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(58, 'en', 'node_search', ' taltavull family taltavull family ray mon 4122010 1201 the early taltavull family of the  mississippi  gulf coast the family name taltavull has been spelled many ways in the federal census and the roman catholic church records of the mississippi gulf coast among them are tantabouille tartavle tartavull tataole taltabull tartarie taltavel taltavaul taltaral taltevae sartain taltavout taltavully tartavole tartabou and taltuval today the name is generally spelled taltavull in this region in the 1850 federal census of harrison county mississippi there were two spanish immigrants nicholas tataole and bernard tartarie living at back bay which is now called d iberville they were ship carpenters employed in the small shipbuilding industry located where bill holland s wooden boat yard is today on the east side of the old back bay bridge these men were probably brothers nicholas taltavull and bernard taltavull who immigrated here from the island of menorca in the balearic group off the southern coast of spain in the mediterranean sea it is known with a high degree of certitude that the catchot brothers jose catchot 18231900 antonio catchot 18281885 and arnaud catchot 18361912 of ocean springs arrived on the mississippi coast from menorca about the same time the genealogy of the catchot family extracted from the catholic church records of the archives of the diocese of menorca at ciudadela menorca by archivist father fernando marti for ray l bellande in september 1991 indicate that antonio catchot morla the halfbrother of jose catchot neto who was the father of the catchot brothers of ocean springs married magdalena taltavull guivernau in 1819 her parents were jose taltavull and apolonia guivernau the appearance of the names taltavull and catchot on the mississippi coast at about the same time in the mid19th century also indicates that some familial relationship between these two families may exist an argument against this postulation is that at roman catholic marriages and baptisms neither family is a witness or sponsor for the other except when elisa catchot witnessed the 1868 marriage of mary a taltavull and antony manent in ocean springs this fact may or may not indicate a familial relationship lepre vol i 1991 p 333  nicholas taltavull 18301900  nicholas taltavull was born in january 1830 probably at menorca in the spanish balearic islands he immigrated to the united states in 1848 nicholas taltavull married adelaide carco 18291904 on december 20 1849 she was the daughter of jean baptiste carco jr and gertrude fournier their children were marie t balius 18501911 margaret t seymour 18521880 francis taltavull 18531920 josephine t fayard 18561923 elizabeth taltavull 18571926 cecele taltavull 18601874 rosa taltavull b 1861 peter taltavull 18641884 clara taltavull 18681874 nicholas taltavull 18691931 and pauline taltavull b 1873 in november 1867 nicholas taltavull bought a 52acre tract in biloxi from john and mary colley for 200 the land had 120 feet on back bay and was bounded on the west by reynoir street along which it ran south for 1900 feet most of this tract was sold off by the turn of the century harrison county ms land deed book 10 p 333 as early as april 1878 nicholas taltavull was associated with rafael sancho in the bakery business at biloxi they advertised in may 1878 in  the pascagoula democratstar  as follows   sancho taltavull biloxi  miss  confectionery bakery there is now attached to this establishment an elegant soda water and ice cream saloon the public is respectfully invited to give us a call all orders for balls parties soirees etc attended to on short notice and at moderate prices  the pascagoula democratstar may 31 1878 p 1  in october 1902 c taltavull filed a law suit cause no 1494 in the harrison county chancery court against her husband because he had sold their homestead which was described as a lot with 120 feet on back bay avenue and 250 feet on reynoir street to bernard marigny of mandeville louisiana for 800 the suit alleges that mrs taltavull did not sign the deed mr taltavull was not supporting her finacially and that the property was valued between 3000 and 5000 the judge awarded adelle c taltavull 250 in back alimony 50 for attorney fees and a monthly alimony of 20 mrs nicholas taltavull died at long beach mississippi on september 14 1914 her corporal remains were interred in the biloxi cemetery  references  harrison county chancery court cause no 1494 adelle taltavull v nicholas taltavull october 1902 nap l cassibry ii  the ladner odyssey  miss coast historical genealogical society biloxi mississippi1987 p 587 the daily herald former biloxi lady died at long beach adelaide taltavull obit october 2 1914 p 2 c 2 the pascagoula democratstar sancho taltavull may 31 1878 us census 1880 harrison county mississippi  the children of nicholas taltavull and  adelaide   carco 1 marie taltavull  18501911 married ramon t balius 18451912 on august 16 1869 he was the son of ramon balius and cecile fayard balius served with company e 3rd mississippi infantry from september 1863 until february 1865 their children were mrs r pickett mrs cc holliman mrs seymour desporte ernest balius herman balius and john balius the family resided on thomas street in biloxi  reference  nap l cassibry  the ladner odyssey  miss coast historical genealogical society biloxi mississippi1987 p 672 2 margaret taltavull  18521880 married edmond seymour 18481925 on may 19 1874 they parented two children regina seymour 18741880 and selina seymour 18791880 margaret worked as a seamstress in 1880 they probably divorced as he married virginia young on may 18 1875 edmond seymour and virginia young had a large family at back bay edmond seymour was a butcher in 1910 references  nap cassibry ii  the ladner odyssey  mississippi coast historical genealogical society biloxi mississippi1987 p 805 frank taltavaul 18531920  3 francis taltavull  18531920 married on june 5 1900 anna stiglets 18671941 the daughter of ship carpenter vincent stiglets 18051893 and felicite ladner 18241896 of stonewall harrison county missisippi francis taltavull died at lorraine harrison county on november 25 1920 he and anna are interred in the st james cemetery at handsboro mississippi reference  the daily herald  frank taltavull was a respected citizen november 29 1920 p 3 c 2 4  elizabeth taltavull  18571926 was born at biloxi she never married and was a resident of new orleans where she died on december 4 1926 she was survived by a brother nick taltavull and sisters mrs f fayard and mrs a menuier eferences  the daily herald elizabeth taltavull obit december 6 1926 p 2 c 3 bradford o keefe burial book 15 elizabeth taltavull p 27 5 cecile taltavull  18601874 was baptized on march 27 1874 at the nativity of the bvm at biloxi no further information  references  brother jerome lepre catholic church records diocese of biloxi mississippi vol 1 diocese of biloxi biloxi mississippi1991 p 333 6 rosa taltavull  b 1861 was born january 7 1861 she was baptized at the nativity of the bvm at biloxi on may 25 1861 no further information  reference  brother jerome lepre catholic church records diocese of biloxi mississippi volume 1 diocese of biloxi biloxi mississippi1991 p 334 7  peter taltavull  18681884 was born on february 15 1864 he bought a lot on the east side of reynoir street on april 19 1884 from mary bellande 18401894 the tract was 220 feet long and 120 feet deep nicholas taltavull owned the lot to the north and p harvey was to the south harrison county ms land deed book 20 p 101 no further information references  brother jerome lepre catholic church records diocese of biloxi mississippi vol 1 diocese of biloxi biloxi mississippi1991 p 333 8  josephine taltavull  18561923 married celestine fayard jr 18591923 son of celestine fayard and euphemie ladner on september 18 1883 they resided at 850 fayard street in biloxi they had six children john fayard 18811901 married angelina hill on december 25 1901 therese fayard frederick fayard married pinky smith on october 6 1907 then clara roland on april 12 1925 sydney joseph fayard married mamie reed on may 11 1912 then alice mcgill on june 27 1921 george fayard 18921968 jefferson fayard married louvine gericevich on october 8 1922 celestine fayard jr expired on july 18 1923 buried at biloxi cemetery  references  brother jerome lepre catholic church records diocese of biloxi mississippi diocese of biloxi biloxi mississippi1991 p 333 nap cassibry the ladner odyssey miss coast historical genealogical society biloxi mississippi1987 p 365 the daily herald biloxi resident dead july 18 1923 p 3 personal communication tracy b mcdonaldnovember 1996 9  clara taltavull  18681889 was born on may 1 1868 she was baptized on february 21 1882 at the nativity of the bvm in biloxi she married phillip wagner on march 15 1889 no further information  reference  brother jerome lepre catholic church records diocese of biloxi mississippi volume 1 diocese of biloxi biloxi mississippi1991 p 334 10  nicholas taltavull  18691931 was born at biloxi on february 7 1869 he resided at 947 main street and appears to have remained a bachelor nick worked at factories and restaurants and was well known especially in the back bay section of biloxi he expired on march 6 1931 and was survived by mrs c meunier new orleans mrs fayard long beach and a brother tom taltavull may be peter new orleans  references  brother jerome lepre catholic church records diocese of biloxi mississippi volume 1 diocese of biloxi biloxi mississippi1991 p 333 the daily herald nick taltavull dies march 6 1931 p 3 11  pauline n taltavull was born february 15 1873 and baptized on june 12 1873 at the nativity of the bvm in biloxi no further information  reference  brother jerome lepre catholic church records diocese of biloxi mississippi volume 1 diocese of biloxi biloxi mississippi1991 p 333 bernard taltavull bernard taltavull 18291870 married marie louise moran 1834died before 1873 the daughter of joseph moran iii and virginia fayard on april 12 1850 children mary t rousseau b 1853 and francis taltavull 18511930 family lore says that he brought the family to cuba during the civil war he was a ship carpenter at back bay in 1850  references  nap l cassibry ii the ladner odyssey mississippi coast historical and genealogical society biloxi mississippi1987 p 142 and p 667 personal communication jane t smithnovember 1996 the children of bernard taltavull and marie louise moran   1  mary louise taltavull  was born on october 1 1853 she married daniel rousseau b 1842 on july 31 1873 he was the son of joseph rousseau and arthemise ladner their children were frederick daniel rousseau b 1875 who married laura ryan in december 1895 joseph bernard rousseau b 1876 and charles francis rousseau b 1878  references  nap l cassibry ii the ladner odyssey mississippi coast historical and genealogical society biloxi mississippi1987 pp 666667 and p 847 brother jerome lepre catholic church records diocese of biloxi mississippi volume iii diocese of biloxi biloxi mississippi1995 p 349 2  francis a taltavull  18511930 married mary margaret bertheaud 18601904 on march 19 1879 she was the daughter of benjamin bertheaud d pre 1866 and anna marie abbley 18421917 the bertheauds were married by justice of the peace berry wells 18121876 on october 23 1858 in harrison county their other children were rosalie bertheaud b1862 and mary victorine bertheaud b 1865 after the death of benjamin bertheaud anna marie married joseph santa cruz 18091886 on july 10 1866 anecdotal history relates that there were eight children born to this union but only four sons survived fritz santa cruz 18701952 rudolph santa cruz 18721932 adolph santa cruz 18811972 and randolph santa cruz 18821971 joseph santa cruz was born at palma on the island of majorca in 1880 francis and margaret taltavull were residing at back bay now d iberville next to her mother mrs joseph santa cruz both men are ship carpenters the children of francis a taltavull and marie marguerite bertheaud were mary maggie t moran 18801948 wife of we moran william bernard taltavull 18821948 francis a taltavull 18831950 alphonsine taltavull 18851885 and margaret t venus 18881966 wife of joseph venus frank taltavull learned the spanish language and the art of shipbuilding from his father bernard on the shores of north biloxi his father took him to cuba during the civil war and he later worked for the brooklyn boat works at new york city where he learned large shipbuilding methods in march 1880 frank taltavull bought a tract of land in a state tax sale for 320 it was formerly owned by william sylvester the land was located on the north shore of back bay and had one arpent 192 feet on the water and was one mile deep pierre quave was to the east and joseph moran to the west there is a high degree of certitude that taltavull located a shipyard here this is corroborated by the biloxi herald of march 19 1892 the journal announced that the new schooner emma r clemens owned by john moran was launched from frank taltavull s shipyard home belles who attended the ceremony were laura quave coline harvey virginia and theresa moran edna studebaker lena and josephine newman and melissa and viola seymour harrison county ms land deed book 17 p 370 frank taltavull advertised his business in the biloxi herald of october 5 1893 as follows  back bay   ship yard f taltavull practical ship carpenter and boat builder  vessels built hauled out and repaired on short notice and at reasonable prices the yard is supplied with all the modern appliances necessary to do first class work and vessels also hauled out by steam  p 4 c 3 the october 1893 hurricane washed away taltavull s shipyard on back bay probably as a result of losing his business and to locate closer to the seafood canneries on the south shore of back bay frank taltavull moved to biloxi in 1894 and resided on reynoir street by 1895 he was operating a shipyard on back bay mr taltavull was known for constructing fast sailboats schooners steam launches and tugs in may 1894 the new 18foot catboat rosina built by mr taltavull was for sale by wallace montross of the montross hotel asking price 65 the biloxi herald may 26 1894 p 8 two frank taltavull built vessels the schooner a gerdes and brother and the steam tug julius elbert became involved on may 29 1901 captain antoine v bellande 18291918 was in command of the schooner in the mississippi sound en route to ocean springs the sevenman crew was below preparing for bed with a green sailor at the helm the weather roughened and his inexperienced allowed the vessel to capsize captain bellande and his crew were found by the julius elbert clinging to their stricken ship they were rescued and having lost all their possession to the sea the biloxi daily herald may 29 1901 in 1905 the taltavull rerecich shipyard is in operation at 402 east back bay avenue it was sold by bernard taltavull to george melvin in august 1908 casimero rerecish 18581918 was an 1896 austrian probably croatian immigrant harco ms chattel bk 10 p 216 frank taltavull was beset with eye disease in his old age described as paralysis of the eye he visited an eye specialist at new orleans in march 1928 with some relief the daily herald march 26 1928 p 2 mrs taltavull died on july 12 1904 mr frank taltavull passed on january 6 1930 remains of both are interred at the biloxi cemetery  references  charles dyer along the gulf biloxi reprinted by the women of trinity episcopal church pass christian mississippi1971 brother jerome lepre the santa cruz family lepre new orleans louisiana1990 pp 4952 and p 59 the biloxi city directory volume 11905 the biloxi daily herald printery biloxi mississippi1905 p 49 and p 138 biloxi cemetery records book e francis taltavull sr microfilm biloxi public library p 214 the biloxi herald launching of the new schooner emma r clemens march 19 1892 p 4 the biloxi herald terrific gale october 5 1893 p 1 the biloxi herald local happenings may 26 1894 the biloxi daily herald may 29 1901 the biloxi daily herald morantaltavull january 26 1905 p 5 the biloxi daily herald venustaltavull november 26 1908 p 1 the daily herald casimero reresich obit february 8 1918 p 3 the daily herald returns from new orleans march 26 1928 personal communication rusty barnesnovember 1996 jane taltavull smithnovember 1996 2a  mary agnes taltavull  18801966 was born at north biloxi on october 14 1880 she married william ernest moran 18801930 on january 25 1905 at the residence of her parents his parents were ernest moran and catherine kornman the morantaltavull nuptials were a small quite ceremony performed by judge zt champlin 18471924 only relations and intimate friends were in attendance captain william ernest moran called naneece and his family resided at 1002 lameuse street he made his livelihood as a carpenter and the captain of the pleasure boat iona louise which he had operated since 1905 captain moran took tourist primarily for the midwest to ship island and up the tchoutacabouffa river for 100 per day he was well known at the biloxi yacht club the moran children were voyle moran 19051997 margaret m bullard 19071995 naomi m porter b 1992 nita m saucier 19121996 and iona l moran 19181996 iona l moran resides in the old family home on lameuse street today she was a telephone operator for southern bell for many years margaret lived at pensacola where she is buried captain moran died on june 27 1930 mrs moran expired on october 14 1966 both are interred at the biloxi city cemetery  references  bradfordo keefe burial records book 19 captain wmernest moran p 56 bradfordo keefe burial records book 50 mary agnes moran p 62 brother jerome lepre catholic church records diocese of biloxi mississippi volume 1 diocese of biloxi biloxi mississippi1991 p 333 the biloxi daily herald january 26 1905 p 5 c 4 the daily herald captain moran dies after short illness june 28 1930 p 1 c 3 the daily herald mrs mary a moran october 19 1966 p 2 c 3 the daily herald voyle moran september 28 1997 p personal communication iona l morannovember 1996 tessie m tootlenovember 1996 2b  william bernard taltavull  18821948 was born february 6 1882 at lorraine harrison county mississippi he married elsie lyle maxwell 18861962 on august 6 1910 she was the daughter of john lyle maxwell 18451889 and mary scott 18641938 mr maxwell was born at canton illinois he married mary scott the daughter of alexander c scott 18481878 and jane sheppard 18421905 on january 31 1884 in biloxi the scotts were english mrs scott was born jane sheppard in 1842 at south shields england south shields is located in the county of tyne and wear on the north sea at the mouth of the tyne river ten miles east of newcastle upon tyne she married alexander c scott in the anglican church at south shields in 1862 they immigrated to the united states in 1871 arriving at new orleans the scotts came to biloxi circa 1872 mr scott died as a result of yellow fever during the epidemic of 1878 mrs scott expired on january 4 1905 at biloxi her surviving children were mrs fred dorhauer mrs mary scott maxwell alexander c scott jr and edna f scott in addition jane sheppard scott left two sisters at south shields england mrs burns and mrs forest from the union of william bernard taltavull and elsie l maxwell two daughters were born jane t smith b 1911 and mary edna t gillis 19191996  ship carpenter william bernard taltavull was known as bernard he was educated in the biloxi school system bernard learned the shipbuilding business from his father frank taltavull in august 1901 young taltavull while using the circular saw at his father s shipyard severely cut his thumb and forefinger dr bolton 18591923 was called to the back bay boatyard to attend to bernard s hand bolton opined that his lacerated hand would recover from the accident the biloxi daily herald august 7 1901 p 8 during the september 1906 hurricane bernard taltavull s shipyard on back bay suffered 400 damage the daily herald september 28 1906 p 2  seafood in 1912 bernard taltavull announced that he would open an oyster business on the beach at biloxi by 1917 bernard had become active in the seafood packing industry at biloxi taltavull operated the bay view packing company formerly henry diaz fish and oyster packers until may 1924 when he bought the biloxi canning company which was located at the head of reynoir street on back bay across the street from his bayview packing company the vendor was the maritime food products company an illinois corporation and the price 10000 dr charles albert babendreer 18671938 who resided at ocean springs was the president of maritime food products taltavull merged the two canning operations the daily herald october 15 1912 p 8 and harrison county ms land deed book 142 p 129  biloxi canning company in february 1925 the biloxi canning company was chartered the incorporators were elsie taltavull bernard taltavull and wj wadlington in 1934 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 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 harrison county ms charters of corps book 36 p 133 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  in may 1943 bernard taltavull sold the biloxi canning company to roy rosalis 19091984 and virgilio dos santos 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 harrison county ms land deed book 255 pp 112115 in addition the act of sale included the following power boats and schooners bride he gumbel geraldine f zenia winnie davis gallekelly 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 bernard taltavull shrimp and oyster company in september 1944 mr taltavull 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 bought from mrs lillie cruso for 3500 clell dildy was the manager mr taltavull had seventeen boats and employed a maximum of 150 people which included pickers weighers inspectors and handlers production capacity was thirty barrels per hour a conveyor belt carried the shrimp directly from the vessels to the plant additional land was added to the taltavull operation in december 1945 when a tract east of the factory was acquired from at cvitanovich for 1400 harrison county ms land deed book 259 p 270 and book 281 p 101 after ww ii the health of bernard taltavull began to fail at this time the management of the factory was assumed by his daughter jane t smith and soninlaw ww buddy gillis the september 1947 hurricane brought five feet of water into the taltavull factory ironically three of taltavull boats bobby c jeanne and mary ann gillis were blown westward onto the roadway of the biloxi canning company formerly owned by bernard taltavull mr taltavull expired on january 22 1948 his wife passed on march 20 1962 both are buried at the biloxi cemetery the bernard taltavull factory was sold to precision drawn steel of camden county new jersey on august 21 1968 by jane t smith and edna may t gillis for 116000 harrison county ms deed of trust book 530 p 331 2b1  jane margaret taltavull  19112003 was born at biloxi on august 16 1911 and was named for her great grandmother jane sheppard scott she received her education in biloxi and matriculated to newcomb college at new orleans where she graduated in 1932 in 1934 miss taltavull was employed as the secretary for the biloxi canning company jane married robert a smith a native of oakland tennessee on april 12 1942 at biloxi they divorced with no children upon the death of her father in january 1948 she assumed the management of the b taltavull shrimp and oyster company on back bay jane retired in 1968 she traveled extensively and took an exclusive around the world flight stopping at twenty countries in the 1980s mrs smith resided in the seashore personal care a methodist retirement community at 1450 west beach boulevard in biloxi until she relocated to a similar situation at gulfport in 2000 jane died on august 20 2003 2b2 mary edna taltavull  19191996 was born at biloxi on march 31 1919 circa 1940 she married william warren buddy gillis 19202008 he was born at biloxi on september 19 1919 a young buddy gillis matriculated to the university of mississippi where he studied chemical engineering with this education he was employed by monsanto and worked at the nuclear research facility at oak ridge tennessee during ww ii it was here that fat boy the first atomic bomb to be used in warfare was constructed when bernard taltavull became ill circa 1946 buddy gillis left monsanto and joined jane t smith at the b taltavull shrimp and oyster company he remained here until the sale in of the factory in 1968 the gillis children were mary ann mcdougall c 1942 pam gillis snyder b may 21 1947 and jane p gillis 19471947 jane named for her aunt jane t smith expired a week after her birth on may 21 1947 mary edna t gillis died february 7 1996 buried at the biloxi cemetery  references  bradfordo keefe burial book 32c bernard taltavull p 492 webster s new geographical dictionary south shields merriamwebster inc springfield massachusetts1988 p 1143 golden jubilee number the daily herald 18841934 fiftieth anniversary souvenir biloxi canning company the daily herald gulfport mississippi1934 p 82 the biloxi daily herald city news august 7 1901 the biloxi daily herald mrs jane sheppard scott january 4 1905 p 5 the daily herald aftermath of great storm september 28 1906 p 2 the daily herald bernard taltavul sic to engage in oyster business october 15 1912 the daily herald taltavull plant starts operations september 15 1944 p 7 the daily herald one life lost heavy damage done at biloxi september 20 1947 p 1 and p 2 the sun herald william buddy gillis october 19 2008 personal communication jane t smithnovember 1996 2c  francis alphonse taltavull  18831950 was born on july 19 1883 at north biloxi he married ida may brander 18971953 on august 18 1909 at the home of her parents in biloxi she was born on april 9 1897 at houston texas the daughter of john c brander 18401913 and emma sandow 18631925 mr brander was born at nova scotia while his wife emma was a native of new york the branders came to pascagoula mississippi in 1885 they relocated to biloxi in 1906 mr brander was a master boat builder and constructed sailing vessels for canneries at both cities he was the proprietor of the brander shipyard on back bay his son francis a brander 18851965 the husband of margaret fayard 18951981 later was in business with his father as jc brander son fa brander born at galveston texas it was appropriate that francis a taltavull marry the daughter of a ship carpenter as that was the profession linked with the taltavull family since bernard taltavull arrived at back bay d iberville probably from menorca in the 1840s in the 1920s frank was the proprietor of a grocery store at 101 east bayview avenue the family resided at 942 main street his father frank sr lived with them by 1940 frank was building boats and he and ida may had relocated to 510 bohn street francis a talatvull passed on january 6 1950 mrs taltavull died on february 15 1953 both buried at the biloxi cemetery  references  the biloxi daily herald pretty home wedding august 19 1909 p 1 c 4 the daily herald brander funeral this afternoon june 16 1913 p 8 c 4 the daily herald death claims mrs brander march 18 1925 p 1 c 8 2d  alphonsine taltavull  18851885 was born on february 16 1885 at north biloxi she appears to have died as a child no further information reference brother jerome lepre  catholic church records diocese of  biloxi  mississippi volume 118431900 catholic diocese of biloxi biloxi mississippi1991 p 332 2e  margaret pamela taltavull  18871948 was born on august 20 1887 at biloxi she married joseph venus 18831948 the son of german immigrant charles venus and elodie landry of st james parish louisiana joseph venus was born at convent louisiana on september 1 1883 the young couple were married on november 25 1908 at the church of the nativity of the bvm father finley officiated with willie collins and miss victoria venus standing for the couple they spent a short honeymoon at new orleans mr and mrs joseph venus had two sons born at biloxi they were joe venus jr 19091965 born december 27 1909 and bernard venus born on july 8 1911 joe and margaret taltavull moved to new orleans circa 1918 and resided at 2206 second street she expired there on january 19 1948 and was interred in the biloxi cemetery he passed on november 5 1948 also at new orleans corporal remains of both were interred in the biloxi cemetery  references  bradfordo keefe burial book 32c margaret t venus p 498 bradfordo keefe burial book 32c joseph venus p 41 brother jerome lepre  catholic church records diocese of  biloxi  mississippi volume 118431900 catholic diocese of biloxi biloxi mississippi1991 p 333 the daily herald venustaltavull november 26 1908 p 1 c 6 the daily herald joe venus jr birth december 27 1909 p 8 c 3 the daily herald venus male birth july 8 1911 p 8 c 1  james taltavull james taltavull ca 18321881 lived at ocean springs he was probably a brother or cousin of nicholas and bernard taltavull he was married to anna vaguevizas their children were mary t manent b circa 18501868 and antonia taltavull 1862 there are several land transactions at ocean springs in july 1881 concerning this family in july 1881 james taltaral sic et al bought land from antoine ryan jxco land deed bk 5 pp 209210 in july 1881 james and anna taltavull sold a tract of land in section 37 t7sr8w to francisco coyle 18131891 a spanish immigrant francisco coyle was married to magdalene ougatte pons 18131904 she immigrated to the us in 1866 in 1874 their daughter laura coyle 18571931 married charles ernest schmidt 18511886 the grandfather of dr frank o schmidt charles ernest uncle ernie schmidt 19041988 and harry j schmidt 19051997 c ernest schmidt was a mechanical engineer who invented the hydrolevel and other technical devices he also wrote the only comprehensive history of ocean springs ocean springs french beachhead which he published in 1972 jxco ms land deed bk 5 pp 207209 mr coyle owned a restaurant at ocean springs in 1857 the new orleans daily crescent june 2 1857 p 1  a mary a taltavull  c 18501868 married anthony manent son of vincent manent and mary prats at the st alphonsus catholic church at ocean springs on may 2 1868 no further information lepre vol i 1991 pp 332333  b antonia taltavull  born october 6 1862 no further information interestingly there is an antonia tartabou daughter of antonio tartabou and pamela cajechas who married albert tournier at the church of the annunciation in kiln mississippi on september 20 1892 lepre vol ii 1991 p 248 one antonio tartavole married to pamela calagias callagas has two children estelle tartavole b 1877 and michael stephen tartavole b 1884 baptized at our lady of the gulf in bay st louis mississippi lepre vol iii 1991 p 349  references  jerome lepre catholic church records diocese of biloxi mississippi volume i diocese of biloxi biloxi mississippi1991 p 332 and p 333 jerome lepre catholic church records diocese of biloxi mississippi volume ii diocese of biloxi biloxi mississippi1995 p 248 jerome jerome catholic church records diocese of biloxi mississippi volume iii diocese of biloxi biloxi mississippi1995 p 349 the new orleans daily crescent june 2 1857  recent alvina lafrance tartavoulle september 21 1923 september 7 2013 alvina claire lafrance tartavoulle  19232013 age 89 years of waveland mississippi passed away saturday september 7 2013 in kiln mississippi mrs tartavoulle was a lifetime resident of hancock county and a member of st clare catholic church she was a wonderful person who will be missed by all she was preceded in death by her husband bill tartavoulle parents jules and fannie lafrance sr four brothers jules jr lester charles and edgar lafrance and two sisters adelaide herring and leona fayard survived by her niece and caregiver debbie smith and one sister lillian lott both of bay st louis ms visitation will be from 1000 am until 12 noon monday september 9 2013 with a mass of christian burial to follow at noon at st clare catholic church in waveland mississippi with intombment at bayou caddy cemetery in ansley mississippi the sun herald september 8 2013 read more here  http wwwlegacycom obituaries sunherald obituaryaspx n alvinatarta  661 views  ', 0);
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(59, 'en', 'node_search', ' toche family toche family ray mon 4122010 1206   john c toche born at mobile between 1828 and 1840 act 844 p 223  william f toche 18621937  born in mississippi the son of joseph p toche of france and mary anderson of alabama wf toche married mary gary toche 18581934 a native of mississippi parents alabama and north carolina children laura toche 18781940 m gideon git tillman 18721925 elizabeth toche 18821978 m hall peter madsen 18791918 and harry samuel struchen 18911977 victor toche 18871962 m norma rapon 18851918 and myrtle spicer and emily toche 18901970 m charles ryan 18831939  children   laura toche  the daily herald july 26 1940 p 5 and the daily herald april 2 1925 p 3  references  the daily herald gideon tillman dead april 2 1925 p 3 the daily herald mrs tillman dies july 26 1940 p 5 the daily herald oscar tillman january 20 1964 p 2 the jackson county times prominent building contractor dead april 4 1925  elizabeth toche   elizabeth toche was born december 28 1882 to william f toche 18531937 and mary gary 18541934 she married hall peter madsen  18791918 their children were hal peter madsen 19021971 helen m mcdaniel belton 19061988 ruth m mullin 19121999 and murrell vera m beckham 19161938 mrs elizabeth madsen s father william toche was a house painter in november 1896 he painted the interior of the methodist church free of charge his service was given to the ladies aid society  the pascagoula democratstar november 20 1896 p 3   peter madsen was an interesting man he made his living as a pecan grafter and worked in the field of herpetology mr madsen s labors often involved travel to set up pecan orchards in other regions it is believed that the pecan culture brought him as far as south texas from his dewey avenue home pete madsen would also capture poisonous snakes milk their venom and sell it to pharmaceutical laboratories for antitoxins he would often place a pet reptile in his shopping bag when he went to albert gottsche s or another local merchant madsen s snakeinthebag act was an excellent repellent for would be thieves trixie m urie february 5 2001 in addition to her maternal and household duties elizabeth t madsen like her violin playing brother victor toche 18861962 was also musically inclined she and ethel t dalgo manuel 18961978 played piano at illing s airdome theatre before talking movies were in vogue mrs madsen and victor toche would on occasions jam together ibid victor toche like his father a house painter became a wellknown gulf coast musician in december 1924 he competed in a fiddling contest at biloxi where he played the mocking bird clearly the audiences choice for first prize mr toche lost to an old civil war veteran from beauvoir in what was clearly a sympathy vote from the judges  the jackson county times december 13 1924 p 5   in january 1916 peter madsen and his spouse sold land their land to j lillian miles russell 18901929 the spouse of hf russell 18581940 for 50000 jxco ms land deed bk 42 pp 167168 this transaction amounted to a loan as they reacquired it from mrs russell in january 1919 for 650 jxco ms land deed bk 46 p 304  hall peter madsen expired on november 3 1918 at the time he was employed with the dierksblodgett shipyard at pascagoula mr madsen had been stricken with the spanish influenza he returned to work to soon and relapsed with pneumonia which took his young life  the jackson county times november 9 1918 p 5   mrs elizabeth madsen remarried at gulfport in february 1928 to harry samuel struchen 18911977 a native of fairview pennsylvania mr struchen had found ocean springs with the skating troupe of eugene f mullin 18961974 who would wed his stepdaughter ruth madsen 19121999 in the early 1940s after the mullins skating entourage ceased their seasonal traveling circuit struchen worked as a seaman aboard iron ore carriers plying the chilly waters of the great lakes before retirement he labored as a concrete finisher on the gulf coast harry s struchen passed on january 19 1977 mrs elizabeth madsen struchen expired on september 13 1978  the jackson county times february 18 1928 p 5  the daily herald january 20 1977 p a2 and september 14 1978 p a2 and trixie m urie february 5 2001     victor toche victor toche 76 year old blind lifelong resident of ocean springs mississippi was found dead at his forest hills residence about 3 pm on thursday december 13 1962 the police department reported that josephine hayden toche 19252010 his daughterinlaw found the body shortly after his demise victor had been in residence with alvin a toche his son for several years an inquest was held at the police station by jackson county corner j leslie nelson and the jury returned a verdict of death by natural causes bailiff at the inquest was constable roy tootle and jurors were bernard beaugez leonard allen shirod miller raymond cox louis noble and penny cates victor toche 18871962 a house painter and violin player married norma rapon 18851918 a louisiana native widowed in 1920 children irma b toche 19101929 alvin a toche 19161983 and norma toche b 1918 victor married myrtle spicer and had three daughters molla marion toche m curtis ladnier robert a reeder and anthony anselmo jr 19161981 gladys l toche m frank b de costa 19212014 and thelma louise toche m willard bridges 19151991 in june 1937 myrtle spicer toche was granted a divorce from victor toche in jackson county mississippi the daily herald june 17 1937 p 3 mr toche was survived by his son and four daughters mrs jh mcgee and thelma louise toche 19272013 m willard bridges 19151991 both of kentwood louisiana mrs tony anselmo of biloxi and mrs frank b decosta of california two sisters elizabeth toche madsen struchen 18821978 m hall peter madsen 18791918 and harry samuel struchen 18911977 and emily toche 18901970 wife of charles ryan 18831939 both of ocean springs the funeral was held from the j ben o keefe memorial chapel with internment in evergreen cemetery at ocean springs  references  the daily herald chancellor grants three divorces in jackson county june 17 1937 p 3 the daily herald victor toche december 14 1962 p 2 the jackson county times local and personal december 13 1924  children of victor toche alvin a toche  19161983 born at ocean springs on january 15 1916 worked as a public school maintenance man married josephine h toche 1925 children shirley f toche m bill parker and had three children linda k parker susanne parker and charolette parker alvin j toche 19471984 m genevieve r bullock and had three children tonya m toche b 1974 m jason a howard b 1972 jeremy l toche and kimberly toche b 1978 frederick m toche m virginia g trudy newman and had two children trudy toche jr and jennifer toche charles m peanut toche m linda jo taranto and had three children charles toche jr billy wayne toche and samantha toche bufford walter toche m cecelia cindy dollene driver and had two children brandee l toche and leslee j toche      emily toche emily toche 18901970 was born august 8 1890 she married charles ryan 18831939 children mickey ryan oral mae ryan m anthony b senseney 19281997  captain joseph a toche  18481908  joseph a toche  a sailor was born at mobile alabama and baptized at the cathedral of the immaculate conception act 464 p 154 his father was from france and mother an alabamian circa 1869 he married caroline mathieu 18301895 the widow of john westbrook she was born on february 25 1830 at louisville kentucky her parents were from italy and france respectively niece of joseph tosso the wellknown composer at ocean springs a midwife and mother of seven children died february 13 1895 at home of her son edwin m westbrook buried bellande cemetery the pascagoula democratstar february 13 1895 caroline mathieu s children with john westbrook were martha westbrook 18511919 who married leonard fayard 18471923 edwin m westbrook 18581913 who married hattie clark henry r westbrook 18601938 who married francis j hadley b 1860 and viola westbrook b 1865 who married john bourgeois her children with captain joseph a toche were mary adele toche b 1870 at nola and joseph a toche jr 18721960 the joseph a toche family moved to biloxi in 1879 they were residing at 211 myrtle street in biloxi when mr toche passed on january 19 1908 he had been a foreman at the barataria canning company until july 1907 when he was forced to retire because of illness the biloxi daily herald january 20 1908 p 1  children   mary a toche mary adele toche was born february 26 1870 at new orleans louisiana no further information  joseph a toche ii joseph a toche ii j 18721960 married angelina labash  18781893 in august 1893 married olivia  ryan  18721953 the daughter of calvin ryan and pauline anderson in 1895 children lillie agnes toche ellzey cruso 1896 wesley joseph toche 18981971 caroline pauline toche 1899pre 1910 john adolphe toche 19001988 mary olivia toche 19021917 henry marcellas toche 19041985 calvin toche 19071984 tabitha doody t james 19122014 and joseph toche b 1917 joseph a toche expired on february 29 1960  children lillie agnes toche  18961968 was born on march 14 1896 at new orleans married j ohn samuel ellzey  ca 18931969 at biloxi in august 1914 one child  eugene ellzey  b 1915 divorced mr ellzey and married william charles cruso  18931975 in march 1919 nine children  joseph wesley toche  18971971 was born on november 23 1897 at new orleans married anita sonnier 19061949 the daughter of julian sonnier and amee hebert married doris maxine fletcher 19101971 native of nashville tennessee shop foreman for cruso canning company seven children j wesley toche jr john wallace toche 19261976 curtis anthony toche 19312006 j eugene toche 19371998 robert conner stepson anita t ferrill ruby t buchanan mrs elston johnson j wesley toche died may 1 1971 and doris fletcher toche on october 21 1971 j wesley toche and doris fletcher toche buried southern memorial park at biloxi the daily herald may 2 1971 p a2 and the ocean springs record october 28 1971 p 2  anita sonnier toche died june 24 1949  j wesley toche jr married bernice marie thibodeaux 19222006 a native of erath louisiana in 1945 she was the daughter of cestia and emily thibodeaux they were the parents of gary james toche married judy breaux wesley toche iii married susan cochran and kathleen toche married thomas e roberts the sun herald february 23 2006 p a6  joseph wesley toche iii married susan cochran the daughter of edward henry cochran sr and mary fountain cochran kathryn emiline toche their daughter married michael sean o grady the son of thomas l o grady and bernadette cavalier o grady on november 24 2007 at nativity bvm cathedral at biloxi aimee rebecca toche another daughter married robert benjamin jordan on june 13 2009 at nativity bvm cathedral in biloxi the sun herald november 4 2007 p f12 and may 24 2009 p f11  curtis anthony toche  19311232006 married phyllis fay strong 1933822008 the daughter of rupert strong 19011989 and clara griffin 19081990 circa 1950 children curtis bo anthony toche jr married patricia paulette toche married paul baudry perry stephen toche sr married janis lynn baldwin and beverly mckee donna toche married buck neel gayle toche married pat gray danny ray toche sr married melina sue moss anne michele barhanovich and julie lynn clark and terri toche married kenny hollomon the sun herald december 5 2006 p a9 and the biloxid iberville press august 14 2008 p a5  caroline pauline toche  1899pre1910 the daughter of joseph a toche and olevia ryan was born july 13 1899 no further information  john adaulph toche  19001988 was born at biloxi on october 9 1900 the son of joseph a toche 18721960 and olevia ryan 18721953 in november 1922 he married mary martinez 19051977 the daughter of william martinez 18771930 a spanish immigrant and theresa e stevens 18891965 of st bernard parish louis iana  made his livelihood as a boat builder children marie cecile toche 19241925 pauline t alfonso  iona  t couture   theresa t fountain   joseph adolphe toche   john anthony toche   william rogers toche  19321982 died october 16 1988 buried at biloxi city cemetery the ocean springs record november 22 1972 p 7 and the ocean springs record october 20 1988 p 3 adaulph toche and his father joseph a toche ii were ship carpenters at biloxi in 1920 when the family resided on myrtle street adaulph s grandfather captain joseph a toche 18481908 a native of mobile had been a foreman at the barataria canning company until july 1907 when he was forced to retire because of illness it is interesting to note that joseph a toche had married the widow westbrook caroline mathieu 18301895 of louisville kentucky circa 1869 caroline m westbrook was the mother of martha v westbrook 18511919 who married leonard fayard 18471923 edwin m westbrook 18581913 who married harriette clark 18571927 henry r westbrook 18601938 who married francis j hadley b 1860 and viola westbrook b 1865 who married john bourgeois her children with captain joseph a toche were mary adele toche b 1870 and joseph a toche ii 18721960 the joseph a toche family moved to biloxi in 1879 they were residing at 211 myrtle street in biloxi when mr toche passed on january 19 1908 at the age of thirtyfour adaulph toche commenced his own boatyard on the biloxi channel adjacent to the dejean packing company this is grand casino country to you recent arrivals here until 1955 he built wooden fishing boats for the sekul mavar cruso dubaz and leckich and fayard canneries in 1937 mr toche also constructed the pan american clipper the ship island tour boat annoyed with renting boat yard space at biloxi and unable to purchase a suitable waterfront site adaulph toche acquired 1854 acres on old fort bayou in sections 14 and 23 t7sr8w for 10500 from stanford williams in august 1955 here with his sons he commenced toche boat builders and platted the toche subdivision by the 1960s the toches called themselves toche enterprises inc and were operating a hardware store lumberyard and variety center in addition to boat construction and repair the toche family primarily built wooden vessels until after hurricane camille 1969 when steelhulled fishing boats came into vogue in fact the last ten vessels constructed at the facility before it closed in 1976 were ten steelhulled refrigerated fishing boats for foreign investors five went to korea and five to venezuela after jim vickers acquired the toche facility in 1976 it has had several owners among them coastal shipbuilding 19791983 and galmer inc 19841985 warren strayham has owned the former toche boatyard since december 1986 and currently leases it to michael toche the grandson of adaulph toche michael toche continues an almost one hundred year old family traditionbuilding quality seaworthy vessels for world j adaulph toche expired on october 16 1988 his corporal remains were sent to the biloxi cemetery for burial  children john anthony toche   mary olivia toche  19021917 was born at biloxi died on july 28 1917 at 211 myrtle street in biloxi buried in the biloxi cemetery the daily herald july 28 1917 p 3  henry marcellas toche  19041985 was born march 19 1904 at biloxi married dorothy dimples elizabeth terry 19121968 three children hm toche jr dorothy t fink 19382006 married irvin fink and mena o andrews m marcellas toche died april 3 1985 buried southern memorial park at biloxi the sun herald march 17 2006 p a8  calvin toche  19051984 born december 23 1905 at biloxi married alma leola weldon d 3181980 on june 15 1930 cavin toche lived at crockett california where he was a boat builder at the mare island naval yard died on march 13 1984 buried at biloxi cemetery the daily herald june 16 1930 p 2  tabitha ione toche james  19122014 married richard e james in august 1941 three children died march 31 2014 at spring texas the sun herald april 4 2014  joseph a toche iii  1917 married bernice marie thibodeaux in march 1944 at biloxi three children joseph a toche  the toche subdivision location sections 14 and 23 t7sr8w platted on august 20 1955 jxco ms plat book 2 p 90 and november 25 1955 plat book 2 p 93 replattednovember 1956 bk 162 pp 197198  the toche family catholic records  mrs tochedied february 13 1895 sa caroline pauline tocheborn july 13 1899 father joseph toche mother olivia ryan bvm john adolphe tocheborn november 9 1900 father joseph toche mother olevia ryan bvm joseph toche married angelina labash 18781893 the daughter of john labash 18481915 and adeline labash 18571900 on august 9 1893 bvm lillie elizabeth tocheborn march 5 1897 father joseph a toche mother sarah e daley bvm mary adele tocheborn february 26 1870 father joseph toche mother caroline mathew sic sa john c toche baptism 18281840 cic mobile joseph a toche baptism 18471851 cic mobile  the toche family social security death index  alvin toche 19161983 born january 5 1916 died april 1983 os alvin toche 19471984 born october 20 1947 died june 1984 doris toche 19201989 born october 23 1920 died may 29 1989 os biloxi cemetery henry toche 19041985 born march 19 1904 died april 1985 biloxi john toche 19001988 born november 9 1900 died october 16 1988 os john toche 19261976 born august 13 1926 died august 1976 biloxi joseph toche 19371998 born january 24 1937 died march 15 1998 mary toche 19051977 born june 3 1905 died april 1977 os mildred toche 19291993 born april 25 1929 died august 14 1993 biloxi wesley toche 18971971 born november 23 1897 died may 1971 biloxi william toche 19321982 born april 1 1932 died may 1982 os  harrison   county  marriages joseph toche married angelina labash on 891893 joseph toche married georgie swing on 11221895 mary torche married frank tucker on 11191893 margaret mary toche married james albert parker on november 24 1973  bradfordo keefe burial books anita toche 19061949 born november 221906 the daughter of jullian sonnier and amee hebert died june 24 1949 bk  p  irma toche 1929 born died may 29 1929 bk 15 p 298 joseph a toche 18721960 born august 27 1872 the son of joseph toche and caroline mathieu died february 29 1960 bk 42 p 325 mary toche 18561934 born 1856 the daughter of adner gary and martha mcclendon died august 3 1934 bk 21 p 266 mary olivia toche 19021917 born september 16 1902 daughter of joseph toche and mary olivia ryan died july 28 1917 bk 7 p 36 olivia ryan toche 18721953 born november 29 1872 the daughter of calvin ryan and pauline anderson died february 20 1953 bk 35 p 33 william f toche 18571937 born 1857 the son of joseph p toche and mary anderson died november 18 1937 bk 25 p 163  evergreen cemetery   alvin a toche 151916 to 4121983 irma toche 1910 to 5271929 josephine h toche 881925 to kimberly toche 4131960 to 4131960 mary toche 1858 to 831934 norma toche 1885 to 1918 victor toche 1887 to 1962 william toche 1862 to 11191937  the toche shipyard at the age of thirtyfour j adaulph toche 19001988 commenced his own boatyard on the biloxi channel adjacent to the dejean packing company this is grand casino country to you recent arrivals here until 1955 he built wooden fishing boats for the sekul mavar cruso dubaz and leckich and fayard canneries in 1937 mr toche also constructed the pan american clipper  the ship island tour boat annoyed with renting boat yard space at biloxi and unable to purchase a suitable waterfront site adaulph toche acquired 1854 acres on old fort bayou in sections 14 and 23 t7sr8w for 10500 from stanford williams in august 1955 here with his sons he commenced toche boat builders and platted the toche subdivision by the 1960s the toches called themselves toche enterprises inc and were operating a hardware store lumberyard and variety center in addition to boat construction and repair the toche family primarily built wooden vessels until after hurricane camille 1969 when steelhulled fishing boats came into vogue in fact the last ten vessels constructed at the facility before it closed in 1976 were ten steelhulled refrigerated fishing boats for foreign investors five went to korea and five to venezuela after jim vickers acquired the toche facility in 1976 it has had several owners among them coastal shipbuilding 19791983 and galmer inc 19841985 warren strayham has owned the former toche boatyard since december 1986 and currently leases it to michael toche the grandson of adaulph toche michael toche continues an almost one hundred year old family traditionbuilding quality seaworthy vessels for world j adaulph toche expired on october 16 1988 his corporal remains were sent to the biloxi cemetery for burial  time line location 18 54 acres located on old fort bayou in se 4 of section 14 and the ne 4 of section 23 t7sr8w  1944 in june 1944 florence sauer of wayne county michigan the widow of lorenz sauer jr et al to stanford and jessie s williams jxco ms land deed bk 87 pp 5051  1955 in august 1955 stanford a williams to j adaulph toche 19001988 two parcels for 10500 jxco ms land deed bk 151 p 332 parcel oneall of the se 4 se 4 of section 14 t7sr8w south of old fort bayou parcel twoirregular shaped tract in the ne 4 of section 23 t7sr8w containing 18957 acres bounded on the southeast by the osvancleave road toche subdivision platted on august 20 1955 jxco ms plat book 2 p 90 and november 25 1955 plat book 2 p 93  1956 toche boat builders and repair yard inc chartered in jackson county mississippi in june 1956 four hundred shares of stock with a par value of 100 per share incorporators john adaulph toche joseph adaulph toche william rogers toche and john anthony toche jxco ms charter bk 3 pp 9398 captain frank a 56foot florida type shrimp boat was the first vessel built at the new toche boatyard in ocean springs the daily herald february 25 1959 p s24 toche subdivision replatted on november 5 1956 owners listed as john adolph toche john anthony toche william rogers toche elsie seymour toche arlene seymour toche joseph adolph toche aline ryan toche pauline toche alfonso and walter t alfonso jxco ms land deed bk 162 pp 197198  1958 in december 1958 toche boat builders borrowed money from pm bank jxco ms deed of trust bk 119 pp 380384 john duncan moran of jardel inc acquired for taxes in september 1958 conveyed in september 1965 to ja toche john anthony toche joseph a toche and william rogers toche bk 280 p 334  1959 toche boatyard on old fort bayou in ocean springs was the only boatyard operating a travel lift this dynamic hoist could lift vessels up to 50 tons and 80 feet in length and allowed the toche yard to service up to 35 boats at one time the daily herald february 25 1959 p 24  1960s toche enterprises inc formed consisted of toche boat builders toche hardware toche variety center and toche lumber supply company  1965 in september 1965 jardel inc to ja toche john anthony toche joseph a toche and william rogers toche bk 280 p 334 three vessels have recently been launched at toche boat builders in ocean springs all three boats are 72 feet long and 22 feet wide and are steel shrimp trawlers owners of these watercraft are le and fuller childress of fairhope alabama alton fabre of barataria louisiana and the george engine company of harvey louisiana a 45foot wooden shrimp boat was also launched for john martinez of st bernard louisiana two keels are being laid at toche for two 75foot steel trawlers and another 72foot steel trawler is being built for clarence billiot of marrero louisiana ww swan of new orleans is having the shipyard build a 50foot yacht the daily herald august 3 1967 p 24  1968 1968 payroll was approximately 275000 with about 80 employees 75 residents of jxco letter march 17 1969 to eddie khayat from william r toche sr  1969 in march 1969 toche boat builders had the following vessels under construction ten steel shrimp trawlers one steel luggertype supply boat 2 wooden shrimp trawlers and one wooden party boatcoast guard approved at this time vicepresident of the company william rogers toche sr wrote an appeal to edward khayat president of the jxco mississippi board of supervisors to have the mouth of old fort bayou and particular sections of the water course deepened to accommodate vessels with a draft of 105 to 11 feet toche indicated that larger vessels could be built on old fort bayou and potential industries might develop here if a permanent marked channel was constructed letter dated march 17 1969 to eddie khayat from william r toche sr  1971 in july toche was completing the misty dawn  a 200 ton 103foot long clam boat for a client on the atlanic seaboard this was the largest vessel that toche had ever built the yard has three shrimp boats under construction the ocean springs record july 8 1971 p 1  1975 in july 1975 toche enterprises delivered five steelhulled refrigerated fishing boats to the venezuelan government the vessels were 75feet long and of 100 tons displacement a swedish consultant captain sten sylvander hired by the venezuelans lauded the toche boats as the best fishing boats ever bought by venezuela the daily herald july 23 1975 p b  1978 jim vickers running toche industries the company had been in bankruptcy court since april 1978 in the summer of 1978 vickers defied an order by the us corps of engineers to cease and desist from dredging old fort bayou in order to launch lady elda a 121foot vessel he defied the corps order and pulled the boat through the bayou which caused environmental damage vickers also dumped the spoil on the banks of the pristine stream he was fined for his actions avondale shipyard of new orleans sued toche industries for payment of 606000 for materials that it had furnished vickers the wholesale supply company also sued in the amount of 34890 for unsatisfied liens on four boats under construction at the boatyard toche was never fined by the corps of engineers the ocean springs record september 14 1978 p 3 and october 26 1978 p 1  1979 bankruptcy judge sold toche industries to coastal shipbuilding in march 1979 for 611000 jxco ms land deed bk 643 p 284  1983 in october 1983 albert prevot of coastal shipbuilding to 1st mississippi national bank for 450000 jxco ms land deed bk 774 p 452  1984 in may 1984 1st mississippi national bank to galmer inc jxco ms land deed bk 791 p 327  1985 in april 1985 trustee to 1st mississippi national bank for 400000 jxco ms land deed bk 821 p 518  1986 in december 1986 1st mississippi national bank to warren l strayham et ux jxco ms land deed bk 875 p 436  1994 in november 1994 special commissioner s deed to warren l strayham on lots 3 4 5 7 8 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 28 29 30 31 and 32 jxco ms land deed bk 1052 pp 300301  references  the daily herald toche boat builders operate only travel lift on gulf coast february 25 1959 p s24 the daily herald purchase of fishing vessels may open relations with venezuela july 23 1975 the ocean springs record toche vickers industries in bankruptcy court september 14 1978 the ocean springs record toche never fined by corps of engineers october 26 1978 p 1 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(60, 'en', 'node_search', ' biloxi mayors and politicians biloxi mayors and politicians ray mon 4122010 1255  john l henley 1866    references  the biloxi herald  lyman b holley 1868 1870 see harrison co mississippi chancery court land deed bk 11 p 372     no records from 18691875  18791880 raymond caillavet  raymond caillavet 18381898 called medeaux was born at biloxi in 1838 he was the eldest son of francois caillavet 18151883 a carpenter and euranie fayard 18181895 raymond caillavet was the grandson of louis arbeau caillavet 17931860 a native of the opelousas post louisiana and marguerite fayard 17871863 of biloxi louis a caillavet was baptized on march 31 1793 with louis carriere and marie despaux standing as his godparents la caillavet s father symphroen caillavet 17461806 was born at bordeaux france his mother was marie rose carriere 1766c 1855 a native of new orleans the caillavet family at biloxi was well respected louis a caillavet the progenitor of the family here had arrived in 1809 from opelousas louisiana his mother rose carriere and brother adolph caillavet c 18031842 joined him at biloxi later la caillavet 17931860 married marguerite fayard 17871863 circa 1811 she was the daughter of jean baptist fayard jr 17521816 and angelique ladner 17531830 these families are among the oldest at biloxi la caillavet was fluent in the french and english languages and acted as an agentinterpreter and representative to wealthy creole families from new orleans as well as his neighbors in land and legal matters he was often called as a witness in probate chancery court matters and his depositions in several court cases reveal something about his life from nap cassibry s excellent two volume series  early settlers and land grants at biloxi  the following has been extracted concerning la caillavet 1 was in biloxi in 1809 and no later than 1812 2 sometimes he was the only one in biloxi who could write 3 served as an interpreter and notary in legal matters 4 he was blind by 1848 la caillavet acquired much land on the mississippi coast in february 1837 he received a us government land patent on 7185 acres at jackson county mississippi described as lot 1 of section 32 t7sr8w it comprised the ne 4 and se 4 of the ne 4 of that section this land is located on the beach front at east ocean springs west of halstead road louis a caillavet was elected treasurer of the harrison county board of police board of supervisors for the term 18411843 jxco ms land deed bk 96 pp 325326 as a young man raymond caillavet took the call of the confederate cause and joined company e biloxi rifles 3rd mississippi infantry csa he served as a private the biloxi rifles were mustered into state service on may 21 1861 at jackson and confederate service at shieldsboro bay st louis on october 5 1861 they were originally expected to be sent to virginia but governor pettus thought they would be better utilized as a home guard protecting the mississippi coast from union excursions young caillavet must have left the coast during the civil war for new orleans here he met and married celina joucheray 18411903 circa 1864 their first two children were born at new orleans they returned to biloxi for birth of their third child in 1869  celina joucheray young caillavet must have left the coast during the civil war for new orleans here he met and married  celina joucheray  18411903 circa 1864 celina joucheray was born at new orleans on november 24 1841 her father was  pierre joucheray  18091842 and mother  louise denis   ca 1812ca 1849 pierre joucheray was born at chare sur argos canton conde department of maine andloire on march 16 1809 while louise denis was a native of sable department of sarthe the joucherays were married at paris france circa 1836  joucheray celina be it remembered that on the day to wit the fourteenth of november of our lord one thousand eight hundred and forty two and the sixty seventh of the independence of the united states before me alfred e farstall duly commissioned and sworn recorder of births and deaths in and for the parish and city personally appeared mrs louise denis widow of the late mr pierre joucheray a native of sable department of the sarth in france about thirty years of age and residing on