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(118, 'en', 'node_search', ' biloxi street railway biloxi electric street railway power company biloxi street railway biloxi electric street railway power company ray thu 12022010 1102 biloxi city railway company   1895 the biloxi city railway company was established  in march 1895 by dr jj lemon president jc bradford vicepres edward g burklin general mgr and superintendent col edwardw morrill 19391910 sec treas and wh maybin gen attorney laying of track was to commence shortly as cars rails ties etc had been acquired 8000 worth of company stock had been sold at 25 per share edward g burklin 18601931 had gone to nola and acquired at a heavy discount 15 rail cars six miles of track turntables switches and curves from the prytania rampart dauphine lines the biloxi city railway ran from the l n depot south to howard avenue and east to main street from main street south to the beach and then to point cadet the biloxi herald march 16 1895 p 8 and march 30 30 1895 p 8 the biloxi herald april 20 1895 p 8  biloxi electric power company biloxi became electrified with the formation of the biloxi electric power company in 1894 it was chartered in the state of mississippi on february 3 1894 by a large contingent of biloxi merchants coast seafood packers and other prominent businessmen among them were edward g burklin 18601920 ed glennan 18541933 jw swetman 18631937 jj lemon 18251915 ej buck lazaro lopez 18501903 walter a white 18541942 harry t howard 18561930 charles f theobald 18391903 john c bradford 18551928 sherwood bradford 18571937 lyman bradford 18631944 george e theobald 18731921 francis b dunbar 18461908 george h dunbar 18441917 wt bolton 18591923 sb mayers frank voivedich 18601930 john eistetter isidore heidenheim manuel perez john bousquet 181908 vincent voivedich 18501927 charles patton 18391922 casimir harvey 18461905 john johnson peter eskald 18561944 ta cleary tb cleary cm amare frank t howard 18551911 nicholas voivedich 18501937 jw elder charles redding a bousquet lizzie bradford and wkm dukate 18521916 the first board of directors of the biloxi electric power company was composed of the following edward g burklin ed glennan jj lemon lazaro lopez jw swetman ej buck and walter a white harrison co mississippi chattel deed bk 2 p 116  edward g burklin edward g burklin  18601931 was born at vandalia missouri he came to biloxi in the fall of 1892 with the purpose of building a flour mill and an electric light plant near the l n depot he had erected several flour mills in missouri mr burklin returned to missouri and expired at carthage jasper county missouri on june 3 1931 at biloxi mr burklin founded the light and power plant first street railway horse drawn and telephone system  the biloxi herald november 5 1892 p 4   from along the gulf dye 1895 in april 1893 the  biloxi milling company commenced operations making flour and meal  it was founded by missourians edward g burklin 18601931 james b buck chinn 18571912 rd chinn and mr brewton   the mill was situated on the northeast corner of magnolia street immediately north of the l n railroad tracks  the biloxi herald january 7 1893 p 8 and april 22 1893 p 1    1902 incorporation the biloxi electric street railway and power company was chartered in the state of mississippi on the biloxi herald december 6 1902 p 3 the city of biloxi gave the  biloxi electric railroad and power company  led by wkm dukate the right to build a railway on reynoir street from the l n rr to howard avenue and from howard avenue east to main street this privilege had been granted to ec jouillian 18641931 in august 1902 harrison co ms land deed bk 67 p 247  1903  the biloxi daily herald march 14 1903 p 8 in early july the biloxi electric street railway and power company contracted to acquire 300000 bricks from the biloxi brick company to erect their power house on lameuse street the brick company agreed to deliver 75000 brick immediately with the remainder to arrive within thirty days the bricks cost 8 per one thousand it was anticipated that the power house construction would start in ten days also at this time six miles of trolley wire and the large steam domes of the big boilers arrived  the biloxi daily herald july 3 1903 p 6   the city of biloxi signed a new eighteen month contract with the biloxi electric street railway to furnish free city lights  the biloxi daily herald july 8 1903 p 5   two more car loads of boiler fixtures for the power plant have arrived  the biloxi daily herald july 8 1903 p 5   the biloxi electric power company was acquired by the  biloxi electric street railway power company  the transaction was enacted for 29500 in cash and 18000 in stock the biloxi herald novemebr 4 1903 p6 by early september crews were working feverishly on point cadet in east biloxi track was being laid on oak street from east howard avenue to the beach and grading was almost completed from oak street east to the barataria canning company archille chiapella 18621936 who resided on the east side of reynoir street between howard avenue and the l n railroad was demanding the biloxi electric street railway company place their tracks in the center of the street when it fronted his property chiapella s request was redundant as the company preferred to locate their tracks in the street s center in addition the street railway company had no control of where the tracks were placed on the street as the alderman of each ward in the city had this power  the biloxi daily herald september 3 1903 p 6   the stock holders of the biloxi electric light company sued the directors of the company for 416667 the pro rata due to the holders of 25 shares of stock from the biloxi electric street railway power company  the biloxi daily herald september 4 1903 p 6   the fountain situated at lameuse street and howard avenue had to be relocated to lameuse street and front street in order that the electric railway could pass unimpeded martin hass the city plumber was in charge of the project following the large conflagration of 1889 harry t howard 18561930 philanthropist donated an artesian well and fountain to the city at this location to provide a ready source of water for drinking and fire purposes  the biloxi daily herald september 9 1903 p 6    october 1903 the work of grading lameuse street for the electric railroad from howard avenue from the montross hotel was commenced on october 13 1903 contractor o beirne is building the transportation route  the biloxi daily herald october 13 1903 p 8 and october 19 1903 p 8  route the biloxi electric street railway ran from the western corporate limits of biloxi on front street now west beach boulevard to porter avenue here the tracks turned north onto porter and went to howard avenue where the line ran east along howard avenue to oak street the railway went south on oak street to front street and then east on front street to cadet street near the barataria canning company a spur also ran north from howard avenue on oak street to the l n railroad another short route from howard avenue connected the biloxi electric street railway with front street from lameuse street the back bay section of biloxi was reached by the line from howard avenue and reynoir going north to back bay and then east to the factory of ec joullian which was on back bay near main street harrison co mississippi land deed bk 104 pp 104105  gulfport and mississippi coast traction company1905 the  biloxi electric street railway power company was acquired  by j oseph t jones and the gulfport and mississippi coast traction company for 1 million  on 15 september 1905 the conveyance included the following the biloxi street railway and franchise biloxi electric street contract electirc plant at biloxi and ocean springs and desire to extned the railway to gulfport and beyond the biloxi herald july 7 1905 p 1 and harrison co mississippi land deed bk 70 p 109  1924  the daily herald june 12 1924 p 2  mississippi power company1924 the mississippi power company was organized when it acquired the gulfport and mississippi coast traction company on december 31 1924 jm barry president and frank n savage assistant secretary also reported the  gulfport and mississippi coast traction company  was acquired by the  mississippi power company in late december  harrison county mississippi land deed bk 151 p 340 and the daily herald december 29 1924 p 1  1926 in early january  barney e eaton  18781944 of the mississippi power company related that street car service between gulfport and long beach had been replaced by motor coaches and that the company had i nvested about 200000 in buses and ancillary equipment  the daily herald january 2 1926 p 1 in march 1926 the mississippi power company announced that a hydroelectric line paralleling the coast would be included in its 70 million development plan the companies hydroelectric plants were situated on the coosa and tallapoosa rivers in alabama and a 110000 volt line would be built from the alabamamississippi state line to a stepdown transformer station at gulfport permission had been granted to the company to construct power lines on the bridge across the back bay of biloxi from d iberville  the biloxi news march 28 1926 p 1   the daily herald december 1 1926 p 2  1927 john donzelli 18881950 native of sicily and spouse mabel roberts 19001982 born in wisconsin operated the golden fawn bus line for several years at gulfport they were victims of the depression and lost their gulfport home and in 1929 relocated to indianapolis where john cleaned busses for greyhound lucy a daughter was born at gulfport in august 1927  the daily herald april 12 1927 p 3 the teche transfer company was given the priviledge of transporting passengers by bus from new orleans to the coast with stops at bay st louis pass christian and biloxi teche was not permitted to pick up local passengers which were provided transportation by the city bus company  between pass christian and biloxi the daily herald october 13 1927 p 7  1932  the daily herald june 22 1932 p 8 the daily herald september 26 1932 p 1  1936 the icc reported in october 1936  gulfport and mississippi coast traction company  had accrued a deficit of 366688 total investment in the road and equipment was 390 686 the daily herald october 1 1936 p 1  1944  the daily herald december 13 1944  1949  the daily herald january 15 1949 p 1 the daily herald june 8 1949 p 9 the daily herald august 30 1949 p 1 the daily herald august 30 1949 p 1  references  the biloxi herald   electric lights   november 5 1892 the biloxi herald   local happenings   january 7 1893 p 8 the biloxi herald   local happenings   april 22 1893 p 1 the biloxi herald   lights for the town   september 30 1893 the biloxi herald   progressive biloxi   march 16 1895 the biloxi herald   the city railroad   march 30 1895 the biloxi herald   charter of incorporation of the biloxi city railroad company   april 20 1895 the biloxi daily herald   city council   january 8 1902 the biloxi daily herald   stock taken   november 15 1902 tthe biloxi daily herald   the charter   december 18 1902 the biloxi daily herald   electric street railway   january 16 1903 the biloxi daily herald   biloxi electric railway company   february 24 1903 the biloxi daily herald   damage suit   june 17 1903 the biloxi daily herald   big brick deal   july 3 1903 the biloxi daily herald   biloxi for biloxians   july 3 1903 the biloxi daily herald   biloxi for biloxians   july 6 1903 the biloxi daily herald   city fathers   july 8 1903 the biloxi daily herald   biloxi for biloxians   july 9 1903 the biloxi daily herald   the silver spike   august 13 1903 the biloxi daily herald   city news   september 3 1903 the biloxi daily herald   want a receiver   september 4 1903 the biloxi daily herald   fountain to be moved   september 9 1903 the biloxi daily herald   city items   october 13 1903 the biloxi daily herald   city items   october 19 1903 the biloxi daily herald   deal closed   november 4 1903 the biloxi daily herald   let us have an electric line to biloxi   november 25 1903 the biloxi daily herald   the cars   december 15 1903 the biloxi daily herald   money makers   march 25 1904 the biloxi daily herald   work on coast railway to begin   july 4 1905 the biloxi daily herald   electric plant sold to jones  july 7 1905 the daily herald     eg burklin  wants to hear from biloxi   march 4 1911 the daily herald   biloxi promoter  eg burklin  of 1893 writes   october 4 1919 the daily herald   eaton makes statement    january 2 1926 the daily herald   tech sic bus line will not take up coast passengers    october 13 1927  the daily news   power line to coast included in companies program   march 28 1926 834 views  ', 0);
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1970 p 1  the ocean springs record   gulf seashore site positive for springs   december 2 1971 p 1  the ocean springs record   gins map   january 6 1972 p 1  the ocean springs record   seashore legislation introduced   february 17 1972 p 1 the ocean springs record   highway officials discuss seashore link   february 24 1972 p 1 the ocean springs record   seashore amendment moves towards house approval   march 23 1972 p 1 the ocean springs record   colmer s statement to the house interior committee   march 23 1972 p 3    the ocean springs record   a biographical sketch of congressman colmer   march 23 1972 p 11  the ocean springs record   cabinet officials to visit springs   april 6 1972 p 1  the ocean springs record   interior secretary  roger morton  dedicates gulf seashore project   april 27 1972 p 1  the ocean springs record   offshore islands for the birds   may 11 1972 p 2  the ocean springs record   federal government receives magnolia park   july 27 1972 p 1  the ocean springs record   ship island study started   december 21 1972 p 5  the ocean springs record   ship island under federal ownership   january 4 1973 p 6  the ocean springs record   ship island under control of gulf islands seashore   january 4 1973 p 7  the ocean springs record   gins hearing set   november 281974 p 2  the ocean springs record   gulf islands seashore has 350000 visitors   january 8 1976 p 1   the ocean springs record   park service accepting bids on roads leading into park   january 8 1976 p 1 the ocean springs record   gulf islands offers recreation for all ages   march 11 1976 p 9  the ocean springs record   supervisors told ocean springs did not lose headquarters   may 6 1976 p 1  the ocean springs record   gulf islands sets new information   september 23 1976 p e2  the ocean springs record   federal cutbacks can be felt at national park   july 23 1981 p 1  the ocean springs record   settlement reached on claims ro mississippi s barrier islands land   december 9 1982 p 8  the ocean springs record   gins wr colmer visitor center dedicated on april 1st   march 31 1983 p 2  the ocean springs record   thirty years old alive and well gins celebrates   january 11 2001 p 12  the ocean springs record   ranger bill retires after 32 years with park service   december 5 2002 p b3  the ocean springs record   gulf islands moving forward   march 6 2008 p a1  the sun herald   park service to ground personal watercraft   march 6 2001 p a1 the sun herald gulf islands among top ten parks april 11 2013 p a2 the sun herald coast tourism boominggins has 44 million impact in state  march 8 2014 p d6 the sun herald   us army corps of engineers  corps asking for comment on barrier island restoration plan march 8 2014 p a3 the sun herald officials seek input on safer roads in gulf islands park  august 31 2014 p a4    mississippi sandhill cranes mississippi sandhill cranes are one of six subspecies of sandhill cranes and are indigenouse only to the grassy savannas of south jackson county mississippi  references  the sun herald with a little human help sandhill cranes hang on december 15 1985 p a4  cat island colonial days   juan de cuevas   cat island harbor  see the daily picayune november 13 1873 p 2    cat island lighthouse built circa 1873 acquired by nathan v boddie son of george boddie harrison county engineer in december 1948 from the war assets administration for 440 he planned to dismantle it for lumber salvage  the daily herald december 8 1948 p11  1893 hurricane   quarantine station the  quarantine board of mobile county were visitors to scranton  pascagoula to inspect the quarantine plant at cat island and  found it suitable to make arrangements for its removal to mobile bay  the biloxi daily herald august 16 1898 p 8  lighthouse  the progress july 2 1904 p 4  syc annual cruise and long distance race  see the daily picayune july 5 1905 p 9  joseph h duggan joseph henry duggan 18341891 was born in virginia of irish parentage he married ida adele fowler 18461900 a louisiana native circa 1867 nine children adele ida duggan 18691957 mary francis duggan 1871 joseph h duggan jr 1873 m bertha mary lobdell 18741963 eugene f duggan 1876 edith bayer duggan 18781932 miriam gurlin duggan 18801955 m dr laurence r debuys 18791957 isabel duggan 18821970 m frank m dameron 18621938 lillian agnes duggan 18851907 m ashton hayward 18811963 louise mather duggan 18871963 m thomas dugan westfeldt 18871974 and philip r duggan 18901934 m elise r urquhart 1890  nathan v boddie nathan van boddie acquired the majority interest in cat island in march 1911 from benjamin m harrod 18371912 gertrude t duggan carnal 18791944 h gibbs morgan adele ida duggan edith bayer duggan miriam duggan debuys 18801955 isabel duggan dameron louise duggan westfeldt philip r duggan 18901934 and joseph h duggan jr 1873 the consideration was 9630 for the approximately 3000 acres island  the daily herald march 18 1911 p 1   nathan v boddie 18501920 was a native of mississippi he was reared in rural hinds and madison county mississippi as boddie his father and a native of north carolina made his livelihood farming nathan married sallie atkinson 18551920 in october 1880 they were the parents of two sons nathan van boddie ii 1885 and george r boddie 18911920  grazing lease   sawmill in late april 1915 db lemon an experienced mill man planned to harvest timber from cat island estimated reserves at 3500000 board feet mill could process 7000 board feet each day lumber shipped to gulfport for domestic and export utilization  the daily herald april 28 1915 p 7    1919 casino hotel company inc of cat island mississippi in early 1919 the casino hotel company inc a louisiana company based in new orleans had aspirations to develop cat island as a resort  the company was led by pres fa middletonnola vicepres rc herrengreenwood ms sec in wiseyazoo city ms treasurer george m footegulfport ms and board memeber hh casteel of pickens ms newspaper says that cat island owned by hernando money wm money and mr homason of alabama  the daily herald january 19 1921 p 1 and february 22 1921 p 3  wharves colonel thomas us engineer s office at mobile granted permission on june 12 1920 to the owners of cat island to build three boat wharves one each on the east north and south sides of the island   the daily herald june 14 1920 p 3    1929 pass christian goose point tarpon club c bidwell adam 18941982 lt governor of mississippi et als  30000 club house and electric power house at goose point was destroyed by fire in late march  the large club house and eight cottages was erected between may 1929 and august 1929 as a hunting and fishing venue for its members john a sutter local water well digger hit potable water in a well dug to 599 feet it flowed at the rate of 100 gallons per minute of clear fresh water construction was completed by midaugust 1929 but the formal opening was postponed as lt governor c bidwell adam was on business out of state the daily herald may 22 1929 august 28 1929 p 1 and march 28 1932 p 1  mrs bidwell adam landed a 94pound tarpon off cat island  in september 1930 she was the only goose point club member to catch a tarpon that day emile godchaux of new orleans and anglers from belzoni mississippi and pass christian mississippi were in the fishing party the timespicayune september 15 1930 p 17  iowa raccoons  mrs sallie a boddie leased the island to mississippi game and fish commission and in may 1933 they began importing raccoons from iowa these animals were considered to have a superior fur to the indigenous animals imported mink were planned for the furture as the state game commission was attempting to create a game preserve on cat island the daily herald may 10 1933 p 1  world war ii  us army trains dogs to detect enemy soldiers the sun herald january 11 2009 and december 19 2016  boddie claim confirmed in 1968 in march 1968  federal judge dan m russell jr opined that the boddie family s claim to cat island was valid  in the harrison county mississippi chancery court cause  mrs jw keen v nv boddie george r boddie and sarah e boddie buffington  judge russell determined that an 1837 deed from john quave aka juan de cuevas to judah p benjamin was valid he also recognized that the boddie clainm to cat island was proved by record of title and adverse possession and occupation from 1932 to 1968 the daily herald march 8 1989 p 1 and us district court  gulfport ms  case no 2561 and book 601 p 324 and book 609 p 285probably final records  see also eservicesarchivesgov servicesonline    gins cat island became part of gins in 2000  british petroleum oil disaster2010 occurred april 2010 with the explosion and burning of transocean drilling rig working for british petroleum on its macondo prospect deep water exploration well situated in mississippi canyon ocs block 2 off the coast of louisiana oil flowed continuously for nearly months and was transported by wind and ocean currents to the shores of louisiana mississippi alabama and florida the mississippi barrier islands were particularly affected  british petroleum acquisition in early april 2011 british petroleum acquired from the boddie family the eastward facing beach of cat island the national park service owns and protects about 1000 acres as part of gins while the boddie family still possesses some island acreage there are also about thirty private lots on the island ray melick spokesman for bp related that the oil giant acquired the eastern facing shore face to facilitate their efforts in its removal of residual oil and tar balls this work is facilitated when not privately owned the company released a statement in conjunction with the cat island acquisition as follows   the purchase of this section of cat island is in keeping with bp s commitment to preserve and protect the environment ecology and historical significance of the mississippi barrier islands for future generations   the sun herald april 8 2011 p a1    british petroleum vends cat island acreage in december 2016 the state of mississippi acquired the 492 acres that british petroleum had bought from the boddie family in april 2011 the federal mississippi coastal improvements program acquired the tract for 137 million and transferred title to the citizens of mississippi at no cost the us army corps of engineers planned to commence in february or march 2017 to renourish the eastern beach of cat island and restore goose point to its pre1998 configuration and adding 40acres the sun herald december 10 2016 p a1  east beach restoration2017 in september 2017 the east beach of cat island was being restored to its pre1998 size and appearance by a dredge boat pumping 50000 cubic yards of sand each day and eventually adding 40 acres to the island this 16 million dollar reenourishment project was funded by the mississippi coastal improvements barrier island restoration plan the sun herald september 29 2017  references  nap l cassibry ii  the ladner odyssey  miss coast historical genealogical society biloxi mississippi1987 david l cipra  lighthouses lightships of the northern gulf of mexico  department of transportationunited states coast guard1976 john cuevas cat island  the history of a mississippi gulf coast barrier island  mcfarland2011 robin fa fabel  the economy of british west florida 17631783   university of alabama press tuscaloosa alabama1988 rd foxworth richard r priddy wendell b johnson and williard s moore  heavy minerals of sand from recent beaches of the gulf coast of mississippi and associated islands  mississippi geological survey bulletin no 93 university of mississippi1962 paul estronza la violette  sink or be sunk the naval battle in the mississippi sound that preceded the battle of new orleans  annabelle publishingwaveland mississippi2002  marine resources and history of the mississippi gulf coast    cat island   volume ii mississippi department of marine resources biloxi mississippi1998 richebourg gaillard mcwilliams  iberville s gulf journals  the university of alabama press university alabama1981 john d ware  george gauld surveyor and cartographer of the gulf coast  university presses of florida gainesville tampa1982  journals the biloxi herald the biloxi herald   cat island   january 25 1890 the biloxi herald   the recent great storm   october 7 1893 the biloxi herald   quarantine station at cat island   july 25 1896  the biloxi daily herald the biloxi daily herald   is it fake   january 23 1897 the biloxi daily herald   resort for cat island   february 26 1906  the daily herald the daily herald   title to cat island   february 24 1905 the daily herald   cat island to be redeemed   march 5 1906 the daily herald   the cat island proposition   may 12 1909 the daily herald   the week s record of deed filed   march 18 1911 the daily herald   valuable property changes hands   may 17 1912 the daily herald   pine trees on cat island to be tapped   march 14 1911 the daily herald   fishing club for cat island   may 10 1912 p 6 the daily herald   valuable property changes hands   may 17 1912 the daily herald   cattle thrive on cat island   october 27 1913 the daily herald   db lemon to start saw mill   april 28 1915 p 7 the daily herald   abandon cat island as pastures   september 10 1919 the daily herald   cat island to be fully developed   december 3 1919 the daily herald   permission granted for wharves on cat island by war department   june 14 1920 the daily herald   deal is consummated to make cat island a popular resort   january 19 1921 p1 the daily herald   cat island will help the coast   january 28 1921 the daily herald   prospectus for cat island development   february 22 1921 p 3 the daily herald    make headway on club house  at goose poi nt    may 22 1929 the daily herald    6th annual tarpon rodeo   august 28 1929 the daily herald    30000 club house at goose point is destroyed by fire   march 28 1932  the daily herald    island to get iowa raccoons   may 10 1933 the daily herald   lift restrictions off cat island   january 24 1946 the daily herald   nathan v boddie buys 75yearold island lighthouse   december 8 1948 the daily herald   four rescued from cat island   september 7 1956 p 2 the daily herald      know your statewhen the seminoles were on cat island      august 18 1964 p 4 the daily herald      public invited to talks on island toll causeway     december 10 1964 p 7 the daily herald   judge russell sustains boddies claim to island   march 8 1968 the daily herald     individual land  claims on gulf isalnds lost   july 30 1980 the daily herald    cat island eyed for rocket launch   july 20 1983 p a1 the daily herald    plan to use cat island as launch site draws support   july 21 1983 p a1  the daily picayune the daily picayune   a day or two at pass christian   october 1 1841 the daily picayune   coast survey   january 27 1848 the daily picayune   letter from pass christian   august 21 1850 the daily picayune   body found   january 7 1851 the daily picayune   fifteen dollars reward   march 2 1852 the daily picayune   reminiscences of a trip to cat island   july 13 1862 the daily picayune   wayside notes   november 13 1873 the daily picayune   the white gods of cat island   may 22 1892 the daily picayune   a touchy tragedy by cat island light   july 9 1904 the daily picayune   southern yacht club cruise plan   july 5 1905 p 9 the daily picayune   on cat island   september 15 1907 the daily picayune   two washington artillery veterans dead   september 28 1911 the jeffersonian   fortifications and light houses   18  the progress the progress   ocean springs   death  dan mccall     july 2 1904 p 4  the sun herald the sun herald   congress passes bill for cat island sale   december 21 2000 p a2 the sun herald    family will keep its half   april 18 2004 p a1 the sun herald   the war dogs of cat island failed experiment used donated pets   january 11 2009 and decemebr 9 2016 the sun herald   bp buys east beach of cat island   april 8 2011 p a1 the sun herald   cat island helps create a bright legacy   july 16 2013 the sun herald   early christmas gift to mississippi more of cat island   december 10 2016 the sun herald   did you know that you owned an island off the mississippi coast well most of one   september 29 2017  chandeleur islands   references  the biloxi herald   quarantine station   february 15 1888 the daily herald june 4 1913 p 8  the daily herald   complete  jack valentine  third trip in study of island birds   june 6 1968  the daily herald    individual land  claims on gulf islands lost   september 30 1980  deer island   oysters salvador taranto 188119 was vending famous deer island oysters at his business at 701 west howard avenue in october 1908 the oysters sold for 10 cents a dozen on ice with all condiments provided taranto also sold the fienst fruits and vegetables the biloxi daily herald october 3 1908 p 8  1915 the  deer island island development company formally dedicated their deer island amusement center  on june 23rd meyer eiseman of the didc george w grayson of the biloxi commercial club mayor glennan of biloxi mayor foote of gulfport and mayor saucier of pass christian spoke at the ceremony ocean springs beat biloxi 52 in the baseball game the gulfport advocate june 26 1915 p 1  4th july 1915 visitors to deer island to celebrate independence day 1915 were treated to a baseball game a fancy skating exhibition by marvelous davis dancing and fireworks capped the evening festivities as crowds lingered until midnight on the sandy grounds the barn dance particularly enjoyed by the rural crowd was a novelty the daily herald july 6 1915 p 2  1937 fire in february several homes on deer island were spared damage from the recent fire the daily herald february 4 1937 p 5  nudist colony  sunshine and health  official magazine of the american sunbathers association inc announced in its december issue that a  new nudist organization is planning a nudist colony on deer island  the daily herald december 18 1947 p 16  hermit of deer island john r guilhot 18771959 the hermit of deer island died at latimer jackson county mississippi on may 27 1959 the daily herald may 28 1959  option extended the biloxi port commision extended the biloxi bridge and park commission s option on the west end of deer island for another 30 months  the port commission owns about 11 acres on the edge of the island the daily herald march 13 1968 p 19  2012 rezoned in april 2012 the biloxi city council in a 51 vote rezoned eight acres on deer island from agricultural to waterfront larry mitrenga owner and developer of this deer island tract proposes to erect eight threestory buildings with 96 units two of the structures would be condos the sun herald april 18 2012 p a1  references  the bay press   deer island now belongs to the people of mississippi may 24 2002 the biloxid iberville press   time traveler   the hermit of deer island   august 14 2008 p a4 the biloxi herald   latest city news  august 22 1896 the biloxi daily herald   tragedy on deer island   september 15 1903 the biloxi daily herald   fine fresh oysters   october 3 1908 p 8 the daily herald   negotiations started for purchase of deer island surveys are made   january 20 1915 the daily herald   planning to buy on deer island to make resort   january 23 1915 the daily herald   lynch was asked to go to island   january 25 1915 the daily herald   island project still hangs fire   january 25 1915 the daily herald   may build a city of tents on isle   january 26 1915 the daily herald   dance pavilion   may 2 1915 the daily herald   ferry service to begin to island   may 29 1915 the daily herald   deer island   june 15 1915 p 2 the daily herald   biloxi v ocean springs   july 3 1915 p 7 the daily herald   deer island   july 6 1915 p 2 the daily herald   deer island will continue as usual   july 14 1915 the daily herald   dance pavilion   august 2 1915 the daily herald   deer island lots with oyster beds sold to  james s  wentzell  october 29 1915 the daily herald   biloxi fertilizer to be used   september 13 1922 the daily herald   deer island added to shore as realty sales develop   april 24 1925 the daily herald   to improve deer island   may 19 1925 the daily herald    mass meeting last night  on deer island bar february 4 1926 the daily herald    lions  club  oppose  deer   island bar   february 11 1926 the daily herald   rules against  see wood v hd money and louis e curtis  made islands   august 24 1926 the daily herald   urges use of deer island   january 20 1931 the daily herald   fire on deer island   february 4 1937 the daily herald     113th observation  squadron starts ground firing off deer island saturday   may 16 1941 p 2 the daily herald   air squadron leaves biloxi  returns to meridian     june 2 1941 p 7 the daily herald    john r gulhart sic  reports wallet missing  august 5 1946 p 7  the daily herald   two homes are destroyed on deer island  september 23 1947 the daily herald   nudist colony being planned for deer island   december 18 1947 the daily herald   causeway to deer island   october 5 1951 the daily herald   board to enter contract for causeway study   june 29 1954 the daily herald   causewayspro and cons   november 27 1954 the daily herald   group will negotiate for islands   november 29 1954 the daily herald   desire new site proposed bridge to deer island   december 11 1954 the daily herald   biloxi causeway meeting tuesday   december 11 1954 the daily herald   group okays 300000 for deer island property   december 16 1954 the daily herald     guillhot  finds haven on deer island for past 35 years   april 5 1955 the daily herald   contract signed for development of deer island   january 22 1958 the daily herald   31 million to be spent of deer island   february 25 1958 the daily herald   amendments to deer island bill prepared   february 25 1958 the daily herald   court says no error in deer island matter   february 25 1959 the daily herald    hermit of deer island will be buried friday    may 28 1959 the daily herald   hear deer island protests   april 5 1960 the daily herald   city or county empowered to form agency to develop deer island   april 15 1960 the daily herald   urges deer isle tip to be developed   october 9 1963 the daily herald     public invited to talks on island toll causeway     december 10 1964 p 7 the daily herald   proposal given for development of new offshore islands   december 17 1964 the daily herald    say 436450 to be approved for deer island  november 13 1965 p 1 the daily herald    ok plans for deer isle plans  november 19 1965 p 1 the daily herald    make proposal on bridges to islands  december 16 1965 p 1 the daily herald    plan island urban trips during trip  january 28 1966 p 2 the daily herald    four objections to site of bridge  from oak street to deer island     july 13 1967 p 2 the daily herald    extend option on deer island area    march 13 1968 p 2 the daily herald   know your coast the summer deer island was the coast s top attraction   the daily herald   young biloxians plan to beautify island    february 28 1975 p a1 the daily herald   deer island are for spoils  us army corps of engineers     november 10 1975 p a2 the daily herald   individual land  claims on gulf islands lost   september 30 1980 the ocean springs gazette   volunteers help create habitat on deer island   june 15 2011 p 10 the mississippi press   island is dear to heart of biloxi bay   january 12 2002 the jackson county times   would build bridge to deer island   may 15 1926 the ocean springs news   deer island project practically certain   january 28 1915 the ocean springs news   deer island project benefits us   february 25 1915 the ocean springs news   to feature ocean springs   may 13 1915 the ocean springs news   hearing called on study of bridges for islands   december 10 1964 the ocean springs news   to construct deer island pier   april 8 1965 p 1 the ocean springs news    approval land transfer for island project      february 10 1966 p 1 the sun herald   owners envision 2 billion resort   april 4 1997 the sun herald   deer island lands in middle of president deal   april 1 1999 the sun herald   state to buy deer island   january 12 2002 the sun herald   musgrove signs deer island purchase   april 2 2002 the sun herald   island bill gains momentum but questions remain   march 15 2002 the sun herald   deer island purchase approved   march 22 2002 the sun herald   deer island deal gets closer   june 18 2005 p a6 the sun herald   planned oneyear restoration of deer island begins   september 18 2010 p a14 the sun herald   crews filling gap in deer island with sand   september 22 2010 p a6 the sun herald   wildfire burns part of deer island drought conditions blamed   june 2 2011 the sun herald   deer island now in  secretary of state  hosemann s sights   june 8 2011 the sun herald   mdeq deer island material not oil   august 18 2011 the sun herald   deer island landowner proposes building resort condotels   november 17 2011 the sun herald   editorialdon t build on an island we hold so dear   november 20 2011 p b8 the sun herald   proposed resort would not be the first for shifting sands of the  mississippi  sound   december 1 2011 p 2c  the sun herald   panel  biloxi planning commission  doesn t envision oasis condotel on deer island   february 17 2012 p a1  the sun herald   biloxi council rezones part of deer island   april 18 2012 p a1 the sun herald   port  of gulfport  dredging helping restore deer island   august 25 2012 p a1 the sun herald   hosemann deer island boat rides on the way   august 15 2014 p a1 the sun herald     2014 p  horn island  ile a corne horn island is a barrier island located in the gulf of mexico off the coast of jackson county mississippi the island is 16 miles in length and at its nearest point is about 6 miles south of the mississippi coastline two passes horn island pass to the east and dog key pass to the west separate it from petit bois and ship island respectively   topography   climate   vegetation   fauna sea turtles and turtle eggs throughout the late 19 th and into the 1950s reports of sea turtle hunts for meat and eggs are reported in local journals at horn island    mineral resources the mineral wealth of horn island consists primarily of it quart sand in the early 1880s quart sand was mined and transported to moss point where a glass factory existed for a short period although heavy minerals such as staurolite kyanite tourmaline ilmenite and many others are present in thin laminated sand deposits they are not concentrated in sufficient volumes to warrant commercial mining operations the space age metals titanium and zirconium are found in heavy minerals limited oil and gas exploration has occurred in the past and with the success of the industry in finding large reserves of natural gas in lower mobile bay to the east it is anticipated that oil hunters will search the waters near horn island in the immediate future shallow miocene gas is a likely target for these wildcatters  the colonial era 16991811  for over a century horn island like the rest of the american southwest frontier was in the possession of foreign powers france england and spain all ruled this area until the united states of america took formal possession in 1811 the french period 16991763  discovery after french canadian soldier of fortune pierre le moyne sieur d iberville 16611706 established a french beachhead in the lower mississippi river valley at fort maurepas on biloxi bay in april 1699 subsequent reconnoitering of the coastline of la louisiane by his brother jeanbaptise lemoyne sieur de bienville 16801767 resulted in the discovery of horn island circa 1700 called ile aux aigles island of eagles on august 24 1699 bienville departed fort maurepas with five men they traveled in two birch bark canoes exploring the region east and west of biloxi bay as well as the mississippi river delta this expedition discovered the pascagoula river round island massacre island dauphin island and mobile bay at an island south of round island a soldier in the bienville party lost his powder horn this event was described by andre penicaut a master carpenter who came to la louisiane with iberville in january 1700  while coasting from there along the island on our way back we crossed a pass about a half league wide at the end of which is another island called islea la corne because one of our frenchmen had lost his powder horn there this island lies three leagues off the mailand and is seven leaghues long like isle massacre and of the same width as it it is quite barren and has the same trees as this island when we reached the point of this island we sailed the three quarters of a league to isle surgere ship island where we had a big hunt after which we crossed over to our fort to rest for several days  mcwilliams 1988 p 11 pierre le moyne sieur d iberville 16711706 ordered his men to sound the pass between ship island and horn island on april 20 1700 he was searching for a better anchorage than that of ship island mcwilliams 1981 p 139  first owner  in october 1716 jeanbatiste le moyne de bienville was rewarded by the french crown for his service to the louisiana colony and given horn island en roture  a commoner s tenure he had hoped to receive it en seigneurie  bienville was named a knight in the order of saintlouis on september 20 1717 dictionary of canadian biography 1974 p 381    early shipwrecks in 1725 the saone  a french vessel ran aground on horn island to free the ship from its quartz trap the crew discharged 300 to 400 barrels of flour and several hogsheads of shoes into the briny sea the ship s pilot was blamed for the incident rowland volume ii 1929 p  in 1737  la marguerite  a sixtyton boat was wrecked off horn island the vessel was returning from cape francois at st domingue haiti to louisiana second journey that year to the west indies for the boat surrey 1916 p 66    first settler  there is a high degree of certitude that mathurin ladner dit christian  ca 17251787 was the first white settler of horn island he was the son of swiss emigre christian ladner 169917 and marie barbe brunel christian ladner arrived at new orleans in 1719 on the french flute  le marie  he was a young soldier recruited by the company of the west cassibry ii 1986 p 79 mathurin ladner married marie catherine anne berda ca 17301786 dit picard their children were catherine ladner carco b ca 1747 jacque ladner b 1750 angelique ladner fayard b 1753 louis ladner b 1755 and joseph ladner b 1758 nap cassibry ii an authority on the ladner family and mississippi coast history related the following about mathurin ladner dit christian in his magnus opus the ladner odyssey 1988  i have estimated that he mathurin ladner was born circa 1725 in the pascagoula area of the mississippi gulf coast we will also note as his line does progress that he spent his adult life on horn island off the coast of jackson county mississippi and that he died sometime between 1787 and 1800 there is no credible record of where he was buried and i will not hazard a guess in this regard  p 499 corroboration for cassibry ii s claim that mathurin ladner and family inhabited horn island during the french colonial period is found in the roman catholic baptismimal records of some of his children cassibry ii 1988 p 500  the george gauld survey of 1768 in june 1768 george a gauld 17321782 a scottish cartographer and surveyor in the employ of the british admiralty made a map of coastal mississippi he was operating from hms sir edward hawke  during his reconnaissance and charting of the region gauld made many observations about horn island he discovered that it was some sixteen miles in length but in width no more than one mile orientation was nearly eastwest as regards to vegetation gauld noted that there were uneven groves of trees on the westend of the island the middle was characterized by dense growth and the eastern end of the sand bar was fairly devoid of tree growth ware 1982 pp 105107  george a gauld charted an elevenfoot channel at the western tip of massacre petit bois island which led to a good anchorage today ships entering the port of pascagoula utilize the same water course albeit now dredged to a greater depth ibid p 105  from the perspective of history george gauld s most interesting observation was that of an old hut and old house on horn island the old house was situated in  john d ware  george gauld surveyor and cartographer of the gulf coast  the university presses of florida gainesville tampa1982  the spanish period 17801811  spanish west florida bernardo de galvez spanish forces under bernardo de galvez captured mobile in   madame catherine baudrau madame catherine baudrau 17151797 was born marie catherine vinconneau at la rochelle france she married jeanbaptise baudrau ii  17071757 the son of jeanbaptise baudrau dit graveline and an indian woman  four children from this union jeanbaptiste baudrau iii b ca 17351805 marie catherine mazurier louise catherine bosarge 17421806 and claud baudrau   jeanbaptiste baudrau ii  madame catherine baudrau 17051788 acquired horn island from spanish governor bernardo de galvez in august 1781 in 1778 horn island had an estimated 700 head of horned cattle fabel 1988 p 111112 corroborated by hutchins observation that inhabitants at biloxi made tar and raised cattle since horn island had been granted to their mother catherine baudrau by the spanish crown the heirs of madame baudrau filed claim no 51 to get title to horn island after its entry into the united states they attested that the island had not be inhabited or cultivated but that it had been utilized to raise cattle black slaves attended the baudrau livestock the american state papers volume 3 p 15 the heirs of robert farmar a british colonial military officer also issued a claim no 25 to horn island the basis for their assertion was that it had been acquired by a private conveyance from sheffield howard not inhabited or cultivated american state papers volume 3 p 34 the heirs of robert farmar also claimed dauphine island