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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:16px;"><b>EARLY&nbsp;</b></span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:16px;"><b>SEYMOUR</b></span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:16px;">&nbsp;<strong>FAMILY SETTLEMENTS</strong></span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;Although the Seymour family has been in this area since Colonial times, there is not much published information on this clan. &nbsp;Brother Jerome Lepre of New Orleans et al have been working several years on The Seymour Family, another cog in his Gulf Coasthave been working several years on&nbsp;<b><span style="text-decoration: underline; ">The Seymour Family</span></b>, another cog in his Gulf Coast Genealogy series titled, Early Mississippi Coast Families.&nbsp; Brother Lepre has already written thirteen early Mississippi Coast family history books,<b><span style="text-decoration: underline; ">Cannette-Moore-Fayard-LaFontaine-Graveline</span></b>&nbsp;(1983),&nbsp;<span style="text-decoration: underline; "><strong>The Despau Family</strong></span>&nbsp;(1984),&nbsp;<b><span style="text-decoration: underline; ">The Caillavet Family</span></b>&nbsp;(1984),&nbsp;<b><span style="text-decoration: underline; ">The Saujon Family</span></b>&nbsp;(1984),&nbsp;<b><span style="text-decoration: underline; ">The Carriere Family</span></b>&nbsp;(1985),&nbsp;<b><span style="text-decoration: underline; ">The Ignacio Sierra Family</span></b>(1987),&nbsp;<b><span style="text-decoration: underline; ">The Delaunay Family</span></b>&nbsp;(1988),&nbsp;<b><span style="text-decoration: underline; ">The Krohn Family</span></b>&nbsp;(1989),&nbsp;<b><span style="text-decoration: underline; ">The Santa Cruz Family</span></b>&nbsp;(1990),<b><span style="text-decoration: underline; ">The Trochesset Family</span></b>&nbsp;(1991),&nbsp;<b><span style="text-decoration: underline; ">The Fountain Family</span></b>&nbsp;(1992),&nbsp;<b><span style="text-decoration: underline; ">The Meaut Family</span></b>&nbsp;(1995), and&nbsp;<b><span style="text-decoration: underline; ">The Seymour Family</span></b>&nbsp;(2001), which have proven to be invaluable to local genealogical researchers.&nbsp;</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In addition, Brother Lepre has provided researchers important references works, such as:&nbsp;&nbsp;<b><span style="text-decoration: underline; ">Catholic Church Records Diocese of Biloxi</span></b>, Volume I (1991),&nbsp;<b><span style="text-decoration: underline; ">Catholic Church Records of Biloxi</span></b>, Volume II, (1995),&nbsp;<b><span style="text-decoration: underline; ">Catholic Church Records of Biloxi</span></b>, Volume III, (1995), and&nbsp;<b><span style="text-decoration: underline; ">Index to the Records of Old Mobile-Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception 1704-1891</span></b>, (1992).</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; This essay is not meant to compete with Brother Jerome Lepre and his cohorts or other&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Seymour</span></span></st1:city><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">family historians, but rather to complement their genealogical research with early&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Seymour</span></span></st1:city><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;land records to define locales where the primal&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Seymour</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;families lived.&nbsp;</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; An admonition to&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Seymour</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;descendants, although there is much genealogical information in this article, I know that some of it must be incorrect.&nbsp; This is the nature of family research.&nbsp; One strives for perfection, but it is seldom attained.&nbsp; If I have erred in describing your&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Seymour</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;ancestors, please forgive me.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Other researchers known to this writer who have published on the Seymour family are Ellen E. Kuehn, &quot;Seymour Family&quot;, Annette R. Seymour, &quot;Seymour Family&quot; and &quot;John Chester Seymour and Annette Raley&quot;, and Betty Clark Rodgers, &quot;Lazarus Seymour and Nancy Seaman&quot;, all published in&nbsp;<b><span style="text-decoration: underline; ">The History of Jackson County, Mississippi</span></b>&nbsp;(1989).&nbsp; Pauline H. Entrekin wrote &quot;The Seymore Family Tree&quot; for The Mississippi Coast History and Genealogical Society Journal</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">(Volume 20, No. 2) in June 1984.&nbsp; The&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Seymour</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;family is mentioned briefly in&nbsp;<b><span style="text-decoration: underline; ">A History of the Mississippi Beef Cattle Industry</span></b>&nbsp;(1985).</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The author has utilized these and other common genealogical sources to create this essay.&nbsp; The Chancery Court Land Deed Records of Jackson and&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Harrison County</span></span></st1:city><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">,&nbsp;</span></span><st1:state><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Mississippi</span></span></st1:state><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">, as well as the Jackson County Archives directed by Betty C. Rodgers and Lois Castigliola at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Pascagoula</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;were invaluable to this study.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The genesis of the large&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Seymour</span></span></st1:city><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;family of the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Mississippi</span></span></st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placetype><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Gulf</span></span></st1:placetype><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placetype><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Coast</span></span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;traces its ancestry from St. Cyr Seymour (1788-1845) and Marie-Josephe Ryan (1786-1876).&nbsp; The origin of the name&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Seymour</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;is quite obfuscated by the Roman Catholic Church records of Colonial times and later.&nbsp; In</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">July 1995, Brother Lepre published an article, &quot;Solution To A Mystery? LeBlanc-White-Moore-Zamora-Seymour&quot;, in The&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Mississippi</span></span></st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placetype><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Coast</span></span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;History and Genealogical Society Journal.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Jerome Lepre relates that the man we know today as St. Cyr Seymour is referred to in various Catholic Church documents as St. Cyr LeBlanc, St. Cyr White, Jose St. Cyr, St. Cyr Zamora, Jose Zamora, and Joseph S. Moore.&nbsp; The name on his tombstone in Section B of the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Old</span></span></st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Biloxi</span></span></st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placetype><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Cemetery</span></span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;is St. Cyr Zamor.&nbsp; St. Cyr Seymour died on January 1, 1845 at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">New Orleans</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">.&nbsp;</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Regardless of this ubiquitous nomenclature from LeBlanc to&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Zamora</span></span></st1:city><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">, the name&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Seymour</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;has survived in various forms, such as Seamore, Seymore, and Seymoure.&nbsp; Their appears to be absolute certitude that the man who was once &quot;commonly called Joseph S. Moore&quot;, the patriarch of all</span></span><st1:state><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Mississippi</span></span></st1:state><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;coastal&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Seymours</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">, is St. Cyr Seymour.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In June 1808, St. Cyr Seymour married Marie-Josephe Ryan, the daughter of Jean Ryan and Marie Gargaret at St. Mary&#39;s Church on&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Chartres Street</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;in New Orleans.(Lepre, 1995).&nbsp; Their known children were:&nbsp; Edward Seymour (1809-1868+), Pierre Seymour (1810-18&nbsp; ), Jean-Baptiste</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Seymour (1811-1887), Lazarus Seymour (1816-1902), Narcisse Seymour (b. 1818), Victoria Seymour Fayard (1819-1904), Josephine Seymour Fayard (c. 1825-1852), and St. Cyr Seymour II (1827-1903).</span></span></p>
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	<img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/u4/Seymour family map.JPG" style="width: 400px; height: 284px; " /></p>
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	<st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><b>FONTAINEBLEAU</b></span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><b>-THE PATRIARCH&#39;S SETTLEMENT</b></span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">The homestead of St. Cyr Seymour is clearly defined in the American State Papers and the early land records of the Chancery Court of Jackson County, Mississippi.&nbsp; In January 1816, William Crawford, Land Commissioner for the District East of the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Pearl River</span></span></st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">, submitted Report No. 234 to the 14th Congress.&nbsp; His abstract No. 12, included the 174 settlers who had land claims east of the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Pearl River</span></span></st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">whose land claims were not derived from the French, British, or Spanish.&nbsp; Joseph S. Moore (St. Cyr Seymour) was one of these claimants.&nbsp; His land claim, Claim No. 161, was at Belle Fontaine (</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Fontainebleau</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">) and was settled in 1799, by himself.(American State Papers, 1994).&nbsp;</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">The Joseph S. Moore Claim, No. 161, consisting of 640 acres in Section 5, T8S-R7W, Jackson County, Mississippi</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Claim No. 161 was confirmed by an Act of Congress in March 1819.&nbsp; It was surveyed in 1827-1828 by Thomas Bilbo, Deputy Surveyor.&nbsp; The&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Seymour</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;donation encompassed Section 5, T8S-R7W, which contains 640 acres.&nbsp; The St. Cyr Seymour acreage was highly variable topographically.&nbsp; The south perimeter consisted of a large estuarine marsh on the west, which became the open waters of</span></span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Graveline</span></span></st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placetype><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Lake</span></span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;to the east.&nbsp; Above the tidal marsh, the western half of Section 5, T8S-R7W is a broad, northwest-southeast striking ridge, which reaches a maximum elevation of 20 feet above mean sea level.&nbsp; The culmination of this ridge in the S/2 of the NW/4 of Section is the most desire-able location for a settlement.&nbsp; A small, southeast meandering, bayou, which was alluded to as Bayou Derion? on the 1835-1838 tax rolls, flows into&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Graveline</span></span></st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placetype><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Lake</span></span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;in the SE/4 of Section 5, T8S-R7W, diagonally transects the east half of Section 5.(USGS Topographic Maps, Gautier and South Gautier)&nbsp;</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Francois Rillieux and Jean-Baptise Baudrau dit Graveline and his heirs, very early settlers of the general&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Pascagoula</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;area with the Krebs and La Pointe families, were also land claimants near the St. Cyr Seymour parcel. (Higginbotham, 1967).&nbsp; Early maps depict what we know today as Graveline Bayou as Bayou Rilicax (sic).(1)&nbsp; This name had degraded to Bayou Pilicox by the 1920s, probably due to typographical errors by the cartographers..&nbsp; Vincent Rillieux (1740-1800), a son of Francois Rillieux and Marie Chenet, is the great grandfather of Edgar Degas (1834-1917), a French painter and sculptor, and friend of the French Impressionist movement of the late 19th Century.&nbsp; The Rillieux family left the</span></span><st1:city><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Pascagoula</span></span></st1:city><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;area for&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">New Orleans</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;prior to 1763.(Higginbotham, 1967).</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; French Canadian adventurer, Jean-Baptiste Baudrau (1671-1761), called Graveline, who came to Fort Maurepas, at present day Ocean Springs, of the Louisiana Colony with d&#39;Iberville (1661-1706) in 1700, remained and settled permanently in what became in December 1812, Jackson County of the Mississippi Territory.&nbsp; Today, his descendants from daughter, Magdeline, and her spouse, Pierre Paquet, number in the thousands.&nbsp; Graveline&#39;s granddaughter, Catherine-Louise Baudreau (1742-1806+), wedded Joseph Bosarge (1733-1794), a native of&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:city><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Poitiers</span></span></st1:city><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">,&nbsp;</span></span><st1:country-region><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">France</span></span></st1:country-region></st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;in 1763, founding another large coast family.(Lepre, 1983)</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Another early settler in the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Fontainebleau</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;area was Charles C. Russell.&nbsp; His claim, Claim No. 148, was at Bayou Relliaux (sic), east of St. Cyr Seymour.&nbsp; Russell settled here in April 1809.&nbsp; His claim included 160 acres comprising the E/2 of the NE/4 and the E/2 of the SE/4 of Section 5, T8S-R7W.(American State Papers, 1994).&nbsp; In September 1848, the heirs of St. Cyr Seymour, quitclaimed their &quot;rights, titles, claims, and interests&quot; in this parcel to Alfred E. Lewis (1812-1885). (JXCO, Ms. Land Deed Bk. 3, pp. 28-30)</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Charles C. Russell claim lies for the most part on the east side of a small, unnamed bayou which should fittingly be called St. Cyr or Seymour Bayou.&nbsp; Although low topographically, this land is suitable for habitation.&nbsp; The&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Old Shell Landing Road</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;takes a sinuous path across the northern perimeter of the NE/4 of Section 5.&nbsp; A.E. Lewis had purchased the Russell claim from Thomas L. Fletcher in August 1842.(JXCO, Ms. Land Deed Bk. 3, pp. 23-24)&nbsp;</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">A Federal land patent was issued on November 22, 1895, to St. Cyr Seymour, his legal representatives, and heirs on 480 acres in Section 5, T8S-R7W.&nbsp; The heirs of Charles C. Russell received their Federal land patent on October 9, 1895, on 160 acres in the E/2 of the E/2 of Section 5, T8S-R7W.(JXCO, Ms. Land Deed Bk. Bk. 242, pp. 457-459 and Bk. 17, p. 151)</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">The&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Seymour</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;name has long been linked to beef cattle.&nbsp; Their maternal ancestor, Jean-Baptiste Baudreau (1671-ca 1762) dit Graveline, is credited with the importation of cattle into the Louisiana Colony during Colonial times.&nbsp; In June 1748, Pierre de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil, then Governor of French Louisiana, in a letter to Jerome Phelypeaux, Comte de Maurepas, Minister of Marine for Louis XV, King of France, wrote the following about Graveline:</span></span></p>