royale street no 358 in the first municipality of new orleans who in the presence of undersigned witnesses doth declare that she bore a female child celina joucheray the legitimate child of the late mr pierre joucheray born at chare sur argoz canton conde born at chare sur argos canton conde department of maine and loire in france on the sixteenth of march eighteen hundred and nine and since about six years ago married at paris in france in illegible department the child was born on the twenty fourth of november eighteen and forty one at half past eleven o clock am in a house on louise street between marigny and mandeville streets in the first municipality of this city  louisiana department of archives baton rouge louisiana birth records volume 7 p 189    joucheray pierre be it remembered that on the day to wit the fourteenth of november of our lord one thousand eight hundred and forty two and the sixty seventh of the independence of the united states before me alfred e farstall duly commissioned and sworn recorder of births and deaths in and for the parish and city personally appeared mrs louise denis widow of the late mr pierre joucheray a native of sable department of the sarthe in france about thirty years of age and residing on royale street no 358 in the first municipality of new orleans who in the presence of undersigned witnesses doth declare that her lawful husband mr pierre joucheray born at chare sur argos canton conde department of maine and loire in france on the sixteenth of march eighteen hundred and nine and since about six years ago married at paris in france departed this life on the twenty first of may last past at ten o clock pm by falling accidentally into the blind river parish of st tammany in the state of louisiana  louisiana department of archives baton rouge louisiana   death records volume 9 p 383 after pierre joucheray s death in may 1841 madame joucheray and celina disappear until the orleans parish federal census of 1850 at this time celina is living in the household of marcelin effort 18281850 a louisiana born pilot in the first ward of new orleans it appears that her mother remarried or died before 1850  coming home raymond caillavet and celina s first two children were born at new orleans they had returned tobiloxi for birth of their third child in 1869 on february 26 1869 raymond caillavet bought a lot fronting on north street at biloxi from his father it was described in the land deed records as having a front of eightyfive feet on north street and being twohundred feet deep it was bounded on the north by north street east by mrs lefaure south by lands of cook and west by a street or road cuevas street 2 he paid 200 for the land here raymond caillavet reared his family and made his livelihood as a carpenter in june 1869 young raymond caillavet for 100 acquired another lot from his father it had a width of sixtyfive feet and was onehundred twenty five feet in depth the lot was bounded on the north by john latour caillavet east by charles t couave cuevas south by a street and west by an alley 3 caillavet conveyed this property to phillip lestrade 18321912 on january 5 1876 as partial repayment for a debt owed lestrade in a partnership that they had once participated 4  public service raymond caillavet also had a career in public service in harrison county and as a city official at biloxi he served as justice of the peace district 1 18731875 corner and ranger 18751877 mayor of biloxi 18771882 corner and ranger 18891891 and city councilman 18911892 and 18941895 in the january 1879 mayoral election caillavet defeated jr harkness receiving 151 of the 200 votes cast in october 1883 while serving as street commissioner of biloxi raymond caillavet was lauded in  the pascagoula democratstar  for his expertise in opening the beach road from porter avenue to a point near the biloxi city cemetery to connect with the shoreline thoroughfare from mississippi city mr caillavet removed trees and stumps but when completed the road had the appearance of a   long avenue shaded on both sides   it was said of commissioner caillavet that   the city fathers could not have appointed a more efficient man for commissioner that the present incumbent    the pascagoula democratstar october 5 1883 p 3  raymond caillavet was elected as secretary of the city of biloxi in january 1885 he defeated thomas d bachino 147 votes to 72 votes  the pascagoula democratstar january 9 1885 p 2  mr caillavet lost to john walker in the biloxi mayoral election of 1888  the biloxi herald march 1888    construction raymond caillavet built a large storage house for the biloxi artesian ice manufacturing company  the biloxi herald february 18 1888 p 8  on february 26 1869 raymond caillavet bought a lot fronting on north street at biloxi from his father it was described in the land deed records as having a front of eightyfive feet on north street and being twohundred feet deep it was bounded on the north by north street east by mrs lefaure south by lands of cook and west by a street or road cuevas street he paid 200 for the land here raymond caillavet reared his family and made his livelihood as a carpenter in june 1869 young raymond caillavet for 100 acquired another lot from his father it had a width of sixtyfive feet and was onehundred twenty five feet in depth the lot was bounded on the north by john latour caillavet east by charles t couave cuevas south by a street and west by an alley 3 caillavet conveyed this property to phillip lestrade 18321912 on january 5 1876 as partial repayment for a debt owed lestrade in a partnership that they had once partcipated 4 raymond caillavet also had a career in public service in harrison county and as a city official at biloxi he served as justice of the peace district 1 18731875 corner and ranger 18751877 mayor of biloxi 18771882 corner and ranger 18891891 and city councilman 18941895 in the january 1879 mayoral election caillavet defeated jr harkness receiving 151 of the 200 votes cast raymond and celina j caillavet reared their family at new orleans and biloxi their children were marie blanche caillavet 18651940 john caillavet b circa 1867pre 1870 aristide bertrand caillavet 18681898 emma rose c murray c 18691955 alice c bellande 18721955 edward caillavet 18741923 clarissa rita caillavet 18771885 william 18791940 lillian c holley 18831967 louise c morgan 18811965 raymond caillavet expired on february 16 1898 mrs caillavet died on march 15 1903 both are buried at the old biloxi cemetery  marie blanche caillavet  18651940 born december 12 1865 at new orleans she moved frombiloxi to new orleans circa 1915 where she resided at 830 governor nicholls in the vieux carre blanche never married she kept house for her sister emma before she married william p murray miss caillavet died april 19 1940 at new orleans mrs calvin strayham and alice bellande her sister were with her when she died blanche caillavet s remains were interred at the biloxi cemetery john caillavet born circa march 1867 at new orleans probably died before 1880 this may be the same person as aristide caillavet no further information aristide bertrand caillavet  18681898 born february 10 1868 at new orleans aristide caillavet married ellen gannon on june 17 1890 at biloxi bvm she was the daughter of patrick gannon and anna pennel their children were celina b 1890 arthur aristide 18931893 mary winnie mon 18951977 edward aristide 18981963 aristide caillavet died on january 19 1898 he was buried at the biloxi cemetery emma rose caillavet murray  18691955 born 1869 at biloxi emma caillavet married william p murray on may 19 1891 at new orleans their children were edgar murray b 1891 and robert murray 18931955 emma c murray s remains are buried at new orleans alice louise caillavet bellande  18721955 born october 7 1872 at biloxi she married peter bellande 18711933 on august 19 1894 at bvm peter bellande made his livelihood as a bartender and a policeman they resided at 837 lameuse street children roy p bellande 18951964 faye b davidson 18981974 aristide c bellande 19011976 elliott a bellande 19041977 ruth b ragusin 19061993 marcel j bellande 19091982 alton l bellande 19121970 alice c bellande died on july 10 1955 buried at biloxi cemetery edward caillavet  18741923 born december 1874 at biloxi edward caillavet relocated to new orleans circa 1896 he was familiarly known as nig caillavet edward caillavet died november 15 1923 at jackson louisiana after a long illness clarissa rita caillavet  18771885 born april 22 1877 died april 10 1885 no further information william fernand caillavet  18791940 born january 14 1879 at biloxi he married eulalie rita louge 18871941 on march 19 1910 wf grits caillavet made his livelihood as a carpenter the family resided at 701 west howard avenue at the time of his demise on february 27 1940 rita louge caillavet was the daughter of michael j louge and mary fayard of biloxi she was born on july 17 1887 at biloxi and died there on june 21 1941 their children were william caillavet 19111912 irma lucille caillavet 19121994 and an unnamed son 19141914 lucille caillavet their only surviving child never married and lived on thomas street most of her life she was close to arnice sanders wagner of mobile the daughter of her aunt mrs tj eugenie louge cox all members of this family are buried at the old biloxi cemetery louise clemence caillavet morgan  18811965 born february 3 1881 at biloxi as a young woman she worked as a salesgirl in the julius cahn establishment louise married alvah clark morgan 18811979 who she met while he worked in biloxi as the cashier at the l n freight depot their nuptial vows were taken on august 28 1911 at new orleans al morgan was born at trilla near matoon in south central illinois after leaving biloxi in 1911 the morgans resided at memphis forth worth and wichita falls texas before settling at denver colorado in 1917 mr morgan worked for the colorado fuel iron company until 1931 their only child trilla morgan reilly 19132004 was born at fort worth texas on april 25 1913 she was named for trilla illinois the birthplace of her father louise c morgan died november 6 1965 at denver colorado mary liliana caillavet holley  18831967 born july 19 1883 at biloxi she was known as lillian lillian caillavet married anson holley 18821967 at biloxi on january 29 1907 they resided at 139 magnolia street the holley children were anson holley jr 19081975 lillian h maumus 19101981 lionel holley 19101993 pat h daley 19131986 and raymond holley 19201940 anson holley built biloxi schooners for us lel desporte and the cb foster packing company  references  1 harrison county land deed book 10 p 614 2 book 11 p 522523 3 book 15 p 2425 nap l cassibry ii  early settlers and land grants at biloxi  volume i mississippi coast history and genealogical society biloxi mississippi1986 p 48 nap l cassibry ii  early settlers and land grants at biloxi  volume ii mississippi coast history and genealogical society biloxi mississppi1986 p 24 p 50 and pp 118119 nap l cassibry ii  the ladner odyssey  mississippi historical and genealogical society biloxi mississippi1988 p gladys de villier  the opelousas post  polyanthos inc cottonport louisiana1972 p 25 grady howell  to live and die in dixie  chickasaw bayou press jackson mississippi1991 pp 303333 and p 566 jerome lepre  the caillavet family  mississippi coast history and genealogical society biloxi mississippi1984 p 30 p 66 and p 76 jerome lepre  catholic church records diocese of biloxi  mississippi diocese of biloxi mississippi biloxi mississippi1991 pp 4548 harrison county mississippi register of commissions pp 22 26 28 37 and 51 harrison county chancery court cause no p2781b estate of irma louise caillavet august 26 1994  journals the biloxi  herald   william murrayemma caillavet   may 19 1891 p 4 see also july 18 1891 p 4 the biloxi  herald   fw elmer elected   january 10 1891 p 1 the biloxi  herald   uranie cailavet   december 28 1895 p 8 the biloxi  herald   aristide b caillavet   january 22 1898 p 8  the biloxi  herald   captain raymond caillavet   february 19 1898 p 5 the biloxi  herald   zeline caillavet   march 16 1903 p 6 the daily herald    holleycaillavet   january 29 1907 the daily herald    lougecaillavet   march 21 1910 p 8 c 2 the daily herald    moran  sic  caillavet   august 30 1911 p 8 the daily herald    edward caillavet dead   november 16 1923 p 3 the daily herald    blanche caillavet dies   april 20 1940 p 7 the daily herald    mrs wm caillavet dies   june 23 1941 the pascagoula  democratstar   elections at biloxi  january 10 1879 p 3 the sun herald    lionel j holley sr   february 23 1993 p 2 us censusharrison county mississippi 1850 1860 1870 1880 and 1900 personal communication hazel m bellandeseptember 1995 fern davidson dubaz o nealseptember 1995 laura thompson creelseptember 1995 trilla morgan reillyseptember 1995 thelma g bellandeoctober 1995  fw elmer  1883 frederick w elmer 18471926 was born at biloxi on january 23 1847 he was the son of two european immigrants jacob elmer 18121894 and barbara gettendorf 18231858 jacob elmer was born at canton glarus in switzerland the same area of the hosli and abbley family origination mr elmer came to biloxi in 1836 and circa 1837 he married barbara gettendorf a native of winweiler rhein kreis bavaria in 1850 jacob elmer was a merchant at biloxi worth 15000 his children with barbara gettendorf were helena elmer northrop 18381869 anna elmer b 1839 jacob elmer 18431885 john p elmer b 1843 henry m elmer 18441868  frederick william elmer  18471926 augustus elmer b 1848 otho elmer 18511926 and charles elmer 18521926 1850 harrison co mississippi federal census after the demise of his wife in 1858 jacob elmer married louisa b wetzel 18441894 in january 1863 she was the daughter of german immigrant jacob wetzel 18021860 and her mother was dead before 1860 their children were coresta e bachino 18661900 effee elmer dulion 1866193 clarence elmer 18681901 percy l elmer 18731949 edward ross elmer 18781934 and the twins albert 18811900 and arthur elmer b 1881 jacob wetzel s siblings raised by jacob elmer were julia wetzel b 1853 and catherine wetzel b 1855 harrison co ms mrb p  elizabeth carson maycock fw elmer married elizabeth carson maycock 18501905 in may 1871 guice 1968 p 19 she was the daughter of captain james maycock 18251892 and mary emily carson 18271900 born atcape may new jersey captain maycock was a native of hull yorkshire england and arrived atbiloxi on an english vessel in 1839 harrison co ms mrb p and  the biloxi  herald march 19 1892 p 4 captain maycock was a seafood pioneer at biloxi in 1881 he and lazaro lopez 18501903 f w elmer 18471926 wkm dukate 18531916 and william gorenflo 18441932 with a capital stock of 8000 organized the lopez elmer and company which became the biloxi canning company this factory was situated on the back bay of biloxi at the head of reynoir street fw elmer and his spouse were the parents of ten children eight survived into the 20 th century the known elmer children are marie ann sichirich 18721946 ida l elmer 18731891 nina v scott 18771937 cora v enochs 18781962 fw elmer ii 18811948 james c elmer 18831920 inez f ebersole 18851937 margueryte e cole 18871965 and edward e elmer 18921900   references    the biloxi daily herald business and professional men  the biloxi daily herald biloxi mississippi1902 p  the biloxi  herald   fw elmer elected   january 10 1891 p 1 the daily herald   biloxi  loses noted citizen december 24 1926  john   a bousquet     mayor in 1885 1886 1893 1894  jean alphonse bousquet  18451908 from th glenn 1893 p 55 jean alphonse bousquet 18451908 was born august 2 1845 the son of jean baptiste bousquet and marie caillavet the daughter of louis arbeau caillavet and marguerite fayard he married in november 1867 to marie eugenie sabourin 18521894 a native of canada and the daughter of charles sabourin and jan thurber lepre 1991 p 38  family jean a bousquet and marie e bousquet were the parents of four children joseph arthur bousquet 18711880 m florence savage edgar gabriel bousquet 18731962 m ella mullen 18751900 lelia marie bousquet 18751936 m james v hagan 18 1929 and denella bousquet 18781900 m sl coward  children edgar g bousquet married ella mullen 18751900 at new orleans on december 15 1898 james e bousquet first child was born july 1900 at nola  lelia m bousquet lelia marie bousquet 18751936 married james v hagan 181929 of biloxi on june 24 1897 at new orleans  the biloxi daily herald june 1897 p 8 and the daily herald november 30 1936 p 5    danella bousquet daniella bousquet 18781921 was born at new orleans she married sidney l cowand 18781930 at biloxi on december 9 1905 he was born at bay st louis mississippi in 1920 the cowands were domiciled at ocean springs mississippi where he owned a cabinet making shop they lived on porter street with ada cowand 19071920 their teenage daughter 1900 harrison co circuit court ms mrb 17 p 275 harrison co mississippi federal census t623808 p 3b ed 28 and 1920 jackson co mississippi federal census t625879 p 2b ed 66 mrs cowand gave birth to another daughter on october 11 1921 at ocean springs she died on october 15 1921 only four days after delivery her corporal remains were interred in the biloxi cemetery the daily herald october 14 1921 p 6 and october 21 1921 p 2 ja bousquet expired at biloxi on december 12 1908 eugenie died at nola on june 1898 jv hagan expired on 1271929  new orleans  the daily picayune february 27 1876 p 3  bakery in december 1893 mayor bousquet acquired full interest in the sun bakery when he bought his partners vested interest in the company bouquet planned to operate the business himself and retain the services of fred quint who managed the bread making department of the bakery  the biloxi herald december 2 1893 p 8    new orleans the bousquet family left biloxi for new orleans circa 1895 and planned to return august 1 1897  the biloxi daily herald july 17 1897 p 8    jean alphonse bousquetmayor 18851886 jean a bousquet served biloxi as its mayor from 18851886 he defeated emile laudner 161 votes to 148 votes in the 1885 election  the daily picayune january 5 1885  other elected biloxi city officials for 18851886 were secretary raymond caillavet 18381898 treasurer edward glennan 18541933 aldermen el james rm balius pedro perez 18661927 and phil mccabe marshall cary holleman  references   th glenn  the mexican gulf coast on mobile bay mississippi sound   illustrated  delchamps mobile alabama1893 jerome lepre  catholic church records diocese of biloxi mississippi  volume i catholic diocese of biloxi biloxi mississippi1991  journals the biloxi  herald     local happenings   december 2 1893 the biloxi  daily herald   latest  city news  the biloxi  daily herald   latest  city news  the biloxi  daily herald   latest  city news  the biloxi  daily herald   latest  city news  the biloxi  daily herald   latest  city news  the daily herald   james v hagan dies   december 7 1929  the daily herald   mrs hagan died in biloxi  today november 30 1936 the daily picayune  january 5 1885 the pascagoula  democratstar   local news   january 9 1885 p 3  1887 emile laudner ladner  mayoremile laudner aldermen mj grady el james e bakeler and joseph r davis references the biloxi herald town council january 21 1888 p 1  emile laudner ladner   mayor 1887  john c walker  mayor of biloxi 18881889 the city election at biloxi for mayor and city council was held on march  john c waker mayor kuhn elmer sc stirling gorenflo  references  the biloxi daily herald business and professional men  the biloxi daily herald biloxi mississippi1902 p 52 charles l dyer  along the gulf  women of the trinity episcopal church pass christian1971 originally published 1895  journals the biloxi   herald   announcement   march 3 1888 the biloxi    herald   official municipal vote   march 10 1888 the biloxi   herald      march 1888 the biloxi  daily herald   captain walker fatally shoots himself and wife   june 8 1907 the biloxi  daily herald   captain walker s will   june 15 1907  harry t howard mayor of biloxi 18891890   references    fw elmer mayor of  biloxi  18911892 frederick william elmer was elected mayor of biloxi on january 6 1891 he defeated two opponents zachary taylor champlin and ab delamarre of the votes cast mr elmer received 392 champlain 102 and delamarre 74 mr elmer was lauded in the local journal with these words     fw elmer is  a man of sound ideas liberality of opinion energy and progressive tendencies and during the years he has previously served his constituency both as a municipal officer and state legislator has proven fidelity to biloxi his interest inher welfare and displayued an executive ability which fits him for the office to which he had been called   the biloxi herald january 10 1891 p 1  1891 biloxi city council fw elmer mayor treasureredward glennan francis a caillavet marshall john a bousquet secretary alderman 1st wardemile v laudner alderman 2nd wardphil mccabe alderman 3rd wardraymond caillavet 18381898 alderman 4th wardjames o donohoe  references  the biloxi daily herald business and professional men  the biloxi daily herald biloxi mississippi1902 p  the biloxi  herald   fw elmer elected   january 10 1891 p 1 the biloxi  herald   proceedings of the town council   january 4 1892 p 8 the daily herald   biloxi  loses noted citizen december 24 1926  jean a bousquet mayor of biloxi from 18931894 in early january 1893 the new biloxi city government took office in the mayoral race jean a bousquet beat challenger zachary t champlin 18471924 in a very close contest sixtysix to sixtythree votes other elected officials were wkm dukate 18521916 treasurer ward 1th gleason ward 2am dulion ward 3michael j louge 18471921 ward 4john c bradford phil mccabe 18671935 was city clerk and wp murray city marshal  the biloxi herald january 7 1893    references  the biloxi  herald   biloxi  s new municipal officers january 7 1893 the biloxi  daily herald   latest  city news july 17 1897  1894      1895 edward glennan edward glennan mayor of biloxi from 18951896 edward glennan    19111933 was born at new orleans on february 13 1854 the son of james glennan and anne daugherty both irish immigrants in october 1884   edward glennan married mary e colbert 18581938 the daughter of anthony colbert and bridget kirby at biloxi mississippi in the nativity bvm catholic church five children francis e glennan 18851914 m jennie frees celestia violet glennan 1887 ethel l glennan 1889 hazel l glennan 18911891 roy o glennan 18941982 and althea s glennan 1898 m george r anderson lepre 1991 p 136 biloxi merchant since 1880 resided on howard avenue the election was held on january 1 1895 in the mayoral contest edward glennan and thomas e gleason both garnered 103 votes the city charter required that the tie be broken by drawing lots and glennan won other city officers elected were tp dulion treasurer jr fowler 1 st ward alderman jb lemon 2 nd ward alderman raymond caillavet 3 rd ward alderman and john c bradford 4 th ward alderman  the biloxi herald january 5 1895 p 8    references  the biloxi  herald   biloxi  s city election january 5 1895  1896   1896 city officers mayor ed glennan aldermen  1 st ward joseph r fowler 18401914 and isidore heidenheim 18571918 2 nd ward jb lemon and l lopez 3 rd ward raymond caillavet 18381898 and nicholas voivedich 18501937 4 th ward john c bradford 18551928 and william gorenflo  aldermanatlarge daniel a nash 18581904   recorder thomas h gleason 18571935   marshal joseph c delamarre    18551931   street commissioner joseph r fowler  assessor and tax collector richard j lowery 18671939   city clerk phil mccabe 18671935   the biloxi herald february 18 1896 p 1    references    bradfordo keefe burial book  no 20a   edward glennan   bradford o keefe funeral homebiloxi mississippi1933  the biloxi daily herald business and professional men  the biloxi daily herald biloxi mississippi1902 p 51 jerome lepre  catholic church records diocese of biloxi mississippi  volume i catholic diocese of biloxi biloxi mississippi1991    journals the biloxi  herald   new officers   february 18 1896 the daily herald   the new administration of the city of biloxi  january 4 1911 the daily herald   glennan dies at biloxi  home december 18 1933  harry t howard mayor of  biloxi  1897   city officials 1st wardfh mccaleb and isidore heidenheim 2nd wardjoseph w swetman and charles redding 3rd wardlazaro lopez and john mccormick 4th wardjohn c bradford and raymond caillavet aldermanatlargeedward c glennan og swetman clerk jh neville city attorney th gleason police justice and city recorder rj lowery assessor and tax collector charles blake marshal william t curry janitor   the biloxi herald january 9 1897 p 1 and p 8  resignation   references  the biloxi  herald   the city officials   january 9 1897 p 1 and p 8 the biloxi  daily herald   city officials   january 28 1898 the biloxi  daily herald   city council   september 9 1899  harry t howard mayor of  biloxi  1898   mayor pro tem joseph w swetman aldermen 1st wardfh mccaleb and isidore heidenheim 2nd wardjoseph w swetman and charles redding 3rd wardlazaro lopez and john mccormick 4th wardjohn c bradford and william gorenflo aldermanatlargeedward c glennan city attorneyjames h neville city clerk and auditorog swetman city acessor and tax collectorrichard j lowery city registrarwl gilbert city physicianwt bolton marshal and market clerkcharles w blake street commissionerraymond caillavet fire departmentdan markey  references  the biloxi   herald   the biloxi herald    city directory   january 1 1898 the biloxi   daily herald       harry t howard mayor of  biloxi  from 1899   mayor pro tem joseph w swetman aldermen 1st wardfh mccaleb and isidore heidenheim 2nd wardjoseph w swetman and charles redding 3rd wardlazaro lopez and jc clower 4th wardjohn c bradford and william gorenflo aldermanatlargeedward c glennan city attorneyjames h neville city clerk and auditorog swetman city treasurertp dulion city acessor and tax collectorrichard j lowery city registrarwl guice city physicianwt bolton marshal and market clerkcharles w blake street commissionerraymond caillavet fire departmentdan markey references  the biloxi   herald    city election   december 14 1898 the biloxi herald       the biloxi   daily herald    city council   january 5 1899 the biloxi   daily herald    opposed to shell mountains   january 10 1899  daniel a nash mayor of  biloxi  from 18991900 dr daniel arthur nash 18581904 was born at livingston sumter county alabama on december 10 1858 his parents were preston g nash 18211880 a virginia born attorney and later chancery clerk of sumter county alabama and by birth and a native of north carolina marriage and family in 1900 he married elizabeth lizzie carraway 18691935 of jackson mississippi she was the daughter of john chapman carroway 18431901 and arcola carroway 18481933 john c carroway 18731931 mrs nash s brother was cashier at the bank of biloxi and later the couple had a child born circa 1901 that expired at birth  professional painless dentistry dr da nash dentist office in the picard  building opposite the opera house biloxi mississippi teeth pulled and extracted without pain my method is a simple discovery scientifically applied and perfectly harmless  the biloxi herald july 22 1893 p 1    politics elected aldermanatlarge and served in this capacity in 1895 and 1896  the biloxi herald february 18 1896 p 1  in 1900 the carroway family lived on front street at biloxi 1900 harrison county mississippi federal census t623 808 p 1a ed 31  mayoral appointment with the resignation of mayor ht howard    dr daniel a nash alderman of ward 3 was appointed mayor of biloxi by governor anselm j mclauren 18481909 after resigning his position as city alderman daniel a nash took the oath of office on september 5 1899  the biloxi daily herald  yachtsman dr nash was heavily involved in the biloxi yacht club and southern gulf yachting association he served as commodore of the byc and urania dr nash and william via owned the swift racing yacht  urania  at the 1903 annual gulfport yacht club regatta they decided not to sail  urania  to defend the gcya cup held by the biloxi yacht club the owners felt that their craft could win the upcoming gulfport regatta but were offended by criticism resulting from the baywaveland race in which mr via s piloting of the  urania  met with scrutiny william nels johnson 18641903 the builder of  urania  had sailed her to six wins in seven matches against all comers the boat had new sails and the owners felt that she had no other rival on the mississippi coast except the  gladiola  dr nash commented that the  urania  was for sale  the biloxi daily herald july 29 1903 p 1    nash home and fire in the spring of 1897 dr nash let a contract to william p burke 18581924 to erect a sixroom cottage in the keller addition subdivision on the biloxi front beach john c carraway his brotherinlaw was also having his residence built nearby by john r harkness 18271903   the biloxi herald april 3 1897 p 1  dr nash s beach front domicile west of the biloxi cemetery was destroyed in a large conflagration on february 10 1902 faulty electric wiring was believed to be the origin of the fire dr nash escaped from the burning structure with a minimal amount of clothing on his person the vacant judge hc turley home adjacent to the nash place was saved by a volunteer bucket brigade dr nash estimated his losses at 5000 which included many painting and silverware he carried 3000 in insurance with the swan agency  the biloxi daily herald february 11 1902 p 1  it is interesting to note that judge hc turley was appointed postmaster at natchez in april 1897 during the william mckinley 18431901 presidential administration judge turley was republican national committeeman for mississippi from 1900 to february 1904  the biloxi herald april 3 1897 p 1 and the new york times february 28 1904 p 1  in june 1902    dr nash and family took up quarters at the montross hotel on the biloxi waterfront they later relocated to a home on the corner of howard avenue and couevas street in late august 1903 he planned to hold a fire works celebration at his home for the children of ward 2 if james k vardaman 18611930 was elected governor of mississippi mr vardaman was elected and served one term as governor  the biloxi daily herald june 30 1902 p 8 and august 27 1903 p 6  da nash doctor of dental surgery hours 830 am600 pm office upstairs bank of biloxi building  the biloxi daily herald october 21 1903 p 4  accidental death dr daniel a nash expired at his biloxi residence in late march 1904 he was accidentally shot to death with his own shot gun the funeral was held at his couevas street residence with the reverend hw van hook of the biloxi methodist church presiding dr nash was eulogized by  the biloxi  daily  in his death the city of biloxi has lost a useful and progressive citizen who had the future of the place he had adopted as his home close to his heart  his corporal remains were interred in the biloxi cemetery  the biloxi daily herald march 26 1904 p 5 and the progress april 2 1904 p 4  elizabeth c nash and hd lowd in may 1908 elizabeth lizzie carraway nash married howard dickson lowd 18601910 at biloxi howard was her childhood sweetheart in jackson mississippi initially he made his livelihood in the newspaper business as a printer s apprentice and bookkeeper for  the clarion  at jackson in 1886 howard d lowd commenced his own journal  the daily advertiser  it failed after two years and he went to washington dc to work for the government printing office in 1907 hd lowd returned to his native jackson to become manager of  the daily news  composing room he became telegraph editor before relocation to birmingham alabama to work in a similar post with  the birmingham ledger  howard d lowd expired in the nation s capitol in january 1910  the daily herald january 12 1910 p 8  lizzie carroway nash lowd and her mother eventually relocated to st louis missouri they were residence of the washington hotel in 1930 and of the monterrey hotel in august 1931 when john c carroway her brother expired at st louis on july 30 1931 his corporal remains were sent to biloxi mississippi for internment in the family plot in the biloxi cemetery  1930 st louis co missouri federal census r1244 pp 8a and 8b ed 218 and the daily herald august 6 1931    references    the biloxi daily herald business and professional men  the biloxi daily herald biloxi mississippi1902 p 53   journals the biloxi herald   a fish story   july 1 1893 p 8 the biloxi herald   advertisement   july 22 1893 the biloxi herald   local happenings  december 28 1894 the biloxi herald   woodmen of the world   august 31 1895 the biloxi herald   new officers   february 18 1896 the biloxi herald     april 3 1897 the biloxi herald   the biloxi daily herald   city officials   january 28 1899 the biloxi daily herald   biloxi new mayor   september 1 1899 the biloxi daily herald   city council   september 9 1899 the biloxi daily herald   john c carroway dies   april 21 1901 p 1 the biloxi daily herald   dr nash s house burned to the ground last night   february 11 1902 the biloxi herald   city news   june 29 1902 the biloxi daily herald   senator mclaurin   october 21 1902 the biloxi daily herald   races saturday   august 19 1902 the biloxi daily herald   bank of biloxi   may 2 1903  the biloxi daily herald    urania  will not enter   july 29 1903 the biloxi daily herald   fireworkif   august 27 1903 the biloxi daily herald   advertisement   october 21 1903 the biloxi daily herald   dr nash killed   march 26 1904 the biloxi daily herald   funeral of dr nash   march 28 1904 the clarion   jackson mississippi   mortuary notice   april 27 1887 the daily herald   howard d lowd dies at capital   january 12 1910 the daily herald   weekly list of deed filed   september 27 1912 the daily herald   john carraway   sic   buried   august 6 1931 the daily herald   arcola carroway   september 1933 the daily herald   lizzie c lowd   june 1935 the new york times   southern republican quits   february 28 1904 the   ocean springs  progress     personal news interest   april 2 1904 p 4  joseph w swetman   mayor of biloxi from 19011902 joseph william swetman 18631937 was born at handsboro mississippi on august 26 1863 to emery swetman and susan h long on january 7 1900 he married sophie pauline schumann 18831965 in harrison county mississippi they were the parents of joseph w swetman ii 19011937 evon swetman 19021976 married hazel mattina lloyd e swetman 19041992 married louise e stewart and olga swetman 1908 married reginald h sewell 19061991 joseph w swetman was married twice before 1900 and had mabel beatrice swetman 18911937 a daughter who married charles dunbar lancaster hewes 18871917 at nola in march 1917 business began his long career as a railroader and became a passenger conductor circa 1890 he established swetman s drug store a pharmacy at biloxi which he enlarged substantially over the next forty years election   dual government   references  charles l dyer  along the gulf  women of the trinity episcopal church pass christian1971 originally published 1895  the biloxi daily herald  the biloxi daily herald   the quo warranto   january 13 1901 the daily herald   jos w swetman taken by death   may 31 1937  fw elmer mayor of biloxi 1903     mayor fw elmer  was notified by the  department of commerce and labo r that  chandeleur   heron north and new harbor islands  were made  bird sanctuaries  the daily herald november 17 1914 p 5    references    the daily herald   ten years ago today   november 17 1914   john c bradford mayor of biloxi from 19051906  john comstock bradford 18551928 ran with no opposition for the 19051906 mayoral term city elections were held in december 1904 with the following results  mayor   jc bradford  aldermen  1 st ward edward s balthrope 187319 39 and harry edwards 2 nd ward joseph w swetman 18631937 and charles redding 18571926 3 rd ward tj rossell 18611923 and cm buckingham 4 th ward henry latimer 18551941 and judson c batton 18691943  aldermanatlarge ed glennan  18541933  city clerk  og swetman  treasurer  percy l elmer 18731949  tax collector  henry j meaut  marshal  ja mckinley  street commissioner  henry j guiterrez 18691953  board appointments  police justice judge thomas h gleason 18571935 fire chief louis e gill 18511919 superintendent of water works joseph o laska 18631911 water rent collector edward l suter 18661943 health officer dr walter j greaves 18681910 city attorney wh maybin street sweeper  references  the biloxi daily herald business and professional men  the biloxi daily herald biloxi mississippi1902 p 53 journals the biloxi daily herald   the city election   december 14 1904 the biloxi daily herald   the new board   january 14 1905 the daily herald   john c bradford died last night   january 1 1929  edward glennan  mayor of biloxi from 19071908 edward glennan s only opposition was george w grayson in the first primary held in early november 1906 he garnered 245 votes to 159 for mr grayson  the biloxi daily herald october 20 1906 p 4 and november 7 1906 p 1    aldermen  1st wardjacob d jack covacevich 2nd ward edward h benedict 18681920 3rd ward 4th ward jules aa rousseau 18431913 jacob d jack covacevich joseph ott police chief louis staehling  references  the biloxi daily herald   elmer s sweep   november 14 1906 the biloxi daily herald   municipal candidates    october 20 1906 the biloxi daily herald   biloxi s new administration    january 7 1907  thomas j rosell mayor of biloxi from 19091910 thomas jefferson rosell 18611923 was born on april 28 1861 at monroe county missouri married kizzie catron expired at biloxi on november 19 1923 aldermen laz lopez john reynoir thomas h gleason meunier judson c batton edward h benedict frank b castanera and john j kennedy 18751949 city clerk william gaston henderson tax collector henry j meaut police chief louis staehling city attorney john j curtis tj rossell manufacturing   1903new residence nearly complete was the tj rosell pretty cottage on howard avenue  the biloxi daily herald april 27 1903    1905 building boom the year 1905 at biloxi was one of rebuilding and growth mr rosell s company was a major player having erected since may 1905 the following four residences for wkm dukate a residential buildings for daniel j gay and charles elarbee a cottage for wf swan a cottage for dr hiram m folkes a residence for mary hunt a 3000 residence for je swetman a residence for el doyle a 3500 residence for wa white and a residence for tj rosell by late november 1905 the tj rossell manufacturing company was progressing with the following developments at biloxi three buildings for wa white one building for wkm dukate a building for dulion rosell and tony benachi in the planning stage were five cottages for william watson on the parson property in the avondale section in addition rosell s crews were busy at the rigolets erecting a catholic church which cost 1500 for the workers of the lopez dukate cannery  the biloxi daily herald november 20 1905 p 1  1908 election held on july 7 1908 tj rosell defeated jw swetman former mayor in an extremely close race  1909commission form of government   references  the biloxi daily herald business and professional men  the biloxi daily herald biloxi mississippi1902 p 55 charles l dyer  along the gulf  women of the trinity episcopal church pass christian1971 originally published 1895  the biloxi daily herald     p  the biloxi daily herald   city news   april 27 1903 the biloxi daily herald   biloxi s building boom   november 20 1905 p 1 the daily herald   recount asked for vote on mayor   july 8 1908 p 1 the daily herald   to vote on commission form of government   june 4 1909 p 1 the daily herald   john j curtis is biloxi s city attorney   january 19 1910 p 1  edward glennan mayor of biloxi 1911   edward glennan  edward glennan ran unopposed for biloxi mayor in the 1910 election  the biloxi daily herald august 9 1910 p 4  aldermen 1 st ward edward barq 18711943 2 nd ward edward h benedict 18681920 3 rd ward john j kennedy 18751949 4 th ward joseph venus b 1884 aldermanatlarge isidore heidenheim 18571918 city clerk william gaston henderson 75 per month tax collector henry j meaut 18421934 75 per month marshal louis staehling 18651938 85 per month policemen peter bellande 18711933 nat bolton and rm randolph each 70 per month police justice james c elmer 18881920 city attorney louis goldman 50 per month health officer dr george f carroll 18851920 40 per month in summer and 50 per month in winter street commissioner john l swanzy 188119 waterworks superintendenteugene l castanera 18681917 75 per month janitor and street sweepermartin cavanaugh pound keeper delmas seymour 40 per month  references  the biloxi daily herald   candidates announcements   august 9 1910 the daily herald   facts about retiring biloxi council   january 3 1911 p 1 the daily herald   last meeting of old council   january 3 1911 p 1 the daily herald   the new administration of the city of biloxi   january 4 1911 the daily herald   lively meeting biloxi council   january 4 1911 p 1 the daily herald   fix salaries of city officers   january 5 1911 p 1  edward glennan mayor of biloxi 1912     aldermen   edward glennan mayor of biloxi 1913  the term of mayor glennan naval reserve park under the aegis of edward everette moore 18791947 alderman a cemetery comprising twenty acres was laid out in the naval reserve park in early june he was assisted by aldermen john e lewis and john eistetter as well as wf swan by late august 1913 the city council has accepted the 825 bid of he latimer son to harvest and clear the standing timber on the cemetery lot at this time alderman moore presented the city council a plat for the new cemetery prepared by fred voak approximately 1500 gravesites several small parks and pine tree preservation areas were depicted on the cemetery plat the daily herald june 6 1913 p 8 and august 27 1913 p 8  jr meunier resigns john r meunier resigned from his alderman s post to accepted the postion of us postmaster at biloxi in early august 1913 he was replaced by benedict the daily herald august 6 1913 p 1  aldermen isadore heidenheim 18571918 jacob tremmel 18761941 3 rd ward edward everette moore 18791947 john eistetter hugh mccallum john e lewis john meunier lee elder and pascal meaut street commissioner john l swanzy 188119 city clerk jv hagan 75 per month tax collector henry j meaut 18421934 75 per month police chief louis staehling 18651938 85 per month policemen peter bellande 18711933 nat bolton and rm randolph each 70 per month police justice zt champlin city attorney louis goldman 50 per month health officer to hunter 40 per month in summer and 50 per month in winter waterworks superintendenteugene l castanera 18681917 75 permonth janitor and street sweepermartin cavanaugh sanitary inspectorjulius sablich pound keeper cc kirk 40 per month   references  the daily herald   biloxi new city council meets officers named and pay is fixed  january 8 1913 p 1 the daily herald   will lay out cemetery   june 6 1913 p 8 the daily herald   meunier resigns benedict seated on city council  august 6 1913 p 1 the daily herald   plat prepared for cemetery      august 27 1913 p 8  edward glennan mayor of biloxi 1914   naval reserve park in the spring of 1914 he latimer and his work crew of eight men and mule teams began to cut a road into the naval reserve park from pass christian road called glennan avenue the new road went north from pass christian road for 14 mile and turned west for 14 mile to the site of the new cemetery there were still virgin pine and gum trees in this area of biloxi glennan avenue   aldermen 1 st ward edward barq 18711943 and cj keller 2 nd ward john eistetter and theodore desporte 3 rd ward everette e moore 18791947 and jacob tremmel 4 th ward charles b foster and jc batton aldermanatlarge john e lewis street commissionerjohn swanzy water works superintendent city clerk jv hagan 75 per month tax collector henry j meaut 18421934 75 per month police chief louis staehling 18651938 85 per month policemen peter bellande 18711933 nat bolton and rm randolph each 70 per month police justice zt champlin city attorney health officer janitor and street sweeper pound keeper street commissioner john l swanzy 188119 city clerk tax collector henry j meaut 18421934 75 per month police chief louis staehling 18651938 85 per month policemen peter bellande 18711933 nat bolton and rm randolph each 70 per month police justice city attorney louis goldman 50 per month health officer to hunter 40 per month in summer and 50 per month in winter waterworks superintendenteugene l castanera 18681917 75 permonth janitor and street sweepermartin cavanaugh pound keeper cc kirk 40 per month  references  the daily herald   ee moore seeks reelection  may 14 1914 p 2 the daily herald   glennan avenue now gives excess to the cemetery  june 2 1914 p  the daily herald   staehling reelected police chief  july 1 1914 p 1 the daily herald   walter hunt is elected in second ward  december 9 1914  edward glennan mayor of biloxi 1915 mayor edward glennan 18541933 started his final year as mayor of biloxi with turmoil in the police department in january 1918 when it was time to reappoint patrolmen walter h hunt 18871961 1 st ward alderman opposed that frank j zudie hightower 18901976 peter bellande 18711933 and john w mabry 18731940 continue with the force the board of aldermen  appointed joseph mattina   18891969 a barber  willie ryan  18761958 biloxi yacht club keeper and  martin green jr  18751951 a boat dealer to replace the three men none of the city council s new policemen had any law enforcement experience and they had to be trained by chief rm randolph chief randolph further stated that he was greatly surprised and  was unwilling to part with officer bellande  he declares that officer  peter bellande has always proven himself a very efficient police officer  officer bellande also has a large number of friends in the city administration as well as among citizens who are nor connected with the city  the daily herald january 3 1918 p   1  aldermen 1 st ward edward barq 18711943 and cj keller 2 nd ward john eistetter and walter hunt 3 rd ward everette e moore 18791947 and jacob tremmel 4 th ward charles b foster and jc batton aldermanatlarge john e lewis street commissionerjohn swanzy water works superintendent city clerk jv hagan 75 per month tax collector henry j meaut 18421934 75 per month police chief louis staehling 18651938 85 per month policemen peter bellande 18711933 nat bolton and rm randolph each 70 per month police justice zt champlin city attorney louis goldman 50 per month health officer dr wt bolton janitor and street sweeper pound keeper  references  the daily herald   ee moore seeks reelection  may 14 1914 p 2 the daily herald   wt bolton is chosen health officer bu caucus   january 4 1915 p 1 the daily herald   glennan certain of victory say biloxi citizens   june 27 1916 p 1    john j kennedy mayor of biloxi from 19191933 j ohn joseph kennedy 18751949 was born at new orleans on june 12 1875 the son of patrick kennedy and margaret m kenna kennedy jj kennedy relocated to biloxi from the crescent city in 1897 patrick kennedy 18451913 was born at gaulestown county kilkenny in southern ireland in 1866 he immigrated to america settling at new orleans here he married margaret m kenna 18451905 also an 1860s irish immigrant the kennedys had eleven children of which five survived into the 20 th century katherine m kenna coyle 18641952 william p kennedy 18731951 married fantie wright 18761969 john j kennedy 18751949 married minnie gilbert kennedy 18761900 and mrs ww baltar mrs k coyle  the daily herald   sons who were born at new orleans and became outstanding business men at biloxi john j kenndey in restaurant and hotel business as well as politics kennedy hotel on reynoir wp kennedy engaged in retail drugs and oyster business patrick kennedy was in the hotel business at biloxi bdhpp 5758 and p 64 on november 12 1892  the biloxi herald  announced that p kennedy co is the name of the new firm in biloxi which will engage in the shipment of raw oysters local happenings p 1 c 1 also selling beer in gulfport biloxi daily herald march 11 1903 p 6  education and interests john j kennedy was educated in new orleans at the jesuit college mcdonough school no 13 and soule college byc biloxi golf club rotary club chamber of commerce  the biloxi news march 21 1926 p 1    family in 1898 jj kennedy married minnie gilbert 18761900 one daughter sarah kennedy 18991990 who married gustave philip bentz 18901977 of new orleans gustave philip bentz 18901977 age 86 years santa maria del mar apartments biloxi died at 820 am sunday january 16 1977 at howard memorial hospital he had been a patient here for four weeks gustave was born september 18 1890 in new orleans the youngest of the ten children of henry bentz 18471915 and margaret poppe 18491932 he was a retired rice buyer and had lived at biloxi for three years mr bentz was a member of nativity bvm catholic church gustave bentz married sarah kennedy 18991990 the daughter of john joseph kennedy 18751949 and minnie gilbert 18761900 j j kennedy was mayor of biloxi from 1919 until 1933 mr kennedy also a native of new orleans became an outstanding business men at biloxi with interest in the hotel and seafood industry mr bentz was survived by his wife and a sister lea b laub 18881987 of roanoke virginia bradfordo keee funeral home of biloxi directed the bentz funeral with services at nativity bvm catholic church followed by internment on biloxi cemetery the daily herald january 17 1977 p a2  kennedy hotel in 1926 mayor kennedy lived in the kennedy hotel with his daughter sarah and kate coyle his sister  the biloxi news march 21 1926 p 1    the kennedy opposite l n depot member mississippi hotel association modernconvenient near business center and beach front hot and cold running water in every room reasonable rates john j kennedy proprietor   the biloxi news march 28 1926 p 19    1918 election elected in 1918 with wh hunt and ml michel as city commissioners  commission government1919 when john j kennedy took office as mayor of biloxi on january 6 1919 he became the first mayor to govern the city under a commission form of government the citizens of biloxi in a special election held in late 1917 voted in a landslide decision to replace their mayoralderman method of representation for the commission system in addition the only pave streets in biloxi at this time were reynoir to howard avenue howard avenue from fayard to nixon street and one block of lameuse street  the daily herald january 4 1918 p 1 and the biloxi news march 21 1926 p 1    1919 city government mayorjj kennedy commissionerwh hunt commissionerml michel city attorneylouis goldman pound keeperbaptiste moran 18601927  1921 city government mayor jj kennedy commissioner wh hunt commissioner ml michel city attorney tax collector hj meaut police chiefgeorge bills health officerdr g frank carroll commissioner s secretarymiss josephine marie waterworks superintendentthomas espisito and assistant b villa street foremanwilliam cavanaugh city janitorjames hunt pound keeper baptiste moran 18601927 the daily herald january 15 1921 p 1  gulf coast canners association mayor kennedy was elected executive secretary of the gulf coast canners association in early november 1921 the seven member executive council consisting of el dukate charles b foster and hart chinn of biloxi jb humphries of nola j mcdermott of mobile rr rice of apalachicola florida and h taylor of brunswick georgia there was some concern that john j kennedy might tender his resignation as biloxi s mayor  the daily herald november 8 1921 p 1    1922 elections mayor kennedy ran in the july 1922 democratic primary against three challengers edward glennan george w grayson and dr anthony ferrer he won handily garnering 771 votes grayson ran second with 376 votes followed by glennan with 367 votes and dr ferrer with only 6 votes commissioner wh hunt was defeated and replaced by ml michel while john swanzy was relected other candidates for commissioner were ed ott with 503 votes and david j venus with 195 votes this was the first election at biloxi in which were allowed to vote the newly elected municipal officers took office on january 1 1923 to commence their four years terms in office the daily herald july 7 1922 p 1  baton rouge1926 in late may 1926 mayor jj kennedy was in baton rouge louisiana to lobby against several bills in the louisiana legislature that were serious impediments to the immediate future of the seafood industry at biloxi sponsored by senator jules fisher of jefferson parish and house representative allen j ellender 18901972 of terrebonne parish this legislation sought to prevent person firm association or corporation that were not domiciled or residents of louisiana from catching taking canning packing shucking dealing in or transporting any oysters or shrimp harvested in the state waters of louisiana mayor kennedy was certain that the new orleans delegation to the louisiana legislature would oppose these proposals  the jackson county times may 29 1926 p 3    runs unopposed mayor kennedy faced no democratic opposition in the democratic primary held at biloxi on july 8 1926  police department1928 by early february 1928 the new police station on the first floor of biloxi s city hall was nearing completion chief george bills 18671945 had just hired felix mattina 18861946 and frank hecht 19011981 to the work with the night force to fill the void in his ranks created by the death of officer jake stanovich 18911927 mr mattina had prior law enforcement experience and had been a deputy sheriff frank hecht had no police experience as he had worked for standard oil and the city bus company with the new hires the biloxi night force consisted of the following men charles lowd omer graves 18861933 evon swetman richard grady 18911958 and lawrence stockton 18931956 chief bills and alonzo gabrich 18941948 city detective comprised the day force  the daily herald february 8 1928 p 2    old spanish trail dedication1929 governor bilbo appointed mayor kennedy as mississippi s official represented to the boulder dedication ceremony at st augustine florida  this historic event marked the completion of the old spanish trail from san diego to the east florida coast the daily herald march 18 1929 p 1  resignationjuly 1933 on july 1 1933 mayor john kennedy resigned his mayoral post to accept the post of comptroller of customs new orleans louisiana for the gulf district which included mississippi alabama arizona louisiana new mexico and texas his recommendation for this federal position had come from us senator byron patton pat harrison 18811941 of gulfport mississippi and an appointment from president franklin delano roosevelt 18821945 kennedy s presidential appointment was approved by the us senate on june 13 1933  the daily herald june 13 1933 p 1 june 14 1933 p 1  it was decided that there would be no mayor protem or appointee named to replace john j kennedy city commissioners ml michel and john a swanzy would manage the business of biloxi until a new mayor was elected some of the potential candidates to replace mayor kennedy were john w apperson anthony v ragusin john w o keefe william baltar dr a ferrer william p kennedy jacinto baltar and arnaud lopez  the daily herald june 14 1933 p 1 june 15 1933 p 1    kennedy hotel   exalted ruler in march 1940 john j kennedy was elected exalted ruler of the biloxi elks lodge replacing denny wambsgan jj kennedy had been exalted ruler in the past and was holding the office of trustee during the hotly contested contest for the elk s leadership of the position in 1940 mr kennedy was comptroller of customs for new orleans district other officers elected were clyde campbell 18961954 esteemed leading knight chester h rose esteemed lecturing knight cm drey secretary eugene lacaze 18691949 toiler john e breaux trustee joseph lawrence treasurer wf hubbell alternate to grand lodge  the daily herald march 21 1940 p 8    chinn s election   references  the biloxi daily herald business and professional men  the biloxi daily herald biloxi mississippi1902  the daily herald 50 th golden jubilee number biographical and historical 18841934  the daily herald gulfportbiloxi mississippi1934  the biloxi daily herald   city news   january the daily herald the daily herald   john j kennedy elected to important office by canners   november 8 1912 the daily herald  commission form of government wins in biloxi election   january 4 1918 the daily herald   biloxi council in annual meet   january 15 1921 the daily herald   biloxi s municipal election causes largest vote in history   july 7 1922 the daily herald   builders of biloxi   march 21 1926 the daily herald   the kennedy   advertisement     march 21 1926 the biloxi herald   the kennedy   advertisement     march 28 1926 the biloxi herald   hard fight ahead on louisiana sea food legislation   june 6 1926 the biloxi herald   cannery crisis safely averted   june 6 1926 the daily herald   kennedy s reelection assured   june 13 1926 the daily herald   police chances   february 8 1928 the daily herald   bilbo chooses biloxi mayor   march 18 1929 the daily herald   kennedy brothers attend class reunion   march 30 1930 the daily herald   president nominates mayor kennedy to be comptroller of customs   june 13 1933 the daily herald   many to seek mayor s post   june 14 1933 the daily herald   senate approves nomination of mayor kennedy   june 14 1933 the daily herald   no mayor to be appointed   june 15 1933 the daily herald   biloxians to elect mayor on aug 25   july 3 1933 p 1 the daily herald   biloxians to elect mayor on aug 25   july 3 1933 p 1 the daily herald   kennedy s friends give him sendoff   july 5 1933 p 2 the daily herald   ferrer makes announcement   july 6 1933 p 1 the daily herald   staehling is out of race   july 31 1933 p 1 the daily herald   city election will be august 18 1933   august 18 1933 p 1 the daily herald   gabrich resigns as police chief   august 18 1933 p 1 the daily herald   biloxians to elect mayor on aug 25   july 3 1933 p 1 the daily herald   kennedy is new exalted ruler   1940 p 8 the daily herald   john j kennedy exbiloxi mayor dies at residence   september 13 1949 the daily herald   wp kennedy sr is buried sunday with catholic services   december 24 1951  the jackson county times   committee to visit gulf coast towns   january 30 1926 p 4 the jackson county times   mayor kennedy fights for coast packers   may 29 1926 the timespicayune    women vote for first time   july 6 1922  r hart chinn   mayor of biloxi from 19331934  richard hart chinn 18881972 called hart was born on april 9 1888 at vandalia audrain county missouri the son of james buchanan buck chinn 18571912 and martha ella hart 18571938 buck chinn was born in salem virginia the son of robert chinn 18221880 and frances a chinn 18261880 by 1880 the robert chinn family had relocated to ralls county in northeast missouri where they were farmers buck chinn was married circa 1880 and had a son roy chinn 1881 his wife died and he married martha e hart a native of winchester kentucky in addition to hart chinn buck and martha h chinn had mary f chinn 189119 and thomas gill chinn 18931953 who were born at biloxi mississippi  biloxi milling company in 1890 buck chinn came to biloxi to start the biloxi milling company with fellow missourians eg burklin rd chinn and mr brewton in april 1893  the biloxi milling company  commenced operations making flour and meal  the biloxi herald january 7 1893 p 8 and april 22 1893 p 1    hart chinn and leo e ohr r hart chinn 18881972 who would become mayor of biloxi in the 1930s and leo e ohr 18901970 biloxi s master mechanic were caught speeding on ohr s motorcycle and charged with a violating the bicycle law they appeared at the city court and were discharged by the judge because the city had no ordinances applicable to motorcycles  the daily herald june 12 1911 p 8    chinn motor car companychinn auto company inc the chinn motor car company was organized at biloxi in september 1913 initially hart chinn was the manager and often went to new orleans to buy automobiles for the business in september 1915 the chinn motor car company was incorporated as the chinn auto company inc with martha e chinn mary f chinn and thomas gill chinn as incorporators the company was in business to buy sell and repair automobiles as well as motorcycles and bicycles the chinn enterprise situated on reynoir street between howard avenue and the l n depot was considered as one of the well established car dealerships on the mississippi gulf coast and had shown an increase in sales since its commencement  the daily herald september 29 1913 p 8 january 21 1914 p 2 and september 9 1915 p 2 and  harrison co mississippi chancery court charter bk 15 p 319 the chinn auto company sold the saxon hudson hupmobile and overland brand of motorcars when the biloxi airdome an outdoor movie theatre burned in early may 1914 the chinn motor company was damaged by water to its fixtures and tools from the nearby conflagration  the daily herald may 5 1914 p 1    mississippi a m  lt hart chinn married mrs vera l dukate bond 18861977 on november 11 1918 at camp sherman ohio she had two daughters with mr bond vera leola bond 19091989 m leslie baltar grant 19081986 and willamene l bond b 1912   the daily herald november 14 1918    fosterfountain packing company manager in 1922  1928 school litigation   1933 election  r hart chinn was elected mayor of biloxi at the august 25 1933 general election in the democratic primary held earlier mayor chinn ran against walter h hunt and dr gf carroll  chinn v swanzy at a city council meeting on august 22 1934 mayor r hart chinn struck city commission john a swanzy 1881 in the head with a  1936 election running for biloxi s mayorial office were dr a ferrer jacinto baltar dr gf carroll and hart chinn louis staehling had dropped out in late july  the daily herald july 31 1936 p 1    chinn v o keefe   1936 congressional run r hart chinn ran for the us congress in 1936 was to speak with js easterling of laurel at kc bazaar in front of byc in july 1936  the daily herald july 10 1936 p 7    references  the daily herald 50 th golden jubilee number biographical and historical 18841934  the daily herald gulfportbiloxi mississippi1934    the biloxi herald   local happenings   december 3 1892 the biloxi herald   biloxi milling co  january 7 1893 p 8 the biloxi herald      april 22 1893 p 1 the daily herald   chinn carraway   november 1 1907 the daily herald   no law against speeding motorcycles  june 12 1911 the daily herald     jb chinn prominent biloxian succumbs to apoplectic stroke   june 6 1912 p1 the daily herald  jb chinn will be buried today   june 7 1912 the daily herald   kk  january 21 1914 the daily herald   finds countryman in biloxi concern   march 26 1914 the daily herald   biloxi airdome prey to flames davis loses too   may 5 1914 the daily herald   new cars received by chinn motor car co   may 28 1914 the daily herald   chinn motor corporation   september 9 1915 the daily herald   chinnbond   november 14 1918 the daily herald   government officials visit biloxi to aid in dredging channel   march 17 1922 p 1 the daily herald   will secure some free attractions   june 