no 5255 p 15  enemy corsair attacks pascagoula september 4 1805 when the spanish governed louisiana and west florida from 17811811 the shipping and livestock of the colonials on the mississippi gulf coast were always under the threat of raids and harassment from english or american privateers operating in the mississippi sound horn island and petit bois island afforded shelter for these raiders and their deep water passes provided entry into the primary spanish shipping and trade lanes connecting pensacola mobile and new orleans in 1805 don vincente folch the governor of pensacola was responsible for the military defense of spanish west florida he divided the present day mississippi gulf coast into two military districts pascagoula and bay st louis the pascagoula district extended west from pascagoula to the old fort present day ocean springs the bay st louis district went west from biloxi to bay st louis these two military districts reported to the commandant at mobile who in turn was subordinate to pensacola in september 1805 at pascagoula captain don francisco bellestre commanded an infantry detachment while don juan bautista pellerin 17731815 was in charge at bay st louis both were responsible to don francisco maximiliano de st maxent 17621815 at mobile francisco bellestre 17641820 was born in louisiana he rose through the ranks of the louisiana infantry from soldier in february 1777 to captain in april 1800 bellestre had participated in the successful campaigns of general galvez against the english in west florida his superiors considered him a courageous obedient soldier of average ability holmes 1965 pp 9394 captain bellestre arrived at pascagoula from mobile on july 11 1805 his orders from de st maxent were to establish a militia and lead it bellestre was given thirty muskets with bayonets and powder with these small arms he was expected to repel any attack and incarcerate any suspicious transients to prevent trouble which had occurred at baton rouge agi pc 55 july 1 1805 immediately francisco bellestre realized the difficulty of his task the inhabitants of the pascagoula district lived a great distance from each other often 3 leagues or more in times of crisis it would be extremely difficult to timely muster enough militiamen to have an effective fighting force multiple attacks upon his district would only exacerbate the graveness of the situation to remedy some of his military problems captain bellestre requested that de st maxent send a minimum of twenty regular army soldiers to defend the three mouths of the pascagoula river agi pc 142a july 11 1805 captain bellestre and one corporal composed the regular army detachment at the pascagoula post they oversaw the formation of a local militia governor don bernardo de galvez 17461786 based at new orleans utilized militiamen while expulsing the british from west florida in his military campaigns at manchac 1779 baton rouge 1779 mobile 1780 and pensacola 1781 galvez 1978 p xiv and xv during these 17791781 military actions governor galvez concluded that militiamen recruited from the settlements were not suited for combat their significant concerns were for their families and professions and not soldiering miller 1978 p 46 as we shall see in the following engagement this same dictum could be applied to the local coastal militia utilized by the spanish to protect pascagoula in the early 1800s on september 4 1805 francisco bellestre commandant at pascagoula led the militia in their encounter and exchange of fire with the crew from an enemy corsair the enemy ship had entered horn island pass and captured spanish vessels the intruders armed one of the captive ships with cannons and proceeded to pascagoula they anticipated to attack the small poorlydefended settlement but the militia quickly gathered to defend the district agi pc 142a no 7 and agi pc 75 no 7 september 5 1805 during the battle of september 4 1805 captain bellestre and the following men defended the pascagoula post agi pc 142a september 9 1805 corporal jose dominguez louisiana infantry regiment don jeanbaptise nicolete captain of the militia carlos lachapeles lieutenant of the militia santiago white james white syndic jorge seragui george farragut luis gabriel mestizo pierre bufele pierre nicola mestizo bourguillon batiste nicola mestizo juan bautista ely jeanbaptiste ely alexy nicola mestizo jose duloran glaude nicola mestizo juan sims john sims labe estanabe indian jise rose jesse rose tapina oma indi jime wer james ware 3 slaves of jeanbaptiste nicoleteluis nicolette urcin fayar urcine fayard jacobo ladnere jacob ladner  jacobo bing jacob bang  sincir le blanc st cyr seymour  jaque fayar jacques fayard augustin glaude mestizo juan bautista adnere jeanbaptisite ladner of the biloxi district in describing the battle to his superior don francisco maximiliano de st maxent at mobile bellestre related that several of his men had fought gallantly at his side on the beach during the enemy attack he particularly cited militiamen corporal jose dominguez the elder captain jeanbaptise nicolete bourguillon bufele urcine fayard glaude luis gabriel augustine glaude and jacobo the mulatto slave of jeanbaptiste nicolete the remainder of bellestre s men sought cover in the woods agi pc 142a no 10 september 9 1805 the aggressors fired cannon and muskets at the spanish militiamen with little consequences although the intense combat lasted an hour and half the only damage sustained by the bellestre s force was a broken musket carried by one of its black soldiers his fire lock had been hit by a musket ball agi pc 142a no 7 and agi pc 75 no 7 september 5 1805 before the spanish militiamen protecting pascagoula drove off the enemy they killed one of the aggressors and severely wounded another attacker who suffered a broken thigh bone agi pc 142a no 11 september 9 1805 after the fierce encounter with the enemy force from the corsair captain bellestre requested reinforcements artillery and munitions of his superior don francisco maximiliano de st maxent at mobile captain bellestre desired one sergeant and ten soldiers of the spanish regular army these regular servicemen were required to defend the pascagoula district as bellestre could not depend on the local militiamen to muster with consistency a sixpounder cannon with its ammunition as well as a box of cartridges filled with the appropriate amount of gunpowder and gun flints were also requisitioned by the spanish captain agi pc 142a no 11 september 9 1805 captain bellestre also informed st maxent of several examples of the militiamen s dereliction of duty two days before the pitched battle the corsair had been observed at the tip of horn island captain bellestre summoned the men from the pascagoula river country to come and assist in the defense of the coastline only one man obeyed the order a haven accompanied by an indian came to succor but they left when they heard the enemy cannon fire agi pc 142a september 12 1805 in addition with great urgency captain bellestre had ordered francisco krebs who had been proposed as a sublieutenant of the militia to gather his men at pascagoula krebs refused to muster for the action which occurred on the 4 th of september krebs cited that as a representative of the local population he realized that they faced the same dangers as the spanish but that they preferred to fend for themselves and their own interests agi pc 142a september 12 1805 shortly after the engagement at pascagoula with the enemy corsair captain francisco bellestre in a letter to st maxent alluded that his health was poor he requested permission to go to pensacola at the earliest moment possible agi pc 142a september 12 1805 bellestre repeated his plea to st maxent to be relieved of his duties on september 15 1805 he cited pain fever and discomfort as his reasons to implore relief from his post agi pc 142a no 14 from the correspondence between these two men after the confrontation of september 4 th 1805 it is clear that captain bellestre was extremely disillusioned with the attitude and apathy of the militiamen and inhabitants of the pascagoula district his post at pascagoula lacked regular soldiers was poorly armed and its munitions were of inferior quality francisco bellestre was particularly displeased with his lack of authority in punishing those who disobeyed his orders not surprisingly he sought to leave pascagoula as he was a conciencious soldier and loyal to his king the commandant departed the pascagoula district in midoctober 1805 he and corporal f rodriguez and spanish regulars delivered seventeen english prisoners to mobile the englishmen had been captured by don bernardo prieto commandant of the galley  luisiana  on october 8 1805 captain bellestre his soldiers and the incarcerated english sailors traveled over land to mobile agi pc 142a no 24 october 16 1805 in 1820 captain bellestre was living in retirement at pensacola nancy gorman 17731820 a mulatto laundress occupied his residence she was a native of baltimore coker and inglis 1980 p 117 captain juan bautista pellerin of bay st louis temporarily replaced francisco bellestre at pascagoula until captain jose collins became commandant of the district on may 2 1806 jose collins was formerly captain of the militia dragoons agi pc 62 no 4 may 2 1806 it is interesting to note the presence of sincir le blanc in the spanish colonial militia this information corroborates the postulation of brother jerome lepre 19271998 that le blanc was later known as st cyr seymour 17881845 seymour and his wife mariejoseph ryan 17861876 were the progenitors of the large seymour family of the mississippi gulf coast at the time of the skirmish with the corsair st cyr seymour was single lepre 1995 p 56  epilogue many readers will perhaps be descended from the bang ely fayards ladners or ware who were members of this early paramilitary unit at pascagoula in addition these archival documents give some credence to the name spanish fort which has been used at pascagoula for generations to characterize the de la pointekrebs house one of the oldest structures extant in the lower mississipppi river valley perhaps captain bellestre s early military post or billet at pascagoula was on or near the krebs plantation and the term spanish fort was adopted by the locals as a guise to thwart marine marauders such as attacked the village in september 1805 the author is deeply indebted to dr g douglas inglis of seville spain who translated the spanish documents from the general archive of the indies at seville which were utilized in this essay dr inglis directed a threeday workshop colonial family history in the lower mississippi valley at william carey college on the coast gulfport mississippi from november 57 1998 the translated spanish documents were included in the course workbook especially prepared for this seminar  19 th century the united states of america 18111998    jackson county   whale strandings the daily picayune of 1829 and 1857 reports whales stranded on the beach at horn island   the biloxi daily herald april 1 1899 p 1  the waters family the waters family came to reside on horn island in 1845 and remained until 1920 raised cattle harry waters and hanna nichols lived on horn island their family was henry waters 1845 harriet w aken william waters and emma waters history of jxco mississippi 1989 p 388  the civil war during the civil war union forces from ship island took some of the waters cattle to feed federal soldiers at ship island they left some for the widow waters and family to subsist no compensation for cattle taken this anecdote is corroborated somewhat by union sources which record a raid on horn island in midmarch 1862 an expedition of soldiers from the 12 th connecticut infantry regiment who were bivouacked on ship island having arrived there on march 9 1862 from new york was sent to horn island in search of fresh beef they captured cattle so poor that although they were eaten gave little pleasure to foragers the history of jxco ms 1989 p 388 and croffut and morris 1868 p 145  pascagoula and horn island harbors   the anchorage discovered by george a gauld of the british admiralty in 1768   timber exports a paucity of markets curtailed the growth of the timber industry in jackson county prior to 1870 the timber market was limited to new orleans the caribbean region and mexico shipment was primarily by shallow draft coastal s   schooners as the water depth of the mississippi sound was not deep enough for lumber vessels of greater than 100000 board feet capacity to load at the mills in the pascagoulamoss point area    in 1874 george denny of moss point got an order for onehalf million board feet of lumber from the amazon river basin this event was the catalyst which opened the area to increased foreign exports large draft vessels many canadian in origin anchored at horn island lumber from the local mills reached the export ships by rafts and lighters having a capacity of 40000 board feet each hickman 1962 pp 4748   see port of pascagoula pdstar 8161901 p 1    horn island pass george a gauld charted an elevenfoot channel at the western tip of massacre petit bois island which led to a good anchorage today ships entering the port of pascagoula utilize the same water course albeit now dredged to a greater depth ware 1982 p 105   in june 1884 the swedish bark  vagoola   was towed through horn island pass and sounded water depths no less than twentyone feet it was anticipated that with congressional appropriations for dredging that horn island pass could be deepened to accommodate ships of great drafts  the pascagoula democratstar june 6 1884 p 3    channels into horn island harbor and to ship island a pass from the gulf of mexico into horn island harbor channel at outer bar 50000 cost of required dredging to secure an anchorage at horn island 20 feet in depth  the biloxi daily herald december 9 1898 p   in january 1899 the war department estimated that a dredged channel from horn island to ship island would cost 1089637 for a 23foot deep passage connecting the two barrier islands  the biloxi daily herald january 7 1899 p    accidents and drownings   the bar pilots pilot commissioners met in november 1881 and appointed sa dutch  18361894  thomas crosbie  and james napier for the port of pascagoula  the pascagoula democratstar november 18 1881 lp p 3    1884john davis   1889pilots sh bugge leonard levin olssen wh george william george  18401900 born england immigrated to us in 1870 a widower in 1900 1900 james p fox  18481900 born scotland immigrated 1860   the lighthouse service commenced in 1874 with construction of a lighthouse on the east end of horn island to guide vessels entering horn island pass on their way to the port of pascagoula martin freeman 18141894 was the first lighthouse keeper salary in 1887 was 630 and 400 for his wife per year with rations  the gulf coast advertiser april 29 1887  in 1880 the lighthouse service ordered that a new horn island beacon be erected westward of the original structure storms currents and tides had eroded the foundation necessitating a replacement a breakwater constructed in early 1880 had been rapidly destroyed by high seas putnam tobias were awarded the contract and commenced initial surveys prior to construction in july 1880  the pascagoula democratstar may 21 1880 p 3 and july 9 1880 p 3  william w bayly  18761955 son of william w bayly and lee verne davis born on a ship off of penscaola florida keeper at chandeleur horn sand and at the mouth of the mississippi river formerly with a fruit company in honduras brother benjamin bayly children robert p bayly betty bayly mrs russell v johnson duluth   the daily herald november 26 1955 p 2  charles johnsson a pole succeeded martin freeman in 1894 refused to leave his post in the september 1906 hurricane and perished with his wife and daughter their remains were never found mr johnsson s were interred at mobile higginbotham 19 pp 6164 fa schrieber 18711944 was lighthouse keeper at horn island in may 1918 jxcot may 25 1918 p 5  the moss point glass factory in 1881 white coarsegrained quart sand was mined from the north shore of horn island it was barged for 50 per ton to moss point where a glass factory had been established by judge orlando randall 18311910 and ww sullivan in december 1880 the glass plant cost 26000 glass blowers and other technical support people were imported from pittsburgh pennsylvania glass manufacturing at the moss point facility was shortlived the workers were unionized and two strikes curtailed production a fire then destroyed the entire operation after only six weeks of glass generation some of the glass had been sold to a party in bagdad florida who related that it was of the finest quality  the daily record tribune december 4 1907      whale sightings one of the earliest sightings of these large marine mammals occurred in the spring of 1877 when captain delmas aboard the escambia  bound for a lumber ship at horn island pass with a tow of timber saw a black whale delmas described the cetacean as about thirtyfive feet long and looked as large as a tenton schooner  the star of pascagoula april 13 1877 p 1 c 5   captain martin freeman of the horn island lighthouse observed a pod of large whales in pascagoula bay in february 1887 he postulated from the size of their fins and inability to maneuver in the ten feet of water of the bay that the whales must have been 6065 feet in length  the gulf coast advertiser february 11 1887  in march 1914  ambergris  the waxlike substance secreted by internal organs of sperm whale was found on horn island by ben bailey the assistant lighthouse keeper of cat island mrs william waters found the substance on the beach and threw it back into the water  the ocean springs news march 7 1914 p 5 c 5    early excursion boats surf and sunbathing shell collecting picnicking and the general excitement of a marine adventure were being enjoyed by tourists and locals on the sunbleached siliceous strands of horn island in the latter half of the 19 th century an example of an excursion party numbering about thirty people aboard the colonel ingalls  a steam tugboat captained by wt morrill that departed the port of pascagoula in may 1881 follows   at 6 pm we crossed the bar at the mouth of the river and within 45 minutes pleasant run we dropped anchor off the pickets at the island when all went ashore in small boats once on the island the party wandered up and down the beach hunting shells went in bathing in the surf and had a delightful time generally at about 10 o clock under the directing hands of the ladies a sumptuous feast was spread and the crowd gathered around and enjoyed a good supper by the light of the silvery moon ice lemons etc were carried along and to say that the supper was relished and enjoyed would hardly express the idea at 1 am we reembarked on the homeward trip under the superintendency of wiley green one of the best stewards that ever trod a deck ice cream was made and served with cake and strawberries to the entire party  the pascagoula democratstar may 20 1881 p 3   captain samuel a dutch 18361994 a native of frankfort maine and master of the pretty jemima   a sailing yacht ran excursions to horn island as early as 1877 in an advertisement in the star of pascagoula  captain dutch stated that his vessel left pascagoula on tuesday thursday and saturday of each week for the island round trip fare was 50 cents the pretty jemima  left port at 530 am  the star of pascagoula june 29 1877 p 4 and july 6 187 p 1   the schooner  scranton   probably owned by the gulf fish oyster company advertised in the local journal that on june 4 1899 it was departing the pascagoula wharf at 8 am for horn island and would return at the convenience of the excursionists patrons could expect plenty of ice water and foodall for a round trip fare of fiftycents  the pascagoula democratstar june 2 1899      james f veicich and the municipal park pier in the late 1930s james f veicich manager of the pascagoula municipal park began daily public excursions to the east end of horn island tourists sought the barrier island for recreation and surf bathing the bj larsen   an excursion vessel left the municipal pier at 5 pm every day except sunday the sunday schedule consisted of four trips to horn island the fishermen left the pier at 4 am and returned at 900 am when the first tour boat headed south for the island other sunday voyages departed the municipal pier at 200 pm and 600 pm the bj larsen returned to pascagoula from horn island at 930 pm on sunday evening joe stratton and troy tillman b 1917 operated the bj larsen   for mr veicich the large seaworthy watercraft was equipped with the following dressing rooms and rest rooms life preservers a 12 foot by 23 foot awning to screen passengers from the sun cold drinks hot coffee and sandwiches were served at reasonable prices  the chroniclestar june 10 1938 p1    other local vessels transporting private parties to horn island at this time were the  singing  river   snapper king  and mary joy   the municipal pier at pascagoula became effective as a base of operation for departing horn island pleasure craft after the jackson county dredge was perfected by captain adam gautier 18731963 in early june 1938 it dredged a one hundredfoot wide channel providing seven feet of water to the municipal pier the county dredge was also used to pump spoils from the mississippi sound to create a sand beach along the shoreline at pascagoula  the chroniclestar june 17 1938 p 1    ship wrecksgroundings in may 1884 the russian bark  iliana   under the command of captain engblom and piloted by john davis ran aground on horn island southeast of the lighthouse no apparent damage was observed but a diver was dispatched to ascertain the condition of the hull s bottom before loading commenced  the pascagoula democratstar may 9 1884 p    20 th century charles brash married anna c johnson on october 14 1900 the wedding took place in the lighthouse on horn island the history of jackson county mississippi 1989 p 35  the 1901 storm   the september 1906 storm   sand for sale see advertisement of builders supply company in the ocean springs news january 23 1909 p 4   uss mississippi 1909 the uss mississippi  a battleship  visited horn island on may 31st and june 1st the biloxi daily herald may 25 1909 p1 and may 31 1909 p 1  oil fever taylor gauche and paul jahncke of new orleans  the biloxi daily herald july 5 1909 p 1    channels and harbors in march 1915 the board of engineers for rivers and harbors improvement now corps of engineers recommended that congress appropriate 283000 for the deepening of the pascagoula river and harbor included in this plan was that the channel from horn island into pascagoula be 225 feet in width and 22 feet deep  the moss point advertiser march 19 1915 p 1 c 3    the 1915 hurricane   the 1916 hurricane   ww i thirtyfive to forty miles of communication cable was run from horn island to chandeleur island for coastal defense in august 1917 jxco times august 11 1917 p 3 c 5  prohibition  19191933  mississippi  issues first land patent in march 1925 the state of mississippi issued a land patent to nd thomas mr thomas acquired 160 acres in in october 1925 federal government would sell 1045 acres of land on horn island appraised from 125 to 250 per acre  the daily herald july 14 1925 p 5    ww ii biologicalchemical warfare research  in february 1947 the war assets administration offered for public sale the approximate forty buildings at the horn island chemical warfare service station the temporary quarters consisted of barracks officers quarters mess halls warehouses and other typical military structures in addition the island s electrical and water systems were on the sales block  the jackson county times february 15 1947 p 1    the mississippi press    horn  island  may pose danger because of ordnance chemicals  april 22 1993 p 3a the sun herald  editorial   a hazardous legacy   august 12 2012 p 11a  1947 hurricane   the islander walter inglis anderson 19031965  air crashmay 1953   1954proposed causeway the house ways and means committee of the state legislature approved a bill to authorize construction of a causeway comnnecting ship and horn islands with the mississippi gulf coast the daily herald april 16 1954 p 1  black gold search1954 oil and gas mineral leases acquired by gulf oil and melben in 1952 a 13000foot exploratory well bottomed in lower cretaceous strata and completed in june 1954 as a dry hole  silver city1955 in march 1955 paul mateo skrmetti 18951968 a biloxi realtor platted a subdivision on the west end of horn island called silver city jackson county mississippi chancery court plat book 2 p 74 skrmetti was a native of croatia  horn island national wildlife refuge1958 in may 1958 the us department of the interior created the hinwr book 296 p 194 in november 1959 ap fred moran 18971967 was authorized to buy tracts on horn island  the ocean springs news november 12 1959 p 1    gulf islands national seashore as early as 1980 the federal government was contemplating ways to protect all barrier islands along america s shoreline  the times picayune february 3 1980 p  new visitors center dedicated on april 1 1983 at davis bayou unit of gins dedicated to wr colmer us representative from pascagoula mississippi  hurricane katrina morning of august 29 2005  references  books the american state papers volume 3 18151924   reprint southern historical press greenville south carolina1994 donald muir bradburn  last barriers photographs in the gulf islands national seashore  university press of mississippijackson misssissippi2011 nap cassibry ii  early settler and land grants at biloxi  volume i mississippi coast historical genealogical society biloxi mississippi1986 nap cassibry ii  the ladner odyssey  mississippi coast historical genealogical society biloxi mississippi1988 croffut and morris  connecticutduring the rebellion 1868  dictionary of canadian biography    le moyne de bienville jeanbaptiste volume iii 17411770 university of toronto press toronto canada1974 david l cipra  lighthouses lightships of the northern gulf of mexico  department of transportationunited states coast guard1976 robin fa fabel  the economy of british west florida 17631783   university of alabama press tuscaloosa alabama1988 rd foxworth richard r priddy wendell b johnson and williard s moore  heavy minerals of sand from recent beaches of the gulf coast of mississippi and associated islands  mississippi geological survey bulletin no 93 university of mississippi1962 marcel giraud  a history of french louisiana the reign of louis xiv 16981715   volume i lsu press baton rouge1974  the history of jackson county mississippi  the jackson county genealogical society pascagoula mississippi1989  marine resources of the mississippi gulf coast  historical background of horn and petit bois islands   vol ii mississippi department of marine resources nollie hickman  mississippi  harvest   lumbering in the longleaf pine belt  paragon press montgomery alabama1962 richebourg gaillard mcwilliams  fleur de lys and calumet being the penicaut narrative and french adventure in louisiana  the university of alabama press tuscaloosa alabama1988 richebourg gaillard mcwilliams  iberville s gulf journals  the university of alabama press university alabama1981 dunbar rowland  mississippi  provincial archives volume ii 17011729  1929 peter skrmetti  mississippi  coast  historical genealogical society  volume 31 no 2 july 1995   the skrmettiskrmetta family  nm miller surrey  the commerce of louisiana during the french regime  columbia university press new york1929 john d ware  george gauld surveyor and cartographer of the gulf coast  university presses of florida gainesville tampa1982  references  agi pc 142a no 7 archivo general de indias papeles de cuba legajo 142a letter no 7 william s coker editor  the military presence on the gulf coast  gulf coast history and humanities conference pensacola florida1978 w james miller   the militia system of spanish louisiana 17691783   william s coker and g douglas inglis  the spanish censuses of pensacola 17841820 a genealogical guide to spanish pensacola  the perido bay press pensacola florida1980 bernardo de galvez  yo solo the battle journal of bernardo de galvez during the american revolution  translated by ea montemayor polyanthos new orleans louisian1978 jack d holmes  honor and fidelity the louisiana infantry regiment and the louisiana militia companies 17661821  holmes birmingham alabama1965 jerome lepre  mississippi  gulf coast  historical and genealogical society   solution to a mystery leblancwhitemoorezamoraseymour vol 31 no 2 july 1995  archival documents archivo general de indias papeles de cuba legajo   journals the chronicle star   excursion boat from park to horn island to start on june 12  june 10 1938 the chronicle star   island trips were popular last sunday  june 17 1938 the biloxi daily herald   horn island harbor   december 9 1898 the biloxi daily herald   ship island pass   january 7 1899 the biloxi daily herald   channel buoys   november 23 1899 the biloxi daily herald   horn island be to welcome big battleship  uss mississippi     may 25 1909 the biloxi daily herald   battleship at anchorage  off horn island     may 31 1909 the biloxi daily herald   horn island be treasured island  july 5 1909 the daily herald   bidders seek island land   july 14 1925 the daily herald   coast guard target range on horn island   april 2 1927 p 2 the daily herald   propose gunnery range south of horn island   october 10 1941 the daily herald   horn island was bacteriological warfare station   january 5 1946 the daily herald   survive storm in army duck at horn island   september 22 1947 the daily herald   retired keeper of lighthouses dies suddenly   november 26 1955 the daily herald     public invited to talks on island toll causeway     december 10 1964 p 7  the daily herald   paul skrmetta sic   june 24 1968 the daily herald    land  claims on gulf islands lost s eptember 30 1980 the daily herald   horn islandpark service wants to preserve its wilderness   june 8 1984 the daily recordtribune gulfport   glass making  december 4 1907 the gulf coast advertiser  february 11 1887 the gulf coast advertiser    lighthouses and keepers in pearl river custom district    april 29 1887 the jackson county times   gov buildings on horn island offered for sale   february 15 1947 the mississippi press    horn island may pose danger because of ordnance chemicals  april 22 1993 p 3a the moss point advertiser   22foot channel to world s ports   march 191915 the ocean springs news   horn island sand  an advertisement january 23 1909  the ocean springs news   ambergris found on horn island   march 7 1914 the ocean springs news   moran named to buy tracts on horn island   november 12 1959 the ocean springs record   settlement reached on claims to mississippi s barrier island land   december 9 1982 p 8 the ocean springs record   fire may help horn island   july 3 1997 p 1 the ocean springs record   writer and photographer express passion for horn island   june 9 2005 p b4 the pascagoula democratstar   the seashore   may 21 1880 the pascagoula democratstar   local paragraphs   july 9 1880 the pascagoula democratstar    local news  may 9 1884 the pascagoula democratstar   local news  june 6 1884 the pascagoula democratstar   bark tevere was burned  april 8 1881 the pascagoula democratstar   on pascagoula s waters  august 3 1883 the pascagoula democratstar   moonlight excursion   may 20 1881 the pascagoula democratstar    detailed advantages of the port of pascagoula over that of ship island    february 15 1889 the pascagoula democratstar   local news   march 4 1892 the pascagoula democratstar   starbeams   july 6 1877 the sun herald   once an escape ranger returns to shell of island   september 21 2005 p b3 the sun herald    a hazardous legacy   august 21 2012 p a11 the sun herald      range r ben moo re  leaving horn island   june 30 2013 p a 1 the sun herald     horn island chimney area off limits due to asbestos   august 30 2014 p a 5 the star of pascagoula   starbeams   april 13 1877 the star of pascagoula   excursions   june 29 1877 the star of pascagoula   starbeams   july 6 1877 the times picayune   us frowns on island development   february 3 1980 the times picayune   tranquil retreat was lost to island s secret purpose january 3 1983 the times picayune   horn island research links it to us atomic project   january 3 1983 the times picayune    maps carte particuliere des environs du fort maurepas et de la baye des biloxys circa 1700  ship island   ship island1947  courtesy of kenneth fountain and august taconifebruary 2020 from a 16mm film shot by bay aero a seaplane flying school in north biloxi  ileauxvaisseaux iberville aboard la badine anchored here 10 february 1699  fort massachusetts ship island was set aside by the president for military purposes on august 30 1847  the daily herald april 22 1940 p 3    lighthouse   quarantine station   1887 dr robert drake murray  18451903 native of ohlton the surgeon in charge of this station know as the gulf quarantine has had sixteen years of experience in this service he was an ohio soldier during the war civil war and bears upon his face an ugly scar where a bullet crushing through his right cheek bone and putting out his eye left for twelve years a running sore half blind and never for a conscious moment free from pain he studied medicine these years of ordeal giving him diplomas from two leading colleges a surgeons commission in his present service in a competitive examination over forty four other applicants and a reputation for efficiency faithfulness and usefulness of which any well man might be proud there is no field of though and investigation in which he is not a student his career is a signal sic example of the triumph of mind over matter his family a wife and five bright children live with him on the island an excerpt from an 1887 article about ship island mississippi the quarantine station by his cousin moses folsom published in the marion weekly star marion ohio  lillie d bell murray  18631887  expired at ship island on august 16 1887  she was the spouse of dr rd murray of the us marine service and charge of the quarantine station on ship island she left 5 young children to her husband the pascagoula democratstar august 12 1887  1888 in january  dr robet d murray was ordered by the us marine hospital service to  key west florida as his service at ship island quarantine station had expired he died at laredo texas on november 22 1903 the biloxi herald january 21 1888 p 8 in february the mississippi house passed a bill authorizing the removal of the ship island quarantine station  it had passed the senate earlier 45  was appropriated for the removal project the biloxi herald february 25 1888 p 8  1890    excursions captain john boardman was running the relief  a steamer to ship island from biloxi for daily excursionist the steamer left biloxi at 900 am visitors were given two hours to visit fort massachusetts and the ship island lighthouse before returning to the mainland a new mathushek piano was on board the vessel for those who enjoyed music the relief could also be chartered to make trips to other points along the coast at reasonable rates  the biloxi herald june 28 1890 p 4 and july 19 1890 p 4    1897  the biloxi herald august 14 1897 p 5  1898    telephone the telephone company at biloxi had its central office connected with ship island on september 26th messages were received at ship island by captain dan mccall and delivered to the appropriate party the cost was 50 to call a vessel in the ship island anchorage and 100 to contact a person at the quarantine station the biloxi daily herald september 27 1898 p 4  1899 whale standed a whale stranded on the beach was towed by the vessel leo to antonio  pons wharf at biloxi prior strandings were reported in the daily picayune of 1829 and 1857 at horn island   the biloxi daily herald april 1 1899 p 1  1906 eaton j bowers   18651939 mississippi congressional representative introduced a bill on january 4th to appropriate   50000 to dredge a ship channel to be 26 feet deep and 300 feet wide from ship island to gulfport  a separate bill was proposed by bowers to survey a ship channel from ship island to biloxi the biloxi daily herald january 5 1906 p 4  1909 dr jacquelin a moncur marine hospital surgeon at ship island was registered yesterday at the breslow hotel at biloxi he spent his vacation one month vacation in february 1908 at washington dc the daily herald february 19 1908 p 1 and april 5 1909 p 4  1920   joe l graham american legion post no 119 the joe l graham american legion post was organized at gulfport in august 1920 it was named for joe l graham 18951918 a private in company 2 28 th us infantry of the american expeditionary force joe l graham enlisted in the us army on april 12 1917 and his ship left new jersey for combat in france on june 10 1917 he was killed in action while fighting german soldiers in france on may 29 1918 joe was the son of walter f graham and lucy d graham  the daily herald july 3 1918 p 1   houston hewes evans 18951930 gulfport attorney and representative from harrison county to the state legislature organized the founding of the joe l graham post 119 he was elected temporary chairman at its august 1920 meeting at gulfport with the following charter members fc selby cliff murphy lh myers cc gaston george p hopkins ee williams rc newby lee clark hh evans dean p woleben dr da hilton af franklin rc cottingim and ae kramer  the daily herald november 28 1919 p 3 and august 12 1920 p 1    1926   1930 the harrison county mississippi board of supervisors authorized the acquistion of 1200 acres at ship island in may 1930 for 1783750  the daily herald may 6 1930 p 1  1933 after public law no 6073 rd congress was passed in 1933 the joe l graham american legion post 119 acquired ship island in september 1933 from the federal government for 15000 at this time ship island was divided into three parcels and contained about 1260 acres harrison co mississippi land deed bk 119 p 197 acquired approximately 1260 acres excluding reservations of the light house and the quarantine station built a recreation facility in 1934 which was open to the public in april 1934 luther w maples was in charge of this project  the daily herald april 19 1934 p 8    excursion trips in june 1935 peter skrmetta began ferrying tourists to ship island on the president roosevelt  a power boat skrmetta ran to the island three times daily making stops commencing at the baltar pier at the hotel biloxi and white house piers twice daily the daily herald june 27 1935 p 2  pan american clipper the  pan american clipper  a 15000 diesel powered excursion boat recently completed by toche brothers shipyard on east beach has been operating for several weeks between biloxi and ship island with captain peter skrmetta at the helm the vessel was built for the mavar fish and oyster company and runs at 12 mph the boats runs from her main landing at the foot of delaunay street baltar pier and makes stops at the buena vista hotel biloxi and white house piers  on its regular schedule of three trips daily  the daily herald march 30 1937 p 3 may 29 1937 p 6 and june 25 1938 p 3  ship island memorial and playground development and luther maples in october 1941 joe graham post 119 named luther maples 18901971 as director of the ship island memorial and playground development harrison co mississippi land deed bk 389 p 458  ship island fort incorporated leased the west end of ship island to peter skrmetta in 1945 renewed lease in january 1950 harrison co mississippi land deed bk 389 p 40  gulf clipper   gulf clipper the  gulf clipper  was launched at the tony jack covacevich sy on back bay she was built by oral covacevich for  marko skrmetta  for the family ship island tour business the boat was 60feet in length with a beam of 23feet and of 63 gross tons with the capacity to transport 250passengers  peter skrmetta  was to captain the vessel this watercraft l was sold to  ben l herndon  of corpus christi texas in july 1952 it was used to haul tourists to padre island from corpus christi the daily herald june 1 1946 p 2 and july 31 1952 p 2 and the corpus christi callertimes august 17 1952 p 29  udc 1963 memorial united daughters of the confederacy acquired oneacre on ship island in 1933 selected memorial site in november 1963 sold oneacre to federal government in november 1972 harrison co mississippi land deed bk 530 p 475 and 2 nd jd land deed bk 45 p 319  1954proposed causeway the house ways and means committee of the  state legislature approved a bill to authorize construction of a causeway comnnecting ship and horn islands  with the mississippi gulf coast the daily herald april 16 1954 p 1  1964 in september the state of mississippi sought for 25000 to acquire 190acres on the east end of ship island from the federal government this tract had been used by kafb for recreational purposes of its military personnel by middecember the us   congress removed barriers to sell a portion of ship island to the mississippi state park commission   the daily herald september 18 1964 p 1 and december 12 1964 p 1  1965 mayor guice speaks out to save fort massachusetts  the daily herald november 13 1965 p 1  1967 save the fort inc founded circa 1967 by m james stevens et al to protect fort massachusetts from eroding tidal currents and wave action a wall was built circa 1968 around the fort to protect it from tidal and longshore currents in 1977 save the fort inc was lauded for its preservation effortd at the 11th annual military history conference held at fort monroe virginia the daily herald may 4 1977 p 2  1969 hurricane camille in august 1969 hurricane camille created the camille cut which divided the island into east and west ship island  lighthouse fire the 1885 ship island lighthouse caught fire on june 27th the 73foot wooden tower was consumed by the conflagration leaving only the concrete foundation the daily herald june 28 1972 p 2  gins in december 1972 joe graham sold ship island to federal government for 102000 three tracts containing to 67360 acres harrison co mississippi 2 nd jd land deed bk 34 p 117  references  books edwin c bearss  historic resources studyship island harrison county mississippi gulf islands natioal seashoreflorida mississippi  us department of the interiornational park service denver service center1984 annalena berg  blood on the oceanthe forgotten true story of the veronica mutiny  ship islandoctober 1902 countyvise ltd united kngdom2012 287 pages luther maples  camp fires of ship island  gulfport printing company gulfport mississippi1936 theresa arnoldscriber and terry g scriber  ship island mississippirosters and history of the civil war prison  mcfarland company inc jefferson north carolina2008  chancery court harrison county mississippi chancery court cause no 33575 paul skremetta v joe graham american legion post no 119 ocotber 1953  journals the biloxi herald   quarantine station   february 15 1888 the biloxi herald   the future of biloxi   february 22 1890 the biloxi herald   local happenings   june 28 1890 the biloxi herald   the bar at ship island   july 12 1890 the biloxi herald   ho for ship island   july 19 1890 the biloxi herald   ship island harbor   april 23 1892 the biloxi daily herald   ship island quarantine   january 1 1898 the biloxi daily herald   local and personal   september 27 1898 the biloxi daily herald   ship island pass   january 7 1899 p 1 the biloxi daily herald   city news   january 5 1906  the daily herald   personal   april 5 1909 the daily herald   kiln sends five men to the ranks   april 13 1917 the daily herald   bar association holds memorial in honor fallen gulfport soldier   july 3 1918 the daily herald   maccabees hold memorial service   july 9 1918 the daily herald   american legion post for gulfport   november 28 1919 the daily herald   gulfport to have american legion   august 12 1920 the daily herald   american legion to meet tuesday   august 23 1920 the daily herald   american legion meeting postponed   august 24 1920 the daily herald   bar association holds memorial in honor fallen gulfport soldier   july 3 1918 the daily herald   memorial exercises at ship island   may 30 1930 the daily herald   harrison county purchase of ship island authorized by board of supervisors   may 6 1930 the daily herald   captain pete eskald dies burial set thursday   june 21 1944 p 7 the daily herald   favor island development   june 10 1933 the daily herald   congress approves bill authorizing ship island sale   june 14 1933 the daily herald   work starts on island   december 18 1933 the daily herald   maples tells island plans   april 19 1934 the daily herald   legion to open ship island to the public again this weekend   april 19 1934 the daily herald   legion to open its island resort to public sunday   april 26 1935 p 9 the daily herald   veterans go to ship island   october 5 1935 p 1 the daily herald   captain pete eskald once owned ship island gun but couldn t move it   july 8 1937 the daily herald   ship island bill passed by  ms  senate   april 18 1940 p 1 the daily herald   seek to clarify ship island title   april 22 1940 the daily herald   chinese casket found on ship island   june 16 1942 p 8 the daily herald   cg  coast guard  firing area off ship island   december 29 1942 p 1 the daily herald   hears report  american legion joe graham post development plans  on ship island      november 8 1946 p 1 the daily herald   ship island shore gradually moving nearer fort   march 31 1949 p 10 the daily herald   core drilling on proposed causeway get underway to determine foundation   august 13 1954 p 1 the daily herald   causewayspro and cons   november 27 1954 the daily herald   group will negotiate for islands   november 29 1954 the daily herald   development of ship island still in works   october 23 1961 the daily herald   ship island and recreation   august 14 1964 p 4 the daily herald   state seeking to buy acreage on ship island   september 18 1964 p 1  the daily herald   know your statenever has its  15 inch rodman cannon  bass voice been heard   september 18 1964 p 4  the daily herald     public invited to talks on island toll causeway     december 10 1964 p 7  the daily herald   congress actsway is cleared for sale of ship island   december 12 1964  the daily herald    make proposal on bridges to islands  december 16 1965 p 1  the daily herald    three persons rescued in gulf at ship island   july 18 1966 p 22  the daily herald      marine  usmcr 2nd amphibian tractor companygulfport  training on ship island   september 17 1966 p 10 the daily