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		<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;<b><i>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &ldquo;he has generously risked so many times for the service of his majesty, first in expeditions in which he took part in Canada against the Iroquois, where he always&nbsp; distinguished himself, as well as in the journeys that were made there by sea to take Hudson&#39;s Bay and ravage&nbsp; the coasts of Newfoundland, and since he has been in Louisiana in the difficult journeys he has undertaken, both to manage certain Indian nations for us and to suppress the insolence of several others, having marched at the head of the militia, of which he is the oldest captain, whenever we have formed an army to fight them.&rdquo;&nbsp;</i></b></span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Graveline, one of the first voyagers from Canada who came here for the settlement of the colony, at which he has worked steadily, both by the frequent voyages which he made to France to contract and conduct people here and by the voyages he has made to Vera Cruz and Havana in order to open commerce there and to have transported to this country the first purebred horned livestock seen here.(Rowland, et al, 1984)&nbsp;</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; When Thomas Hutchins (1730-1789), Surveyor-General of the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:country-region><st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">United States</span></span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;came to the area in 1784, he observed:</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><b><i>There are still a few inhabitants at&nbsp;</i></b></span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><b><i>Biloxi</i></b></span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">, some of whom are the offspring of the original settlers.&nbsp; Their chief employment is raising cattle and stock, and making pitch and tar:&nbsp; but the natives (Indians) are very troublesome to them.(Hutchins, 1784)</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Hutchins had first come to the area in 1772, when he was a young lieutenant in the British Navy at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Pensacola</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">.&nbsp; He was searching for an English military vessel,&nbsp;<b><i>Mercury</i></b>, which went aground at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Free</span></span></st1:placename><st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Masons</span></span></st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Island</span></span></st1:placename></st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;in the Bernard Roman&#39;s Hurricane of September 1772.&nbsp; While at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Biloxi</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">, Hutchins&nbsp;<strong><em>&quot;was advised that all the coastal islands had been awash during the storm.&nbsp; Cattle and hogs had been lost, some said as many as three hundred from Horn, Buck (Deer), and&nbsp;</em></strong></span></span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><strong><em>Ship</em></strong></span></span></st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placetype><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Island</span></span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&quot;.(Rea, 1990, p. 58)&nbsp; Cattle were kept on the barrier islands to reduce their theft by the Native Americans.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Possibly one of the earliest corroborations of the Seymour link to cattle is the 1827 Tax Roll of Jackson County, which indicates that St. Cyr Seymour was residing at Belle Fontaine and possessed 300 cattle ($4 per head) and 8 horses (valued at $300) worth $1500.&nbsp; By 1856, the county tax rolls indicate that the widow Seymour, Marie-Josephe Ryan, and her four sons still owned over 300 cattle and seven slaves.&nbsp; Many of St. Cyr Seymour&#39;s descendants became well-known stockmen and butchers in towns along the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:state><st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Mississippi</span></span></st1:place></st1:state><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;coast.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; When the children of St. Cyr Seymour and Marie-Joseph Ryan became of marriageable age, one could speculate that the sparse population in the Belle Fontaine-Fontainebleau area and the probable desire to select spouses of the Roman Catholic faith led their children to seek mates in other areas of the county.&nbsp; At this time, their particular environs near Fontainebleau were inhabited for the most part by strongly Protestant families, such as those of William Ramsay, Daniel H. Ramsay (1814-1867) and Daniel Webb.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To understand population distributions at this time, one can observe the 1840 Federal Census for</span></span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Jackson</span></span></st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">County</span></span></st1:placename></st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">, which indicates that there were only 1459 Caucasians residing in over 1300 square miles.&nbsp; With the religious factor and paucity of eligible women near their&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Fontainebleau</span></span></st1:city><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;homestead, it is easy to imagine how the first three&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Seymour</span></span></st1:city><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;sons found mates at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">East Biloxi</span></span></st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;(now Ocean Springs).&nbsp;</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Here in the early 1800s, on the eastern shore of the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:placetype><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Bay</span></span></st1:placetype><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;of&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Biloxi</span></span></st1:placename></st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;resided the family of Andre Fournier II (died pre-1851) and Catherine Bouzage (1780-1841+).&nbsp; They occupied a three arpent tract on the east end of the LaFontaine tract.&nbsp; A small bayou on the eastern perimeter of the Fournier land, called Bayou Bouzage, is now the main channel of the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:placetype><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Ocean</span></span></st1:placetype><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placetype><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Springs</span></span></st1:placetype><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Inner</span></span></st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placetype><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Harbor</span></span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">.&nbsp; The present home of Mrs. Alice T. Austin at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">545 Front Beach Drive</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;probably occupies the same site as the primal Fournier settlement.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Fourniers came to Ocean Springs from the Bayou La Batre area of coastal&nbsp;</span></span><st1:state><st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Alabama</span></span></st1:place></st1:state><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">.&nbsp;&nbsp; They had a large family with many daughters:&nbsp; Gertrude F. Carco (1805-1850+), Andre Fournier III (1809-1878), Emilie F. Bouzage (ca 1811-1850+), Maria Evaline Foretich (1813-1854), Louise F.&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Seymour</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">(1815-1860+), Marie F. Seymour (1817-1890), Catherine F. Ryan Moran (1819-1887), Delphine F. Llado (1819-1906), and Adele F. Seymour (1823-1890).(Adkinson, et al, 1991)</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In December 1849, Andre Fournier III (1809-1878) also acquired land at Ocean Springs.&nbsp; His tract consisted of 160 acres in the SW/4 of Section 19, T7S-R8W.&nbsp; This tract is east of Martin Avenue projected north along the range line between Range 8W and Range 9W to Fort Bayou, and includes all land south of Fort Bayou to Government Street projected to the range line.&nbsp; The eastern perimeter of the Fournier parcel is a line from&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Blount Avenue north</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;of Government to&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:placetype><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Fort</span></span></st1:placetype><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Bayou</span></span></st1:placename></st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">.&nbsp; George A. Cox (1811-1887) acquired 78 acres in the western portion of the Fournier tract in December 1859.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Here, this entrepreneur from&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Yazoo</span></span></st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placetype><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">City</span></span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;homesteaded on the old Fournier place which was probably located near the present day PFG Precision Optic plant at 733 Bienville. &nbsp;The road leading to his home became known as&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Cox Avenue</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;and a family burial plot was commenced near the west boundary of the former Coca Cola bottling plant.(Schmidt, 1972, p. 29).</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; From the Andre Fournier II family at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">East Biloxi</span></span></st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">, Edward Seymour married Adele Fournier.&nbsp; Pierre Seymour married Louise Fournier and Jean-Baptiste Seymour married Marie Fournier.&nbsp; The tax rolls of Jackson County, Mississippi, indicate that these&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Seymour</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;brothers and St. Cyr II, and their families continued to reside in the Fontainbleau area as late as 1856.&nbsp; Their father St. Cyr&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Seymour</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;had passed on January 1, 1845.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; As we will see, the children of St. Cyr Seymour and Marie-Josephe Ryan eventually moved to the western side of&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Jackson</span></span></st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">County</span></span></st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;and into eastern&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Harrison</span></span></st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placetype><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">County</span></span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">.&nbsp; With the exception of Jean-Baptise Seymour, who settled at Ocean Springs with his wife, Marie Fournier, the other Seymour male siblings found habitations to the north and west of&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placetype><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Fort</span></span></st1:placetype><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Bayou</span></span></st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;in what today we know as the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">St. Martin</span></span></st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">and Latimer communities.&nbsp; This area of western&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Jackson</span></span></st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">County</span></span></st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;is also the primal haunts of the Jean Ryan family from which the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Seymours</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;were maternally related.&nbsp; The&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Seymour</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;girls, Victoria and Josephine, married Fayard cousins, Narcisse Fayard (1825-1896) and Charles Fayard (1822-1897), and settled at heavily Roman Catholic Biloxi.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Before leaving the original St. Cyr Seymour settlement at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Fontainebleau</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">, it is important to know that as late as 1914, the children of St. Cyr Seymour II (1827-1903) were involved in litigation concerning the western 480 acres of Section 5, T8S-R7W in the Chancery Court of Jackson County, Mississippi.&nbsp; It is from depositions in these Chancery Court cases that much interesting information on the original&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Seymour</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;claim was revealed.&nbsp; In what may be described as a story within a story, the following is generally what transpired on the primal St. Cyr Seymour homestead after his demise at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">New Orleans</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;in January 1845.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; We will probably never know precisely why the family of St. Cyr Seymour abandoned their home place north of&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:placetype><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Lake</span></span></st1:placetype><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Graveline</span></span></st1:placename></st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;after his demise.&nbsp; As previously suggested, the paucity of eligible life mates in the immediate area of the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Seymour</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;settlement with similar religious tenets, may have been a contributing factor.&nbsp;</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Another consideration in the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Seymour</span></span></st1:city><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;migration to the western end of&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Jackson</span></span></st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">County</span></span></st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">, is that between August 1852 and October 1860, no fewer than six hurricanes struck the coast of the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Mexican</span></span></st1:placename><st1:placetype><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Gulf</span></span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">.&nbsp; The Great Mobile Hurricane of August 1852, landed between&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Pascagoula</span></span></st1:city><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;and&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Mobile</span></span></st1:city><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;and was particularly devastating in the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Pascagoula</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;region.&nbsp;</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;The Year 1860 saw three storms affect the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:state><st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Mississippi</span></span></st1:place></st1:state><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;coast.&nbsp; The August 1860 tempest passed between&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Biloxi</span></span></st1:city><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;and&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Pascagoula</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">, which was very near the St. Cyr Seymour homestead.&nbsp; The September 1860 Hurricane saw sea level rise seven feet in 20 minutes, inundating the village of</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Pascagoula.(Sullivan-?)&nbsp; The third tempest hit&nbsp;</span></span><st1:state><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Louisiana</span></span></st1:state><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;in early October 1860, and did some damage to the west side of the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:state><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Mississippi</span></span></st1:state><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;coast sparing the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Fontainebleau</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;area. (Sullivan-?).</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; One can only imagine the effects of a tidal surge, emerging swiftly through the churning waters of&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placetype><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Lake</span></span></st1:placetype><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Graveline</span></span></st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">, over the lower elevations of the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Seymour</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;plantation during one of these tropical storms.&nbsp; How did their home, large herd of cattle and other livestock, and virgin forests fare during the banshee-screaming, tornado winds and driving rain of these great tempests?</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Regardless of all suppositions, it is known from the land deed records, land rolls, and tax rolls of the Chancery Courts of Jackson and Harrison Counties, that the six surviving heirs of St. Cyr Seymour, one daughter, Josephine S. Fayard, had expired childless in February 1852, began selling their legacy at</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Fontainebleau</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">, in the late 1860s.