27 1922 p 4 the daily herald   biloxi school regulation is aired in court   january 14 1928 the daily herald   chinn holds big lead in biloxi   august 15 1933 the daily herald   guice resigns as city attorney   august 15 1933 the daily herald   guice resigns as county attorney   august 17 1933 the daily herald   chinn wins mayors office as carroll and hunt withdraw   august 17 1933 the daily herald   chinn and swanzy fightgasoline bill argument encounter between two biloxi officials   august 22 1934 p 1 the daily herald   chinn parks make bondsbiloxi mayor and secretary free under bond   august 24 1934 p 1 the daily herald   prosecutor charges mayor chinn with assault and battery   august 24 1934 p 1 the daily herald   mayor chinn hearing set   october 1 1934 the daily herald   mayor chinn is bound over   october 3 1934 the daily herald   siege at city hall   january 5 1935 the daily herald   motion to quash chinn indictment   january 14 1936 the daily herald   two political speakers   july 10 1936 the daily herald   biloxians to elect mayor on aug 25   july 3 1933 p 1 the daily herald   biloxians to elect mayor on aug 25   july 3 1933 p 1 the daily herald   kennedy s friends give him sendoff   july 5 1933 p 2 the daily herald   ferrer makes announcement   july 6 1933 p 1 the daily herald   staehling is out of race   july 31 1933 p 1 the daily herald   city election will be august 18 1933   august 18 1933 p 1 the daily herald   gabrich resigns as police chief   august 18 1933 p 1 the daily herald   biloxians to elect mayor on aug 25   july 3 1933 p 1 the daily herald   hart chinn taken by death   february 3 1972 the daily herald     19 the jackson county times   mayor o keefe takes office by force   january 12 1935  john wa o keefe mayor of biloxi from 1919  john w a o keefe  john w aloysius o keefe 18911985 was born at new orleans on february 24 1891 the son of jeremiah j o keefe 18601911 and alice cahill 18641921  education attended local schools and the jesuit college at new orleans in 1901 promoted from first sergeant to first lieutenant in the jesuit cadets  the pascagoula democratstar december 3 1901  john a o keefe graduated from tulane university in 1911    family  john a o keefe married amelia nicki castanera 19052000 the daughter of captain frank b castanera 18701934 and amelia desporte 18801953 in december 1929 amelia castenera was the queen of les masques a biloxi mardi gras krewe in 1927 and taught school at biloxi  the daily herald february 12 1927 p 1  in 1937 john and nicki o keefe adopted a jackson mississippi born baby girl and named her patricia mary o keefe 19372009 patricia m o keefe was born on september 27 1937 she was a graduate of the immaculate seminary at washiington dc and a 1959 graduate of chestnut hill college at philadelphia pennsylvania patricia married ensign badger conley smith iii on july 4 1959 in the walter reed memorial chapel at washington dc ensign smith had graduated from st john s college washington dc and the us naval academy in 1959 the daily herald july 8 1959 p 8 patrica mary o keefe married frank o brimski in may 1965 she worked for the library of congress for fifteen years patricia died on september 20 2009 at garrett park maryland she and frank obrimski were the parents of margaret obrimski bonacorda and sharon obrimski portillo the history of jackson co ms 1989 p 302 and the sun herald october 4 2009 p a  employment he was employed on sugar plantations in louisiana cuba haiti santo domingo and trinidad as a sugar chemist until he entered military service during wwi in late october 1916 o keefe departed ocean springs for thibodeaux louisiana to work for a large sugar mill  the jackson county times october 28 1916 p 5  o keefe s last assignment as a sugar chemist before entering the military was at a sugar mill in trinidad bwi on his return from the caribbean he visited washington dc where he took an examination to qualify as an officer in the flying corps  the jackson county times june 2 1917 p 5  wwi military career on august 23 1917 john w o keefe with several other young men from ocean springs boarded at new orleans the ole miss a special train carrying mississippi student officers to camp funston leon springs texas here in december 1917 o keefe won his commission as a captain in the field artillery  the jackson county times august 25 1917 p 5 and december 1 1917 p 1  by june 1918 captain john o keefe had arrived in france after an uneventful voyage  the jackson county times june 15 1918 p 5  cuba left ocean springs in late october 1925 for manoplea cuba he attended the georgianorth dakota football game in atlanta and made visits to miami and coral gables before departing for cuba  the jackson county times october 31 1925 p 5   john o keefe and ew illing at cuba on a large sugar plantation for last six months  the daily herald june 13 1925 p 2  post wwibusiness and politics in march 1928 john a o keefe became a partner in the biloxi laundry with john wright apperson 18621939 george j collins eugene dowling 18801944 and wl guice this organization was chartered to acquire by lease or purchase or construction a plant or plants for the conduct of a general steam and hand laundry and dry cleaning business  the daily herald march 21 1928 p 2  after the european conflict in which he served as a field artillery captain and flying observer in france and germany he went into business at biloxi he continued his military career as a captain and specialist in the us army air corps reserves in april 1932 o keefe left biloxi for new york to serve two weeks in the air corps headquarters in gotham  the daily herald april 11 1932 p 2  in march 1934 john a o keefe retired as grand knight of the biloxi council knights of columbus o keefe cited his active position as cwa aeronautics advisor for mississippi and it was his third term as grand knight  the daily herald march 20 1934 p 5  john a o keefe was a leader of men he was elected mayor of biloxi in august 1934 and later appointed as adjutant general of mississippi by governor hugh white    o keefe airfield in november 1934 the town of newton mississippi and the newton county american legion post dedicated their new 12000 airport to major john a o keefe former cwa aeronautics adviser for mississippi les ives 266 o keefe road newton ms 601 6830202 biloxi mayor john a o keefe was elected mayor of biloxi in august 1934 to succeed r hart chinn 18881972    chinn refuses to leave office hart chinn former mayor of biloxi alleged that mayor elect john a o keefe and his two city commissioners should have been disqualified from the municipal elections because of irregular tax payments mayor o keefe seized city hall on january 7 1935 with a band of armed supporters     siege at city hall   car wreck in early march 1935 mayor o keefe spouse nicki c o keefe amelia desporte castanera 18801953 his motherinlaw and dorothy daspit 19081937 an ocean springs school teacher and native of houma louisiana were traveling west to new orleans for a mardi gras celebration while driving the beach road through pass christian the steering mechanism of mayor o keefe s automobile failed and the vehicle struck a tree nicki c o keefe broke her hip bone while her mother and mayor o keefe suffered cuts and bruises miss daspit was not seriously harmed in the accident  the jackson county times march 9 1935 p1  resignationadjutant general mayor o keefe announced in early february 1936 that he would resign as biloxi s mayor on february 10 to take the position of adjutant general of the state of mississippi  the jackson county times february 1 1930 p 1  in november 1935 mayor o keefe was tapped by governor hugh l white 18811965 to served as adjutant general of mississippi mayor o keefe succeeded thomas grayson also of biloxi  the daily herald november 8 1935 p 1  grand marshal in september 1939 adjutant general john a o keefe rode in chicago as grand marshal for the mississippi delegation to the national american legion parade he was selected for this honor by ben hilbun of laurel the state commander of the american legion  the daily herald july 31 1939 p 3   in january 1940 general o keefe s term as adjutant general ended he was praised by lt general stanley dunbar embick 18771957 4 th corp army commander  washington dc he went to washington dc in 1940 as assistant to chief of the national guard bureau ww ii military career in september 1941 the o keefes were in washington dc and were planning a party for friends at the armynavy club lt colonel o keefe flew to louisiana with general williams commander of the national guard bureau to observe war maneuvers  the daily herald september 22 1941 p 7  during wwii colonel o keefe served in north africa with the air transport command in june 1945 he participated in the historic yalta conference in addition to his us military decorations o keefe was recognized by the sultan of morocco and the bey of tunisia for his accomplishments in the allied forces desert campaigns against the germans and italians in the deserts of north africa in the spring of 1945 the westergard boat works at biloxi launched a steel trawler named  john a o keefe   which was built for the dejean packing company in october 1946 john a o keefe was recognized by pope pius xii of the roman catholic church as he was made a knight of the order of st gregory the great in retirement o keefe was recognized as a major general in the mississippi national guard he passed at biloxi on september 14 1985 interment followed at the national cemetery in biloxi  the daily herald june 21 1945 p1 and october 15 1946 p 1  colonel o keefe underwent a serious eye operation at bethesda maryland in february 1951  the gulf coast times february 22 1951   john w a o keefe died september 14 1985 at biloxi mississippi  references  50 th anniversary golden jubilee  the daily herald   18841934   the daily herald gulfport mississippi1934  the history of jackson county mississippi    o keefethird generation     jackson county genealogical society pascagoula mississippi1989  journals the daily herald   fifth annual masques ball scene of exotic brilliance   february 12 1927 the daily herald   the charter of incorporation of the biloxi laundry incorporated   march 21 1928 the daily herald   o keefe leaves for east   april 11 1932 the daily herald   resigns as kc head   march 20 1934 the daily herald   o keefe airport dedicated monday   november 13 1934 the daily herald   siege at city hall   january 5 1935 the daily herald   o keefe and supporters seize city hall after midnight march   january 7 1935 p 1 the daily herald   no requests for troops conner says   january 7 1935 p 1 the daily herald   chinn talks with attorney declines to reveal plans   january 7 1935 p 1 the daily herald   new officers hold meeting   january 7 1935 p 1 the daily herald   city bastille falls   january 7 1935 p 1 the daily herald   chinn talks with attorney declines to reveal plans   january 7 1935 p 1 the daily herald   6new attorney   january 7 1935 p 1 the daily herald   chinn s plan for regaining office are not revealed   january 8 1935 p 1 the daily herald   vote authority to collect taxes and other moneys due  january 8 1935 p 1 the daily herald   biloxi quiet books needed   january 9 1935 p 1 the daily herald   importance of missing books   january 12 1935 p 1 the daily herald   indict chinn for assault upon swanzy   january 12 1935 p 1 the daily herald   taxpayer s petition sets forth need of records in conduct of biloxi business   january 12 1935 p 1 the daily herald   judge delays decision as guice disputes claim of fear for personal safety   january 19 1935 p 1 the daily herald   activities at biloxi city hall increasing taxes being received  january 19 1935 p 1 the daily herald   chinn fined 100 and costs on contempt charge parks freed   january 24 1935 p 1 the daily herald   o keefe back from capital   april 26 1935 the daily herald   biloxi mayor will succeed general grayson according to jackson announcement   november 8 1935 the daily herald   gen o keefe marshal of legion parade   july 31 1939 the daily herald   o keefes plan party   september 22 1941 the daily herald   westergard to launch trawler friday morning  june 21 1945 the daily herald   col john o keefe invested with st gregory medal   october 15 1946 the daily herald   speakers praise col o keefe at banquet held in his honor   october 16 1946 the daily herald   smitho keefe   july 8 1959  the gulf coast times   personal items   february 22 1951 the jackson county times   local news interests  the jackson county times   local news interests  october 28 1916 the jackson county times   local news interests   june 2 1917 the jackson county times   local news interests   august 25 1917 the jackson county times   ocean springs boys win commissions at training camp   december 1 1917 the jackson county times   local news items  june 15 1918 the jackson county times   local and personal   october 31 1925 the jackson county times   mayor o keefe takes office by force   january 12 1935 the jackson county times   mayor and mrs jno o keefe injured in auto wreck   march 9 1935 the jackson county times   gen john a o keefe   january 25 1936 the jackson county times   o keefe to resign as biloxi mayor feb 10   february 1 1936 the jackson county times   general o keefe and family take jackson apartment   february 1 1936 the jackson county times   o keefe praised by general embick   december 9 1939 p 1 the jackson county times   col john o keefe accompanies the secretary of war   october 12 1946 p 1 the jackson county times   speakers praise col john o keefe at banquet in his honor   october 19 1946 p 1  the ocean springs news   local news  july 4 1914 the ocean springs news   prestolite tanks  july 4 1914 the sun herald   patricia o keefe obrimski   october 4 2009     louis j braun mayor of biloxi from 18971899  louis j braun  louis john braun 18901951 was born at biloxi on july 1 1890 son of louis edward braun 18581915 and gertrude fayard louis e braun and gertrude f braun acquired the fountain home on reynoir street in february 1915 for 2800 the timespicayune february 15 1915 p 10 in 1911 louis j braun married katherine jones 18921983 children russell j braun m louise ruiz 19131992 june elizabeth braun 19152010 m john clark sinclair and wallace vogt  braun packing company in may 1924 louis j braun acquired for 2000 from foster and fountain r hart chinn president and vj olivari vicepresident the fosterfountain canning company on back bay of biloxi harrison co ms land deed bk 141 p 472 in september 1933 louis braun s gulf foods inc was packing an average of 200 barrels of shrimp per day  the daily herald september 26 1933 p 5    replaces r hart chinn   tourism mayor louis j braun 18901951 john t white ross l fickes and av ragusin went to marianna florida to convene on the promotion of tourist travel on  the old spanish trail the daily herald november 26 1936 p 1    mayor elected in 1937 and 1939 1936 city government p louis j braun 18901951 mayor frederick a tucei commissioner of finance and education john a swanzy 1881 commissioner of public works frederick a tucei 18891954 city clerk charles h sentell 18841951 fire chief alonzo gabrich 18941948 police chief  1940 city government louis j braun mayor frederick a tucei commissioner of finance and education john a swanzy commissioner of public works frederick a tucei city clerk charles h sentell fire chief alonzo gabrich police chief  uss biloxi launching on august 1 1942 katherine j braun and martha burnett daughter of dr riley burnett and  former mayor louis j braun suffered a stroke in midoctober which paralyzed his right side  the daily herald october 15 1943 p 5    references  biloxi city directory  1936  biloxi city directory  1940  the daily herald   le braun dies at early hour  january 7 1915 the daily herald   biloxi group visits florida   november 26 1936 the daily herald  mayor louis braun wins biloxi s outstanding citizen for cup j anuary 1 1938 p 1 the daily herald   mrs braun to christen new cruiser   june 3 1942 the daily herald    braun suffers stroke   october 15 1943 p 5 the daily herald   long illness is fatal to mayor lj braun   march 19 1951 the timespicayune   news item   february 15 1915  chester a delacruz  mayor of  biloxi  from 19431947   chester a delacruz chester august delacruz 18891964 was born on december 22 1889 at or near violet st bernard parish louisiana the son of simeon delacruz 18691900 sometimes spelled  delacroix  and florence heno 18711900 he was the eldest of their surviving five children as florence heno delacruz had eleven born romaldo  delacroix  18351900 chester s spanish born grandfather was living with them in 1900 there is a high degree of certitude that he delacruz family was  isleno immigrants from the canary islands  delacroix  is the french equivalent of the spanish delacruz literally from the cross t623 579 p 23a ed 45  los islenos like the french acadians who located in southwestern louisiana los islenos came to louisianawhen it was a european colony they stayed and today they re a cultural island the french get all the attention in south louisiana but the islenos literally islanders have just as rich a history and culture the colonial government of new spain brought some 3000 of them here from the canary islandsbetween 1778 and 1783 to colonize the wild swamplands of st bernard parish and serve as a frontier militia against british encroachment for the next two centuries they survived hurricanes and epidemics and became expert shrimpers crabbers oystermen muskrat trappers and bootleggers  marriage and family chester a delacruz married julia adele brown 18911958 on may 17 1908 at new orleans while residents of the bayou state alice l delacruz 19081973 the young couples first child arrived on december 18 1908 chester louis delacruz 19111996 was also born in louisiana edna mae delacruz moore 19151999 the third delacruz child was born at biloxi mississippi she married warner oland moore 19221994 in march 1942 before relocating to biloxi mississippi circa 1914 chester a delacruz provided for his young family as a fur trapper in the marshlands of st bernard parish louisiana at biloxi he found employment with the cb foster company seafood processing and canning factory on biloxi s back bay chester rose rapidly in the company becoming assistant superintendent by 1917 he was promoted to superintendent of the cb foster operation by 1920 and in 1930 was the manager 1910 st bernard parish louisiana federal census t624527 p 2a ed 60 1920 and 1930 harrison co mississippi federal census t625876 p 23a ed 42 and r 1146 p 21b ed 6  charles b foster charles b foster 18771931 a native of pascagoula mississippi became a good friend and business partner with chester a delacruz on several occasions they speculated in commercial real estate at biloxi mr foster was reared in the seafood packing business at pascagoula as his father john foster 18261903 founded in 1884 may bury foster successor company to the mexican gulf canning company of joseph t may bury 18411894 lillie o foster 18651924 cb foster s halfsister married edward c joullian 18631931 who owned and operated the ec jouillian packing company at biloxi in november 1903 at biloxi charles b foster married miss mary e caillavet 18771951 the daughter of john latour caillavet and georgiana dees  the daily herald june 27 1931 p 2 and the biloxi daily herald november 16 1903 p 6  in 1914 the  fosterfountain packing company was commenced by charles b foster  martin fountain jr gussie fountain and louis trochesset 18781933 located at 278 east back bayin 1922 1916 charles b foster packing company founded by charles b foster 18771931 located at 224 east back bay in 1922 when the capital stock of the company was increased in 1920 from 5000 to 60000 the ownership of the organization was revealed as follows cb foster chaiman20 shares chester a delacruz secretary10 shares mary e ford20 shares fj ford1 share and wh foster20 shares  the daily herald july 7 1920 p 5  i did a good bit of research on cb foster packing company when i was doing my thesis the company was founded by charles b foster in 1915 he had previously partnered with the martin fountain sr in foster fountain packing company charles foster s father john had owned a seafood company in pascagoula  back in the late 1800s and charles foster s brother in law was john joullian in 1915 when he opened his own company charles hired another in law anson holley to run the packing operation and to build boats for the company foster and holley were married to cousins foster also had another relative doing his legal work him a lawyer named ford cb foster packing company was sold to southern shell and oyster in 1934 charles b foster died in 1931 i think i believe chester  delacruz ii was manager at southern shell in the 1950s my grandmother worked shucking and picking there at that time and she remembered him to me many years ago when i talked with chester ii many years ago he recalled working there so i am pretty sure it was he that my grandmother remembered  1922biloxi oyster shell grit company the biloxi oyster shell grit company was organized in august 1922 by chester a delacruz anson holley charles redding cb foster and mary e ford the company was in business to crush and handle oyster and other shells  the daily herald august 24 1922 sec ii p 11    julia a delacruz the  julia a delacruz  was built by anson holley for the charles b foster in 1924 her official number was 224378 with registered dimensions 587 feet long x 194 feet at the beam x 45 foot hold depth and of 34 gross tons russell barnes biloxi schooner historian relates concerning the  julia a delacruz  that  it s just my opinion but looking at the photos of this schooner she was one of holley s more impressive efforts she had a beautiful sheer a very fine sailor and was a very good work boat i have her tonnage and measurement in my collection as well as a photo of her from the 1928 race the julia delacruz  was built by anson holley for the cb foster packing company in 1924 she was one of the last pure sailing schooners built for the local fisheries i believe that chester   delacruz was working in some capacity for cb foster at that time that would explain why a boat was named for his wife the  julia delacruz  worked in local waters for many years she was converted to power in the early 1940s and survived until camille at that time she was owned by a man named schmidt over inbay st  louis and was named for his wife carrie schmidt  family home on lameuse street in may 1918 chester a delacruz acquired at biloxi a lot with improvements on the northwest corner of lameuse street and division street this became his homestead until his demise in march 1964 the consideration to elias h chisolm of new orleans was 900 in november 1934 julia a delacruz his spouse acquired for 800 and additional lot to the north of the family home from sarah kennedy this gave the delacruz family one hundred feet fronting on the west side of lameuse street harrison county ms land deed bk 121 p 573 and bk 203 p 471 mrs julia a delacruz sold her lameuse street residence to chester l dealcruz and lettie h delacruz her son and daughterinlaw in december 1957 the home was damaged in katrina and torn down in 2006 harrison county ms land deed bk 430 p 7  1934 trip in the fall of 1934 chester a dealcruz and family took a combination businesspleasure trip to florida georgia and south carolina as a president of the biloxi oyster exchange he was interested in these states where packers and shippers of seafood were situated he found on this week sojourn that with the exception of a low shrimp catch the packers were doing alright and expected business o improve during the winter mrs delacruz and miss edna mae delacruz also enjoyed their visits especially to jacksonville and st augustine  the daily herald october 15 1934 p 3    chamber of commerce chester a delacruz was elected head of the biloxi chamber of commerce in october 1935  the daily herald october 5 1935 p 1    delacruz oyster and shrimp company   demise  chester a delacruz died on march 8 1964 at 709 lameuse street first methodist church buried southern memorial park bradfordo keefe burial bk 47 p 193  chester l delacruz chester  l delacruz married lettie gloe hendrix 19141999 of gulfport at pascagoula mississippi on december 19 1932 daughter of mrs ci hendrix of gulfport chester expired july 6 1996 and lettie on march 7 1999  1942 election     references  bradford o keefe burial book no 47    chester  a delacruz    p 193 harrison county mississippi chancery court cause no 48806   the estate of chester  a delacruz march 1965 journals the biloxi  herald   death of a prominent citizen   june 1 1894 the biloxi  herald   funeral notice   june 6 1894 the biloxi  daily herald   fosterhowe   july 13 1902 the biloxi  daily herald   city items   september 25 1902 the biloxi  daily herald   capt john foster   september 26 1903 the biloxi  daily herald   city items   november 16 1903 the daily herald   foster ready   june 25 1925 the daily herald   fosterclark   november 15 1927 the daily herald    delacruz new head of c of c   october 5 1935 the daily herald   fosterholzner   july 10 1937 the chroniclestar   mrs olivia elizabeth foster   april 20 1928 the chroniclestar   charles b foster   july 3 1931 the chroniclestar   mrs rourke dies after long illness   june 2 1950 the chroniclestar   mrs eva f ford taken by death   august 11 1959 the daily herald   cb foster packing company   july 7 1920 the daily herald   biloxi oyster shell grit co   august 24 1922 the daily herald   chas  b foster passes away june 27 1931 the daily herald   charles b foster funeral sunday   june 29 1931 the daily herald   delacruzhendrix   december 20 1932 the daily herald   returns from trip   october 15 1934 tdaily herald   delacruz is next mayor of biloxi  july 15 1942 the daily herald   former mayor ca delacruz taken by death   march 9 1964 the sun herald   delacruz rites   march 11 1964 the sun herald   chester  louis delacruz july 8 1996  george b cousins jr  mayor of biloxi from 19471951 george barrow cousins jr 19091966 was born at biloxi mississippi on september 10 1909 the son of george barrow cousins    18831969 and margaret maude clare hannon 18901919 his mother died in early january 1919 shortly after she delivered their third child baby boy cousins 19181918 at biloxi on april 20 1908 george b cousins had married maude clare hannon a native of louisiana and the daughter of irish immigrants peter hannon 18371889 and mary leaghy lahey or leahey before her early demise maude had bore two sons george b cousins jr 19091966 and peter h cousins 19101979   the daily herald april 21 1908 p 1 january 1 1919 p 1 january 2 1919 p 3 and january 6 1919 p 3  and harrison co ms mrb 19 p 379 after the demise of his spouse george b cousins married alma elizabeth brander on december 23 1923 harrison co ms mrb 35 p 440 gb cousins jr was educated in the biloxi public school system and matriculated to the university of mississippi where he received two degreesliberal arts 1932 and law 1934 mr cousins commenced his biloxi law practice in 1934 and was appointed city judge on may 15 1935 and served as such for three years until he became city attorney in august 1939 until he returned to the private practive of law in september 1941 during ww ii he served in the us navy from 1943 until his discharge in june 1945  marriage and family in 1936 george b cousins jr married muriel mead the daughter of walter r mead a native of mobile and emelie calogne 1887 of new orleans mr mead was a postal employee at new orleans he resided in ocean springs with his spouse and three daughters elaine mead muriel mead and audrey mead two children patricia claire cousins m william wallace weatherly in january 1958 and george rabbit barrow cousins iii m jean ahern 19412013    mayor gb cousins jr was elected mayor of biloxi on july 16 1946 by beating r hart chinn in the general election mr chinn lost the election but filed a complaint to void the contest he claimed that one of the election commissioners mayor cousins and aj tony creel and gordon a dacey newly elected city commissiners were sworn into office on january 6 1947 by circuit court judge lawrence c corban creel was relected to his post while dacey replaced john a swanzy who retired from politics after serving the city of biloxi for many years the daily herald january 6 1947 p 1  1947 september storm following the catastrophic 1947 hurricane which delivered strong winds and a thirteenfoot storm surge to the biloxi shoreline mayor gb cousins declared to property owners on biloxi s strand that   we are going to build a bigger and more beautiful city and not hurt a soul   the daily herald september 23 1947 p 1  mayor cousins appointed a committee of biloxi citizens to aid in the planning and rebuilding of biloxi following the 1947 september storm judge lelslie grant was named committee chair and av tony ragusin secretary committee members were h mendum dees james love anson holley jr dr riley burnett william lee guice i daniel gehr mrs sophie desporte george collins and gj wiltz  the daily herald september 23 1947  demise gb cousins jr expired circa april 4 1966 sr expired circa 7301969   references  the daily herald   cousinshannon   april 21 1908 p 1 the daily herald   biloxians elect cousins dacey creel   july 17 1946 the daily herald   asks suggestions for rebuilding of biloxi beach front   september 23 1947 the daily herald   election of cousins as biloxi mayor declared valid   october 5 1946 p 1 the daily herald   formal order is entered in biloxi election contest   october 17 1946 p 1 the daily herald   mayor gb cousins jr   january 6 1947 the daily herald   biloxi s new mayor and commissioners take office   january 6 1947 the daily herald   citizens committee is named at biloxi   september 23 1947 the daily herald   cousins exmayor dies today   april 4 1966 the jackson county times   showers and parties honoring miss mead are numerous   august 29 1936 the sun herald    jean cousins   september 30 2013 p a4   r hart chinn mayor of biloxi from 1951195 in october 1950 mayorelect r hart chinn related to the episcopal men s club at their dinner meeting that a salient feature of his administration would be to monitor that biloxi s citizens got full value for every dollar expended by his administration as an example of biloxi s past government fiscal irresponibilities he used the city of meridian mississippi as an example meridan although larger than biloxi operated for 770000 each year while biloxi s operating expenses were 996000 chinn also stated to his attentative audience that certain conditions in reference to law enforcement in biloxi would be corrected within two weeks afetr he was sworn in as biloxi s mayor the daily herald october 11 1950 p 7  references  the daily herald   mayorelect chinn addresses church club elect officers   october 11 1950 p 7 the daily herald   williams enters race for mayor   march 25 1953 p 7 the daily herald   hart chinn taken by death   february 3 1972 the gulf coast times   chinn accuses ministers of accepting financial aid from coast gamblers   february 14 1952 p 1  laz quave mayor of  biloxi  from 19531961 laz quave was born on october 31 1910 in rural jackson county mississippi near vancleave the son of joseph quave 18591928 a farm laborer and della quave in 1930 laz quave was a seaman stationed aboard the uscg cutter  tallapoosa  near annapolis maryland 1930 anne arundel co maryland federal census r 844 p 29a ed11 returning from his military duty laz quave married bernice s thornton 19082000 on june 6 1934 she was the daughter of arthur thornton 18801922 and sophronia thornton 188319200 laz and bernice t quave were the parents of three children june rose quave m eugene l martino leon j quave m peggy ann cook and laz quave jr m harrison co ms mrb 45 p 210  police chief served as chief of police at biloxi from january 4 1943 to 1947 when he was appoined by mayor delacruz the daily herald january 4 1943 p 5  sheriff quave laz quave was elected sheriff of harrison county mississippi in august 1947 when he defeated aubrey beeson of long beach by about fourteen hundred votes he succeeded maxie m broadus of gulfport  the daily herald august 30 1947 p 1  biloxi canning packing company in the 1940s laz quave had been a director and vice president of the gulf coast shrimper s and oystermen s association rosalis inc on september 9 1968 charter of biloxi canning packing company amended and name changed to rosalis inc roy rosalis 19091984 president and rena leblanc rosalis 19172004 secretary 300 shares issued harco ms charter bo 2 pp 175178  venus and quave on september 4 1968 the biloxi canning packing company was chartered by dj venus iii gordon d venus and laz quave 150000 shares par 100 harco ms chancery court charter bk 2 pp 179182 on october 10 1968 rosalis inc conveyed to biloxi canning packing company for 610000 all improvements buildings warehouses docks wharves with riparian and littoral rights go 4134 south along east side of anglada x landers x 253 x chartres 3329 x 136 stanovich x bay to point of beginning on anglada sale included the following brands negro head biloxi sea beach canned shrimp mobile bay danny boy and pueblo harco ms trust deed bk 535 p 47 and bk 535 p 50 mr rosalis then retired and resided at 872 central beach boulevard hurricane camille hurricane camille of august 1969 according to company president dj venus caused losses estimated at 1 million there was doubt as whether the us pure food and drug inspectors would approve canned shrimp damaged by the tempest production was possible in two months  the daily herald    august 28 1969 p 18  loans april 12 1971 company under venus borrowed 12000 from peoples bank and bought more land to the west harco ms trust deed bk 3 pp 6465 january 3 1973 venusquave borrowed 319000 harco ms trust deed bk 49 p 425 in october 2 1974 henry slay guiterrez president and pete elder secretary got a sba loan for 500000 harco ms trust deed bk 72 pp 287293  lease on january 15 1975 henry s guiterrez leased a portion of the building to the douglasguardian warehouse corporation of new orleans harco ms land deed bk 55 pp 377378  default in may 1976 venus and quave defaulted on payments to rosalis and the biloxi canning company was bought from substitute trustee david cottrell jr for 200000 harco ms land deed bk 65 pp 486488  mayor quave when laz quave placed his name in the race for mayor of biloxi he was in competition with r hart chinn incumbent norman levine 19181953 poultry marketer and elmer williams owner of the dejean packing company   the daily herald april 13 1953 p 1  supervisor quave from july 1962 to december 1971 laz quave served the people of harrison county mississippi beat 1 as their county supervisor sullivan 2002 p 581 laz quave expired at new orleans on december 20 1985 his corporal remains were interred in the biloxi city cemetery bernice thornton quave followed her husband in death passing on february 26 2000 at gautier mississippi her corporal remains were also buried in the biloxi city cemetery  the sun herald february 29 2000 p a5 and december 1985 p    references  charles l sullivan    mississippi gulf coast community college a history  mcnaughton gunn inc saline michigan2002  journals the jackson county times   quave is elected in harrison   august 30 1947 the daily herald    new police chief   january 4 1943 the daily herald   may 12 ballot at biloxi will have 19 names listed   april 13 1953 the daily herald    coast mayors take office   july 6 1953 p 1 the daily herald   quave grand marshal ross east end marshal   july 8 1954 p 23 the daily herald    quave enter councilman race   march 23 1981 p a2 the sun herald    biloxi leader laz quave dies   december 22 1985 p a1 and p a12 the sun herald   bernice quave   february 29 2000 p a5  daniel d guice   mayor of  biloxi  from 19611973  daniel danny dicks guice 19252017 at biloxi on december 1925 the son of william lee guice and lee dicks danny was reared on west beach boulevard in biloxi he graduated from bhs with the class of 1942 danny matriculated to ole miss but after one year in oxford mississippi he transferred to tulane university in new orleans he danny studied the prelaw curriculum and graduated from the tulane school of law in august 1947 he was licensed to practice law both federal and state law while at tulane danny was a ka and president of the pan hellinic council a member of phi delta phi the honorary legal organization and on the moot court board the daily herald april 3 1948 p 7  margaret carolyn barrett  danny guice married margaret carolyn barrett  19272006 in the main street methodist church on june 25 1948 margaret was born april 16 1927 at chicago to clarence burton barrett and margaret hoy she was a 1945 high school graduate in lagrange illinois miss barrett attended what is now southeast missouri state college at cape girardeau missouri and was an english and music major their children were carolyn lee guice m john w bode jr and joe h singletary daniel dicks guice jr m janie sue bertrand and barry guice the daily herald april 3 1948 p 7 harrison co ms mrb 77 p 330 harrison co ms 2 nd jd mrb 5 p 237 mrb 12 p 485 and mrb 7 p 323  congress in april 1972 mayor guice became a candidate for house of representatives from the 5th congressional district the ocean springs record april 13 1972 p 1 margaret barrett guice expired on october 1 2006 her corporal remains were interred in 6th addition of the biloxi cemetery mayor guice died on april 13 2017 the sun herald october 3 2006 and april 14 2017 p 6a  references    the daily herald   miss margaret carolyn barrett   april 3 1948 the daily herald   mayor guice named   firemen s day  parade grand marshall   september 14 1962 p 1 the daily herald   name guice member of a i board    july 23 1964 p 1 the ocean springs record   mayor guice plans north biloxi annexation  august 3 1970 p 1 the ocean springs record   mayor guice seeks congerssional post  april 13 1972 p 1 the ocean springs record   guice qualifies as candidate   march 3 1983 p 6 the sun herald    margaret barrett guice   october 3 2006 the sun herald   former biloxi mayor danny guice dies   april 14 2007 p 6a the sun herald   funeral services set as coast remembers for biloxi mayor danny guice   april 15 2017 p 6a   jeremiah j jerry o keefe iii mayor of biloxi from 19731981 jeremiah j o keefe iii jeremiah joseph o keefe iii  called jerry was born july 12 1923 at ocean springs the son of jj ben o keefe ii 18941954 and teresa slattery o keefe 18941995 the ben o keefe family relocated to biloxi in late august 1937  the jackson county times september 4 1937 p 2   jerry o keefe attended parochial schools at biloxi and graduated from the sacred heart academy in biloxi with the class of 1941 in february 1939 he was named mr sacred heart academy with mary katherine peresich nourse 19242003 as mrs sacred heart academy the daily herald february 25 1939 p 2 in his youth jerry was a boy scout in troop 213 led by louis j endris 19021988 and j kline coquet 19111969 a legendary biloxi scoutmaster jerry competed in sailing regattas at the biloxi yacht club and starred as left halfback and left end on the sacred heart academy galloping gaels football team led by coach joe hudson on the gridiron jerry was a good rusher and receiver dropkick field goal specialist and was elected football team captain in 1940 in the gaels game against the ocean springs varsity in midoctober 1940 they held their own fighting to a 1212 tie robert mohler of the greyhounds scored the tying td on a 45 yard sprint the daily herald august 20 1938 p 7 october 12 1940 p 6 october 26 1940 p 7 and may 26 1941 p 5 like many young biloxians jerry o keefe attended soule college at new orleans to further his education and skills for his entree into the business world on his nineteenth birthday he enlisted in the us navy and was granted his naval aviator s wings at pensacola florida in june 1943 jerry made 1 st lieutenant in april 1944 a month after he married his ocean springs sweetheart rose annette saxon at camp pendelton california they were blessed with seven daughter and six sons born between 1945 and 1962  the daily herald march 13 1944 p 7 and april 22 1944 p 4    ww iiusmc aviator in the pacific theatre during world war ii 1 st lieutenant jerry o keefe flew in april 1945 his first aerial combat mission over the skies of okinawa during this mission o keefe destroyed five japanese aircraft which earned him the ace designation  the daily herald april 25 1945 p 1   before the pacific theater hostilities with japan ended in august 1945 jerry o keefe was credited with two additional kills for his valiant military service he was bestowed the navy cross distinguished flying cross air medal and gold star he received these medals on october 14 1946 at new orleans  the daily herald october 15 1946 p 5    marine colonel gelon h doswell  ocean springs also had another usmc pilot to reside here he was gelon hann doswell 19201992 a native of new orleans louisiana and the son of menard doswell ii 18921927 and zoe louise hann 18931979 during wwii colonel doswell was a naval aviator serving with marine corps fighter squadron 214 vmf214 in the south pacific vmf214 was known as the black sheep squadron and commanded by major gregory pappy boyington 19121988 its moniker was earned since vmf214 was composed of fighter pilots without a squadron and replacement pilots from the united states the heroics of vmf214 were portrayed on television in 1977 in a series titled baa baa black sheep in 1943 the black sheep squadron performed well in the tropical skies over the solomon islands as they destroyed 97 japanese aircraft in three months the ocean springs record may 29 1986 for his military heroics in the solomon islands colonel doswell was awarded two distinguished flying crosses and six air medals he flew over 1800 combat missions  the sun herald august 6 1992 p a2    marine aviator ww ii j j jerry keefe iii b 1923 during world war ii ocean springs native jerry o keefe became a usmc aviator he saw aerial combat with japanese aircraft over the skies of okinawa in 1945 jerry was credited with destroying seven japanese fighter planes between april 1945 and september 1945 his military awards include the following navy cross distinguished flying cross air medal and gold starduring his first ww ii aerial combat mission flown with the 2 nd marine air wing over the skies of okinawa in april 1945 1 st lieutenant jerry o keefe destroyed five japanese aircraft which earned him the ace designation  the daily herald april 25 1945 p 1   before the pacific theater hostilities ended in august 1945 jerry o keefe had been credited with two additional kills for his valiant military service he was bestowed the navy cross distinguished flying cross air medal and gold star he received these medals on october 14 1946 at new orleans  the daily herald october 15 1946 p 5   it is interesting to note that jj ben o keefe ii jerry s father served in the marine corps during wwi and his son jj jody o keefe iv was a marine from 19641967mr o keefe resides in biloxi today where he is active with fund raising for the ohro keefe museum advising the o keefe foundation and supervising the management of his business enterprises  o keefe funeral service the o keefe funeral service was established by jeremiah jerry j o keefe 18601911 at ocean springs mississippi in 1892 the same year as the town became incorporated the business relocated to biloxi in june 1923 with jeremiah j ben o keefe 18941954 john a o keefe 18911985 and joseph h jody 19462007 o keefe 18971932 sons of the late jerry o keefe operated the funeral service on west howard avenue opposite the nativity bvm catholic church ben o keefe was a graduate of the cincinnati college of embalming and licensed in mississippi and louisiana in 1923 the company also commenced a burial insurance plan called the o keefe burial association the daily herald november 19 1954 p 1  1929 buyout shortly after the october 1929 wall street crash ben o keefe acquired the interest of his siblings in the o keefe funeral service of biloxi which had opened in june 1923 at 601 west howard avenue opposite the nativity bvm catholic church and the o keefe transfer and gasoline filling station enterprise on the southeast corner of washington avenue and robinson street at ocean springs ben o keefe assumed about 28000 in mortgages and other debt he also gave up his rights title and interest to several tracts of land at ocean springs and new orleans among them were the jj o keefe family home at present day 911 porter the o keefe castle also called the saxon house and seven gables present day 318 jackson avenue the old livery stable on porter street the white house tract on robertson street and the mary c o keefe domicile on porter street which was sold in february 1970 to the catholic charities housing association in to erect the villa maria jackson co mississippi land deed bk 63 pp 511515 and bk 371 p 506  1948 anniversary the o keefe funeral service celebrated its 25 th year in biloxi in early june 1948 at this time jerry o keefe ben s son was attending loyola university at new orleans and would graduate in july 1948 jerry joined his father in the burial business after receiving his degree in business from the jesuit university at its west howard avenue location the o keefe s had a fleet of six automobiles and a 1948 buick flexible ambulance at this time mr ben o keefe employed four men frank l conway dj newman willie mckinnis and jeremiah j jerry o keefe the daily herald june 4 1948 p 9  ben s demise ben o keefe died on november 19 1954 at 823 west beach his biloxi residence mr o keefe had been ill for approximately two years prior to his demise circa 1953 jerry o keefe was granted proprietorship by his father and became owner and manager of the o keefe funeral service company the daily herald may 19 1954 p 1  bradfordo keefe in may 1957 jj jerry o keefe iii acquired the bradford funeral home and all property ambulances etc from paul s bradford and ruth gates bradford the merger of the bradford funeral home and o keefe funeral service was not completed until july 1 1960 the company now called bradfordo keefe funeral service was situated at the former bradford funeral parlor on east howard avenue where improvements and additional parking had been acquired on the north side of the street harrison co ms land deed bk 422 pp 317326 and the daily herald june 17 1960 p 12  also in the summer of 1960 the former o keefe funeral parlor at 601 west howard avenue was demolished and a 6500 squareft goodyear service center was built on its former location in addition to selling new tires the goodyear enterprise performed frontend alignments and wheel balancing as well as replacing mufflers and tail pipes general electric appliances were also sold in may 1971 mrs teresa tess slattery o keefe made a 15year lease with goodyear the o keefe building and land were sold in may 1994 to james e sablich et ux by tess o keefe and sons dr john b o keefe and joseph ben o keefe harrison co ms 2nd jd land deed bk 21 p 271 and bk 273 p 204 and the daily herald june 17 1960 p 2 and november 2 1960 p 12    jeremiah j ben o keefe this vintage image of jj ben o keefe 18941954 and his bride teresa tess josephine slattery 18941995 was made at shreveport louisiana on may 1921 following their nuptials officiated by father fields at st john s catholic church the newly weds would reside at ocean springs and continue in several businesses with ben s brothers the o keefe funeral service was relocated to west howard avenue at biloxi in 1923 in 1964 bradfordo keefe built the ben o keefe chapel at ocean springs it was located on the northwest corner of government street and pine drive the chapel was later closed but became the temporary city public library in 19941995 in august 1997 the structure was dedicated as the  new hope center  a joint venture between the gulf coast ymca and the o keefe foundation  the ocean springs news august 6 1964 p 3 and the ocean springs record august 7 1997 p 1    winning team this november 1995 image shows annette saxon o keefe 19241998 and spouse jj jerry o keefe iii b 1923 with willie gary stuart florida based attorney the o keefes had just been awarded 500 million dollars by a jackson mississippi jury jerry o keefe had sued canadian based the loewen group for breachofcontract and other allegations mr o keefe settled the suit for about 175 million dollars and used some of the money to commence the o keefe foundation from the palm beach post november 7 1995  bradfordo keefe v riemann the two largest funeral homes serving the mississippi coast are bradfordo keefe and riemann initially both burial services were situated in their founding citiesbradfordo keefe at biloxi and ocean springs and riemann in gulfport the two cities have many historical and cultural differences biloxi is much older founded in 1718 and once predominantly roman catholic while gulfport was founded in the late 19 th century with a predominant protestant population they were both built by a bluecollar middle class citizenry with biloxi having more immigrants and transients the us military has been important to the growth and economic stability of biloxi and gulfport in 1985 the riemann family opened it first biloxi funeral home on beauvoir road making inroads into biloxi the traditional turf of bradfordo keefe since then both organizations have worked aggressively to succeed in the mortuary business on the entire coast bradfordo keefe now has two funeral homes in biloxi opened 1957 and 1979 ocean springs opened 1987 gulfport opened 1979 1989 and 2004 and vancleave opened 2010 in addition bradfordo keefe owns two cemeteries d iberville memorial park and crest lawn memorial park at ocean springs and a crematory in january 1990 riemann funeral homes incorporated joined with the loewen group international to form riemann holdings incorporated of canada this action angered jerry o keefe president of bradfordo keefe funeral homes as he espoused that local ownership is superior to foreign because money stays in mississippi rather than being funneled outside the state and country the riemanns are deceiving the public by claiming that they have taken on new partners instead of admitting that hey have sold their funeral homes  the loewen group in the mid1990s jerry o keefe president of bradfordo keefe funeral home and the gulf national group an insurance company filed litigation in mississippi alleging breachofcontract against the loewen group incorporated the second largest funeral service in north america and based in burnaby british columbia at this time the loewen group owned 814 funeral homes and 179 cemeteries in the usa and canada the basis for the o keefe law suit was the claim that the wright ferguson funeral home located in jackson mississippi which loewen acquired in 1990 broke an agreement with gulf national to act as its exclusive provider of certain types of funeral and burial insurance the lawsuit also alleged that loewen was diverting funeral insurance business to one of gulf national s competitors and had secretly gained control of an insurance company to compete with o keefe jerry o keefe hired attorney willie gary of stuart florida to represent his companies in the subsequent litigation held in jackson mississippi in the sevenweek trial that culminated on november 2 1995 mr gary and his staff of attorneys were able to persuade the jury to award jerry j o keefe the sum of 500 million dollars the palm beach post november 7 1995 in lieu of an onerous appeal the loewen group agreed to settle the o keefe lawsuit for cash and stock valued at up to 175 million the settlement was smaller than an earlier 500 million dollar jury award that loewen had said could have put the company out of business ironically share values in the lowen group increased 40 percent after the settlement with o keefe was announced the canadian based company said the cash and stock settlement will be phased in over 20 years and carries an aftertax value of 85 million in 1995 dollars in his closing remarks to the jury at jackson mississippi willie gary said the workings of the jury system speak louder than any fancy words ever written by any speech or given by anybody louder than the words of dr martin luther king jr in his famous i have a dream speech the system speaks mr gary and his mississippi cocounsel were paid 40 percent for their efforts the palm beach post november 7 1995 the riemanno keefe competition continues as in february 2015 the riemann family funeral home made its boldest move into the bradfordo keefe homeland when it opened a funeral parlor in st martin on lemoyne boulevard  jerry j o keefemississippi house of representatives19601964 following in his grandfather s success in local politics as jeremiah j jerry o keefe 18601911 served as an alderman in ocean springs jeremiah j jerry o keefe iii in the summer of 1959 began his political career in his campaign to represent the people of harrison county mississippi in the state house at jackson o keefe s opponent was incumbent representative daniel d danny guice mr guice ran on the slogan reelect a lawyer for a lawyer s job jerry o keefe was elected to the house and served his constituents well while in jackson he worked diligently for a local option liquor bill which was narrowly defeated one of o keefe s major successes resulted from his efforts to redistrict the legislature to provide substantially more representation for harrison county he was confident that the coast would get its local option liquor law and other important rights now that it would have adequate representation in jackson maureen o keefe wardmay 2015  gulf national life in 1960 jerry o keefe moved the main bradfordo keefe funeral home to its present location on howard avenue in biloxi naming audrey murray president of bradfordo keefe jerry delegated management of the funeral home operations so that he could focus in earnest on growing the life insurance division of his business he began to market the company s legal reserve insurance to funeral homes throughout the state as an added means of coverage once their smaller limits had been met and or surpassed at one point more than 100 funeral homes owned by caucasians and african americans were writing these policies and gulf national life became the largest provider of excess coverage statewide as with everyone else in the community the funeral business experienced the wrath of hurricane camille in 1969 which also devastated the o keefe family residence on beach boulevard in biloxi maureen o keefe wardmay 2015 in the wake of hurricane camille s widespread destruction jerry in late 1969 acquired two vacant lots on biloxi s beach boulevard between lameuse street and delauney street to spur redevelopment he began construction of a threestory office building one of the o keefe lots had been former site of a popular skating rink owned by george e egeditch 19071987 the gulf national life building was completed in 1971 and served as the company s headquarters the edifice also housed a number of smaller businesses and governmental agencies and the medical practice of jerry s brother dr john bernard o keefe 19252004 harrison co mississippi 2 nd jd land deed bk 10 p 69 and bk 28 p 139 and maureen o keefe wardmay 2015 jerry o keefe also maintained his strong interest in politics in 1971 he persuaded his eldest son jeremiah j jody o keefe iv 19462007 to run for the state legislature jody served two terms in the house of representatives from 19711979 like his father earlier jody was named outstanding freshman legislator in a bold move jody introduced horse racing legislation in january 1976   maureen o keefe ward may 2015 and the daily herald january 28 1976 p b1   after jody s 2007 demise the mississippi state legislature commended him for this as well as the notable courageous vote he had taken regarding civil rights and his status as the only white legislator to stand with the newly formed black caucus  mayor of biloxi from 19731981 jerry o keefe was elected mayor of biloxi in june 1973 he had no opposition mr o keefe was elected with city commissioners frank barhanovich jr b 1943 and ah lank patterson in his quest of his second term as biloxi s mayor jerry o keefe had three opponents in the may 1977 general election hl kent claude morgan and harry viator he easily defeated his opposition garnering 4122 votes of the 6515 ballots cast in the may 10 1977 election only mr kent s supporters demonstrated any resolve in defeating o keefe the incumbent as they cast 2235 ballots for him the daily herald may 11 1977 p a1 and p b2 incumbent jerry o keefe was elected with frank barhanovich jr and dominic fallo 19111996 who were chosen by the biloxi s electorate as their city commissioners also on the may 1977 election agenda was a referendum to increase the annual salary of the mayor from 12000 to 20000 and raise the city commissioner s pay from 10800 to 18000 the last time that biloxi s governing body had a pay increase was 1965 the salary increase for biloxi s city officials was successful as the yeas said 3682 and the nays 2796 mayor o keefe commenting on the voters granting them a raise related everyone likes to get a raise the daily herald may 8 1977 p d1 and may 11 1977 p a1  references  the daily herald   lt jerry o keefe awarded dfc air medal and gold star   october 15 1946 the daily herald   open house for lt jerry o keefe   october 16 1946  the daily herald   dominic fallo wins commissioner s post   may 8 1977 p 1 the daily herald   biloxi commissioner s in tuesday s runoff   may 9 1977 p 1 the sun herald   o keefe s life is filled with service   march 28 1999 p f2  19811989   gerald h blessey gerald henry blessey was born on 1942 at biloxi mississippi the son of walter j blessey iii 19131987 and geraldine ann fountain graduate biloxi sr high school in 1960 and the university of mississippi in 1964 attended the university of mississippi law school 19641967 and was elected class i president in july 1964 harvard law school married rose ann joachim in july 1969 and charlotte paige gutierrez in november 1984 the daily herald july 20 1964 p 16 and harrison county mississippi 2 nd jd circuit court mrb 1 p 529 and 2nd jd circuit court mrb bk 29 p 64  vietnam gerald h blessey served in the republic of vietnam in 19671968 with the us army as a 1 st lieutenant he was assigned to the 55 th military intelligence detachment and in july 1968 he was awarded the bronze star with three citations for his excellence  the ocean springs news july 24 1968 p 1    representative blessey gerald h blessey a democrat served in the mississippi state legislature as representative from district 1 from 1973 to 1981  the ocean springs record october 18 1973 p 12    mayor gerald h blessey  assistant to  mayor jeremiah j jerry o keefe iii  and counsel for federal grant programs resigned in september the daily herald september 18 1975 gerald h blessey was elected mayor of biloxi on june 23 1981 he soundly defeated frank barhanovich b 1943 a former city commissioner blessey s supporters gave him about 65 of the approximately 7700 votes cast  1990 extortion trial gerald h blessey and michael cavanaugh biloxi lawyers and business partners from 19791983 were accused of conspiring to extort 25 per cent of the bond fee paid to page mannino peresich the biloxi law firm hired by blessey for the city of biloxi s legal business when he was mayor the prosecution averred that page mannino peresich which were paid 28 million during blessey s term as mayor 19811989 and feared that it would lose the city s business if mr cavanaugh were not paid the government siad that cavanaugh did no work for the 134267 he is alleged to have extorted from the law firm the sun herald march 20 1990 p a1  school board attorney in march 2004 superintendent larry drawdy was verbally attacked by gerald h blessey newly hired biloxi newly elected school board attorney  alleging that mr drawdy had mismanaged the school district and had kept salient infomation from school board members  the sun herald    march 2 2004 p a1    katrina   councilmen ward i laz quave  19101985 ward ii michael l esters  19511983 michael leverne esters 19511983 was born on may 25 1951 to rehofus esters and barbara carter esters he graduated from notre dame high school at biloxi mississippi and attended mississippi gulf coast junior college and clark college in atlanta georgia in april 1977 michael married gail rose tyler they were the parents of imari esters a son the daily herald march 25 1983 p 2 and harrison co mississippi circuit court 2nd jd mrb 14 p 525 michael l esters was employed by the city of biloxi and was the first black councilman elected to the biloxi city government michael was elected to represent the people of ward ii in 1981 he was killed in an automobile accident on march 24 1983 michael and his family were domiciled at 641 fayard street they worshiped at our mother of sorrows catholic church on division street the daily herald march 24 1983 p 1 and march 25 1983 p 2 esters boulevard was named by the biloxi city council in to honor michael l esters it runs eastward from bohn street to and was formerly called railroad street ward iii lewis m langlinais  19452012 biloxi lost another son this week with the death of lewis louie milton langlinais 19452012 on september 23 2012 louie louie langlinais was born july 4 1945 and was a lifelong resident of biloxi he was preceded in death by his father lewis v langlinais a commercial fisherman who taught louie the value of hard work he is survived by his loving wife of 45 years donna winney langlinais two sons michael langlinais cathy and matthew langlinais mother mandeline langlinais all of biloxi sister frances mcnabb don of ocean springs ms six grandchildren michael samantha ally jeffery tiffany and shannon langlinais all of biloxi louie was the owner of beacon insurance services along with his wife donna he has been in the insurance business since 1968 and was a member of the million dollar round table he proudly served on senator trent lott s staff for the ms gulf coast when trent was a congressman and he served the city he loved as city councilman from 1981 to 1985 louie was voted outstanding young man in 1975 by the chamber of commerce was a former american heart association president chairman of the board of directors for gulf coast community hospital knights of columbus council 9409 as member of the  elks lodge  606 louie enjoyed playing santa claus for five years at the crippled children s party which he chaired he started power lifting at the age of fiftyfive winning numerous state and national titles at the time of his death he was a member of the prestigious southern elite power lifting team he had a very fond affection for everyone on his team and their accomplishments louie initiated morning call coffee club while active in the chamber of commerce and this has also been adopted by neighboring cities he was chairman of president gerald ford s visit to the gulf coast in 1976 he and his family enjoyed having lunch with the president at fisherman s wharf during his visit louie enjoyed mardi gras serving as duke of gulf coast carnival association charter member and president of le badineurs