herald   wife s husband lived on ship island as boy   march 16 1968 the daily herald   family court judge  luther w maples  dies   january 4 1971 the daily herald      ship island lighthouse burns   june 28 1972 p 2 the daily herald      save the fort inc honored for efforts   may 4 1977 p a2 the daily herald     land  claims on gulf islands lost    s eptember 30 1980 the daily herald   the daily herald   the ocean springs news   hearing called on study of bridges for islands   december 10 1964 the ocean springs news   bridge to ship island should start at biloxi   april 1 1965 the ocean springs record   ship island study started    december 21 1972 p 5 the ocean springs record   ship island under federal ownership    january 4 1973 p 6 the ocean springs record   ship island under control of gulf islands seashore    january 4 1973 p 7 the ocean springs record     four generations  skrmetta family  span ship island    april 8 1999 p 14 the ocean springs record   renourishment protects fort    december 1 2011 p 2    the sun herald   islands resilient to natural forces    may 30 1989 the sun herald   federal agencies try to save ship island   s eptember 29 2011 the sun herald   dredging to rejoin ship islands begins   s eptember 30 2011 the sun herald   ship island erosion worst in recent memory    march 2 2012 the sun herald   unidentified man s body found floating near ship island    july 30 2013 p a1 the sun herald     first mardi gras on the coast may have been on ship island    march 3 2014 p c3 the sun herald   ship island excursion contract extended 10 years   february 24 2015 p a6   mississippi export timber and the ship island bar pilots  18751902 sunset and evening star  and one clear call for me  and may there be no moaning of the bar  when i put out to sea  tennyson  although the early european explorers and adventurers failed to find gold and other mineral wealth in the strata of the gulf coastal plain of the southern united states there was indeed an inestimable natural treasure in the guise of virgin forests which waited to be exploited in particular was the longleaf pine which is also called the southern pine heart pine yellow pine and long straw pine this tree often grew to a height of 95100 feet with a diameter of 33 12 feet it was characterized by rising 60 feet without a single branch before expanding into its evergreen crown in mississippi most of the longleaf country is located between the pearl river and alabama border the northern perimeter of this sylvan expanse is copiah rankin lauderdale newton scott and kemper counties the longleaf pine tree grows primarily on sandy soils and thrives in terrain which has a generally rolling topography with broad dry plateaus cut occasionally by hollows and streams the early french colonist in coastal mississippi utilized the tall straight tapering longleaf and slash pines for masts and spars for their sailing vessels a few small sawmills were built to process lumber for export to their caribbean island possessions later the english and spanish developed lumbering and naval store industries before the civil war a thriving lumber business existed in hancock county early sawmill sites were at pearlington logtown napoleon and gainesville on the pearl river these sites were selected because at this time there was no railroad or roads in the area and logs had to be brought to the mills by water from the interior forest and shipped to outside markets by schooners and brigs the industry in harrison and jackson counties developed slower but significant sawmills developed on the pascagoula and escatawpa rivers in jackson and at bayou bernard in harrison county in the decades following the civil war the lumber industry expanded rapidly in south mississippi this expansion was due to the discovery of foreign markets by the mill owners up to 1870 the market was confined chiefly to mexico the caribbean area and new orleans with minor shipments to large atlantic seaboard cities and europe with this brief background as an introduction the role of ship island and the bar pilots who guided large sailing vessels and steamships into safe anchorage in the mississippi sound will be presented to demonstrate their role in the development of the historic mississippi lumber industry as pierre lemoyne discovered in february 1699 large draft vessels could not sail in the mississippi sound due to its shallow depth in fact one has to go as far east as mobile and pensacola to find natural navigational channels conducive for the navigation of large ships when foreign flag vessels came calling to mississippi ports to export timber in the decades following the civil war they were limited to two areas ship island and horn island because of water depth an insurance company in 1896 when rating gulf coast ports said this  pensacola is rate a 21 feet meaning that that is the safe depth of water mobile 21 feet and horn island 18 feet with no limit to ship island   the biloxi herald february 29 1896 p 8  also in 1896 a legislative committee from the state senate and house who were studying the advisability of each coast point as a potential deepwater port were given a thorough tour of the mississippi gulf coast one of their outings was the sounding of the mississippi sound from gulfport to ship island the results of this occasion were recorded as follows  the cutter headed for gulfport and reached there about 1130 am where preparations were made for soundings the gig was launched and a party among whom was louis bowen put off to about threequarters of a mile from the shore of gulfport where six feet of water was found the party continued sounding at intervals of a quarter mile and as they went on to six miles off gulfport they gradually found the depth at that point to be sixteen feet and this was in what is known as the pocket finally after running thirteen miles the last sounding brought the cutter into ship island harbor here the water was from thirty to thirty fivefeet   the biloxi herald february 29 1896 p 8  ship island became the principal port for the shipment of timber and deals from the coastal counties of mississippi biloxi was the official port of entry as the custom house had been moved there in 1852 from shieldsboro bay st louis permanent settlement of ship island was discouraged by the threat of hurricanes and the paucity of trees although some exist on the eastern end of the island ship island lies 1012 miles offshore in the mississippi sound the island is approximately seven miles long and about one half mile wide striking in an eastnortheasterly direction the beaches and dunes are composed of quartz sand with dune elevations ranging from 10 to 18 feet the western terminus of the island is reported to have a high concentration of heavy minerals principally staurolite and kyanite ship island harbor the salient physiographic feature which lends great value to the island is located at its extreme northwest end this natural harbor lies 4001500 feet from the northshore in the mississippi sound this subaqueous depression has an area of about 45 acres 3300 feet x 600 feet with a water depth greater than 30 feet entrance to this haven is reached via a fairly narrow channel known as ship island pass the linear axis of this channel is about 1000 feet west of the western bound of ship island the pass has an average width of 1000 feet within the 30foot isobath the primary obstacle to navigation in order to success fully reach anchorage at ship island harbor is the ship island bar this submarine sand dune is 1 12 2 miles long and generally strikes northwest it averages about 700 feet in width its location is 34 to 1 mile ssw from the western terminus of ship island water depth shoals to 20 feet from about 25 feet in the surrounding waters once this bar is negotiated entry into ship island pass is gained and a voyage of only 1 14 nautical miles is necessary to reach the anchorage at ship island harbor the ship island bar demanded only experienced seamen who knew the daily conditions of the tides currents and wave action that prevailed in that ship island local the men who performed the task of negotiating the bar were called bar pilots their charge was the safe navigation of large ocean going vessels from the open gulf of mexico south of ship island across the ship island bar through ship island pass into ship island harbor a safe return voyage to the gulf completed the nautical circuit the legislature of the state of mississippi on december 23 1874 approved an act titled chapter iii chapter iii read as follows  chapter iii an act to create a board of pilot commissioners for ship island harbor and mississippi sound section 1 be it enacted by the legislature of the state of mississippi that it is hereby made the duty of the governor by and with the advice and consent of the senate to nominate and appoint three citizens of this state one of whom shall reside at biloxi one at mississippi city and the other at pass christian in harrison county to be named and styled the board of pilot commissioners for ship island harbor and mississippi sound who shall hold their offices for the term of six years and until their successors are appointed and qualified and they shall take and subscribe the oath of office required by the constitution of this state and file the same in the office of the chancery clerk of harrison county section 2 be it further enacted that two of said commissioners shall constitute a quorum for any business and they shall have power to grant licenses to pilots for ship island pass and all other passes leading into the mississippi sound and there shall not be less than four pilots for said pass and sound if such number shall apply for license and shall be qualified for such office and duty section 3 be it further enacted that every such pilot shall take and subscribe an oath as such pilot and give a bond in the penal sum of one thousand dollars with good and sufficient security payable to the state of mississippi for the faithful performance of their duties as pilots which bond shall be approved by said board of commissioners and such bond shall be renewed every two years such pilots when they board any vessel coming into ship island harbor outside of the pass shall if the vessel draws more than eight feet of water be entitled to half pilotage and any vessel going out of said pass drawing more than ten feet of water shall pay half pilotage if any pilot offers to take her out that for piloting vessels in or out of harbor or sound such pilots shall be entitled to not over three dollars per foot section 4 be it further enacted that said board of pilot commissioners shall make and publish such bylaws rules and regulations and impose fines and forfeitures for neglect of duty and revoke licenses of for incompetency or intemperance section 5 be it further enacted that any pilot removing any vessel from said harbor or sound while such vessel is in charge of any civil officer by virtue of process from any court of record of this state or the united states shall forfeit his license and be ever afterwards disqualified as a pilot and subject to a fine of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars to be recovered in any court of competent jurisdiction in a quitam action one half for the benefit of the informer and the other half for the benefit of the common school fund of this state section 6 be it further enacted that said pilot commissioners are authorized and empowered to elect or appoint a harbor master for said harbor and sound and it is made the duty of all vessels arriving in said harbor or sound in ballast to report to said harbor master who shall designate and prescribe what shall be done with such ballast subject to such rules and regulations as may be adopted by said pilot commissioners and any vessel failing or neglecting to make such reports and make such disposition of her ballast as the harbor master may direct shall be fined in the sum of one thousand dollars collectable by said pilot commissioners in any court of competent jurisdiction for the benefit of the common school fund of this state said harbor master shall be entitled to a fee of five dollars for his services in each case to be paid by the vessel making report to him section 7 be it further enacted that said board of pilot commissioners shall keep a record of all their acts and doings so that all persons may know the same and said board shall have an office at mississippi city section 8 be it further enacted that if any person shall act as a pilot without a license granted by said board of pilot commissioners he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction thereof shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars nor less than one hundred dollars for the benefit of the common school fund of this state section 9 be it further enacted that the fees of said commissioners shall be for every license granted to a pilot ten dollars for taking bond and affidavit and filing same two dollars and fifty cents and for copies of their records and proceedings for each hundred words twenty five cents and for certificate to same fifty cents section 10 be it further enacted that all laws in conflict with this act be and the same are hereby repealed and this act shall go into force and effect from and after its passage with this legislation in place the ship island bar pilots began their duties in 1875 they were the first civilians to occupy former military buildings on the island when the pilot s station was established life as a bar pilot must have been interesting they were exposed to people from almost every seafaring nation of the planet ships flying the flag of great britain norway sweden germany france russia and the united states crossed the ship island bar to load timber the boats of norway and sweden hauled the majority of cargo for foreign ports while the coastal trading was handled by american vessels although the cultural exposure provided by foreign crews must have been stimulating the constant threat of yellow fever small pox plague and other contagious tropical diseases probably dampened social contact by 1881 a yellow fever quarantine station was operating near the center of the island to protect the mainland against all contagions an excerpt from the biloxi herald of july 7 1881 demonstrates the serious nature of those involved in the yellow fever battle  persons who do not wish to remain in quarantine five or ten days had better fight shy of the quarantine station on ship island dr carter s motto is absolute nonintercourse and he means to carry it out one day this week a party of four run into quarantine grounds and when ordered to come to an anchor by the quarantine officer they refused to do so they were promptly brought to by rifles and placed in quarantine for five days the captain of the yacht is known as red bill biloxi and the entire coast is to be congratulated on having such an able and determined gentleman in charge of the station at ship island it was standard practice for the crew of the ship and pilot to remain in quarantine for the prescribed time which could be as long as fifteen days the ship island bar pilots were well organized and regulated they had a pilot s association for the licensed members which was organized about 1880 the rules and regulations were provided by the board of pilot s commissioners for ship island harbor in a document titled pilots laws and regulations ship island harbor mississippi  hc james harbor master may 5 1893 the following rules for pilots is given rule 1 that any licensed pilot who shall take or bring a steamer or vessel into port shall be entitled to take her out and any other pilot taking out such steamer or vessel shall forfeit the full amount of pilotage to the pilot rejected and the captain owners thereof shall be bound to pay to the pilot rejected the fees established by law unless the master aforesaid shall show good cause tothe contrary which shall be satisfactory to the board of pilot commissioners that all vessels on being ready for sea are required to pay their pilotage on shore at biloxi rule 2 that all steamers or vessels entering said harbor or leaving the same shall be subject to pay to any licensed pilot performing on board at the rate of three dollars per foot or to the pilot who shall first speak to any steamer or vessel entering or leaving said harbor shall if the vessel draws more than seven 7 feet of water be entitled to half pilotage and any vessel going out of said harbor drawing more than eight 8 feet of water shall pay half pilotage if any pilot offers to take her out this rule shall apply to all steamers and vessels whether owned by citizens of this state or not that all steamers or vessels carrying the regular united states mail shall pay half pilotage only that all steamers or vessels drawing less than 7 feet of water and having a coastwise license shall be exempt from paying whole or half pilotage unless they employ a pilot rule 3 that pilots on any of the bars of said harbor in addition to the qualifications as pilots now required by law shall hereafter be required to have served a regular apprenticeship of two years on some pilot boat on any such bars provided that on such bars as have no regular pilot boats the provisions of this rule shall not apply rule 4 pilots shall forfeit their authority as such for more than 24 hours absence from their several bars except in case of sickness rule 5 that whenever any vessel is ready for the sea the pilot who brought her in shall have notice and if such notice cannot be given personally it shall be given by hoisting a jack at the foremasthead twentyfour hours before leaving when if the pilot signalized does not come on board the master may take the first pilot that may offer rule 6 no pilot shall be interested directly or indirectly in the earnings of more than two pilot boats or more than one partnership or pilots no combination or partnership of pilots shall exist unless sanctioned by the board of commissioners any pilot violating this rule maybedeprived of his license and forfeit a sum to be determined by a majority of the commissioners rule 7 any pilot bringing a vessel into the harbor who shall fail to bring such vessel to during the existence of quarantine regulations at quarantine buoy unless visited by the port physician shall be deemed guilty of misconduct and shall be either suspended from his duties as pilot or shall forfeit his license rule 8 the pilot commissioners shall have power to revoke the license of any pilot for misbehavior neglect of duty or drunkenness or any other cause detrimental to the interest or navigation rule 9 any person who shall act as a pilot for any of the passes leading into said harbor without a license from the board of pilot commissioners shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars nor more than three hundred dollars for each and every offense recoverable before any court of competent jurisdiction in this state said fine to be paid for the benefit of the common school fund of this state rule 10 any pilot who shall be detained at quarantine station on board any vessel shall be entitled to receive three dollars per day for every day so detained which amount must be paid by the vessel he piloted into quarantine rule 11 section 2259 code 1892 provides that the charges for piloting at ship island harbor and passes shall not exceed four dollars per foot it is hereby ordered by the board of commissioners that all vessels drawing eighteen feet or more shall pay for pilotage four dollars per foot and all vessels of less draught than eighteen feet shall pay three dollars per foot rule 12 it is further ordered by the board of commissioners that the per diem of port wardens for ship island harbor is hereby fixed at ten dollars the bark was the most common sailing vessel employed in the export lumber trade it was a three masted ship with a square rig on the first and second mast these ships were 250300 feet in length with 4050 foot beams and drew 1520 feet of water when loaded an article appearing in the march 10 1900 issue of the biloxi herald told of a record set at ship island the british ship record  captain mcnutt for liverpool laden with limber broke the record at this port yesterday having went out loaded to a depth of 23 feet messieurs hc james and antoine bellande piloted her out and she was cleared by patterson and downing probably a tugboat firm the recordis 1722 tons burden and is the biggest vessel that has ever crossed the bar the fact is worthy to note because it indicates biloxi ship island has the deepest water of any port on the gulf coast outside of pensacola and shows great advantage and importance as a seaport the record is one to be proud of  in the early 1890s steamships began to replace sailing vessels in the lumber trade by 1895 twentyfive per cent of the export business was handled by steamers lumber shipping was a seasonal business affected primarily by the weather the dry seasons summer and fall were times for cutting and hauling logs the logs were stored on the banks of creeks and rivers to wait for high water created by the rains of winter and spring to float them to the mill the teredo worm a saltwater inhabitant which destroys lumber caused the sawn timber to be shipped before the waters of the gulf became too warm the condition conducive for their growth thus late winter and early spring were very busy times at ship island unfortunately this is the time of the year that extratropical fronts from the northwest and north pass through the area the winds and storms brought by these frontal passages created loading problems for exporters as the ship island harbor is exposed on the north this compelled merchants to insure their timber timber was towed to ship island on rafts or lighters large barges by steam tugboats the average size lighter cargo was about 42000 cubic feet and the round trip cost was 50 the barks and steamers in ship island harbor were loaded by stevedores using handoperated winches that often lifted timbers two feet square and sixty to seventy feet in length an example of a ship s cargo is given by this notice in the biloxi herald of august 11 1888  the british steamship hempstead 1440 tons captain e jones which sailed from this port this week for dordrecht carried the largest cargo ever taken from ship island the cargo consisted of 2240 loads of deals and timber equal to 14000000 feet of timber the freight and cargo being valued at about 50000  it was common for a vessel to remain at anchorage in ship island harbor from 30 to 90 days factors which determined this were loading time size of the cargo demurrage and amount of water drawn by the vessel ships which drew more than 21 feet of water had to wait for exceptional tides to float across the ship island bar at times a wait of 25 days was necessary for an appropriate high tide although the construction of gulfport at the southern terminus of the gulf and ship island railroad in 1887 signaled the future termination of ship island harbor as an important port it wasn t until a deepwater channel was completed in 1902 that this was a fait accompli the six mile channel to gulfport was dredged 300 feet wide and 19 feet deep by captain joseph t jones 18421916 the august storm hurricane of 1901 with its 85 mph winds deepened it to 22 feet when the italian schooner trojan docked at gulfport on january 24 1902 to load timber for export gulfport was born and activity at ship island began to wane although the exportation of mississippi longleaf pine climaxed in the years 19061913 gulfport has grown as a port today it functions as a leading gulf coast harbor for the importing of bananas from central america and the exporting of mississippi agricultural products to the world the role of the original bar pilot no longer exists but today ocean going vessels and gambling boats are still guided into and out of gulfport by ship pilots  references  henry w black  gulfport  beginnings and growth  bowling green kentucky rivendell publications 1986 traugott bromme  mississippi a geographicstatistictopographic sketch for immigrants and friends of geography and ethnology  baltimore maryland1837 cyril edward cain  four centuries on the pascagoula  volume ii spartanburg south carolina the reprint company 1983 rd foxworth richard r priddy wendell b johnson and williard s moore  heavy minerals of sand from recent beaches of the gulf coast of mississippi and associated islands  university mississippi geological survey bulletin 93 1962  the history of jackson county mississippi  pascagoula lewis printing service 1989 m james stevens collection  ship island  books 129133 and timber industry  book 149 biloxi public libraryhistorical and genealogical section the pascagoula democrat star    local paragraphs   may 20 1881 the pascagoula democrat star    detailed advantages of the port of pascagoula over that of ship island  february 15 1889  maps usdept of commerce national oceanic and atmospheric administration  chart 11372msladog keys pass to waveland  22nd edition june 2 1990 frank leslie s illustrated newspaper   ship  island vicinity  from the us coast survey january 4 1862  ship island bar pilot biographies about 1875 a group of men some foreign born began piloting ships from the open waters south of ship island to safe anchorage at ship island harbor in later years after the port of gulfport was opened in 1902 they brought vessels here the pilots were regulated by statutes established by the mississippi legislature and the board of pilot s commissioners for ship island harbor  shipisland harbor master in may 1881 captain george belfour 18221881 a dane and resident of biloxi was appointed harbor master for ship island by the harrison county mississippi board of pilot commissioners captain belfour was married to arabella belfour 18381907 a native of tennessee  the pascagoula democratstar may 20 1881 p 3 and 1880 pike co mississippi federal census t9  the following brief biographical sketches will investigate the lives and families of some of these maritime pioneers  fritz abbley abli  captain fritz abbley  18461905 was born may 2 1846 at ennenda canton glarus western switzerland his parents were fritz fridolin abli 1799 and margaret hosli 18041892 some of the fritz abbley sr family immigrated to the united states from switzerland in the 1850s probably 1854 and settled at back bay north biloxi to seek its fortune in the new world the 1860 us census states that fritz sr was a laborer although fritz was the only child listed in that census it is believed he had the following siblings catherine 1824 jost 18251826 jost 18271828 salome 1830 rudolph 1832 margaret 18351853 columbina 1837 and anna maria 18421917 all the fritz abbley sr children were born in switzerland at back bay the abbleys resided in the neighborhood of the pierre harvey family who lived on the back bay of biloxi in section 17 t7sr9w old timers refer to the site as harvey hill here young fritz met and courted margaret harvey 18471886 the youngest daughter of french immigrant sailor pierre harvey 18101880 and zeline moran 18111883 fritz and margaret married on may 24 1869 this union produced seven children margaret celina 18701945 imogene 1873 laura 18751956 rudolph 18781944 pauline 18801939 frederick 18821941 and emile 18841941 sometimes after 1880 the abbley family moved to biloxi from back bay probably 888 reynoir street unfortunately margaret harvey died on january 10 1886 at the young age of thirty eight years leaving fritz with seven young children on april 10 1888 he married sarah young a lady he had known for years as she was a neighbor at back bay her parents were captain james smith young 18181897 and virginia moran 1821 captain william young her brother was associated in the 1890s with the ferryboat sam  which plied the waters of the back bay of biloxi from reynoir street to steele s landing near the casimir harvey store at north biloxi captain fritz abbley had the reputation of knowing the waters in the ship island harbor area as well as anyone he is known to have been a ship island pilot as early as 1893 and held pilots license number six at this time after suffering with the flu for several weeks and apparently recovering he died suddenly on march 15 1905 at his reynoir street home surviving captain abbley was his widow sarah and their seven children mrs jpe mccabe margaret celina mrs harry haise imogene of mobile laura pauline rudolph frederick and emile captain abbley s corporal remains were interred in the biloxi city cemetery references  ray l bellande   back bay ferry system 18431901  mississippi coast historical and genealogical society volume 27 no 1 february 1991 brother jerome lepre  gulf  coast genealogy   the santa cruz family  new orleans lepre 1990  the biloxi daily herald    captain fritz abbley dead   march 15 1905 p 8 us census 18601880  antoine v bellande antoine victor bellande  18291918 was born september 11 1829 at marseille france he was the son of jean antoine joseph marie bellande 17901874 and marcelline vezian 1790circa 1832 his father and grandfather were naval workers probably caulkers in a local marseille shipyard it is believed that antoine departed his native france as a deck hand on a sailing vessel at the age of twentytwo years he arrived at new orleans in 1851 shortly antoine joined his halfbrother joseph bellande 18131907 at ocean springs joseph bellande had immigrated to the united states from france in 1835 antoine bellande acquired the trading schooner  john randolph at new orleans he took it to pascagoula where he embarked in the lumber business transporting south mississippi timber to galveston texas for export during the early years of the civil war captain bellande ran the union blockade for the confederacy making trips to cuba for cargoes of food tobacco paper gin and munitions it was a lucrative business he once had 20000 worth of cuban tobacco stored at biloxi it was stolen from him but he later caught the guilty party it has been reported that captain bellande completed his last voyage with southern contraband just three days before farragut s naval forces captured new orleans april 1862 eliminating it as a viable port his schooner was commandeered and bellande found himself transporting brick from new orleans to ship island for the completion of fort massachusetts work on the island fortress had commenced in 1856 by the government but was interrupted by a hurricane in 1860 a confederate force seized the outpost in january 1861 naming it fort twiggs union forces recaptured ship island in september 1861 in 1864 the confederacy attempted to draft him but antoine bellande didn t approve of the idea he was residing in ocean springs at the time the conscript officer was invited to have a drink with him at the ocean springs hotel before they set out to join the confederate army bellande managed to get the officer drunk and slip away he offered his services to admiral farragut as a ship pilot bellande had become acquainted with the great admiral at pascagoula where farragut would visit his sister mrs gurley although serving as a union naval pilot in early 1864 antoine bellande at the age of thirtyfive officially entered the union navy as an acting ensign and pilot on december 16 1864 he served primarily on the us steamer  cowslip  the cowslip was a sidewheel steamer built in 1863 at newburgh new york as meteor  the steamer was 123 feet and transported cargoes of timber food tobacco paper gin and munitions to ports along the gulf coast he frequently made trips to cuba during the civil war bellande served as a pilot in the union navy aboard the us cowslip at the battle of mobile bay in august 1864 he was the pilot of the screw sloop  monongahela  which rammed the confederate ram  tennessee  on the following morning transporting the victorious union officers to receive the formal surrender of fort morgan he concluded his memorable duties at mobile bay with the dragging of the harbor to remove any torpedoes or mines captain bellande s share of the prize money was 800 for his one day work during the battle he was discharged from the union navy on february 19 1866 for his excellent service he was given a 450 bonus in the summer of 1866 antoine bellande married marie harvey 18401894 the eldest daughter of pierre harvey 18101880 and zeline moran 18111883 they lived at harvey hill at back bay north biloxi in section 17 t7sr9w here the five bellande children were born joseph arbin bellande 18681961 antoine bellande jr 18691924 pierre bellande 18711933 maria ida bellande gussow galle 18741948 and auguste f bellande 18761953 about 1882 the bellande family crossed the back bay of biloxi and settled at 254 reynoir street across from the l n depot this relocation probably coincided with the commencement of captain bellande s duties as a ship island bar pilot on march 17 1894 marie harvey bellande died and the family sold the reynoir street property in 1896 antoine bellande married an ocean springs lady mary catchot 18601931 her parents were antonio catchot 18281885 a spanish immigrant and elizabeth hoffen 18381916 a german immigrant antoine and mary had a son edward antoine 18971978 who became a national figure in the aviation and aerospace industry on september 24 1897  the pascagoula democratstar announced that captain a bellande was appointed the official fumigator for ocean springs the town was besieged by a yellow fever epidemic at this time and bellande s duties were to disinfect and fumigate places where yellow fever deaths had occurred on may 29 1901  the biloxi daily herald reported that captain bellande almost lost his life in the mississippi sound he was in command of the schooner  a gerdes brother  in route to ocean springs the sevenman crew was below preparing for bed the weather was rough and a green sailor was in charge of the watch his inexperience in boat handling allowed the schooner to capsize bellande and his crew were found by the large steam tug  julius elbert  clinging to their stricken vessel they were rescued having lost all their possessions to the sea both vessels were built by frank taltavull the julius elbert was owned by the lopez factory on march 17 1911 antoine bellande was elected president of the ship island and gulfport pilots association an article in the pascagoula democratstar of march 18 1911 stated  at a meeting of the ship island and gulfport pilots association held yesterday at ship island aboard the pilot boat edward d barret reorganization was effected and rules adopted for the ensuing four years captain a bellande was elected president ma scarbrough secretary and treasury fd moran manager captain bellande of ocean springs who was named president is 72 sic 81 years of age and has been a pilot in gulf coast waters for the past 25 or 30 years he is one of the bestknown nautical men on the coast his health is splendid he reads and writes without glasses and is active for his 82 sic 81 years as any young man of 30 he served as a pilot during the civil war under admiral farragut captain bellande is very popular among his brother pilots and the honor of the presidency bestowed on him is richly deserved in october 1902 a very special event in the life of antoine bellande commenced it was at this time that the threemasted bark  veronica  out of st john new brunswick sailed from ship island for montevideo uruguay with a cargo of mississippi longleaf pine the ship was destroyed by fire at sea the inferno was deliberately set by four german crewmen who murdered captain shaw and their shipmates the mutineers were rescued on the small island of tutoia off the northeast coast of brazil in december 1902 the rescue ship brunswick brought them to england for trial captain bellande was called to liverpool england in april 1903 he testified for the prosecution on may 12 1903 at the liverpool assizes since he was the last person to see captain shaw and the crew of the veronica alive at ship island at the time of his retirement in september 1915 antoine bellande was the captain of pilots for gulfport harbor he was eightysix years of age captain bellande spent his last years at his home on jackson avenue at ocean springs gardening and working on his house antoine bellande died on june 10 1918 at his home on jackson avenue in ocean springs he had been a ship island bar pilot for thirtythree years 18821915 antoine v bellande was buried in the evergreen cemetery at ocean springs mississippi  references  ray l bellande and heidi balje good  from marseille to mississippi   a bellande family history  18131990 biloxi bellande 1990 charles l dyer  along the gulf    biloxi   reprint women of the trinity episcopal church pass christian mississippi1971 gw keeton and john cameron  the trial of gustav rau otto monsson and willem smith the veronica trial  william hodge and company london 1952 charles l sullivan  the mississippi gulf coast portrait of a people  windsor publications inc northridge california1985 p 77 and p 82 dictionary of american naval fighting ships  volume ii   cowslip   p 200 the history of jackson county mississippi    captain av bellande   jackson county genealogical society pascagoula mississippi1989 pp 118119 mississippicoasthistory and genealogical society volume 27 no 3   ship island bar pilot biographies   october 1991 p 94 m james stevens collectionbiloxi public library archives biloxi mississippi book 25   cowsliphandsborobellande   the daily herald    captain peter bellande dies at 92  june 10 1918 p 3 the daily herald  know you state  the biloxian who was farragut s pilot in the battle of mobile bay   june 8 1961 the jackson county times    death of a pioneer citizen   june 15 1918  personal communication  letters of bruce wishart novelist and writer brandon manitoba canada letters of renee bellande wife of dr andre bellande marseille france  llewellyn r bowen llewellyn r bowen  18661946 was born at racine wisconsin on september 19 1866 he came to biloxi about 1890 captain bowen was married to johanna laage 18741949 the daughter of john h laage 18391918 and minna wittgrebe laage 18421947 the laages were married at lingen hanover germany her birthplace in 1866 they immigrated to the united states and resided at new orleans until 1884 when they relocated to biloxi mississippi the laages had nine children all natives of new orleans johanna and lr bowen reared a family in biloxi consisting of the following children james j bowen 18921893 lilly bowen 18931958 llewellyn bowen 18991960 and mrs anna may b beck 19081975 lr bowen began his tenure as a bar pilot about 1894 he retired in 1940 with over 45 years of service at ship island and gulfport llewellyn louis bowen was also active politically in biloxi he ran for city alderman in 1900 and 1902 losing both elections to heidenheim and joseph ott respectively captain bowen was very active in cultural and civic affairs he could list among his accomplishments eighteen years of service on the biloxi school board and a few years on the perkinston school board directorship of the peoples bank membership in the woodmen of the world patron of the eastern star and membership in volunteer fire company no 1 bowen also was a mason for 54 years lr bowen house july 2013 the bowen family lived originally at 222 lee street but later resided in a unique home at 606 east howard known as the bowen house its uniqueness was derived from the concrete blocks which were composed of crushed oyster shells  the biloxid iberville press march 27 1991  captain bowen died at 79 years of age on april 29 1946 his corporal remains were buried in the bowen family plot in the old biloxi cemetery  references  captain john walker s diaries  18541907 biloxi public library history and genealogy section volume ii p 7 and p 78 the biloxid iberville press    picture of the past   march 27 1991 the daily herald   biloxian is 102 years old today   june 8 1944 the daily herald    captain bowen 79 retired bar pilot dies in biloxi   april 30 1946 p 1 and p 6  francis a caillavet francis arbeau caillavet  18561909 was born in biloxi in 1856 his parents were francois caillavet b 1815 and euranie fayard 18181895 on september 20 1878 he married marie dodart 18581942 of new orleans this union produced thirteen children but five died in early childhood latour caillavet 18881891 clarence caillavet 18901893 ralph caillavet 18971899 louise and beulah francis a caillavet was survived by eight children laura caillavet married christian a thompson viola caillavet abbley 18841968 married fred abbley anita caillavet 18861975 married percy wetzel francis arbeau caillavet 18811946 sidney caillavet albert caillavet wilfred caillavet and hilda caillavet ackley 19001926 francis arbeau caillavet was a member of the pilot s association from 1900 to 1909 the caillavet family resided at 811 jackson near couevas street the last two years of his life were lived in poor health and he died from a heart ailment  references  the biloxi herald  may 6 1909 p us census 18501880 personal communication letter dated february 7 1976 from eunice abbley brocato  frank b castanera captain frank b castanera 18701934 was born at scranton pascagoula on january 16 1870 his father captain eugene castanera was postmaster at moss point from 18821885 he also had a pecan variety the castanera named for him which was later grafted by colonel stuart and john keller about 1892 and sold as the stuart his mother was estella llado the sister of louis llado who was also a bar pilot frank castanera attended spring hill college at mobile he settled at biloxi in 1893 and organized the biloxi and ship island tow boat company in february 1897 with jb roberts as stated in the charter the object and purpose of this corporation were  to run and operate one or more tow boats or other water craft to tow vessels timber or other merchandise and to transport passengers and merchandise between such points and places on the mississippi sound and its tributaries as the board of directors may determine and to do a general towing and transportation business for a profit the steam tug biloxi built by the taltavull shipyard for castanera was used in the towing operations along the mississippi coast in about 1900 he was in the retail lumber and general supply business in biloxi in 1905 he was appointed a member of the ship island bar pilots association and served as a pilot between ship island and gulfport until the commencement of world war i during the great war he offered his services to the government as a member of the us shipping board while at sea duty in the postwar years castanera met with a many adventures on the seas two notable events at this time of his life reported in the biloxi news of april 25 1926 were the saving of the life of an ill seaman by radio diagnosis with a land based physician and the rescue of the abandoned norwegian steamer johanne dybwad in the stormy north atlantic captain castanera married amelia desporte 18801953 daughter of captain ernest desporte they reared five children in biloxi  eugene ernest castanera  18981932  ursula c provensal  19001991 married sidney provensal  amelia nicki castanera married john a o keefe 18911985  delauney castanera married louise tremmel  theodore castanera  19051978 married bessie welch 1914 frank castanera led a full and adventurous life in addition to his seafaring he found time to participate in civic affairs serving on the biloxi city council under mayors tj rosell and ed glennan he died in 1934 and is buried in the biloxi cemetery  references  harrison county mississippichancery court chattel book 1 p 212 the history of jackson county mississippi    pecans   jackson county genealogical society pascagoula mississippi1989 p 19 and 83 twentiethcentury coast edition the biloxi daily herald  george w wilkes sons biloxi harrison county mississippi p 66 journals the biloxi news  april 25 1926 p 1 the biloxi news  may 2 1926 p 7 desporte family  biloxi public library history and genealogical section vertical files  ernest desporte ernest desporte 18531931 was born in biloxi in 1853 his parents victor h desporte 18271878 and elizabeth delauney geraud 18181897 were natives of new orleans victor desporte was a bricklayer he served in the confederate navy during the civil war aboard the gunboat selma desporte was taken prisoner by the forces of admiral farragut at the battle of mobile bay august 1864 he was incarcerated on ship island for seven months by his union captures as a young man ernest desporte went to montgomery alabama to work there he met and married a lovely kentucky lassie minnie schoolcraft 18581939 shortly after their march 1878 wedding the desportes moved to biloxi to be with his father victor who had become ill this marriage created seven desporte children amelia 18801953 mrs frank castanera minnie 18811939 mrs edgar beale corrine 1883 mrs elbert dukate peter 18841889 theodore 18851944 evelyn ingersol ernest 18881977 charlotte mcnulty and charlie 18921898 ernest desporte was very involved in biloxi community life he was a catholic elected to the office of justice of the peace and served on the biloxi school board he belonged to several social and civic organizations such as the biloxi yacht club knights of columbus biloxi benevolent association and the rogue and horseshoe club the ernest desporte home a twelveroom twostory residence on front street was built in 1892 by william kent  the daily herald april 30 1892 p 4  captain desporte was harbor master for about six years  the biloxi daily herald of december 16 1902 p 6 reported the following  harbor master ernest desporte was shanghied yesterday the tug loxley was going to mobile to go on the ways for repairs captains horn and james put the whole crew of the loxley under oath that they would not tell mr desporte about it he came aboard as usual to go to ship island and the tug was far on her way to mobile before he found out that a practical joke had been played on him he served as a bar pilot bringing vessels from ship island to gulfport for about twentythree years desporte retired about 1921 due to failing eye sight he died in biloxi in 1931 and is buried in the desporte family plot at the biloxi cemetery references  the desporte family  biloxi public library history and genealogy section vertical files the biloxi herald   local happenings   april 30 1892 p 4 the daily herald  march 23 1923  william j hursey william john hursey  18751935 was born at pass christian mississippi on april 11 1875 his mother marie amiel bertrand 18491925 was born in france she came to the us in 1859 and was the mother of four children wj hursey 18751935 rosa hursey 1878 m george leland haxelton joseph hursey 18791953 and jerome bourgot william j hursey married katherine blappert 18851983 at