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(67, 'en', 'node_search', ' sea food cannery histories sea food cannery histories ray mon 4122010 1346 pascagoula mexican gulf canning company 1880  pascagoula mississippi deed found in jackson county mississippi chancery court section index book 26a  location the mexican gulf canning company was located on the east bank of the pascagoula river in the 41825acre valentine delmas claim section 5 t8sr6w valentine delmas valentine delmas claim on pascagoula bay was issued to anthony blanc by spanish governor the baron de carondelet who administered the area from 1792 until 1797 six arpents on the front and 40 arpents deep inhabited and cultivated from 18021828 american state papers 18271829 vol 5 p 784  valentine delmas original settlement on pascagoula bay began in june 1811 present settlement june 1819 american state papers 18151824 vol 3 p 444  the beginning in late october 1880 joseph t maybury 18411894 president of the mexican gulf canning company which was chartered at mobile alabama acquired a parcel of land from jules c dennis and clara c dennis of new orleans for 1750 employment the mexican gulf canning company created employment for about one hundredthirty people the mexican gulf canning company want 75 women boys and girls  above 12 years old at their works at pascagoula to shuck steamed oysters fill cans paste labels pick and clean crabs and shrimp and do other light work which will afford steady and remunerative employment the year around also fifty men to man our oyster skiffs unload oysters etc etc for particulars apply to jt maybury president scranton miss or es barnes secretary mobile ala  the pascagoula democratstar november 19 1880 p 2  wanted 10 to 15 families of laboring people either white or colored to work in our canning factory who we will furnish with comfortable homes and constant work the year round  the women and children can make men s wages opening oysters and shelling shrimp etc and the men will be paid at the highest daily rate for unloading our boats rolling shells and other outdoor labor apply to mexican gulf canning company scranton mississippi  the pascagoula democratstar march 10 1882 p 3  fruit canning in late june 1881 the mexican gulf canning company commenced fresh fruit canning operations the plant was to receive between one and twohundred bushels of figs each day during the season two shipments per diem of pineapples were also anticipated  the pascagoula democratstar july 1 1881 p 3  insolvency by late march 1882 the mexican gulf canning company was insolvent the cannery had accumulated a debt of nearly 60000 but was valued at only 30000 the company stockholders met at mobile alabama and elected to assign their pascagoula investment with h pillans and jc rich these men were anticipated to operate the company and return its balance sheet into the black thus insuring that it not be sold at a sheriff s sale  the pascagoula democratstar april 7 1882 p 3  1883 sale for sale mexican gulf canning co works machinery and land h pillans or jc rich assignees mobile alabama  the pascagoula democratstar february 23 1883 p 2   h pillans to jt bourges jxco ms land deed bk 6 p 446447  1883 fire in the dawn hours of may 24 1883 the second fire in the history of the young canning company struck uninsured loss estimated at 15000 mr bobe was the watchman  the pascagoula democratstar   fire fiends may 25 1883 p 3 maybury foster maybury foster successors to the mexican gulf canning company  packers of the celebrated mexican gulf brand oysters shrimp  pineapples tomatoes figs okra  shippers of all grades of fresh oysters fish and shrimp on ice  the pascagoula democratstar april 25 1884 p 2  ice ice ice  we beg to announce that we have perfected arrangements which enable us to offer ice by the carload ton hundred pounds or nickel s worth  at prices to meet all competition  as our ice comes in cakes weighing from 100 to 300 pounds each it will especially meet the wants of fishermen icedealers and saloonkeepers  we guarantee a constant supply and full weights wanted tomatoes and figs  in quantities for canning maybury foster  proprietors pascagoula fish and canning company  the pascagoula democratstar june 13 1884 p 3    wholesale dealers in and shippers of gulf oysters fish and shrimp proprietors of the mexican gulf canning factory canners of oysters tomatoes figs etc scranton mississippi  southern manufacturer april 1899 the foster family captain john foster john foste r 18261903 was the son of english immigrant parents his birth occurred in march 1826 at mobile alabama john foster married susan francis grant 18261866 the daughter of captain john l grant 17931887 a native of chester county pennsylvania and elizabeth disney 17941868 he served in the us army during the mexican war and in the confederate navy and confederate army during the civil war at least three children lillie ophelia f joullian 18651924 born at mobile john grant foster 1928 and mrs el silva 1928 for many years captain foster was engaged in the shipping business with the mobile and new orleans mail line a steam packet and freight line he settled at pascagoula shortly after the civil war here in 1869 foster married olivia e delmas 18421928 the daughter of jeanbaptiste delmas 18173111906 and mary elizabeth grant 18221896 they reared nine children on the banks of the pascagoula river mary e f ford 18701936 susan f hughes 18721919 francis e foster 18741918 william henry foster 18751928 charles b foster 18771931 alfred foster 1878 josephine f hosey 18801950 eva esperanza foster ford 18841959 and isabella belle foster griffin hurst 18871958 the a 1 steam tug rolla valentine delmas master is now ready for towing and lightering at usual rates  vessels drawing 14 feet and under will be towed and piloted under a united states license for 25 in or out of horn island pass  when drawing over 14 feet an additional charge will be made fresh water in tanks always on hand oak wood is furnished when required for particulars apply to h krebs son scranton arthur r krebs east pascagoula   foster children mary e foster mary e foster  18701936 was called mamie she married james ira ford 18621915 susan foster susan foster  18721919 was born on july 12 1872 she married william dabney hughes 18501937 she died 4291919 he expired 341937 francis e foster francis e foster 18741918 was called frank he was born at pascagoula and commenced employment in the seafood industry as a teenager in 1893 frank foster became employed by his father s packing company by 1899 he was the manager of the mexican gulf canning factory at pasacagoula southern manufacturer 1899 p 37   this is corroborated as in 1900 frank foster was an oyster and fish dealer at scranton pascagoula while his brothers henry and alfred foster were a boilermaker and marine fireman respectively federal census 1900 jackson county mississippi in july 1902 frank foster was a resident of biloxi when he married edith mary howe of pensacola at st catherine s chapel in pensacola  the biloxi daily herald july 13 1902 p 8  william henry foster w henry foster 18751950 was called henry charles b foster charles b foster 18771931 was born at pascagoula his career was established early as he commenced working in his father s pascagoula canning operation foster came to biloxi before 1900 to join ec joullian his brotherinlaw who was also a pioneer seafood canner here in november 1903 cb foster married miss mary e caillavet 18771951 the daughter of john latour caillavet and georgiana dees  the daily herald june 27 1931 p 2 and the biloxi daily herald november 16 1903 p 6    children the charles b fosters had three children charles foster 1904 marie foster 1906 and henry w foster 1907 on november 13 1927 cb foster jr married lucille clark  the daily herald november 15 1927 p 6  in 1935 henry william foster relocated to washington dc where he was employed by the us government foster was educated at loyola and studied law in lebanon tennessee before settling in the district of columbia on april 7 1937 he married rose marie holzner of petersburg virginia at fairfax virginia  the daily herald july 10 1937 p 6    1925 biloxi regatta when he asked if his packing house would participate in the july 1925 regatta at the biloxi yacht club cb foster replied   we are always ready   his julia delacruz sailed to victory in the 1924 regatta mr foster was prepared to match her or any other vessel in his fleet with the best that the other packers could muster  the daily herald june 25 1925 p 3   see the pascagoula chronicle april 20 1928 p 1  fosterfountain v st of louisiana  josephine f foster josephine f foster  18801950 called josie was born on may 31 1880 she married dr wh hosey at the foster family home in pascagoula on september 24 1902 dr hosey resided at wiggins mississippi where he was had a growing medical practice the young couple honeymooned at new orleans before returning to their new home at wiggins  the biloxi daily herald september 25 1902 p 6  josie f hosey later married henry a rourke 18721956 he was the son of henry s rourke 18431918 a native of tuscaloosa alabama mr rourke was a veteran of the civil war having sustained a wound near atlanta when he was a soldier under general hood the old veteran expired at pascagoula on march 12 1918 in addition to henry a rourke he was survived by his widow and several children alice r hull marie rourke and eb rourke of plaquemine louisiana  the pascagoula democratstar march 15 1918  after an extended illness josie f rourke died at pascagoula on may 29 1950 she left two children grace mcnair thomas and wh hosey of hattiesburg henry a rourke expired on january 1 1956 the corporal remains of both were interred in the krebs cemetery at pascagoula mississippi  the chroniclestar june 2 1950 p 1  eva esperanza foster  18841959 eva e foster was born october 18 1884 she married ebb james ford 18861947 they reared three sons ej ford ii of gulfport charles w ford and robert s ford she died on august 9 1959 while mr ej ford expired on june 25 1947 both rest eternally in the greenwood cemetery at pascagoula mississipi  the chroniclestar august 11 1959 p 1  alfred foster no information isabella belle foster isabella foster 18871957 or 1958 was born in 1887 she married mr griffin and mr hurst  references  books american state papers  volume 3 18151824 reprint southern historical press inc greenville south carolina1994  american state papers  volume 5 18271829 reprint southern historical press inc greenville south carolina1994 cyril e cain  four centuries on the pascagoula history story and legend of the pascagoula river country  the reprint company spartanburg south carolina1983 the southern manufacturer   capt john foster    vol i no 10 april 1899 court cases jackson county mississippi chancery court cause no 3091   joseph f bourges v ip delmas et als   may 1912 journals the biloxi herald   death of a prominent citizen june 1 1894 the biloxi herald   funeral notice june 6 1894 the biloxi daily herald   fosterhowe july 13 1902 the biloxi daily herald   city items september 25 1902 the biloxi daily herald   capt john foster september 26 1903 the biloxi daily herald   city items november 16 1903 the daily herald   foster ready june 25 1925 the daily herald   fosterclark november 15 1927 the daily herald   fosterholzner july 10 1937 the chroniclestar   mrs olivia elizabeth foster april 20 1928 the chroniclestar   charles b foster july 3 1931 the chroniclestar   mrs rourke dies after long illness june 2 1950 the chroniclestar   mrs eva f ford taken by death august 11 1959 the daily herald   chas b foster passes away june 27 1931 the daily herald   charles b foster funeral sunday june 29 1931 the pascagoula chroniclestar   mexican gulf plans to pack 30000 barrels january 8 1937 the pascagoula democratstar   pascagoula enterprise september 4 1880 the pascagoula democratstar   local paragraphs october 29 1880 the pascagoula democratstar   local paragraphs november 5 1880 the pascagoula democratstar   local paragraphs november 19 1880 the pascagoula democratstar   mexican gulf canning november 19 1880 the pascagoula democratstar   local paragraphs december 10 1880 the pascagoula democratstar   local paragraphs july 1 1881 the pascagoula democratstar   wanted march 10 1882 the pascagoula democratstar   local paragraphs april 7 1882 the pascagoula democratstar   for sale february 23 1883 the pascagoula democratstar   fire fiends may 25 1883 the pascagoula democratstar   maybury foster april 25 1884 the pascagoula democratstar   ice ice ice july 4 1884 the pascagoula democratstar   henry stoddard rourke csa march 15 1918 the pascagoula democratstar   francis e foster june 7 1918 the star of pascagoula   excursion parties attention may 16 1874  from cannery to casino a history of the biloxi ca nning company tract   18811997 by ray l bellande  lopez elmer and company the biloxi canning company was located in section 27 t7sr9w in the city of biloxi mississippi on the back bay of biloxi at the head of reynoir street it was originally called the lopez elmer and company this company was organized in 1881 with a capital stock of 8000 by lazaro lopez 18501903 f william elmer 18471926 wkm dukate 18531916 william gorenflo 18441932 and james maycock 18261892 the pascagoula democratstar reported on december 30 1881 that the company was placing its canning machines in the factory the proprietors had over one hundred local white men and boys on the payroll they were employed as follows fortyfour openers fortyfive men manning fifteen boats twenty or more canners and wharf men the pascagoula democratstar december 30 1881 p 3 earlier seafood operations although the deer island oyster fish company of emile laudner ladner 18401890 had been active at biloxi as early as january 1877 purchasing land from burissa holley on the front beach at biloxi it appears that laudner only shipped raw oysters by rail harco ms land deed bk 15 pp 401402 thus lopez elmer and company had the distinction of being the first seafood cannery in biloxi the first seafood canning operation on the mississippi gulf coast appears to be the mexican gulf canning company which was founded at pascagoula mississippi in the fall of 1880 by jt maybury 18411894 and es barnes in november 1880 the company was advertising for laborers in the pascagoula democratstar as follows  the mexican gulf canning company want 75 women boys and girls  above 12 years old at their works at pascagoula to shuck steamed oysters fill cans paste labels pick and clean crabs and shrimp and do other light work which will afford steady remunerative employment the year around   also   fifty men to man our oyster skiffs unload oysters etc etc for particulars apply to   jt maybury president scranton miss or eb barnes secretary mobile alabama nov 19 1880  november 19 1880 p 2   jt maybury came to pascagoula from baltimore he expired at his biloxi residence on january 6 1894 in addition to his canning interests maybury was in the mercantile business his corporal remains were sent to mobile for internment the biloxi herald january 6 1894 p 1 and p 8  baltimore connection since none of these biloxi seafood pioneers had any experience in canning operations wkm dukate was selected to go to baltimore where the packing industry was well established here he observed procedures gathered technical information and purchased machinery for the coving of oysters and canning shrimp it is very probable that dukate brought charles patten 18351922 a baltimore native to biloxi in 1881 to manage the new cannery patton remained associated with the cannery until his wife ellen spencer died here in february 1915 he returned to baltimore where he resided at 1527 north caroline street mr patten expired at baltimore on january 11 1922 his remains were interred in the loudon park cemetery the baltimore sun january 13 1922  the biloxi canning company the initial efforts of the lopez elmer and company were crude but ready markets were available and the organization was profitable the lopez elmer and company was dissolved in 1884 and the biloxi canning company a corporation organized under the laws of the state of mississippi was chartered on march 23 1883 in rapid succession after the dissolution of the lopez elmer and company the barataria canning company william gorenflo company ec joullian company and jt maybury were competing in the seafood packing business at biloxi by 1902 the factories of biloxi ranked second to those of baltimore maryland in canning american oysters twentieth century coast edition of the biloxi daily herald 1902 p 20 the land on which the lopez elmer and company plant was built in 1881 was purchased from joseph diaz jr 18451923 and adele santa cruz diaz 18461915 on june 29 1881 for 100 harco ms land deed bk18 p 20 the lot had a front of 82 feet on back bay and ran south 196 feet reynoir street was the western boundary diaz had purchased a tract here in 1873 from john bradford it was 82 feet x 950 feet and cost 200 harco ms land deed bk 13 pp 553554 henry diaz 18721944 a son of joseph diaz jr operated a store on the northwest corner of reynoir and chartres street now bay view avenue in 1914 mr diaz was operating a canning company east of the biloxi canning company in december 1886 cf theobald fw elmer and charles patten 18391922 of the biloxi canning company bought a lot east of reynoir with 45 feet fronting on the back bay of biloxi from nicholas taltavull for 60 harco ms land deed bk 21 p 549 it was 200 feet deep and ran to the back bay road  charles f theobald the ownership of the company at this time was held primarily by two men charles f theobald 18301903 and fw elmer 18471926 mr theobald was a native of sieberbach germany he came to america in 1859 and resided at new york a few years before settling in texas during the civil war cf theobald fought for the south with a unit from the lone star state he was married to mary l rexses 18471931 their children were george e theobald 18731921 mittye t wiltz 18741958 mrs william armstrong atlanta c edward theobald memphis and carl f theobald 18801948 the family resided at 107 east water street in 1871 cf theobald established a general mercantile store at biloxi selling dry goods clothing hats shoes millinery fancy goods and notions in 1893 he turned the management of the store over to his sons george e theobald and ce theobald they operated the twostory frame building at the corner of lameuse and main as the theobald brothers cf theobald was the first president of the biloxi canning company and the bank of biloxi est 1893 he also established the peoples bank and was its first president  fw elmer frederick w elmer 18471926 was born at biloxi on january 23 1847 he was the son of two european immigrants jacob elmer 18121894 and barbara gettendorf 18231858 jacob elmer was born at canton glarus in switzerland the same area of the hosli and abbley family origination mr elmer came to biloxi in 1836 and circa 1837 he married barbara gettendorf a native of winweiler rhein kreis bavaria in 1850 jacob elmer was a merchant at biloxi worth 15000 harco census p 27 his children with barbara gettendorf were helena elmer northrop 18381869 anna elmer b 1839 jacob elmer 18431885 john p elmer b 1843 henry m elmer 18441868 frederick william elmer 18471926 augustus elmer b 1848 otho elmer 18511926 and charles elmer 18521926 after the demise of his wife in 1858 jacob elmer married louisa b wetzel 18441894 in january 1863 guice 1968 p 12 she was the daughter of german immigrant jacob wetzel 18021860 and her mother was dead before 1860 their children were coresta e bachino 18661900 effee elmer dulion b 1866 clarence elmer 18681901 percy l elmer 18731949 edward ross elmer 18781934 and the twins albert 18811900 and arthur elmer b 1881 jacob wetzel s siblings raised by jacob elmer were julia wetzel b 1853 and catherine wetzel b 1855 fw elmer married elizabeth carson maycock 18501905 in may 1871 guice 1968 p 19 she was the daughter of captain james maycock 18251892 and mary emily carson 18271900 born at cape may new jersey captain maycock was a native of hull yorkshire england and arrived at biloxi on an english vessel in 1839 the biloxi herald march 19 1892 p 4 captain maycock was a seafood pioneer at biloxi in 1881 he and lazaro lopez 18501903 f w elmer 18471926 wkm dukate 18531916 and william gorenflo 18441932 with a capital stock of 8000 organized the lopez elmer and company which became the biloxi canning company fw elmer and his spouse were the parents of ten children eight survived into the 20th century the known elmer children are marie ann sichirich 18721946 ida l elmer 18731891 nina v scott 18771937 cora v enochs 18781962 fw elmer ii 18811948 james c elmer 18831920 inez f ebersole 18851937 margueryte e cole 18871965 and edward e elmer 18921900  street lease in august 1887 mayor emile laudner ladner 18401890 and the board of aldermen of the city of biloxi leased the biloxi canning company reynoir street north of chartres harco ms land deed bk 22 p 326327 the directors of the company at this time were william a gordon fw elmer cf theobald and charles patten terms of lease ten years with an annual rental of 50 per year payable of may 1st the company was also required to open a street as wide as reynoir on company property and intersect reynoir at such an angle as not to interfere with the traffic on reynoir  1890 biloxi canneries  in february 1890 the biloxi herald announced that there were six large factories and many raw oyster dealers operating at biloxi the journal listed the following canning factoriesoyster shippers on february 22 1890 p 3 biloxi canning companypackers of canned goods and shippers of raw oysters wa gordon president cf theobald secretary barataria canning companyi heidenheim secretary packers of hermetically sealed oysters shrimp figs and vegetables william gorenflo companypackers of canned goods and shippers of raw oysters prompt shipments and low prices guaranteed lopez dunbar s sons companypackers of oysters shrimp figs vegetables etcand shippers of raw oysters send for price list phil desporteshipper of raw oysters in bulk opened or in sealed cans front street foot lameuse price list on application fw elmershipper raw oysters orders promptly attended to front street near main ec joullain packing companycanned goods and raw oysters back bay phil mccabeshipper of raw oyster manufacturer of oyster cans dealer in groceries hardware pass christian and lameuse streets jt mayburyshipper of raw oysters and canned shrimp and dealer in groceries maybury 18411894 also from baltimore buried at mobile also mercantile interest on june 11 1892 the biloxi canning company was soliciting for figs in an advertisement in the biloxi herald the notice indicated that the company will pay the highest prices for figs delivered at the stores of jw balthrope and charles redding in 1893 th glenn reported that the chief industry at biloxi was oyster canning five oyster canning plants were in operation with 1200 people employed the three largest factories produced 200000 cases of oysters 15000 cases of shrimp and 5000 cases of figsvalued at 350000 labor and raw materials cost about 2000 per week the mexican gulf coast illustrated 1893 p 57 in july 1893 the pascagoula democratstar reported that the francis codina shipyard at pascagoula was building two large barges for the biloxi canning factory the october 1893 hurricane did about 4500 damage to the biloxi canning company the tempest swept away buildings damaged machinery canned goods boats and seines terrific gale oct 5 1893 the pascagoula democratstar reported that hugh miller and his son with wh patton of the biloxi canning company were drowned in 1895 charles dyer who wrote  along the gulf  1895 visited back bay and met with charles patten 18351922 the manager of the biloxi canning company at that time mr patten related the following  the biloxi canning company was started in 1881 and from a small beginning the plant has been gradually built up until at the present time it occupies a space of 100 feet by 500 feet running from the street to the end of the wharf where vessels land they employ during the busy season about 350 hands and their goods are shipped to all parts of this country and europe england is one of their best customers and indeed it would seem so for on the day that our party visited the cannery a shipment of 525 cases of canned shrimp was sent to a london firm this company as a matter of course cans oysters and shrimp and they also ship raw oysters away in bulk in addition to this they have made quite a specialty of canning figs although it cannot be said that canned figs have been thoroughly introduced through the north east and west yet they are constantly in receipt of orders for this delicate table luxury for several years past the pullman palace car company have been ordering thousands of cases of figs from this company these are specially put up in small cans each containing seven figs or one portion and have met with a great sale upon the cars of the above named corporations this has also proved to be good advertisement for the biloxi canning company as they have received hundreds of individual orders for one or two cases of these goods from people who had seen them for the first time on the pullman cars   the ordinary method of putting them up however is in cans which contain twentysix ounces of fruit and syrup which will sell for 25 cents per can at retail they are also put up in half cans regarding the shrimp which are put up in cans two dozen of which go to the case the biloxi canning company has made a departure in the line of packing it is a wellknown fact that if the shrimp touches the tin of the can it immediately loses its bright red color and becomes black and unsightly to obviate this the other companies use a muslin bag in which the shrimp are placed before being packed now instead of this muslin bag in which according to mr patten the shrimp are liable to get broken up slightly in filling the bag the biloxi canning company have substituted a wooden veneer lining which while it completely prevents the shrimp from touching the tin at the same time absorbs what little moisture there is in them when they are packed and renders them perfectly dry and palatable as they are intended to be when placed upon the table all of the canned goods of this company are put up under a distinctive mark of their own called the cotton bale brand which is favorably known wherever the goods have been seen   the present officers of the company are wa gordon president charles e theobald vicepresident cf theobald secretary and treasurer charles patten manager  in august 1896 mary gt shaw conveyed to the biloxi canning company for 200 a parcel of land with 73 feet on back bay and 300 feet deep its boundaries were the biloxi canning company to the east fayard street to the west and chartres street on the south harco ms land deed bk 34 p 394 by 1900 the ownership of the biloxi canning company had changed dramatically cf theobald fw elmer and charles patten were no longer stockholders in the fall of 1898 charles patten resigned and charles redding took over the reins of packing facility ph clark became company foreman the biloxi herald november 5 1898 p 4 sometimes before 1897 charles redding 18571926 a native of bay st louis had acquired three shares of stock in the biloxi canning company redding lived at biloxi and made his livelihood as a grocery merchant he parlayed his entrepreneurial skills in many areas of commerce and was particularly successful in banking and the seafood canning industry in 1915 redding served as vice president of the devitt clark a canning company located at point cadet in east biloxi by 1901 edwin carey joullian 18631931 had acquired eleven shares of stock in the company joullian an alabaman had come to biloxi in 1888 from mobile here he organized the ec joullian packing company a competitor of the biloxi canning company joullian was married to lillian o foster 18651924 the sister of charles b foster 18771931 who was also in the seafood business operating as the cb foster packing company mr joullian acquired his biloxi canning company shares to satisfy debts owed to him by others he took over the management of the company in 1902 under jouillian s leadership their seafood products were sold under the cotton bale label the other stockholders at the turn of the century were william a gordon 18581913 of new orleans with 8 12 shares and mrs mary a white of rochester new york with 2 12 shares wa gordon was a partner with fn miller in the firm of manufacturers agents which had been organized in 1865 at new orleans they were headquartered at 535 537 tchoupitoulas street mr gordon also headed the louisiana distilling company he was an enthusiastic yachtsman and served as the vice president of the southern yacht club gordon was married to henrietta hart d 1933 the daughter of ej hart a prominent citizen of new orleans gordon had three spinster sisters kate jean and fannie gordon mrs mary a white may have also been a sister  1906 hurricane the september 1906 hurricane saw over two hundred vessels seeking shelter in back bay unfortunately for the fishing fleetthe winds of the tempest roared out of the northeast and drove the schooners into the wharves of the canning factories the sky light of the biloxi canning company buildings was driven in by the wind the shipyards of bernard taltavull martin fountain and john brander were damaged as drifting schooners knocked out the ways and the wind blew down sheds the biloxi daily herald september 28 1906 p 2  liquidation on march 23 1908 the original biloxi canning company twentyfive year charter expired prior to this time ec joullian was managing the company a stockholders meeting was called at biloxi on may 28 1908 by joullian to appoint the necessary commissioners to liquidate the company although wa gordon did not attend the meeting he was appointed to the group to liquidate at this time joullian owned nine shares and redding five shares of the twentyfive shares outstanding in the company in a letter to wa gordon dated july 17 1908 ec joullian expressed his feelings about the cannery    i have repeatedly requested mr redding to take charge of the plant but was unable to induce him to do so the charter of the biloxi canning company has expired and there does not seem to do anything else but place the company s business in liquidation and sell all the assets for the best price to be obtained on behalf of those concerned as their interest may appear i have no desire to give my time to the operation of the plant and i have no desire to continue my interest in the same therefore i see no reason for renewing the charter  my experience with oyster canning factories is none can be operated profitably as a corporation and without owning necessary fleet to supply the raw material another fact is canneries on the back bay cannot now be operated in competition successfully with other canneries located to better advantage  joullian and redding wanted gordon to bid on the assets of the entire operation in august 1908 edward glennan 18541933 made an offer to purchase a portion of the company property for 11000 glennan was a new orleans native of irish descent he was a grocery merchant at biloxi and served as president of the biloxi electric light company and vice president of the peoples bank glennan was also active in public affairs serving as mayor of biloxi for twenty years city treasurer eight years aldermanatlarge and alderman several times other than his business glennan took a great interest in the volunteer fire company wa gordon thought the value of the biloxi canning company was 20000 a sum far greater than the offer of ed glennan he filed a lawsuit cause no 2803 in the harrison county mississippi chancery court on august 28 1908 against joullian and redding in the subsequent court action wa gordon declared his disbelief in the estimated value of the company by joullian and accused the defendants of collusion with glennan to defraud him and mrs white chancellor ta wood adjudicated that fs hewes the clerk of court sell the land canning plant machinery cans labels buckets trays scales and all goods wares and merchandise belonging to the biloxi canning company except the stock of canned shrimp and oysters in the building the sale took place on january 4 1909 at the northwest front door of the courthouse wa gordon was the high bidder purchasing the assets of the company for 12000 harco ms land deed bk 90 p 402  new biloxi canning company  the new biloxi canning company was incorporated at new orleans on february 5 1909 mob 912 p 721 the owners and their equity in the company were wa gordon215 shares charles patten10 shares and mrs mary b white a widow25 shares after mr gordon died at new orleans on january 9 1913 his new orleans business partner fn miller took over the reigns of the company on july 20 1914 miller authorized by a resolution of the board of directors of the corporation conveyed the biloxi canning operation to john b humphreys 18611921 of biloxi for 1130631 harco ms land deed bk108 pp 413414 the tract was described in the warranty deed as  that certain tract of land in the city of biloxi having a front of two hundred and thirtynine feet on the back bay of biloxi and extending south to chartres street and which is bounded by a line running as follows on the north by the back bay of biloxi on the east by reynoir street of said city on the south by chartres street of said city and on the west by fayard street of said city together with all and singular the entire canning or packing establishment situated thereon and known as the biloxi canning company plant including all machinery and appliances of every character and description therein or forming a part thereof and belonging to said biloxi canning company also all cans labels buckets trays scales and other property and appliances used in or forming a part of the stock of the said biloxi canning company and any and all the goods wares merchandise and property of every character and description belonging to said biloxi canning company except the accounts notes choses in action evidences of debt belonging to said company also the schooner william tell now lying and being in the back bay of biloxi  on july 14 1914 henrietta hart gordon the widow of the late william a gordon 18581913 and fannie r gordon her daughter gave the biloxi canning company a quitclaim deed on the above property they were residents of new orleans harco ms land deed bk 108 p 413  john b humphreys like wa gordon john brown humphreys 18611921 was also from new orleans he was not a native of the crescent city but was born possibly in ascension or st john the baptist parish west of new orleans in 1900 john b humphreys married william willie c rose 18771921 also a native of louisiana at this time he was farming in the 5th ward of ascension parish louisiana their three children florence humphreys pritchard 19011921 john murray humphreys 19021972 and leslie humphreys 19061921 were all born in the pelican state the humphrey family came to biloxi in 1909 to reside john b humphreys planned to maintain status quo at the biloxi canning company as superintendent patton and john herrington processing manager were retained both men had been with the organization for several decades 1900 ascencion parish louisiana federal census t623 557 p 6a ed 7 and the daily herald may 22 1913 p 8 in august 1915 although a commercial success under his management mr humphreys closed the biloxi canning company as a result of the strike perpetrated by the international longshoreman s association he also asked that all employees occupying the company owned camp vacate the premises immediately as they would be closed in addition humphreys placed the cannery for sale the daily herald august 25 1915 p 1  strawberries in late october 1915 jb humphries placed an order for 100000 strawberry plants at a meeting of the biloxi vegetable and fruit growers association with the gw haynes order of 60000 plants it was hoped that enough association growers would come forward to have 60acres of strawberries under cultivation before the planting season ended in late november the daily herald october 29 1915 p 1  gulfport packing and trading company march 1917 john b humphreys conveyed the biloxi canning company to the gulfport packing and trading company for 333333 and a mortgage of 3000 held by eva and edward boldt harco ms land deed bk118 p 344345 the conveyed tract had 239 feet on back bay and was bounded by fayard reynoir and chartres streets the gulfport packing and trading company was incorporated in november 1916 at gulfport by john b humphreys louis goldman and th gleason the company was capitalized at 30000 harco ms chancery court charter book 17 p 176 in september 1919 the gulfport packing and trading company was producing about 10000 cans each day of sweet potatoes at gulfport the yams were cultivated along the gulf ship island railroad the daily herald september 25 1919 p 3 in october 1919 sheriff jb clark sold the biloxi canning company to mrs john b humphreys for 1200 it was seized to satisfy a 1000 judgement against john b humphrey awarded to vincent lenaz harco ms land deed bk125 p 72 the humphries moved back to new orleans he was in the canning business there when he died on december 7 1921 they resided at 1936 peters the daily herald december 8 1921 p 2  dr charles albert babendreer on october 15 1919 dr charles albert babendreer 18671938 a retired physician and entrepreneur who lived at ocean springs purchased the biloxi canning company for 4000 from mrs jb humphrey prior to this in september 1914 he ch woodward and es davis formed the nutritive food company a mississippi corporation at ocean springs in 1919 albert babendreer was president of the maritime food products company an illinois corporation dr babendreer came to the coast from kentucky with his wife dr estelle turner babendreer 18711958 circa 1909 they resided in east ocean springs where dr estelle t babendreer had a medical clinic she specialized in treating allergies and skin disorders their children eleanor b moore 19011984 and eric t babendreer 19031975 grew up to be attorneys harco ms land deed bk125 p 73 and the ocean springs news september 26 1914 p 1 albert babendreer grew up on the shores of chesapeake bay at baltimore this background may have lured him into the seafood industry at biloxi it was from baltimore that biloxi businessmen operating as the lopez elmer company brought the technology and equipment to open the first cannery which evolved into the biloxi canning company baltimore also provided biloxi with a transient labor force these seafood workers were called bohemians although they were primarily of polish origin in 1920 at biloxi albert babendreer entered into the machine and foundry business which was complimentary to his cannery the enterprise called the biloxi machine works foundry company was located on the northeast corner of railroad street and magnolia the organization manufactured the gulf standard gasoline engine gray iron and made brass and aluminum fittings  william b taltavull   in may 1924 william bernard taltavull 18821948 known as bernard taltavull purchased the biloxi canning company from dr babendreer s maritime food products company for 10000 bernard taltavull was the son of pioneer biloxi boat builder francis a taltavull 18511930 and margaret bertheaud 18601904 harco ms land deed bk142 p 129 bernard taltavull was educated in the biloxi school system and became active in the seafood packing industry at biloxi in 1917 he married elsie lyle maxwell 18861962 on august 6 1910 she was the daughter of john lyle maxwell 18451889 and mary scott 18641938 from this union two daughters were born jane t smith b 1911 and mary edna t gillis 19191996 bernard taltavull had operated the bay view packing company until may 1924 when he bought the biloxi canning company just west from his bay view packing operation the bay view packing company was formerly the site of the henry diaz canning company which was located northeast of the diaz grocery store henry diaz 18721944 was the son of joseph diaz jr and adele santa cruz they sold the land to a syndicate where the lopez elmer company built the first cannery in biloxi henry diaz had operated a store here since 1892 taltavull would merge the two canning operations in february 1925 the biloxi canning packing company was chartered in mississippi harco ms chancery court charters of corporations bk 36 p 133 the incorporators were elsie maxwell taltavull bernard taltavull and wj wadlington the factory had forty boats of which twothirds were utilized for oystering and the remainder to catch shrimp at the height of the packing season the biloxi canning packing company employed 200 boatmen and 300 factory workers some employees were furnished free housing and water this custom was phased out in the late 1930s some of his boat captains were edward c kopszywa cotton kopszywa frank kopszywa valley lepre lebatard sansen desilvey john hungerford factory paid for fuel and groceries net profits split as boat share net share crew share judy s soares july 1996 on july 11 1928 rd moore land commissioner sold bernard taltavull 606 acres of tidewater land north of the biloxi canning packing company property it extended 1200 feet north into the back bay harco ms land deed bk186 p 457 in 1931 fred torsch a baltimore canner sold his company the auginbaugh canning company to taltavull for 3000 mr taltavull packed oysters for the baltimore organization with their label nigger head later changed to negro head after pressure from naacp judy s soares july 1996 in early january 1932 the hyacinth captained by mr penton sank in shallow water in front of the edgewater gulf hotel at the time of the sinking of his vessel captain penton and crew were in route to the biloxi canning company from a successful oyster harvest bernard taltavull who owned the hyacinth envisioned raising the sunken watercraft as it was not seriously harmed the daily herald january 6 1932 p 2 in december 1933 nine factories were operating at biloxi there was a paucity of oysters over 100 boats with about 500 fishermen were working night and day to catch sufficient quantities of the mollusks to supply the 2000 shuckers at the plants factories contemplated a shut down in january 1934 no market for shrimp as catches had to be given away the daily herald december 18 1933 p 1 in 1934 the taltavull family resided at 525 east howard avenue mr taltavull s hobby was racing the champion schooner of the gulf coast the mary margaret he had the boat built in 1928 by jackie jack kovacevich on january 1 1937 biloxi canning packing company leased to jane taltavull for one year for 100 harco ms land deed bk 214 p 159 in august 1937 the biloxi canning company launched a new shrimp trawler at the covacevich brothers boat yard the vessel was christened bernard t for bernard taltavull it had a length of 54 feet and a beam of 16 feet the bernard t was powered by a 36 horsepower lathrop engine the daily herald august 21 1937 p 6  bernard taltavull inc  in april 1943 the charter of the biloxi canning packing company was amended and the name changed to bernard taltavull inc harco ms chancery court charter book 84 p 163 bernard taltavull was president and elsie m taltavull secretary in october 1942 jane taltavull smith conveyed to bernard taltavull a tract west of the original cannery which ran from chartres north along the east line of anglada alley to back bay harco ms land deed bk 251 p 495 she had acquired it from glen easterling for 1000 in august 1934 harco ms land deed bk 214 p 537 in may 1943 with his health slowly failing bernard taltavull sold the former biloxi canning packing company to roy rosalis 19091984 and virgilio dos santos ca 19021954 for 60000 taltavull conveyed the factory buildings warehouses machine shops grinding mills wharfs and houses located on the property it also included all the machinery fixtures and personal property used by the biloxi canning and packing company and the bay view crushing company in addition the act of sale included the following power boats and schooners bride he gumbel geraldine f zenia winnie davis gallekelley 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 the boats were valued at 26000 harco ms land deed bk 255 p 112 and the daily herald april 22 1943 p 9 at the same time rosalis and dos santos conveyed a 13 interest into their new company to armindo o soares 19081994 it included all trademarks of the biloxi canning packing company and the aughinsbaugh canning company trademarks 57575 11131906 54564 7311906 303967 6131933 303 966 6131933 and 345793 541937 harco ms land deed bk 255 pp 165167 the new owners incorporated as the biloxi canning packing company inc on may 4 1943 for fifty years 750 shares of common stock were issued with a par value of 10000 the incorporators were virgilio dos santos president armindo soares vicepresident and roy rosalis secretary and treasurer harco ms chancery court charter book 84 p 156 in september 1944 mr taltavull the former owner commenced a modern packing operation on back bay known as the b taltavull shrimp and oyster company it was located on the waterfront just east of lameuse street on property that he purchased from mrs lillie cruso for 3500 taltavull brought eighteen boats with him to the new cannery harco ms land deed bk 259 p 270  the portuguese  two of the three new incorporators of the biloxi canning packing company were natives of portugal virgilio dos santos was already a successful packer with canning and fishing operations at morgan city and cameron louisiana he wanted a partner to run the biloxi factory dos santos had developed a friendship with mr suzano also a portuguese immigrant who resided and toiled in the philadelphia area suzano recommended his soninlaw armindo soares to dos santos judy s soares july 1996 armindo soares was a native of murtoza portugal he left his native land as child when the family immigrated to brazil the soares family resided at sao paulo for about five years before arriving at long island new york circa 1919 armindo soares and his brother antonio relocated to newark new jersey were they became employed by rca manufacturing radios at the philadelphia portuguese club armindo met a beautiful young portuguese girl judith suzano she was born at lisbon in 1917 and had come to america as a baby with her family they married in august 1936 soares was running his own grocery business at devon pennsylvania when he was contacted by virgilio dos santos to move to biloxi and become a coowner in the canning operation there judy s soares july 1996 roy rosalis 19091984 was born at north biloxi now d iberville in 1909 married rena leblanc rena rosalis wife of roy resided on church streethaises blvd wisely when the new owners took control from bernard taltavull they retained the former office staff office manager was hernando money floyd baliusmachine shop and ship and engine repair isom and henry brashernew boat construction frank brown hired as field manager the plant was furnished entirely with continental can company machinery salting of cans was accomplished by the tablet system utilizing scientific tablets and machines the previous years plant production although poor compared to other years consisted of 48000 cases of canned oysters and 20000 cases of shrimp company trucks would also continue to deliver headless shrimp in frozen 5lb cartons to eastern markets on august 18 1943 roy rosalis sold his 13 interest in the cannery to dos santos and soares for 12500 harco ms land deed bk 257 pp 182185 during ww ii rosalis worked for the us government as a seafood broker he returned to the local seafood industry before the september 1947 hurricane as the daily herald related that roy rosalis of union fisheries reported a loss of 50000 as a result of the tempest his losses were 4000 board feet of boat lumber two engines and two wharves damaged were six boats and the shipyard of rosalis he said he would be ready for raw shrimp in two weeks but a few months before canning operations on line the daily herald september 25 1947 p 8 in november 1949 when rosalis joined with clifton h sims and jules galle jr to organize the rosalis sims packing company at pass christian harco ms chancery court charter book 117 p 124 rosalis and sims apparently withdrew from the company as its charter was amended in april 1950 and the name changed to gm g packing company cf gollott and jules galle jr were the president and secretary respectively harco ms chancery court charter book 132 p 419 opening of the bonnet carre spillway in march 1945 decimated oyster population of western mississippi sound dr ae hopkins of the us fish and wild life service laboratory at pensacola said   the mississippi sound will not produce a single oyster except perhaps in the immediate vicinity of biloxi   in september 1946 soares and dos santos bought the henry f diaz 1944 property east of the cannery site from his sons henry f diaz jr and george j diaz described as 120 feet along chartres to back bay less 50 x 100 in sw csite of diaz store simon on the east harco ms land deed bk 290 p 390  1947 hurricane the 1947 september hurricane appears to have done some water damage to the biloxi canning company ironically three fishing boats the bobby c jeanne and mary ann gillis owned by former proprietor bernard taltavull washed up on the roadway of the biloxi canning company also a small gray dredge made its way onto the biloxi canning company yard the daily herald september 20 1947 pp 12  aughinbaugh canning company  in october 1947 dos santos and soares were operating the property as the aughinbaugh canning company as they borrowed 60000 from the first bank of biloxi loan secured with factory and land which had 494 feet on chartres from anglada alley to simon property on the east boats owned at this time victor son of soares geraldine f lucky lindy danny son of soares rosalina wife of dos santos virgil son of dos santos judy wife of soares walter son of dos santos and the knox harco ms trust deed bk 150 p 542  the evangelical and reform church  in june 1949 the evangelical and reform church of st louis missouri began acquiring land near the biloxi canning packing company operations og swetman conveyed a lot 40 feet by 120 feet on the northwest corner of fayard and chartres to the church for 5000 harco ms land deed bk 323 p 489 armindo o soares and virgilio dos santos conveyed a lot 50 feet by 120 feet contiguous to the swetman tract to the church in july 1949 for 2500 harco ms land deed bk 323 p 490 this gave them a front of 90 feet on chartres the back bay mission as the church was called bought the old bay feed hardware property from gerald j quave sr in august 1986 harco ms land deed bk174 pp 290291 on july 1 1954 virgilio dos santos sold his undivided 12 interest to roy rosalis harco ms land deed bk 383 p 317 included four tracts dos santos retired and returned to portugal were he died his wife rosalina dos santos still resides there rosalis and soares sold interest of aughinbaugh to biloxi canning packing company harco ms land deed bk 428 pp 105107 in march 1958 soares and rosalis leased the cannery to the lawrence warehouse company of chicago illinois bk 154 pp 157158 rosalis leased also as biloxi canning packing company harco ms land deed bk154 pp 159161 in july 1959 armindo o soares conveyed his undivided 12 interest in the company to roy j rosalis for 113 854 11 harco ms land deed bk 456 pp 6365 the deal included four tracts the aughinbaugh packing company and these brand labels negro head sea beach biloxi and danny boy mr soares opened a small cannery gulf shrimp oyster company on point cadet also had a canning operation at palacios texas it was destroyed by hurricane carla in 1961 soares later invested in amazon catfish project in brazil and strawberry farming in mexico rosalis inc on september 9 1968 charter of biloxi canning packing company amended and name changed to rosalis inc roy rosalis president and rena rosalis secretary 300 shares issued harco ms charter bo 2 pp 175178 