and other carnival groups he always enjoyed having friends family on mardi gras for an open house at the office a mass of christian burial will be at our lady of fatima catholic church on wednesday sept 26 2012 at 230 pm where friends may visit from 1200 pm until mass time interment will follow at southern memorial park ward iv mary carpenter ward v roy mattina ward vi wc mcmanus  ward vii margaret joyce smith sherry  19291987  margaret joyce smith sherry  19291987 was born in mooringsport louisiana to bernie w smith sr and rubye dyer smith she was the youngest of her two siblings bernie w smith jr b 1925 and charles raymond red smith 19262009 m ann hall margaret was reared in bowling green kentucky she graduated from western kentucky state college and taught school on november 22 1950 margaret married vincent jerome sherry jr 19291989 a native of brooklyn new york they were the parents of four children margaret lynne sherry b 1952 m richard sposito vincent j sherry iii eric smith sherry m marian venetia bailey and leslie anne sherry m benjamin d miller iii margaret smith sherry was active in politics on the coast she was elected to the biloxi city council served as district v representative to the harrison county republican executive committee mrs sherry ran unsuccessfully for mayor of biloxi in 1985 she was murdered with judge vincent j sherry jr 19291987 at their biloxi home on september 16 1987 hud hunters   representative blessey served in the mississippi state legislature as representative from district 1 from 1973   the ocean springs record october 18 1973 p 12    references  edward humes   mississippi mud  gallery books new york1994 434 pages  the daily herald   elect blessey president of class iole miss law school   july 20 1964 the daily herald   barhanovich blessey await the final verdict   june 22 1981 the daily herald   blessey wins mayor s race by landslide   june 24 1981 the daily herald   winners   june 24 1981   the daily herald      the daily herald   esters      march 25 1983 the daily herald   quave has change of heart endorses blessey   march 22 1985 p a2 the daily herald   blessey seeks land swap with lab in water front plan   march 22 1985 p a5   the ocean springs news   bronze star winner   july 24 1968 p 1  the ocean springs record   blessey to address coast sierra club   moctober 18 1973 p 12 the ocean springs record   blesseycapers trial also had entertainment value   september 28 1989 p 1  the ocean springs record      the sun herald   judge vincent sherrymrs margaret sherry   september 18 1987 p a4 the sun herald   jurors hold blessey s fate now   march 20 1990 p a1 the sun herald   lewis langlinais   september 26 2012  19891993 peter p halat jr mayor of biloxi from 19891993  peter pete and petesie p halat jr 1942 was born at biloxi on july 27 1942 to peter p halat and louella mary gary he was reared up at 1150 east howard avenue in biloxi graduate biloxi high school in may 1960  jackson school of law pete married sandra dees b 1944 daughter of joseph p dees and dorothy rita eglin children sean stefan mckinnon halat m michelle ann holomon and lynetta marie dobbins  mayor began office in july 1989   references  edward humes   mississippi mud  gallery books new york1994 434 pages  the biloxid iberville press   peter halat enters mayoral race   november 16 1988 the sun herald   the sherry murders 20 years laterstill stunningbiloxi s most notorious murders revisited   september 9 2007 p a1 the sun herald   fbi vet won 10year fight   september 9 2007 p a1 the sun herald   the sherry murders 20 years laternot the best sort of witness   september 10 2007 p a1 the sun herald   house where sherry s were murdered will be torn down   september 26 2010 p a1 the sun herald    halat released from halfway house   april 25 2013 p a1 mayor of biloxi from 19932015  andrew j holloway jr  image made october 2007  andrew joseph aj holloway jr  19392018 was born at biloxi mississippi on april 17 1939 the son of aj holloway 19191997 and iris gertrude letort 19202015 he attended public schools at ocean springs mississippi until 195 when he transferred to the biloxi high public school system aj was an excellent athlete he was selected a member of an allamerican football team in 1958 and was awarded a football scholarship to the university of mississippi following his graduation from biloxi high school in 1959 aj holloway married miss seymour and married macklyn janice bond the daughter of mr and mrs se bond in nativity bvm catholic church at biloxi on december 22 1961 harrison co ms mrb 120 p 463  obituary aj holloway who oversaw an unprecedented number of qualityoflife improvements during his unprecedented 22 years as biloxi s mayor died early tuesday morning june 5 2018 he was 79 he was elected to the city council in 1989 and elected mayor in 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 and 2013 before resigning in 2015 holloway became mayor a year after casino gaming was legalized the industry reenergized the local economy creating 15000 jobs generating 6 billion in development boosting the number of annual visitors to the community from a million a year to between 8 and 10 million a year and accounting for billions in new revenue and holloway long known as a fiscal conservative tripled the size of the biloxi police and fire departments he called them the besttrained bestequipped and bestpaid police and fire departments you ll find built a 10 million lopezquave public safety center and new fire stations in east biloxi north biloxi and eagle point abolished fees for youth sports leagues and oversaw the construction of the donal m snyder sr community center the renovation and expansion of the biloxi community center and the construction of an 80acre sports complex in north biloxi that would later bear his name he was a force mayor andrew fofo gilich said he was always in it and that smile was infectious during holloway s tenure four new public schools were built including a stateoftheart high school an 80 million investment in public education tens of millions were invested in new municipal facilities such as police and fire stations libraries community centers parks playgrounds and ballfields new roads were built and decadesold ones were rebuilt a 35 million affordable housing initiative was undertaken in east biloxi and residents throughout the city saw their property tax rate drop by 50 percent the mayor also tapped into state and federal revenue for major projects he and the late delmar robinson whom holloway had appointed years earlier as chairman of the biloxi housing authority worked with sen trent lott then senate majority leader to establish the 35 million hope vi affordable housing initiative in east biloxi the townhome developments replaced barracksstyle housing that has been constructed generations earlier the mayor successfully lobbied thengov kirk fordice to have the state transform the derelict howard memorial hospital on back bay into the department of marine resources and other state agencies he also successfully lobbied the state for assistance on major road projects such as the widening of caillavet street which was part of a massive streets improvement project that saw the widening of cedar lake road and popp s ferry road and the construction of back bay boulevard as biloxi entered the 21st century the city was enjoying the most prosperous time in its 300year history that is until aug 29 2005 when hurricane katrina the worst natural disaster to ever strike the united states decimated biloxi and surrounding communities it was our tsunami holloway said in a quote that was republished around the world  katrina katrina claimed 6000 of 25000 homes and businesses in biloxi and more than 15000 were left without jobs in the gaming industry alone holloway s staunchly conservative nature and smallbusiness upbringing were steadfast before and after the storm the mayor s memory of the city s economic challenges before casino gaming arrived prompted him two months before the storm to invest 92000 in a businessinterruption insurance policy that captured 10 million in gaming revenue that would have been lost to the storm he marshaled city departments used state and federal aid and went about the business of clearing the city of debris in the days after the storm and set about a longterm recovery program six months after the storm holloway announced the reviving the renaissance initiative prompting nearly 200 residents to step forward to help craft a blueprint to guide the city s rebuilding efforts in a way that recaptures the successes of the past holloway along the way has stayed on message in fact a state of the city address he delivered to biloxians in 2007 included a line from a state of the city message he had delivered in 2004 more than a year before katrina said holloway in 2004 and again in 2007 future generations are going to look back on this chapter in our history as a time when we made the right decisions when we cherished and protected our culture and we did things to improve and enhance our quality of life they re going to see this as an historic time added the mayor we were on the right track before this storm and we re going to stay on the right track the people of biloxi have a unique opportunity we are in the midst of something most people can only dream of we were making history before this storm and we stand poised to make history again imagine that some people are lucky to be a part of history once in their lifetime we have the chance to be part of history twice in our lifetime the challenges of a postkatrina biloxi may define holloway s public service career which began with the biloxi public schools where he served as business manager for six years he also served at the mississippi tax commission for 12 years and attained the post of senior revenue agent he was later elected to the biloxi city council serving one term before being elected mayor of biloxi in 1993 holloway was a high school football hero a fierce competitor on the field and was later said to have thrown a punch that led to the longtime cancellation of the biloxigulfport football rivalry he was a legend gilich said one of my first memories was playing football with his brother donnie i remember like it was yesterday i thought i m playing football with aj holloway s brother then there was that ballgame with gulfport the whole town was like all the way holloway he was a legend in so many ways holloway parlayed his high school year into a scholarship at the university of mississippi where he earned a bachelor s degree in education at the same time he excelled in athletics having played in two sugar bowls and a cotton bowl while at ole miss and on the 1960 rebels national championship football team future us senators trent lott and thad cochran of mississippi were cheerleaders for the team holloway brought that winning spirit to city hall as councilman and later as mayor promising fiscally conservative leadership and responsible government he was preceded in death by his parents andrew joseph sr and iris letort holloway holloway s survivors include his wife of 56 years macklyn holloway his children heather holloway and her husband john radicia and jeff holloway his grandchildren destin holloway jordan holloway hannah radicia and abigail radicia his sister dale steckler and brothers donnie holloway and kenny holloway the family wishes to extend a special thanks to kare in home hospice especially patricia reddix for the special care provided for holloway a mass of christian burial will be held at nativity bvm cathedral on friday june 8 2018 at 1200 pm friends may visit from 930 am until mass time entombment will follow at southern memorial park the howard avenue chapel of bradfordo keefe funeral home is in charge of arrangements  19931997 city council installed on july 6 1993tullostoledano manor tom ferrill eric e dickey james n compton russell t bistle dianne g harenski tom wall mickey j bellande sr  19972001 city council   20012005 city council  james n compton ward iii alderman resigned on june 22 2004 a special election on july 27 2004 saw arlene canaan defeat walter blessey and mike hutter the sun herald june 23 2004 p a9 and july 2004 p james n compton replaced by arlene canaan in special election on july 27 2004 20052009 city council george lawrence william stallworth charles t harrison william michael mike fitzpartick  19382010  tom wall edward gemmill david fayard david fayard b 1954 was a 1972 graduate of d iberville high school he retired from the biloxi fire department after 25 years of service ran for ward 7 councilman on the republican ticket  20092013    george lawrence william stallworth lucy c denton william michael mike fitzpartick  19382010  tom wall  edward gemmill david fayard  tom wall died on 2013 and arlene wall his wife was 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(63, 'en', 'node_search', ' sawmills lumber and naval stores sawmills lumber and naval stores ray mon 4122010 1344 naval stores   charles b elarbee charles brooks elarbee 18611917 was born february 26 1861 at waycross georgia he came to biloxi in 1903 elarbee was engaged in the turpentine business in harrison and jackson counties primarily with dj gay they operated as gay elarbee in 1906 his ocean springs naval stores company consisted of dj gay cb elarbee and george robinson in september and december 1904 cb elarbee and dj gay bought land east of the lighthouse on the front beach at biloxi for 15000 harco deed bk 63 p 227 and deed bk 64 p 293 after leaving the turpentine business circa 1912 mr elarbee relocated to new mexico where he bought a ranch after 1914 he divided his time between the far west and biloxi circa 1915 cb elarbee suffered a debilitating stroke at biloxi he expired on february 6 1917 in the home of daniel j gay at 1018 west beach where his corporal needs were attended cb elarbee was a member of the biloxi elks lodge no 606 he was a methodist and mason mr elarbee s corporal remains were interred at ellabelle bryan county georgia he was survived by zera leon cox a sister of ellabelle georgia  the daily herald   february 6 1917 p 3    daniel j gay daniel judson gay 18701949 the son of john w gay and salida lanier was born in emanuel county georgia which is governed from swainsboro he came to biloxi in 1902 from turpentine operations in florida gay married lee b champlin 18841964 on december 8 1903 she was the daughter of judge zachary taylor champlin 18471924 and virginia white champlin of handsboro their other children were william henry champlin 18701931 maggie champlin nellie champlin and walter champlin the children of dj gay and lee b champlin were louise g dantzler duncan 19041975 daniel j gay jr 19061964 john c gay 19091975 edna g jenkins 19101975 and katherine g farrar 19151975 dj gay taught school and was in the naval stores banking and realty business in 1905 gay organized and was president of the harrison county bank of biloxi it merged with the peoples bank in 1914 dj gay was president of the peoples bank for a number of years before the og swetman began the long reign of that family in banking at biloxi mr gay built the gay building on the southeast corner of lameuse street and howard avenue in 19131914 oe thompson of biloxi was the general contractor for the 20000 twostory brick edifice and laid its foundation on november 11 1913 when completed in marchapril 1914 the harrison county bank and picard gillen occupied the ground floor  the daily herald november 11 1913 p 4 december 18 1913 and april 9 1914 p 2   the gay family resided at biloxi on the beach east of the dantzler house they later lived on the tchoutacabouffa river and at ocean springs mississippi dj gay was locally involved in the naval stores business operating turpentine operations in harrison and jackson counties his first partner was fellow georgian charles b elarbee 18611917 gay later worked with george l robinson 18481919 and robert w hamill 18631943 of chicago his son j champlin gay and brother edward c gay also were associated with gay in the turpentine business it is believed that ec gay residing at san antonio texas ran the family turpentine operation near durango mexico between 1927 and 1932 dj gay was a philanthropist in december 1926 he donated land for the erection of the public high school on government street at ocean springs the gay turpentine company was incorporated in 1911 and domiciled at larue mississippi robert w hamill was the president and daniel j gay the secretarytreasurer stockholders were lyon company60 shares dj gay20 shares rw hamill15 shares frank matlock3 shares and wg beasley of leesville louisiana2 shares  the daily herald  of august 21 1920 related in an article daisy and vestry thriving that the gay turpentine is doing a fine business with oj cuevas as manager the company was dissolved in may 1921 ex partegay turpentine company jxco chancery courtcause no 4187 in march 1945 gay also donated ground for the triumph church west of denny jxco ms land deed bk 88 pp 495496 in may 1926 dj gay platted the forest hills subdivision at ocean springs it is located in the ne 4 of section 30 t7sr8w and include the home of mrs wr stuart plat book 1 p 92 daniel j gay like most americans lost his fortune during the depression he never declared bankruptcy and paid his creditors in 1945 mr gay moved to tampa florida where his daughter louise dantzler resided he passed on here in early december 1949 mrs gay expired at inverness mississippi in february 1964 they are both interred in the southern memorial park cemetery at biloxi  the daily herald    december 5 1949 and the daily herald    february 11 1964 p 2    lee v pringle lee vernon pringle 18661938 was a native of semmes chapel mobile county alabama he was born february 28 1866 the son of frank m pringle and corinia yonge 18451920 lv pringle came to biloxi in 1908 probably from latonia jackson county mississippi where he was associated with the latonia turpentine company and union naval stores of mobile these organizations were naval stores manufacturers and dealers in general merchandise in 1901 pringle served as postmaster at latonia which is about 12 miles northwest of semmes chapel alabama mr pringle invented a turpentine cup which was manufactured by the pringle cup company in daisy tennessee in 1902 the chattanooga pottery company of daisy tennessee was formed by the  consolidated naval stores company  to manufacture clay cups consolidated naval stores was formed by the merger of seven florida and georgia factorage houses also in 1902 they had offices in savannah jacksonville and pensacola it is very probable that the pringle cup company was a name only and that the clay cups were manufactured by the chattanooga pottery company it is interesting to note that in october 1912  the daily herald  reported that dg zeigler proprietor of the  petrous manufacturing company  was erecting factory on lee street in biloxi near the l n railroad tracks zeigler planned to make turpentine cups at his plant  the daily herald october 16 1912 p 8   lv pringle was elected president of the turpentine and resin association of new orleans in january 1918  the daily herald january 26 1918 p 3   in addition to his naval stores operations in mississippi mr pringle had turpentine and rosin at florida alabama and louisiana he was vicepresident of the gillicanchipley company of new orleans for fifteen years and held the same position with the pringlegay turpentine company lv pringle also had his own real estate company and held large personal land holdings lv pringle married victoria voltz 18851935 she was born at perdido florida the daughter of robert m voltz and elizabeth king of selma and montgomery alabama respectively the pringles had six children lv pringle jr 19021974 robert h pringle thomas n pringle victor pringle vivian pringle hewes and jackson pringle 19191920   the daily herald may 6 1935 p 3   lee v pringle expired on october 8 1938 he and many family members are interred at the biloxi cemetery  the daily herald october 9 1938 p 3    frank e pringle frank ernest pringle 18721925 was born at semmes chapel mobile county alabama on august 18 1872 his parents were frank m pringle and corinia yonge he came to biloxi in 1908 fe pringle was in the turpentine business in harrison and jackson counties he was president of the jackson naval stores company in 1913 they were headquartered in the bolton building at biloxi george f mason served the organization as vicepresident while a hadley was secretarytreasurer biloxi city directory 19131914 p 154 fe pringle was highly lauded in may 1916 for the celerity in which he rebuilt the jackson naval stores still at florala the fire still located near the florala post office had been completely destroyed in a conflagration pringle brought in equipment and supplies from other company operations as well as sending damaged machinery to mobile for repair  the daily herald  of biloxi said of mr pringle s efforts   this is the quickest work of its kind ever seen among turpentine producers in this section    the daily herald  may 30 1916 p 8 fe pringle developed the pringle subdivison at north biloxi now d iberville which he acquired in february 1913 in 1922 he sold 212 acres at north biloxi for the methodist church on race track road harco ms land deed bk 106 p 285 and bk 130 p 181 fe pringle married dellie m orso 18811927 the daughter of joseph a orso and mittie williams of alabama mrs pringle was a native of malcolm alabama the fe pringles had eight children esther l pringle 19021926 mattie p colson 19021982 ernestine p drew 19071981 cora p chinn mittie may horton frank e pringle jr 19091957 woodrow w pringle 19141963 and roland w pringle fe pringle expired on november 26 1925 his corporal remains are interred in the biloxi cemetery dellie pringle passed on march 19 1927 at her domicile at 520 seal avenue  the daily herald november 27 1925 p 1 and march 19 1927 p 1   871 views  ', 0);
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lopez dukate these gentlemen intend to keep well supplied with oysters and be ready to meet the demand when the trade opens again the pascagoulademocratstar biloxi items january 30 1880 p 3 and may 21 1880 p 3  1890 captain john boardman was running the  relief  a steamer to ship island from biloxi for daily excursionist the steamer left biloxi at 900 am visitors were given two hours to visit fort massachusetts and the ship island lighthouse before returning to the mainland a new mathushek piano was on board the vessel for those who enjoyed music the relief  could also be chartered to make trips to other points along the coast at reasonable rates  the biloxi herald june 28 1890 p 4 and july 19 1890 p 4    1891 the old keno has come back beating the baucalache   and may h this week the keno is a 16foot roundbottom cat boat and is the fastest of her size on the coast having won 51 races of 56 sailed the biloxi herald june 20 1891 p 4 casimer harvey herve built the emma harvey in 1891 from russell barnesseptember 2020  1892 captain charles t tuero   18341909 the wellknown boat builder has just finished a beautiful catrigged boat which was launched yesterday on back bay the nina is the name of the new craft which is 26 feet at the keel 11 feet 4 inches beam with a draught of only 18 inches the nina was for sale in december 1895 the biloxi daily herald october 221892 p 4 and december 4 1895  1894 in may 1894 the new 18foot catboat  rosina  built by frank taltavull 18511930 was for sale by wallace montross of the montross hotel asking price 65 the biloxi herald may 26 1894 p 8  1895 the schooner queen of the fleet  owned by biloxians was conveyed for 1100 to mrs lj bidwell of pass christian she plans to use the vessel as a cruiser the biloxi herald august 24 1895 p 8  1896 in early may a sloop is launched and rigged at wn johnson s shipyard in biloxi and sailed to southern yacht club as joanne  the biloxi herald may 2 1896 p 8 and the daily picayune may 11 1896  frank taltavull  18511930 wellknown back bay ship buildrer has moved his plant to deer island  the biloxi herald august 22 1896 p 8  1897 nydia  a 30foot cabin sloop with a 9foot beam and built by william nels johnson  18611914 of biloxi mississippi was at the southern yacht club in new orleans and owned by john a rawlins  18671944 the vessel was built with oak frames and planked with 78 inch choice cypress the biloxi herald may 8 1897 p 5 the rowena  a stern wheel steamer built for lopez dunbar sons and company and costing about 5000 was under construction by frank taltavull  the vessel was to be utilized as a steam dredge with the capacity for 150 barrels of oysters the biloxi herald july 31 1897 p 8  1899 on 11 july 1899 w nels johnson launched jean for thomas sully new orleans architect at his back bay shipyard the motor yacht had two masts and was 42feet in length with an 8foot beam the biloxi daily herald july 13 1899 p 8 the lillie w was launched on september 2 1899 at the johnson shipyard on back bay for james s wentzell 18571936 the biloxi daily herald september 3 1899 p 8  1900 fabacher s yacht  semper idem  is here for the regatta  the biloxi daily herald august 26 1900 p 14  1901 two frank taltavull  18511930 built vessels the schooner    a gerdes and brother  and the steam tug  julius elbert  became involved on may 29 1901 captain antoine v bellande 18291918 was in command of the schooner in the mississippi sound en route to ocean springs the sevenman crew was below preparing for bed with a green sailor at the helm the weather roughened and his inexperienced allowed the vessel to capsize captain bellande and his crew were found by the  julius elber t  clinging to their stricken ship they were rescued and having lost all their possession to the sea the biloxi daily herald may 29 1901 the taltavull shipyard on back bay launched a large schooner for lopez dukate on october 1st yet to be named the vessel was 62 feet in length with an 18foot beam this was the second schooner built for them this year by taltavull the biloxi daily herald october 1 1901 p 8  1902  tony copaitich of biloxi drowned when his skiff capsized on the pass christian reef he was working for the dunbar canning company of bay st louis from the belle casino with captain toney bunicich at the helm the biloxi daily herald march 29 1902 p 4  1903  joe fountain s viola rose was launched at north biloxi in early september the biloxi daily herald september 3 1903 p 6 the wilda l and noretta l recently measured joined the fishing fleet of lopez dukate  the biloxi daily herald september 14 1903 p 6  julia l   biloxi s boat carpenters built 21 large vessels  in 1903 among them were  julia l for lopez dukate by wn johnson  henry for martin fountain sr by martin fountain sr  cayuga for william gorenflo by louis gorenflo  mayflower for martin fountain by martin fountain  noretta l for lopez dukate by wn johnson  wilda l for lopez dukate by wn johnon  anna k for lopez dukate by lopez dukate  kangaroo for august a bellias jr by pb hand  cairo for ec joullian by ec joullian  ollie ford for foster brothers by mike frazer  oxalis for ec joullian by ec joullian  oneida for william gorenflo by louis gorenflo  louisiana for gw dunbars sons by wn johnson  intrepid for g w dunbar sons by wn johnson  edna d for gw dunbar sons by wn johnson  clara l for arnaud lopez by frank taltavull  e lbert d  for wkm dukate by wn johnson  nemesis for elder bradford by wn johnson  viola rose for joseph fountain by mj caperal the daily herald november 17 1903 p 6  1904   wyandotte  probably moored at the wf gorenflo factory on back bay at main street another casimer harvey  18451904 built schooner depicted in this vintage postcard was the wyandotte  the  wyandotte  was constructed in 19031904 for william f gorenflo 18441932 pioneer biloxi seafood magnate and philanthropist the gorenflo factor y was situated on back bay near main street the vessel was measured by vincent j tucei deputy collector of customs in late january 1904 like the  emma harvey  the  wyandotte  was a victim of the 1916 july storm she was capsized and beat to pieces in back bay while owned by od gunn the biloxi daily herald january 27 1904 p 6 and the daily herald july 7 1916 p 7 the indian girl was launched in july at lazarus north biloxi by the trochesset brothers  the biloxi daily herald july 19 1904 p 5   the tulip built by mack flechas for ec joullian was measured at biloxi in october the biloxi daily herald october 10 1904 p5 southern yacht club commodore  john a rawlins sold nydia to a baldwin wood 18791956 in december  the daily picayune december 14 1904 p 12  1905 in late october the ethel redding built by jake covacevich for charles redding and the charles buckingham built by frank taltavull for himself were measured at biloxi the biloxi daily herald ocotber 31 1905 p 4 in 1905 the taltavull rerecich shipyard was in operation at 402 east back bay avenue it was sold by bernard taltavull to george melvin in august 1908 casimero rerecish 18581918 was an 1896 austrian probably croatian immigrant harco ms chattel bk 10 p 216 the sarah kennedy  a biloxi schooner recently built by martin fountain departed for the louisiana marshes on her maiden voyage the biloxi daily herald december 28 1905 p 1  1906 in early september  austrian girl  a new schooner was measured by vj tucei deputy collector of customs she was built by william n johnson for nick skrmetta the biloxi daiy herald september 5 1906 p 4  losses to back bay shiyards from the september 1906 storm were as follow martin fountain 500 bernard taltavull 400 and john brander 300 the goldbug  a schooner owned by peter eskald sank in front of the ways of brander s shipyard the biloxi daily herald september 28 1906 p 1  jc brander son boat builders was founded on back bay near main street in 1906  1907 a late september storm caught several biloxi boats shrimping in the louisiana marshes those driven ashore were the william coates owned by tony rosetti and dauntless of louis gorenflo other boats in the area were  henry m   nels johnson  and indian girl of the barataria canning company  wilda l and elbert d of lopez dukate  jolly traveler owned by willie bullock and dorenza of henry diaz the biloxi daily herald september 30 1907 p 1  1908 the new schooner  volunteer  built by casmir j harvey for louis gorenflo measures 488 feet x 179 ft x 34 ft and 15 tons gross the biloxi daily herald august 12 1908 p 2  1909 the power boat jerry owned by dunbars lopez dukate and two days out of morgan city louisiana sank in 70 feet of water in the gulf of mexico while headed for biloxi with 4000 cases of oysters the jerry was a duplicte of the tom  the was 80feet long and its twinscrews were powered by two 35hp globe engines the jerry was mained by captain rf gillen master robert nurse enginneer julius collins cook and george foretich of morgan city and peter harvey of biloxi the crew rowed a lifeboat to the ship shoal light the biloxi daily herald may 14 1909 p 8  j covacevich completed the ernestine d  a gasoline screw for ulysse desporte  it was measured in september 1909 as follows length 515 feet beam 178 feet and depth 38 feet the vessel s displacement was 19 gross tons and 10 net tons the daily herald september 9 1909 p 4 the september 1909 hurricane destroyed seven schooners and three men drowned at bay st louis when the watercraft were driven by strong windsy and trapped against the l n rr bridge and smashed reported lost were  clementine running for u desporte with charles lanston at the helm and adam kosczky drowned running for lopez dukate  jj cowar t owned by bernard taltavull lost with two negro crewmen  faultless owned by mrs dulion  margaret kennedy owned by kennedy kennedy with captain j christ and working for desporte  sidonis  ld byrd owner and sailed by cook seymour  fannie   v simonich owner running for desporte and the champion working for charles torch proprietor of the peerless seafood factory at bay st louis which was severely damaged the daily herald september 24 1909 p 3  1910   1911 in september 1911  john jelusich  18711945 was captain of the apache and was working in the louisiana marsh near white grass island for the gorenflo factory when his crew discovered the corpse of a young man tied to a stake they believed the body was placed there to be retrieved by parish officials  the daily herald september 6 1911 p 8    1912 jack covacevich recently completed the nellie l for arnaud lopez to be used in the shrimp and oyster industry the daily herald march 7 1912 p 8 in early july the eveline desporte recently built by anson holley  18821967 for ulysses desporte ran a trial race with the jennie johnson a similar schooner the holleybuilt biloxi schooner did well and when fitted with top sails should be competitve in sailing races the daily herald july 8 1912 p 8  1913 marine news william gorenflo sold gladiola  a schooner to louis gorenflo new licnse issued to the mercedes baltar  owned by martin fountain jr rigging of the g frentz was changed from schooner to gasoline screw george d long master and edgar s balthrope owner schooner ida may h  matteo surdich 18861973 master schooner  clara lacoste raymond barber master and gladiola frank perez master the daily herald march 7 1913 p 1  marine news schooner ethel sold by da ramsay to chris lawrence and walter h latimer  austrian girl sold by nick skermetti sic to marco and john skermetti sic change of masters schooner winchester lewis ryan schooner velma b john gabriel schooner  austrian girl rudolph santa cruz schooner annie strong john jelusich schooner eva foster paul fountain schooner reflector john tapper schooner lillie w wh williams schooner  new design tony stanovich schooner  ethel emil carron schooner  ruthie stip mihojevich schooner pawnee tony rosetti schooner foucher d  francis ryan schooner  alina pj trochessett gas screw tom harry chatham gas screw peerless perry winchester and gas screw mabel nelson joseph fountain license renewals gas screws  osage and mattie j  and sea lion  a schooner barge the daily herald april 13 1913 p 2  john charles brander  18431913 native of nova scotia and biloxi resident since 1906 passed at his home at 421 copp street in june 1913 he came to biloxi from pascagoula mississippi where was engaged in shipbuilding the daily herald june 16 1913 p 8  1914 william nels johnson  18611914 biloxi s master boatwright died at nola on june 26th johnson had relocated to nola circa 1909 and built boats in the crescent city the daily herald june 26 1914 p 1  henry brasher s wonder on starboard tack passing the byc the brasher brothers  isom brasher and henry brasher  ship carpenters in north biloxi completed two schooners  miracle and wonder  respectively in july both vessels were 57 feet in length with a beam of 18 feet and a hold depth of 4 feet the daily herald july 16 1914 p 2  1915 on july 2 nd  augustus gussie fountain   18831926 registered his newly built  clara fountain   a fishing schooner with lewis e curtis us deputy collector of customs the large vessel was named for gussie s spouse  clara noble  18871939 the clara fountain  was 537 feet long 18 feet at the beam and 14 feet deep it went to work for the fosterfountain packing company who already had the schooners  mercedes baltar   and leroy  in their fishing fleet  the daily herald july 3 1915 p 8   in august  fred moran completed a 30foot motor launch for dunbars lopez and dukate to be used to tow vessels at their brunswick georgia factory  the daily herald august 4 1915 p 2 the  american girl  sank with a load of oysters near half moon island st bernard parish louisiana in middecember captain peter parker was fishing for the desporte brothers he was accompained by captain james parker master of the  new resident  when the incident occurred the  eccentric  a gasoline boat was sent to salvage the oyster catch but she also sank the  american girl   was raised and working again in short time the daily herald december 18 1915 p 1 decemebr 23 1915 p 2 and december 30 1915 p 2  1916  in june the following schooners and thier masters were listed by the deputy collector of customs  ida may h  luka kuljis  esther reddin gwalter seymour  evelyn desporte vincent gospodonivich  wonder jake rosetti  marvel sam marinovich  mercedes balta rgeroge misko 18781971  ocean queen martin fountain jr  anne mabey joe benezue  edna d james spindler  margerie d license renewed  commanche peter wescovich  lillian c js creel  irma d  gasoline screw rudolph santa cruz  algonquin delmas lattimer  mettle arnie blodenich  regina edna frank barhonvich  american girl joe kriss apacheeugene tiblier  clara fountain augustus gussie fountain 18831926  valley reddin gjohn cox and winiford b  hudson johnson the daily herald june 10 1916 p 3  jf joullian filed suit requestins 3000 in damages against the l n rr for alleging that the company sawed his schooner in half and burned it after it was beached on thier tracks at lake shore by virtue of the september 1915 hurricane the daily herald november 24 1916 p 1 in december  jd jackiejack covacevich  18751962 completed the young champion for john sumich of nola the vessel was a gasoline screw 503 feet long 155 feet at the beam with a depth of 38 feet and valued between 3000 and 4000 dollars the daily herald december 18 1916 p 3  1917 the international shipbuilding company was chartered in january by henry piaggio 18741921 of gulfport barney e eaton 18781944 of gulfport and dr mcinnis of orange texas the daily herald february 3 1917 p 2  lewis e curtis  deputy collector of customs said that at least fifty boats have been built in biloxi shipyards in the last two months the majority of these vessels were constructed for the sea food industry among those building watercraft in biloxi were  francis brander  18861965  martin fountain   jacob d jackiejack covacevich  18751962  isham brazier   henry brazier   anson holley  18821967 and the moran shipyard  these new vessels are usually 25 to 30 feet in length and average about 200 per boat the daily herald january 31 1917 p 1 the brander shipyard is negotiating with the us goverment to build a submarine chaser every two months the 130ton vessels would be 110 feet long 15 feet at the beam with a depth of 14 feet the daily herald april 5 1917 p 1 the biloxi shipyard and box factory was chartered in june 1917 by francis brander   18861965  mrs jc  emma  brander  18621925 and j frank stuard  18661941 of gulfport harrison co mississippi chattel bk 18 p 379  lewis e curtis  deputy collecor of customs measured the sarah ford  a schooner built by anson holley 18821967 for mrs ji ford of pascagoula as 28 gross tons and 17 tons net 58 feet long with a 194fot beam and depth of 38 feet the vessel has been leased to the cb foster packing companty to be used for shrimp and oyster haresting the seafood company has four schooners being built by the biloxi shipyard and box factory which will between 1800 and 2300 the fountain brothers are building a schooner for themselves and anson holley is constructing another schooner for mrs ji ford the daily herald july 7 1917 p 5 and july 12 1917 p 1  henry e gumble  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 were 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 in september  anson holley completed the edna may for the cb foster packing company the vessel was measured by lewis e curtis us deputy collector of customs as followes length 563 feet beam 194 feet hold depth 42 feet the daily herald september 18 1917 p 3  1918 in january 1918  international shipbuilding company at pascagoula had four vessels of which the frames were nearly completed they were driving piling to construct a new set of ways  international was building a company town on its land as fast as materials could be procured the housing erected was for their employees the dierksblodget company also at pascagoula also had the frames for four ships nearly finished  the first vessel to be launched would be called the pascagoula  the daily herald january 22 1918 p 2 in january 1918 the gulf ship company of pascagoula acquired the shipyard of george frentz  18411928 for 7500 mr frentz had decided to sell because he had reached retirement age the gulf ship company was owned by af dantzler   bg boaz  and hh colle  18791955 the ln dantzler lumber company owned fifteen vessels which could utilize this shipyard for overhauls and repairs   the daily herald january 22 1918 p 2 and january 30 1918 p 6  devittclark packing company borrowed 25000 from charles redding and listed their boats as follows schooners  joe lawrence   ocean queen   henry clark  and lilly rose  barge  black box  motor boats sunny boy zuzudora hunter cuba and cracker jack trawlers no 1 thru no 5 skiffsfifteen and nine large seines the daily herald april 23 1918 p 5 the elizabeth ruth  a 193foot schooner  was launched on june 15th catherine lopez daughter of julius lopez had the honors the large vessel was built on back bay by the mississippi shipbuilding corporation and designed by zona w carter  18791953 a biloxi resident and named for the daughter of englishman william hasketh lever  18511925  lord lever  founder of soap manufacturers lever brothers   the daily herald june 12 1918 p 1 june 15 1918 p 1 and june 17 1918 p 3  1919 in january the joseph leopold  a fourmasted schooner built for jf stewart of gulfport was measure by customs agent lewis curtis as follows length180 feet beam38 feet and depth13 feet gross weight668 tons net weight573 tons the joseph leopold was built by jd covacevich at the biloxi shipyard and box factory on back bay the daily herald january 23 1919 p 1 in february the first schooner built by the biloxi drydocks and shipbuilding company was sailed to portugal with a cargo of lumber by captain frank castanera for delivery the vessel was 100 gross tons 700 net tons and the first of seven contracted the boatyard employed about 160 men and managed by claude daughdrill  hd money was president of the company the daily herald february 19 1919 p 1 and april 11 1919 p 1 the second ship launched by the international shipbuilding at pascagoula was city of biloxi  an auxuliary barkentine the daily herald april 22 1919 p 1  1920 the following factory schooners were entered in the 1920 annual biloxi regatta cb foster packing company  edna may and the sarah ford  dunbardukate company  marjorie d and the willie ewing  seafood company  louis goldman   henry gumbel  and i heidenheim  the daily herald july 1 1920 p 3  1921 the biloxi shipyard and box factory filed for bankruptcy on june 15th the end of the shrimp and oyster season as well as a declining market for boats and lumber were blamed for the approximate 23000 insolvency of the company the daily herald june 16 1921 p 8 in july the frentz shipyard had a large boat on the ways the el rito of new orleans was in the yard for repairs the daily herald july 26 1921 p 3  henry piaggio  18741921 1882 italian immigrant from genoa and founder of international shipbuilding at pascagoula mississippi  expired at mississippi city harrison county mississippi on december 19 1921  margaret piaggio 18781955 his ohio born spouse died on march 7 1955 their corporal remains were interred in the evergreen cemetery at gulfport the daily herald december 20 1921 p 1  1922 fred moran s shipyard launched the biloxi  a 41foot 11foot beam  cabin cruiser for a nola cotton broker  the vessel had a 6075 hp scripps 6cylinder engine six pullman berths and the capacity for fifty people the naomi   utilized in the supper tourist trade was overhauled for captain ernest moran sr   ojo ohr was having a runabout built powered by a pierce arrow automobile engine capable of 2025 miles per speed and planned to be raced in the july biloxi regatta  the daily herald june 20 1922 p 3  1925 the silver moon  a 53foot pleasure craft built owned by edwin l moran  18881951 and designed by jack covacevich   18751962 was launched in midjune on back bay it was powered by a 125 hp sterling engine and was touted as the fastest pleasure boat on the mississippi coast the silver moon was moored at the riviera pavilion and had the capacity to carry an estimated 150 passengers to the barrier islands the daily herald june 22 1951 p 10 on the eve of july 5 1925 the isle of caprice resort opened for business  fun seeking tourists departed for the resort from landings at the biloxi yacht club white house riviera pavilion and wachenfeld s pier the silver moon   commanded by ed l moran 18881951 the brother of ap fred moran 18971967 of ocean springs   jolly jack   charles redding   and margaret  provided transportation in the new pavilion music was made by the buena vista orchestra  the daily herald july 6 1925 p 3         the daily herald july 31 1925 p 3    1926  in june  captain peter skrmetti  master of the pan american   a converted biloxi schooner made excursion trips to the isle of caprice and the other barrier islands the vessel had a length of 66 feet with a 22foot beam and a seating capacity of 200 and a maximum passenger capacity of 300 there was also a small dancing platform on the boat it made two trips daily from desporte s pier for the isle of caprice   the biloxi news may 30 1926 p 1 and june 6 1926 p 20    captain ernest l moran  18881951 son of francis d moran and elizabeth l vanderpool and brother of ap moran 18971967 of ocean springs commanded the iona louise   a biloxi charter boat in september 1926 he announced that his vessel would discontinue daily trip to ship island instead it would make the voyage to the isle of caprice departing at 145 pm from the buena vista and biloxi yacht club piers the iona louise left the islet at 600 pm  the daily herald september 1 1926 p 2   additional marine transportation service to the isle of caprice was provided by the silver moon operated by captain ed moran 18811951 and the water witch of captain foster swetman 18931953   the biloxi news may 30 1926 p 1    schooner helen   now lavengro  this is the schooner yacht helen  built for the denegre family by jackie jack covacevic h in 1926 i will have to see who owned her in 1947 but i know she was still local today she is named lavengro and is in seattle owned by the northwest schooner society i think that is the name of the group per russell barnes february 16 2020  1927 the altha of the desporte packikng company returning from the oyster grounds of louisiana ran aground in the fog near ship island   captain caanan and his five crewman swam to the island and were provided food and warm clothing by ship island lighthouse keeper captain clarisse  the altha lost about 0nehalf of her harvested oysters the daily herald march 8 1927 p 1 when placed into service in may 1927 the nonpareil was the largest pleasure craft ever used in the barrier island service of the mississippi gulf coast the vessel had been acquired from the us government and had served as a pilot boat the nonpareil was 100 feet in length with a 19foot beam and had the capacity to carry about 250 passengers to the isle of caprice or for fishing charters power generated from two wolverine 4cycle full diesel 70s of the ellis type costing 12000 drove the vessel at about 15 mph the nonpareil was captained by mb spottswood and peter harvey while captain lee bosarge located fish for the clientele the craft was refurbished at the frentz brothers shipyard on back bay for the isle of caprice amusement company led by promoters walter h hunt and arbeau caillavet  the daily herald may 6 1927 pp 12   1928  after the 1927 tourist season had ended hunt and caillavet had the  nonpareil   completely overhauled and refurbished at the brasher shipyard in north biloxi the brashers created the  new  nonpariel   by removing the superstructure of the vessel and replacing it with new decks glassenclosed cabins and dance floor and a new pilothouse the relatively new diesel engines were not replaced and the vessel s passenger capacity was increased to 350 persons it appears that the nonpareil was motored to the frentz brothers shipyard on back bay at biloxi for her finishing touches when the elmer packing company which was situated to the east of the shipyard burned to the ground on january 31 1928 the   nonpareil  was almost completed and fortunately was not damaged by the large conflagration the daily herald january 19 1928 p 2 and january 31 1928 p 2   1929 covacevich sons at their back bay shipyard are completing the mary jane  a spoon model schooner similar to the i heidenheim   l goldman   anna eve  and he gumbel built for the sea food company in 1917 the vessel was 69 feet in length wih a 19foot beam the daily herald may 9 1929 p 8  jack covacevich  18751962 will launch a new schooner on may 29th at his shipyard on back bay near oak street the vessel was 57 feet long with a 18foot beam and was built for the biloxi canning company and is the 217th watercraft built in biloxi by mr covacevich and his two sons the boat will be rigged for the gulf schooner championship race to be held at the biloxi yacht club in july the daily herald may 28 1929 p 3  jack covacevich  18751962 completed the american beauty  a 48foot gas screw for vincent rosetti it was owered by a 25 hp palmer engine the daily herald august 17 1929 p 1  jules galle completed the eunice c  a 44foot oil screw for william cruso it was powered by a 24 hp lathrop engine the daily herald august 17 1929 p 1  ai fountain finished the thelma b  a 44 foot x 15 foot x 4 foot oiler powered by a 24 hp lathrop engine at north biloxi for n byrd the daily herald august 17 1929 p 1  peter skrmetti was delivered on time from a pascagoula shipyard the daily herald august 17 1929 p 1  mike halat  18791929 drowned in lake borgne when fell off the arcadia run by captain steve rodolfich halat s body was found near the rigolets by captain vincent kuluz of the annie long  the daily herald august 31 1929 p1  1930 the mercedes williams  a biloxi launch was captured near galveston texas in april 1930 by the uscg and charged with engaging in illicit trade and failing to heave to when challenged after 14 shots were fired the vessel was built biloxi by ed lebatard and was licensed at gulfport in september 1928 in the name of dejean packing company the mercedes williams was found stranded on a reef in galveston bay circa 1929 with liquor valued at 75000 in her hold  the vessel was sold by the federal government on december 23 1929 the daily herald april 21 1930 p 2 the  jennie johnson  an auxiliary schooner owned by louis o johnson received fire damage amounting to 150 on april 20 1930 captain hub terrell was burned on his arm and torso from the fire which emanated from the ignition of gasoline vapors in the vessel s cabin when terrell lit a match the  jennie johnson  had just returned from the outside oyster reefs with a hold laden with mollusks and was moored at the johnson canning company wharf biloxi firemen were called to the vessel and performed admirably saving the boat and its cargo the cabin was burned as well as some of the decking and the mainsail was badly damaged by the conflagration the daily herald april 21 1930 p 2 on may 17 1930 the indian girl owned by kuluz brothers packing company while fishing in louisiana waters blew up and burned near mitchell sic island  captain vincent visco kuluz  18991987 was badly burned and the crew rescued by the uscg loss estimated at 5000 matthew kuluz md on july 26 2016 the biloxi daily herald july 19 1904 p 5 the daily herald may 18 1930 and august 17 1929 p 1  1931   1932 whilomena  a power boat owned by marko skrmetti of the deer island fish oyster company and operated by captain henry green ran aground off west beach between fayard and caillavet streets the daily herald may 6 1932 p 2  1933   1934 in june the albatross  a 75000 sailing yacht that had been designed and built for the uscg  was making daily trips to ship island from the buena vista pier the recreation center on ship island owned by the joe graham post of the american legion at gulfport had a restaurant casino beer garden located on the parapet walls and in the interior of old fort massachusetts there were also sleeping quarters in the fort the daily herald june 26 1934 p 2 on august 12 1934  jj ben o keefe  18941954 christened the   big ben o keefe   a 40foot fishing vessel built for the cruso canning company of william cruso  the boat was built by adolph toche  19001988 at the parker shipyard on back bay and was the seventeenth of the cruso fleet big ben o keefe had a 17foot beam and could haul 175 barrels of oysters captain pete wescovich chose to honor mr o keefe the daily herald august 13 1934 p 8  adolph toche commenced building boats on biloxi s east beach  1936 about 100 boats were built at biloxi in 1936 on back bay   jules galle built twelve boats among these his ship carpenters built one for visko viskorich of empire louisiana and one for john mixad at the fred moran boatyard joe and hypolite fountain built the golden hope  a 45foot trawler at the foot of holley street  ursand a parker  18781960 launched a 57foot lugger for john evonich on lee street near back bay benney yeager and jc yeager his son completed the elda louise  for james powell and wk skinner a 40foot trawler for lyman yeager was to be launched in ten days jc yeager was building a 26foot trawler for himself the yeagers were starting a 42foot craft for pe lamey and a pleasure craft for wg gerrard was being built  oral fatty jack covacevich on back bay at the foot of crawford street launched the eva marie  a 53foot fishing boat for grego taliancich 19121988 and matteo taliancich of 3rd street and working for the kuluz brothers on east beach  the toche brothers boatyard situated between cedar and pine street was the largest shipyard on the mississippi coast presently building three shrimpoyster boats maitre pitalo was expected his 49foot boat in midseptember and about the same time mavar fish oyster company would get a 47foot lugger william cruso had a two month wait for his 55foot shrimp boat the toche brothers had just completed the buda  a 52foot fishing boat for peter sekul the anna williams  a 47footer for peck williams and the antonia margare t  a 52foot boat for the mavar fish oyster company louis and sydney manuel built a workpleasure vessel on the lawn of louis manuel on roy street it was launched into back bay at holley street the daily herald august 29 1936 p 1 collector lewis curtis us customs registered the following boats at biloxi in the first eight months of 1936  annie l   dudley lang  cecile  miss elizabeth misko  cal williams  dejean packing company  doris m  martin fountain sr  dorothy t   mrs hm toche  della moore  mr and mrs lb moore  evelyn k  pf pevrie of gulfport  irisbeverly  dubaz brothers  lucky bill  henry green  mary b  mrs mary braneki  miss roumania  john cocojar  milna  philipich brother  progress  arthur baker  pearl s   pearl stanovich  pete pitalo  mateo pitalo  queen mary  antonio pitalo  rose  joe berry  ronald boy  ophelia williams  rose marie  mrs lillian krohn  rose mar y  roland creel  sea queen  ralph baker  silver king  john e graham of coden alabama  wallace s  steve c sekul  buda  peter sekul  anna williams  carroll williams jr  anthony boy  tony baricev  antonia margaret   mavar fish oyster company  eva marie  grego and matthew taliancich  elda louise  james f powell and william k skinner and golden hope  mrs agnes fountain the daily herald august 29 1936 p 1 in late august he liberty bell  a 38foot by 114foot power boat which took three months to build by sydney manuel and louis manuel was launched and put into service for the dorganmcphillips packing company the liberty bell was powered by a red seal continenetal motor equipped to burn parafin she had a top speed of 10 mph and hed the capacity to carry 80 barrels of shrimp and 150 barrels of oysters the daily herald september 2 1936 p 5 the dejean packing company launched a new type vessel the eustis mcmanus  the boat was built at the covacevich shipyard and was 48feet long with 15foot beam and was powered by a 24 horsepower lathrop engine the daily herald november 2 1936 p 5  1937  the daily herald may 29 1937 the  pan american clipper  a 15000 diesel powered excursion boat recently completed by toche brothers shipyard on east beach has been operating for several weeks between biloxi and ship island with captain peter skrmetta at the helm the vessel was built for the mavar fish and oyster company and runs at 12 mph the boats runs from her main landing at the foot of delaunay street baltar pier and makes stops at the buena vista hotel biloxi and white house piers  on its regular schedule of three trips daily  the daily herald march 30 1937 p 3 may 29 1937 p 6 and june 25 1938 p 3 on june 19th the  covacevich ship yard lauched the seawanhaka ii   for eddie keep a retired nola banker the vessel was 30 feet in length with a 7 foot beam buckingham of biloxi made the sails for the marconi rigged sloop which was to compete in local regattas the daily herald june 19 1937 p 6  francis brander  18861965 launched the catherine pitalo for alex pitalo the vessel was 54 feet long 164 feet at the beam and powered by a 36 horsepower lathrop engine this was the twelfth boat constructed at the brander yard on back bay adjacent to the southern shell packing company factory mr brander and willie bowen are now laying the keel for a 54 foot by 16 foot power boat for john mixad they are also building a 40 foot by 12 foot vessel for t creel which will be launched in ten days the daily herald july 12 1937 p 5 in september the covacevich ship yard began work on a new 64foot yacht for ew reed of magnolia mississippi the vessel to be called mary ellen ii had a 17foot beam and 5foot draft and was powered by a 200 hp diesel mr reed sold the mary ellen to bs d aantonio captain eddie cannette will sail and maintain the vessel for ew reed the daily herald september 30 1937 p 2  henry fountain completed the jean fountain  a 565foot by 164foot motor vessel for the biloxi canning company the jean fountain  was to dredge oysters with her 36 hp engine the daily herald november 16 1937 p 2  1938 ingalls shipbuilding was organized by robert ingersoll ingalls sr  18821951 robert i ingalls jr 19061968 monro bannister lanier 18871970 and wr guest the ingalls yard was situated at the mouth of the east pascagoula river on the site of the 1917 international shipbuilding yard of henry piaggio 18741921 et al the daily herald february 25 1959 p s10  1940 on new year s day  felix olier  19071940 native of lafayette louisiana  drowned when he fell from the clara lopez  owned by jack lopez and working for the cruso canning company the daily herald january 2 1940 p 1 on february 7th  a fire at the jd covacevich shipyard on back bay  which was investigated by alonzo l gabrich police chief and evon swetman asst fire chief and determined to be arson caused 6000 damage to the hull and deck of a 64foot freight boat  the vessel was under construction for the burwood packing company  the frame of a boat being built for stamps farrar  nola attorney received about 100 from the conflagration the daily herald february 8 1940 p 1 the seajoy corporation was operating three vessels from the riviera hotel pier for deepsea fishing boat rides and swimming parties to the barrier isalnds  captain l j herrman ran the sea queen  a 58foot long watercraft which could sleep fourteen two chris craft deluxe clippers were also used for charters the daily herald may 13 1940 p 3  august carl hartman  19121940 died suddenly on may 13th while aboard the june rose  a 42foot trawler owned by laz quave and roy rosalis the vessel was located between main pass and chandeleur island when hartman expired the daily herald may 14 1940 on june 8th  ingalls shipbuilding  at pascagoula launched the   exchequer   an 18000 ton an  allwelded ship  the daily herald june 8 1945 p 1  1941 in early february the louis goldman with captain joseph spanner 18991980 at the helm caught fire and sank in the biloxi channel west of the biloxi lighthouse  the vessel valued at 4000 was enroute to the pass christian oyster reefs with a crew of six it had left the biloxi canning company on back bay the captain and crew were rescued from the water by nettie  a boat that also belonged to the biloxi canning compnay the daily herald february 3 1941 p 1 captain eddie ford and the bonnie yvonne   a power boat again brought artifacts from a sunken vessel that he had disocvered fifteen miles south of bay st louis in the st joe s channel  captain ford had recovered in his trawl  a musket 3 cannon balls and other relics  which he brought to biloxi the daily herald february 12 1941 p 8  corbett summerlin  18921941 native of theodore alabama and crewman on the lillian holley which was run by captain joe wilson  drowned on march 7th near the southern shell fish company factory on back bay  the daily herald march 8 1941 p 1  westergard shipyard  far left  the biloxi port commission accepted the 43322 bid of general contractor currie corley of hattiesburg mississippi to erect a steel building  18486  to be used as a boat plant at the foot of holly street sic on east back bay albert j ragusin was awarded the plumbing contract 3549 ray v pisarich electrical  1522  and roofing  1365  to biloxi roofing and sheet metal  the daily herald april 16 1941 p 1  elmo kates  19171941 son of malisso kates  drowned five miles southwest of bay st louis when he fell from the maybelle   a 12ton oyster schooner  working for the johnson canning company  the crew consisted of captain jack shoemaker walter barnes carl king and edwin king the daily herald april 21 1941 p 1  ernest lee jahncke  18771960  native of nola former asst secretary of the navy and former biloxi summer resident  and wellknown gulf coast yachtman  has accepted the post of special representative of the bureau of ships gulf area for the us navy  the daily herald may 19 1941 p 8  ingalls launched the ss african comet on june 28th the  4099000 vessel was four hundred eightynine feet long  had a sixtynine foot beam and a twentyseven foot draft it was built for the american south african lines  the daily herald june 14 1941 p 1 a twelve mile match race between the  bill cruso sailed by larney summerlin 18971955 for the cc canning company against the  cal williams with captain thornton of dejean packing at the helm was contested on august 11th the two hour contested ended with the bill cruso winning by 20 seconds  the daily herald august 12 1941 p 5  ingalls ship building  aj grassick general manager at pascagoula contracted with the us maritime commission for 150000000 to build thirtyone ships in the next two years the allwelded steel vessels would be cargo passenger and a combination cargopassenger ship s and finished by the end of 1943 the daily herald september 13 1941 p 1 in early september the us navy awarded westergard boat works a contract to build two wooden vessels  the daily herald september 19 1941 p 1  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 roofing biloxi 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 in early october a strike at ingalls shipbuilding in pascagoula was averted when afl union welders walked off the job due to a disagreement in the pay scale  shipyard management and the afl union reached a quick agreement and the shipyard lost little time working on allwelded cargopassenger vessels for the american south african line and the us maritime commission  the