new orleans on june 19 1907 she was born in st bernard parish louisiana and her father was a german immigrant william j hursey and katherine blappert resided at pass christian with their five children daughter alice m hursey 19081935 william j hursey jr m virginia f bowes francis j hursey m jean grace horder charles p hursey 19181986 and arthur w hursey 19221998 captain hursey was a ship island bar pilot for more than thirty years he died aboard the american steamship  antinous  while piloting it into the gulfport harbor from ship island pass on january 4 1935 his death was attributed to a heart attack the daily herald january 4 1935 p 1 captain william j hursey was buried in the st paul catholic cemetery at pass christian paul bearers at his funeral were pilots george p favre and ar lingby harbor master ap bugge and jc wacker ca simpson and earl langford he was survived by his wife katherine and children alice goggin of danville kentucky arthur w hursey of new orleans charles p hursey of santa clara california and francis j hursey of pass chrisitian  references  the daily herald    vessel goes aground in gulfport channel after death of its pilot   january 4 1935 p 5 the daily herald  january 5 1935 p 5 the daily herald  january 7 1935 p 6 us census 1910  harry copp james harry copp james  18481923 was born in biloxi on august 7 1848 his parents were robert williams james  18111882 born at wilmington north carolina and jane ann nixon  18201898 of new orleans during the civil war robert w james was a colonel for the confederacy his primary task was to locate iron sheeting to be used as armor for the floating defense forces on western rivers command he probably met jane nixon the daughter of john nixon in new orleans before the war of the rebellion john nixon was a wealthy new orleans attorney who owned the nixon house hotel at biloxi a large portion of downtown biloxi and 15000 acres in st john the baptist parish he had immigrated from northern ireland and arrived in new orleans in 1806 harry copp james was a lifelong resident of biloxi and saw its growth and development from a village to a thriving city after clerking with his father until his early twenties he went to sea james was the master of a lumber schooner the captain of his own vessel for a number of years and was a charter member of the mississippi bar pilots association which was organized about 1880 captain james married isabella j roberts 18581879 she may have died from yellow fever he then married leila ogden malone 18571891 the daughter of captain edward malone sr a mobilegalveston cotton broker she died in childbirth on april 16 1891 they had four children el james b 1887 ruth e james mrs cy wootten b 1885 leila e mrs wg james b 1887 and hettie james pilots hc james and james maycock bought the sylph  a schooner from ct irving of pascagoulanew venice shipyard it was formerly a pilot boat at pascagoula they used their vessel at ship island for pilot duties  the pascagoula democratstar may 9 1984 p 3  harry c james remarried in february 1894 to mamie cooley and later married katie gary 18721905 of new orleans in 1901 harry copp james was a ship island bar pilot for fortythree years and is believed to be the first native american to receive his pilots license in the association he held license no 4 in 1893 and was also harbormaster  spanishamerican war in april 1898 captain harry copp james offered the federal government his personal services and those of his schoonerrigged pilot boat  moses h grinnell   if war was declared with spain captain james had recently retired from the ship island harbormaster post and was employed as a pilot for ship island and the mississippi sound  the biloxi herald april 23 1898 p 8  sanctions while captain john walker 18341907 was a member of the board of pilot commissioners from 1887 to 1907 captain james came under scrutiny he was suspended in november 1902 for thirty days and made to forfeit all earnings and profits because of the charges brought against him he fared better in january 1905 when he was exonerated for getting a spanish steamship grounded on the ship island bar and abandoning her in that position walker 1907 p 19  demise captain harry copp james died in biloxi on september 9 1923 he is at rest in the old biloxi cemetery  references  captain john walker s diaries 18541907   biloxi public library history and genealogy section volume ii p 71 and volume iii p 19 journals the biloxi herald  april 18 1891 p 1 the biloxi herald    a card from h c james   january 28 1893 p 10 the biloxi herald  february 3 1894 p8 the biloxi herald   a mississippi volunteer   april 23 1898 the biloxi herald    quiet marriage   august 22 1901 the daily herald    biloxi loses prominent man   september 10 1923 p 1 the pascagoula democratstar   local news   may 9 1884 harrisoncounty ms federal census 18601880 personal communication letter of james a miller of winstonsalem north carolina dated april 14 1991  joseph lewis joseph lewis  18331907 was born in england in january 1833 his family settled in pass christian he was a seaman for a number of years before going to ship island as a bar pilot about 1877 during the killer cheniere caminada storm of october 1893 he and pilot john nelson sr were in the sound aboard the pilot boat  chicora  the large hurricane came ashore at pascagoula the morning of october 2 1893 tides at nearby ocean springs and biloxi were greater than 9 feet the barometer fell to 2865 hg at moss point the chicora was driven onto cat island by the tempest the boat was found high and dry by a rescue party from biloxi in the days following the storm all aboard were safe and rescued joseph lewis and his irish born wife mary dunn 18351898 had six children harriet b 1855 joseph b 1857 martha b 1859 mary b 1866 laura b 1867 and john b 1869 he was named harbor master at gulfport in 1901 and moved there from pass christian joseph lewis died on december 4 1907 and was buried at pass christian  references  the biloxi herald  october 7 1893 p 1 the biloxi herald  december 4 1907 p 2 cheniere caminada storm  an unpublished proprietary report for jk lemon aaron williams jr university of south alabama october 7 1973 us census 18501870  john e lewis john edward lewis  18701920 was born at pass christian mississippi in 1870 his parents were bar pilot captain joseph lewis and mary dunn they were immigrants from the british isles captain john e lewis moved from pass christian to biloxi in 1899 he was married to zee bourdon they resided at 214 magnolia street and reared mamie john jrand stepson harry laughran lewis served as a member of the mississippi pilots association for twenty seven years his career as a bar pilot was meritorious having served at shipisland and gulfportcaptain lewis was civic conscious he was the aldermanatlarge under the glennan administration and was known for his devoted and energetic service to the city of biloxi lewis was a member of the masons elks biloxi benevolent association and volunteer fire company his body was interred at the biloxi cemetery  references  daily herald biloxi resident died last night august 30 1920 p 1  henry a llado henry albert llado 18851951 was born september 17 1885 like louis llado 18451920 his father henry was a ship island bar pilot he married charlotte g elder on november 16 1931 and they were the parents of three children who were reared at 521 seal avenue mary elizabeth llado aline llado and henry a llado jr henry a llado died at biloxi mississippi on january 5 1951  references  the daily herald henry llado former bar pilot dead january 5 1951 p 8  louis llado louis llado  18451920 was born in new orleans in march 1845 his spanish father francisco llado 18201869 and alabama born mother delphine fournier 18211908 moved to biloxi when louis was a baby he resided at biloxi the remainder of his life louis llado became a bar pilot at ship island about 1897 he had the reputation of knowing the waters of the gulf of mexico from florida to the mexican border in all weather and seasons he was a member of the bar pilots association for twentythree years captain llado was married to elizabeth ann dearing 18611919 of new orleans they reared five children in biloxi at 313 east water street francisco llado 18841966 henry albert llado 18851951 mary agnes llado 18881945 ida aline llado 1890 m john m grady and cora llado 1897 louis llado died on october 4 1920 and was buried in the biloxi cemetery  references  the daily herald louis llado died this morning october 4 1920 p 1 the daily herald henry llado former bar pilot dead january 5 1951 p 8  francis delmas moran francis delmas moran  18531935 was born august 2 1853 at biloxi his parents were francois moran 18151887 and catherine fournier ryan 18241886 the morans morin were of french canadian descent immigrating to the mississippi coast from quebec province in the late 18th century francis moran was called peter he married elizabeth lucretia vanderpool 18691940 on august 2 1887 she was the daughter of susan lucretia stratton 18421897 of rankin county mississippi and little berry vanderpool 18391928 of surrey county north carolina this union produced nine children edwin little berry moran 18881951 catherine ethel moran 18901907 joseph otto moran and francis arbo moran twins 18921892 silas warren moran 18931895 marinina moran young 18951973 alfred peter fred moran 18971967 vincent harold 18991972 and elizabeth vera smith 19011965 captain moran had a keen memory and like to relate the early days in biloxi his obituary states that he was a pilot at ship island before gulfport was founded and performed this duty for about thirty years his associates were captain antoine v bellande louis llado harry stilphen harry james john lewis francis caillavet ernest desport ma scarborough and louis bowen peter moran died at his long time residence 125 bay view avenue on january 26 1935 at this time he was believed to have been the oldest living native citizen  references  the history of jackson county mississippi    moran family of ocean springs   lewis printing service pascagoula 1989 p 291 journals the daily herald  january 26 1935 p 1 the daily herald    morin anglicized to moran   branches and twigs by regina hines june 10 1981 us census 18501880  john nelson sr john nelson sr  18201896 was a native of denmark being born in that scandinavian nation in 1820 as many young boys of his time he went to sea in his early teens as a cabin boy shipping out of the port of kahlenbur nelson settled on the mississippi coast where he became a steerman on steamers running between new orleans and the coast after operating the schooner  louisa  out of the delisle area for some years he obtained his own vessel and participated in the coastwise trade of the area in 1851 captain nelson married jane elizabeth marmion this union produced nine children ada mrs sam b nunn nellie mrs john h lang kate sister borgia metta sister ursula john p loretto robert paul and agnes mrs jc liversedge john nelson sr was one of the first pilots at ship island in the late 1870s and helped to organize the pilot s association he died in 1896 and is buried at st paul s cemetery in pass christian  references  john lang  history of harrison county mississippi  the dixie press gulfport mississippi 1936 p 164  m a scarborough marion a scarborough  18581930 was born in july 1858 probably in the pass christian area he married georgia georganne drew 18561932 in harrison county on july 4 1887 the scarboroughs resided in beat three of harrison county and reared two children purnell f scarborough 18881930 and hattie s greene 18911943 georgia s father was levi drew a native of georgia who served with company h of the 3rd mississippi during the civil war she is buried in the courtenay cemetery at long beach mississippi hattie scarborough 18911943 married clarence a greene 18871944 and died at oakdale louisiana she had eight children at the time of her death her brother pf scarborough who was once married to maud gangloff 18911921 resided in new orleans  the daily herald january 24 1943   in july 1930 ma scarborough was a resident of bosco louisiana his health was poor and he wasn t expected to live long at the this time pf scarborough miss mattie drew his sisterinlaw and niece mrs fm wilson were at gulfport  the daily herald july 9 1930 p 6    references  the daily herald   former harbor master ill   july 9 1930 the daily herald  january 24 1943 us census 1900  jh stilphen   john h stilphen  18421920 was born in new england at south dresden maine in 1842 he went to sea at the age of sixteen years after many years on the ocean as a captain in the international trade he settled in biloxi around 1887 in about 1900 he became a bar pilot at ship island and gulfport john stilphen retired in 1918 an example of his faithful service was exhibited when his only daughter sadie married william t harkness a biloxi architect and contractor it so happened that this was his day for duty as a pilot and he missed the wedding john stilphen died in september 1920 at his residence on west railroad street in biloxi he was survived by a son major henry stilphen who was a member of the army medical department stationed in north carolina henry stilphen may have been the quarantine officer at ship island in the early 1900s his daughter mrs wt harkness of biloxi and a brother and sister in new england leonard stilphen and mrs leonard dickenson were also listed as survivors in his obituary his son dr henry stilphen resided at new orleans he and his spouse came to biloxi for a visit with his sister sadie s harkness in june 1925  the daily herald june 10 1925 p 3    references  the daily picayune    dr stilphen quarantine officer lost his boat and possessions on ship island   august 8 1901 p 1 c 5 the daily herald    captain stilphen died last night   september 20 1920 the daily herald   stilphens in biloxi   june 10 1925    board of pilot commissioners 1893 fw elmer roderick seal john nelson sr  1897 wkm dukate henry lienhard handsboro joseph dempf or deempf roderick m mcintosh appointed dec 1897 upon death of mr deempf  1901 john walker fs hewes jr roderick mcintosh ej adam appointed march 1904 upon death of roderick mcintosh charles redding petitioned in june 1901 but rejected  1905 br clemens fs hewes jr ej adam  petit bois island references 3744 views  ', 0);
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(121, 'en', 'node_search', ' biloxi yacht club biloxi yacht club ray sat 5282011 1425 yachting   early regattas at ocean springs ocean springs was the locale for some of the earliest competitive yacht racing on the mississippi gulf coast in june 1853 the newly opened ocean springs hotel of dr william gray austin and warrick martin was under the proprietorship of enoch everett 18131853 formerly of the verandah hotel at new orleans mr everett hosted a regatta from the hotel from july 21 thru july 23 1853 the race course began at the hotel wharf and sailed around deer island from east to west the participants in this racing series and their boats were john g robinson sylph  s story venture  stingaree club stingaree  captain walker sea serpent  a mcilhenny secret  jo nixon eagle  kate w dearing of mobile edith t byrne  and vision  also from mobile  the daily picayune july 13 1853 p 2 july 18 1853 and july 23 1853   the creole  a steam packet followed the race course with a contingent of ladies and gentlemen from biloxi they were entertained by a musical band prizes for this competition were on preview at hyde and goodrich s in the crescent city  the daily picayune july 13 1853 p 2   the order of finish for the first race from ocean springs held on july 21 1853 was as follows  stingaree edith t byrne venture sylph  and  sea serpent  the daily picayune july 23 1853    edward l israel an ocean springs racers edward l israel 18361891 was born in mississippi of an english father and new york mother he had married anna israel 18371910 a native of washington dc they lived at 407 carondelet street at new orleans where mr israel was in the steamboat business and an active yachtsman the israel family owned a summer home at ocean springs mississippi from 1847 to 1880 the israels had a daughter olivia israel 18631940 a virginia native olivia was killed on 13 december 1940 by a young driver while a pedestrian at lexington kentucky she had operated a shetland pony farm on the richmond pike in fayettte county kentucky called thorndale which was commenced by her mother to breed race horses the israel women had left new orleans after the demise of captain israel in march 1891 the lexington herald september 30 1910 p 1 and december 14 1940 p 1 very little is known about the israel family during their residency on the fort point peninsula a reporter for a local journal commented that edward l israel kept a span of fast iron gray horses to transport his carriage through the streets and lanes of ocean springs his pleasure was fast horses and boats  the pascagoula democratstar july 9 1880 p 3   in june 1874 when mary bolls allison 18271900 subdivided her large lot overlooking biloxi bay and sold 260 acres off the southern end described as lot 10 of block 14 to edward l israel  18361891 a new orleans steamboat man and yachtsman it commenced the occupation and chronology of another homestead on the fort point peninsula bishop jc keener resided south of the israel tract jxco ms land deed bk 1 p 503 today this property is owned by dr eldon d and dixie a mcclain and called rebel oaks the israelmcclain place is situated at 343 lovers lane its history follows very little is known about the israel family during their residency on the fort point peninsula a reporter for a local journal commented that edward l israel kept a span of fast iron gray horses to transport his carriage through the streets and lanes of ocean springs his pleasure was fast horses and boats  the pascagoula democratstar july 9 1880 p 3    yachtsman mr israel was well known in gulf coast yachting circles he was the owner of the winning boats in the first third and fourth classes races at the june 1878 mississippi coast regatta edward austin 18401878 son of dr wg austin 18141894 won the second class aboard  xiphias    the pascagoula democratstar june 28 1878  at the mississippi city regatta held in july 1879 el israel s firstclass yacht  lady emma  was scheduled to sail a match race against a brewster s  susie s  israel planned to use john carney of mobile to pilot his vessel mr brewster was to compete himself he had recently won two races and was favored to beat lady emma at mississippi city a brewster waged 2000 while mr israel exposed 1000 for the match race the railroad had set a 100 special excursion roundtrip rate from new orleans to mississippi city  the pascagoula democratstar july 27 1879 p 3   in may 1880 edward israel was preparing to enter four boats in the regatta at new orleans by july 1880 he was considering sending one of his racing sailboats to compete in new york  the pascagoula democratstar may 21 1880 p 3 and july 9 1880 p 3   captain israel sailed match races for the southern yacht club at new orleans against eastern yacht clubs in 1883 schieb 1986 p 36 edward l israel 18361891 sold his home at ocean springs and 260 acres to henry clay mendenhall  18471915 in september 1880 jxco ms land deed bk 4 pp 634635  references  oliver j counce  the sesquicentennial of the southern yacht club  franklin southland printingmetairie louisiana2000 flora k schieb  history of the southern yacht club  pelican publishing co gretna louisiana1986  the daily picayune   ocean springs hotel   june 18 1853 the daily picayune   ocean springs regattas   july 13 1853 the daily picayune   ocean springs regatta   july 23 1853  biloxi yacht club circa 1925  biloxi  yacht club time line   1853    the daily picayune october 11 1853 p 2    august 1888 the biloxi and ocean springs yacht club was organized through the relentless efforts of colonel wa fonda john d bachino commodore wa fonda vicecommodore and tk reed secretary  the biloxi herald august 11 1888 p 1    may 1896 formation of a local yacht club proposed by the benachi brothers tp dulion john eistetter thomas h gleason ed glennan louis gill martin green john johnson nicholas voivedich et al  the biloxi herald may 9 1896 p 8    august 1900 west end yacht club proposed at biloxi by tl mcgowan tony and zio benachi and mw murphy the west end yacht club held a sailing skiff regatta at john clark s wharf inlate august 1900 participating skiffs were red devil rough rider swan s agnes m white flyer and others  the biloxi daily herald may 7 1900 p 8 and august 25 1900 p 8    august 1900  25000 loan from chicago parties made by tl mcgowan of birmingham alabama  the biloxi herald august 29 1900 p 8    april 1901 the gulf coast yachting association was formed at new orleans in april 1901 albert baldwin 18341912 of the crescent city was its first president  the biloxi daily herald april 30 1901 p 1    may 1901 organizational meeting of the byc held at the montross hotel on may 2 1901 officers elected and theodore brune 18541932 nola architect presented plans for the new 3000 sq ft yacht club in front of the montross hotel  the biloxi daily herald may 4 1901 p 1    june 1901 area in front of the montross hotel cleared of houses and bath houses by mr owens contractor  the biloxi daily herald june 12 1901 p 1    august 1901 byc incorporated on august 7 1901 harrison county miss chattel deed bk 6 p 369 and 2 nd jd charter of incorporation bk 1 p 647  the biloxi daily herald august 9 1901 p 8    august 1901 byc building completed in early august 1901 and was the only beach structure to survive the august 15 th hurricane  the biloxi daily herald august 11 1901 p 1 and august 16 1901 p 1    october 1903 byc members considered leaving the southern gulf coast yachting association  the biloxi daily herald october 17 1903 p 1    march 1904 former commodore dr da nash 18581904 died on march 25 1904  the biloxi daily herald march 26 1904 p 5    february 1907 tp dulion 18611907 former byc commodore expired on february 20 1907  the biloxi daily herald february 20 1907 p 1    may 1915 bathers at the biloxi yacht club were robbed of coins left in their pants pockets while swimming otis morgan had 3 stolen bill roof lost 40 cents and lyle dacey was missing 50 cents will ryan keeper is making an effort to locate the thief the daily herald may 15 1922 p 3  september 1915 the biloxi yacht club building was destroyed on september 29 1915 by a hurricane  january 1916   january 1917 byc incorporated on january 31 1916 harrison county miss chattel deed bk 59 p 77 and 2 nd jd charter of incorporation bk 7 p 81  1919 rathborne debuys 18741930 nola architect and engineer and syc member designed the fishboat which became the onedesign race boat for the gcya it was replaced by the flying scot in 1969  1921williard l via  18551921 former byc commodore expired at mobile alabama on january 26 1921  the daily herald jauary 26 1921 p 4    1922 the lady fish   and  pompano   byc s initial fish class boats built by anson holley 18821967 on back bay for 1020 were launched in late june  the daily herald june 29 1922 p 2    1923 byc regatta featured in the rudder and boating magazimes articles written by anthony v ragusin of the biloxi chamber of commerce with images by southland studios  the daily herald august 20 1923 p 3    1937the byc won the 16th sir thomas lipton cup regatta at gulfport in september edging the bucaneer yc of mobile alf dantzler jr 19152005 sailed one of the greatest races of his career in the final race the daily herald september 6 1937 p 1 on june 14 1937 the woman of the byc met and organized a group of club ladies to promote an interest in women to take a more active interest in sailing and support club activities mrs george stannus jr and lydia bailey o mara 19061991 were the impetus for this movement the daily herald june 16 1937 p 7  1940byrd enochs  18751940 expired on february 29 1940  1942 in midmarch the us weather bureau  atlanta georgia removed its record keeping site from the biloxi yacht club to keesler field jg manuel of the civil aeronautics authority was placed in charge of recording daily weather phenomena john grady had kept the weather data at the byc it was believed that weather conditions with exposure over water were not exactly indicative of the temperature over the city the daily herald march 20 1942 p 5  1943mary c holmes  spouse of robert h holmes  conveyed the riparian lot on elmer s flats that she owned in the biloxi channel to the byc  it had a ninetysix foot front on the water and ran north to the seawall wallace chapman 19031982 was commodore of the byc at this time harrison county miss land deed bk 254 p 249  1953 former commodore  douglas t watson  18841953 died at nola on may 16 1953  the daily herald may 18 1953 p 15    1969 hurricane camille destroys byc at elmer s flats  1970 byc begins to operate for the sailing season from a 40 foot trailer and use the temporarily repaired pier system that survivied camille the sun herald february 15 1970 section d p 1  1982 wallace chapman 19031982 died at biloxi on september 1982  the daily herald september 1982 p    2005 hurricane katrina destroys byc on east beach  2008 construction starts on new byc on east beach  2009 new byc opens on east beach on april 4th  the sun herald april 5 2009 p a7    byc commodores 1901 theodore p dulion  18611907  1902daniel a nash dds   18581904  daniel a nash  dds dr daniel arthur nash 18581904 was born at livingston sumter county alabama on december 10 1858 his parents were preston g nash 18211880 a virginia born attorney and later chancery clerk of sumter county alabama and by birth and a native of north carolina  marriage and family in 1900 he married elizabeth lizzie carraway 18691935 of jackson mississippi she was the daughter of john chapman carroway 18431901 and arcola carroway 18481933 john c carroway 18731931 mrs nash s brother was cashier at the bank of biloxi and later the couple had a child born circa 1901 that expired at birth  professional painless dentistry dr da nash dentist office in the  picard  building opposite the opera house biloxi   mississippi teeth pulled and extracted without pain my method is a simple discovery scientifically applied and perfectly harmless  the biloxi herald july 22 1893 p 1    politics elected aldermanatlarge and served in this capacity in 1895 and 1896  the biloxi herald february 18 1896 p 1  in 1900 the carroway family lived on front street at biloxi 1900 harrison county mississippi federal census t623 808 p 1a ed 31  mayoral appointment with the resignation of mayor harry t howard    dr daniel a nash alderman of ward 3 was appointed mayor of biloxi by governor anselm j mclauren 18481909 after resigning his position as city alderman daniel a nash took the oath of office on september 5 1899  the biloxi daily herald    yachtsman dr nash was heavily involved in the biloxi yacht club and southern gulf yachting association he served as commodore of the byc and  urania dr nash and william via owned the swift racing yacht  urania  at the 1903 annual gulfport yacht club regatta they decided not to sail  urania  to defend the gcya cup held by the biloxi yacht club the owners felt that their craft could win the upcoming gulfport regatta but were offended by criticism resulting from the baywaveland race in which mr via s piloting of the  urania  met with scrutiny william nels johnson 18641903 the builder of  urania  had sailed her to six wins in seven matches against all comers the boat had new sails and the owners felt that she had no other rival on the mississippi coast except the  gladiola  dr nash commented that the  urania  was for sale  the biloxi daily herald july 29 1903 p 1      nash home and fire in the spring of 1897 dr nash let a contract to william p burke 18581924 to erect a sixroom cottage in the keller addition subdivision on the biloxi front beach john c carraway his brotherinlaw was also having his residence built nearby by john r harkness 18271903   the biloxi herald april 3 1897 p 1   dr nash s beach front domicile west of the biloxi cemetery was destroyed in a large conflagration on february 10 1902 faulty electric wiring was believed to be the origin of the fire dr nash escaped from the burning structure with a minimal amount of clothing on his person the vacant judge hc turley home adjacent to the nash place was saved by a volunteer bucket brigade dr nash estimated his losses at 5000 which included many painting and silverware he carried 3000 in insurance with the swan agency  the biloxi daily herald february 11 1902 p 1   it is interesting to note that judge hc turley was appointed postmaster at natchez in april 1897 during the william mckinley 18431901 presidential administration judge turley was republican national committeeman for mississippi from 1900 to february 1904  the biloxi herald april 3 1897 p 1 and the new york times february 28 1904 p 1   in june 1902    dr nash and family took up quarters at the montross hotel on the biloxi waterfront they later relocated to a home on the corner of howard avenue and couevas street in late august 1903 he planned to hold a fire works celebration at his home for the children of ward 2 if james k vardaman 18611930 was elected governor of mississippi mr vardaman was elected and served one term as governor  the biloxi daily herald june 30 1902 p 8 and august 27 1903 p 6    da nash doctor of dental surgery hours 830 am600 pm office upstairs bank of biloxi building  the biloxi daily herald october 21 1903 p 4    accidental death dr daniel a nash expired at his biloxi residence in late march 1904 he was accidentally shot to death with his own shot gun the funeral was held at his couevas street residence with the reverend hw van hook of the biloxi methodist church presiding dr nash was eulogized by  the biloxi  daily  in his death the city of biloxi has lost a useful and progressive citizen who had the future of the place he had adopted as his home close to his heart  his corporal remains were interred in the biloxi cemetery  the biloxi daily herald march 26 1904 p 5 and the progress april 2 1904 p 4    elizabeth c nash and hd lowd in may 1908 elizabeth lizzie carraway nash married howard dickson lowd 18601910 at biloxi howard was her childhood sweetheart in jackson mississippi initially he made his livelihood in the newspaper business as a printer s apprentice and bookkeeper for  the clarion  at jackson in 1886 howard d lowd commenced his own journal  the daily advertiser  it failed after two years and he went to washington dc to work for the government printing office in 1907 hd lowd returned to his native jackson to become manager of  the daily news  composing room he became telegraph editor before relocation to birmingham alabama to work in a similar post with  the birmingham ledger  howard d lowd expired in the nation s capitol in january 1910  the daily herald january 12 1910 p 8   lizzie carroway nash lowd and her mother eventually relocated to st louis missouri they were residence of the washington hotel in 1930 and of the monterrey hotel in august 1931 when john c carroway her brother expired at st louis on july 30 1931 his corporal remains were sent to biloxi mississippi for internment in the family plot in the biloxi cemetery  1930 st louis co missouri federal census r1244 pp 8a and 8b ed 218 and the daily herald august 6 1931    references    the biloxi daily herald business and professional men  the biloxi daily herald biloxi mississippi1902 p 53 journals the biloxi herald   a fish story   july 1 1893 p 8 the biloxi herald   advertisement   july 22 1893 the biloxi herald   local happenings  december 28 1894 the biloxi herald   woodmen of the world   august 31 1895 the biloxi herald   new officers   february 18 1896 the biloxi herald     april 3 1897 the biloxi daily herald   city officials   january 28 1899 the biloxi daily herald   biloxi new mayor   september 1 1899 the biloxi daily herald   city council   september 9 1899 the biloxi daily herald   john c carroway dies   april 21 1901 p 1 the biloxi daily herald   dr nash s house burned to the ground last night   february 11 1902 the biloxi herald   city news   june 29 1902 the biloxi daily herald   senator mclaurin   october 21 1902 the biloxi daily herald   races saturday   august 19 1902 the biloxi daily herald   bank of biloxi   may 2 1903  the biloxi daily herald    urania  will not enter   july 29 1903 the biloxi daily herald   fireworkif   august 27 1903 the biloxi daily herald   advertisement   october 21 1903 the biloxi daily herald   dr nash killed   march 26 1904 the biloxi daily herald   funeral of dr nash   march 28 1904 the clarion   jackson mississippi   mortuary notice   april 27 1887 the daily herald   howard d lowd dies at capital   january 12 1910 the daily herald   weekly list of deed filed   september 27 1912 the daily herald   john carraway   sic   buried   august 6 1931 the daily herald   arcola carroway   september 1933 the daily herald   lizzie c lowd   june 1935 the new york times   southern republican quits   february 28 1904 the   ocean springs  progress     personal news interest   april 2 1904 p 4  1903williard l via  18551921  1904ulysse desporte  18611927  1905ernest desporte sr   1906theodore p dulion  18611907  1907williard lvia  18551921  1908isidore heidenheim  18591918  1909john j kennedy   1910s 1910edward l brady 18691939  1911edward l brady 18691939  1912william p kennedy 1913william p kennedy 1914julius m lopez 1915douglas watson  18841953  1916douglas watson 1917douglas watson 1918 john j kennedy 1919tk devitt   1920s 1920 andrew swanzy 1921 byrd enochs   18751940  1922jp moore jr 1923dr albert brown russ  18881953  1924edward e elmer 1925fg collins 1926 1927wl leach  18701949  1928thomas j wiltz  18701940  1929 1930s 1930ernest desporte 1931erneste desporte 1932ge moore 1933 robert h pringle  19041981  1934william p kennedy ii 1935wl barbour 1936fc goodman 1937george d stannus  18801938  1938emery farish sadler  18991959  1939eldon bolton  19101990  1940s 1940alfred l dantzler  19152005  1941robert h brodie  19021992  1942d r braxton b o meara  18961969  1943wallace chapman  19031982  1944 wallace chapman  19031982  commodore  carl matthes  rear commodore  1945 wallace chapman  19031982  1946 wallace chapman  19031982  1947james w pringle  19141971  1948carl l matthes  18961972  1949edward craft tonsmeire  19111972  1950s 1950john b joyce  19091970  1951fred b ferson  18971969  1952thomas c kemp 1953walter seymour 1954victor b pringle  19091977  1955phillip a joullian   18981976  1956 curtis p sinkhorn  19202000  1957lee victor pringle jr  19021974  1958harry j schmidt sr  md 19051997  1959ww gillis  19202008  1960s   1960fielding h staley  19121963  1961wp kennedy 1962lawrence c corban 1963j baltar holland 1964   charles dixie hollis   19282013  charles dixie hollis  19282013 expired at biloxi on september 6th dixie was the son of dr daniel l hollis 18931975 and vola elizabeth cummings hollis 18971994 he graduated from bhs with the class of 1946 where he played football and ran track dixie matriculated to the university of alabama and graduated from ole miss where he lettered in track mr hollis was active in the civic and social life of biloxi and was commodore of the byc in 1964 he worked for the veterans admnistration from 1955 until his retirement in 1992 the sun herald september 8 2013 p a12  1965 legrand j audion md  19181998  1966   jerry j ellis   1967 emile j fallo jr   1968eugene a peresich jr   1969julius jay m lopez ii  19081996  1970s 1970owen  b munro  19211980  1971owen b munro  19211980  1972gerald j quave 1973gerald j quave 1974harry j joachim 1975robert j schmidt md   1976strevey a williams 1977john e may jr and james h  neirynck   john e may jr   1978   james h jim neirynck   19282014  james h jim neirynck  19282014 native of bloomington illinois passed on june 2 2014 in biloxi he graduated from quincy college in quincy illinois then served as a staff sergeant in the united states air force during the korean war he was a longtime general contractor who built numerous homes and businesses on the gulf coast jim was a member of the biloxi yacht club for more than 35 years where he was an avid sailor and served as commodore for 2 years jim was also a member of the mississippi home builders association ocean springs rotary and st alphonsus catholic church the sun herald june 11 2014 p a4  1979william f wyatt 1980s 1980jerry j ellis 1981jerry j ellis   1982ralph pringle 1983william pontius md 1984clark d shaughnessy jr 1985larry manuel   1986eddie migues    1987thomas wiltz   1988walter t bolton   1989walter t bolton   1990s 1990michael mcdermott 1991harry j geller 1992otto e larsen   1993otto e larsen   1994william p kennedy iv   1995winfield scott   1996lester lala   1997lester lala   1998james taylor   1999mark ederer 2000s   2000richard c schmidt jr 2001robert j schmidt jr 2002gavin schmidt 2003jude mcdonnell 2004jude mcdonnell 2005jerry j ellis jr 2006jerry j ellis jr 2007james a graham iii 2008robert smith 2009robert smith 2010gaylord wilson 2011rocky rhodes 2012jeffrey ellis 2013barrett barry william barq 2014 2015todd holman 2016   history headley frederic sawford 18581920 a native of surrey england was involved with the early development of the biloxi yacht club serving his mates as secretary for several terms he worked diligently to develop and promote the 1 st biloxi yacht club regatta held in august 1900 at the third biloxi yacht club regatta in 1902 he provided the montross cup a threehandled silver trophy that was a foottall to the schooner that won in the fortyfoot and over class dr daniel a nash 18581904 biloxi dentist and commodore of the byc gave the nash cup to the victor of the under twentyfoot catboat division  the biloxi daily herald august 22 1900 p 1 august 13 1902 p 1 and august 19 1902 p 1  1901 byc officers for 190102 john carraway   pres john j kennedy v pres hf sawford sec byrd enochs treas theodore p dulion commodore george h dunbar vice commodore dr daniel a nash rear commodore dr hr bohn fleet surgeon other known members albert b austin ernest desporte 18531931 martin haas isidore heidenheim harry t howard wm levy hf sawford and wf swan  the biloxi daily herald may 4 1901 p 1  contractor ch owen said that the byc will be fully completed this week he will open a keg of nails if there is no celebration  the biloxi daily herald july 28 p 8  1902 byc officers for 190203 john j kennedy   pres ja hattlestad v pres byrd enochs sec treas dr daniel a nash william p kennedy vice commodore frank gorenflo rear commodore dr er bragg fleet surgeon other known members dr hr bohn john carraway wkm dukate tp dulion frank gorenflo william gorenflo william grant william griffin martin haas isidore heidenheim joseph henley harry t howard oscar johnson jb lemon wm levy arnaud lopez mw murphy hf sawford wf swan je swetman jr and wl via  the biloxi daily herald june 6 1902 p 1  1903 byc officers for 190304 ja hattlestad pres wh buck v pres ed suter sec sr er bragg asst sec hf sawford treas albert austin fleet capt wl via commodore frank gorenflo vice commodore oscar johnson rear commodore dr er bragg fleet surgeon martin haas measurer other known members tp dulion ernest desporte james b lemon john j kennedy george swan and william murphy  the biloxi daily herald june 3 1903 p 8  1904 byc officers for 190405 isidore heidenheim 18591918   pres jp hogan v pres wh buck sec hf sawford treas oscar johnson fleet capt ulysse desporte commodore elbert dukate vice commodore ec tonsmeire rear commodore dr er bragg fleet surgeon ernest desporte measurer rj lowery asst measurer other known members ao bourdon wkm dukate tp dulion edward glennan william gorenflo ja hattlestad david holt 187221941 john j kennedy and walter mackie  the biloxi daily herald june 2 1904 p 5  1905 byc officers for 190506  pres wh buck v pres ed suter sec sr er bragg asst sec hf sawford treas albert austin fleet capt wl via commodore frank gorenflo vice commodore oscar johnson rear commodore dr er bragg fleet surgeon martin haas measurer other known members tp dulion ernest desporte james b lemon john j kennedy george swan and william murphy  the biloxi daily herald june 3 1905 p 8  1906 byc officers for 190607 ulysse desporte  pres wl ellis v pres sam picard sec w h buck treas vj tucei fleet capt theodore p dulion commodore ha janin vice commodore cc neilsen rear commodore dr er bragg fleet surgeon ernest desporte sr measurer other known members   the biloxi daily herald june 6 1906 p 1  the annual june regatta cup race was postponed indefinitely  the biloxi daily herald june 6 1906 p 1  1907 byc officers for 190708  pres wh buck v pres ed suter sec sr er bragg asst sec hf sawford treas albert austin fleet capt wl via commodore frank gorenflo vice commodore oscar johnson rear commodore dr er bragg fleet surgeon martin haas measurer other known members tp dulion ernest desporte james b lemon john j kennedy george swan and william murphy  the biloxi daily herald june 3 1903 p 8  1908 byc officers for 190809 isidore heidenheim  commodore laz lopez vice commodore ernest desporte sr rear commodore ha janin fleet captain dr er bragg fleet surgeon gj wiltz sec treas ernest desporte sr measurer other known active committee members ulysse desporte arnaud lopez hf sawford and sam picard  the biloxi daily herald june 6 1903 p 4  1909 byc officers for 190910  pres wh buck v pres ed suter sec sr er bragg asst sec hf sawford treas albert austin fleet capt wl via commodore frank gorenflo vice commodore oscar johnson rear commodore dr er bragg fleet surgeon martin haas measurer other known activecommittee members tp dulion ernest desporte james b lemon john j kennedy george swan and william murphy  the biloxi daily herald june 3 1903 p 8  1910 byc officers for 19101911 edward l brady 18691939   louis gorenflo vice commodore oscar johnson rear commodore ha janin rear commodore ulysse desporte fleet captain dr wt bolton fleet surgeon gj wiltz sec treas ernest desporte sr measurer other known members ernest desporte jr byrd enochs wj grant john j kennedy ml michel and hf sawford  the daily herald june 3 1910 p 8  1911 byc officers for 19111912 edward l brady 18691939   dan gorenflo vice commodore henry janin jr rear commodore we kennedy fleet captain dr frank carroll fleet surgeon gj wiltz sec treas ernest desporte sr official measurer other active committee members ernest desporte jr byrd enochs dr charles brown dr gf carroll albert gorenflo and george rhodes newly elected members were albert b austin byrd enochs jc elmer je evans albert s gorenflo john j kennedy william p kennedy and hf sawford  the daily herald june 3 1911 p 1  1912 byc officers for 19121913 william p kennedy  18731951  commodore  julius lopez vice commodore dr to hunter rear commodore fergus bohn fleet captain dr frank carroll fleet surgeon gj wiltz sec treas ernest desporte sr hh roof and cleve huggins official measurers other active committee members ernest desporte jr byrd enochs dr charles brown dr gf carroll albert gorenflo and george rhodes newly elected members were john e breaux jr julius cahn fred m legge hl lowery charles z mckinney ap narbo ja osoinach frank m suter douglas watson rd wigginton  the daily herald may 3 1912 p 1 and june 1 1912 p 4  new pilings in june 1912 the gulfport cresoting company situated on bayou bernard shipped to the byc twentysix heavily cresoted pilings aboard the mable dixon  wp kennedy s boat john nichols had the contract to repair the yacht club before the large crowds expected for the annual regatta in july  the daily herald june 18 1912 p 8  1913 byc officers for 1913  william p kennedy   18731951   commodore  julius lopez vice commodore rear commodore fergus bohn 18781928 fleet captain dr to hunter fleet surgeon gj wiltz sec treas hh roof official measurer and ernest desporte sr and cleve huggins assistant measurers  the daily herald may 21 1913 p 1  1914 byc officers for 1914 julius m lopez  commodore douglas watson vice commodore john w apperson rear commodore fergus bohn fleet captain john eistetter asst fleet capatin dr gf carroll fleet surgeon gj wiltz sec treas hh roof cp huggins and ernest desporte sr official measurers the daily herald may 26 1914 p 1  1915 byc officers for 1915 douglas watson 18841953 commodore vice commodore rear commodore fleet captain fleet surgeon gj wiltz sec treas  membership  from journals   jw apperson  ej breaux jr   16 th annual regattajuly 8 and july 9   1915 hurricane   rebuilding in late october 1915 commodore watson laid the ground work for erecting a new yacht club at biloxi to cost between 2000 and 2500 je breaux jr and jg wiltz were appointed to locate a site on biloxi s waterfront and commodore watson with john f eistetter byrd enoch and hh roof were charged with acquiring architectural plans for the new facility  the times picayune october 21 1915 p 13  1916   1917   1918 byc officers for 1918 john j kennedy 181949 commodore fergus bohn 18781928 vice commodore henry piaggio rear commodore gj wiltz sec treas board members john j kennedy chairman ec tonsmiere charles s holcombe john s hord douglas watson julium m lopez and jc elmer it was decided that a club member could only enter the yacht club with three ladies at one time members serving in the armed forces and those called to service in the future would be exempt from annual dues there would be a dance on new year s night the daily herald december 29 1917 p 1 the byc applied for a new state charter and received it on january 31 1917 incorporators were jc elmer 18881920 john s hord 18861949 edward c tonsmiere 18791956 gaston j wiltz 18731948 charles l rushing 18811923 george c quint and douglas watson 18841953 harrison county miss chattel deed bk 59 p 77 and 2 nd jd charter of incorporation bk 7 p 81  1919 thomas k devitt commodore fr gifford vice commodore byrd enochs rear commodore gj wiltz sec treas board members julius m lopez jc elmer george quint fr gifford jr meunier and jw apperson age limit to join the byc was set at 18 years and older  the daily herald january 25 1919 p 1   20 th annual regatta 2oth annual regatta held july 9 1919  1920 byc officers for 1920 andrew swanzy  1819 commodore byrd enochs vice commodore julius m lopez rear commodore gj wiltz sec treas board members john w apperson charles s holcombe fr gifford and jc elmer the annual dues were raised to 8  the daily herald december 19 1919 p 1 and december 27 1919 p 2    1921 williard l via  18551921 twice byc commodore died at mobile alabama on jauary 26 1921  the daily herald january 26 1921 p 4  1921 byc officers for 1921 byrd enochs  18751940 commodore je breaux jr vice commodore wp kennedy rear