venus and quave on september 4 1968 the biloxi canning packing company was chartered by dj venus iii gordon d venus and laz quave 150000 shares par 100 harco ms chancery court charter bk 2 pp 179182 on october 10 1968 rosalis inc conveyed to biloxi canning packing company for 610000 all improvements buildings wharehouses docks wharves with riparian and littoral rights go 4134 south along east side of anglada x landers x 253 x chartres 3329 x 136 stanovich x bay to point of beginning on anglada sale included the following brands negro head biloxi sea beach canned shrimp mobile bay danny boy and pueblo harco ms trust deed bk 535 p 47 and bk 535 p 50 mr rosalis then retired and resided at 872 central beach boulevard  hurricane camille hurricane camille of august 1969 according to company president dj venus caused losses estimated at 1 million there was doubt as whether the us pure food and drug inspectors would approve canned shrimp damaged by the tempest production was possible in two months the daily herald august 28 1969 p 18  loans  april 12 1971 company under venus borrowed 12000 from peoples bank and bought more land to the west harco ms trust deed bk 3 pp 6465 january 3 1973 venusquave borrowed 319000 harco ms trust deed bk 49 p 425 in october 2 1974 henry slay guiterrez president and pete elder secretary got a sba loan for 500000 harco ms trust deed bk 72 pp 287293  lease  on january 15 1975 henry s guiterrez leased a portion of the building to the douglasguardian warehouse corporation of new orleans harco ms land deed bk 55 pp 377378  default  in may 1976 venus and quave defaulted on payments to rosalis and the biloxi canning company was bought from substitute trustee david cottrell jr for 200000 harco ms land deed bk 65 pp 486488  historic marker in early may 1979 descendants of biloxi seafood pioneers lopez maycock and gorenflo unveiled a marker on bayview avenue at the head of reynoir street commemorating the 1881 founding of the lopez elmer company the ceremony was a part of the biloxi heritage week celebrations of may 612 1979 the daily herald may 15 1979 p b1  durward b dunn  on december 20 1984 after the demise of roy j rosalis who died at gautier on april 28 1984 his widow rena mary leblanc rosalis took possession of the canning company property harco ms land deed bk154 p 132 mrs rosalis sold it to durward b dunn and georgene dunn of new orleans in december 1985 harco ms land deed bk 166 pp 261262  gaming era  in august 1992 when the isle of capri opened for business on point cadet dockside gaming proved an immediate success other casino operators became interested in commencing operations on the biloxi peninsula the old biloxi canning company site was zoned for gaming by the biloxi city council on february 22 1993 when the entire back bay area composing waterfront district ii was zoned i mperial palaceralph englestad  in march 1993 peoples bank of biloxi conveyed to the mississippi gaming corporation a delaware corporation a 1839 tract northwest of the old canning company tract harco ms land deed bk 53 p 378379 this was the beginning of land acquisition by a group to be called imperial palace of mississippi mississippi gaming corporation to ralph engelstad harco ms land deed bk 270 p 6921839 acres m l morris j smith to ralph englestad harco ms land deed bk 272 p 51 described as 985 feet x 197 feet see also harco ms land deed bk 272 p 106 durward dunn sold the old biloxi canning company site to imperial palace of mississippi inc on october 27 1994 harco ms land deed bk 277 pp 213214  demolition and site construction  in 1994 after the removal of the remaining structures of the biloxi canning company construction began slowly on the site the general contractor was  the casino barge the imperial palace casino barge a threestory structure arrived at biloxi on august 19 1995 from morgan city louisiana construction was completed at a site near the head of oak street and moved to casino site in 1996 the imperial palace casino opened for business on december 30 1997 the biloxid iberville press february 25 1998 p 7  the hotel  the imperial palace hotel construction commenced in early 1996 completion was planned for july 1997 but didn t open for business until february 6 1998 the biloxid iberville press february 25 1998 p 7 see englestad v mayor holloway controversies over upper stories of hotel  references   mary louise adkinson and others  the bouzagebosarge family  2nd edition mississippi coast history and genealogical society biloxi mississippi1991 pp 203204 charles dyer  along the gulf  biloxi reprinted by the pass christian historical society pass christian mississippi1991 th glenn  the mexican gulf coast illustrated  graham delchamps mobile alabama1893 david a sheffield and darnell l nicovich  when biloxi was the seafood capital of the world  the city of biloxi biloxi mississippi1979 pp 5051 and pp 6061  golden jubilee number the daily herald  18841934  fiftieth anniversary souven ir  the biloxi canning company the daily herald gulfport mississippi1934 p 82  twentieth century coast edition of the biloxi daily herald  the canning industries of biloxi george w wilkes sons biloxi mississippi1902  bradfordo keefe burial book 32c  bernard taltavull p 492  chancery court cases harrison county ms chancery court cause no 2803 william a gordon et al v ec joulian et al august 1908 harrison county ms chancery court cause no 21003 estate of henry f diaz january 1945 jackson county ms chancery court cause no p649 estate of roy j rosalis may 1984  journals the baltimore sun charles patten january 13 1922 the biloxid iberville press imperial palace set opening july 1st december 11 1996 p 1 the biloxid iberville press imperial palace biloxi hotel opened february 25 1998 the biloxi herald local happenings july 30 1892 the biloxi herald captain james maycock march 19 1892 p 4 the biloxi herald jt maybury january 6 1894 the biloxi herald latest city news november 5 1898 the biloxi daily herald an old citizen dead may 16 1903 p 8 the biloxi daily herald worse storm than that of october 1893 september 27 1906 p 2 the biloxi daily herald aftermath of great storm september 28 1906 p 1 cc 45 and p 2 the biloxinorth biloxi press retired biloxi seafood packer roy rosalis dies may 2 1984 p1 the daily herald ulysse desporte buys back factory november 14 1910 the daily herald barataria company desires no law suit november 15 1910 the daily herald william a gordon sole owner of biloxi canning co is dead january 10 1913 p 1 the daily herald jb humphries acquires ownership of leading biloxi concern may 22 1913 p 8 the daily herald mrs patton sic is taken by death february 22 1915 p 1 the daily herald biloxi canning company s plant to be closed permanently and sold august 25 1915 p 1 the daily herald 160000 plants for strawberries october 29 1915 the daily herald canning sweet potatoes in mississippi plants september 25 1919 p 3 the daily herald ge theobald dies suddenly in chicago march 15 1921 p 4 the daily herald humphries funeral today december 8 1921 p 2 the daily herald charles patton sic dead january 11 1922 p 3 the daily herald to raise schooner january 6 1932 the daily herald glennan dies at biloxi home december 18 1933 pp 12 the daily herald biloxi fishermen will discuss shut down of factories december 18 1933 p 1 the daily herald will dunbardukate company improve oyster plant july 16 1934 p 1 the daily herald thousand visitors inspect new sanitary packing room of biloxi sea coast packing company canning plant july 27 1934 the daily herald shrimp boats are in shape july 27 1934 the daily herald launches new boat august 21 1937 the daily herald taltavull sells biloxi canning co part fleet april 22 1943 the daily herald henry diaz sr dies suddenly at home early sunday april 24 1944 p 8 the daily herald taltavull plant starts operations september 15 1944 p 7 the daily herald only oysters in mississippi found in biloxi vicinity september 1945 the daily herald one life lost heavy damage done at biloxi september 20 1947 pp 12 the daily herald biloxi seafood industry loss set at 604000 september 25 1947 p 8 the daily herald three seafood plants to be back soon august 28 1969 p 18 the daily herald historical marker dedicated may 15 1979 p b1 the ocean springs news the charter of incorporation of nutritive food company september 26 1914 p 1 the ocean springs record sous les chenes february 29 1996 p 16 the ocean springs record sous les chenes march 7 1996 p 16 the pascagoula democratstar local paragraphs december 30 1881 the pascagoula democratstar ocean springs local news july 28 1893 the pascagoula democratstar october 13 1893 p 2 the sun daily herald roy rosalis april 29 1984 p a4 the sun herald biloxi leader laz quave dies december 22 1985 p a1 and p a12 the sun herald casinos on the way to back bay february 23 1993 p 1 the sun herald imperial palace chief all business december 14 1997 the sun herald rosalis built seafood firm april 8 2004 p a6 the sun herald rena rosalis april 8 2004 p a6  personal communication   jane taltavull smithnovember december 1996 judy s soaresjuly 1996   the seafood company of biloxi isidore heidenheim 18571918 resigned as manager of the barataria canning company in september 1912 he planned to remain in biloxi and as a manufacturer s agent commercial adjuster and realty and insurance agent with henry e gumbel 18691950 of new orleans as president edward glennan 18541933 vice president and louis goldman 18821925 attorney both of biloxi isidore heidenheim chartered the sea food company of biloxi in april 1913 mr heidenheim served as manger and secretary of the new cannery which was located on the point of biloxi harrison co mississippi chattel deed bk 14 p 177  the daily herald september 19 1912 p 1 and may 26 1913 p 1  isidore heidenheim isidore heidenheim  18571918 was born at new orleans louisiana on december 2 1857 to moses heidenheim 18251907 and babette fertel 18301900 his parents were immigrants from hessedenmark in 1847 and 1849 respectively moses heidenheim made his livelihood in the 10 th ward at new orleans as a retain dry goods merchant by 1900 moses and babette had relocated to jackson avenue and he continued in the sale of notions here he and babette reared a large family carolina carrie heidenheim 18511913 m cerf sampson 18391900 josephine heidenheim 18531929 m heymann celestine heidenheim 18551932 isidore heidenheim 18571918 august heidenheim 18601914 m sarah marks simon heidenheim 18641934 daniel heidenheim 1865pre 1870 emmanuel heidenheim 18661927 and sarah selma heidenheim 18711916 m emmanuel levy 18611900  home and family isidore heidenheim married anna eve riego 18741931 in harrison county mississippi in august 1907 she was a school teacher and the daughter of pedro riego 18461895 a spanish immigrant and anna c ortiz 18481922 of new orleans miss riego was reared on spain street in the crescent city where her family made cigars and graded tobacco harrison co mississippi mrb 19 p 174 and the biloxi daily herald august 15 1907 p 1  biloxi politics  isidore heidenheim was first elected to the biloxi city government as councilman from ward i in 1892  henry champlin almost immediately after the resignation of mr heidenheim henry c champlin was hired as the accounting manager of the packing company mr champlin had the daily herald    izard at handsboro  the daily herald october 16 1912 p 8  schooners built in 1917 the seafood company built four biloxi schooners for their fishing fleet these four nearly identical watercraft were constructed on biloxi s back bay at the biloxi shipyard and box factory the first three boats were  i heidenheim   he gumbel  and louis goldman  the fourth schooner was called anna may  their measurements were as follows length545 feet breadth188 feet depth44 feet gross tonnage28 tons and net tonnage19 tons  the daily herald september 13 1917 p 3  russell barnes a biloxi author model builder and schooner historian relates that these four boats  w ere designed by jackie jack covacevich and were built right along side each other at the biloxi shipyard and box factory owned by the branders these were a bit different from the traditional biloxi schooner in that they were all spoon bowed instead of clipper bowed otherwise they were fairly typical centerboard schooners on the admeasurement papers i found in the national archives jackie jack   is listed as the builder on two of the schooners  i heidenheim and l goldman  while francis brander is listed as the builder on the other two  anna eve and he gumbel  it is fairly obvious that jackie jack   cut the half model and lofted the boat himself he then created the templates for each piece of the hull frame and then cut four copies of everything so that four schooner could be simultaneously and to the exact same measurements   email february 29 2010    heidenheim passes references  the daily herald    heidenheim resigns as manager of barataria canning company  september 19 1912 the daily herald   henry champlin at the barataria   october 16 1912 the daily herald   biloxi will have new cannery report is reliably confirmed  december13 1912  the daily herald     19 the daily herald     19 the daily herald     19 the daily herald     19  the daily herald   three new boats put overboard   september 13 1917 the daily herald   isadore heidenheim dies   october 27 1918 p 1  personal communication    burdoncastanera packing company  founded in 1912 frank b castanera  captain frank b castanera 18701934 was born at scranton pascagoula on january 16 1870 his father captain eugene castanera was postmaster at moss point from 18821885 he also had a pecan variety the castanera named for him which was later grafted by colonel stuart and john keller about 1892 and sold as the stuart his mother was estella llado the sister of louis llado who was also a bar pilot frank castanera attended spring hill college at mobile he settled at biloxi in 1893 and organized the biloxi and ship island tow boat company in february 1897 with jb roberts as stated in the charter the object and purpose of this corporation were  to run and operate one or more tow boats or other water craft to tow vessels timber or other merchandise and to transport passengers and merchandise between such points and places on the mississippi sound and its tributaries as the board of directors may determine and to do a general towing and transportation business for a profit  the steam tug biloxi built by the taltavull shipyard for castanera was used in the towing operations along the mississippi coast in about 1900 he was in the retail lumber and general supply business in biloxi in 1905 he was appointed a member of the ship island bar pilots association and served as a pilot between ship island and gulfport until the commencement of world war i during the great war he offered his services to the government as a member of the us shipping board while at sea duty in the postwar years castanera met with a many adventures on the seas two notable events at this time of his life reported in the biloxi news of april 25 1926 were the saving of the life of an ill seaman by radio diagnosis with a land based physician and the rescue of the abandoned norwegian steamer johanne dybwad in the stormy north atlantic captain castanera married amelia desporte 18801953 daughter of captain ernest desporte they reared five children in biloxi eugene ernest castanera 18981932 ursula c provensal 19001991 amelia c o keefe delauney castanera 19031935 and theodore castanera 19051978 frank castanera led a full and adventurous life in addition to his seafaring he found time to participate in civic affairs serving on the biloxi city council under mayors tj rosell and ed glennan he died in 1934 and is buried in the biloxi cemetery  devitt clark cannery founded in 1914  location   point cadetlots 4 9 and 14 of square 5 summerville subdivision biloxi mississippi  history   the riparian location upon which the devitt clark cannery was erected was situated in the original 1784 spanish land grant of jacques mathurin ladner at point cadet is part of east biloxi was patented to charles e mccaleb in june 1844 summerville subdivision created in lot 4 once belonged to aime gautier 18261885 of new orleans he was the brother of fernando gautier by march 1900 the land in the possession of cora e white 18551910 the wife of attorney walter a white 18451914 founded the white house hotel in may 1912 cora e white conveyed lots 4 14 and 9 of block 5 to the bourdoncastenera packing company the conveyance exempted the presbyterian church lot which was situated in the northwest corner of lot 9 and measured 35 feet from east to west and 100 feet from north to south harco ms land deed bk 101 pp 232233 the bourdoncastanera packing company a new orleans corporation was probably the first to build a factory here on the riparian rights granted as title holder of the land president fb castanera 18701934 married to amelia desporte we white secretary ao bourdon also a principal in the company in june 1913 bourdoncastanera leased to patrick h clark and louis h harvey 18741913 harco ms land deed bk 104 p 247 louis h harvey 18741913 married to christina wachenfeld he died in september 1913 in june 1913 bourdoncastenera sold to to walter a white for 3500 harco ms land deed bk 104 p 248 white an attorney founded white house at west beach white sold the factory to devitt clark in october 1914 for 4000 harco ms land deed bk 109 p 307 devitt clark incorporated on june 10 1914 at new orleans harrison county mississippi charter book pp the officers of devitt clark were thomas kirkland devitt 18821946 president charles c redding 18571926 vice president and patrick henry clark 18701927 secretarytreasurer charles w mackie jr was a stockholder and on the board of directors of the firm  thomas k devitt  tk devitt 18821946 was born at harbor springs michigan in august 1907 he married lily rose bourdon 18841951 the daughter of french immigrants ao bourdon sr 18451901 and marie virgets 18471901 the devitts resided on lower lameuse street here they reared their three children thomas k devitt jr matthew devitt and lily rose edmonds stuart lillirose devitt married ryland chase edmonds at new orleans on august 19 1932 ryland was the son of captain samuel preston edmonds 18671943 and shorey of biloxi edmonds was educated in biloxi public schools were he was a good athlete attended the university of mississippi and employed with the atlantic refining company of baltimore miss devitt also attended biloxi schools and matriculated to mscw she taught physical education at the lausanne school in memphis the newly weds were at home in baltimore  the daily herald  july 25 1933 p 2   before commencing devitt clark tk devitt was in the grocery business initially he worked with john mosely by 1913 he was the local agent for the great atlantic pacific tea company operating a grocery business on howard avenue charles c redding 18571926 was born at bay st louis he was also a grocer at biloxi redding parlayed his entrepreneurial skills in many areas of commerce and was particularly successful in banking and the cannery industry he was once president of the biloxi canning company  patrick h clark  patrick henry clark 18701927 was born at new orleans of irish parentage his father was michael clark and his mother anne sheehan b 1840 he was married to leonie b clark 18761940 clark was managing a cannery as early as 1900 he was also involved with the l n bakery and confectionery on howard avenue with his brotherinlaw joseph lamm 18741911 lamm was married to katherine clark 18761944 children hilda lamm 19011906 joseph lamm 19061941 and margaret j lamm 19071991 the clark family resided on cuevas street with their three children lillian 1909 patrick h clark jr 1911 and joseph b clark 1915 mrs clark later resided on bohn street ph clark died in october 1927 his remains were interred at the biloxi cemetery ocean springs  in late august 1915 devitt clark also had a small cannery at ocean springs at the time they commenced operations at ocean springs the fishermen who belonged to the international longshoremen union were on strike the fishermen of ocean springs appear to have been independent of the union as the two canning plants there were receiving shrimp the ocean springs cannery of devitt clark appears to have been a shortlived venture and may have been a victim of the 1915 october hurricane which devastated its competitor the ocean springs packing company louis a lundy 18761941 rebuilt that enterprise devitt clark probably did not in midseptember 1915 devitt clark got seventy barrels of shrimp to process from non union fisherman for their biloxi operation devitt clark became indebted to charles redding for the sum of 25000 the debt was repayable to redding in five notes all dated january 5 1917 and payable every six months louis goldman was appointed trustee of the property on april 15 1918 redding requested that goldman sell the property because devitt clark defaulted on their payments harco ms land deed bk 122 p 496497 and the daily herald april 23 1918 p 5   on may 13 1918 louis goldman trustee of the property sold it in front of the courthouse door at gulfport to the highest bidder for cash charles redding bought the property for 13000 in the warranty deed redding purchased the following    all the property of the devitt clark packing company lying south of front street or beach street being the lot on which the factory of said company is situated comprising the front and riparian rights of lots four block five of the plan of summerville together with the factory situated thereon and all appurtenances and appliances used together with the right to use water from the artesian well situated on lot four for factory purposes   also lot one in block 6a of the summerville addition also the following personal property to wit the schooners   joe lawrence     ocean queen       henry clark    and   lily rose   together with their rigging of every kind and character situated on or belong thereto also one barge known as the  black box   certain motorboats known as   sunny boy     zudora    cuba   hunter   cracker jack  and trawlers numbers one   two   three   four  and five  also nine large seines and fifteen skiffs now in the possession of the devitt clark packing company also all labels cans and all supplies now in the possession of the devitt clark packing company or belonging to it or in which it may have some equity as well as all can goods on hand bills receivable and all fixtures furniture and machinery now in possession of the devitt clark packing company belonging to it or due it by others and in any wise appertaining to or belonging to the plant known as the devitt clark packing company harco ms land deed bk 122 p 496497 in december 1918 charles redding conveyed the devitt clark property to the american packing company harco ms land deed bk 122 pp517518 in june 1919 american packing company with tk devitt as its president sold the property described in the deed from walter a white to devitt clark 1914 to grego anticich 1876 ph clark peter skrmetta 18851963 luka kuljis and marko skrmetta 1889 the warranty deed included the schooners  marvel   henry clark   lily rose  and ocean queen  harco ms land deed bk 125 p 404 in july 1921 luka kuljis marko skrmetta grego anticich and mrs mary s anticich conveyed their 60 interest in the canning company to joseph lawrence trustee for the biloxi fisherman s packing company for 18800 peter skrmetta conveyed his interest to og swetman for 5250 harco ms land deed bk 125 p 404 and bk 131 p 439 p 504 and pp 537 also in july 1912 lawrence conveyed the interest acquired from the above to the the biloxi fishermen s packing company 10 ph clark sold his 20 interest to the bfpco at the same time harco ms land deed bk 131 p 578 the biloxi fisherman s packing company was incorporated see chattel book 21 p 328 or copy book 3 p 694 grego anticich marko skrmetta peter skrmetta luka kuljis and ph clark incorporators charter of bfpco amended december 8 1920 to increase capital stock from 25000 to 5000012 ph clark president and nils herlitz secretary harco ms chattel deed bk biloxi fisherman s packing company dissolved on october 9 1940 copy bk 7 p 651 the owners at this time and their percentage interest in the company were mrs cb foster 42 chester a delacruz 38 mrs ca delacruz 6 og swetman 12 fb royster 1 and henry w foster 1 bfpco sold to mississippi coast packing co in november 1929 for 18000 mcpco was incorporated in october 1929 harco ms land deed bk 183 p 553  references   12 book 131 p 586 13 chattel book 21 p 475 the daily herald    trustee s sale   april 23 1918  dubaz brothers 19181973   14 32 east beach  ernest mladinich  at biloxi mississippi in may 1937 ernest mladinich 18751953 and spouse catherine bonacich mladinich 18741962 entered into a lease agreement for a parcel of land situated on point cadet with the dubaz brothers a seafood packing company domiciled at biloxi it was owned by john dubaz ii 18901944 luke dubaz 18931985 and george dubaz 18881976 the dubaz brothers lease agreement with the mladinichs was for ten years commencingonmay 13 1937 the rent was 20 per month harrco ms land deed bk 215 pp 9193 ernest mladinich a native of the village of milna on the island of brac in the adriatic sea just off the damaltian coast of croatia and his spouse catherine bonacich mladinich 18741962 also a croat had acquired their land on point cadet in december 1931 for 8500 the 1 st national bank of biloxi conveyed to them a tract of land described as 80 feet on the north by moulet 290 feet on the east by wetzell 80 feet on the gulf and 290 feet on the west by cedar street it was subject to existing leases held by panhandle oil and paul petrich and george marusich harrco ms land deed bk 192 pp 423424 in 1932 ernest mladinich would acquire the terry packing company on east beach at biloxi and operate it as the star fish and oyster company his bold capitalistic leadership during the early depression era years was immediately followed by other austrians as biloxi s croatian community was labeled at this time who made significant investments in the local seafood industry vincent gospodonovich purchased the stanovich tract which had two domiciles and a cannery operated by steve pavich and in july 1932 the martin fountain packing company became the property of the sea coast packing company sea coast was led by peter pavlov president and treasurer alexander pitalo vicepresident and steve m sekul manager  the daily herald july 30 1932 p 1  the dubaz brothers prior to erecting a seafood factory on front beach the dubaz brothers had operated a small cannery on biloxi bay near the 1928 war memorial bridge like many seafood operators on biloxi s point cadet the dubaz brothers had their roots in croatia formerly a part yugoslavia the progenitor of the family john giovanni dubaz 18551931  musicians  four of the dubaz brothers were talented musicians as early as 1911 they were members of professor carl hemmersbach s knights of columbus orchestra in biloxi professor hemmersbach 18721930 was an 1888 german immigrant he taught music at st stanislaus and appears to have been a very devout roman catholic in early february 1912 bishop gunn bishop of the diocese of natchez was feted at dukate s theatre among those playing in professor hemmersbach s band that evening were george dubaz 1 st violin adolph dubaz 2 nd violin john dubaz coronet and luke dubaz drums  the daily herald october 13 1911 p 1 and february 2 1912 p 1   later the dubaz brothers founded the dubaz orchestra which played at many dance venues in biloxi including the montross hotel hotel biloxi biloxi yacht club and pizatti pavilion they were also was regulars at the dance pavilion on deer island playing in the evenings and sunday afternoon  the daily herald august 6 1915 p 8    renewal  in may 1947 the dubaz brothers renewed their lease with ernest and catherine mladinich for fifteen years the rent was 1 per day harco ms land deed bk 372 pp 256272 ernest mladinich expired on january 20 1953 he had come to biloxi from croatia then a part of the austrianhungarian empire in 1901 mladinich was a veteran of the austrian navy he and wife katherine bonacich were the parents of two children ernest mladinich ii and dina m kuljis  the daily herald january 20 1953 p 4   after mrs mladinich expired in october 1962 her estate was probated by walter nixon jr a biloxi attorney harrison county ms land deed copy bk 132 p 204  hurricane camille  this tropical cyclone struck the biloxi peninsula on the night of august 19 1969  final act  in november 1972 the dubaz brothers after fiftyfour years in the seafood business at biloxi sold their crab processing plant on the corner of maple street and howard avenue to edward r hanson  the daily herald january 19 1973 p 2    hanson seafood  edward r hanson 19211996 was born at biloxi mississippi on january 21 1921 to edward h hanson and delhia strong he married edith chatham ed hanson expired at biloxi on april 3 1996  the sun herald april 6 1996 p b2    references  the daily herald   dance and reception for columbus day   october 13 1911 the daily herald   deer island   advertisement august 6 1915 the daily herald   brilliant reception last night in honor of bishop gunn   february 2 1912 the daily herald   john dubaz sr dies   february 16 1931 the daily herald   austrians buy canning plant   july 30 1932 the daily herald   mrs dubaz dies   july 30 1932 the daily herald   john dubaz dies   july 7 1944 the daily herald   ernest mladinich dies   january 20 1953 the daily herald   mrs catherine mladinich   october 22 1962 the daily herald   dubaz seafood company sold to biloxian   january 8 1973 the sun herald   edward r hanson sr   april 6 1996 the sun herald   luke j dubaz jr   april 23 2001  1930s cf gollott son seafood  founded 1932 carroll f cf gollott 19111987 a native of biloxi mississippi and the son of armond george gollott 18871973 and belle gollott 18901930 founded cf gollott son seafood at north biloxi now d iberville mississippi in 1932 armond g gollott was born on august 3 1887 at theodore mobile county alabama and circa 1904 married belle probably in mobile county alabama they had six children infant gollott joseph e gollott 19061974 m dolah carroll f gollott 19111987 m alice diaz 19111992 james i gollot 19151981 ruby l gollott 19152000 m chester kinsey and luther daniel gollott 19282004 m mary lawrence and helen pickich  gollott seafood buildings at d iberville  images made october 1996 by ray l bellande circa 1909 armond g gollott and spouse relocated from mobile county alabama to biloxi mississippi in 1910 they were domiciled on pine street in the point cadet section of east biloxi here armond made his livelihood as a fisherman he later toiled as a ship carpenter in biloxi before becoming a baker circa 1919 by 1920 the gollott family had moved to 3 rd street also on point cadet 1910 and 1920 harrison co mississippi federal census t624740 p 19b ed 33 and t625876 p 32b ed 39 in 1927 carroll f gollott began a long career in the biloxi commercial seafood business by acquiring fresh oysters from biloxi fishermen processing them by hand and selling the succulent mollusks in sealed jars to clients in hattiesburg and wiggins perkinston jr college was one of his first reliable accounts as he sold the school s cafeteria three gallons of raw oysters for 125 per gallon mr gollott delivered his seafood in a model t ford and he subsequently endured the perils of traveling on gravel and red clay roads into the interior of south mississippi  the ocean springs record december 2 1982 p 2  north biloxi  in 1932 cf gollott commenced cf gollott seafood at north biloxi now d iberville his facility was known for its high quality and sanitary excellence the gollot factory primarily processed oysters and crabmeat gollott s crabmeat was shipped to baltimore maryland and he received 18 per pound for the product cf gollott later opened up the memphis market for mexican gulf oysters mr and mrs cf gollott also ran gollott s grocery and market where he served as butcher  the ocean springs record december 2 1982 p 2  family commerce  additional enterprises that mr and mrs cf gollott operated were gollott s grocery and market where he served as butcher and a bakery cf gollott was also a fine carpenter and mason he sponsored baseball and softball teams through the years  the sun herald january 21 1987 p a4  family  on october 23 1929 carroll f gollott married alice diaz 19111992 the daughter of delmas diaz 18771953 and maggie g quave 18831967 two children armond carroll arny gollott b 1932 married phyllis june ladner and alice mae gollott married alvin vogt cf gollott and alice d gollott were blessed with eleven grandchildren and seven great grandchildren  the sun herald january 21 1987 p a4  many talents  in addition to his business acumen and trade skills carroll f gollott was a talented dixieland musician he played with george brunies 19021974 of new orleans ace cannon b 1934 of grenada mississippi dan glasser and chuck foster cf gollott expired on january 19 1987 at biloxi mississippi at his request a dixieland jazz funeral was held on january 21 1987  the sun herald january 21 1987 p a4    references  the biloxi d iberville press   gollott s marks its 75th year april 24 2008 p a1 the ocean springs record  cf gollott celebrates 50 years december 2 1982 p 2 the sun herald   cf gollott january 21 1987 p a4 the sun herald   alice d gollott november 1992 the sun herald   after and now  gollott seafood in d iberville   june 4 2006 p a10 the sun herald   gollott s seafood celebrates 75th may 25 2008 p g1  1940s weems brothers seafood company   founded 1941 the weems brothers seafood company was founded on the back bay of biloxi in 1941 by joseph eugene gene weems 19122005 and charles edward weems 19152006 prior to their commencing a seafood factory the weems brothers learned to harvest the gulf waters with eugene weems their father on the nettie  his fishing boat the weems brothers built the thomas d kirnan  their first shrimp and oyster vessel in 1937 it was christened for mr kirnan the mortgagee it was followed in 1939 by the bobbie charles  the weems brothers would build twelve commercial fishing vessels during their tenure in the seafood industry at biloxi  the sun herald april 12 2006 p a6    weems family  j eugene gene weems and charles e weems were the sons of eugene weems b 1891 a native of bayou la batre mobile county mississippi and kathryn weems b 1894 also an alabaman eugene weems came to biloxi and was an oystershrimp fisherman he and kathryn also had three daughters hilda rae weems jalanivich 19191999 married john m jalanivich ii 19161998 nettie babuchna and erna weems b 1925 gene weems married doris terry they were the parents of anita weems hill barbara weems league ruth weems tank and douglas weems  the sun herald may 3 2005 p a6  1947 hurricane  the september storm of 1947 destroyed the weems brothers factory on biloxi s back bay they worked diligently and restored the business and prospered  the sun herald april 12 2006 p a6  camille 1969  gene weems sold his interest in the weems borthers to charles e weems in 1957 twelve years later in august 1969 the powerful tropical cyclone called camille struck the mississippi gulf coast and did catastrophic damage charles e weems and sons rebuilt on back bay  the sun herald april 12 2006 p a6  retirement  in 1984 charles e weems retired from the seafood industry he and wife glenna sherrell 19151996 were the parents of four sons charles e weems jr jerry weems laddie weems and ronnie weems they continued the business after their father s retirement charles and glenna also had a daughter sonja weems hoffman  katrina 2005   references  ', 0);
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(68, 'en', 'node_search', ' biloxi homes biloxi homes ray thu 4152010 1226 new construction   504 east beach drive  built 2013  historic biloxi homes   history of the ooma tract east beach l ive oak three centuries on the pass of biloxi mississippi section 33 t7sr9w harrison county mississippi abstract  live oak is the 19 th century name appropriately attached to a threeacre tract of live oak graced landscape fronting deer island on the pass of biloxi today this ancient arbor is alive with engineers contractors and laborers who are toiling diligently in the long shadows of its stately oaks erecting the ohro keefe museum a 21 st century creation of internationally acclaimed architect frank gehry george e ohr and frank o gehry are wellmatched as ohr a 19 th century avantgarde art potter is regarded by art historians as totally unique while gehry is the unrivaled master designer of bold imaginative futuristic structures  previous archeological investigations indicate that live oak was once the prehistoric local of native american culture by the late 19 th century it became the scene of large gracious summer homes of affluent businessmen and professional people primarily from new orleans from the land deed records it appears that only one biloxi native has ever possessed a portion of  live oak  the recorded chronology of live oak begin with an 1807 spanish land grant to a louisiana native of acadian heritage valentine docette richard 17761868 better known as dorsette richards by 1835 richards had vended or bartered his 443acre donation claim george holley 18001883 was the primary recipient of his acreage in 1888 the parcel known as live oak was created when joseph kuhn 18191903 a hungarian immigrant and local lumber merchant sold a 3acre tract from his large land holdings in the dorsette richards land claim on the biloxi peninsula to edward langevin of st paul minnesota after langevin s demise circa 1891 the lot became possessed by george h dunbar 18441917 a seafood processing magnate from new orleans in 1892 mr dunbar split live oak into two lots of equal area his brother francis b dunbar ca 18481908 acquired the western tract the dunbar s had the quarters on their east beach lot demolished in february 1892 in september 1892 they contracted with charles dudley an architect and builder from jackson mississippi to erect two edifices for them at a cost of 11000 from 1917 until 1946 the e 2 of live oak was owned by the new orleans families of eb johnson ernest l jahnke and cyprian a sporl ca sporl 18801936 was the owner of a large marine insurance business at new orleans he also operated the hotel new orleans sporl s avocation was yachting in 1946 an affluent california attorney lynden bowring 18891980 and wilda lopez 18991977 his biloxi wife acquired the lot from mr sporl s heirs hurricane camille in august 1969 destroyed the bowring home they relocated to ocean springs bowring legated his east beach biloxi land to patricia tarr leavant his nieceinlaw it was sold in june 2000 to the city of biloxi by real estate developers who had acquired and option on it from mrs leavitt in 1993 the w 2 of live oak was vended in february 1914 by anna tourne dunbar 18451919 the widow of francis b dunbar to ora nelmes logan the wife of george w logan of new orleans she conveyed it to mary byrne mcgee of laurel mississippi in may 1915 mrs mcghee defaulted on her mortgage and the property was repossessed in april 1917 mrs nelms conveyed her estate to lucinda davis stamps farrar d 1946 lucinda s farrar was the spouse of judge edgar h farrar 18491922 of new orleans he was a lawyer linguist and ethnologist eh farrar was the ceo of farrar goldberger dufour a prominent legal firm of the crescent city in june 1924 mrs lucinda s farrar subdivided the w 2 of live oak into three lots designated lot a lot b and lot c she sold lot a to george e williams of new orleans at this time in august 1944 mr williams vended lot a to sam mitchell of biloxi in a prior agreement with louis w harvey 19041970 mr mitchell traded lot a for cash and a harvey parcel elsewhere in biloxi lot b was conveyed in march 1968 to wilda lopez bowring by the heirs of lucinda stamps farrar mrs ralph jane b wood harrison co ms mrs richard goldsborough wayne co ny edgar h farrar iii bell co texas stamps farrar ii san francisco co calf maud ellen farrer orleans parish la bh goldberger district of columbia joseph h goldberger canadian co oklahoma mrs michael warnock bonneville co idaho and bruce sharp robert sharp and donald sharp all of orleans parish louisiana lot c was sold in august 1924 by lucinda stamps farrar the widow of edgar h farrar a resident of hancock county mississippi to stamps farrar her son in may 1947 stamps farrar to lucille g minor in december 1956 lucille g minor to  lynden bowring  live oak lot which he had acquired in july 1946 from the sporl family of new orleans colonial biloxi when the french colonial government abandoned its post at biloxi in the 1720s for new orleans on the mississippi river some of the recent immigrants from western europe and french canada remained on the mississippi coast they made their livelihood as sailors fishermen and subsistence farmers cattle and tar production provided barter and cash items with the larger settlements of mobile and new orleans during the spanish colonial occupation of the area land donations on the biloxi peninsula were granted by the spanish representative at mobile from present day point cadet on the east to the present day biloxi city cemetery on the west these grantees were jacques mathurin ladner dorsette richards jeanbaptiste carquote carco angelique fasiar fayard and louis fasiar fayard  valentine docette richard valentine docette richard 17761868 was the original claimant of the land upon which live oak was erected he is referred to in legal documents as  dorsette   richards  and this nomenclature will be used throughout this essay richards was born at st gabriel louisiana the son of expelled acadians amant richard and marie braux his first wife susanne marque expired shortly after birthing their son in 1798 in 1800 dorsette richards wedded marguerite babin 17701829 a native of belle isle en mer france her parents were also exiled acadians who immigrated to louisiana post1777  cassibry 1986 p 77    dorsette richard claimsection 33 t7sr9w the dorsette richards family settled at biloxi in 1807 he received a spanish land grant on the biloxi peninsula at this time american state papers vol iii p 38 his donation was designated by the federal government as claim no 146 in the district east of the pearl river it was confirmed in 1819 by the federal government in 1824 his land was surveyed and was shown to consist of 44338 acres and designated as section 33 t7sr9w harco ms tract bk 1 p 36 a land patent for section 33 t7sr9w was issued to dorsette richards by the federal government on october 1 1840 harco ms land deed bk 2 pp 290292  george l holley in june 1835 dorsette richards traded all of his merchantable land in section 33 t7sr9w to george l holley for lot 1 of section 23 t7sr10w which contains 11068 acres harco ms land deed bk 1 pp 143144 george l holley 18001883 came to the mississippi coast from new york in the late 1820s with his family it appears from federal census data that there were six children all born in new york  george holley  18001883 benjamin holley 18021860 william holley 18031850 charles holley 18051857 rebecca h norberg 18091880 and nicholas holley 18101860 their mother rebecca holley 17831860 was born at new york their father was a native of rhode island and appears to have died before 1850 george l holley made his livelihood as carpenter and probate judge in july 1859 he married jane elizabeth rand an english lady married sarah m bounds in july 1877  new orleans summer resort affluent people of new orleans used biloxi and over villages of the mississippi gulf coast as summer retreats escaped the heat and yellow fe ver in 1893 george dunbar ft howard ht howard e bell l valle j vandorf august bohne jb blakemore and judge tisso were among the wealthy crescent city gentlemen maintaining elegant summer homes at biloxi th glenn 1893 p 59  joseph kuhn in august 1865 joseph kuhn bought about 125 acres in the dorsette richard claim from george holley for 1000 harco ms land deed bk 4 pp 578581 does not appear to be live oak joseph kuhn 18191903 was a native of budapest hungary he arrived in america in 1840 and biloxi mississippi in 1864 at harrison county in october 1868 he married sarah drake 18391921 a native of ohio their children were christian kuhn 1871pre 1900 elizabeth kuhn 18731929 sophia kuhn 18751927 m ulysses desporte 18611927 rosa kuhn 18781942 m a j bourdon 18731912 and may adele kuhn 18811930 kuhn made his livelihood as a lumber merchant at the time of his demise the kuhn family resided on the corner of holley street and beach boulevard in february 1878 joseph kuhn conveyed to his wife sarah kuhn all of his real property in harrison county mississippi for 2000 kuhn stated that   he owed no debts to anyone and further the transfer of his property to sarah kuhn was not for the purpose of defrauding anyone but to secure to her a support in case of his death  included in this transaction was a piece of property described as follows a lot having a front four hundred feet on the front bay of biloxi running back due north between two parallel lines to the back bay of biloxi bounded west by a street and on the east by estate of toledano harco ms land deed bk 16 pp4748  edward langevin in april 1888 joseph kuhn and sarah kuhn conveyed to  edward langevin  of st paul minnesota for 4000 a parcel of land described as bounded on the south by the gulf of mexico or pass between deer island and the main shore east by toledano estate north by langevin street and west by kuhn street the lot measured 432 feet on the gulf and 321 feet northsouth the terms of the sale were 1000 cash and 3000 to be paid on april18 1891 with 6 interest per annum harco ms land deed bk 23 p 75 in april 1888 edward langevin also acquired lots 1 and 2 of the samuel friedlander estate from wi hodgson an auctioneer at new orleans for 23753 the conveyance included the brick residence outbuildings and dependencies lot 1 had 85 feet on the gulf 281 feet on magnolia 81 feet with lot 2 and 281 feet east 3 in november 1891 eleanor langevin of st paul minnesota the widow of edward langevin conveyed lots 1 and 2 of the friedlander estate to frederick william elmer for 27004 her daughters mary michand and emma flanagan and their husbands achille michand and thomas j flanagan signed the warranty deed charles and mary e michand of st paul gave elmer a quitclaim deed on the property in april 18925 on january 19 1892 joseph kuhn and sarah kuhn acknowledged that the langevin mortgage of 3045 on a parcel of land known as the oaks had been paid harco ms land deed bk 27 pp 310311  george h dunbar in december 1891 the heirs of edward langevin mary michaud achille michaud emma flanagan thomas j flanagan and eleanor langevin conveyed their beach front lot to  george h dunbar  for 5500 harco ms land deed bk 27 pp 308309 same description as above emma flanagan signed at quebec canada mary michaud wife of charles michaud achille michaud tj flanagan and eleanora langevin signed at ramsay county minnesota george h dunbar 18441917 was born at new orleans the son of george w dunbar 18161878 of bridgewater massachusetts and charlotte z hacker 18221910 siblings he was educated at georgetown university and almost immediately after graduation he enlisted in the confederate states of america army and served as an aidedecamp on the staff of general buisson postbellum dunbar returned to his native new orleans and entered business  the daily herald october 19 1917 p 1  gh dunbar was married three times his final spouse was susan foucher children f foucher dunbar george w dunbar guinnes havana cuba mrs stephen voorhies 5527 prytania nola mrs alcee j gelpi 124 s cortez nola and mrs auguste capdeville 2453 esplanande nola mrs foucher dunbar was the daughter of ec fenner lived on lee street  the daily herald april 19 1912 p 8  inventor   public life buried st louis no 3  lopez dunbar s sons co the lopez dunbar s sons company was commenced in 1884 when lazaro lopez 18501903 and wkm dukate 18521916 resigned from the biloxi canning company the biloxi canning company was located in section 27 t7sr9w in the city of biloxi mississippi on the back bay of biloxi at the head of reynoir street it was originally called the lopez elmer and company this company was organized in 1881 with a capital stock of 8000 by lazaro lopez f william elmer 18471926 wkm dukate william gorenflo 18441932 and james maycock 182618921 lopez dunbar s sons was situated on east beach in biloxi in 1895 it was the second largest oyster canning plant in the united states the factory utilized the norton brothers machinery to pack its shrimp with the patented muslin bag insuring a good product its shrimp were marketed under the dunbar standard deer head lion head and pelicans labels see  the biloxi herald  biloxi chief industry september 12 1892 p 4  lot division in february 1892 the dunbars had the families residing on their east beach tract vacate their quarters immediate demolition was ordered for all buildings on their scenic home site  the biloxi herald february 6 1892 p 4  on march 31 1892 george h dunbar divided the oaks lot into two equal parts which he conveyed to his wife susie foucher dunbar 18581920 and brother francis b frank dunbar ca 18481908 mrs george h dunbar received the east half and francis b dunbar the west half the dimensions of each lot were 217 feet by 417 feet francis b dunbar paid his brother 2250 while his spouse paid only 1 harco ms land deed bk 27 pp 444445 immediately thereafter on the same day francis b dunbar conveyed his western lot to his wife anna therese tourne dunbar 18451919 for 1 harco ms land deed bk 27 pp445446  two homes in late september 1892 the dunbar brothers contracted with charles dudley an architect and builder formerly of jackson mississippi but now established in biloxi to erect two homes their completed cost was approximated at 11000  the biloxi herald september 28 1892 p 4  cost of building materials in biloxi at this time rough lumber 7 10 per thousand board feet at the sawmill dressed lumber 8 17 per thousand board feet brick 8 12 per thousand cypress shingles 2 3 75 per thousand  the biloxi herald april 29 1893 p 8  francis b dunbar resided at 2326 esplanade avenue in new orleans two sons fb dunbar and james v dunbar 622 canal commercial bank bldg and a daughter mrs emile christ 705 calhoun nola expired in new orleans at his home head of dunbar cannery interests at the time  the biloxi daily herald january 31 1908 p 1  mr and mrs francis dunbar and miss alice dunbar of new orleans are now occupying their summer residence here  the biloxi herald june 10 1893 p 8   in late june the family left biloxi for chicago where they planned to remain for several weeks  the biloxi herald july 1 1893 p 8  mrs dunbar expired in may 1919 at new orleans she resided at no 3 everett place at the time  the daily herald may 31 1919 p 3   west half of live oak  ora nelms logan in february 1914 anna t tourne dunbar of new orleans the widow of francis b dunbar conveyed her home and lot in biloxi to ora nelmes logan for 8000 6500 was financed for three years at 6 interest by mrs logan included in the sale were all buildings and improvements a ½ interest in an artesian water well and all furniture and personal property contained in the house except boats and some family portraits mrs logan was required to carry insurance of not less than 6000 on the buildings harco ms land deed bk 107 pp 9192 in midfebruary 1914  the daily herald  announced that miss jessie a smyly s agency had arranged the sale from mrs dunbar to gw logan of new orleans her home was lauded as   one of the most beautiful and attractive homes in biloxi or anywhere on the coast   the daily herald february 12 1914 p 1  lien cancelled by mrs anna tourne dunbar on may 3 1915 harco ms land deed bk 111 pp 405406  mary byrne mcgee et al in may 1915 ora nelms logan the spouse of george w logan of new orleans sold to mary byrne mcghee addison f mcgee jr and marie jones mcgee wife of addison f mcgee jr of laurel mississippi for 8000 the w 2 of the oaks the sale