daily herald october 2 1941 p 1 and october 3 1941 p1 on october 21st  ingalls laid the keel for uss monitor  the first of four submarine net layers to be built at th eyard for 50000000  the vessels were about the same size as the c3 cargo ships  496 feet in length with a 69foot beam the daily herald october 21 1941 p 1article acclaimed that this was the first warship ever built in mississippi   the westergard boat works laid the keel for a us navy submarine chaser on october 21st the second submarine chaser  of the two boat navy contract was  commenced in early november 1941   frederick d lawley  18781953  boston naval architect  designed the vessels the daily herald october 22 1941 p 1 and november 5 1941 p 1  1942 ingalls launched the ss pass christian on november 20th it was the 4th vessel named for a mississippi coast community the ss pass christian was renamed uss fred c ainsworth in 1943 the daily herald november 21 1942 p 1 on december 1 1942 the  westergard boat works was recognized again for its excellence in building boats  and barges 8 th district naval headquarters awarded the plant with the navy e pennant with two white stars the boatyard was first lauded for its work in february 1942  the daily herald november 30 1942 p 6    ingalls launched the   ss sea hound   an all welded cargo ship   on december 19th it was the 17th c3 ship vessel built the ss sea eagle had been recently completed the daily herald december 21 1942 p 1  1943 the uss biloxi  cl80 was launched 23 february at newport news virginia by katherine g braun   18921983 spouse of biloxi mayor louis e braun 18901951 construction began 9 july 1941 in february 1943 the heirsatlaw of claudia g vick dacey 18691937 and marguerite dacey 19001942  executed a oneyear lease with an option to purchase to officials of the westergard boat yard william p kennedy ii 18731951 victor b pringle 19091977 thomas n pringle 19061970 james w pringle 19141971 and wb goodman a copartnership on three tracts of land situated on rhodes point on the back bay of biloxi  these three contiguous tracts which were bisected by bayview avenue ran north for over 800 feet to back bay and were for the part 185 feet in width the lease ran from february 20 1943 to february 20 1944 and cost 1200 per year if the option were executed during the lease period the dacey heirs would sell their three parcels for 8000 harrison co chancery court land deed bk 255 p 69  ss sea darter  later renamed uss henrico  apa45 image made during vietnam era  ingalls shipbuilding at pascagoula mississippi launched the ss sea corsair and ss sea darter on march 31 1943 the daily herald march 30 1943 p 1 on june 18th  westergard launched its 2nd composite oil barge  the  2000000 contract called for the construction of thirty oil barges to haul petroleum products from texaslouisiana to jacksonville florida via the intracoastal waterway the hydrocarbons were offloaded to other barges for shipment to cities on the atlantic seaboard the barges were 160 feet long 34 feet wide and 10 12 feet deep with the capacity for 6000 barrels james w pringle was superintendent of the boatyard and connie collins supervised construction the daily herald june 19 1943 p 1 the uss gulfport  pf20 a 303foot frigate was launched on 21 august at the american ship building company yard in cleveland ohio  the vessel was christened by mrs john c chambers nee porter of gulfport mississippi the ship s sponsor mrs pat harrison sr was the matron of honor during wwii the vessel served convoy duty between america and north africa  she was sold for scrap at seattle washington in november 1947  the daily herald august 27 1943 p 1 the ss sea owl was launched at ingalls on october 29 1943 the daily herald october 21 1943 p 7  ingalls shipyard1940s  the ingalls ship building company at pascagoula mississippi was praised for its war efforts by the director of the us maritime commission the daily herald november 4 1943 p 3  william l stallings  18951943  foreman at the westergard boat works  died suddenly at his home on december 11th the daily herald december 13 1943 p 2 the ss sea perch was christened and launched at ingalls on december 17 1943  the daily herald december 16 1943 p 10  ingalls shipyard at pascagoula was awarded the gold star for its production  the daily herald december 20 1943 p 1  1944 in late february  westergard boat works launched the uss pehewah   a 110foot navy tugboat miss elizabeth betty eileen burns sponsored the vessel  she was a 1940 bhs graduate and was secretary to warren b goodman  purchasing agent for the boatyard the daily herald february 25 1944 p 1  westergard boat works launched another 110ft harbor tugboat on march 3rd betty burns again broke the champagne bottle on the bow  about 75 workings days are required to fully equip these vessels  before they are sent to nola for assignement the daily herald march 2 1944 p 1 and march 4 1944 p 6  collen c scholtes  19171996 wife of l   joseph scholtes  19171994  westergard boat works employee launched  another  110ft navy harbor tugboat in  march two more boats expected to be launched next month the daily herald march 20 1944 p 6 on april 8 1944 the aw covacevich shipyard on back bay launched the matthew kulu z  a streamlined cabin type trawler  for the kuluz brothers  a 100 hp caterpillar engine powered t he vessel which was 58feet in length had a 16foot beam and hold depth of 4 12 feet with the capcity of 180 barrels of shrimp  marie kuluz  b 1933 daughter of anthony kuluz 18911956 and annie mozaro kuluz 19011979 sponsored the shrimp boat covacevich has now has two boats under construction a 52foot trawler for the biloxi canning company and a 55foot vessel for louis thornton   frank broussard   alex mccaleb  and gene ryan assisted aw covacevich in the vessel s vonstruction the daily herald april 10 1944 p 7 marjorie mounger sponsored the uss pitchlynn  ytb 283 a 110foot 400 ton  navy harbor tugboat launched in may 1944 at the westergard boat works the daily herald may 23 1944 p 1  1945   ingalls shipbuilding at pascagoula planned to build a railroad locomotive  the statesitem april 30 1945 p 7b and the morning advocate october 3 1945 p 6a on its fifth annversary  ingalls shipbuilding launched its 70th ship the ss sea scorpion   the daily herald june 8 1945 p 1  westergard boat works on back bay launched the second 65foot allsteel trawler two other similar trawlers are under construction at the yard  the trawlers are completed in six weeks from keellaying to delivery the shrimp hold for these vessels is 14 feet by 24 feet  the daily herald june 22 1945 p 5  1946 the ss mormacdawn was launched on january 4 1946  the first ship of the new year and the 77th ship to be built at ingalls shipyard  the ss mormacdawn was the third in a series of seven vessels for the mooremccormack line to be launched in two months the daily herald january 5 1946 p 1  del norte  a 17000 ton allwelded vessel built for delta lines and the first postwwii luxury liner was launched on january 11 1946 the daily herald january 7 1946 p 1   the daily herald april 4 1946 p 1  after wwii francis a brander  18861965 master ship builder returned to biloxi from galveston texas where he built many vessels for the us navy and us army with homer b fayard  19122004 his soninlaw they began building the brander deep sea trawlers on east back bay and lee street in 1946 the ocean springs news may 30 1957 p 8  gulf clipper the gulf clipper was launched at the tony jack covacevich sy on back bay she was built by oral covacevich for marko skrmetta for the family ship island tour business the boat was 60feet in length with a beam of 23feet and of 63 gross tons with the capacity for carrying 250passengers  peter skrmetta was to captain the vessel the watercraft was sold to captain   ben l herndon  19122004 of corpus christi texas in july 1952 it was used to haul tourists to padre island from corpus christi the daily herald june 1 1946 p 2 and july 31 1952 p 2 and the corpus christi callertimes august 17 1952 p 29  kennedymoran enterprises boat works moved into the abandon westergard shipyard on back bay in october 1946 and had built 830 boats during its first year of operation moran had nine basic boat designs ranging in length from eight to seventeen feet the joseph moran et al built boats were distributed locally by belbru sporting goods at 112 east howard avenue the daily herald november 1 1946 p 7 and september 13 1947  1947 lewis e curtis sr  deputy collector of customs announced that biloxi s boat builders had completed 56 watercraft in 1947  as compared to 68 in 1946  the daily herald january 3 1948 p 1 the roy rosalis  a 50foot fishing boat  owned by union fisheries of biloxi burned to the waterline in a fire which occurred march 22nd about ten miles south of gulfport arthur landry was captain of the vessel and mr comeaux his crewman escaped injury roy rosalis of union fisheries said that the boat was built for 11000 and that its salvage value was estimated at 800 there was no insurance coverage the daily herald march 31 1947 p 3 the biloxi boatwrecking company owned by bt jones of memphis tennessee whose business was the dismantling and scrapping an lci at the moran boat works inc suspended operations in midseptember because of his illness jones had purchased about 25 lcis and 2 lsts and they were in storage at lake charles louisiana he planned to bring them to biloxi for scrapping jones employed about 25 people in his operations the daily herald september 13 1947  1948 anton brother francis moran  18821948 lifelong biloxi boat builder  died on february 12 1948 he had been associated with the moran boat works founded recently and during ww ii was emplyed at the westergard boat works  anton was the brother of fred moran eddie moran and felix moran and the spouse of frances bayer  18871967 the daily herald february 13 1948 p 5 in february and march  ingalls shipbuilding acquired a 5 million dollar contract to convert a 24000 ton troop ship into a luxury liner and a 2 million dollar contract for the daily herald february 28 1948 and march 19 1948 the wild duck  a new 65foot yacht owned by william p kennedy ii  while on its shakedown cruise exploded and burned east of ship island about seven miles off biloxi in early december mr kennedy and wife with their guests  mr and mrs william c gould of detroit michigan paddled a skiff from the derelict watercraft to deer island and saved themselves the daily herald decemebr 6 1948 p 1  1949 the arnold v walker  19122005  shipyard at pascagoula which was establised in 1944 has four vessels under construction valued at 700000 the daily herald march 17 1949  john adolph toche and joseph adolph toche  his son  proprietors of quality boat works of biloxi  have began construction of all cypress skiffs  their boats weigh between 60 and 80 pounds the 80 pounders have a bait well and are about 8 inches wider than the 60 pound skiff aj tony creel city commissioner recently acquired an 80 pound skiff that was nine feet in length and thirtyeight inches wide quality boat works is also building a 22000 trawler for ao suarez probably meant armindo o soares this vessel is 55feet long and powered by a 165 hp gm engine the daily herald april 7 1949 sec 2 p 1  1951  in early june  brander shipyard completed the henry barnett  a 62foot deepsea trawler powered by a 165 hp gm diesel for crawford packing company of palacios texas branderr  planned to soon launch a 72foot trawler  and t wo 70foot trawlers for shrimp packers at corpus christi texas the daily herald june 8 1951 p 8 in june the buccanier  a 42foot pleasure boat was completed for jh rouse  the  10000 vessel was built by otis eleuterius for 10000 and was powered by a 225 hp diesel ebgine anson holley built the cabin the daily herald june 29 1951 p 11 the  clara foutain     owned by carey galle and  warren galle  owned by cecil galle both sank in the chandeleur islands in middecember victims of a strong nortwester the water pump on the  clara fountain  which was manned by  carey galle   and  cecil galle   broke and the  warren galle  with  moze hebert  and  nickie hebert  aboard went to her aid when both vessels got caught in a winter storm and sank in shallow water the fishermen were rescued by the  nike  a uscg cutter the daily herald december 17 1951 p 1  1952  in october  the covacevich ship yard contracted to build 7 boats two 55foot party boats and and five 70foot deep sea trawlers the party boats were for florida and the shrimp boats for an alabama client the daily herald october 4 1952 p 6  1953 zona w carter  18791953 naval arhcitect and designer and a native of nola and long time biloxi resident expired on november 20th the daily herald november 20 1953 p 7  1956 toche boat builders and repair yard inc chartered in jackson county mississippi in june 1956 four hundred shares of stock with a par value of 100 per share incorporators john adaulph toche joseph adaulph toche william rogers toche and john anthony toche jxco ms charter bk 3 pp 9398  robert ingalls yacht   rhonda iii  one of the largest yachts to dock at the biloxi inner harbor arrived in early july the vessel was built at the ingalls facilities at pascagoula and birmingham alabama the vessel was 96 feet long and had a cruising range of 2500 miles and top speed of 13 knots the rhonda ii burned in 1955 the daily herald july 6 1956 p 9  1958 the socrates  a 40000 62foot long and 19foot wide deep sea trawler built for the liberty fish and oyster company of galveston texas was launched in late february at the brander sy this is the first of four vessel to be constructed for liberty in mississippi by mr brander but he had built boats for them in texas the daily herald february 25 1958 p 10  1959 the savannah   the world s first nuclear powered merchant vessel  was launched by 1st lady mamie eisenhower 18961979 at camden new jersey on july 21st  the daily herald july 21 1959 p 1   the ss james lykes  the first of 53 new cargoliners to be built by ingalls for lykes brothers steamship company at a cost of 500000 each  was launched on december 12th  at pascagoula mississippi the daily herald december 12 1959 p 1  1960 in january 1960 the covacevich shipyard completed the charmaann  a smack boat built for cook fisheries of panama city florida she was 50 feet long with a 16foot beam and was a snapper fishing boat the shipyard also finished the moreno queen  a party boat for c kelly of destin florida she was 65 feet in length with a 24foot beam the daily herald january 18 1960 p 14 in march  covacevich shipyard completing the island belle  a 57foot snapper boat  for charles e hawkins of palmetto florida the daily herald march 16 1960 p 19 the maritime administration was studying the bid of ingall s shipbuilding company to construct four cargo vessels for lykes brothers steamship company at an estimated cost of 36 million  bethelem steel corporation of sparrows point maryland was the other bidder the daily herald june 17 1960 p 2  1962 in july  cabana club inc  a jake mladinich family enterprise that operated the fiesta   sea sirloin restaurant   trader john s and the cabana beach motel on west beach acquired for 8600 a river boat from the us corps of engineers at tuscaloosa alabama the 158foot long with a 30foot beam paddlewheeler was built in 1925 at charleston sc the mladinichs planned to use the vessel as a floating museum or touring boat the daily herald july 23 1962 p 5  1964 mrs joe w brown nee dorothy dorsett   18961989   had her new 100000 56foot long luxury yacht brought down the mississippi river to her new 35 million broadwater marina in late august  the vessel was built by roamer yachts of the chriscraft corporation at holland michigan  the daily herald august 25 1964 p 21 the gemini  a 71foot snapper boat built by the covacevich yard for quality foods of bayou labatre  alabama was launched in late august the daily herald september 2 1964 p 9 with photo  ingalls to build four cargo ships costing 55 million for american president lines the daily herald december 23 1964 p 1  1965 francis a brander  18861965 master boat builder expired on may 18 1965 burial in the biloxi city cemetery the daily herald may 18 1965 p 2  ingalls shipbuilding corporation planned to build for litton industries leasing corporation six supercontainer ships of 910foot length with a speed of 27 knots the daily herald october 27 1965 p 39  1967  three vessels have recently been launched at toche boat builders in ocean springs all three boats are 72 feet long and 22 feet wide and are steel shrimp trawlers owners of these watercraft are le and fuller childress of fairhope alabama alton fabre of barataria louisiana and the george engine company of harvey louisiana a 45foot wooden shrimp boat was also launched for john martinez of st bernard louisiana two keels are being laid at toche for two 75foot steel trawlers and another 72foot steel trawler is being built for clarence billiot of marrero louisiana ww swan of new orleans is having the shipyard build a 50foot yacht the daily herald august 3 1967 p 24  1968   toche industries cumberland trail  from the daily herald march 14 1968  on june 12th toche industries released the blue angel  a 73foot 86000 steel hull shrimp trawler  to stewart stevenson of palacios texas she was the sixth vessel completed by toche in 1968 with eight steel vessels and two wooden boats under construction in the shipyard the daily herald june 13 1968 p 23 the  intial site work and dredging to build the new 130 million west bank shipyard for ingalls at pascagoula  mississippi commenced in june the daily herald june 14 1968 p 1  1969 aw tony jack covacevich  19071997 launched two steelhulled vessels on march 1st the david hall  a 75foot trawler was built for the dejean packing company while big bill  an 85foot fishing boat was built for the kennedy family the daily herald march 3 1969 sec ii p 15  ingalls  a litton subsidary  planned to enter the business of overhauling submarines  the daily herald april 16 1969 sec ii p 21  1970 jules jerome galle   18821970 master boat builder of commercial fishing watercraft died on july 16 1970 some of his vessels were  deborah built in 1929 of 38feet and ten tons for ronald b broussard  miss linda in 1946 for henry l windham of 50feet and 38 tons  paw paw in 1949 of 52feet and 28 tons for waletr venoit folse  1975 ingalls shipbuilding company announced the laying off of 600 management and production personnel commencing november 14th the daily herald november 7 1975 p a2  1976 oral v covacevich   19021976 biloxi boat builder expired on april 11 1976  1977   1980 the mr cheramie  a 65foot tug boat with a 22foot beam and powered by two 400 hp engines and built for manny j cheramie inc golden meadow louisiana by toche boat builders ocean springs mississippi was delivered in early august the daily herald august 13 1970 p 25  1984 jim h mcmanus  19292000 acquired a 60ft cypress shrimp boat  which had been built in the 1940s by jake mladinich sr and called freda may  mcmanus renamed the vessel  jefferson davis i  and planned to put it in service to conduct tours up the biloxi and tchoutacabouffa river the daily herald june 3 1984 p c3  1988 john adaulph toche  19001988 biloxi and ocean springs boat builder and the son of joseph a toche 18721960 and olevia ryan 18721953 died october 16 1988 buried at biloxi city cemetery the ocean springs record november 22 1972 p 7 and the ocean springs record october 20 1988 p 3  1997 anthony w tony jack covacevich  19071997 long time biloxi ship carpenter  expired on february 3rd the sun herald february 1997 p  2011 nelious clarence neil covacevich   19202011 last of a long time family of biloxi boat builders expired on april 6th neil s last vessel was the  mike sekul  a biloxi schooner created for the biloxi seafood and maritime museum the sun herald april 10 2011 p a and april 11 2011 p a4 the sandy point  a 163foot menhaden fishing boat working for omega protein  moss point mississippi sank in 25feet of water off the west end of ship island after colliding with the  eurus london  a 660foot container ship en route to freeport texas three seamen from the fishing vessel were missing after the tragedy the sun herald may 20 2011 p a1  final fantasy  a 54foot sports fisherman caught fire and sank in the gulf of mexico about 150 miles off of biloxi and 7 miles north of the ursa oil platform  ursa field is located in mississippi canyou block 854 at n 28154 latitude and w 89103 longitude in about 4000 feet of water and is operated by shell oil from a tensionlegged platform  edison chouest offshore company rescued jamie sablich his two sons and jordy pitalo and his son the sun herald june 20 2011 p a4 both the glenn l swetman and the mike sekul were not sailing biloxi s waters as they were both in dry dock for repairs the sun herald june 24 2011  huntingtoningalls was awarded a 98 million costplus fixedfee advance procurement contract modification for long lead materials for lpd 27 the 11th amphibious transport dock ship of the uss san antonio lpd 17 class the first contract was awarded in october 2010 the sun herald july 15 2011 p d6 built in the early 1970s by gene weems and family and bill ross the owner and all biloxians the lady vera is being restored by dale nelson  b 1929 and miral nelson his son  with the idea of putting the old lady back to work in the gulf the sun herald july 28 2011 p b7  huntingtoningalls was awarded a 698 million contract to build an arleigh burkeclass aegis guided missile destroyer shipyard has work to keep workers busy into 2016  the sun herald september 27 2011 p a1 and october 5 2011 p a9 the national security cutter 3 the uscg nsc 3 captain dorothy stratton  was delivered to the us coast guard by ingalls shipbuilding  on october 7 2011 the sun herald october 8 2011 p a4  vt halter marine dedicates first of four egyptian  fast missle craft ships the sun herald october 26 2011 p a5  bill holland  master wooden boat builder launched the miss ashley  a 15foot biloxi catboat on may 17 2013 the boat was built for a nola man the sun herald may 16 2013 p a1  cat boats  once work boats in the seafood industry are coming back to mississippi sound jerry ellis bill holland glenn ellis jeff broussard and buddy jumonville are making it happen in biloxi a race will be organized the first cat boat race in 26 years the sun herald june 9 2013 p 10f  references   the biloxi herald latest city news august 22 1896 the biloxi daily herald city news march 29 1902 the biloxi daily herald shipbuilding november 17 1903 the biloxi daily herald aftermath of great storm september 28 1906 the biloxi daily herald big storm in gulf 1907 the biloxi daily herald city news august 12 1908 the daily herald new boat measured september 9 1909 the daily herald crew of biloxi boat saw corpse in marsh september 6 1911 the daily herald new schooner makes good showing july 8 1912 the daily herald maritime news march 7 1913 the daily herald brander funeral this afternoon june 16 1913 the daily herald captain johnson goes to beyond june 26 1914 the daily herald new boat built at biloxi yard december 18 1916 the daily herald fifty boats built in winter months january 31 1917 the daily herald the charter of incorporation of the international shipbuilding company february 3 1917 the daily herald to build schooners july 7 1917 the daily herald new schooner built at biloxi july 12 1917 the daily herald brander shipyard at biloxi may be used to build submarine chasers april 5 1917 the daily herald september 13 1917 the daily herald trustee s sale april 23 1918 the daily herald biloxi schooner  joseph leopold  measure bu us january 23 1919 the daily herald city of biloxi launched april 22 1919 the daily herald schoners for entering regattat july 1 1920 the daily herald biloxi shipyard sued as bankrupt june 16 1921 the daily herald henry piaggio answers summons december june 20 1921 the daily herald handsome boat launched june 20 1922 the daily herald schooner will be launched tomorrow in bay of biloxi may 28 1929 the daily herald new biloxi boat ready may 6 1928 the daily herald boat released january 19 1932 the daily herald to start daily boat service to ship island june 26 1934 the daily herald boat building industry is working overtime in biloxi august 29 1936 the daily herald dejean packing company launch new boat november 2 1936 the daily herald launches new boat july 12 1937 the daily herald  mary ellen no 2 being built by reed jeptember 30 1937 the daily herald 6000 loss to big boat on back bay february 8 1940 the daily herald schooner louis  goldman destroyed by fire in biloxi channel february 3 1941 the daily herald biloxi boats in a romance story written by elmer wescovich february 19 1941 the daily herald boatman corbett summerlin 18921941 drowns in back bay march 8 1941 the daily herald biloxian elmo kates drowns in fall from boat april 21 1941 the daily herald launch allwelded passenger ship june 14 1941 the daily herald  bill cruso wins biloxi match race august 12 1941 the daily herald to christen ship october 21 1943 the daily herald ingalls yard comes in for praises by maritime director november 4 1943 the daily herald william stallings died suddenly december 12 1943 the daily herald to launch sea owl at ingalls on friday december 16 1943 the daily herald first ship of 1946 launched at ingalls pascagoula shipyard january 5 1946 the daily herald ingalls to launch new line friday january 7 1946 the daily herald 33foot craft  janalyce of charles gaskin is launched at ingalls october 31 1946 p 13 the daily herald moran boat works makes 830 boats during past year september 13 1947 the daily herald suspending scrapping of boats at biloxi september 13 1947 the daily herald fiftysix boats completed in biloxi january 3 1948 the daily herald 4 biloxians escape as yacht burns december 6 1948 the daily herald av walker shipyard has big backlog of orders march 17 1949 the daily herald build allcypress skiff at quality boat works in biloxi april 7 1949 the daily herald 62foot shrimp trawler built for texas duty june 8 1951 p 2 the daily herald four fishermen rescued after two boats sink december 17 1951 the daily herald ingalls yacht at biloxi port during cruise july 6 1956 the daily herald brander launches deep sea trawler for texas waters february 25 1958 p10 the daily herald ingall s symississippi s largest industry february 25 1959 p s10 the daily herald biloxi s oldest shipyard wn johnsonjd covacevich one of busiest on coast february 25 1959 p s12 the daily herald brander s shipyard in biloxi february 25 1959 p 20 the daily herald toche boat builders operate only travel lift on gulf coast february 25 1959 p s24 the daily herald build two boasts at covacevich s january 18 1960 the daily herald ingalls bid on lykes ships being studied june 8 1960 p 1 the daily herald ingalls to build four cargo ships of 55 million december 23 1964 the daily herald francis a brander may 18 1965 the daily herald sign contract to start new shipyard ingall s west bank june 14 1968 the daily herald two steel hull trawlers join shrimping fleet march 3 1969 section ii p 15 the daily herald jefferson davis i open for river tours june 3 1984 the ocean springs news brander s ship yard at biloxi aid in proseprity of this area specializes in deep sea trawlers may 30 1957 the sun herald tony jack looks back on lifetime of boat building january 3 1993 the sun herald homer b fayard sr may 20 2004 p a5 the sun herald nellus c covacevich april 10 2011 and april 11 2011 the sun herald biloxi schooners in dry dock june 24 2011 the sun herald huntingtoningalls wins 98 million navy contract july 15 2011 p d6 the sun herald looking beyond ingalls using composites to build deckhouses shipbuilding july 17 2011 p c10 the sun herald the lugger lady vera poised to make a comeback july 28 2011 p b7 the sun herald the last schooner  helenlavengro  august 10 2011 p c9 the sun herald ingalls awarded 697 million destroyer contract september 27 2011 p a1 the sun herald ingalls shipbuilding will have work to 2016 october 5 2011 p a9 the sun herald ingalls delivers first cutter to coast guard october 8 2011 p a4 the sun herald ingalls shipyard workforce earns praise october 19 2011 p a7 the sun herald vt halter dedicates first of four egyptian ships october 26 2011 p a5 the sun herald management issues cost ingalls november 11 2011 p a5 the sun herald sailing miss ashley may 17 2013 p a1  shipyards the westergard biloxi boatyard incorporated  19411945 the westergard biloxi boatyard incorporated known locally as the westergard shipyard was chartered by the state of mississippi in march 1941 axel m westergard rockport texas rob roy rice sr aransas pass texas and william p kennedy jr biloxi mississippi were its original founders the shipyard was located on biloxi s back bay at the head of lee street and initially comprised about oneacre with a back bay frontage of 205 feet the daily herald march 28 1941 p 9 and harrison co mississippi land deed bk 244 p 177 the westergard shipyard was one of the many militaryindustrial complexes that were created prior to america s entry into world war ii against japan and the axis powers in early december 1941 keesler field and gulfport field both us army air corps facilities were commenced in 1941 this shipyard was created to build and repair watercraft for the us maritime commission an entity of the federal government which funded and administered the largest and most successful  merchant shipbuilding  effort in world history producing thousands of ships including  liberty ships   victory ships  and others notably  type c1   type c2   type c3   type c4  freighters and  t2 tankers  most of the c2s and c3s were converted to navy auxiliaries notably  attack cargo ships   attack transports  and  escort aircraft carriers  and many of the tankers became  fleet replenishment oilers  the commission also was tasked with the construction of many hundred military type vessels such as  landing ship tank  lsts and  tacoma class   frigates  and large  troop transports  by the end of the war us shipyards working under maritime commission contracts had built a total of 5777 oceangoing merchant and naval ships  https enwikipediaorg wiki unitedstates wiki unitedstates maritimecommission  ingalls the only other shipyard of consequence in regards the military on the mississippi gulf coast was the ingalls shipbuilding corporation in 1938 it was organized by robert ingersoll ingalls sr 18821951 robert i ingalls jr 19061968 monro bannister lanier 18871970 and wr guest the ingalls yard was situated at the mouth of the east pascagoula river on the site of the 1917 international shipbuilding yard of henry piaggio 18741921 et al the daily herald february 25 1959 p 10 in october 1940 ingalls delivered the first allwelded watercraft to the maritime commission it was the ss exchequer and she was transferred to the norfolk navy yard as a seaplane tender by a pascagoula crew and renamed the uss pocomoke av9 by late december 1940 ingalls had been awarded a 50000000 us navy contract to build four 500foot vessels that were also allwelded rivetless ships before ww ii and ended in 1945 ingalls shipbuilding corporation had launched more than 70 ships the daily herald december 20 1940 p 1 and rf couch journal of mississippi history 1964 pp 192200  am westergard axel munch westergard  18891954 was born in halden frederikshald viken county norway on april 3 1889 he entered the united states in january 1907 at el paso texas and found his way to san pedro california were he made his livelihood as an independent boat builder at terminal island california here axel married addie armida mcvay 18671941 a native of atlanta georgia and the widow of mr hart and mother of olive m hart ww i draft registrationlos angeles 1917 in addition to his involvement with the biloxi shipyard am westergard was associated with the westergardrice brothers and company shipyard at rockport texas and the brownsville shipbuilding corporation at brownsville texas  brownsville texas before february 1942 mr westergard had resigned from westergardrice brothers and company to devote his full time with his westergard boatworks in brownsville texas the aransas pass progress february 19 1942 p 1 at brownsville am westergard was called captain westergard and titled naval architect and marine engineer this shipyard s first military contract was for 400000 and let by the us army air corps to build four triple screw offshore aircraft rescue ships these watercraft were 105feet in length and drew 6feet of water power was supplied by 600 hp gasoline engines the brownsville herald november 22 1941 p 1 ocean springs mississippi was selected as a crash boat base site by the us army air corps the facility was a seagoing emergency rescue operation located on the south side of hellmer s lane and on the northwest shore in the inner harbor at ocean springs during the final years of ww ii it was manned by personnel of squadron v 3rd air force bomber command us army air corps from the gulfport army air field at gulfport mississippi the base was erected in early 1944 to house crash boat officers and crews as well as ancillary personnel who manned the small post the mission of the local boat base was to rescue downed aviators tow targets and patrol bombing ranges in the mississippi sound and gulf of mexico us air force historical agency maxwell afb alabama and the jackson county times january 15 1944  r r rice rob roy rice 18961972 was born in apalachicola florida to captain stephen e rice 18381919 and emily irvine pickett 18481938 both alabama natives he married emily clara buzhardt 18871944 a south carolinian in franklin county florida in december 1909 four sons were born from this union rob roy rice jr 19101989 john chapman rice 19141993 steppie irving rice 19151985 m joseph f house and bryson m filbert 19151990 and joel key rice 19242005 the rice children were all born at apalachicola florida in florida r r rice was an oyster canner circa 1926 the family relocated to rockport texas near corpus christi and opened a seafood cannery specializing in shrimp processing rr rice with his son rob roy rice jr judge ja steele and af buchanan of rockport texas formed rice brothers and company after the departure of mr westergard for his brownsville shipyard their success at rockport was assured in early 1942 when the us maritime commission ordered an additional eight submarine chasers at this time the navy department also laude the rice brothers boat works by awarded them the navy blue e pennant for their progress quality of workmanship safety and general morale the aransas pass progress february 19 1942 p 1  w p kennedy jr william patrick kennedy jr 19051967 was a native biloxian and the son of william p kennedy sr 18731951 and fantie wright kennedy 18761969 he married beatrice hardisty 19061995 a native of illinois their children were mabel patti kennedy 19242015 m william e courson 19221989 and edward j bellman 19202009 william p kennedy iii 19261975 m josephine kelly 19302008 thomas morgan kennedy 19282010 m jane vickery 19301998 mr kennedy was an early biloxi entrepreneur having experience in real estate as well as animal husbandry and gardening with the bay flour and seed company he is perhaps more familiarly associated with the kennedy brothers engine company and kennedy engine company the daily herald june 30 1967 p 2 and  http kennedyenginecom history   biloxi boatyards although biloxi was never a major shipbuilding center it has been noted for its wooden boat construction since colonial times in december 1720 jeanbaptiste le bouteux french artist created a sketch of nouveau biloxy new biloxi illustrating the camp of the john law concession among the many activities of the french colonists is wooden boat construction a small barge or skiff and a chaloupe or biscayenne are two of the watercraft depicted by le bouteux copy biloxi public library as biloxi grew from a village to become the sea food capitol of the planet in the dawn of the 20th century fishing schooners and ancillary watercraft were in demand 19th century spanish immigrant families from spain and the balearic islands had established shipyards on back bay s north shore among them were foretich sanchez taltavull quave perez santa cruz and cannette the fountain and harvey hervai families of french descent also proved to be capable craftsmen for biloxi s shipbuilding industry in later times herman kelly and the brasher brothers henry and isom made valuable contributions to the local fishing fleet with their swift schooners by the 1920s the majority of biloxi s boatbuilding industry had located to the biloxi peninsula with shipyards on back bay and point cadet back bay from lameuse street to oak street featured ship carpenters like fred moran henry and martin fountain jr anson holley jc and francis brander jules galle the frentz brothers and ua parker on point cadet the toche brothers were the primary boat builders louis gorenflo and zona carter on west beach were building specialty watercraft on a small scale on land lots during and after ww l probably the largest wooden boats ever built at biloxi were constructed on back bay the  elizabeth ruth  a 193foot schooner was launched on 15 june 1918 catherine lopez daughter of julius lopez had the honors the large vessel was built by the mississippi shipbuilding corporation and designed by zona w carter 18791953 a biloxi resident and named for the daughter of englishman william hasketh lever 18511925 lord lever founder of soap manufacturers lever brothers the daily herald june 12 1918 p 1 june 15 1918 p 1 and june 17 1918 p 3 in january 1919 the  joseph leopold  a fourmasted schooner built for jf stewart of gulfport was measure by customs agent lewis curtis as follows length180 feet beam38 feet and depth13 feet gross weight668 tons net weight573 tons the  joseph leopold  was built by jd covacevich at the biloxi shipyard and box factory on back bay the daily herald january 23 1919 p 1  biloxi port commissionfounded 1940 before any military watercraft could be built at biloxi obviously for our entry into ww ii or for loan to our european allies england and france it was necessary that a port commission be created to manage the erection and supervision of port facilities and insure that a deepwater channel be dredged to provide sufficient water depth for naval vessels to operate a 100000 bond issue to finance the deepening of the present back bay channel was a salient issue in regards winning future military contacts the daily herald april 25 1940 p 1 to establish a port commission it was necessary for the mississippi state legislature to adopt a resolution submitted by local representation at this time howard a mcdonnell 19091992 a biloxi attorney criminologist and recently elected floater representative for harrison county and jackson county was delegated this task the newly created biloxi port commission had its first meeting on september 25 1940 at the baltar realty office members were john e swetman 18671958 r hart chinn appointed by paul b johnson governor and jacinto baltar appointee of the harrison county board of supervisors the daily herald september 25 1940 p 2  new management team in march 1941 although retaining the name westergard the management of the nascent shipyard came under local control when axel m westergard rob roy rice and frank kennedy resigned and relinquished their stock holdings the new officers of the imminent biloxi shipyard were william p kennedy jr president thomas pringle vicepres and victor b pringle secretarytreasurer  growth and inflation with the news of a potential us army air corps field to be located in the naval reserve park and the westergard biloxi boat works in the process of initiating construction biloxi s small town atmosphere began a metamorphosis was an uber boom about to commence with a population of about 17000 people biloxi could soon expect a large work force approaching 12000 people to descend and change it forever a us army engineer from ohio was quoted as in the face of present situation biloxi hasn t got enough saws and hammers in its hardware stores no matter how much stock its other stores have it is not going to be adequate i don t care how many cots your hotels have they haven t enough in anticipation of the coming flow of people and dollars local barbers on april s fools day raised the price of adult haircuts to 50 cents and 35 cents for children the tonsorial aficionados were no fools the daily herald march 26 1941 p 7  building the boat yard westergard biloxi boat works this local shipyard was created from bare ground in the spring of 1941 with local management and labor and was able to produce for the splinter fleet wooden boats for the us navy and lend lease allies france and england located on biloxi s back bay near lee street the yard produced sub chasers sea going tug boats and mine sweepers before it closed in august 1945 from october 1941 the boat yard had built for the us navy two submarine chasers 300000 ten mine sweepers 4000000 and four harbor tugs 1500000 for the us army the shipyard had built eighteen oil barges 1020000 in addition three steel trawlers were erected for the seafood industry 25000 during its almost four years of production the facility had a payroll exceeding 4000000 and employed about 500700 biloxians who worked on construction contracts exceeding 75 million william p kennedy jr 19071967 biloxi native was president of the organization in early april 1941 the preparation and clearing of the site for biloxi s newest shipyard was hampered by large blocks of concrete left there when the 1926 biloxid iberville was erected dynamite was used to demolish and reduce the size of the relic materials leaving the air vibrating with loud and obnoxious noise the daily herald april 10 1941 p 2 the biloxi port commission accepted the 43322 bid of general contractor currie corley of hattiesburg mississippi to erect a steel building 18486 to be used as a boat plant at the foot of holly street sic on east back bay albert j ragusin was awarded the plumbing contract 3549 ray v pisarich electrical 1522 and roofing 1365 to biloxi roofing and sheet metal the daily herald april 16 1941 p 1 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 biloxi boat works on back bay at the foot of lee street i daniel gehr 18951959 local architect supervised the construction of the warehouse fabricating building loft and drafting buildings general offices and work sheds the larger structures 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 ragusinplumbing ray v pisarich electrical and roofingbiloxi roofing and sheet metal the jackson county dredge dug the channel into the boatyard which now had a 400foot frontage on back bay the port commission had paid currie corley 43322 for their efforts the daily herald april 16 1941 p 1 and september 20 1941 p 3  us navy contracts in early september 1941 the us navy awarded westergard boat works a contract to build two wooden vessels both submarine chasers they would be named uss pc 650 and uss pc 651 the daily herald september 19 1941 p 1  union contract on 22 october 1941 william p kennedy jr president of the westergard boat works of biloxi incorporated completed a twoyear closed shop allunion contract with officials of the american federation of labor this agreement set pay scales as follows skilled craftsmen 107 per hour labors 50 per hour apprentices 54 cents per hour for the initial year and an increase of 5 cents per hour every 6 months thereafter the work week was 40 hours and overtime payment was 1 and ½ times regular wages the daily herald october 23 1941 p 6  labor force the majority of the workmen who built ships harbor tugs and oil barges at the westergard biloxi boatyard were native biloxians and from surrounding communities many were ship carpenters and fishermen who in a show of patriotism joined the cause to defeat the axis threat in western europe james briley jb richmond sr 19252014 biloxi entrepreneur published a thorough study of the westergard biloxi boat works in 2009 titled world war ii combat wooden boats built at biloxi westergard boat works of biloxi inc researched in detail it is the salient historical source for this shipyard thank you mr richmond for your contribution to biloxi s maritime chronology per mr richmond the westergard boat yard was organized as follows general superintendent anthony w tony jack covacevich 19071997 assistant neil covacevich 19202007 paint shop bowman brodnax 19071991 and mack hall 19171952 machine shop william bill hubbell 19021983 and assistants george williams willie dale 18991990 joe scholtes 19171994 and frank duvic 19001974 caulkers fred frentz 18951964 and assistants anthony fountain joe ables leon dalgo 18961953 joe montgomery 18921972 and eddie moran 18861960 loft hull layout zona w carter 18791953 and kenneth p trochesset 19181990 electrical c arnold skinny davidson 19011971 j wesley compton 19201995 and james jimmie cook 19201997 heavy timbers keels beams stringers and clamps jd jack covacevich 18751962 martin fountain jr 18821963 earlis champaigne 19281981 joe trochessett and louis manuel mill cabinet henry manuel 18961968 jesse wells 19101963 willie crabtree 19031972 l b camp uriel ray kennedy 19171995 and frank broussard  planking henry fountain sr charles trochessett jerry burdine george burton curtis fountain fitz fountain elvin cannette anthony pickich jr melvin roberts sox fountain wilfred fountain son moore   tool shop eddie thomas   planner randolph fountain   lumber checkers percy garner   security pop walker   first aid william p kennedy sr and dr riley burnett   keels laid the westergard biloxi boat works laid the keel for a us navy submarine chaser on 21 october 1941 the second submarine chaser of the twoboat navy contract was commenced in early november 1941 frederick d lawley 18781953 boston naval architect designed the vessels the work was supervised by navy commander gw thompson from the ingalls shipbuilding corporation pascagoula biloxi resident supervisor was leonard mallory formerly captain of the north wind yacht of nola cinema magnate fv richards the daily herald october 22 1941 p 1 and november 5 1941 p 1  1942   frederick d lawley by may 1942 frederick damon lawley a naval architect and 1900 graduate of the massachusetts institute of technology mit had arrived at biloxi with his spouse minnie josephine cole 18791965 both boston natives they settled into the tivoli hotel mr lawley was of the third generation of prominent massachusetts boat builders george f lawley sr 18231915 english grandfather and george w lawley 18621940 father had started the george lawley son shipbuilding in 1866 the yard closed in 1945 of note is that the lawley s built two defenders of the america cup puritan 1885 and mayflower 1886 the boston herald december 24 1953 and the boston traveler january 7 1965  uss sc 650 westergard launched its first combat craft the uss sc 650 a 110foot submarine chaser on april 30 1942 victor b pringle master of ceremonies related that this navy vessel was the first combat ship ever constructed at biloxi the traditional champagne bottle was cracked across the bow officially send the ship down the ways into back bay mrs william p kennedy jr was the honored launcher biloxi dignitaries present were mayor louis braun and r hart chinn of the port commission the navy was represented by the daily herald may 1 1942 pp 13 the keel for the first of ten minesweepers was laid on 30 april 1941 the daily herald may 1 1942 p 1  uss sc 651 the second 110foot submarine chaser the uss sc 651 was launched on may 14 1942 in a lowkey ceremony by minnie j cole lawley 18791965 spouse of frederick fred damon lawley 18781953 naval architect and superintendent of construction at the biloxi shipyard victor b pringle was master of ceremonies biloxi dignitaries present were mayor braun and r hart chinn of the port commission the navy was represented by lt commander g c whiting of pascagoula and captain ls border superintendent fd lawley gave a short speech the daily herald may 15 1942 p 5  launching uss pc 650 on april 30 1942 this 110foot submarine chaser was first combat ship to be constructed at biloxi it was sent down the ways into back bay from the westergard biloxi boat works by beatrice hardisty kennedy 19061995 spouse of the companies president william big bill p kennedy jr 19071967 this small but industrious boat yard would by 1945 build submarine chasers minesweepers harbor tug boats and oil barges for the american armed forces and their european allies manned chiefly by indigenous boat carpenters and fishermen westgard s laborers and management would be recognized by the usn several times with its e pennant in recognition for its excellent construction lr victor b pringle frederick damon lawley minnie j cole lawley lt lindholm col arthur e brock jr r hart chinn thomas pringle lt comm ff daly col william j hanlon col robert m goldrick lt comm gc whiting beatrice h kennedy william p kennedy jr biloxi mayor louis braun  1942 the navy e pennant westergard biloxi boat works was recognized by the 8 th district naval headquarters on several occasions for its excellence in constructing naval combat vessels and oil barges with efficiency and celerity the first kudo from the us navy occurred in february 1942 when frank knox navy secretary telegrammed the management that   on this occasion of the award of a special recognition of your outstanding accomplishment in war time shipbuilding for the united states permit me to offer congratulations and profound thanks to the men and management of the plant   the navy e pennant was sparsely awarded because of its high standards at this time only 16 companies of the us navy s 174 defense contractors had received the honor the daily herald february 16 1942 p 9 and february 19 1942 p 1 and p 6 on december 1 1942 the westergard boat works was again recognized by the us navy for its excellence in building boats and barges 8th district naval headquarters awarded the plant with the navy e pennant with two white stars each white star affirmed that the shipyard had continued their excellence an additional six months the daily herald november 30 1942 p 6 and december 8 1942 p 1 in february 1943 victor b pringle 19091977 westergard s secretary and perennial master of company held ceremonies proudly related to the audience that the plant again had been recognized by the us navy for its efficiency and workmanship and presented with another us navy e pennant the occasion was the launching of byms 2059 its fifth minesweeper the daily herald february 9 1943 p 1 the work force at westergard continued its excellent wok and the navy e award arrived again in august admiral cc block wrote to wp kennedy jr as follows   the men and women have received a signal honor by continuing their splendid production record the management and employees of the plant have indicated their solid determination and abilities to support our fighting forces by supplying equipment needed for the ultimate victory   the daily herald august 26 1943 p 1 in may 1944 the fourth star was added to westergard s us navy e pennant for meritorious services and high standards in shipbuilding the daily herald may 13 1944 p 1  biloxi defense vocational school on july 4 1942 the new vocational school was dedicated at the porter avenue campus the intent was to provide youths 18 years and older with the opportunity to learn manual skills needed at the westergard biloxi boat works initially three disciplines were taught pro bono carpentry sheet metal fabrication and marine pipefitting ship carpentry classes with the capacity for 80 students per day were held in the biloxi high school gym and the discipline taught by fa moran and rf chambers the sheet metal shop was led by dc rutledge it could accommodate 60 men daily for instruction marine pipefitting was under the supervision of af cauzabon and al jacquet the course was limited to 72 men daily these courses were held on porter avenue in what had once been the west end school but now used by the american legion the daily herald july 3 1942 p 2 for an unknown reason this initial effort at biloxi s manual training school did not work in early september 1942 leonard mallory 18991970 navy inspector wp kennedy jr westergard president george w ditto 18951975 biloxi school superintendent and cl charbonneau of the state department and foremen and leaders from the shipyard met and discussed and planned to reorganize the vocational training effort a new school was planned with the following courses of instruction ship carpentry and blue printing reading as related to carpentry shipboard electrical circuits and pipefitting classes were open to biloxians and current westergard employees who wanted to learn another manual discipline mr charbonneau left the group with this caveat equipment now in biloxi has a value of 6000 if it is not utilized immediately it will be shipped to another location the daily herald september 10 1942 p 7 response to the reopening of the vocational school was very positive more than 50 interested individuals most of them employees of westergard demonstrated an interest in enrolling in the program registration was held on 15 september with classes meeting 2 12 hours in the evening three nights each week the daily herald september 14 1942 p 10 in midseptember director leonard mallory announced that the defense vocational school would now offer women eighteen years and older the opportunity to learn a skill associated with the war effort blueprint reading a special course in tracing and blueprint interpretation would be taught three nights each week at the lopez elementary school on west howard avenue a minimum of 15 applicants were required to commence a new class jesse l weeks an employee of westergard would instruct the ladies in addition mr mallory related that school had 42 men engaged in the ship carpentry class and 47 in the advanced blueprint reading class for shipboard pipefitter and electricians the daily herald september 17 1942 p 6 and september 25 1942 p 19 in early december 1942 leonard mallory 18991970 director of the school announced that a new class machine shop practice would be offered he cautioned the public that with the paucity of interest in this facility that this might be the last attempt to provide a free vocational education to young biloxians instructors selected were leon joseph joe scholtes 19171994 and james r mcelroy 18861963 both local and wellrespected machinists and also in the employ of westergard the instructions were presented at the american legion hall on porter avenue in such a manner that any student after completing the 75 hours of class time could be hired as a machinist helper mcelroy and scholtes intents was to share their extensive knowledge of the following tool handling how to set up machinery in the shop sharpening and grinding of cutters measuring as applied to machines pipefitting and fabrication boiler making and blueprint interpretation the daily herald december 5 1942 p 3 only 11 people enrolled in the machine shop practice class at the legion hall on porter avenue more students were anticipated as entry level positions in the machine shop at westergard and elsewhere were in demand among the enrollees were le capuano otis cates rp cox ej derouen rp eskald curtis r harrison herron kennedy elliot miller norman schonewitz albert strangi and rambaut williams the classroom was equipped with lathes grinders drill presses and other machine shop tools germane to the education of an apprentice in this field of endeavor westergard furnished rough stock and other materials to the school in appreciation for the efforts of local educators to provide this service to the community the daily herald december 8 1942 p 8 when the boat building class also situated in the american legion hall finished its first project the legionaires donated it to the local boy scouts december 8 1942 p 8  plant expansion in september 1942 with continued development at the shipyard westergard petitioned the army corps of engineers at mobile to erect two boat launching ways the se structures were 12 feet wide and extended about 150 feet in biloxi s back bay the daily herald september 18 1942 p 7 the navy e pennantwestergard biloxi boat works was recognized by the 8 th district naval headquarters on several occasions for its excellence in constructing naval combat vessels and oil barges with efficiency and celerity the first kudo from the us navy occurred in february 1942 when frank knox navy secretary telegrammed the management that   on this occasion of the award of a special recognition of your outstanding accomplishment in war time shipbuilding for the united states permit me to offer congratulations and profound thanks to the men and management of the plant   the navy e pennant was sparsely awarded because of its high standards at this time only 16 companies of the us navy s 174 defense contractors had received the honor note the navy e pennant drapped across the bow of j 858 a minesweeper almost ready for launching into back bay workmen are preparing the dedication platform in anticipation of the future occasion  third boat launching the first anniversary of the japanese attack on pearl harbor saw margaret woodley pringle 19111997 wife of victor b pringle biloxi attorney westergard investor and master of ceremonies at the shipyard s public functions christen byms 2055 the first of ten minesweepers built at the westergard plant these wooden watercraft participated in operation overlord the june 1944 invasion of normandy by clearing the english channel of german mines the daily herald december 8 1942 p 1  mayor braun appreciated in middecember outgoing mayor louis j braun 18901951 was presented a 1941 plymouth coupe and war bonds by james s love jr manager of the buena vista and white house hotels in appreciation for his outstanding service to the city of biloxi during his recent term during braun s four years as biloxi s mayor the citizens saw the following accomplished keesler field biloxi community house uso building westergard boat works a twolane beach drive a new sewer and water works system and the fillingin of low lands in eastern biloxi with channel spoil the daily herald december 16 1942 p 1  twin launching westergard experienced its first dual launch on 15 january 1943 sponsors for the watercraft were nell goodman 19051995 spouse of warren b goodman 19011971 and marjorie robertson of chicago she was the sister of lt hugh robertson jr usn the daily herald january 16 1943 p 1  1943 minesweeper launched and navy e pennant westergard had its fifth minesweeper launched in early february victor b pringle perennial master of ceremonies proudly related to the audience that the plant again had been recognized by the us navy for its efficiency and workmanship and presented with another us navy e pennant helen harvey hubbell 19051989 a schoolteacher and spouse of william f hubbell 19021983 supervisor of the yards machine shop was the honoree of the champagne bottle the daily herald february 9 1943 p 1  oil barges in midapril 1943 a 2 million dollar boat contract was announced by westergard s management the army engineers at philadelphia had requested that 30 composite oil barges be built by the biloxi yard these vessels were utilized to transport gasoline from texas and louisiana refineries via the gulf intracoastal waterway to florida s west coast where a pipeline would carry the refined products to jacksonville here barges would be reloaded and deliver their hydrocarbon contents to the atlantic seaboard via the atlantic intracoastal waterway the project required five additional boat ways and the construction would be under the aegis of the army district engineer at mobile the daily herald april 14 1943 p 1 the oil barge contract called for an additional 800feet of back bay frontage the new plant would be managed by james w pringle and connie collins was named construction superintendent the daily herald april 14 1943 p 1 in addition the moss point shipyard was also awarded a us army barge contract in april they were asked to build 20 wooden barges 169 feet by 34 feet with a depth of ten feet four new boat ways were needed as well as an additional work force of between 70 and 175 men the shipyard had 325 men on the payroll before the new barge work was ordered the daily herald april 17 1943 p 7  uss pc 651 was the second vessel completed by westergard biloxi boat works she was launched 14 may 1942 only 2 weeks after her sister ship uss pc 650 slid down the ways in back bay the keel was laid 14 november 1941 for this 110foot wooden combat vessel the crew consisted of three officers and 25 sailors after commissioning in august 1942 pc 651 was given to the british royal navy and participated in dday the allied invasion of france in june 1944  barge yard land acquisitionleases in order to procure the necessary acreage to build the us army oil barges the biloxi port commission began acquiring leases west of the existing plant on back bay  dacey lease in february 1943 the heirsatlaw of claudia g vick dacey 18691937 and marguerite dacey 19001942 executed a oneyear lease with an option to purchase to officials of the westergard boat yard william p kennedy ii 18731951 victor b pringle 19091977 thomas n pringle 19061970 james w pringle 19141971 and wb goodman a copartnership on three tracts of land situated on rhodes point on the back bay of biloxi these three contiguous tracts which were bisected by bayview avenue ran north for over 800 feet to back bay and were for the part 185 feet in width the lease ran from february 20 1943 to february 20 1944 and cost 1200 per year if the option were executed during the lease period the dacey heirs would sell their three parcels for 8000 harrison co chancery court land deed bk 255 p 69  fountain lease in early march 1943 frances fountain roberts ethel fountain helen fountain fluker and gussie e fountain jr the heirs of gussie fountain sr entered into a lease agreement with the westergard boat works this lot had 62 feet on back bay and ran south 600 feet to bayview avenue it was bounded on the east by the braun canning company and the west by the biloxi port commission and the people s bank of biloxi the rent was 400 for the first year with the lessee given a purchase option of 3600 after that had been concluded harrison co chancery court land deed bk p 73  people s bank of biloxi lease the people s bank ease to westergard boat works was very generous and extremely patriotic as it was a mere 20 per month with 62 feet on biloxi s back bay and ran south across bay view avenue 450 feet to the property of oris danice the gussie fountain heirs were to the east and the dacey heirs to the west harrison co chancery court land deed bk p 73  braun lease the braun canning company entered into a lease with the westergard boat works late march 1943 the rent was 500 each month until october 1943 when it decreased to 400 per month the tract had 114 feet on back bay east by city of biloxi south by bay view avenue and west by the heirs of gussie fountain harrison co chancery court land deed bk p 76 the braun canning company and shell crushing plant has been closed and the property leased to the westergard boat works the company moved to another location on back bay the daily herald may 4 1943 p 2 the braun canning company and shell crushing