeBlanc to&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Zamora</span></span></st1:city><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">, the name&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Seymour</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;has survived in various forms, such as Seamore, Seymore, and Seymoure.&nbsp; Their appears to be absolute certitude that the man who was once &quot;commonly called Joseph S. Moore&quot;, the patriarch of all</span></span><st1:state><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Mississippi</span></span></st1:state><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;coastal&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Seymours</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">, is St. Cyr Seymour.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In June 1808, St. Cyr Seymour married Marie-Josephe Ryan, the daughter of Jean Ryan and Marie Gargaret at St. Mary&#39;s Church on&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Chartres Street</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;in New Orleans.(Lepre, 1995).&nbsp; Their known children were:&nbsp; Edward Seymour (1809-1868+), Pierre Seymour (1810-18&nbsp; ), Jean-Baptiste</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Seymour (1811-1887), Lazarus Seymour (1816-1902), Narcisse Seymour (b. 1818), Victoria Seymour Fayard (1819-1904), Josephine Seymour Fayard (c. 1825-1852), and St. Cyr Seymour II (1827-1903).</span></span></p>\r\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; text-align: center; \">\r\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"/sites/default/files/u4/Seymour family map.JPG\" style=\"width: 400px; height: 284px; \" /></p>\r\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; text-align: center; \">\r\n	<st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><b>FONTAINEBLEAU</b></span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><b>-THE PATRIARCH&#39;S SETTLEMENT</b></span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">The homestead of St. Cyr Seymour is clearly defined in the American State Papers and the early land records of the Chancery Court of Jackson County, Mississippi.&nbsp; In January 1816, William Crawford, Land Commissioner for the District East of the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Pearl River</span></span></st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">, submitted Report No. 234 to the 14th Congress.&nbsp; His abstract No. 12, included the 174 settlers who had land claims east of the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Pearl River</span></span></st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">whose land claims were not derived from the French, British, or Spanish.&nbsp; Joseph S. Moore (St. Cyr Seymour) was one of these claimants.&nbsp; His land claim, Claim No. 161, was at Belle Fontaine (</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Fontainebleau</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">) and was settled in 1799, by himself.(American State Papers, 1994).&nbsp;</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">The Joseph S. Moore Claim, No. 161, consisting of 640 acres in Section 5, T8S-R7W, Jackson County, Mississippi</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Claim No. 161 was confirmed by an Act of Congress in March 1819.&nbsp; It was surveyed in 1827-1828 by Thomas Bilbo, Deputy Surveyor.&nbsp; The&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Seymour</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;donation encompassed Section 5, T8S-R7W, which contains 640 acres.&nbsp; The St. Cyr Seymour acreage was highly variable topographically.&nbsp; The south perimeter consisted of a large estuarine marsh on the west, which became the open waters of</span></span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Graveline</span></span></st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placetype><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Lake</span></span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;to the east.&nbsp; Above the tidal marsh, the western half of Section 5, T8S-R7W is a broad, northwest-southeast striking ridge, which reaches a maximum elevation of 20 feet above mean sea level.&nbsp; The culmination of this ridge in the S/2 of the NW/4 of Section is the most desire-able location for a settlement.&nbsp; A small, southeast meandering, bayou, which was alluded to as Bayou Derion? on the 1835-1838 tax rolls, flows into&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Graveline</span></span></st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placetype><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Lake</span></span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;in the SE/4 of Section 5, T8S-R7W, diagonally transects the east half of Section 5.(USGS Topographic Maps, Gautier and South Gautier)&nbsp;</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Francois Rillieux and Jean-Baptise Baudrau dit Graveline and his heirs, very early settlers of the general&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Pascagoula</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;area with the Krebs and La Pointe families, were also land claimants near the St. Cyr Seymour parcel. (Higginbotham, 1967).&nbsp; Early maps depict what we know today as Graveline Bayou as Bayou Rilicax (sic).(1)&nbsp; This name had degraded to Bayou Pilicox by the 1920s, probably due to typographical errors by the cartographers..&nbsp; Vincent Rillieux (1740-1800), a son of Francois Rillieux and Marie Chenet, is the great grandfather of Edgar Degas (1834-1917), a French painter and sculptor, and friend of the French Impressionist movement of the late 19th Century.&nbsp; The Rillieux family left the</span></span><st1:city><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Pascagoula</span></span></st1:city><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;area for&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">New Orleans</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;prior to 1763.(Higginbotham, 1967).</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; French Canadian adventurer, Jean-Baptiste Baudrau (1671-1761), called Graveline, who came to Fort Maurepas, at present day Ocean Springs, of the Louisiana Colony with d&#39;Iberville (1661-1706) in 1700, remained and settled permanently in what became in December 1812, Jackson County of the Mississippi Territory.&nbsp; Today, his descendants from daughter, Magdeline, and her spouse, Pierre Paquet, number in the thousands.&nbsp; Graveline&#39;s granddaughter, Catherine-Louise Baudreau (1742-1806+), wedded Joseph Bosarge (1733-1794), a native of&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:city><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Poitiers</span></span></st1:city><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">,&nbsp;</span></span><st1:country-region><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">France</span></span></st1:country-region></st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;in 1763, founding another large coast family.(Lepre, 1983)</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Another early settler in the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Fontainebleau</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;area was Charles C. Russell.&nbsp; His claim, Claim No. 148, was at Bayou Relliaux (sic), east of St. Cyr Seymour.&nbsp; Russell settled here in April 1809.&nbsp; His claim included 160 acres comprising the E/2 of the NE/4 and the E/2 of the SE/4 of Section 5, T8S-R7W.(American State Papers, 1994).&nbsp; In September 1848, the heirs of St. Cyr Seymour, quitclaimed their &quot;rights, titles, claims, and interests&quot; in this parcel to Alfred E. Lewis (1812-1885). (JXCO, Ms. Land Deed Bk. 3, pp. 28-30)</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Charles C. Russell claim lies for the most part on the east side of a small, unnamed bayou which should fittingly be called St. Cyr or Seymour Bayou.&nbsp; Although low topographically, this land is suitable for habitation.&nbsp; The&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Old Shell Landing Road</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;takes a sinuous path across the northern perimeter of the NE/4 of Section 5.&nbsp; A.E. Lewis had purchased the Russell claim from Thomas L. Fletcher in August 1842.(JXCO, Ms. Land Deed Bk. 3, pp. 23-24)&nbsp;</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">A Federal land patent was issued on November 22, 1895, to St. Cyr Seymour, his legal representatives, and heirs on 480 acres in Section 5, T8S-R7W.&nbsp; The heirs of Charles C. Russell received their Federal land patent on October 9, 1895, on 160 acres in the E/2 of the E/2 of Section 5, T8S-R7W.(JXCO, Ms. Land Deed Bk. Bk. 242, pp. 457-459 and Bk. 17, p. 151)</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">The&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Seymour</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;name has long been linked to beef cattle.&nbsp; Their maternal ancestor, Jean-Baptiste Baudreau (1671-ca 1762) dit Graveline, is credited with the importation of cattle into the Louisiana Colony during Colonial times.&nbsp; In June 1748, Pierre de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil, then Governor of French Louisiana, in a letter to Jerome Phelypeaux, Comte de Maurepas, Minister of Marine for Louis XV, King of France, wrote the following about Graveline:</span></span></p>\r\n<blockquote>\r\n	<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n		<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;<b><i>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &ldquo;he has generously risked so many times for the service of his majesty, first in expeditions in which he took part in Canada against the Iroquois, where he always&nbsp; distinguished himself, as well as in the journeys that were made there by sea to take Hudson&#39;s Bay and ravage&nbsp; the coasts of Newfoundland, and since he has been in Louisiana in the difficult journeys he has undertaken, both to manage certain Indian nations for us and to suppress the insolence of several others, having marched at the head of the militia, of which he is the oldest captain, whenever we have formed an army to fight them.&rdquo;&nbsp;</i></b></span></span></p>\r\n</blockquote>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Graveline, one of the first voyagers from Canada who came here for the settlement of the colony, at which he has worked steadily, both by the frequent voyages which he made to France to contract and conduct people here and by the voyages he has made to Vera Cruz and Havana in order to open commerce there and to have transported to this country the first purebred horned livestock seen here.(Rowland, et al, 1984)&nbsp;</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; When Thomas Hutchins (1730-1789), Surveyor-General of the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:country-region><st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">United States</span></span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;came to the area in 1784, he observed:</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><b><i>There are still a few inhabitants at&nbsp;</i></b></span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><b><i>Biloxi</i></b></span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">, some of whom are the offspring of the original settlers.&nbsp; Their chief employment is raising cattle and stock, and making pitch and tar:&nbsp; but the natives (Indians) are very troublesome to them.(Hutchins, 1784)</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Hutchins had first come to the area in 1772, when he was a young lieutenant in the British Navy at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Pensacola</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">.&nbsp; He was searching for an English military vessel,&nbsp;<b><i>Mercury</i></b>, which went aground at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Free</span></span></st1:placename><st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Masons</span></span></st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Island</span></span></st1:placename></st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;in the Bernard Roman&#39;s Hurricane of September 1772.&nbsp; While at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Biloxi</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">, Hutchins&nbsp;<strong><em>&quot;was advised that all the coastal islands had been awash during the storm.&nbsp; Cattle and hogs had been lost, some said as many as three hundred from Horn, Buck (Deer), and&nbsp;</em></strong></span></span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><strong><em>Ship</em></strong></span></span></st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placetype><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Island</span></span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&quot;.(Rea, 1990, p. 58)&nbsp; Cattle were kept on the barrier islands to reduce their theft by the Native Americans.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Possibly one of the earliest corroborations of the Seymour link to cattle is the 1827 Tax Roll of Jackson County, which indicates that St. Cyr Seymour was residing at Belle Fontaine and possessed 300 cattle ($4 per head) and 8 horses (valued at $300) worth $1500.&nbsp; By 1856, the county tax rolls indicate that the widow Seymour, Marie-Josephe Ryan, and her four sons still owned over 300 cattle and seven slaves.&nbsp; Many of St. Cyr Seymour&#39;s descendants became well-known stockmen and butchers in towns along the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:state><st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Mississippi</span></span></st1:place></st1:state><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;coast.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; When the children of St. Cyr Seymour and Marie-Joseph Ryan became of marriageable age, one could speculate that the sparse population in the Belle Fontaine-Fontainebleau area and the probable desire to select spouses of the Roman Catholic faith led their children to seek mates in other areas of the county.&nbsp; At this time, their particular environs near Fontainebleau were inhabited for the most part by strongly Protestant families, such as those of William Ramsay, Daniel H. Ramsay (1814-1867) and Daniel Webb.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To understand population distributions at this time, one can observe the 1840 Federal Census for</span></span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Jackson</span></span></st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">County</span></span></st1:placename></st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">, which indicates that there were only 1459 Caucasians residing in over 1300 square miles.&nbsp; With the religious factor and paucity of eligible women near their&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Fontainebleau</span></span></st1:city><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;homestead, it is easy to imagine how the first three&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Seymour</span></span></st1:city><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;sons found mates at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">East Biloxi</span></span></st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;(now Ocean Springs).&nbsp;</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Here in the early 1800s, on the eastern shore of the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:placetype><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Bay</span></span></st1:placetype><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;of&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Biloxi</span></span></st1:placename></st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;resided the family of Andre Fournier II (died pre-1851) and Catherine Bouzage (1780-1841+).&nbsp; They occupied a three arpent tract on the east end of the LaFontaine tract.&nbsp; A small bayou on the eastern perimeter of the Fournier land, called Bayou Bouzage, is now the main channel of the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:placetype><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Ocean</span></span></st1:placetype><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placetype><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Springs</span></span></st1:placetype><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Inner</span></span></st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placetype><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Harbor</span></span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">.&nbsp; The present home of Mrs. Alice T. Austin at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">545 Front Beach Drive</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;probably occupies the same site as the primal Fournier settlement.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Fourniers came to Ocean Springs from the Bayou La Batre area of coastal&nbsp;</span></span><st1:state><st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Alabama</span></span></st1:place></st1:state><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">.&nbsp;&nbsp; They had a large family with many daughters:&nbsp; Gertrude F. Carco (1805-1850+), Andre Fournier III (1809-1878), Emilie F. Bouzage (ca 1811-1850+), Maria Evaline Foretich (1813-1854), Louise F.&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Seymour</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">(1815-1860+), Marie F. Seymour (1817-1890), Catherine F. Ryan Moran (1819-1887), Delphine F. Llado (1819-1906), and Adele F. Seymour (1823-1890).(Adkinson, et al, 1991)</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In December 1849, Andre Fournier III (1809-1878) also acquired land at Ocean Springs.&nbsp; His tract consisted of 160 acres in the SW/4 of Section 19, T7S-R8W.&nbsp; This tract is east of Martin Avenue projected north along the range line between Range 8W and Range 9W to Fort Bayou, and includes all land south of Fort Bayou to Government Street projected to the range line.&nbsp; The eastern perimeter of the Fournier parcel is a line from&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Blount Avenue north</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;of Government to&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:placetype><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Fort</span></span></st1:placetype><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Bayou</span></span></st1:placename></st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">.&nbsp; George A. Cox (1811-1887) acquired 78 acres in the western portion of the Fournier tract in December 1859.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Here, this entrepreneur from&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Yazoo</span></span></st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placetype><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">City</span></span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;homesteaded on the old Fournier place which was probably located near the present day PFG Precision Optic plant at 733 Bienville. &nbsp;The road leading to his home became known as&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Cox Avenue</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;and a family burial plot was commenced near the west boundary of the former Coca Cola bottling plant.(Schmidt, 1972, p. 29).</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; From the Andre Fournier II family at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">East Biloxi</span></span></st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">, Edward Seymour married Adele Fournier.&nbsp; Pierre Seymour married Louise Fournier and Jean-Baptiste Seymour married Marie Fournier.&nbsp; The tax rolls of Jackson County, Mississippi, indicate that these&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Seymour</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;brothers and St. Cyr II, and their families continued to reside in the Fontainbleau area as late as 1856.&nbsp; Their father St. Cyr&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Seymour</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;had passed on January 1, 1845.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; As we will see, the children of St. Cyr Seymour and Marie-Josephe Ryan eventually moved to the western side of&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Jackson</span></span></st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">County</span></span></st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;and into eastern&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Harrison</span></span></st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placetype><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">County</span></span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">.&nbsp; With the exception of Jean-Baptise Seymour, who settled at Ocean Springs with his wife, Marie Fournier, the other Seymour male siblings found habitations to the north and west of&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placetype><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Fort</span></span></st1:placetype><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Bayou</span></span></st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;in what today we know as the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">St. Martin</span></span></st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">and Latimer communities.&nbsp; This area of western&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Jackson</span></span></st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">County</span></span></st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;is also the primal haunts of the Jean Ryan family from which the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Seymours</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;were maternally related.&nbsp; The&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Seymour</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;girls, Victoria and Josephine, married Fayard cousins, Narcisse Fayard (1825-1896) and Charles Fayard (1822-1897), and settled at heavily Roman Catholic Biloxi.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Before leaving the original St. Cyr Seymour settlement at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Fontainebleau</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">, it is important to know that as late as 1914, the children of St. Cyr Seymour II (1827-1903) were involved in litigation concerning the western 480 acres of Section 5, T8S-R7W in the Chancery Court of Jackson County, Mississippi.&nbsp; It is from depositions in these Chancery Court cases that much interesting information on the original&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Seymour</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;claim was revealed.&nbsp; In what may be described as a story within a story, the following is generally what transpired on the primal St. Cyr Seymour homestead after his demise at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">New Orleans</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;in January 1845.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; We will probably never know precisely why the family of St. Cyr Seymour abandoned their home place north of&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:placetype><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Lake</span></span></st1:placetype><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Graveline</span></span></st1:placename></st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;after his demise.&nbsp; As previously suggested, the paucity of eligible life mates in the immediate area of the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Seymour</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;settlement with similar religious tenets, may have been a contributing factor.&nbsp;</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Another consideration in the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Seymour</span></span></st1:city><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;migration to the western end of&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Jackson</span></span></st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">County</span></span></st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">, is that between August 1852 and October 1860, no fewer than six hurricanes struck the coast of the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Mexican</span></span></st1:placename><st1:placetype><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Gulf</span></span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">.&nbsp; The Great Mobile Hurricane of August 1852, landed between&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Pascagoula</span></span></st1:city><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;and&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Mobile</span></span></st1:city><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;and was particularly devastating in the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Pascagoula</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;region.&nbsp;</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;The Year 1860 saw three storms affect the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:state><st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Mississippi</span></span></st1:place></st1:state><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;coast.&nbsp; The August 1860 tempest passed between&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Biloxi</span></span></st1:city><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;and&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Pascagoula</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">, which was very near the St. Cyr Seymour homestead.&nbsp; The September 1860 Hurricane saw sea level rise seven feet in 20 minutes, inundating the village of</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Pascagoula.(Sullivan-?)&nbsp; The third tempest hit&nbsp;</span></span><st1:state><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Louisiana</span></span></st1:state><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;in early October 1860, and did some damage to the west side of the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:state><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Mississippi</span></span></st1:state><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;coast sparing the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Fontainebleau</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;area. (Sullivan-?).</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; One can only imagine the effects of a tidal surge, emerging swiftly through the churning waters of&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placetype><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Lake</span></span></st1:placetype><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Graveline</span></span></st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">, over the lower elevations of the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Seymour</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;plantation during one of these tropical storms.&nbsp; How did their home, large herd of cattle and other livestock, and virgin forests fare during the banshee-screaming, tornado winds and driving rain of these great tempests?</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Regardless of all suppositions, it is known from the land deed records, land rolls, and tax rolls of the Chancery Courts of Jackson and Harrison Counties, that the six surviving heirs of St. Cyr Seymour, one daughter, Josephine S. Fayard, had expired childless in February 1852, began selling their legacy at</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Fontainebleau</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">, in the late 1860s.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In December 1868, the first&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Seymour</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;heir to sell his interest at Fontainbleau was Edward Seymour who sold to James Mulholland (1823-1871).( JXCO, Ms. Land Deed Bk. 6, pp. 548-549).&nbsp; Mr. Mulholland was an Irish immigrant who operated a store on the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Daisy-Vestry Road</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;(now&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Old Biloxi Road</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">).&nbsp; His daughter, Elizabeth Mulholland (1859-1936), married Calvin Seymour (1850-1922), the eldest son of St. Cyr Seymour II and Anne McCarty.&nbsp; A son, Jeff Davis Mulholland (1861-1930), sometimes in alliance with the Quave family, was a leading merchant and entrepreneur at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">North Biloxi</span></span></st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;in the late 19th and early 20th Century.(Bellande, 1992)</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In January 1876, Narcisse Fayard (1825-1896) and his wife, Victoria Seymour (1819-1904), sold their 1/6 interest to Alfred E. Lewis (1812-1885) for $50.( JXCO, Ms. Land Deed Book 3, pp. 74-75)</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Jean-Baptiste Seymour sold for $100 his interest, which was described as one-half in the &quot;Joseph S. Moore grant&quot; to his son, Moses Seymour, in August 1887.(JXCO, Ms. Land Deed Bk.&nbsp;&nbsp; 10, p. 32)&nbsp;&nbsp; He must have acquired the interests of his brothers, Pierre Seymour and St. Cyr II.&nbsp; These conveyances were lost or destroyed, as they were never recorded in the Chancery Court post-1875.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Lazarus Seymour and Martha Fayard for $100 conveyed to Delmas and Emily Seymour their 1/6 interest in February 1890.(JXCO, Ms. Land Deed Bk. 10, p. 547)&nbsp; Delmas Seymour was the son of Jean-Baptise Seymour.&nbsp;&nbsp;The heirs of St. Cyr Seymour II claimed that he never sold his 1/6 interest in his father&#39;s&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Fontainebleau</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;estate.&nbsp; They pursued unsuccessfully for many years in the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Chancery</span></span></st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placetype><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Court</span></span></st1:placetype><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">of</span></span></st1:placename><st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Jackson</span></span></st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">County</span></span></st1:placename></st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">, to be remunerated for their alleged interest in the St. Cyr Seymour homestead.&nbsp; By 1893, M.D. Russell, a land speculator from&nbsp;</span></span><st1:state><st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Iowa</span></span></st1:place></st1:state><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">, who was residing in the O&#39;Keefe Cottage at Ocean Springs with his new bride, was in control of the old St. Cyr Seymour tract.&nbsp; Young Russell and his father, Doctor D.P. Russell, a veterinarian, who resided at Belle Fontaine, were involved with Colonel W.R. Snyder (1864-1918) in local land speculation.&nbsp; The three men were alleged partners in the sale of the A.E. Lewis Estate, a small portion which had been the St. Cyr Seymour homestead, to the John B. Lyon (1829-1904) family of Chicago.(JXCO, Miss. Chancery Court Cause No. 413, &quot;Snyder v. Russell&quot;, June 1890) The Lewis tract later became known as the Hamill Farm in the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Fontainebleau</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;area.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;From depositions given in Jackson County, Mississippi Chancery Court Cause No. 3336, &quot;H.F. Russell v. Calvin Seymour, et al&quot;, March 1914, the following information was revealed concerning the</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Seymour</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;land in Section 5, T8S-R7W:</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; H.F. Russell (1858-1940), the plaintiff in the case, testified that D.P. Russell, called Doc Russell, and the father of M.D. Russell, was the agent for the owners in the 1890s.&nbsp; Between 1895 and 1901, the virgin timber was cut or worked off the property by the timber crews of Doc Russell.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Richmond Spradley (1847-1900+) became the tenant for then proprietors, Moses L. Pervin and Wilson.&nbsp; Spradley lived in a frame and log house with his wife, Elizabeth (1833-1900+), and son, Elias (1878-1900+).&nbsp; Their country house was located on the middle bayou near the center of Section 5.&nbsp; Here Spradley cultivated a garden and burned charcoal to make his livelihood.&nbsp; He left the land in 1906, when his wife became ill.&nbsp; Others who worked on the land were John Webb (1854-1900+) and A.B. Spradley (1874-1900+).</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Thomas E. Ramsay (1845-1934), who owned the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Seymour</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;tract with H.F. Russell (1858-1940) from 1902 to 1909, testified that Mr. Spradley was the tenant of M.D. Russell and that he resided on the land for about eleven years.&nbsp; Ramsay said that Spradley built one or two houses and</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><b><i>&quot;raised some mighty fine sugar cane and potatoes&quot;</i></b>.