<p class="rtecenter"><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/bellande%2C%20peter.jpg" style="height:250px; width:178px" /><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/Bellande%2C%20Peter0bartender.jpg" style="height:224px; width:300px" /></p>

<p class="rtecenter"><strong><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Peter</span></strong> <strong><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Bellande</span></strong></p>

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<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="font-size:14px"><strong>Pierre Bellande</strong> (1871-1933) was known as Peter.&nbsp; He was born on April 4, 1871, at North Biloxi.&nbsp; Peter married Alice Caillavet (1872-1955), a Biloxi girl, who was born April 7, 1872.&nbsp; Her parents were Raymond J. Caillavet (1838-1898), a carpenter, and Celina Joucheray (1841-1903) of New Orleans.</span></span></p>

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<p class="rtecenter"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="font-size:14px"><u><strong>Baseball and Fishing</strong></u></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="font-size:14px">In the spring of 1892,&nbsp;<em>The Biloxi Herald</em>, announced that the T.P. Dulion Baseball Club had organized and that Peter Bellande was their first baseman.&nbsp; Peter must have passed his athletic ability to his sons, as several were excellent athletes.(<em>The Biloxi Herald,</em>&nbsp;April 9, 1892, p. 4)</span></span></p>

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<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="font-size:14px">By mid-June 1892, a new baseball club was organized called the&nbsp;<strong>“Biloxi Blues”</strong>.&nbsp; As the officers of the club, W.K.M. Dukate (1852-1916), Lazaro Lopez (1850-1903), and Theodore P. Dulion, were among the most affluent Biloxians of this era, the choice of Peter Bellande and his brother, August, to the squad is most impressive.&nbsp; Three of their cousins, Emile Harvey (b. 1870), Louis Harvey (1874-1913), and Francis Harvey (1874-1913) were also selected to play for Manager Ed Suter (1866-1943).&nbsp; Older brother, Joseph A. Bellande (1868-1961), was elected an honorary member of the team.(<em>The Biloxi Herald, June 18, 1892, p. 4)</em>&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></p>

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<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="font-size:14px">Another avocation of Peter, which was certainly in the family genes and passed to his sons was fishing.&nbsp; This&nbsp;<strong>“Believe It or Not”</strong>&nbsp;fish tale was printed in the&nbsp;<em>The Biloxi Herald</em>&nbsp;of May 26, 1894: &nbsp;<em><strong>"Fishing in the ponds on the L&amp;N Railroad near the bridge has proven successful lately.&nbsp; Peter Bellande and Joseph Clark caught nearly 600 green trout&nbsp;</strong>(bass)<strong>&nbsp;in 3 hours the other day."</strong></em></span></span></p>

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<p class="rtecenter"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="font-size:14px">&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;<img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/u4/bell-house-lameuse_oldweb.jpg" style="height:196px; width:300px" />&nbsp;&nbsp;<img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/u4/bellande-lameuse-detailfam-.jpg" style="height:196px; width:222px" /></span></span></p>

<p class="rtecenter"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="font-size:14px">Peter Bellande domicile [circa 1890]; detail l-r Alice C. Bellande holding Faye, Roy P. Bellande</span></span></p>

<p class="rtecenter"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="font-size:14px">837 Lameuse Street-survived Hurricane Katrina of August 2006</span></span></p>

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<p class="rtecenter"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="font-size:14px"><strong>Below in January 1994</strong></span></span></p>

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<p class="rtecenter"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="font-size:14px"><u><strong>Marriage and family</strong></u></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="font-size:14px">Peter Bellande and Alice Caillavet exchanged wedding vows in Biloxi on August 19, 1894.&nbsp; They settled at 837 Lameuse Street in Biloxi on land that Antoine Bellande had purchased in 1880, and conveyed to Marie Harvey Bellande in December 1885.&nbsp; All of their children were born in this house which is extant and occupied by an Hebert family today.</span></span></p>

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<p class="rtecenter"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="font-size:14px"><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/u4/Bellande-Alice-Caillavet_we.png" style="height:418px; width:400px" /><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/u4/bellande-alice-C-web.png" style="height:300px; width:200px" /></span></span></p>

<p class="rtecenter"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="font-size:14px"><strong>Alice Caillavet Bellande</strong> (1872-1955)</span></span></p>

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<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="font-size:14px">Peter was a bartender and later a policeman.&nbsp; As a member of the Biloxi police force he served as a patrolman, sanitary inspector, night clerk and desk sergeant.&nbsp;&nbsp; In January 1917, Officer Bellande’s hours were changed from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. to 12 noon to 12 midnight by Richard M. Randolph, Chief of Police.&nbsp; His bicycle was also stolen from Howard Avenue<em>.(The Daily Herald, January 21, 1917, p. 1)&nbsp;</em></span></span></p>