plant has been closed and the property leased to the westergard boat works the company moved to another location on back bay the daily herald may 4 1943 p 2  barge launch on june 18th westergard launched its 2nd composite oil barge the 2000000 contract called for the construction of thirty oil barges to haul petroleum products from texaslouisiana to jacksonville florida via the intracoastal waterway the hydrocarbons were offloaded to other barges for shipment to cities on the atlantic seaboard the barges were 160 feet long 34 feet wide and 10 12 feet deep with the capacity for 6000 barrels james w pringle was superintendent of the boatyard and connie collins supervised construction the daily herald june 19 1943 p 1  employee housing as biloxi was witnessing exponential population growth at this time public and residential housing was in demand in late july the federal housing authority approved that 100 family dwellings be erected at biloxi for civilian defense employees at keesler field and the westergard biloxi boat works bay view homes a biloxi public housing complex had 50units allotted for keesler laborers as the airbase work declined 40units at bay view homes were to be occupied by westergard employees the new construction sixplexes was to be south of harrison court i daniel gehr biloxi architect was involved in the project the daily herald july 26 1943 p 1 and august 4 1943 p 1  barge reduction in early september the management of the us army corp of engineers at philadelphia reassessed their oil barge construction progam and determined that they had overestimated the number of vessels needed their contract with westergard biloxi boat works was reduced the corps district office at mobile related that this act was no reflection upon the quality of the watercraft that had been built by the biloxi shipyard three oil barges under construction would terminate this program the daily herald september 21 1943 p 2 to be continued to be continued  boat builders   north biloxi d iberville    manuel sanchez the federal census circuit court and chancery court land deed records of harrison county mississippi indicate that manuel sanchez  18061877 a spanish immigrant arrived in the united states circa 1823 he probably came through the port of new orleans and married a louisiana woman phillipine or phillipa 17911879 before settling at back bay d iberville probably in 1833 or 1834 manuel sanchez was naturalized on march 4 1846 it can be deduced from the deed records that he bought three arpents fronting 576 feet on the north shore of the back bay of biloxi from dominique ladner prior to october 1834 harco ms circuit court natutalization bk 1 p 126 manuel sanchez was a ship carpenter and probably was the first to operate a shipyard at what became known as shipyard point at back bay bill holland s unique wooden boatyard on central avenue in d iberville is at or near the same location today the other sanchez land on the back bay was the site of the former st theresa catholic school just east of bill holland and south of the old catholic church manuel sanchez built the first catholic chapel at back bay during the war of the rebellion 18611865 he erected a large wooden crucifix on the shoreline which was later replaced with an iron cross forged at handsboro it became a local legend that this cross was planted by iberville 16711706 the frenchcanadian soldier of fortune who landed on biloxi bay in february 1699 bremer 1931 the sanchezs apparently had no children of their own but appear to have left their land to charles manuelsanchez 18451897 a black man who was probably their slave until immancipation charles sanchez sold a lot of land 89 x160 to bishop francis janssen of the diocese of natchez in april 1884 harco ms land deed book 20 pp 8889 this sale resulted in the construction of st theresa s catholic church 18841979 charles sanchez appears to have reared israel sanchez who he may have adopted emotionally if not legally when charles sanchez passed in july 1897 he legated his estate to israel sanchez in his will charles sanchez averred that he had raised israel from a child harco ms chancery court will bk 2 p 43 in march 1927 mrs victoria r sanchez sold her ½ acre of land at bayou puerto situated in the ne c of lot 2 section 13 t7sr9w to wj engbarth 18871957 and h gladney 19001978 she was residing in harrison county at the time of the conveyance mrs sanchez had moved to the back bay section of biloxi about 1921 and found work in the seafood industry she expired in july 1961 and her remains were interred in the martin ryan memorial cemetery on bayou puerto jxco ms land deed bk 60 p 237 and  the daily herald july 24 1961 p 2    joseph santa cruz   john santa cruz   john foretich   antoine fountain antpoine fountain 18481916   ship carpenter in 1900 son of francois fountain and julienne ladner married willamine young 18481910 in 1870  casmir j harvey   18451904  casimir boy jacob harvey jr   martin fountain probably one of the most acclaimed boat builders of the mississippi coast  martin fountain  18561938 got his start at point st martin he was born in the area the last child of francois fountain c1798c1885 and julienne ladner 1815c 1876 in 1882  the biloxi herald  of may 7 1892 announced that martin fountain and s ladnier of jackson county are building a fine shipyard for their own use though outsiders can also be accommodated fountain built many biloxi schooners his home was located on what later became known as birdsell s hill after charles m birdsell the biloxi herald may 7 1892 p 4 martin fountain moved to biloxi about 1903 and continued his shipbuilding skills there other boat builders of note in the area were willie fountain 18821963 j henry cannette 18871969 who was known for his catboat construction and herman kelly 18811948 who built shrimp trawlers on the fountain beach after ww ii  references   the biloxi herald point st martin may 7 1892  casimir j harvey   casimir jacob harvey  18451904 was the son of pierre harvey  18101893 and zeline moran  18111883 both french appellations have been slightly anglicizedharvey from hervais or herve and moran from morin the 20th century ap moran 18971967 family of ocean springs can trace its roots here via back bay d iberville and biloxi casmir j harvey was reared at back bay on harvey hill an area north of present day goodman road several current historians obviously do not realize that this was the homestead of sailor pierre harvey not the bayshore drive location of his son casimir which is often given in error living at back bay in the mid19th century were some of the pioneer shipwrights of the mississippi coast dalmatian john baptiste foretich 18131875 spanish born nicholas voivedich 18221896 and spaniards manuel sanchez 18061871 bernard taltavull 18291870 and jose santa cruz 18091886 young casimir chose marine carpentry as his trade and probably apprenticed himself to senor santa cruz in october 1867 casimir j harvey married rosina hosli 18521937 an 1856 immigrant from canton glarius switzerland the casimir j harvey home and shipyard were located on the waterfront of back bay just west of the i110 bridge here the harveys reared their family casimir j harvey jr 18681957 margaret h mulholland 18701900 maria r harvey 18731876 caroline h saujon 18751918 pauline h clifford 18781967 claurine h holloway 18811940 peter harvey 18851904 emma agnes harvey 18891968 and ida h santa cruz 18921964 hurricane camille 1969 destroyed the harvey home which was a onestory wood frame acadian cottage its threebay front was capped by a hip roof casimir j harvey s granddaughter h mercedes holloway guffey 19101998 resides today on the old home site at 3387 bay shore drive with her daughter joan guffey the second post office at back bay may have been located here as casimir harvey succeeded annie mallette quave 18281904 as postmaster in april 1886 casimir j harvey operated his shipyard a few hundred feet west of his home casimir s skill as a boat builder was boldly exhibited in his white winged queens the biloxi schooner he and casimir j harvey jr built many of these sleek fishing vessels for the pioneer seafood operators of biloxi among their schooners were  emily montross  1878  ht howard  1889  fairy queen  1890  emma harvey  1891  ida mae harvey   carroll clifford   wyandotte  and  white wing  all 1904  algonquin  1905  tuscarora  1905 and  sioux  1906 the  emma harvey  and crew were lost in the july storm of 1916 at schooner harbor in the chandeleur islands see  the ocean springs record the emma harvey a tale of the july storm july 7july 21 1994   for nearly three decades the  fairy queen  was a familiar sight to residents of coastal west jackson county as it plied the waters of fort bayou and back bay ww branigar brother of harvey w branigar 18751953 a founder of gulf hills in 1926 organized the fairy queen ship company in 1927 it served that verdant resort as a pleasure craft to entertain guests in march 1890 a reporter for  the biloxi herald  visiting back bay related in that venerable journal  casmere harvey s store is the first place that one strikes when disembarking the ferry and it is one that everybody can feel at home at he carries a good stock of groceries and general merchandise as well as ship chandlery casmere has a tamed wild goose and it is a beauty for its kind this webfooted customer follows cass around like a dog and when cass is annoyed too much with its company he says go home and don t make a goose of yourself the goose goes  with the shipyard busy and a prosperous retail store in operation casimir harvey appears to have needed a place to relax and celebrate his success with his neighbors and inlaws in december 1890 the harrison county board of police granted him a license to retail vinous and spirituous liquors in quantities less than one gallon the license was good for twelve months in his barroom situated at the south end of wells road now boney avenue about where said road intersects the back bay of biloxi harrison county ms board of police minute book 4 p 80 casimir j harvey and his young brother philip harvey 18511918 were involved in local horse racing and trading phil harvey especially developed a reputation as a knowledgeable horseman at back bay and point st martin where he later resided and operated a store there appears to have been two excellent horseracing tracks in the north bay area at the turn of the century present day race track road owes its descriptive appellation to the sport of kings several reports in  the biloxi herald  of march 1890 related the harvey brothers involvement in this activity  casmere harvey is proud in the possession of one of the fleetest horses on the coast and clara p for symmetry and beauty of proportion in limb and length is hard to beat   casmere harvey has sold his celebrated racer cannon ball     in horse trading mr phillip harvey has no rival no equine beauty passes his critical eye without a bid and he invariably like the notorious eli gets there   phil harvey had a good trip of over thirtyfive miles in the country in the early part of the week after a runaway horse he got his strayed animal and did some profitable horse trading at the same time nothing slow about phil  the emma harvey according to the indigenous people of coastal mobile county alabama the high tides and strong winds of hurricane frederick on september 12 1979 blew this casmir harvey built schooner into the wide expanses of the mon island marsh or portersville bay to the west of cedar point the fate or position of the  emma harvey  is presently unknown but it is generally held that the biloxi built schooner was destroyed by hurricane frederick   emma harvey a tale of the july storm 1916 the recent near miss of tropical storm alberto on july 3 1994 reminded me of an incident that happened on the mississippi coast seventyeight years ago almost to the day it is a true story well documented in the journals and lives of the people of that time  ocean springs in the humid morning of july 6 1916 railroad agent john drysdale 18691934 walked slowly across the l n railroad bridge from ocean springs towards biloxi soon he would announce to the world the fate of his little town on the eastern shore of the bay of biloxi during the early morning hours a hurricane struck the mississippi coast roaring through ocean springs with wind gusts up to 125 mph destruction wrought by the tempest was manifested in roof fence chimney tree and shed damage no one was seriously injured but plumber george dale 18721953 got a good scare when the knights of pythias hall which he was occupying during the storm got blown off its foundation the colored baptist church was heavily hit by the strong wind force and had to be demolished in the days following the storm in the country the rose farm north of fort bayou reported severe damage at the ce pabst 18511920 pecan orchards some of the older trees were damaged more fortunate was theo bechtel 18631931 reporting only slight ruin to his potential crop  biloxi at biloxi l n agent drysdale found that city in great suffering the hurricane had struck there also with unrelenting fury the back bay and point cadet areas were especially hit hard it would be days and even weeks before all the news of the great natural disaster would be known at the time many ships were operating in the mississippi sound these vessels weren t outfitted with the communication and weather reporting devices we have today consequently most of the sailors and their vessels were caught unprepared many of the biloxi schooners were fortunate in that they were working near the partially sheltered louisiana marshes other mariners sought haven in the lee of the offshore barrier islands those not so fortunate rode the storm out at sea most seamen made it home to their port one small biloxi schooner wasn t so fortunate it was the  emma harvey  and her story follows courtesy of russell barnesseptember 2020  the emma harvey the  emma harvey  was a biloxi schooner utilized in the tourist shrimp and oyster industry of the mississippi and louisiana marshes in the early years of the 20 th century she was built by casimir j harvey 18451904 at his back bay now d iberville shipyard probably in 1891 and was named for his youngest daughter emma agnes harvey 18891968 the physical dimensions of the emma harvey as reported on its master carpenter s certificate of novemebr 1891 are as follows length 37 feet beam 14 feet and hole depth 6 feet it is also documented that casimir harvey conveyed a schooner on may 25 1889 to ht howard the boat was called the  ht howard  and was thirty six feet in length fourteen and two sixteenth feet in breadth three feet deep and weighed eight and thirteen one hundredths tons from biloxi regatta entries the emma harvey competed as a schooner in the under 40foot class chancery court harrison co mississippi chattel book 2 p 232 and the biloxi daily herald august 19 1900 p 8 the  emma harvey  participated in some of the early biloxi schooner races in the 1901 biloxi regatta she withdrew before finishing the first round because of heavy seas after the days of the white winged queens had passed the  emma harvey  was converted to a charter boat and trawler she was last seen about 1978 in a canal at cedar point alabama north of dauphin island every ship has a tale to tell the  emma harvey  has many and is an unusual craft as will be demonstrated the biloxi daily herald july 7 1901 p 1 on tuesday morning the fourth of july 1916 the  emma harvey   owned by ulysses lel desporte 18611927 a biloxi commercial oyster dealer departed back bay on a shrimping trip to chandeleur island unknown to captain george duggan and his crew who consisted of arthur duggan lawrence bennett john helm 18931916 john mcduffy and jack atkinson an englishman a category three hurricane was poised to strike the mississippi gulf coast the following afternoon july 5th  the july storm the july storm as it is known in the annals of gulf coast meteorology came ashore between ocean springs and pascagoula mississippi during this tropical cyclone several barometers in biloxi registered 2808 of mercury although this was the lowest barometric pressure ever recorded to this date it was relatively high when compared to the tornadolike camille of august 1969 which had a record low pressure for any storm to that time of 2658 of mercury hurricane wilma 2005 is now the record holder with a pressure of 2605 of mercury in the early hours of the tempest the wind direction of the july storm was northeast but shifted to the west where it remained until it abated in the early hours of the morning of july 6 a wind velocity of 90 miles hour was recorded at biloxi the  emma harvey  reached chandeleur island and was at anchor in schooner harbor on the west side of the island this fact was corroborated by captain robert williams of the schooner  lagoda  also a victim of the furious storm other ships in the immediate area were the schooners  laguna    lagonia and the  beulah d   the crews of these vessels were rescued in the days immediately following the hurricane by boats from biloxi a vivid description of the harrowing experience in the chandeleurs aboard the   beulah d  is given by louis largilliere 18611950 in the july 10th 1916  the daily herald  pp 1 and 3 he stated that    he never wanted to go through such an experience again and he is grateful that he reached the mainland again the   beulah d   was caught in the storm while at anchor in chandeleur sound near north keys after the blow had overtaken them they put out two anchors but they were of no avail and the schooner was carried about the gulf for a distance of thirty five miles after the masts had both blown out by the gale during the drifting of the boat the members aboard were compelled to remain below most of the time as the wind was so strong that had they attempted to walk on deck they would have been blown overboard and lost forever the hatches of the boat were blown away and canvas had to be tacked down to keep out the torrents of rain   wyandotte another casimer harvey 18451904 built schooner depicted in this vintage postcard was the wyandotte  the  wyandotte  was constructed in 1904 for william f gorenflo 18441932 pioneer biloxi seafood magnate and philanthropist the gorenflo factory was situated on back bay near main street like the  emma harvey  the  wyandotte  was a victim of the 1916 july storm she was capsized and beat to pieces in back bay the biloxi daily herald january 27 1904 p 6 and the daily herald july 7 1916 p 7  search in the days and weeks following the great blow lel desporte sent out motor vessels primarily the  ursula c  captained by johnny duggan or boy bennett with other relatives of the missing crew they made a complete search of cat island the chandeleurs cryhoe bay point comfort earl island bird island breton island taylor s pass north keys battle door southwest keys and neptune louisiana this valiant search of the western sector discovered the abandoned schooner    segura  and the schooner barge  hussler  both from biloxi at cryhoe bay in the louisiana marshes at taylor s pass they located a drowned fisherman the only physical sign of the  emma harvey  after the great storm in the chandeleurs was reported by captain gl fields of the schooner  beulah d  who stated that when his crew went ashore on the island to search for signs of the  emma harvey  they found nothing but a small meat board and small pieces of rope that had drifted ashore from some boat during the gale they could see in the sand where the  emma harvey  was believed to have dragged her two anchors in her journey across the island to the east during the blow by late july the hunt for the missing schooner continued aboard the  ursula c   now captained by floyd lanius 18861936 henry and fred duggan son of captain george duggan were also aboard the search party now concentrated its relentless efforts to the east combing horn petit bois dauphin and lesser islands in that area they also went to pascagoula mobile and the west florida coast seeking information and leads there were some sightings in the eastern gulf which gave hope for locating the missing crew and boat the coast guard cutter  tallapoosa  reported on july 11 that it had passed a schooner s mast twelve feet out of the water at latitude 2918 n and longitude 8655 w approximately 100 miles southeast of pensacola about the same time the private yacht  shirin  of new orleans passed a vessel within six miles of grant s pass near dauphin island with its right side up an unusual event occurred on august 2 when martin lomax a teenage lad from biloxi found a bottle with a note in it on the south side of deer island the note read   help help on an unknown island   signed george duggan and crew some thought the note a hoax while others believed john helm had written it since he always carried an empty flask in his pocket when at sea to be prepared for the emergency of a shipwreck  john henry helm  18931916  john henry helm  18931916 young helm was a crewman on the illfated  emma harvey  on that july 5 th day of 1916 he was a nola native of german ancestry john helm had the reputation of carrying a vial or bottle to sea he envisioned that in an emergency situation a message could be written placed in the sealed vial and thrown overboard to be carried by winds and tides hopefully to be discovered someday revealing his fate in august 1916 the overturned hull of the ravaged  emma harvey  was found south of santa rosa island near pensacola florida helm s remains of those of his shipmates have never been located  found the destiny of the vanished  emma harvey  was revealed to the world on august 12 when the lost schooner was located by two fishing boats from pensacola she was found floating bottom side up about twentyfive miles from pensacola other reports point to a location of seventy five miles no sign of captain duggan or any members of his crew were ever found the derelict vessel was towed to a mooring point near the perdido wharf in pensacola by the tug  william flanders  mr bruce s weeks deputy collector of customs at pensacola stated in his report of the incident the following    there are absolutely no indications that the crew of the   emma harvey  was saved and he expressed the opinion that the men from biloxi who went to the chandeleur islands on july 5 were lost in the hurricane which swept over the gulf on that date no indication of crew and there does not seem to be much probability that they ever got away in the boats the crew evidently cut away the rigging on the starboard side but failed to cut it on the lee side first and apparently the rigging went over the port side hung and the vessel simply turned over the anchors appear to have been out but only a short length of chain   the biloxi schooner  emma harvey  was deemed worth saving by captain rocheblane of the towing vessel  william flanders  but because of the great salvage and towing expense lel desporte decided to dispose of her in pensacola the precedent information was assimilated from  the daily herald  in the issues july 7 1916 through august 29 1916  frank j duggan a personal perspective of the incident is given by frank j duggan 19122000 who is the sole surviving son of the skipper of the  emma harvey  george duggan frank duggan resides at 344 fayard street in biloxi on the site that his family moved to circa 1905 previously the duggans lived at 747 reynoir as frank duggan was only four years of age when his father george brother arthur and cousin lawrence bennett drowned that stormy july 5th evening east of the chandeleurs it wasn t until years later at the dinner table or while drinking beer with his older brothers charlie and fred duggan that he would hear the familial version of the  emma harvey  disaster the following narrative is a summary of the tale of the  emma harvey  as told to me by frank j duggan on december 17 1990  the voyage to chandeleur commenced as a suggestion from johhny mcduffy when he told george duggan hey cap they re slaughtering shrimp out there and getting redfish with them in the seine captain duggan mustered his crew but son fred had disappeared to parts unknown when the anchor was weighed fred duggan was replaced by his brother arthur a newly wed arthur was eager to earn good wages for his new family situation   fred duggan who had sailed on the   emma harvey   many times with his father never liked the little vessel and thought it unsafe in rough weather he referred to it as a deathtrap and admonished charlie duggan to never sail on her fred preferred the larger schooner    cavalier  and could never understand his dad s love for the smaller boat the tragedy of the july storm of 1916 has remained with the duggan family through the years as one would expect from such a sudden loss of loved ones    after the   emma harvey   was towed into pensacola and salvaged a miami man bought it from salvagers he had it towed to southern florida and refurbished it with a new cabin engine and trawls the us coast guard became suspicious of the vessel since it never seemed to utilize it fishing gear when they boarded the craft a cargo of illicit cuban spirits was discovered in the hole the rum runner was confiscated and sold at a sealed bid auction in miami as a victim of the prohibition enforcement years 19191933 the purchaser an alabama man returned the   emma harvey   to the gulf coast probably to bon secour alabama    cedar point alabama a trip by the author to cedar point and dauphin island alabama on december 31 1990 resulted in telephone conservations with sadie mae collier serra and john henry lamey sadie serra is the daughter of frank collier according to her frank collier obtained the emma harvey from a bon secour man in a trade the man may have been john steiner or budgey plash collier gave 800 worth of fine oysters for the vessel mrs serra the tenth of eleven collier children told of her father s success as a business man in mobile county frank collier and two associates owned twentyfive boats a canning factory and grocery store on dauphin island and an ice plant at mobile a disastrous fire at the ice plant and the great depression combined to bring the colliers to financial chaos they moved to cedar point circa 1933 with only 75 cents in the family treasury frank collier began life anew by oystering in the bay his wife opened the mollusks and sold them this mom and pop operation slowly grew and the collier children were integrated into the operation as their age allowed sadie mae serra said that the collier fortunes improved rapidly after the emma harvey acquisition initially the old biloxi schooner was put to work as a ferryboat transporting people mail automobiles and cattle from cedar point to the island the colliers ran a herd on the west end of dauphin island prior to world war ii the emma harvey would take day charters to the snapper banks during the war years fear of german submarines caused captain collier to ply the coastal and bay waters for trout he would take as many as twenty people out for 30 per day and give them a delicious fish fry after the trip during the september 1947 hurricane the emma harvey was trapped by low tide at her mooring in the cedar point canal the collier family left for higher ground when they returned the next morning they found the valiant little lady on high ground adjacent to their store during the night of fierce winds and violent seas the vessel had stood as a barrier to protect the colliers building from storm tossed flotsam and other debris john henry lamey a neighbor to sadie mae serra at alabama port worked as a deckhand on the emma harvey in the 1940s and 1950s with weldon doc collier the brother of sadie serra he vividly recalls the search and discovery of the wreckage of a national airlines dc6 airliner which crashed into the gulf about twelve miles south of fort morgan the accident occurred in february 1953 the commercial aircraft was en route to moissant airport now louis armstrong international at new orleans from tampa when it went down as the result of turbulent weather  emma harvey  july 1971 in july 1971 lottie duggan foretich 19051994 visited this canal site at cedar point alabama where the schooner emma harvey was moored her father george duggan and brother arthur duggan died in the 1916 july storm and their corporal remains were never found according to the indigenous people of coastal alabama the high tides and strong winds of hurricane frederick on september 12 1979 blew the casimir harvey built schooner into the wide expanses of the mon island marsh or portersville bay to the west of cedar point the fate or position of the  emma harvey  is presently unknown but it is generally held that the back bay biloxi built schooner was destroyed by hurricane frederick image from h john gutierrez myfamilyinfoinfo after the dauphin island causeway was completed in the 1950s the emma harvey plied the bay and gulf waters as a shrimp trawler according to the indigenous people of coastal alabama the high tides and strong winds of hurricane frederick on september 12 1979 blew the casmir harvey built schooner into the wide expanses of the mon island marsh or portersville bay to the west of cedar point the fate or position of the emma harvey is presently unknown but it is generally held that the biloxi built schooner was destroyed by hurricane frederick  cedar point alabama a trip by the author to cedar point and dauphin island alabama on december 31 1990 resulted in telephone conservations with sadie mae collier serra and john henry lamey sadie serra is the daughter of frank collier according to her frank collier obtained the  emma harvey  from a bon secour alabama man in a trade the man may have been john steiner or budgey plash collier gave 800 worth of fine oysters for the vessel mrs serra the tenth of eleven collier children told of her father s success as a business man in mobile county frank collier and two associates owned twentyfive boats a canning factory and grocery store on dauphin island and an ice plant at mobile a disastrous fire at the ice plant and the great depression combined to bring the colliers to financial chaos they moved to cedar point circa 1933 with only 75 cents in the family treasury frank collier began life anew by oystering in the bay his wife opened the mollusks and sold them this mom and pop operation slowly grew and the collier children were integrated into the operation as their age allowed sadie mae serra said that the collier fortunes improved rapidly after the  emma harvey  acquisition initially the old biloxi schooner was put to work as a ferryboat transporting people mail automobiles and cattle from cedar point to the island the colliers ran a herd on the west end of dauphin island prior to world war ii the  emma harvey  would take day charters to the snapper banks during the war years fear of german submarines caused captain collier to ply the coastal and bay waters for trout he would take as many as twenty people out for 30 per day and give them a delicious fish fry after the trip during the september 1947 hurricane the  emma harvey  was trapped by low tide at her mooring in the cedar point canal the collier family left for higher ground when they returned the next morning they found the valiant little lady on high ground adjacent to their store during the night of fierce winds and violent seas the vessel had stood as a barrier to protect the colliers building from storm tossed flotsam and other debris john henry lamey a neighbor to sadie mae serra at alabama port worked as a deckhand on the  emma harvey  in the 1940s and 1950s with weldon doc collier the brother of sadie serra he vividly recalls the search and discovery of the wreckage of a national airlines dc6 airliner which crashed into the gulf about twelve miles south of fort morgan the accident occurred in february 1953 the commercial aircraft was en route to moissant airport now louis armstrong international at new orleans from tampa when it went down as the result of turbulent weather after the dauphin island causeway was completed in the 1950s the  emma harvey  plied the bay and gulf waters as a shrimp trawler according to the indigenous people of coastal alabama the high tides and strong winds of hurricane frederick on september 12 1979 blew the casmir harvey built schooner into the wide expanses of the mon island marsh or portersville bay to the west of cedar point the fate or position of the  emma harvey  is presently unknown but it is generally held that the biloxi built schooner was destroyed by hurricane frederick  pierre hervai pierre harvey 18101893 was born in france about 1810 he is the patriarch of the harvey family of the mississippi gulf coast it is not known precisely when pierre harvey came to the united states or from which french city or department that he immigrated it is very likely that he arrived in the back bay north biloxi community in the 1830s here the young french seaman met and married celina morin 18111883 on february 20 1840 the name morin is now spelled moran the marriage of pierre harvey and celina moran was recorded in the book of marriages volume 8 18401842 folio 103 of the archives of the st louis cathedral at new orleans pierre harvey and spouse had settled on the 46 acres in section 17 t7sr9w he had acquired from his fatherinlaw joseph moran ii in 1842 he sold 37 acres to jl lastinger reserving 9acres which was probably the harvey homestead as one can see from the topographic map of the area it was well named as it was called harvey hill the city of d iberville recently placed a historical marker for harvey hill on march 2 1846 monsieur harvai made the following statement in the circuit court of harrison county  this day being a day of the term of said court the second day of march ad 1846 personally came and appeared in open court pier sic who being duly sworn and solemnly acclaim that it was his bonafied intention to become a citizen of the united states of america and to renounce forever all allegiance to any foreign state prince or sovereignty whatsoever and particularly to louis phillip king of the french he has heretofore been a subject  minutes of the harco ms circuit courtbook 1 p 116 pierre harvey became a citizen of the united states of america on march 6 1848 this act took place at the harrison county circuit court at mississippi city and was recorded in the minutes of the harco ms circuit courtbook 1 page 183 pierre and celina harvey lived on the back bay of biloxi near her father joseph moran ii here he made his livelihood as a seaman and fisherman harvey probably toiled in the coastal schooner trade naval stores salt lumber and charcoal were produced locally and shipped to new orleans and mobile the traders returned with food staples tools and cloth the morin moran family of the mississippi coast originated at st pierredusud quebec canada here joseph morin was born of denis morin and madeleine boulet he settled at cat island and married louise ladner the daughter of nicolas ladner and marie anne pacquet in 1778 all of their children were born and reared at cat island pierre harvey died on september 30 1893 celina moran harvey preceded him in death she expired on september 21 1883 their remains were probably interred in the moran cemetery at d iberville mississippi to my present knowledge ocean springs and jackson county residents with direct familial connections to the  emma harvey  through its builder casimir j harvey 18451904 are former ward iv alderman philip phil i harvey 19412012 and family carroll l clifford jr 19252006 former jackson county board of supervisor from gautier and family and myself  epilogue ocean springs mississippijuly 7 1994 today i receive a telephone call from bobbie bond helm who resides at 309 live oak in ocean springs she tells me that her husband joseph o helm jr is the nephew of john henry helm 18931916 who was a crew member of the emma harvey  mrs helm further details the helm family relating that there were four helm brothers and a sister conrad 18901914 martin 18911954 john henry 18931916 joseph o 18961968 and rita 1898 their father john g helm 18671949 of german ancestry was born at new orleans while their mother was josephine molero 18581914 of st bernard parish the moleros were from the canary islands all the helm men were born at new orleans and died at biloxi except john who was lost at sea east of the chandeleurs on july 5 1916 frank j duggan 19122000 the son of captain george duggan the skipper of the illfated  emma harvey  resided at biloxi and was married to carrie mae voivedich 19132001 she spent her formative years at ocean springs mrs duggan s father nichcolas voivedich owned a store on washington avenue about where miner s toys is now located the voivedich brothers store closed in the mid1920s familial connections to the emma harvey through its builder casmir j harvey 18451904 are former ward iv alderman phil harvey carroll clifford jackson county board of supervisor from gautier and myself phil harvey is as direct descendant of pierre harvey jr 18411878 and victoria koehl 18501904 mr clifford descends from the builder casmir harvey and rosina husley 18521937 and i am a descendant of marie harvey 18401894 and antoine victor bellande 18291918 marie was the eldest child of french immigrant pierre harvey probably hervais or herve 18101880 and celestine moran 18111883 casmir pierre jr and marie harvey who were born at back bay present day d iberville were siblings  willie fountain  18821963 died june 25 1963 married tamelia fossier 18791963 located at harrison county north of fountain cemetery  references  viola moore cannetteaugust 1996  j henry cannette   18871969 built catboats on west side of avery point  herman kelly  18901948 built boats on fountain beach after ww ii  william t holland   19432005 boat yard located on the historic site of manuel sanchez and john foretich at 9362 central avenue graduate of biloxi high school  reference  the biloxid iberville press    a part of south mississippi s history   october 4 1995 p 13  francis a taltavull francis a taltavull  18511930 married mary margaret bertheaud 18601904 on march 19 1879 she was the daughter of benjamin bertheaud d pre 1866 and anna marie abbley 18421917 the bertheauds were married by justice of the peace berry wells 18121876 on october 23 1858 in harrison county their other children were rosalie bertheaud b1862 and mary victorine bertheaud b 1865 after the death of benjamin bertheaud anna marie married joseph santa cruz 18091886 on july 10 1866 anecdotal history relates that there were eight children born to this union but only four sons survived fritz santa cruz 18701952 rudolph santa cruz 18721932 adolph santa cruz 18811972 and randolph santa cruz 18821971 joseph santa cruz was born at palma on the island of majorca in 1880 francis and margaret taltavull were residing at back bay now d iberville next to her mother mrs joseph santa cruz both men are ship carpenters the children of francis a taltavull and marie marguerite bertheaud were mary maggie t moran 18801948 wife of we moran william bernard taltavull 18821948 francis a taltavull 18831950 alphonsine taltavull 18851885 and margaret t venus 18881966 wife of joseph venus frank taltavull learned the spanish language and the art of shipbuilding from his father bernard on the shores of north biloxi his father took him to cuba during the civil war and he later worked for the brooklyn boat works at new york city where he learned large shipbuilding methods in march 1880 frank taltavull bought a tract of land in a state tax sale for 320 it was formerly owned by william sylvester the land was located on the north shore of back bay and had one arpent 192 feet on the water and was one mile deep pierre quave was to the east and joseph moran to the west there is a high degree of certitude that taltavull located a shipyard here this is corroborated by the biloxi herald of march 19 1892 the journal announced that the new schooner emma r clemens owned by john moran was launched from frank taltavull s shipyard home belles who attended the ceremony were laura quave coline harvey virginia and theresa moran edna studebaker lena and josephine newman and melissa and viola seymour harrison county ms land deed book 17 p 370 frank taltavull advertised his business in the biloxi herald of october 5 1893 as follows  back bay   ship yard f taltavull practical ship carpenter and boat builder  vessels built hauled out and repaired on short notice and at reasonable prices the yard is supplied with all the modern appliances necessary to do first class work and vessels also hauled out by steam  p 4 c 3 the october 1893 hurricane washed away taltavull s shipyard on back bay probably as a result of losing his business and to locate closer to the seafood canneries on the south shore of back bay frank taltavull moved to biloxi in 1894 and resided on reynoir street by 1895 he was operating a shipyard on back bay mr taltavull was known for constructing fast sailboats schooners steam launches and tugs in may 1894 the new 18foot catboat  rosina  built by mr taltavull was for sale by wallace montross of the montross hotel asking price 65 the biloxi herald may 26 1894 p 8 two frank taltavull built vessels the schooner  a gerdes and brother  and the steam tug julius elbert became involved on may 29 1901 captain antoine v bellande 18291918 was in command of the schooner in the mississippi sound en route to ocean springs the sevenman crew was below preparing for bed with a green sailor at the helm the weather roughened and his inexperienced allowed the vessel to capsize captain bellande and his crew were found by the julius elbert clinging to their stricken ship they were rescued and having lost all their possession to the sea the biloxi daily herald may 29 1901 in 1905 the taltavull rerecich shipyard is in operation at 402 east back bay avenue it was sold by bernard taltavull to george melvin in august 1908 casimero rerecish 18581918 was an 1896 austrian probably croatian immigrant harco ms chattel bk 10 p 216 frank taltavull was beset with eye disease in his old age described as paralysis of the eye he visited an eye specialist at new orleans in march 1928 with some relief the daily herald march 26 1928 p 2 mrs taltavull died on july 12 1904 mr frank taltavull passed on january 6 1930 remains of both are interred at the biloxi cemetery  references  charles dyer along the gulf biloxi reprinted by the women of trinity episcopal church pass christian mississippi1971 brother jerome lepre the santa cruz family lepre new orleans louisiana1990 pp 4952 and p 59 the biloxi city directory volume 11905 the biloxi daily herald printery biloxi mississippi1905 p 49 and p 138 biloxi cemetery records book e francis taltavull sr microfilm biloxi public library p 214 the biloxi herald launching of the new schooner emma r clemens march 19 1892 p 4 the biloxi herald terrific gale october 5 1893 p 1 the biloxi herald local happenings may 26 1894 the biloxi daily herald may 29 1901 the biloxi daily herald morantaltavull january 26 1905 p 5 the biloxi daily herald venustaltavull november 26 1908 p 1 the daily herald casimero reresich obit february 8 1918 p 3 the daily herald returns from new orleans march 26 1928 personal communication rusty barnesnovember 1996 jane taltavull smithnovember 1996  peter quave shipyard  commenced either by pierre perrique quave 18081889 or his son peter simon quave 18261862 or raymond j quave 18511908 perrique quave left the area for st tammany parish louisiana circa 1859 peter s quave was killed at mobile circa 1862 during the civil war raymond the father of seymour the quave shipyard was located on the northshore of the back bay of biloxi its location is described in the land deeds books of harrison county mississippi in one conveyance as ninetyeight feet on the bay east by the old ferry landing and west by christopher quave deceased another deed states that john foretich is to the east john mally to the west and the quave house to the north this location present day would probably be between the gollott factory and holland s shipyard the quave shipyard was leased by pierre s quave s widow anna mallette quave 18281904 to jose aval in september 1867 it included the shipyard houses and all appurtenances situated on the tract the lease was for five years at 100 per year rental harco ms land deed bk 10 p 281 in december 1867 the quave shipyard was leased to to pedro perez 18231886 a spanish immigrant and ship carpenter peter perez was married to josephine gollott 18411897 son antonio perez 18591893 lost his life in the 1893 hurricane with boy balius aboard the schooner antonio p jr harco ms land deed bk 10 p 450 and  the biloxi herald   october 7 1893 p 1   quave shipyard bought lumber from fewell lilly in 1870 their sawmill was probaly located in section 18 t7sr9w this is in the oldfield point area west of goodman road the quave shipyard was still in existence by 1890s as in january 1892  the biloxi herald  announced that peter quave 18631936 is putting his shipyard in firstclass order  the biloxi herald   january 30 1892 p 1   the quave shipyard is busy two bages were launched yesterday and sevral other boats are being repaired the biloxi herald december 1 1893 p 1 peter quave was the grandson of the widow anna mallette quave he was married to alphonsine boney 18631900 and a merchant in 1900 peter quave built a seafood factory here later it lasted into the depression years  references    the biloxi herald  october 7 1893 p 1 the biloxi herald    back bay   january 30 1892 p 1 the biloxi herald    back bay items   december 1 1893 p 1  biloxi boat builders   john c brander john charles brander  18431913 a native of nova scotia and a resident of biloxi for the past seven years died at his home at 421 copp street sunday morning at 130 o clock after an illness of several weeks duration he was 70 years old before coming to biloxi he resided in pascagoula where he was engaged in the ship building business since his removal to this city he has been proprietor of brander s shipyard on back bay where he has done a prosperous business having built many of the boats plying in these waters for the various local canning factories he was associated in the ship building business with his son francis the only son surviving him he leaves also his wife and six daughters mrs francis taltavul and misses maggie lena alma gertrude and velma brander all of biloxi miss lena brander is a teacher in the biloxi schools the family is prominent in business and social circles in this city and have numerous friends in pascagoula and at other coast points who will be grieved to learn of the death of mr brander he was a man of sterling qualities unquestionable integrity and always manifested a patriotic interest in everthing that concerned the home of his adoption the funeral was held at 330 o clock this afternoon from his late residence with interment at the biloxi cemetery services were conducted by rev wm meggison pastor of the prebsyterian church the daily herald june 16 1913  francis a brander   references  7809 views  ', 0);
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(65, 'en', 'node_search', ' hotels and tourist homes hotels and tourist homes ray mon 4122010 1345  time line 1880  the pascagoula democrat june 4 1880 p 4  1893  the biloxi herald july 29 1893 p 8  1899  the biloxi daily herald december 14 1900 p 4 the breslow hotel  a new and spacious modern structure on front street was being completed by john eistetter occupancy was expected by 1 june mrs ma andrews formerly of the bay view will manage the premises she was at the neilson house in 1891 the biloxi daily herald may 25 1899 p 8 and the biloxi herald june 13 1891 p 4  1959 in late may   the sunnsand motel and restaurant were sold by alexander e bailey  builder and native of pennsylvania   to re dumas milner of jackson mississippi milner owned the king edwards hotel in jackson  and beaumont texas the daily herald may 30 1959 p 1  1963  the daily herald november 23 1963 p 28note all above are members of the biloxi chambe of commerce  biloxi hotels and parks  by ernest desporte  18881977 as biloxi was a popular summer resort before the coming of the railroad in 1871 sic there was always plenty of rental cottages available by the season in addition to private boarding houses and hotels a regular  ferry  service was provided between the mississippi coast  watering places  and new orleans by paddlewheel steamers the nixon hotel was on the corner of nixon street and beach road but it was torn down for the construction of the harry t howard mansion the beach hotel was just west of main street and was operated by the drysdales misses jennie annie and jo they had three brothers harry john and bob on the northeast corner of lameuse street and beach road was the shady grove  a hotel owned and operated by mr lameuse it later became the popular montross  hotel the social gathering place for biloxians it later became the riviera hotel  in 1891 the cress villa was built on beach road west of lameuse it was owned and operated by captain and mrs ernest desporte sr next was the bayview hotel  owned and operated by mr and mrs sullivan it occupied the northeast corner of beach road and delauney street on the northwest corner of was the arcade hotel  owned and operated by mr and mrs pat kennedy it was described as being a mesque building next to it was the terre cota  sic formerly an exposition building at the new orleans worlds fair mr kennedy purchased the building had it dismantledand brought to biloxi in sections and had it reassembled on biloxi beach it is said to be the first prefabricated building in the united states the magnolia hotel was built in 1847 by the hahn family and reputed to be the oldest hotel on the coast the property remained in the hahnholley family over the years until camille 1969 and the dateful coming of urban renewal through the efforts of glen swetman and other publicspirited citizens the old magnolia hotel  which was wrecked by the hurricane of 1969 was moved to the new site on water street it was reconstructed as a public building of much historical value it did me good to note the recognition of the old magnolia hotel as an historical item for tourist attraction built in 1847 it recalled to memory the many times i danced and banquets i attended in its spacious dining room i remember very wellmessrs henry hahn herman hahn and louis hahn and their sister mrs holley who operated the hotel until her passing messrs henry hahn and herman hahn were ardent fishermen and thought nothing of rowing their skiff from the magnolia wharf to the l n railroad bridge to fish for sheepshead louis hahn was captain of the steamboat  loxley  for ralph seeberg company as long as they were in business in biloxi captain louis hahn was also an ardent sports fisherman his favorite was fishing for redfish in big lake after ralph seeberg moved to gulfport captain louis hahn opened a shoe store at the northwest corner of west howard and magnolia street mrs holley the hotel manager was a widow and the mother of anson holley louis holley john holley geneva holley sarah holley and florence holley i am also reminded of our gang the magnolia street gang which consisted of anson holley louis hahn john dock holley barrow cousins reuben cousins theodore desporte ernest desporte john meunier vickey meunier and eugene p wilkes in the afternoons and evenings especially in summer we would assemble on the benches on the south side of the road in front of the magnolia hotel if any kid wanted a fight a foot race or to race play model boats he was accommodated there was always boxing matches and usually fights especially when the volunteer fireman s parade passed along the beach our favorite sports bicycle racing and chasing so called gown men also sandbagging anyone who passed under the poer while flounderingwe even sandbagged each other the gulf view hotel was on the northeast corner of seal avenue and beach road and the name was changed to memphis hotel and much later the palmer house  it was on the locale of the famous water cure of dr bahrenheidt sic before seal avenue was cut through to howard avenue formerly pass christian street this property was a considerable piece of intact land the only park in biloxi existed here  starting about 200 feet from the beach to howard avenue in this seal park there was a horse racing baseball and football games on a regula schedule george ahern a young biloxi boy rode his first horse at ther park and later went on to become a famous jockey in racing circles along west beach there were no other hotels at the time but in 1892 the property about a quarter mile west of the biloxi lighthouse was purchased for the construction of a privately owned college in 1893 the sea coast academy began operations under the ownership and tutelage of dr rodebuch sic and son this academy ceased as a college and was bought by dr hm folkes and dr talbert sic dr folkes came to the coast with the public health service to work at the quarantine station offshore they converted the school into the biloxi sanatorium  a private hospital the old wood frame buildings were later torn down and the modern brick colonial style  new biloxi hotel was erected on tis site it operated for many years as one of biloxi s leading hotels this building too felt the hand of progress and was razed to its steel framework and converted into the chateau le grand condominiums a young attorney walter a white arrived in biloxi in a covered wagon which he first parked on back bay after he became acquainted with biloxians he liked biloxi so well that he returned to his home town and got his entire family and brought them back to live here he opened a law office and began a very successful legal practice lawyer white purchased some property a short distance from the biloxi cemetery and mrs white soon was operating the white house hotel  a short distance further west was a large tract of land running from the beach to back bay it was owned by the methodist conference of louisiana mississippi and alabama that section of the property from the beach to the l n railroad was fenced in and became known as the sea shore campground  a large number of cottages were built by members of the methodist faith and occupied by their families during the summer months a large tabernacle was built and regular camp meetings continued all summer north of this property and fronting on back bay was another large tract of land owned by the us government and held in reserve for the vast number of oak trees then desirable for lumber for ship construction this tract was deeded over to the city of biloxi for park and cemetery purposes and became known as the naval reserve park  at one time in the twenties the us coast guard occupied a section of the park on back bay from which their cutter chased down rum runners the property also had the biloxi airport and a major league baseball park  the ball park was the training site for the toledo mudhens washington senators and philadelphia phillies all of this property along with the biloxi country club golf course was given to the federal government on which to locate keesler field  this gift of biloxi to the federal government also included parcels of land containing home sites which the city had to purchase before it could give this land for keesler field just east of the keesler property and fronting on back bay was the subdivision of oak park before it became oak park it was a virgin wilderness on the bay owned by mr and mrs parkhurst they operated a pecan and fig orchard thereon this fine old couple befriended a man and gave him employment this drifter named gibson was later accused of murdering the parkhurts and setting afire tier home he was arrested tried convicted and hung this entire case was bizarre and some felt that perhaps justice was not served   from the walter fountain collection in the biloxi public library    biloxi hotels by ray l bellande   18401860   the american hotel   1843   peter flanagan peter flanagan died at biloxi in 1846  edward milford   lease in may 1843 peter flanagan d 1846 of the village of biloxi made a two year lease with edward milford of mobile alabama for the following property at biloxi mississippi  commencing on the south shore of the south bay or  shore  of biloxi measuring fortyeight feet on the gulf of mexico running north along a road or street between the said flanagan and the property of john nixon three hundred feet to a line between the property of the estate of morse thence fortyeight feet to a line between benjamin holley and said flanagan thence south to the bay or gulf of mexico conveying there with all the water rights to said front as rent for the above described premises for the said two years  edward milford agrees to take the frame of a house already erected on the said lot of land and the lumber attached thereto not already used and complete it in a plain workman like manner as an hotel or house of public resort on condition that the outlay he shall be called upon to make shall not exceed three hundred dollars and that he will pay the said flanagan one hundred and fifty dollars as follows pay fifty dollars in october 1843 and one hundred dollars on or before first of july eighteen hundred and fortyfour the state tax on real estate for the premises is to be paid by edward milford for the above two years the said edward milford is to pay onehalf of the insurance from fire on the said house so soon as it is insured as the business which said milford will establish in these premises is likely to prove advantageous to the property hereby leased and which the said flanagan reserves for the support of his children yet minors he also agrees at the expiration of the present demurred lease to give the said edward milford his heirs or assigns the refusal of a new lease for six years or more at the annual rent of three hundred dollars per annum provided that whatever improvements the said milford his heirs or assigns may place upon the said ground are left there at the expiration of the said renewal term of lease for the benefit of the said flanagan his heirs or assigns it is also further stipulated that the said flanagan or his heirs and assigns should duly protect defend and sustain the said milford his heirs or assigns in the peaceful possession of the said land and premises and shall not dispose of the property either by public or private sale without first offering it to the said milford his heirs or assigns at the lowest price he intends taking for it given under our names and seals at biloxi this 15 day of may one thousand eight hundred and forty three peter flanagan edward milfordwitness benjamin holley holmes wentzell and alexander black harrison co mississippi land deed bk 1 pp 296297      opening in june 1843 edward milford of mobile alabama announced that he would open on or before july 1 st his american hotel it was situated near mr elmore s probably jacob elmer 18131894 wharf with the dining room was situated on the second floor and the kitchen was manned by a superior cook and offered good wines  the daily picayune june 9 1843 p 1    closing edward milford assigned his lease back to peter flanagan in 1844 at this time mr milford was a resident of new orleans harrison co mississippi land deed bk 1 pp 296297  1845   1853   1856 by may 1856 the american hotel was for rent by a bronsema a resident of 74 camp street atnew orleans it was described as a twostory residence with all the convenience of a boarding house with a new wharf attached bar and situated one square from brown s wharf  the daily picayune may 27 1856 p 1    references    journals the daily picayune   american hotel   june 9 1843 the daily picayune  batchelor s hall  biloxi  mississippi july 2 1845 the daily picayune   batchelor s hall  biloxi  may 28 1853 the daily picayune   to rent at  biloxi  mississippi may 27 1856 harrison county mississippi chancery court cause 28   the estate of peter flanagan  november 1846    magnolia hotel the magnolia hotel was unarguably one of biloxi s earlier inns it was situated on front street or what is today us highway no 90 also known as beach boulevard between magnolia street and croesus street in october 1846 john hahn 18061847 a german immigrant acquired a lot from john crusius 18061866 a resident of new orleans for 2400 the tract was described as ½ arpent on the gulf of mexico and running north between parallel line for 640 feet the tract was bounded on the north by francois fizane 18001860 a french immigrant cabinetmaker who acquired his tract also from john crusius on the same day in 1846 that herr hahn bought the magnolia hotel tract the fizane parcel was also ½ arpent in width but ran north to the back bay of biloxi on the east side of hahn was f fourchy with a anglane to the west harrison co mississippi land deed bk 3 p 267 and bk 3 p 299  croesus street john crusius 18061866 was born at hanover germany and made his livelihood in the crescent city as the owner of a gambling house he died at new orleans on september 6 1866 in october  john crusius   18061866 conveyed a lot with 12 arpent on the gulf and running north for 640 feet to  john hahn  18061847 with provisions to cut timber on his lands to the north and to establish roads north and east of this tract the consideration was 2400  the magnolia hotel  would open here before 1850 under the proprietorship of  elizabeth hahn  18121904 mr crusius from nola had acquired 20 arpents here in july 1845 from mistress cecelia saralde for 325 charles dantonet 18061874 also from nola had sold her this parcel in may 1836 harrison co mississippi land deed bk 3 p 267 and bk  magnolia streetwater street  into the center of a projected road running east and west parallel with the east corner of a house or messuage now owned or occupied by john hahn the purchaser hereby donating a road 8 feet in width on the east line and 15 feet in width on the north line of said lot for public use forever harrison co mississippi land deed bk 3 p 267 john hahn died march 23 1912 intestate his heirs were mrs l holley anson holley louis holley and john holley  louis holley louis holley 18411892 was the son of justice of the peace benjamin holley 18pre 1870 and burissa bradford 18081881 in january 1879 louis holley 18411892  married louisa hahn  18471927 the daughter of john hahn 18061847 and elizabeth hahn 18121904 german immigrants who owned the magnolia hotel on front street at biloxi louis and louisa h holley were the parents of geneva holley 18791960  anson holley  18821967 m mary liliana caillavet 18831967  louis c holley  18841973 m mary agregaard 18931981  john benjamin holley  18861925 sarah louisa holley 18891931 and florence may holley 18921953  washington artillery visits in 1880 the 4 th of july 1880 at biloxi was one long remembered by those of the washington artillery that came here from new orleans to celebrate our nation s independence day the festive activities included fancy dining dancing a regatta target shooting and a dress parade the large crescent city entourage came in two long train cars filled to capacity with the arlington glee club in one with a band to provide music biloxi anticipating the event decorated for their arrival and arthur a maginnis jr 18461901 a wealthy new orleanian offered the use of his yacht to the regatta committee