included all buildings and improvements a ½ interest in an artesian water well all furniture and personal property in the house except all religious pictures a large quantity of galvanized roofing material pulleys and ropes and the gas machine financed and had to carry 6000 of insurance on the buildings harco ms land deed bk 111 pp407408  ora nelms logan in february and march 1916 mary byrne mcgee of laurel marie jones mcgee wife of addison f mcgee and a resident of jacksonville duval county florida and addison f mcgee of west point troup county georgia defaulted on their promissory notes and returned their property to ora nelms logan of new orleans harco ms land deed bk 115 pp7174  lucinda stamps farrar 909 east beach drive in april 1917 ora nelms logan of hancock county mississippi conveyed to  lucinda davis stamps farrar  18571946 of new orleans for 7750 included all buildings and improvements ½ interest in artesian water well all furniture and fixtures in and personal property in buildings bathhouse pier and riparian rights at this time the former frank dunbar home was described as having fourteen rooms and a large beautiful lawn the jessie a smyly real estate agency handled the transaction  the daily herald april 9 1917 p 4 and  harco ms land deed bk 118 p430 lucinda s farrar was the wife of  judge edgar howard farrar  18491922 he was born in concordia parish louisiana the son of thomas prince farrar and anna mary girault young farrar was educated at the university of louisiana and in 1871 received his masters degree from the university of virginia he married lucinda davis stamps at new orleans in june 1878 lucinda was the daughter of captain issac davis stamps and mary humphreys their children were  edgar howard farrar jr  18791911 m may clara spearing  mary humphreys farrar   18811969 m dr joseph goldberger 18751929  lucinda farrar   18811910  anna girault farrar  18821970 m richard f goldsborough b 1871  edith barnes farrar  18841959   mildred maury farrar  18871967  jane kempe farrar   18891982 m ralph bouligny wood 18841967  issac davis stamps farrar   called stamps  18941950 m maude tobin white the daughter of albert sidney johnson white 18661934 and ellen tobin and  thomas prince farrar  19011951 m beatrice howard 18861933   the daily herald january 7 1922 p 1   and 1900 orleans parish louisiana federal census t623574 p 11a ed 102  although judge farrar and family had a residence at new orleans they planned to stay at biloxi for sometime especially the summer season  the daily herald april 9 1917 p 4  lucinda stamps farrar expired at 909 east beach on november 1946 her funeral service was held at the church of the redeemer with the reverend ea demiller attending mrs farrar s corporal remains were sent to nola for burial in the metairie cemetery  the daily herald november 13 1946 p 5  farrar children edgar howard farrar jr edgar h farrar jr 18791911 like his father was a new orleans attorney he also matriculated to the university of virginia young farrar was shot to death by two thieves in early november on the corner of peniston and magnolia streets in the crescent city he was the nephew of mrs emd anderson of 210 west water street in biloxi  the daily herald november 2 1911 p 8 and november 3 1911 p 8  stamps farrar stamps farrar was an attorney with his father s law firm anna f goldsborough anna girault farrar 18821970 married richard f goldsborough b 1871 a maryland native and new york attorney on january 31 1904 at nola she was living at biloxi in 1922 in may 1930 she and her daughter  ellen goldsborough  were at biloxi were involved in interior decoration as their wall panels were sent to a new country club at birmingham alabama anna had a son  frances goldsborough  who graduated from biloxi high school and went to new york to work a branch of the hibernia bank situated in nyc he was appointed assistant manger of the bank in may 1930  the daily herald may 27 1930 p 2  anna farrar goldsborough passed on december 1970  mary f goldberger living in washington in 1922 mildred m farrar mildred maury faurer 18871967 was a native of new orleans she resided at 909 east beach in biloxi since 1927 she was an episcopalian and interred in the metairie cemetery  the daily herald february 2 1967 p 2  jane k farrar wood jane kempe farrar 18891982 married ralph bouligny wood 18841967 of new orleans at the church of the redeemer in biloxi on september 12 1916 the young couple honeymooned at asheville north carolina before traveling to their home in cuba where mr wood was employed with the cubanamerican sugar company  the daily herald september 13 1916 p 3  in retirement the wood family lived in the hermann house at 523 east beach in biloxi ralph b wood retired as the executive vice president of the cuban american sugar company a daughter mrs james pringle of long beach both interred at the southern memorial park cemetery in biloxi  the daily herald october 26 1967 p 2  jane died on may 12 1982 a daughter mrs leo seal thomas p farrar thomas prince farrar 19011951 was born at new orleans and practiced architect there he lived at biloxi where he did scenic painting and costume designs in june 1933 he married beatrice howard 18861933 formerly mrs robert c ocher of new york mr farrar relocated to new york city and worked in theatre design until his death there in june 1951 his corporal remains were interred in the metairie cemetery at nola the daily herald june 1 1933 p 2 and the times picayune june 12 1951 p 3  edith b farrar edith barnes farrar lived at chicago in 1922 west halflot a harvey house  in june 1924 lucinda stamps farrar subdivided her w 2 lot into three lots which were designated as lot a lot b and lot c the three lots were surveyed by jd ferguson in july 1923 mrs farrar conveyed lot a to george e williams of new orleans for 14000 right of ingressegress granted as an easement across the south end of lot b but not to be carried when williams sells lot a harco ms land deed bk 141 pp 585587  george e williams george elliot williams 18861944 married adele monroe 18891944 in orleans parish louisiana on june 7 1911 orleans parish marriage record bk volume 33 p 320 in december 1929 george elliot williams 18861944 of nola to adele monroe williams 18891944 of new orleans lot a for 14000 included all household fixtures and furniture located in the dwelling house harco ms land deed bk 184 pp246247 in august 1944 george e williams and adele monroe williams to sam mitchell and mae pringle mitchell for 15000 royse r aiken had an unrecorded lease dated september 16 1943 a notice was sent to aiken to cancel his lease harco ms land deed bk 267 p 288  sam mitchell in july 1944 sam mitchell 19031984 native of hancock county mississippi entered into an agreement with louis h harvey mrs louis h harvey and miss irma e harvey the harvey s owned a lot on the northwest corner of beach boulevard and fayard street mitchell agreed to buy the ge williams lot and then trade it for the harvey property and also give 5000 to the harveys it was also agreed that in the event that the houses on each lot were destroyed by fire or damaged to make them unfit for habitation before the contract was consummated the contract would be voided sam mitchell owned the bungalow on west beach boulevard harco ms land deed bk 266 pp 126129 sold in august 1944 bk 267 pp 303304 in august 1944 sam mitchell conveyed lot a to irma e harvey and louis w harvey harco ms land deed bk 267 pp 301302  louis w harvey louis wachenfeld harvey 19041970 was the son of louis h harvey 18741913 and christina wachenfeld 18721931 he married mary l barnes 19101999 of handsboro mississippi children louis w harvey 19341996 philip i harvey b 1941 and kenneth karl harvey 19511990  the sun herald november 14 1999 p a11  row in september 1954 row easement granted to mississippi state highway commission by louis h harvey bk 387 pp 390391  west halflot b 909 east beach  in january 1943 lucinda davis stamps farrar drafted her will in this instrument she devised and bequeathed to her daughters edith barnes farrar of chicago illinois and mildred maury farrar 18871967 of biloxi mississippi her home situated on the corner of kuhn and beach street at biloxi mississippi for the period of their natural lives mrs farrar included all furniture fixtures and contents of her house she excepted from this donation all appurtenances that had been designated for other family members in addition her spinster daughters were provided an annual income from a trust fund created from cash stocks and bonds owned by their mother as gorenflo was the trustee after her daughters demise her remaining assets to be divided by her living heirs harco ms chancery court will bk 9 pp 241243 the other heirs at law of lucinda davis stamps farrar were mary farrar goldberger anna farrar goldberger jane farrar wood thomas prince farrar issac ds farrar jr and maud ellen farrer harco ms chancery court cause no 53890 mrs jane farrar wood v the unknown heirs of edgar howard farrar and lucinda davis stampsmay 1967 lucinda davis stamps farrar died on november 22 1946 she lived at biloxi but was a legal resident of louisiana mildred m farrar resided in her home at 909 east beach until her death on february 8 1967 she was a native of new orleans and had lived at biloxi since 1927 funeral services at the episcopal church of the redeemer her remains interred in the metairie cemetery  the daily herald february 8 1967 p 2  after miss mildred m farrar s demise her home became the property of her mother s living heirs these were determined by the probate court to be anna farrar goldsborough a daughter jane farrar wood a daughter edgar howard farrar iii only child of a son now dead dr joseph goldberger mrs mary g sharp and mr benjamin goldberger  children of mildred maury farrar  miss maud ellen farrar and mr stamps farrar ii harco ms chancery court cause no 53890may 1967mrs jane farrar wood v the unknown heirs of edgar howard farrar and lucinda davis stampsmay 1967 fifteen shares of stock in the borgnemouth realty company a louisiana corporation bk 589 pp 152154 in march 1968 mrs ralph jane b wood harrison co ms mrs richard goldsborough wayne co ny edgar h farrar iii bell co texas stamps farrar ii san francisco co calf maud ellen farrer orleans parish la bh goldberger district of columbia joseph h goldberger canadian co oklahoma mrs michael warnock bonneville co idaho and bruce sharp robert sharp and donald sharp all of orleans parish louisiana conveyed to  wilda lopez bowring  the following  that certain lot or parcel of land situated on the northeast corner of east beach boulevard and kuhn street having a frontage on the gulf of mexico of 84 feet and extending back in a northerly direction for a distance of 230 feet more or less being bounded on the south by the gulf of mexico east by the property of williams now of harvey north by the property of bowring west by kuhn street in the city of biloxi  harco ms land deed bk 610 pp 340344  west halflot c909a east beach in august 1924  lucinda stamps farrar  the widow of edgar h farrar a resident of hancock county mississippi sold lot c to  stamps farrar  her son harco ms land deed bk 142 pp 484485  stamps farrar in october 1938 stamps farrar opened his home for the weekend of the laurence moore barkley and malcolm tullis wedding which was held at the church of the redeemer their guests for the barkleytullis nuptials were mrs farrar s mother mrs albert sidney white and ellene white her sister mrs lillian lewis and hampden lewis also of new orleans stayed at the farrar summer home on east beach  the daily herald  october 9 1938 p 3  lucille gillis minor in may 1947 stamps farrar to  lucille g minor  for 6000 harco ms land deed bk 298 pp 338339 lucille gillis minor 18891954 was born in new orleans louisiana on march 6 1889 the daughter of alfred barr gillis and lucille bohn living in 1956 she married  john duncan minor  18761937 a native of southdown plantation terrebonne parish louisiana they were the parents of  lucille m minor  the spouse of hastings mortimer and  joan minor  19151956 john d minor was the son of henry c minor d 1898 of houma and anna louise butler the daughter of judge thomas butler of west feliciana parish both families were southern aristocratic his grandfather william j minor d 1869 was the founder of southdown plantation near houma louisiana his sister was mrs david pipes jr of southdown young jd minor attended tulane university where he was a member of the alpha tau omega social fraternity he returned immediately to manage the business operations at southdown upon the passing of his father in 1898 mr minor retired from the sugar business in 1912  the daily herald august 9 1937 p 8    southdown plantation it would be remiss without providing some chronology of the southdown plantation situated at houma louisiana here in the 1820s on a former spanish land grant william j minor the son of stephen minor a resident of the natchez district and friend of manuel luis gayoso de lemos who administered the government of spanish louisiana from 17971799 began to cultivate indigo by 1830 he was growing sugarcane and by 1846 a sugar mill had been erected at southdown in 1859 a onestory greek revival brick edifice was erected for the minor family after wj minor s demise in 1869 his seven children inherited southdown soon henry c minor and sister katherine lintot minor acquired the interest of their siblings and ran the plantation for many years in 1893 a second floor and round turrets were integrated into the former greek revival building metamorphosing the structure to the queen anne architectural style after miss kate l minor passed in 1923 the sugarcane plantation survived until the 1930s when it was sold to commercial entities in the 1970s through the efforts of esther b mccollam of ellendale plantation and the terrebonne parish historical cultural society southdown was placed on the national register of historic places in july 1975 valhi inc the corporate owner donated southdown its servant s outbuildings and about 5 acres to the local historical society the former minor plantation was open for public touring in 1986 and today remains an integral part of the history of houma and terrebonne parish louisiana  antiques gazette june 1993 p 7   in august 1915 john duncan minor acquired for 5500 from oscar g keller lot 3 being share no 3 in the partition of the estate of john h keller at biloxi mississippi harco ms land deed bk 112 pp 346347 here at 543 east beach eightyfeet west of lee street the minor family made their home until august 1930 when mr and mrs minor sold their estate to winifred c green for 9900 harco ms land deed bk 187 p 166 john d minor s aunt katherine lintot minor 18491923 the daughter of captain william j minor and rebecca ann gustine passed at new orleans in late 1923 she resided at houma louisiana but was prominent in the ladies auxiliary at the touro infirmary in the crescent city  the daily herald december 4 1923 p 3  john duncan minor expired at his home at 3211 prytania street where he had resided since 1932 he had been active in the social circles of the crescent city in regards the mardi gras and its carnival organizations minor s corporal remains were interred in the magnolia cemetery at houma louisiana  the daily herald august 9 1937 p 8  lucille g minor passed on june 25 1954 at her home at 909a east beach in biloxi her daughter joan desmond minor resided here until she became ill in mrs lucille minor mortimer  inherited in 1925 she was living at biloxi and attending school in the north visited mr and mrs edward caffery her relatives at havana cuba in the summer of 1925  the daily herald august 27 1925 p 3  in late august 1928  miss joan minor  returned to biloxi after a twomonth stay at camp allegheny in west virginia guests at the minor home compliments of miss lucille minor were miss maud werner hastings mortimer miss mildred brown and john stafford all of nola  the daily herald september 1 1928 p 2   in december 1956 lucille g minor mortimer conveyed to  lynden bowring  1980 for 6000 harco ms land deed bk 416 p 343 title cleared in november 1961 when lucille g mortimer harco ms land deed bk 487 pp 491492 sister joan minor expired in louisiana on may 29 1956 lynden bowring also owned the east half of the live oak which he had acquired in july 1946 from the sporl family of new orleans east half of live oak lot in july 1917 mrs george h dunbar of new orleans to edwin b johnson for 1 cash in hand harco ms land deed bk 119 pp 310311  edwin b johnson edwin b johnson  18621930 was born in mississippi during the civil war circa 1889 he married  martha moss  18641930 a tennessee native their only child was born before 1900 but did not survive in 1900 the johnsons were domiciled at clarksdale coahoma co mississippi where he was a merchant 1900 coahoma co mississippi federal census t623805 p 11a ed 25  in december 1924  eb johnson and mattie moss johnson sold  their residence at  941 east beach  to  cora stanton jahncke  18851970   the wife  of  ernest lee jahncke  18771960   of nola  for 15000 the johnson family planned to return t o their home at  clarksdale mississippi the johnsons lived here for some time and always had the welfare and civic improvement at heart mr jahnke will use the home as a summer residence when the jahnckes bought the house they borrowed the money from cyprian a sporl by 1930 the johnsons were domicled on john street living in their own home valued at 10000 mr johnson s occupation was rental property collector no further information the daily herald december 18 1924 p 3 harco ms land deed bk 143 p 412 and 1930 coahoma co mississippi federal census r1142 p 9a ed 13  commodore  ernest lee  jahncke commodore ernest l jahncke was a native of new orleans he was a speedboat driverracer and owner of the several fast watercraft   at the 13 th annual regatta of the biloxi yacht club held in july 1912 captain jahncke introduced the  humpty dumpty  a most unusual hydroplaning vessel in outline she appeared to be the integration of a boat and rocking chair  humpty dumpty  was constructed of mahogany and finished with a high luster varnish on the water she had a top speed approaching thirty miles per hour much interest had developed at the july regatta as there were innuendos that the  bella l  the very fast motorboat of julius m lopez 18861958 would meet in a match race unfortunately neither captains jahncke nor lopez could agree on a racing rules format for a match race in biloxi at the july summer regatta no future contest was planned  the daily herald july 12 1912 p 1  july 1916 storm following his actions during and post july 1916 tempest comodore ernest lee jahncke of the southern yacht club was dubbed the hero of the recent storm he spent 2000 of his own finances in assisting biloxians by taking mail to new orleans on the  clarabelle as  the train and telegraph were inoperative commodore jahncke sent a tug boat to the coast to take vessels to deep water and tow the pile driver working at the biloxi yacht club to safety as well as assist boats during and after the hurricane  the daily herald july 10 1916 p 2  in early august 1919 captain jahncke moored the   aunt dinah  his expansive houseboat at biloxi with his spouse and family aboard as usual the jahnckes planned to spend some vacation time in biloxi in may 1923  the daily herald  related that   this boat has been coming to biloxi for the summer season for a number of years and its presence adds much to the pleasure of the summer colony of visitors who come to spend the season  the daily herald august 4 1919 p 4 and the daily herald may 28 1923 p 3  while a resident of biloxi jahncke built an eyecatching fence on the south elevation the fence was replicated from that of an old english estate of renown the fence pillars were constructed of brick  the daily herald november 5 1964  adele townsend jahncke in 1926 the jahncke s daughter adele townsend jahncke 19091993 was a student at sophie newcomb college in new orleans she was captain of the freshman basketball team and was considered one of the best competitive sailors along the gulf coast after graduating from newcomb adelle made her debut at new orleans and washington dc in 1933 miss jahncke married charles w dotson 18981974 an attorney at farmer city illinois he was a graduate of the university of illinois one son charles w dotson jr 19361998  the daily herald december 10 1926 p 4 and october 13 1933 p 2  in may 1928 lee jahncke was lauded for the fine improvements made to his east beach home  the daily herald may 24 1928 p 2  captain ernest lee jahncke defaulted on his mortgage payment to sporl and in december 1932 hanun gardner trustee sold the jahncke home to cyprian a sporl for 6500 harco ms land deed bk 196 pp 342343  cyprian a sporl purchased by cyprian a sporl 18801936 on december 10 1932 from hanun gardner trustee for 6500 harco ms land deed bk 196 pp 342343 ca many sporl was the son of cyprian a sporl and louise soule d august 1930 of new orleans and bay st louis he had two brothers edward f sproul 181956 and walter sproul and four sisters alice sproul 1956 l elsie sproul 1956 hilda sproul and laura sporl killeen d march 1956 the spouse of joseph l kileen  the daily herald august 28 1930 p 5 and the daily herald march 6 1956 p 2  at new orleans many sproul resided at 6550 oakland drive with his wife adrienne de lappe and children harold d sporl and cyprian a sporl ii 19051999 he was a member of the southern yacht club and owned a fiftyfive foot motor vessel  wendy  in early july 1913 sporl participated in the nearly three hundred mile new orleans to pensacola motor boat race his watercraft was propelled by a 40 hp murray tregurtha engine  the daily herald july 3 1913 p 4  cyprian a sporl ii 19051999 donated  cocheco  his 30000 76foot disel yacht to the uscg in april 1941 he also enlisted in the uscg at this time the  cocheco  was to be used for patrol duty  the daily herald april 21 1941 p 5  in september 1936 the sporl property was adjudicated by the harrison county chancery court to adrienne de lappe sporl ca sporl ii and hd sporl harco ms land deed bk 212 p 253  wwii during wwii the sporl family of nola allowed their home to be used by the women s uso for a small rental  the daily herald november 5 1964  lynden bowring  18891980   lynoaks lynden bowring in july 1946 for 30000 the sporl family conveyed their biloxi home to  lynden bowring  harco ms land deed bk 288 pp 517518 mr bowring called his mansion  lynoaks  in later years lived on 1 st floor and rented the 2 nd and 3 rd floors clara l d aquilla october 23 2000  lynden bowring  18891980 was born in los angeles california made his livelihood as an attorney and rumored to have made money in the movies business in hollywood described as a loner and eccentric bache whitlock october 19 2000 during his life bowring was married three times he had two children with his first wife but they as well as his spouse preceded him in death his second nuptial ended in divorce lynden married wilda lopez 18991977 the daughter of lazro lopez ii 18771918 and eurilda seal 18791966 miss wilda lopez was the valedictorian of the 1915 class of biloxi high school and delivered an appropriate speech to her nine classmates and audience she went on to study at randolph macon college at lynchburg virginia wilda s other siblings were clara lopez tarr froede 19021936 beverly lopez berggren 19041991 florian seal lopez 19111957 john beverly lopez 19151970   the daily herald may 29 1915 p 1  prior to her marriage to lynden bowring wilda lopez had married dr james edward wallace 18771942 in the roman catholic church at biloxi mississippi on january 9 1920 harco ms mrb 31 p 493 dr wallace was a native of natchitoches louisiana he came to biloxi in 1914 and was affiliated with dr hyman m folkes 18711926 the husband of teresa lopez 18731951 mrs folkes was wilda s aunt bowring affiliated with ct bowring and co ltd of london england a shipping firm owned a onehalf interest in the carlton apartments on union drive in los angeles owned the  rum runner  a large motor yacht 65 feet in length and a relict of the prohibition era moored in front of the east beach home built boat house and slip for it in ocean springs boat never utilized but fulltime employee maintained the craft bache whitlock october 19 2000  ocean springs in august 1969 hurricane camille destroyed the bowrings biloxi home in 1970 the bowrings relocated to ocean springs bruce duckett remember mr bowring as an elderly gentleman approcahing him to buy his home on helmers lane lynden wanted a site on the inner harbor at ocean springs for the  wilda b  aka  rum runner   he convinced a golfer to relocate to gulf hills and bought his home and land at 207 general pershing avenue bruce duckett october 10 2000 in july 1970 wilda lopez bowring acquired from lester b larson and jennie c larson the following property in ocean springs their residence address was 207 general pershing avenue commencing at the southwest corner of hellmers lane and general pershing avenue go south 925 feet to the pob thence south 3315 feet along the west margin of general pershing avenue to the waters edge of the os small craft harbor thence n 70 degrees 20 w 200 feet along the waters edge of the small craft harbor to the fence line dividing the larson and howell property thence n 19 degrees 20 e 257 feet along an old fence line thence s84 degrees 20 e 128 feet along an old fence line to the point of beginning said land lying in section 37 t7sr8w  jxco ms land deed bk 381 pp 587588 in may 1971 mrs bowring acquired from earl w paul and ilsedore paul the following  commencing at the southwest corner of hellmers lane and general pershing avenue go south 925 feet thence n84 degrees 20 w 128 feet along a wire fence thence north 663 feet along a wire fence to the south margin of hellmers lane thence n84 degreese127 feet along the south margin of hellmers lane to the pob  jxco ms land deed bk 401 pp338339 their residence address was 207 general pershing avenue there was a rental house on one of the lots house fire caused by lightening destroyed most of their home september 13 1977 mr bowring was led out of the burning house by alice duckett mrs wilda l bowring suffered burns and smoke inhalation and died in late october as a result of injuries from the conflagration she was a member of the colonial dames daughters of the american revolution les masques carnival club and the biloxi yacht club member of st alphonsus catholic church buried at the biloxi cemetery  the ocean springs record september 15 1977 pp 12 and the daily herald october 27 1977 p a2  mrs wilda bowring left an estate valued at approximately 300000 her principal beneficiaries were patricia t leavitt of ocean springs mississippi barbara t kroningen of downers grove illinois jxco ms chancery court cause no 33566 in june 1978 lynden bowring executor of the estate of wilda lopez bowring sold to charles e carr and joy r carr the two parcels above jxco ms land deed bk 621 p 501 in 1996 dr william pontius built a large home lattiude at hellmers lane on the former site of bowring s boathouse when lynden bowring expired on april 8 1980 he was living at his apartment house at 414 east howard avenue in biloxi he willed his real estate at 900 east beach biloxi to  beverly lopez berggren  his sisterinlaw and  patricia tarr leavitt  his nieceinlaw harco ms 2 nd jd chancery court cause no 9853  cause no 9853estate of lynden bowring1980 patricia tarr leavitt executrix of lynden bowing s estate bowring was married three times his first wife died and he divorced his second spouse two children born of first marriage but children died wife preceded him in death no children left property at 900 east beach biloxi to beverly lopez berggren his sisterinlaw and patricia tarr leavitt his nieceinlaw mr bowring was affiliated with ct bowring and co ltd of london england he owned a onehalf interest in the carlton apartments on union drive in los angeles lynden bowring died on april 8 1980 berggrenleavitt beverly lopez berggren  19041991 called bee and lillie was the daughter of lazaro lopez ii and eurilda seal she was educated at the sacred heart academy and mississippi southern college miss lopez married captain oscar e berggren 18931964 no children they resided on suter street at biloxi she was a charter member of les masques carnival club passed on at biloxi on october 26 1991  the sun herald october 29 1991  captain oscar e berggren was a native of fjallbacka sweden he made his livelihood on the sea during his fortysix year naval career captain berggren had worked for the waterman and morgan steamship lines during wwii he sailed on merchant vessels from canada to europe facing the relentless pursuit of german uboats he was fortunate as on several occasions his ship had close encounters with german torpedoes captain berggren was a member of the masters mates and pilots association  the daily herald january 6 1964 p 2  mrs beverly lopez berggren legated her interest in live oak to patricia t leavitt clara lopez campbell d aquilla b 1936 was her executrix mrs d aquilla was legated mrs berggren s home at 1092 west beach blvd in biloxi harco ms 2 nd jd chancery court cause no p2077b  patricia tarr leavitt  b 1919 was the daughter of leslie r tarr 18971972 and clara lopez 19021936 leslie r tarr met miss lopez during wwi when he was a sailor posted at the gulfport naval station they eloped and were married at ocean springs mississippi on december 8 1918 by judge od davidson 18721938 mr tarr resided at glendale california where he was employed as a newspaperman in los angeles miss lopez was a student at newcomb college in new orleans at the time of her nuptials  the daily herald september 6 1919 p 4 and  jxco ms mrb 11 p 573 the tarrs had another daughter  barbara tarr kroninger  19211983 who was born at biloxi mississippi on february 15 1921 her mother had come here from california for a visit with her family and barbara was born here   barbara tarr was a stewardess for delta airlines and during wwii had been a navy nurse she married lt jg nolan kroninger usn a native of cowden illinois on september 26 1946 he was aboard the  uss lexington  when it was sunk by japanese aircraf in 1942 the kronigers eventually settled at downers grove illinois  the daily herald   february 18 1921 p 3   october 7 1946 p 6  and clara l d aquilla october 23 2000 clara l tarr divorced leslie r tarr in california he was a resident of santa barbara california in 1941 and passed on at newport beach california in july 1972 clara then married paul o froede 18961968 in new york on may 28 1929 mr froede was a native of brooklyn and had been a regular visitor to biloxi the newly weds planned a sixweeks honeymoon trip through new england and canada before returning to biloxi  the daily herald june 5 1929 p 2  patricia jeanne tarr married  clyde m leavitt  b 1910 a naval architect from syracuse new york he was the son of clyde leavitt and patricia mcgowen miss tarr was a student at the university of mississippi when they met mr leavitt was employed at ingalls shipbuilding corporation in pascagoula at the time they married in jackson county mississippi on june 7 1941 two daughters were born from this union clara l d aquilla and jxco ms mrb 33 p 550 in april 1974 the leavitts bought lots 1 and 2 of block 50 gulf hills on 13901 puerto drive from wh mecom jr jxco ms land deed bk 495 p 549 sold gulf hills home in november 1994 to phillip l severson jr the leavitts moved to las cruces new mexico where they reside presently jxco ms land deed bk 1053 p 156 mrs leavitt suffered a stroke recently and is recovering claire l d aquilla october 18 2000  phillip d ward in march 1984 mary l harvey sold her lot to phillip d ward bk 142 p 585 in march 1984 bergrrenleavitt sold their lot to phillip d ward bk 142 p 587  robert e hebert in april 1987 robert e hebert took a deed of trust from phillip d ward on the property he defaulted on his payments to hebert in april 1988 james b person substitute trustee sold the lot to hebert bk 200 pp 6869 when hebert defaulted on his performance conditions and provisions of his deed of trust with harvey and leavittbergreen larry c corban jr trustee sold on july 3 1989 to mary l harvey for 8365614 bk 211 pp 208210 corban sold the other lot to berggrenleavitt for 15353775 bk 211 pp 212214  mrs berggren dies when mrs beverly lopez berggren passed she legated her interest in live oak to patricia t leavitt mrs berggren was known as bee and lillie clara lopez campbell d aquilla b 1936 was her executrix mrs d aquilla was legated mrs berggren s home at 1092 west beach blvd in biloxi harco ms 2 nd jd chancery court cause no p2077bmarch 1993  frederick j burmont in march 1993 for 5000 patricia t leavitt and mary l harvey 19101999 sold an option to purchase the site to frederick j burmont in march 1993 if option selected the selling price would be 800000 harco ms 2 nd jd land deed bk 53 p 417 in october 1993 patricia t leavitt and mary l harvey sold live oak to the oak place development company a mississippi corporation harco ms 2 nd jd land deed bk 262 pp 8485 oak place development company led by frederick j burmont and headquartered at daytona beach florida in may 1994 the stockholders voted to sell their biloxi land to ronald w blacklidge for 1700000 sold in june 1994 to blacklidge with oaks at tullis inc of gulfport harco ms 2 nd jd land deed bk 271 pp421434  oaks at tullis oaks at tullis inc to city of biloxi mississippi harco ms 2 nd jd land deed bk 358 pp 7886    references  chancery court causes harrison county mississippi chancery court cause no 14868   ex parte mrs adrienne de lappe sporl et al   september 1936 harrison county mississippi chancery court cause no 24334   the estate of lucinda davis stamps   december 1946 will book 9 pp 241243 harrison county mississippi chancery court cause no 37904   the estate of joan minor   october 1961 harrison county mississippi chancery court cause no 53890   mrs jane farrar wood v the unknown heirs of edgar howard farrar and lucinda davis stamps   may 1967 harrison county mississippi chancery court 2 nd judicial district cause no 9853   the estate of lynden bowring  1980 harrison county mississippi chancery court 2 nd judicial district cause no p2077b  the estate of beverly lopez berggren   march 1993 mississippi state highway commission v mildred farrar mrs ralph b wood edith barnes farrar mrs joseph goldsberger mrs richard f goldsborough maude ellen farrar stamps farrar and edward h farrar  cause no 12936   harco ms land deed bk 399 pp 4445  cause no 27220 clara m campbell jackson county mississippi chancery court cause no 33566   the estate of wilda lopez bowring   january 1979 books american state papers  volume iii public lands 18151824 the southern historical press inc greenville south carolina1994 nap l cassibry ii  early settlers and land grants at biloxi  volume 1 and volume ii special issue no 5 mississippi coast historical genealogical society biloxi mississippi1986 charles h dyer  along the gulf  women of the trinity episcopal church pass christian mississippi1971 th glenn  the mexican gulf coast illustrated  graham delchamps mobile alabama1893 magazines antiques gazette   southdown plantation now historic house and museum   june 1993   journals the biloxi herald   local happenings   february 6 1892 the biloxi herald   biloxi chief industry   september 12 1892 the biloxi herald   local happenings   september 28 1892 the biloxi herald   local happenings   april 29 1893 the biloxi herald   local happenings  june 10 1893 the biloxi herald   local happenings  july 1 1893 the biloxi daily herald   kuhndesporte   may 1 1903 p 5 the biloxi daily herald   joseph kuhn   november 25 1903 the biloxi daily herald   necrologyfrank dunbar   january 31 1908 the biloxi daily herald   kuhnbourdon   december 20 1909 p 8 the daily herald   new orleans man killed by robbers   november 2 1911 the daily herald   biloxi news   november 3 1911 the daily herald  humpty dumpty speed marvel is sensation of biloxi motor races   july 13 1912 p 1 the daily herald   will be no race between speeders   july 12 1912 the daily herald   speed boats off on long cruise   july 3 1913 the daily herald   dunbar property on east beach has been sold to new orleanian   february 12 1914 the daily herald   thieves ransack the dunbar home   june 22 1914 the daily herald   ten graduates are given diplomas at closing exercises   may 29 1915 the daily herald   jahncke is hero of recent blow   july 10 1916 the daily herald   woodfarrar   september 12 1916 the daily herald   woodfarrar   september 13 1916 the daily herald   judge farrar to come to biloxi   april 9 1917 the daily herald   geo h dunbar dies in new orleans   october 19 1917 the daily herald   prominent man dies in new orleans   october 24 1918 the daily herald   mrs frank dunbar dead   may 31 1919 the daily herald   ernest lee jancke here   august 4 1919 the daily herald   girl of southern noted family joins husband in los angeles   september 6 1919 the daily herald   mrs dunbar dead   february 9 1920 august 27 1925 the daily herald   biloxi news paragraphs   february 18 1921 the daily herald   prominent biloxian sarah kuhn dead   april 26 1921 the daily herald   death claims prominent biloxi resident in judge eh farrar   january 7 1922 the daily herald   farrar remains buried   january 9 1922 the daily herald   edgar h farrar   january 9 1922 the daily herald   miss kate minor dead   december 4 1923 the daily herald   aunt dinah in local port   may 28 1923 the daily herald   biloxi news  lucille minor     august 27 1925 the daily herald   miss jahncke captain   december 10 1926 the daily herald   improving williams home   may 24 1928 the daily herald   biloxi news   september 1 1928 the daily herald   elizabeth kuhn dies   june 17 1929 p 2 the daily herald   froedetarr nuptials   june 5 1929 the daily herald   goldsborough bank head   may 27 1930 the daily herald   mrs ca sporl dies   august 28 1930 the daily herald   may adele kuhn dies   december 3 1930 p 2 the daily herald   farrarhoward   june 1 1933 the daily herald   miss jahncke to marry   october 13 1933 the daily herald   ca sporl dies   january 27 1936 the daily herald   attend sporl funeral   january 29 1936 the daily herald   ca sporl dies   january 31 1936 the daily herald   mrs paul froede dies   september 24 1936 the daily herald   john duncan minor dies   august 9 1937 the daily herald   barkleytullis wedding   october 9 1938 the daily herald    sporl gives yacht to coast guard   april 21 1941 the daily herald   dr james wallace world war captain dies at biloxi   october 28 1942 the daily herald   kroningertarr   october 7 1946 the daily herald   mrs farrar dies burial in new orleans   november 13 1946 the daily herald   mrs laura sporl kileen   march 6 1956 the daily herald   know your coast   the biloxi house with the english fence 1956 the daily herald   mrs joan minor   may 29 1956 the daily herald   minor rites   may 31 1956 the daily herald   capt berggren taken by death   january 6 1964 the daily herald   know your coast     the biloxi house with the english fence    november 5 1964 the daily herald   miss mildred farrar   february 8 1967 the daily herald   rb wood  october 26 1967 the daily herald   widow   mary h farrar  of dr goldberger dies in biloxi home    september 12 1969 the daily herald   louis w harvey   january 20 1970 the daily herald   mrs wilda lopez bowring   october 27 1977 the ocean springs record   saved from fire september 15 1977 the sun herald   mrs beverly berggren october 29 1991 the sun herald   mary l harvey november 14 1999 the timespicayune   married  anna g farrar and richard f goldsborough     january 1 1905 the timespicayune   miss lucy farrar s brilliant career ends sadly in paris   october 28 1910 the timespicayune   dr goldberger pellagra s foe dies for science   january 18 1929 the timespicayune   jahncke named to special duty with navy here    may 19 1941 the timespicayune   mrs farrar 89 expires at biloxi   november 213 1946 the timespicayune   stamps farrar last rites held   may 4 1950 the timespicayune   stamps farrar   may 5 1950 the timespicayune   thomas p farrar dies in new york   june 12 1951 the timespicayune   deaths   edith barnes farrar     february 21 1959 the timespicayune     ernest lee   jahncke rites planned today   november 17 1960 the timespicayune   mrs jahncke rites planned   march 20 1970 the timespicayune   deaths   anna farrar goldsborough     december 12 1970 the timespicayune     anna farrar goldsborough   excartoonist s rites are held   february 2 1971 personal communication  a bruce ducketttelephone conversation on october 10 2000 at ocean springs mississippi bache whitlocktelephone conversation on october 19 2000 at ocean springs mississippi clara l d aquillatelephone conversation on october 18 2000 at biloxi mississippi clara l d aquillainterview at 1092 beach blvd on october 23 2000 at biloxi ms cause no 9853estate of lynden bowring1980 patricia tarr leavitt executrix of his estate married three times first wife died divorced second two children born of first marriage but children died wife preceded him in death no children left property at 900 east beach biloxi to beverly lopez berggren his sisterinlaw and patricia tarr leavitt his nieceinlaw bowring affiliated with ct bowring and co ltd of london england owned a onehalf interest in the carlton apartments on union drive in los angeles bowring died april 8 1980  baldwin wood vancebohngillis house an outstanding example of historic preservation at biloxi mississippi  501 east beach and 806 west beach in june 1912  albert baldwin wood  18791956 called baldwin wood  acquired a frame house and lot on east beach at biloxi mississippi from alvin t sic howard 18891937 the transaction was reported in the daily herald as follows alvin t sic howard of new orleans to ab wood of new orleans one lot in biloxi with a frontage on the gulf of mexico of 136 feet and running back to howard avenue said lot is bounded on the east by keller s addition and on the west by land acquired by frank t howard also that certain lot which has a frontage on the gulf of ½ arpent and running back to property formerly belonging to thomas lonez and bounded on the west by bellman alley also one lot bounded on the north by the property of christopher gardner and on the west by bellman alley also one lot on the pass christian road and bounded on the east by lands belonging to pierre debuys and on the west by land belonging to jacques ryan terms 4500 cash and for the balance vendee executed four promissory notes each for 3375 the baldwin wood tract was described in june 1912 in the harrison county chancery court as follows 223 feet on the mexican gulf and ran north between parallel lines to howard avenue it was bounded on the west by bellman street on the north by howard avenue on the east by the keller addition subdivision and on the south by the gulf wood had sold three lots from this parcel to comisky elliott and sharway harrison co mississippi land deed bk 99 p 381 alvin pike howard was a son of frank turner howard 18551911 and emma cora pike 18501898 he was vending the family home at biloxi to mr wood baldwin wood baldwin wood 18791956 was born at new orleans to john s wood 18411912 a native of maryland and octavie bouligny 18521928 of new orleans the daughter of gustave bouligny and octavie fortier the bouligny family was decedent from francisco bouligny 17361800 the first spanish military governor of louisiana and the founder of new iberia louisiana in 1779 alcee fortier 18561914 noted louisiana historian author and professor of romance languages at tulane university was a cousin baldwin was reared at 5026 prytania street with siblings  john fox wood  18751944 m leona moore 18821959 and may clara spearing the widow of edgar howard farrar jr 18791911 and ralph bouligny wood  18841967 m jane kempe farrar 181982 the farrar family of new orleans had a summer residence in biloxi at 909 east beach drive now part of the ohro keefe museum of art campus albert baldwin baldwin wood was named albert baldwin wood for his uncle albert baldwin 18341912 uncle albert was born at watertown massachusetts on april 7 1834 as a young man he discovered that he had a keen mathematical mind and it was logical for baldwin to find employment as a bookkeeperaccountant at boston he was employed with beebee morgan company replacing his brother henry fay baldwin who had relocated to new orleans among his fellow accountants in that massachusetts firm were levi p morton 18241920 cornelius bliss and marshall field 18341906  the daily picayune april 22 1912 p 1  in 1858 albert baldwin left boston for new orleans to join his brother in the crescent city he was employed with burnside company a prominent dry goods merchandiser in 1862 albert baldwin 18341912 married arthemise bouligny 18401911 they were the parents of six children henry fay baldwin albert baldwin jr 18661915 david gilmore baldwin d 1912 of el paso county texas alice b vairin gustave b baldwin and mrs william ottman died pre1912 of new york after the civil war baldwin joined ch slocomb co circa 1870 the firm became slocomb baldwin co which evolved into the extensivehardware house of a baldwin co ltd albert baldwin was an entrepreneur he was president of the new orleans national bank vice president of the timesdemocrat publishing company and actively associated with the union ferry company american brewing company the national rice milling company and the gullet gin company a baldwin company ltd hardware wholesaler and retailer new orleans national bank president  the timesdemocrat publishing company vicepresident board of director of the following union ferry company american brewing company national rice milling company gullett gin company new orleans waterworks company new orleans street railroad company sun life insurance company and the standard guano chemical manufacturing company socially mr baldwin was a member of the boston club founding member of the new orleans carnival association and ruled the city as rex during mardi gras and was a founding member of the southern yacht club in midapril 1912 albert baldwin expired from a stroke at his hancock county mississippi camp called baldwin lodge his remains were brought to his home at esplanade and north derbigny he was laid to rest in the metairie cemetery after his minister of the grace episcopal church performed funeral rites  career of baldwin wood baldwin wood graduated in electrical engineering from tulane university in 1899 he won the glendy burke award in mathematics baldwin took a position with the red river steam lines to maintain their electrical equipment he went to work for the safety electric company then commenced working for the drainage commission of new orleans as assistant manager under alfred raymond 18641920 in 1907 baldwin was promoted to mechanical engineer for the sewage and water board after the demise of alfred raymond in january 1920 baldwin wood headed the drainage operations for the city of new orleans in 1914 he had designed and a new pumping system with 12foot screw pumps that had the ability to efficiently lift large volumes of water against a load head the large pumps were constructed at milwaukee wisconsin and transported to the crescent city via the illinois central railroad the timespicayune january 16 1920 p 5 and the daily picayune july 2 1914 p 5 in late april 1915 mayor behrman new orleans city officials and engineers and officials of the sewage and water board witnessed the effectiveness of the baldwin wood s designed pump at pump station no 2 on broad street and melpomene the giant pump moved water down the metairie relief canal at the rate of 13500000 gallons per hour the timespicayune april 28 1915 p 9  international consultant baldwin wood became an engineering consultant while maintaining his working relationship with the sewer and water board at new orleans his pumps were vended in foreign countries as well as utah california florida and louisiana in holland wood advised the dutch in draining the zuider zee formerly a large inlet connected to the north sea today more than 400000 denizens inhabit this area now called the province of flevoland in the dutch east indies now indonesia he also installed pumps and at chicago he reconfigured the chicago drainage system and added additional pumping capacity during his lifetime mr wood developed 38 patents of which 68 were very successful circa 1938 baldwin wood became superintendent of the sewer and water board he continued in this capacity until his demise tulane awarded baldwin a doctorate in engineering in 1939 during wwii he became director of the civil defense board baldwin wood passed on may 10 1956 while sailing his beloved sloop  nydia  in the biloxi channel just south of his home on east beach louis gorenflo operator of a pleasure craft rescued the nydia and towed it to its anchorage baldwin s corporal remains were interred at the metairie cemetery he was survived by his wife nola smith wood and brother ralph b wood the daily herald may 11 1956 p 1  marriage baldwin wood had married nola bradford smith 18891974 the daughter of henry hyams smith 18541902 and lennoe lee schermerhorn 18621955 at new orleans in the christ church chapel on april 26 1908 mr smith was the secretary of the board of trade at new orleans after his demise lennoe s smith married socrates drew 18531920 a wisconsin native in orleans parish louisiana in march 1914 they relocated to highmore south dakota and were living there in 1920 the daily picayune april 29 1908 p 18 nola and baldwin wood are known to have had only one child baldwin wood 19131913 he died as an infant at new orleans in december 1913 the daily herald december 18 1913 p 8 nola bradford smith wood expired at waveland hancock county mississippi on december 9 1974 the timespicayune december 12 1974  baldwin s siblings john f wood in august 1899 joseph fox wood 18751944 married leona moore 18821959 at lecompte rapides parish louisiana she was the daughter of james moore a justice of the peace and local butcher they were the parents of two children ruth octavia wood b 1901 m donald delgray demarest in may 1918 and giraud von nest foster in new york city in may june 1932 and robert spearing wood 19021995 m connie frances pierce 19091984 at dallas texas in may 1958 the daily picayune august 26 1899 p 8 john f wood filed for divorce from leona moore wood in harrison county mississippi in january 1914 he averred in the litigation that she had abandoned the family at new orleans in 1910 and was a resident of derry louisiana mr wood asked for custody of their two children leona had actually returned to lecompte louisiana and was living with her family she later married a mr harrison leona passed on june 25 1959 and her corporal remains interred in the lecompte cemetery the daily herald january 19 1914 p 1 and 1910 rapides parish louisiana federal census t624527 p 6a ed 84 at biloxi john f wood made his livelihood as a traveling commercial hardware salesman as a young man he had gone to work for his uncle albert baldwin s hardware business at new orleans they lived at 887 east beach drive on october 13 1917 in orleans parish louisiana john married may clara spearing farrar the widow of edgar howard farrar jr 19871911 she brought a son edgar h farrar iii 19122000 into the marriage john fox wood died at the biloxi hospital on july 7 1944 his corporal remains were sent to new orleans for burial in the metairie cemetery the daily herald july 7 1944 p 5  909 east beach drive in april 1917 for 7750 lucinda davis stamps farrar 18571946 of nola acquired the fh dunbar house from nelms logan of hancock county mississippi mrs farrar was the grandmother of edgar h farrar iii and would become the former motherinlaw of may clara spearing farrar after she married john fox wood included in the sale were all buildings and improvements ½ interest in artesian water well all furniture and fixtures in and personal property in buildings bathhouse pier and riparian rights the former frank h dunbar home was described as having fourteen rooms and a large beautiful