commodore ernest desporte fleet captain dr g frank carroll fleet surgeon gj wiltz sec treas board members fr gifford douglas watson jp moore jr es beale fw elmer jr and jw apperson life members in june 1921 the byc had twentytwo life members john w apperson alfred f dantzler 18701945 gb dantzler lorenzo n dantzler 18661943 elbert l dukate barney eaton daniel j gay fr gifford john s hord cp huggins ernest l jahncke jb levert julius m lopez 18861958 john d minor 18761937 henry piaggio dg skinner wf swan a swanzy douglas watson gj wiltz and john t white  the daily herald june 27 1921 p 3  wh parham of the syc was made and honorary life member and he gumbel was names honorary commodore for one year new member eugene a peresich  the daily herald december 28 1921 p 1 and p 6  1922 byc officers for 19221923 jp moore jr  commodore edward h gower 18631928 vice commodore dr claude b warner 18711959 rear commodore ernest desporte fleet captain dr frank carroll fleet surgeon gj wiltz sec treas board members jc baltar je breaux jr 18821942 byrd enochs harold p flanders 18901940 fh kimbrough and lh williams new members john tujaque jr delauney castanera j narro jr earl becnel and clark astleford  the daily herald december 28 1921 p 1 and p 6 and may 31 1922 p 1  anson holley 18821967 biloxi ship carpenter builds the lady fish and  pompano   two fish class boats for the september lipton cup regatta at pensacola sic   the daily herald  eastern shore yacht club of mobile won the lipton cup montgomery barkley spottswood 18551942 and edward e elmer sailed biloxi s two fish class entrants and finished out of the top three two seaplanes a navy aircraft from pensacola and that of biloxi s ja whitted entertained the crowd  the daily herald september 6 1922 p 8  1923 byc officers for 19231924 dr albert brown russ  18881953 commodore eh gower vice commodore a swanzy rear commodore gj wiltz sec treas board members jt white hp flanders jw apperson edward e elmer cm lanius and dg weir  the daily herald december 27 1922 p 3  the july 1923 byc regatta was featured in rudder and boating  two national magazines the articles written by  anthony v ragusin  of the biloxi chamber of commerce with images by southland studios  the daily herald august 20 1923 p 3  1924 byc officers for 19241925 edward e elmer  commodore hp flanders vice commodore william p kennedy rear commodore gj wiltz sec treas board members w leach byrd enochs henry cosman eisendrath 18631943 stanley h butte jr 18961976 wf goodman and emery f sadler annual dues raised to 10 per annum and the nonresident annual dues remained at 8 per annum  the daily herald december 27 1923 p 1  1925 byc officers for 19241925 francis g collins  commodore dr albert b russ 18881953 vice commodore byrd enochs rear commodore gj wiltz sec treas board members edward e elmer w leach albert mallard john m grady ge moore and emery f sadler  the daily herald december 29 1924 p 1  1926 byc officers for 19251926 edward e elmer  commodore dr john franklin detweiler 18611949 vice commodore dr albert b russ 18881953 rear commodore captain sp edmonds fleet captain gj wiltz sec treas board members   the biloxi news july 11 1926 p 1  27 th annual regatta 1927 wl leach  18701949 commodore albert s russ vice commodore ed elmer rear commodore fleet captain fleet surgeon gj wiltz sec treas  the daily herald june16 1927 p 1  the seabird  a 28foot vessel with a 9foot beam yawl rigged cabin sloop built by martin fountain for francis g collins and ge moore joined the byc sailing and motorboat fleet it was launched in april 1927  the daily herald april 9 1927 p 8 and june 27 1927 p 2  three commitments for 1928 gulf schooner championship at the regatta tommy burns of the edgewater gulf hotel ernest desporte jr of the biloxi rotary club and ec tonsmeire of the first national bank  the daily herald june 16 1927 p 1  in august eddie cannette keeper of the yacht club resigned and was replaced by john grady  the daily herald august 26 1927 p 2  1928 gj wiltz  18841953 commodore ernest desporte vice commodore ed elmer rear commodore fleet captain fleet surgeon albert bessey sec treas board members wl leach robert pringle wb chapman wb parks ford woods and stanley butte  the daily herald december 31 1927 p 2    1929  commodore vice commodore rear commodore fleet captain fleet surgeon gj wiltz sec treas  1930  commodore vice commodore rear commodore fleet captain fleet surgeon gj wiltz sec treas  1931  commodore vice commodore rear commodore fleet captain fleet surgeon gj wiltz sec treas  1932  commodore vice commodore rear commodore fleet captain fleet surgeon gj wiltz sec treas  1933 wl parks commodore vice commodore wp kennedy rear commodore fleet captain fleet surgeon gj wiltz sec treas  1934 wp kennedy jr commodore wl barbour vice commodore tom pringle rear commodore fleet captain fleet surgeon ah duston sec treas board gj wiltz professor w leach ernest desporte rh pringle hp flindo flanders and wl parks the daily herald december 20 1933 p 5  1935 commodore vice commodore rear commodore fleet captain fleet surgeon gj wiltz sec treas  1936  commodore vice commodore rear commodore fleet captain fleet surgeon gj wiltz sec treas  1937  commodore vice commodore rear commodore fleet captain fleet surgeon gj wiltz sec treas  1938 ew sadler  commodore vice commodore rear commodore fleet captain fleet surgeon gj wiltz sec treas  1939  commodore vice commodore rear commodore fleet captain fleet surgeon gj wiltz sec treas  1940  commodore vice commodore rear commodore fleet captain fleet surgeon gj wiltz sec treas the byc planned to revive the working schooner races and appointed dr eldon bolton william p kennedy ii and william l parks to arrange the contest to be sailed on july 3rd the daily herald may 7 1940 p 9  1941  commodore vice commodore rear commodore fleet captain fleet surgeon gj wiltz sec treas  1942 braxton bragg o mara   18961969 commodore the spring meeting of the gya was planned at biloxi on may 2 commodore dr bb o meara wallace chapman vicecommodore and secretary james w pringle rear commodore and race chairman and w leach treasurer  the daily herald april 23 1942 p 2  the lipton regatta was held on lake ponchartrain in early september the byc tied for fourth place in this annual event attendees from biloxi were commodore bb o mara 18961969 and lydia b o mara 19061991 his wife alf dantzler and spouse mr and mrs wallace chapman rh brodie james brodie lt tom pringle wd stevens jack baltar mr and mrs carl matthes carl matthes jr don chamberlain tommy kemp and wife and ge moore lawrence g beauvais commodore of the mobile yacht club was seriously injured in his crescent city hotel room by an intruder mr beauvais was well known and regarded along the gulf coast for his sailing skills and as a businessman  the daily herald september 8 1942 p 10  during wwii the byc did not elect officers after december 1942 until december 1946 the club officials elected for 1943 served until january 1 1947 the byc was rented to the us army air corps for three and onehalf years during the conflict  the daily herald december 11 1946 p 2    1943 wallace chapman  19031982 commodore the byc decided to sell their four fish class boats  they were 20 feet in length and fully equipped all sailing in 1943 would be done in private watercraft the daily herald may 27 1943 p 2  byc won the mobile regatta held in late may  the biloxi team of alf dantzler   robert brodie  and ge moore finished ahead of gulfport mobile pensacola and buccaneer tied southern and pass christian was last ed moore of biloxi won the 2nd race the daily herald may 31 1943 p 2  1944 the byc board accepted the offer of the deer island boat company to buy byc four boats southern yacht club is workin gon a new one design class boat and the byc may build the same boat after the war the daily herald march 4 1944 p 2  1945  the daily herald p 2  1946 wallace chapman was elected president of the gulf yachting association at its annual meeting at mobile he suceeds major fb wood st andrews bay the daily herald may 6 1946  1947 nominees for the 1947 officers and board members of the byc were james w pringle commodore carl e matthes vicecommodore ec tonsmiere rear commodore governing board nominees were gb achorn dr fitzroy john joyce thomas kemp gj wiltz wallace chapman and af dantzler   the daily herald december 11 1946 p 2  1948  the daily herald p 2  1949   1951 william p kennedy 18731951 former byc commodore and honorary commodore expired at 1008 west beach his residence in december 1951  the daily herald december 24 1951 p 6  1954 the year 1954 saw commodore victor b pringle 19091977 lead the byc in a productive manner the yacht club was the recipient of major repairs the competitive racing schedule was full and highlighted by the annual lipton regatta social activities of an eclectic nature filled the annual calendar  the daily herald december 6 1954 p 10  1955 philip a joullian 18981976 was elected commodore for 1955 in december 1954 to succeed victor b pringle 19091977 other elected officers were curtis p sinkhorn 19202000 vicecommodore and lv pringle rear commodore board of directors for 1955 were dr eldon l bolton walter seymour wp kennedy iii bert holland joseph creel and thomas kemp commodore joullian made his livelihood as district manager for the franklin life insurance company he had been president of the biloxi lions club and the mithras carnival club  the daily herald december 6 1954 p 10  1956 dr eldon bolton was elected captain of the byc penguin dinghy fleet in december 1956 the 1957 regional championships of the fleet were held at the mobile yacht club   the daily herald december 31956 p 17    1967 in late october 1966  emile fallo jr was elected commodore of the byc dr eldon bolton was chef for the dinner which was served prior to the election  eugene peresich jr was elected vice commodore and julius m lopez w as named rear commodore  mrs william f wyatt was appointed secretarytreasurer by commodore fallo george booth lawrence larry corban henry eikel dr harry schmidt jr chris thygesen and william f wyatt were elected to the board of governors the daily herald october 29 1966  1969 camille august 1971 byc takes a leasepurchase on property known as the el capitan lounge  between kuhn street and street from the mutual security life insurance company of fort wayne indiana on september 20 1971 harrison co mississippi 2 nd jd land deed bk 20 p 496 byc acquires from the mutual security life insurance company of fort wayne indiana on september 20 1971 harrison co mississippi 2 nd jd land deed bk 21 p 577  1973 byc b orrows 23000 in 1973 all liens with the bank satisfied harrison co mississippi 2 nd jd trust deed bk 52 p 496 and bk 55 p 514  1978 byc borrows 34000 in 1973 all liens with the bank satisfied harrison co mississippi 2 nd jd trust deed bk 116 p 494  1983 william pontius commodore  1984 clark d shaugnessy jr elected commodore richard smith md vicecommodore william pittman rearcommodore board members dallas burns clinton bolton w gray slay patricia howell eddie migues and harold catchot  the daily herald january 3 1984 p a9  1986   1987 all liens with the bank satisfied harrison co mississippi 2 nd jd trust deed bk 20 p 496  2008 construction starts on new byc  the sun herald 2008 p a7  2009 byc opens on april 4 th   the sun herald april 5 2009 p a7  2010 changeofwatch ceremony initiated in february 2010 gaylord wilson commodore rocky rhodes vice commodore and jeffrey ellis rear commodore board members barry barq patrick diaz mike murray lois richardson ronnie tootle and jerry white  the sun herald february 13 2010 p a    references  50 th anniversary golden jubilee  the daily herald  18841934   the daily herald gulfport mississippi1934  the biloxi daily herald business and professional men  the biloxi daily herald biloxi mississippi1902 oliver j counce  the sesquicentennial of the southern yacht club  franklin southland printingmetairie louisiana2000 flora k schieb  history of the southern yacht club  pelican publishing co gretna louisiana1986 charles l sullivan   hurricanes of the mississippi gulf coast 1717 to present  gulf publishing co gulfport mississippi19  journals the biloxi herald   the biloxi yacht club   may 9 1896 p 8 the biloxi herald   fun today   august 21 1898 p 8 the biloxi daily herald   local and personal   may 18 1899 the biloxi daily herald   talk of a yacht club   october 19 1899 the biloxi daily herald   local and personal   december 15 1899  1900 the biloxi daily herald   city news   july 3 1900 the biloxi daily herald   city news   july 13 1900 the biloxi daily herald   biloxi regatta   july 21 1900 the biloxi daily herald   city news   august 5 1900 the biloxi daily herald   west end yacht club   august 7 1900 the biloxi daily herald   city news   august 9 1900 the biloxi daily herald   regatta at biloxi miss   august 12 1900 the biloxi daily herald   city news   august 17 1900 the biloxi daily herald   regatta closed   august 21 1900 the biloxi daily herald   pretty things   august 22 1900 the biloxi daily herald   late regatta   august 22 1900 the biloxi daily herald   the news   august 25 1900 the biloxi daily herald   city news   august 25 1900 the biloxi daily herald   southern yacht races   august 28 1900 the biloxi daily herald   money can be raised   august 29 1900 the biloxi daily herald   money can be raised   august 29 1900 the biloxi daily herald   additional locals   august 30 1900 the biloxi daily herald   a generous donation   september 18 1900  1901 the biloxi daily herald   city news   january 26 1901 the biloxi daily herald   yachting matters   march 10 1901 the biloxi daily herald   city news   april 6 1901 the biloxi daily herald   new rules   april 11 1901 the biloxi daily herald   seashore campground news dots   april 14 1901 the biloxi daily herald   summer regatta   april 17 1901 the biloxi daily herald   city news   april 20 1901 the biloxi daily herald   city news   april 24 1901 the biloxi daily herald   yachting matters   april 26 1901 the biloxi daily herald   a yacht club meeting   april 30 1901 the biloxi daily herald   successfully organized   april 30 1901 the biloxi daily herald   the yacht club   may 4 1901 p 1 the biloxi daily herald   the yacht club   may 17 1901 p 1 the biloxi daily herald   the yacht club   june 1 1901 p 1 the biloxi daily herald   a start made   june 12 1901 p 1 the biloxi daily herald   city news   june 20 1901 the biloxi daily herald   city news   july 2 1901 the biloxi daily herald   all is satisfactory   july 3 1901 the biloxi daily herald   city news   july4 1901 the biloxi daily herald   city news   july 6 1901 the biloxi daily herald   regatta   july 6 1901 the biloxi daily herald   regatta   july6 1901 the biloxi daily herald   aftermath of the regatta   july 7 1901 the biloxi daily herald   aftermath of the regatta   july 9 1901  the biloxi daily herald   charter of incorporation of the biloxi yacht club   july 10 1901 the biloxi daily herald   west end dots   july 23 1901 the biloxi daily herald   city news   july 28 1901 the biloxi daily herald   yachting on coast   july 30 1901 the biloxi daily herald   biloxi yacht club   august 6 1901 the biloxi daily herald   city news   august 9 1901 the biloxi daily herald   juvenile regatta   august 9 1901 the biloxi daily herald   magnolia yacht club  juvenile regatta     august 13 1901 the biloxi daily herald   the club house   august 11 1901 the biloxi daily herald   a great hurricane   august 17 1901 the biloxi daily herald   shipwrecked mariners   august 18 1901 the biloxi daily herald   city news   august 21 1901 the biloxi daily herald   city news   september 1 1901 the biloxi daily herald   city news   september 1 1901 the biloxi daily herald   city news   september 8 1901 the biloxi daily herald   city news   september 9 1901 the biloxi daily herald   the yacht club  october 5 1901 the biloxi daily herald   city news   december 1 1901 the biloxi daily herald   city news   december 3 1901  1902 the biloxi daily herald   two cups   january 8 1902 the biloxi daily herald   dr nash s house burned to the ground last night   february 11 1902 the biloxi daily herald   signal tower   february 21 1902 the biloxi daily herald   informal dance   february 25 1902 the biloxi daily herald   spring regatta   march 6 1902 the biloxi daily herald   city news   april 13 1902 the biloxi daily herald   city news   april 17 1902 the biloxi daily herald   mr carroway resigns   may 2 1902 the biloxi daily herald   biloxi yacht club   may 8 1902 the biloxi daily herald   cup committee meets here   may 14 1902 the biloxi daily herald   king s daughter s   may 23 1902 the biloxi daily herald   first day session   may 29 1902 the biloxi daily herald   city news   june 3 1902 the biloxi daily herald   annual meeting of yacht club   june 6 1902 the biloxi daily herald   four cups offered   june 10 1902 the biloxi daily herald   first day session  miss state underwriter s assoc     june 12 1902 the biloxi daily herald   city news   june 13 1902 the biloxi daily herald   special meeting of yacht club   june 13 1902 the biloxi daily herald   the summer pavilion   june 14 1902 the biloxi daily herald   regatta ball   june 15 1902 the biloxi daily herald   the summer pavilion   june 15 1902 the biloxi daily herald   information and instructions for sailing masters   june 18 1902 the biloxi daily herald   riley wins herald s cup   june 19 1902 the biloxi daily herald   echoes of cup races   june 24 1902 the biloxi daily herald   city news   june 28 1902 the biloxi daily herald   yachting news   july 1 1902 the biloxi daily herald   for point clear regatta   july 1 1902 the biloxi daily herald   city news   july 2 1902 the biloxi daily herald   yachting notes   july 3 1902 the biloxi daily herald    american girl  wins   july 6 1902 the biloxi daily herald   biloxi boats carry off everything   july 6 1902 the biloxi daily herald   afield and afloat   july 8 1902 the biloxi daily herald   cannot substitute   july 11 1902 the biloxi daily herald   city news   july 16 1902 the biloxi daily herald   additional prizes   july 16 1902 the biloxi daily herald    jolly traveler  wins   july 20 1902 the biloxi daily herald   city news   july 25 1902 the biloxi daily herald    urania loses again   august 3 1902 the biloxi daily herald      the biloxi daily herald      the biloxi daily herald   cup regatta   august 13 1902 the biloxi daily herald   races for the soldiers   august 13 1902 the biloxi daily herald   boys regatta   august 13 1902 the biloxi daily herald   the cup arrives   august 14 1902 the biloxi daily herald   want to thank us   august 15 1902 the biloxi daily herald   races saturday   august 19 1902 the biloxi daily herald   yacht club meeting   october 1 1902 the biloxi daily herald   the schooner yacht  falcon    october 18 1902 the biloxi daily herald   thomas w lawson   november 5 1902 the biloxi daily herald   attention yachtsmen   november 22 1902 the biloxi daily herald   traveling   december 6 1902 the timesdemocrat    fanchon under sail  july 30 1902  1903 the biloxi daily herald      the biloxi daily herald      the biloxi daily herald   why the change  syc changed regatta vessel classification     april 10 1903 the biloxi daily herald   yacht club meeting   april 25 1903 the biloxi daily herald   yacht association   april 27 1903 the biloxi daily herald   yachting news   may 4 1903 the biloxi daily herald   city news   june 1 1903 the biloxi daily herald   city news   june 2 1903 the biloxi daily herald   yacht club meeting   june 3 1903 the biloxi daily herald   city news   june 4 1903 the biloxi daily herald   local cup races   june 6 1903 p 1 the biloxi daily herald   coast yachting   june 15 1903  the biloxi daily herald   biloxi regatta   june 15 1903 the biloxi daily herald   a local regatta   june 16 1903 the biloxi daily herald   local cup races   june 16 1903 the biloxi daily herald      the biloxi daily herald      the biloxi daily herald   the via cup   july 3 1903 the biloxi daily herald     july 1903 the biloxi daily herald      the biloxi daily herald      the biloxi daily herald      the biloxi daily herald   a local regatta   july 25 1903 the biloxi daily herald    urania will not enter   july 29 1903 the biloxi daily herald   city items   october 10 1903 the biloxi daily herald   talk secession   october 17 1903 the biloxi daily herald   gulf coast yachtsmen   october 26 1903 the biloxi daily herald   snakes in it   october 27 1903 the biloxi daily herald   yacht club   november 7 1903  1904 the biloxi daily herald   dr nash killed   march 26 1904 the biloxi daily herald      1905 the biloxi daily herald      the biloxi daily herald      1906   the biloxi daily herald      the biloxi daily herald   biloxi yacht club meeting   june 6 1906  the biloxi daily herald   aftermath of biloxi regatta   july 23 1906 1907 the biloxi daily herald   noted citizen   theodore p dulion 18611907  passes away   february 20 1907  the biloxi daily herald      the biloxi daily herald      1908 the daily herald   regatta matters   june 6 1908 the biloxi daily herald   ninth annual regatta   july 22 1908  the biloxi daily herald    henry m leads the fleet   july 23 1908 the biloxi daily herald    henry m wins another race   july 27 1908 the biloxi daily herald      the biloxi daily herald      1909 the biloxi daily herald      the biloxi daily herald      1910 the daily herald   biloxi yacht club elects officers   june 3 1910 the biloxi daily herald      the biloxi daily herald      the biloxi daily herald      1911 the biloxi daily herald   brady is reelected commodore of the biloxi yacht club   june 3 1911 the biloxi daily herald      1912 the daily herald   wp kennedy elected commodore of biloxi yacht club last night   may 3 1912 the daily herald   outlook bright for yacht club  june 1 1912 the biloxi daily herald   piling here for yacht club   june 18 1912  the biloxi daily herald   five hundred and fifty come on special excursion to biloxi to witness regatta today   july 11 1912  1913 the biloxi daily herald   kennedy honored by reelection as yacht club head   may 21 1913 the biloxi daily herald      1914 the biloxi daily herald   yacht club names officers at its annual meeting   may 26 1914 the biloxi daily herald      the biloxi daily herald      the biloxi daily herald      1915 the daily herald   twenty years ago today   january 28 1915 the daily herald   yacht club now urges for use of biloxi tourists   january 30 1915 the daily herald   glennan offers tourists room above his store   february 2 1915 the daily herald   tourist club executive committee to recommend use of glennan store   february 2 1915 the daily herald   city hall chosen by tourist s club   february 4 1915 the daily herald   most auspicious mardi gras in biloxi s history promised today   february 16 1915 the daily herald   back to nature woman making tour of biloxi   march 2 1915 the biloxi daily herald   officers named for yacht club   may 22 1915 the daily herald   yacht club to meet   may 19 1915 the daily herald   yacht club dance   june 2 1915 the daily herald   yacht club meeting   june 3 1915 the daily herald   yacht club improvements   june 5 1915 the daily herald   harry haise gets contract   june 8 1915 the daily herald   discuss prizes at today s meet   june 9 1915 the daily herald   regatta committee to meet tomorrow   june 10 1915 the daily herald   regatta committee at its session yesterday afternoon plans prizes   june 12 1915 the daily herald   rates are offered for the regatta   june 30 1915 the daily herald   prizes arranged for the regatta   july 1 1915 the daily herald   soliciting work being pushed   july 2 1915 the daily herald   fast boat coming   july 5 1915 the daily herald   dance for visiting yachtsmen   july 6 1915 the daily herald   preparations completed for biloxi regatta to begin tomorrow   july 6 1915 the daily herald   biloxi harbor is scene of activity for the regatta   july 7 1915 the daily herald   h brazier s  sic  wonder  is winner in schooner race   july 8 1915 the daily herald   two speed boats   maid of orleans and petit kalolah   are entered for regatta contest   july 8 1915 the daily herald   urchins thrown into water   july 8 1915 the daily herald   regatta goes out in blaze of glory at riviera dance   july 9 2009 the daily herald   club dormitory being discussed   july 9 1915 the daily herald   yacht club meeting   august 18 1915 the times picayune   to rebuild club   october 21 1915  1916 the daily herald   yacht club designed ready to solicit funds   february 17 1916 the daily herald   club house soon to be completed   september 11 1916 the daily herald   biloxi yacht club work progressing   october 20 1916 the daily herald   new yacht club about finished   october 28 1916 the daily herald   to have opening   november 21 1916 the daily herald   yacht club opening on jan 3   december 20 1916 the daily herald      the daily herald      the jackson county times     july 29 1916 p 1  1917 the daily herald   to dedicate club amid much revelry   january 5 1917 the daily herald   yacht club dance proves delightful   january 6 1917 the daily herald   officers named for yacht club   january 16 1917 the daily herald   yacht club names committees   january 17 1917 the daily herald   dance at yacht club last night   january 20 1917 the daily herald   important meet of yacht club   january 22 1917 the daily herald   yacht club to open   january 30 1917 the daily herald   martin fountain s henry m wins schooner race at biloxi   july 5 1917 the daily herald    belle l puts thrill in regatta crowdswins coast championship   july 6 1917 the times picayune   yachtsmen jubilant over success of their regatta   july 8 1917 the daily herald   elect officers for ensuing year   december 29 1917 the daily herald      1918 the daily herald   miss  beryl  wilkes entertains   january 2 1918 the daily herald   too much friction causes cops downfall asserts mayor glennan   january 3 1918 the daily herald   yacht club dance   january 18 1918 the daily herald   notice biloxi yacht club members   january 25 1918 the daily herald   notice biloxi yacht club members   january 26 1918 the daily herald   notice biloxi yacht club members   february 4 1918 the daily herald   officers given club membership   february 7 1918 the daily herald   card party at yacht club   february 8 1918 the daily herald   young ladies go bathing   february 9 1918 the daily herald   merchants report sales of bathing suits   february 28 1918  1919 the daily herald   sail events take place tomorrow   july 8 1919 the daily herald    louis goldman defeats wonder    july 14 1919 the daily herald   biloxi yacht club to hold meeting   december 19 1919 the daily herald   yacht club holds meeting   december 27 1919  1920 the daily herald   schooners for entering regatta   july 1 1920 the daily herald   21 st annual regatta   july 3 1920 the daily herald   drowning of george russell cast gloom over last day s race   july 7 1920  1921 the daily herald   biloxi yacht club in annual meet   january 21 1921 the daily herald   wl via dies   january 26 1921 the daily herald   large number of life members   june 27 1921 the daily 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(122, 'en', 'node_search', ' police force police force ray sat 5282011 1458  biloxi policeman  image made at l n depot ca 1940 courtesy of tom walker  time line 1886 the mayor planned to veto the action of the town council in reducing the cost of a bar room license from 125 to 50 unless the bar keepers agree to pay 20 each towards the expenses of the police department the daily telegraph monroe louisiana april 28 1886  1888 in may 1888 jc delamarre  biloxi town marshal  was appointed deputy sheriff by sheriff florian seal the biloxi herald june 2 1888 p 8  1896 jc delamarre resigned as biloxi s marshal effective 15 march   charles w blake was appointed the new marshal by governor mclaurin delamarre was complimented by the city council for actions taken during his short tenure as marshal the biloxi herald march 14 1896 p 8  1897 marshal charles w blake had three officers on the bpd robert m mosley j a mckinley 18521920 and tony galletta 18301906 his salary was 50 per month and his patrolmen were paid 30 per month the biloxi herald january 9 1897 p 8  1899 marshal mosley and officer mckinley captured 10 white crap shooters at point cadet yesterdaythey pleaded guilty in court and were fined 5 and court costs marshall mosely had started to break gambling in biloxi without regards to who indulges in it stir clear of alluring cards and fascinating bones if you do not want to appear in city court the biloxi daily herald january 17 1899 p 8  1901 the biloxi city council decided that the city would not pay for the new spring police uniforms the biloxi police were expected to acquire their spring uniforms at their own expense  the biloxi herald april 11 1901 p 8    1902 marshal john a mckinley  18521920 when marshal robert m mosley resigned in the fall of 1902 to become chief inspector for the mississippi oyster commission  john augustus mckinley  18521920 was appointed the new marshal by biloxi s alderman to replace him rm randolph was his only opposition  sardin george was added to the bpd at this time the biloxi daily herald september 1 1902 p1 and september 3 1902 p 1  1909 the mayor and board elected rm randolph sardin george and peter bellande to serve at policemen for biloxi the biloxi daily herald janaury 6 1909 p 1    1914 police chief staehling issued instructions to his patrolmen  rm randolph zudie hightower nee julius sablich and nat bolton  to arrest proprietors of liquor joints and bootleggers  public and private houses were also banned of alcohol staehling said there will be no favoritiism played hunt was arrested on main street with more than 300 quarts of beer and some whiskey he was fined 50 by police judge zt champlin  sheriff jc elmer related that as many as 60 blind tigers and bootleggers in the area  the daily herald july 22 1914 p 1  1915 police chief staehling  had a staff of police officers consisting of p eter bellande   sardin george   zudie hightower and rm randolph   1917 chief randolph was chastised by some members of the police committee and city council because of his challenge to their interference into internal matters of the biloxi police depatment the daily herald january 9 1917 p 1 the biloxi city council discussed acquiring a conveyance vehicle for the police department although a motorcycle was part of the discussion a patrol wagon was considered a possibility  the daily herald february 8 1917 p 3    1918 mayor edward glennan 18541933 started his final year as mayor of biloxi with turmoil in the police department in january 1918 when it was time to reappoint patrolmen walter h hunt 18871961 1 st ward alderman opposed that frank j zudie hightower  18901976  peter bellande  18711933 and john w mabry  18731940 continue with the force the board of aldermen appointed joseph mattina  18891969 a barber  willie ryan  18761958 biloxi yacht club keeper and martin green jr  18751951 a boat dealer to replace the three men none of the city council s new policemen had any law enforcement experience and they had to be trained by chief rm randolph  chief randolph further stated that he was greatly surprised and was unwilling to part with officer bellande  he declares that officer peter bellande has always proven himself a  very efficient police officer  officer bellande also has a large number of friends in the city administration as well as among citizens who are nor connected with the city  the daily herald january 3 1918 p   1  1920 in june 1920 the biloxi police force was headed by chief george bills with joseph venus  a new hire  alonzo gabrich  and  michel as patrol officers since the resignation of zudie hightower  nee sablich mayor jj kennedy had not replaced him joseph mattina 18891969 came on the force in july replacing joseph venus the daily herald june 3 1920 p 3 and july 17 1920  john a mckinley  18521920 former patrolman and police chief expired at columbia mississippi on september 7 1920  kate k mckinley  18561921 died at biloxi on the daily herald september 9 1920 p 1 and  1921 at the start of 1921 the biloxi police department consisted of chief george bills and four officers  richard grady   joseph mattina   alonzo gabrich  and charles lowd  18911967 the daily herald january 15 1921 p 1  1922 in late march  joseph mattina  18891969 a biloxi policeman  shot and killed adolph hunt   18841922 in downtown biloxi the incident was ruled as selfdefense  the daily herald march 28 1922 p 1   the night force in may consisted of charles lowd   alonzo gabrich  and george mon  they protected the riviera hotel from looters during and after the conflagration of may 15 1922 the daily herald may 15 1922 p 3  1926  three biloxi policemen   evon swetman  19021976  richard grady and jake stanovich  of the night patrol discovered a blaze at the rosell bungalow on west beach between porter and gill avenues and awoke the tenant mrs albert madding  units from west end no 1 central no 1 and hook ladder no 1 arrived on the scene and quickly arrested the incipient conflagration limiting damage and the loss of the structure  the five city firemen were aided by volunteers the daily herald september 4 1926 p 1  1928  by early february 1928 the new police station on the first floor of biloxi s city hall was nearing completion  chief george bills  18671945 had just hired felix mattina  18861946 and frank hecht  19011981 to the work with the night force to fill the void in his ranks created by the death of officer jake stanovich  18911927 mr mattina had prior law enforcement experience and had been a deputy sheriff frank hecht had no police experience as he had worked for standard oil and the city bus company with the new hires the biloxi night force consisted of the following men  charles lowd   omer graves  18861933  evon swetman  19021976  richard grady  18911958 and lawrence stockton  18931956 chief bills and alonzo gabrich  18941948 city detective comprised the day force  the daily herald february 8 1928 p 2    1932 chief alonzo gabrich announced schedule changes for his police officers  joseph randazzo   alick ewing  18761942  harvey chinn  and charles lowd   the daily herald may 2 1932 p 2    1933 chief alonzo gabrich announced his resignation from the biloxi police department on august 18th with r hart chinn expected to be elected mayor on august 25th others to resign their city positions were w lee guice city attorney and arnold skinny davidson city el ectrician the daily herald august 18 193 3 p 1    1936   1939 felix n mattina  18861946 police officer deputy sheriff and former two term beat 1 constable 19281936 announced his candidacy for beat 1 constable in may 1939 since 1936 officer mattina had served biloxi as a city patrolman in the mayor louis e braun administration he had also been a police officer during the glennan and kennedy mayoral years mattina would also run for constable in 1943  the daily herald may 2 1939 p 1 and may 31 1943 p 1    1940 in may 1940  herbert mcdonnell  uniformed officer was appointed a plain clothes officer while harry jones  night desk sergeant became a day force officer  alick eweing  officer became the night desk sergeant the daily herald may 6 1940 p 16  1941 chief gabrich announced that an air school program would be initiated  henry cook jr  a twoyear extra duty officer would become a regular policeman also pat jordan and harry jones would be assigned to the new 24hour motorcycle servive the daily herald june 16 1941 p 3  1942 officers louis anglada and g lepre resigned from the bpd in august 1942  lee chinn  a fireman for 29 years was dismissed from his duties the daily herald august 3 1942 p 5  1943 alonzo gabrich retired as police chief on january 4 1943 after 24 years with the bpd his tenure as police chief totaled 14 years gabrich started with the city of biloxi working as an office boy for wg henderson and later c ollected street taxes and drove a fire wagon  by 1917 he had been the  sanitary inspector pound master  and special police officer the biloxi community in respect and appreciation for his long and faithful sevice to their city presented mr gabrich with gifts a belt buckle with three diamonds cash and bonds and an elks diamond ring  the daily herald august 14 1917 p 1 and january 4 1943 p 5  laz quave became police chief on january 4 1943 and louis anglada was named his assistant other members of quave s staff were  earl wetzel  city detective arthur largilliere desk sergeant joseph mattina charles comeaux vincent fernandez albert demoran oswald chatham henry cook al boehm so hall john labash and floyd gill the daily herald january 4 1943 p 5  1944 louis e anglada 19101955  was appointed acting police chief of biloxi in july 1944 he joined the biloxi force in 1935 and worked his way to assist chief from a uniformed officer and dectective chief anglado is a member of the knights of columbus fishermen s union mississippitennessee peace officers and back bay fire company the daily herald july 8 1944 p 3  1949 captain joseph mattina sr  18891969 who was born at nola on january 13 1889 and had been a resident of biloxi since 1896 retired from the biloxi police department in 1949 he had joined the force in 1927 sic captain mattina was married to sidonia fayard  18971971 he expired at gulffport mississippi on december 7 1969 leaving three sons  joseph f mattina   19202015  dalton j mattina  19222005 and roy mattina  justice of the peace the daily herald december 8 1969 p 2  biloxi police force in 1949 earl wetzel  19101962 acting chief of police and henry w cook jr  19131951 acting assistant chief of police  robert j castello  19131968 captain and louis j rosetti  19151971 captain  eddie r migues  19162003  1950 john j askin  19261950 of 403 wisteria lane expired on october 15 1950 he had joined the biloxi police department circa 1948 and left bedola seymour askin 19262006 his spouse and daughters betty jean askin and patricia ann askin the daily herald october 16 1950 p 12  1951 michael mike skrnich  former fisherman and us army verteran of ww ii and robert bob bellman  word war ii veteran were hired by chief earl wetzell the daily herald march 2 1951  1952 earl f batia  19291998  fred swetman and rivers loncon  19181989  were hired as police officers the daily herald may 2 1952 p 6  1953 herbert r mcdonnell  19021974 was named police chief in july replacing earl f wetzell  19101962 the daily herald july 6 1953 p 17  1950s bpd front row lr jack breal henry lechner al hermes ven lee ola mae balius herbert mcdonnell walter williams louis rosetti louis feranda sr emile rousseau and jack robinson back row lr ernest mladinich bill marie leroy bourgeios alan sandoz ed rugg preston coleman melvin cruse gerald ferrill junie tiblier boudin and ided by with kind assistance of edward ryan former biloxi police chief  1960   1963   1971 the biloxi police union became affiliated with the aflcio in october 1971 captain leroy bourgeois said that the charter would be issued on october 29th at new orleans and the local union would be called local 673 seiu aflcio the biloxi police relinquished its affliation with the international brotherhood of police after holding membership for about a year and a half captain bourgeios related that there were about 25 members in the local union the daily heral october 27 1971    1972 rose street  was changed to  rosetti street  by the biloxi city council in may 1972 to honor biloxi police chief louis a rosetti  residents of rose street petitoned the city for the change mayor daniel guice related that the name change was not only in recognition of the late police chief but of the whole rosetti family who had served biloxi for many years guice stated also that  we all enjoyed a close relationship with chief rosetti he was a person with a heart of gold not only would he enforce the law but would give help whenever and wherever needed especially to lowincome groups i hope this action will show younger persons that by living the good life and serving the community as chief rosetti did they will not be forgotten   the daily herald may 9 1972 p 4    1973 year of the blue flu epidemic  when 35 biloxi policemen either resigned or were terminated and high ranking officials either retired or were transferred to other departments  1975 the biloxi city council approved the contract for the sale of the biloxi city jail to the harrison county board of supervisors  the city will pay 3 per day to the county to house and feed its prisoners in the contract the daily herald october 2 1975 p b1  police chief lester j thompson  19412010 submitted a 25year growth study of the biloxi police department to city planners the eightmonth study was funded by the law enforcement assitance agency it attempted to predict population growth patterns urban problems and the necessities of an ideally equipped biloxi police force through the year 2000 the daily herald october 10 1975 p b1  1976 police chief lester j thompson  19412010 submitted his resignation in june for medical reason mayor o keefe named edward l ryan acting police chief effective 5 july the daily herald june 12 1976 p 1  1977 harvey felsher  former biloxi police officer  was sentenced to 15 years in the state penitentiary in the 2nd jd harrison county circuit court after pleading guilty charges ranging from burlary and receiving stolen property he was relieved from duty in 1973 the daily herald august 15 1977 p a2  1979 the biloxi police academy the first organized on the mississippi coast began its program in the summer to train biloxi police officers as well as other coast poliemen as a supplement to their training received at the mississippi state law enforcement academy near jackson mississippi lt mike green  chief training officer for the local academy oversaw ten weeks of instruction both field and class room sessions for recruits  police chief edward ryan emphasiz ed that the men received information about community relations local ordinancesboth city and county media relations and local geography  the daily herald october 9 1979 p a8  1983 kevin ladnier biloxi officer was released from a lawsuit filed in january by charles sykes gulfport attorney against the city of biloxi and ladnier and biloxi patrolman elmer eugene willis ladnier and willis were officers of the police benevolent association a fraternal society the daily herald march 22 1983 p a2  1985 carl wicker short jr  19241989 chief of special services for the biloxi safety department retired in february 1985  carl began his career with the biloxi police department in 1947 as a desk sergeant and dispatcher   he was with the bpd for 32 years  and was elected as a city commissioner and served biloxi from 19531957 as its finance commissioner  the sun herald october 28 1989 p c2  1986 biloxi city council elects  george w saxon  19272018 as new police chief on 12 august  richard west  public safety director retired on 1 september the sun herald august 13 1986  tommy moffett became biloxi s first black police chief on 1 september the sun herald august 14 1986 p a1  frank l gabrich  19131986  retired biloxi fire chief  19611974 died on august 20th the sun herald august 21 1986 p  1987 vincent j sherry  19291987 harrison county circuit judge and  margaret j smith sherry   19291987 his spouse and former biloxi councilman  were murdered  on september 14th the sun herald september 9 2007 p a1      1990 ernest j mladinich jr  19061990  retired captain of the bpd with twenty years of service died at biloxi on april 5 1990 the sun herald april 6 1990 p c2  1996 richard garry west  19371996 former police chief and biloxi public safety director expired on december 6 1996  2010 lester j thompson jr  19412010 former biloxi chief of police from 1963 to 1976  died on june 4th the sun herald june 5 2010  2018 george w saxon  19272018 former mhp officer biloxi chief of police and safety director passed away on december 26 2018 at gulfport the sun herald december 28 2018  2019   robert mac mckeithen  19612019 age 58 of biloxi mississippi passed away sunday may 5 2019 in biloxi he was mudered in the parking lot of the biloxi safety center on porter avenue allegedly by  darian tawan atkinson  who while wanted for mckeithen s capital murder was arrested in wiggins missississippi on 6 may 2019 mac was born in jackson mississippi on march 22 1961 and was a graduate of the university of mississippi he served in the us air force retiring as a tech sergeant and received many medals including the air force commendation medal the meritorious service medal and the air force achievement medal robert served in the biloxi police department for 24 years where he served his community and earned the medal of valor for his efforts during hurricane katrina he also worked security for dillard s robert enjoyed spending time with his family he was preceded in death by his parents charles and joan mckeithen and his brother charles mckeithen robert s survivors include his wife pamela mckeithen his children amy mckeithen levi natalie grundel logan lillian grundel and lauren grundel his grandchildren delmas cox jr and kaiden grundel his sisters melissa mckeithen and kathryn martin and his brother william mckeithen in lieu of flowers the family prefers donations be made in robert s memory to southern coast credit union to be distributed to charities in robert s name the family wishes to express a special thanks to all who loved robert the biloxi police department all the law enforcement officers and agencies that worked so tirelessly bradfordo keefe funeral home and the staff at merit health hospital funeral services will be held at first baptist church biloxi on monday may 13 2019 at 1230 pm friends may visit from 930 am until service time interment will follow at biloxi national cemetery  notes peter flanagan  d 1846  william p murray  18681895  joseph c delamarre  18551931  andrew j meynier  18561907  charles w blake  18411899  robert m mosley  18651910  john a mckinley  18521920 police chief 19021905 louis staehling   18651938 police chief in 1906 1908 1910 and 1911 richard m randolph  18671930  george bills  18671945  alonzo gabrich  18941948  laz quave   19101985 police chief 19431947 under mayor chester a delacruz alonzo gabrich   18941948 police chief louis e anglada   19101955  earl f wetzell   19101962  herbert r mcdonnell   19021974  earl f wetzell   19101962 police chief 19491953 and 19611962 frank duggan lester j thompson  19412010  darrell david dd cvitanovich george waldron saxon  19272018  tommy moffett  b 1950  bruce dunagan  b 1950  john miller   biloxi marshals and police chiefs 18412011 