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In December 1868, the first&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Seymour</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;heir to sell his interest at Fontainbleau was Edward Seymour who sold to James Mulholland (1823-1871).( JXCO, Ms. Land Deed Bk. 6, pp. 548-549).&nbsp; Mr. Mulholland was an Irish immigrant who operated a store on the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Daisy-Vestry Road</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;(now&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Old Biloxi Road</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">).&nbsp; His daughter, Elizabeth Mulholland (1859-1936), married Calvin Seymour (1850-1922), the eldest son of St. Cyr Seymour II and Anne McCarty.&nbsp; A son, Jeff Davis Mulholland (1861-1930), sometimes in alliance with the Quave family, was a leading merchant and entrepreneur at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">North Biloxi</span></span></st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;in the late 19th and early 20th Century.(Bellande, 1992)</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In January 1876, Narcisse Fayard (1825-1896) and his wife, Victoria Seymour (1819-1904), sold their 1/6 interest to Alfred E. Lewis (1812-1885) for $50.( JXCO, Ms. Land Deed Book 3, pp. 74-75)</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Jean-Baptiste Seymour sold for $100 his interest, which was described as one-half in the &quot;Joseph S. Moore grant&quot; to his son, Moses Seymour, in August 1887.(JXCO, Ms. Land Deed Bk.&nbsp;&nbsp; 10, p. 32)&nbsp;&nbsp; He must have acquired the interests of his brothers, Pierre Seymour and St. Cyr II.&nbsp; These conveyances were lost or destroyed, as they were never recorded in the Chancery Court post-1875.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Lazarus Seymour and Martha Fayard for $100 conveyed to Delmas and Emily Seymour their 1/6 interest in February 1890.(JXCO, Ms. Land Deed Bk. 10, p. 547)&nbsp; Delmas Seymour was the son of Jean-Baptise Seymour.&nbsp;&nbsp;The heirs of St. Cyr Seymour II claimed that he never sold his 1/6 interest in his father&#39;s&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Fontainebleau</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;estate.&nbsp; They pursued unsuccessfully for many years in the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Chancery</span></span></st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placetype><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Court</span></span></st1:placetype><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">of</span></span></st1:placename><st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Jackson</span></span></st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">County</span></span></st1:placename></st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">, to be remunerated for their alleged interest in the St. Cyr Seymour homestead.&nbsp; By 1893, M.D. Russell, a land speculator from&nbsp;</span></span><st1:state><st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Iowa</span></span></st1:place></st1:state><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">, who was residing in the O&#39;Keefe Cottage at Ocean Springs with his new bride, was in control of the old St. Cyr Seymour tract.&nbsp; Young Russell and his father, Doctor D.P. Russell, a veterinarian, who resided at Belle Fontaine, were involved with Colonel W.R. Snyder (1864-1918) in local land speculation.&nbsp; The three men were alleged partners in the sale of the A.E. Lewis Estate, a small portion which had been the St. Cyr Seymour homestead, to the John B. Lyon (1829-1904) family of Chicago.(JXCO, Miss. Chancery Court Cause No. 413, &quot;Snyder v. Russell&quot;, June 1890) The Lewis tract later became known as the Hamill Farm in the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Fontainebleau</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;area.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;From depositions given in Jackson County, Mississippi Chancery Court Cause No. 3336, &quot;H.F. Russell v. Calvin Seymour, et al&quot;, March 1914, the following information was revealed concerning the</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Seymour</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;land in Section 5, T8S-R7W:</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; H.F. Russell (1858-1940), the plaintiff in the case, testified that D.P. Russell, called Doc Russell, and the father of M.D. Russell, was the agent for the owners in the 1890s.&nbsp; Between 1895 and 1901, the virgin timber was cut or worked off the property by the timber crews of Doc Russell.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Richmond Spradley (1847-1900+) became the tenant for then proprietors, Moses L. Pervin and Wilson.&nbsp; Spradley lived in a frame and log house with his wife, Elizabeth (1833-1900+), and son, Elias (1878-1900+).&nbsp; Their country house was located on the middle bayou near the center of Section 5.&nbsp; Here Spradley cultivated a garden and burned charcoal to make his livelihood.&nbsp; He left the land in 1906, when his wife became ill.&nbsp; Others who worked on the land were John Webb (1854-1900+) and A.B. Spradley (1874-1900+).</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Thomas E. Ramsay (1845-1934), who owned the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Seymour</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;tract with H.F. Russell (1858-1940) from 1902 to 1909, testified that Mr. Spradley was the tenant of M.D. Russell and that he resided on the land for about eleven years.&nbsp; Ramsay said that Spradley built one or two houses and</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><b><i>&quot;raised some mighty fine sugar cane and potatoes&quot;</i></b>.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; John Webb testified to the Chancery Court that D.P. Russell lived on the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Seymour</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;land and had logs cut and charcoal burned there during his occupancy.&nbsp; Webb stated that &quot;he (D.P. Russell) lived on what they call the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Seymour</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;place&quot;.&nbsp; Russell built a house, barn, and a structure for his teamsters to occupy.&nbsp; John Webb further averred that this was the same site that Richmond Spradley later resided on commencing in 1895 or 1896.&nbsp; Webb also revealed that there were hundreds of charcoal kilns on the property.&nbsp; The average kiln produced about 350 barrels of charcoal.&nbsp; When asked if he ever knew of any</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Seymours</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;living on the tract, John Webb replied negatively.&nbsp; He did say that&nbsp;<b><i>&quot;there was an old man living there once, that we called Uncle Baptiste&quot;</i></b>.&nbsp; Webb did not know with any degree of certitude that this man, Uncle Baptiste, was Jean-Baptiste Seymour, the son of St. Cyr Seymour.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; From testimony given in Cause No. 3336, H.F. Russell v. Calvin Seymour, et al, one could conclude that the homestead of St. Cyr Seymour was located in the SE/4 of the NW/4 of Section 5, T8S-R7W.&nbsp; Here the tenant, situated near a navigable bayou and protected from the hurricane prone shores of the Mississippi Sound to the south, was ideally situated to take advantage of the fecund waters of</span></span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Graveline</span></span></st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placetype><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Lake</span></span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;with its fine oysters and fish.&nbsp; Access to the open waters of the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Gulf of Mexico</span></span></st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;and a window to the outside world via coastal schooner was available through Graveline Bayou.&nbsp; High land suitable for cultivation and stock raising lie nearby as well as lush tidal marshes suitable for winter foraging for livestock.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></p>
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	<st1:place><st1:placetype><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><b>Camp</b></span></span></st1:placetype><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><b>&nbsp;</b></span></span><st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><b>Graveline</b></span></span></st1:placename></st1:place></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Today, this area of&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Jackson</span></span></st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">County</span></span></st1:placename></st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;is still sparsely settled.&nbsp; In August 1977, Louis A. Fayard, Inc. and Mary C. Mahoney, Inc. opened a subdivision called the &quot;Father Mullin Lake Graveline Properties&quot;.&nbsp; It consists of nineteen lots on the north shore of&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:placetype><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Lake</span></span></st1:placetype><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Graveline</span></span></st1:placename></st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;in the southern 3/4 of the S/2 of the Joseph S. Moore Claim.(JXCO, Ms. Land Plat Book 15, p. 37)</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A second unit consisting of twenty lots was added in Section 19, T8S-R7W, on the John Baptiste Beaudreaux (sic) Claim, in August 1978.(JXCO, Ms. Land Plat Book 16, p. 3)&nbsp; In the same general area, Graveline Pointe Subdivision, is now being developed by James Reeves Development, Inc. of</span></span><st1:place><st1:city><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Laurel</span></span></st1:city><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">,&nbsp;</span></span><st1:state><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Mississippi</span></span></st1:state></st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Reverend Herbert Mullin and Monsignor Geofrey O&#39;Connell, Roman Catholic Irish priests, acquired this land in April 1944, from Charles S. Gerth of New Orleans.( JXCO, Ms. Land Deed Bk. 87, pp. 491-492)&nbsp; Here with the assistance of the Brothers of the Sacred Heart from Bay St. Louis, they developed Camp Graveline at Graveline Point just west of where &quot;St. Cyr Bayou&quot; enters Graveline Lake.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; According to Bob Mahoney of&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Biloxi</span></span></st1:city><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">, who spent many summers of his youth here,&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:placetype><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Camp</span></span></st1:placetype><st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Graveline</span></span></st1:placename></st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;was a vacation camp, which catered to the recreational needs of the Coast&#39;s juveniles.&nbsp; It offered two sessions and could accommodate about 150 campers.&nbsp; Girls went for four weeks commencing in June.&nbsp; The boys session was six weeks terminating in August.&nbsp; Both groups enjoyed fishing, swimming, sailing, water skiing, hiking, and horseback riding.&nbsp; In addition to Bob Mahoney, a well known Coast restaurateur and amateur golfer, singer-song writer-author, Jimmy Buffett (b. 1946) of</span></span><st1:city><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Pascagoula</span></span></st1:city><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;and&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Key West</span></span></st1:city><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">, may be&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:placetype><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Camp</span></span></st1:placetype><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Graveline</span></span></st1:placename></st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&#39;s most famous alumni.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Camp Graveline was owned by the Sisters of Mercy from May 1958 until March 1961, when it was quitclaimed to Father Mullin, et al.(JXCO, Ms. Land Deed Bk. 185, pp. 357-359)&nbsp; It is believed that Camp Graveline ceased to function as a summer holiday resort in the late 1950s, and was subsequently a victim of Hurricane Camille in August 1969.&nbsp; The Creare Corporation purchased it from the Catholic priests, Mullin and O&#39;Connell, in June 1969.( JXCO, Ms. Land Deed Bk. 357, p. 467)&nbsp;</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; We are now ready to investigate the migration of the children of St. Cyr Seymour and Marie-Josephe Ryan from the primal&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Seymour</span></span></st1:city><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;homestead at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Fontainebleau</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;to other areas of the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:state><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Mississippi</span></span></st1:state><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">coast, primarily western&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Jackson</span></span></st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">County</span></span></st1:placename></st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">.&nbsp; For the most part, they settled in what we know today as the Latimer community.&nbsp; The primary focus of this late 1860&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Seymour</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;settlement is in and around the intersection of&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Tucker Road</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;and the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Old Biloxi Road</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;(</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Daisy-Vestry Road</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">).&nbsp;</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; North of the &quot;Big Ridge&quot; on the east side of the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Tchoutacabouffa</span></span></st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placetype><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">River</span></span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;water shed is an area that could be described as an &quot;inland peninsula&quot;.&nbsp; With Bayou Costapia to the north, Perigal Creek to the north and east, and Cypress Creek to the south, some of the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Seymour</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;family chose the high land amidst these waterways to settle.&nbsp; Here, elevations range between 40 and feet above sea level.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; It is interesting to note that this general locale was the childhood home of their mother, Marie-Josephe Seymour, nee Ryan.&nbsp; She was reared on the Jean Ryan settlement about two to three miles south, in the vicinity of present day Bayou Porteaux-Gulf Hills.&nbsp; It was a homecoming for her.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><b>EDWARD SEYMOUR SETTLEMENT-LATIMER/LARUE</b></span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Edward Seymour (1809-1898), the eldest of the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Seymour</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;children, married Adele Fournier (1818-1890), the daughter of Andre Fournier and Catherine Bouzage, circa 1829.&nbsp; They may have started their lives south of Edward&#39;s birthplace at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Fontainebleau</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">.&nbsp; The 1833 tax roll of&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Jackson</span></span></st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">County</span></span></st1:placename></st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;demonstrates that Edward Seymour was at Belle Fontaine Pointe where he owned 10 acres of land.&nbsp; By 1842, he owned 60 head of cattle.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The&nbsp;</span></span><st1:state><st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Mississippi</span></span></st1:place></st1:state><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;agricultural census of 1850, reported Edward Seymour&#39;s holdings as:</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>10 acres of improved land, 400 acres of unimproved land, cash value of farm $300.&nbsp; Stock included 4 horses, 1 mule, 30 milch cows, 4 working oxen, 10 other cattle, and 38 swine valued at $850.&nbsp;&nbsp;</b></span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><b>Seymour</b></span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;also owned 50 bushels of Indian corn and 50 pounds of butter.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; By 1856, the tax rolls have Edward Seymour in possession of 80 cattle and one slave.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; It cannot be ascertained with a high degree of certitude when Edward Seymour and family left the</span></span><st1:city><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Fontainebleau</span></span></st1:city><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;area for the Latimer area in western&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Jackson</span></span></st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">County</span></span></st1:placename></st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">.