lawn the jessie a smyly biloxi real estate agent handled the transaction  the daily herald april 9 1917 p 4 and  harco ms land deed bk 118 p 430  ralph b wood ralph bouligny wood 18841967 married jane kempe farrar 18891982 at the church of the redeemer in biloxi on september 12 1916 she was the daughter of judge edgar howard farrar 18491922 a native of concordia parish louisiana and lucinda davis stamps farrar 18571946 of new orleans the young couple honeymooned at asheville north carolina before traveling to their home in cuba where mr wood was employed with the cubanamerican sugar company  the daily herald september 13 1916 p 3  in retirement the ralph b wood family lived in the hermann house at 523 east beach in biloxi ralph b wood retired as the executive vice president of the cuban american sugar company their daughter jane kempe wood 19171977 married james wallace pringle 19141971 in december 1938 at the church of the redeemer jane k wood and james w pringle had a daughter jane susie pringle b 1942 who married leo william seal jr 19242008 former ceo of the hancock bank all members of this family that are deceased were interred in southern memorial park cemetery at biloxi mississippi with the exception of leo w seal jr who was buried in the garden of memory memorial park cemetery at bay st louis mississippi  the daily herald october 26 1967 p 2  the james w pringle family resided at 523 east beach in biloxi mr pringle once owned the plymouthdesoto automobile agency at gulfport at the time of his demise he worked in real estate at gulfport mississippi james was past commodore of the biloxi yacht club and was a member of the mithras carnival club he was an enthusiastic hunter and fisherman and belonged to the skeet club james wallace pringle 19141971 had married jane kempe wood 19171977 in december 1938 she was the daughter of ralph bouligny wood 18841967 and jane kempe farrar 18891982 both natives of new orleans and also residents of 523 east beach at biloxi ralph s brother was albert baldwin wood 18791956 who was a brilliant electrical engineer and responsible for developing the large screw pumps which have drained the city of new orleans since 1915 baldwin resided at 501 east beach at biloxi james w pringle expired at howard memorial hospital at biloxi mississippi on may 31 1971 he was survived by his spouse and two children ralph wood pringle of pascagoula mississippi and jane pringle hurlbert of mississippi city three brothers lv pringle jr 19021974 and victor b pringle 19091977 of biloxi and vivian pringle 19121992 the wife of archibald clinton hewes 19041978 of gulfport will in his will albert baldwin wood appointed nola smith wood his spouse as executrix his estate chancery court case no 38670 was probated and executed in harrison county mississippi in december 1960 as follows 1 ownership of the wood house at biloxi was divided as follows nola smith wood 23 and the administrators of the tulane educational fund 13 2 nola smith wood received a ½ interest in the furniture fixtures and other articles of personal property at 501 east beach and a ½ interest in the ford coupe she was also bequeathed the family horse 3 the nydia was legated to tulane university 4 ralph b wood was legated a ½ interest in the 1158 acre parcel at the west end of deer island in section 34 t7sr9w sale on december 21 1960 nola smith wood a resident of hancock county mississippi sold her 23 interest in 501 east beach to the administrators of the tulane educational fund for 70800 tulane then sold 501 east beach to the biloxi port commission harrison county ms land deed bk 473 p 288 and bk 509 p 308  lease1963 on january 15 1963 the biloxi port commission headed by jacinto b baltar executed a fifteen year lease with the city of biloxi the rents were on a sliding scale which commenced at 13632 per year and would be 8861 in the terminal year 1978 the city of biloxi also had an option to acquire the former baldwin wood tract with improvements for 132 912 if purchased before january 14 1964 harrison county ms land deed bk 484  house of treasures in august 1964 mrs locke brown restored the baldwin wood home to its former elegance when she opened her house of treasures she exhibited antique furniture of louis xiv and louis xv as well as chippendale the home was also a venue for viewing aubusson rugs and tapestry as well as objets d art of many origins the daily herald september 10 1964 p 3  camille1969 the baldwin wood home was reportedly destroyed or severely damaged by hurricane camille on august 17 1969   806 west beach 501 east beach vancebohngillis house the vancebohngillis house was situated at 806 west beach boulevard just west of the buena vista hotel at biloxi mississippi it was described as   very important architecturally as it represents a virtually intact transplanting of the louisiana planation type to the gulf coast there are minor differences to be found and a great number of similarities the hip roof dormers peripteral gallery slender turned gallery posts symmetrical facade and central hall plan all being typical features found in louisiana   the buildings of biloxi 1976 p 121 the land records of hancock and harrison county mississippi record that in september 1838 eliza m vance 18001882 acquired a large tract of land at biloxi mississippi from thomas bassett of new orleans louisiana the sale was described as follows   a certain tract of land having one hundred and seventyfive feet 175 feet more or less front on the gulf of mexico and running back between parallel lines forty arpents to the bay of biloxi and bounded at that date on the upper side by lands belonging to james hopkins and on the lower side by lands belonging to william vance  and  a lot or parcel of land adjoining the above and on the east side thereof and measuring one hundred seventynine feet 179 feet   harrison co mississippi land deed bk 22 p  eliza m vance eliza mcneil vance  18001882 was a native of boston massachusetts at the time of her demise on july 17 1882 at biloxi mississippi she was the widow of gilbert vance who had passed before 1850 and a resident of 181 canal street at new orleans eliza had married gilbert vance and they were the parents of four sons and two daughters all natives of new orleans in 1830 and in 1840 they owned 6 slaves and 5 slaves respectfully 1830 orleans parish louisiana m19 r45 p 126 and 1840 orleans parish louisiana federal census r132 p 15 image 36 by 1860 eliza vance was living with her two sons hamilton vance 18321881 and dr william deare vance 18381881 and three grandchildren henry vance b 1850 lise vance b 1852 and louisa vance b 1859 she had a personal estate valued at 8000 while hamilton s personal estate was worth 15001860 orleans parish louisiana federal census m653421 p 140 image 140 by 1870 eliza m vance and family were domiciled with an english family at new orleans the family at this time consisted of eliza vance b 1796 william vance b 1825 e vance female b 1840 lizzie vance b 1864 luckett vance b 1867 h henry vance b 1848 mary vance b 1842 william vance b 1844 and b byrne vance b 18681870 orleans parish louisiana federal census m593521 p 853b image 255  the will of eliza vance on june 12 1879 eliza vance although bodily ill but of sound mind in the presence of edward pilsbury ernest b kruttsschmitt enslow holt james i day george w lee leonard m finley and walter s keplinger all competent witnesses above the age of twentyone and residents of orleans parish louisiana presented her will closed and sealed it read as follows  june 11 1879 i the undersigned widow eliza vance do hereby declare this my last will and testament after my debts are paid and the amount reserved by law to my forced heirs is deducted and distributed according to the law i make the following disposition of the remainder of my property  item i  i give and bequeath to mrs lizzie vance   widow of my deceased son hamilton vance the sum of five thousand dollars lizzie was born lizzie luckett 18401919 probably in rapides parish louisiana  item ii  i give and bequeath to lizzie vance   luckett vance  and byrne vance  all children of my deceased son  hamilton vance  by his marriage to said mrs lizzie vance  the sum of three thousand dollars each to be invested for their benefit by my executors at the discretion of my said executors and the annual income to be paid to their mother for their use during their minority item iii  i give and bequeath to willie vance and mary vance  two of the children of my said deceased son by his first wife the sum of three thousand dollars each item iv  i give and bequeath to mrs caroline zacharie the sum of five hundred dollars item v  i give and bequeath to james o donohoe  the sum of five hundred dollars james o donohoe 18191900 was born at county carlow ireland and came to biloxi in 1867 from new orleans he worked for mrs vance as caretaker of her biloxi property o donohoe was paid 40 per month for his duties which included taking care of her pier he was elected to the biloxi city council and served as a councilman in 1893 mr o donohoe passed at biloxi on may 21 1900 the biloxi herald january 14 1893 p 8 and may 22 1900 p 8  item vi  i give and bequeath the sum of three hundred dollars to each of the following charitable institutions all of the city of new orleans  the little sisters of the poor   the home of the aged and infirmed   the louisiana retreat  and the insane asylum  item vii  i give and bequeath to miss sarah hill or hull   to james i day and to edward pilsbury  all of the city of new orleans the sum of five hundred dollars each item viii  any residue of my estate after paying the above legacies is to be divided equally share and share alike between thesaid lizzie vance luckett vance byrne vance willie vance  and mary vance  children of my deceased son hamilton vance  and said four charitable institutions aforesaid item ix  i hereby appoint and constitute james i day and edward pilsbury of the city of new orleans to be the testamentary executors with full seizure of my estate and succession and without bond item x  i hereby cancel and revoke any and all other prior testaments made by me thus done and signed by me at the city of new orleans the date above designated  commissioner s sale in the march 1884 term of the chancery court of harrison county mississippi litigation to partition the lands of the deceased eliza m vance at biloxi mississippi was adjudicated in chancery court case no 269 luckett vance byrne vance minors by james i day their next friend and mary flower vs lizzie vance a minor by william a champlin her guardian ad litem and others fs hewes commissioner sold for cash to the highest bidder at biloxi mississippi on may 23 1884 in front of the residence of mrs vance the following lands i a certain piece of land having 175 feet more or less fron on the gulf of mexico running back from said gulf to the back bay of biloxi between parallel lines forty arpents more or less which was acquired on the 15 th of september 1838 from thomas bassett and bounded on the upper or west side by lands of james hopkins and on the lower or east side by lands of william vance and afterwards by major john mountford   sic south by said gulf north by the back bay the following described parcel of land sold by mrs eliza vance to james o donohoe on the 15 th day of january 1878 is excepted from this sale that certain tract of land fronting on the new orleans chattanooga railroad measuring 172 feet front and running back north between parallel lines 400 feet bounded on the south by the right of way of said railroad west by the mcneal property north by the property of mrs eliza vance and east by an alley of 20 feet in width together with all the tenements and hereditaments to said before said lots of land belonging or in any was appertaining ii a lot of land adjoining the first land on the east side and measuring 179 feet more or less on the gulf of mexico acquired by mrs vance from the heirs of john montfort on the 17 th day of november 1875 which conveying was duly recorded and is referred to for a more perfect description said lot being bounded on the north by the back bay of biloxi south by the gulf of mexico west by the property of eliza vance and east by that of callavet sic both of said parcels or tracts of land being subject to the right of way granted to the new orleans and chattanooga railroad   john montford  17951875 like eliza mcneil vance was a native of massachusetts in 1850 he was a resident of biloxi mississippi and stated that the value of his real estate was 150000 julia c guice  1850 census of harrison county mississippi  p 46 in the commissioner s sale held at biloxi on september 8 1884 jeanjacques robert loeliger 18461923 a swiss immigrant domiciled at new orleans acquired the lands of eliza m vance for 5250 in december 1884 harrison county mississippi chancery court judge s evans after deducting 44696 in expenses involved in executing his adjudication ie clerk costs printer s billing commissioner s fee sheriff s fee witness fees allowance for guardian ad litem and allowance for solicitors complaints awarded each of the heirs of eliza m vance luckett vance byrne vance mary vance flower and lizzie vance onequarter of the sale proceeds after expenses or 120076 each harrison county mississippi chancery court case no 269may 1884 of the heirs of mrs eliza e vance the author could only determine with a high degree of certitude that lizzie luckett vance b september 1865 was married on december 27 1887 to charles hansford shields of louisville kentucky in orleans parish louisiana the ceremony was at the home of the bride s mother after the ceremony the newlyweds left the crescent city to make their home at louisville the daily picayune november 6 1887 p 9 and january 1 1888 p 9 lizzie luckett vance 18401919 the mother of lizzie l vance shields died at louisville kentucky in february 1919 j byrne vance 18681919 her son was living in rapides parish louisiana at the time of her demise the new orleans state february 12 1919 p 13  us highway no i110 and the vancebohngillis house in 19721973 the mississippi highway department now mdot began acquiring by purchase and eminent domain parcels and partial tracts of land from denizens west of the new buena vista hotel the purpose of this expenditure was to acquire a corridor to erect an elevated highway called us highway no i110 which connected to us highway no i10 in north biloxi later called d iberville south and across the back bay of biloxi to us highway no 90 a major eastwest highway that parallels the mississippi sound from biloxi west to pass christian mississippi this thoroughfare was completed and opened for trafficin february 1988 the sun herald february 20 1988 p a3 the vancebohngillis house located 218 feet east of hopkins boulevard and west of the new buena vista hotel in the 800 block of west beach boulevard was situated in the direct path of us highway no i110 the new buena vista hotel acquired the gillis tract for 125000 in october 1958 from the estate of lucille bohn gillis 18641957 her heirs were marcel gillis daphne gillis caffery lucille gillis minor mortimer wife of frank hastings mortimer joan mortimer williams and louise boykin harrison county ms land deed bk 441 p 246 and harrison co mississippi chancery court cause no 38245august 1958  history augustus bohn  18301897 a native of neuchatel switzerland arrived at new orleans in his youth and with his industry and desire toiled as a lowly carriage driver to become a very wealthy and successful cotton merchant augustus married lucille w hills  18381927 a native of tennessee at new orleans they resided at 91 esplanade where they reared eight children five of their progeny survived into the 20 th century  nita bohn  18591928 m g otto weber 18471901  leila bohn  18491944 m edward a ferguson  lucille w bohn  18641957 m alfred barre gillis 18551914 augustus bohn ii 18661896  dr  h roberson bohn  18691901 m louise mcneil kennedy 18541920 the widow of thomas s kennedy ulrich bohn 18701873 sue hill bohn 18721874 and fergus bohn  18781928  biloxi augustus bohn began acquiring land at biloxi in april 1888 when he acquired for 5300 from jeanjacques robert loeliger 18461923 a swiss immigrant born at arlesheim and resident of 1215 napoleon at new orleans the former eliza m vance tract this parcel was described in harrison county mississippi chancery court case no 269 luckett vance byrne vance minors by james i day their next friend and mary flower vs lizzie vance a minor by william a champlin her guardian ad litem and others harrison co mississippi land deed bk 23 p 222 and the timespicayune august 31 1923 p 2 augustus bohn died at biloxi mississippi on march 3 1897 lucille w hills bohn lived at biloxi until her death on april 14 1927 their corporal remains were interred in the metairie cemetery the daily picayune march 9 1897 p 3 and the timespicayune april 15 1927 p 2 lucille g gillis and fergus bohn came into possession of the vancebohngillis house in 1928 following the demise of their older sister nita bohn weber 18591928 who passed on february 23 1928 mrs weber left an estate valued at 101 392 a portion of her legacy was a ¼ interest in the trianon theatre at 814 canal street at the time it was leased to the saenger theatre for 13000 annually the timespicayune may 25 1928 p 3 and harrison county mississippi chancery court case no no 10393december 1923 with the demise of fergus bohn 18781928 on november 5 1928 lucille bohn gillis became the sole owner of their west beach biloxi home in his will fergus named her as   sole beneficiary of my estate and she inherit all property real and personal   harrison county mississippi chancery court case no 107991928 fergus bohn remained a bachelor during his life and lived at biloxi where he was an insurance clerk and a director of the first national bank of biloxi he resided with his mother on west beach fergus was a sportsman enjoying fishing in the mexican gulf and playing golf at the biloxi golf club he was also a yachtsman and enthusiastic member of the biloxi yacht club in july 1912 he went to mobile to coax a us revenue cutter to participate in the byc regatta fergus was elected vice commodore of the byc in december 1917 to serve with john j kennedy commodore elect he served on many of the byc committees the daily herald july 6 1912 p 1 and the timespicayune december 30 1917 p 3 fergus bohn won a 72hole medal play golf tournament at the biloxi golf club in the spring of 1919 he took 312 strokes for the four rounds which averages to a respectable score of 78 strokes for each round of golf the daily herald march 21 1919 p 6  lucille bohn gillis lucille bohn gillis was born at new orleans in 1864 she married alfred barre gillis 18551914 the son of marcelin gillis 18241896 and carolina nancy griffin 18361909 in orleans parish louisiana on april 12 1888 alfred b gillis made his livelihood as secretary of the board of trade at new orleans they were the parents of lucille m gillis 18891954 m john duncan minor 18761937 marcel alfred gillis 18921971 m marie caffery 18931991 and daphne w gillis 18951973 m ambassador edward caffery 18891982  vancebohngillis house relocated in february 1977 the mississippi state highway commission authorized the city of biloxi to advertise for the removal of the bohngillis house from west beach boulevard to the vacant baldwin wood tract at 501 east beach on july 25 1977 a 98385 contract for phase i of the restoration of the relocated structure was signed with jo collins inc of biloxi as contractor and nicholas h holmes jr architect who was located at 257 n conception street in mobile alabama the work to be performed was for the exterior of the house and it was completed in late march 1978 city of biloxi mississippi minute bk 47 p 28 and bk 48 p 76 and email from charles chuck collinsjuly 29 2013 larry cosper a former biloxi businessman relates that jo collins inc was hired by the city of biloxi to dismantle and relocate the old structure he remembers that it was cut into two segments before moving larry cospertelephone conversation july 27 2013  mississippi department of archives and history elbert hilliard of the mississippi department of history declared the bohngillis house to be a state archeological landmark on december 6 1978 and a mississippi landmark on december 6 1985 harrison ms 2 nd jd land deed bk 89 p 195200 and bk 170 p 298  city of biloxi1982 the biloxi port commission on april 13 1982 conveyed the bohngillis house to the city of biloxi mississippi bobby g o barr was president and neville j broussard the secretary of the biloxi port commission at this time the tract was described as having 223 feet on the gulf harrison county ms 2 nd jd land deed bk 119 p 372  joseph r thornton iii1983 the city of biloxi on august 3 1983 vended the former baldwin wood tract on east beach and bellman street to joseph joe robert thornton iii b 1933 joe r thornton iii was the son of captain joseph r thornton jr 19101990 and rosa lee latimer b 1911 captain thornton was a commercial fisherman and was employed in the local seafood industry joe was reared at 1720 east howard avenue with siblings patsy ann thornton b 1937 m jerry w bell and linda sue thornton b 1939 m james carroll corso sr 193519901940 harrison co mississippi federal census t6272024 p 12a ed 245 joe r thornton iii married shirley ann mickoul the daughter of mickey mickoul and young mickoul in harrison county mississippi in august 1953 they were the parents of jo love thornton m derel j broussard robert m thornton 19552004 m marianne tauzin 19541995 and linda sue douglas 19522002 and gregory m thornton m leslie drake 19542004 harrison co mississippi circuit court mrb 95 p 64  episcopal church of the redeemer1990 joseph r thornton iii and shirley a thornton conveyed the bohngillis house to the episcopal church of the redeemer on december 14 1990 the church used the bohngillis house as a manse for its rector father jackson c biggers resided here in the early 1990s before returning to his missionary work in malawi harrison county ms 2 nd jd land deed bk 227 p 117  hurricane katrina2005 the bohngillis house was reportedly a victim of hurricane katrina on august 29 2005 evergreen century company llc2010 on september 3 2010 the church of the redeemer sold the baldwin wood tract to the evergreen century company llc of henderson nevada duc v nguyen is the manager at henderson nevada the company can be reached by mail at po box 8155 gulfport mississippi 395068155 harrison county ms land deed instrument no 2217 dj2  references  the buildings of biloxi an architectural survey  city of biloxi mississippi1976 julia c guice  1850 census of harrison county mississippi  city of biloxi mississippi  chancery court cases harrison county mississippi chancery court cause no 269luckett vance et al v lizzie l vance et al1884 harrison county mississippi chancery court cause no 350estate of mrs eliza vance june 1893 harrison county mississippi chancery court cause no 10393the estate of nita bohn weberdecember 1923 harrison county mississippi chancery court cause no 10799the estate of fergus bohnjune 1928 harrison county mississippi chancery court cause no 38245the estate lucille bohn gillisaugust 1958 harrison county mississippi chancery court cause no 38670the estate of albert baldwin wooddecember 1960 orleans parish louisiana civil district court cause no 6484successio of eliza vancejuly 1882  journals the biloxi herald   water sport   may 8 1897 the biloxi herald   the old and the new   january 14 1893 the biloxi herald   death of auguste bohn   march 13 1897 the biloxi herald   water sport  nydia     may 8 1897 the biloxi herald   local city news   august 7 1897 the biloxi daily herald   james o donohoe   may 22 1900 the biloxi daily herald   hr bohn  dr hr bohn s obituary     november 9 1901 the biloxi daily herald   city news  dr hr bohn s obituary     november 10 1901 the coast beacon   commissioner s sale   april 19 1884 the daily herald   this week list a lengthy one   june 14 1912 the daily herald   woods baby dead   december 18 1913 the daily herald   biloxi man  john f woods  wants divorce   january 19 1914 the biloxi herald   well known man  alfred b gillis  dies in biloxi   july 15 1914 the daily herald   woodfarrar   september 13 1916 the daily herald   will endeavor to get cutter   july 6 1912 the daily herald   miss smith to wed mr ogden   november 7 1914 the daily herald   biloxi yacht club elects   december 30 1917 the daily herald   first national elects   january 16 1919 the daily herald   biloxian win in golf tournament   march 21 1919 the daily herald   former biloxi resident  louise mcneil bohn  dead   july 31 1920 the daily herald   orleanians in biloxi   july 30 1932 the daily herald   miss  jane  wood complimented   december 29 1932 the daily herald   john f wood dies   july 7 1944 the daily herald   baldwin wood home  house of treasures september 10 1964 the daily herald   rb wood   october 26 1967 the daily herald   james w pringle   may 31 1971 the daily picayune   notice   july 29 1857 the daily picayune   bank notice   january 30 1874 the daily picayune   society   november 16 1887 the daily picayune   society   january 1 1888 the daily picayune   auguste bohn   marc 9 1897 the daily picayune   southern states items of interest   august 26 1899 the daily picayune   secretary smith s body brought home for burial   december 1 1902 the daily picayune   society   april 26 1908 the daily picayune   mrs albert baldwin   august 4 1911 the daily picayune   albert baldwin dies at lakeside lodge   april 22 1912 the daily picayune   howard home sold   june 11 1912 the daily picayune   nydia is stolen from moorings   november 7 1912 the daily picayune   nydia is recovered by baldwin wood   november 9 1912 the daily picayune   big pumps to come from milwaukee   july 2 1914 the new orleans item   funeral of alfred raymond held at residence   january 16 1920 the new orleans state   mrs ll vance   february 12 1919 the timespicayune   officials watch big pumps work   april 28 1915 the timespicayune   kennedy elected head of biloxi yacht club   december 30 1917 the timespicayune   alfred raymond at rest   january 16 1920 the timespicayune   loeliger   august 26 1923 the timespicayune   died  lucille w hills bohn     april 15 1927 the timespicayune   diedweber   february 24 1928 the timespicayune  weber heirs seek recognition in city   may 25 1928 the timespicayune fergus  bohn   november 6 1928 the timespicayune   society  mortimerminor     november 3 1931 the timespicayune   mrs ferguson 83 expires in chicago   december 22 1944 the timespicayune lennoe l schermerhorn smith  drew  october 18 1955 the timespicayune   baldwin wood found dead as boat drifts   may 11 1956 the timespicayune   baldwin wood s devotion to sloop nydia depicted   june 20 1956 the timespicayune   love for boat lives after owner   february 5 1961 the timespicayune     nola b  wood   december 12 1974 the timespicayune   ab wood s beloved sloop is enshrined at tulane center   july 6 1975 the timespicayune   officials watch big pumps work   april 28 1915  the pleasant reed house  18922008  306  elmer street  image made may 2001 by ray l bellande the pleasant reed house was situated at 987 elmer street in biloxi mississippi in section 28 t7sr9w it was built by pleasant reed 18611936 who was born into slavery at perry county mississippi in 1892 he erected a victorian cottage on the eastside of grand jack alley now called elmer street mr reed made his livelihood as a day laborer and sawmill worker it is very likely that pleasant reed was employed by the hw latimer sawmill which was situated at back bay and lameuse street  pleasant reed pleasant reed was born in perry county mississippi in january 1861 he was the son of came to biloxi circa 1876 married georgia harris on january 23 1884 in harrison county mississippi their children were emanual reed 18871973 victoria reed 18891910 percy reed 18911930 theresa reed 18941988 and paul reed 18981910 1900 federal census harco ms p 67a and 1910 federal census harco ms p 209b  pleasant reed house on january 11 1892 pleasant reed acquired a small lot from jacob elmer for 50 its metes and bounds description in the land deed records was as follows 50 feet fronting on grand jack alley and running east 184 feet and bounded on the north by mrs lizzie simon on the east by the estate of charles holley on the south by babe morris and on the west by grand jack alley harco ms land deed bk 27 p 298  area the pleasant read domicile has a total area of 1680 squarefeet gallery 90 squarefeet shotgun living area 630 squarefeet twostory living area 960 squarefeet sanborn map biloxi february 1925 sheet 19  1905 city directory in 1905 pleasant reed and family were residing at 928 elmer street delta sigma theta sorority alumni in september 1978 the pleasant reed home was sold by theresa reed who was also know as teresa read to the mississippi gulf coast alumni chapter of delta sigma theta sorority harco 2 nd jd land deed bk 86 p 497 address changed to 306 elmer street in the 1980s when the 911 emergency telephone systems were installed in biloxi reed children emanual reed emanual reed 18871973 was born at biloxi on november 5 1887 in 1905 he was residing married catherine gandy smith 19201988 circa she was the widow of noel smith and the mother of eugene smith and noel smith jr she and emanual reed had two children virta r cherry olivia r rhetta expired at biloxi in late january 1973 residing at 521 jefferson street survived by his spouse catherine gandy smith reed and eight children emanuel smith clifton smith noel smith willie smith emanual reed ii and pleasant reed mrs virta cherry and olivia c reed one sister theresa reed  the daily herald january 28 1973 p a2  theresa reed theresa reed  18941988 was born at biloxi on september 7 1894 she expired at new orleans on april 20 1988 reed family benjamin reed was born 1830 in georgia married to charlotte living at 823 elmer street in 1905 with charlotte reed benjamin reed died at the age of ninetyfour and onehalf years he lived at biloxi since 1868 his home was on main street near division street  the biloxi daily herald january 27 1908 p 1  reed family from land deed records ben reed ben reed jr george reed james reed pleasant reed 18541936 charlotte reed ellen r cross hattie r coleman johanna r chaney lula r huff weeb martha r baldwin rankin move to tricenntenial park the pleasant reed home move from elmer street by fauvre moving company of mobile alabama arrived at centennial park on or about april 17 th 2002 first phase of restoration celebrated on april 22 2002 members of delta sigma theta sorority in attendance  the bay press april 26 2002 p 1 and p 3  may 2003 on may 15 2003 the pleasant reed house was open to the general public originally this day was to be an exclusive opening for board members and invited guests but margie gowdy said that   due to the high interest in this event   it would be open for the public on thursday not friday as planned katrina the pleasant reed house was destroyed by hurricane katrina on august 29 2005 replica  image made september 2009 by ray l bellande the pleasant reed house was reopened to the public on september 29 2008  references  charles l dyer  along the gulf biloxi city directory 1905   the biloxi daily herald printing co biloxi mississippi1905  journals the bay press   pleasant reed moves to tricentennial park   april 26 2002 the bay press   time traveler  pleasant reed house     september 15 2006 the biloxi daily herald   city news   january 27 1908 the daily herald   colored death   february 5 1936 p 5 the daily herald   emanual reed   january 28 1973 the sun herald   mrs catherine reed   march 24 1988 the sun herald   reed house will become part of museum   october 12 1998 the sun herald   biloxi in the spotlight   may 11 2003 p h1 the sun herald   a pleasant place to visit   may 14 2003 p a1 the sun herald   visitors awed by reed house   may 15 2003 p a2 the sun herald   crowds jam day in the park   may 17 2003 p a3 the sun herald   a pleasant return   september 28 2008 p f1 the sun herald   pleasant reed opens in spirit of moving forward   september 30 2008 p a2  ww sutcliffemavar house 18982001 1364 west beach william wilson sutcliffe 18481934 was born at philadelphia pennsylvania to an english father and a scottish mother by 1880 he was working on the rienzi plantation near thibodeaux lafourche parish louisiana as an engineer mr sutcliffe became president of the sutcliffe company which owned large sugar cane planting acreage in south louisiana he had once resided at cuba where he managed sugar plantations there mr sutcliffe invented a bagasse combustion furnace which was invaluable to this island nation because of its paucity of natural energy resources 1880 lafourche parish louisiana federal census r455 p 40 ed 131 and the daily herald   january 15 1934 p 8  by 1900 ww sutcliffe and his family were domiciled at 2712 magazine street in the crescent city circa 1873 he had married minnie wetzler 18501916 and they were the parents of jeanette mary sutcliffe 18741906 m clarence w morris 18771900 joseph wilson sutcliffe 18761900 laura sutcliffe 18811900 m franklin scott quiller and william w sutcliffe ii 18831954 m alma fickessen 18851969 1900 orleans parish federal census t623574 p 11b ed 111 and  the daily herald september 16 1916 p 3 and january 15 1934 p 8  at new orleans mr sutcliffe was a strong patron of the methodist episcopal churchsouth in 1895 he served on the board of trustees of the sea shore camp grounds at biloxi dyer 1895 in 1898 ww sutcliffe served as president of the board of trustees of the sea shore camp grounds and he and his spouse were frequent visitors to the campground where they possessed a tent he stopped here in late may 1898 on a return business trip from baltimore  the biloxi herald may 14 1898 p 8 and may 28 1898 p 8  biloxi in february 1898 ww sutcliffe acquired for 1600 from fellow crescent city businessman john h keller 18301908 two lots no 19 and no 20 in square no 4 of the avondale development at biloxi the sutcliffe parcel had 164 front feet on the mississippi sound and ran north for about 595 feet comprising approximately 224 acres jh keller s covenants prohibited oyster planting and any commercial oyster business in his avondale real estate development the sutcliffe lot was bounded on the east by first street later west first street now called saint francis and on the north by keller avenue now known as father ryan avenue harco ms land deed bk 37 pp 429430  william w sutcliffe house   circa 1905 1364 west beach boulevard courtesy of randy randazzo  construction news of ww sutcliffe s acquisition of a beach front lot was reported in  the biloxi herald  in late february 1898 the journal reported that he would let a contract shortly for the erection of a residence to cost between 4000 and 5000  the biloxi herald february 26 1898 p 8   in april 1898 mr sutcliffe had his lot fenced and planned to have a home built on his seaside vista within the year  the biloxi herald april 2 1898 p 8  in august 1898 ww sutcliffe now president of the board of trustees of the sea shore campground signed a building contract with john kelley mr kelley was to erect a large structure on sutcliffe s avondale lot facing the mississippi sound  the biloxi herald august 20 1898 p 8  contractor john p kelly 18531900 was a native of cincinnati ohio he married martha jane powell 18561919 and they parented ten children effie kelly charles kelley lizzie kelly theresa kelley eddie kelly leo a kelly 18841938 joe kelly francis kelly elna kelly and freddie kelly mr kelly was well respected at biloxi for his character and quality construction 20 th century coast edition of  the biloxi daily herald  ca 1902 pp 6263 in early november 1898 the sutcliffes came over from new orleans to inspect their beautiful domicile which was under construction  the biloxi herald november 12 1898 p 4    summer 1910 in early may 1910 mr and mrs sutcliffe arrived at their 1904 west beach residence for the summer season their daughter mrs clarence w morris and her two children of corsicana texas planned an early june arrival on the mississippi coast she preferred biloxi for their summer holiday over both western and eastern spas  the daily herald may 7 1910 p 8  sutcliffe company in january 1934 ww sutcliffe sold his biloxi retreat to his company the sutcliffe company the sutcliffe company was led by ww sutcliffe president ww sutcliffe jr vice president and hc eisendrath secretary and treasurer at biloxi the sutcliffe company owned land on reynoir street between howard avenue and the l n railroad in louisiana it had etensive hlding in the crescent city and in the sugar plantation region harco ms land deed bk 200 pp 120121 and the daily herald january 15 1934 p 8   sell off from october 1935 to september 1937 the sutcliffe company sold lots from its land holdings in lot 19 and lot 20 of square four of avondale to louis o thompson bowman broadnax frank e hall elizabeth mann trudeau eva s woolett lafayette county mississippi and florence b maxey the ww sutcliffe home was excluded from these conveyances  ww sutcliffe jr  in december 1937 william w sutcliffe jr acquired his father s home at 1904 west beach at biloxi from the sutcliffe company he had married alma fickessen 18851969 at nola in april 1907 pauline sutcliffe 19081984 their only child married george renaudin 19051967 ww sutcliffe made his livlihood in banking in the crescent city in 1905 he began a long career as a banker which ended with his death in early march 1954 ww sutcliffe jr had risen from cashier of the canal bank trust company to vice president of the national bank of commerce alma f sutcliffe passed on march 5 1969 the corporal remans of both were interred in the metairie cemetery  the timespicayune february 6 1954 p 2 and march 6 1969 p 19  the lot excluding riparian rights south of west beach measured harco ms land deed bk 218 pp 365366 in september 1942 ww sutcliffe jr coneyed 1904 west beach to arthur e scruggs and gertrude kelly scruggs for 6650 harco ms land deed bk 251 p 32 arthur e scruggs arthur e scruggs 18971957 was the son of william scruggs and anna shand and a native of tate county mississippi he was the superintendent of biloxi public schools from 1946 until 1956 at biloxi he oversaw the operation of the senior and junior high schools five elementary schools and the colored schools mr scruggs had matriculated to the university of mississippi where he was conferred with two degrees a bs and a ms in school administration and history he had also attended lsu working toward his phd degree a youthful ae scruggs entered the teaching profession at amory high school circa 1919 where he taught mathematics and coached circa 1926 scruggs accepted the position of principal and coach at new albany high school about 1928 he relocated to poplarville mississippi where he was the head of the history department and coach at pearl river jr college for six years professor scruggs arrived at biloxi circa 1936 to serve as biloxi senior high school principal his tenure as superintendent of biloxi public schools commenced circa 1946  the jxcot december 17 1948 p 1  married to gertrude kelly scruggs daughter anna scruggs b ca 1941 both public and parochial schools in biloxi closed half day on october 10 1957 the day of mr scruggs internment at the national cemetery in biloxi  the daily herald october 9 1957 p 2  in january 1945 arthur e scruggs and wife conveyed the sutcliffemavar home to mrs thomas c hannah possibly rosalee hannah 19111990 of petal forrest mississippi mrs thomas c hannah resident of forrest county mississippi in october 1953 mrs hannah a widow to william l clayton sr harco ms land deed bk 381 pp 282283  william l clayton sr in may 1954 william l clayton sr to jules a barbin sr harco ms land deed bk 381 p 458  jules a barbin sr jules a barbin sr 19191986 chalmette st bernard louisiana in june 1955 jules a barbin jr sold to leo c and mary adele simon todaro harco ms land deed bk 397 pp 4243 leo c todaro leo c todaro 19091994 and mary adele simon todaro 19061994 were both natives of the mississippi gulf coast leo was born at gulfport mississippi on may 11 1909 the son of anthony todaro and domenica lamendola he married mary adele simon a biloxian and daughter of joseph simon and catherine shedrary on july 7 1935 harco ms mrb 46 p 163 this union produced five children charles leo todaro mary lynn todaro anthony joseph todaro michael carl todaro and john braxton todaro  the sun herald march 4 1994 p a2   leo c todaro was the proprietor of leo s grocery on the northeast corner of main street and division street his brotherinlaw charles simon operated a gasoline service station across the street in later life leo was an independent real estate broker active in the biloxi community leo c todaro was a devout roman catholic and member of the cathedral parish of the nativity of the blessed virgin mary where he was a fourth degree member of the knights of columbus council no 1244 in addition mr todaro was a past president of the cedars of lebanon club a member of the italian american society member of elks lodge no 606 order of alhambra and a charter fundraiser for the st jude s hospital at memphis he expired at biloxi on may 3 1994 and his corporal remains were interred in the biloxi city cemetery besides his loving wife mary adele who had preceded his in death on march 2 1994  the sun herald may 5 1994 p a2 and march 4 1994 p a2   in march 1961 leo c todaro and mary mary c todaro conveyed their home to charles c goetz jr and lee garrett goetz harco ms land deed bk 477 p 196  charles c goetz jr charles c goetz jr and lee garrett goetz were residents of jefferson parish louisiana in december 1970 charles c goetz jr and lee garrett goetz conveyed their property at biloxi to kc davidson and mary e davidson harco ms 2 nd judicial district land deed bk 14 p 272  kenneth comfort davidson in may 1973 kenneth comfort davidson and mary elizabeth davidson to nancy pierce mavar harco ms 2 nd judicial district land deed bk 39 pp 323324  1364 west beach boulevard  image made 2003 nancy pierce mavar nancy pierce mavar a native of vicksburg mississippi is the spouse of nicholas a nick mavar ii nicholas a mavar ii b 1942 is the son of nicholas a mavar b 1918 and irma sumerlin 19192001 the daughter of doss sumerlin and emma martin nick mavar ii s siblings are thomas martin mavar and gerald michael mavar b 1946  katrina the sutcliffemavar edifice was destroyed on the morning of august 29 2005 by hurricane katrina  references  charles l dyer  along the gulf    the sea shore camp grounds   women of the trinity episcopal church pass christian1971 originally published 1895 20 th century coast edition of  the biloxi daily herald   the biloxi daily herald  biloxi mississippica 1902  journals the biloxi herald   latest city news   february 26 1898 the biloxi herald   latest city news   april 2 1898 the biloxi herald   seashore camp ground dots   may 14 1898 the biloxi herald   camp ground dots   may 28 1898 the biloxi herald   latest city news   august 20 1898 the biloxi herald   camp ground dots   november 12 1898 the biloxi daily herald   jh keller new orleans   november 6 1908 the daily herald   biloxi news   may 7 1910 the daily herald   mrs sutcliffe dead   september 16 1916 the daily herald   wm sutcliffe dies at new orleans home   january 15 1934 the daily herald   superintendent biloxi schools expires at va   october 9 1957 the daily herald   city schools to close half day thursday   october 9 1957 the daily herald   piercemavar nuptial plans revealed today   june 23 1966 the jackson county times   professor scruggs is reelected superintendent of biloxi schools   december 17 1948 the sun herald   mary adele simon todaro   march 4 1994 the sun herald   leo c todaro   may 5 1994 the sun herald     irma sumerlin mavar   september 5 2001 the timespicayune   sutcliffe bank executive dies   february 6 1954 the timespicayune   deaths   march 6 1969  bondgrant house 925 west howard avenue   bondgrant house  image made july 2008  location  angelique fasaier fayard grant section 27 t7sr9w bondgrant lot the tract on which the bondgrant house was erected was acquired by william km dukate in may 1900 from cecile craft lyon blakemore 18601937 domiciled at new orleans she was the widow of joseph m lyon 18411879 and the spouse of john davis blakemore 1858pre1920 the consideration was 7000 for the parcel which had a frontage of one hundred sixtyfour feet on howard avenue and ran south for one thousand fortyfour feet to the mississippi sound harrison co ms land deed bk 120 p 516 mrs blakemore was a native of new orleans while her father was from kentucky and mother born in pennsylvania she had married joseph m lyon and after his demise in may 1879 became the bride of john d blakemore in december 1889 they had at least one child joseph l blakemore b 18901900 orleans parish louisiana federal census t623 575 p 12a ed 122 mr dukate immediately vended to linda r dukate his spouse  william km dukate william km dukate 18521916 was a native of fredericksburg washington county indiana he married linda rose lienhard 18591939 the daughter of peter j lienhard 18121873 a swiss immigrant and malinda b seaman 18261890 in her mother s residence at biloxi mississippi on april 27 1878 their children were elbert l dukate 18811943 m corrine dukate 18821973 eula dukate 18831894 vera l dukate 18861977 m brantley a bond 18801966 and r hart chinn 18881972 leola may dukate 18881967 m william l ewing 18881967 irma dukate 18901974 m daniel j gorenflo 18881965 and beula l dukate 19001983 m carl e matthes 18961972   the pascagoula democratstar may 3 1878 p 3    seafood pioneer in the 1870s wkm dukate came to coastal mississippi as a telegraph operator for the l n railroad in 1881 he joined with lazaro lopez 18501903 f william elmer 18471926 william gorenflo 18441932 and james maycock 18261892 to form the lopez elmer and company their incipient cannery was situated on the back bay of biloxi at the head of reynoir street the initial efforts of the lopez elmer and company were crude but ready markets were available and the organization was profitable 1880 harrison co mississippi federal census t9648 p 8 ed 139  the pascagoula democratstar  reported on december 30 1881 that the company was placing its canning machines in the factory the proprietors had over one hundred local white men and boys on the payroll they were employed as follows fortyfour openers fortyfive men manning fifteen boats twenty or more canners and wharf men  the pascagoula democratstar december 30 1881 p  3 the lopez elmer and company was dissolved in 1884 and the biloxi canning company a corporation organized under the laws of the state of mississippi was chartered on march 23 1883 in rapid succession after the dissolution of the lopez elmer and company the barataria canning company william gorenflo company ec joullian company and jt maybury were competing in the seafood packing business at biloxi by 1902 the factories of biloxi ranked second to those of baltimore maryland in canning american oysters twentieth century coast edition of  the biloxi daily herald 1902 p 20  brantley a bond brantley alexander bond 18801966 was born in harrison county mississippi on may 4 1880 the tenth child of thomas bond 18351880 and minnie e engmann 18481925 a native of new orleans and the daughter of peter l engmann 18161887 a dane and us mint employee and wilhelmina carolina barkhausen 1816ca 1853 a german immigrant thomas bond and minnie e engmann had married in harrison county mississippi in april 1868 when brantley bond was born the family was domiciled in beat 2 harrison county mississippi where thomas bond was the justice of the peace after the demise of thomas bond minnie e bond married in october 1887 john arthur 18431900 a mechanical engineer and native of ireland they had three children the arthur family resided on commerce street in handsboro harrison county mississippi she expired at san antonio texas on july 27 1925  bonddukate on october 18 1904 at the dukate home in biloxi brantley a bond married vera linda dukate 18861977 the daughter of william km dukate 18521916 and linda rose lienhard 18591939 brantley a bond was assistance cashier at the bank of biloxi at the time of their nuptials wh buck was his best man mr dukate gave vera a new home on howard avenue which was under construction her mother and elbert l dukate her brother bestowed on her a sizeable sum of money articles of silver cut glass and art were among the wedding gifts  the biloxi daily herald october 3 1904 and october 18 1904 p 5    bond home mrs wkm dukate sold vera l bond a lot on west howard avenue in early february 1910 the bond lot had a front on west howard avenue of eightytwo feet and ran south three hundred thirty feet harrison co ms land deed bk 91 p 566    bond family vera l dukate had two daughters with brantley a bond vera leola bond 19091989 m leslie baltar grant 19081986 and whillamene linda bond 19111998 m mr eddy separation and divorce when deposed on june 8 1918 brantley a bond stated that he did not want to dissolve his marriage vera l bond had initiated the separation in late december 1915 when she abandoned him mr bond averred that her reason for leaving him was that   she   did not care for me anymore and did not care to live with me   by the spring of 1918 he realized that their union would not reunite and he took a position with the central trust company in san antonio texas there divorce became final on june 18 1918 harrison county mississippi chancery court cause no 5617june 1918 and wwi draft registration card brantley a bond lived the remainder of his life in banking at san antonio texas he expired there on february 6 1966 r hart chinn lt hart chinn married mrs vera l dukate bond 18861977 on november 11 1918 at camp sherman ohio she had two daughters with brantley a bond vera leola bond 19091989 m leslie baltar grant 19081986 and whillamene linda bond eddy 19111998   the daily herald november 14 1918  conveyed to julia elizabeth baltar grant 18801968 in december 1920 harrison co ms land deed bk 130 p 91  julia e baltar grant and  wj grant william jesse grant 18751932 was born at pascagoula mississippi the son of robert b grant 18521932 and lydia s landridge 18521909 on april 16 1902 at new orleans william j grant married julia elizabeth baltar 18801968 the daughter of jacinto f baltar 18341898 and margaretha gondolf 18401932 parents of marguerite b grant 191988 m henry baldwin curtis william j grant ii 19061976 m mary griffin dantzler 1988 and leslie baltar grant 19081986 m vera bede leola bond 19091989  leslie b grant leslie baltar grant 19081986 was born at biloxi mississippi on 1908 leslie graduated from biloxi high school in 1926 and matriculated to the university of alabama he graduated from the alabama law school and passed the bar examination in 1930 mr grant joined the law firm of wadlington and corban in june 1930 and named a partner in january 1932 when the group was named wadlington corban and grant the law practice began at biloxi in 1924 with walter j wadlington 18981989 and lawrence c corban 19011989   the daily herald january 2 1932 p 2  leslie b grant married vera leola bond 19091989 the daughter of brantley a bond and vera l dukate on march 1 1934 children vera elizabeth grant m 11291952 james guy martin marguerite bond grant m 681957 ernest lee cox and linda bond grant m 8171963 james madison wells harrison vo mississippi chancery court mrb 45 p 48 bk 91 p 556 bk 109 p 187 and bk 125 p 144 before their marriage leslie and vera ruled the les masque carnival ball at biloxi in february 1933  the daily herald february 15 1933 p 2  judge leslie b grant passed on october 1986 his spouse expired on march 21 1989 elizabeth baltar grant conveyed her home and lot at west howard avenue to the  first baptist church of biloxi in february 1964 she retained a life estate in the home and that part of her lot described as having eightytwo feet on howard avenue and running south one hundred and sixtytwo feet  harrison co ms land deed bk 530 p 15 mrs grant