18411841 peter flanagan   1888 william p murray although little is know about william p murray s origin he was active in biloxi politics as early as 1888 when he was city marshal assessor and tax collector and became a candidate for mayor representing the knights of labor mr murray was opposed by john walker emile laudner and raymond caillavet his fatherinlaw and former biloxi mayor william p murray lost to john walker 181 votes to 103 votes but outpolled caillavet and laudner who between them got only 51 votes of the over 300 casts in the mayoral election william p murray 18681895 obviously did not ingratiate himself to mayorelect john walker 18341907 as he resigned his marshal s post during the last week of march 1888 and was replaced with the appointment of joseph c jc delamarre 18551931   the biloxi herald march 31 1888 p 8   in february 1895 former marshal wp murray found employment a bailiff in the us district court at mississippi city william p murray expired shortly after this appointment his death came on february 27 1895 at biloxi and his corporal remains were interred in the biloxi cemetery  the biloxi herald february 23 1895 p 8 and march 2 1895 p 8   william p murray had married emma rose caillavet 18691955 the daughter of former biloxi mayor raymond caillavet 18381898 and zelina joucheray 18411903 on may 19 1891 at new orleans louisiana their marriage was blessed by father blanc on july 10 1891 at nbvm  the biloxi herald july 18 1891 p 4  and lepre 1991 p 236 the two murray children were born at biloxi mississippi edgar samuel murray 18911922 m camelle giglia and robert james murray 18931986 m antonia mary lascola lepre 1991 p 235 emma c murray and her children remained at biloxi after the death of her spouse by 1910 they were in residence on west jackson avenue edgar s murray was employed as a drugstore clerk and robert j murray worked in a hardware store blanche caillavet and louise caillavet her sisters were also in the murray household 1910 harrison co mississippi federal census t624740 p 3b ed 35 mrs murray and her sons relocated to new orleans and edgar s murray expired here in april 1922 she worked as a hotel maid in the crescent city and died there on august 30 1955 emma c murray s corporal remains were interred in st vincent de paul no 1 cemetery at new orleans   robert j murray lived at new orleans until his death in september 1986  the new orleans state april 16 1922 p 2 the timespicayune september 1 1955 p 2 and the timespicayune september 12 1986 p 23    references  jerome lepre  catholic church records diocese of biloxi mississippi  volume i catholic diocese of biloxi biloxi mississippi1991  journals the biloxi herald   city news   february 25 1888 the biloxi herald   official municipal vote   march 10 1888 the biloxi herald   city news   march 31 1888 the biloxi herald    local happenings  july 18 1891 the biloxi herald   the old and the new   january 14 1893 the biloxi herald   city council   august 11 1894 the biloxi herald   local happenings   january 26 1895 the biloxi herald   local happenings   february 23 1895 the biloxi herald   died   march 2 1895 the new orleans states   deaths for week   april 16 1922 the times picayune   deaths   emma r caillavet murray     september 1 1955 the times picayune   deaths   robert j murray     september 12 1986  18881892 joseph c delamarre  joseph charles jc delamarre 18551931 was born at new orleans to charles davis bougourd de lamaire 18401909 and louisa godefroy 18331905 he was appointed marshal of biloxi in late march 1888 replacing the retiring william p murray 18681895 in late july 1888 marshal delamarre collected 974 in real estate taxes for the city of biloxi  the biloxi herald    restaurateur jc delamarre had been in the bar and restaurant business at biloxi he opened the white elephant on the corner of pass christian street now howard avenue and main street in april 1891 jc delamarre also had a local baseball squad called the white elephants his brother emile delamarre 1871circa 1893 called melo also had a team the sporting dudes melo challenged the white elephants to a friendly game of baseball in june 1892 melo was captain and catcher of his biloxi nine  the biloxi herald april 4 1891 p 4 and june 25 1892 p 4    resignation jc delamarre resigned from his marshal s post on march 6 1896 it became effective on march 15 1896 much to the regret of the city council and his friends   at this time jc delamarre was domiciled on the east side of magnolia street in the first house south of pass christian street he vended fine and unusual flowering plants  the biloxi herald march 7 1896 p 8    candidate by 1898 the biloxi marshal was no longer appointed and had to run for office  louisiana joseph c delamarre and family relocated to bayou la maire in coastal south louisiana they returned to biloxi following the 1915 september hurricane which destroyed all of their possessions mr delamarre becane caretaker of the jm lopez bungalow the daily herald december 22 1915 p 2  popp s ferry fish camp jc delamarre a former biloxi city marshal and ferry tender was probably the first to open a simple fish camp operation at popp s ferry he was here between 1919 and 1921 jc delamarre had been in the bar and restaurant business at biloxi he opened the white elephant on the corner of pass christian street now howard avenue and main street in april 1891 jc delamarre also had a local baseball squad called the white elephants his brother emile delamarre 1871circa 1893 called melo also had a team the sporting dudes melo challenged the white elephants to a friendly game of baseball in june 1892 melo was captain and catcher of his biloxi nine  the biloxi herald april 4 1891 p 4 and june 25 1892 p 4   jc delamarre married rosa m trahant 18671896 at new orleans in june 1887 she expired at their home on magnolia street in biloxi on february 29 1896 mr delamarre was city marshal at the time of her demise  the biloxi herald february 29 1896 p 1   after the death of his spouse jc delamarre wedded annie brewer coleman 18871930 from tylertown mississippi she had a son robert h coleman who resided in gulfport after his fish camp closed jc delamarre was employed at the great southern golf club in gulfport from 1921 to 1928 and was superintendent of the naval reserve park at biloxi until his retirement annie brewer coleman delamarre died at gulfport in late may 1930 jc delamarre expired on may 4 1931 and his corporal remains were interred in the biloxi cemetery  the daily herald may 31 1930 p 6 and may 5 1931 p 8   joseph rusk resigned his position as ferry keeper and was replaced in october 1916 by joseph c delamarre 18551931 dutch caldwell was made keeper of the tchoutacabouffa bridge at this time  the daily herald october 20 1916 p 1   joseph c delamarre ferry tender remained at the ferry landing and opened a fishing camp in september 1919 he married annie coleman of st bernard parish louisiana jc delamarre stayed at popp s ferry until 1921 when the county lost a law suit to wh rich 18851971 and wb swain of gulfport and he and the county ordered to vacate the land by chancery court chancellor griffith the denizens of the popp s ferry and north biloxi region had hoped that the judiciary would allow the ferry landing to have remained under the aegis of the harrison county board of supervisors it was believed that if the back bay bridge from north biloxi now d iberville to biloxi were closed by a fire or hurricane that a ferry could be placed into service at popp s ferry in short order  the daily herald september 19 1919 p 2 february 18 1921 p 1 and march 2 1921 p 6    resignation jc delamarre resigned his post effective march 15th the biloxi herald march 7 1896 p 8  references  journals the biloxi herald   city news   march 31 1888 the biloxi herald   city news   july 28 1888 the biloxi herald   latest city news   march 7 1896 the biloxi daily herald   latest city news   august 20 1898 the biloxi herald      the biloxi herald      the biloxi herald      the biloxi herald      the biloxi herald      18921893 francis arbeau caillavet  francis arbeau caillavet 18561909 was born in biloxi in 1856 his parents were francois caillavet 18151883 and euranie fayard 18181895 on september 20 1878 he married marie dodart 18581942 of new orleans this union produced thirteen children but five died in early childhood marie louise caillavet 1880 mark latour caillavet 18881891 joseph clarence caillavet 18901893 beulah antoinette caillavet 1893 and ralph caillavet 18971899 francis a caillavet was survived by eight children laura caillavet 18771954 married christian armand thompson 18951959 viola caillavet 18841968 married frederick philippe abbley 18821940 and jessie jefferson coffey anita margaret caillavet 18861975 married percy james wetzel 18821929 francis arbeau caillavet 18811946 m margaret cox sidney caillavet 18921984 albert ish joseph caillavet 18951939 m elizabeth m caillavet 18991994 wilfred christian caillavet 18981953 m josephine degeorge 19061979 and hilda mercedes caillavet 19001926 married kenneth ackley lepre 1991 p 1 and pp 4547 francis arbeau caillavet was a member of the pilot s association from 1900 to 1909 the caillavet family resided at 811 jackson near couevas street the last two years of his life were lived in poor health and he died from a heart ailment  references  jerome lepre  catholic church records diocese of biloxi mississippi  volume i catholic diocese of biloxi biloxi mississippi1991  the biloxi herald  may 6 1909 p the daily herald      the daily herald   mrs kenneth ackley dies   september 8 1926 the daily herald   arbeau caillavet dies   august 21 1946 the daily herald     personal communication letter dated february 7 1976 from eunice abbley brocato  18971899 charles watson blake  charles w blake 18411899 was a native of galway ireland circa 1885 he married mary blable sokal 18541927 an 1872 austrian immigrant and the widow of joseph sokal in pennsylvania mary blable and joseph sokal had mary gertrude sokal 18811956 a daughter who was known in biloxi as mamie blake mamie blake married charles henry at new orleans in early october 1901 they apparently divorced shortly after their betrothal charles and mary s blake were the parents of children jefferson davis blake 18861940 m jessica l wilson 18891930 winnie blake 18891965 m albert holliman 181929 and ambrose emile berthelote 18931954 and edward blake 18931979  marshal blake the fall of 1898 was very pleasant in biloxi for marshal blake and robert m mosley 18651910 his patrolman the biloxi daily herald related that marshal blake was busy counting the street lights and officer mosley complained that there was no business the reporter opined of these halycon days as follows   biloxi is fortunate that her policemen have nothing to do but draw their salaries it is the best way to earn their pay   the biloxi daily herald september 27 1898 p 4   marshal blake became ill and retired from his position on december 31 1898 he was lauded for his conscientiousness and faithfullness to his office and duties cw blake expired at his lameuse street residence on april 5 1899 robert m mosley 18651910 took his post as city marshal 18651910 the biloxi daily herald january 1 1899 p 1 and april 5 1899 p 8  rooming house mary blake was the proprietor of a boarding house at 131 lameuse street in biloxi mary sokal or sokili or dlable blake 18541927 the widow of marshal blake relocated to new orleans nola between 1910 and 1920 with mamie blake and winnie blake holliman her two daughters they were employed in a cotton mill there mary expired at nola on june 5 1927 her corporal remains were shipped to biloxi for internment in the biloxi cemetery jefferson davis blake 18861940 and winnie blake holliman 18891956 her children and charles watson blake 18411899 her spouse are also buried at biloxi smith 1905 p 62  references  wwa smith compiler  1905 biloxi city directory  volume i biloxi daily herald printery biloxi mississippi1905  journals the biloxi herald      the biloxi herald   local and personal   september 27 1898 the biloxi herald   local and personal   january 3 1899 the biloxi herald   local and personal   january 3 1899 the biloxi daily herald   local and personal   april 5 1899 the biloxi daily herald   city news   october 5 1901 the biloxi daily herald   city news   october 6 1901 the biloxi daily herald   on sloop s topmast for twelve hours   august 17 1902 the daily herald   mrs blake dies   june 6 1927 the daily herald   jd blake dies   october 1940 the daily herald      the times picayune   faded souvenirs of jefferson davis   june 21 1953 the times picayune   deaths  ambrose e berthelote     july 15 1954 the times picayune   deaths  louis w holliman     september 7 1954 the times picayune   deaths  mamie blake     may 9 1956 the times picayune   deaths  winne berthelote     november 22 1965  robert marion mosley   robert m mosely  robert marion mosley 18651910 was born in 1865 in kemper county mississippi he married mary elizabeth naylor 18691948 the daughter of louis naylor and cornelia ramsay and also a native of kemper county there only child was dr robert m mosley jr 18861951 robert became a policeman at meridian mississippi attaining the rank of sergeant the family relocated to biloxi and he joined the bpd officer mosley became biloxi s marshal upon the resignation of cw blake in late december 1898 marshal mosley and officer mckinley captured 10 white crap shooters  at point cadet yesterdaythey pleaded guilty in court and were fined 5 and court costs marshall mosely had started to break gambling in biloxi without regards to who indulges in it stir clear of alluring cards and fascinating bones if you do not want to appear in city court the biloxi daily herald january 17 1899 p 8 robert m mosley resigned as biloxi s marshal on 2 september 1902 to become the first chief inspector for the mississippi oyster commission which had been created by the 1902 bower s bill the biloxi daily herald september 1 1902 p 1  references  the biloxi daily herald business and professional men  the biloxi daily herald biloxi mississippi1902  the biloxi daily herald   local and personal   january 17 1899 the biloxi daily herald   mosley is  oyster  inspector   september 1 1902 the daily herald   four hundred skiff licenses this year   december 10 1909 the daily herald   rm mosley in dying condition   november 21 1910 the daily herald   rm mosley passes away   november 1910 the daily herald   eulogy for rm mosley   november 24 1910 the daily herald   oyster commission passes resolutions   december 1 1910 the daily herald    the daily herald   mrs mosley died at biloxi  october 29 1948  the daily herald      john a mckinley john augustus mckinley  18521920 was born april 27 1852 at lauderdale mississippi to robert mckinley and mary daniels he married kate kennedy carroll  18561921 they were the parents of seven children of which five lived into the 20th century known children are floyd mckinley 18721884 ella jane mckinley 18751933 m asa james simmons 18591933 mary alma mckinley 18781936 louis fennel mckinley 18891931 and augusta gussie mckinley 18931960 m houston alonzo mobley 18881953 the mckinley family came to biloxi in 1896 and resided at 557 nixon street ja mckinley had served the town of lauderdale mississippi as its marshal for two years and had been a member of the meridian police department for many years he joined the biloxi police department as a officer and was known to the citizenry as mr mac the local journal lauded his as follows mr mac stands high in social circles he enjoys the good will and esteem of everyoneold and young the biloxi herald september 3 1902 p 1 when marshal robert m mosley resigned in the fall of 1902 mckinley was appointed by biloxi s alderman to replace him rm randolph was his only opposition sardin george was added to the bpd at this time the biloxi daily herald september 3 1902 p 1 the mckinley family left biloxi circa 1915 for columbia mississippi here he operated the mckinley hotel until his death on september 7 1920 marshal mckinley s internment was in the columbia city cemetery the daily herald september 9 1920 p 1  references  the biloxi daily herald   for marshall   august 25 1900 the biloxi daily herald   mckinley is new marshal   september 3 1902 the biloxi daily herald   our new marshal   september 3 1902 the biloxi daily herald   contest talked of   december 15 1904 the biloxi daily herald   contest expected   december 16 1904  the biloxi daily herald   the new board   january 4 1905  the daily herald   former chief of biloxi dead   september 9 1920 p 1  louis a staehling  louis aloysius staehling age 72 years chief oyster inspector for the mississippi seafood commission died at 345 am today at the united states marine hospital new orleans where he had been for about two reeks he had rallied considerably when pneumonia set in with fatal result s he was a native of alsacelorraine where he was educated he came to the united states in 1884 settling in new orleans the same year and coming to biloxi four years later he engaged in the bakery business for six years then was in the livery business with the late r m mosley until he was appointed city marshall in 1907 which position he held until 1918 louis served as deputy sheriff for a year and was appointed chief oyster inspector in 1919 his wife henrietta hilderbrand died in 1930 his children are louis a biloxi percy new orleans noel biloxi mrs elizabeth nauck mrs f a barthes and mrs walter schneller biloxi and mrs claude simon sic new orleans he also leaves a sister mrs george reisbect and a niece florence reisbect norwood ohio mr staehling was a past exalted ruler of the biloxi lodge of elks also a member of the woodmen of the world maccabees west end fire co chamber of commmerce knights and ladies of security knights of columbus biloxi benevolent association of which he was president and also was president of the hospital board when the new hospital was built mr staehling spoke and wrote four languages he was most interested in fraternal charity work and his hobby was football and baseball during his long residence in biloxi he was prominent in virtually all civic political fraternal and other activities and was widely known and beloved he had been sick for over a year the funeral will be at 4 pm sunday from the residence of francis barthes 502 seal avenue with services at the church of the nativity by father w leach pastor burial will be in biloxi cemetery beside the body of his wife  references    the biloxi daily herald      the biloxi daily herald   pass in review   december 1 1904 the biloxi daily herald   contest talked of   december 15 1904 the biloxi daily herald   contest expected   december 16 1904  the daily herald   staehling reelected police chief  july 1 1914 p 1 the daily herald   l staehling is taken by death  january 15 1938  richard m randolph richard m randolph 18671930 was born in panola county mississippi in march 1867 to mm randolph 18261909 and cornelia k randolph 18361911 natives of virginia and alabama respectively he was reared with his six siblings on a farm in the popes and knights ferry precincts and the family later resided in courtland panola county mississippi the corporal remains of rm randolph s parents and several siblings were interred in the antioch cemetery at panola county 1880 panola co mississippi federal census r661 p 29 ed 1 rm randolph married elizabeth r craig in april 1903 they had three children helen c randolph 19051920 elizabeth a randolph 19081930 and richard m randolph ii 19111930 harrison co  references    the daily herald   disgraceful affray   may 1 1901 the daily herald   randolph victim of loose system   june 12 1917 the daily herald   randolph visits biloxi   january 29 1921  19171934 george bills  officers benjamin f ewing 1892  references    the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily herald   george bills dies at biloxi home   july 18 1945  19321933 alonzo l gabrich   alonzo gabrich  retired as police chief on january 4 1943 after 24 years with the bpd his tenure as police chief totaled 14 years gabrich started with the city of biloxi working as an office boy for wg henderson he became sanitary inspector collected street taxes and drove a fire wagon the daily herald january 4 1943 p 5  references    the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily herald      1933 george bills   19431947 laz quave laz quave laz quave 19101985 was born on october 31 1910 in rural jackson county mississippi near vancleave the son of joseph quave 18591928 a farm laborer and della quave in 1930 laz quave was a seaman stationed aboard the uscg cutter  tallapoosa  near annapolis maryland 1930 anne arundel co maryland federal census r 844 p 29a ed11 returning from his military duty laz quave married bernice s thornton 19082000 on june 6 1934 she was the daughter of arthur thornton 18801922 and sophronia thornton 18831920 laz and bernice t quave were the parents of three children june rose quave m eugene l martino leon j quave m peggy ann cook and laz quave jr m harrison co ms mrb 45 p 210  seafood industry laz quave was a partner in union fisheries and a director and vice president of the gulf coast shrimper s and oystermen s association  venus and quave on september 4 1968 the biloxi canning packing company was chartered by dj venus iii gordon d venus and laz quave with 150000 shares par value at 100 per share harco ms chancery court charter bk 2 pp 179182 on september 9 1968 the charter of biloxi canning packing company was amended and the name changed to rosalis inc roy rosalis 19091984 president and rena leblanc rosalis 19172004 secretary 300 shares issued harco ms charter bk 2 pp 175178 on october 10 1968 rosalis inc conveyed to biloxi canning packing company for 610000 all improvements buildings warehouses docks wharves with riparian and littoral rights go 4134 south along east side of anglada x landers x 253 x chartres street 3329 x 136 stanovich x back bay to point of beginning on anglada the sale included the following brands negro head biloxi sea beach canned shrimp mobile bay danny boy and pueblo mr rosalis then retired and resided at 872 central beach boulevard harco ms trust deed bk 535 p 47 and bk 535 p 50  deputy sheriff laz quave was a deputy sheriff in harrison county mississippi during the term of raleigh clifton rc edwins 18971960 from 1939 to 1943  police chief laz quave was named biloxi s police chief by mayor chester a delacruz in january 1943 he replaced alonzo l gabrich longtime biloxi public servant police chief quave named louis anglada  his assistant other members of quave s staff were  earl wetzel  city detective  arthur largilliere  desk sergeant  joseph mattina   charles comeaux   vincent fernandez   albert demoran   oswald chatham   henry cook   al boehm   so hall   john labash  and floyd gill  the daily herald january 4 1943 p 5  sheriff quave laz quave was elected sheriff of harrison county mississippi in august 1947 when he defeated aubrey beeson of long beach by about fourteen hundred votes he succeeded maxie m broadus 19061985 of gulfport  the daily herald august 30 1947 p 1   when laz quave placed his name in the race for mayor of biloxi he was in competition with r hart chinn incumbent norman levine 19181953 poultry marketer and elmer williams owner of the dejean packing company  the daily herald april 13 1953 p 1    supervisor quave from july 1962 to december 1971 laz quave served the people of harrison county mississippi beat 1 as their county supervisor sullivan 2002 p 581 laz quave expired at new orleans on december 20 1985 his corporal remains were interred in the biloxi city cemetery bernice thornton quave followed her husband in death passing on february 26 2000 at gautier mississippi her corporal remains were also buried in the biloxi city cemetery  the sun herald february 29 2000 p a5 and december 1985 p      references  charles l sullivan    mississippi gulf coast community college a history  mcnaughton gunn inc saline michigan2002  journals the daily herald   new police chief   january 4 1943 the daily herald   may 12 ballot at biloxi will have 19 names listed   april 13 1953 the daily herald    coast mayors take office  july 6 1953 p 1 the daily herald   quave grand marshal ross east end marshal   july 8 1954 p 23 the jackson county times   quave is elected in harrison   august 30 1947 the sun herald    biloxi leader laz quave dies   december 22 1985 p a1 and p a12 the sun herald   bernice quave   february 29 2000 p a5  1947 alonzo l gabrich   references  the daily herald   new police chief   january 4 1943 the times picayune   gabrich receives gift from friends   january 5 1943  the times picayune      louis e anglada   louis emmett anglada  19101955 was born october 29 1910 to louis anglada 18711955 and lenora duggan 18751948 he married winona ross children marvin anglada and patrick anglada died june 13 1955  assist police chief louis e anglado 19101955  was appoined acting police chief of biloxi in july 1944 he joined the biloxi force in 1935 and worked his way to assist chief from a uniformed officer and dectective chief anglado is a member of the knights of columbus fishermen s union mississippitennessee peace officers and back bay fire company the daily herald july8 1944 p 3  fbi school in april 1948 louis anglada chief of police and sheriff laz quave sponsored a twoweek police training school at the biloxi city hall fbi agents from gulfport nola and greenville mississippi worked with biloxi policemen on the following law enforcement subjects care and use of firearms evidence in crime scene search traffic disarming and defensive tactics and testifying in court the classes were attended by by about fifty mississippi coast law officers the daily herald april 30 1948 p 10  references  the daily herald   anglado appointed acting police chief   july 8 1944 the daily herald   fbi police school will close today   april 30 1948 the daily herald      the times picayune   deaths   june 14 1955  19501953 19611962 earl f wetzell   earl f wetzel 19101962   courtesy of thomas walkermay 2011  earl f wetzel earl francis wetzel 19101962 was born on january 2 1910 at biloxi mississippi to percy james wetzel 18821929 and anita caillavet 18861975 the daughter of francis arbeau caillavet 18651909 and marie dodart 18581942 percy j wetzel and anita caillavet were married in harrison county mississippi on september 12 1906 their other children were percy j wetzel jr 19071980 m jacobina sekul marguerite anita wetzel m john edwin webb and albert howell wetzel 19131994 m dorethea ann grantham harrison county mississippi circuit court mrb 18 p 295 earl wetzel married helen baker and they were the parents of three son earl wetzel jr john wetzel and earl wetzel began his long tenure with the biloxi police deoartment in 1937 as a part time desk clerk two years later he was promoted to a patrolman and pounded his biloxi beat until 1943 when chief laz quave appointed earl as city detective in 1944 wetzel became acting assistant police chief but in 1945 became city detective again in 1948 earl was named assistant police chief and in 1949 appointed biloxi s acting police chief he was named police chief in 1950 and was suceeded by herbert mcdonnell in july 1953 the daily herald june 7 1953 p 12 when daniel guice was elected mayor of biloxi in 1961 he and william dukate b 1941 and aj tony creel 19011992 city commissioners appointed earl f wetzel 19101962 as police chief to replace herbert r mcdonnell 19021974 freddie fritz steinwinder 19071987 was chosen as biloxi s assistant police chief  the daily herald july 3 1961 p 7 and the times picayune july 4 1961 p 25    references  the daily herald    new police chief   january 4 1943 the daily herald   wetzel and cook renamed heads of biloxi police   january 5 1951 the daily herald   new city judge police heads reappointed   january 5 1951 the daily herald   wetzel leaves police after 17 years of service   june 7 1953 the daily herald   steinwinder new assistant chief of police   july 3 1961 the times picayune   wetzel to head police at biloxi   july 4 1961 the times picayune   chief of police at biloxi dies   september 21 1962  1953 and 1961 herbert r mcdonnell herbert r mcdonnell 1953 herbert r mcdonnell 19021974 became biloxi s police chief on july 6 1953 when he was appointed to this position by mayor laz quave 19101985 walter williams 19091981 former biloxi police captain was appointed assistant police chief he was formerly employed at keesler afb and the westergard shipyard williams has a wife and two children and is the proprietor of a grocery store on caillavet street chief mcdonnell planned to make immediate changes in the department to increase it to maximum efficiency his first dictum was that every man will put in a full day s work the daily herald july 6 1953 p 1 and p 17 and july 7 1953 p 12 herbert r mcdonnell had been a painter and seafood worker until he joined the biloxi police department in 1934 as a patrolman during the mayor john j kennedy administration he was a city detective when he resigned from the biloxi force in may 1941 to run for the newly created post of constable he was elected constable beat i in june 1941 easily defeating beating george mon and felix mattina the daily herald june 11 1941 p 1 july 6 1953 p 1 and july 1 1961 p 8  1953 bpd in july 1953 the biloxi police department employed thirtysix people in addition to chief mcdonnell and assitant chief williams the department was staffed by the following captainsemile rousseau 19211987 vincent p feranda sr 19051976 and charles comeaux city detectivelouis rosetti 19151971 identification officerjames robertson desk sergeantssam ellzey edmond boudreaux and alvin ryan officersjoe demoran oswald luxich vincent p feranda jr 19272007 junie tiblier joe parsons henry lechner jr norwood sandoz james kriss arnold j barras 19251999 george wallis bill marie elwood cox cornelius cruthirds lj bourgeios leslie montgomery bob breal jack breal benton jermyn melvin cruz george emile and leo richard jailerslouis lee and fred fountain parking meter inspectorernest mladinich truant officersdominic fallo and ola mae wallis balius 19141996 the wife of frank balius those released from the department were chief earl wetzell 19101962 captain norris herring captain ep vincent officers hall arnold martino and desk sergeant gill moran officer batia resigned and mayor chinn released traffic inspector clarence pitfield from service the daily herald july 6 1953 p 17  1957   was appointed as assistant police chief at this time both men had an impressive resume in the law enforcement field the daily herald  references  the daily herald   mcdonnell named new constable   june 11 1941 the daily herald   mcdonnell clark are named heads of police firemen   july 6 1953 the daily herald   mcdonnell plans police changes   july 7 1953 the daily herald   biloxi police chief on retirement   july 1 1961 the daily herald   steinwinder new assistant police chief of local police   july 3 1961 the times picayune      19621971 louis j rosetti louis j rosetti 19151971   courtesy of damian rosettidecember 2011 louis j rosetti 19151971 was appointed chief of police by the biloxi city commissioners in middecember 1963 he had served as acting police chief for about a year f p vincent was appointed to chief of detectives and leslie montgomery was chosen as assistant chief of detectives chief rosetti has served on the bpd for 21 years working his way through the ranks a native of biloxi louis j rosetti resides at 202 rose street the daily herald december 19 1963 p 1 louis j rosetti 19151971 was born on august 24 1915 at biloxi mississippi to jake philip rosetti 18841959 and paulina pitalo he married ruby broussard 19151969 in harrison county mississippi on june 26 1939 they were the parents of four sons louis j rosetti jr jake p rosetti m victoria ann rose richard reid rosetti m carolyn haven raley and deborah gail upchurch and frank m rosetti 19561961 louis j rosetti served the people of biloxi mississippi in law enforcement with the biloxi police department for almost thirty years he began as a desk sergeant and climbed through the ranks to be appointed acting chief of police in october 1962 and named police chief in december 1963 mr rosetti was a member of the mississippi law enforcement association tennesseemississippi sheriff s and police officer s association and the slavonian benevolent association he worshiped at st michael s catholic church and worked as a trustee of the new biloxi hospital to handle indigent care cases louis j rosetti died on march 24 1971 at his home at 203 rose street of an apparent heart attack ruby broussard his wife expired on march 18 1969  rosetti street rose street  was changed to  rosetti street  by the biloxi city council in may 1972 to honor biloxi police chief louis j rosetti residents of rose street petitoned the city for the change mayor daniel guice related that the name change was not only in recognition of the late police chief but of the whole rosetti family who had served biloxi for many years guice stated also that  we all enjoyed a close relationship with chief rosetti he was a person with a heart of gold not only would he enforce the law but would give help whenever and wherever needed especially to lowincome groups i hope this action will show younger persons that by living the good life and serving the community as chief rosetti did they will not be forgotten   the daily herald may 9 1972 p 4    references  the daily herald    rosetti named police chief city of biloxi dies   december 19 1963 the daily herald    biloxi s police chief dies   march 27 1971 the daily herald    biloxi council changes street name to rosetti   may 9 1972 1971  leslie f montgomery sr   leslie francis montgomery sr  19252002 was born october 30 1925 at biloxi to joseph h montgomery 18921972 and catherine fountain 18961992 leslie attended biloxi high school where he participated in football and baseball he was the starting center on the gridiron and caught for the diamond indians les also played tennis and softball for the biloxi tigers he hit 2 home runs in march 1943 against a gulfport nine with cecil montgomery his brother also slamming a fourbagger it is note worthy to mention that biloxi defeated gulfport 70 in montgomery s last high school football game he did not graduate with the class of 1944 as he was called into the military the daily herald march 30 1943 p 5  pigeons as a teen in biloxi leslie began training and flying carrier pigeons before he joined the military in 1946 he would take some of his birds to new orleans and release them to return to biloxi on one occasion captain f smith while shrimping aboard the  marion w  sent  gay neck and  whirlaway  two of leslie s favorite birds from mitchell key in louisiana to fly to biloxi he became president of biloxi racing pigeon association the daily herald september 6 1941 p 3  military with world war ii the salient concern of the nation leslie f montgomery enlisted in the us navy in january 1944 and was selected to attend the signal corps school at san diego california he was discharged may 4 1946 with the rank of signalman 2 nd class he had served in the south pacific theatre the daily herald july 1 1944 p 8  family returning from ww ii leslie f montgomery found employment at the morankennedy enterprises a boat building facility on back bay at biloxi at st michael s catholic church he married  mary sylvia simmons  19281989 the daughter of howard red frank simmons 19011958 and antoinette hebert 19101989 in harrison county mississippi on september 15 1946 they were the parents of five children leslie f montgomery jr b 1948 joseph montgomery nancy montgomery 1951 jeanne marie montgomery m 1981 chester marion brooks and catherine joy montgomery 19511952 harrison co mississippi circuit court bk 72 p 441 and september 19 1946 p 5 returning from ww ii leslie found employment at the morankennedy enterprises a boat building facility on back bay at biloxi  biloxi police department with the conflict in korea many young americans were called to active duty the biloxi police department lost  obituary died wednesday january 2 2002 in ocean springs mr montgomery was a lifelong resident of biloxi and was a member of sacred heart catholic church in d iberville he was a navy veteran of world war ii a graduate of the fbi academy and retired in 1976 as biloxi police chief he was a probation and parole officer for the southern district of mississippi retiring in 1992 he was president of biloxi racing pigeon association he was preceded in death by his wife sylvia simmons montgomery a daughter cathy joy montgomery his parents catherine and joseph montgomery a brother james montgomery and a sister marie montgomery survivors include two sons leslie f montgomery jr of saucier and joseph joey montgomery of woolmarket two daughters nancy harrison and jeanne brooks both of biloxi a brother cecil montgomery of biloxi three sisters catherine butterfield and doris stojcich both of d iberville and ursula sherman of latimer six grandchildren and two greatgrandchildren visitation will be from 6 to 8 pm today at riemann memorial funeral home 274 beauvoir road in biloxi services will be at 2 pm friday at sacred heart catholic church in d iberville where friends may call one hour before service time burial will be in biloxi city cemetery  references  the daily herald the daily herald the daily herald biloxi s police chief turns down deputy offer november 19 1971 the daily herald the daily herald 19631976 lester j thompson jr  from the daily herald  october 10 1975 p b4  lester joseph thompson jr  19412010    died friday june 4 2010 surrounded by his family and friends after a long battle with pancreatic cancer born in biloxi on june 2 1941 he remained a lifelong resident and was preceded in death by his parents lester joseph thompson sr 19102002 and rosalie georgette wink thompson 19141978 grandparents george b wink and marguerite stanovich wink christian a thompson and laure clair caillavet thompson sister georgette clemmie thompson gillikin infant brother baby thompson motherinlaw janie oglesby jacquet he is survived by his wife of 30 years kathy jacquet thompson sons lester iii christi of biloxi scott sr of brandon ms dirk christine of biloxi one sister joan thompson fink of diamond bar ca grandchildren jennifer charlene justin thompson barnette and scott jr all of brandon ms michael and mason of biloxi one great grandson ryker to be born in august stepgrandsons austin and cody freeman scott s fiance angie goettel and daughter casey of brandon ms and his faithful lab bailey and numerous nieces and nephews lester cherished his family and friends and enjoyed the time he spent with the biloxi lunch bunch lester attended the biloxi school system jeff davis jr college university of south ms university of ms ms state bar association zonn institute of polygraph ms judiciary college and he received a law degree from blackstone school of law he was a member of numerous law enforcement organizations and a graduate of the fbi academy as well as a member of the biloxi bay chamber of commerce biloxi elks lodge 606 and slavic benevolent association he began his career walking the beat as a biloxi policeman in the early 60 s and worked his way through the ranks serving as chief of police 19631976 he owned his own polygraph business was court administrator in the biloxi municipal court and retired from mdot law enforcement division a mass of christian burial will be 1230 pm tuesday june 8 2010 at our lady of fatima catholic church where friends may visit from 930 am until service time interment will follow in biloxi city cemetery  references   the daily herald police chief lester thompson resigns june 12 1976 p 1  the sun herald   lester j thompson sr   march 4 2002 the sun herald   lester j thompson jr   june 5 2010  edward ryan 19761984  references  the daily herald   biloxi forms police academy   october 10 1979 p a8  richard g west 19841986 richard garry west 19371996 was born in schell city vernon county missouri he served in the usaf from 1954 to 1958 in 1964 richard joined the biloxi police department he retired in 1986 and had worked his way through the ranks to become directory of public safety in 1984 in 1983 garry had been appointed chief of the community relationsstaff support unit a newly created position after his retirement from the biloxi police department he became director of security at the mississippi gulf coast coliseum richard g west married jewel barker and they were the parents of darrell w barker rhondale l barker gary thomas west m cindy m toncrey lentz o west beverly j culpepper lawanda n ramage melonee l webb theresa gayle west m charles v white and lawrence carl olson and natasha charise west m james hills perkins iii richard s life epitomized one of service to god family and community one of his greatest accomplishments in law enforcement was thesis that outlined what we know today as neighborhood watch the neighborhood watch program is used by law enforcement agencies across the united states as an effective tool in crime prevention because of richards s role in creating this program in 1985 he was inducted into the american institute s directory of distinguished americans hall of fame for outstanding achievements richard was also interviewed by the smithsonian institute for his law enforcement accomplishes he was also presented with presidential cuff links from president ronald reagan richard s love of family and for god brought him great joy he was a member of first pentecostal church where he served on the board of trustees as senior member he was an accomplished minister of the gospel of jesus christ traveling as a national evangelist and in later years served as assistant pastor for the first pentecostal church mr west was survived by his spouse children nineteen grandchildren and four greatgrandchildren three siblings eugene west of colorado and dean west and evelyn west hackleman 19292000 of el dorado springs missouri richard garry west expired at biloxi mississippi on december 6 1996 bradfordo keefe funeral home directed his funeral services at the first pentecostal church on popp s ferry road with internment in the southern memorial park cemetery  references  the sun herald   richard garry west   december 8 1996 p b2   frank duggan   references   george  references  the sun herald biloxi blacks police look for better relations august 13 1986 p a1  tommy l moffett   references    darrell d cvitanovich darrell david dd cvitanovich 19332019 was born at biloxi mississippi on january 15 1933 to dominick cvitanovich and philomena sercovich 19001985 he married mary hampton teel a native of etowah county alabama and the daughter of clyde l hampton and mary elizabeth foster on december 15 1963 jackson co mississippi circuit court mrb 104 p 49  obituary darrell david dd cvitanovich sr colonel mississippi highway patrol retired born january 15 1933 in biloxi mississippi passed away saturday march 9 2019 in d iberville dd attended dukate school st stanislaus notre dame jr high and graduated from notre dame high school in 1951 and immediately joined the united states marine corps he spent one year in 1952 with the first marine division in korea during the korean war where he earned the korean service medal with three battle stars he was discharged from the marine corps as a sergeant in 1954 at the age of twentyone and then attended perkinston jr college for two years where he played on the 1955 and 1956 bulldog football teams he joined the biloxi police department in january of 1958 and served for three years he then attended the mississippi highway patrol training school in the fall of 1960 and was appointed as a mississippi state trooper on february 1 1961 after serving in jones hancock harrison and jackson counties and other statewide assignments in the 1960 s he was promoted to a master sergeant in 1972 he attended the 99th session of the fbi national academy at quantico virginia in the fall of 1974 after a large retirement in the agency dd was appointed chief of the mississippi highway patrol and held two patrol schools to fill the ranks of those who retired in 1986 he initiated the travel criminal apprehension program aka the wolf pack within the mississippi highway patrol which has resulted in thousands of drug courier and criminal fugitive apprehensions over the years after his tenure as chief there were 600 troopers in 600 cars assigned to patrol the highways in mississippi after serving as chief in 1988 he returned to enforcement duty until his retirement in 1989 when he was appointed chief of police in biloxi by mayor pete halat where he served until 1993 in january 1994 he began a career in the casino industry as a charter member of grand casino biloxi and harrah s gulf coast casino until retiring a few months ago he was a lifelong member of st michaels catholic church he was a member of the veterans of foreign wars the mississippi state troopers association and the mississippi retired troopers association he was preceded in death by his parents dominick and philomena sercovich cvitanovich three brothers andrew anthony and earl one granddaughter angel and his beloved pet bugle who will be laid to rest with him survivors include his loving wife of 55 years mary hampton cvitanovich two sons dominick nicky jennifer and darrell jr jennifer four daughters deidra cvitanovich fiance troy tina cvitanovich gina lena lee daniel and dorothy payne wayne jr sixteen grandchildren dominick nick nathan cole chelsey daralyn danielle daisha brandon darrell iii delaney kayla cassie amber christopher kaitlyn and haily seven greatgrandchildren kenzlee wyatt maisie cameron bryceson ella and kash one sister barbara lyons stephen and several nieces and nephews funeral services will be held at the howard avenue chapel of bradford o keefe funeral home wednesday march 13 2019 at 200 pm friends may visit from 1200 pm until service time interment will follow at biloxi city cemetery with full military and police honors  references   george waldron saxon   george w saxon   george waldron saxon  19272018 age 91 years of gulfport passed away on december 26 2018 surrounded by his family mr saxon was born march 30 1927 in waynesboro ms to john b and nora saxon he was the youngest of six children he graduated from waynesboro high school and was promptly drafted into the united states army later he transferred to the us army air corps where he served honorably during world war ii after returning home to waynesboro he attended jones county junior college in 1947 he married elizabeth ann mcrae  his nextdoor neighbor in 1955 he graduated from the mississippi highway patrol academy  his first assignment with the mhp was as a dispatcher in hattiesburg shortly afterwards he was transferred to the mississippi gulf coast as a patrolman for eight years he patrolled highway 90 between the bay st louis and ocean springs bridges or as he called it the most beautiful beat in the world in 1964 he was invited to attend the fbi national academy in washington dc upon his graduation from the academy he was reassigned as a criminal investigator with the mhp after four years as an investigator he was promoted to district inspector captain of troop k responsible for command of the six southern counties of the state he served as inspector for 12 years until being promoted to chief inspector major where his command included the entire southern region of ms his last position with the mhp was assistant commissioner of public safety chief of the mhp as the chief of the patrol he oversaw the daytoday operation of the largest statewide law enforcement agency in mississippi until his retirement in 1986 following his retirement from the mhp he was appointed as director of public safety for the city of biloxi where he oversaw the city s fire police and civil defense departments until 1989 george said he never worked a day in his life because he truly loved what he did and looked forward to it every day an avid pilot  flying was the joy of his life his love for flying was developed early in life where he paid for rides in cropdusting airplanes as a young man he became a licensed pilot in the early 1960 s and later was certified to fly helicopters as well during his tenure with the mhp he was the pilot for the southern region flying search and rescue as well as routine patrol missions in 1976 he began construction of an experimental homebuilt aircraft called a varieze which he completed in 1979 and first flew in 1980 he flew the plane regularly until he was 81 even making crosscountry trips to major air shows in oshkosh wi and lakeland fl he was never happier than when he was in the air most often with a grinning grandchild in tow he was preceded in death by his wife of 56 years elizabeth ann infant daughter georgeann parents one brother and four sisters he is survived by his daughter jo ellen mechatto phil of gulfport grandchildren sam maxie julie of vancleave katherine shows of waynesboro phillip charles mechatto april of gulfport and todd mechatto of gulfport greatgrandchildren mary fullilove jacob bachtel emma maxie matthew maxie alison allen gavin victoria raborn allan abigail mechatto and wesley mechatto one greatgreat granddaughter brynnleigh raborn a visitation for family and friends will be held on saturday december 29 2018 from 100 pm until 300 pm at riemann family funeral home 11280 three rivers road gulfport the funeral service will be held at trinity united methodist church 5007 lawson avenue gulfport on sunday december 30 2018 at 300 pm with honors to be rendered by the mississippi highway patrol honor guard a visitation for family and friends will be held from 200 pm until the service burial will follow at floral hills memorial gardens gulfport  references  the sun herald george waldron saxon december 28 2018  tommy l moffett tommy lee moffett  b 1950 was born at taylorsville smith county mississppi on march 2 1950 he arrived at biloxi mississippi in 1968 and found work as a building custodian at kafb joined biloxi police department in 1974 and became police chief on 1 september 1986 and again in october 1993 resigned 2002 and relocated to vicksburg warren county mississippi and became chief of police there chief moffett resigned his police chief s post in july 2009 and was employed in april 2010 as interim police chief of indianola sunflower county mississippi  references  the sun herald   biloxi blacks police look for better relations   august 13 1986 p a1 the sun herald   new chief undestands problems in ward 2   august 14 1986 p a1  the vicksburg press   tommy moffett takes tops spot in indianola   april 6 2010  bruce c dunagan   bruce c dunagan  b 1945 retired from the biloxi police department in may 2009 he joined the force in 1972 mayor holloway appointed linda atterberry b 1950 as acting police chief  references    john miller   john miller was nominated for biloxi police chief  by mayor aj holloway and accepted by the city council in late november 2009   chief miller began his career with the bpd in 1990 as a patrolman his astute intelligence and ability to investigate narcotic cases led to an assignment with the special crimes unit in 1995 here miller dealt with vice and drug related issues chief miller worked his way up the ranks making sergeant and lieutenant and later became the leader of the special crimes unit and its personnel in 2007 john miller was again promoted attaining the rank of captain and continued with his investigative leadership of the special crimes unit soon thereafter miller was given command of the recently expanded special crimes division and also the responsibilty for directing the the cold case homicide squad  the sun herald november 21 2009 p a1 december 2 2009 p a2 and the biloxid iberville press june 27 2013 p 1    references  the biloxid iberville press   biloxi police chief john miller presented heart of a lion   june 27 2013 ray i have listed the mayors first then the chief who served with himthis gives you a time linei joined the department in 1961at that time mayor chief las quave hebert mcdonnell deceased danny guice earl wetzel deceased louis rossetti deceased leslie montgomery deceased jerry o keeffe lester thompson deceased ed ryan gerald blessey ed ryan retired richard west deceased pete halat ddcvitanovich ajholloway tommy moffett retired bruce dunagan retired john miller fofo gillich john miller 4498 views  ', 0);