&nbsp; The land deed records of Jackson County indicate that in June and November 1851, Edward Seymour purchased two contiguous tracts of land on the Daisy-Vestry Road (Old Biloxi Road) about one mile southwest of its intersection with present day Tucker Road.&nbsp; From James L. Condry, Seymour acquired the NW/4 of the SE/4 and the SW/4 of the SE/4 of Section 27, T6S-9RW.(JXCO, Ms. Land Deed Bk. 10, p. 384)&nbsp; He bought from Peter Scarborough of Harrison County, in November 1851, with tenements, the NW/4 of the NE/4 of Section 34, T6S-R9W.(JXCO, Ms. Land Deed Bk. 10, p. 383)</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Edward Seymour and his wife reared a large family consisting of the following children:&nbsp; Raymour Seymour (1829-1911), Elizabeth Richard (1836-1905), Suzanne Dupree (b. 1839), Lewis Seymour (b. 1939), Antoine Seymour (b. 1840), Joseph Edward Seymour (b. 1842), Josephine &quot;Coriene&quot; Cates (1843-1929), and Clement Fayard Seymour (1846-1915).</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Some corroboration for the relocation of Edward Seymour to the Latimer area, is given in 1867.&nbsp; At this time, his mother Marie-Josephe or Mary Seymour purchased 160 acres in the north half of Section 26, T6S-R9W from the State of Mississippi.(JXCO, Ms. Land Deed&nbsp; Book 22, p. 368)&nbsp; Also, at the same time, his, son, Clement Seymour, son-in-law, Fred Dupree (1833-1911), and grandson, Edward Richard, bought the SE/4 of Section 26, T6S-R9W from the State of&nbsp;</span></span><st1:state><st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Mississippi</span></span></st1:place></st1:state><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">.&nbsp; These tracts are all on the northeast side of&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Tucker Road</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">, varying from one mile southeast of its intersection with the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Old Biloxi Road</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;to the intersection with same, in the NW/4 of Section 26.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In 1872, Edward Seymour sold his land in the Latimer area to Clement Seymour and St. Cyr Seymour II.&nbsp; It appears from the land assessment records of&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Jackson</span></span></st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">County</span></span></st1:placename></st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">, that by 1875, Edward Seymour, who was approximately sixty-six years of age, had disposed of all land holdings in the county.&nbsp; His name is not on the 1875 Land Rolls of Jackson County.&nbsp; One would assume that he and his wife were residing with an offspring.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Annette Raley Seymour, the wife of John Chester Seymour (b. 1929), relates in the &quot;Seymour Family&quot; in&nbsp;<b><span style="text-decoration: underline; ">The History of Jackson County, Mississippi</span></b>&nbsp;(1989), that &quot;Edwour</span></span></p>
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	<st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Seymour</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;lived with his son (Raymour) and his wife (Lucinda Williams) for about four years after his wife died.&nbsp; His death occurred on August 1, 1898 and he is buried in the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Wilkerson</span></span></st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placetype><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Cemetery</span></span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;in Larue Community&quot;.&nbsp; John Chester Seymour is the great great-grandson of Edward Seymour and Adele Fournier.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Seymour</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;encroachment into the Larue area began in 1891.&nbsp; In September 1891, Raymour Seymour acquired Federal patents on the following lands in T5S-R9W of the Larue area:&nbsp; SW/4 of SW/4 of Section 14; SE/4 of SE/4 of Section 15; and the NE/4 and the NW/4 of the NE/4 of Section 22.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; At the same time, his brother, Clement Seymour, and son, Albert Jackson Seymour (1867-1951), received Federal patents, also on lands in T5S-R9W.&nbsp; Clement received the NW/4 and SW/4 of the NE/4 of Section 10, while Albert got 160 acres in Section 11.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><b>PIERRE SEYMOUR SETTLEMENT-FORT BAYOU</b></span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Pierre Seymour (1810-1888) married Louise Fournier, the daughter of Andre Fournier and Catherine Bouzage circa 1833.&nbsp; Their known children are:&nbsp; Joseph Lazarus Seymour (1835-1920), William Seymour (1837-1908), Clo Seymour (b. 1842), Louisa S. Garlotte (1838-1916), Adele S. Bullock (1844-1913), Sherrod Seymour (1846-1928), May Seymour (b. 1847), and John Peter Seymour (1852-1938).&nbsp;</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The early tax rolls of&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Jackson</span></span></st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">County</span></span></st1:placename></st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;have very little information on Pierre Seymour.&nbsp; One could deduce that he resided in the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Fontainebleau</span></span></st1:city><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;area, probably on the St. Cyr Seymour homestead with his siblings until he relocated to the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placetype><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Fort</span></span></st1:placetype><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Bayou</span></span></st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;area of&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Jackson</span></span></st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">County</span></span></st1:placename></st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">.&nbsp;</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Like his brothers, Pierre Seymour owned cattle.&nbsp; In 1843, he was assessed with 40 bovines.&nbsp; By 1856, his herd had grown to 50 beef cattle.&nbsp; In the 1860 Federal census,&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Pierre</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;is a butcher making his livelihood from the sale of beef and other animal meat.&nbsp; He is a farmer in 1870.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; There is a high degree of certitude that Pierre Seymour and his family settled on the north shore of&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:placetype><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Fort</span></span></st1:placetype><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Bayou</span></span></st1:placename></st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;in Section 17, T7S-R8W.&nbsp; He acquired land patents from the Federal government as well as the State of&nbsp;</span></span><st1:state><st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Mississippi</span></span></st1:place></st1:state><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;on lands here as early as 1847.&nbsp; In fact, the first Federal patent acquired by Pierre Seymour, in January 1847, the SE/4 of the SW/4 of Section 17, is the most probable homestead.&nbsp; He paid $50.00 for this land.( JXCO, Ms. Land Tract Book 1, p. 199.)&nbsp; The Peter Seymour site rests at an elevation of 25 feet above sea level with good drainage and easy access to&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:placetype><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Fort</span></span></st1:placetype><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Bayou</span></span></st1:placename></st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Topographically, this habitat is very similar to the original&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Seymour</span></span></st1:city><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;land at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Fontainebleau</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">.&nbsp; Here Pierre Seymour encountered navigable water, marsh, timber, and some flat areas suitable for subsistence agriculture.&nbsp;</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;By 1875, Pierre Seymour owned about 300 acres of land in Section 17 and several tracts to the south in Section 20, T7S-R8W.&nbsp; The Pierre Seymour family cemetery developed in the NE/4 of the NE/4 of Section 20.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; It appears that several of the children of Pierre and Louise Fournier found settlements near their primal haunts on&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:placetype><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Fort</span></span></st1:placetype><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Bayou</span></span></st1:placename></st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">.&nbsp; The 1875 Land Assessment Book of Jackson County, reveals that William Seymour (1837-1908), owned 320 acres in Sections 7, 8, and 9 of T7S-R8W while brother, Sherrod Seymour (1846-1928), possessed 40 acres in Section 8.&nbsp; The&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Old Fort Bayou Road</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;is near or transects several of these parcels which indicates that these&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Seymour</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;brothers may have lived just north of their parents.&nbsp; Many of their descendants still reside in the immediate area.&nbsp;</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Ina Goff Clarke, a descendant of Peter Sherrod Seymour (1870-1934), remembers that as a child, in the 1930s, she was brought to the &quot;William Seymour place&quot;.&nbsp; It was located just west of the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Seymour</span></span></st1:placename><st1:placetype><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Cemetery</span></span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">.&nbsp; There are groves of live oaks in these areas today, which may indicate old&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Seymour</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;home places.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Today, the former lands of Pierre Seymour in Section 17 and Section 20, T7S-R8W are for the most part owned by the heirs of J. Duncan Moran (1925-1995) and his brother, Alfred R. Moran (1930-1981).&nbsp; With the exception of the Woodfield Subdivion and the Windsor Park Subdivision on the northeast and southwest perimeters respectively, and&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Bayou Talla Road</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;which goes to the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Seymour</span></span></st1:placename><st1:placetype><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Cemetery</span></span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">, this land is lightly timbered and undeveloped.&nbsp; Directly across Fort Bayou to the south, Maurepas Landing Subdivision is presently developing on the former Wright-Hunt property in Section 20.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; It is believed that these Pierre Seymour lands came into the Moran family through their grandparents, May V. Minor (1866-1910) and H.F. Russell (1858-1940), who acquired much real estate in&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Jackson</span></span></st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">County</span></span></st1:placename></st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">, for taxes during their lifetime.&nbsp; In October 1910, H.F. Russell conveyed one acre in the NW corner of the NE/4 of the NE/4 of Section 20, T7S-R8W to the heirs of William Seymour.(JXCO, Ms. Land Deed Book 39, pp. 182-183)</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;An excerpt from this conveyance reads as follows:</span></span></p>
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		<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &quot;<b><i>it is understood and agreed by all parties interested in this deed that the one acre here in conveyed is to be used as a family cemetery only.&nbsp; It is also understood and agreed that the said heirs and their family shall have the right to go to and from said cemetery through the NE/4 of&nbsp;</i></b><b><i>the NE/4 at any time that they may deem necessary&quot;.</i></b></span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><b>JEAN-BAPTISTE SEYMOUR SETTLEMENT-OCEAN SPRINGS</b></span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Jean-Baptise Seymour (1812-1887) married Marie Fournier (1817-1890) circa 1835.&nbsp; She was born at Ocean Springs, after the Andre Fournier family had relocated post-1813, from the Bayou La Batre area of&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Mobile</span></span></st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placetype><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">County</span></span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">.&nbsp; Her parents, Andre Fournier and Catherine Bouzage, resided on a three arpent tract fronting&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Biloxi</span></span></st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placetype><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Bay</span></span></st1:placetype><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;just west of the present day&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Inner</span></span></st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placetype><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Harbor</span></span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">.&nbsp; The Louis Auguste LaFontaine family were their western neighbors.&nbsp; As previously mentioned, Marie&#39;s brother, Andre Fournier III (1809-1878), acquired the SW/4 of Section 19, T7s-R8W, at Ocean Springs in 1849.&nbsp; He sold his land and relocated to the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">North Biloxi</span></span></st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;area where many of his descendants reside to day.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Before arriving at Ocean Springs, Jean-Baptiste Seymour resided at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Fontainebleau</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">.&nbsp; Early Jackson County, Mississippi tax records indicate that his land holdings at the &quot;Seashore&quot; and Belle Fontaine, increased from 43 acres to 280 acres between 1836 and 1839.&nbsp; By 1856, he was the most successful of the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Seymour</span></span></st1:city><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;brothers running over 170 head of cattle in the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:placetype><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Lake</span></span></st1:placetype><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Graveline</span></span></st1:placename></st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;area.&nbsp; He also owned 4 slaves, attesting to his affluence.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Jean-Baptiste Seymour and Marie Fournier reared a large family in&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Jackson</span></span></st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">County</span></span></st1:placename></st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">.&nbsp; Their children were: Zeolide S. Krohn (1836-1898), Moses Seymour (1838-1893), Anatole Seymour (b. 1840), Jean Seymour (1843-1903+), Henry Seymour (1844-1924), Narcisse Seymour (1849-1931), Cecilia S. Mathieu (1850-1903+), Rose Seymour (b. 1852), Marie S. Borries (1853-1900), Louise S. Meaut (1855-1939), Caroline S. Beaugez (1858-1933), and Delmas Seymour (1863-1912).</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; It is not known with a high degree of certitude, when Jean-Baptiste Seymour and family quit the</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Fontainebleau</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;area for Ocean Springs.&nbsp; It is known that on September 15, 1849, Jean-Baptiste Seymour purchased a 13-acre tract of land at Ocean Springs from Dr. Andrew B. Dodd (1806-1850+), a</span></span><st1:state><st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Kentucky</span></span></st1:place></st1:state><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;born physician.&nbsp; The&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Seymour</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;tract ran from&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Government Street</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;to&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">LaFontaine Avenue</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;and was only 150 feet wide, except on its southern termination near present day&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">LaFontaine Avenue</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">, where it widened to 165 feet.&nbsp; Its western perimeter began 200 feet east of&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Dewey Avenue</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">.&nbsp; The Jean-Baptise Seymour tract was originally a part of Andre Fournier&#39;s three arpent tract on the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placetype><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Bay</span></span></st1:placetype><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;of&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Biloxi</span></span></st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;and Bayou Bauzage (</span></span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Inner</span></span></st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placetype><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Harbor</span></span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">).