expired at biloxi on april 18 1968 first baptist church of biloxi in november 1921 edward c gay 18821921 conveyed the julius m lopez lot on west howard avenue to jw elder lyman bradford and nv boddie trustees of the first baptist church of biloxi for 2800 this tract was east of the bondgrant house and had a front on howard avenue of eightytwo feet and was six hundred twentynine feet deep harrison co ms land deed bk 530 p 15 in october 1999 the first baptist church of biloxi conveyed their sanctuary site on west howard avenue and surrounding lands including the bondgrant house to the beau rivage resorts inc harrison co ms 2 nd jd land deed bk 347 p 6  beau rivage casino city of biloxi   references  books the biloxi daily herald business and professional men  the biloxi daily herald biloxi mississippi1902  the buildings of biloxi an architectural survey  city of biloxi mississippi2000 charles l dyer  along the gulf  women of the trinity episcopal church pass christian1971 originally published 1895  chancery court causes harrison county mississippi chancery court cause no 5617   ba bond v vera l bond   june 1918 journals the biloxid iberville press   bondgrant house restored   may 8 2008 p a1 the biloxid iberville press   new visitors center   july 3 2008 p a3 the biloxi herald the biloxi herald   mrs lienhard dies   january 3 1890 the biloxi herald   a sad death   eula dukate     november 24 1894 the biloxi herald   a sad death   eula dukate     november 24 1894 the biloxi herald   a sad death   eula dukate     november 24 1894 the biloxi daily herald the biloxi daily herald   local brevities   august 20 1898 the biloxi daily herald   city news   june 19 1900 the biloxi daily herald   city news   october 3 1904 the biloxi daily herald   bonddukate wedding   october 18 1904 the biloxi daily herald   local brevities   august 20 1898 the biloxi daily herald   city news   june 19 1900 the biloxi daily herald    the biloxi daily herald    the daily herald the daily herald   find valuable broach sic after considerable anxiety   november 8 1915 the daily herald   death claims wkm dukate one of the coast s most prominent citizens   march 29 1916 the daily herald   queen city barbershop purchased   december 4 1916 the daily herald    the daily herald   chinnbond   november 14 1918 the daily herald   grant now member biloxi law firm   january 2 1932 the daily herald   wm grant dies in new orleans   october 3 1932 the daily herald   reign as king and queen of les masques   february 15 1933 the daily herald   widow   vera dukate bond chinn  of former biloxi mayor dies   june 8 1977 the daily herald  the daily herald  the pascagoula democratstar the pascagoula democratstar   dukatelienhard   may 3 1878 the pascagoula democratstar   local paragraphs   december 30 1881 the sun herald the sun herald   mrs marguerite curtis   february 5 1988 the sun herald   mrs vera bede grant   march 22 1989 the sun herald   moving house may mean loss of oaks   february 6 2001 p a2 the sun herald   biloxi main street honors couple for preservation   december 5 2006 p b3 the sun herald   bondgrant house will host reception   april 27 2008 the sun herald  the sun herald      fw elmerlb camp house 216 west beach boulevard biloxi mississippi 216 west beach boulebard  now parking lot of mary mahoney s old french house restaurant in ocotber 1904  mayor fw elmer  18471926  contracted with je greene to build a home on magnolia and front beach  for between 3000 and 4000 the biloxi daily herald october 20 1904 p 5 the fw elmer house was completed after the death of mrs fw elmer elizabeth carson maycock 18501905 which occurred in late january 1905 and prior to june 1909 see sanborn insurance mapsbiloxi1904 sheet 4 and 1909 sheet 8 the elmers resided at no 120 water street at the time of her demise on january 21 1905  the biloxi daily herald january 21 1905 p 5  lot size137 acres the housetwostory 2500 squarefeet  frederick william elmer in april 1888 wi hodgson an auctioneer at new orleans sold lots 1 and 2 of the samuel friedlander estate to edward langevin for 23753 the conveyance included the brick residence outbuildings and dependencies lot 1 had 85 feet on the gulf 281 feet on magnolia 81 feet with lot 2 and 281 feet east in november 1891 eleanor langevin of st paul minnesota the widow of edward langevin conveyed lots 1 and 2 of the friedlander estate to frederick w elmer for 27004 her daughters mary michand and emma flanagan and their husbands achille michand and thomas j flanagan signed the warranty deed charles and mary e michand of st paul gave elmer a quitclaim deed on the property in april 18925 frederick w elmer 18471926 was born at biloxi on january 23 1847 he was the son of two european immigrants jacob elmer 18121894 and barbara gettendorf 18231858 jacob elmer was born at canton glarus in switzerland the same area of the hosli and abbley family origination mr elmer came to biloxi in 1836 and circa 1837 he married barbara gettendorf a native of winweiler rhein kreis bavaria in 1850 jacob elmer was a merchant at biloxi worth 15000 harco census p 27 his children with barbara gettendorf were helena elmer northrop 18381869 anna elmer b 1839 jacob elmer 18431885 john p elmer b 1843 henry m elmer 18441868 frederick william elmer 18471926 augustus elmer b 1848 otho elmer 18511926 and charles elmer 18521926 after the demise of his wife in 1858 jacob elmer married louisa b wetzel 18441894 in january 1863 guice 1968 p 12 she was the daughter of german immigrant jacob wetzel 18021860 and her mother was dead before 1860 their children were coresta e bachino 18661900 effee elmer dulion b 1866 clarence elmer 18681901 percy l elmer 18731949 edward ross elmer 18781934 and the twins albert 18811900 and arthur elmer b 1881 jacob wetzel s siblings raised by jacob elmer were julia wetzel b 1853 and catherine wetzel b 1855 fw elmer married elizabeth carson maycock 18501905 in may 1871 guice 1968 p 19 she was the daughter of captain james maycock 18251892 and mary emily carson 18271900 born at cape may new jersey captain maycock was a native of hull yorkshire england and arrived at biloxi on an english vessel in 1839 the biloxi herald march 19 1892 p 4 captain maycock was a seafood pioneer at biloxi in 1881 he and lazaro lopez 18501903 f w elmer 18471926 wkm dukate 18531916 and william gorenflo 18441932 with a capital stock of 8000 organized the lopez elmer and company which became the biloxi canning company this factory was situated on the back bay of biloxi at the head of reynoir street fw elmer and his spouse were the parents of ten children eight survived into the 20th century the known elmer children are marie ann sichirich 18721946 ida l elmer 18731891 nina v scott 18771937 cora v enochs 18781962 married byrd enochs 18751940 fw elmer ii 18811948 james c elmer 18831920 inez f ebersole 18851937 margueryte e cole 18871965 and edward e elmer 18921900  margueryte elmer cole marguerite e cole 18871965 was a single woman when she acquired the elmercamp home in july 1925 the warranty deed from her father fw elmer sr stated for constant attention to me during my sickness extending over two years i sell and convey harco ms land deed bk 165 p 526 fw elmer sr expired on december 23 1926 in september 1934 wl guice trustee sold the fw elmer house and lot to the first national bank of biloxi for 2000 margueryte elmer had defaulted on her property taxes and deeds of trust to the first national bank of biloxi and to walter nixon and mrs harry laughlin harco ms land deed bk 203 p 319 margueryte elmer married myron asa cole 18761957 of west midway massachusetts he made his livelihood as an investigator for office of the comptroller general at washington dc retiring in 1943 in 1945 the coles relocated from jackson mississippi to biloxi and here they resided with her sister cora elmer enochs at 138 magnolia street mrs enochs was the widow of byrd enochs 18751940  the daily herald july 12 1957 p 2  cora elmer enochs legated her home on magnolia street to margueryte elmer cole after her demise in april 1962 her estate was probated in the chancery court of harrison county mississippi harco cause no 45513bk 381 p 25 margueryte cole sold it to a jake mladinich for 14000 in july 1962 haco ms land deed bk 500 p 110 mlandinich to mary c mahoney in harco ms land deed bk 514 p 68  fleeta nash camp in late january 1937 the first national bank of biloxi sold the property on the southeast corner of magnolia street and west beach boulevard in biloxi mississippi to fleeta nash camp 18801947 the spouse of largus bell camp 18691949 the camp place had 134 feet on west beach boulevard and on the east ran 556 feet north to water street the parcel had a 50foot front on water street the west boundary of this tract ran north 395 feet along magnolia street to the byrd enoch s property which is the present day site of mary mahoney s old french restaurant an 1850s structure harco ms land deed bk 241 pp 258259 mrs camp was born on august 5 1880 in monroe county mississippi the daughter of jessie nash and nancy massingale suarez 1999 p 18 she married largus bell camp the son of claudius camp and a native of marion county alabama they were the parents of ruby c herzer 19001991 and fleeta c holley carrington in addition the camps had three adopted children hershel camp 19111972 js camp and virginia c apler  fleeta camp fleeta camp married homer r lewis in july 1930 harco ms mrb 42 p 386 no further information fleeta camp then married anson l holley ii 19081975 on january 23 1937 at nativity bvm in biloxi she had attended schools at starkville and mississippi state woman s college prior to the relocation of the family to biloxi fleeta was employed at biloxi with dr mr mosley while her husband and his brother lionel holley 19101993 operated the triple xxx cafe at 305 west beach  the daily herald january 23 1937 p 5  the anson holleys resided at 128 magnolia street in the rear of her parents large home here they reared two sons anson camp campy holley b 1939 and daniel raymond holley b 1942 in may 1946 anson and fleeta c holley divorced in the property settlement she received the magnolia street home and he retained his cafe business and a 1941 pontiac sedan harco ms chancery court cause no 23535 fleeta camp holley v anson l holley may 1946 and harco ms land deed bk 287 pp 3436 fleta camp holley married rw carrington in late 1946 or 1947 she sold her home on magnolia street to the felsher family in january 1947 the lot had 56feet on magnolia and was 80feet deep harco ms land deed bk 296 p 101 in 1933 upon his retirement from the telephone company lb camp and family relocated to biloxi from starkville mississippi there lb camp had been very active politically serving the municipal government twelve years as a city councilman and vicemayor he had also been the secretarytreasurer of the starkville chamber of commerce and was an active participant in the methodist church lions club woodmen of the world rotary and independent order of odd fellows prior to his residency at starkville mr camp lived at amory mississippi were he was a partner in that town s first electric light plant  the daily herald december 22 1947 p 7 and august 3 1949 p 2  during wwii there was a housing shortage at biloxi due to the establishment of keesler field a training base for the us army air corps the camps utilized a portion of their large home for room and apartment rentals several cottages to let were also situated on their lot the camps called their real estate venture camp s friendly home buddy jones june 8 2001 and 1947 postal card in april 1946 mrs lb camp conveyed a 12 interest in her property to her husband largus bell camp 18691949 harco ms land deed bk 285 pp 185186  the daily herald office in march 1947 the camps sold a small lot 15 acres off the north end of their parcel to the wilkes family eugene pierce wilkes 18851980 loretta voivedich wilkes 18861978 and mrs josephine wilkes reicker 19111977 who were the publishers of the daily herald harco ms land deed bk 302 pp 216217 here on water street the daily herald had a small newspaper distribution center for their biloxi carriers the camps sold their home and remaining property to clifford p turk and ella louise seymour turk for 70000 in late november 1947 harco ms land deed bk 302 pp 183184  the turk apartments clifford percy turk 18921983 was born in alabama the son of joseph h turk and florence philips he married ella louise seymour kaufman 19061994 the daughter of joseph j seymour 18741952 and ella lamey 18771952 and former spouse of lester g kaufman they had a son lt elmer otis kaufman 19251951 who was killed in an automobile accident near hanau germany while on active military duty with the us army in october 1951 the daily herald october 15 1951 p 10 mr and mrs turk worked across the street at the trailways cafe which was also the site of the trailways bus station he was the general agent for trailways and an agent for southern bus lines she was an agent for trailways biloxi city directory 1949 p 547  the 1947 hurricane the 1947 september hurricane may have influenced their decision to leave the biloxi waterfront cp turk who just bought the lb camp property took another 20000 loss from the damage to the revenue bearing properties on his new purchase the daily herald september 24 1947 p 9  pavich lease in march 1953 the turks leased a small lot 30 feet by 22 feet in the southwest corner of parcel fronting on west beach and magnolia harco ms land deed bk 427 pp 5657 in august 1953 the turks conveyed their west beach property to mm wilkinson and wife for 65000 harco ms land deed bk 372 p 5051  notes on turk family mon cher monsieur bellande antonio marco basquez here with the results of my inquiry concering louise seymour turk although my dad doesn t remember louise s father joseph seymour he does indeed remember louise turk as you indicate she operated a grocery store in st martin but this was after the time that they lived in the house and property formerly owned by my grandfather joe basque and bought from him for 800 dollars when he was unable to make the payments this would have been around 1940 mr turk and my grandfather were the same age but my dad doesn t remember mr turk subsequently my grandfather built a smaller house next door the little green house that i remember visiting as a child my grandfather gave a portion of this land to my father where my parents house stands today and where i busted me arse cutting the grass today later the turks moved to a house just across the street from the old smhs where as you mention louise operated a grocery store today it s a little furniture store although i remember it as a grocery store when i was a student there in the 60 s and early 70 s my father said that louise had a son by an earlier marriage to kaufman more details may emerge from the haze of time as he continues to recollect sincerely sr basquez   mm wilkinson mm wilkinson no further information in october 1957 mm wilkinson conveyed to richard reed guice sr for 42500 guice divided the property and sold fw elmer house to his son wade guice a lot fronting on west beach blvd and magnolia was sold to the arkansas fuel oil corporation for a gasoline station richard reed guice sr richard reed guice sr 18931980 married elizabeth porter 19021974 they were the parents of richard r guice ii william wade guice 19271996  wade guice apartments  19581961 in october 1957 rr guice sr conveyed the fw elmer house to his son william wade guice 19271996 for 42500 the conveyance included  all personal property of mm wilkinson and mrs mm wilkinson and used in apartments on said land   harco ms land deed bk 427 pp 188189  city of biloxi in september 1964 wade guice and julia c guice to the city of biloxi harco ms land deed bk vfw the city of biloxi conveyed to the lyman c bradford post no 2434 vfw in september 1964 harco ms land deed bk 539 p 41  hurricane camille elmercamp home destroyed by camille in august 1969 buddy jones june 8 2001 became part of the parking lot at mary mahoney s old french house  references  books 1936 biloxi city directory baldwin herald biloxi mississippi1936 1941 biloxi city directory peerless printing co new orleans lousiana1941 1949 biloxi city directory mullinkille columbus ohio1949 1958 biloxi city directory mullinkille 1961 biloxi city directory mullinkille chillicothe ohio1961 1968 biloxi city directory mullinkille dallas texas1968 julia cook guice  marriagesharrison county mississippi 18411899   city of biloxi biloxi mississippi1968 julie broussard suarez  bradfordo keefe funeral records  burial books 33 thru 42 19451960 suarez biloxi mississippi1999  court cases harco ms chancery court cause no 23535 fleeta camp holley v anson l holley may 1946 journals the biloxi herald capitan james maycock march 19 1892 the biloxi daily herald city news october 20 1904 the biloxi daily herald mrs fw elmer dead january 21 1905 the biloxi daily herald died january 21 1905 the daily herald biloxi loses noted citizen december 24 1926 the daily herald fw elmer december 27 1926 the daily herald elmer funeral largely attended december 27 1926 the daily herald holleycamp january 23 1937 the daily herald once busy biloxi beach deep in sand september 24 1947 the daily herald mrs lb camp dies december 22 1947 the daily herald largus bell camp dies august 3 1949 the daily herald lt otis kaufman killed in germany october 15 1951 the daily herald myron a cole july 12 1957 the daily herald mrs marguerite cole august 2 1965 the sun herald ella louise seymour turk july 1 1994 the sun herald william wade guice august 20 1996 p b2  maps sanborn mapbiloxi 1893sheet 5 sanborn map biloxi 1898sheet 5 sanborn mapbiloximarch 1904sheet 4 sanborn mapbiloxijune 1909sheet 8 sanborn mapbiloxi 1914sheet 9  the henriquesslay house circa 1902 212 reynoir street and 128 rue magnolia by ray l bellande   212 reynoir street  from the buildings of biloxi an architectural survey  1976 p 101 the henriquesslay house is a small cottage that was built circa 1902 on the east side of reynoir street probably by john kelly a popular biloxi building contractor of this period robert w heck an architectural historian described the henriquesslay house in 1986 as follows   212 reynoir was constructed in the mid1980 s  sic   it has an unusual feature for biloxi a bracketed gable on hip roof over a front gallery ornamented brackets are common in new orleans however this house is one of only two remaining in the city  heck 1986 p 100 possibly because this cottage was built by the frederick c querens jr family of new orleans they used ornamental brackets on the henriquesslay house to bring some architectural memory of the crescent city the querens family had possessed the small lot on which the henriquesslay house was situated as a part of a larger land parcel acquired in may 1892 when pauline trenchard querens 18601928 bought from leonard adolph trenchard 18271892 her father a lot describes as having 199 feet on reynoir street and running 60 feet east mr trenchard had acquired the parcel in august 1871 from pe dallimore and spouse for 450 and at this time the tract had 307 feet on reynoir street and ran east for 60 feet naturally as trenchard vended smaller lots from his original acquisition his land holding were reduced harrison co mississippi chancery court land deed bk 28 pp 4546 and bk 12 p 75 the querens family of biloxi mississippi had its roots in new orleans frederick charles querens jr 18581942 was born in the crescent city on february 8 1858 the son of frederick c querens 18231901 and louisa dorothea muhlenbein 18401913 both natives of prussia frederick c querens jr married pauline jeanne trenchard 18601928 in november 1882 she was the daughter of leonard adolph trenchard 18271892 and marie antoinette mouchon 18321903 the trenchard family had deep roots in colonial america from this sacred union four children were born leah querens 18831884 irma rosita querens 18861969 m william j cousins 181965 frederick charles querens iii 18891963 m marie meunier and percy leonard querens 18911991 in his youth frederick c querens jr took employment with wackerbath joseph the leading tobacconists of the crescent city with their land holdings in biloxi s commercial district along reynoir street both north and south of west howard avenue the family began to invest in commercial buildings and rental homes prior to the great biloxi fire of november 1900 the querens family had erected at least two structures on reynoir street as related in the biloxi daily herald  as follows john kelly has the contract to erect a double tenement on the corner of reynoir and water streets  the biloxi daily herald january 17 1900 p 8  roderick d seal has relocated to one of the new queren s buildings on the corner of reynoir and jackson streets     the biloxi daily herald august 2 1901 p 8  as a result of the november 1900 conflagration over ninety building were destroyed in an area from the l n railroad depot south along reynoir street to the beach and along west howard avenue for several blocks in a report of the fire s destruction the local journal reported that the querens family had lost the following structures north of howard avenue on reynoir streetan unoccupied building and a store occupied by david j venus corner of reynoir street and water streetfour doublehouses and occupied  two houses corner jackson street and reynoir street both occupied  and a house on the north side of water street occupied by frank shaffer  the biloxi daily herald november 9 1900 p 1  from the sanborn insurance maps of biloxi july 1898 sheet 5 and march 1904 sheet 4 it appears that the henriquesslay house was erected after the november 1900 biloxi fire and before march 1904 the author could not locate a reference to its construction during this interval in the biloxi daily herald  therefore its construction is suggested as circa 1902 212 reynoir street in may 1942 gertrude bernich henriques 19141988 acquired a small lot and house at 212 reynoir street from dr percy l querens 18911991 frederick c querens iii 18891963 and irma q cousins 18861969 the consideration was 3360 and the lot had a front on reynoir street of 58 feet and ran east 55 feet on jackson street harrison co mississippi chancery court land deed bk 248 pp 494495  ernestine lepre parker  18751930 and gertrude b henriques  19141988 courtesy of august h parkerjune 2012 gertrude bernich was the daughter of john bernich 18661920 a croatian immigrant and mary lepre 18741944 the daughter of pierre lepre and celina moran she married dr adolph de campos henriques 18811966 a divorcee in harrison county mississippi on january 9 1933 she was living with her widowed mother at 420 main street at the time of her nuptials with dr henriques  the daily herald january 10 1933 p  6  harrison co mississippi circuit court mrb 44 p 182 and 1930 harrison co mississippi federal census r1146 p 4b ed 3  adolph d henriques adolph decampos henriques 18811966 was born at jefferson marion county texas on august 10 1881 to isaac l henriques 18401880 and elizabeth calhoun hickey 18411935 jefferson texas is a small community in northeast texas about 50 miles northwest of shreveport louisiana when the family was domiciled here in 1880 mr henriques made his livelihood as the proprietor of a restaurant 1880 marion co texas r1319 p 450a ed 91 isaac l henriques was born at kingston jamaica he had married elizabeth c hickey a native of philadelphia pennsylvania when he was a confederate soldier she was the daughter of john hickey 18171870 a philadelphia printer and presocia sinclair hickey 18271870 a native of washington dc 1860 and 1870 philadelphia co pennsylvania federal census m6531151 p 311 ward 15 th precinct and m5931387 p 496a 1 st ward 2 nd district and the timespicayune august 7 1935 p 6  the isaac l henriques family returned to the south and lived in jefferson texas from 1865 until 1881 the family moved to woodville mississippi and came to new orleans circa 1885 in addition to adolph d henriques their youngest child they were the parents of four additional children presocia gonzalvo henriques 18681957 m israel gunst 18481929 ester lee henriques b 1871 caroline carrie augusta henriques 18731935 m levin wales magruder 18731957 and edouard ferdinand henriques 18781966 m stella dywer 18831912 and lady eleanor stanley 18911979 it is interesting to note that levin wales magruder 18731957 the brotherinlaw of dr henriques was also a physician he practiced medicine at woodville mississippi until 1919 when he relocated to new orleans and studied radiology dr magruder expired at long beach mississippi in august 1957 and his corporal remains were sent to woodville for internment  the morning advocate august 21 1957 p 25  mrs elizabeth hickey henriques expired on august 6 1935 at 1119 pine street in new orleans the residence of presoia h gunst her daughter her corporal remains were sent to woodville mississippi for internment implying that isaac henriques her spouse had passed at woodville before the family came to new orleans ironically katherine hickey blanc 18451935 elizabeth s sister had died twelve hours earlier in cleveland ohio elizabeth h henriques was survived by her children and two siblings artemis shattuck hickey 18611950 a brother and florence h van zant 18641935 both residents of california  the timespicayune august 7 1935 p 6   education and early medical career prior to entering the field of medicine adolph d henriques worked as a railroad clerk at new orleans in 1900 he was domiciled at 627 napoleon avenue with his mother and edouard f henriques his brother who was employed as a book keeper 1900 orleans parish louisiana federal census r 574 p 14b ed 118 in late june 1901 adolph d henriques received an appointment to the us military academy he had been an alternate it appears that young henriques did not attend west point his decision not to matriculate to the us military academy may have been influenced by the death of oscar booz 18791901 a cadet from montgomery county pennsylvania who left west point and subsequently died when the us congress held hearing to investigate his demise which had been blamed on hazing at the military academy it received national attention the daily picayune june 26 1901 p 10 adolph decampos henriques attended the tulane university of louisiana and graduated on may 2 1906 with the tulane medical school class of 1906 at this time he was serving as an interne at charity hospital in new orleans in addition to his medical degree dr henriques was awarded a degree in pharmacy bulletin tulane universitylouisiana june 1906 p 25 and p 30 in april 1904 adolph d henriques had passed a written examination which allowed him to serve as an externe at charity hospital the test was given to second and third year medical students at the tulane medical school and their academic papers were read by the hospital staff  the daily picayune april 17 1904 p 13  with the discovery of xrays in germany in 1895 by wilhelm konrad rontgen 18451925 a physicist it soon became apparent that these electromagnetic waves had a promising future in the medical field to view the internal structure of the human body wk rontgen was awarded the first noble prize in physics in 1901 and later the element number 111 was named roentgenium in his honor also the measurement of electromagnetic radiation is called a roentgen enwikipediaorg wiki wilhelmrontgen dr adolph d henriques had decided early in his medical career to pursue the study of xrays and the incipient field of radiology as early as the fall of 1910 he had travelled to the leading medical facilities of boston new york philadelphia and baltimore to observe and study what scientists and doctors here had done with xrays in diagnosing tuberculosis in early december 1910 at a meeting the louisiana antituberculous league in new orleans dr henriques offered to donate his time and expertise in radiological medicine to the league to enhance their experiments in clinical work  the daily picayune december 9 1910 p 9   studies abroad the author can document two visits by dr henriques to foreign countries to study radiological medicine the first visit abroad occurred in july 1912 and the second in january 1926 in midjuly 1912 he embarked from the port of new york for the continent his wife and two small children spent the duration of his absence at biloxi mississippi dr henriques went to vienna austria where he pursued postgraduate studies in the school of xrays radium and electrical medical therapy he also visited other european clinics that utilized radiology in their medical treatment and research  the daily picayune july 12 1912 p 15 august 9 1912 p 9 october 3 1912 p 8 and the daily herald may 13 1966 p 2  dr ad henriques returned to new orleans in early october 1912 in late september he had boarded the ss st louis in southampton england for the port of new york his residence address at this time was 4726 prytania street in new orleans the daily picayune october 3 1912 p 8  1926 on january 27 1926 dr ad henriques sailed for france on the ss suffren from new york city he planned to pursue research and experiments on the treatment of high blood pressure with radiological methods based on his work at the tulane medical school while in new york dr henriques spent time with ef henriques of nola his brother dr henriques returned to america in late may 1926 aboard the ss berengaria which had departed cherbourg france on may 22 1926 his address at this time was listed as the hibernia building at new orleans louisiana  the times picayune january 26 1926 p 7   tulane university medical school before dr adolph de campos henriques left new orleans permanently in the spring of 1930 he had worked in various positions at the tulane school of medicine from october 1912 until june 1930 his status here was as follows october 1912assistant in the department of physiology april 19133 rd assistant in the department of physiology may 19143 rd assistant in the department of physiology and instructor in clinical medicine and radiology april 1922assistance professor in medicine in radiology may 1928assistant professor of roentgenology june 1930not reappointed for the 19301931 session in his obituary of may 1966 the medical career of dr adolph d henriques was related as follows dr henriques received his degree in pharmacy from the new orleans college of pharmacy in 1903 in 1906 he completed his medical studies at the tulane university school of medicine and served his internship at charity hospital in new orleans dr henriques was professor of physiology and materia medica at the college of pharmacy for five years in 1910 he was the youngest director of the board of the new orleans college of pharmacy also in 1910 dr henriques presented the first use of xrays in the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis in this area of the south in 1915 he commenced his teaching career at tulane university and for seventeen years was the assistant professor of medicine at tulane in addition dr henriques had been a consultant for the us public health service hospital in new orleans and a physician for the illinois central railroad he was a member of the new orleans parish and louisiana state medical society and phi rho sigma the national medical fraternity  the daily herald  may 13 1966 p 2   published medical studies and research papers by dr adolph d henriques archives of pediatrics and adolescent medicine  bone development   volume xxxiv 1917 journal of the american medical association   instruction in roentgenolgy   volume lxiii1914 journal of the medical society of new jersey   radium therapy   volume xviii 1921 new orleans medical and surgical journal   the xray in the diagnosis and prognosis of pulmonary tuberculosis   volume lxiii no 12 june 1911 new orleans medical and surgical journal   role of xrays in progressive medicine   volume lxv 1913 new orleans medical and surgical journal   radium therapy   volume lxiv 1921 new orleans medical and surgical journal   radium in treatment of myelogenous leukemia   volume lxxv 1922 new orleans medical and surgical journal  further original observations with the xray upon the appendix   volume lxxv 1922 new orleans medical and surgical journal   some probable functions of spleen as demonstrable by effects of radioactivity upon the organ   volume lxxvi 1924 new orleans medical and surgical journal   value to general practitioner of xray examination of stomach and duodenum   volume lxxvi 1924 new orleans medical and surgical journal   treatment of high blood pressure by new original method   volume lxxx 1928 new orleans medical and surgical journal   chronic appendix roentgenological standpoint   volume lxxxiii 1930 panamerican surgical medical journal  few cases to illustrate the value of roentgen ray examination of the stomach   volume xx1915  first marriage and family on june 12 1906 dr adolph d henriques had married ida margaret buck 18741956 the daughter of charles f buck 18411918 a new orleans attorney and mary weidner buck 18501937 they were both german immigrants the wedding ceremony was officiated over by the reverend wew denham at st george s episcopal church in the crescent city the daily picayune june 17 1906 p 8 and orleans parish louisiana mri volume 28 p 5 dr ad henriques and his wife were the parents of two children charles buck henriques 19072003 m jean wilson 19102003 and margaret ida henriques 19101981 m herbert grant jahncke 19102002 m carol saunders harrison 19292008 ida buck henriques separated from dr henriques in december 1919 her reason was abandonment the couple eventually divorced before 1930  the timespicayune december 5 1919 p 19   itinerant physician with his departure from the tulane medical school staff in 1930 dr henriques by april 1930 had relocated to greensburg louisiana here in this small rural community in the florida parishes and near the mississippi state line he worked as a general practitioner greensburg is the st helena parish seat of government 1930 st helena parish louisiana federal census r 819 p 3a ed 2 at the time of his wedding to gertrude bernich of biloxi mississippi in january 1933 dr henriques was practicing medicine in jackson mississippi by 1940 gertrude and adolph d heriques had settled in biloxi at this time they were renting a house at 1420 lafayette street dr henriques was involved with his private medical practice  the daily herald january 10 1933 p 6 and1940 harrison co mississippi federal census t6272024 p 1a ed 249 after acquiring 212 reynoir street in may 1942 the henriques family relocated from 1420 lafayette street to their new residence near the commercial district of biloxi here dr henriques continued to practice general medicine and utilize the north half of their domicile as his medical office   big six antiseptic  with his academic pharmaceutical background dr adolph d henriques created big six antiseptic while he was domiciled at biloxi mississippi it was vended in the grand drug store located in the barq s building on west howard avenue and reynoir street august h parker now in his early seventies and living on the peter parker family property on back bay on which he was reared related to the author a most remarkable talean incident his life that reflects the superior intelligence and medical skills of dr henriques paraphrasing august h parker his narrative follows  in the mid1940s june parker my sister and the youngest daughter of mr and mrs peter parker was riding on the rear of my older sister s bicycle when her foot got caught in rear wheel spokes of the bike the accident resulted in a deep laceration which became infected the infection continued to expand and local medical responses could not arrest this serious development several doctors told my parents that june would very likely lose her lower leg we carried june to dr henriques office on reynoir street and he began treating her with his big six antiseptic after the third day of his initial application on her festering wound june s injured limb began to show signs of improvement we continued the treatment with dr henriques compounded medication until her leg was completely healed  after his demise in the howard memorial hospital at biloxi on may 12 1966 mrs henriques continued to reside in her home until her death on december 11 1988 the henriques corporal remains were interred in the southern memorial park cemetery at biloxi mississippi august h parker june 30 2012  the daily herald may 13 1966 p 2 and the sun herald december12 1988 p a4   132 reynoir street  from the buildings of biloxi an architectural survey  2000 p 102  john o bernich ownership as gertrude bernich henriques died testate 212 reynoir street was legated to her three heirs who were her nephews and nieces tericida claire bernich kappel b 1922 m vernon elmer kappel 19212003 john o bernich 19231997 and kirby a bernich 19272002 tericida b kappel was the administratrix of her aunt s estate which was consisted of 212 reynoir street and about 6000 in cash tericida b kappel and kirby a bernich sold and quitclaimed their interest in 212 reynoir street to their brother john o bernich in may and july 1990 the estate of gertrude b henriques was adjudicated closed in late june 1990 harrison co mississippi 2 nd jd chancery court land deed bk 221 p 58 deed bk 222 p 576 and deed bk 223 p 412 john overton bernich was the son of john a bernich 18991979 and lotus anne brill 19011990 he grew up at 500 lee street and his father made his livelihood as a car salesman john left biloxi after 1930 and relocated to gretna louisiana where he operated a service station and later sold automobiles at bay st louis mississippi august h parker june 30 2012 and 1930 harrison co mississippi federal census r 1146 p 4a ed 1 in jefferson parish louisiana john o bernich met and married yvonne schramm 19242002 a native of philadelphia pennsylvania and the daughter of joseph c schramm 18991976 and haydee fontenette 18961983 mr schramm was a musician and vocal instructor who mentored marguerite piazza b 1926 a new orleans native who went on to become a renown opera soprano and entertainer her career brought her to new york where she performed with the new york city opera played broadway sang at the metropolitan opera and joined the cast of the nbc television program your show of shows with sid caesar and imogene coca from 1950 to 1954  the timespicayune march 27 1976 p 22  and www john o bernich and yvonne schramm bernich were the parents of john j bernich patricia bernich macenko kenneth ken o bernich james b bernich and steven a bernich 19591999 ken bernich was a star linebacker at archbishop shaw high school in marrero louisiana and went on to become an allamerican football player at auburn university he played in the 1975 senior bowl and was honored by the city of gretna louisiana with a parade on march 1 1975  the timespicayune march 1 1975  p 27  john o bernich expired on february 11 1997 he legated the henriquesslay house to the following carol bernich james bryant bernich kenneth overton bernich stephen adolph bernich and john j bernich harrison county mississippi 2 nd judicial district chancery court cause no c240497478july 1998  slay owership in september 1997 carol bernich administratrix of the estate of john o bernich and his heirsatlaw for a consideration of 60000 conveyed the henriquesslay house to william gray slay iii called gray and the husband of leah rae vuyovich mr slay is a biloxi native and a real estate broker he remodeled 212 reynoir street and located his real estate business here harrison co mississippi 2 nd jd chancery court land deed bk 328 pp 246254  jjd llc in november 2005 after hurricane katrina had inundated biloxi in late august 2005 gray slay and spouse conveyed the hurricane surge damaged henriquesslay house to jjd llc a mississippi corporation several years after katrina the management of jjd llc through their local attorney michael cavanaugh offer the henriquesslay house to the city of biloxi it was accepted and the salvation and restoration of the cottage commened harrison co mississippi 2 nd jd chancery court instrument 2005 6852 d j2 and bill raymond biloxi s historical administrator july 2 2012  128 rue magnolia  image made june 29 2012 by ray l bellande  128 rue magnolia after the city of biloxi completed successful negotiations with jjd llc a mississippi corporation to relocate and preserve the henriquesslay house it began action in july and august 2009 to move the derelict structure to 128 rue magnolia a supporting funds grant was applied for to the national trust loan fund and v e house moving service was contracted to relocate the house to 128 rue magnolia city of biloxi minute book 132 p 464 after the house was situated at 128 rue magnolia refurbishment was authorized by the city of biloxi in july 2010 to spend 200000 to restore the henriquesslay house work commenced in august 2010 by jim wallis sons who built a new roof david rush construction company inc was hired as general contractor to complete and restore the building which was completed in march 2012 the city of biloxi minute book 134 p 445 p 480 and book 138 p 166 bill raymond biloxi s historical administrator related that the city also utilized a grant from the mississippi department of archives and history and expended nearly 300000 to relocate the henriquesslay house from reynoir street to rue magnolia and to restore the structure to meet commercial building codes both the exterior and interior of the house were refurbished the heart pine flooring tongueandgroove wooden walls and ceiling as well as a color change to the exterior from white to a light yellow color were realized by the general contractor as the henriquesslay house had been roofless for several years postkatrina august 2005 one had to be constructed  the sun herald june 27 2012 p a1 and bill raymond june 29 2012  craftmen s guild of mississippi in april 2012 the city of biloxi authorized a lease of the henriquesslay house to the craftsmen s guild of mississippi this entity is a nonprofit membership organization dedicated to preserving promoting marketing educating and ensuring the highest standard of excellence in regional crafts the guild promotes communication between artisans and friends and sponsors programs the goal of the guild is to educate the artisan collector patron and its staff it operates the mississippi craft center a permanent and yearround facility and its satellites which biloxi is now a member and presents an annual indoor craft festival the chimneyville crafts festival in 2013 the guild will celebrate its 40th anniversary  wwwfoundationcenterorg pnd jobs job itemjhtml jsessionid id  on june 28 2012 thecraftsmen s guild of mississippi had its grand opening on the magnolia mall at biloxi potters weavers wood carvers and other artisans were present en plein air demonstrating their skills to the visitors of the gallery the new venue is a welcome addition to the cultural renaissance developing along rue magnolia gallery 782 which represents the art work of local artisans is situated in propinquity on water street the recent opening of the dusty bonge art foundation which is north and adjacent to the henriquesslay house as well as the mardi gras museum to the south which has an anticipated spring 2013 opening date and innuendoes that an antiquegifts outlet cum cafe will open in july on the north terminus of rue magnolia all add to the excitement of the postkatrina growth and economic development in downtown biloxi  the sun herald june 27 2012 p a1  the city of biloxi is to be highly congratulated for its yeoman like efforts to conserve and preserve the henriquesslay house although it was an expensive venture the architectural preservation of this home will pay multiple dividends in the future not only in a commercial sense but in a historical manner now practically lost forever some of biloxi s rich and unique architecture will be preserved albeit in a restricted sense along corridors like rue magnolia and howard avenue god bless biloxi and its leadership  acknowledgments the author is indebted to jane shambra history and genealogy librarian and her assistant jenny white at the biloxi public library as well as august h parker for generously sharing their research on dr adolph de campos henriques mr parker knew dr henriques and gertrude b henriques very well as he and gerturde bernich were related august h parker s grandmother ernestine lepre parker was gertrude aunt in addition dr henriques was the parker family physician mrs mila bernich the widow of kirby a bernich has been very kind to share her knowledge of the bernich family  references  the buildings of biloxi an architectural survey  city of biloxi mississippi1976  the buildings of biloxi an architectural survey  city of biloxi mississippi2000  bulletin of the tulane university of louisiana  series 6 june 1906 no 6 robert w heck  biloxi central business district historic district study  eskew vogt salvato and filson architects new orleans louisianajuly 1986  journal of the mississippi state medical association  msma deaths volume 7 july 1966 twentieth century coast edition of the biloxi daily herald historical and biographical  george w wilkes sons biloxi1902 lloyd vogt  new orleans housesa housewatcher s guide  pelican publishing greta louisiana1992  chancery court causes harrison county mississippi 2 nd judicial district chancery court cause no p1672b the estate of gerturde bernich henriquesjune 1990 harrison county mississippi 2 nd judicial district chancery court cause no c240497478 the estate of john o bernichjuly 1998  journals the biloxi daily herald   local and personals   january 17 1900 the biloxi daily herald   swept by flames   november 9 1900 the biloxi daily herald   city news   august 2 1901 the biloxi daily herald   city news   november 5 1902 the biloxi daily herald   necrological   december 5 1903 the biloxi daily herald   h wolcott   march 17 1906 the biloxi daily herald   querens avenuenot hard shell alley   march 19 1908 the biloxi daily herald   cousansquerens   october 19 1908  the daily herald the daily herald    henriquesbernich   january 10 1933 the daily herald    physician at biloxi expires   may 13 1966 the daily herald   henriques rites   may 16 1966  the daily picayune the daily picayune   minor attention   june 16 1901 the daily picayune   army and navy of state and nation   june 26 1901 the daily picayune   new externe and interne charity hospital students   april 17 1904 the daily picayune   henriquesbuck   june 17 1906 the daily picayune   antituberculosis annual meeting shows great promise during year   december 9 1910 the daily picayune   society   july 12 1912 the daily picayune   society   august 9 1912 the daily picayune   personal and general   october 3 1912 the morning advocate  baton rouge louisiana     dr magruder dies in miss rites today   august 21 1957 the sun herald the sun herald    mrs gertrude henriques   december 12 1988 the sun herald   bernich remembered for faith and dedication to community   march 17 2002 the sun herald   kirby a bernich   march 19 2002 the sun herald   state craft center opens first satellite office in biloxi   june 27 2012  the timespicayune the timespicayune   death ends career of charles f buck foremost citizen   january 20 1918 the timespicayune    mrs henriques seeks separation   december5 1919 the timespicayune   athenians adopt alaska purchase as motif   january 24 1932 the timespicayune   weddings and engagements  jahnckehenriques     april 8 1934 the timespicayune   aged sisters die each is ignorant of other s illness   august 7 1935 the timespicayune   mississippi is site of henriques rites   august 8 1935 the timespicayune     ida buck  henriques   november 15 1956 the timespicayune    ad henriques no physician dies thursday   may 14 1966 the timespicayune     edouard f  henriques   july 28 1966 the timespicayune     irma  cousins   august 16 1969 the timespicayune   parade for bernich   march 1 1975 the timespicayune   joseph c schramm   march 27 1976 the timespicayune     lady stanley  henriques   august 11 1979 the timespicayune     margaret henriques  jahncke   december 30 1981 the timespicayune   steven a bernich   december 17 1999 the timespicayune   herbert jahncke 92 civic leader 66 rex   november 24 2002 the timespicayune    vernon e kappel   february 27 2003 the timespicayune    capt charles b henriques   june 6 2003 the timespicayune     carol saunders  jahncke   january 4 2008 the timespicayune    yvonne s bernich   april 28 2002   dr hm folkes gunston hall white pillars   references  the biloxid iberville press    shell roads revisitedbefore white pillars   july 10 2008 p a4 5328 views  ', 0);