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; John Webb testified to the Chancery Court that D.P. Russell lived on the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Seymour</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;land and had logs cut and charcoal burned there during his occupancy.&nbsp; Webb stated that &quot;he (D.P. Russell) lived on what they call the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Seymour</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;place&quot;.&nbsp; Russell built a house, barn, and a structure for his teamsters to occupy.&nbsp; John Webb further averred that this was the same site that Richmond Spradley later resided on commencing in 1895 or 1896.&nbsp; Webb also revealed that there were hundreds of charcoal kilns on the property.&nbsp; The average kiln produced about 350 barrels of charcoal.&nbsp; When asked if he ever knew of any</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Seymours</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;living on the tract, John Webb replied negatively.&nbsp; He did say that&nbsp;<b><i>&quot;there was an old man living there once, that we called Uncle Baptiste&quot;</i></b>.&nbsp; Webb did not know with any degree of certitude that this man, Uncle Baptiste, was Jean-Baptiste Seymour, the son of St. Cyr Seymour.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; From testimony given in Cause No. 3336, H.F. Russell v. Calvin Seymour, et al, one could conclude that the homestead of St. Cyr Seymour was located in the SE/4 of the NW/4 of Section 5, T8S-R7W.&nbsp; Here the tenant, situated near a navigable bayou and protected from the hurricane prone shores of the Mississippi Sound to the south, was ideally situated to take advantage of the fecund waters of</span></span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Graveline</span></span></st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placetype><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Lake</span></span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;with its fine oysters and fish.&nbsp; Access to the open waters of the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Gulf of Mexico</span></span></st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;and a window to the outside world via coastal schooner was available through Graveline Bayou.&nbsp; High land suitable for cultivation and stock raising lie nearby as well as lush tidal marshes suitable for winter foraging for livestock.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<st1:place><st1:placetype><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><b>Camp</b></span></span></st1:placetype><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><b>&nbsp;</b></span></span><st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><b>Graveline</b></span></span></st1:placename></st1:place></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Today, this area of&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Jackson</span></span></st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">County</span></span></st1:placename></st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;is still sparsely settled.&nbsp; In August 1977, Louis A. Fayard, Inc. and Mary C. Mahoney, Inc. opened a subdivision called the &quot;Father Mullin Lake Graveline Properties&quot;.&nbsp; It consists of nineteen lots on the north shore of&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:placetype><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Lake</span></span></st1:placetype><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Graveline</span></span></st1:placename></st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;in the southern 3/4 of the S/2 of the Joseph S. Moore Claim.(JXCO, Ms. Land Plat Book 15, p. 37)</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A second unit consisting of twenty lots was added in Section 19, T8S-R7W, on the John Baptiste Beaudreaux (sic) Claim, in August 1978.(JXCO, Ms. Land Plat Book 16, p. 3)&nbsp; In the same general area, Graveline Pointe Subdivision, is now being developed by James Reeves Development, Inc. of</span></span><st1:place><st1:city><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Laurel</span></span></st1:city><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">,&nbsp;</span></span><st1:state><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Mississippi</span></span></st1:state></st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Reverend Herbert Mullin and Monsignor Geofrey O&#39;Connell, Roman Catholic Irish priests, acquired this land in April 1944, from Charles S. Gerth of New Orleans.( JXCO, Ms. Land Deed Bk. 87, pp. 491-492)&nbsp; Here with the assistance of the Brothers of the Sacred Heart from Bay St. Louis, they developed Camp Graveline at Graveline Point just west of where &quot;St. Cyr Bayou&quot; enters Graveline Lake.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; According to Bob Mahoney of&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Biloxi</span></span></st1:city><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">, who spent many summers of his youth here,&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:placetype><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Camp</span></span></st1:placetype><st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Graveline</span></span></st1:placename></st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;was a vacation camp, which catered to the recreational needs of the Coast&#39;s juveniles.&nbsp; It offered two sessions and could accommodate about 150 campers.&nbsp; Girls went for four weeks commencing in June.&nbsp; The boys session was six weeks terminating in August.&nbsp; Both groups enjoyed fishing, swimming, sailing, water skiing, hiking, and horseback riding.&nbsp; In addition to Bob Mahoney, a well known Coast restaurateur and amateur golfer, singer-song writer-author, Jimmy Buffett (b. 1946) of</span></span><st1:city><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Pascagoula</span></span></st1:city><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;and&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Key West</span></span></st1:city><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">, may be&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:placetype><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Camp</span></span></st1:placetype><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Graveline</span></span></st1:placename></st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&#39;s most famous alumni.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Camp Graveline was owned by the Sisters of Mercy from May 1958 until March 1961, when it was quitclaimed to Father Mullin, et al.(JXCO, Ms. Land Deed Bk. 185, pp. 357-359)&nbsp; It is believed that Camp Graveline ceased to function as a summer holiday resort in the late 1950s, and was subsequently a victim of Hurricane Camille in August 1969.&nbsp; The Creare Corporation purchased it from the Catholic priests, Mullin and O&#39;Connell, in June 1969.( JXCO, Ms. Land Deed Bk. 357, p. 467)&nbsp;</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; We are now ready to investigate the migration of the children of St. Cyr Seymour and Marie-Josephe Ryan from the primal&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Seymour</span></span></st1:city><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;homestead at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Fontainebleau</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;to other areas of the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:state><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Mississippi</span></span></st1:state><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">coast, primarily western&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Jackson</span></span></st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">County</span></span></st1:placename></st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">.&nbsp; For the most part, they settled in what we know today as the Latimer community.&nbsp; The primary focus of this late 1860&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Seymour</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;settlement is in and around the intersection of&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Tucker Road</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;and the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Old Biloxi Road</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;(</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Daisy-Vestry Road</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">).&nbsp;</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; North of the &quot;Big Ridge&quot; on the east side of the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Tchoutacabouffa</span></span></st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placetype><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">River</span></span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;water shed is an area that could be described as an &quot;inland peninsula&quot;.&nbsp; With Bayou Costapia to the north, Perigal Creek to the north and east, and Cypress Creek to the south, some of the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Seymour</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;family chose the high land amidst these waterways to settle.&nbsp; Here, elevations range between 40 and feet above sea level.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; It is interesting to note that this general locale was the childhood home of their mother, Marie-Josephe Seymour, nee Ryan.&nbsp; She was reared on the Jean Ryan settlement about two to three miles south, in the vicinity of present day Bayou Porteaux-Gulf Hills.&nbsp; It was a homecoming for her.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; text-align: center; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><b>EDWARD SEYMOUR SETTLEMENT-LATIMER/LARUE</b></span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Edward Seymour (1809-1898), the eldest of the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Seymour</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;children, married Adele Fournier (1818-1890), the daughter of Andre Fournier and Catherine Bouzage, circa 1829.&nbsp; They may have started their lives south of Edward&#39;s birthplace at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Fontainebleau</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">.&nbsp; The 1833 tax roll of&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Jackson</span></span></st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">County</span></span></st1:placename></st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;demonstrates that Edward Seymour was at Belle Fontaine Pointe where he owned 10 acres of land.&nbsp; By 1842, he owned 60 head of cattle.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The&nbsp;</span></span><st1:state><st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Mississippi</span></span></st1:place></st1:state><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;agricultural census of 1850, reported Edward Seymour&#39;s holdings as:</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>10 acres of improved land, 400 acres of unimproved land, cash value of farm $300.&nbsp; Stock included 4 horses, 1 mule, 30 milch cows, 4 working oxen, 10 other cattle, and 38 swine valued at $850.&nbsp;&nbsp;</b></span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><b>Seymour</b></span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;also owned 50 bushels of Indian corn and 50 pounds of butter.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; By 1856, the tax rolls have Edward Seymour in possession of 80 cattle and one slave.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; It cannot be ascertained with a high degree of certitude when Edward Seymour and family left the</span></span><st1:city><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Fontainebleau</span></span></st1:city><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;area for the Latimer area in western&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Jackson</span></span></st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">County</span></span></st1:placename></st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">.&nbsp; The land deed records of Jackson County indicate that in June and November 1851, Edward Seymour purchased two contiguous tracts of land on the Daisy-Vestry Road (Old Biloxi Road) about one mile southwest of its intersection with present day Tucker Road.&nbsp; From James L. Condry, Seymour acquired the NW/4 of the SE/4 and the SW/4 of the SE/4 of Section 27, T6S-9RW.(JXCO, Ms. Land Deed Bk. 10, p. 384)&nbsp; He bought from Peter Scarborough of Harrison County, in November 1851, with tenements, the NW/4 of the NE/4 of Section 34, T6S-R9W.(JXCO, Ms. Land Deed Bk. 10, p. 383)</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Edward Seymour and his wife reared a large family consisting of the following children:&nbsp; Raymour Seymour (1829-1911), Elizabeth Richard (1836-1905), Suzanne Dupree (b. 1839), Lewis Seymour (b. 1939), Antoine Seymour (b. 1840), Joseph Edward Seymour (b. 1842), Josephine &quot;Coriene&quot; Cates (1843-1929), and Clement Fayard Seymour (1846-1915).</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Some corroboration for the relocation of Edward Seymour to the Latimer area, is given in 1867.&nbsp; At this time, his mother Marie-Josephe or Mary Seymour purchased 160 acres in the north half of Section 26, T6S-R9W from the State of Mississippi.(JXCO, Ms. Land Deed&nbsp; Book 22, p. 368)&nbsp; Also, at the same time, his, son, Clement Seymour, son-in-law, Fred Dupree (1833-1911), and grandson, Edward Richard, bought the SE/4 of Section 26, T6S-R9W from the State of&nbsp;</span></span><st1:state><st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Mississippi</span></span></st1:place></st1:state><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">.&nbsp; These tracts are all on the northeast side of&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Tucker Road</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">, varying from one mile southeast of its intersection with the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Old Biloxi Road</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;to the intersection with same, in the NW/4 of Section 26.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In 1872, Edward Seymour sold his land in the Latimer area to Clement Seymour and St. Cyr Seymour II.&nbsp; It appears from the land assessment records of&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Jackson</span></span></st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">County</span></span></st1:placename></st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">, that by 1875, Edward Seymour, who was approximately sixty-six years of age, had disposed of all land holdings in the county.&nbsp; His name is not on the 1875 Land Rolls of Jackson County.&nbsp; One would assume that he and his wife were residing with an offspring.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Annette Raley Seymour, the wife of John Chester Seymour (b. 1929), relates in the &quot;Seymour Family&quot; in&nbsp;<b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; \">The History of Jackson County, Mississippi</span></b>&nbsp;(1989), that &quot;Edwour</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Seymour</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;lived with his son (Raymour) and his wife (Lucinda Williams) for about four years after his wife died.&nbsp; His death occurred on August 1, 1898 and he is buried in the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Wilkerson</span></span></st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placetype><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Cemetery</span></span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;in Larue Community&quot;.&nbsp; John Chester Seymour is the great great-grandson of Edward Seymour and Adele Fournier.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Seymour</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;encroachment into the Larue area began in 1891.&nbsp; In September 1891, Raymour Seymour acquired Federal patents on the following lands in T5S-R9W of the Larue area:&nbsp; SW/4 of SW/4 of Section 14; SE/4 of SE/4 of Section 15; and the NE/4 and the NW/4 of the NE/4 of Section 22.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; At the same time, his brother, Clement Seymour, and son, Albert Jackson Seymour (1867-1951), received Federal patents, also on lands in T5S-R9W.&nbsp; Clement received the NW/4 and SW/4 of the NE/4 of Section 10, while Albert got 160 acres in Section 11.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; text-align: center; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><b>PIERRE SEYMOUR SETTLEMENT-FORT BAYOU</b></span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Pierre Seymour (1810-1888) married Louise Fournier, the daughter of Andre Fournier and Catherine Bouzage circa 1833.&nbsp; Their known children are:&nbsp; Joseph Lazarus Seymour (1835-1920), William Seymour (1837-1908), Clo Seymour (b. 1842), Louisa S. Garlotte (1838-1916), Adele S. Bullock (1844-1913), Sherrod Seymour (1846-1928), May Seymour (b. 1847), and John Peter Seymour (1852-1938).&nbsp;</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The early tax rolls of&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Jackson</span></span></st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">County</span></span></st1:placename></st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;have very little information on Pierre Seymour.&nbsp; One could deduce that he resided in the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Fontainebleau</span></span></st1:city><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;area, probably on the St. Cyr Seymour homestead with his siblings until he relocated to the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placetype><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Fort</span></span></st1:placetype><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Bayou</span></span></st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;area of&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Jackson</span></span></st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">County</span></span></st1:placename></st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">.&nbsp;</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Like his brothers, Pierre Seymour owned cattle.&nbsp; In 1843, he was assessed with 40 bovines.&nbsp; By 1856, his herd had grown to 50 beef cattle.&nbsp; In the 1860 Federal census,&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Pierre</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;is a butcher making his livelihood from the sale of beef and other animal meat.&nbsp; He is a farmer in 1870.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; There is a high degree of certitude that Pierre Seymour and his family settled on the north shore of&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:placetype><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Fort</span></span></st1:placetype><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Bayou</span></span></st1:placename></st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;in Section 17, T7S-R8W.&nbsp; He acquired land patents from the Federal government as well as the State of&nbsp;</span></span><st1:state><st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Mississippi</span></span></st1:place></st1:state><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;on lands here as early as 1847.&nbsp; In fact, the first Federal patent acquired by Pierre Seymour, in January 1847, the SE/4 of the SW/4 of Section 17, is the most probable homestead.&nbsp; He paid $50.00 for this land.( JXCO, Ms. Land Tract Book 1, p. 199.)&nbsp; The Peter Seymour site rests at an elevation of 25 feet above sea level with good drainage and easy access to&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:placetype><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Fort</span></span></st1:placetype><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Bayou</span></span></st1:placename></st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Topographically, this habitat is very similar to the original&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Seymour</span></span></st1:city><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;land at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Fontainebleau</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">.&nbsp; Here Pierre Seymour encountered navigable water, marsh, timber, and some flat areas suitable for subsistence agriculture.&nbsp;</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;By 1875, Pierre Seymour owned about 300 acres of land in Section 17 and several tracts to the south in Section 20, T7S-R8W.&nbsp; The Pierre Seymour family cemetery developed in the NE/4 of the NE/4 of Section 20.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; It appears that several of the children of Pierre and Louise Fournier found settlements near their primal haunts on&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:placetype><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Fort</span></span></st1:placetype><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Bayou</span></span></st1:placename></st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">.&nbsp; The 1875 Land Assessment Book of Jackson County, reveals that William Seymour (1837-1908), owned 320 acres in Sections 7, 8, and 9 of T7S-R8W while brother, Sherrod Seymour (1846-1928), possessed 40 acres in Section 8.&nbsp; The&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Old Fort Bayou Road</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;is near or transects several of these parcels which indicates that these&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Seymour</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;brothers may have lived just north of their parents.&nbsp; Many of their descendants still reside in the immediate area.&nbsp;</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Ina Goff Clarke, a descendant of Peter Sherrod Seymour (1870-1934), remembers that as a child, in the 1930s, she was brought to the &quot;William Seymour place&quot;.&nbsp; It was located just west of the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Seymour</span></span></st1:placename><st1:placetype><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Cemetery</span></span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">.&nbsp; There are groves of live oaks in these areas today, which may indicate old&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Seymour</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;home places.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Today, the former lands of Pierre Seymour in Section 17 and Section 20, T7S-R8W are for the most part owned by the heirs of J. Duncan Moran (1925-1995) and his brother, Alfred R. Moran (1930-1981).&nbsp; With the exception of the Woodfield Subdivion and the Windsor Park Subdivision on the northeast and southwest perimeters respectively, and&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Bayou Talla Road</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;which goes to the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Seymour</span></span></st1:placename><st1:placetype><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Cemetery</span></span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">, this land is lightly timbered and undeveloped.&nbsp; Directly across Fort Bayou to the south, Maurepas Landing Subdivision is presently developing on the former Wright-Hunt property in Section 20.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; It is believed that these Pierre Seymour lands came into the Moran family through their grandparents, May V. Minor (1866-1910) and H.F. Russell (1858-1940), who acquired much real estate in&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Jackson</span></span></st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">County</span></span></st1:placename></st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">, for taxes during their lifetime.&nbsp; In October 1910, H.F. Russell conveyed one acre in the NW corner of the NE/4 of the NE/4 of Section 20, T7S-R8W to the heirs of William Seymour.(JXCO, Ms. Land Deed Book 39, pp. 182-183)</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;An excerpt from this conveyance reads as follows:</span></span></p>\r\n<blockquote>\r\n	<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n		<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &quot;<b><i>it is understood and agreed by all parties interested in this deed that the one acre here in conveyed is to be used as a family cemetery only.&nbsp; It is also understood and agreed that the said heirs and their family shall have the right to go to and from said cemetery through the NE/4 of&nbsp;</i></b><b><i>the NE/4 at any time that they may deem necessary&quot;.</i></b></span></span></p>\r\n</blockquote>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></p>\r\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; text-align: center; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><b>JEAN-BAPTISTE SEYMOUR SETTLEMENT-OCEAN SPRINGS</b></span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; text-align: left; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Jean-Baptise Seymour (1812-1887) married Marie Fournier (1817-1890) circa 1835.&nbsp; She was born at Ocean Springs, after the Andre Fournier family had relocated post-1813, from the Bayou La Batre area of&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Mobile</span></span></st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placetype><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">County</span></span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">.&nbsp; Her parents, Andre Fournier and Catherine Bouzage, resided on a three arpent tract fronting&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Biloxi</span></span></st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placetype><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Bay</span></span></st1:placetype><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;just west of the present day&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Inner</span></span></st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placetype><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Harbor</span></span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">.&nbsp; The Louis Auguste LaFontaine family were their western neighbors.&nbsp; As previously mentioned, Marie&#39;s brother, Andre Fournier III (1809-1878), acquired the SW/4 of Section 19, T7s-R8W, at Ocean Springs in 1849.&nbsp; He sold his land and relocated to the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">North Biloxi</span></span></st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;area where many of his descendants reside to day.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Before arriving at Ocean Springs, Jean-Baptiste Seymour resided at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Fontainebleau</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">.&nbsp; Early Jackson County, Mississippi tax records indicate that his land holdings at the &quot;Seashore&quot; and Belle Fontaine, increased from 43 acres to 280 acres between 1836 and 1839.&nbsp; By 1856, he was the most successful of the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Seymour</span></span></st1:city><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;brothers running over 170 head of cattle in the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:placetype><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Lake</span></span></st1:placetype><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Graveline</span></span></st1:placename></st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;area.&nbsp; He also owned 4 slaves, attesting to his affluence.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Jean-Baptiste Seymour and Marie Fournier reared a large family in&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Jackson</span></span></st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">County</span></span></st1:placename></st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">.&nbsp; Their children were: Zeolide S. Krohn (1836-1898), Moses Seymour (1838-1893), Anatole Seymour (b. 1840), Jean Seymour (1843-1903+), Henry Seymour (1844-1924), Narcisse Seymour (1849-1931), Cecilia S. Mathieu (1850-1903+), Rose Seymour (b. 1852), Marie S. Borries (1853-1900), Louise S. Meaut (1855-1939), Caroline S. Beaugez (1858-1933), and Delmas Seymour (1863-1912).</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; It is not known with a high degree of certitude, when Jean-Baptiste Seymour and family quit the</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Fontainebleau</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;area for Ocean Springs.&nbsp; It is known that on September 15, 1849, Jean-Baptiste Seymour purchased a 13-acre tract of land at Ocean Springs from Dr. Andrew B. Dodd (1806-1850+), a</span></span><st1:state><st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Kentucky</span></span></st1:place></st1:state><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;born physician.&nbsp; The&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Seymour</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;tract ran from&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Government Street</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;to&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">LaFontaine Avenue</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;and was only 150 feet wide, except on its southern termination near present day&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">LaFontaine Avenue</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">, where it widened to 165 feet.&nbsp; Its western perimeter began 200 feet east of&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Dewey Avenue</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">.&nbsp; The Jean-Baptise Seymour tract was originally a part of Andre Fournier&#39;s three arpent tract on the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placetype><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Bay</span></span></st1:placetype><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;of&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Biloxi</span></span></st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;and Bayou Bauzage (</span></span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Inner</span></span></st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placetype><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Harbor</span></span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">).&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Seymour</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;paid Dr. Dodd $11.54 per acre for this land.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Before Jean-Baptise Seymour expired on October 14, 1887, he began selling his land at Ocean Springs to his children and others.&nbsp; In October 1875, Thomas Cochran (1852-1883) purchased all of Jean-Baptiste Seymour&#39;s land north of&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Porter Avenue</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;to&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Government Street</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;for $200.&nbsp; He obtained $77.52 per acre for this tract as compared to his original cost of $11.54 per acre.&nbsp; This particular plot was soon purchased by Joseph Kotzum (1842-1915) who incorporated it into his Kotzum Addition subdivision of January 1895.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><b>Moses Seymour</b></span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Son, Moses Seymour (1838-1893), was the first sibling of the family to acquire land in the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Seymour</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;tract from his parents.&nbsp; In September 1877, Jean-Baptiste and Marie Seymour sold him and his wife, Adolphine Bellman (1838-1920), for $25, a 300-foot deep lot on the south side of&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Porter Avenue</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;near present day&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Minor Lane</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">.&nbsp; It appears that the homestead of Jean-Baptiste Seymour and Marie Fournier was also located on this tract.&nbsp; In July 1890, when Delmas Seymour sold a house for $35 to his brother, Moses, the deed concerning this structure read, &quot;a certain house built by me in Ocean Springs for the use of my mother during her life on the said Moses Seymour lot south of his residence on&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Porter Avenue</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&quot;.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: 12px; \"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp; From his obituary, it appears Moses Seymour was a resident of&nbsp;</span></span></span></span><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: 12px; \"><st1:city><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Scranton</span></span></st1:city><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;(</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Pascagoula</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">) at the time of his demise.&nbsp; He expired suddenly, probably from a heart attack, at the L&amp;N Depot in&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">New Orleans</span></span></st1:place></st1:city></span></span><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: 12px; \"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;as he awaited for a train to return home.