&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Seymour</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;paid Dr. Dodd $11.54 per acre for this land.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Before Jean-Baptise Seymour expired on October 14, 1887, he began selling his land at Ocean Springs to his children and others.&nbsp; In October 1875, Thomas Cochran (1852-1883) purchased all of Jean-Baptiste Seymour&#39;s land north of&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Porter Avenue</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;to&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Government Street</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;for $200.&nbsp; He obtained $77.52 per acre for this tract as compared to his original cost of $11.54 per acre.&nbsp; This particular plot was soon purchased by Joseph Kotzum (1842-1915) who incorporated it into his Kotzum Addition subdivision of January 1895.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><b>Moses Seymour</b></span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Son, Moses Seymour (1838-1893), was the first sibling of the family to acquire land in the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Seymour</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;tract from his parents.&nbsp; In September 1877, Jean-Baptiste and Marie Seymour sold him and his wife, Adolphine Bellman (1838-1920), for $25, a 300-foot deep lot on the south side of&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Porter Avenue</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;near present day&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Minor Lane</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">.&nbsp; It appears that the homestead of Jean-Baptiste Seymour and Marie Fournier was also located on this tract.&nbsp; In July 1890, when Delmas Seymour sold a house for $35 to his brother, Moses, the deed concerning this structure read, &quot;a certain house built by me in Ocean Springs for the use of my mother during her life on the said Moses Seymour lot south of his residence on&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Porter Avenue</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&quot;.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; "><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;&nbsp; From his obituary, it appears Moses Seymour was a resident of&nbsp;</span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; "><st1:city><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Scranton</span></span></st1:city><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;(</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Pascagoula</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">) at the time of his demise.&nbsp; He expired suddenly, probably from a heart attack, at the L&amp;N Depot in&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">New Orleans</span></span></st1:place></st1:city></span></span><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; "><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;as he awaited for a train to return home.&nbsp; Moses was a well known butcher.&nbsp; He had married Adolphine Bellman (1838-1893), the daughter of Charles Bellman (1806-1860+) and Pauline Ryan (1815-1899).&nbsp; Their children were:&nbsp; Edwin McLan Seymour (b. 1864), Isabella S. White (1866-1928+), Norman A. Seymour (1868-1910+), Robert F. Seymour (1870-1939), and Ernest Adolph Seymour (1875-1877).</span></span></span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">At Pasacagoula, Norman A. Seymour married and later divorced Condalaura Flechas (1872-1935), the daughter of Captain Joseph Flechas (1824-1883) and Condalaura Villar (1842-1908).&nbsp; Like his father, Moses, he made his livelihood as a butcher.&nbsp; Their family was:&nbsp; Hilda Seymour (b. 1897), Mildred Seymour (b. 1899), Lois Seymour(b. 1901), Hulbert Seymour (b. 1903), Norman Seymour (b. 1905), Blanche Seymour (b. 1907), and Bernard Seymour (b. 1910).</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Robert F. Seymour also appears to have settled at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Pascagoula</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">.&nbsp; With Laura Tousell (1869-1909), he had at least two children:&nbsp; Martin Van Buren Seymour (1897-1897) and Leo R. Seymour (1902-1934).&nbsp; Members of both these&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Seymour</span></span></st1:city><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;families are buried in the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Greenwood</span></span></st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placetype><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Cemetery</span></span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Pascagoula</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><b>Narcisse J. Seymour</b></span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Narcisse J. Seymour (1849-1931) was the next of the children to acquire land from his parents in the Jean-Baptiste Seymour strip.&nbsp; In September 1879, he purchased a lot on the south side of&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Calhoun Avenue</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;from his parents for $50.&nbsp; The warranty deed states that Calhoun had not been laid out yet.&nbsp; It is known that Narcisse Seymour contracted with Westbrook and Buehler to erect two cottages on Calhoun in the Spring of 1892.&nbsp; One of these Queen Anne style homes is extant and owned by Harriet Perry at</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">1108 Calhoun Avenue</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Narcisse Seymour acquired other lands in the immediate area.&nbsp; In April 1881, he bought Lots 1-3 in Block 41 (Culmseig Map of 1854) from Edward Clark of&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:city><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Philadelphia</span></span></st1:city><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">,&nbsp;</span></span><st1:state><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Pennsylvania</span></span></st1:state></st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;through his agent, George A. Cox (1811-1887), for $100.&nbsp; These lots were contiguous with his Calhoun property and in fact today make up the southeast corner of Dewey and Calhoun.&nbsp; Land for the construction of</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Dewey Avenue</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;was acquired by the city of&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Ocean</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;Springs from Joseph Bellande in May 1898, but wasn&#39;t completed until later.&nbsp; It is believed that Alderman-at-Large, George E. Arndt (1857- 1945), recommended that the new route be named for Commodore and later Admiral George Dewey (1837-1917), the hero of the Battle of Manilla Bay in the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:country-region><st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Philippines</span></span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">, during the Spanish-American War.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Narcisse Seymour acquired additional lands on&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Dewey Avenue</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;in February 1912, when he purchased for $1500, two distinct tracts on the west side of&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Dewey Avenue</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">.&nbsp; The first parcel ran 656 feet south of the Bellande Cemetery to the Bruno Reus property and then 200 feet west towards</span></span></p>
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	<st1:street><st1:address><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Washington Avenue</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">.&nbsp; The second tract was a lot with a front of 150 feet on the west side of Dewey commencing north of the Shanahan Hotel tract (now Little Childrens Park).&nbsp; It was also 200 feet deep.&nbsp; These parcels were sold to&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Seymour</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;by Commissioner Taylor, as the result of a forced heirship suit, Mrs. Delphine Bellande Ryan, et al vs. Eugene Bellande, et al, Cause No. 1779.&nbsp;</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Narcisse Seymour and his family had a large impact on the economic history of Ocean Springs.&nbsp; They with Antonio Catchot (1828-1885) and his son, Joseph &quot;Joe Tony&quot; Catchot (1858-1919), were early leaders of the fledgling commercial seafood industry at Ocean Springs.&nbsp; Fresh seafood and</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Seymour</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;were synonymous at Ocean Springs for many decades.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Narcisse had married Amelia Kendall (1840-ca 1873), the daughter of Louis Kendall (1822-1894) and Celestine Ryan (1829-1894), circa 1868.&nbsp; She had been reared on&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Lot</span></span></st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;4 in the Jerome Ryan tract on the east side of present day&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Martin Avenue</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">.&nbsp; Before her demise, Narcisse and Amelia had three children:&nbsp; Marie Cecilia Dick (1869-1953), Louis Seymour (1871-1871), and Nacisse Joseph Seymour (1873-1873).</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; After the untimely death of his wife, Narcisse Seymour married in September 1873, Caroline V. Krohn (1847-1895), the daughter of Henry A. Krohn (1811-1850+) and Marie Solitelle Cuevas (Quave) (1807-1860+).&nbsp; His sister, Zeolide Seymour, had married her brother, John H. Krohn (1831-1912).&nbsp;</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The children of Narcisse and Caroline Krohn were: Raymond Seymour (b. 1874), Charles Hugh Seymour (1876-1913), Harriet S. Dale (1877-1956), John R. Seymour (1879-1938), Alice S. Bellman (1880-1957), Benjamin Seymour (1882-1904), J. Frank Seymour (1884-1933), Wilhemine</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Seymour (1886-1889), Carrie S. Ames (1889-1979), George J. Seymour (b. 1889), and Leona A. Seymour (1891-1900).</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Mrs. Narcisse Seymour acquired property on&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Calhoun Avenue</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;in June 1883, when she purchased&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Lot</span></span></st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;1-Block 36 (Culmseig Map of 1854) from E.W. Clark.&nbsp; It was sold for</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">$2000 to local realtor, F.E. Lee (1874-1932), in January 1926, as a result of Jackson County Chancery Court Cause No. 4633, Narcisse Seymour v. Mrs. Eugene Dick, et al.&nbsp; This parcel was contiguous with the earlier land acquisitions of Narcisse Seymour along&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Calhoun Avenue</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">.&nbsp; It</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">gave the family over 450 feet fronting on Calhoun east of&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Dewey Avenue</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><b>Seafood</b></span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Near the turn of the Century, Narcisse Seymour (1949-1931) and some of his children and their spouses continued to acquire land on the east side of Dewey Avenue between Calhoun and LaFontaine which comprises ten lots in Block 41 (Culmseig Map of 1854).&nbsp; They and their kindred</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">families, the Beaugezs, Bellmans, and Dicks, made their livelihoods in the seafood industry as fishermen and oystermen.&nbsp; Their neighborhood on the east side of&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Dewey Avenue</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;became the primary hub of an early 20th Century seafood culture at Ocean Springs.&nbsp; Without question,&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Seymour</span></span></st1:place></st1:city></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Avenue is now a more appropriate historic appellation for the present thoroughfare.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In time, several local seafood enterprises, some of regional distinction, arose from the incipient organization of Narcisse Seymour &amp; Son, which was established in the 1890s.&nbsp; They were:&nbsp; Hugh C. Seymour, VanCourt &amp; Seymour (D.B. VanCourt and J.R. Seymour), The Eagle Point Oyster Company (Phillip M. Bellman), J.R. Seymour Fish &amp; Oyster Company, The Seymour Brothers (Bennie and Oscar Seymour), The Grace Seymour Crab Plant, and J&amp;L Seafood (John H.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Seymour and&nbsp;</span></span><st1:country-region><st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Lydia</span></span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;Beaugez).&nbsp; For the most part, these families resided on the east side of&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Dewey Avenue</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;As previously mentioned, Narcisse Seymour had acquired Lots 1-3 of Block 41, in 1881.&nbsp; Lot 1 of Block 41 commenced on the southeast corner of Calhoun and Dewey while&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Lot</span></span></st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;10</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">of Block 41 was on the northeast corner of LaFontaine and Dewey.&nbsp; Through the years, the Narcisse Seymour clan and affiliated families have had transactions on all lots on Dewey south of&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Calhoun Avenue</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;with the exception of Lot 9 and&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Lot</span></span></st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;10-Block 41, which is the location of Green Lawns, the Flood-Snyder home at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">200 Dewey Avenue</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">, on the northeast corner of LaFontaine.&nbsp; This property evolved from Scot immigrant, Jane Flood (1839-1904+), to Henry Wirth to Virginia LeCand (1887-1925) in October 1917.&nbsp; W.H. Lewis platted the Edgewater Court Subdivision on the south side of LaFontaine in September 1950.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The chronology of the various&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Seymour</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;properties in Block 41 (Culmseig Map of 1854) is as follows:</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><b>LOT</b></span></span></st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><b>&nbsp;3-BLOCK 41</b></span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In February 1885, Narcisse Seymour sold&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Lot</span></span></st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;3-Block 41 to Benjamin Dick (1869-1904).&nbsp; Dick had married Louise Z. Seymour (1875-ca 1903), the daughter of Jean Seymour and Almenia Miller in November 1891.&nbsp; Dick died mysteriously after he had gone hunting in the marshes of the Weeks Bayou area in late January 1904.&nbsp; His remains were not found until early March 1904.&nbsp; The Dick orphans were:&nbsp; Benedict Dick, Jr. (1892-1967), Mamie Dick (b. 1894), Herman Dick (1896-1941), Gertrude Dick (b. 1898), and Edwina Dick (b. 1904).&nbsp; The Progress, the local journal at the time, collected money for the financial assistance of these children.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Before his demise in 1904, Ben Dick had sold&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Lot</span></span></st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;3 to Thomas A. Friar (1871-1896) in April 1892.&nbsp; Mr. Friar&#39;s father, Thomas R. Friar (1845-1916), a local building contractor and seafood producer, probably had a cottage erected here.&nbsp; He conveyed it to Manuel Gonzales Fernandez in July 1896.&nbsp; (Manuel Gonzales of Mobile&nbsp;<i>see PD-S, 6-7-1895, p. 3)</i></span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; It is interesting to note that in the Federal Census of 1900, a Henry Seymour (b. 1873), possibly the son of Henry Seymour (1844-1924), is married to a Lizzie ? Slater (b. 1870), a native of&nbsp;</span></span><st1:state><st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Louisiana</span></span></st1:place></st1:state><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">.&nbsp; They are residing in the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Dewey Avenue</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;area.&nbsp; Her father is Mexican.&nbsp; Could this Manuel Gonzales Fernandez be her father?&nbsp; Lizzie Seymour has a son, Wesley Slater (1882-1900+), by a prior marriage.&nbsp; Regardless of this coincidence, Senor Fernandez sold&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Lot</span></span></st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;3 of Block 41 to Carrie Seymour (1889-1979), later Mrs. Theodore Ames, for $500 in September 1906.&nbsp; This home would become the property of Mark Seymour (1910-1944) in September 1938.&nbsp; His widow, Ruth Clark, sold it to Irving L. Cox in February 1948.&nbsp; It is believed that Mr. Cox had the old structure demolished.&nbsp; Gordon Mathieu, Jr. and family reside here today at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">304 Dewey Avenue</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><b>LOT</b></span></span></st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><b>&nbsp;2-BLOCK 41</b></span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Narcisse Seymour conveyed&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Lot</span></span></st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;2-Block 41 to Caroline Seymour (1847-1895) in May 1888, for $50.