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nativity bvm was destroyed by the great fire of november 1900 laz lopez wkm dukate ernest desporte phil mccabe ed glennan and louis gill were the building committee responsible for erecting a new church a contract was let in early february 1902 to jf barnes company of greenville mississippi and biloxi to build the theo brune 18541932 designed gothic structure the new church was erected on the site of the former sanctuary and was estimated to cost over 16000 it was sixtyfeet tall had a bell tower one hundred tenfeet in height and was fiftyfive in width and one hundred thirtytwo feet deep  the biloxi daily herald february 8 1902 p 9    walter t bolton  19462020  walter buzzy thetford bolton  19462020 was born 24 november 1946 at biloxi mississippi he attended biloxi public schools and has university degrees from usm ba georgia institute of technology bs and a masters degree in architecture from georgia tech 1977 prior to his entree into the architectural field young bolton taught history and mathematics at biloxi high school buzzy bolton has been active as an architect at ocean springs for many years his work is most visible in the following structures ocean springs city hall remodeling 1989 chamber of commerce renovation gulf coast research lab main campus dining hall 1995 and the ocean springs public library remodeling 1996 bolton is now engaged in designing modern structures for the gulf coast research lab s cedar point campus in east ocean springs in december 1999 bolton and his wife laura ederer bolton completed a significant home for their family in cherokee glen he has designed several other notable residences on the fort point peninsula  obituary for walter thetford buzzy bolton iv walter thetford buzzy bolton iv of ocean springs ms passed away peacefully tuesday september 22 at the age of 73 at home surrounded by his family buzzy was born in biloxi ms on november 24 1946 to the late dr and mrs eldon l bolton sr in addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his two older brothers eldon bolton jr and clinton bolton and his fatherinlaw and motherinlaw bob and maryann ederer buzzy is survived by his wife of 39 years laura ederer bolton their children dr michelle bolton gilich andy robyn bolton hudson brent and ryan bolton lindsey his two grandchildren ansley and andrew gilich his sister carolyn bolton cox his inlaws priscilla bolton katherine grumme dr michael ederer michelle mark ederer helene elizabeth heinkel larry and mary ann payne randy and numerous nieces and nephews and lifelong friends buzzy as all who knew him well and affectionately called him was the youngest of the four children of dr eldon and carolyn bolton he grew up in his family home just west of the lighthouse on biloxi beach he was a biloxi boy through and through and loved his hometown on the mississippi gulf coast buzzy graduated from biloxi high school in 1965 he attended the university of mississippi and in 1969 he graduated from the university of southern mississippi he spent several years teaching at his alma mater biloxi high before going on to architectural school at georgia institute of technology and in 1977 received his master of architecture from georgia tech buzzy started his architectural career in new orleans where he worked for muller and associates there he met and married his wife and best friend laura ederer bolton and in 1981 the two decided to move back to their beloved mississippi gulf coast buzzy and laura made their home in ocean springs where they raised their 3 children and buzzy started his own architectural firm walter t bolton associates in biloxi where he worked until his death buzzy received national design awards from the united states air force and several local design and historic preservation awards he was a past president of the gulf coast chapter of the mississippi american institute of architects past president of the coast architects association and past board member of the mississippi chapter of american institute of architects he enjoyed 40 years as an architect on the gulf coast and served on many boards to help build back after hurricane katrina for many years he served on the ocean springs historical commission and planning commission and he and his wife laura bought and renovated numerous historical homes in the biloxi and ocean springs areas throughout the years buzzy was a lifetime member of the biloxi yacht club and served on the board for many years and as the byc commodore in 1988 and 1989 buzzy was honored to have designed the current biloxi yacht club along with many other gulf coast landmarks buzzy enjoyed every moment of carnival season and was a member and past king of both revelers and mithras and past king of les masquees carnival associations he was also a founding member of the krewe of neptune and a longtime member of gcca his love for mardi gras and the parades was well know and he and his wife often hosted many guests to view the biloxi parades from his downtown office he had a great love for his biloxi high class of 65 and looked forward every year to their mini reunions boating and the outdoors were among his favorite pastimes he spent many hours with friends and family out at horn island enjoying the sun and fun he enjoyed anything ole miss georgia tech and new orleans saints and many football weekends he could be found in the grove cheering on his ole miss rebels buzzy recently wrote what he wanted his children to remember of him i made mistakes i am not perfect i won t always give you your way but i love you with everything i have i worked hard my entire life to be able to provide you the best life possible and i will always love you dad the family would like to express our gratitude to his ever faithful office staff his secretary debbie ivy and associate robert stansbery who have worked and kept him organized for many years drs pam and raj tuli friends family and physicians who provided care for buzzy throughout his illness and the nurses and staff of encompass who helped him during his final days in lieu of flowers please make donations to the ansley foundation a foundation to benefit childhood cancer families and research set up by buzzy s granddaughter ansley who is currently fighting childhood leukemia visitation will be held from 200 pm to 400 pm at the ocean springs chapel of bradfordo keefe funeral home followed by a celebration of life at 400 pm all on friday september 25 2020 covid19 protocol will be followed and masks will be required  theodore brune theodore theo brune  18541932 was born in hanover germany and immigrated to the united states in 1886 he studied at eberhard karls university at tuebingen germany theo brune became a designer of many churches in the gulf coast region at biloxi he is known for creating the nativity of the blessed virgin mother catholic church on west howard avenue it was built after the original sanctuary was destroyed by the great biloxi fire of november 1900 laz lopez wkm dukate ernest desporte phil mccabe ed glennan and louis gill were the building committee responsible for erecting the new church a contract was let in early february 1902 to jf barnes company of greenville mississippi and biloxi to build the theo brune 18541932 designed gothic structure the new church was erected on the site of the former sanctuary and was estimated to cost over 16000 it was sixtyfeet tall had a bell tower one hundred tenfeet in height and was fiftyfive in width and one hundred thirtytwo feet deep  the biloxi daily herald february 8 1902 p 9   in early 1906 stain glass windows were donated to nativity bvm by julia dulion lopez 18571918 in memory of her late husband frederick thornley of new york was employed to install the windows designed and built by reis and reis of munich germany  the biloxi daily herald january 9 1906 p 1   other known churches designed by theo brune are 1908st joseph s rectory and convent at bay st louis mississippi 1909mater dolorosa church 8126 plum street at nola 1911st michael s church at crowley louisiana catholic church at abita springs louisiana catholic church and convent at madisonville louisiana and 1931st joseph s abbey church benedict louisiana  the daily picayune february 9 1908 p 32 august 10 1908 p 12 march 7 1909 p 6 and april 16 1911   theo brune died at 1303 3 rd street in the crescent city on march 8 1932 his body was taken to st joseph s abbey four miles north of covington louisiana for burial in the cemetery there  the timespicayune march 9 1932 p 3    john t collins sr  18521929 john t collins 18521929 the son of john collins and mary cullum was a native biloxian and a pioneer building contractor he married frances margaret carr 18611945 and they were the parents of children william j collins 188719 m mary augustine o donnell 18931952 sarah collins 1890 m harry roberts george j collins 18911968 m irene marion 18971943 susan collins 1894 ruth collins 19001977 m frederick luenberger kathryn ellen collins 18951973 m paul e burns 18961970 anna may collins 19011990 m edward a caillavet 18981963 and john t collins jr 19041985 m martha thrash of hattiesburg and gertrude keyes  references  the daily herald      the daily herald    john collins sr died last night   january 4 1929 the daily herald    mrs george collins sr dies at home today   december 22 1943 the daily herald    mrs john collins funeral tomorrow   may 7 1945 the daily herald      the daily herald    mrs william collins dies following heart attack six weeks ago   october 4 1952 the daily herald        collins brothers   1927  in march the collins brothers were completing the william p kennedy home a twostory stucco structure on benachi and erecting a home for walter seymour  a painter on lee street the daily herald march 18 1927 p 8 on may 11 1927 the collins brothers were awarded the 285000 contract for building the fourstory 118room new biloxi hotel  it was designed by ira h coyne 18921976 of the federal engineering company of davenport iowa william j collins 18861962 and george j collins 18911968 had built their first biloxi building in 1912 since that time they had erected commercial structures for catholic church at gulfport back bay school gorenflo edwardsbutler motor company daily herald building caldwell building yerger building cw wachenfeld apartments august wachenfeld apartments bay view hotel and remodeled the peoples bank the collins brothers had learned the building trades from john collins 18541929 their father joseph o collins b 1922 son of william j collins continued in the contracting business at biloxi until the present day  the daily herald may 11 1927 p 1    1929  from the daily herald may 1929    in march   the collins brothers   william d collins  18911979 and  james e collins  18881974 acquired a lot on caillavet street for 10000 situated between howard avenue and the l n rr here they  built a twostory frame building  40 feet by 70 feet with rockface brick siding the structure served as a  garage and office  here the  collins brothers sold the hupmobile  and repaired and serviced motor cars the  collins blacksmith shop  located on  west howard and caillavet continued to perform general mechanical repairs shoe horses  as well as  build oyster dredges  and oyster cars the daily herald march 18 1927 p 8 and september 2 1929 p 2 in late may the collins brothers were completing the new biloxi hospital  a carl matthes design the daily herald may 17 1929 p 1 the new  daily herald building at 209 west water street was almost completed    collins collins  architects and  collins brothers contracting  erected the 37foot by 50foot structure the daily herald january 7 1948 p 1  references  the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily herald    erecting new bungalow  for hc anderson on lee street    december 8 1916 the daily herald      march 18 1927 the daily herald    biloxi hospital to be occupied next week   may 17 1929 the daily herald    biloxi building directory   september 2 1929 the daily herald    start new residence for zeno maloney on w 1st street   december 12 1950  john t collins   19041985 john t collins jr was born at biloxi mississippi on february 17 1904 to john t collins sr 18521929 and frances margaret carr 18611945 his father was a noted biloxi building contractor and established the firm which became collins brothers contractors of biloxi john t collins was a 1923 graduate of biloxi high school where he played footbal and baseball he studied architecture at tulane university in nola and during ww ii john served in the eto with the us navy seabees john t collins married in 1942 to martha thrash of hattiesburg mississippi and in 1962 to gertrude keyes buildings attributed to john t collins a new arkansastile  ushaped building  173 feet by 92 feet  designed by john t collins  and associates of biloxi was contracted to currie and corley of raleigh mississippi for the  st martin   school  in jackson county the 64000 stucture was erected to supplement the exisiting building the daily herald november 27 1951 p 3 biloxi municipal yankee stadium al may stadium at mgcccperkinston campus beauvoir elementary school 1958 popp s ferry elementary school orange grove elementary school  references  the daily herald    500000 school construction to start at biloxi   october 8 1958 the daily herald    john collins is recipient 1960 lions cup award   january 2 1961 the sun herald   john collins dead at 81   november 1 1985  leonard a collins leonard a collins was the son of william j collins and lived at 201 hopkins boulevard in biloxi  spring hill college leonard a collins matriculated to spring hill college at mobile alabama and was a cadet in the school s first rotc program which specialized in transportation the daily herald december 12 1950 p 6  references  the daily herald   collins rotc student   december 12 1950  john eistetter   john eistetter  18561904 a native of new orleans was born march 5 1856 he married at new orleans to wilhemina schumaker 18511929 the widow of mr henken and the daughter of william schumaker and christina breslow on september 27 1880 they were the parents of three children  john f eistetter  18811953  mayme w eistetter  18821942 and rose juanita eistetter  18901890 john eistetter made his livelihood as a brick mason and building contractor he built the foundations for many howard avenue buildings and biloxi homes from 1880 until his demise in mid march 1904 john was a member of magnolia lodge no 120 af am knights of honor and knights of pythias his funeral was held from the eistetter home on howard avenue with reverend js moore in attendance burial was in the biloxi city cemetery the biloxi daily herald march 14 1904 p 1  children john frank eistetter  18811953 was born at biloxi mississippi on june 6 1881 in late october 1920 he married mary chinn  18911958 the daughter of james b buck chinn 18571912 and martha ella hart 18571938 in 1917 biloxi mardi gras mary chinn was queen ixolib with king iberville george quint 18861967  r hart chinn  18881972 her brother was elected biloxi s mayor in august 1933 after the resignation of mayor kennedy in july 1933  the daily herald july 31 1933 p 1 and august 17 1933 p 1   john f eistetter and mary chinn were the parents of two children  martha wilhelmina eistetter  19212004 m wt edwards and john chinn eistetter  19291996 m mary brown 19291988 martha w eistetter expired at laramie wyoming on april 30 2004 john chinn esitetter died at biloxi mississippi on february 26 1996 john c and mary brown eistetter had a son  john david eistetter  c 1952 m melann marie cox and elizabeth cobb cuthell  mayme wilhelmina eistetter  18821942 was born at biloxi mississippi on december 28 1882 expired at biloxi on july 31 1942  juanita eistetter  18901890 was born at biloxi mississippi on march 1 1890 she died at biloxi on may 24 1890 her corporal remains were interred in the biloxi city cemetery  the biloxi herald may 31 1890 p 4    eistetter building the eistetter building was erected in 1896 on the corner of west howard avenue and magnolia street it was dedicated on october 17 1896 and a grand ball was held by the mississippi hook and ladder compnay no 1 as part of the celebration  the biloxi herald september 12 1896 p 8    references  charles l dyer  along the gulf  women of the trinity episcopal church pass christian mississippi1971 originally published 1895 jerome lepre  catholic church records diocese of biloxi mississippi  volume i catholic dioceses of biloxi biloxi mississippi1991  twentieth century coast edition of the biloxi daily herald historical and biographical  george w wilkes sons biloxi1902 harrison county mississippi chancery court cause no 11438 the estate of wilhelmina eistetter january 1930  journals the biloxi herald   local happenings   may 31 1890 the biloxi herald   latest city news   september 12 1896 the biloxi daily herald   necrologicaljohn eistetter   april 14 1904 the daily herald   eistetterchinn   october 23 1920 the daily herald     september 30 1921 the daily herald   staehling is out of race   july 31 1933 the daily herald   chinn wins mayors office as carroll and hunt withdraw   august 17 1933 the daily herald   miss eistetter dies   july 3 1942 the daily herald   eistetter death    the daily herald   john f eistetter   november 28 1953 the daily herald   mrs mary eistetter   may 5 1958 the sun herald   john c eistetter   february 1996  henry f fountain jr  henry francis fountain jr 19242011 called buddy was born at biloxi mississippi on november 26 1924 to henry f fountain 1899 and lucretia ann edmee thensted 19011930 buddy was reared on keller avenue and was descended from a line of biloxi boat builders as his grandfather martin fountain 18561938 and henry f fountain 18991930 his father were considered as among biloxi s finest crafsmen buddy was a us navy wwii veteran and a 1951 graduate of lsu acquiring a bs degree in architectural engineering he married gloria swetman in june 1950 and began his career as a professional architect in 1955 mr fountain and his firm were responsible for many public buildings in biloxi and ocean springs at biloxi his design work included the following structures mississippi coast coliseum our lady of fatima catholic church the 1961 bhs the biloxi public safety complex and many more at ocean springs some of his designs include st john s catholic church 1959 pecan park school 1967 ocean springs hospital 1968 magnolia park school 1969 os hospital additions and alterations 1977 os high school fine arts building os hospital outpatient services addition 1989 os hospital emergency room and icu 1995 and the os hospital third floor addition 1998 the sun herald june 7 2011 p a4 and harrison co mississippi circuit court mrb 82 p 142 buddy and gloria swetman fountain reared nine children at ocean springs their home the fountainguice home on iola road was completed in 1969 and won a design award from the southern pine association mr fountain had the distinction of being the most experienced architect on the mississippi gulf coast he passed on june 5 2011 the sun herald june 7 2011 p a4  references  the sun herald   hf buddy fountain  june 7 2011 the sun herald   architect left his stamp on the coast   june 7 2011  i daniel gehr   i daniel gehr  18951959 was born at alexandria louisiana on july 19 1895 to gustave gehr 18581900 a german immigrant grocer and sarah weil 18681900 or sarah rosenthal i daniel gehr was a contractor at alexandria in 1917 and arrived at biloxi mississippi before 1930 he was a graduate of tulane university in 1930 mr gehr resided on west water street as a tenant of mrs cousins and remained single in 1954 he was domiciled in the earle hotel avelez and had an office in the old people s bank building 1900 rapides parish louisiana federal census t623577 p 16b ed 124 and 1930 harrison co mississippi federal census r1146 p 12b ed 3 at biloxi in the 1940s i daniel gehr designed homes in bay terrace and planned the biloxi cash store of peter cerinich 18941951 and alena sekul cerinich 19082002 on west howard avenue and seal avenue he also supervised the 1941 construction of the westergard boat yard on back bay at lee street gehr was credited with planning the 1959 negro high school nicholls the west end elementary school and its 1959 addition and a four classroom addition to the perkins negro school in 1958 john t collins 19041985 biloxi architect took over mr gehr s school projects after his july 1959 demise   the daily herald april 27 1940 p 3 april 29 1940 p 2 september 20 1941 p 3 ocotber 8 1958 p 1 and july 22 1959 p 2 i daniel gehr expired at biloxi mississippi on july 22 1959 his corporal remains were interred in the jewish cemetery at pineville rapides parish louisiana he was survivied by two sisters mrs eugene levy and mrs harry simon and mires gehr a brother all lived in alexandria louisiana the daily herald july 22 1959 p 2  jack fayard  odeus meyers   18841968 and  calus c meyers  19091999 store owners on division street who came to biloxi in 1929 from erath louisiana  announced in february that they would build the myers theatre  on the southeast corner of lameuse street and division the theatre would have 600seats cost 11000 and  jack fayard  of biloxi was their architect  the new theatre opened on may 17th  the daily herald february 10 1940 p 1 february 16 1940 p 1 april 26 1940 p 2 and may 17 1940 p 2  john r harkness john rankin harkness   18271903  william t harkness william turner harkness  18691941 died at oconomowoc wisconsin on june 3 1941  je hebert  from the biloxi daily herald june 17 1905 p 5  eric johanson eric johanson  18991936  new east wingriviera hotel the east wing of the riviera hotel was torn down in september 1922 under the supervision of eric johansen contractor by midseptember the roof and a part of the second story had been removed with various frames to be saved the building has stood for years and the old lumber is well preserved and as good as new lumber a threestory modern hotel building will be completed in time for the winter season the daily herald september 23 1922 p 4  louis h manuel louis henry manuel  18701946 was born at new orleans on july 13 1870 to louis george manuel 18481903 and mary theodora desporte 18481903 his family relocated to jackson county mississippi in may 1871 crossing the railroad bridge to ocean springs on the first passenger train to make this trip from new orleans louis g manuel taught school and was elected to represent the citizens of west jackson county on the jackson county mississippi board of supervisors 18921896 and the state house of representatives from 18961898 in 1898 lg manue l operated a small us postal station called manuel which was probably located in the bayou porteaux area on the biloxiocean springs road now called le moyne boulevard cain volume ii 1983 p 10 and p 14 and the daily herald february 3 1941 p 3  louis h manuel married coralie suarez  18721952 in february 1891 in jackson county mississippi the manuel family remained in the bayou portogulf hills area of west jackson county mississippi where louis h manuel was an oysterman until they moved to biloxi across biloxi bay between 1900 and 1910 in biloxi the manuel family settled at 909 holley street where louis and coralie reared a large family louis j manuel 18911977 m ernestine m tiblier 18961980 antoinette c manuel 18941983 m leo h fountain 18911967 henry s manuel 1896 m ruby i byrd 18981917 and alene eleuterius 19001970 agnes m manuel 18981992 m laurence trochesset 18881974 sidney e manuel 19011920 m bernice eleuterius and frances e capuano 19051972 lillian f manuel 19031982 m kenneth e snyder 19061980 noreta manuel 19061985 m joseph c wink 19091988 edna e manuel 190819800 m albert l henley 19051993 and leo e manuel 19121976 m irene turan 19131973 during wwi louis h manuel worked as a foreman in the shipyards at pascagoula and moss point he is credited with erecting more than 200 homes at biloxi some of his buildings were kimbrough quints coquet s furniture and five adjoining stores public library biloxi bakery french restaurant handleman s building guarantee shoe store and biloxi high school gym  the daily herald february 3 1941 p 3    ralph marion ralph marion  19071984 was born december 15 1907 he married  ophelia sperivich  19061981 on november 21 1926 in 1930 ralph and ophelia marion lived on washington street at biloxi he was employed by a paving company as a brick mason ralph died at biloxi mississippi in december 1984 ophelia preceded him in death expiring in june 1981 their corporal remains were interred in the biloxi cemetery perpetual care section  the daily herald december 19 1907 p 2 and november 24 1926 p 1 and  harrison co mississippi mrb 38 p 535  carl e matthes during world war i beula l dukate 19001983 was introduced to carl emil matthes 18961972 a native of chicago who was born in the windy city on july 28 1896 carl enlisted in the navy in june 1917 and served until may 1919 with his last duty post at the gulfport naval station beula and carl e matthes were married in harrison county mississippi on august 15 1919 their nuptial ceremony was held in gulfport mississippi at the residence of the reverend spengler the daily herald august 16 1919 p 2 and harrison co mississippi circuit court mrb31 p 238 carl and beula dukate matthes were the parents of three children jane dukate matthes 19202010 m joseph edward owen 19152001 in november 1946 carl e matthes jr 19271964 m bernice wadlington 19272006 in december 1949 and lienhard lynn matthes 19292006 m samuel m browder in august 1950 following his marriage to miss dukate carl e matthes relocated to chicago and returned to biloxi in 1920 where he worked with various associates until 1937 when he joined with juan g landry 18921966 and they opened an office at hattiesburg mississippi in 1960 carl matthes jr joined the firm and carl matthes sr retired in december 1966 the daily herald august 29 1972 p 2  matthes buildings in october 1922 carl e matthes was situated in the office of beale yerger but planned a move to the gay building as j dulaney of jackson had joined him as an associate among the contracts that matthes was working at this time was that of his appointment as landscape gardener of the methodist seashore campground his duties here were to design and maintain the floral pulchritude of the grounds in addition matthes was charged with the location and design of a 50000 brick school and 50000 brick dormitory for the site the remodeling of the facade and entrance to the biloxi city hall when it was on main street was also on the books the daily herald october 6 1922 p 1 and november 23 1922 p 3 in 1926 matthes designed the quint building which was situated of the ne c of lameuse street and howard avenue the daily herald 1926 p 1 during his lifetime carl e matthes was an active coast architect among his many structures were bush grocery company warehouse kimbroough quint s drug store building avelez hotel hotel buena vista tivoli hotel trade winds biloxi city hospital gorenflo and lopez elementary schools biloxi public library first methodist church of biloxi on hopkins boulevard mary l michel school and the biloxi high school in addition carl worked on many smaller projects such as the isle of caprice the 1922 front entrance remodeling of the city hall when it was on main street and many others the daily herald august 29 1972 p 2 carl emil matthes age 76 years died at 930 pm on monday august 28 1972 at howard memorial hospital in biloxi mississippi he had designed the hospital in which he expired carl had been admitted following a stroke at his home and he passed on shortly thereafter the daily herald august 29 1972 p 2  references  the daily herald mr wkm dukate march 29 1916 the daily herald business house asked to close during funeral of wkm dukate march 30 1916 the daily herald biloxi society and personals october 12 1916 the daily herald matthesdukate august 16 1919 the daily herald committee holds important meet october 6 1922 the daily herald has removed office november 23 1922 the daily herald quint s has fine opening april 9 1926 the daily herald methodists adopt plans for building at biloxi march 1 1948 p 2 the daily herald mattheswadlington december 221949 the daily herald carl matthes jr august 22 1964 the daily herald carl matthes is hurt in accident april 10 1952 the daily herald carl matthes biloxi architect taken by death august 29 1972 the sun herald jane dukate matthes owen august 19 2012 the timespicayune linda rose dukate october 9 1939  lloyd t moon  charles h owen   charles h owen   18711954 was born september 18 1871 in holmes county mississippi he was a contractor and builder at biloxi and was known for his attention to detail in every aspect of his work at biloxi mr owens with mr joseph f barnes erected the twostory laz lopez domicile on the north side of west howard avenue between reynoir street and croesus the lopez mansion was designed and its construction supervised by theo brune 18541932 wellknown new orleans architect and built by barnes owens from bedford sandstone the roof was slate and adorned with a graceful and ornamental tower the house had fifteen rooms an elegant reception and palatial reception and stair hall lighted by rich and rare art glass windows  the biloxi herald may 5 1901 p 1   hugh h roof hugh h roof 18781969 was born to william s roof and irene roof at franklin ohio on september 4 1878 he married edna klare ca 18801940 a native of maryland their children were jane roof 19061940 and william roof b 1907 the roof family came to biloxi circa 1906 from ohio their only son william was born at biloxi on mr roof designed the pizzatti pavilion which was erected by the collins brothers in 1913 from the daily herald july 27 1926 p 2 during ww i hh roof was a manager at the international shipbuilding yard at pascagoula mississippi the roof family left biloxi circa 1926 for miami florida here he opened a cabinetwoodworking shop and became a cabinetmaker references  the daily herald   plans for new home  dr hm folkes     september 19 1919 the daily herald   erecting  dr hm folkes  west beach home   may 18 1921 the daily herald   white house fountain  july 27 1926 p 2 the daily herald   biloxi and its attractions   march 12 1928 p 11 the daily herald   news of former residents august 2 1930   thomas j rosell thomas jefferson rosell 18611923 was born on april 28 1861 at monroe county missouri married kizzie catron expired at biloxi on november 19 1923  tj rossell manufacturing   1903new residence nearly complete was the tj rosell pretty cottage on howard avenue  the biloxi daily herald april 27 1903    1905 building boom the year 1905 at biloxi was one of rebuilding and growth mr rosell s company was a major player having erected since may 1905 the following four residences for wkm dukate a residential buildings for daniel j gay and charles elarbee a cottage for wf swan a cottage for dr hiram m folkes a residence for mary hunt a 3000 residence for je swetman a residence for el doyle a 3500 residence for wa white and a residence for tj rosell by late november 1905 the tj rossell manufacturing company was progressing with the following developments at biloxi three buildings for wa white one building for wkm dukate a building for dulion rosell and tony benachi in the planning stage were five cottages for william watson on the parson property in the avondale section in addition rosell s crews were busy at the rigolets erecting a catholic church which cost 1500 for the workers of the lopez dukate cannery  the biloxi daily herald november 20 1905 p 1  1908 election held on july 7 1908 tj rosell defeated jw swetman former mayor in an extremely close race 1909commission form of government   references  the biloxi daily herald business and professional men  the biloxi daily herald biloxi mississippi1902 p 55 charles l dyer  along the gulf  women of the trinity episcopal church pass christian1971 originally published 1895  the biloxi daily herald     p  the biloxi daily herald   city news   april 27 1903 the biloxi daily herald   biloxi s building boom   november 20 1905 p 1 the daily herald   recount asked for vote on mayor   july 8 1908 p 1 the daily herald   to vote on commission form of government   june 4 1909 p 1 the daily herald   john j curtis is biloxi s city attorney   january 19 1910 p 1  james p starks james p starks was the son of in february 1886 samuel p starks and isabelle latimer 18631936 the daughter of edwin latimer and mary krohn his siblings were margaret starks 18861937 m jy morgan catherine starks 18881940 m peter e quave jr 18881940 theresa starks 18901968 elisabeth starks 18921896 william starks 18941894 mary camilia starks 18951900 james p starks 18981987 m aimee faurie 18951974 cyril a starks 19001903 edwin g starks 19021937 lillian starks 19051937 and samuel starks 19061993 samuel p starks made his livelihood as a butcher his residence and meat market were situated on the east side of washington avenue between county road now government street and bowen avenue in lot 25 and the s 2 of lot 26 of the clay strip the salvetti brothers restaurant is situated here today samuel p starks acquired this valuable commercial site from the widow julia egan 18331907 and her three sons in august 1882 for 125 jxco ms land deed bk 33 pp 226227  marshal starks in december 1904 samuel p starks was marshal elect of ocean springs he defeated casper vahle 18671922 by twentyfive votes 68 to 43 town of os minute bk 2 pp 301302 one complaint heard just prior to marshal starks taking office was the indiscriminate use of firearms within the perimeter of ocean springs especially on the east side  the progress october 1 1904 p 4   several months after henry s taylor s confrontation with local ruffians in front of the scranton state bank on washington avenue marshal samuel p starks tendered his resignation from public office on april 3 1906 the city leaders appointed augustin julius von rosambeau 18491912 as marshall on april 5 1906 town of os minute bk 2 pp 396397 in february 1908 mr starks sold his business and residence to mignon c lundy 18771957 the spouse of fj lundy 18631912 for 1000 jxco ms land deed bk 33 pp 227228  james p starks timeline   1939 james p starks  contractor is  erecting a nurses recreation hall  and a  new negro ward at the biloxi hospital  in additon he is building a new house for neil gryder on forrest avenue near back bay and a new home for himself on santini street the daily herald december 1 1939 p 8  christian a thompson christian armand thompson  18781959 was born at biloxi mississippi to mason admus thompson 18201885 and euphrosine nicaise 18391914 he married laura clare caillavet 18771954 the daughter of francis arbeau caillavet 18561909 and marie dodart 18581942 at biloxi mississippi on september 15 1904 children and laura clare thompson 19222011 m creel  references  the biloxi daily herald     p  the biloxi daily herald   city news   april 27 1903  oloff a thompson oloff admon ole thompson  18741944 was born september 15 1874 at bay st louis mississippi he married marie felicie trochesett in harrison county mississippi on march 30 1921 mr thompson built 10000 squareft seafood canning factory at neptune plaquemines parish louisiana in february 1900 and a twostory twelveroom dwelling for the lopezdukate company the biloxi daily herlad february 25 1900 p 8 oe thompson expired at biloxi mississippi on december 24 1944  references  the biloxi daily herald   local and personal  october 4 1899 the biloxi daily herald   city news   february 25 1900 the daily herald   ole e thompson buring this morning  december 26 1944  edwin w wetzell edwin william wetzel 18771953 was born at biloxi mississippi on july 20 1877 to william j wetzel 18501935 and elizabeth latimer 18531925 in march 1901 he married mary antoinette manuel beney 18741950 the daughter of louis g manuel 18481903 and theodora desporte 18481903 she was the widow of alphonse beney and the mother of mary alice beney 18951984 m edward mcdonald and john t graves and theodora lee beney 18961953 m orin kelso 18881974 mary antoinette manuel had married alphonse beney at st alphonsus catholic church in december 1893 lepre 1991 p 23 the children of edwin w wetzel and mary a manuel were william e wetzel 19021970 m mildred betz 191975 irma wetzel 19041978 milton j wetzel 19071994 m hyacinth vivian tew 19111979 edwin ross wetzel 19101911 and louis w wetzel 19111988 m helen leinhardt 19121996 and caroline kulivan 19201988 edwin m wetzell was the brotherinlaw of louis manuel they joined forces and the business became manuel wetzell manuel wetzell built many residences and commercial buildings at biloxi during their tenure as one of the cities premier contractors edwin m wetzell retired from contracting circa 1933 he died on august 20 1953 at 114 washinton street his residence mary manuel wetzel precede her spouse in death passing on february 7 1950 their corporal remains were interred in the biloxi city cemetery the daily herald august 21 1953 p 6  references  jerome lepre  catholic church records diocese of biloxi mississippi  volume i catholic dioceses of biloxi biloxi mississippi1991  journals the biloxi daily herald   city news   march 9 1901 the biloxi daily herald   city news   september 29 1908 the daily herald   edwin ross wetzel   august 14 1911 the daily herald   manuel and wetzel build gymnsium   january 17 1929 the daily herald   edwin w wetzel   august 21 1953 the timespicayune   deaths   june 11 1970 the timespicayune   deaths   november 15 1975 the timespicayune   deaths   february 26 1984 the timespicayune   deaths   march 11 1988 the timespicayune   deaths   april 27 1988  biloxi buildings and construction 19th century   1843 the  american hotel was in operation by edward milford  of mobile at biloxi near elmore s wharf probably jacob elmer s it was twostory edifice with a dining hall superior cook and good wines the daily picayune june 9 1843 p 1  1845 the batchelor s hall  a tourist residence jb currie proprietor had a tenpin alley attached to the building the daily picayune july 2 1845 p 4  1848 john w nixon  17821849 irish immigrant and veteran of the war of 1812 was operating the biloxi house  a tourist home or inn on east beach west of bellman street the daily picayune september 7 1848 p 1  1849 madame pradat s live oak hotel was operating on biloxi s east beach road the daily picayune may 31 1849  1850 biloxi was incorporated  on february 18 1850  1853 batchelor s hall  an inn run by sol mills b 1818 was operating at biloxi the daily picayune june 9 1843 p 1  1870 on october 29 1870 the  new orleans mobile chattanooga railroad  chartered 1866  completed the rail line between mobile and new orleans  rail service commenced on november 21 1870  1871 the nom c was reorganized on april 18 1871 and became the new orleans mobile texas railroad   1873 the new orleans mobile texas railroad was foreclosed upon in the us circuit court  henry j gardner and peter b butler v nom t for default of payment of interest on its 4 million in indebtedness to its bondholders the road missed interest payments due in october 1872 and april 1873 it was ordered sold at auction in six months the new york times april 15 1873 p 1  1875 an editorial in  the star of pascagoula  blasted the  new orleans mobile texas railroad  as   nothing more that or less than a gang of highway robbers entitled to as little consideration from the people as so many bandits who rob and plunder the weak and defenseless in defiance of the law the only remedy for these wrongs is the sale of the road refuse to patronize the road even if undergo inconvenience in doing so   the star of pascagoula may 22 1875 p 2 in june  db seal district attorney  of hancock county f iled litigation against the new orleans mobile chattanooga railroad  sic the plaintiffs were asking that the railroad build a draw bridge across the pearl river the present bridge was blocking the east pearl river channel which was needed for the lumber trade the star of pascagoula june 12 1875 p 3 in the summer of 1875 the  shady grove hotel  was managed by  urbain rambaut   18321889 a native of france the hostelry was in the process of renovation and refurbishment professor knapp a local guide with a horse and buggy was available for fishing in back bay or leading local history tours the star of pascagoula june 26 1875 p 1  1879 jefferson davis  18081889 acquired the orange orchard of  mrs sa dorsey at beauvoir  for 5000 the pascagoula democratstar february 28 1879  1880 the  l n railroad leased the property of the nom t railroad  on may 8 1880 in may 1880  theodore m scheffer  18491884 a prussian immigrant  opened his establishment the scheffer house for guests  it had been placed in first class condition for the season 1880 harrison co mississippi federal census t9648 p 9 ed 139 and the pascagoula democratstar may 28 1880 p 3  1881 on  october 5 1881 the l n railroad purchased all the assets of the reorganized new orleans mobile texas railroad for 6000000  this acquisition included the ponchartrain railroad which ran seven mile from new orleans to milneburg on lake ponchartrain and the one hundred fortyone miles of track depots the creosote plant at west pascagoula gautier stations station houses section houses rolling stock etc between mobile and new orleans jxco ms land deed bk 5 p 299  1883 city of biloxi organized its fire company on september 3rd  at the montross hotel fw elmer pres will c grant v pres pj montross treas phil mccabe foreman thomas p bachino 1st assist and frank greveniing 2nd assist others involved leon bertoli joe tucei john b bachino n petrie albert deck thomas mccabe daniel bachino jm ritch mj grady george h schrieber and n sullivan the daily picayune september 6 1883 p 1  raymond caillavet   18381898  commissioner of streets  started a work gang to  open a road from porter west to the city limits to connect with the beach road to mississippi city  the pascagoula democratstar october 5 1883 p 3  1885 the  barataria canning company  was founded  1886   1887   1888  in february 1885 john eistetter constructed what was described as  one of the most substantial ornamental and durable improvement on the beach for years   this memorial structure was a breakwater in front of the residence of mr frank t howard  18551911 on east  beach boulevard  mr eistetter erected this feature in the form of a semicircle it was two hundred feet in length six and onehalf feet tall and two feet above mean high tide this barricade required 48000 bricks and 60 barrels of cement  the biloxi herald february 18 1888 p 5    raymond caillavet  18381898 contractor built a large storage house for the  biloxi artesian ice manufacturing company  the biloxi herald february 18 1888 p 8  jr harkness was bulding a new house for jh keller  wp murray of new oeleans lathed the new residence the biloxi daily herald february 25 1888 p 8 the biloxi artesian ice manufacturing company is now prepared to take ice orders from all along the coast the biloxi herald march 31 1888 p 8  the gulf view hotel  was leased by  pj montross  18411897 of the montross hotel the biloxi herald april 7 1888 p 8  hugh mccallum  watchmaker and jeweler will occupy will occupy the new building being built by j r harkness for  dr james j lemon  on the south part of his drugstore lot southeast corner of lameuse and howard avenue the biloxi herald april 14 1888 p 8  nielsen s photo gallery  opened on  reynoir street  near the l n depot  professor fitch  an experienced photographer will be in charge the biloxi herald april 14 1888 p 8  l n rr erecting a freight depot and refurbishing the old building for passenger traffic  with separate waiting rooms for male and female transients the biloxi herald may 12 1888 p 8  howard memorial school  gift of frank t howard 18551911 and harry t howard 18561930 which was built and designed by john r harkness son in 1888 for 10000 the old building on lameuse street near water street owned by mrs ritch has been demolished and a new and sightly one will be built to replace it the biloxi herald july 28 1888 p 8  john t andrews is building a new house for sim ryan on croesus street the biloxi herald july 28 1888 p 8  sherwood bradford  machinist and blacksmith  erected a large attractive twostory shop on main street the biloxi herald july 28 1888 p 1  john r harkness is having the foundation laid on his lot on pass christian street preparatory to erecting a twostory commercial house 40 feet by 50 feet  the biloxi herald july 28 1888 p 8  john r harkness has taken contract to build the new public school building  which was donated by the howard family the biloxi herald august 4 1888 p 8  new building erected between delauney   ge ohr and magnolia on pass christian street howard avenue by john r harkness will be open next month as a clothing and notion store the biloxi herald october 27 1888 p 8  sixteen biloxi carpenters and laborers were employed to erect  the new  quarantine station on the chandeleur island s the biloxi herald november 24 1888 p 8 the  ocean view hotel  of cf theobald was leased to h edwards and plans to open january 1 1889 the biloxi herald december 1 1888 p 8 the  tegarden hotel at mississippi city burned to the ground  on november 26th it had been recently leased to mrs alexander the biloxi herald december 1 1888 p 8  harry t howard  18561930 was in town and t ook several photographic images of the new school house  the biloxi herald december 15 1888 p 8  1889 the  reverend robert h hinsdale  expired on january 9th he was at the  church of the redeemer  from 1883 until his demise on his death bed reverend hinsdale requested that harry t howard erect a new episcopal church on the beach at biloxi the daily herald january 9 1913 p 1 the new modern howard memorial public school building on main street   a gift from of frank t howard 18551911 and harry t howard 18561930 to the citizenry of biloxi was dedicated on march 22 nd it was built and designed by john r harkness son in 1888 for 10000 the daily picayune march 22 1889 p 8  biloxi had a large fire occur  in the central business district on june 5th  damage estimated at 75000  the fire started in the herald building major losses suffered by  mrs cm rugge  who lost twostory residence valued at 9000  constantine olivari   18411894 who lost his twostory residence ship chandlry business dry goods and groceries on the corner of lameuse street and pass christian street valued at 8000  dr james j lemon  lost his drug store and home worth 7500 the  post office building  of louis holley  was also destroyed mobile alabama sent two fire engines on a special train  but they arrived after biloxi firemen had the conflagration extinguished the daily picayune june 6 1889 p 1  1890 jp weber s new building on pass christian street between lameuse street and main street is almost complete  the biloxi herald march 1 1890 p 4  john andrews is building two neat cottages on lameuse street for mrs colbet the biloxi herald may 24 1890 p 4  frank lucich  contractor is erecting a new building on pass christian street near lameuse for phil mccabe the structure is 30 feet by 45 feet and will divided into two 15 feet by 45 feet store spaces they will be occupied as soon as completed the biloxi herald may 24 1890 p 4 the framework for the new opera house is going up and when completed it will be the largest building in biloxi john r harkness is working rapidly for its completion the building contract called for the opera house to cost 5000 when finished and furnished the biloxi herald june 7 1890 p 4 june 19 1890 p  1891 the biloxi herald moved into its new office building adjacent to the masonic opera house on pass christian street about april 15 1891 the structure was built by john r harkness and was central and desirable than their last quarters  the biloxi herald april 4 1891 p 4   the  new plant of the barataria canning company was completed in july  hr gogreve president isidore hechinger vice pres h bentz treasurer isidore heidenheim secretary and h edwards jr superintendent the biloxi herald july 11 1891 p 4  1892 the  old bellande building near the l n depot has been demolished and the foundation  is being laid for a new twostory edifice the biloxi herald january 9 1892 p 8 on july 261892 the great new orleans philanthropist  john henry keller  18301908 himself not a presbyterian donated lot 1 50 feet by 150 feet block 6 of keller s tract to the  biloxi presbyterian church   the church was located on east howard avenue east of the old biloxi public high school  wl covel   18361926 was contracted to erect the small and modest building of the newly organized congregation the deacons and elders of the biloxi presbyterian church among them bemis o bailey 18981969 an ocean springs native  sold their property to the city of biloxi in late december 1940  for 3659 harrison co ms land deed bk 28 p 205 and the biloxi herald july 2 1892 p 1 and july 16 1892 p 4  1893 john eistetter  18561904 began laying the foundation for a  twostory building for mr herbelin  on the corner of howard avenue and lameuse street jr harkness was the contractor the biloxi herald january 21 1893 p 8 in april  jr harkness was contracted by lopez dunbar s sons co to construct a new  five thousand dollar 18000 squareft  cannery on the former site of the old one  twostory mansard towers on each end functioned as office space the biloxi herald april 15 1893 p 1 in april the  biloxi milling company commenced operations making flour and meal   it was founded by missourians edward g burklin 18601920 james b buck chinn 18571912 rd chinn and mr brewton the biloxi herald january 7 1893 p 8 and april 22 1893 p 1 in april  jr harkness sons announced plans to build a steam planning and milling plant in the rear of the opera house  on pass christian street and magnolia street the biloxi herald april 22 1893 p 1 in april  jr harkness sons relocated the episcopal church from pass christian street to the beach  the biloxi herald april 22 1893 p 1 in late july  the beach house a new hotel on the beach was completed for occupancy by jr harkness  contractor for mrs margaret e drysdale 18401896 the owner the biloxi daily herald july 29 1893 p 8  eg burklin of vandalia missouri agreed to install 45 street lights  of 32 candle power to the city of biloxi the biloxi herald september 30 1893 p 1  casimir j harvey  18451904 of back bay d iberville  commenced his ferry operation across back bay  to biloxi on december 2nd his vessel was called the  shrimp  captain ed richards took over the rope or skiff ferry and handled the oars the biloxi herald december 2 1893 p 1  os williams contracted to build a twostory modern home on porter avenue north of the l n railroad  mr burklin will also install two 32candle power incadescent lamps for mr williams on porter the biloxi herald december 2 1893 p 8  the montross hotel installed electric lights  in december the biloxi herald december 9 1893 p 8  1894 the  columbia lumberton gulf railroad  was recently chartered the railroad will tap for ninety miles some of the finest pine lands in the state plans to connect with the gulf ship island rr at lumberton mississippi the biloxi herald january 20 1894 p 8 the  biloxi electric light company  was chartered on february 2nd harrison co ms charter bk 2 p 116 the  biloxi and back bay bridge company  was chartered on june 2nd harrison co ms charter bk 2 p 186 the biloxi herald june 9 1894 p 1 the biloxi herald june 9 1894 p 8 on october 12th  biloxi s commercial district was inflicted losses of about 75000  when a large fire commenced in the twostory jw swetman building on pass christian street big losers were s picard 25000 jw swetman 8000 ge ohr sr 5000 wkm dukate 4500 and the pottery of ge ohr jr 18571918 3000 the biloxi herald october 13 1894 p 8  jw swetman contracted with john eistetter and john r harkness to erect a 2story brick building on west howard avenue for 2800 the structure was designed by wt harkness on a 30foot by 50foot foundation and built with pressed brick a glass front and iron pillars mr swetman was replacing his building lost in the recent fire and would use the first floor as a drugstore and the 2nd floor as a lodge or public hall the difference in insurance rates made brick buldings cheaper than those constructed of wood the biloxi herald november 3 1894 p 8  1895 city hallmain street  circa 1902 in late february  work commenced by the gc taylor company on the new city hall on main street  when excavation began on the foundation  mr taylor had difficulty finding local labor and went to meridian and returned with eleven laborers  as  only five biloxians would work for 1 per day  the unskilled labor rate most biloxi day laborers expected to be paid 125 to 150 per day the biloxi herald march 2 1895 p 8  new masonic building  the biloxi herald march 16 1895 p 8  james v hagan  18741929  has secured from sam picard a fine commercial lot on the corner of pass christian and magnolia street with a 50foot frontage on pass christian west howard avenue   he will erect a building here for his chandelry business  by early october james hagan s new brick building presented an elegant appearance and had been painted by ed suter the biloxi herald march 9 1895 p 8 and october 5 1895 p 8  the biloxi railway was established  by dr jj lemon president jc bradford vicepres eg burklin general mgr and superintendent col ew morill sec treas and wh maybin gen attorney laying of track was to commence shortly as cars rails ties etc had been acquired 8000 worth of company stock had been sold the biloxi herald march 30 1895 p 8  gill avenue station  built 1895  the l n railroad completed two new railroad stations  on the east and west end of biloxi the coast train and excursion trains on wednesday and sunday will stop at both places the l n has named these stations as the oak street station  east and the gill avenue station  west local citizens suggested the names summerville east and oakmere west but they were rejected by the railroad the biloxi herald may 11 1895 p 8  morris and eaton have leased the arcade house on the beach  and will conduct a first class hotel the biloxi herald may 11 1895 p 8  street cars began running on reynoir street to the back bay  in early september the biloxi herald september 7 1895 p 8  wt harkness  18691841  architect and builder  is building three fine dwelling houses for mrs george d lining  nee ellen martin d may 1959 one of the residences is on the corner of main street and the beach road while the other two will be built on main street  ellen martin was the spouse of  george dent lining   1875pre1938 the linings lived at biloxi until about 1909 when they relocated to mobile he was in the marine supply business and active in the civic and social circles of mobile the biloxi herald october 5 1895 p 8  wt harkness   18691841   architect and builder   is completing a cottage on magnolia and water street for mrs john coyle  the biloxi herald october 5 1895 p 8  brick for the new mechanics steam fire engine company no 2 is arriving by schooner the foundation has been laid for the twostory building  20 feet by 80 feet the biloxi herald october 5 1895 p 8  john eistetter  18571904 has contracted with dr w saucier  dental surgeon to build a twostory 2100 building 25 feet by 50 feet  on the east half of a lot on the corner of pass christian and magnolia street acquired from james v hagan for 900 dr saucier s lot had a 30foot front on pass christian street west howard avenue the biloxi herald march 9 1895 p 8 and october 5 1895 p 8  1896 florian seal   18531927 opened  the gulf coast real estate agency  in the biloxi herald building in march the biloxi herald march 7 1896 p 8  new city