&nbsp; Moses was a well known butcher.&nbsp; He had married Adolphine Bellman (1838-1893), the daughter of Charles Bellman (1806-1860+) and Pauline Ryan (1815-1899).&nbsp; Their children were:&nbsp; Edwin McLan Seymour (b. 1864), Isabella S. White (1866-1928+), Norman A. Seymour (1868-1910+), Robert F. Seymour (1870-1939), and Ernest Adolph Seymour (1875-1877).</span></span></span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">At Pasacagoula, Norman A. Seymour married and later divorced Condalaura Flechas (1872-1935), the daughter of Captain Joseph Flechas (1824-1883) and Condalaura Villar (1842-1908).&nbsp; Like his father, Moses, he made his livelihood as a butcher.&nbsp; Their family was:&nbsp; Hilda Seymour (b. 1897), Mildred Seymour (b. 1899), Lois Seymour(b. 1901), Hulbert Seymour (b. 1903), Norman Seymour (b. 1905), Blanche Seymour (b. 1907), and Bernard Seymour (b. 1910).</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Robert F. Seymour also appears to have settled at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Pascagoula</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">.&nbsp; With Laura Tousell (1869-1909), he had at least two children:&nbsp; Martin Van Buren Seymour (1897-1897) and Leo R. Seymour (1902-1934).&nbsp; Members of both these&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Seymour</span></span></st1:city><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;families are buried in the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Greenwood</span></span></st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placetype><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Cemetery</span></span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Pascagoula</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><b>Narcisse J. Seymour</b></span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Narcisse J. Seymour (1849-1931) was the next of the children to acquire land from his parents in the Jean-Baptiste Seymour strip.&nbsp; In September 1879, he purchased a lot on the south side of&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Calhoun Avenue</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;from his parents for $50.&nbsp; The warranty deed states that Calhoun had not been laid out yet.&nbsp; It is known that Narcisse Seymour contracted with Westbrook and Buehler to erect two cottages on Calhoun in the Spring of 1892.&nbsp; One of these Queen Anne style homes is extant and owned by Harriet Perry at</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">1108 Calhoun Avenue</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Narcisse Seymour acquired other lands in the immediate area.&nbsp; In April 1881, he bought Lots 1-3 in Block 41 (Culmseig Map of 1854) from Edward Clark of&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:city><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Philadelphia</span></span></st1:city><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">,&nbsp;</span></span><st1:state><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Pennsylvania</span></span></st1:state></st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;through his agent, George A. Cox (1811-1887), for $100.&nbsp; These lots were contiguous with his Calhoun property and in fact today make up the southeast corner of Dewey and Calhoun.&nbsp; Land for the construction of</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Dewey Avenue</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;was acquired by the city of&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Ocean</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;Springs from Joseph Bellande in May 1898, but wasn&#39;t completed until later.&nbsp; It is believed that Alderman-at-Large, George E. Arndt (1857- 1945), recommended that the new route be named for Commodore and later Admiral George Dewey (1837-1917), the hero of the Battle of Manilla Bay in the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:country-region><st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Philippines</span></span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">, during the Spanish-American War.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Narcisse Seymour acquired additional lands on&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Dewey Avenue</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;in February 1912, when he purchased for $1500, two distinct tracts on the west side of&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Dewey Avenue</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">.&nbsp; The first parcel ran 656 feet south of the Bellande Cemetery to the Bruno Reus property and then 200 feet west towards</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<st1:street><st1:address><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Washington Avenue</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">.&nbsp; The second tract was a lot with a front of 150 feet on the west side of Dewey commencing north of the Shanahan Hotel tract (now Little Childrens Park).&nbsp; It was also 200 feet deep.&nbsp; These parcels were sold to&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Seymour</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;by Commissioner Taylor, as the result of a forced heirship suit, Mrs. Delphine Bellande Ryan, et al vs. Eugene Bellande, et al, Cause No. 1779.&nbsp;</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Narcisse Seymour and his family had a large impact on the economic history of Ocean Springs.&nbsp; They with Antonio Catchot (1828-1885) and his son, Joseph &quot;Joe Tony&quot; Catchot (1858-1919), were early leaders of the fledgling commercial seafood industry at Ocean Springs.&nbsp; Fresh seafood and</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Seymour</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;were synonymous at Ocean Springs for many decades.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Narcisse had married Amelia Kendall (1840-ca 1873), the daughter of Louis Kendall (1822-1894) and Celestine Ryan (1829-1894), circa 1868.&nbsp; She had been reared on&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Lot</span></span></st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;4 in the Jerome Ryan tract on the east side of present day&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Martin Avenue</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">.&nbsp; Before her demise, Narcisse and Amelia had three children:&nbsp; Marie Cecilia Dick (1869-1953), Louis Seymour (1871-1871), and Nacisse Joseph Seymour (1873-1873).</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; After the untimely death of his wife, Narcisse Seymour married in September 1873, Caroline V. Krohn (1847-1895), the daughter of Henry A. Krohn (1811-1850+) and Marie Solitelle Cuevas (Quave) (1807-1860+).&nbsp; His sister, Zeolide Seymour, had married her brother, John H. Krohn (1831-1912).&nbsp;</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The children of Narcisse and Caroline Krohn were: Raymond Seymour (b. 1874), Charles Hugh Seymour (1876-1913), Harriet S. Dale (1877-1956), John R. Seymour (1879-1938), Alice S. Bellman (1880-1957), Benjamin Seymour (1882-1904), J. Frank Seymour (1884-1933), Wilhemine</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Seymour (1886-1889), Carrie S. Ames (1889-1979), George J. Seymour (b. 1889), and Leona A. Seymour (1891-1900).</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Mrs. Narcisse Seymour acquired property on&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Calhoun Avenue</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;in June 1883, when she purchased&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Lot</span></span></st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;1-Block 36 (Culmseig Map of 1854) from E.W. Clark.&nbsp; It was sold for</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">$2000 to local realtor, F.E. Lee (1874-1932), in January 1926, as a result of Jackson County Chancery Court Cause No. 4633, Narcisse Seymour v. Mrs. Eugene Dick, et al.&nbsp; This parcel was contiguous with the earlier land acquisitions of Narcisse Seymour along&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Calhoun Avenue</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">.&nbsp; It</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">gave the family over 450 feet fronting on Calhoun east of&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Dewey Avenue</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><b>Seafood</b></span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Near the turn of the Century, Narcisse Seymour (1949-1931) and some of his children and their spouses continued to acquire land on the east side of Dewey Avenue between Calhoun and LaFontaine which comprises ten lots in Block 41 (Culmseig Map of 1854).&nbsp; They and their kindred</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">families, the Beaugezs, Bellmans, and Dicks, made their livelihoods in the seafood industry as fishermen and oystermen.&nbsp; Their neighborhood on the east side of&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Dewey Avenue</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;became the primary hub of an early 20th Century seafood culture at Ocean Springs.&nbsp; Without question,&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Seymour</span></span></st1:place></st1:city></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Avenue is now a more appropriate historic appellation for the present thoroughfare.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In time, several local seafood enterprises, some of regional distinction, arose from the incipient organization of Narcisse Seymour &amp; Son, which was established in the 1890s.&nbsp; They were:&nbsp; Hugh C. Seymour, VanCourt &amp; Seymour (D.B. VanCourt and J.R. Seymour), The Eagle Point Oyster Company (Phillip M. Bellman), J.R. Seymour Fish &amp; Oyster Company, The Seymour Brothers (Bennie and Oscar Seymour), The Grace Seymour Crab Plant, and J&amp;L Seafood (John H.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Seymour and&nbsp;</span></span><st1:country-region><st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Lydia</span></span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;Beaugez).&nbsp; For the most part, these families resided on the east side of&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Dewey Avenue</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;As previously mentioned, Narcisse Seymour had acquired Lots 1-3 of Block 41, in 1881.&nbsp; Lot 1 of Block 41 commenced on the southeast corner of Calhoun and Dewey while&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Lot</span></span></st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;10</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">of Block 41 was on the northeast corner of LaFontaine and Dewey.&nbsp; Through the years, the Narcisse Seymour clan and affiliated families have had transactions on all lots on Dewey south of&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Calhoun Avenue</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;with the exception of Lot 9 and&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Lot</span></span></st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;10-Block 41, which is the location of Green Lawns, the Flood-Snyder home at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">200 Dewey Avenue</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">, on the northeast corner of LaFontaine.&nbsp; This property evolved from Scot immigrant, Jane Flood (1839-1904+), to Henry Wirth to Virginia LeCand (1887-1925) in October 1917.&nbsp; W.H. Lewis platted the Edgewater Court Subdivision on the south side of LaFontaine in September 1950.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The chronology of the various&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Seymour</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;properties in Block 41 (Culmseig Map of 1854) is as follows:</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><b>LOT</b></span></span></st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><b>&nbsp;3-BLOCK 41</b></span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In February 1885, Narcisse Seymour sold&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Lot</span></span></st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;3-Block 41 to Benjamin Dick (1869-1904).&nbsp; Dick had married Louise Z. Seymour (1875-ca 1903), the daughter of Jean Seymour and Almenia Miller in November 1891.&nbsp; Dick died mysteriously after he had gone hunting in the marshes of the Weeks Bayou area in late January 1904.&nbsp; His remains were not found until early March 1904.&nbsp; The Dick orphans were:&nbsp; Benedict Dick, Jr. (1892-1967), Mamie Dick (b. 1894), Herman Dick (1896-1941), Gertrude Dick (b. 1898), and Edwina Dick (b. 1904).&nbsp; The Progress, the local journal at the time, collected money for the financial assistance of these children.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Before his demise in 1904, Ben Dick had sold&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Lot</span></span></st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;3 to Thomas A. Friar (1871-1896) in April 1892.&nbsp; Mr. Friar&#39;s father, Thomas R. Friar (1845-1916), a local building contractor and seafood producer, probably had a cottage erected here.&nbsp; He conveyed it to Manuel Gonzales Fernandez in July 1896.&nbsp; (Manuel Gonzales of Mobile&nbsp;<i>see PD-S, 6-7-1895, p. 3)</i></span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; It is interesting to note that in the Federal Census of 1900, a Henry Seymour (b. 1873), possibly the son of Henry Seymour (1844-1924), is married to a Lizzie ? Slater (b. 1870), a native of&nbsp;</span></span><st1:state><st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Louisiana</span></span></st1:place></st1:state><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">.&nbsp; They are residing in the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Dewey Avenue</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;area.&nbsp; Her father is Mexican.&nbsp; Could this Manuel Gonzales Fernandez be her father?&nbsp; Lizzie Seymour has a son, Wesley Slater (1882-1900+), by a prior marriage.&nbsp; Regardless of this coincidence, Senor Fernandez sold&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Lot</span></span></st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;3 of Block 41 to Carrie Seymour (1889-1979), later Mrs. Theodore Ames, for $500 in September 1906.&nbsp; This home would become the property of Mark Seymour (1910-1944) in September 1938.&nbsp; His widow, Ruth Clark, sold it to Irving L. Cox in February 1948.&nbsp; It is believed that Mr. Cox had the old structure demolished.&nbsp; Gordon Mathieu, Jr. and family reside here today at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">304 Dewey Avenue</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><b>LOT</b></span></span></st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><b>&nbsp;2-BLOCK 41</b></span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Narcisse Seymour conveyed&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Lot</span></span></st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;2-Block 41 to Caroline Seymour (1847-1895) in May 1888, for $50.&nbsp; In August 1918, Narcisse Seymour sold a part of&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Lot</span></span></st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;2 (100 feet by 86 feet) to John R. Woodcock.&nbsp; Cora A. Woodcock (1872-1934) vended a 50-foot lot fronting on&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Dewey Avenue</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;to Louis R. &quot;Boy&quot; Ryan (1880-1960) in January 1922.&nbsp; Mr. Ryan built a vernacular cottage, which is extant at</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">308 Dewey Avenue</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">.&nbsp; Jeweler, Phil N. Kreutz, once resided here and later the Crysell family.&nbsp;&nbsp; Cassie M. Parker acquired the south 50 feet of the Woodcock lot from Louis Ryan in September 1944.&nbsp; This residence is extant at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">306 Dewey Avenue</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">.&nbsp; Carrie Seymour&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Ames</span></span></st1:city><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;was quitclaimed the remainder of&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Lot</span></span></st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">2 from the Heirs of Caroline K. Seymour, her mother, in March 1936.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><b>LOT</b></span></span></st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><b>&nbsp;1-BLOCK 41</b></span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Lot</span></span></st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;1-Block 41 is located on the southeast corner of Calhoun and Dewey.&nbsp; Narcisse Seymour had several rental houses here.&nbsp; A portion of&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Lot</span></span></st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;1 became the possession of&nbsp; Carrie S. Ames in October 1914, when her father, Narcisse Seymour, deeded it to her.&nbsp; After the old rental cottages burned or were demolished, she conveyed a lot (100 feet by 84 feet) on the southeast corner of Calhoun and Dewey to John J. Seymour (1898-1962) in February 1945.&nbsp; Mr. Seymour built a house, which is extant at 1102 Calhoun.&nbsp; It was formerly owned by Vernon F. Seymour and was acquired by Glen R. and Rose Skelton in May 1965.&nbsp; The Skeltons had previously obtained a smaller tract (25 feet by 84 feet) at 310 Dewey, south of this lot from Vernon F. Seymour in April 1962.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><b>&nbsp;</b></span></span><st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><b>LOT</b></span></span></st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><b>&nbsp;6-BLOCK 41</b></span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Charlotte Franco Cochran (1864-1939) sold&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Lot</span></span></st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;6-Block 41 to Mary Cecile Seymour (1869-1953), wife of Eugene Dick (1868-1918), in September 1897.&nbsp; By 1916, H. Minor Russell was in possession of this property and conveyed it to Caroline M. Seymour, nee Domning.&nbsp; In April 1946, Mrs. Seymour sold the parcel to Joseph H. Thibodeaux.&nbsp; Robert J. Beaugez acquired the old cottage at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">214 Dewey Avenue</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">, from the Thibodeauxs in May 1969.&nbsp; This edifice has been moved eastward and extensively remodeled.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;<b>LOT 4 and&nbsp;</b></span></span><st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><b>LOT</b></span></span></st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;5-BLOCK 41</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In June 1902, John R. Seymour (1879-1938) acquired Lot 4 and Lot 5-Block 41, from Bartholmew Morere of&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">South</span></span></st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placetype><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Port</span></span></st1:placetype><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">, Jefferson Parish,&nbsp;</span></span><st1:state><st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Louisiana</span></span></st1:place></st1:state><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;for $350.&nbsp; The old house was demolished and a modern bungaloid erected here in 1928, for Mr. Seymour by Jean Basly and Joseph L. &ldquo;Dode&rdquo; Schrieber.&nbsp; The daughter of John R. Seymour and Lula VanCourt (1880-1956), Margaret S. Norman (b. 1908), resides here at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">302 Dewey Avenue</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;today.&nbsp; Mrs. Norman was recently recognized as the oldest living alumnae of the St. Alphonsus School.&nbsp; She is one of our most valuable living historians as her memory of past events is most remarkable.&nbsp; Mrs. Norman credits her mental capacity to the daily intake of fresh seafood that she ate while growing up on&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Dewey Avenue</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;and working at her father&#39;s fish house at the foot of&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Washington Avenue</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">.&nbsp; The small rental cottage at 300 Dewey Avenue on her property in</span></span><st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Lot</span></span></st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;5 was erected from lumber taken when the Anchor Inn of her brother, Mark Seymour, which was situated lower&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Washington Avenue</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">, was demolished in the late 1930s.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><b>LOT</b></span></span></st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><b>&nbsp;7-BLOCK 41</b></span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Narcisse Seymour acquired&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Lot</span></span></st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;7-Block 41 from Charlotte F. Cochran in October 1902.&nbsp; He sold it to his daughter-in-law, Caroline M. Domning 1887-1969), the wife of Frank J. Seymour (1884-1933), in February 1914.&nbsp; Their son, Oscar Seymour (1912-1964), acquired it from his mother in 1942.&nbsp; After Oscar Seymour and family moved to the Veillon-Fields Cottage at 300 Ward Avenue in 1944, he sold it back to her in January 1946.&nbsp; Mrs. Seymour then conveyed the home to another son, Bernard P. Seymour (1908-1969), in August 1958.&nbsp; This old&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Seymour</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;residence at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">212 Dewey Avenue</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;has been in the possession of Larry and Celeste Maugh since July 1991.&nbsp; They have done an excellent job of preserving and improving this historic property.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><b>LOT</b></span></span></st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><b>&nbsp;8-BLOCK 41</b></span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Narcisse Seymour acquired&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Lot</span></span></st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;8-Block 41 from Herman Nill in October 1903.&nbsp; He sold it to Caroline M. Seymour, his daughter-in-law, in March 1907.&nbsp; This is the homestead of the Frank J. Seymour (1884-1933) family.&nbsp; She conveyed the lot to her son, Milton J. Seymour (1917-1974), in July 1944.&nbsp; The Heirs of Milton Seymour Sr. and Virginia C. Clifton sold the parcel to David A. Schmirer (1934-1988) and his wife, Gladys M. Richard, in December 1975.&nbsp; The old Frank J. Seymour home is extant at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">204 Dewey Avenue</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">.&nbsp; In recent years, Mrs. Gladys M. Schmierer sold her home and a .32-acre lot carved from&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Lot</span></span></st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;8-Block 41, to Catherine E. Schmirer et al.&nbsp; A new residence at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">206 Dewey Avenue</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">was erected in the rear of 204 Dewey about 1988, on the remainder of her original property.&nbsp;</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; On the west side of&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Dewey Avenue</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">, Narcisse Seymour sold a narrow lot (55 feet by 200 feet) to his daughter, Alice S. Bellman (1880-1957), in January 1913.&nbsp; She and spouse, Philip A. Bellman (1872-1927), conveyed it to L. Morris McClure (1884-1940), in 1925, for $800.&nbsp; The McClure residence was on&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Washington Avenue</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">.&nbsp; The other acreage on the west side of Dewey that Narcisse had acquired in February 1912, from the heirs of Joseph Bellande (1813-1907), was also conveyed to landowners who had frontage on&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Washington Avenue</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">.&nbsp; These people of affluence were E.A. Morris (1860-1946), Emma E. Pace (1851-1936), Amanda Shaffer (1841-1920+), S.A. Calogne, and Elizabeth Holloway.&nbsp; In March 1976, Rita Kerry Holloway (1912-1982) vended to the City of Ocean Springs, an 80-foot parcel fronting on Dewey, which became the southern addition to the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Bellande</span></span></st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placetype><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Cemetery</span></span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><b>Delmas Seymour</b></span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Continuing with the disbursement of the Jean-Baptise Seymour tract at Ocean Springs, a son, Delmas Seymour (1863-1912) acquired the southern most 350 feet of the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Seymour</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;tract from his father, Jean-Baptise Seymour, in December 1879.&nbsp; He sold a small lot off his parcel to Dr. A.J. Whitfield in March 1888, for $50.&nbsp; By May 1913, it belonged to Alphonse Beaugez, Jr. (1887-1945).&nbsp; Delmas Seymour sold off the lower 250 feet of his tract to Herman Nill (1863-1904) and his wife, Caroline Vahle (1862-1949), in July 1889 for $900.&nbsp; In March 1899, the Nills with B.F. Joachim (1853-1925) opened a public street 35 feet wide and 590 feet in length on the southern perimeter.&nbsp; It was originally called Nill&#39;s Avenue, but is today that portion of LaFontaine east of&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Dewey Avenue</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">.&nbsp; Nill was a druggist from&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">New Orleans</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;who resided on the old Andre Fournier tract fronting&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Deer</span></span></st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placetype><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Island</span></span></st1:placetype><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;while Mr. Joachim, also from the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Crescent</span></span></st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placetype><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">City</span></span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">, operated a small hostel, the Joachim Cottage, probably in the vicinity of the Jack Haviland property on&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Clark Avenue</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Delmas Seymour (1863-1912) was born in July 1863.&nbsp; He married Emma Bosarge in April 1884.&nbsp; They divorced in December 1886.&nbsp; Delmas then wedded Emily Morin Forstall (1864-1922), the daughter of Felix Morin and Emily Bernard.&nbsp; She had four children by a prior marriage:&nbsp; George Forstall, Marie Forstall Groue (b. 1877), Amanda F. Kelly (b. 1878), and Georgine F. Voivedich (1880-1964).&nbsp; Delmas Seymour and family moved to&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Biloxi</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;where he was the animal control officer and policeman in the early 1900s.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Brothers, Jean-Baptiste Beaugez (1857-1913) and Alphonse M. Beaugez (1860-1942), were sold two lots in the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Seymour</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;strip by Jean-Baptise Seymour in March and May 1883, respectively.&nbsp; The Beaugez lots were between those of Narcisse Seymour, which was on the south side of Calhoun and Delmas Seymour.&nbsp; The Delmas Seymour parcel went as far south as present day&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">LaFontaine Avenue</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">.&nbsp; Alphonse M. Beaugez (1860-1942), the son of Stanislaus Beaugez (1813-1889) and Louise Ladner (1820-1897), married Caroline Seymour (1858-1933), the daughter of Jean-Baptiste Seymour and Marie Fournier in November 1881.&nbsp; Their children were: Alphonsine B. Domning (1882-1965), Rosa Mary Beaugez (1884-1937), Alphonse M. Beaugez, Jr. (1887-1945), Henry P. Beaugez (1889-1963), Moses H. Beaugez (1891-1973), and Herbert P. Beaugez (1895-1954).</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; It is interesting to note that apparently the only direct descendant of Jean-Baptiste Seymour to presently reside on the J.B. Seymour tract at Ocean Springs is Oswald P. Beaugez.&nbsp; Mr. Beaugez, the grandson of Caroline Seymour and Alphonse Beaugez, resides at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">1116 Hellmers Lane</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;on a portion of the parcel acquired in 1883, by his grandparents from Jean-Baptiste Seymour.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; After the death of Jean-Baptiste Seymour in October 1887, his widow, Marie Fournier, sold May V. Russell (1866-1910), the wife of H.F. Russell (1858-1940), a 1.2-acre tract north of&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Calhoun Avenue</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">for $145.&nbsp; This sale resulted in a law suit filed in August 1900, Jackson County Chancery Court Cause No. 921, Theodore Borries, et al v. Mrs. M.V. Russell.&nbsp; The Borries alleged that since Jean-Baptiste Seymour had died intestate, there was a cloud on the title because his daughter, Marie Eliza Seymour (1853-1900), the wife of Gustave Theodore Borries (1855-1920+), called Theodore, had not assigned her interest in the warranty deed to Mrs. Russell.&nbsp; It appears that there was a small structure built on the tract by Borries, which Duncan Minor (1863-1920) had improved for his sister, Mrs. Russell, in order that it could be let.&nbsp; The Borries may have resided here.&nbsp; We know this tract today as a portion of the Lloyd H. Catchot (1912-1995) Estate, which he acquired in November 1941, from Kate Wieder (1882-1963).&nbsp;</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The children of Theodore Borries and Marie Eliza Seymour were: Clara B. Ramon (1875-1957), Charles Borries (1878-1957+), John Borries, Marie Eugenie Borries (b. 1883), and Agnes Borries (1890-1920+).&nbsp; In 1920, Mr. Borries made his livelihood as a butcher in&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Biloxi</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;<b>John Seymour</b></span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The final disposition of the original Jean-Baptiste Seymour tract occurred in September 1890, when his heirs sold their brother, Jean Seymour (1843-1903+), an approximate one acre lot north of Mrs. Russell&#39;s tract.&nbsp; It was midway between Porter and Calhoun and south of his mother&#39;s house.&nbsp; Jean or John Seymour married Armina Miller (1852-1929) in February 1871. Some of their children were: George Seymour (1873-1950), James Seymour (1887-1948), Adolph Seymour (d. 1951), and Alphonse Seymour.(<i>The Jackson County Times, May 7, 1948, p. 1)</i></span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Their son, George Seymour (1873-1950), and his spouse, Josephine Cox (1878-1927), reared a large family at Ocean Springs.&nbsp; Jean Seymour served with the 3rd Mississippi, Company A and Company E, during the Civil War.&nbsp;</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;<b>Henry Seymour</b></span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; It is unknown why Henry Seymour (1844-1924) was the only son of Jean-Batiste Seymour who did not acquire land in the original Seymour Tract. &nbsp;He was also a veteran of the Civil war having served with the 3rd Mississippi, CO A Live Oak Rifles.&nbsp; It is believed that Henry Seymour married circa 1871, Armentine Ladner, who he divorced in December 13, 1886.&nbsp; Their may have been three children from this union:&nbsp; Evelina Seymour (b. ca 1871), Emilia Anna Seymour (b. 1873) and John Seymour (b. 1875).&nbsp;</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The daughters of Jean-Baptise Seymour and Marie Fournier, Zeolide and Louise Seymour married local men.&nbsp; In July 1854, Zeolide Seymour (1836-1898) married John Henry Krohn (1831-1912), the son of John Henry Augustus Krohn (1802-1853) of&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:city><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Hamburg</span></span></st1:city><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">,&nbsp;</span></span><st1:country-region><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Germany</span></span></st1:country-region></st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;and Marie Solitelle Cuevas (1808-1861).&nbsp; They reared a family probably in the NE/4 of Section 36, T6S-R10W, northwest of present day D&#39;Iberville on the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Hudson-Krohn Road</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">.