&nbsp; In August 1918, Narcisse Seymour sold a part of&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Lot</span></span></st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;2 (100 feet by 86 feet) to John R. Woodcock.&nbsp; Cora A. Woodcock (1872-1934) vended a 50-foot lot fronting on&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Dewey Avenue</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;to Louis R. &quot;Boy&quot; Ryan (1880-1960) in January 1922.&nbsp; Mr. Ryan built a vernacular cottage, which is extant at</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">308 Dewey Avenue</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">.&nbsp; Jeweler, Phil N. Kreutz, once resided here and later the Crysell family.&nbsp;&nbsp; Cassie M. Parker acquired the south 50 feet of the Woodcock lot from Louis Ryan in September 1944.&nbsp; This residence is extant at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">306 Dewey Avenue</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">.&nbsp; Carrie Seymour&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Ames</span></span></st1:city><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;was quitclaimed the remainder of&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Lot</span></span></st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">2 from the Heirs of Caroline K. Seymour, her mother, in March 1936.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><b>LOT</b></span></span></st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><b>&nbsp;1-BLOCK 41</b></span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Lot</span></span></st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;1-Block 41 is located on the southeast corner of Calhoun and Dewey.&nbsp; Narcisse Seymour had several rental houses here.&nbsp; A portion of&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Lot</span></span></st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;1 became the possession of&nbsp; Carrie S. Ames in October 1914, when her father, Narcisse Seymour, deeded it to her.&nbsp; After the old rental cottages burned or were demolished, she conveyed a lot (100 feet by 84 feet) on the southeast corner of Calhoun and Dewey to John J. Seymour (1898-1962) in February 1945.&nbsp; Mr. Seymour built a house, which is extant at 1102 Calhoun.&nbsp; It was formerly owned by Vernon F. Seymour and was acquired by Glen R. and Rose Skelton in May 1965.&nbsp; The Skeltons had previously obtained a smaller tract (25 feet by 84 feet) at 310 Dewey, south of this lot from Vernon F. Seymour in April 1962.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><b>&nbsp;</b></span></span><st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><b>LOT</b></span></span></st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><b>&nbsp;6-BLOCK 41</b></span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Charlotte Franco Cochran (1864-1939) sold&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Lot</span></span></st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;6-Block 41 to Mary Cecile Seymour (1869-1953), wife of Eugene Dick (1868-1918), in September 1897.&nbsp; By 1916, H. Minor Russell was in possession of this property and conveyed it to Caroline M. Seymour, nee Domning.&nbsp; In April 1946, Mrs. Seymour sold the parcel to Joseph H. Thibodeaux.&nbsp; Robert J. Beaugez acquired the old cottage at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">214 Dewey Avenue</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">, from the Thibodeauxs in May 1969.&nbsp; This edifice has been moved eastward and extensively remodeled.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;<b>LOT 4 and&nbsp;</b></span></span><st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><b>LOT</b></span></span></st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;5-BLOCK 41</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In June 1902, John R. Seymour (1879-1938) acquired Lot 4 and Lot 5-Block 41, from Bartholmew Morere of&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">South</span></span></st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placetype><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Port</span></span></st1:placetype><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">, Jefferson Parish,&nbsp;</span></span><st1:state><st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Louisiana</span></span></st1:place></st1:state><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;for $350.&nbsp; The old house was demolished and a modern bungaloid erected here in 1928, for Mr. Seymour by Jean Basly and Joseph L. &ldquo;Dode&rdquo; Schrieber.&nbsp; The daughter of John R. Seymour and Lula VanCourt (1880-1956), Margaret S. Norman (b. 1908), resides here at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">302 Dewey Avenue</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;today.&nbsp; Mrs. Norman was recently recognized as the oldest living alumnae of the St. Alphonsus School.&nbsp; She is one of our most valuable living historians as her memory of past events is most remarkable.&nbsp; Mrs. Norman credits her mental capacity to the daily intake of fresh seafood that she ate while growing up on&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Dewey Avenue</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;and working at her father&#39;s fish house at the foot of&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Washington Avenue</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">.&nbsp; The small rental cottage at 300 Dewey Avenue on her property in</span></span><st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Lot</span></span></st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;5 was erected from lumber taken when the Anchor Inn of her brother, Mark Seymour, which was situated lower&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Washington Avenue</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">, was demolished in the late 1930s.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><b>LOT</b></span></span></st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><b>&nbsp;7-BLOCK 41</b></span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Narcisse Seymour acquired&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Lot</span></span></st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;7-Block 41 from Charlotte F. Cochran in October 1902.&nbsp; He sold it to his daughter-in-law, Caroline M. Domning 1887-1969), the wife of Frank J. Seymour (1884-1933), in February 1914.&nbsp; Their son, Oscar Seymour (1912-1964), acquired it from his mother in 1942.&nbsp; After Oscar Seymour and family moved to the Veillon-Fields Cottage at 300 Ward Avenue in 1944, he sold it back to her in January 1946.&nbsp; Mrs. Seymour then conveyed the home to another son, Bernard P. Seymour (1908-1969), in August 1958.&nbsp; This old&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Seymour</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;residence at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">212 Dewey Avenue</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;has been in the possession of Larry and Celeste Maugh since July 1991.&nbsp; They have done an excellent job of preserving and improving this historic property.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><b>LOT</b></span></span></st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><b>&nbsp;8-BLOCK 41</b></span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Narcisse Seymour acquired&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Lot</span></span></st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;8-Block 41 from Herman Nill in October 1903.&nbsp; He sold it to Caroline M. Seymour, his daughter-in-law, in March 1907.&nbsp; This is the homestead of the Frank J. Seymour (1884-1933) family.&nbsp; She conveyed the lot to her son, Milton J. Seymour (1917-1974), in July 1944.&nbsp; The Heirs of Milton Seymour Sr. and Virginia C. Clifton sold the parcel to David A. Schmirer (1934-1988) and his wife, Gladys M. Richard, in December 1975.&nbsp; The old Frank J. Seymour home is extant at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">204 Dewey Avenue</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">.&nbsp; In recent years, Mrs. Gladys M. Schmierer sold her home and a .32-acre lot carved from&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Lot</span></span></st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;8-Block 41, to Catherine E. Schmirer et al.&nbsp; A new residence at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">206 Dewey Avenue</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">was erected in the rear of 204 Dewey about 1988, on the remainder of her original property.&nbsp;</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; On the west side of&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Dewey Avenue</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">, Narcisse Seymour sold a narrow lot (55 feet by 200 feet) to his daughter, Alice S. Bellman (1880-1957), in January 1913.&nbsp; She and spouse, Philip A. Bellman (1872-1927), conveyed it to L. Morris McClure (1884-1940), in 1925, for $800.&nbsp; The McClure residence was on&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Washington Avenue</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">.&nbsp; The other acreage on the west side of Dewey that Narcisse had acquired in February 1912, from the heirs of Joseph Bellande (1813-1907), was also conveyed to landowners who had frontage on&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Washington Avenue</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">.&nbsp; These people of affluence were E.A. Morris (1860-1946), Emma E. Pace (1851-1936), Amanda Shaffer (1841-1920+), S.A. Calogne, and Elizabeth Holloway.&nbsp; In March 1976, Rita Kerry Holloway (1912-1982) vended to the City of Ocean Springs, an 80-foot parcel fronting on Dewey, which became the southern addition to the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Bellande</span></span></st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placetype><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Cemetery</span></span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><b>Delmas Seymour</b></span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Continuing with the disbursement of the Jean-Baptise Seymour tract at Ocean Springs, a son, Delmas Seymour (1863-1912) acquired the southern most 350 feet of the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Seymour</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;tract from his father, Jean-Baptise Seymour, in December 1879.&nbsp; He sold a small lot off his parcel to Dr. A.J. Whitfield in March 1888, for $50.&nbsp; By May 1913, it belonged to Alphonse Beaugez, Jr. (1887-1945).&nbsp; Delmas Seymour sold off the lower 250 feet of his tract to Herman Nill (1863-1904) and his wife, Caroline Vahle (1862-1949), in July 1889 for $900.&nbsp; In March 1899, the Nills with B.F. Joachim (1853-1925) opened a public street 35 feet wide and 590 feet in length on the southern perimeter.&nbsp; It was originally called Nill&#39;s Avenue, but is today that portion of LaFontaine east of&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Dewey Avenue</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">.&nbsp; Nill was a druggist from&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">New Orleans</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;who resided on the old Andre Fournier tract fronting&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Deer</span></span></st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placetype><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Island</span></span></st1:placetype><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;while Mr. Joachim, also from the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Crescent</span></span></st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placetype><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">City</span></span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">, operated a small hostel, the Joachim Cottage, probably in the vicinity of the Jack Haviland property on&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Clark Avenue</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Delmas Seymour (1863-1912) was born in July 1863.&nbsp; He married Emma Bosarge in April 1884.&nbsp; They divorced in December 1886.&nbsp; Delmas then wedded Emily Morin Forstall (1864-1922), the daughter of Felix Morin and Emily Bernard.&nbsp; She had four children by a prior marriage:&nbsp; George Forstall, Marie Forstall Groue (b. 1877), Amanda F. Kelly (b. 1878), and Georgine F. Voivedich (1880-1964).&nbsp; Delmas Seymour and family moved to&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Biloxi</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;where he was the animal control officer and policeman in the early 1900s.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Brothers, Jean-Baptiste Beaugez (1857-1913) and Alphonse M. Beaugez (1860-1942), were sold two lots in the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Seymour</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;strip by Jean-Baptise Seymour in March and May 1883, respectively.&nbsp; The Beaugez lots were between those of Narcisse Seymour, which was on the south side of Calhoun and Delmas Seymour.&nbsp; The Delmas Seymour parcel went as far south as present day&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">LaFontaine Avenue</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">.&nbsp; Alphonse M. Beaugez (1860-1942), the son of Stanislaus Beaugez (1813-1889) and Louise Ladner (1820-1897), married Caroline Seymour (1858-1933), the daughter of Jean-Baptiste Seymour and Marie Fournier in November 1881.&nbsp; Their children were: Alphonsine B. Domning (1882-1965), Rosa Mary Beaugez (1884-1937), Alphonse M. Beaugez, Jr. (1887-1945), Henry P. Beaugez (1889-1963), Moses H. Beaugez (1891-1973), and Herbert P. Beaugez (1895-1954).</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; It is interesting to note that apparently the only direct descendant of Jean-Baptiste Seymour to presently reside on the J.B. Seymour tract at Ocean Springs is Oswald P. Beaugez.&nbsp; Mr. Beaugez, the grandson of Caroline Seymour and Alphonse Beaugez, resides at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">1116 Hellmers Lane</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;on a portion of the parcel acquired in 1883, by his grandparents from Jean-Baptiste Seymour.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; After the death of Jean-Baptiste Seymour in October 1887, his widow, Marie Fournier, sold May V. Russell (1866-1910), the wife of H.F. Russell (1858-1940), a 1.2-acre tract north of&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Calhoun Avenue</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">for $145.&nbsp; This sale resulted in a law suit filed in August 1900, Jackson County Chancery Court Cause No. 921, Theodore Borries, et al v. Mrs. M.V. Russell.&nbsp; The Borries alleged that since Jean-Baptiste Seymour had died intestate, there was a cloud on the title because his daughter, Marie Eliza Seymour (1853-1900), the wife of Gustave Theodore Borries (1855-1920+), called Theodore, had not assigned her interest in the warranty deed to Mrs. Russell.&nbsp; It appears that there was a small structure built on the tract by Borries, which Duncan Minor (1863-1920) had improved for his sister, Mrs. Russell, in order that it could be let.&nbsp; The Borries may have resided here.&nbsp; We know this tract today as a portion of the Lloyd H. Catchot (1912-1995) Estate, which he acquired in November 1941, from Kate Wieder (1882-1963).&nbsp;</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The children of Theodore Borries and Marie Eliza Seymour were: Clara B. Ramon (1875-1957), Charles Borries (1878-1957+), John Borries, Marie Eugenie Borries (b. 1883), and Agnes Borries (1890-1920+).&nbsp; In 1920, Mr. Borries made his livelihood as a butcher in&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Biloxi</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;<b>John Seymour</b></span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The final disposition of the original Jean-Baptiste Seymour tract occurred in September 1890, when his heirs sold their brother, Jean Seymour (1843-1903+), an approximate one acre lot north of Mrs. Russell&#39;s tract.&nbsp; It was midway between Porter and Calhoun and south of his mother&#39;s house.&nbsp; Jean or John Seymour married Armina Miller (1852-1929) in February 1871. Some of their children were: George Seymour (1873-1950), James Seymour (1887-1948), Adolph Seymour (d. 1951), and Alphonse Seymour.(<i>The Jackson County Times, May 7, 1948, p. 1)</i></span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Their son, George Seymour (1873-1950), and his spouse, Josephine Cox (1878-1927), reared a large family at Ocean Springs.&nbsp; Jean Seymour served with the 3rd Mississippi, Company A and Company E, during the Civil War.&nbsp;</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;<b>Henry Seymour</b></span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; It is unknown why Henry Seymour (1844-1924) was the only son of Jean-Batiste Seymour who did not acquire land in the original Seymour Tract. &nbsp;He was also a veteran of the Civil war having served with the 3rd Mississippi, CO A Live Oak Rifles.&nbsp; It is believed that Henry Seymour married circa 1871, Armentine Ladner, who he divorced in December 13, 1886.&nbsp; Their may have been three children from this union:&nbsp; Evelina Seymour (b. ca 1871), Emilia Anna Seymour (b. 1873) and John Seymour (b. 1875).&nbsp;</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The daughters of Jean-Baptise Seymour and Marie Fournier, Zeolide and Louise Seymour married local men.