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(138, 'en', 'node_search', ' eistetter eistetter ray sat 5282011 1822 anton eisteteer family the anton eisteteer 18191872 family had its origin in germany and at new orleans louisiana in america catherine heist eistetter 18161904 who died at biloxi in late november 1904 she had lived here for 26 years and was a native of wurtemberg germany she lived at nola for 36 years therefore she came to america circa 1842 she was buried at nola in the st vincent de paul cemetery from the residence of her soninlaw joseph bordes who lived at no 1633 elysian fields avenue those from biloxi attending her funeral were mrs willamene schumacher eistetter 18511929 john eistetter 18811953 and henry eistetter 18581922 her surviving children were rebecca may have been fredericka opperman 18461925 and henry eistetter of biloxi kate hauck and mrs paul stier of nola and tony eistetter of texas the biloxi daily herald november 28 1904 p 5  references  the daily picayune the daily picayune the daily picayune the biloxi daily herald     190 the biloxi daily herald     190 the biloxi daily herald   mrs catherine eistetter   november 28 1904 the biloxi daily herald  the biloxi daily herald     190 the biloxi daily herald     190 the daily picayune   diedcatherine heist eistetter   december 4 1904 the daily picayune the daily picayune the times picayune the times picayune the times picayune the times picayune the times picayune the times picayune   known eistetter children frederica eistetter  frederica eistetter opperman  18461925 was born in germany in october 1846 circa 1860 frederica married otto opperman  18391903 a native of mecklenberg germany and an 1860 immigrant otto opperman landed at new york city and almost immediately was enlisted and served as a private with company g of the 70 th new york infantry regiment during the civil war and following a short tenure at cairo illinois after the conflict joined at nola guido korndorfer 18361905 the man that he had left mecklenberg with in 1860 to come to america herr korndorfer had founded the firm of apps korndorfer in the crescent city and otto became his bookkeeper otto opperman left apps korndorfer to work as the supervisor of the orleans cotton press and later the pelican cotton press he and frederica came to biloxi to retire circa 1893 and they had a home at 2862 west beach boulevard near present day rodenburg avenue in 1901 otto became ill and died at biloxi on june 5 1903 his corporal remains were interred in the biloxi city cemetery 1900 harrison co mississippi federal census t623808 p 4a ed 29  the biloxi daily herald june 6 1903 p 8 and the daily picayune june 15 1903 p 5  frederica eistetter opperman died at her west beach residence at biloxi mississippi on may 14 1925 she and otto were childless frederica was survived by mrs joseph bordes her sister of abita springs louisiana and three nieces misses marie and frederica hauck of nola and miss mayme eistetter of biloxi she also left the following nephews john f esitetter of biloxi and guy hauck emile stier henry stier george stier and anthony stier of nola mrs opperman also had other relatives in texas her funeral services were held in the nativity bvm catholic church in biloxi with burial in the biloxi city cemetery  the daily herald may 15 1925 p 3 and may 16 1925 p 3  references  the biloxi herald      the biloxi herald   city news   june 6 1903 the daily herald   mrs oppermann died yesterday   may 15 1925 the daily herald   opermann funeral held   may 16 1915 the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily picayune   otto opperman   june 14 1903  pauline eistetter  pauline eistetter stier  18491924 was born at nola in march 1849 she married john jacob stier 18471880 at nola on october 9 1873 they were the parents of four sons anthony john stier 187319 m harriet hattie sharp daunis henry clay stier 18771960 m louisa annena leila moulin 1952 george otto daniel stier 18751942 m pauline daisy weber and emile valentine stier 18801941 m merlen mckee references  soard s 1895 new orleans city directory the daily picayune the daily picayune   diedharry clay stier   may 31 1908 the daily picayune the times picayune the times picayune   emile v steir s last rites held   august 31 1941 the times picayune   deathsgeorge o steir   january 18 1942 the times picayune   veteran news reporter  henry clay stier  dies   january 14 1960 the times picayune   deathsgreta bertha eistetter stier   april 29 1986  catherine eistetter  catherine eistetter hauck  18531922 was born at nola on november 2 1853 she married daniel j hauck  18541922 in the crescent city on june 8 1872 daniel hauck made his livelihood as a harness maker and later as a fireman with jackson fire company no 18 in 1900 the family home was on at 1306 ursulines street and later at 1272 north villere daniel and catherina eistetter were the parents of four children marie elizabeth hauck 18781953 frederica c hauck 18811967 daniel j hauck 18831904 and guy livingston hauck 18861950 none of the hauck children married nola mrb  references    the daily picayune the daily picayune   young men victims of murderous attack   august 3 1907 the daily picayune the times picayune   veteran fireman dies   october 12 1922 the times picayune   diedcatherine eistetter hauck    the times picayune   deathsguy livingston hauck   february 14 1950 the times picayune   deathsmarie elizabeth hauck   april 18 1953 the times picayune   deathsfrederick c hauck   october 7 1967  anthony f eistetter biloxi and ocean springs  anthony f eistetter was l iving with ferdinand w illing 18381884 at ocean springs with john eistetter 18561904 his brother in 1880 they are brick masons and there is a high degree of certitude that they were here to rebuild the illing house a local inn that had been destroyed in a conflagration on june 2 1879 construction of a new hotel commenced in early may 1880 the twostory structure was planned to be 68 feet long and 40 feet wide by june 1880 the new illing hotel was rising rapidly from the ash stained ground of the former hostelry a reporter for the pascagoula democratstar related that  it will be a fine building when finished quite an ornament to that part of town     the pascagoula democratstar may 14 1880 p 3    it appears that anthony f eistetter may have left biloxi in 1881 to go to laredo texas af eistetter expired at laredo texas in late march 1916  references  chancery court harrison county mississippi chancery court cause no 227   anthony eistetter v annie eistetter   march 1881 harrison county mississippi chancery court cause no journals the daily picayune    aj eistetter laredo tx   march 31 1916 the daily picayune       the pascagoula democratstar    ocean springs items   may 14 1880 the times picayune       the times picayune       the times picayune      the times picayune the times picayune john eistetter  john eistetter  18561904 a native of new orleans was born march 5 1856 he married at new orleans to wilhemina schumaker 18511929 the widow of mr henken and the aughter of william schumaker and christina breslow on september 27 1880 they were the parents of three children  john f eistetter  18811953  mayme w eistetter  18821942 and rose juanita eistetter  18901890 john eistetter made his livelihood as a brick mason and building contractor he built the foundations for many howard avenue buildings and biloxi homes from 1880 until his demise in mid march 1904 john was a member of magnolia lodge no 120 af am knights of honor and knights of pythias his funeral was held from the eistetter home on howard avenue with reverend js moore in attendance burial was in the biloxi city cemetery the biloxi daily herald march 14 1904 p 1  children  john frank eistetter  18811953 was born at biloxi mississippi on june 6 1881 in late october 1920 he married mary chinn  18911958 the daughter of james b buck chinn 18571912 and martha ella hart 18571938 in 1917 biloxi mardi gras mary chinn was queen ixolib with king iberville george quint 18861967  r hart chinn  18881972 her brother was elected biloxi s mayor in august 1933 after the resignation of mayor kennedy in july 1933  the daily herald july 31 1933 p 1 and august 17 1933 p 1   john f eistetter and mary chinn were the parents of two children  martha wilhelmina eistetter  19212004 m wt edwards and john chinn eistetter  19291996 m mary brown 19291988 martha w eistetter expired at laramie wyoming on april 30 2004 john chinn esitetter died at biloxi mississippi on february 26 1996 john c and mary brown eistetter had a son  john david eistetter  c 1952 m melann marie cox and elizabeth cobb cuthell  mayme wilhelmina eistetter  18821942 was born at biloxi mississippi on december 28 1882 expired at biloxi on july 31 1942   juanita eistetter  18901890 was born at biloxi mississippi on march 1 1890 she died at biloxi on may 24 1890 her corporal remains were interred in the biloxi city cemetery  the biloxi herald may 31 1890 p 4  references  charles l dyer  along the gulf  women of the trinity episcopal church pass christian mississippi1971 originally published 1895 jerome lepre  catholic church records diocese of biloxi mississippi  volume i catholic dioceses of biloxi biloxi mississippi1991  twentieth century coast edition of the biloxi daily herald historical and biographical  george w wilkes sons biloxi1902  the biloxi herald      the biloxi herald      the biloxi herald      the biloxi herald   local happenings   may 31 1890 the biloxi herald      the biloxi herald      the biloxi daily herald   necrologicaljohn eistetter   april 14 1904 the daily herald      the daily herald   eistetterchinn   october 23 1920 the daily herald     september 30 1921 the daily herald   staehling is out of race   july 31 1933 the daily herald   chinn wins mayors office as carroll and hunt withdraw   august 17 1933 the daily herald      the daily herald   miss eistetter dies   july 3 1942 the daily herald   eistetter death    the daily herald   john f eistetter   november 28 1953 the daily herald   mrs mary eistetter   may 5 1958 the sun herald   john c eistetter   february 1996  henry louis eistetter  henry l eistetter  18581922 was born at nola on april 12 1858 he married clara delatore 186119 a native of nola and the daughter of ignatius or augustine delatore and elizabeth crimmins 18451870 at the nativity of the bvm catholic church on june 29 1887 lepre 1991 p 84 and p 102 henry l eistetter and clara delatore were the parents of five children  hazel g eistetter  188819 m roland g tebault in april 1908  jewel estetter  18901968 m agnes estetter 19041980  olive cecelia eistetter  1891  warren henry eistetter  18941896  divorce   children  hazle g eistetter  18881908 eloped with and married roland c tebault 18851920 of nola at gulfport on april 20 1908 mr tebault may have been the son of william g tebault 18531924 a successful nola philanthropist civic worker and furniture dealer wg tebault was known as the king of royal street the daily herald april 22 1908 p 1  the times picayune december 1 1924 p 6 jewel eistetter  18901968 was born april 15 1890 at biloxi mississippi he changed his name to estetter when he lived in texas jewel left biloxi and settled at goose creek harris county texas where he married agnes 19041980 they were the parents of three children clara estetter 19251940 jewell estetter b 1928 and john d estetter b 1929 jewel estetter made his livelihood working for humble oil probably at their oil refinery 1930 harris co texas federal census r2352 p 17a ed 169  demise  henry l eistetter expired at 1222 north villere street in the crescent city on november 22 1922 his corporal remains were sent to biloxi for internment in the biloxi city cemetery henry eistetter was survived by two children hazel thibaut of nola and jewel eisteter of texas  the times picayune november 15 1922 p 2 and the daily herald november 15 1922 p 1    references  jerome lepre  catholic church records diocese of biloxi mississippi  volume i catholic dioceses of biloxi biloxi mississippi1991  twentieth century coast edition of the biloxi daily herald historical and biographical  george w wilkes sons biloxi1902  chancery court harrison county mississippi chancery court cause no harrison county mississippi chancery court cause no harrison county mississippi chancery court cause no harrison county mississippi chancery court cause no  journals the biloxi herald      the biloxi herald      the biloxi herald   city news  death of warren henry eistetter      the biloxi herald      the biloxi herald      the biloxi herald   chancery summons no 1156  eistetter v stow     february 6 1900 the daily herald   city news  marriage of hazel eistetter     april 22 1908 the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily herald   recent decisions in chancery court   july 19 1916 the daily herald   chancery court under headway   june 19 1919 the daily herald      the daily herald   biloxian meets sudden death   november 15 1922 the daily picayune       the times picayune    diedhenry eistetter   november 15 1922 the times picayune    king of royal street is dead   december 1 1924  mary eistetter bordes  mary eistetter bordes  18601930 was born at nola in april 1860 she married joseph l bordes  18531930 an 1865 french immigrant at nola on december 2 1882 in 1900 the bordes were domiciled outside of covington louisiana in ward 3 of st tammany parish louisiana here joseph l bordes made his livelihood as a livestock dealer by 1904 they had relocated to 1633 elysian fields avenue at new orleans nola mrb 9 p 643 1900 st tammany parish louisiana federal census t623583 p 1b ed 81 and the biloxi herald november 28 1904 p5  in 1910 joseph and mary e bordes were living at abita springs louisiana where he continued to trade livestock by 1920 joseph was city manager at abita springs and mary was running a boarding house in 1930 mary eistetter bordes and joseph l bordes were retired in abita springs louisiana 1910 1920 and 1930 st tammany parish louisiana federal census t624531 p 2a ed 94 and t625632 p 1b ed 101 and r 820 p 4b ed 19 no further information  references  the biloxi daily herald   mrs catherine eistetter   november 28 1904 the biloxi herald      the biloxi herald      the biloxi herald      the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily herald      notes i have the obit of john eistetter 18561904 her son married wilhelmina schumacher 18511929 daughter of william schumacher and christina breslow and had two children john f eistetter 18811953 m mary chinn 18911958 had john chinn eistetter 1929 1996 and mayme w eistetter 18821942 i have data that suggests catherine eistetter was born heist and her spouse was anton eistetter frederica or rebecca eistetter opperman died at biloxi may 14 1925 catherine heist eistetter 18161904 who died at biloxi in late november 1904 she had lived here for 26 years and was a native of wurtemberg germany she lived at nola for 36 years therefore she came to america circa 1842 if my math is close she was buried at nola in the st vincent de paul cemetery from the residence of her soninlaw joseph bordes who lived at no 1633 elysian fields avenue those from biloxi attending her funeral were mrs willamene schumacher eistetter 18511929 john eistetter 18811953 and henry eistetter 18581922 her surviving children were rebecca may have been fredericka opperman 18461925 and henry eistetter of biloxi kate hauck and mrs paul stier of nola and tony eistetter of texas the biloxi daily herald november 28 1904 p 5 138 views  ', 0);
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(139, 'en', 'node_search', ' streets and roads streets and roads ray sun 5292011 1639 time line   1842 the road from pt caddy to henderson pt on the bay of st louis was declared a public road  charles bellman was appointed overseer of this road from pt caddy to the west line of the 1 st police beat district minutes harrison county board of police march 14 1842 p 18  1846  water street  was first shown on a plat drawn by rene lameuse 17881883 a native of haiti and biloxi resident and first seen in a land deed in a land split between hc kaufman and h fritze on a 99foot parcel on pass christian road howard avenue that ran to water street they acquired the lot from arne bernard and spouse and danjean pierre in may 1846 harrison co mississippi land deed bk 3 p 189 and p 192  1883 in october 1883 while serving as street commissioner of biloxi  raymond caillavet was lauded in  the pascagoula democratstar  for his expertise in opening the beach road from porter avenue to a point near the biloxi city cemetery to connect with the shoreline thoroughfare from mississippi city  mr caillavet removed trees and stumps but when completed the road had the appearance of a   long avenue shaded on both sides   it was said of commissioner caillavet that   the city fathers could not have appointed a more efficient man for commissioner that the present incumbent    the pascagoula democratstar october 5 1883 p 3    1888 the beach road was laid out circa 1879 and circa 1884 it was opened from mississippi city to one mile east of beauvoir  much of this throughfare was shelled and paid for by private citizens all required bridges were built by the county the 2 miles between biloxi and beauvoir has not been built the biloxi herald august 11 1888 p 8  1894 in january  thomas h gleason  18571935  arnaud m dulion   18591909 and michael j louge  18471921 of the biloxi city council were appointed to meet with property owners on biloxi s front beach to request that they transfer 40 feet of land to the city to build a road from lameuse street to porter avenue  the biloxi herald january 6 1894 p 1  1899 in january mayor ht howard commenting on the conditions of biloxi s streets recommended the following the finance committee should with the assistance of the committee on sidewalks and streets formulate a plan by which bonds might be issued to improve our make shift sidewalks and dilapidated streets the marshal should be plainly instructed to educate the citizens that the streets are not dunghills on which to throw their offal trash and garbage the citizens should be taught to improve their streets by widening them the reckless piling of oyster shells along our streets should be stopped for surely every street the biloxi daily herald january 5 1899 p 8  in june  the following biloxi landowners sold to the city of biloxi for street purposes a tract described as jh keller caroline johnson van b mass c dennies dora m sterne alex lebatard sarah kuhn mrs george w dunbar august dorries la valle louise harriet crawford a gambel mrs jt maybury and e lebatard harrison co mississippi land deed bk 41 p 402  1903 the biloxi city council adopted a resolution that called for the numbering of biloxi s eastwest streets with lameuse street as the base line  nothing was offered for the northsouth streets mayor elmer ordered that ed suter paint the house numbers and and labels for the streets the biloxi daily herald april 17 1903 p 6  1905 monsieurs kennedy and benachi granted the city of biloxi a deed to benachi avenue which ran from howard avenue to west beach street the grantors reserved  the riparian rights on the front and also stipulated thatnone of the magnificent trees with which the avenue is lined on both sides shalll be injured or destroyed  the biloxi herald august 5 1901 p 2  1906   morrison avenue  a new street cut through from the beach toward the railroad and some distance west of the cemetery the article was reporting a fire that burned three newly built cottages on morrison the biloxi daily herald june 27 1906    1912 mrs wc seale owner of the old parkhurst place  was to present a petition signed by over 150 citizens to the city council asking that the west bay road a shell street be extended to her home  the present shell road terminarted about 12 mile from the seale domicile mrs seale offered to give the city a 50foot rightofway all around her property to the naval reserve in exchage for the shell road the daily herald february 13 1912 p 8  1914 in june 1914   he latimer son contractor with a crew of eight men and mule teams were building  glennan avenue  from pass christian road to the proposed cemetery in naval reserve park   the daily herald june 2 1914    1922 all biloxi resident males between 18 and 55 years of age   not exempt by law were notified that they  were required to work on the streets avenues and alleys of biloxi for a period of six tenhour days each year  in lieu of this service one could pay the city clerk 3 no later than march 5th after that date an additional 1 was added to the fee the daily herald march 4 1922 p 4 in the summer time  commissioner hunt was concerned about the dust on the beach road and west howard avenue advesrely affecting automobiles and homes  he had oil trucks spray oil on the shell on the beach road between porter avenue and oak street and on west howard from porter avenue to the naval reserve park the daily herald june 21 1922 p 3  west howard avenue  from fayard street to lameuse street  is badly in need of repair particularly between the tracks of the gulfport mississippi coast transit company  this condition is daid to be caused by the hauling of heavy freight cars over the tracks many complaints are being made by this condition  there is also a hole on the asphalt paved part of caillavet street which should be repaired by the county  automobiles turning into the main street is this main street from back bay state that they are given an unpleasant jolt at this point the daily herald september 23 1922 p 4  1923 on february 26 1923 the citizens of biloxi voted to pass a 550000 bond issue for streets  playgrounds schools libraries parks or community building   350000 of this money was to be allocated to pave nine miles of the principal thoroughfares in biloxi with bitulithic asphalt brick or some other hard surfaced material the daily herald january 31 1923 p 1  two carloads of a1 brick arrived at biloxi last week and were unloaded on west beach  after the waterworks are reconfigured and storm drain work is finished  the front beach roadway from point cadet to porter avenue will be started  the daily herald july 31 1923 p 3 in late august 1923 the morgan paving company was contracted to pave a section of the west beach road from heartsease park to beauvoir morgan subcontracted the work to local contractors ahern and guiterrez but continued to supervise the project funds for the work was provided by the federal government and the state highway commission the scheme called for a roadway with a sixinch concrete base covered with a thick asphalt layer  the daily herald august 27 1923 p 3  1924 in 1924 the southern paving and construction company began laying brick and asphalt on biloxi streets   the daily herald april 4 1924 p 3 and june 9 1924 p 3    1926 under the advisement of the biloxi lions club the city of biloxi obtained its first traffic light  it was made operational at howard avenue and lameuse street on november 12 1926  the light was made by the essco manufacturing company and installed under the supervision of al mangin for city commissioner john swanzy who directed biloxi public works the second traffic light went on in late december 1926  at caillavet street and division the daily herald october 21 1926 p 1 october 29 1926 p 2november 13 1926 p 2 and december 23 1926  1927 work is in progress paving parts about one mile of fountain street bay view avenue walker street bellman street roy and nixon street in connection with the back bay housing project  the work is being done within a wpa program supervised by john swanzy city commissioner the daily herald april 23 1927 p 2 the city commissioners heard objections to white way and curb and gutter improvements in biloxi  there was only one objection to the  white way similar to that on beach boulevard which will be laid on howard avenue from nixon street to fayard street lameuse street from beach boulevard to howard avenue and reynoir street from howard avenue to the l n rr  concrete curb and guttters will be placed on bass street from washington to howard avenue and on thelma street from seal avenue to iroquois the daily herald april 23 1927 p 1  1930 nixon street from water street to the beach which s the entrance way to the biloxi hospital  has been improved a tar and gravel composition has been placed ober the road providing a smooth finish the daily herald august 25 1930 p 2  1935 the state highway department requested a preliminary survey to widen the beach road from reynoir street to oak street from 18 feet to 30 feet the work was expected to take three weeks to reconnoiter the route of about 7200 feet the daily herald april 10 1935 p 1  1940 by midapril 1940  4300 feet of concrete had been poured on the biloxi section of the wpa and mississippi highway department sponsored new  double beach drive project with 2100 feet of roadway left to complete the daily herald april 16 1940 p 1  1948 the new section of the beach double driveway near biloxi will be completed in about two weeks  there remains about two weeks work of sodding along the side and parkways the new link is 2 and 12 miles long with two lanes or 4 12 miles in its entirety the daily herald may 26 1948 p 1  1954 in august the clark brothers of jackson mississippi james clark project manager were awarded the 863535 contract to build four 12foot lanes and 2 auxiliary lanes 10 12 feet wide sidewalks and a 13foot neutral ground between the biloxi lighthouse and myrtle street on point cadet many large trees were destroyed to construct this section of us highway no 90 the daily herald august 11 1954 p 1 and november 10 1954 p 1  1955 john d smith  state highway commissioner with mayor laz quave and other local dignitaries including kay freeman biloxi s miss hospitality and catherine ann baricev shrimp queen were present on december 9th on east beach drive and bellman street when the last 28 miles of the 20 million fiveyear fourlane 26 mile construction of us highway 90 was dedicated  more than 2 million was spent for the last 28 miles of the highway through biloxi s historic district the timespicayune december 10 1955 p 1  references  the biloxi herald   paving of biloxi streets means more tourist travel    january 6 1894 the biloxi herald   city council    january 5 1899 the biloxi daily herald   another big fire last night    june 27 1906 the daily herald   want bb   back bay  shell road extended   february 13 1912 the daily herald   paved road needs repair    february 23 1922 the daily herald   city council    january 31 1923 the daily herald   bricks arrive for street work   july 31 1923 the daily herald   begin work of paving  april 24 1924 the daily herald   brick laying began today   june 9 1924 the daily herald   howard avenue open to lameuse   june 13 1924 the daily herald   biloxi paving progresses   april 23 1927 the daily herald   biloxi white way is now assured   april 23 1927 the daily herald   4300 feet paving laid at biloxi    april 16 1940 the daily herald   paving streets    february 22 1941 the daily herald   to complete beach drive in two weeks   may 26 1948 p 1 the daily herald   clark brothers get biloxi road work for 863535   august 11 1954 the daily herald   new multilane drive at biloxi is progressing   november 10 1954 the daily herald   biloxi city council changes street name rose street to rosetti   may 9 1972 the timespicayune   biloxi highway section opened   december 10 1955  biloxi street names   ahern street  anglada alley in october 1907 miss minnie boykin christian missionary from ellisville mississippi was working with the poor people of biloxi under the aegis of the women s home missionary of the methodist conference she established a clinic on oak street near howard avenue and a sunday school at 1015 anglado alley near the biloxi canning company on back bay the biloxi daily herald september 28 1907 p1 and febraury 13 1908 p 1 references the biloxi daily herald miss minnie boykins work september 28 1907 p 1  atkinson road john william atkinson 18561941 came to biloxi circa 1907 recognizing the similarity of the soil and plant life with that of the fruit growing areas of florida he decided to attempt citrus culture on lands on back bay north of beauvoir  family jw atkinson was the son of william h atkinson 18271921 and mona holland brotherrl atkinson 181941 of madison wisconsin sarah atkinson his sister married nathan v boddie 18501929 allie daniel of la eugenia stokes of canton jw married miss pearl anna harmanson 18761970 on august 24 1904 in harrison county mississippi she was the daughter of dr and mrs ad harmanson of florala mississippi mrb 16 p 66 they were the parents of mona atkinson 19051991 m george wallace pearl l atkinson 19071983 m louis gutierrez 19091978 john atkinson 19091984 thomas harmanson atkinson 19101974 and woodrow joseph atkinson 19162002 m edna lucille harpole  references  the daily herald      the daily herald     191 the daily herald   back bay north of beauvoir   august 5 1910 the daily herald   back bay   november 25 1911 the daily herald   interesting story about back bay written for manufacturers record   january 7 1914  the daily herald   father of jw atkinson dies   june 23 1921 the daily herald   john w atkinson dies in biloxi   june 4 1941  beach street in early days of biloxi s history was called front street lameuse street became the dividing line between west beach and east beach road bed composed of a mixture of oyster shells and sand  paving in late august 1923 the morgan paving company was contracted to pave a section of the west beach road from heartsease park to beauvoir morgan subcontracted the work to local contractors ahern and guiterrez but continued to supervise the project funds for the work was provided by the federal government and the state highway commission the scheme called for a roadway with a sixinch concrete base covered with a thick asphalt the daily herald august 27 1923 p 3  us highway no 90   references  the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily herald   west beach in bad consition   august 20 1923 the daily herald   begin work upon roadway   august 27 1923 the daily herald   clark brothers open new part of biloxi highway unit next week   june 9 1955 p 16  bellman street   bellman street and charles fn bellman bellman street was originally called ryan s road after jacques ryan who acquired land in the jeanbaptiste carco land claim in 1812 it was a sixfoot wide footpath on the western perimeter of the dorsette richard land claim ryan s road was cut in 1843 and went north to the pass christian and point cadet road now east howard avenue cassibry vol ii p 131 p 142 and p 143 charles fn bellman 18061868 was born at kiel germany on may 30 1806 as carl friedrich nicolai bellmann the son of carl gottilieb bellmann 17721859 and friederica christina krause 17751860 the daughter of otto wilhelm krause of kiel his birth was recorded in the lutheran church on june 7 1806 at schleswigfriedrichberg carl g bellmann was a musician and composer from muskau in saxony now in eastern germany he was the composer of   the song of schlewigholstein   carl g bellmann and miss krause were married on december 9 1800 in schleswigfriedrichberg in addition to charles fn bellman their other children were carl adolph eduard bellmann born november 10 1801 friederika henriette adolphine bellmann born may 25 1803 and carl friedrich fedor bellmann born december 29 1811 and died may 29 1874 in kiel germany research of felicia bellman tucker march 14 2002 charles fn bellman 18061868 was a pioneer settler of biloxi mississippi he arrived at biloxi in 1835 and circa 1836 married pauline ryan 18151899 the daughter of jacques ryan d 1849 and elizabeth laforce lafauce 17 1850 at biloxi charles bellman made his livelihood as a boarding house proprietor druggist and doctor bellman avenue which strikes northsouth from east beach boulevard to howard avenue in biloxi is named for charles fn bellman  bellman children charles fn bellman and pauline ryan bellman brought nine children into the 19 th century world  theodora bellman  18381901 married louis l toon ryan  adolphine bellman  18381893 married moses seymour 18381893  charles w   bellman   18411885 married louisa wilhemena egan 18511881  edwardine bellman  18431921 married benjamin f noel 18411910  harro bellman  18471920 married euphrosine frazine ryan 18521904  bertha bellman  18511932 married ernest m beaugez 18621903  ada regina lida bellman  18541870  ralph charles bellman  18551899 and  pauline josephine bellman  18571933 married george w mccary 18481925  charles bellman first overseer of the biloxi and pass christian road appointed april 1842 minutes bd of police p 24  references  harrison county mississippi minutes of the board of police the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily herald      benachi avenue benachi avenue is a northsouth striking street situated in biloxi mississippi east of the iconic biloxi lighthouse its name came from the nicholas marino benachi family of new orleans  nicolas marino benachi  18121886 was born on the greek island of khios khios is located in the aegean sea off the west coast of turkey it is believed to have been the birthplace of homer khios is known for its school of epic poets the homeridae and it sculptors it became a greek possession in 1912 today with the adjacent islands of cyclades dodecanese lesbos and samos khios forms the greek department called aegean islands webster s new geographical dictionary1988 p 261  ownership nicholas m benachi 18121886 greek immigrant and cotton broker at nola died intestate on february 8 1886 at new orleans he left the following lands at biloxi with an estimated value of 15000 bounded south by the front bay or gulf of mexico east by property now owned by john cleary north by section line and west by the estate of jacques fayard having a front on said front bay or gulf of mexico of three hundred and twenty two feetsix inches running back due north between parallel lines to said section line a distance of 40 arpents more or less also one lot bounded south by lands of henry miller west by property now owned by dr maloney north by the property of charles fayard east by above described lot measuring north and south eight hundred feet east and west   harrison county chancery court cause no 676 august 1894  trees   benachi house relocated   request for street in early march 1904 a deed to a portion of benachi street was presented to the biloxi city council for action at this time it was read and referred back to all interested parties with the caveat that all streets donated to the city must be in passable condition   the biloxi daily herald march 2 1904 p 6  deed on august 8 1905 anthony n benachi 18581916 and william patrick kennedy 18731951 conveyed a tract of land to the city of biloxi it was described as fortyfive feet wide front on west beach boulevard on the south and running north to howard avenue a distance of 1253 feet on the east line and 1262 feet on the west line the consideration to the grantees was one dollar and that ten feet off the east and west lines be used for sidewalks the city of biloxi agreed that no tree or trees could be cut injured or disfigured by the grantee or assigns on said avenue harrison co mississippi land deed bk 69 p 414 at the biloxi city council meeting held on august 12 1905 the deed to the benachikennedy land donation for benachi avenue was read and accepted a petition from the denizens of benachi avenue was also read to the city council and asked them to shell and light the thoroughfare and that a water main be laid  the biloxi daily herald august 12 1905 p 1  an benachi anthony nicolas benachi 18581916 was called tony he was born april 10 1858 at new orleans tony benachi made his livelihood in the crescent city as a cotton broker and at greenville in the mississippi delta  the biloxi herald february 16 1916 p 2   in 1900 he appears to be residing in the benachi house on the beachfront at biloxi and employed as a cotton classer 1900 federal censusharrison county mississippi an benachi seems to have been a bon vivant and yachting at biloxi was a favorite pastime benachi owned the royal flush  a sixteenfoot catboat which competed annually in the biloxi regatta the swift craft also sailed in match races for sizeable prize money  the ocean springs record april 2 1998 and the biloxi daily herald   august 7 1900 p 8   an benachi expired at biloxi mississippi on february 16 1916 while residing at 422 elmer street his remains were interred in the benachi plot in the biloxi cemetery  the biloxi herald   february 16 1916 p 2  built the biloxi city council approved the improvement of benachi avenue from howard avenue to west beach boulevard in december 1905 when it was ordered  graded and shelled   a local reporter wrote   this is good news to those living on that beautiful avenue of oaks when completed it will form one of the most beautiful thoroughfares in the south or anywhere else   the biloxi daily herald december 6 1905 p 1    references  the biloxi daily herald      the biloxi daily herald      the biloxi daily herald   city council   march 2 1904 the biloxi daily herald   city council holds meeting   august 12 1905 the biloxi daily herald   back to his seaside home   september 20 1905 the biloxi daily herald   benachi avenue to be shelled   december 6 1905 the daily herald   biloxi news paragraphs of interest   june 27 1910 the daily herald    benachi avenue club   february 4 1926 p 2 the daily herald   know your coast the house that changed its address    december 20 1956  bilmarsan in july 1948 united homes of montgomery alabama planned to erect 25 homes on the newly constructed bilmarsan drive the moderately priced homes ranging in value from 7000 to 8000 will be two and three bedroom of frame construction asbestos siding and utilize many features of modern building methods the subdivision is 250 feet by 640 feet and the lots are 60 feet by 105 feet and 70 feet by 105 feet united homes is operated by tw koster president margaret s koster vicepresident and ruth k harrell sec treasurer the harrell construction company of montogemery will build the homes with ten structures planned to be commenced by late july the daily herald july 21 1948 p 1  references  the daily herald   united home  sic  to erect 25 houses in west biloxi   july 21 1948 p 1  bradford   references  the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily herald      caillavet raymond caillavet 18381898 called medeaux was born at biloxi in 1838 he was the eldest son of francois caillavet 18151883 a carpenter and euranie fayard 18181895 raymond caillavet was the grandson of louis arbeau caillavet 17931860 a native of the opelousas post louisiana and marguerite fayard 17871863 of biloxi louis a caillavet was baptized on march 31 1793 with louis carriere and marie despaux standing as his godparents la caillavet s father symphroen caillavet 17461806 was born at bordeaux france his mother was marie rose carriere 1766c 1855 a native of new orleans the caillavet family at biloxi was well respected louis a caillavet the progenitor of the family here had arrived in 1809 from opelousas louisiana his mother rose carriere and brother adolph caillavet c 18031842 joined him at biloxi later la caillavet 17931860 married marguerite fayard 17871863 circa 1811 she was the daughter of jean baptist fayard jr 17521816 and angelique ladner 17531830 these families are among the oldest at biloxi la caillavet was fluent in the french and english languages and acted as an agentinterpreter and representative to wealthy creole families from new orleans as well as his neighbors in land and legal matters he was often called as a witness in probate chancery court matters and his depositions in several court cases reveal something about his life from nap cassibry s excellent two volume series  early settlers and land grants at biloxi  the following has been extracted concerning la caillavet 1 was in biloxi in 1809 and no later than 1812 2 sometimes he was the only one in biloxi who could write 3 served as an interpreter and notary in legal matters 4 he was blind by 1848 la caillavet acquired much land on the mississippi coast in february 1837 he received a us government land patent on 7185 acres at jackson county mississippi described as lot 1 of section 32 t7sr8w it comprised the ne 4 and se 4 of the ne 4 of that section this land is located on the beach front at east ocean springs west of halstead road louis a caillavet was elected treasurer of the harrison county board of police board of supervisors for the term 18411843 jxco ms land deed bk 96 pp 325326  cemetery now irish hill    references  the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily herald      claiborne in february 1903 august dorries conveyed for 600 a large corner lot with a front of 180feet on east howard avenue and 200feet in depth