hall was dedicated  in late april the biloxi herald april 25 1896 p 1  construction on pass christian street howard avenue  was well underway by midyear  the lazaro lopez residence is almost complete john eistetter s new brick building is rapidly under construction on 24 july mechanics fire company no 2 will dedicate t heir new firehouse  dr saucier is completing his woodframed structure and the herbelin warehouse in its final stages the mccabe building on the nw c of lameuse and pass christian street will be removed for the erection of the new twostory  roman brick of the peoples bank  the biloxi herald july 18 1896 p 1  eistetter kelly were awarded the  5000 contract to erect a home for cf theobald  18391903 on front street and main the biloxi herald august 22 1896 p 8 the eistetter building was erected in 1896 on the corner of west howard avenue and magnolia stree t it was dedicated on october 17 1896 and a grand ball was held by the mississippi hook and ladder compnay no 1 as part of the celebration  the biloxi herald september 12 1896 p 8   in november the  back bay artesian water company was chartered  by john bradford arthur reynoir mrs a richards and sam d shaw the biloxi herald november 28 1896 p 8 the  people s telephone company of biloxi was chartered  in december by wkm dukate ernest doyle jd mckie wa white john walker and ed glennan the biloxi herald december 5 1896 p 8  1897 dr anthony p champlin  18391897 d ied at biloxi  in early march he had been a quarantine physician for several years and at the time of his demise was in charge of the cat island quarantine station the biloxi herald march 15 1897  peter joseph montross  18411897  proprietor of the montross hotel died  at biloxi on march 27 1897 his corporal remains were sent to new orleans for internment in the vault belonging to the army of the tennessee the biloxi daily herald april 3 1897 p 8  john r harkness   18271903 has the contract to erect the residence of john c carraway  18731931 and william p burke 18581924 will build the house of dr daniel a nash  18581904 both structures are on the beach the biloxi herald april 3 1897 p 1  william c morgan and son leased the montross hotel  in early may the biloxi daily herald may 8 1897 p 8  john kelly has the contract to build a neat residence for frank voivedich on reynoir street near howard avenue the biloxi daily herald november 27 1897 p 8  1898 raymond caillavet  18381898 former  mayor treasurer councilman and street commissioner and contractor  expired on february 16th the biloxi herald february 19 1898 p 5   william w sutcliffe house  built 1898  1364 west beach boulevard   postcard circa 1905 from hr randy randazzo news of william w sutcliffe s acquisition of a beach front lot was reported in   the biloxi herald  in late february 1898 the journal reported that he would let a contract shortly for the erection of a residence to cost between 4000 and 5000 in april 1898 mr sutcliffe had his lot fenced and planned to have a home built on his seaside vista within the year in august 1898  ww sutcliffe  now president of the board of trustees of the sea shore campground  signed a building contract with john kelley  mr kelley was to erect a large structure on sutcliffe s avondale lot facing the mississippi sound in early november 1898 the sutcliffes came over from new orleans to inspect their beautiful domicile which was under construction  this edifice was destroyed on august 29 2005 in hurricane katrina when owned by nick mavar and  nancy pierce mavar   the biloxi herald february 26 1898 p 8  april 2 1898 p 8  august 20 1898 p 8 and  november 12 1898 p 4     laz lopez   18501903 has a  new residence on east howard avenu e that is a conspicuous ornament the biloxi herald may 18 1898 p 8 the  city of biloxi received three new public school buildings on september 6th  the  forest park school  on porter avenue was given by lazaro lopez 18501903 and julia dulion lopez 18571918 the  back bay ward schoo l was donated by wkm dukate and william gorenflo it was situated on main street and back bay mayor  harry t howard gave the city a primary school building  on the corner of main street and water street the biloxi daily herald september 10 1898 p 4  1899 mary a andrews   18481900 a widow   planned to open the new breslow hotel on june 1st the commodious structure was built by john eistetter  18561904 mrs andrew planned to furnish the modern breslow hotel with new furniture  she had operated the bay view cottage for many years  mrs andrews was an excellent caterer the biloxi daily herald may 25 1899 p 8  1900   in midmay thompson eistetter architects and builders  broke ground for the new 7000  lopez dukate building on the corner of delauney street and howard avenue the structure had twostories with a pressed brick front the cumberland telephone and telegraph company was its first tenant and moved into their quarters in midaugust  the biloxi daily herald may 15 1900 p 8 and july 31 1900 p 8  john eistteter  contractor related that  the new fountain to be set up in front of city hall has arrived  and will be built in a few days the ornamental fountain to be erected at lameuse street and howard has not been received the biloxi daily herald september 4 1900 p 8  contractor cd budd continued bricking howard avenue  towards nixon street reynoir street from the l n depot to howard avenue was completed in late july the biloxi herald september 4 1900 p 8  thompson eistetter architects and builders  awarded 10000 contract to erect a new gothicstyle baptist church of brick and stone at lameuse and jackson the biloxi daily herald october 5 1900 p 8  mayor daniel a nash  18581904 announced that  1743548 had been deposited in the bank of biloxi for the new bridge across back bay the biloxi daily herald october 5 and october 6 1900 p 8 a new twostory building is under construction on lameuse street next to the bank exchange  there will be a restaurant on the 1st floor and a pool room on the 2nd floor the biloxi aaily herald october 14 1900 p 8  the biloxi daily herald  noted that   one of the greatest needs of biloxi is a new school house for colored children   it recommended that the city government build an adequate school house to cost about 300 on a tract owned by the colored community of biloxi the biloxi daily herald october 30 1900 p 8  bradford s bus which made regular trips from city hall to joullian s factory  via reynoir street commenced on november 1st fare five cents the biloxi daily herald november 9 1900 p 1 on november 9th the  great biloxi fire started in the rear of kennedy s saloon  near the l n depot on reynoir street hotel and devastated about ninety commercial and residential structures south to the beach  damages estimated at about 600000  the biloxi daily herald november 9 1900 p 1  biloxi buildings and construction 20th century   1901 in january  a large seafood cannery was commenced  at gulfport the biloxi daily herald january 12 1901 p 8  thompson eistetter   architects and builders were awarded the contract to  erect the kennedy hotel on reynoir street and railroad  their bid for this twostory brick structure was 8610 the lowest submitted the highest submitted bid was 11314 in early august 1904  an addition to the kennedy hotel  was started the biloxi daily herald january 2 1901 p 8 and january 3 1901 p 8 and august 8 1904 p 1 the new  baptist church is being built by thompson eistetter  architects and builders the reverend dr searcy is in residence editor note this structure was on lameuse street and washington street the biloxi daily herald january 6 1901 p 8 the  foundation of the l lopez company building situated on reynoir street and howard avenue commenced  on january 10th the biloxi daily herald january 10 1901 p 8  wh maybin has let contract for a 3500 residence on the beach near porter avenue  mr maybin and family moved into their new residence in early may 1901 the biloxi daily herald january 11 1901 p 8 and may 5 1901 p 8 in early april  the erection of the new l n depot at biloxi was finished  except for decorating and painting and was expected to open in two weeks the biloxi daily herald april 3 1901 p 8 the new   twostory l lopez co building on reynoir and howard opened in late april  theo brune 18541932 nola architect the biloxi daily herald april 27 1912 p 8 in june work was  commenced by contractor owens on the biloxi yacht club  in the front of the montross hotel with the demolition of bath houses and other structures the biloxi daily herald june 12 1901 p 1 the  first pedestrian bridge a wooden structure across back bay biloxi  informally opened at 600 am on august 3rd the biloxi daily herald august 3 and august 4 1901 p 1  ole thompson  18741944 was awarded the contract to  build a new home on the beach  for mr charlton the biloxi daily herald november 1 1901 p 8  rm mosley  18651910 city marshal  expects to take possession of his new home on howard avenue the biloxi daily herald november 1 1901 p 8  1902 in january  thomas bendelow  18681936 a scotsman in the employ of ag spaulding sons of chicago arrived on the mississippi gulf coast and  built two golf courses at pass christian and one at biloxi  on the jh keller 18301908 property between lee street and keller avenue and north of the l n railroad the biloxi course was nineholes and only 1941 yards long and referred to as keller s green the daily picayune january 12 1902 p 4 and the biloxi daily herald january 15 1902 p 1 and january 29 1902 p 8  contract for the nbvm catholic church was let to jf barnes co  of greenville and biloxi for 15558 brick structure 132 feet by 55 feet 60 feet tall and bell tower 140 feet tall architect theo brune 18541932 of nola bid did not include overhead ceiling plastering and wainscoting the biloxi daily herald february 7 1902 p 1 the   125000 federal building a post office customs house and federal court   for biloxi was approved on june 6th the biloxi daily herald march 31 1908 p 1  pj gillen and bert c gillen contractors left for birmingham in early may they had been in biloxi since october 1901 erecting the bolton building at 138 west howard avenue for dr walter t bolton  18591923 dr bolton had his offices and residence here until about 1920 when the family relocated to west beach and porter avenue the biloxi daily herald november 28 1901 p 8 march 20 1902 p 8 and may 9 1902 p 8 the  summer pavilion a public recreational facility situated in the water  between reynoir and croesus street opened on june 18th it was 104 feet by 40 feet with a lofty roof and an awning on its perimeter dances were held on tuesday and friday  charles m wilkes  was the manager the biloxi daily herald june 14 1902 p 8 the  biloxi sanatorium was chartered in june  by dr hm folkes 18711926 harry turner howard 18561930 wkm dukate 18521916 lazaro lopez 18501903 dr mc talbot and james h neville the biloxi daily herald july 5 1902 p 2  bishop heslin confirmed 68 children and the corner stone and bell christening at nbvm was held on september 14th  the bell was donated by lazaro lopez  18501903 and named carajosephine lopez to honor his deceased daughter the seth thomas clock  also donated by the lazaro lopez family was hoisted into position in late september the biloxi daily herald august 19 1902 p 1 september 16 1902 p 6 and september 27 1902 p 8 the  corner stone was laid on november 27th for a new school building on point cadet  financed by harry t howard 18561930 philanthropist the biloxi daily herald november 26 1902 p 6 the  biloxi electric street railway power company was charted  on december 17th by jm bell john carraway 18731931 ec joullian 18631931 lazaro lopez 18501903 wkm dukate 18521916 et al harrison co mississippi chattel deed bk 5 p 339  1903 varina howell davis  18261906  sold beauvoir to the sons of confederate veterans  of mississippi for 10000 the formal  transfer occurred at jackson mississippi  on february 1st the daughters of the confederacy allocated 3000 to furnish the historic home the biloxi daily herald february 4 1903 p 6  1904 the building committee of the city of biloxi accepted the plans of architect hebert for an addition to the howard primary school  like the original structure the addition was a gift of harry t howard by august the frame work for the additional story was in place and the roof was ready to start the biloxi daily herald july 2 1904 p 8 and august 8 1904 p 1  main street me church  image prejanuary 1910 in july 1903 the building committee of the methodist church accepted the plans of r and j ryan of gulfport to erect this church estimated to cost 10000 by early august 1904 the  methodist church  construction  was progressing with encouraging rapidity   the biloxi daily herald july 29 1903 p 6 august 8 1904 p 1 in early august  an addition to the kennedy hotel was started the biloxi daily herald august 8 1904 p 1   elmercamp house    mayor fw elmer  18471926  contracted with je greene to build a home on magnolia and front beach  for between 3000 and 4000 the biloxi daily herald october 20 1904 p 5 the je selman residence on the beach is near completion it is one of mr greene s flowers the biloxi daily herald december 3 1904 p 5 the lars peter eskald  18561944  residence on seal avenue is now being erected the biloxi daily herald december 6 1904 p 5 the 12500  chiapella hotel  on the east side of reynoir street between howard avenue and railroad street was under construction the biloxi daily herald november 1904 and december 20 1904 p 1  1905 the standard construction company of chicago was awarded the 90770 contract to build the biloxi federal building in february the daily herald february 2 1905 p 6  je greene  completed the  chiapella hotel  in march the biloxi daily herald december 20 1905 p 1 the residence of  dr wo talbot  local dentist was  nearing completion  on the corner of seal and howard avenue  the biloxi daily herald november 16 1905 p 4    wf gorenflo sold a cottage  on seal avenue to mrs mollie mcpike of vandalia missouri for 2000 in december mr goreflo let a  contract to ed wetzell to build an eightroom cottage  on the adjoining lot  the biloxi daily herald november 16 1905 p 4 and december 28 1905 p 1   the  tj rosell manufacturing company  was on a construction bonanza with over 40000 in completed or contracts for houses and buildings at biloxi the biloxi daily herald november 20 1905 p 1  1906 the  west end hose company met on january 3rd  in their new fire house the biloxi daily herald january 4 1906 p 1    the  east end hose company let a contract to hubbell sheldon  to build the shell of a meeting hall and engine house for 700 the facility would be completed after more funds were raised the biloxi daily herald january 8 1906 p 4 in early january 1906 seven large stain  glass windows arrived at biloxi from germany to tbe placed in the sanctuary of the nativity bvm catholica church   julia dulion lopez  18571918 had donated these windows described as   equal to anything in the south   in memory of  lazaro lopez  18501903 her late husband frederick thornley of new york was employed to install the windows designed and built by reis and reis of munich germany  the biloxi daily herald january 6 1906 p 4 and january 9 1906 p 1    ed wetzell had the 2500 contract to build a fiveroom residence for jake tremmel on the corner of jackson and fayard street the biloxi daily herald january 6 1906 p 4 captain llewellyn r bowen 18661946 was born at racine wisconsin on september 19 1866 he came to biloxi about 1890 captain bowen was married to johanna laage 18741949 the daughter of john h laage 18391918 and minna wittgrebe laage 18421947 the laages were married at lingen hanover germany her birthplace in 1866 they immigrated to the united states and resided at new orleans until 1884 when they relocated to biloxi mississippi the laages had nine children all natives of new orleans johanna and lr bowen reared a family in biloxi consisting of the following children james j bowen 18921893 lilly bowen 18931958 llewellyn bowen 18991960 and mrs anna may b beck 19081975 lr bowen began his tenure as a bar pilot about 1894 he retired in 1940 with over 45 years of service at ship island and gulfport llewellyn louis bowen was also active politically in biloxi he ran for city alderman in 1900 and 1902 losing both elections to heidenheim and joseph ott respectively captain bowen was very active in cultural and civic affairs he could list among his accomplishments eighteen years of service on the biloxi school board and a few years on the perkinston school board directorship of the peoples bank membership in the woodmen of the world patron of the eastern star and membership in volunteer fire company no 1 bowen also was a mason for 54 years the bowen family lived originally at 222 lee street but later resided in a unique home at 606 east howard known as the bowen house its uniqueness was derived from the concrete blocks which were composed of crushed oyster shells  the biloxid iberville press march 27 1991    bowen house555 east howard avenue  image made june 20 2013  captain llewellyn r bowen  18661946 a ship island bar pilot and native of racine wisconsin built a home on his lot at 606 east howard avenue commencing in late may 1906 the bowen house was erected with concrete blocks made a the barataria canning company  august larson was hired by the coast concrete construction company to supervise the work on captain bowen s new home  mr larson had supervised the construction of the new federal building on lameuse street the bowen family moved into their home in early january 1907 it was described as one of the handsomest in bilox iand unique as the concrete blocks from which it was erected were composed of crushed oyster shells the biloxi daily herald may 31 1906 p 2 the new orleans item january 6 1907 p 15 and the biloxid iberville press march 27 1991  1907   1908 in late september  edwin m wetzel  18771953 was contracted by western union telegraph to build a one story  35foot deep office on west howard avenue between the brick building of charles redding corner of howard and delauney and the joseph lawrence shoe store  mrs dr washington in east gulfport hired contractor wetzel to erect a  3000 twostory frame building  the biloxi daily herald september 29 1908 p 1  1909   1910   1911 the jh keller estate subdivison was platted in february in east biloxi between east howard avenue and east beach drive and west of lee avenue jd ferguson surveyor harrison co mississippi chancery court 2nd jd land plat bk 1 p 10  redding building   built in 1911 image made january 2011 after the fire of january 18 2011  charles redding and joseph lawrence began demolishing the vaudette theatre  now occupied by uncle fred s to erect a twostory brick structure on the corner of howard avenue and delauney tj rosell drew the architectural plans and ed wetzell is the builder  the daily herald july 18 1911 p 8  the  redding building on west howard avenue was fatally damaged  by a large conflagration around midnight of january 18th three businesses up stairs down stairs the spanish trail bookstore and adventures bar and grill were the tenants arson was not believed to be the cause of the fire the sun herald january 2011 p a1  1912 nolan torre nola architects were selected to design the new biloxi school building to cost 40000 the daily herald march 12 1912 p 8 the  th kimbrough home on east beach  near lee street was  sold to colonel th warren  in june the daily herald june 7 1912 p 1  wt nolan nola architect  who designed the  new biloxi high school on east howard avenue   was in biloxi with  se dupree building contractor  to  conduct soil tests for the foundation  of the structure the daily herald july 5 1912 p 8  1913 the new  elks club building on lameuse street  was dedicated on the 13th the  hahn building a twostory brick structure  44 feet by 72 feet of local shoe merchant  louis hahn   18761937   was completed by contractorachitect oe thompson and ga harkness foreman in early june  the hahn building was located on the nw c of west howard avenue and magnolia street the old hahn frame building was moved to the rear of the lot by  adam schaad  18491931 and was planned to be used as a tenement mr hahn s  parlor shoe store  and miss  mattye myhand s  18921937   millinery shop occiupied the first floor  while the  cumberland telephone company was situated on the second floor   they took a ten year lease and planned to install a new flashlight exchange  letitia hahn acquired title to the  44foot by 175foot lot from the chancery court in december 1903 the daily herald january 13 1913 p 1 april 10 1913 p 8 june 6 1913 p 1 and p 8 and minutes of the harrison co mississippi chancery court bk 7 p 539 in july 1913 the  harrison county board of supervisors let a 6300 contract  to the austin brothers of atlanta georgia to erect a structure  across the tchoutacabouffa river to replace the lamey ferry  in november 1913 board member fw elmer sr was appointed to oversee construction of the bridge harco ms board of supervisors minute bk 10 p 274 and p 391  1914 the thomas l bradley home on east howard avenue was commenced in february the daily herald february 11 1914 p 2  edwin wetzel  18771953 was awarded the  contract by the city of biloxi to erect a 900 squareft annex  to the  back bay school  an additional teacher for the next term will be added as many pupils were unable to attend the school due to lack of facilities and overcrowding in its two class rooms the daily herald july 28 1914 p 2  1915 salvatore pizzati  18391915 pioneer fruit importer of nola gave biloxi 1000 to erect a dance pavilion  the pizatti pavilion the structure was complete in june mr pizzati expired at nola on december 30 1915 the daily herald february 18 1915 p 1 and june 8 1915 p 1  i n may  louis holley  18841973 had contract to build a onestory frame building  for ernest desporte on front street just west of lameuse street  henry agregaard and son will open an oyster house and short order lunch house when complete the daily herald may 12 1915 p 2     the  deer island island development company formally dedicated their deer island amusement center  on june 23rd meyer eiseman of the didc george w grayson of the biloxi commercial club mayor glennan of biloxi mayor foote of gulfport and mayor saucier of pass christian spoke at the ceremony ocean springs beat biloxi 52 in the baseball game the gulfport advocate june 26 1915 p 1  sam strange  sic 18861967  leased part of the olivari building on howard avenue and lameuse street and will open a grocery store he recently commenced the french market grocery at gulfport the gulfport advocate july 10 1915 p 8      ed wetzel was the winning bidder  against lh manuel re roberts and son e ahern and chris thompson  to build an additon to the back bay school   his bid was 452 and completion of the work was expected by septemebr 6 1915 the daily herald august 6 1915 p 1  new biloxi yacht club in late october 1915 commodore douglas watson 18841953 laid the ground work for erecting a new yacht club at biloxi to cost between 2000 and 2500 je breaux jr and jg wiltz were appointed to locate a site on biloxi s waterfront and commodore watson with john f eistetter byrd enoch and hh roof were charged with acquiring architectural plans for the new facility the 1915 byc was another camille victim in august 1969   the times picayune october 21 1915 p 13    louis h manuel  18701946 was awarded the contract to enclose the pizatti pavilion with glass and heat it for the convenience of the biloxi tourist club who met here during the winter tourist season  his bid was 269 barely beating that of harry e haise  18541954 by 1 the grounds had a croquet court and a horseshoe pitching area for the winter visitors the daily herald november 13 1915 p 1 the collins brothers were contracted by mrs william dreucks to erect a 6room modern cottage on east howard avenue she will occupy it as her residence the daily herald december 22 1915 p 2  1916 in october  eric johansen is building a bungalow on seal avenue for colonel wh smith to be used as a rental the daily herald october 17 1916 p 3 in december the collins brothers were erecting a fiveroom bungalow on lee street for hc anderson and spouse the andersons were to use their domilcie as their winter quarters the daily herald december 8 1916 p 2  1917 1918 1919   1920   1921 tj rosell surpervising contractor was erecting gunston hall a twostory moden home designed by hugh h roof for dr hm folkes  it was located on the northeast corner of west beach and rodenburg avenue with completion by august later owned by mrs julia wendt 18921985 a kentucky born school teracher who sold it to a jake mladinich and john m mladinich who opened the white pillars a restaurant the daily herald september 19 1919 p 2 and may 18 1921 p 4  1922 city hall image circa 1934  the remodeling of the facade and entrance to the main street biloxi city hall was assigned to carl e matthes 18961972 architect in november the daily herald november 23 1922 p 3  1923 trustees of the confederates home  beauvoir let a contract to wt beckelheimer of jackson for the erection of a 38000  twostory brick hospital  the daily herald october 19 1923 p 1 nad october 22 1923 p 1  1924 the  avelez hotel on west howard avenue opened  on january 1st it was demolished in november december 1972  the daily herald january 1924 p 1 and december 1 1972   the  henry m piaggio 300000 italian villa  at gulfport mississippi was acquired by charles glenn collins of new orleans he planned to convert it into the gulf coast sanitarium for utilization by louisiana and mississippi physicians  henry m piaggio  18741921 a native of  genoa italy   was one of the founders of the international shipbuilding corporation at pascagoula mr piaggio built the merry mansion but died before it was completed the jackson county times 1924 p 1 and the history of jxco ms 1989 pp 2526 the  strand theatre in the lopez building opened  on january 5th the theater sat 650 people and was formatted for moving pictures and vaudeville shows the daily herald january 24 1924 p 1 on january 22 1924  re lee elder   18651931 conveyed to the city of biloxi for 3500 a lot 92 feet fronting on back bay to the north south 768 feet to elder street here the city of biloxi created the back bay city park here in december 1925 the  city planned to move and remodel as a community house and club  the home formerly owned by john c bradford 18551928 harco ms land deed bk 140 p 371 and the daily herald december 16 1925 p 2 the  american legion pavilion  on  back bay and reynoir street opened  on june 3rd seating capacity between 2000 and 2500 people the daily herald june 4 1924 p 3 the  jc penny company department store opened  at biloxi on august 30th in the peoples bank building the store carries a large stock of high class merchandise the jackson county times august 30 1924 p 5 the  buena vista hotel opened  on july 3rd the  gulfport and mississippi coast traction company  was acquired by the mississippi power company in late december the daily herald december 29 1924 p 1 in 19231924 the  gorenflo school was designed by architect carl e matthes  18961972 and erected it was originally called the back bay elementary school its area of educational responsibility included all north of the l n railroad from caillavet to lee street including the east side of caillavet and the west side of lee north of division bounded by caillavet and seal  eb johnson and mattie moss johnson have sold  their residence at  941 east beach  to  cora stanton jahncke  18851970  the wife of ernest lee jahncke  18771960  of nola  for 15000 the johnson family planned to return t o clarksdale mississippi the johnson family lived here for some time and always had the welfare and civic improvement at heart mr jahnke will use the home as a summer residence the daily herald december 18 1924 p 3 and harco ms land deed bk 143 p 412  1925 cozy home builders was formed by william j collins  18861962 manager  george j collins  18911968 and henry l schwan  18891956 their first project is the erection of three handsome bungalows on seal avenue between railroad and division street  work has started on all three the daily herald may 29 1925 p 6 the foundation for the nageeb j bittar  18861979  spanish mission style residence on west beac h was started in may by manuel wetzel from a carl matthes design the daily herald may 29 1925 p 6 the sj tedesco twostory home near hartease park is under constrution by the collins brother from a carl matthes design the daily herald may 29 1925 p 6 miss annie cousins is having ole thompson build a twostory apartment house on water street near magnolia  it is being rebuilt from the old cousins home and will have eight family apartments  the daily herald may 29 1925 p 6 in late october the robinsongoodwin realty company of robert and nellie goodwin platted the  robinsongoodwin subdivision consisting of 32 lots fronting on couevas street north of division street harrison co mississippi 2nd jd land plat bk 3 p 14  1926 yerger building  built 1926 by the collins brothers the kimbrough    quint s drug store building opened on 8 april  the twostory brick and steelframed structure on the ne c of lameuse and howard avenue was designed by carl matthes and erected by manuel wetzel for about 80000  george c quint  18861967 a native of nola had his drugstore and soda fountain on the first floor with professional offices on the second floor the daily herald march 23 1926 p 1 april 7 1926 p 1 and p 3 and april 9 1926 p 1  the edgewater hotel  a 2000000 400room hotel on biloxi beach  was under construction as well as the edgewater golf club located north of the hote l harry j collis architect of the floosmoor country club and olympia fields at chicago had seventyfive men and eight tractors at work on the course the biloxi news march 21 1926 p 1 and april 25 1926 p 3  edgewater park a sixtyseven acre and 195 lot highly restricted and exclusive residential developmen t was formally opened in march jf cornelius company were the exclusive agents for the development with rm nelson their local agent the biloxi news march 28 1926 p 16  the bay terrace subdivision of meyer eiseman was formally presented to the city of biloxi and mayor kennedy on the 4th of july the biloxi boys band entertained an bsa troops 1 and 2 raised the flag over the pavilion in bay terrace park the daily herald july 2 1926 p 2 the yerger building on west howard avenue just east of reynoir was completed by the collins brothers for noreta lopez yerger in late november the 2story brick structure costing about 70000 had 140feet on howard avenue and was 100feet deep the shourdswarner company of gulfport provided architectural services the daily herald november 23 1926 p 1  1927 in february 1927  manuel and wetzel began building a twostory residence on east beach for ee cooper  the lot had a front on the biloxi channel of 47 feet and ran north 800 feet the cooper home had a basement which served as a garage the  16000 project was completed in late may 1927 the daily herald may 11 1927 p 2  wells and baker were completing a bungalowstyle home at 803 keller avenue for raymond terry the structure had 6 rooms a breakfast room and a bathroom the daily herald april 27 1927 p 2 on may 11 1927 the collins brothers of biloxi were awarded the 285000 contract for building the fourstory 118room new biloxi hotel  it was designed by ira h coyne  18921976 of the federal engineering company of davenport iowa william j collins 18861962 and george j collins 18911968 had built their first biloxi building in 1912 since that time they had erected commercial structures for catholic church at gulfport back bay school gorenflo edwardsbutler motor company daily herald building caldwell building yerger building cw wachenfeld apartments august wachenfeld apartments bay view hotel and remodeled the peoples bank the collins brothers had learned the building trades from john collins 18541929 their father joseph o collins b 1922 son of william j collins continued in the contracting business at biloxi until the present day in early may 1927  before construction of the 600000 new biloxi hotel commenced the collins brothers contracting company of biloxi demolished the wood frame building and pavilion in front of the structure  the east wing of the hotel biloxi was moved to the rear and served as living quarters for the george stannus family and other hotel personnel until the new biloxi hotel was completed about december 1 st this wooden building would later serve as the servants quarters for the new hotel the biloxi plumbing and heating company headed by henry l schwan 18891956 and grover w graham 18931964 received the 46300 contract for plumbing and heating the building while the electrical work to cost about 10000 was given to the jm johnson company of dallas texas  the daily herald may 2 1927 p 2 may 5 1927 p 2 may 11 1927 p 1 and december 1 1927 p 1   the lawrence building on west howard avenue between magnolia and croesus streets was under construction as the foundtion had been commenced the daily herald june 22 1927 p 1 the ground breaking for the  new 70000 sh kress building on west howard and croesus street occurred on june 22nd the morrison company of atlanta georgia was the general contractor with wc o brien foreman the lower floor of the kress building was occupied by the company and the upper floor utilized as storage the daily herald june 22 1927 p 1 in june 1927  albert sydney johnston jr  19001992 an attorney  contracted with manuel wetzel to have a new residence erected in bay terrace  it was to have sixrooms and a bath and cost about 5000 the daily herald june 23 1927 p 2  city commissioner michel issued about 227 building permits for biloxi and vicinity totaling  1932939 million dollars for 1927  the major projects included the new biloxi hotel   kress building   local seawall section   cedar lake highway   improvements at oak park  sidewalk constructon and the paving of several streets including east howard avenue  home construction was particularly active north of the l n railroad and on the east end the daily herald february 16 1928 p 1  1928 the new biloxi hotel  opened on january 12th by harold r bechtel 18941987 proprietor and bond broker of davenport iowa building converted to  chateau le grand  in 1981 by  george j sliman   19341997 the daily herald january 10 1928 p 1 and the gulf coast times december 7 1981 p 1  six houses costing about 50000  were to be built in the  briarfield subdivision  situated between the edgewater hotel and beauvoir the daily herald january 12 1928 p 18 the  elmer packing company on back bay was destroyed by fire  on january 31st it was leased to louis a lundy of ocean springs at the time of the large conflagration the daily herald january 31 1928 p 2 the last  ninety feet of the harrison county seawall was poured near oak street  at biloxi by the cf lytle construction company on february 8 1928 the daily herald february 8 1928 p 2  the biloxi laundry was incorporated  by john w apperson john aw o keefe 18911985 george j collins eugene dowling 18801944 and wl guice 18871971 the daily herald march 21 1928 p 2  manuel and wetzel were building a warehouse on swetman street for phillip w levine  18891940 the structure extended from delaunay street to magnolia street fronting 60feet on each street with a depth of 210 feet will be used by the newman furniture company the daily herald march 29 1928 p 2  harrison county seawall to be completed on may 5 th  the jackson county times march 31 1928 p 1  jack kornman  biloxi dairyman realtor and home builder  has completed nine bungalows on hopkins boulevard in one of biloxi s fastest growing sections the kornman home on division street is one of biloxi s showplaces and is marvelously landscaped in addition mr kornman has just acquired 12 registered jersey cows from mrs white to add to his herd of about fifty milch cows the daily herald april 3 1928 p 2 and april 4 1928 p 2 the  pascagoula river bridge  and  escatawpa river bridge  in jackson county  were dedicated on april 14th  the completion of the pascagoula river bridge  completed the last gap of the old spanish trail  us highway 90 on the mississippi gulf coast the daily herald april 13 1928 p 1 the  first span across popp s ferry was completed  in midapril the new bridge cost about 70000 and was 700feet long and 18feet wide it was constructed from creosoted timber and pilings before the new popp s ferry bridge opened for traffic it was severely damaged by floodwaters in early june 1928 alonzo b desporte repaired the damaged structure in august and september at a cost of about 6400 the daily herald april 18 1928 p 1 and june 7 1928 p 1  oscar jordan is completing his new home on iberville drive  the 6room bungalow is contracted to wells baker iberville drive is located just west of miramar and is an attractive subdivision opened by wl guice and louis braun about two years ago the daily herald may 16 1928 p 2  david venus jr is completing a 5room bungalow on querens with collins brothers as contractor many new homes have been erected here in the last year the daily herald may 16 1928 p 2  johnny weissmuller  19041984 olympic champion swimmer and later the movie tarzan and  ulise j pete desjardins  19071985 olympic diving champion  were invited to the harrison county seawall dedication held on may 10th  it cost 34 million dollars and was designed by hobart d shaw  19081973 of gulfport the daily herald may 11 1928 p 1 and the jackson county times may 5 1928 p 1 an addition to the  white house hotel  began on august 13th with senator pat harrison at the ground breaking the jackson county times august 11 1928 p 3 plans for the  new gymnasium for the biloxi high school  have been received the   15000 brick and steel structure  will be built on washington street behind the school the daily herald september 7 1928 p 2 and january 17 1929 p 13 the  initial bridge to span biloxi bay at popp s ferry opened  for traffic in late december  walter nixon sr 18951960 was beat 1 supervisor for the 60000 structure the jackson county times december 22 1928 p 1 in 1928  the largest buildings started or completed at biloxi were    back bay bridge   white house hotel addition  saenger theatre   city hospital   howard no 2 public school  and the biloxi high school gymnasium  the daily herald january 7 1929 p 2  1929 edgewater park subdivision opened  on january 1st with hs mcleod as sales director financial interest from new orleans and chicago developed the new subdivision the daily herald january 7 1929 p 6 the  biloxi kennel club  a  greyhound racing track  owned by biloxi amusements inc opened on pass road on january 12th  biloxi amusements inc was incorporated  in mississippi on december 8 1928 by thomas hobin william connors and john h adams  the daily herald january 14 1929 p 3   the   200000 biloxi saenger theatre  opened on reynoir street in midjanuary by saenger theatres inc harold s orr was the local manager and ev richards vp and general manager of the shreveport louisiana based organization ah percy was the building contractor roy a benjamin architect and ray dilschneider construction foreman   the daily herald january 14 1929 p 1   in early february street commissioner  john swanzy had men and machines opening opening elder street from lameuse to main street  it was graded and shelled through the former ec joullian property acquired by the city the daily herald february 7 1929 work was commenced to remodel the strand theatre into a modern store building in the spring of 1929 a ziegenfelder gulfport contractor was hired to conert the former movie house into a buildign with three store  grant s drug store was to occupy one of the spaces  the work was expected to take 60 days the daily herald march 20 1929 p 2 in early april the  us coast guard base base no 15 on back bay in naval reserve park  was dedicated by  rear admiral fc billiard  18731932 commandant of the uscg  captain samuel p edmonds  18671943 was in charge of the base until his retirement in 1931  the daily herald april 8 1929 p 1     the 125000  sixtybed biloxi hospital on front beach  was dedicated july 3rd the old hospital was demolished in late may the daily herald july 2 1929 p 1 and may 28 1929 p 2  mrs je johnson and daughters suzanne johnson and martha johnson of muncie indiana have taken possession of their beautiful home in edgewater park for the winter suzanne will be a student at gulfpark college and martha will attend gulfport high school the daily herald march 21 1929 p 2  1930 in january  robert white bought the caldwell property at west howard avenue and reynoir street including the wv joyce company store building  the five stores in the caldwell building  and the lot adjoining the two howard avenue properties with a frontage on reynoir street the daily herald april 23 1930 p 12 in april  robert white and fred dp snelling of chicago have taken possession of the hh roof property at 618 west beach boulevard  we beasley of the watson agency made the 9000 sale mr snelling is the owner of another west beach boulevard lot which he acquired several years ago the daily herald april 23 1930 p 12 the biloxiocean springs bridge  an impressive structure was dedicated on june 3 1930 and named  the war memorial bridge  to honor the men and women of harrison and jackson county mississippi who had served during ww i the scenario of the day was army and navy airplanes flying overhead the fishing fleeting and coast guard cruising biloxi bay parading by confederate veterans here for their 40th reunion and the coast guard patrol and american legionnaires with music by the us marine band lois murphy daughter of thomas m murphy commander of the american legion post at ocean springs and jack tardy son of eh tardy american legion adjutant of biloxi cut a silk ribbon officially opening the biloxi bay span the war memorial bridge was christened with a bottle of artesian water broken on the span s safety railing by sara h lemon anderson 19102011 she is the daughter of jk lemon and sarah george mcintosh lemon 18841939 the dedication ceremonies concluded with speeches by dan w spurlock national committeeman of the american legion and rear admiral thomas p magruder 18671938   the daily herald june 3 1930 p 1   on august 24th  the avelez hotel on west howard avenue was severely burned and inflicted about 60000 in damages  the daily herald august 25 1930 p 1 the  new fernwood school opened for students in early september  the building  cost 25000  and had an auditorium with stage that could accommodate an audience of 270 people the  new school opened with five teachers  to supervise and instruct grades one through ten all  11th and 12th grade pupils attended biloxi high school  the daily herald september 9 1930 p 1  curtis ellzey is completing a new bakery building at 1327 east howard avenue  it is a modern bakery of concrete and frame construction and will replace the present bakery on oak street the ovens are being built by johnnie guilder mr ellzey has been in biloxi for about 15 years and in the bakery business for 8 years the daily herald october 9 1930 p 2  1931 the ww baltar  18701928  home on west beach and benachi was heavilty damaged by fire in january  the edifice suffered 6000 in fire related damages and miss juanita baltar 19121986 and john baltar were present during the conflagration the house was planned to be rebuilt the daily herald january 22 1931 p 2  1932   in late january ness creameries let a 30000 contract to wc stout son of jackson mississippi to erect a plant on the northwest corner of howard avenue and caillavet stre et hirsch watson of st louis were named architects with carl e mathes of biloxi as the associate architect currie and corley of raleigh mississippi were the onsite contractors the twostructure 50 feet by 100 feet would house the most modern ice cream and dairy manufacturing equipment al mangin had the 2000 wiring contract twentytwo men were employed in the construction of the structure the garage was to house six trucks in later years borden s a national milk company occupied this space now home to  josette s a costume rental agency  the ness creameries plant was expected to be completed in midjune 1932 the daily herald january 25 1932 p 1 april 5 1932 p 2 may 5 1932 p 2 and may 6 1932 p 2  the city of biloxi leased the old brick house  to the dogwood garden club the daily herald april 17 1932 p 4 the southern memorial park cemetery was founded december 27 1932 by robert hays holmes  18691949  building permits at biloxi amounted to 46925 in 1932  the ness plant valued at 35475 and permitted in february represented almost the entire year s construction the biloxi veterans administration  building was under construction at this time but was not included the daily herald december 31 1932 p 8  1933 the universal construction company has opened an office in the folkes building on west howard avenue near reynoir street the concern did over 67000 work of marble and tile work at the new soldier s home  biloxi va and there will be about 18 months of maintenance work to be done at the home which will be handled along with other work in the new biloxi office the company already has branches in mobile nola baton rouge and shreveport cc carter is the local manager  the  daily herald  march 20 1933 p 2  1934 the new metropolitan life insurance company building on lameuse street near howard avenue is nearing completion  the brick work and roof are finished this structure was erected on the site of the former smyley building the daily herald february 16 1934 p 2 in june  george seidule has acquired the old pablo home on east beach and started demolition today  the building is a landmark that has been here for years but is now in a dilapidated condition the daily herald june 28 1934 p 5 in late june  oe thompson made e xtensive improvements to the hahn building on west howard avenue amd magnolia street  louis hahn will move his parlor shoe store to the east side of the building and je eliot jewelery and millinery store will occupy the west half the daily herald june 29 1934 p 8  demolition began last week on the old suter home  a twostory structure a new twostory complex will be erected by the collins brothers each floor will have a screened porch living room bed room dining nook kitchen and bathroom  john t collins is the architect  the daily herald october 221934 p 3  1935  the daily herald april 1 1935 p 6 and july 3 1935 p 10  1936   barq homelameuse street   charles morrison has commenced work on a new fiveroom home for edward barq adjacent to the new barq s bottling plant on lameuse street and the l n railroad  the home will be ready for the barq s occupancy about the middle of january1937 the daily herald november 2 1936 p 5  1937 in february   construction at biloxi saw the new frank p corso home and warehouse new sinclair station and veteran s facility being erected  improvement were being made to the  new barq s root beer  plant the daily herald february 3 1937 p 2  emery sadler plans to build a home on porter avenue   carl matthes is the architect and starks and schneller the contractors the daily herald march 31 1937  fred p moreton began a new cottage on gill avenue  manuel and baker are contractors and carl matthes the architect  the daily herald march 31 1937  on april 1st work began on the new central fire station near city hall between main and elmer streets the new station was designed by john t collins and is 47 feet by 70 feet with a dormitory for 7 men and a kitchen it is taking the place of the fayard street fire station and fire apparatus from mississippi hook ladder company no 1 will be utilized christian a thompson is superintendent of the 20 man work force erecting the 10000 structure the new station was dedicated on july 1 the birthday of mayor louis braun who is also fire commissioner for the city the daily herald april 20 1937 p 1 and july 1 1937 p 1   the new  west end fire station was dedicated on july 8th  john t collins was project architect and robert conway built the fire engine mayor louis braun reminded the audience that 15 months prior while a candidate for mayor he promised that he would make improvements to biloxi s fire department if elected the daily herald july 9 1937 p 1 the new  back bay fire station was dedicated on july 20th  during the annual picnic and bazaar of the fourth ward regulars  john t collins was architect  and robert  conway had built the company s fire engine  which had an 85 hp motor and 850 feet of regular hose it was the 5th fire apparatus for the back bay fire company since its 1904 organization the daily herald june 21 1937 p 1 the  new barq s root beer company plant on lameuse street and the l n railroad was dedicated  in early december the daily herald decemebr 8 1937 p 3  1938 the new biloxi community house  wpa project 20814 was approved by the president in june 1938 john t collins was the architect of the woodframe colonial style structure with an auditorium seating of 850 people and 350 people in the balcony the new building replaced the old community house and the cost to erect the building was 17054 of which biloxi was to fuenish 6287 the daily herald june 15 1938 p 1  dr db martinez secured a building permit for a home valued at 2500 at oak park  the daily herald december 31 1938 p 2  1939 the new community house on front beach is nearing completion  formal dedication is planned for late february or early march the daily herald january 11 1939 p 1  james p starks  contractor is  erecting a nurses recreation hall  and a  new negro ward at the biloxi hospital  in additon he is building a new house for neil gryder on forrest avenue near back bay and a new home for himself on santini street the daily herald december 1 1939 p 8  1940 the new bradford funeral home   opened in early february the daily herald february 3 1940 p 3 in late april  peter cerinich  18941951  let a contract with joseph wallace to build a new store and residence on west howard avenue and seal avenue  i daniel gehr  18951959  designed the structures  clarence kornman moved two houses from the cerinich lot before construction commenced other contractors were lester frentzpainting albert manginplumbing and electrical and biloxi roof and sheet metalroofing and metal work the cerinich store was called the biloxi cash grocery and operated by alena sekul cerinich  19082002 for over fifty years the daily herald april 27 1940 p 3 and the sun herald july 6 2002 p a6 the william connell gryder jr  19001982  residence  a sixroom brickveneer structure built by james stark s and designed by id gehr  18951959 was nearing completion in bay terrace  the gryder place aslo had a garage and servants quarters the daily herald april 29 1940 p 2 in may  edward buster braun demolished the old digregorio house on west beach just west of the white house the structure was built about thirty years ago the daily herald may 7 1940 p 8 the broadwater beach opened bids for 10000 in improvements  shrouds bean of gulfport in charge of construction the daily herald may 9 1940 p 6  the buena vista opened six guest houses i n may consisting of ten units each with accomodations for 32 people the guest houses received full hotel service telephone maid service and bellmen  the daily herald may 13 1940 p 3  jack joachim jr  is having a fiveroom frame house erected by the collins brothers on the corner of howard avenue near suter lane  angeline d vlahos is erecting a sixroom home on west beach opposite the marietta cafe comfort and meaut are her contractors joe wallace is building a sixroom home for elmer williams near the howard no 2 school the daily herald may 14 1940 p 7  odeus meyers   18841968 and  calus c meyers  19091999 store owners on division street who came to biloxi in 1929 from erath louisiana  announced in february that they would build the myers theatre  on the southeast corner of lameuse street and division the theatre would have 600seats cost 11000 and  jack fayard  of biloxi was their architect  the new theatre opened on may 17th  the daily herald february 10 1940 p 1 february 16 1940 p 1 april 26 1940 p 2 and may 17 1940 p 2 in june the gaynell land company  