&nbsp; Their children were:&nbsp; Amelia S. Eglin (1855-1916), Anthony S. Krohn (b. 1859), Louis H. Krohn (b. 1862), Moses L. Krohn (b. 1864), Mary V. Hosli (b. 1867), and Elizabeth J. Moran (b. 1874).&nbsp;</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; John H. Krohn owned large tracts of valuable lumber and naval stores lands in Sections 28 and 29, T6S-R9W, and Sections 25 and 36 in T6S-R10W, respectively northeast and north of&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Cedar</span></span></st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placetype><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Lake</span></span></st1:placetype><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;in eastern&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Harrison</span></span></st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placetype><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">County</span></span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">.&nbsp; Most of this acreage was acquired from the Federal Government in 1854.&nbsp; The Native Lumber Company of L.N. Dantzler Jr. and Union Naval Stores later exploited these Krohn properties.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Amelia S. Krohn married Albert M. Eglin (1852-1891), an Alsatian &eacute;migr&eacute;, in October 1873.&nbsp; They settled on the west side of&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Washington Avenue south</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;of Government and established an entrepreneurial family, which was prominent in business, real estate, and banking at Ocean Springs until recent years.&nbsp; The meat market of Charles W. Eglin (1883-1966) and the Eglin House, a tourist home and apartment dwelling of his sister, Miss Annie O. Eglin (1881-1963), were very important commercial ventures in our local history.&nbsp; The old Eglin properties on&nbsp;</span></span><st1:state><st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Washington</span></span></st1:place></st1:state><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;Avenue were demolished and the land on which they stood is now incorporated into the Villa Maria retirement community site on Porter and Washington.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><b>Louise Seymour</b></span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;In May 1883, Louise Seymour (1855-1939) married Justin Meaut (1847-1923) and relocated to</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Biloxi</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">.&nbsp; Here at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">437 Copp Street</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">, they reared a family consisting of Justin T. Meaut (1884-1970), Oscar Meaut (1885-1954), Mary L. Michel (1887-1952), Oloff Meaut (1890-1972), Justine G. Elder (1892-1973), Edwin L. Meaut (1894-1961), Pascal Meaut (1896-1896).&nbsp; Mr. Meaut made his livelihood in the construction business.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; At present, the author has very little familial information on Cecelia Seymour Mathieu (1850-1903+) and Mary Seymour Borries (1853-1900).&nbsp; Anyone willing to share their knowledge of these children of Jean-Baptiste Seymour and Marie Fournier would be appreciated.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Jean-Baptiste Seymour expired on October 14, 1887.&nbsp; His remains are interred near those of his father, St. Cyr Seymour, in Section B-Lot 24 of the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Old</span></span></st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Biloxi</span></span></st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placetype><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Cemetery</span></span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">.&nbsp; Mrs. Mary Fournier Seymour passed on at Ocean Springs on June 19, 1890.&nbsp; She was interred in the Narcisse Seymour family plot at the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Bellande</span></span></st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placetype><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Cemetery</span></span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;on&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Dewey Avenue</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;in Ocean Springs.&nbsp; Jean-Baptiste Seymour acquired this 11 acre tract in September 1849, from Dr. Andrew B. Dodd of&nbsp;</span></span><st1:state><st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Kentucky</span></span></st1:place></st1:state><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">.&nbsp; Other children of the J.B. Seymour family to acquire land in the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Seymour</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;strip were:&nbsp; Moses Seymour (1838-1893), Delmas Seymour (1863-1912), Caroline Seymour Beaugez (1858-1933), and Jean Seymour (1843-1903+).&nbsp; Oswald P. Beaugez, who resides on&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Hellmers Lane east</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;of Dewey, is believed to be the only descendant of Jean-Baptiste Seymour on the original&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Seymour</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;strip.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; text-align: center; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><b>LAZARUS SEYMOUR-NORTH&nbsp;</b></span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><b>BILOXI</b></span></span></st1:place></st1:city></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Lazarus Seymour (1816-1902) was born on April 18, 1816, at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Fontainebleau</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">.&nbsp; Like his&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Seymour</span></span></st1:city><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">brothers, he engaged in stock raising and farming while in the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Graveline</span></span></st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placetype><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Lake</span></span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;area.&nbsp; Lazarus married Nancy Ann Seaman (1826-1853), the daughter of William C. Seaman (1801-1844) and Catherine Sheffield Grantham (d. 1853).&nbsp; After Nancy Seaman expired in June 1853, Lazarus Seymour wedded Elizabeth Martha Fayard (1842-1907), the daughter of Augustine Fayard (1795-1857) and Louise Carco.&nbsp;</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In his obituary of April 29, 1902, it relates that Lazarus Seymour relocated to&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Harrison</span></span></st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placetype><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">County</span></span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">and entered the butcher business.&nbsp; It is known that in January 1853, Lazarus Seymour purchased a two-arpent tract of land on the north shore of the Back Bay of Biloxi in the Dominique Ladner Grant (Section 22, T7S-R9W), from his brother-in-law, Peter Lienhard (1812-1873), for $200.&nbsp; Mr. Lienhard was married to Melinda T. Seaman (1827-1890).&nbsp; The&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Seymour</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;land was west of the of the L.A. Caillavet (1790-1860) lands and east of Lienhard and Spanish boat carpenter, Manuel Sanchez (1806-1877).&nbsp; The present day locale of this Seymour tract is in the city of D&#39;Iberville from just east of Pringle Avenue, west to a point about 500 feet east of Church Avenue.&nbsp; There was approximately 400 feet fronting on the Back Bay of Biloxi and the parcel ran north to a point just south of&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Big Ridge Road</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">.&nbsp; It encompassed about 60 acres of land.&nbsp;</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In November 1866, Peter Lienhard sold an additional two acre-tract west of Lazarus Seymour to Lazarus Seymour (1835-1920), a son of Peter Seymour (1810-1872+), who is often referred to as Lazarus Seymour Jr. for $600.&nbsp; Lazarus Seymour Jr. and his wife, Elizabeth Seymour (1842-1917), the daughter of Lazarus Seymour and Nancy Ann Seaman, sold this tract in June 1870, to his father-in-law, Lazarus Seymour, for $1000.&nbsp; It can get familial confusing.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Here on the north shore of the Back Bay of Biloxi and later at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Biloxi</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">, Lazarus Seymour engaged in the stock raising and meat slaughtering business.&nbsp; His pens were always well stocked with cattle, swine, and sheep.&nbsp; Some of the accounting records between the years 1857 and 1862, from the Pierre Quave store at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Back Bay</span></span></st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;(now D&#39;Iberville) are preserved in the archives of the Biloxi Public Library having been donated to that institution by Wallace Quave.&nbsp; These worn and tattered pages, excellently scripted, in the finest cursive writing that one can ever hope to view, indicate that Lazarus Seymour, his mother, Marie-Josphe Ryan, who is referred to as &quot;old lady Seymour&quot;, and his brothers, Edward, St. Cyr II, Peter, and Moses traded with the Quave family.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Mrs. Seymour&#39;s (old lady Seymour) account indicates that she purchased 1 sack of salt ($1.50), 1 bbl. of flour ($7.00), 5 yards of hicory ($.75) and 2 1/2 yards of cottonade ($.30) in 1858-1859.&nbsp; It is believed that she was residing at Latimer during this period.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; During this ante-bellum time, Ramon John Quave (1851-1908), the son of Pierre Quave (1826-1862), ran the ferry from Back Bay to&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Biloxi</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">.&nbsp; Lazarus Seymour, his father-in-law, was a good customer as indicated that in the month of July 1860, he transported 43 cattle, 89 sheep, and two horses across the waters of&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Back Bay</span></span></st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Lazarus Seymour fathered four children with Nancy Seaman:&nbsp; Elizabeth Seymour (1846-1917), Edmund Seymour (1848-1925), Pliny Seymour (1852-1902), and Edward Seymour</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">(1854-1944).&nbsp; His children with Elizabeth Martha Fayard were: Celestine Seymour (1858-1902+), Josephine S. Quave (1859-1934), Celina Boney (1861-1902+), Rosa S. Boney (1863-1929+), Pierre Ernest Seymour (1865-1891), Marie Eliza Seymour (1867-1928), Cecile S. Lepre (1869-1929), Moses (Maurice) Seymour (1872-1928), John Adolphe Seymour (1873-1896), Louis Seymour (1875-1916), and Lillian Esperance Seymour (1883-1899). Edmund Seymour and Pliny Seymour became butchers like their father, Lazarus, while Edward Seymour was a storekeeper at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">North Biloxi</span></span></st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">.&nbsp;</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Lazarus Seymour remained active as a stock raiser until his final days.&nbsp; In his Estate, HARCO Chancery Court Cause No. 1421, it reveals that he owned 566 sheep and 124 head of cattle at the time of his demise in late April 1902.&nbsp; Mr. Seymour was also possessed of several lots in&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Biloxi</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">.&nbsp; The remains of Lazarus Seymour were interred in the family tomb at the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Old</span></span></st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Biloxi</span></span></st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placetype><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Cemetery</span></span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">.&nbsp; It is believed that his corpse was the first to be transported across the original&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Back Bay</span></span></st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;bridge, a wooden structure, dedicated in August 1901.&nbsp; Prior interments at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Biloxi</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;required transport by steam ferry across the placid waters of</span></span><st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Back Bay</span></span></st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><b>Lazarus Post Office</b></span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Joseph Lazarus Seymour (1835-1920), the son of Pierre Seymour and Louise Fournier, who was also called Lazarus Seymour Jr., and resided at Back Bay from about 1870, until his demise in September 16, 1920, married Elizabeth Seymour (1846-1917), the daughter of Lazarus Seymour and Nancy Ann Seaman.&nbsp; It is not know with any degree of certitude if the US Post Office here which was called &quot;Lazarus&quot; (1901-1907) and &quot;Seymour&quot; (1907-1911), was named for Lazarus, the son of St. Cyr Seymour, or his nephew, Lazarus, the son of Pierre.&nbsp; Edgar P. Seymour (1880-1943), a grandson of Lazarus Seymour (1816-1902), was the postmaster at &quot;Lazarus&quot; from 1901 to 1905.&nbsp; He was succeeded by Mary Quave Young (1853-1928), the wife of Captain William Young (1849-1911).</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Lazarus Seymour Jr. was the father of Albert Seymour (b. 1873) and Oscar Seymour (b. 1882).&nbsp; His daughters were: Catherine&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Santa Cruz</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;(1872-1921+), Isabella &lsquo;Belle&rsquo; Price Morrison (1873-1921+), Clara Marchman Entrekin (1875-1965), Zulime S. Gollott (1881-1921+), Blanche Seymour (1884-1921+), Evelyn Seymour (1886-1921+), and Alphonsine Seymour (1888-1905).(1900 Jackson Co., Mississippi Federal Census T623 812, p. 6B, ED 43)&nbsp;</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Lazarus Seymour Jr. left &lsquo;Laurel Hill&rsquo;, in his estate consisting of 120 acres in Jackson County, Mississippi and &nbsp;described as the E/2 of NW/4 and the SW/4 of the NE/4 of Section 34, T6S-R9W.&nbsp; His heirs sold this property to Edgar P. Seymour and Adolph Hunt in May 1921 for $2000.<i>(The Biloxi Daily Herald, January 25, 1905, p. 5)</i></span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; text-align: center; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><b>ST. CYR SEYMOUR II SETTLEMENT-LATIMER AREA</b></span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; St. Cyr Seymour II (1827-1903) was born in August 1827, at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Fontainebleau</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">.&nbsp; He survived two spouses.&nbsp; His first wife was an English lady, Anna McCarty (1839-1872), from&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">New Orleans</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">.&nbsp; Their children as presently known were:&nbsp; Calvin Seymour (1850-1922), Coralie S. Cannette (1852-1920), Zeolide S. Delaunay (1854-1929), Clara S. McQueen (1857-1914+), St. Cyr Seymour III (1859-1912), Octavia S. Krohn (1861-1914+), Pierre Seymour (b. 1863), Beauregard Seymour (b. 1866), and Margaret Ann Scarborough (1868-1908+).</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; On November 25, 1874, St. Cyr Seymour married Victoire Delaunay (1848-1883), the daughter of Robert Delaunay and Clare Ladner.&nbsp; Their known family was:&nbsp; Morris Leger Seymour (1875-1941), Leon Seymour (1876-1959), Ernest Adolph Seymour (1878-1963), Mary Olevia Scarborough (1879-1960), Robert Seymour (1881-1952), and Victoria S. Fayard (1883-1914+).</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; St. Cyr Seymour II expired on October 15, 1903.&nbsp; His obituary states that he lived 72 years at his present home &quot;across&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Back Bay</span></span></st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&quot;, married twice and had fourteen children.&nbsp; I do not believe that St. Cyr II lived here 72 years as he would have had to come here in 1831.&nbsp; His remains were interred in the</span></span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Seymour</span></span></st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placetype><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Cemetery</span></span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">, which is located two miles southeast of the Latimer Community in Section 13, T6S-R9W.&nbsp; Calvin Seymour, the eldest son of St. Cyr Seymour II and Ann McCarty, settled here in about 1885 with his wife, Elizabeth Mulholland (1859-1936).&nbsp; In August 1912, Calvin Seymour sold his son, Carmelious (Camille)&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Seymour</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;(1883-1945), 60 acres of land in Section 13, T6S-R9W, which included the W/2 of the SE/4 of the SE/4 of Section 13, &quot;less 1/2 acre for cemetery purposes&quot;.&nbsp; In addition to the family of St. Cyr Seymour II, this&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Seymour</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;family cemetery has members of the Broadnax, Deloney (Delaunay), and Barthese (Barthes) families interred here.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The 1875 Land Roll Book of Jackson County, Mississippi indicates that St. Cyr Seymour II owned 1600 acres of land in T6S-R9W of western&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Jackson</span></span></st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">County</span></span></st1:placename></st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">.&nbsp; These lands were located as follows:&nbsp; the SE/4 of Section 22 (160 acres); W/2 of the SE/4, E/2 of the SW/4, W/2 of the SW/4, and the SE/4 of the SE/4 of Section 23 (280 acres); Section 26 (640 acres); the NE/4, W/2 of the NW/4, NE/4 of the SE/4, and the NW/4 of the SE/4 of Section 27 (320 acres); NE/4 of the SW/4, SE/4 of the SW/4 of Section 34 (80 acres); and the NW/4 of the NE/4, SE/4 of the SW/4, and the NE/4 of the NE/4 of Section 35 (120 acres).</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The 1902 Land Roll Book of Jackson County, Mississippi demonstrates that near the time of his demise, St. Cyr Seymour II had reduced his land holdings in western&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Jackson</span></span></st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">County</span></span></st1:placename></st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;to 240 acres in T6S-R9W.&nbsp; These parcels were:&nbsp; the NE/4 of the NE/4 of Section 26 (40 acres) and the NE/4 and the SW/4 of the SW/4 of Section 27 (200 acres).</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; It would appear from this information that the homestead of St. Cyr Seymour II was located near the center of the NE/4 of Section 27, T6S-R9W.&nbsp; This site is on a narrow topographic ridge, which strikes northwest-southeast.&nbsp; It reaches a maximum elevation of fifty-two feet above sea level.&nbsp; The southeast corner of this tract is transected by the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Old Biloxi Road</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;(</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Daisy-Vestry Road</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">).&nbsp;</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Before the Sacred Heart Mission of the Roman Catholic Church was opened in&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">North Biloxi</span></span></st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">circa 1884, masses were said by a visiting priest at the St. Cyr Seymour II home place near Latimer.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In December 1908, Commissioner F.H. Lewis sold the St. Cyr Seymour II place to Willie P. Ramsay (1870-1963), for $320.&nbsp; Mr. Ramsay served the people of&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Jackson</span></span></st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">County</span></span></st1:placename></st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;as tax assessor (1892-1899), Sheriff (1904-1908), and Beat Four Supervisor (1915-1919).&nbsp; He was married to Louise H. Krebs (1872-1954) of&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Pascagoula</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">.&nbsp; Mr. Ramsay also farmed and dealt in pecans and real estate in the Latimer area.&nbsp;</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The St. Cyr Seymour II estate property remained in the W.P. Ramsay family until November 1989, when current Beat Four Supervisor, Tommy Broadnax, inherited it from Miss Thelma Z. Ramsay (1899-1989).&nbsp; Mr. Broadnax is presently erecting a home here.&nbsp; There are no cultural remains of the Seymour or Ramsay occupation on this tract today.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; text-align: center; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><b>ST. CYR SEYMOUR II</b></span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; St. Cyr Seymour II (1827-1903) was born in August 1827, the son of St. Cyr Seymour (1788-1845) and Marie-Josephe Ryan.&nbsp; She was the daughter of Jean Ryan and Marie Gargaret.&nbsp; St. Cyr Seymour II was born at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Fontainebleau</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;where the family were farmers and stockmen.(1)&nbsp;</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; St. Cyr Seymour II survived two spouses.&nbsp; His first wife was an English lady, Anna McCarty (1839-1872), with whom the following issue are known:&nbsp; Calvin Seymour (1850-1922), Coralie Seymour Cannette (1852-1920), Zeolide S. Delaunay (1854-1929), Cora Seymour (1857-1860+), St. Cyr Seymour, III (1859-1912), Octavie Seymour (b. 1861), Pierre Seymour (b. 1863), Beauregard Seymour (b. 1866), and Margaret Ann Seymour Scarbrough? (b. 1868).</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; After the demise of Anna McCarty, St. Cyr Seymour II married on November 25, 1874, Victoire Delaunay (1848-1883), the daughter of Robert Delaunay and Clare Ladner.&nbsp; Their known family was:&nbsp; Morris L. Seymour (1875-1941), Leon Seymour (1876-1959), Ernest Adolph Seymour (1878-1963), Marie Olivia Seymour (1879-1900+), Robert Seymour (1881-1952), and Victoire Seymour (1883-1900+).&nbsp; St. Cyr Seymour II expired on October 15, 1903.&nbsp; His obituary states that he lived 72 years at his present home &quot;across Back Bay&quot;, married twice and had fourteen children.(2)&nbsp; His remains are interred in the Seymour Cemetery located in the W/2 of the SE/4 of the SE/4 of Section 13, T6S-R9W, two miles southeast of the Latimer Community. (3)</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The 1875 Land Roll Book of Jackson County, Mississippi indicates that St. Cyr Seymour II owned 1600 acres of land in T6S-R9W of western&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Jackson</span></span></st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">County</span></span></st1:placename></st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">.&nbsp; These lands were located as follows:&nbsp; Section 26 (640 acres); SE/4 of Section 22 (160 acres); W/2 of the SE/4, E/2 of the SW/4,</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">W/2 of the SW/4, SE/4 of the SE/4 of Section 23 (280 acres); NW/4 of the NE/4, SE/4 of the SW/4, and the NE/4 of the NE/4 of Section 35 (120 acres); NE/4 of the SW/4, SE/4 of the SW/4 of Section 34 (80 acres); and the NE/4, W/2 of the NW/4, NE/4 of the SE/4, and the NW/4 of the SE/4 of Section 27 (320 acres).(4)</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The 1902 Land Roll Book of Jackson County, Mississippi demonstrates that near the time of his demise, St. Cyr Seymour II had reduced his land holdings in T6S-R9W to 240 acres.&nbsp; These parcels were:&nbsp; the NE/4 of the NE/4 of Section 26 (40 acres) and the NE/4 and the SW/4 of the SW/4 of Section 27 (200 acres).(5)</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; It would appear from this information that the home site of St. Cyr Seymour II was located near the center of the NE/4 of Section 27, T6S-R9W.&nbsp; This site is on a narrow topographic ridge, which strikes northwest-southeast.&nbsp; It reaches a maximum elevation of fifty-two feet above sea level.&nbsp; The southeast corner of this tract is transected by the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Old Biloxi Road</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;(</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Daisy-Vestry Road</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">).&nbsp; The entrance to reach the Seymour house from the Old Biloxi Road is about 2500 feet southwest of the juncture of the Old Biloxi Road and Tucker Road.(6)&nbsp; Became home of W. Ramsay.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The eldest&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Seymour</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;child, Calvin Seymour (1850-1922), married Elizabeth Mulholland (1859-1936), the daughter of Irish immigrants, James Mulholland (1823-1871) and Margaret Mayers (b. 1817).&nbsp; The Mulhollands were merchants and settled circa 1858, on the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Old Biloxi Road</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;(</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Daisy-Vestry Road</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">) southwest of the St. Cyr Seymour place.&nbsp;</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Calvin Seymour and Elizabeth Mulholland settled in Section 13, T6S-R9W, where they reared a large family.&nbsp; The&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Seymour</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;family cemetery is located here.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><u><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><b>REFERENCES:</b></span></u></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Jackson</span></span></st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">County</span></span></st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">,&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Miss.</span></span></st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placetype><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Township</span></span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;Plat Book (T8S-R7W).</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Mary Louise Adkinson, et al, 1991.&nbsp;&nbsp;<b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; \">Bouzage-Bosarge Family</span></b>, (Mississippi Coast Historical and Genealogical Society:&nbsp; Biloxi, Mississippi-1991), pp. 53-54.&nbsp;</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<st1:place><st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; \">American</span></b></span></span></st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; \">&nbsp;</span></b></span></span><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; \"><st1:placetype><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">State</span></span></st1:placetype></span></b></st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; \">&nbsp;Papers</span></b>, 1994.&nbsp; Volume 3, 1815-1824&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Public</span></span></st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placetype><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Lands</span></span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">, (Southern Historical Press, Inc.:&nbsp; Greenville, South Carolina-1994), p. 6 and p. 38.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Jay Higginbotham, 1967.&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; \">Pascagoula</span></b></span></span></st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; \">&nbsp;</span></b></span></span><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; \"><st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Singing</span></span></st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placetype><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">River</span></span></st1:placetype><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placetype><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">City</span></span></st1:placetype></span></b></st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">, (Gill Press:&nbsp; Mobile, Alabama-1967), p. 5.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; \">The History of&nbsp;</span></b></span></span><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; \"><st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Jackson</span></span></st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">County</span></span></st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">,&nbsp;</span></span><st1:state><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Mississippi</span></span></st1:state></span></b><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">, &quot;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Seymour</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;Family&quot;, (The Jackson County Genealogical&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Society-Pascagoula, Mississippi-1989), p. 346.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Thomas Hutchins, 1784.&nbsp;&nbsp;<b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; \">An Historical Narrative and Topographical Description of&nbsp;</span></b></span></span><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; \"><st1:state><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Louisiana</span></span></st1:state><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;and</span></span><st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">West Florida</span></span></st1:place></span></b><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; \">,&nbsp;</span></b>(University of Florida Press:&nbsp; Gainesville, Florida-1968, a facsimile reproduction of the 1784 edition), p. 63.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Lepre, Jerome, 1983.&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Mississippi</span></span></st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placetype><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Coast</span></span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;Historical and Genealogical Society,&nbsp;<b><i>&quot;Cannette-Moore-Fayard-LaFontaine-Graveline&quot;</i></b>, Special Issue No. 2, (August 1983), pp. 31-33.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Lepre, Jerome, 1995.&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Mississippi</span></span></st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placetype><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Coast</span></span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;Historical and Genealogical Society,&nbsp;<b><i>&quot;Solution To a Mystery? Leblanc-White-Moore-</i></b></span></span><st1:city><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><b><i>Zamora</i></b></span></span></st1:city><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">-&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Seymour</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&rdquo;, Volume 31, No. 2 (July 1995), p. 56.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;Robert R. Rea, 1990.&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:placetype><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><b>Gulf</b></span></span></st1:placetype><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><b>&nbsp;</b></span></span><st1:placetype><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><b>Coast</b></span></span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><b>&nbsp;Historical Review</b>,&nbsp;<b><i>&quot;Lieutenant Hutchins To The Rescue! The Wreck and Recovery of the Mercury, 1772&quot;</i></b>, Volume 5, No. 2, (Spring 1990), p. 58.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;Dunbar Rowland and A.G. Sanders, revised and edited by Pat Galloway, 1984.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span><st1:state><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; \">Mississippi</span></b></span></span></st1:state><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; \">Provincial Archives French Dominion 1729-1748</span></b>, Volume IV, Document 73, (</span></span><st1:state><st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Louisiana</span></span></st1:place></st1:state><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:placetype><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">State</span></span></st1:placetype><st1:placetype><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">University</span></span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;Press:&nbsp; Baton Rouge-1984), pp. 321-322.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">C.E. Schmidt, 1972,&nbsp;<b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; \">Ocean Springs French Beachhead</span></b>, (Lewis Printing Services-Pascagoula, Mississippi-1972), p. 29.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Charles L. Sullivan,&nbsp;<b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; \">Hurricanes of The&nbsp;</span></b></span></span><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; \"><st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Mississippi</span></span></st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placetype><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Gulf</span></span></st1:placetype><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placetype><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Coast</span></span></st1:placetype></span></b><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; \">:&nbsp; 1717 to Present</span></b>, (Gulf Publishing Company:&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:city><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Biloxi</span></span></st1:city><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">,&nbsp;</span></span><st1:state><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Mississippi-</span></span></st1:state></st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">?), p. 25 and p. 28,</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">USGS Topographic Maps, &quot;Ocean Springs&quot; (1954), Gautier and Gautier South.&nbsp; Scale 1&quot; represents 2000 feet).</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; text-align: center; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><u><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><b><i>Chancery Court Causes</i></b></span></u></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Jackson</span></span></st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">County</span></span></st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">,&nbsp;</span></span><st1:state><st1:place><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Miss.</span></span></st1:place></st1:state><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;Chancery Court Cause No. 413,&nbsp;<b>&quot;Snyder v. Russell&quot;</b>, June 1890.</span></span></p>\r\n', NULL, '2');