the daily picayune july 5 1880 p 1 the washington artillery found bed and board at the montross hotel while the arlington s had made their headquarters at the magnolia hotel after both visiting groups had dined the gentlemen with ladies on their arm marched behind the band to the hall of spanish union benevolent association for an evening of dance and refreshments a regatta was held the next day over a 7 and ½ miles course that required two laps to complete a race target shooting with a parrot gun aimed at an object about 1000 yards from the shoreline resulted in sergeant ziegler s detachment from company c victorious in the competition each man in the ten man unit was awarded a medal for their accuracy a dress parade by the washington artillery concluded the affair the daily picayune july 5 1880 p 1  ernest desporte remembers messrs henry hahn and herman hahn were ardent fishermen and thought nothing of rowing their skiff from the magnolia wharf to the l n railroad bridge to fish for sheepshead louis hahn was captain of the steamboat  loxley  for ralph seeberg company as long as they were in business in biloxi captain louis hahn was also an ardent sports fisherman his favorite was fishing for redfish in big lake after ralph seeberg moved to gulfport captain louis hahn opened a shoe store at the northwest corner of west howard and magnolia street mrs holley the hotel manager was a widow and the mother of anson holley louis holley john holley geneva holley sarah holley and florence holley i am also reminded of our gang the magnolia street gang in the afternoons and evenings especially in summer we would assemble on the benches on the south side of the road in front of the magnolia hotel if any kid wanted a fight a foot race or to race play model boats he was accommodated there was always boxing matches and usually fights especially when the volunteer fireman s parade passed along the beach  sale in november 1978 lionel j holley sr lillian l holley maumus miriam h grogan anson camp holley daniel raymond holley and lillian h maumus guardian of edith patricia holley sales conveyed lot 96 feet by 250 feet to leonard darrell chitty and nona gayle tate chitty harrison co mississippi 2 nd jd land deed bk 90 p 10  references  harrison county mississippi chancery court case no 351  mary jaeger v louis holley lyman b holley and louis hahn minor son of john hahn and edna holley minor daughter of mrs adelia holley   harrison county mississippi chancery court case no 3813  the estate of john hahn   1912 file missing from chancery court harrison county mississippi chancery court case no 55862  the estate of anson holley sr   april 1971 orleans parish louisiana 2 nd district court no 27258   the succession of john crusius  september 1866  journals the biloxi herald the magnolia hotel june 14 1890 the biloxi herald local happenings may 16 1891 the biloxi daily herald open for summer june 26 1900 the biloxi daily herald hotel had a narrow escape october 26 1906 the daily herald magnolia motel cottages april 7 1948 the daily herald   oldest regional hotel still survives on coast   no date the daily picayune magnolia hotel biloxi august 1 1850 the daily herald   know your coastmagnolia hotel   july 7 1956the daily picayune city gossip july 6 1877 the daily picayune at biloxi july 5 1880  biloxi housenixon hotel   location   east beach biloxi mississippi between main street and of bellman street   john w nixon john w nixon 17871849 was an early immigrant to new orleans coming from fermanah ulster province northern ireland he made his livelihood as an attorney in the crescent city circa 1814 at new orleans    john w nixon married adeline cecelia copp 17981878 a native of dover new hampshire and the daughter of new orleans lawyer david copp jr who was murdered 1803 in a new orleans gambling house mrs nixon was born april 23 1798 and came to the crescent city in 1808 john and adeline copp nixon were the parents of at least ten children  robert   porter nixon   1816 m martha porter 18311893  martha bell nixon  18181904 m perry s warfield  jane  anna nixon  18201898 m robert williams james 18111882  john   washington nixon  1822  james   roscoa nixon  18261886 m margaret blaney  richard   augustus nixon  18281865 m adeline hamilton  henry   kirke nixon  18301908 m mary o rourke or o bourke 18391909  william   robinson nixon  1832  catherine   grant nixon  18351850 and  rowena   louisa medora  miss pinkey  nixon  18391917   the pascagoula democratstar july 5 1878 p 3 and boardshistorycom topics warof1812 quototherquot 118282       john w nixon expired at biloxi on june 7 1849 his corporal remains were interred in the old biloxi cemetery adeline copp nixon died at biloxi on june 28 1878  the  pascagoula  democratstar july 5 1878 p 3     war of 1812 during the war of 1812    adj lt john w nixon served with dejean s 1st regiment louisiana militia when his artillery position on the west bank of the mississippi river was overrun by british soldiers in january 1815 lt nixon lost two spiked cannon to enemy the 1st louisiana militia regimental flag was last seen in the war trophy room whitehall england in the 1850snixon copp and james streets are in biloxi  boardshistorycom topics warof1812 quototherquot 118282   in late january 1915 the 100 th anniversary of the battle of new orleans rowena lw nixon 18391917 donated her father s sword that he had worn during the brief fight to the louisianahistorical society she also presented the organization with a copy of an account of the battle which had been published in 1817 in  the true delta  a new orleans journal  the daily herald january 25 1915 p 1    new orleans not much is know by the author about john w nixon s career at new orleans it is known that in 1827 he represented absentee creditors in the orleans parish court there was also a john nixon who was a passenger in july 1820 on the  sumatra  a brig which was returning or embarking forliverpool from new orleans  the  louisiana  advertiser october 22 1827 p 5 and july 6 1820 p 2  biloxi housenixon hotel john w nixon opened his biloxi house for the summer season on june 8 1848 nixon had large additions and improvements made to the resort in the spring visitors could anticipate the following amenities at the biloxi house bathhouses bar billiard room horse stable and a sailboat from mrs nixon s table one was served fine food and the bar was stocked with excellent wines and liquors mr nixon recommended that interested parties make bookings by mail addressed to him atbiloxi and sent via the  mobile  montezuma or pelican  steamboats sailing from lake pontchartrain to the watering places of the mississippi gulf coast  the daily picayune september 7 1848 p 1   after john w nixon expired in june 1849 mrs nixon continued operated the family hotel into 1850 at this time seven of her children were domiciled with her at biloxi and her real estate at biloxiwas valued at 30000 mrs nixon was also ably assisted in her summer resort enterprise by many irish immigrant laborers seven of the nixon children were with her jane nixon james 18201898 and spouse robert w james 18131880 and harry copp james 18481923 their son lived next to the nixon hotel 1850 harrison co mississippi federal census m423372 p 91a  1854  biloxi   land  roll adeline c nixon was assessed 70 on her 75 acres of land in biloxi  biloxi hotel in june 1857 ta horne of louisville kentucky and nb cook of nola took proprietorship of the biloxi hotel formerly nixon s hotel they did a complete renovation and refurnished this great house and planned to open the biloxi hotel in the first week of june by midjune the biloxi hotel was in full operation under the management of horne smith company the proprietors lauded and promoted their establishment for its local seafood culinary delicacies shaded grounds and the promise of a grand and fancy dress ball for the 4 th of july  the sunday delta june 7 1857 p 5 and june 21 1857 p 4   the 1857 summer season for the biloxi hotel appears to have been unsuccessful for horne smith as the premises were advertised for rent by henry k nixon 18301908 in february 1858 mr nixon address was on basin street at new orleans he described the biloxi hotel as containing about 171 rooms with a barroom two ten pin alleys and a yard of about two acres planted in fruit bearing fig and plum trees henry k nixon sought a good tenant the furniture billiard table bar fixtures and other paraphernalia were for sale on reasonable terms nixon touted his resort as the only large hotel inbiloxi and a rare opportunity for potential hotel keepers  the daily true delta february 28 1858 p 8    sale in september 1886 the nixon heirs conveyed the nixon hotel property on biloxi s east beach to harry turner howard for 4000 harry t howard 18561930 harrison co mississippi land deed bk 21 p 492  harry t howard in june 1919 harry t howard sold the nixon hotel lot and more to the biloxi hospital association for 15000 lot had 222 feet on the gulf and ran north to water street excepted was a lot 79 feet by 128 feet in the northeast corner of the tract harrison co mississippi land deed bk 124 p 14    references    wwwcom boardshistorycom topic warof1812 quototherquot 118282    journals the  biloxi  daily herald   suit filed   october 14 1902 the  biloxi  daily herald   necrology   henry r nixon     july 12 1904 the  biloxi  daily herald   necrology   mrs martha b warfield november 27 1908 the daily herald    biloxi  lady rowena lm nixon  presents sword of her father to historical body   january 25 1915 the daily herald   john  slidell  nixon is dead september 11 1915   the daily herald   james kirk nixon   december 18 1916 the daily herald   miss nixon   rowena lm nixon  is taken by death   august 9 1917 the daily herald   nixon place is sold at auction   august 7 1918 the daily picayune    biloxi  house september 7 1848 the daily true delta   biloxi hotel to rent   february 28 1858 the daily true delta   live oak hotel   june 22 1859   the  louisiana  advertiser   commercial report   july 6 1820 the  louisiana  advertiser    parish court  october 22 1827 the  pascagoula  democratstar   died   adaline copp nixon    july 5 1878 the sunday delta   a new biloxi hotel   june 7 1857 the sunday delta   biloxi hotel   june 21 1857 the sunday delta    biloxi  hotel rent march 25 1860  1860 1900  montrossrivieraavelez hotel front street and lameuse street  from th glenn 1893 p 18 located on the northeast corner of lameuse street and beach boulevard also called front street in the jeanbaptite carco land grant and the s 2 of section 28 t7sr9w although he never owned the hostelry it was named for peter j montross 18411897 the proprietor for several decades in the late 19 th century anecdotal history of the early 20 th century relates that the hotel de montross or montross hotel was the oldest hotel extant at biloxi it was operational before the first railroad was established between mobile and new orleans in 1870 here on the central beach of biloxi and lameuse street the town s first beach to back bay thoroughfare the montross hotel was the focus of social life and fashion its pier was the disembarkation place for the society people arriving at biloxi to enjoy its fine food hospitality and the gaiety of life joie de vivre that was offered to all visitors the montross hotel flourished as a fine hostelry and boarding establishment until the late 1920s when it became overshadowed by biloxi s modern beach front hotels like the biloxi hotel buena vista edgewater gulf tivoli white house and gulf hills which were erected between 1924 and 1928  the daily herald april 29 1909 p 4    jeanbaptise carco jeanbaptiste carco 17 1823 the son of nicolas carco and ladner was one of the pioneer settlers on the biloxi peninsula his occupation of land here began about 1784 during the spanish colonial era jeanbaptise carco married they were the parents of four children  rene lameuse   urbain laroussini   william c seaman   peter lienhardt et al v sherrod seaman et al in may 1874 chancellor wg henderson of the chancery court of harrison county mississippi opined and adjudicated in the partition suit of chancery court cause no 143 peter liendhardt et al v sherrod seaman et al this litigation involved the partition of the lameuse property also called the shady grove hotel at biloxi this tract was described in this law suit as   containing by estimation forty arpents of land more or less bounded and described as follows beginning at the beach at the pass of biloxi thence north to the back bay of biloxi thence southeast along the shore of said bay so as to include one arpent thence south to the said pass of biloxi thence to the place of beginning bounded south by the pass of biloxi or gulf of mexico north by the back bay of biloxi west by lameuse street east by wetzell heirs having a few small lots sold off roderick seal   shady grove hotel   1855 hurricane on september 16 th and 17 th of 1858 the entire waterfront of the mississippi gulf coast was swept and churned by the wind and waves of this tropical cyclone at biloxi almost all bath houses and wharves were totally destroyed and sixtyone sailing vessels grounded with many in shambles at this time in biloxi there appears to have been several hotels and boarding houses situated between lameuse street and point cadet among them were bossel s shady grove hotel jacob wetzell s ocean house john brown s hotel a bronaema s american hotel run by j jennings sol mill s bachelor hall mrs nixon s biloxi hotel operated by colonel nichols and pradat s  the new orleans daily picayune september 20 1855 p 1    1875 in the summer of 1875 the shady grove hotel was managed by mr rambaut  it was also 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   there is a high certitude that the manager of the shady grove hotel was urbain rambaut 18321889 a frenchman who later resided at 201 decatur street at new orleans where he made his livelihood as the proprietor of a coffee house and later a barroom urbain rambaut married marie schwab 18381899 and they were the parents of jean urbain rambaut 18591909 michel rambaut 18611883 emile rambaut 18631925 jules rambaut 18671883 and adeline rambaut 18761926 m charles e hinshewood adeline rambaut was born in mississippi in 1875 or 1876 very likely at biloxi 1870 and 1880 orleans parish louisiana federal census m593522 p 382 6 th ward and t9461 p 3 ed 33  1875 bossell house located at biloxi under the direction of peter j montross 18411897 it was recently newly papered and painted and handsomely furnished the food was also improved in may the company babylon and thespian relief association performed persecuted dutchman and misfortune   the star of pascagoula may 29 1875 p 3 and june 26 1875 p 1    1878  from the nola daily democrat august 4 1878 p 11  1879  the pascagoula democratstar february 1879 p 3  1882 the new orleans house kitchenbossell house on september 7 1882 william massey of philadelphia pennsylvania conveyed to peter j montross 18411897 for 2500 a parcel of land and tenements on the nw c of main street and front street the tract had seventysix feet on front street and ran north for four hundred eight feet on main street  mr montross  conveyed this tract to joseph oteri 18451897 of new orleans in august 1892 for 2500 harrison county ms land deed bk 20 p 79 and bk 28 p 246  1888 gulf view hotel was leased by pj montross of the montross hotel  the biloxi herald april 7 1888 p 8    roderick seal roderick seal conveyed in september 1888 to sherrod seaman for 2000 his property on front street and lameuse and known as the montross hotel harrison county ms land deed bk 23 p 373  sherrod seaman   1888 montross hotel biloxi  miss  open summer and winter this delightful seaside resort for tourists offers firstclass accommodations hotel is situated directly on the beach of the gulf of mexico and affords fine boating fishing hunting driving the accessibility pure air and freedom from malaria render biloxi one of the most desirable spots on the gulf shore hotel firstclass rates reasonable applications for rooms by mail or telegraph will receive prompt attention pj montross proprietor  the biloxi herald january 7 1888 p 5    we are glad to note that the popular montross hotel is now and has been for several weeks filled with northern guest the montross is one of the best hotels on the coast and once a person is registered at this popular resort he is sure to come again  biloxi herald march 3 1888 p 9    gulf view pj montross has leased the barenheit sic or gulf view property  the biloxi herald april 7 1888 p 8    phil desporte in april 1888 pj montross sold the house at the land end of the montross hotel pier to phil desporte for 200 the house was used by mr desporte as an oyster house pj montross also leased to phil desporte for 1 per year during the term of the lease of the montross hotel a certain portion of the beach property in front of the montross hotel harrison county ms land deed bk 23 p 100  liquor license the biloxi town council approved a retail license to pj montross to retail vinous and spirituous liquors  the biloxi herald august 18 1888 p 1    peter j montross peter j montross 18411897 was born in campeche mexico at new orleans in october 1879 mr montross married alphonsine lliambias 18501945 the daughter of juan lliambias 18151892 a native of mannesa spain and louise pamela ranzeau 18201909  biloxi pj montross came to biloxi mississippi before 1880 and became engaged in the hotel business on front street beach boulevard and lameuse street he operated the montross house and shady grove both hostelries catering to tourists seeking fresh seafood a temperate and salubrious climate and the rest and relaxation offered by a quite seaside resort on the mexican gulf  illness almost a decade before his demise peter j montross began to exhibit signs of ill health while on business in new orleans in early november 1888 he was afflicted with a bout of rheumatism a few weeks late during the thanksgiving holiday at biloxi an attack of rheumatism returned and sent him to his bed for a week the biloxi herald november 10 1888 p 8 and november 24 1888 p 8  demise of peter j montross peter j montross expired at his biloxi hotel on march 27 1897 he was survived by his wife and three sons paul wallace montross 18751927 albert montross 18911917 and peter j montross jr 18831930 m amelia bayhi in the spring of 1896 don jose m carpizo the brotherinlaw of pj montross and an inhabitant of campeche yucatan mexico possibly anticipating his demise visited him at biloxi senor carpizo left the mississippi coast in june 1896 for his mexican home the biloxi herald june 13 1896 p 8  new orleans burial shortly after the demise of peter j montross his corporal remains were sent to new orleans for internment in the vault owned by the army of the tennessee at the metairie cemetery the body of colonel montross was placed very near that of general ptg beauregard 18181893 which was one of mr montross last wishes father blane captain john walker colonel roderick seal am dulion edward glennan and captain harry copp james of biloxi were present at the funeral in the crescent city the biloxi herald april 3 1897 p 8  seaman confederate navy civil war peter j montross served in the confederate navy on western waters and in the red river sharpshooters louisiana cavalry born c 1840 in campeche mexico information provided by sons of confederate veterans  visits northwest in october 1888 pj montross planned to visit towns in the northwest particularly chicago and madison wisconsin to promote winter tourism at biloxi and the mississippi gulf coast the biloxi herald october 6 1888 p 8  wooden sidewalk colonel montross is building a wooden sidewalk on the lameuse side of the hotel property which is a marked improvement the biloxi herald may 17 1890 p 4  4th july 1891 the fourth of july 1891 at biloxi was one to remember the southern yacht club of new orleans had their sailboat race from their lake pontchartain location finish at biloxi near the montross hotel mr montross had his hotel decorated patriotically with large and small flags set amid its ancient live oaks the colorfully draped montross hotel made a grand vista on biloxi s waterfront pj montross donated a silver tilting pitcher and cup to the susie b the second place boat which finished an hour behind zoe the winner the biloxi herald july 4 1891 p 4  montrossschuyler 1892 lease in january 1892 roderick seal granted peter j montross and rutsen vr schuyler a twentyfive year lease for the use of the montross hotel the rent was 1000 per year and the proprietors had the right to acquire the property for 20000 at anytime during the term o f the lease montross and schuyler could also improve or rebuild the buildings to their desires the lessees were responsible for property taxes and insurance harrison county ms land deed bk 28 p 9  rutsen vr schuyler peter j montross partner in his biloxi hostelry was rutsen van renssalaer schuyler 1855pre 1920 who was born in hudson county new jersey in february 1855 the son of jacob rutsen schuyler 18161887 and susanna edwards 18261870 his grandmother was catherine van rennsalaer d 1867 the spouse of john arent schuyler 17791817 in february 1873 rutsen vr schuyler married harriet augusta mellick 18541880 they resided at bayonne new jersey were he was a gem merchant he and augusta were the parents of rutsen vr schuyler ii 18781880 and sarah e schuyler 18791880 1880 hudson county new jersey federal census t9786 p 31 ed 41 circa 1890 rutsen vr schuyler married mary hall 18571920 a native of mississippi from her first marriage she had a son roy c dwnyckinck 18861910 who was born in illinois of a father native to new york rutsen and mary had two daughters marguerite s staderman 18911972 and junett schuyler 18941900 1900 union co new jersey t623 997 p 14a ed 141 and 1920 new york co new york federal census t6251223 p 5a ed 1392 biloxi has an excellent hotel the montross which has recently been enlarged mr montross is widely and favorably know to travelers and visitors on the coast mr schuyler s efforts to anticipate and provide for the comfort of guests of the montross are proverbial he is an enthusiastic sportsman whose conquests with the road and gun are well known glenn 1893 p 58  electric lights illumination in the form of electric lights came to the montross hotel in december 1893 this and other amenities kept the hostelry as one of the premier venues for travelers and vacationers pj montross and rv schuyler cater successfully to all who come the biloxi herald december 9 1893 p 8  1893 the montross hotel montross schuyler proprietors biloxi mississippi situated directly on the gulf of mexico open all year round rates per day 2 250 and 3 per week 10 12 and 15 per month 40 45 and 50  the biloxi herald december 9 1893 p 8   illness almost a decade before his demise peter j montross began to exhibit signs of ill health while on business in new orleans in early november 1888 he was afflicted with a bout of rheumatism a few weeks late during the thanksgiving holiday at biloxi an attack of rheumatism returned and sent him to his bed for a week the biloxi herald november 10 1888 p 8 and november 24 1888 p 8  demise of peter j montross peter j montross expired at his biloxi hotel on march 27 1897 he was survived by his wife and three sons paul wallace montross 18751927 albert montross 18911917 and peter j montross jr 18831930 m amelia bayhi in the spring of 1896 don jose m carpizo the brotherinlaw of pj montross and an inhabitant of campeche yucatan mexico possibly anticipating his demise visited him at biloxi senor carpizo left the mississippi coast in june 1896 for his mexican homeon alphonsine l montross the biloxi herald june 13 1896 p 8  new orleans  burial shortly after the demise of peter j montross his corporal remains were sent to new orleans for internment in the vault owned by the army of the tennessee at the metairie cemetery the body of colonel montross was placed very near that of general ptg beauregard 18181893 which was one of mr montross last wishes father blane captain john walker colonel roderick seal am dulion edward glennan and captain harry copp james of biloxi were present at the funeral in the crescent city  the biloxi herald april 3 1897 p 8    bourdon s saloon in early april 1897 ao bourdon jr opened a saloon in the bar of the montross hotel the event was high lighted by an excellent lunch which attracted the attention of many patrons of the hostelry mr bourdon handles excellent brands of wine and liquors  the biloxi daily herald april 10 1897 p 8    new managementwilliam c morgan very  s hortly after the death pj montross long time proprietor the montross hotel was offered for lease this solicitation lauded one of biloxi s landmark hostelries as  truly a first class opportunity for a hotel man to secure a paying business   the published notice also admonished any potential lessee that although the winter tourist season patronized by northerners was almost over that there was only a short hiatus before the summer season began in earnest and southern folks would be coming to the coast  the biloxi daily herald april 10 1897 p 8  by early may 1897 william c morgan and his son leased the montross hotel they were considered experienced hotel managers and immediately made this public notice  montross hotel biloxi  mississippi wm c morgan son proprietors we have leased the hotel property for a number of years and intend renovating it throughout giving to biloxi the best hotel on the gulf coast we respectfully solicit the trade of the traveling public and promise every attention and the best table in the state we offer special rates to table boarders and to families wishing to avoid the cares of summer housekeeping for special rates and other information address wm c morgan sonbiloxi mississippi  the biloxi daily herald may 8 1897 p 8   mrs william c morgan appears to have been a musician or musically inclined as a new mathusek piano was soon installed in the hotel s parlor a concert was held in midjuly  the biloxi daily herald july 3 1897 p 8 and july 17 1897 p 8    florian seal florian seal 18521927 was born on east pass christian street howard avenue at biloxi on february 17 1853 his parents were roderick seal 18171899 and charlotte orr seal 18271850 in 1877 mr seal married rebecca v walker 18531936 of bay st louis mississippi they were the parents of two children eurilda j seal 18791930 m lazaro lopez jr 18771918 and roderick dudley seal 18811942 m marie ramon 18851930  the biloxi daily herald business and professional men  1902 p 56 florian seal popular sheriff of harrison county rode his bicycle with considerable skill and grace so as to quickly fulfill his business engagements in biloxi  the biloxi herald january 20 1894 p 8   at biloxi when mr seal was not in public office as he was sheriff of harrison county five times  tax assessor of harrison county four times and deputy clerk of the chancery and circuit courts of jackson county mississippi in 18721873 functioned in local commerce operating as the cash variety store  apparently florian seal had lost his store building in the great biloxi fire of november 1900 because in january 1901 he had workmen erecting a new commercial structure on howard avenue next to the biloxi daily herald building the seal store building was twentysix feet on the front and about seventyfive feet deep  the biloxi daily herald january 5 1901 p 8 and january 8 1901 p 8    expired december 11 1927 in september 1898 roderick seal and spouse sold the montross hotel to john h miller and john carraway for 12000 harrison county ms land deed bk 39 p 79 mrs rebecca walker seal passed on at new orleans at the residence of her daughter eurilda lopez her corporal remains were interred in the st roch cemetery in the crescent city  the daily herald september 12 1936 p 5     1898  jh miller and john carraway   john h miller john henry miller 18471928 born december 14 1847 at paulding jasper county mississippi during the civil war he enlisted in the jasper grays company f of the 16 th mississippi regiment serving three year as a lieutenant robert e lee s army of northern virginia returning from the conflict he married alice sophie miller 18521916 circa 1871 and they were childless during and postreconstruction jh miller was a newspaper man the biloxi daily herald p 52 in 1900 at biloxi the millers lived on front street near the carraway family john h miller was manager of the biloxi real estate and loan agency and was also on the board of trustees of the industrial institute and college at columbus mississippi alice s miller expired at biloxi on october 10 1916 he died april 21 19281900 harrison county mississippi federal census in 1896 major jh miller shot and killed jules soule editor of the biloxi review in february 1901 laz lopez to john h miller to and john carraway all my rights title and interest in the montross hotel harrison county ms land deed bk 47 p 26  montross  hotel wharf as early as the spring of may 1892 the montross hotel wharf was the scene of tourist activity at this time captain jb roberts master of toiler a steam tug boat was making daily excursions to ship island his vessel left the landing at 800 am and returned the same day in the evening the roundtrip fare was 1  the biloxi herald may 28 1900 p 4   in june 1900 captain alfred st amant 18681910 operated the lillie b   a fast large pleasure boat from the wharf fronting the montross hotel captain james ryan piloted the vessel to the barrier islands transporting excursion partities  the biloxi daily herald june 26 1900 p 1    john carraway john carraway 18731931 came to biloxi in 1893 he was born at jackson mississippi the son of john c carraway 18431901 and arcola carraway 18481933 natives of the magnolia state in 1900 he and mae litel carroway 18781930 his spouse a native of albany wisconsin were domiciled on front street at biloxi where he made his livelihood as cashier for the bank of biloxi mr carraway matriculated to the university of mississippi at biloxi he was active in the elk odd fellow woodman of the world and masonic lodge first president of the byc his parents and tennie carraway moreland 18801905 his texan born cousin were also domiciled on front street at this time the daily herald p 51 and 1900 harrison county mississippi federal census t623 808 p 1a ed 31 and the biloxi daily herald july 29 1907 p 2  john carroway was a candidate for beat one board of supervisors of harrison county in 1907  the biloxi daily herald july 29 1907 p 2   king bienville with blanche picard 18871930 as queen of biloxi s initial mardi gras in march 1908  medical officesdr g ligon in the fall of 1900 on tuesday and thursday dr g ligon an osteopath from new orleans saw patients at his offices in the montross hotel consultation and examination was without charge  the biloxi daily herald october 30 1900 p 8    1900 great biloxi fire in early november 1900 a spectacular conflagration which began near the l n depot on reynoir street destroyed about ninety structures in a southerly direction between the l n railroad tracks and the beach the montross hotel was not in the path of this fire which caused about 600000 dollars in property losses the great biloxi fire did directly affect the future business fortunes of the montross hotel erroneous news reports issued from biloxi about the recent fire related to potential northern winter tourists that all the hotels at biloxi were destroyed the management of biloxi s hostelries were in angst that their potential visitors would select other destinations without making inquiries or reservations at biloxi  the biloxi daily herald november 9 1900 p 1 and november 18 1900 p 8    sawford and affeld1899 montross management in january 1899 charles ernest affeld jr a native of chicago and headley frederick sawford an englishman arrived at biloxi from chicago to begin their tenure as managing partners of the montross hotel their first task was to prepare the large hostel for hundreds of winter guests from the north 1900 harrison co mississippi federal census t623 808 p 1b ed 30 and the biloxi daily herald january 17 1899 p 8 in january 1901 monsieurs sawford and affeld reported that they had received six applications for reservations on january 10 th from prospective winter guests from more northern climes those that had already settled here for the winter months were cottagers and had no interest in lodging at hotels  the biloxi daily herald january 11 1901 p 8    sawford honored honorary member of the travelers protective agency put on the building committee of the st louis world s fair  the biloxi daily herald january 29 1902 p 1    photo exhibit an exhibit of color photographic images by cs jackson taken at biloxi in may 1901 was shown at the montross hotel in late september among these was one taken of the interior of the ohr art pottery depicting multicolored pots of earthenware with the art potter mounted on a pedestal in the background  the biloxi daily herald february 25 1902 p 8    yachtsman hf sawford 18581920 a native of surrey england was involved with the early development of the biloxi yacht club serving his mates as secretary for several terms he worked diligently to develop and promote the 1 st biloxi yacht club regatta held in august 1900 at the third biloxi yacht club regatta in 1902 he provided the montross cup a threehandled silver trophy that was a foottall to the schooner that won in the fortyfoot and over class dr daniel a nash 18581904 biloxi dentist and commodore of the byc gave the nash cup to the victor of the under twentyfoot catboat division  the biloxi daily herald august 22 1900 p 1 august 13 1902 p 1 and august 19 1902 p 1    keller s green promoter  in late october 1904 hf sawford went to st louis chicago and other venues in the midwest to promote business for the montross hotel he had a fourteen page brochure about biloxi and his hotel with him extensive improvement to the inn were being made before opening  the biloxi daily herald october 29 1904 p 5 and december 1 1904  in late april 1909 hf sawford the congenial proprietor of the montross hotel announced that he would not follow his usual custom of closing the old hostelry for the spring months but that the grand old lady of mississippi coast inns would remain operational through the regular summer tourist season mr sawford planned to remain at the montross for another season and possibly longer  the daily herald april 29 1909 p 4    hf sawford  from the daily picayune august 21 1900 p 8  headley frederick sawford  18581920 a native of surrey england came to america in 1887 with his spouse marion gertrude sawford 18641920 after charles e affeld jr returned to chicago circa 1901 mr sawford remained at the montross hotel to at least early august 1910 at this time he was the victim of an assault in the front yard of his establishment e doty a vagrant from jackson while in an inebriated state had an accident on the hotel s swing with a companion when hf sawford went to investigate he was struck in the mouth loosing teeth and receiving contusions about the nose and eye biloxi police officers peter bellande 18711933 and patrolman bills arrested mr doty as his cohort fled the crime scene  the daily herald august 2 1910 p 1   sawford still proprietor of montross in june 1913 as he was an official at the finish of the new orleans to biloxi yacht race  the daily herald june 30 1913 p 1   by january 1920 the sawford are domiciled at los angeles california where they are managers of an apartment house on east beach street no further information 1920 los angeles co california federal census t625116 p 19a ed 466  charles e affeld jr charles e affeld jr was born at chicago illinois on february 28 1876 the son of charles ernest affeld 18431930 an 1847 prussian immigrant and helen w affeld 1847pre1920 a native of michigan at chicago the senior affeld was a fire insurance agent helen affeld 18751920 his and helen s only other child became a medical doctor and practiced at evanston illinois where the family had moved after 19101920 cook co illinois federal census t625357 p 11b ed 71 on april 4 1900 charles e affeld jr married may sanders 18771930 born at ohio of scottish immigrant parents by 1902 they had departed biloxi for chicago where their two children christina affeld 19021910 and charles e affeld iii 19081930 were born  the biloxi daily herald april 10 1900 p 8 and 1910 cook co illinois federal census t624268 p 11a ed 1088 at chicago charles e affeld jr became an insurance agent as his father in 1917 he and may s affeld were domiciled at 2612 hampden court in the windy city by 1930 charles e effeld jr and family had joined his retired father at evanston illinois he continued in the insurance business it is interesting to note that their servant marie baltimore 19091930 was a mississippi native 19171918 ww i draft registration cook co illinois r1613569draft board 50 and 1930 cook co illinois federal census r499 p 13a ed 2111  divorce john and mae l carroway divorced and in april 1920 she married at the village of oregon wisconsin to earle k prichard 18731930 a hardware merchant who was a successful business of that small community just south of madison wisconsin  the daily herald april 12 1920 p 4 and 1930 dane co wisconsin federal census r 2568 p 7b ed 62  thomas h warren 18351915 born december 8 1835 died at biloxi on october 9 1915 acquired th kimbrough house on east beach in june 1912  the daily herald june 7 1912 p 1   in february 1901 laz lopez to john h miller to and john carraway all my rights title and interest in the montross hotel harrison county ms land deed bk 47 p 26 in march 1902 john and mae l carraway and jh and alice miller sell the montross hotel to marie v craft of mobile alabama for 6000 fire insurance of 8000 harrison county ms land deed bk 51 p 141 in may 1904 john carraway while in new york city sold his onehalf interest in the montross hotel to john henry miller the consideration was 4500 harrison county ms land deed bk 61 p 246   1902  marie v craft    1904 biloxi mississippi sanborn mapsheet 5     19041920  jh miller and alice miller in november 1904 jh miller sold alice miller a onehalf undivided interest in the montross hotel and other real property in harrison county mississippi for 12000 harrison county ms land deed bk 63 pp 508 in december 1914 alice miller sold her interest in the montross hotel back to her spouse harrison county ms land deed bk 117 p 211  1920 sale in september 1920 jh miller conveyed the montross hotel to jw apperson for 26000 harrison county ms land deed bk 129 p 289   19201925    jw apperson and the riviera hotel john wright apperson 18621939 was born at memphis tennessee during the civil war he was educated at the christian brothers college and received his law degree from vanderbilt after a career in law and politics colonel apperson began his residency at biloxi in june 1912 when he leased the gw wilkes property at the northeast corner of seal avenue and beach boulevard here jw apperson commenced his first resort venture on the mississippi gulf coast which he appropriately called the memphis house in later years it became known as the palmer house when owned by  the daily herald april 1 1939 p 1 and harrison county ms land deed bk 102 or 120 pp 130131    apperson hotel company in july 1914 jw apperson et apperson and george w grayson chartered the apperson hotel company it was organized with a capital stock of 10000 and in business to own lease maintain construct operate and conduct hotels restaurants bathing piers pleasure boats amusement parks and to own real estate harrison co mississippi charter bk 15 p 7  wwi  during the great war colonel apperson s nephew and namesake lieutenant john w apperson was awarded the croix de guerre by the french army for his bravery while commanding an artillery battery lt apperson was wounded in the hand by german shrapnel while on an mission in no man s land he was believed to have been the first memphian to be decorated by the french government in this conflict  the daily herald may 14 1918 p 3    buena vista hotel  in early april 1927 mr and mrs apperson and mrs milton j apperson board a united fruit company steamship at nola their destination was havana cuba  the daily herald april 8 1927 p 8    jw apperson acquired the bankrupt riviera hotel of biloxi in november 1929 for 80000 he had sold it to charles b foster tk devitt and charles delacruz circa 1925 apperson to have it totally refurbished colonel apperson was an ownermanager of the buena vista hotel  the jackson county times november 9 1929 p 1   on march 27 1930 francis arbeau caillavet iii 18811946 called arbeau sold his onehalf interest in the isle of caprice amusement company his copartnership with wh skeet hunt 18871960 to jw apperson harrison county ms land deed bk 186 pp 249250  lucille evans apperson after the demise of colonel apperson in 1939 lucille e apperson remained at her 127 lameuse street domicile which was just north of the riviera hotel she was born at lincoln illinois on february 19 1884 the daughter of lincoln evans and nora flynn in april 1942 lucille e apperson vended 127 lameuse street to michel n mikoul 19051993 and shirley thornton mikoul 19111990 for 7000 harrison county ms land deed bk 242 p 173 colonel apperson managed the riviera hotel until his demise on april 1 1939 hn avery was appointed manager on april 15 1939 and held that position until 1939  the daily herald august 1 1939 p 1     19221926  1922 fire the biloxi fire department was called to the riviera hotel in the early morning hours of may 15 1922 their response and subsequent performance were sterling as the riviera hotel was saved from total destruction it sustained about 20000 of water and fire damage colonel jw apperson related that the structure was insured and that it would be repaired before the summer season commenced  the jackson county times may 20 1922 p 1    new east wing 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  1924 lease with the buena vista hotel nearing completion and scheduled to open july 3 1924 colonel apperson leased the riviera hotel to joseph a isele 18671924 and martin isele 18681930 brothers and experienced hoteliers from memphis tennessee they had been involved in the construction of the claridge hotel at memphis the colonel planned to reside at the riviera until the buena vista opened  the daily herald june 12 1924 p 1   the isele brothers were born in wrisen baden germany and had immigrated to america in 1885 settling at memphis by 1900 they owned a hotel on adams street 1900 shelby co tennessee federal census t6231597 p 8b ed 67  1925 sale in january 1925 the newspapers were writing that thomas k devitt 18821946 and charles b foster 18771931 were considering the purchase of the riviera hotel for 125000 colonel apperson and spouse went to the act of sale in late may 1925 the riviera hotel was vended to tk devitt and cb foster both seafood cannery owners and entrepreneurs of biloxi the selling price was 150000  the jackson county times april 25 1925 and harrison county ms land deed bk 148 pp 156   19251926    devitt and foster the riviera hotel under the ownership of tk devitt and cb foster was improved especially the kitchen area all new equipment was installed including such items as racks working tables dish warmers and electric dishwasher in addition a new mechanical refrigeration plant was installed as well as the lobby and dining room were repainted devitt and foster with chester delacruz formed the riviera hotel company a delaware corporation in late september 1926 devitt and foster sold the hotel to the riviera hotel company with all furniture beds mattresses springs chairs tables bed lines etc harrison county ms land deed bk 164 p 75  riviera  cafe by april 1927 walter ohlmer of new orleans former manager of the french tavern in the crescent city had taken over the management of the riviera cafe at this time he reported that his food was prepared the old time way that and that the cafe was doing a lively business mr ohlmer had the pleasure of hosting the meetings of the kiwanis club of biloxi when the tivoli hotel closed for the season after labor day  the daily herald april 24 1927 p 2 and august 26 1927 p 2     19261932    1927 in may 1927 paul wallace montross son of peter j montross returned to biloxi to be employed at the riviera hotel having most recently been with the markham hotel at gulfport he was named as assistant manager to thomas k devitt mr montross had began his career as a hotelier under the tutelage of his father at the then montross hotel after departing biloxi circa 1894 wallace had worked at the hotel lanz at mexico city his career had taken him to the new astor hotel in new york plasa at havana tampa bay at tampa windsor at jacksonville palace in san francisco washington in seattle green hotel in pasadena the us grant at san diego and eleven leading hotels in new york city eight of them located on broadway the daily herald in an interview with wallace related the following his father operated the riviera for 20 years or more and built the east and west wing the old original brick part of the hotel is about 100 years old mr montross jr sic was born in new orleans and reared in biloxi it is noted that he returns to biloxi after traveling for so many years mr montross has never voted because he has never lived in any place long enough but is now in biloxi to stay he said    the daily herald may 23 1927 p 2     1929 foreclosure sale jw apperson bought the riviera from the riviera hotel company in early november 1929 for 80000 in a foreclosure sale at gulfport under the proprietorship of colonel apperson  the riviera hotel underwent intensive interior and exterior improvements at this time he was also one of the owners and the manager of the buena vista hotel completion of this work was winding down in late december 1929 the hotel planned its formal opening for january 10 1930 cl martin former assistant manager of the buena vista hotel at biloxi was the manager of the riviera hotel at this time  the daily herald november 4 1929 p 1 and december 31 1929 p 2   as the riviera hotel was to be closed until early 1930 guests were located to other inns mrs louise green went to the elmer apartments on east beach adjacent to the riviera hotel major ts mccaleb and mrs grover jackson were moved to the avon the daily herald november 5 1929 p 2  riviera hotel company   may 1930harrison co mississippi chancery court cause no 11071 the riviera hotel company cb foster and chester a delacruz were suing mrs tk devitt for chancellor daniel m russell adjudicated in favor of mrs tk devitt to recover 10000 from the riviera hotel company harrison co ms land deed bk 30 p 365  1930lease in november 1930 jw apperson leased the riviera hotel to the coast hotel company and william l jones vice president much info in this deed harrison county ms land deed bk 195 pp 13  1932forfeiture and trustee sale in the early years of the great depression bankruptcies and foreclosures were common at this time colonel jw apperson found himself in financial difficulties and defaulted on his deed of trust on the riviera hotel the note that he had originally taken in june 1930 from had been transferred to the american national insurance company of galveston texas harrison co mississippi deed of trust bk 77 p 73 on july 4 1932 john d stennis jr subtrustee sold the riviera hotel for 25000 to the highest bidder which was the american national insurance company of galveston texas harrison county ms land deed bk 195 pp 13  june 1934harrison co mississippi chancery court cause no 13635 ec ellison and matilda c ellison sued jw apperson for foreclosure and sale of the riviera hotel chancellor daniel m russell adjudicated in favor of the ellison to recover 5000 from jw apperson bk 36 p 295   19261939  interstate hotel company   1936lease in late november 1936 he bearden vice president of the interstate hotel company leased the riviera hotel to eugene p leonetti and mamie s leonettie for five years to commence december 1 1936 rents 40 per month for first year 45 per month second year and 55 per month for years three thru five harrison county ms land deed bk 212 p 589  eugene p leonetti eugene p leonetti 18871961 was born april 25 1887 in italy married mamie sue allen one son eugene p leonetti mr leonetti lived in california and new york before arriving at biloxi in addition to operating the rendezvous restaurant he ran the city bus terminal before his retirement active in stock and bond market eugene p leonetti expired at bioxi on january 13 1961 at his home on 411 hopkins boulevard he was active in the italianamerican society his corporal remains were sent to meridian mississippi for internment  the daily herald january 13 1961 p 2    1937lease in 1937 the interstate hotel company and eugene p leonetti and spouse signed a new lease agreement which went into effect on july 1 st and ended on june 30 1942 the terms were the same as their first lease with the exception that the leonettis agreed to erect a onestory 1600 squarefoot addition to the riviera hotel to cost not less than 2000 harrison county ms land deed bk 215 p 468 in 1936 eugene p leonetti and mamie leonetti are proprietors of the rendezvous restaurant at 123 lameuse street 1936 biloxi city directory p 176 in 1940 the leonettis are domiciled at 119 lameuse street 19401941 biloxi city directory p 119  1939sale the interstate hotel company aa horne president sold to john c hunt on july 31 1939 for 45000 harrison county ms land deed bk 228 p 226 quitclaim from wl moody jr presidentof the american national insurance company to interstate hotel company in august 1939 harrison county ms land deed bk 228 p 249228   19391941    john c hunt when john c hunt acquired the riviera hotel in july 1939 he had many business interests particularly a large furniture store at dyersburg tennessee  nh avery nathaniel h avery  18891940 a native of new london connecticut was appointed the manager of the riviera hotel in the summer of 1939 replacing the late colonel jw apperson mr avery was formerly assistant cashier of the national whaling bank and president of the gm long lobster company he had previous experience in the hotel industry at cape may new jersey and came to biloxi in october 1938 for a visit lt ee fahey avery s soninlaw had been stationed at the biloxi coast guard base nathan h avery was married and had two children grace avery and nathaniel h avery ii 19242006   the daily herald february 8 1940 p 12    joel h hunt joel h hunt was manager of the riviera hotel in february 1941 when he was sued by william h barton barton alleged that mr hunt made malicious and unveritable remarks about him in ocotber 1940 when he was an employee of the hostelry the daily herald february 20 1941 p 3 for about 25000 john c hunt sold the riviera hotel property to mrs hv sherrill on august 7 1941 harrison county ms land deed bk 241 pp 173   19411955    wilhelmina r sherrill wilhelmina billie sewell roberts sherrill 18861982 was born at jackson east feliciana parish louisiana on september 26 1886 to dr william j roberts 1869pre 1930 and sarah e roberts 18761930 dr wj roberts was a peripatetic physician by 1896 the family had moved to mississippi in 1910 dr wj roberts had relocated his family to colfax grant parish louisiana their other children were lena o roberts 18951910 and bennett f roberts 18991910  hugh v sherrill on september 29 1917 billie roberts married hugh virgil sherrill  18761927 born april 18 1876 at madison county tennessee he was the son of dr hugh newton sherrill 18371903 who was born on august 7 1837 and mary e hardy 18461910 both tennessee natives dr hn sherrill married miss hardy in september 1865 their other children were algernon s sherrill 18681920 clarence h sherrill 18731900 and joseph l sherrill 18791900 this sherrill family is rooted in north carolina thorough archibald sherrill and agnes moss hugh n sherrill and algernon algie s sherrill 18681920 his older brother were business associates in the lumber industry for many years in 1880 the dr hn sherrill family was residing in henderson then in madison county tennessee by 1900 the family had moved to union city obion county tennessee here algie was a dry good merchant and hugh n sherrill engaged in the lumber business 1880 obion county tennessee federal census t623 1591 p 17a ed 108 after the death of dr hn sherrill in tennessee on july 8 1903 hugh v sherrill algie s sherrill and their mother settled at paducah mccracken county kentucky at this ohio river port city they engaged in the lumber business together 1910 mccracken county kentucky federal census t624493 p 2b ed 124  louisianacalifornia in late january 1920 hugh v sherrill and billie r sherrill his recent bride were domiciled at merryville beauregard parish louisiana here hugh v sherrill was the manager of a lumber mill algernon s sherrill 18691920 his brother was the president of the mill and residing with them 1920 beauregard parish louisiana t625605 p 3b ed 109 for some reason unknown to the author hugh v and billie r sherrill were in los angeles county california in september 1920 as their only child hugh virgil sherrill ii 19202007 was born here on september 18 1920 family lore relates that h virgil sherrill had contracted tuberculosis and may have traveled to the western united states to improve his health s ann r morse july 30 2007  new mexico  and travel hugh v sherrill expired at albuquerque bernalillo county new mexico on october 22 1927 by 1930 billie r sherrill his widow was living at 908 west tijeras avenue in albuquerque with her widowed mother and young son after the death of her spouse she began several ocean voyages billie left the canal zone in april 1929 aboard the ss heredia  a united fruit company vessel and landed in new orleans one week later she left havana cuba in august 1930 and arrived at new orleans in september 1930 traveling aboard the ss cuba  1930 bernalillo county new mexico federal census r 1392 p 7b ed 10  mississippi  gulf coast by 1935 billie r sherrill had relocated to east beach at gulfport mississippi in the late summer and early fall of 1935 she went to europe she returned on the ss ile de france leaving le havre france for new york city in early october upon the death of lynn hamilton dinkins 18671938 new orleans banker and son of captain james dinkins 18451939 mrs sherrill was legated 10000 from his estate  the daily herald january 11 1938 p 5    h virgil sherrill h virgil sherrill attended the gulf coast military academy on east beach at gulfport he matriculated to yale university at new haven connecticut and graduated with the class of 1942 mrs sherrill attended his graduation at new haven in june 1942 her sojourn took her to new york city where she was the guest of mr and mrs ashton hayward virgil sherrill also received his commission into the us navy via the yale nrotc program at his commencement exercises they returned to biloxi by automobile virgil was called to active military duty in june 1942  the daily herald june 3 1942 p 2    air war in november 1946 lt jg hugh virgil sherrill was awarded a permanent citation for the navy cross by james forrestal secretary of the navy for his extraordinary heroism as a fighter pilot of fighting squadron 81 attached to the uss wasp  lt sherrill destroyed four japanese fighter planes on february 17 1945 in an air battle over tokyo bay sherrill s squadron encountered an enemy force with superior numbers but preceded to press the fight he was also credited with two probable kills in this battle  the daily herald november 29 1946 p 6   in 1948 h virgil sherrill resided at new orleans here he may have met elizabeth betty stevens b 1924 a native of the crescent city  stanford morse wilhelmina r sherrill married stanford e morse 19001934 a native of wesson mississippi on november 14 1948 in harrison county mississippi he was the widower of ernestine neuhardt 19051932 a native of memphis tennessee george e neuhart 18661920 her ohio born father was a memphis attorney and a judge harrison co ms mrb 78 p 336 and 1920 shelby co tennessee federal census t6251764 p 13a ed 155 the morsesherrill nuptial ceremony was held at her home in pass christian mississippi h virgil sherrill was best man for his mother while stanford morse ii and george e morse stood with their father  the daily herald november 15 1948 p 8  stanford morse and ernestine neuhardt were the parents of stanford e morse jr 19262002 m sally ann reilly b 1927 and george e morse 19262004 m nancy temple wood stanford morse relocated to gulfport mississippi in 1922 from jackson mississippi he was educated at millsaps college and the university of mississippi at gulfport stanford became a partner in the legal firm of ford white and morse which operated from the abstract building at gulfport they resided on east beach at gulfport  the daily herald  50 th golden jubilee 1934 p 72 ernestine neuhardt morse expired at her gulf shore manor home on november 10 1932 she had come to the mississippi gulf coast from memphis to attend gulf park college at long beach after her graduation in  mrs w sherrill morse management as in any change in ownership it was only natural for mrs billie r sherrill to hire and fire employees mrs lm lofgren was employed to manage the hostelry mrs jennie may white who had previously been employed at the palmer house and had worked for colonel jw apperson at the riviera hotel before she left for birmingham alabama returned to biloxi and was placed in charge of food and beverage services mrs leone meyer was to assist her in the dining room the ladies had arranged to have a sunday night buffet to attract locals and provide a venue for social contact among the guests of the riviera  the daily herald august 11 1941 p 7    keesler army airfield biloxi housing shortage august 1941 was a brilliant time for mrs willie r sherrill to have acquired the riviera hotel in june 1941 the us army air corps had activated station no 8 aviation mechanics school at biloxi mississippi by late august 1941 this military installation had been dedicated as keesler army airfield in honor of 2nd lieutenant samuel reeves keesler 18961918 a native of greenwood mississippi lieutenant keesler had died in france from wounds received while in aerial combat against germany during the great war keesler army airfield not only became technical training center but trained basic recruits the first contingent of recruits arrived at biloxi on august 21 1941 enwikipediaorg wiki  keesler  air  force  base  clerks edward i carnes 19141972 and louis raymond  the daily herald august 11 1941 p 7  shortly after mrs billie r sherril acquired the riviera hotel she placed an advertisement in the local biloxi journal which read as follows  riviera hotel biloxi  s coolest announces delicious home cooked meals prepared by mrs jennie may white at popular prices also sunday night buffet supper cool comfortable rooms with ceiling fans new innerspring mattresses in each room homelike atmosphere single rooms with  private bath  as low as 150 daily under complete new management since august 8 th 1941  the daily herald august 14 1941 p 7   in november 1941 billie r sherrill advertised her biloxi hotel in the yellow pages of the southern bell telephone and telegraph telephone gulfport telephone directory as follows  riviera hotel 100 rooms 100 baths rates 150 up  meet the best people on earth here  mrs hv sherrill owner 101 e beach 1100  p 43 billie s morse died december 6 1982 buried at live oak cemetery in pass christian mississippi  the daily herald december 8 1982 p 2  before her death billie s morse vended the riviera hotel at biloxi to the avelez hotel company in december 1955 harrison county ms land deed bk 403 p 171  avelez hotel company the avelez hotel company was chartered in june 1946 by uriah s joachim 18881977 richard r guice adrian weill 19031971 and albert sydney johnston jr 19001992 harrison county ms charter bk 93 p 162 wilhelmina billie sewell roberts sherrill morse 18861982 vended the riviera hotel at biloxi to the avelez hotel company in december 1955 harrison county ms land deed bk 403 p 171  uriah s joachim uriah silvester jack joachim 18881977 was born on march 13 1888 at ocean springs mississippi he attended soule business school at new orleans graduating in 1906 joachim found employment as a bookkeeper for the dantzler commissary a subsidiary of the ln dantzler lumber company at vancleave later he worked with the j s company there in 1908 us joachim relocated to biloxi where he became an employee of the l lopez company as a bookkeeper  lepre 1991 p 160 and the daily herald january 31 1977 p a2  on november 14 1912 at nativity bvm in biloxi us joachim married stella angelina gillen 18921963 a native of biloxi and the daughter of mark j gillen 18401925 from county mayo ireland and ellen sheehan 18541931 a native of new orleans us joachim and stella g joachim were the parents of mark gillen joachim b 1913 clare joachim maddox b 1915 john schappert jack joachim b 1916 harry joseph joachim b 1920 and ruth marylyn joachim janca 19251989   mark joachim august 27 1999  by march 1918 mr joachim had been promoted manager of the l lopez company operation in biloxi at this time he resigned and joined the combel hardware company as manager mr joachim was one of the incorporators of this stock company which evolved in 1948 into his wholly owned combel s merchandise mart in addition to his hardware interests us joachim was president of first federal savings and loan and the avelez hotel he was also a member of the biloxi chamber of commerce elks club and church of the nativity of the bvm mr joachim expired in late january 1977 stella gillen joachim his wife of over fifty years preceded him in death expiring on september 12 1963 they rest eternally in the southern memorial park cemetery in biloxi  the jackson county times march 20 1918 p 7 and the daily herald january 31 1977 p a2    adrian weill adrian weill 19031971 was born august 18 1903 in osthaffen lorraine france the son of leon weill 18701903 and hermine weill leon weill had come to the united states in 1886 by 1900 he was the proprietor of a general merchandising store in ascension parish louisiana it appears that he returned circa 1902 to alsacelorraine married and had two sons adrian weill and roger weill 19021988 the weill brothers immigrated to america in 1920 settling near lutcher st james parish louisiana with jonas weill 18771963 their uncle and a retail merchant jonas weill had immigrated to louisiana in 18961900 ascension parish la federal census t623 557 p 4a ed 8 and 1920 st james parish la federal census r815 p 19a ed 10  in 1930 adrian weill relocated to biloxi mississippi and opened a retail shoe store on lameuse street shortly he acquired the building that his leased space was situated which led to his life long vocation of acquiring and selling rental property adrian initiated the first drivein restaurant ferdinand s at biloxi which was located on west beach he also constructed biloxi s first shopping center weill s shopping center also on west beach  the daily herald february 22 1971 p 1  adrian weill met and married jeannette l dees 19162002 who was born northeast of mobile at repton conecuh county alabama donna mae long dees mcmillan 18981930 her mother once served as postmaster of repton