walter gex ii of bay st louis mendum h dees and eugene peresich planned to build 217 spec homes costing between 3000 and 3500 on their recenlty acquired oak park property john t collins 19041985 was the project architect the daily herald june 20 1941 p 1 in late august the us housing authority approved two housibg project contracts at biloxi for the bayou auguste homes and the bayview homes in september the  biloxi housing authority contracted for 257 179  with  pittman brothers of nola  and  ray v pisarich  local plumber and electrician for the  construction of the bay view housing projects  on bay view avenue and fountain s alley this endeavor  consisted of 16 buildings with 96 units designed  by matthes landry and john t collins local architects this was the first lowrent public housing at biloxi their next project was the bayou auguste homes for black people its contract was for 243837 with pittman brothers as general contractor at this time the bha board consisted of  chester a delacruz  chairman  mendum h dees  vicechairman  cn ellzey  victor b pringle  and warren goodman  the daily herald august 31 1940 p 1 and september 23 1940 p 1 in september the collins brothers acquired the caldwell building on west howard avenue  it had 102 feet on west howard and was occupied by newberry s gift shop standard furniture company coast cigar and tobacco and united novelty william collins 18871970 and george collins 18911968 had erected the building in 1926 for the caldwell family the daily herald september 24 1940 p 1 in midoctober  william bond of gulfport was building an adobe home  on division street and porter blocks for the structure were made from local sand and clay mixed with 5 cement the daily herald october 14 1940 p 2 on october 13th  wj currie and family moved into their new sixroom home bay terrace  it was acquired from the metropolitan life insurance company for 4000  originally the property of albert sydney johnston  it is an attractive and modern structure the daily herald october 14 1940 p 2  1941 in march  biloxi was selected as the site for an army air corps  school the jackson county times march 22 1941 p 1 the new biloxi high school auditorium is finished and a credit to the city the daily herald april 22 1941 p5  pepsi cola opened a bottling plant  on caillavet street in may 1941  nh hatten  of gulfport acquired the plant in november 1946 the daily herald august 19 1948 in may 1941 the  city of biloxi leased the 685acre naval reserve park to the federal government  for an aviation school harrison co ms land deed bk 241 pp 119130 the gaynel land company was incorporated by eugene peresich mendum h dees and wj gex jr of bay st louis on june 12th their mission was to acquire and develop real estate on june 20th they announced plans to build 217 homes at biloxi they had 78 lots in oak park and an option on 140 lots in west biloxi john t collins was their architect the daily herald june 20 1941 p 1 and p 7 in july the  telephone company announced a 70000 improvement plan at biloxi to provide permanent telephone facilities at keesler field   a new cable with a  1200 phone line capacity  will be laid on the north side of howard avenue commencing at fayard street to the military base the daily herald july 1 1941 p 1 in july  three new homes  were under construction  george stannus  had hired jp starks and was erecting a 1 12 story brick veneer home on gill avenue jp starks was building for  clarence frentz   a onestory colonial style house on hopkins boulevard near the l n railroad joe wallace was contracted by  kenner hunt  for his new home in bay terrace the daily herald july 4 1941 p 7 the  harlem theatre  a  movie house for blacks  located on main street near division street  opened on july 5th  henry meyers  19142004  owner and manager  of the 40 feet by 105 feet steelframed building with a 525 person seating capacity and costing 15000 the daily herald july 4 1941 p 7 on july 22nd the  citizens of biloxi approved a waterworks bond issue to build a 1400000 sewerage system and   209000 in waterworks improvements  the daily herald july 24 1941 p 1 by late july the  foundations for 233 buildings had been laid at keesler field  the new military base was 64 completed and there were 9877 laborers employed in its construction the daily herald july 26 1941 p 3    coast land company inc  was founded in midaugust 1941 by  jd stennis jr je hartzog and victor b pringle walters  harrison co mississippi 2nd jd chattel deed copy bk 7 721    gulf coast properties inc was founded in late august 1941 by jd stennis jr je hartzog and l walters  harrison co mississippi 2nd jd chattel deed copy bk 7 732 in late july the  city of biloxi led by mayor louis braun acquired the lighthouse keeper s house and tract  on west beach to use as a  permanent home for the chamber of commerce  the chamber was located in the ground floor of the avelez hotel at this time in late october  warren jackson   18861972   was elected secretary of the biloxi chamber of commerce  to replace anthony v ragusin 19021997 who had enlisted in the army air corps  mrs monte hance  had served as acting secretary since ragusin s departure the daily herald august 1 1941 p 3 and october 29 1941 p 1    the new biloxi high school football field on division and lee streets was first used in september 1941  the daily herald september 17 1941 p 6    by midseptember the 16month efforts of the biloxi port commission and from city officials and leading biloxi citizens were nearly realized with the completion of the westergard boat works on back bay at the foot of lee street    i daniel gehr  18951959 local architect supervised the construction of the warehouse fabricating buiulding loft and drafting buildings general offices and work sheds the larger strutures were of fabricated steel construction with concrete foundations while the smaller buildings were modern frame structures  currie corley of hattiesburg mississippi was the general contractor while other employed to erect the shipyard were iron steel products company  albert j ragusin plumbing   ray v pisarich electrical   and roofingbiloxi roofing and sheet metal  the jackson county dredge built the channel into the boatyard which had a 400foot frontage on back bay   the daily herald september 20 1941 p 3    gaynel gardens a subdivision with 168 lots and  established by the gaynel land company of  mendum h dees  president  walter j gex ii  19061958 vice president of bay st louis and eugene peresich  secretarytreasurer  was under construction the tract was bounded on the north by back bay on the west by keesler field a park  249 feet x 343 feet was planned for the sw c lowery lasalle and lafayette streets ran west from forrest avenue to keesler field two fortyfoot wide streets  woodlawn place and oaklawn place ran northsouth and were ready for oyster shell surfacing it was expected that kensington drive tuxedo avenue would be built by the federal government the five houses under construction are expected to be completed by november 1st and five houses are expected to be ready every week thereafter until the first thirty residences are built  the daily herald october 6 1941 p 7    the city of biloxi due to the construction of the army air corps technical school keesler field the accelerated shipbuilding activity at ingalls in pascagoula mississippi and the activation and growth at camp shelby was a hub of activity and its infrastructure and housing availability was stressed  a new  1546000 water and sewer system was to be built with the federal government providing 531000 of the necessary funds the daily herald october 7 1941 p 7    several buildings were moved  by ojo ohr  to the new site of camp wilkes  among them were eight cabins the keeper s house and a warehouse the daily herald october 27 1941 p 7    the l n railroad has started work on the passenger shed at its biloxi depot   br keebler bridge foreman has a crew of 20 men  building the steel passenger shed from reynoir street to the west end of the express office  a distance of 350 feet the project will take three weeks the daily herald october 30 1941 p 7    in october there were 6000 men stationed at keesler field 4500 soldiers were living in barracks while 1500 men were still in tents  300 buildings had been completed of the 647 structures to be erected the daily herald october 13 1941 p 1    tristate construction company of atlanta was low bidder at 89 134  to erect the  uso recreation center  at biloxi to meet the recreation needs of soldiers stationed at keesler field  the defense works agency provided 90000 for its erection the structure would be 125 feet by 155 feet onestory and covered with asbestos siding the building would have a seating capacity of 2500 and the stage was 24 feet by 72 feet an additional 15000 was necessary to equip the uso recreational center john t collins and carl matthes architects were involved in its design work on the uso building was started by 100 men in early december with a completion date of february 26 1942 the daily herald october 15 1941 p 1 october 15 1941 p 7 november 25 1941 p 1 and december 1 1941 p 1 the  rp farnsworth company had 250 men working on harrison court a 586000 defense housing project at bay terrace   the final  development would consist of eightyseven buildings  to house  175 families with a completion date of january 1942  the daily herald october 17 1941 p 1 in late december   75000 was allocated by the defense public works to complete the biloxi junior high school building the wpa had closed down the project several months ago due to a paucity of wpa labor at biloxi the wpa had already expended 27 937 on the school s construction and the land cost was 15000 voter s had also approved 47000 in funding for the new school the plant was to have eighteen classrooms as well as home economics science and manual training facilities work was anticipated to start in thirty days from a john t collins design the daily herald december 31 1941 p 1  1942   biloxi uso   the 89000 united service organization   uso building was erected in three months by the  tristate construction company of atlanta work commenced in early december 1941 and the uso  was dedicated in march 1942  the structure was damaged by camille in 1969 and subsequently demolished the daily herald december 1 1941 p 1 march 13 1942 p 1 and march 16 1942 p 1  christian a thompson  was awarded the 66274 contract to build the biloxi inner harbor at the foot of main street the movement for its construction was started by the chamber of commerce in response to the needs of  keesler field  and  key field  at meridian mississippi these military installations will have access to the docks and piers at the harbor work will not begin until a work order is issued by the board of supervisors the plans for the biloxi inner harbor by john t collins and matthes landry were approved in april by dewey lawrence beat 1 supervisor the daily herald april 21 1942 p 1 and november 11 1942 p 1 and p 9  1943 in late may  ground was broken for an 84000 addition to the biloxi hospital  the daily herald june 1 1943 p 7  biloxi homes inc and miramar homes inc owned by lc cauthen fc berry and w marshall moore of charlotte north carolina were erecting fifty fourroom framehouses with asbestos siding on division street east of holley street  the company erected a warehouse on division street between dorries and crawford streets in the miramar subdivision the company was erecting fiftyone five and sixroom domiciles that were more expensive than the division street project  locally  we beasley was their real esatte agent  allan bradford  engineer and wl guice  thier legal representative the daily herald november 1 1943 p 2 and decemebr 1 1943 p 1 in november the harrison courts  named for us senator ms  byron p pat harrison  a  193000 a prefabricated housing project built by algernon blair  there were sixteen buildings comprising 100 housing units the community building was 60 completed and included a clinic kitchen and other rooms the daily herald november 5 1943 p 2  united gas company was laying a 4 inch intermediate pressure gas line  cast iron and steelwelded to provide more volume to the north and northeast sections of biloxi  the daily herald december 1 1943 p 7  1944 ingalls ship building completed the ss sea hare  the first c3 vessel to be constructed without a losttime accident reported  the vessel was launched on december 29 1944  the daily herald december 30 1944 p 1  1945 ed barq jr had an elevator installed in the twostory barq s building on west howard avenue   the knights of columbus acquired the office of dr db martinez on lameuse street and planned to erect a twostory home here for their socials and meetings  in the mean time the dr martinez office would be used for socials only and the knights would continue to meet at their usual place above eddie s drugstore john mavar jr was grand kight of the biloxi council at this time   the daily herald july 18 1945 p 7  the second floor of the barq s building on west howard avenue is being refurbished collins brothers is the general contractor  the work consisted of providing five more office suites and an entrance from reynoir street a new steel staircase is being installed on the on the north side to give access to the parking lot  jordy brothers is laying a composition tile floor  philip dellenger i s the painter  albert mangin i s doing the electrical work and ray pisarich is the plumber  miss claire sekul attorney and dr fj harrell will occupy the new offices the daily herald november 27 1945 p 5  1946   1947 mr george baker on santini street has just complete a new home home are under construction on forrest avenue for ca cox  lafayette street for jd tapper  wilkes street for mrs jm mugnier  and on jeff davis for john a bernich   jd gehr is the architect for each of these homes and fn sherrill the contractor for all except the bernich home which is being erected by charles parker  the daily herald july 25 1947  1948 the new  daily herald building at 209 west water street was almost completed    collins collins  architects and  collins brothers contracting  erected the 37foot by 50foot structure the daily herald january 7 1948 p 1  dr bz welch chairman of the main street methodist church building committee  announced plans for a  new sanctuary on hopkins boulevard  carl matthes was named architect the daily herald march 1 1948 p 2  dm tice proprietor of tice s roller rink  reopened his  newly constructed roller rink  on west beach near delauney street on april 5th the new building was larger 40 feet by 90 feet and stronger than that destroyed by the september 1947 hurricane  ray koppleman sold doubledip frozen custard  and  al gobel  entertained on the hammond organ mr tice has been in the skating business since 1936 the daily herald april 3 1948 p 3 and april 6 1948 p 5 the 50000  gulf coast drive inn theatre situated on pass road  about 12 mile west of the va and owned by  chester a knight  planned to open about may 1st the screen will be 30 feet by 40 feet and made of asbestos the open air theatre can accomodate about 300 automobiles the daily herald april 7 1948 p 1 the  magnolia motel cottages  of anson holley 19081975 and lionel holley 19111993 and located on west beach and magnolia street opened in april there were  eight furnished cottages  with kitchenettes the daily herald april 7 1948 p 4 the  artic bar on west beach near couevas street will open about 1 june a herman and joseph cleary announced that the new 10000 building will be 30feet by 40feet and of tile block construction  the arctic bar on lameuse street south of the peoples bank will remain in operation the daily herald may 14 1948 p 8  john treuting of vacation village has started construction of a new 6000 grill on east beach near main street which will be operated by mr and mrs john r mccaughey  the 19ft by 31foot structure will have 8 inch brick walls and placed on the lot as not to destroy the beautiful oak trees john t colins and associates are the architects and engineers and expect to finish work by 4 july the daily herald may 18 1948  ernest e summerlin   19211998 recent us coast guard serviceman is clearing lot in the 1600 block of east howard avenue  to erect a new movie theatre  the 28foot by 80foot wood frame building with celotex interior will cost 18000 and seat 300 people his brother robert summerlin will assist in the construction the daily herald may 24 1948 p 6  a new 140000 colored school nicholls  situated near bayou augustine was under construction  it was to be a brick twostoried structure  with  14 rooms  and an  auditorium to seat 600 people  hj koski company were the contractors the daily herald january 31 1948 p 3 and july 10 1948 p 6 the beach house of the broadwater beach hotel has recently been completed to serve guests on the recently completed sand beach  there are showers on the 600foot pier and dredging has made the water depth at the end of the pier safe for diving  dressing rooms are available for both sexes and lockers will be installed soon this  125000 2000 sq ft concrete reenforced steel structure finalized a twoyear 625000 expansion program at the biloxi hotel which consisted of the addition of a three floors of air conditioned rooms to the main building and redocoration of the rainbow room bar lobby and coffee shop  the beach house contains the snack shop operated by mrs helen brown serving cold drinks ice cream magazines sun tan lotions and drug sundries a beauty shop is supervised by mrs ab steward and the barbershop is run by mrs myrtle rayburn the daily herald june 30 1948 p 4      baricev s restaurant planned to open in early july  after being destroyed in the september 1947 hurricane the new building was 47 feet by 70 feet and  was located on the site of the old marietta cafe   peter j baricev  19211996 of john t collins construction company designed the new restaurant the daily herald june 30 1948 p 1 in late july the  cornerstone for the new 300000 bell south building  on west howard avenue was laid it was made of indiana limestone as was the base of the structure  completion was anticpated about november 1st  the daily herald july 30 1948 p 1  the southern bell telephone and telegraph new telephone exchange building  on west howard avenue  was under construction the building was erected to house the new dial system  biloxi was one of the first cities of its size to receive the new technology cost for the project was approximately 916000 the daily herald august 4 1948 p 4      west beach arms  a 14unit  apartment house situated on west beach boulevard and heartease park  was completed in october construction by  emery sadler   18991959 owner started in  february and cost about 107000  the daily herald october 1 1948 p 1 in midoctober the  teche greyhound lines acquired the old methodist church property on main street behind city hall  from adrian weill teche greyhound lines was  managed locally by val lunday  and the bus company planned to  erect a terminal here  the methodist  parish house was relocated  by mr weill the daily herald october 12 1948 p 1 the new  jitney jungle store  of  richard creel  19132006 a butcher formerly with the hg hill store and a p and  oliver f diaz   19151958 owner of several quickway store opened in midnovember on the  north side of west beach boulevard between reynoir and fayard streets  sam mitchell had the concrete structure built mitchell s other tenants were the biloxi pottery and art gallery of duckett and an ice cream parlor owned by ronald ladnier the daily herald november 17 1948 p 6  anson holley   ii  19081975 and  lionel j holley  19101993 opened the  new holley s triple xxx at 300 west beach  on november 19th the old building was built in 1925 and acquired by the holley family in 1935 the  1947 hurricane damaged the structure and a 40000 2story building was erected on the former triple xxx site  the new 3500 sq ft building with a  signature curved glass block facade  had a lounge restaurant and private dining room on the 2nd floor the daily herald november 17 1948 p 12 the new standard oil station  standard oil of kentucky  located at porter aveue and west beach formally opened on december 1st it cost 30000 to build the daily herald november 27 1948 p 2  1949 the foodland store of andrew gillich  19232014 and jacobena sekul gillich  19132003 at 1400 west howard avenue now judge sekul drive was completed and opened for business on march 3rd by the jp starks construction company general contractor lamey electric and saucier brothers roofing the building was 50 feet in width and 90 feet long and included a three bedroom apartment for the owners mary gillich was the assistant manager  the gilich family  had formerly operated the city hall cash grocery at 129 east howard avenue  andrew puzz   18951971   of quality bakery made a 4foot tall 7 layer cake weighting 185 pounds  for their foodland s anniverary in march 1950 the daily herald march 2 1949 p 6 and march 3 1950 p 15  1950 in early february  emery sadler planned to build 64 apartments in ten buildings on west beach boulevard west of the broadwater beach hotel  currie corley raleigh mississippi were named general contractor fha title 608 would finance the construction the daily herald february 2 1950 p 1   pringle building built 1950  137 go ohr  image made june 8 2011 by ray l bellande    john toler was issued a permit to erect 5 tourist cabins valued at 7500 at the beach manor hotel at west beach sic and nixon the daily herald march 21 1950 p 8  devoy colbet s new beachwater cafe opened in early august on west beach boulevard and reynoir street to replace the one lost in the 1947 hurricane the 5500 squarefoot structure was built for 60000 by bernard and byrd contractors using ray v pisarich plumbing and heating august tremmel and son roofing and o neal electric robert bob mahoney was named general manager the daily herald august 3 1950 p 2 the  pringle building  48 feet by 50 feet on jackson and delauney now ge ohr boulevard was completed in early october it was built for  victor b pringle  by jp starks from a john t collins design victor b pringle 19091977 and joseph d stennis 19001958 attorneys moved to the new structure from the 1st bank building rudolph felson cpa was their other tenant the daily herald october 3 1950 p 8 in midoctober  paul starks  contractor is erecting a brick and tile building on the corner of porter avenue and cemetery street  now irish hill drive for nick eliopoulis the 3000 sq ft structure will be divided into two shopsa drugstore operated by raymond v and a the west end pharmacy of marco m butirich  19272005 operated here for many years the daily herald october 13 1950 p 7 in late november the  beach manor hotel cottages  on east beach were sold by  john l toler  to er newcomb and bernice c newcomb of alexandria louisiana the property had 52 units with 21 cottages it had been owned by mr toler for 30 years the resort was managed by ed o reilly and spouse the daily herald november 30 1950 p 6 in december the  us corps of engineers received a bid of 644046 dollar for the dredging of a sand beach from the biloxi lighthouse to debuys road with sewer system and culverts  the daily herald december 4 1950 p 1 the  sadler pontiac company relocated from main street  to their  new quarters on the south side of us highway 90 opposite the riviera hotel  near lameuse street the land was leased from hv sherill and  jp starks  was general contractor for the 6800 sqft building  emery f sadler  18991959 proprietor had gone from an automobile salesman at biloxi to a pontiac dealership in 1938  brielmeir glass compton electric and edgar crawford  plumber were some of the subcontractors of the sadler car dealership building opening ceremonies were held december 11th the daily herald december 9 1950 p 6  1951 the  west end pharmacy  opened in the  new brick building of nick eliopolos  on the nwc of porter and cemetery street irish hill drive owned by raymond bass the pharmacy is managed by ned fremin who was pharmacist at the avenue pharmacy for 13 years the new building is 26 feet wide by 58 feet deep and made from yellow tile and brick the daily herald january 23 1951  1952 eight new home building permits were issued  by biloxi in january  harry p gautier  9000 residence at miller and st george street  richard r guice  5000 duplex at 22068 wilkes avenue  vetsie gabrich  3000 residence on west division  ray h kleiser  2000 residence on chalmers avenue  wc sanderford  1000 residence at 457 hopkins boulevard  vaurice peyton  1000 residence on huff alley the daily herald january 16 1952 p 6 the  new bay view homes addition  another project of the  biloxi housing authority   opened on january 1st when the  john babuchna  19091973 family moved into their new quarters the addition consisted of six twostory brick apartment buildings the   310000 low rent public housing project  was designed and engineered by  landry matthes and john t collins  local architects  stanley w newman  company of mobile alabama was the general contractor rents ranged from 11 to 34 per month the daily herald january 5 1952 p 1 the new  medical arts building  at 1145 west howard avenue built by sydney manuel designed by john t collins and owned by gordon dacey had two tenantsthe pharmacy of  george pitalo  19242006 and the  children s clinic  of  dr fj vlazny  and  dr rd hawkins  the daily herald january 16 1952 p 6 in april  uriah s joachim announced plans to erect combel s merchandise mart  a 4200 squarefoot commerical building situated on the lucille caillavet property at west howard avenue and thomas street the structure was designed by john t collins with gc gardner of ocean springs as contractor  joachim related that combel s hardware and suppply company at west howard avenue and magnolia street will remain at its location of fifty years the daily herald april 5 1952 p 9 in august 1952  oscar jordan  18821967  hl schwan and robert harrison were completing a twostory tile building on the corner of main and murray street in biloxi the first floor consisted of seven store compartments and a hotel lobby while the upper story was a colored hotel with 36rooms  the structure was 50 feet by 67 feet and built with arkansas tile subcontractors for the building erection were pisarich plumbing schwan electrical and jalanivich kool vent awning some of the original tenants were mickey poulos buy and sell shop curet flower shop and the deluxe shoe store of roosevelt williams the daily herald august 8 1952 p 8  sunkist county club announced that they planned to erect their  new 90000 clubhouse which was to be designed by biloxi architect  john t collins the daily herald december 23 1952 p9 a new  30000 biloxi fire station was proposed for jeff davis avenue and the l n rr on biloxi s west end the daily herald december 24 1952 p 10  1953   1954 the epworth methodist church planned a new 35000 church from a design by roy kuykendall  laurel architect reverend eugene dyess relates that the existing church building and recreation hall on the personage lot situated on the nw c at walker and davis streets will continue to be utilized the daily herald march 1 1954 p 4 in early march the east howard avenue baptist church and reverend h fred williams broke ground for a new education building jone kirkland were contractors for the 12630 sq ft twostory brick structure reverend williams came to biloxi on march 1 1953 from the glade baptist church at laurel mississippi he changed the named of the church which had been known as the second baptist church to the east howard baptist church the daily herald march 2 1954 p 7  1955  the proposed new 25000 american legion home on lameuse street and water street had its intial fund raiser in january   dr george l percy  commander of the charles l baudry post no 33  invited mayor laz quave city officials beat 1 supervisor dewey lawrence as well as representatives of kafb to hear cd gully of pascagoula commander of the southern district of the american legion  the daily herald january 12 1955 p 10 in early september  james starks general contractor began pouring the concrete foundation for the 200000 nbvm elementary school  the daily herald september 2 1955 p 8  1956 in 1956 the tivoli hotel became the tradwinds and 16 new units were commenced and were anticpated to be completed in february 1957 a  100000 restaurant for the tradewinds was also planned  the new  118000 1st presbyterian church on west beach was started with a 1957 completion date anticipated the daily herald january 1 1957 p 1 manager jimmie love of the hotel buena vista was issued a building permit for a new 370000 deluxe 84room motel to be located on the beach opposite the hotel general contractor was ge bass and company of jackson compton s electric company was awarded the electrical contract and davis plumbing of jackson the mechanical work project architects were biggs weir and chandler of jackson mississippi the daily herald november 9 1956 p 1  1957 the year 1957 was marked with increased commercial building at biloxi a new estimated  11 million us post office and federal building was planned for the site of the howard i elementary school  the old us post office will probably become biloxi s new city hall a  370300 84unit motel on the southside of us 90 opposite the buena vista hotel was planned the 50000  eightunit motel started in 1956 at the white house hotel was anticipating a january opening the new  252bed kafb hospital was 91 completed and was expected to open in april  proposals and planning to improve biloxi streets and roads were in the agenda as cemetery street  now irish hill drive was planned to be opened westward to iberville street property for extending washington street  now ml king jr to the west had been acquired the daily herald january 1 1957 p 1  1958 in april the  buena vista hotel formally opened its new 370300 84unit motel on fouracres fronting the gulf  across us 90 from its hotel and convention center down south mayjune 1958 p 25  1959   ground was broken on january 12th for the new st john s church on lameuse street  the reverend michael fox 19181969 pastor henry f fountain jr 19242011 architect ralph marion contractor and ernest boney building committee the daily herald january 13 1959 p 2 the new winndixie supermarket in the point cadet shoppong center opened on june 2 1959  lb rawls was the manager he had managed the winndixie hill store on howard avenue the daily herald june 2 1959 p 2  brice building company of nola was awarded a 299575 contract to erect a negro high school at biloxi  after id gehr 18951959 project architect died   john t collins  19041985  took his place and als supervised  the unfinished portion of the addition to the  west end elementary school   another i daniel gehr project the daily herald july 25 1959 p 1 the  60000 east howard avenue baptist church on east howard avenue and maple street was dedicated  on november 29th the brick and glass structure was 86 feet deep and 48 feet wide with a seating capacity of about 500 people including the balcony area the  reverend leo c hoff  19132009 a native of brookhaven lincoln county mississippi had come to this biloxi church 2 12 years ago from the bunker hill baptist church near columbia mississippi the  reverend hoff expired at norwood lincoln county mississippi on april 17 2009  the daily herald november 28 1959 p 6  ge bass and company  jackson mississippi was  awarded the 1455 363 contract to build a new white public high school  on father ryan in west biloxi  the daily herald december 4 1959 p 1   the  new biloxi municipal stadium  called  yankee stadium for frank yankee barhanovich  on lee street was formally dedicated on december 4th with the 20th annual shrimp bowl game claude monk simon of nola described it as  one of the finest i ve seen in the deep south    biloxi defeated de la salle  of nola 2012  the daily herald december 5 1959 p 8 and p 16    1960 in early january   ea buster braun   19061990 one of the proprietors of  the new park hotel  at 444 reynoir street was having the old hotel demolished for salvage the daily herald january 8 1960 p 17  ernest v landaiche  18951966 proprietor of  bayview lanes  on lameuse and bayview avenue  opened his new bowling alley on january 19 1960 it was formally dedicated january 3031st the daily herald january 19 1960 p 6 and january 28 1960 p 27    jb michael company planned to start construction of the new 6 million biloxiocean springs bridge  in sixty days the  biloxi concrete casting company  on clay point was ready to commence casting for the new span in early march the daily herald march 11 1960 p 1    jo collins  general contractor  planned to have biloxi city hall ready for occupancy  by april 2nd the 40000 refurbishment of the  former post office building on lameuse  and jackson cost about 40000 the daily herald march 15 1960 p 1 the new boq at keesler afb was nearing completion in early august  the fivestory structure had accomodations for 194 officers the daily herald august 9 1960 p 6 the new 6500 sqft  goodyear store building at 601 west howard avenue opened in late october in addition to selling new tire the enterprise did front end alighnments and wheel balancing as well as replacing mufflers and tail pipes general electric appliances were sold the daily herald november 2 1960 p 12  gulf towers   the daily herald november 5 1960 p 1  gulf towers  a tenstory a 2 million apartment building at 824 central beach boulevard was ready to break ground barlow and plunkett designed the structure for  gulf towers inc lead by charles crisler jr  jackson attorney and  jerry j o keefe  biloxi businessman howie construction of jackson was the contractor the daily herald november 5 1960 p 1  1961 in march  contracts of over 2 million were awarded to erect the new howard memorial hospit al  on back bay construction is expected to require 600 calendar days the daily herald march 10 1961 p 1  1962 first federal savings and loan buildingdedicated february 1962   image made june 2011 by ray l bellande1st federal savings loan building was refurbished after katrina and the half shell restaurant opened here in june 2011   first federal savings and loan association of biloxi  which was organized by jacinto b baltar  18971988 and chartered on february 3 1936  dedicated their new building on the sw c of lameuse street and water street on february 3 1962 martha joachim grand daughter of uriah s joachim 18881977 president of the company cut the ribbon at the dedication former mayor george barrow couisns jr  19091966 was the emcee for the ceremony which coincided with the 26th anniversary of the savings and loan association  the  spanish colonial des ign for the twostory antique brick structure was done by john t collins of biloxi in association with carl e matthes jr of matthes landry hattiesburg mississippi the company moved from 414 reynoir street where it had leased an office since 1954 in 1936 the first federal and loan association was situated in the office of baltarwhitesadler company on lameuse street in 1938 it moved to the yergerbarq s building on west howard avenue in conjunction with the ew sadler company in 1940 they relocated to the baltar realty company at 412 reynoir street the daily herald february 2 1962 p 2 in 2010 the half shell a seafood restaurant opened here the  biloxi housing authority lead by victor pringle et al contracted for 900395  with algernon blair inc of montgomery alabama  to build additions to the east end homes and bayou auguste homes  biloxi public housing projects the new construction was designed by john t collins and leonard a collins at the east end homes three buildings with fifteen family units were proposed the bayou auguste homes construction consisted of fourteen buildings with fifty dwelling units the bha has housed over 6000 families and in lieu of taxes has paid the city of biloxi more than 200000 since its inception in the 1940s the daily herald november 30 1962 p 1  1964 mississippi power company contracted with wm craig company of gulfport to erect a new 175000 service center on the corner of oak street and the l n railroad the new facility was a part of the utility company s propsoed 25 million dollar expansion program during the next three years john t collins and leonard a collins were architects the daily herald april 27 1963 p 1    1964 the new l n depot a metal building   120 feet by 32 feet situated just west of the 60 year old wooden depot  was schedule to be completed in early august  it was erected by the marion brick tile and cement company the old structure was to be dismantled the daily herald july 9 1964 p 5 the 150000 5000 squareft  harbor light restaurant and lounge of louis c uchello  19091996 also owner of the sun tan motel was nearing completion on east beach the uchello business was destroyed by hurricane camille in augsut 1969 the daily herald july 23 1964 p 20 and the sun herald september 28 1996 the saxony apartments  a 48unit apartment building which were constructed beginning on december 20 1963 began leasing in july built by a louisina group that included lsu and nba great bob petit the daily herald july 23 1964 p 9  holiday inn   holiday inn  owned by gulfshore inc asssociates was commenced in august  sherwood ray bailey   19211989 lumberyard proprietor and home builder who came to gulfport on the mississippi gulf coast in 1951 was president of the company  wob construction company of memphis  was named general contractor the daily herald august 12 1964 p 1  1964 addition to the new bhs  in early september   an addition to the new biloxi high school was almost complete  the addition was in the same style as the original building cafeteria space was increased by 13 the daily herald september 1 1964 p 1 the pat harrison avenue  veterans blvd  branch building of the gulf national bank was dedicated on september 12th  laz quave beat no 1 supervisor cut the ribbon the daily herald september 10 1964 p 5 and september 14 1964 p 10  henry h leggett  18921966 owner of one of the original hand homes on bayou bernard in handsboro demolished the antebellum structure in september 1964 he salvaged some of the yellow pine to frame his new house mr legett came to the coast in 1922 and owned the arcadianess creamery which he acquired in 1932 and sold to the borden company in 1944 the daily herald september 22 1964 p 12  1965 on new years day  dr carl deforest  18871968 was the first tenant to move into the new seashore manor a 1 12 million dollar apartment buiding situated on the methodist seashore assembly camp ground also  josie featherstone leggett  18761968 age 88 years and widow of the  reverend james thomas leggett   18651949 moved from jackson mississippi into the new building the daily herald january 5 1965 p 9  1966 the new sister of mercy convent was dedicated on may 8th  the daily herald may 6 1966 p 1  1968 in late february  charles c moschella   19292006 president of oakwoods apartments inc gulfport announced that a 64unit twostory apartment complex called chateau versailles would be erected on the from 500feet of the former edgar monroe tract on biloxi s west beach  the project consisted of eight buildings a social and laudry building and two swimming pools mr moschella was the general contractor working from plans drawn by biloxi architects john t collins and leonard a collins  the daily herald february 19 1968 p 13 the 500000 harrison county 2nd judicial courthouse located on the ne c of lameuse street and ml king jr formerly washington street was built in 19671968 by the brice building company from a design by john t collins and leonard a collins its planned dedication was august 31st the daily herald june 1 1968 p 1  1969 in early march the kimbrough investment company under the aegis of floyd r kimbrough 19021973 and ew woody blossman 19131990 broke ground for their 304room   6 million shearton motor inn on us highway 90 two blocks west of the broadwater beach hotel general contractor was ja jones construction company of nola the daily herald march 6 1969 p 1 in april  mississippi power company announced plans to double the capacity of its jack watson plant north of handsboro with a 628 million building program  a 500000 kw steamelectric generation unit will be completed by the spring of 1973 and a 33 million 40000 kw combination turbine generator would be in operation by 1970 new transmission lines were also being erected the daily herald april 14 1969 p 1 in april a  1 million ramada inn was planned for west beach on the grounds of the old bryan motel which was recently demolished  the twostory 219 unit motel was masonry construction built in a colonialstyle by the he allen construction company of jackson mississippi the facility had a restaurant lounge meeting facilities and a swimming pool it was planned to open in march 1970 the daily herald april 18 1969 p 1 in april  consolidated construction company was awarded the 104370 contract to erect the west biloxi postal station  a 6300 squareft single story building  at 124 fernwood road  the usps leased the builing for ten years the daily herald april 18 1969 p 15 in april  clarence day  of the day companies  sold the trade winds   formerly tivoli hotel   to rolane inc of atlanta georgia  at this time the  building had 104 rooms and apartments  and its  16 room motel  which was  built about ten years past  the daily herald april 19 1969 p 1 contract was signed with wr fairchild construction company and l a construction company for the construction of a 1159831 harbor and marina by mayor daniel d guice and laz quave of harrison county board of supervisors  work was to start in 45 days and take 390 days to complete the daily herald april 29 1969 p 1  jo collins was the low base bidder to erect the 289395 sacred heart catholic church in north biloxi father francis farrell  was pastor and  hf fountain jr associates  were architects the daily herald april 30 1969 p 1  1970 the new daily herald 18 million printing plant and building on debuys road was dedicated in early december the wilkes family had sold the daily newspaper to the state record company in 1968  the daily herald december 12 1970 p a1  1971   1972 in december the avelez hotel on west howard avenue was being demolished by the harris wrecking company the company was paid 25000 to accomplish the task in one month the daily herald december 1 1972  1973 construction began on october 12th  at the 126 million  biloxi hilton hotel  by john c yemelos president of yemco inc down south vol 23 no 6 p 13  f yankee barhanovich  and  hf fountain jr  related that  site clearing for the mississippi coast coliseum  would begin within 30 to 45 days  fifteen of the sixteen tracts  for the project had been acquired  the sun herald  october 17 1973 p a2 the  lyman c bradford post 2434 vfw post building  at 844 east howard avenue was  dedicated on october   20th  the  old building on fred haise boulevard  church street had been damaged in hurricane camille h gordon myrick inc of gulfport were general contractors who erected the structure from plans by  hf fountain jr  biloxi architect the sun herald october 21 1973 p a12  1974 the friendship fountain was dedicated at the international plaza in biloxi in early april various dignities attended the ceremony including mayor o keefe mrs bill waller jeanjacques peyronnet general consul of france and major general brian m shotts commander kafb the daily herald april 7 1974 p a2    1975  in early march the  city of biloxi placed the red caboose   situated on jackson street on its pad the caboose was acquired from  ruth j mcfalls of ocean springs  in december 1974 for 3850 it was utilized by senior citizens as retail outlet for ceramics and other handicrafts the daily herald march 6 1975 p 2  1976   1977   1978   1979   1980   1981   1982   1983   1984  the jl scott marine education center on point cadet was dedicated on june 20th  name for jl jake scott 19152001 the first staff member of the board of trustees of the mississippi institutions of higher learning where he worked until retirement in 1985 as director of construction and physical affairs mr scott helped write the original legislation that established the gulf coast research laboratory in ocean springs as an official state instritution of higher learning katrina destroyed this structure in late august 2005 the ocean springs record june 14 1984 p 5 and the biloxid iberville press april 25 2001 p a7  1985   1986 biloxi regional medical center reynoir street   image made march 2011 built in 1985 and 1986 by sparks construction company of jasper alabama designed by perez and associatesnola  1992   1993   1994   1995   1996   1997   1998   1999 construction of biloxi s 9 million threestory 66000 sqft public safety center commenced  on july 24th the facility on porter avenue was designed by fountain lamas and built by wg yates sons construction company the structure was erected to house police and fire departments and municipal court the sun herald july 22 1999  2011 biloxi blues marina grill and bar announced in october located on undeveloped 85 acre site at the termination of holley street of back bay avenue  gutierrez llc developer  also plans a 204 high and dry boat storage facility and 32slip marina with a fuel dock bait shop and retail store the sun herald october 19 2011 p b10  2013 the most rev roger morin on thursday blessed the santa maria del mar retirement community on tommy munro drive which was rebuilt nearly eight years after hurricane katrina destroyed it  it is sponsored by the catholic diocese of biloxi and morin said it is a symbol of the diocese s ongoing commitment of our service to our community and a testament to care and concern for our sisters and brothers who long for a place to call home in a residential community designed with them in mind the new 26 million retirement community was moved from the beach to medical park drive behind the diocese s pastoral center on popp s ferry road there are 208 units in the twin sixstory towers including 134 studio apartments and 74 onebedroom apartments the units are unfurnished but contain a stove and refrigerator the sun herald june 5 2013  biloxi buildings and construction 21 st century postkatrina august 20052009  jacinto baltar buildingbiloxi port commission  waffle house1759 west beach  image made october 2011  snapper s seafood1699 west beach  image made october 2011  south beach1735 west beach  image made october 2011 built by rw properties a ray woolridge enterprise as a condominium project when condo sales were slow the building became a hotel and short term rental property  2009 2009 biloxi yacht club408 east beach  lr south elevation and north elevation image made october 14 2011  the biloxi yacht club broke ground  for their new 12400 sqft edifice on june on june 22nd the structure will cost about 4 million dollars the sun herald june 21 2008 p c1 the byc opened on april 4 2009  changeofwatch ceremony initiated in february 2010 gaylord wilson commodore rocky rhodes vice commodore and jeffrey ellis rear commodore board members barry barq patrick diaz mike murray lois richardson ronnie tootle and jerry white  the sun herald april 5 2009 p a7 and the sun herald february 13 2010 p a    2010 people s bank tower east howard avenue  2010 biloxi civic center and public library february 2010march 2010   biloxi civic center and public library june 2010 and august 2010  west howard avenue dedicated july 14 2011  2010   biloxi lighthouse visitors center the biloxi lighthouse and visitors center was  dedicated on july 14th  the sun herald july 15 2011 p a1  2010 slavonian benevolent association of st nikolai  image made june 9 2011 by ray l bellande the new   3 million lodge of the slavonian benevolent association of st nikolai  located on maple street near howard avenue and oak street  was dedicated on november 27th  the sun herald november 26 2010 p a2  2011 coast area transist station  near mary mahoney s and opposite hard rock hotel additionimage made april 2013  palace casino addition  2011   santa maria del mar  images made october 2011 and november 2012 the santa maria del mar apartments of the catholic charities housing association of biloxi incorporated were commenced by starks contracting company  north of poipp s ferry road and west of tommy munro drive from an eleyguildhardy architectural design the most rev roger morin on thursday blessed the santa maria del mar retirement community on us 90 which was rebuilt nearly eight years after hurricane katrina destroyed it it is sponsored by the catholic diocese of biloxi and morin said it is a symbol of the diocese s ongoing commitment of our service to our community and a testament to care and concern for our sisters and brothers who long for a place to call home in a residential community designed with them in mind the new 26 million retirement community was moved from the beach to medical park drive behind the diocese s pastoral center on popp s ferry road there are 208 units in the twin sixstory towers including 134 studio apartments and 74 onebedroom apartments the units are unfurnished but contain a stove and refrigerator the sun herald june 6 2013 p a  2011 shaggy s   lr images made 2011 and september 2014  margaritaville casino and restaurant 5th street point cadet   2011  june 20 2011 september 24 2011   october 2011   march 2012 both images april 2012   margaritaville casino and restaurant 5th street point cadet  20102011 kroc center  se c lee street and division streetimage made september 2011  the ray and joan kroc center bids were open in early january and a contract to build the structure could be awarded by february dedicated as the salvation army s ray and joan kroc corps community center of the mississippi gulf coast cost 16 million  the sun herald january 5 2010 p a6 and september 19 2011 p a1   2011 boardwalk marina  image made october 2011  an 11 million dollar business located on 8th street on back bay at point cadet and erected by chris ferrara  2011   image made october 2011    february 2012  sharkhead s souvenirs  west beach boulevard   2011 september 24 2011 mcelroy s harbor house  diocese of biloxigunn building demolition hancock bank building demolition  february 2012 march 2 2012   the hook up restaurant built in 2012 by chris ferrara on 8th street at point cadet and biloxi bay adjacent to his boardwalk marina image made june 2013  2013 hard rock casino hotel  april 2013 october 2 2013   ooma  october 2013north elevation october 2013south elevation  november 2013north elevation december 4 2013south elevation   biloxi seafood museum  november 5 2012 march 13 2013  may 14 2013 june 12 2013    june 24 2013 north elevation august 3 2013 west elevation september 6 2013 east elevation  september 16 2013 west elevation september 16 2013 october 12 2013  december 4 2013  biloxi water front park point cadet plaza  april 25 2013 may 14 2013    june 24 2013 august 24 2013 october 12 2013    december 4 2013 references  the sun herald biloxi s waterfront park on track june 13 2013 p a2   lr current baitshopjune 2013 and new baitshopunderconstruction june 2013   october 2 2013 biloxi small craft harbor baitshops  blue crabhouse west beach boulevard blue crabhouse west beach june 2013 and march 2014 west beachrodenberg avenue rest roomsjune 2013 isle renovation and makeoverjune 2013 and october 2013 edgewater mcdonald s opened october 2013  image made october 10 2013  2014 white house hotel december 7 2013 april 5 2014  white house hotel   the reef west beach boulevard september 2014  the reef opened in midoctober 2014 october 2014 north elevation october 2014 south elevation september 2014 october 2014 north elevation october 2014 south elevation  mgm field november 6 2014  sal mookies lameuse street november 6 2014 december 4 2014 april 7 2015  2015   st michael s parish center east beach drive 5 october 12 2015   2016   2017 southport line 676 east howard avenue both images made july 14 2017  mugshots main street   july 14 2017  2018 waffle house east beach drive  south elevation east elevation west elevation   december 12 2018  january 14 2019 january  29 2019            2019  3601 views  ', 0);