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('page', 0, 58, 61, 'en', 0, '<p align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\"><strong>THE EARLY TALTAVULL FAMILY</strong></span></span></p>\r\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\"><strong>of&nbsp;The&nbsp;</strong></span></span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\"><strong>Mississippi</strong></span></span></st1:placename><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placetype><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Gulf</span></span></st1:placetype><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placetype><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Coast</span></span></st1:placetype></st1:place></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left; margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">The family name Taltavull has been spelled many ways in the Federal Census and the Roman Catholic Church records of the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Mississippi</span></span></st1:placename><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placetype><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Gulf</span></span></st1:placetype><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placetype><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Coast</span></span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">.&nbsp; Among them are: Tantabouille, Tartavle, Tartavull, Tataole, Taltabull, Tartarie, Taltavel, Taltavaul, Taltaral, Taltevae, Sartain, Taltavout, Taltavully, Tartavole, Tartabou, and Taltuval.&nbsp; Today, the name is generally spelled Taltavull in this region.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">In the 1850 Federal Census of Harrison County, Mississippi, there were two Spanish immigrants, Nicholas Tataole and Bernard Tartarie, living at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Back Bay</span></span></st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">, which is now called D&#39;Iberville.&nbsp; They were ship carpenters employed in the small shipbuilding industry located where Bill Holland&#39;s wooden boat yard is today on the east side of the old&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Back Bay</span></span></st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">&nbsp;bridge.&nbsp; These men were probably brothers, Nicholas Taltavull and Bernard Taltavull, who immigrated here from the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placetype><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">island</span></span></st1:placetype><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">&nbsp;of&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placename><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Menorca</span></span></st1:placename><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">&nbsp;in the Balearic group off the southern coast of&nbsp;</span></span><st1:country-region><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Spain</span></span></st1:country-region><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">&nbsp;in the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Mediterranean Sea</span></span></st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">.&nbsp; It is known with a high degree of certitude that the Catchot brothers, Jose Catchot (1823-1900), Antonio Catchot (1828-1885), and Arnaud Catchot (1836-1912), of Ocean Springs arrived on the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:state><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Mississippi</span></span></st1:state><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">&nbsp;coast from&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Menorca</span></span></st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">&nbsp;about the same time.&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">The genealogy of the Catchot family extracted from the Catholic Church records of the Archives of the Diocese of Menorca at Ciudadela, Menorca by archivist, Father Fernando Marti, for Ray L. Bellande in September 1991, indicate that Antonio Catchot Morla, the half-brother of Jose Catchot Neto, who was the father of the Catchot brothers of Ocean Springs, married Magdalena Taltavull Guivernau in 1819.&nbsp; Her parents were Jose Taltavull and Apolonia Guivernau.&nbsp;</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">The appearance of the names Taltavull and Catchot on the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:state><st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Mississippi</span></span></st1:place></st1:state><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">&nbsp;coast at about the same time in the mid-19th Century also indicates that some familial relationship between these two families may exist.&nbsp; An argument against this postulation is that at Roman Catholic marriages and baptisms, neither family is a witness or sponsor for the other, except when Elisa Catchot witnessed the 1868 marriage of Mary A. Taltavull and Antony Manent in Ocean Springs.&nbsp; This fact may or may not indicate a familial relationship.(Lepre, Vol. I, 1991, p. 333)</span></span></p>\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\" style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\"><strong>NICHOLAS TALTAVULL (1830-1900+)</strong></span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Nicholas Taltavull was born in January 1830, probably at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Menorca</span></span></st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">&nbsp;in the Spanish Balearic Islands.&nbsp; He immigrated to the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:country-region><st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">United States</span></span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">&nbsp;in 1848.&nbsp; Nicholas Taltavull married Adelaide Carco (1829-1904) on December 20, 1849.&nbsp; She was the daughter of Jean Baptiste Carco Jr. and Gertrude Fournier.&nbsp; Their children were: Marie T. Balius (1850-1911), Margaret T. Seymour (1852-1880+), Francis Taltavull (1853-1920), Josephine T. Fayard (1856-1923+), Elizabeth Taltavull (1857-1926), Cecele Taltavull (1860-1874+), Rosa Taltavull (b. 1861), Peter Taltavull (1864-1884+), Clara Taltavull (1868-1874+), Nicholas Taltavull (1869-1931), and Pauline Taltavull (b. 1873).</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">In November 1867, Nicholas Taltavull bought a 5.2-acre tract in&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Biloxi</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">&nbsp;from John and Mary Colley for $200.&nbsp; The land had 120 feet on&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Back Bay</span></span></st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">&nbsp;and was bounded on the west by&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Reynoir Street</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">along which it ran south for 1900 feet.&nbsp; Most of this tract was sold off by the turn of the century.(Harrison County, Ms. Land Deed Book 10, p. 333)</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">As early as April 1878, Nicholas Taltavull was associated with Rafael Sancho in the bakery business at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Biloxi</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">.&nbsp; They advertised in May 1878, in&nbsp;<em>The Pascagoula Democrat-Star</em>&nbsp;as follows:</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\"><strong><em>&nbsp;Sancho &amp; Taltavull</em></strong></span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\"><strong><em>Biloxi</em></strong></span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">, Miss.,</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\"><strong><em>Confectionery &amp; Bakery</em></strong></span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\"><strong><em>There is now attached to this establishment</em></strong></span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\"><strong><em>An elegant soda water and ice cream saloon</em></strong></span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\"><strong><em>The Public is respectfully invited to give us a call.&nbsp; All orders for Balls, Parties, Soirees, etc. attended to on short notice, and at moderate prices.</em></strong></span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\"><em>(The Pascagoula Democrat-Star, May 31, 1878, p. 1)</em></span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">In October 1902, C. Taltavull filed a law suit, Cause No. 1494, in the Harrison County Chancery Court against her husband because he had sold their homestead, which was described as a lot with 120 feet on Back Bay Avenue and 250 feet on Reynoir Street, to Bernard Marigny of&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:city><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Mandeville</span></span></st1:city><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">,&nbsp;</span></span><st1:state><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Louisiana</span></span></st1:state></st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">for $800.&nbsp; The suit alleges that Mrs. Taltavull did not sign the deed, Mr. Taltavull was not supporting her finacially, and that the property was valued between $3,000 and $5,000.&nbsp;</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">The judge awarded Adelle C. Taltavull $250 in back alimony, $50 for attorney fees, and a monthly alimony of $20.&nbsp; Mrs. Nicholas Taltavull died at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:city><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Long Beach</span></span></st1:city><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">,&nbsp;</span></span><st1:state><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Mississippi</span></span></st1:state></st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">&nbsp;on September 14, 1914.&nbsp; Her corporal remains were interred in the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Biloxi</span></span></st1:placename><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placetype><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Cemetery</span></span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\"><strong>REFERENCES:</strong></span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Harrison&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:placetype><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">County</span></span></st1:placetype><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placename><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Chancery</span></span></st1:placename></st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">&nbsp;Court Cause No. 1494, &quot;Adelle Taltavull v. Nicholas Taltavull&quot;, October 1902.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Nap L. Cassibry II,&nbsp;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>The Ladner Odyssey</strong></span>, (</span></span><st1:placename><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Miss.</span></span></st1:placename><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placetype><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Coast</span></span></st1:placetype><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">&nbsp;Historical &amp; Genealogical Society:&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Biloxi</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">,</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Mississippi-1987, p. 587.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">The Daily Herald, &quot;Former Biloxi Lady Died at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Long Beach</span></span></st1:city><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">&rdquo; (</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Adelaide</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">&nbsp;Taltavull Obit), October 2, 1914, p. 2, c. 2.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">The&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Pascagoula</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">&nbsp;Democrat-Star, &ldquo;Sancho &amp; Taltavull&rdquo;, May 31, 1878.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<st1:country-region><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">US</span></span></st1:country-region><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">&nbsp;CENSUS (1880)-</span></span><st1:place><st1:city><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Harrison County</span></span></st1:city><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">,&nbsp;</span></span><st1:state><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Mississippi</span></span></st1:state></st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\"><strong>THE CHILDREN of NICHOLAS TALTAVULL and&nbsp;</strong></span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\"><strong>ADELAIDE</strong></span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">&nbsp;<b>CARCO</b></span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\"><b>1.&nbsp; MARIE TALTAVULL</b>&nbsp;(1850-1911) married Ramon T. Balius (1845-1912) on August 16, 1869.&nbsp; He was the son of Ramon Balius and Cecile Fayard.&nbsp; Balius served with Company E, 3rd Mississippi Infantry from September 1863 until February 1865.&nbsp; Their children were: Mrs. R. Pickett, Mrs. C.C. Holliman, Mrs. Seymour Desporte, Ernest Balius, Herman Balius, and John Balius.&nbsp; The family resided on&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Thomas Street</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">&nbsp;in&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Biloxi</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\"><strong size=\"0\">REFERENCE:</strong></span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Nap L. Cassibry,&nbsp;<b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The Ladner Odyssey</span></b>, (Miss. Coast Historical &amp; Genealogical Society:&nbsp; Biloxi, Mississippi-1987), p. 672.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\"><b>2.&nbsp; MARGARET TALTAVULL</b>&nbsp;(1852-1880+) married Edmond Seymour (1848-1925) on May 19, 1874.&nbsp; They parented two children: Regina Seymour (1874-1880+) and Selina Seymour (1879-1880+).&nbsp; Margaret worked as a seamstress in 1880.&nbsp; They probably divorced as he married Virginia Young on May 18, 1875.&nbsp; Edmond Seymour and Virginia Young had a large family at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Back Bay</span></span></st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">.&nbsp; Edmond Seymour was a butcher in 1910.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\"><b>REFERENCES:</b></span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Nap Cassibry II,&nbsp;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><b>The Ladner Odyssey</b></span>, (Mississippi Coast Historical &amp; Genealogical Society:&nbsp; Biloxi, Mississippi-1987), p. 805.</span></span></p>\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\" style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\"><b><img alt=\"\" src=\"/sites/default/files/u4/Taltavaul%2C Frank.jpg\" style=\"width: 192px; height: 250px;\" /></b></span></span></p>\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\" style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,serif;\"><b>FRANK TALTAVAUL (1853-1920)</b></span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\"><b>3.&nbsp; FRANCIS TALTAVULL</b>&nbsp;(1853-1920) married on June 5, 1900, Anna Stiglets (1867-1941), the daughter of ship carpenter, Vincent Stiglets (1805-1893) and Felicite Ladner (1824-1896), of Stonewall,</span></span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Harrison</span></span></st1:placename><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placetype><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">County</span></span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">, Missisippi.&nbsp; Francis Taltavull died at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:state><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Lorraine</span></span></st1:state><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">,&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Harrison</span></span></st1:placename><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placetype><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">County</span></span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">, on November 25, 1920.&nbsp; He and Anna are interred in the&nbsp;</span></span><st2:sn><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">St.</span></span></st2:sn><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">&nbsp;</span></span><st2:middlename><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">James</span></span></st2:middlename><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">&nbsp;</span></span><st2:sn><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Cemetery</span></span></st2:sn><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">&nbsp;at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:city><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Handsboro</span></span></st1:city><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">,&nbsp;</span></span><st1:state><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Mississippi</span></span></st1:state></st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">REFERENCE:</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\"><i>The Daily Herald</i>, &quot;Frank Taltavull Was A Respected Citizen&quot;, November 29, 1920, p. 3, c. 2.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">4.&nbsp; <strong>ELIZABETH TALTAVULL</strong> (1857-1926) was born at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Biloxi</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">. She never married and was a resident of&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">New Orleans</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">&nbsp;where she died on December 4, 1926.&nbsp; She was survived by a brother, Nick Taltavull, and sisters, Mrs. F. Fayard and Mrs. A. Menuier.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<strong><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">EFERENCES:</span></span></strong></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;, times, serif; font-size: 14px;\">The Daily Herald, &quot;Elizabeth Taltavull Obit&quot;, December 6, 1926, p. 2, c. 3.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;, times, serif; font-size: 14px;\">Bradford O&#39;Keefe Burial Book 15, &quot;Elizabeth Taltavull&quot;, p. 27.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">5. <strong>CECILE TALTAVULL</strong> (1860-1874+) was baptized on March 27, 1874, at the Nativity of the BVM at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Biloxi</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">.&nbsp; No further information.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<strong><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">REFERENCES:</span></span></strong></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;, times, serif; font-size: 14px;\">Brother Jerome Lepre, Catholic Church Records Diocese of Biloxi, Mississippi, Vol. 1, (Diocese of Biloxi:&nbsp; Biloxi, Mississippi-1991), p. 333.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">6. <strong>ROSA TALTAVULL</strong> (b. 1861) was born January 7, 1861? &nbsp;She was baptized at the Nativity of the BVM at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Biloxi</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">&nbsp;on May 25, 1861.&nbsp; No further information.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<strong><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">REFERENCE:</span></span></strong></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;, times, serif; font-size: 14px;\">Brother Jerome Lepre, Catholic Church Records Diocese of Biloxi, Mississippi, Volume 1, (Diocese of Biloxi:&nbsp; Biloxi, Mississippi-1991), p. 334.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">7.&nbsp; <strong>PETER TALTAVULL</strong> (1868-1884) was born on February 15, 1864.&nbsp; He bought a lot on the east side of&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Reynoir Street</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">&nbsp;on April 19, 1884, from Mary Bellande (1840-1894).&nbsp; The tract was 220 feet long and 120 feet deep.&nbsp; Nicholas Taltavull owned the lot to the north and P. Harvey was to&nbsp;</span></span><span style=\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif; font-size: 14px;\">the south.(Harrison County, Ms. Land Deed Book 20, p. 101)</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">No further information.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<strong><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">REFERENCES:</span></span></strong></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif; font-size: 14px;\">Brother Jerome Lepre, Catholic Church Records Diocese of Biloxi, Mississippi, Vol. 1, (Diocese of Biloxi:&nbsp; Biloxi, Mississippi-1991), p. 333.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">8.&nbsp; <strong>JOSEPHINE TALTAVULL</strong> (1856-1923+) married Celestine Fayard Jr. (1859-1923), son of Celestine Fayard and Euphemie Ladner on September 18, 1883.&nbsp; They resided at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">850 Fayard Street</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">&nbsp;in</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Biloxi</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">.&nbsp; They had six children: John Fayard (1881-1901+) married Angelina Hill on December 25, 1901; Therese Fayard; Frederick Fayard married Pinky Smith on October 6, 1907, then Clara Roland on April 12, 1925; Sydney Joseph Fayard married Mamie Reed on May 11, 1912, then Alice McGill on June 27, 1921; George Fayard (1892-1968); Jefferson Fayard married Louvine Gericevich on October 8, 1922.&nbsp; Celestine Fayard Jr. expired on July 18, 1923.&nbsp; Buried at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Biloxi</span></span></st1:placename><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placetype><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Cemetery</span></span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<strong><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">REFERENCES:</span></span></strong></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Brother Jerome Lepre, Catholic Church Records Diocese of&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Biloxi</span></span></st1:city><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">,&nbsp;</span></span><st1:state><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Mississippi</span></span></st1:state><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">, (Diocese of&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Biloxi</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">:&nbsp; Biloxi, Mississippi-1991, p. 333.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;, times, serif; font-size: 14px;\">Nap Cassibry, The Ladner Odyssey, (Miss. Coast Historical &amp; Genealogical Society:&nbsp; Biloxi, Mississippi-1987), p. 365.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">The Daily Herald, &quot;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Biloxi</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">&nbsp;Resident Dead&quot;, July 18, 1923, p. 3.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;, times, serif; font-size: 14px;\">Personal Communication:</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Tracy B. McDonald-November 1996.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">9.&nbsp; <strong>CLARA TALTAVULL</strong> (1868-1889+) was born on May 1, 1868. She was baptized on February 21, 1882 at the Nativity of the BVM in&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Biloxi</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">.&nbsp; She married Phillip Wagner on March 15, 1889.&nbsp; No further information.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<strong><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;, times, serif; font-size: 14px;\">REFERENCE:</span></strong></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;, times, serif; font-size: 14px;\">Brother Jerome Lepre, Catholic Church Records Diocese of Biloxi, Mississippi, Volume 1, (Diocese of Biloxi: Biloxi, Mississippi-1991), p. 334.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">10.&nbsp; <strong>NICHOLAS TALTAVULL</strong> (1869-1931) was born at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Biloxi</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">&nbsp;on February 7, 1869.&nbsp; He resided at</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">947 Main Street</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">&nbsp;and appears to have remained a bachelor.&nbsp; Nick worked at factories and restaurants and was well known, especially in the Back Bay section of&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Biloxi</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">.&nbsp; He expired on March 6, 1931, and was survived by Mrs. C. Meunier (</span></span><st1:city><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">New Orleans</span></span></st1:city><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">), Mrs. Fayard (</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Long Beach</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">), and a brother, Tom Taltavull (may be Peter?) (</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">New Orleans</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">).</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<strong><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">REFERENCES:</span></span></strong></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;, times, serif; font-size: 14px;\">Brother Jerome Lepre, Catholic Church Records Diocese of Biloxi, Mississippi, Volume 1, (Diocese of Biloxi:&nbsp; Biloxi, Mississippi-1991), p. 333.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;, times, serif; font-size: 14px;\">The Daily Herald, &quot;Nick Taltavull Dies&quot;, March 6, 1931, p. 3.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;, times, serif; font-size: 14px;\">11.&nbsp;&nbsp; <strong>PAULINE N. TALTAVULL</strong> was born February 15, 1873 and baptized on June 12, 1873&nbsp;</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">at the Nativity of the BVM in&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Biloxi</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">.&nbsp; No further information.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<strong><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">REFERENCE:</span></span></strong></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;, times, serif; font-size: 14px;\">Brother Jerome Lepre, Catholic Church Records Diocese of Biloxi, Mississippi, Volume 1, (Diocese of Biloxi:&nbsp; Biloxi, Mississippi-1991), p. 333.</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\" style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<strong><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;, times, serif; font-size: 14px;\">BERNARD TALTAVULL</span></strong></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Bernard Taltavull (1829-1870+) married Marie Louise Moran (1834-died before 1873), the daughter of Joseph Moran III and Virginia Fayard, on April 12, 1850.&nbsp; Children: Mary T. Rousseau (b. 1853) and Francis Taltavull (1851-1930).&nbsp; Family lore says that he brought the family to&nbsp;</span></span><st1:country-region><st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Cuba</span></span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">&nbsp;during the Civil War. He was a ship carpenter at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Back Bay</span></span></st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">&nbsp;in 1850.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<strong><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">REFERENCES:</span></span></strong></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;, times, serif; font-size: 14px;\">Nap L. Cassibry II, The Ladner Odyssey, (Mississippi Coast Historical and Genealogical Society:&nbsp; Biloxi, Mississippi-1987), p. 142, and p. 667.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;, times, serif; font-size: 14px;\">Personal Communication:</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Jane T. Smith-November 1996.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\"><strong>THE CHILDREN of BERNARD TALTAVULL and MARIE LOUISE MORAN</strong></span></span><strong style=\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif; font-size: 14px;\">&nbsp;</strong></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">1.&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>MARY LOUISE TALTAVULL</strong>&nbsp;was born on October 1, 1853.&nbsp; She married Daniel Rousseau (b. 1842) on July 31, 1873.&nbsp; He was the son of Joseph Rousseau and Arthemise Ladner.&nbsp; Their&nbsp;</span></span><span style=\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif; font-size: 14px;\">children were:&nbsp; Frederick Daniel Rousseau (b. 1875) who married Laura Ryan in December 1895, Joseph Bernard Rousseau (b. 1876), and Charles Francis Rousseau (b. 1878).</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<strong><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">REFERENCES:</span></span></strong></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif; font-size: 14px;\">Nap L. Cassibry II, The Ladner Odyssey, (Mississippi Coast Historical and Genealogical Society:&nbsp; Biloxi, Mississippi-1987), pp. 666-667, and p. 847.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;, times, serif; font-size: 14px;\">Brother Jerome Lepre, Catholic Church Records Diocese of Biloxi, Mississippi, Volume III, (Diocese of Biloxi: Biloxi, Mississippi-1995), p. 349.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">2.&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>FRANCIS A. TALTAVULL</strong>&nbsp;(1851-1930) married Mary Margaret Bertheaud (1860-1904) on March 19, 1879.&nbsp; She was the daughter of Benjamin Bertheaud (d. pre 1866) and Anna Marie&nbsp;</span></span><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Abbley (1842-1917).&nbsp; The Bertheauds were married by Justice of the Peace, Berry Wells (1812-1876), on October 23, 1858, in&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Harrison</span></span></st1:placename><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placetype><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">County</span></span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">.&nbsp; Their other children were Rosalie Bertheaud (b.1862), and Mary Victorine Bertheaud (b. 1865).&nbsp; After the death of Benjamin Bertheaud, Anna Marie married Joseph Santa Cruz (1809-1886) on July 10, 1866.&nbsp; Anecdotal history relates that there were eight children born to this union, but only four sons survived: Fritz Santa Cruz (1870-1952), Rudolph Santa Cruz (1872-1932), Adolph Santa Cruz (1881-1972), and Randolph Santa Cruz (1882-1971).&nbsp; Joseph Santa Cruz was born at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Palma</span></span></st1:city><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">&nbsp;on the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:placetype><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">island</span></span></st1:placetype><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">&nbsp;of&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placename><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Majorca</span></span></st1:placename></st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">In 1880, Francis and Margaret Taltavull were residing at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Back Bay</span></span></st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">&nbsp;(now D&#39;Iberville) next to her mother, Mrs. Joseph Santa Cruz.&nbsp; Both men are ship carpenters.&nbsp; The children of Francis A. Taltavull and Marie Marguerite Bertheaud were: Mary &ldquo;Maggie&rdquo; T. Moran (1880-1948), wife of W.E. Moran; William Bernard Taltavull (1882-1948), Francis A. Taltavull (1883-1950), Alphonsine Taltavull (1885-1885?), and Margaret T. Venus (1888-1966), wife of Joseph Venus.