alabama adrian and jeannette d weill were the parents of adrian michael mike weill 19431976 jolene w manuel aultman donna lynn w minton green and jacqueline w glascow bernstein d pre 2002  the sun herald april 21 2002 p a8 and 1930 conecuh co alabama federal census r9 p 5a ed 17 in december 1986 jacqueline w bernstein jolene w aultman and donna w green conservators and daughters of jeanette dees weill sold the former allman tract to loris c bridges jxco ms land deed bk 649 p 454 and bk 875 p 475 and p 478  1947 hurricane the september storm of 1947 was very devastating to lowlying commercial and residential structures from point cadet to the biloxi lighthouse the storm surge at biloxi was measured at thirteen feet in the vicinity of the riviera hotel  1954 mrs martha ellis manager announced that the painting and redecorating of the third floor of the riviera hotel was commenced yesterday this action will complete the hotel s renovation which began last year the daily herald september 29 1954 p 22  1965 miss pauline mcfarlane of pascagoula was named manager replacing chris maples  the daily herald november 11 1965 p 2  camille august 19 1969 the board of directors of the avelez hotel held a special meeting on march 18 1970 and unanimously vote to sell their old montrossriviera hotel lot on lameuse and beach boulevard two days later the avelez hotel corporation for 260000 conveyed the lot to the housing authority of biloxi 2 nd jd harrison county ms land deed bk 8 p 473  city of biloxi   references  nap l cassibry ii  early settlers and land grants at biloxi  volume i mississippi coast historical and genealogical society biloxi mississippispecial issue 5 november 1986 p 82 nap l cassibry ii  early settlers and land grants at biloxi  volume ii mississippi coast historical and genealogical society biloxi mississippispecial issue 5 november 1986 nap l cassibry ii  the ladner odyssey  volume ii mississippi coast historical and genealogical society biloxi mississippispecial issue 5 november 1986 charles l dyer  along the gulf  women of the trinity episcopal church pass christian1971 originally published 1895 jerome lepre  catholic church records diocese of biloxi mississippi  volume i catholic diocese of biloxi biloxi mississippi1991  the biloxi daily herald business and professional men  the biloxi daily herald biloxi mississippi1902  the daily herald 50 th golden jubilee number biographical and historical 18841934  the daily herald gulfportbiloxi mississippi1934 th glenn  the mexican gulf coast on mobile bay mississippi sound illustrated  delchamps mobile alabama1893  the history of jackson county mississippi    william c seaman   jackson county mississippi genealogical society pascagoula mississippi 1989  southern bell telephone and telegraph co    telephone directorygulfport miss  november 1941  chancery court no 315 1879 no 349 1882 no 408 1886 no 799 1896 harrison county mississippi chancery court cause no 143   peter lienhardt et al v sherrod seaman et al may 1874 harrison county mississippi chancery court cause no 889   the estate of pj montross  1897 harrison county mississippi chancery court cause no 11071   riviera hotel company cb foster and ca delacruz v mrs tk devitt et al  may 1930 harrisoncounty mississippi chancery court cause no 13635   ec ellison et al v jw apperson  may 1934  journals the biloxi herald   montross hotel advertisement   january 14 1888 the biloxi herald   first excursion of the season   february 18 1888 the biloxi herald   montross hotel advertisement   february 18 1888 the biloxi herald   city news   march 3 1888 the biloxi herald   northern visitors   march 10 1888 the biloxi herald   city news   april 7 1888 the biloxi herald   proceedings town council   august 18 1888 the biloxi herald   visit to the northwest   october 6 1888 the biloxi herald   city news   november 10 1888 the biloxi herald   city news   november 24 1888 the biloxi herald   the glorious fourth   july 4 1891 the biloxi herald   local happenings   may 28 1892 the biloxi herald   montross hotel   december 9 1893 the biloxi herald   local happenings   january 20 1894 the biloxi herald   latest city news   june 13 1896 the biloxi daily herald   necrologymajor peter j montross   april 3 1897 p 8 the biloxi daily herald   latest city news   april 3 1897 the biloxi daily herald   latest city news   april 10 1897 the biloxi daily herald   hotel montross  may 8 1897 the biloxi daily herald   latest city news   july 3 1897 the biloxi daily herald   concert at the montross   july 17 1897 the biloxi daily herald   local and personal   january 17 1899 the biloxi daily herald   affeldsanders   april 10 1900 the biloxi daily herald   pleasure boat for hire   june 26 1900 the biloxi daily herald   pretty things   august 22 1900 the biloxi daily herald   city news   october 30 1900 the biloxi daily herald   swept by flames   november 9 1900 the biloxi daily herald   city news   november 18 1900 the biloxi daily herald   city news   january 5 1901 the biloxi daily herald   city news   january 8 1901 the biloxi daily herald   city news   january 10 1901 the biloxi daily herald   city news   january 11 1901 the biloxi daily herald   mr sawford honored   january 29 1902 the biloxi daily herald   city news   february 25 1902 the biloxi daily herald   races for the soldiers   august 13 1902 the biloxi daily herald   races saturday   august 19 1902 the biloxi daily herald   northern visitors   october 29 1904 the biloxi daily herald   among the candidates   july 29 1907 the biloxi daily herald   paid homage to honored dead  tp dulion     february 23 1907 the biloxi daily herald   city news    the biloxi daily herald   city news    the biloxi daily herald   city news    the daily herald the daily herald   carnvail  sic  next year to be bigger and better   april 1908 the daily herald   mr sawford will retain montross   april 29 1909 the daily herald   punches biloxi hotel operator   august 2 1910 the daily herald   kimbrough home on beach is sold   june 7 1912 the daily herald   cadillac wins grunewald cup in race from orleans to biloxi  june 30 1913 the daily herald   col apperson is uncle of first memphis hero   may 14 1918 the daily herald   biloxi news   april 12 1920 the daily herald   riviera work progressing   september 23 1922 the daily herald   riviera hotel changes hands   june 12 1924 the daily herald   riviera improvements completed   august 6 1926 the daily herald   florian seal offers himself for reelection   april 2 1927 the daily herald   apperson leaves for cuba   april 8 1927 the daily herald   popularizing riviera cafe   april 25 1927 the daily herald   kiwanis meet at riviera hotel   august 26 1927 the daily herald   florian seal dies suddenly   december 12 1927 the daily herald   florian seal buried today   december 13 1927 the daily herald   riviera improvements completed   august 6 1926  the daily herald   bilbo to be guest of col apperson   december 3 1926 the daily herald    path leads montross to return to biloxi   may 3 1927 the daily herald    col apperson buy riviera for 80000   november 4 1929 the daily herald   riviera guests in new homes    november 5 1929 the daily herald   riviera hotel to open january 10   december 31 1929 the daily herald   john carraway dies   august 6 1931 the daily herald   carraway funeral   august 19 1931 the daily herald   carraway funeral   august 21 1931 the daily herald   john carraway buried   august 24 1931 the daily herald   mrs stanford morse succumbs to illness   november 10 1932 the daily herald   remodeling pavilion   november 21 1936 the daily herald   mrs florian seal dies   september 12 1936 the daily herald   10000 left to mrs hv sherill   january 11 1938 the daily herald   col jw apperson taken by death   april 1 1939 the daily herald   new management riviera hotel   august 1 1939 the daily herald   nh avery new riviera manager   1939 the daily herald   is avery dies   february 8 1940 the daily herald   hotel manager is sued for 25000   february 20 1941 the daily herald   riviera hotel is sold to mrs sherrill   august 9 1941 the daily herald   announce personnel of riviera hotel   august 11 1941 the daily herald   hotels have biggest season   august 11 1941 the daily herald   riviera hotel  advertisement     august 14 1941 the daily herald   attends yale graduation   june 3 1942 the daily herald   once busy biloxi beach deep in sand   september 24 1947 the daily herald   lt sherrill cited   november 29 1946 the daily herald   morsesherrill   november 15 1948 the daily herald   mrs jw apperson dies   october 26 1951 the daily herald   hotel redecorated   september 29 1954 the daily herald   riviera hotel on biloxi beach is purchased for 100000   december 23 1955 the daily herald   eugene leonetti  january 13 1961 the daily herald   adrian weill taken by death  february 22 1971 the daily herald   mrs stanford e wilhelmina morse   december 8 1982 the daily herald    the daily picayune   yachtingbiloxi to have a fine building   august 21 1900  the jackson county times the jackson county times   riviera hotel is damaged by fire   may 20 1922 the jackson county times   local and personal   april 25 1925 the jackson county times   col apperson buys riviera for 80000   november 9 1929 the new orleans daily picayune   the late destructive gale   september 16 1855 the star of pascagoula may 29 1875 p 3 the star of pascagoula   our watering places  june 26 1875 the sun herald   jeanette dees weill   april 21 2002 p a8 the sun herald   flashbacka firstclass hotel in biloxi   may 6 2012 p f10  internet enwikipediaorg wiki  keesler  air  force  base personal communication  ann reilly morse telephone on july 30 2007  hotel d europebuolo hotel west water street   location   block 126 ½ lot west by croesus south by water street 62 feet on water street north 65 feet  hotel d europe in may 1867  francis fizaine  fizen leased the hotel d europe with all buildings and outhouse s there on to charles dejean  18121894 for a term of five years the dejean lease commenced on may 15 1866 and terminated on may 15 1871 with an annual rent of 300 fizaine promised to repair the roof and floors and agreed to erect at his own expense a substantial bath house for the use of dejean and guests in addition he was to leave fifteen bedsteads dining tables and wash stands in the premises harrison co ms land deed bk 10 p 164  the boulo hotel prior to the acquisition in march 1913 by august tremmel 18731942 the parcel of land in biloxi mississippi that would become the site of his tin shop and home was the location of a large hotel the hotel was called the boulo hotel and it was probably erected by charles dejean 18121894 who was called boulo charles dejean was born at france and was the father of peter dejean 18571909 who married kate williams in october 1880 alice d lanius 18541904 m michael smith lanius 18481905 and ida d fountain 181892 peter was born in louisiana his mother was from louisiana a hotel clerk in 1880 charles dejean acquired his hotel property in march 1868 for 2500 from george binder attorney in fact of carl schwarz and the heirs at law of john crusius deceased of new orleans the warranty deed to dejean described the tract as  a certain lot of ground with the improvements thereon situated in the town of biloxi county of harrison in the state of mississippi namely said lot is bounded on the south by a street known as water street on the north by a street or property of vendors on the west   by property of one menasker or a street left by vendors and on the east by a road leading north and south having a front on water street of one hundred and fifty seven feet more or less running thence north one hundred and eightyfour feet thence east one hundred and fiftyseven feet more or less thence south one hundred and eightyfour feet and west one hundred fiftyseven feet more or less to the place of beginning  harco ms land deed bk 10 p 426 on october 16 1894 after the demise of charles dejean the boulo hotel and land were vended to jenny bozonnier tissot by his heirs peter dejean and alice d lanius harco ms land deed bk 32 pp 79  tissot family jenny bozonnier tissot 18491912 a native of new orleans and a member of the bozonnierandry family from france was the widow of judge aristeed l tissot of new orleans judge tissot adjudicated in the civil district court formerly called the old probate court the tissot family maintained a summer home at biloxi it was situated on west beach and croesus street in 1900 mrs tissot was residing on croesus street with her two children louise melanie lovely tissot 18751922 and louis a tissot 18761907 two servants were also in the household louis a tissot expired on june 6 1907 at denver colorado 1900 federal census harco ms and  the  biloxi  daily herald june 8 1907 p 1  demolition   from a study of the sanborn maps of biloxi mississippi it can be determined with a high degree of certitude that the boulo hotel was demolished between 1904 and 1914 no further information   charles dejean facts adele aldezer 18261916 first wife josephine dejean 18441880 mother french alice dejean lanius a native of france married michael smith lanius 18481905 a native ofalabama before 1870 seven children five daughters and two sons charles m lanius 18811950 married laura tremmel 18841935 a sister of august tremmel who would acquire the dejean hotel property later peter dejean facts engaged in business at decatur alabama in 1888  the  biloxi  herald january 21 1888 p 8 in june 1891 peter dejean opened the little gem a billiard saloon   the biloxi herald june 6 1891 p 8  mrs ida fountain halfsister of pj dejean died at nola last saturday  the biloxi herald february 6 1892 p4  in may 1899 operating sazerac lunch house on the corner of howard and main street in december 1914    the daily herald  stated that in an article titled twenty years ago that   peter dejean opened up a restaurant on the depot square   the daily herald december 19 1914 p 8    references  the biloxid iberville press   the way it was biloxi s chalet boulo   november 18 1995  the  biloxi  herald   city news   january 21 1888 the  biloxi  herald   local happenings   june 6 1891 the  biloxi  herald   city news   january 21 1888 the  biloxi  herald   sazarac lunch house   may 16 1899 the daily herald   twenty years ago today   december 19 1914  sheffer house  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   references  the pascagoula democratstar  may 28 1880  orleans house  the pascagoula democrat june 4 1880 p 4 the biloxi herald september 8 1888 p 5 william drysdale 18181870 was born in scotland in january 1857 he married margaret ellen musson 18401896 an irish immigrant from belfast children jane drysdale 18581939 william drysdale 1861 elizabeth drysdale 1864 married charles l johnson in 1894 anna drysdale 18661934 josephine drysdale 18671955 john thomas drysdale 18681934 robert e lee drysdale 18711900 alexander w drysdale 1872pre 1880 and alexina i drysdale 1872pre1880 lepre 1991 p 97 maggie drysdale left biloxi in february 1888 to stay with william drysdale her brother at selma alabama in 1900 william was operating a restaurant on washington street at selma alabama circa 1884 he married fannie hedge or haig a native of alabama two children born at biloxi in 1885 and lepre 1991 p 97 and 1900 dallas co alabama federal census t623 14 p 8b ed 44  references  the biloxi herald   city news  february 25 1888   arlington hotel   circa 1889  arlington house  courtesy of hr randy randazzo the arlington house and its furnishings were owned by charles f theobald  18391903 and situated on front street beach boulevard probably near main street it appears to have opened in 1889 under the proprieurtorship of h edwards  by may 1890  colonel l bitterwolf of new orleans was the lessor he stayed for about two months and was replaced by edward l brown also coming from the crescent city by way of western resorts colonel bitterwolf returned to nola to work in the liquor business the biloxi herald november 30 1889 p 2 and july 26 1890 p 1  advertisement in june 1891 this advertisement was run in the biloxi herald   arlington hotel   on the front beach biloxi mississippi under the proprieurtorship of edward l brown  fire in early september 1891 a fire commenced in the kitchen of the arlington hotel which quickly spread to the main building the hotel and a small warehouse structure owned by jacob elmer were consumed by the conflagration mr theobald had his property insured for 3500 but his losses were estimated at 6000 mr brown the lessor had covered his personal effects for 1200 the biloxi herald september 12 1891 p 4  references  the biloxi herald   advertisement  november 30 1889 the biloxi herald   advertisement  december 21 1889 the biloxi herald   advertisement  june 6 1890 the biloxi herald   the arlington hotel changes hands  july 26 1890 the biloxi herald   fire record  september 12 1891  bayview hotel   1926 improvements   references  the daily herald  bayview hotel improvements   january 6 1927 p 2  beach hotel  built 1893  drysdale family in 1857 margaret ellen musson 18401896 native of belfast nothern ireland married william drysdale 18181870 native of scotland in harrison county mississippi see mrb 3 p 110  children jane drysdale 18581939 william drysdale 1861 elizabeth drysdale 1864 married charles l johnson in 1894 anna drysdale 18661934 josephine drysdale 18671955 john thomas drysdale 18681934 robert e lee drysdale 18711900 alexander w drysdale 1872pre 1880 and alexina i drysdale 1872pre1880 lepre 1991 p 97 the biloxi herald october 24 1896 the biloxi herald october 31 1896 1870 harrison county mississippi federal census the handsboro democrat in 1914 run by four drysdale sisters jennie jane drysdale was the buyer and general manager lizzie drysdale had married charles l johnson but after being widowed had returned to the family business jo drysdale  nesbit cottages1944   property known as vacation village in 1959   references   the daily herald the daily herald the daily herald the daily herald the daily herald drysdake property bought by orleanian march 3 1937 the daily herald the daily herald building permits the daily herald miss jane drysdale dies at biloxi today april 20 1939 the daily herald   know your coast today two readers take over the column  january 30 1959 p 2  the breslow hotel  1904 biloxi mississippi sanborn mapsheet 5   the  breslow hotel  a new and spacious modern structure on front street was being completed by john eistetter occupancy was expected by 1 june mrs ma andrews formerly of the bay view will manage the premises she was at the neilson house in 1891 the biloxi daily herald may 25 1899 p 8 and the biloxi herald june 13 1891 p 4  19001940     avon hotel and annex   1926  the daily herald january 16 1926 p 2  1929 vincent di gregorio   18621929 proprietor of the avon hotel was killed by a trolley car on november 15 1929 at biloxi he was a native of new orleans and former owner of the pelican fish company mr di gregorio had been in biloxi since about 1911 and owned additional biloxi beach front acreage the daily herald november 16 1929 p  references   the daily herald hotel avon for lease october 17 1925 the daily herald to open avon febuary 8 1928 the daily herald avon changes hands january 6 1929 the daily herald di gregorio dies after being hit by trolley car november 16 1929  avalez hotel  image made before the august 1930 fire  wkm dukate home in late 1922 edward l brady 18741939 erena lopez brady 18851940 and teresa lopez folkes 18731951 acquired the wkm dukate 18521916 residence property situated on the south side of west howard avenue bounded by croesus street on the west and magnolia street on the east the magnificent dukate home which cost 4500 to erect had been built here in the fall of 1894 with jf barnes architect and contractor from new orleans in charge the dukate lot on west howard avenue was leveled and prepared for construction in midoctober 1894 by middecember 1894 the dukate home was nearing completion in march 1895 local decorators white suter were lauded for the quality of their paper hanging painting and interior decorating of the dukate edifice henry lienhard a relative of mrs linda dukate painted the fence surrounding the perimeter of the dukate place  the biloxi herald        hotel lot the avelez hotel lot facing north of west howard avenue was situated between croesus street and magnolia street and described as follows from the point of beginning which is the intersection of the south side of west howard avenue and magnolia street thence south 202 ½ feet to a point which is the southeast corner of the hotel lot then go west for 80 feet thence south 13 212 feet to a point and then go west 70 feet to the southwest corner of the hotel lot go north along the east side of croesus for 239 feet to the northwest corner of west howard avenue and croesus street thence 163 feet along west howard avenue to the point of beginning harrison co mississippi land deed bk 235 p 267  hotel madames brady and folkes planned to erect a handsome hotel on the former dukate lot in late february 1923 they with carl matthes a wellrespected biloxi architect left town to tour and inspect some of the finer resorts and hotels in florida with the purpose of generating ideas for their new biloxi enterprise  the daily herald february 27 1923 p 3   the name avelez was chosen for the brady hotel lazarus lopez 18501903 the father of erena lopez brady had been born at aviles asturias province north western spain in october 1850 he left spain for cuba in 1863 and arrived in texas before becoming a denizen of biloxi mississippi circa 1870 lazaro lopez expired in rome italy on september 25 1903 as the result of an acute inflammation of his kidneys and dysentery earlier he and julia dulion lopez 18571918 his loving spouse with four of their youngest children julius m lopez 18861958 erena lopez rowena lopez 18951986 and noreta lopez 18961960 had departed biloxi mississippi via the l n railroad for nyc where they boarded an ocean liner for europe mr lopez had been ill at biloxi before they left for europe a telegram from rome reached biloxi on september 19 1903 notifying his family here that he was seriously sick  the biloxi herald september 19 1903 p 8    el brady hotel company the erena l brady hotel company was chartered in the state of mississippi in september 1923 by edward l brady erena lopez brady and william lee guice harrison co mississippi chattel deed bk 28 p 545 and land deed bk 403 p 171  construction the avelez hotel was situated on the south side of west howard avenue and croesus street it was erected in 1923 by the el brady hotel company owned by edward brady and erena lopez brady his spouse the brady hotel company contracted with tallavest rigar builders from jacksonville florida to erect their fivestory onehundred room edifice at the cost of 60000 the hotel was to be the equipped with modern furniture and each hotel room to have a bathroom the daily herald december 28 1923 p 1  openingnew year s eve1923 when the avelez hotel opened on december 31 1923 philip columbus caldwell 18921951 was its manager manager caldwell had married rowena lopez 18951986 the sister of erena lopez brady on january 12 1917 in a small wedding ceremony at nativity bvm in biloxi father alphonse ketels officiated for their nuptial vows mr caldwell was manager of was the manager of the great southern hotel at gulfport mississippi   the daily herald january 13 1917 p 3   the newlywed caldwells made their home in gulfport by the fall of 1917 philip c caldwell had left his managerial position with the great southern hotel and joined j rucks yerger jr 18921931 his brotherinlaw in the insurance business as yergercaldwell their office was above grant s drug store on west howard avenue with wwi raging in europe mr caldwell joined the us army in 1917 and was stationed at camp shelby in the quartermasters corps   the daily herald october 4 1917 p 3 and october 8 1917 p 3   by 1920 the caldwell family was domiciled in the lazarus lopez edifice on west howard avenue living with the yergers noreta julia lopez yerger 18961960 and rucks yerger and the bradys erena l brady and edward l brady in january 1920 the yergers made the decision to demolish the magnificent lopez domicile and erect the yerger building on it site by this time three caldwell children margaret caldwell 1918 m philip j jack caldwell ii 19192008 m joan h caldwell 19232001 and rowena jill caldwell 19192008 m mr otremba  the daily herald january 22 1920 p 3 and june 10 1920 p 6   phillip c caldwell expired at chicago in the mercy hospital on june 8 1951 the caldwell family had left biloxi in 1924 at the time of his demise mr caldwell was manager of the chapmanpark hotel in los angeles he was survived by rowena lopez caldwell his spouse and children mrs edward wilson of chicago mrs arthur atriembo and phillip caldwell phillip caldwell s corporal remains were interred at a chicago cemetery rowen lopez caldwell passed on april 17 1986 at goleta santa barbara county california the daily herald june 9 1951 p 3 rowen lopez caldwell passed on april 17 1986 at goleta santa barbara county california phil caldwell was instrumental in securing the greeters of america to make a visit to biloxi before they arrived he had taken a position at the hotel galves at galveston texas in may 1921 the daily herald may 12 1921 p 8 in the summer of 1930 the caldwell family was domiciled at chicago phil and rowena l caldwell took a two month european tour at this time their three children were enrolled in summer camps in michigan jill and margaret caldwell went to camp meecasinio near baldwin michigan while jack attended camp algonquin near alanson michigan  1930 conflagration the avelez hotel structure was struck by a devastating conflagration in the early morning of august 24 1930 the fire originated in the hill store in the arcade fronting the hotel section of the building guests of the avelez hotel were notified and evacuated from their rooms without harm initial damage estimates from insurance adjusters placed the total cost of the fire at about 65000 which when itemized came to 40000 to 50000 for stocks and fixtures and about 25000 for the structure the hotel proper was harmed only by smoke and water mrs erena brady lopez announced that the fire damaged arcade would be rebuilt the day after the fire collins brothers and manual and wetzel two local building contractors were making estimates for mrs brady and her insurance companies respectively businesses affected by the conflagration in addition to the hill store were eddie s drug storeeddie ouille owner la nationale beauty parlormrs charles h patterson of nola owner the biloxi insurance agency the barber shopnh mcallister proprietor and the avelez cafe operated by dan markotich the daily herald august 25 1930 p 1  avelez management wd jarman of baton rouge louisiana former manager of the avelez hotel and the pine hills hotel is now assistant manger with the hotel buena vista  the daily herald june 6 1927 p 2    1932el brady hotel company default the great depression commencing in october 1929 may have been the salient reason for the el brady hotel company to default on their mortgage of 166000 made in march 1928 with the canal bank trust company of nola in october 1931 their chief bond holders allen dezauche morris a hirsch ha cleaver richard mccarthy and js waterman who owned 133500 in avelez hotel bonds demanded payment when the default came the avelez hotel was sold to these gentlemen in a trustee s sale on march 7 1932 harrison co mississippi land trust deed bk 64 p 169163 trust deed bk 81 p 230 and harrison co mississippi land deed bk 194 p 5870  avelez hotel company allen dezauche and the bond holders of the canal bank trust company sold the avelez hotel on april 1932 to the avelez hotel company for 20000 harrison co mississippi land deed bk 194 p 71  1937sales in january 1937 properties incorporated through the stephen l guice and company a biloxi realty firm vended the avelez hotel to john t powers of alexandria louisiana and associate with guaranty bank trust company of alexandria louisiana and aw keen a resident of houston texas and hotel operator with properties in atlanta and houston these gentlemen will personally operate the hotel the timespicayune january 12 1937 p 4 and january 17 1937 p 63 john t powers sold a 14 interest of his interest in the avelez hotel to katherine waggoner powers 18871957 his spouse in january 1937 it appears that the powers divorced before 1945 katherine w powers died at biloxi mississippi in september 1957 leaving her son john w powers and mc waggoner a brother at tylertown mississippi her corporal remains were interred in the southern memorial park cemetery in west billxi harrison co mississippi land deed bk 213 p 379 and the daily herald september 17 1957 p 2  john t powers john thomas powers 18871971 was a native of baton rouge louisiana before mr powers came to the mississippi coast he was associated with the bentley hotel at alexandria louisiana in march 1937 when mr powers was the managing the avelez hotel at biloxi john w powers 19111970 his son and a resident of lake charles louisiana came to visit his parents at the hotel while here john w powers decided to relocate to biloxi and became the cottage manager at the buena vista hotel by 1949 the powers family was operating the biloxi laundry dry cleaning company at 244 porter avenue the daily herald march 30 1937 p 3 in february 1945 eva mae powers 18991965 a native of alexandria louisiana and the wife of john t powers acquired from julia agnes o neill mooney glengariff an older residence situated at 253 beach drive in ocean springs glengariff was the former summer retirement home and estate of captain francis o neill 18491936 of chicago and mrs mooney was his daughter the house was located near the center of a 514 acre tract which ran northeasterly from the beach front almost 800 feet to the southwest corner of cleveland and martin avenues there was 286 feet of beach front francis o neill was a resident of 5448 drexel avenue at chicago illinois he and his family wintered at ocean springs mississippi from 1914 to his death on january 26 1936 o neil was interred at the mount olivet cemetery in chicago and is known today for his jackson co mississippi land deed bk 88 pp 471473 john werner powers died at glengarriff on january 27 1970 he was survived by his wife mabel powers and children john thomas powers of seattle and carol leatherman of pineville louisiana in september 1971 john t powers followed his son in death his first spouse eva mae powers had expired in midfebruary 1965 she was a native of alexandria louisiana john t powers left a wife helen edwards he was a mason and shriner and also a member of the us coast guard auxiliary the ocean springs news february 18 1965 p 1 the daily herald january 28 1970 p 2 and september 19 1971 p a2 glengarriff was sold to el madrid inc in march 1969 by mrs beverly s haslitt the daughter of eva mae powers and john t powers the magnificent old house was torn down to build the el madrid apartments which became the ocean pointe apartments which commenced operations in the spring of 1971 katrina destroyed all structures on this property in august 2005 jackson co mississippi land deed bk 359 p 259    1940sales the year 1940 saw many changes in the ownership of the avelez hotel john t powers and his partners were in debt to the reconstruct finance corporation for 38730 the powers party was sued in the chancery court of harrison county mississippi in march 1940 harrison co mississippi land deed bk 232 p 379 and harrison co mississippi cause no 16897march 1940 in may 1940 the trustee for the mortgagers of the avelez hotel which at this time had eighteight rooms and had been operated for about three years by john t powers sold the hostelry for 33000 to the canal bank trust company of nola the only other bidder was jc hunt the proprietor of the tivoli hotel and riviera hotel both biloxi inns the daily herald may 14 1940 p 1  1940pringle group in october 1940 hg thompson special agent for the canal bank trust company in liquidation conveyed the avelez hotel to victor b pringle carl e matthes and dewey r reagan the sales price was 42500 the new owners planned to open in november with a new management team and was considering to enact renovations and improvements to the hotel and front harrison co mississippi land deed bk 235 p 267 the sale of the avelez hotel to the pringle group was approved by the federal court at biloxi and the orleans parish civil district court at new orleans the court required that the liquidators of the canal bank trust compnay sell the biloxi hotel for 42500 the payment terms were 10000 cash and the balance of the price to be paid in six annual installments five payments int he amount of 2500 each year and the final payment of 20000 with 5 interest and secure by a vendor s lien and deed of trust on the property in addition if the mortgage was paid in full within six months there would be a discount of 2500 or if cancelled within one year there would be a 2000 discount to the purchasers the daily herald october 29 1940 p 3  1946 sale in july 1946 victor b pringle margaret w prongle beulah dukate matthes carl e matthes vallie d landry and juan g landry sold the avelez hotel to the avelez hotel corporation the consideration was 190000 with 55000 paid in cash and 135000 in promissory notes harrison co mississippi land deed bk 289 p 493  avelez hotel corporation the avelez hotel corporation was chartered june 1946 by uriah s joachim 18881977 richard r guice adrian weill 1903 and albert sydney johnson jr in december 1955 the avelez hotel corporation acquired the riviera hotel formerly the montross hotel located on the northeast corner of lameuse street beach boulevard from willemenhia billie s morse harrison co mississippi chattel deed bk 93 p 162 and land deed bk 403 p 171  earle hotel in december 1946 theearle hotel company a national chain which operated hostelries from boston to seattle took a10year lease from the avelez hotel corporation the total consideration was 400000 for the building s furnishings and ancillary equipment the onehundred room avelez hotel was renamed the earle hotel and tr brady manager was replaced by hr davern on january 1 1947 hr pratt of the earle hotel organization negotiated the lease through victor clesi a broker domiciled in the crescent city the daily herald december 17 1946 p 1 and december 18 1946 p 15  avelez hotel  september 1970 avelez hotel december 1972  urban renewal  in december 1972 the harris wrecking company was employed to demolish the avelez hotel on west howard avenue the job was expected to take 30 days and their remuneration was 25000 the daily herald december 1 1972  references   chancery court cases  harrison county mississippi chancery court cause no 16897 r finance corporation v john t powers et al march 1940     journals    the biloxid iberville press   picture of the pastavelez hotel in the late twenties   july 24 1985 the biloxid iberville press   the history of the biloxi areaavelez hotel   march 23 1994 the daily herald   caldwelllopez   january 13 1917 the daily herald    mr caldwell goes to camp shelby   october 4 1917 the d aily herald   notice to the public   october 8 1917   the daily herald   lopez home to be demolished   january 22 1920   the daily herald   biloxi home is being torn down   june 10 1920 the daily herald   making home in texas   may 12 1921 the daily herald   handsome hotel to open new year s eve   december 28 1923   the daily herald   hotel avelez opens today   december 31 1923   the daily herald   hundreds attend opening reception of hotel avelez   january 1 1924 the daily herald   biloxi items   april 23 1930 the daily herald   caldwells abroad   july 31 1930 the daily herald    to rebuild avalez building after 60000 conflagration    august 25 1930  the daily herald   biloxi news paragraphs   march30 1937  the daily herald    new orleans bank buys avelez hotel    may 14 1940  the daily herald    local syndicate buys avelez hotel  october 14 1940 the daily herald   court authorizes sale avelez hotel october 29 1940 the daily herald   lease by earle hotel chain   december 17 1946  the daily herald   biloxi avelez leased by chain   december 18 1946 the daily herald   phillip caldwell dies in chicago   june 9 1951 the daily herald   mrs katherine powers   september 17 1957 the daily herald    john w powers   january 28 1970 p 2  the daily herald   urban  renewal threatens biloxi s avelez hotel   september 14 1970 the daily herald    john t powers   september 19 1971 p a2  the ocean springs news   mrs eva mae powers   february 18 1965  the timespicayune   sale of avelez hotel at biloxi announced here   january 12 1937  the timespicayune   biloxi avelez leased by chain   december 18 1946  the timespicayune      the timespicayune        biloxi hotel  in january 1905 octavie tricou weysham 18351910 conveyed to teresa lopez folkes a large tract of land on west beach the consideration was 4000 and the weysham parcel had a front of 100 feet on the gulf and ran north to pass christian road catherine perry was to the west and dr folkes sanatorium was to the east shortly thereafter in june 1905 erena lopez acquired the perry large tract which was east of the biloxi cemetery for 17000 it a front on the gulf of mexico of three hundred sixtyeight feet and ran north almost 1200 feet to cemetery road now irish hill drive harrison co mississippi land deed bk 64 p 388 and bk 69 p 89 the weysham property was sold to mrs folkes by richard b harrison 18311905 local agent and the father of charles t harrison 18631948 who would develop a 20 th century real estate empire in biloxi the weysham place had been on the market for several years and had two houses situated on it  the biloxi daily herald october 21 1902 p 3 and december 10 1904 p 4   mrs octavie t weysham was born at new orleans in july 1877 she had married alphonse charles weysham 18311900 the widower of her sister emma tricou weysham 18311876 emma had given birth to blanche weysham harris 18621900 who was reared by octavie and alphonse c weysham he made his livelihood as cashier for a large commercial house in the crescent city 1880 orleans parish federal census r461 p 371c ed 43  gulf coast sanitarium and health resort dr james e wallace 18761942 joined dr folkes in the summer of 1911 he had been at the biloxi sanatorium several years past but returned to touro infirmary at nola before relocating to biloxi to partner with dr folker dr wallace planned to live at the sanatorium and have his office over grant s drugstore on west howard avenue  the daily herald july 21 1911 p 8  founded by dr hm folkes consisted of operating room and clinic in 1912 installed a modern xray machine in clinic   the daily herald january 8 1913 p 1  in january 1913 dr folkes hosted the harrison county medical association at his sanitarium coast physicians attending were dr rl white dr gf carroll and dr hm folkes of biloxi dr al morris dr ac caraway dr ca sheely dr dj williams dr ec parker and dr hh west of gulfport dr wa dearman and dr dg mohler of long beach dr bz welch of woolmarket dr ga mchenry of mchenry and dr jp berry of jackson  the daily herald january 8 1913 p 1    1 st national bank of biloxi dr hm folkes resigned as president of the 1 st national bank of biloxi in december 1916 he had sold all of his interest in the bank edward c tonsmeire was elected president by the bank s board and would also continue as cashier  the daily herald december 14 1916 p 1    hotel biloxi  to hm folkes for 15000 in september 1919 dr folkes then almost immediately he sold to js love state bank examiner for the state of mississippi for 250 and assumption of trust deed harrison co mississippi land deed bk 124 p 414 and bk 415  hotel biloxi sale hm folkes president and teresa l folkes secretary respectively conveyed the hotel biloxi to wb patterson of mobile alabama in february 1923 the sale included all furniture fixtures appliances buildings capital stock of the hotel biloxi and the artesian well rights deeded to dr folkes harrison co mississippi land deed bk 137 p 256  new ownership in april 1925 wb patterson agreed to a lease purchase on the hotel biloxi with jp edwards of ocean springs and lee m russell 18761930 of gulfport and later biloxi the grantees agreed to pay mr patterson 79300 for the hotel and assume a 20700 mortgage with the international life insurance company in addition they would be responsible for taxes and fire and tornado insurance on the property in the amount of 100000 harrison co mississippi land deed bk 162 p 375  harry w fitzpatrick and phillip w levine in september 1925 monsieur s edwards and russell assigned their hotel lease and obligations to harry w fitzpatrick 18761926 of new orleans and phillip w levine 18901940 of biloxi harrison co mississippi land deed bk 162 p 379 harry w fitzpatrick was born at nola of an irish immigrant father and alabama mother he improved his lot in life from driving a truck for a packing house to a dynamic force in real estate from new orleans to mobile mr fitzpatrick opened an office in biloxi in the winter of 1924 he maintained his main real estate office on royal street in nola another talent of mr fitzpatrick was the public auctioning of land and homes  the daily herald december 5 1924 p 6   catherine newman kate shelly 18591930 mrs fitzgerald s mother resided at ocean springs at no 30 west porter with mary newman murphy 18701942 her sister mrs murphy was the spouse of james j murphy 18671944   the jackson county times june 22 1929 p 3  phillip w levine 18891940 came to the united states from east prussia now a part of russia arriving at nyc in june 1900 from hamburg germany he married jeanette alexander 18921940 at nola in august 1912 they came to biloxi before 1917 and reared their five children here before his involvement in the hotel biloxi mr levine owned retail shoe stores at biloxi and gulfport   the daily herald february 16 1940 p 1  in july 1926 fitzpatrick and levine dealt their assignment of the hotel biloxi to harold r bechtel and george m bechtel of davenport iowa the consideration was 126500 and all of the obligations that were attached to the original agreement between patterson and the edwardsrussell grant of april 1925 harrison co mississippi land deed bk 162 p 375  bechtel and bechtel and new biloxi hotel george martin bechtel 18681952 and harold reimers bechtel 18941987 were domiciled at davenport scott county iowa they were father and son and respectively president and vicepresident of the george m bechtel company whose salient business was brokering bonds from their davenport iowa office in september 1926 the chancery court of harrison county mississippi was confirmed to wb patterson by adverse possession in december 1927 the bechtels paid wb patterson 18350 and together the three gentlemen sold the resort to the hotel biloxi company inc harrison co mississippi land deed bk 173 p 84  george d stannus under the bechtel leadership new capital was invested in the old folkes resort property and the new biloxi hotel a fireproof southern colonial style edifice was built in 1927 the federal engineering company of davenport iowa was given charge of the building project and george d stannus 18801930 manager of the old hotel biloxi who had taken this position in 1923 continued as local hotel manager mr stannus was a native of uniontown kentucky he had married bernice dickie 18811930 of citronelle alabama in 1908 and they had one son george r stannus 19091998 who would later become his father s assistant in managing the new hotel biloxi  the daily herald april 12 1927 p 2 and   the daily herald golden jubilee issue  1934 p 16  constructionmay 1927 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 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 daily herald may 2 1927 p 2 may 5 1927 p 2 and december 1 1927 p 1    collins brothers and other contractors 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  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 11 1927 p 1  by december 1927 the new biloxi hotel was in the finishing phase of its construction the furniture fixtures carpets and ancillary equipment had arrived  comments on the biloxi hotel by julius m jay lopez ii 19081990 this is interesting the story on the biloxi hotel the old biloxi hotel you wouldn t know about but this is a picture of it here this was built in either 1903 or 1904 somewhere in there it was after laz lopez s death september 25 1903 it was built as a sanatorium  interviewer  was that the same biloxi hotel whose skeleton is still standing    no it s the same site this was built a year or so after laz lopez s death it was built by hyman folkes 1819 hyman folkes was lopez s soninlaw he married teresa lopez 1819 he was an md he built this as the biloxi sanatorium as a memorial to laz lopez the for some reason in about 1908 or 1909 it became a  depression and bankruptcy in may 1936 the hotel biloxi was insolvent and filed proceedings to reorganize the company under section 77b of the bankruptcy act this device had been enacted into law in 1934 as an amendment to roosevelt s bankruptcy act of 1933 and allowed the biloxi hotel to be discharged from its debts and liabilities particularly the first trust savings bank of davenport iowa harrison co mississippi land deed bk 209 p 164  1949 hotel biloxi sale and reincorporation in september 1949 harold r bechtel 18941987 president and frank johnson secretary domiciled at scott county iowa sold the hotel biloxi company inc to jane long of chicago the sales price was 290000 harrison co mississippi land deed bk 314 p 268 the hotel biloxi was reincorporated in july 1949 by thomas f seay 19031994 vicepresident and jane long secretary of chicago illinois when its charter was amended in 1951 seba f mahony 18821966 had replaced jane long as secretary of the organization these individuals were all domiciled at chicago and were experienced in banking and real estate brokering and sales in the windy city the daily herald november 9 1949 p 9 and harrison co mississippi chattel deed bk 116 p 495 and bk 132 p 495  1953 reorganization in 1953 the hotel biloxi became insolvent and the company was dissolved and its charter surrendered officers at this time were thomas f seay president thomas burns executive vice president and seba f mahony secretarytreasurer alfonse g mahony 18791953 the brother of seba f mahony and a single man of chicago became owner and assumed all debt and liens harrison co mississippi land deed bk 368 p 210 in may 1953 alfonse g mahony conveyed the hotel biloxi to ge weaver trustee and assistant secretary of banker s life and casualty banker s life and casualty sold the hotel to macarthur hotels inc in september 1956 harrison co mississippi land deed bk 415 p 363  the biloxi macarthur hotel in the spring of 1958 the biloxi hotel now owned by the macarthur hotels group headed by charles h little and wj canfield performed a 50000 refurbishment of the old southern colonial style hostel the lobby corridors and one hundredeighteen rooms were redecorated and finished in a relaxing combination of light blue and gray colors the rear of the hotel had a garden with fountain tennis and badminton courts playground for children and two large bbq pits the front lawn was graced with a swimming pool and across us highway 90 a 750foot pier gave guest access to fishing and swimming down south vol 8 no 3 p 8  new biloxi hotel great plains hotels incorporated a subsidiary of bankers life and casualty company of chicago has taken over the operation of the new biloxi hotel the hotel operated as a retirement home under the lavin plan for the past two years although it was not operated under that plan in the future the hostelry still welcomed retirees eunice cown who was hired as manager in september 1962 continued to run the hotel improvement were planned for the hotel the daily herald january 30 1963 p 10  references  the daily herald   to open resort hotel may 24 1909 the daily herald   to convert hotel into sanitarium september 7 1909 the daily herald   biloxi news of personal interest january 14 1910 the daily herald   will be known as hotel biloxi february 20 1919 the daily herald   hotel biloxi changes hands september 19 1919 the daily herald   biloxi news paragraphs october 31 1922 the daily herald   bids soon for new hotel april 12 1927 the daily herald   razing old biloxi hotel may 2 1927 the daily herald   biloxi hotel being moved may 5 1927 the daily herald   another handsome new hotel for biloxi may 7 1927 the daily herald   contract is let for new 650000 biloxi hotel may 11 1927 the daily herald   to complete hotel biloxi about dec 1 october 11 1927 the daily herald   new biloxi hotel to open for business december 15 december 1 1927 the daily herald   hotel biloxi advertisement april 3 1948 the daily herald   the charter of incorporation of hotel biloxi inc november 9 1949 the daily herald   new operation at hotel biloxi january 30 1963 the daily herald   mrs george stannus april 21 1966 the sun herald   biloxi sanatorium put coast on the map june 9 1995  broadwater beach hotel   1964 mrs joe w brown nee dorothy dorsett   18961989   had her new 100000 56foot long luxury yacht brought down the mississippi river to her new 35 million broadwater marina in late august  the vessel was built by roamer yachts of the chriscraft corporation at holland michigan the daily herald august 25 1964 p 21 the  first legal liquor shipment in mississippi from state warehouses controlled by the alcohol beverage control division occurred on july 21st the broadwater beach hotel  at biloxi was the first venue to be approved to sell spiritous beverages in mississippi in 58 years the daily herald july 22 1966 p 1  the browns joe w brown  18971959 and  dorothy dorsett brown  18961989 and mausoleum room in nola at lake lawn park mausoleum image made january 2014 by ray l bellande  mrs joe w dorothy dorsett brown  whose horses won the louisiana derby and new orleans handicap six times each died saturday october 14 1989 of a heart attack at her home in new orleans she was 93 years of age and the widow of joe w brown 18971959 wealthy oil and sportsman mrs brown was born march 31 1896 at texas city galveston county texas mrs brown was a prominent horse owner for more than 40 years she took over the reins of the family stable when her husband died in 1959 the browns won the louisiana derby with rookwood in 1949 matagorda in 1953 and gigantic in 1954 she won it with dapper delegate in 1965 kentucky sherry in 1968 and el baba in 1982 green hornet kentucky sherry list and el baba carried the brown family colors white with black stars and a black b in the kentucky derby new orleans handicap winners from the brown stable were red camilia in 1950 tenacious in 195859 green hornet in 1964 cabildo in 1967 and listcapade in 1983 between her and her husband they were some of the biggest sports people to hit new orleans said fair grounds general manager mervin muniz tenacious was probably the most popular horse to race at the fair grounds that i can remember when you think of the browns they were the epitome of new orleans racing and louisiana racing tenacious is buried in the fair grounds infield mrs brown also was a philanthropist the joe w brown recreation center in eastern new orleans which was dedicated in 1976 benefited from a 250000 donation from the joe w brown and dorothy b brown foundation the foundation also donated 163 acres of property worth an estimated 1 million for joe w brown memorial park named for her husband mrs brown owned the broadwater beach hotel and broadwater beach marina on the mississippi gulf coast she was former owner of the horseshoe club in las vegas neveda the real estate that is now lake forest shopping center and the valentine oil field in lafourche parish louisiana funeral services will be held at 115 pm tuesday at lake lawn metairie funeral home 5100 pontchartrain blvd burial will be at lake lawn park mausoleum  joe worlick brown  18971959 was born october 5 1897 at young county texas which is about 70 miles nw of fort worth many thought that he was a native of houston as he became a very successful oilman with his penchant for discovering new oil deposits in 1940 mr brown then a resident of new orleans entered the oil business as an operator in the shallow caddo field caddo parish louisiana near shreveport louisiana by 1942 he was assembling an 8000acre lease block in st tammany parish louisiana with jt reese of shreveport they sold an interest in this lease block to pure oil company which began geophysical surveys to determine the oil and gas potential of the area before staking and drilling a wildcat well the timespicayune may 15 1942 p 7 joe w brown s crown jewel of his petroleum business was the valentine oil field in lafourche parish louisiana where he began exploring for hydrocarbon bearing sands in 1945 on his harang and dousson leases at the time of his demise brown s oil and gas reserves were valued at 75 million joe w brown may have grown up in marshall texas with carrie s brown his widowed mother and eugene brown a brother by 1920 he was married to dorothy dorsett 18961989 and a resident of dallas texas here mr brown was a salesman for a light plant 1910 harrison co texas federal census t6241562 p 5b ed 49 and 1920 dallas co texas federal census t6251792 p 3b ed 34 in 1930 joe w brown and dorothy dorsett brown were resident renters of 126 university place at new orleans at this time it appears that mr brown was involved in the amusement industry 1930 orleans parish lousiana federal census r802 p 9a ed 46 at las vegas nevada joe w brown owned the horseshoe club which he sold in july 1959 here he displayed one million dollars in 10000 bills insurance on the ostentatious display a noted tourist attraction cost 50000 each year las vegas benefited from brown s charitable nature soon after he had become an investor there in 1955 he acquired the defunct and failed las vegas race track for 1 million dollars brown gave it to the city of las vegas which developed it into a venue for community fairs livestock shows and other civic functions the daily herald october 16 1959 p 2 in the crescent city which he and dorothy called home joe w brown also was heavily invested in real estate in 1954 he acquired a 5200acre tract for more than 3 million dollars this was believe to be the largest real estate acquisition in the city of new orleans corporate limits brown also owned the jai alai club a casino located in st bernard parish the federal governmnt closed this gambling den in 1952 the daily herald october 16 1959 p 2 joe w brown and dorothy also maintained homes in other parts of the country as they also had extensive real estate holdings in nevada montana and texas they also owned the broadwater beach hotel near biloxi mississippi the daily herald october 16 1959 p 2 in addition to real estate the browns were breeders and racers of thoroughbred horses the texas sportsman had a horse breeding ranch at lexington kentucky and in new orleans he bred santa gertrudis cattle which were developed at the king ranch in kleberg county texas one of brown s horses tenacious set a record winning the 12275 lecomte handicap at the new orleans fair grounds just before his death his other racing ponies included bobby brocato matagorda gigantic and brownie the daily herald october 16 1959 p 2 dorothy dorsett brown lived until february 15 1989 she also died at new orleans both their corporal remains were interred in the lakelawn park cemetery at new orleans in january 1959 before his death joe w brown and dorothy dorsett brown created the brown foundation at new orleans it was originally located at 1801 pere marquette building in new orleans the timespicayune january 4 1959 sec v p 16  references  the daily herald biloxi sportsman joe w brown is taken by death february 16 1959 p 2 the morning advocate baton rouge million dollar joe brown dead february 161959 p 1 the morning advocate baton rouge la dorothy brown prominent la horse owner brown dies october 16 1989 p 7c the states times advocate baton rouge rites set today for joe brown wealthy oilman february 16 1959 p 1 the timespicayune oil test slated near covington may 5 1942 p 37 the timespicayune charters january 4 1959 sec v p 16 the timespicayune rites arranged for sportsman february 16 1959 p 1 the timespicayune new orleans la mrs joe w dorothy brown october 16 1989  broadwater beach hotel   references  the daily herald peter f martin dies at home on west beach today july 25 1951 p 1 the daily herald work started on swimming pool at broadwater june 21 1952 p 3 the daily herald bank enters into gaming ban picture february 19 1954 the daily herald luxury yacht at broadwater august 25 1964 p 21 the morning advocate baton rouge million dollar joe brown dead february 161959 p 1 the morning advocate baton rouge la dorothy brown prominent la horse owner brown dies october 16 1989 p 7c the states times advocate baton rouge rites set today for joe brown wealthy oilman february 16 1959 p 1 the daily herald   liquor permit is approved for  broadwater beach  hotel   july 22 1966 p 1 the sun herald filmaker considers broadwater purchase may 1 1987 the sun herald colorful memories of the broadwater september 30 2012 p c5 the timespicayune charters january 4 1959 sec v p 16 the timespicayune rites arranged for sportsman february 16 1959 p 1 the timespicayune new orleans la mrs joe w dorothy brown october 16 1989  buena vista   1923 in september contract for erection of the  buena vista hotel was awarded to the underwood construction company of nola  the modern 105room spanish colonial revival building was designed by carl matthes for the buena vista hotel company of  john w apperson  pres  milton j anderson  of memphis v pres and  robert hays holmes   18961949 sec treas the daily herald september 7 1923 p 1  1925   1940 in may  six guest houses with accomodations for 32 people were opened at the buena vista hotel  the daily herald may 13 1940 p 3  1966 buena vista hotel  west wing burns in 1966  1991   1991 on june 25th the  buena vista hotel was severely damaged by fire  and steve moore biloxi fire chief estimated that the fire resulted resulted in damages of hundreds of thousands of dollars  and a total loss  the sun herald june 26 1991 p a1  1993 the biloxi belle casino planned to build 800 parking spaces on the 55 acre site of the former buena vista hotel  the sun herald october 27 1993 p d5  references  down south buena vista opens new 1 million motel mayjune 1958 the daily herald new orleans firm gets biloxi hotel contract september 7 1923 the daily herald guest houses open at buena vista hotel may 13 1940 the daily herald js love jr new manager buena vista hotel september 3 1941 the daily herald improvements for buena vista deck september 4 1945 the daily herald buffet supper and dance honor oklahoma players january 1 1951 the daily herald 370300 permit for buena vista motel is issued november 9 1956 the daily herald hotel property sale scheduled february 2 1974 the sun herald last days of the buena vista october 27 1993  broadwater beach hotel     1964 mrs joe w brown nee dorothy dorsett   18961989   had her new 100000 56foot long luxury yacht brought down the mississippi river to her new 35 million broadwater marina in late august  the vessel was built by roamer yachts of the chriscraft corporation at holland michigan the daily herald august 25 1964 p 21  the browns joe w brown  18971959 and dorothy dorsett brown  18961989  references  the daily herald peter f martin dies at home on west beach today july 25 1951 p 1 the daily herald work started on swimming pool at broadwater june 21 1952 p 3 the daily herald bank enters into gaming ban picture february 19 1954 the daily herald luxury yacht at broadwater august 25 1964 p 21 the morning advocate baton rouge million dollar joe brown dead february 161959 p 1 the morning advocate baton rouge la dorothy brown prominent la horse owner brown dies october 16 1989 p 7c the states times advocate baton rouge rites set today for joe brown wealthy oilman february 16 1959 p 1 the sun herald filmaker considers broadwater purchase may 1 1987 the sun herald colorful memories of the broadwater september 30 2012 p c5 the timespicayune charters january 4 1959 sec v p 16 the timespicayune rites arranged for sportsman february 16 1959 p 1 the timespicayune new orleans la mrs joe w dorothy brown october 16 1989    edgewater gulf hotel   references  the daily herald   edgewater to open for winter dec 12 renovating hotel  october 31 1936 p 6 the daily herald   edgewater markham hotels 1 million mississippi coast industry  january 27 1949 the biloxid iberville press   time traveler the edgewater gulf hotel   may 31 2013 p4 and june 6 2013 p 4  white house hotel  white house hotel  south elevationsapril 2014  john t white john t white b 1901 was the son of circuit judge walter a white and cora white john began as the clerk when at the white house hotel in 1918 and became its manager in 1931 in november 1939 mr white was offered a position with the hotel dixie sherman at panama city florida which was built in 1929 this hotel was one of eight in the chain and had 101 rooms on st amdrews bay walter white his brother district manager for the mutual life insurance compnay of new york became managing director in charge of the white house hotel operations after john t white went to florida the daily herald november 23 1939 p 8  references  the biloxi d iberville press   time  traveler the white house   june 13 2013 p4 and june 20 2013 p 4 the daily herald     john t  white to manage florida hotel   november 23 1939the daily herald hotel property sale scheduled february 2 1974 the sun herald   white house hotel gets a buyer   april 24 2013 p a1  19401980 jack tar trade winds hotel and motel  formerly tivoli hotel  863 east beach boulevard   saratoga court florencecharles motel us highway 90   saratoga court the saratoga court considered a mom and pop motel was situated on us highway 90 also called beach boulevard just east of debuys road circa 1946 harold maynard olney 18931975 a native of clinton iowa and florence b macmahon olney 18921976 his spouse and son relocated from clinton iowa to the mississippi gulf coast they operated the saratoga court which was named for the uss saratoga  the second aircraft in the us navy commissioned in november 1927 charles r olney 19202005 the olney s son was wounded while serving on the saratoga during wwii probably near iwo jima in february 1945 when the ship was hit by japanese kamikaze attack planes  http world connectrootswebancestrycom cgibin igmcgi op get db olney id 179645 in the early 1950s the former saratoga inn was called the florencecharles motel mrs olney harold m olney died at memorial hospital in gulfport mississippi on july 20 1975 his corporal remains were sent to clinton iowa for burial in the rose hill cemetery  references  the daily herald   harold maynard olney  july 21 1975  sunnsand motel  in late may   the sunnsand motel and restaurant were sold by alexander e bailey  builder and native of pennsylvania   to re dumas milner of jackson mississippi milner owned the king edwards hotel in jackson  and beaumont texas the daily herald may 30 1959 p 1 4574 views  ', 0);