&nbsp; In July 1854, Zeolide Seymour (1836-1898) married John Henry Krohn (1831-1912), the son of John Henry Augustus Krohn (1802-1853) of&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:city><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Hamburg</span></span></st1:city><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">,&nbsp;</span></span><st1:country-region><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Germany</span></span></st1:country-region></st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;and Marie Solitelle Cuevas (1808-1861).&nbsp; They reared a family probably in the NE/4 of Section 36, T6S-R10W, northwest of present day D&#39;Iberville on the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Hudson-Krohn Road</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">.&nbsp; Their children were:&nbsp; Amelia S. Eglin (1855-1916), Anthony S. Krohn (b. 1859), Louis H. Krohn (b. 1862), Moses L. Krohn (b. 1864), Mary V. Hosli (b. 1867), and Elizabeth J. Moran (b. 1874).&nbsp;</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; John H. Krohn owned large tracts of valuable lumber and naval stores lands in Sections 28 and 29, T6S-R9W, and Sections 25 and 36 in T6S-R10W, respectively northeast and north of&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Cedar</span></span></st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placetype><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Lake</span></span></st1:placetype><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;in eastern&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Harrison</span></span></st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placetype><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">County</span></span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">.&nbsp; Most of this acreage was acquired from the Federal Government in 1854.&nbsp; The Native Lumber Company of L.N. Dantzler Jr. and Union Naval Stores later exploited these Krohn properties.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Amelia S. Krohn married Albert M. Eglin (1852-1891), an Alsatian &eacute;migr&eacute;, in October 1873.&nbsp; They settled on the west side of&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Washington Avenue south</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;of Government and established an entrepreneurial family, which was prominent in business, real estate, and banking at Ocean Springs until recent years.&nbsp; The meat market of Charles W. Eglin (1883-1966) and the Eglin House, a tourist home and apartment dwelling of his sister, Miss Annie O. Eglin (1881-1963), were very important commercial ventures in our local history.&nbsp; The old Eglin properties on&nbsp;</span></span><st1:state><st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Washington</span></span></st1:place></st1:state><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;Avenue were demolished and the land on which they stood is now incorporated into the Villa Maria retirement community site on Porter and Washington.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><b>Louise Seymour</b></span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;In May 1883, Louise Seymour (1855-1939) married Justin Meaut (1847-1923) and relocated to</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Biloxi</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">.&nbsp; Here at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">437 Copp Street</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">, they reared a family consisting of Justin T. Meaut (1884-1970), Oscar Meaut (1885-1954), Mary L. Michel (1887-1952), Oloff Meaut (1890-1972), Justine G. Elder (1892-1973), Edwin L. Meaut (1894-1961), Pascal Meaut (1896-1896).&nbsp; Mr. Meaut made his livelihood in the construction business.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; At present, the author has very little familial information on Cecelia Seymour Mathieu (1850-1903+) and Mary Seymour Borries (1853-1900).&nbsp; Anyone willing to share their knowledge of these children of Jean-Baptiste Seymour and Marie Fournier would be appreciated.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Jean-Baptiste Seymour expired on October 14, 1887.&nbsp; His remains are interred near those of his father, St. Cyr Seymour, in Section B-Lot 24 of the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Old</span></span></st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Biloxi</span></span></st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placetype><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Cemetery</span></span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">.&nbsp; Mrs. Mary Fournier Seymour passed on at Ocean Springs on June 19, 1890.&nbsp; She was interred in the Narcisse Seymour family plot at the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Bellande</span></span></st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placetype><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Cemetery</span></span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;on&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Dewey Avenue</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;in Ocean Springs.&nbsp; Jean-Baptiste Seymour acquired this 11 acre tract in September 1849, from Dr. Andrew B. Dodd of&nbsp;</span></span><st1:state><st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Kentucky</span></span></st1:place></st1:state><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">.&nbsp; Other children of the J.B. Seymour family to acquire land in the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Seymour</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;strip were:&nbsp; Moses Seymour (1838-1893), Delmas Seymour (1863-1912), Caroline Seymour Beaugez (1858-1933), and Jean Seymour (1843-1903+).&nbsp; Oswald P. Beaugez, who resides on&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Hellmers Lane east</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;of Dewey, is believed to be the only descendant of Jean-Baptiste Seymour on the original&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Seymour</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;strip.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><b>LAZARUS SEYMOUR-NORTH&nbsp;</b></span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><b>BILOXI</b></span></span></st1:place></st1:city></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Lazarus Seymour (1816-1902) was born on April 18, 1816, at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Fontainebleau</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">.&nbsp; Like his&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Seymour</span></span></st1:city><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">brothers, he engaged in stock raising and farming while in the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Graveline</span></span></st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placetype><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Lake</span></span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;area.&nbsp; Lazarus married Nancy Ann Seaman (1826-1853), the daughter of William C. Seaman (1801-1844) and Catherine Sheffield Grantham (d. 1853).&nbsp; After Nancy Seaman expired in June 1853, Lazarus Seymour wedded Elizabeth Martha Fayard (1842-1907), the daughter of Augustine Fayard (1795-1857) and Louise Carco.&nbsp;</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In his obituary of April 29, 1902, it relates that Lazarus Seymour relocated to&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Harrison</span></span></st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placetype><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">County</span></span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">and entered the butcher business.&nbsp; It is known that in January 1853, Lazarus Seymour purchased a two-arpent tract of land on the north shore of the Back Bay of Biloxi in the Dominique Ladner Grant (Section 22, T7S-R9W), from his brother-in-law, Peter Lienhard (1812-1873), for $200.&nbsp; Mr. Lienhard was married to Melinda T. Seaman (1827-1890).&nbsp; The&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Seymour</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;land was west of the of the L.A. Caillavet (1790-1860) lands and east of Lienhard and Spanish boat carpenter, Manuel Sanchez (1806-1877).&nbsp; The present day locale of this Seymour tract is in the city of D&#39;Iberville from just east of Pringle Avenue, west to a point about 500 feet east of Church Avenue.&nbsp; There was approximately 400 feet fronting on the Back Bay of Biloxi and the parcel ran north to a point just south of&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Big Ridge Road</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">.&nbsp; It encompassed about 60 acres of land.&nbsp;</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In November 1866, Peter Lienhard sold an additional two acre-tract west of Lazarus Seymour to Lazarus Seymour (1835-1920), a son of Peter Seymour (1810-1872+), who is often referred to as Lazarus Seymour Jr. for $600.&nbsp; Lazarus Seymour Jr. and his wife, Elizabeth Seymour (1842-1917), the daughter of Lazarus Seymour and Nancy Ann Seaman, sold this tract in June 1870, to his father-in-law, Lazarus Seymour, for $1000.&nbsp; It can get familial confusing.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Here on the north shore of the Back Bay of Biloxi and later at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Biloxi</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">, Lazarus Seymour engaged in the stock raising and meat slaughtering business.&nbsp; His pens were always well stocked with cattle, swine, and sheep.&nbsp; Some of the accounting records between the years 1857 and 1862, from the Pierre Quave store at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Back Bay</span></span></st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;(now D&#39;Iberville) are preserved in the archives of the Biloxi Public Library having been donated to that institution by Wallace Quave.&nbsp; These worn and tattered pages, excellently scripted, in the finest cursive writing that one can ever hope to view, indicate that Lazarus Seymour, his mother, Marie-Josphe Ryan, who is referred to as &quot;old lady Seymour&quot;, and his brothers, Edward, St. Cyr II, Peter, and Moses traded with the Quave family.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Mrs. Seymour&#39;s (old lady Seymour) account indicates that she purchased 1 sack of salt ($1.50), 1 bbl. of flour ($7.00), 5 yards of hicory ($.75) and 2 1/2 yards of cottonade ($.30) in 1858-1859.&nbsp; It is believed that she was residing at Latimer during this period.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; During this ante-bellum time, Ramon John Quave (1851-1908), the son of Pierre Quave (1826-1862), ran the ferry from Back Bay to&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Biloxi</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">.&nbsp; Lazarus Seymour, his father-in-law, was a good customer as indicated that in the month of July 1860, he transported 43 cattle, 89 sheep, and two horses across the waters of&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Back Bay</span></span></st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Lazarus Seymour fathered four children with Nancy Seaman:&nbsp; Elizabeth Seymour (1846-1917), Edmund Seymour (1848-1925), Pliny Seymour (1852-1902), and Edward Seymour</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">(1854-1944).&nbsp; His children with Elizabeth Martha Fayard were: Celestine Seymour (1858-1902+), Josephine S. Quave (1859-1934), Celina Boney (1861-1902+), Rosa S. Boney (1863-1929+), Pierre Ernest Seymour (1865-1891), Marie Eliza Seymour (1867-1928), Cecile S. Lepre (1869-1929), Moses (Maurice) Seymour (1872-1928), John Adolphe Seymour (1873-1896), Louis Seymour (1875-1916), and Lillian Esperance Seymour (1883-1899). Edmund Seymour and Pliny Seymour became butchers like their father, Lazarus, while Edward Seymour was a storekeeper at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">North Biloxi</span></span></st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">.&nbsp;</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Lazarus Seymour remained active as a stock raiser until his final days.&nbsp; In his Estate, HARCO Chancery Court Cause No. 1421, it reveals that he owned 566 sheep and 124 head of cattle at the time of his demise in late April 1902.&nbsp; Mr. Seymour was also possessed of several lots in&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Biloxi</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">.&nbsp; The remains of Lazarus Seymour were interred in the family tomb at the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Old</span></span></st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Biloxi</span></span></st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placetype><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Cemetery</span></span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">.&nbsp; It is believed that his corpse was the first to be transported across the original&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Back Bay</span></span></st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;bridge, a wooden structure, dedicated in August 1901.&nbsp; Prior interments at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Biloxi</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;required transport by steam ferry across the placid waters of</span></span><st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Back Bay</span></span></st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><b>Lazarus Post Office</b></span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Joseph Lazarus Seymour (1835-1920), the son of Pierre Seymour and Louise Fournier, who was also called Lazarus Seymour Jr., and resided at Back Bay from about 1870, until his demise in September 16, 1920, married Elizabeth Seymour (1846-1917), the daughter of Lazarus Seymour and Nancy Ann Seaman.&nbsp; It is not know with any degree of certitude if the US Post Office here which was called &quot;Lazarus&quot; (1901-1907) and &quot;Seymour&quot; (1907-1911), was named for Lazarus, the son of St. Cyr Seymour, or his nephew, Lazarus, the son of Pierre.&nbsp; Edgar P. Seymour (1880-1943), a grandson of Lazarus Seymour (1816-1902), was the postmaster at &quot;Lazarus&quot; from 1901 to 1905.&nbsp; He was succeeded by Mary Quave Young (1853-1928), the wife of Captain William Young (1849-1911).</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Lazarus Seymour Jr. was the father of Albert Seymour (b. 1873) and Oscar Seymour (b. 1882).&nbsp; His daughters were: Catherine&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Santa Cruz</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;(1872-1921+), Isabella &lsquo;Belle&rsquo; Price Morrison (1873-1921+), Clara Marchman Entrekin (1875-1965), Zulime S. Gollott (1881-1921+), Blanche Seymour (1884-1921+), Evelyn Seymour (1886-1921+), and Alphonsine Seymour (1888-1905).(1900 Jackson Co., Mississippi Federal Census T623 812, p. 6B, ED 43)&nbsp;</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Lazarus Seymour Jr. left &lsquo;Laurel Hill&rsquo;, in his estate consisting of 120 acres in Jackson County, Mississippi and &nbsp;described as the E/2 of NW/4 and the SW/4 of the NE/4 of Section 34, T6S-R9W.&nbsp; His heirs sold this property to Edgar P. Seymour and Adolph Hunt in May 1921 for $2000.<i>(The Biloxi Daily Herald, January 25, 1905, p. 5)</i></span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><b>ST. CYR SEYMOUR II SETTLEMENT-LATIMER AREA</b></span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; St. Cyr Seymour II (1827-1903) was born in August 1827, at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Fontainebleau</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">.&nbsp; He survived two spouses.&nbsp; His first wife was an English lady, Anna McCarty (1839-1872), from&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">New Orleans</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">.&nbsp; Their children as presently known were:&nbsp; Calvin Seymour (1850-1922), Coralie S. Cannette (1852-1920), Zeolide S. Delaunay (1854-1929), Clara S. McQueen (1857-1914+), St. Cyr Seymour III (1859-1912), Octavia S. Krohn (1861-1914+), Pierre Seymour (b. 1863), Beauregard Seymour (b. 1866), and Margaret Ann Scarborough (1868-1908+).</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; On November 25, 1874, St. Cyr Seymour married Victoire Delaunay (1848-1883), the daughter of Robert Delaunay and Clare Ladner.&nbsp; Their known family was:&nbsp; Morris Leger Seymour (1875-1941), Leon Seymour (1876-1959), Ernest Adolph Seymour (1878-1963), Mary Olevia Scarborough (1879-1960), Robert Seymour (1881-1952), and Victoria S. Fayard (1883-1914+).</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; St. Cyr Seymour II expired on October 15, 1903.&nbsp; His obituary states that he lived 72 years at his present home &quot;across&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Back Bay</span></span></st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&quot;, married twice and had fourteen children.&nbsp; I do not believe that St. Cyr II lived here 72 years as he would have had to come here in 1831.&nbsp; His remains were interred in the</span></span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Seymour</span></span></st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placetype><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Cemetery</span></span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">, which is located two miles southeast of the Latimer Community in Section 13, T6S-R9W.&nbsp; Calvin Seymour, the eldest son of St. Cyr Seymour II and Ann McCarty, settled here in about 1885 with his wife, Elizabeth Mulholland (1859-1936).&nbsp; In August 1912, Calvin Seymour sold his son, Carmelious (Camille)&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Seymour</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;(1883-1945), 60 acres of land in Section 13, T6S-R9W, which included the W/2 of the SE/4 of the SE/4 of Section 13, &quot;less 1/2 acre for cemetery purposes&quot;.&nbsp; In addition to the family of St. Cyr Seymour II, this&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Seymour</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;family cemetery has members of the Broadnax, Deloney (Delaunay), and Barthese (Barthes) families interred here.