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Frank Taltavull learned the Spanish language and the art of shipbuilding from his father, Bernard, on the shores of&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">North Biloxi</span></span></st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">.&nbsp; His father took him to&nbsp;</span></span><st1:country-region><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Cuba</span></span></st1:country-region><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">&nbsp;during the Civil War and he later worked for the Brooklyn Boat Works at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">New York City</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">&nbsp;where he learned large shipbuilding methods.&nbsp;</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">In March 1880, Frank Taltavull bought a tract of land in a State tax sale for $3.20.&nbsp; It was formerly owned by William Sylvester.&nbsp; The land was located on the north&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:placetype><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">shore</span></span></st1:placetype><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">&nbsp;of&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placename><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Back Bay</span></span></st1:placename></st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">&nbsp;and had one arpent (192 feet) on the water and was one mile deep.&nbsp; Pierre Quave was to the east and Joseph Moran to the west.&nbsp; There is a high degree of certitude that Taltavull located a shipyard here.&nbsp; This is corroborated by The Biloxi Herald of March 19, 1892.&nbsp; The journal announced that the new schooner, Emma R. Clemens, owned by John Moran was launched from Frank Taltavull&#39;s shipyard.&nbsp; Home belles who attended the ceremony were: Laura Quave, Coline Harvey, Virginia and Theresa Moran, Edna Studebaker,&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Lena</span></span></st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">&nbsp;and Josephine Newman, and Melissa and&nbsp; Viola Seymour.(Harrison County, Ms. Land Deed Book 17, p. 370)</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Frank Taltavull advertised his business in The Biloxi Herald of October 5, 1893 as follows:</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\"><strong>BACK BAY</strong></span></span></st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">&nbsp;<strong>SHIP YARD</strong></span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\"><strong>F. Taltavull practical Ship Carpenter and Boat Builder</strong></span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\"><em><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Vessels built, hauled out and repaired on short notice and at reasonable prices.&nbsp; The yard is supplied with all the modern appliances necessary to do first class work, and vessels also hauled out by steam.</strong></em>(p. 4, c. 3)</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">The October 1893 Hurricane washed away Taltavull&#39;s shipyard on&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Back Bay</span></span></st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">.&nbsp; Probably as a result of losing his business and to locate closer to the seafood canneries on the south&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placetype><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">shore</span></span></st1:placetype><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">&nbsp;of&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placename><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Back Bay</span></span></st1:placename><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">, Frank Taltavull moved to&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Biloxi</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">&nbsp;in 1894, and resided on&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Reynoir Street</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">.&nbsp; By 1895, he was operating a shipyard on&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Back Bay</span></span></st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">.&nbsp; Mr. Taltavull was known for constructing fast sailboats, schooners, steam launches, and tugs.&nbsp;</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">In May 1894, the new, 18-foot catboat, Rosina, built by Mr. Taltavull was for sale by Wallace Montross of the Montross Hotel.&nbsp; Asking price $65.(The Biloxi Herald, May 26, 1894, p. 8)</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Two Frank Taltavull built vessels, the schooner, A. Gerdes and Brother, and the steam tug, Julius Elbert, became involved on May 29, 1901.&nbsp; Captain Antoine V. Bellande (1829-1918) was in command of the schooner in the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Mississippi Sound</span></span></st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">&nbsp;en route to Ocean Springs.&nbsp; The seven-man crew was below preparing for bed with a green sailor at the helm.&nbsp; The weather roughened and his inexperienced allowed the vessel to capsize.&nbsp; Captain Bellande and his crew were found by the Julius Elbert clinging to their stricken ship.&nbsp; They were rescued and having lost all their possession to the sea.(The Biloxi Daily Herald, May 29, 1901)</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">In 1905, the Taltavull &amp; Rerecich Shipyard is in operation at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">402 East Back Bay Avenue</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">.&nbsp; It was sold by Bernard Taltavull to George Melvin in August 1908.&nbsp; Casimero Rerecish (1858-1918) was an 1896 Austrian (probably Croatian) immigrant.(HARCO, Ms. Chattel Bk. 10, p. 216.)</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Frank Taltavull was beset with eye disease in his old age.&nbsp; Described as &ldquo;paralysis of the eye&rdquo;, he visited an eye specialist at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">New Orleans</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">&nbsp;in March 1928 with some relief.(The Daily Herald, March 26, 1928, p. 2)</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">&nbsp;Mrs. Taltavull died on July 12, 1904.&nbsp; Mr. Frank Taltavull passed on January 6, 1930.&nbsp; Remains of both are interred at the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Biloxi</span></span></st1:placename><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placetype><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Cemetery</span></span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\"><strong>REFERENCES:</strong></span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Charles Dyer, Along The Gulf, &quot;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Biloxi</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">&quot;, (reprinted by the Women of Trinity Episcopal Church:&nbsp; Pass Christian, Mississippi-1971).</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Brother Jerome Lepre, The&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Santa Cruz</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">&nbsp;Family, (Lepre: New Orleans, Louisiana-1990), pp. 49-52 and p. 59.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">The&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Biloxi</span></span></st1:placename><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placetype><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">City</span></span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">&nbsp;Directory, Volume 1-1905, (The Biloxi Daily Herald Printery:&nbsp; Biloxi, Mississippi-1905), p. 49 and p. 138.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;, times, serif; font-size: 14px;\">Biloxi Cemetery Records Book E, &quot;Francis Taltavull Sr.&quot;, (microfilm:&nbsp; Biloxi Public Library), p. 214.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;, times, serif; font-size: 14px;\">The Biloxi Herald, &quot;Launching of the new schooner, Emma R. Clemens&quot;, March 19, 1892, p. 4.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">The&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Biloxi</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">&nbsp;Herald, &quot;Terrific Gale&quot;, October 5, 1893, p. 1.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">The&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Biloxi</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">&nbsp;Herald, &ldquo;Local Happenings&rdquo;, May 26, 1894.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">The&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Biloxi</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">&nbsp;Daily Herald, May 29, 1901.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">The&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Biloxi</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">&nbsp;Daily Herald, &quot;Moran-Taltavull&quot;, January 26, 1905, p. 5.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">The&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Biloxi</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">&nbsp;Daily Herald, &ldquo;Venus-Taltavull&rdquo;, November 26, 1908, p. 1.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">The Daily Herald, &quot;Casimero Reresich Obit&quot;, February 8, 1918, p. 3.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">The Daily Herald, &ldquo;Returns From&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">New Orleans</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">&rdquo;, March 26, 1928.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Personal Communication:</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Rusty Barnes-November 1996.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Jane Taltavull Smith-November 1996.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">2A.&nbsp; <strong>MARY AGNES TALTAVULL</strong> (1880-1966) was born at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">North Biloxi</span></span></st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">&nbsp;on October 14, 1880.&nbsp; She married William Ernest Moran (1880-1930) on January 25, 1905, at the residence of&nbsp;</span></span><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">her parents.&nbsp; His parents were Ernest Moran and Catherine Kornman.&nbsp; The Moran-Taltavull nuptials were a small quite ceremony performed by Judge Z.T. Champlin (1847-1924). &nbsp;</span></span><span style=\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif; font-size: 14px;\">Only relations and intimate friends were in attendance.&nbsp;</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Captain William Ernest Moran, called Naneece, and his family resided at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">1002 Lameuse Street</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">.&nbsp; He made his livelihood as a carpenter and the captain of the pleasure boat, Iona Louise, which he had operated since 1905.&nbsp; Captain Moran took tourist primarily for the Midwest to&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placename><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Ship</span></span></st1:placename><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placetype><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Island</span></span></st1:placetype><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">&nbsp;and up the</span></span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Tchoutacabouffa</span></span></st1:placename><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placetype><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">River</span></span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">&nbsp;for $1.00 per day.&nbsp; He was well known at the Biloxi Yacht Club.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">The Moran children were: Voyle Moran (1905-1997), Margaret M. Bullard (1907-1995), Naomi M. Porter (b. ?-1992), Nita M. Saucier (1912-1996+), and&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Iona</span></span></st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">&nbsp;L. Moran (1918-1996+).&nbsp; Iona L. Moran resides in the old family home on&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Lameuse Street</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">&nbsp;today.&nbsp; She was a telephone operator for&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Southern Bell</span></span></st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">for many years.&nbsp; Margaret lived at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Pensacola</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">&nbsp;where she is buried.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Captain Moran died on June 27, 1930.&nbsp; Mrs. Moran expired on October 14, 1966.&nbsp; Both are interred at the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Biloxi</span></span></st1:placename><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placetype><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">City</span></span></st1:placetype><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placetype><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Cemetery</span></span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<strong><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">REFERENCES:</span></span></strong></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif; font-size: 14px;\">Bradford-O&#39;Keefe Burial Records Book 19, &quot;Captain Wm.Ernest Moran&quot;, p. 56.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Bradford-O&#39;Keefe Burial Records Book 50, &quot;Mary Agnes Moran&quot;, p. 62.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;, times, serif; font-size: 14px;\">Brother Jerome Lepre, Catholic Church Records Diocese of Biloxi, Mississippi, Volume 1, (Diocese of Biloxi:&nbsp; Biloxi, Mississippi-1991), p. 333.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">The&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Biloxi</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">&nbsp;Daily Herald, January 26, 1905, p. 5, c. 4.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">The Daily Herald, &quot;Captain Moran Dies After Short Illness&quot;, June 28, 1930, p. 1, c. 3.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">The Daily Herald, &quot;Mrs. Mary A. Moran&quot;, October 19, 1966, p. 2, c. 3.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">The Daily Herald,&nbsp; &quot;Voyle Moran&quot;, September 28, 1997, p.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Personal Communication:</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Iona</span></span></st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">&nbsp;L. Moran-November 1996</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Tessie M. Tootle-November 1996</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">2B.&nbsp; <strong>WILLIAM BERNARD TALTAVULL</strong> (1882-1948) was born February 6, 1882 at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:state><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Lorraine</span></span></st1:state><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">,</span></span><st1:place><st1:city><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Harrison County</span></span></st1:city><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">,&nbsp;</span></span><st1:state><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Mississippi</span></span></st1:state></st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">.&nbsp; He married Elsie Lyle Maxwell (1886-1962) on August 6, 1910.&nbsp; She was the daughter of John Lyle Maxwell (1845-1889) and Mary Scott (1864-1938).&nbsp; Mr. Maxwell was born at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:city><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Canton</span></span></st1:city><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">,&nbsp;</span></span><st1:state><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Illinois</span></span></st1:state></st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">.&nbsp; He married Mary Scott, the daughter of Alexander C. Scott (1848-1878) and Jane Sheppard (1842-1905), on January 31, 1884 in&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Biloxi</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">The Scotts were English.&nbsp; Mrs. Scott was born Jane Sheppard in 1842, at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:city><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">South Shields</span></span></st1:city><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">,</span></span><st1:country-region><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">England</span></span></st1:country-region></st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">.&nbsp; South Shields is located in the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placetype><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">county</span></span></st1:placetype><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">&nbsp;of&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placename><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Tyne</span></span></st1:placename><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">&nbsp;and Wear on the North Sea at the mouth of the</span></span><st1:placename><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Tyne</span></span></st1:placename><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placetype><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">River</span></span></st1:placetype><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">, ten miles east of&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Newcastle upon Tyne</span></span></st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">.&nbsp; She married Alexander C. Scott in the Anglican Church at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">South Shields</span></span></st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">&nbsp;in 1862.&nbsp; They immigrated to the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:country-region><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">United States</span></span></st1:country-region><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">&nbsp;in 1871, arriving at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">New Orleans</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">.&nbsp; The Scotts came to&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Biloxi</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">&nbsp;circa 1872.&nbsp; Mr. Scott died as a result of yellow fever during the epidemic of 1878.&nbsp; Mrs. Scott expired on January 4, 1905 at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Biloxi</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">.&nbsp; Her surviving children were: Mrs. Fred Dorhauer, Mrs. Mary Scott Maxwell, Alexander C. Scott Jr. and Edna F. Scott.&nbsp; In addition, Jane Sheppard Scott left two sisters at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:city><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">South Shields</span></span></st1:city><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">,&nbsp;</span></span><st1:country-region><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">England</span></span></st1:country-region></st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">:&nbsp; Mrs. Burns and Mrs. Forest.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">From the union of William Bernard Taltavull and Elsie L. Maxwell, two daughters were born: Jane T. Smith (b. 1911) and Mary Edna T. Gillis (1919-1996).</span></span></p>\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\" style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;, times, serif; font-size: 14px;\"><strong>Ship carpenter</strong></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">William Bernard Taltavull was known as Bernard.&nbsp; He was educated in the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Biloxi</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">&nbsp;school system.&nbsp; Bernard learned the shipbuilding business from his father, Frank Taltavull.&nbsp; In August 1901, young Taltavull while using the circular saw at his father&rsquo;s shipyard severely cut his thumb and forefinger.&nbsp; Dr. Bolton (1859-1923) was called to the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Back Bay</span></span></st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">&nbsp;boatyard to attend to Bernard&rsquo;s hand.&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Bolton</span></span></st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">&nbsp; opined that his lacerated hand would recover from the accident.(The Biloxi Daily Herald, August 7, 1901, p. 8)</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">During the September 1906 Hurricane, Bernard Taltavull&rsquo;s shipyard on Back Bay suffered $400 damage.(The Daily Herald,, September 28, 1906, p. 2)</span></span></p>\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\" style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;, times, serif; font-size: 14px;\"><strong>Seafood</strong></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">In 1912, Bernard Taltavull announced that he would open an oyster business on the beach at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Biloxi</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">.&nbsp; By 1917, Bernard had become active in the seafood packing industry at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Biloxi</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">.&nbsp; Taltavull operated the Bay View Packing Company (formerly Henry Diaz Fish and Oyster Packers) until May 1924, when he bought the Biloxi Canning Company, which was located at the head of&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Reynoir Street</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">&nbsp;on&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Back Bay</span></span></st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">across the street from his Bayview Packing Company.&nbsp; The vendor was the Maritime Food Products Company, an&nbsp;</span></span><st1:state><st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Illinois</span></span></st1:place></st1:state><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">&nbsp;corporation, and the price $10,000.&nbsp; Dr. Charles Albert Babendreer (1867-1938) who resided at Ocean Springs was the president of Maritime Food Products.&nbsp; Taltavull merged the two canning operations.( (The Daily Herald, October 15, 1912, p. 8 and Harrison County, Ms. Land Deed Book 142, p. 129)</span></span></p>\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\" style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;, times, serif; font-size: 14px;\"><strong>Biloxi Canning Company</strong></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">In February 1925, the Biloxi Canning Company was chartered.&nbsp; The incorporators were:&nbsp; Elsie Taltavull, Bernard Taltavull, and W.J. Wadlington.&nbsp; In 1934, the factory had forty boats of which two-thirds were utilized for oystering and the remainder to catch shrimp.&nbsp; At the height of the packing season, the Biloxi Canning Company employed 200 boatmen and 300 factory workers.&nbsp; Some employees were furnished free housing and water.&nbsp; This custom was phased out in the late 1930s. (</span></span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Harrison</span></span></st1:placename><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placetype><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">County</span></span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">, Ms. Charters of Corps. Book 36, p. 133)</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">In 1934, the Taltavull family resided at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">525 East Howard Avenue</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">.&nbsp; Mr. Taltavull&#39;s hobby was racing the champion schooner of the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:placetype><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Gulf</span></span></st1:placetype><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placetype><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Coast</span></span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">, the <strong><em>Mary Margaret</em></strong>.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">In May 1943, Bernard Taltavull sold the Biloxi Canning Company to Roy Rosalis (1909-1984) and Virgilio dos&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Santos</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">&nbsp;for $60,000.&nbsp; Taltavull conveyed the factory, buildings, warehouses, machine shops, grinding mills, wharfs, and houses located on the property.&nbsp; It also included all the machinery fixtures, and personal property used by the Biloxi Canning and Packing Company and the Bay View Crushing Company.(Harrison County, Ms. Land Deed Book 255, pp. 112-115)</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">In addition, the act of sale included the following power boats and schooners: Bride, H.E. Gumbel, Geraldine F., Zenia, Winnie Davis, Galle-Kelly, Golden Hope, Kanuga, Anais, Ida T., Lucky Lindy, Coca Cola Girl, Hulda Velma, Gertrude B., Ferda, Dauntless, I. Heidenheim, Anna Eve, Oxalis, Silver Pearl, Knox, and Teddy F.</span></span></p>\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\" style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;, times, serif; font-size: 14px;\"><strong>Bernard Taltavull Shrimp and Oyster Company</strong></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">In September 1944, Mr. Taltavull commenced a modern packing operation on&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Back Bay</span></span></st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">&nbsp;known as the B. Taltavull Shrimp and Oyster Company.&nbsp; It was located on the waterfront just east&nbsp;</span></span><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">of&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Lameuse Street</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">&nbsp;on property that he bought from Mrs. Lillie Cruso for $3500.&nbsp; Clell Dildy was the manager.&nbsp; Mr. Taltavull had seventeen boats and employed a maximum of 150 people, which included pickers, weighers, inspectors, and handlers.&nbsp; Production capacity was thirty barrels per hour.&nbsp; A conveyor belt carried the shrimp directly from the vessels to the plant.&nbsp; Additional land was added to the Taltavull operation in December 1945, when a tract east of the factory was acquired from A.T. Cvitanovich for $1400.(</span></span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Harrison</span></span></st1:placename><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placetype><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">County</span></span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">, Ms. Land Deed Book 259, p. 270 and Book 281, p. 101)</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">After WW II, the health of Bernard Taltavull began to fail.&nbsp; At this time, the management of the factory was assumed by his daughter, Jane T. Smith, and son-in-law, W.W. &quot;Buddy&quot; Gillis.&nbsp; The September 1947 Hurricane brought five feet of water into the Taltavull factory.&nbsp; Ironically, three of Taltavull boats, Bobby C., Jeanne, and Mary Ann Gillis were blown westward onto the roadway of the Biloxi Canning Company, formerly owned by Bernard Taltavull.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Mr. Taltavull expired on January 22, 1948.&nbsp; His wife passed on March 20, 1962.&nbsp; Both are buried at the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Biloxi</span></span></st1:placename><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placetype><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Cemetery</span></span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">The Bernard Taltavull factory was sold to Precision Drawn Steel of Camden County, New Jersey on August 21, 1968, by Jane T. Smith and Edna May T. Gillis for $116,000.(Harrison County, Ms. Deed of Trust Book 530, p. 331)</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">2B1.&nbsp; <strong>Jane Margaret Taltavull </strong>(1911-2003) was born at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Biloxi</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">&nbsp;on August 16, 1911, and was named for her great grandmother, Jane Sheppard Scott.&nbsp; She received her education in&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Biloxi</span></span></st1:city><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">&nbsp;and matriculated to&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placename><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Newcomb&nbsp;</span></span></st1:placename><st1:placetype><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">College</span></span></st1:placetype><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">&nbsp;at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">New Orleans</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">&nbsp;where she graduated in 1932.&nbsp; In 1934, Miss Taltavull was employed as the secretary for the Biloxi Canning Company.&nbsp; Jane married Robert A. Smith, a native of&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Oakland</span></span></st1:city><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">,</span></span><st1:state><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Tennessee</span></span></st1:state><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">, on April 12, 1942 at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Biloxi</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">.&nbsp; They divorced with no children.&nbsp; Upon the death of her father in January 1948, she assumed the management of the B. Taltavull Shrimp and Oyster Company on&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Back Bay</span></span></st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">.&nbsp; Jane retired in 1968.&nbsp; She traveled extensively and took an exclusive &quot;around the world flight&quot; stopping at twenty countries in the 1980s.&nbsp; Mrs. Smith resided in the Seashore Personal Care, a Methodist retirement community, at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">1450 West Beach Boulevard</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">&nbsp;in&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Biloxi</span></span></st1:city><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">, until she relocated to a similar situation at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Gulfport</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">&nbsp;in 2000. &nbsp;Jane died on August 20, 2003.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">2B2. <strong>Mary Edna Taltavull</strong>&nbsp;(1919-1996) was born at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Biloxi</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">&nbsp;on March 31, 1919.&nbsp; Circa 1940, she married William Warren &quot;Buddy&quot; Gillis (1920-2008).&nbsp; He was born at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Biloxi</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">&nbsp;on September 19, 1919.&nbsp; A young Buddy Gillis matriculated to the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:placetype><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">University</span></span></st1:placetype><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">&nbsp;of&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placename><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Mississippi</span></span></st1:placename></st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">&nbsp;where he studied chemical engineering.&nbsp; With this education, he was employed by Monsanto and worked at the nuclear research facility at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:city><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Oak Ridge</span></span></st1:city><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">,</span></span><st1:state><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Tennessee</span></span></st1:state></st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">&nbsp;during WW II.&nbsp; It was here that &quot;Fat Boy&quot;, the first atomic bomb to be used in warfare, was constructed.&nbsp; When Bernard Taltavull became ill circa 1946, Buddy Gillis left Monsanto and joined Jane T. Smith at the B. Taltavull Shrimp and Oyster Company.&nbsp; He remained here until the sale in of the factory in 1968.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">The Gillis children were:&nbsp; Mary Ann McDougall (c. 1942), Pam Gillis Snyder (b. May 21, 1947), and Jane P. Gillis (1947-1947).&nbsp; Jane, named for her aunt, Jane T. Smith, expired a week after her birth on May 21, 1947.&nbsp; Mary Edna T. Gillis died February 7, 1996.&nbsp; Buried at the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Biloxi</span></span></st1:placename><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placetype><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Cemetery</span></span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">.&nbsp;</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\"><strong>REFERENCES:</strong></span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Bradford-O&#39;Keefe Burial Book 32C, &quot;Bernard Taltavull&quot;, p. 492.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Webster&#39;s New Geographical Dictionary, &quot;</span></span><st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">South Shields</span></span></st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">&quot;, (Merriam-Webster Inc.:&nbsp; Springfield, Massachusetts-1988), p. 1143.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Golden Jubilee Number, The Daily Herald, (1884-1934)- Fiftieth Anniversary Souvenir, &quot;Biloxi Canning Company&quot;, (The Daily Herald:&nbsp; Gulfport, Mississippi-1934), p. 82.