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<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="font-size:14px">Contraband alcohol continued to be smuggled and sold in Harrison County and the Popp’s Ferry area appears to be a preferred destination for these illicit activities.&nbsp; In March 1917, Police Chief&nbsp; Richard M. Randolph and Officer Peter Bellande (1871-1933) seized a wagon loaded with eight casks of Cook’s Beer and a gallon of wine and arrested Frances Barthes (1888-1942).&nbsp; It was presumed by local law enforcement officials that a schooner had transported the liquor to Biloxi from New Orleans and that it was being transported to Popp’s Ferry for retail sale.&nbsp; Judge F.W. Elmer Jr. fined Mr. Barthes $100 and court cost.<em>(The Daily Herald, March 13, 1917, p. 3)</em></span></span></p>

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<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="font-size:14px">Mayor Edward Glennan (1854-1933) started his final year as Mayor of Biloxi with turmoil in the Police Department.&nbsp; In January 1918, when it was time to reappoint patrolmen, Walter H. 'Skeet' Hunt (1887-1961), 1<sup>st</sup>&nbsp;Ward Alderman, opposed that Frank J. ‘Zudie’ Hightower (1890-1976), <strong>Peter Bellande </strong>(1871-1933), and John W. Mabry (1873-1940) continue with the force.&nbsp; The Board of Aldermen appointed Joseph Mattina (1889-1969), a barber; Willie Ryan (1876-1958), Biloxi Yacht Club keeper; and Martin Green Jr. (1875-1951), a boat dealer, to replace the three men.&nbsp; None of the City Council’s new policemen had any law enforcement experience and they had to be trained by Chief Randolph. &nbsp;Chief Randolph further stated that he was greatly surprised and&nbsp;<strong>was unwilling to part with Officer Bellande.</strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;He declares that Officer&nbsp;<strong>Peter Bellande has always proven himself a&nbsp;</strong><strong>very efficient Police Officer</strong>. &nbsp;Officer Bellande also has a large number of friends in the city administration as well as among citizens who are nor connected with the city.<em>(The Daily Herald, January 3, 1918, p.&nbsp;</em>&nbsp;1)</span></span></p>

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<div><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="font-size:14px">When John J. Kennedy replaced Edward Glennan in January 1919 as Biloxi's new Mayor, he attempted to have Peter Bellande hired back on the Biloxi Police force.&nbsp; He was opposed by Commissioners Walter H. Hunt and Marshall L. Michel and Officer Bellande was not rehired at this time.<em>(The Daily Herald, January 8, 1919, p. 1)</em></span></span></div>

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<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="font-size:14px">By 1926, Peter Bellande was desk sergeant&nbsp;for the Biloxi force.&nbsp;&nbsp;In November 1926, he two two weeks vacationand expected to log in some fishing time.&nbsp;&nbsp;At this time,&nbsp;<em>The Daily Herald</em>&nbsp;related that:&nbsp;<em><strong>"Mr. Bellande is a fisherman of skill and repute, and there is no greater recreative sport for the tired office man that a hook and line, bait and the pleasures of anticipation.&nbsp; The police office may expect a new man when he returns."</strong>(The Daily Herald, January 21, 1917, p. 1 and November 19, 1926, p. 2.)</em></span></span></p>

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<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="font-size:14px">Once, Peter Bellande decided to enter politics and ran for the Office of Constable, but lost.&nbsp; His family felt the loss was the result of Peter's honesty.&nbsp; This uprightness was noted in&nbsp;<em>The Daily Herald</em>&nbsp;of December 24, 1917, on page one titled,&nbsp;<strong><em>"Officer Bellande has no favorites"</em></strong>.&nbsp; Peter Bellande arrested his oldest son, Roy Bellande, for riding his bicycle without a light!&nbsp; Officer Bellande also arrested Arbeau Caillavet (1881-1946), his wife's first cousin, for possessing liquor at Caillavet's White Kitchen on Lameuse Street.&nbsp; Mr. Caillavet was fined $100 by Judge Z.T. Champlin in the fall of 1916 for transporting the contraband liquor in a suitcase.&nbsp; One of Peter's grandsons, Mickey J. Bellande (b. 1944), was elected a City Councilman in Biloxi in July 1989 and July 1993 representing Ward 7.<em>(The Daily Herald, November 2, 1916, p. 3)</em></span></span></p>

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<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="font-size:14px">Peter and Alice reared a family of seven children on Lameuse Street.&nbsp; They were: Roy P. Bellande (1895-1964), Louise Faith “Faye” B. Davidson (1898-1974), Aristide C. Bellande (1901-1976), Elliott A. Bellande (1904-1977), Ruth B. Ragusin (1906-1993), Marcel J. Bellande (1909-1982), and Alton L. Bellande (1912-1970).&nbsp;</span></span></p>

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<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="font-size:14px">In the spring of 1933, Peter Bellande suffered a heart attack, and died 7 months later on December 8, 1933.&nbsp; Alice Caillavet Bellande lived into very old age and passed on July 10, 1955, at Mobile, Alabama.&nbsp; The day she was buried a violent thunderstorm struck Biloxi, and our neighbor on Lameuse Street, Mrs. Tom Williams, slipped on her porch and broke her leg.</span></span></p>