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The 1875 Land Roll Book of Jackson County, Mississippi indicates that St. Cyr Seymour II owned 1600 acres of land in T6S-R9W of western&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Jackson</span></span></st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">County</span></span></st1:placename></st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">.&nbsp; These lands were located as follows:&nbsp; the SE/4 of Section 22 (160 acres); W/2 of the SE/4, E/2 of the SW/4, W/2 of the SW/4, and the SE/4 of the SE/4 of Section 23 (280 acres); Section 26 (640 acres); the NE/4, W/2 of the NW/4, NE/4 of the SE/4, and the NW/4 of the SE/4 of Section 27 (320 acres); NE/4 of the SW/4, SE/4 of the SW/4 of Section 34 (80 acres); and the NW/4 of the NE/4, SE/4 of the SW/4, and the NE/4 of the NE/4 of Section 35 (120 acres).</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The 1902 Land Roll Book of Jackson County, Mississippi demonstrates that near the time of his demise, St. Cyr Seymour II had reduced his land holdings in western&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Jackson</span></span></st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">County</span></span></st1:placename></st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;to 240 acres in T6S-R9W.&nbsp; These parcels were:&nbsp; the NE/4 of the NE/4 of Section 26 (40 acres) and the NE/4 and the SW/4 of the SW/4 of Section 27 (200 acres).</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; It would appear from this information that the homestead of St. Cyr Seymour II was located near the center of the NE/4 of Section 27, T6S-R9W.&nbsp; This site is on a narrow topographic ridge, which strikes northwest-southeast.&nbsp; It reaches a maximum elevation of fifty-two feet above sea level.&nbsp; The southeast corner of this tract is transected by the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Old Biloxi Road</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;(</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Daisy-Vestry Road</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">).&nbsp;</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Before the Sacred Heart Mission of the Roman Catholic Church was opened in&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">North Biloxi</span></span></st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">circa 1884, masses were said by a visiting priest at the St. Cyr Seymour II home place near Latimer.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In December 1908, Commissioner F.H. Lewis sold the St. Cyr Seymour II place to Willie P. Ramsay (1870-1963), for $320.&nbsp; Mr. Ramsay served the people of&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Jackson</span></span></st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">County</span></span></st1:placename></st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;as tax assessor (1892-1899), Sheriff (1904-1908), and Beat Four Supervisor (1915-1919).&nbsp; He was married to Louise H. Krebs (1872-1954) of&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Pascagoula</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">.&nbsp; Mr. Ramsay also farmed and dealt in pecans and real estate in the Latimer area.&nbsp;</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The St. Cyr Seymour II estate property remained in the W.P. Ramsay family until November 1989, when current Beat Four Supervisor, Tommy Broadnax, inherited it from Miss Thelma Z. Ramsay (1899-1989).&nbsp; Mr. Broadnax is presently erecting a home here.&nbsp; There are no cultural remains of the Seymour or Ramsay occupation on this tract today.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><b>ST. CYR SEYMOUR II</b></span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; St. Cyr Seymour II (1827-1903) was born in August 1827, the son of St. Cyr Seymour (1788-1845) and Marie-Josephe Ryan.&nbsp; She was the daughter of Jean Ryan and Marie Gargaret.&nbsp; St. Cyr Seymour II was born at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Fontainebleau</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;where the family were farmers and stockmen.(1)&nbsp;</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; St. Cyr Seymour II survived two spouses.&nbsp; His first wife was an English lady, Anna McCarty (1839-1872), with whom the following issue are known:&nbsp; Calvin Seymour (1850-1922), Coralie Seymour Cannette (1852-1920), Zeolide S. Delaunay (1854-1929), Cora Seymour (1857-1860+), St. Cyr Seymour, III (1859-1912), Octavie Seymour (b. 1861), Pierre Seymour (b. 1863), Beauregard Seymour (b. 1866), and Margaret Ann Seymour Scarbrough? (b. 1868).</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; After the demise of Anna McCarty, St. Cyr Seymour II married on November 25, 1874, Victoire Delaunay (1848-1883), the daughter of Robert Delaunay and Clare Ladner.&nbsp; Their known family was:&nbsp; Morris L. Seymour (1875-1941), Leon Seymour (1876-1959), Ernest Adolph Seymour (1878-1963), Marie Olivia Seymour (1879-1900+), Robert Seymour (1881-1952), and Victoire Seymour (1883-1900+).&nbsp; St. Cyr Seymour II expired on October 15, 1903.&nbsp; His obituary states that he lived 72 years at his present home &quot;across Back Bay&quot;, married twice and had fourteen children.(2)&nbsp; His remains are interred in the Seymour Cemetery located in the W/2 of the SE/4 of the SE/4 of Section 13, T6S-R9W, two miles southeast of the Latimer Community. (3)</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The 1875 Land Roll Book of Jackson County, Mississippi indicates that St. Cyr Seymour II owned 1600 acres of land in T6S-R9W of western&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Jackson</span></span></st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">County</span></span></st1:placename></st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">.&nbsp; These lands were located as follows:&nbsp; Section 26 (640 acres); SE/4 of Section 22 (160 acres); W/2 of the SE/4, E/2 of the SW/4,</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">W/2 of the SW/4, SE/4 of the SE/4 of Section 23 (280 acres); NW/4 of the NE/4, SE/4 of the SW/4, and the NE/4 of the NE/4 of Section 35 (120 acres); NE/4 of the SW/4, SE/4 of the SW/4 of Section 34 (80 acres); and the NE/4, W/2 of the NW/4, NE/4 of the SE/4, and the NW/4 of the SE/4 of Section 27 (320 acres).(4)</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The 1902 Land Roll Book of Jackson County, Mississippi demonstrates that near the time of his demise, St. Cyr Seymour II had reduced his land holdings in T6S-R9W to 240 acres.&nbsp; These parcels were:&nbsp; the NE/4 of the NE/4 of Section 26 (40 acres) and the NE/4 and the SW/4 of the SW/4 of Section 27 (200 acres).(5)</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; It would appear from this information that the home site of St. Cyr Seymour II was located near the center of the NE/4 of Section 27, T6S-R9W.&nbsp; This site is on a narrow topographic ridge, which strikes northwest-southeast.&nbsp; It reaches a maximum elevation of fifty-two feet above sea level.&nbsp; The southeast corner of this tract is transected by the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Old Biloxi Road</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;(</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Daisy-Vestry Road</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">).&nbsp; The entrance to reach the Seymour house from the Old Biloxi Road is about 2500 feet southwest of the juncture of the Old Biloxi Road and Tucker Road.(6)&nbsp; Became home of W. Ramsay.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The eldest&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Seymour</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;child, Calvin Seymour (1850-1922), married Elizabeth Mulholland (1859-1936), the daughter of Irish immigrants, James Mulholland (1823-1871) and Margaret Mayers (b. 1817).&nbsp; The Mulhollands were merchants and settled circa 1858, on the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Old Biloxi Road</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;(</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Daisy-Vestry Road</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">) southwest of the St. Cyr Seymour place.&nbsp;</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Calvin Seymour and Elizabeth Mulholland settled in Section 13, T6S-R9W, where they reared a large family.&nbsp; The&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Seymour</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;family cemetery is located here.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><u><span style="font-size:14px;"><b>REFERENCES:</b></span></u></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Jackson</span></span></st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">County</span></span></st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">,&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Miss.</span></span></st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placetype><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Township</span></span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;Plat Book (T8S-R7W).</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Mary Louise Adkinson, et al, 1991.&nbsp;&nbsp;<b><span style="text-decoration: underline; ">Bouzage-Bosarge Family</span></b>, (Mississippi Coast Historical and Genealogical Society:&nbsp; Biloxi, Mississippi-1991), pp. 53-54.&nbsp;</span></span></p>
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	<st1:place><st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><b><span style="text-decoration: underline; ">American</span></b></span></span></st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><b><span style="text-decoration: underline; ">&nbsp;</span></b></span></span><b><span style="text-decoration: underline; "><st1:placetype><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">State</span></span></st1:placetype></span></b></st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><b><span style="text-decoration: underline; ">&nbsp;Papers</span></b>, 1994.&nbsp; Volume 3, 1815-1824&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Public</span></span></st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placetype><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Lands</span></span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">, (Southern Historical Press, Inc.:&nbsp; Greenville, South Carolina-1994), p. 6 and p. 38.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Jay Higginbotham, 1967.&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><b><span style="text-decoration: underline; ">Pascagoula</span></b></span></span></st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><b><span style="text-decoration: underline; ">&nbsp;</span></b></span></span><b><span style="text-decoration: underline; "><st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Singing</span></span></st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placetype><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">River</span></span></st1:placetype><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placetype><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">City</span></span></st1:placetype></span></b></st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">, (Gill Press:&nbsp; Mobile, Alabama-1967), p. 5.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><b><span style="text-decoration: underline; ">The History of&nbsp;</span></b></span></span><b><span style="text-decoration: underline; "><st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Jackson</span></span></st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">County</span></span></st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">,&nbsp;</span></span><st1:state><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Mississippi</span></span></st1:state></span></b><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">, &quot;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Seymour</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;Family&quot;, (The Jackson County Genealogical&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Society-Pascagoula, Mississippi-1989), p. 346.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Thomas Hutchins, 1784.&nbsp;&nbsp;<b><span style="text-decoration: underline; ">An Historical Narrative and Topographical Description of&nbsp;</span></b></span></span><b><span style="text-decoration: underline; "><st1:state><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Louisiana</span></span></st1:state><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;and</span></span><st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">West Florida</span></span></st1:place></span></b><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><b><span style="text-decoration: underline; ">,&nbsp;</span></b>(University of Florida Press:&nbsp; Gainesville, Florida-1968, a facsimile reproduction of the 1784 edition), p. 63.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Lepre, Jerome, 1983.&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Mississippi</span></span></st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placetype><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Coast</span></span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;Historical and Genealogical Society,&nbsp;<b><i>&quot;Cannette-Moore-Fayard-LaFontaine-Graveline&quot;</i></b>, Special Issue No. 2, (August 1983), pp. 31-33.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Lepre, Jerome, 1995.&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Mississippi</span></span></st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placetype><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Coast</span></span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;Historical and Genealogical Society,&nbsp;<b><i>&quot;Solution To a Mystery? Leblanc-White-Moore-</i></b></span></span><st1:city><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><b><i>Zamora</i></b></span></span></st1:city><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">-&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Seymour</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&rdquo;, Volume 31, No. 2 (July 1995), p. 56.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;Robert R. Rea, 1990.&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:placetype><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><b>Gulf</b></span></span></st1:placetype><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><b>&nbsp;</b></span></span><st1:placetype><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><b>Coast</b></span></span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><b>&nbsp;Historical Review</b>,&nbsp;<b><i>&quot;Lieutenant Hutchins To The Rescue! The Wreck and Recovery of the Mercury, 1772&quot;</i></b>, Volume 5, No. 2, (Spring 1990), p. 58.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;Dunbar Rowland and A.G. Sanders, revised and edited by Pat Galloway, 1984.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span><st1:state><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><b><span style="text-decoration: underline; ">Mississippi</span></b></span></span></st1:state><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><b><span style="text-decoration: underline; ">Provincial Archives French Dominion 1729-1748</span></b>, Volume IV, Document 73, (</span></span><st1:state><st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Louisiana</span></span></st1:place></st1:state><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:placetype><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">State</span></span></st1:placetype><st1:placetype><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">University</span></span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;Press:&nbsp; Baton Rouge-1984), pp. 321-322.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">C.E. Schmidt, 1972,&nbsp;<b><span style="text-decoration: underline; ">Ocean Springs French Beachhead</span></b>, (Lewis Printing Services-Pascagoula, Mississippi-1972), p. 29.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Charles L. Sullivan,&nbsp;<b><span style="text-decoration: underline; ">Hurricanes of The&nbsp;</span></b></span></span><b><span style="text-decoration: underline; "><st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Mississippi</span></span></st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placetype><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Gulf</span></span></st1:placetype><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placetype><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Coast</span></span></st1:placetype></span></b><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><b><span style="text-decoration: underline; ">:&nbsp; 1717 to Present</span></b>, (Gulf Publishing Company:&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:city><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Biloxi</span></span></st1:city><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">,&nbsp;</span></span><st1:state><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Mississippi-</span></span></st1:state></st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">?), p. 25 and p. 28,</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">USGS Topographic Maps, &quot;Ocean Springs&quot; (1954), Gautier and Gautier South.&nbsp; Scale 1&quot; represents 2000 feet).</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><u><span style="font-size:14px;"><b><i>Chancery Court Causes</i></b></span></u></span></p>
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	<st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Jackson</span></span></st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">County</span></span></st1:placename><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">,&nbsp;</span></span><st1:state><st1:place><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Miss.</span></span></st1:place></st1:state><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;">&nbsp;Chancery Court Cause No. 413,&nbsp;<b>&quot;Snyder v. Russell&quot;</b>, June 1890.</span></span></p>