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">The&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Biloxi</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">&nbsp;Daily Herald, &ldquo;City News&rdquo;, August 7, 1901.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">The&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Biloxi</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">&nbsp;Daily Herald, &quot;Mrs. Jane Sheppard Scott&quot;, January 4, 1905, p. 5.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">The Daily Herald,, &quot;Aftermath of Great Storm&quot;, September 28, 1906, p. 2.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">The Daily Herald, &ldquo;Bernard Taltavul (sic) To Engage In Oyster Business&rdquo;, October 15, 1912.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">The Daily Herald, &quot;Taltavull Plant Starts Operations&quot;, September 15, 1944, p. 7.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">The Daily Herald, &quot;One Life Lost, Heavy Damage Done at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Biloxi</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">&quot;, September 20, 1947, p. 1 and p. 2.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif;\">The Sun Herald, &quot;William &#39;Buddy&#39; Gillis&quot;, October 19, 2008.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Personal Communication:&nbsp;</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Jane T. Smith-November 1996</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">2C.&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>FRANCIS ALPHONSE TALTAVULL</strong>&nbsp;(1883-1950) was born on July 19, 1883 at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">North Biloxi</span></span></st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">.&nbsp; He married Ida May Brander (1897-1953) on August 18, 1909, at the home of her parents in</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Biloxi</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">.&nbsp; She was born on April 9, 1897 at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:city><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Houston</span></span></st1:city><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">,&nbsp;</span></span><st1:state><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Texas</span></span></st1:state></st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">, the daughter of John C. Brander (1840-1913) and Emma Sandow (1863-1925).&nbsp; Mr. Brander was born at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:state><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Nova Scotia</span></span></st1:state><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">&nbsp;while his wife, Emma, was a native of&nbsp;</span></span><st1:state><st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">New York</span></span></st1:place></st1:state><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">.&nbsp; The Branders came to&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:city><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Pascagoula</span></span></st1:city><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">,&nbsp;</span></span><st1:state><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Mississippi</span></span></st1:state></st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">&nbsp;in 1885.&nbsp; They relocated to&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Biloxi</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">in 1906.&nbsp; Mr. Brander was a master boat builder and constructed sailing vessels for canneries at both cities.&nbsp; He was the proprietor of the Brander Shipyard on&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Back Bay</span></span></st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">.&nbsp; His son, Francis A. Brander (1885-1965), the husband of Margaret Fayard (1895-1981), later was in business with his father as J.C. Brander &amp; Son.&nbsp; F.A. Brander born at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:city><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Galveston</span></span></st1:city><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">,&nbsp;</span></span><st1:state><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Texas</span></span></st1:state></st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">It was appropriate that Francis A. Taltavull marry the daughter of a ship carpenter as that was the profession linked with the Taltavull family since Bernard Taltavull arrived at Back Bay (D&#39;Iberville), probably from&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Menorca</span></span></st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">, in the 1840s.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">In the 1920s, Frank was the proprietor of a grocery store at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">101 East Bayview Avenue</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">.&nbsp; The family resided at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">942 Main Street</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">.&nbsp; His father, Frank Sr., lived with them.&nbsp; By 1940, Frank was building boats and he and Ida May had relocated to&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">510 Bohn Street</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">.&nbsp; Francis A. Talatvull passed on January 6, 1950.&nbsp; Mrs. Taltavull died on February 15, 1953.&nbsp; Both buried at the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Biloxi</span></span></st1:placename><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placetype><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Cemetery</span></span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\"><strong>REFERENCES:</strong></span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">The&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Biloxi</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">&nbsp;Daily Herald, &quot;Pretty Home Wedding&quot;, August 19, 1909, p. 1, c. 4.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">The Daily Herald, &quot;Brander Funeral This Afternoon&quot;, June 16, 1913, p. 8, c. 4.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">The Daily Herald, &quot;Death Claims Mrs. Brander&quot;, March 18, 1925, p. 1, c. 8.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">2D.&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>ALPHONSINE TALTAVULL</strong>&nbsp;(1885-1885?)-was born on February 16, 1885 at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">North Biloxi</span></span></st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">.&nbsp; She appears to have died as a child.&nbsp; No further information.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">REFERENCE:</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Brother Jerome Lepre,&nbsp;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Catholic Church Records Diocese of&nbsp;</strong></span></span></span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><st1:place><st1:city><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\"><strong>Biloxi</strong></span></span></st1:city><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">,&nbsp;</span></span><st1:state><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Mississippi</span></span></st1:state></st1:place></span><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">, Volume 1-(1843-1900), (Catholic Diocese of Biloxi:&nbsp; Biloxi, Mississippi-1991), p. 332.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">2E.&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>MARGARET PAMELA TALTAVULL</strong>&nbsp;(1887-1948) was born on August 20, 1887 at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Biloxi</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">.&nbsp; She married Joseph Venus (1883-1948), the son of German immigrant, Charles Venus, and Elodie Landry of St. James Parish,&nbsp;</span></span><st1:state><st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Louisiana</span></span></st1:place></st1:state><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">.&nbsp; Joseph Venus was born at Convent,&nbsp;</span></span><st1:state><st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Louisiana</span></span></st1:place></st1:state><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">&nbsp;on September 1, 1883.&nbsp; The young couple were married on November 25, 1908, at the Church of the Nativity of the BVM.&nbsp; Father Finley officiated with Willie Collins and Miss Victoria Venus standing for the couple.&nbsp; They spent a short honeymoon at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">New Orleans</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">.&nbsp;</span></span><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">&nbsp;Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Venus had two sons born at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Biloxi</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">.&nbsp; They were: Joe Venus Jr. (1909-1965) born December 27, 1909 and Bernard Venus born on July 8, 1911.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Joe and Margaret Taltavull moved to&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">New Orleans</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">&nbsp;circa 1918 and resided at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">2206 Second Street</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">.&nbsp; She expired there on January 19, 1948, and was interred in the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Biloxi</span></span></st1:placename><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placetype><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Cemetery</span></span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">.&nbsp; He passed on November 5, 1948 also at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">New Orleans</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">. &nbsp;Corporal remains of both were interred in the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Biloxi</span></span></st1:placename><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placetype><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Cemetery</span></span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<strong><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">REFERENCES:</span></span></strong></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Bradford-O&#39;Keefe Burial Book 32C, &quot;Margaret T. Venus&quot;, p. 498.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Bradford-O&#39;Keefe Burial Book&nbsp; 32C, &quot;Joseph Venus&quot;, p. 41.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Brother Jerome Lepre,&nbsp;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Catholic Church Records Diocese of&nbsp;</strong></span></span></span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><st1:place><st1:city><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\"><strong>Biloxi</strong></span></span></st1:city><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">,&nbsp;</span></span><st1:state><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Mississippi</span></span></st1:state></st1:place></span><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">, Volume 1-(1843-1900), (Catholic Diocese of Biloxi:&nbsp; Biloxi, Mississippi-1991), p. 333.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">The Daily Herald, &quot;Venus-Taltavull&quot;, November 26, 1908, p. 1, c. 6.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">The Daily Herald, &quot;Joe Venus, Jr. Birth&quot;, December 27, 1909, p. 8. c. 3.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">The Daily Herald, &quot;Venus Male Birth&quot;, July 8, 1911, p. 8, c. 1.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\" style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\"><strong>JAMES TALTAVULL</strong></span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">James Taltavull (ca 1832-1881+) lived at Ocean Springs.&nbsp; He was probably a brother or cousin of Nicholas and Bernard Taltavull.&nbsp; He was married to Anna Vaguevizas.&nbsp; Their children were: Mary T. Manent (b. circa 1850-1868+) and Antonia Taltavull (1862-?).</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">There are several land transactions at Ocean Springs in July 1881, concerning this family.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">In July 1881, James Taltaral (sic) et al bought land from Antoine Ryan.(JXCO Land Deed Bk. 5, pp. 209-210)</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">In July 1881, James and Anna Taltavull sold a tract of land in Section 37, T7S-R8W to Francisco Coyle (1813-1891), a Spanish immigrant.&nbsp; Francisco Coyle was married to Magdalene Ougatte Pons (1813-1904).&nbsp; She immigrated to the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:country-region><st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">US</span></span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">&nbsp;in 1866.&nbsp; In 1874, their daughter, Laura Coyle (1857-1931), married Charles Ernest Schmidt (1851-1886), the grandfather of Dr. Frank O. Schmidt, Charles Ernest &ldquo;Uncle Ernie&rdquo; Schmidt (1904-1988), and Harry J. Schmidt (1905-1997).&nbsp; C. Ernest Schmidt was a mechanical engineer who invented the hydrolevel and other technical devices.&nbsp; He also wrote the only comprehensive history of Ocean Springs, Ocean Springs French Beachhead, which he published in 1972.(JXCO, Ms. Land Deed Bk. 5, pp. 207-209)</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Mr. Coyle owned a restaurant at Ocean Springs in 1857.(The New Orleans Daily Crescent, June 2, 1857, p. 1)</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif; font-size: 14px;\"><strong>A.&nbsp; MARY A. TALTAVULL</strong>&nbsp;(c. 1850-1868+) married Anthony Manent, son of Vincent Manent and Mary Prats, at the St. Alphonsus Catholic Church at Ocean Springs on May 2, 1868.&nbsp; No further information.(Lepre, Vol. I, 1991, pp. 332-333)</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;, times, serif; font-size: 14px;\"><strong>B. ANTONIA TALTAVULL</strong>&nbsp;born October 6, 1862.&nbsp; No further information.&nbsp; Interestingly, there is an Antonia Tartabou, daughter of Antonio Tartabou and Pamela Cajechas, who married Albert Tournier at the Church of the Annunciation in Kiln, Mississippi on September 20, 1892.(Lepre, Vol. II, 1991, p. 248)</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif; font-size: 14px;\">One Antonio Tartavole married to Pamela Calagias/Callagas has two children, Estelle Tartavole (b. 1877) and Michael Stephen Tartavole (b. 1884), baptized at Our Lady of the Gulf in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi.(Lepre, Vol. III, 1991, p. 349)</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif; font-size: 14px;\"><strong>REFERENCES:</strong></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Jerome Lepre, Catholic Church Records Diocese of Biloxi, Mississippi, Volume I, (Diocese of Biloxi: Biloxi, Mississippi-1991), p. 332 and p. 333.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Jerome Lepre, Catholic Church Records Diocese of Biloxi, Mississippi, Volume II, (Diocese of Biloxi: Biloxi, Mississippi-1995), p. 248.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Jerome Jerome, Catholic Church Records Diocese of Biloxi, Mississippi, Volume III, (Diocese of Biloxi: Biloxi, Mississippi-1995), p. 349.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">The&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">New Orleans Daily Crescent</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">, June 2, 1857.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\" style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif;\"><strong>RECENT</strong></span></p>\r\n<p class=\"rtejustify\" style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<strong style=\"font-family: georgia, serif;\"><span style=\"background-color: rgb(236, 233, 216);\">Alvina LaFrance Tartavoulle</span></strong></p>\r\n<p class=\"rtejustify\" style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif;\"><span style=\"background-color: rgb(236, 233, 216);\">September 21, 1923--September 7, 2013</span><br style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-color: rgb(236, 233, 216);\" />\r\n	<br style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-color: rgb(236, 233, 216);\" />\r\n	<span style=\"background-color: rgb(236, 233, 216);\"><strong>Alvina Claire LaFrance Tartavoulle</strong> (1923-2013), age 89 years, of Waveland, Mississippi passed away Saturday, September 7, 2013 in Kiln, Mississippi.&nbsp;</span><span style=\"background-color: rgb(236, 233, 216);\">Mrs. Tartavoulle was a lifetime resident of Hancock County and a member of St. Clare Catholic Church. She was a wonderful person who will be missed by all.</span><span style=\"background-color: rgb(236, 233, 216);\">She was preceded in death by her husband, Bill Tartavoulle, parents, Jules and Fannie LaFrance Sr.; four brothers, Jules, Jr, Lester, Charles, and Edgar LaFrance and two sisters, Adelaide Herring and Leona Fayard. &nbsp;</span><span style=\"background-color: rgb(236, 233, 216);\">Survived by her niece and caregiver, Debbie Smith and one sister, Lillian Lott both of Bay St. Louis, MS. &nbsp;</span><span style=\"background-color: rgb(236, 233, 216);\">Visitation will be from 10:00 am until 12 noon Monday, September 9, 2013 with a Mass of Christian Burial to follow at noon at St. Clare Catholic Church in Waveland, Mississippi with intombment at Bayou Caddy Cemetery in Ansley, Mississippi.[The Sun Herald, September 8, 2013]</span></span></p>\r\n<p class=\"rtejustify\" style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p class=\"rtejustify\" style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n	&nbsp;</p>\r\n<div style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-color: rgb(236, 233, 216); width: 1px; height: 1px; font-size: 10pt; font-family: sans-serif; overflow: hidden;\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif;\">Read</span> more here: http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/sunherald/obituary.aspx?n=alvina-tartavoulle&amp;pid=166842049&amp;fhid=21451#storylink=cpy</div>\r\n', NULL, '2');
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('page', 0, 59, 62, 'en', 0, '<p class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>&nbsp;JOHN C. TOCHE</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Born at&nbsp;</span></span><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Mobile</span></span><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">&nbsp;between 1828 and 1840.(Act 844, p. 223)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>WILLIAM F. TOCHE (1862-1937)</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Born in&nbsp;</span></span><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Mississippi</span></span><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">, the son of Joseph P. Toche of&nbsp;</span></span><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">France</span></span><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">, and Mary Anderson of&nbsp;</span></span><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Alabama</span></span><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">.&nbsp; W.F.&nbsp;Toche married Mary Gary Toche (1858-1934), a native of&nbsp;</span></span><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Mississippi</span></span><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">.&nbsp; Parents&nbsp;</span></span><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Alabama</span></span><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">&nbsp;and&nbsp;</span></span><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">North Carolina</span></span><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">.&nbsp;Children: Laura Toche (1878-1940) m. Gideon \'Git\' Tillman (1872-1925); Elizabeth Toche (1882-1978) m. Hall Peter Madsen (1879-1918) and Harry Samuel Struchen (1891-1977); Victor Toche (1887-1962) m. Norma Rapon (1885-1918) and Myrtle Spicer; and Emily Toche (1890-1970) m. Charles Ryan (1883-1939).</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Children</span></span></strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><strong><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">Laura Toche</span></span></strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"/sites/default/files/inline/images/157439017_1453818018.jpg\" /> <img alt=\"\" src=\"/sites/default/files/inline/images/Screen%20Shot%202018-07-10%20at%208.04.27%20AM_0.png\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:12px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"background-color:rgb(250, 250, 250); color:rgb(54, 50, 45)\">[The Daily Herald,&nbsp;July 26, 1940, p. 5 and&nbsp;</span>The Daily Herald, April 2, 1925, p. 3]</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong><span style=\"background-color:rgb(250, 250, 250); color:rgb(54, 50, 45)\">REFERENCES:</span></strong></span></span><br />\r\n<br />\r\n<span style=\"background-color:rgb(250, 250, 250); color:rgb(54, 50, 45); font-family:georgia,serif; font-size:14px\">The Daily Herald, \'Gideon&nbsp;Tillman dead\', April 2, 1925, p. 3.</span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"background-color:rgb(250, 250, 250); color:rgb(54, 50, 45)\">The Daily Herald, \'Mrs. Tillman dies\', July 26, 1940, p. 5.</span><br />\r\n<br />\r\n<span style=\"background-color:rgb(250, 250, 250); color:rgb(54, 50, 45)\">The Daily Herald, \'Oscar Tillman\', January 20, 1964, p. 2.</span><br />\r\n<br />\r\n<span style=\"background-color:rgb(250, 250, 250); color:rgb(54, 50, 45)\">The Jackson County Times, \'Prominent Building Contractor dead\', April 4, 1925.</span></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"/sites/default/files/u4/Struchen%2C Elizabeth Toche.jpg\" style=\"height:150px; width:110px\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:16px\"><strong><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Elizabeth Toche</span></strong></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Elizabeth Toche</strong> was born December 28, 1882 to William F. Toche (1853-1937) and Mary Gary (1854-1934). &nbsp;She married <strong>Hall Peter Madsen</strong> (1879-1918). &nbsp;Their children were: Hal Peter Madsen (1902-1971), Helen M. McDaniel Belton (1906-1988), Ruth M. Mullin (1912-1999), and Murrell Vera M. Beckham (1916-1938).&nbsp;</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Mrs. Elizabeth Madsen’s father, William Toche, was a house painter.&nbsp; In November 1896, he painted the interior of the Methodist Church free of charge.&nbsp; His service was given to the Ladies Aid Society.(<em>The Pascagoula Democrat-Star, November 20, 1896, p. 3)</em></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Peter Madsen was an interesting man.&nbsp; He made his living as a pecan grafter and worked in the field of herpetology.&nbsp; Mr. Madsen’s labors often involved travel to set up pecan orchards in other regions.&nbsp; It is believed that the pecan culture brought him as far as South Texas.&nbsp; From his Dewey Avenue home, Pete Madsen would also capture poisonous snakes, “milk” their venom, and sell it to pharmaceutical laboratories for anti-toxins.&nbsp; He would often place a “pet” reptile in his shopping bag when he went to Albert Gottsche’s or another local merchant.&nbsp; Madsen’s “snake-in-the-bag” act was an excellent repellent for would be thieves!(Trixie M. Urie, February 5, 2001)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">In addition to her maternal and household duties, Elizabeth T. Madsen, like her violin playing brother, Victor Toche (1886-1962), was also musically inclined.&nbsp; She and Ethel T. Dalgo Manuel (1896-1978) played piano at Illing’s Airdome Theatre before talking movies were in vogue.&nbsp; Mrs. Madsen and Victor Toche would on occasions “jam” together.(Ibid.)&nbsp;</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Victor Toche, like his father, a house painter, became a well-known Gulf Coast musician.&nbsp; In December 1924, he competed in a fiddling contest at Biloxi where he played “The Mocking Bird”.&nbsp; Clearly the audiences’ choice for first prize, Mr. Toche lost to an old Civil War veteran from Beauvoir, in what was clearly a sympathy vote from the judges.(<em>The Jackson County Times, December 13, 1924, p. 5)</em></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">In January 1916, Peter Madsen and his spouse sold land their land to J. Lillian Miles Russell (1890-1929), the spouse of H.F. Russell (1858-1940) for $500.00.(JXCO, Ms. Land Deed Bk. 42, pp. 167-168)&nbsp; This transaction amounted to a loan as they reacquired it from Mrs. Russell in January 1919, for $650.(JXCO, Ms. Land Deed Bk. 46, p. 304)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Hall Peter Madsen expired on November 3, 1918.&nbsp; At the time, he was employed with the Dierks-Blodgett shipyard at Pascagoula.&nbsp; Mr. Madsen had been stricken with the Spanish influenza.&nbsp; He returned to work to soon and relapsed with pneumonia, which took his young life.(<em>The Jackson County Times, November 9, 1918, p. 5)</em></strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Mrs. Elizabeth Madsen remarried at Gulfport, in February 1928, to Harry Samuel Struchen (1891-1977), a native of Fairview, Pennsylvania.&nbsp; Mr. Struchen had found Ocean Springs with the skating troupe of Eugene F. Mullin (1896-1974), who would wed his stepdaughter, Ruth Madsen (1912-1999).&nbsp; In the early 1940s, after the Mullins’ skating entourage ceased their seasonal traveling circuit, Struchen worked as a seaman aboard iron ore carriers plying the chilly waters of the Great Lakes.&nbsp; Before retirement, he labored as a concrete finisher on the Gulf Coast. Harry S. Struchen&nbsp;passed on January 19, 1977.&nbsp; Mrs. Elizabeth Madsen Struchen expired on September 13, 1978.(<em>The Jackson County Times, February 18, 1928, p. 5,</em> <em>The Daily Herald, January 20, 1977, p. A-2 and September 14, 1978, p. A-2 and </em>Trixie M. Urie, February 5, 2001<em>)</em></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:16px\"><strong><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Victor Toche</span></strong></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">Victor Toche, 76 year old blind lifelong resident of Ocean Springs, Mississippi was found dead at his Forest Hills residence about 3 p.m. on Thursday, December 13, 1962. The police department reported that Josephine Hayden Toche (1925-2010), his daughter-in-law, found the body shortly after his demise. Victor had been in residence with Alvin A. Toche, his son, for several years.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">An inquest was held at the police station by Jackson County Corner J. Leslie Nelson and the jury returned a verdict of death by natural causes. Bailiff at the inquest was Constable Roy Tootle and jurors were: Bernard Beaugez, Leonard Allen, Shirod Miller, Raymond Cox, Louis Noble and Penny Cates.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">Victor Toche (1887-1962), a house painter and violin player, married Norma Rapon (1885-1918), a Louisiana native. Widowed in 1920: Children: Irma B. Toche (1910-1929), Alvin A. Toche (1916-1983), and Norma Toche (b. 1918).</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">Victor married Myrtle Spicer and had three daughters: Molla Marion Toche m. Curtis Ladnier, Robert A. Reeder and Anthony Anselmo Jr. (1916-1981); Gladys L. Toche m. Frank B. De Costa (1921-2014); and Thelma Louise Toche m. Willard Bridges (1915-1991).</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">In June 1937, Myrtle Spicer Toche was granted a divorce from Victor Toche in Jackson County, Mississippi.(The Daily Herald, June 17, 1937, p. 3)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">Mr. Toche was survived by his son and four daughters: Mrs. J.H. McGee and Thelma Louise Toche (1927-2013) m. Willard Bridges (1915-1991), both of Kentwood, Louisiana; Mrs. Tony Anselmo of Biloxi; and Mrs. Frank B. DeCosta of California; two sisters, Elizabeth Toche Madsen Struchen (1882-1978) m. Hall Peter Madsen (1879-1918) and Harry Samuel Struchen (1891-1977); and Emily Toche (1890-1970), wife of Charles Ryan (1883-1939), both of Ocean Springs.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">The funeral was held from the J. Ben O\'Keefe Memorial Chapel with internment in Evergreen Cemetery at Ocean Springs.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">REFERENCES:</span></span></strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif; font-size:14px\">The Daily Herald, \'Chancellor grants three divorces in Jackson County\', June 17, 1937, p. 3.</span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif; font-size:14px\">The Daily Herald, \'Victor Toche\', December 14, 1962, p. 2.</span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">The Jackson County Times, \'Local and Personal\', December 13, 1924.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Children of Victor Toche</span></span></strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Alvin A. Toche</strong>&nbsp;(1916-1983)-born at Ocean Springs on January 15, 1916.&nbsp; Worked as a public school&nbsp;maintenance man.&nbsp; Married Josephine H. Toche (1925-).&nbsp; Children: Shirley F. Toche m. Bill Parker and had&nbsp;three children - Linda K. Parker, Susanne Parker and Charolette Parker; Alvin J. Toche (1947-1984) m.&nbsp;Genevieve R. Bullock and had three children: Tonya M. Toche (b. 1974) m. Jason A. Howard (b. 1972);&nbsp;Jeremy L. Toche and Kimberly Toche (b. 1978); Frederick M. Toche m. Virginia G. \'Trudy\' Newman and&nbsp;had two children: Trudy Toche Jr. and Jennifer Toche; Charles M. \"Peanut\" Toche m. Linda Jo Taranto and&nbsp;had three children: Charles Toche Jr., Billy Wayne Toche and Samantha Toche; Bufford Walter Toche m.&nbsp;Cecelia \'Cindy\' Dollene Driver and had two children: Brandee L. Toche and Leslee J. Toche.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<strong>&nbsp;</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\">___________________________</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:16px\"><strong><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Emily Toche</span></strong></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtejustify\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">Emily Toche (1890-1970) was born August 8, 1890. &nbsp;She married Charles Ryan (1883-1939). &nbsp;Children: Mickey Ryan; Oral Mae Ryan m. Anthony B. Senseney (1928-1997);&nbsp;</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\">_________________________________</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>CAPTAIN JOSEPH A. TOCHE</strong>&nbsp;(1848-1908)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Joseph A. Toche</strong>, a sailor, was born at&nbsp;</span></span><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Mobile</span></span><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">,&nbsp;</span></span><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Alabama</span></span><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">&nbsp;and baptized at the Cathedral of the&nbsp;Immaculate Conception(Act. 464, p. 154).&nbsp; His father was from France and mother an Alabamian.&nbsp; Circa&nbsp;1869, he married Caroline Mathieu (1830-1895), the widow of John ? Westbrook.&nbsp; She was born on&nbsp;February 25, 1830 at&nbsp;</span></span><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Louisville</span></span><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">,&nbsp;</span></span><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Kentucky</span></span><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">.&nbsp; Her parents were from&nbsp;</span></span><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Italy</span></span><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">&nbsp;and&nbsp;</span></span><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">France</span></span><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">&nbsp;respectively.&nbsp; Niece of&nbsp;Joseph Tosso, the well-known composer.&nbsp; At Ocean Springs, a midwife, and mother of seven children.&nbsp; Died&nbsp;February 13, 1895 at home of her son, Edwin M. Westbrook.&nbsp; Buried Bellande Cemetery.(The Pascagoula&nbsp;Democrat-Star, February 13, 1895)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Caroline Mathieu\'s children with John Westbrook were: Martha Westbrook (1851-1919) who married&nbsp;Leonard Fayard (1847-1923); Edwin M. Westbrook (1858-1913) who married Hattie Clark; Henry R.&nbsp;Westbrook (1860-1938) who married Francis J. Hadley (b. 1860); and Viola Westbrook (b. 1865) who&nbsp;married John Bourgeois.&nbsp; Her children with Captain Joseph A. Toche were: Mary Adele Toche (b. 1870 at&nbsp;NOLA) and Joseph A. Toche Jr. (1872-1960).</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">The Joseph A. Toche family moved to&nbsp;</span></span><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Biloxi</span></span><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">&nbsp;in 1879.&nbsp; They were residing at&nbsp;</span></span><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">211 Myrtle Street</span></span><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">&nbsp;in&nbsp;</span></span><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Biloxi</span></span><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">, when Mr. Toche passed on January 19, 1908.&nbsp; He had been a foreman at the Barataria Canning&nbsp;Company until July 1907, when he was forced to retire because of illness.(The Biloxi Daily Herald, January 20,&nbsp;1908, p. 1)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>CHILDREN</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Mary A. Toche</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Mary Adele Toche was born February 26, 1870, at&nbsp;</span></span><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">New Orleans</span></span><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">,&nbsp;</span></span><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Louisiana</span></span><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">. No further information.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Joseph A. Toche II</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Joseph A. Toche II</strong>J(1872-1960) married <strong>Angelina Labash</strong> (1878-1893+) in August 1893.&nbsp; Married <strong>Olivia&nbsp;</strong><strong>Ryan</strong> (1872-1953), the daughter of Calvin Ryan and Pauline Anderson in 1895.&nbsp; Children: Lillie Agnes Toche&nbsp;Ellzey Cruso (1896), Wesley Joseph Toche (1898-1971), Caroline Pauline Toche (1899-pre 1910), John&nbsp;Adolphe Toche (1900-1988), Mary Olivia Toche (1902-1917), Henry Marcellas Toche (1904-1985),&nbsp;Calvin Toche (1907-1984), Tabitha \'Doody\' T. James (1912-2014), and Joseph Toche (b. 1917). &nbsp;Joseph A. Toche expired on February 29,&nbsp;1960.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Children</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Lillie Agnes Toche</strong> (1896-1968) was born on March 14, 1896, at&nbsp;</span></span><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">New Orleans</span></span><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">.&nbsp; Married J<strong>ohn Samuel Ellzey</strong>&nbsp;(ca 1893-1969) at&nbsp;</span></span><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Biloxi</span></span><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">&nbsp;in August 1914.&nbsp; One child: <strong>Eugene Ellzey</strong> (b. 1915).&nbsp; Divorced Mr. Ellzey and&nbsp;married <strong>William Charles Cruso</strong> (1893-1975) in March 1919.&nbsp; Nine children.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Joseph Wesley Toche</strong> (1897-1971) was born on November 23, 1897, at&nbsp;</span></span><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">New Orleans</span></span><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">.&nbsp; Married Anita Sonnier (1906-1949), the daughter of Julian Sonnier and Amee’ Hebert.&nbsp; Married Doris Maxine Fletcher (1910-1971), native of&nbsp;</span></span><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Nashville</span></span><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">,&nbsp;</span></span><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Tennessee</span></span><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">.&nbsp; Shop foreman for Cruso Canning Company.&nbsp;&nbsp; Seven children: J. Wesley Toche Jr., John Wallace Toche (1926-1976), Curtis Anthony Toche (1931-2006), J. Eugene Toche (1937-1998), Robert Conner (stepson?), Anita T. Ferrill, Ruby T. Buchanan, Mrs. Elston Johnson.&nbsp; J. Wesley Toche died May 1, 1971 and Doris Fletcher Toche on October 21, 1971.&nbsp; J. Wesley Toche and Doris Fletcher Toche buried Southern Memorial Park at Biloxi.(The Daily Herald, May 2, 1971, p. A-2 and The Ocean Springs Record, October 28, 1971, p. 2)&nbsp;</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Anita Sonnier Toche </strong>died June 24, 1949.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>J. Wesley Toche Jr.</strong> married Bernice Marie Thibodeaux (1922-2006), a native of&nbsp;</span></span><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Erath</span></span><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">,&nbsp;</span></span><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Louisiana</span></span><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">&nbsp;in 1945.&nbsp; She was the daughter of Cestia and Emily Thibodeaux.&nbsp; They were the parents of: Gary James Toche married Judy Breaux; Wesley Toche III married Susan Cochran; and Kathleen Toche married Thomas E. Roberts.(The Sun Herald, February 23, 2006, p. A6)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Joseph Wesley Toche III</strong> married Susan Cochran, the daughter of Edward Henry Cochran Sr. and Mary Fountain Cochran.&nbsp; Kathryn Emiline Toche, their daughter, married Michael Sean O\'Grady, the son of Thomas L. O\'Grady and Bernadette Cavalier O\'Grady, on November 24, 2007 at Nativity B.V.M. Cathedral at&nbsp;</span></span><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Biloxi</span></span><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">.&nbsp; Aimee Rebecca Toche , another daughter, married Robert Benjamin Jordan on June 13, 2009 at Nativity B.V.M. Cathedral in Biloxi.(The Sun Herald, November 4, 2007, p. F12 and May 24, 2009, p. F11)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Curtis Anthony Toche </strong>(1931-12/3/2006) married Phyllis Fay Strong (1933-8/2-2008), the daughter of Rupert Strong (1901-1989) and Clara Griffin (1908-1990), circa 1950.&nbsp; Children: Curtis \'Bo\' Anthony Toche Jr. married Patricia ?; Paulette Toche married Paul Baudry; Perry Stephen Toche Sr. married Janis Lynn Baldwin and Beverly McKee; Donna Toche married Buck Neel; Gayle Toche married Pat Gray; Danny Ray Toche Sr. married Melina Sue Moss; Anne Michele Barhanovich; and Julie Lynn Clark; and Terri Toche married Kenny Hollomon.(The Sun Herald, December 5, 2006, p. A9 and The Biloxi-D\'Iberville Press, August 14, 2008, p. A5)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Caroline Pauline Toche</strong> (1899-pre-1910)-the daughter of Joseph A. Toche and Olevia Ryan was born July 13, 1899.&nbsp; No further information.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>John Adaulph Toche</strong> (1900-1988) was born at&nbsp;</span></span><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Biloxi</span></span><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">&nbsp;on October 9, 1900, the son of Joseph A. Toche (1872-1960) and Olevia Ryan (1872-1953).&nbsp; In November 1922, he married Mary Martinez (1905-1977), the daughter of William Martinez (1877-1930), a Spanish immigrant and Theresa E. Stevens (1889-1965) of St. Bernard Parish,&nbsp;</span></span><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Louis<strong>iana</strong></span></span><strong><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">.&nbsp; Made his livelihood as a boat builder. Children: Marie Cecile Toche (1924-1925), Pauline T. Alfonso,&nbsp;</span></span></strong><strong><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Iona</span></span></strong><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>&nbsp;T. Couture</strong>, <strong>Theresa T. Fountain</strong>, <strong>Joseph Adolphe Toche</strong>, <strong>John Anthony Toche</strong>,<strong> William Rogers Toche</strong> (1932-1982).&nbsp; Died October 16, 1988.&nbsp; Buried at&nbsp;</span></span><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Biloxi</span></span><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">&nbsp;</span></span><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">City</span></span><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">&nbsp;</span></span><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Cemetery</span></span><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">. (The Ocean Springs Record, November 22, 1972, p. 7 and The Ocean Springs Record, October 20, 1988, p. 3)&nbsp;</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Adaulph Toche and his father, Joseph A. Toche II, were ship carpenters at Biloxi in 1920, when the family resided on Myrtle Street. Adaulph\'s grandfather, Captain Joseph A. Toche (1848-1908) a native of Mobile, had been a foreman at the Barataria Canning Company until July 1907, when he was forced to retire because of illness.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">It is interesting to note that Joseph A. Toche had married the Widow Westbrook, Caroline Mathieu (1830-1895) of Louisville, Kentucky, circa 1869. Caroline M. Westbrook was the mother of: Martha V. Westbrook (1851-1919) who married Leonard Fayard (1847-1923); Edwin M. Westbrook (1858-1913) who married Harriette Clark (1857-1927); Henry R. Westbrook (1860-1938) who married Francis J. Hadley (b. 1860); and Viola Westbrook (b. 1865) who married John Bourgeois. Her children with Captain Joseph A. Toche were: Mary Adele Toche (b. 1870) and Joseph A. Toche II (1872-1960). The Joseph A. Toche family moved to Biloxi in 1879. They were residing at 211 Myrtle Street in Biloxi, when Mr. Toche passed on January 19, 1908.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">At the age of thirty-four, Adaulph Toche commenced his own boatyard on the Biloxi Channel adjacent to the DeJean Packing Company. This is Grand Casino country to you recent arrivals. Here until 1955, he built wooden fishing boats for the Sekul, Mavar, Cruso, Dubaz, and Leckich and Fayard canneries. In 1937, Mr. Toche also constructed the Pan American Clipper, the Ship Island tour boat.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Annoyed with renting boat yard space at Biloxi and unable to purchase a suitable waterfront site, Adaulph Toche acquired 18.54 acres on Old Fort Bayou in Sections 14 and 23, T7S-R8W, for $10,500 from Stanford Williams in August 1955. Here with his sons, he commenced Toche Boat Builders and platted the Toche Subdivision. By the 1960s, the Toches called themselves Toche Enterprises, Inc. and were operating a hardware store, lumberyard, and variety center in addition to boat construction and repair.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">The Toche family primarily built wooden vessels until after Hurricane Camille (1969), when steel-hulled fishing boats came into vogue. In fact the last ten vessels constructed at the facility before it closed in 1976, were ten, steel-hulled, refrigerated fishing boats for foreign investors. Five went to Korea and five to Venezuela.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">After Jim Vickers acquired the Toche facility in 1976, it has had several owners, among them: Coastal Shipbuilding (1979-1983), and Galmer Inc. (1984-1985). Warren Strayham has owned the former Toche boatyard since December 1986, and currently leases it to Michael Toche, the grandson of Adaulph Toche. Michael Toche continues an almost one hundred year old family tradition-building quality, seaworthy vessels for world.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">J. Adaulph Toche expired on October 16, 1988. His corporal remains were sent to the Biloxi Cemetery for burial.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>CHILDREN</strong></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"/sites/default/files/u4/Toche%2C John Anthony.jpg\" style=\"height:150px; width:93px\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>John Anthony Toche</strong></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Mary Olivia Toche</strong> (1902-1917)-was born at&nbsp;</span></span><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Biloxi</span></span><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">.&nbsp; Died on July 28, 1917, at&nbsp;</span></span><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">211 Myrtle Street</span></span><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">&nbsp;in&nbsp;</span></span><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Biloxi</span></span><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">.&nbsp; Buried in the&nbsp;</span></span><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Biloxi</span></span><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">&nbsp;Cemetery.(The Daily Herald, July 28, 1917, p. 3)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Henry Marcellas Toche </strong>(1904-1985) was born March 19, 1904, at&nbsp;</span></span><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Biloxi</span></span><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">.&nbsp; Married Dorothy \"Dimples\" Elizabeth Terry (1912-1968).&nbsp; Three children: H.M. Toche Jr.; Dorothy T. Fink (1938-2006) married Irvin Fink; and Mena O. Andrews.&nbsp; M. Marcellas Toche died April 3, 1985.&nbsp; Buried Southern Memorial Park at Biloxi.(The Sun Herald, March 17, 2006, p. A8)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Calvin Toche</strong> (1905-1984)-Born December 23, 1905, at&nbsp;</span></span><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Biloxi</span></span><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">.&nbsp; Married Alma Leola Weldon (d. 3-18-1980) on June 15, 1930.&nbsp; Cavin Toche lived at&nbsp;</span></span><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Crockett</span></span><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">,&nbsp;</span></span><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">California</span></span><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">&nbsp;where he was a boat builder at the Mare Island Naval Yard.&nbsp; Died on March 13, 1984.&nbsp; Buried at&nbsp;</span></span><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Biloxi</span></span><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">&nbsp;Cemetery.(The Daily Herald, June 16, 1930, p. 2)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Tabitha Ione Toche James</strong> (1912-2014)-Married Richard E. James in August 1941.&nbsp; Three children.&nbsp; Died March 31, 2014 at Spring, Texas.(The Sun Herald, April 4, 2014)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Joseph A. Toche III</strong> (1917-)-Married Bernice Marie Thibodeaux in March 1944 at&nbsp;</span></span><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Biloxi</span></span><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">.&nbsp; Three children: Joseph A. Toche.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>The Toche Subdivision</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Location: Sections 14 and 23, T7S-R8W&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Platted&nbsp;on August 20, 1955, JXCO, Ms. Plat Book 2, p. 90 and November 25, 1955, Plat Book 2, p. 93.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Replatted-November 1956, Bk. 162, pp. 197-198.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>The Toche Family (Catholic Records)</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Mrs. Toche-died February 13, 1895.(SA)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Caroline Pauline Toche-born July 13, 1899.&nbsp; Father Joseph Toche, mother Olivia Ryan.(BVM)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">John Adolphe Toche-born November 9, 1900.&nbsp; Father Joseph Toche, mother, Olevia Ryan.(BVM)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Joseph Toche married Angelina Labash (1878-1893+), the daughter of John Labash (1848-1915) and Adeline Labash (1857-1900+) on August 9, 1893.(BVM)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Lillie Elizabeth Toche-born March 5, 1897.&nbsp; Father, Joseph A. Toche, mother Sarah E. Daley.(BVM)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Mary Adele Toche-born February 26, 1870.&nbsp; Father Joseph Toche, mother Caroline Mathew (sic).(SA)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">John C. Toche (Baptism 1828-1840)-CIC-</span></span><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Mobile</span></span><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Joseph A. Toche (Baptism 1847-1851)-CIC-</span></span><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Mobile</span></span><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>The Toche Family (Social Security Death Index)</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Alvin Toche (1916-1983)-born January 5, 1916, died April 1983.&nbsp; OS</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Alvin Toche (1947-1984)-born October 20, 1947, died June 1984.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Doris Toche (1920-1989)-born October 23, 1920, died May 29, 1989.&nbsp; OS (</span></span><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Biloxi</span></span><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">&nbsp;</span></span><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Cemetery</span></span><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Henry Toche (1904-1985)-born March 19, 1904, died April 1985.&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Biloxi</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">John Toche (1900-1988)-born November 9, 1900, died October 16, 1988.&nbsp; OS</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">John Toche (1926-1976)-born August 13, 1926, died August 1976.&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Biloxi</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Joseph Toche (1937-1998)-born January 24, 1937, died March 15, 1998.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Mary Toche (1905-1977)-born June 3, 1905, died April 1977.&nbsp; OS</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Mildred Toche (1929-1993)-born April 25, 1929, died August 14, 1993.&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Biloxi</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Wesley Toche (1897-1971)-born November 23, 1897, died May 1971.&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Biloxi</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">William Toche (1932-1982)-born April 1, 1932, died May 1982.&nbsp; OS</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Harrison</strong></span></span><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>&nbsp;</strong></span></span><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>County</strong></span></span><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>&nbsp;Marriages</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Joseph Toche married Angelina LaBash on 8-9-1893.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Joseph Toche married Georgie Swing on 11-22-1895.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Mary Torche married Frank Tucker on 11-19-1893.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Margaret Mary Toche married James Albert Parker on November 24, 1973.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Bradford-O’Keefe Burial Books</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Anita Toche (1906-1949)-born November 22,1906, the daughter of Jullian Sonnier and Amee’ Hebert.&nbsp; Died June 24, 1949.&nbsp; Bk. 0, p. 0.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Irma Toche (?-1929)-born ?.&nbsp; Died May 29, 1929.&nbsp; Bk. 15, p. 298.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Joseph A. Toche (1872-1960)-born August 27, 1872, the son of Joseph Toche and Caroline Mathieu.&nbsp; Died February 29, 1960.&nbsp; Bk. 42, p. 325.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Mary Toche (1856-1934)-born 1856, the daughter of Adner Gary and Martha McClendon.&nbsp; Died August 3, 1934.&nbsp; Bk. 21, p. 266.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Mary Olivia Toche (1902-1917)-born September 16, 1902, daughter of Joseph Toche and Mary Olivia Ryan.&nbsp; Died July 28, 1917.&nbsp; Bk. 7, p. 36.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Olivia Ryan Toche (1872-1953)-born November 29, 1872, the daughter of Calvin Ryan and Pauline Anderson.&nbsp; Died February 20, 1953.&nbsp; Bk. 35, p. 33.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">William F. Toche (1857-1937)-born 1857, the son of Joseph P. Toche and Mary Anderson.&nbsp; Died November 18, 1937.&nbsp; Bk. 25, p. 163.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Evergreen Cemetery &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<div id=\"cke_pastebin\">&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div id=\"cke_pastebin\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Alvin A. Toche &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;1-5-1916 to 4-12-1983</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div id=\"cke_pastebin\">&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div id=\"cke_pastebin\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Irma Toche &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;1910 to 5-27-1929</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div id=\"cke_pastebin\">&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div id=\"cke_pastebin\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Josephine H. Toche &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;8-8-1925 to</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div id=\"cke_pastebin\">&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div id=\"cke_pastebin\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Kimberly Toche &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;4-13-1960 to 4-13-1960</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div id=\"cke_pastebin\">&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div id=\"cke_pastebin\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Mary Toche &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;1858 to 8-3-1934</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div id=\"cke_pastebin\">&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div id=\"cke_pastebin\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Norma Toche &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 1885 to 1918</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div id=\"cke_pastebin\">&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div id=\"cke_pastebin\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Victor Toche &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;1887 to 1962</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div id=\"cke_pastebin\">&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div id=\"cke_pastebin\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">William Toche &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 1862 to 11-19-1937</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>THE TOCHE SHIPYARD</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">At the age of thirty-four, J. Adaulph Toche (1900-1988) commenced his own boatyard on the Biloxi Channel adjacent to the DeJean Packing Company. This is Grand Casino country to you recent arrivals. Here until 1955, he built wooden fishing boats for the Sekul, Mavar, Cruso, Dubaz, and Leckich and Fayard canneries. In 1937, Mr. Toche also constructed the <strong><em>Pan American Clipper</em></strong>, the Ship Island tour boat.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Annoyed with renting boat yard space at Biloxi and unable to purchase a suitable waterfront site, Adaulph Toche acquired 18.54 acres on Old Fort Bayou in Sections 14 and 23, T7S-R8W, for $10,500 from Stanford Williams in August 1955. Here with his sons, he commenced Toche Boat Builders and platted the Toche Subdivision. By the 1960s, the Toches called themselves Toche Enterprises, Inc. and were operating a hardware store, lumberyard, and variety center in addition to boat construction and repair.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">The Toche family primarily built wooden vessels until after Hurricane Camille (1969), when steel-hulled fishing boats came into vogue. In fact the last ten vessels constructed at the facility before it closed in 1976, were ten, steel-hulled, refrigerated fishing boats for foreign investors. Five went to Korea and five to Venezuela.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">After Jim Vickers acquired the Toche facility in 1976, it has had several owners, among them: Coastal Shipbuilding (1979-1983), and Galmer Inc. (1984-1985). Warren Strayham has owned the former Toche boatyard since December 1986, and currently leases it to Michael Toche, the grandson of Adaulph Toche. Michael Toche continues an almost one hundred year old family tradition-building quality, seaworthy vessels for world.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">J. Adaulph Toche expired on October 16, 1988. His corporal remains were sent to the Biloxi Cemetery for burial.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Time Line</span></span></strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Location:&nbsp; 18. 54 acres + located on Old Fort Bayou in SE/4 of section 14 and the NE/4 of Section 23, T7S-R8W</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>1944</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">In June 1944, Florence Sauer of Wayne County, Michigan, the widow of Lorenz Sauer Jr., et al to Stanford and Jessie S. Williams.(JXCO, Ms. Land Deed Bk. 87, pp. 50-51)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>1955</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">In August 1955, Stanford A. Williams to J. Adaulph Toche (1900-1988) two parcels for $10,500,(JXCO, Ms. Land Deed Bk. 151, p. 332).</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Parcel One-All of the SE/4,SE/4 of Section 14, T7S-R8W south of Old Fort Bayou.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Parcel Two-Irregular shaped tract in the NE/4 of Section 23, T7S-R8W, containing 18.957 acres bounded on the southeast by the OS-Vancleave road.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Toche Subdivision</strong>-platted on August 20, 1955, JXCO, Ms. Plat Book 2, p. 90 and November 25, 1955, Plat Book 2, p. 93.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>1956</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Toche Boat Builders and Repair Yard, Inc. chartered in Jackson County, Mississippi in June 1956.&nbsp; Four hundred shares of stock with a par value of $100 per share.&nbsp; Incorporators: John Adaulph Toche; Joseph Adaulph Toche; William Rogers Toche; and John Anthony Toche.(JXCO, Ms. Charter Bk. 3, pp. 93-98)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Captain Frank, a 56-foot Florida type shrimp boat was the first vessel built at the new Toche Boatyard in Ocean Springs.(The Daily Herald, February 25, 1959, p. s24)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Toche Subdivision replatted on November 5, 1956.&nbsp; Owners listed as: John Adolph Toche, John Anthony Toche, William Rogers Toche, Elsie Seymour Toche, Arlene Seymour Toche, Joseph Adolph Toche, Aline Ryan Toche, Pauline Toche Alfonso, and Walter T. Alfonso.(JXCO, Ms. Land Deed Bk. 162, pp. 197-198)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>1958</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">In December 1958, Toche Boat Builders borrowed money from P.M. Bank.(JXCO, Ms. Deed of Trust Bk. 119, pp. 380-384).</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">John Duncan Moran of Jardel Inc. acquired for taxes in September 1958.&nbsp; Conveyed in September 1965 to J.A. Toche, John Anthony Toche, Joseph A. Toche, and William Rogers Toche.(Bk. 280, p. 334)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>1959</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtejustify\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Toche Boatyard on Old Fort Bayou in Ocean Springs was the only boatyard operating a Travel Lift. &nbsp;This dynamic hoist could lift vessels up to 50 tons and 80 feet in length and allowed the Toche yard to service up to 35 boats at one time.(The Daily Herald, February 25, 1959, p. 24)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>1960s</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Toche Enterprises, Inc. formed.&nbsp; Consisted of Toche Boat Builders, Toche Hardware,&nbsp;</span></span><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Toche</span></span><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">&nbsp;</span></span><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Variety</span></span><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">&nbsp;</span></span><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Center</span></span><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">, and Toche Lumber &amp; Supply Company.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>1965</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">In September 1965, Jardel Inc. to J.A. Toche, John Anthony Toche, Joseph A. Toche, and William Rogers Toche.(Bk. 280, p. 334)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtejustify\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Three vessels have recently been launched at Toche Boat Builders in Ocean Springs. &nbsp;All three boats are 72 feet long and 22 feet wide and are steel, shrimp trawlers. &nbsp;Owners of these watercraft are: L.E. and Fuller Childress of Fairhope, Alabama; Alton Fabre of Barataria, Louisiana; and the George Engine Company of Harvey, Louisiana. A 45-foot, wooden shrimp boat was also launched for John Martinez of St. Bernard, Louisiana. &nbsp;Two keels are being laid at Toche for two 75-foot steel trawlers and another 72-foot steel trawler is being built for Clarence Billiot of Marrero, Louisiana. &nbsp;W.W. Swan of New Orleans is having the shipyard build a 50-foot yacht.(The Daily Herald, August 3, 1967, p. 24)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>1968</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">1968 payroll was approximately $275,000 with about 80 employees (75% residents of Jxco).(letter march 17, 1969, to Eddie Khayat from William R. Toche Sr.)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>1969</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">In March 1969, Toche Boat Builders had the following vessels under construction: ten steel shrimp trawlers; one steel lugger-type supply boat; 2 wooden shrimp trawlers; and one wooden party boat-Coast Guard approved.&nbsp; At this time, vice-president of the company, William Rogers Toche Sr., wrote an appeal to Edward Khayat, president of the JXCO, Mississippi Board of Supervisors to have the mouth of Old Fort Bayou and particular sections of the water course deepened to accommodate vessels with a draft of 10.5 to 11 feet.&nbsp; Toche indicated that larger vessels could be built on Old Fort Bayou and potential industries might develop here if a permanent marked channel was constructed.(letter dated March 17, 1969, to Eddie Khayat from William R. Toche Sr.)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>1971</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtejustify\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">In July, Toche was completing the <strong><em>Misty Dawn</em></strong>, a 200 ton, 103-foot long clam boat, for a client on the Atlanic seaboard. &nbsp;This was the largest vessel that Toche had ever built. &nbsp;The yard has three shrimp boats under construction.(The Ocean Springs Record, July 8, 1971, p. 1)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>1975</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">In July 1975, Toche Enterprises delivered five steel-hulled refrigerated fishing boats to the Venezuelan government.&nbsp; The vessels were 75-feet long and of 100 tons displacement.&nbsp; A Swedish consultant, Captain Sten Sylvander, hired by the Venezuelans lauded the Toche boats as “the best fishing boats ever bought by&nbsp;</span></span><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Venezuela</span></span><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">.”(The Daily Herald, July 23, 1975, p. B-!)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>1978</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Jim Vickers running Toche Industries.&nbsp; The company had been in bankruptcy court, since April 1978.&nbsp; In the summer of 1978, Vickers defied an order by the US Corps of Engineers to cease and desist from dredging Old Fort Bayou in order to launch, Lady Elda, a 121-foot vessel.&nbsp; He defied the Corps order and pulled the boat through the bayou, which caused environmental damage.&nbsp; Vickers also dumped the spoil on the banks of the pristine stream.&nbsp; He was fined for his actions.&nbsp; Avondale Shipyard of&nbsp;</span></span><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">New Orleans</span></span><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">&nbsp;sued Toche Industries for payment of $606,000 for materials that it had furnished Vickers.&nbsp; The Wholesale Supply Company also sued in the amount of $34,890 for unsatisfied liens on four boats under construction at the boatyard.&nbsp; Toche was never fined by the Corps of Engineers.(The Ocean Springs Record, September 14, 1978, p. 3 and October 26, 1978, p. 1)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>1979</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Bankruptcy judge sold Toche Industries to Coastal Shipbuilding in March 1979, for $611,000.(JXCO, Ms. Land Deed Bk. 643, p. 284)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>1983</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">In October 1983, Albert Prevot of Coastal Shipbuilding to 1st Mississippi National Bank for $450,000.(JXCO, Ms. Land Deed Bk. 774, p. 452)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>1984</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtejustify\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">In May 1984, 1st Mississippi National Bank to Galmer Inc.(JXCO, Ms. Land Deed Bk. 791, p. 327)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>1985</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtejustify\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">In April 1985, Trustee to 1st Mississippi National Bank for $400,000.(JXCO, Ms. Land Deed Bk. 821, p. 518)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>1986</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtejustify\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">In December 1986, 1st Mississippi National Bank to Warren L. Strayham et ux.(JXCO, Ms. Land Deed Bk. 875, p. 436)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>1994</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtejustify\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">In November 1994, Special Commissioner’s Deed to Warren L. Strayham on Lots 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 28, 29, 30, 31, and 32.(JXCO, Ms. Land Deed Bk. 1052, pp. 300-301).</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>REFERENCES:</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">The Daily Herald, \"Toche Boat Builders operate only Travel Lift on Gulf Coast\", February 25, 1959, p. s24.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">The Daily Herald, Purchase of fishing vessels may open relations with&nbsp;</span></span><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Venezuela</span></span><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">”, July 23, 1975.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">The Ocean Springs Record, “Toche (Vickers) Industries in Bankruptcy Court”, September 14, 1978.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">The Ocean Springs Record, “Toche never fined by Corps of Engineers\", October 26, 1978, p. 1.</span></span></p>\r\n', '', '2');