to nancy marshall claiborne an unamed street was left open on the east side of the claiborne tract by dorries and kuhn earlier land owners in this area  references  the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily herald      crawford street the crawford family of new orleans acquired land at biloxi mississippi in february 1871 when mary crawford and theodosa jane crawford 18281896 acquired a tract of land on biloxi s east beach from mathilda pradat the widow of christobal toledano mrs pradat sold a parcel from the western part of a lot known as the green oaks hotel lot the crawford tract costs them 3900 and had a 180foot front on east beach and ran north to the back bay of biloxi harrison co mississippi land deed bk 11 p 531  charles c crawford charles campbell crawford 18371915 was born at baltimore maryland in october 1873 he married louise bievvenu 18531903 lived on royal street in new orleans children josephine m crawford 18781952  biloxi crawford home at 953 east beach  josephine m crawford josephine marien crawford 18781952 became a fine artist in january 1934 she won the blanche benjamin prize of 250 for her portrait of a woman the painting sold almost immediately as it hung in the arts and crafts club on royal street the daily herald january 16 1934 p 7  usobiloxi in july 1943 miss josephine m crawford mrs hunt henderson mrs jp d heur and louise h crawford donated about onehundred books to the women s club at the biloxi uso the daily herald july 30 1943 p 2  references  louise c hoffman  an artist s vision josephine crawford  the historic new orleans collection new orleans louisiana2009  journals the daily herald   cc crawford taken by death   may 29 1915 the daily herald      the daily herald   wins art prize   january 16 1934 the daily herald   100 books form crawford library   july 30 1943 the daily herald      the daily picayune      the daily picayune      the daily picayune      the daily picayune      the timespicayune   funeral conducted for miss crawford   june 22 1943 the timespicayune      the timespicayune      croesus probably named for john crusius 18061866 of new orleans he was from hanover germany and made his livelihood in the crescent city as the owner of a gambling house owned property at biloxi  references    davis   references  the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily herald      de buys road   references  the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily herald      delauney now ge ohr    references  the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily herald      division street laid out by general ferguson from reynoir street to holly street the daily herald february 17 1914 p 1  1914 controversy  the city let a contract to bond paving company for 398891 to four lane division street from seal avenue to the east the daily herald december 10 1964 p 1  references    the daily herald   division street controversy is still unsettled   february 17 1914 the daily herald   sign contract for division street work   december 10 1964 the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily herald      dorries street dorries street is located in east biloxi it starts on east howard avenue and runs north to division street it was named for august dorries 19411909 in april 1904 august dorries conveyed to the city of biloxi a strip of land 40feet wide harrison co mississippi land deed bk 11 p 531  references  the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily picayune      the daily picayune      the daily picayune      dukate   references  the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily picayune      the daily picayune      the daily picayune      the daily picayune      elder   references  the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily herald   native biloxian dead  james w elder     may 3 1926 the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily picayune      the daily picayune      elmer elmer street was named for jacob elmer howard to beach from howard avenue south to beach boulevard was initially known as grand jack alley or perella street before it became known as elmer street in the late 1890s elmer street in this area was changed to dukate street circa  references    michael leverne esters  19511983  esters boulevard esters boulevard was named for michael leverne esters 19511983 michael was born on may 25 1951 to rehofus esters 19232014 and barbara carter esters he graduated from notre dame high school at biloxi mississippi and attended mississippi gulf coast junior college and clark college in atlanta georgia in april 1977 michael married gail rose tyler they were the parents of imari esters a son the daily herald march 25 1983 p 2 and harrison co mississippi 2nd jd mrb 14 p 525 michael l esters was employed by the city of biloxi and was the first black councilman elected to the biloxi city government michael was elected to represent the people of ward ii in 1981 he was killed in an automobile accident on march 24 1983 michael and his family were domiciled at 641 fayard street they worshiped at our mother of sorrows catholic church on division street the daily herald march 24 1983 p 1 and march 25 1983 p 2 michael was chairman of the black civil rights organization at biloxi esters boulevard was named by the biloxi city council in to honor michael l esters it runs eastward from bohn street to and was formerly called railroad street mr rehofus rea esters sr went home to his heavenly father mon 92214 in ocean springs ms at the age of 91 years rehofus was born in biloxi ms to othella nelson burrell and halsey staples he and his brothers were raised by nelse esters he attended our mother of sorrows catholic school and graduated from jackson state college he served his country during  wwii  in the  us navy  and retired from kafb as a supervisory training instructor in electronics for the 3395th technical training group in 1980 rehofus was preceded in death by his son michael l esters father halsey staples mother othella burrell and brothers alphonza esters sr and frederick esters sr he is survived by sons rehofus yolanda esters jr dr john mariela esters gail tyleresters steven pamela esters and kelvin llatetra esters daughter lavaleria cookie alphonse white sisters hestra polk sandra bynum joan staples and miriam myree 16 grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren services will be noon tues 93014 at victory international christian center 8401 ocean springs rd in ocean springs visitation will be 2 hours prior to service time burial will follow at biloxi national cemetery read more here  http wwwlegacycom obituaries sunherald obituaryaspx n rehofuseste  references  the daily herald   michael esters   march 24 1983 the daily herald   michael esters   march 25 1983 the daily herald   local civil rights officer critizes arrest of james black    the sun herald    rehofus esters   september 28 2014  father ryan   references  the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily herald      forrest avenue   references  the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily herald      glennan avenue in the spring of 1914 he latimer and his work crew of eight men and mule teams began to cut a road into the naval reserve park from pass christian road called glennan avenue the new road went north from pass christian road for 14 mile and turned west for 14 mile to the site of the new cemetery there were still virgin pine and gum trees in this area of biloxi the daily herald june 2 1914 p 1  references  the daily herald glennan avenue now gives access to the cemetery june 2 1914  holley street   references  the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily herald      hopkins boulevard   references  the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily picayune      the daily picayune      the daily picayune      howard avenue this major eastwest artery through biloxi was original known at the pass christianpoint cadet road or pass road in 1896 in january 1899 cw blake street commissioner was supervising excellent work on howard avenue since the roadway was narrow it was difficult to create the necessary pitch to properly drain the road as the street at the gutters was higher than the center the street car track would have to be raised or the gutters lowered several inches to create a slope that would adequately drain the roadway the biloxi daily herald january 20 1899 p 8  references  the biloxi daily herald   local and personal   january 20 1899 the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily herald   brick laying began today   june 9 1924 p 3 the daily herald      the daily picayune      the daily picayune      the daily picayune      the daily picayune      the daily picayune      the daily picayune      the daily picayune      hoxie   the daily picayune      the daily picayune      the daily picayune      irish hill  irish hill mentioned in newspaper in september 1903 frank and herbert schaffer living here  the biloxi herald september 4 1903 p 6    the biloxi daily herald   city news   september 4 1903 the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily herald      julia avenue in may 1909 the city of biloxi led by mayor tj rosell 18611923 passed city ordinance no 421 which quitclaimed a strip of land forty feet wide east to west and one thousand one hundred and seventytwo feet long north to south to erena lopez brady this strip of land ran north between west beach boulevard and cemetery street and known as julia avenue it had been dedicated for a street to be named for julia dulion lopez mrs brady s mother   harrison co mississippi land deed bk 91 p 316 and  the daily herald may 10 1909 p 4  keller avenue   john h keller john henry keller 18301908 was born in germany or switzerland married elizabeth gresser also german she expired at nola on april 18 1882 their children were married martha washington silk 18531913 at new orleans in november 1888  presbyterian church lot on july 261892 the great new orleans philanthropist  john henry keller  18301908 himself not a presbyterian donated lot 1 50 feet by 150 feet block 6 of keller s tract to the  biloxi presbyterian church   the church was located on east howard avenue east of the old biloxi public high school  wl covel   18361926 was contracted to erect the small and modest building of the newly organized congregation the deacons and elders of the biloxi presbyterian church among them bemis o bailey 18981969 an ocean springs native  sold their property to the city of biloxi in late december 1940  for 3659 harrison co ms land deed bk 28 p 205 and the biloxi herald july 2 1892 p 1 and july 16 1892 p 4  the biloxi herald      the biloxi herald      the biloxi herald      the biloxi herald   a noble gift   july 2 1892 the biloxi herald   a new church   july 16 1892 the biloxi daily herald      the biloxi daily herald      the biloxi daily herald      the biloxi daily herald      the daily picayune      the daily picayune      the daily picayune      kuhn   the daily picayune      the daily picayune      the daily picayune      lameuse street lameuse street is a northsouth striking thoroughfare located in central biloxi between main street and ge ohr formerly delauney street it s name come from rene lameuse 17881883 a native of haiti lameuse had settled at new orleans as early as 1827 since louise appoline lameuse 18271892 his daughter was born here at this time his spouse angelique lameuse died at biloxi in 1829 she is buried in the old biloxi cemetery circa 1845 louise a lameuse married urbain laroussini 18151899 a native of france and merchant and resident of the crescent city they reared a large family at new orleans on villere street rene lameuse acquired a one arpent tract of land at biloxi in july 1831 from lansent gazone it ran north from the beach to bayou auguste present day bradford street and was bounded by joseph ladner to the east and the lands of jean delauney now lameuse street to the west cassibry vol ii 1986 p 8  urbain laroussini v heirs of john b carco in a deposition from urbin sic laroissini sic v heirs of john b carcos filed by urban laroussini in august 1849 in the district vice chancery court at mississippi city jean delauney in february 1850 related that  lameuse took possession about ten to fourteen years ago and built a brick house upon it and about two or three years afterwards the improvements in 1844 was a brick house kitchen and framed house where briscoe lives on the front and a house and kitchen where madame seaman now lives on back bay  cassibry vol ii 1986 p32 louis a caillavet in january 1850 was deposed in the same litigation and related  i know the road now called lameuse there was no road there in 1815 or 1818 the road was first established after lameuse went onto possession there was no road there previous to 1836  cassibry vol ii 1986 p23 larned davis of pass christian another deposer in laroussini v heirs of jb carco related the following in february 1850  i came to biloxi in june 1835 and stayed there only eight months i do not lameuse was there in 1835 the land was all uncultivated and there were no improvements on the land in the summer of 1838 lameuse told me that he had built a road and that it was his road and offered to sell me some lots on the east side of the road in 1838 there was a small shop where groceries were sold and some other improvements but cannot say what they were and to what extent the land was improved  cassibry vol ii 1986 p23  biloxi while a resident of biloxi rene lameuse was active in social and political affairs he was elected the first to the first board of police of harrison county mississippi which met on july 6 1841 mr lameuse s tenure was short lived on this board as he resigned during the september 1841 rene lameuse protested that the board of police of harrison county was not legal because the law authorizing the board required that the first meeting be held in biloxi lameuse resigned from the board and was fined 10 minutes of the board of police bk 1 september 13 1841 p 6 in 1850 rene lameuse was a resident of biloxi domiciled on front street he became an american citizen in 1856 while living at biloxi mr lameuse returned to new orleans and lived out the remainder of his life with urbain laroussini his soninlaw and family he expired in the crescent city on april 30 1883 at the age of ninetyfive years 1850 harrison co mississippi federal census m432372 p 95  shady grove in june 1850 john coates was operating the shady grove resort at biloxi it was described as large lawn and great number of shade trees surrounding the house make this one of the most desirable for families along the seacoast attached to this house are large and commodious bathing houses rates 125 per day 7 per week and 30 per month  the daily picayune june 8 1850 p 8  1875 the shady grove hotel has undergone an entire renovation and refurbishing under the guidance of urbain rambaut 18321889 the proprietor mr rambaut was born in france and settled at new orleans where he owned a coffee house and barroom on decatur street rambaut pledges to outdo his service of prior years to his patrons back bay furnishes the finest fish for his table and professor knapp drives a fine buggy to deliver visitors from their arrival as well as giving driving tours of biloxi he knows the denizens well and imparts valuable information of the area for the curiosity and knowledge of his passengers  the star of pascagoula june 26 1875 p 1 and  1870 and 1880 orleans parish louisiana federal census m593522 p 382 6 th ward and t9461 p 3 ed 33  peter lienhardt et al v sherrod seaman et al in may 1874 chancellor wg henderson of the chancery court of harrison county mississippi opined and adjudicated in the partition suit of chancery court cause no 143 peter liendhardt et al v sherrod seaman et al this litigation involved the partition of the lameuse property also called the shady grove hotel at biloxi this tract was described in this law suit as   containing by estimation forty arpents of land more or less bounded and described as follows beginning at the beach at the pass of biloxi thence north to the back bay of biloxi thence southeast along the shore of said bay so as to include one arpent thence south to the said pass of biloxi thence to the place of beginning bounded south by the pass of biloxi or gulf of mexico north by the back bay of biloxi west by lameuse street east by wetzell heirs having a few small lots sold off  biloxi cemetery bk a p 21 richard lameuse biloxi cemetery bk a p 234 circa 1845 louise a lameuse married urbain laroussini 18151899 a native of france and merchant and resident of the crescent city they reared a large family at new orleans on villere street biloxi in 1850 rene lameuse is a resident of biloxi domiciled on front street he became an american citizen in 1856 while living at biloxi mr lameuse returned to new orleans and lived out the remainder of his life with urbain laroussini 18151899 his soninlaw and family no further information 1850 harrison co mississippi federal census m432372 p 95  1894 the  city council appointed ald ermen gleason dulion and louge  to meet with land owners on front beach between  lameuse street and porter avenue to secure 40 feet of land to build a road  the biloxi herald january 6 1894 p 1  1902 ordinance the biloxi city council passed an ordinance to sell privledges for using streets for the construction of wharves the foot of lameuse street was the most valuable as its asking bid had a minimum rent of 50 per year for a six year lease biloxi s other streets were nonbid and had a fixed rental rate of 10 per year for six years the city prohibited oyster shops for being built on any of these piers bathhouses and warehouses were allowed  the biloxi daily herald may 8 1902 p 8   1922 speeders residents of lameuse street complained that automobiles were being driven at speeds above that set by the city ordinance on their thoroughfare twenty children reside on lameuse street between the l n railorad and division street and their safety is at risk due to cars traveling at speeds between twentyfive and fifty miles per hour the police claim that efforts have been made to catch speeders the daily herald september 23 1922 p 4  references  nap l cassibry ii  early settlers and land grants at biloxi  volume i mississippi coast historical and genealogical society biloxi mississippispecial issue 5 november 1986 p 82 nap l cassibry ii  early settlers and land grants at biloxi  volume ii mississippi coast historical and genealogical society biloxi mississippispecial issue 5 november 1986  the biloxi daily herald   new ordinance passed   may 8 1902 the daily herald   complains of fast driving   september 23 1922 the daily herald   howard avenue open to lameuse   june 13 1924 the daily picayune   shady grove biloxi   june 8 1850 the star of pascagoula   our watering places   june 26 1875  main street   references  the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily herald      morrison avenue   morrison avenue  a new street cut through from the beach toward the railroad and some distance west of the cemetery the article was reporting a fire that burned three newly built cottages on morrison the biloxi daily herald june 27 1906    references  the biloxi daily herald    the biloxi daily herald   another big fire last night   june 27 1906 the daily herald    the daily herald   nixon street references  the daily herald   district woman takes poison september 14 1914 the daily herald   defendants acquitted july 23 1915 the daily herald   red light part of biloxi raided by deputy walker august 5 1915 the daily herald   arrests ordered by committee on police of biloxi february 19 1916 the daily herald    porter avenue john c porter had acquired a onehalf acre lot on the gulf at biloxi mississippi from john fayard before 1848 on christmas day 1848 he sold this tract to rebecca flanagan and francis henrietta thompson the daughter of george and margaret thompson now margaret t brown with his natural love and affection the lot was surveyed by elihu carver harrison co mississippi chancery court land deed bk 4 p 205 in may 1850 john c porter conveyed for 250 a tract of land north of pass christian road to john h powell harrison co mississippi chancery court land deed bk 5 p 296 references  the daily herald    the daily herald    the daily herald    the daily herald    querens avenue frederick c querens references  the daily herald    the daily herald    the daily herald    railroad street  references  the daily herald   begin work of paving april 4 1924 p 3 the daily herald    the daily herald    the daily herald    reynoir street  references  the daily herald    the daily herald    the daily herald    rodenburg named for john henry rodenberg 18101862 a german immigrant merchant who settled at new orleans he acquired 4 lots of land about 3 miles west of the village of in biloxi in may1852 for 560 from maunsel and heloise white of plaquemines parish louisiana each lot meausre 1 arpent on the mexican gulf and ran north for about 16 arpentsthe rodenberg tract contained about 60 acres also 768 feet on the gulf and ran north for about 3100 feet harrison co mississippi deed bk 6 p 353 references  the daily herald    the daily herald    the daily herald    the daily herald    the daily herald    the daily herald    the daily herald    the daily herald    the daily picayune    the daily picayune    the daily picayune    the daily picayune    rose street  became rosetti street in may 1972  rose street was changed to rosetti street by the biloxi city council in may 1972 to honor biloxi police chief louis a rosetti residents of rose street petitoned the city for the change mayor daniel guice related that the name change was not only in recognition of the late police chief but of the whole rosetti family who had served biloxi for many years guice stated also that  we all enjoyed a close relationship with chief rosetti he was a person with a heart of gold not only would he enforce the law but would give help whenever and wherever needed especially to lowincome groups i hope this action will show younger persons that by living the good life and serving the community as chief rosetti did they will not be forgotten   the daily herald may 9 1972 p 4    references  the daily herald biloxi council changes street name to rosetti may 9 1972  seal avenue  references  the daily herald    the daily herald    the daily herald   improving seal avenue january 10 1925 the daily herald    the daily herald    the daily herald    the daily herald   judge sekul john marshall sekul 19111984 was born at biloxi mississippi on january 31 1911 to steve m sekul 18801966 and elena trebotich 18841970 both croatian immigrants from bobovisca on the island of brac in the aegean sea off the dalmatian coast their children were alena sekul 19092002 m peter cerinich 18951930 john m sekul 19111984 m elizabeth marjorie lamas 19171984 jacobena sekul 19132003 m percy j wetzel 19071980 and andrew gillich vincentia vitsie sekul 19152002 m alonzo gabrich 18941948 josephine sekul 19181986 m william schaaf and clare b sekul 19222011 m warren h hornsby education john m sekul matriculated to springhill college at mobile and graduated from loyola university law school at new orleans he took the mississippi bar exam in 1935 and in april 1935 spoke to the biloxi lions club on the biloxi seafood industry a subject that he was intimately acquainted having been reared on east third street on point cadet  the daily herald april 2 1935 p 5   clare b sekul john s sister also became a lawyer and his law partner in late may 1945 shortly after she graduated from the university of mississippi law school at this time she became the 41 st woman to be admitted to the mississippi state bar clare had attended the harrisonstonejackson junior college at perkinston before entering the prelaw program at ole miss  the daily herald may 28 1945 p 7 and may 30 1945 p 7   family on october 30 1938 john m sekul married elizabeth marjorie lamas 19171984 the daughter of rudolph lamas 18751939 a biloxi seafood merchant and mary catherine coleman 18771944 john and marjorie were the parents of judy sekul m seymour and steve m buzzy sekul harrison co mississippi mrb 49 p 244 demise judge sekul died in the biloxi regional medical center on january 9 1984 his corporal remains were interred in the southern memorial park cemetery at biloxi mississippi marjorie lamas sekul expired in references  the daily herald   john sekul speaker before lions club april 2 1935 the daily herald   miss clare sekul receives law degree may 28 1945 the daily herald   miss clare sekul and john sekul may 30 1945 the daily herald   mrs elena t sekul december 3 1970 the daily herald   attorney and former city judge sekul dies in medical center at age of 72 january 10 1984 the sun herald   alena sekul cerenich july 7 2002 suter place references  the daily herald    the daily herald    the daily herald    white avenue judge walter a white 18541942 was born december 1 1854 near steen s creek rankin county mississippi to thomas s white and salina smith married harriett enochs 18601880 the daughter of captain iv enochs and harriet byrd their children  cora white  1878 m gabriel h mcmorrough 18761974  lula white  18811931 m reverend william o sadler 18751949  laura white  188319 and  nell white  1886 m allan j watson after the demise of his spouse judge wa white married her sister cora enochs 18641934 in october 1890 their children walter enochs white 18911940 m besse still 18901980 harry knoxwhite 18981899 john t white 1901 m pauline white house hotel  references  twentieth century coast edition of the biloxi daily herald historical and biographical  george w wilkes sons biloxi1902 journals the daily herald    the daily herald   have record attendance of guests september 2 1924 the daily herald   mrs white dites at home september 7 1934 the daily herald    the daily herald   board oks widening white avenue august 8 1980 p b1 the sun herald   save the white house hotel december 26 2011 p a11  the daily herald    the daily herald    the daily herald    the daily picayune    the daily picayune    the daily picayune    the daily picayune    the daily picayune   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(141, 'en', 'node_search', ' golf courses golf courses ray sun 6192011 1232  biloxi and mississippi gulf coast golf   time line mexican gulf hotel1902 thomas bendelow  magnolia hotel1902 thomas bendelow  keller s green1902 thomas bendelow  pass christian1909 frank e sutter  1909 mississippi coast country clubgreat southern  neiman  1918 biloxi country club1924   biloxi gulf club the biloxi golf club was situated on a 110acre tract acquired from cora e white 18641934 in northwest biloxi construction of the golf course commenced in midmarch 1918 under the supervision of golf professional jack daray 18811958 of grand rapids michigan  the daily herald march 22 1918 p   1923 mexican gulfpine hills north shore of bay st louisclarence w gormly  1925 oren williams and caddy oren williams  19001977 of biloxi defeated  we ware  of greenwood in the 1925 state amateur golf championship hosted by the jackson country club williams was also medallist bob gormly 19091969 representing the biloxi golf club won the first flight  the daily herald june 22 1925 p 5    baywaveland golf club 135acres on old spanish trail and nicholson avenue construction to begin in november 1925  the daily herald november 5 1925    gulf hills ocean springs mississippijack daray 18811958  1926 edgewater golf club located north of the hote l was designed by harry j collis  architect of the floosmoor country club and olympia fields at chicago he had seventyfive men and eight tractors at work on the course the biloxi news march 21 1926 p 1 and april 25 1926 p 3 a golf course was planned for gulfport the daily herald june 12 1926 p 7  robert m gormly in late june  robert meredith   bob gormly  19091969 defeated  al welch  of biloxi for the mississippi state amateur golf championship on the laurel country club links at laurel mississippi he competed in the national junior golf championships at chicago in august 1926  way down south july 17 1926 p 6    1929 in august 1929 don gormly and  bob gormly  19091969 went to greenwood mississippi to play in the state amateur golf tournament  bob gormly  was low medalist and went on to win his second state golf championship in a very convincing manner over  we ware  of greenwood 8 and 7 in the 36 hole finals don gormly won the second flight consolation match  the daily herald june 7 1929 p 10 and june 10 1929 p 5  buena vista hotel midget 18 hole putting course par 50 course in biloxi on west beach and hopkins  the daily herald december 31 1929 p 2    1930 plans for a golf course in the henderson point section west of pass christian were revealed in late april the daily herald april 30 1930  bob gormly  19091969 won his third mississippi state golf championship at laurel mississippi in june 1930 in the 36 hole semifinals he beat medalist eugene vinson of meridian 4 and 3 in the 36hole finals gormly bested his team mate  ad warner  5 and 4 the biloxi golf team composed of bob gormly and don gormly a welch and ad warner won the griffith trophy for shooting the low medal score in the team competition  the daily herald june 14 1930 p 3 and june 16 1930 p 6    edgewater gulf jack daray 18811958 and harry collins may have redesigned or worked on this golf course  1933 bob gormly  19091969 of biloxi lost to robert c mulloy of laurel 3 and 2 in the semifinals of the state amateur golf tournament the daily herald june 9 1933 p 2 and june 10 1933 p 2  1936 walter hagen  1819 golf professional arrived at biloxi on february 25 1934 with joe hurst his manager and joe kirkwood golf trick shot specialist his entourage made an appearance at the biloxi country club  the daily herald february 26 1936 p 8    1938 anson holley beat we bill beasley 3 and 2 to win the biloxi country club championship in february the daily herald february 23 1938 p 6  1944 the gulfport open  a pga golf tournament was held at the  great southern country club  from march 3 1944 to march 5 1944 the  prize money was 6000  in war bonds   harold jug mcspaden  19081996 won the 72hole tournament shooting eight under par defeating sammy byrd   19061981   runnerup by six strokes byron nelson   19122006 placed third  freddie haas  19162004 nola golfer was the winning amateur mcspaden won a 1000 war bond byrd a 750 war bond and byron nelson a 550 war bond ashton barrett was club president at this time and jim wilson club professional   byron nelson went on to win 37967 in war bonds in 1944  and lead the pga money list  jug mcspaden was second with 23855 in war bond  winnings  the daily herald march 1 1944 p 2 march 3 1944 p 2 and march 6 1944 p 2    jug mcspaden   sammy byrd  and  byron nelson  went to  keesler field  at biloxi on march 3 1944 to demonstrate their  links skills to the servicemen   the daily herald march 4 1944 p 6    1946 pascagoula country club  nine holes  1952 pass christian isles golf club was incorporated april 19 1952 by john bell ea lang dr cd taylor jr c randall jones jr and george e morse harrison co mississippi chattel deed bk 138 p 230  wallace c walker  19041986 address 1728 tulane avenue conveyed to the pass christian isles golf club a twentyfive year leasepurchase option on eight tracts of 1155 acres to john bell president on december 6 1953 rent 2000 to 3500 per year from 1957 to 1977 harrison county ms land deed bk 371 p 70  wallace c walker sold to pass christian isles golf club on november 22 1967 for 96000 deed of trust held by clifford walker harrison co mississippi trust deed bk 600 p 96 the biloxi country club  which would shsortly be renamed the sunkist country club  announced plans to build its clubhouse in late december officers of the club were  william e beasley   18811963 pres  robert r buntin  v pres  giles peresich  19181985 treas and lee kostmayer  sec board of directors biloxijoseph v lawrence 19021975 glen swetman vernon b pringle earl c nolan and anson holley jr gulfportarthur v hays ashton barrett 19011990 and hc thompson the daily herald december 23 1952 p 9  1953 johnny revolta  gulf hills professional and mickey j bellande  19091982 biloxi amateur played two birmingham alabama linksters  sam byrd   19061981 pga touring professional and al jamison  one of alabama s top amateur golfers in a four ball match at gulf hills on march 1 1953 the revoltabellande team prevailed over the visitors the eighteenhole scores were as follows revolta68 bellande77 byrd73 and jamison 73 the daily herald march 2 1953 p 15  sunkist country club incorporated was founded in july 1953 by we bill beasley designed by frank steidle and roland robley robertson reincorporated in august 1967  1953 mississippi state open championship the 24 th annual mississippi state open golf championship was held at gulf hills from september 10 1953  until september 13 1953 1952 champion jim coleman of jackson did not return to defend his title the course played at 6611 yards with par at 72  spec wilson of laurel an amateur and former open champion won the 72hole event with a score of 280 eleven strokes back was wayne williams  an amateur from greenwood amateur and future pga star  johnny pott  b 1935 of brookhaven and pro frank steidle of biloxi s sunkist country club tied for third place with scores of 293 notable locals from biloxi and their scores were  mickey bellande  19091980295  giles peresich  19181985 298  ballard beasley 298 louis hood306  anson holley 307 and jj lawrence 309  the daily herald september 10 1953 p 20 and september 14 1953 p 20    1954 in june  john mavar defeated greg lawrence 4 and 3 for the first annual sunkist amateur championship at sunkist country club the daily herald june 11 1954  1959 tramark gulfport mississippi john francis johnny pot t b 1935 at cape girardeau missouri pga professional married mary rose kettering  at biloxi in early june the daily herald june 5 1959 p 12  1960 par three1960 curtis p galle   19101992 was the founder of the par three golf course on popps ferry road mr galle acquired the farm and pecan orchard of the late boyd smith for 22000 in december 1954 from eunice smith mildred smith harrelson and milton b smith his heirs at law the boyd farm consisted of fortythree acres the se 4 se 4 of section 12 t7sr10w and threeacres in the sw 4 sw 4 of section 12 t7sr10w west of cedar lake road the conveyance included all farm implements and equipment  1964 1964 state amateur championship in midjune 1964 at the edgewater golf club in biloxi mississippi mickey bellande 19091982 beat don fruge  an eighteenyear old from meridian mississippi 43 in the 36hole finals for the state amateur championship bellande shot 68 on the first eighteen holes he had lost 1 up in 37 holes to bobby harrell of laurel in the 1962 amateur finals at hattiesburg  the clarion ledger june 15 1964 p 4    portage yacht and country club near pass christian mississippi was designed by charles chic adams  19232007 a native of iowa and 1946 graduate of morningside college sioux city iowa he planned to have the portage yacht and country club ready for play by junejuly 1965  in addition to the 18hole par 72 course portage had a ninehole course designed for beginner and intermediate golfers the daily herald december 23 1964 p 23  1965 hickory hillsmississippi national gautier mississippi earl stone course designer   1968 broadwater beach hotel sun and sea courses biloxi mississippi earl stone architect  in january  johnny pott commenced his association with the broadwater beach golf club at biloxi the ocean springs record january 11 1968 p 1  1971 st andrews on the gulfaugust 13 1971 james thompson pine island golf course inc 1972pete dye on february 10 1978 and marsh islands   1991 southwind country club d ibervillest martin area  chuck gregory  1993 dogwood hills golf club biloxi mississippibrent williams  1996 the bridges bay st louis mississippi  arnold palmer  windance  gulfport mississippimark mccumber designer acquired by the island view casino in 2008 6600yards  1998 the oaks pass christian mississippigil morgan  1999 grand bear saucier mississippi jack nicklaus golf course architect   2000 shell landing gautier mississippi davis love iii course architect   2006 the preserve golf club  vancleave founded in 2006 jerry pate course architect   mississippi coast golf courses 2011   source  the sun herald  golf brings millions to coast coffers july 31 2011 p c10  bay breeze golf course  500 ploesti drive kafbbiloxi mississippi the bridges golf club  711 hollywood boulevard bay st louis mississippi diamondhead country club cardinal and pine course 7600 country club drivediamondhead mississippi dogwood hills golf club 17476 dogwood hills golf club17476 dogwood hills drivebiloxi mississippi fallen oak golf club 24400 mississippi highway no 15saucier mississippi grand bear golf club 12040 grand way boulevardsaucier mississippi great southern golf club 2000 beach drivegulfport mississippi gulf hills golf club 13700 paso roadocean springs mississippi mississippi national golf club 900 hickory hill drivegautier mississippi the oaks golf club 24384 clubhouse drivepass christian mississippi pascagoula country club 2703 washington avenuepascagoula mississippi pass christian isles golf club 150 country club divepass chrisrian mississippi pine bayou golf course naval construction battalion center7th streetgulfport mississippi the preserve golf club 8901 mississippi highway no 57vancleave mississippi shell landing golf club 3499 shell landing boulevardgautier mississippi sunkist country club 2381 sunkist country club roadbiloxi mississippi whispering pines golf course 18412 mississippi highway no 613hurley mississippi  windance country club 19385 champion circlegulfport mississippi  mississippi state amateur golf champions  on the eight day of june in 1967 the mississippi golf association board of directors drafted a resolution to rename the 52nd state amateur championship as the spec wilson memorial mississippi amateur championship the trophy now reads as the bf spec wilson state amateur championship and will for the century to come  2019 joseph deraney hattiesburg country club 2018 wilson furr the preserve golf club 2017 ross bell canebrake country club 2016 clay homan reunion golf country club 2015 wilson furr country club of jackson 2014 nick beale dancing rabbit golf course azalea course 2013 steve wilson grand bear golf course 2012 clay homan reunion golf country club 2011 clay homan old waverly golf club 2010 fletcher johnson country club of jackson 2009 jonathan randolph windance country club 2008 trey denton tunica national golf club 2007 steve wilson reunion golf country club 2006 kyle ellis dancing rabbit golf club azalea course 2005 clay homan hattiesburg country club 2004 michael stringer annandale golf club 2003 rett crowder tupelo country club 2002 lane pippin canebrake country club 2001 rett crowder old waverly golf club 2000 rett crowder country club of jackson 1999 rett crowder timberton country club 1998 rett crowder dancing rabbit golf club 1997 gary martin diamondhead country club pine course 1996 david coleman castlewoods country club 1995 benji nelson laurel country club 1994 clay homan colonial country club deerfield 1993 chad ginn timberton country club 1992 rett crowder country club of jackson 1991 chad ginn tupelo country club 1990 steve pope clarksdale country club 1989 watt whatley windance country club 1988 ken graeber castlewoods country club 1987 lan gooch hattiesburg country club 1986 vance veazey clarksdale country club 1985 leigh brannan laurel country club 1984 darren cole hattiesburg country club 1983 gary martin colonial country club deerfield 1982 david allen tupelo country club 1981 david allen country club of jackson 1980 johnny lang northwood country club 1979 joe iupe jr columbus country club 1978 mike taylor diamondhead country club 1977 mike taylor vicksburg country club 1976 johnny lang belwood country club 1975 mike taylor live oaks golf club 1974 mike taylor northwood country club 1973 mike taylor clarksdale country club 1972 mike taylor hickory hill country club 1971 ed meeks greenwood country club 1970 mike taylor dixie golf club 1969 charles rea briarwood country club 1968 mike taylor shady oaks country club 1967 bob travis laurel country club 1966 mike taylor northwood country club 1965 mike taylor country club of jackson 1964 mickey bellande edgewater park golf club 1963 joe corbet greenwood country club 1962 bobby harrell hattiesburg country club 1961 bob travis clarksdale country club 1960 ham carothers laurel country club 1959 bf spec wilson vicksburg country club 1958 al bange great southern golf club 1957 hp childress greenville country club 1956 lt spulger sunkist country club 1955 eddie merrins greenwood country club 1954 bf spec wilson great southern country club 1953 eddie merrins northwood country club 1952 bf spec wilson laurel country club 1951 bf spec wilson country club of jackson 1950 eddie merrins great southern golf club 1949 eugene vinson vicksburg country club 1948 hg weddington laurel country club 1947 hg weddington northwood country club 1946 doc powell greenwood country club 1945 curtis person gulf hills golf club 1944 andy plyler country club of jackson 1943 maynard craft country club of jackson 1942 spec herron country club of jackson 1941 curtis person great southern golf club 1940 eugene vinson greenwood country club 1939 hg weddington laurel country club 1938 eugene vinson gulf hills golf club 1937 lv dukes national park club 1936 lv dukes country club of jackson 1935 tom walsh greenwood country club 1934 jim patrick northwood country club 1933 eugene vinson laurel country club 1932 eugene vinson national park club 1931 euegene vinson country club of jackson 1930 bob gormley laurel country club 1929 bob gormley greenwood country club 1928 oren williams gulf hills golf club 1927 cw kittleman country club of jackson 1926 bob gormley laurel country club 1925 oren williams 1924 cw kittleman 1923 cw kittleman greenwood country club 1922 cw kittleman 1921 dirk newkirk laurel country club 1920 we ware hattiesburg country club 1919 jb perry country club of jackson 1918 no tournament wwi 1917 cw kittleman country club of jackson 1916 dr ld granlolf great southern golf club 1915 we ware country club of jackson   notes 1915we ware of aberdeen mississippi at the jackson country club jackson mississippi 1916dr l d granloff of aberdeen mississippi at great southern gulfport mississippi 1917cw kittleman of greenville mississippi 1918no tournament ww i 1919 1920s 1920we ware 1921 1922 we ware of greenville mississippi at the biloxi golf club 1923 cw kittleman of greenville mississippi 1924cw kettleman w on at the biloxi golf club on june 8 1924  the daily herald june 9 1924 p 1    oren williams and caddy 1925oren williams  b 1900 of biloxi defeated we ware of greenwood in the 1925 state amateur golf championship hosted by the jackson country club williams was also medallist bob gormly representing the biloxi golf club won the first flight  the daily herald june 22 1925 p 5    robert m gormly 1926 in late june 1926  bob gormly defeated a welch of biloxi for the mississippi state amateur golf championship on the laurel country club links at laurel mississippi he competed in the national junior golf championships at chicago in august 1926  way down south july 17 1926 p 6    1927 cw kittleman of greenville mississippi  1928oren williams of biloxi defeated  bob gormly of biloxi at gulf hills  1929 in august 1929 don and bob gormly went to greenwood mississippi to play in the state amateur golf tournament  bob gormly was low medalist and went on to win his second state golf championship in a very convincing manner over we ware of greenwood 8 and 7 in the 36 hole finals don gormly won the second flight consolation match  the daily herald june 7 1929 p 10 and june 10 1929 p 5    1930s 1930state champion15 th mississippi state championship bob gormly won his third mississippi state golf championship at laurel mississippi in june 1930 in the 36 hole semifinals he beat medalist eugene vinson of meridian 4 and 3 in the 36hole finals gormly bested his team mate  ad warner  5 and 4 the biloxi golf team composed of bob and don gormly a welch and ad warner won the griffith trophy for shooting the low medal score in the team competition  the daily herald june 14 1930 p 3 and june 16 1930 p 6    1931eugene vinson b 1913 high school athlete from meridian mississippi beat maynard craft of jackson 2 up the tournament was held at jackson vinson went on to capture the state open at canton in september defeating tupelo professional nelson giddens  the daily herald june 15 1931 p 3 and september 10 1931 p 3    1932eugene vinson of meridian mississippi bested harry prichett of columbus played at the national park course at vicksburg  1933eugene vinson of meridian mississippi  1934jim patrick of tupelo won over ll mcallister of jackson by a score of 2 and 1 the event was held in meridian  the daily herald june 9 1934 p 3    1935played at greenwood   1936lv dukes of jackson   1937 lv dukes of jackson won at vicksburg   1938eugene vinson of meridian mississippi beat hunter gregory weddington b 1917 at biloxi  1939hunter g weddington  b 1917 of meridian mississippi 1940s 1940eugene vinson of meridian mississippi beat tom welsh of greenville 3 and 3  1941curtis person  19101997  1942   1943   1944andy plyler of ocean springs defeated carl lipe 19011977 of clarksdale at jackson in june  the daily herald june 19 1944 p 2    1945 curtis person  19101997 of greenwood beat carl lipe 19011977 of clarksdale 7 and 6 in the thirtysix hole championship finals on june 29 th at gulf hills in ocean springs mississippi  the daily herald june 30 1945 p 3    1946   1947 hunter g weddington  b 1917 of meridian mississippi  1948 hunter g weddington  b 1917 of meridian mississippi  1949eugene vinson of meridian mississippi 1950s 1950eddie merrins  b 1932 of meridian mississippi  1951bf wilson  19141967 of laurel mississippi mississippi open champion 19411953 and 1956  1952bf wilson  19141967 of laurel mississippi  1953 eddie merrins of meridian mississippi 1954bf wilson  19141967 of laurel mississippi  1955 tommy lott of columbus mississippi or  eddie merrins of meridian mississippi tournament held at meridian  1956bf wilson of laurel won the tournament held at laurel mississippi  the daily herald august 20 1956 p 15  mary mills of gulfport won at the jackson country club defeating ann gookin of jackson  down south julyaugust 1956 p 29    1957   1958   1959bf wilson  19141967 of laurel mississippi 1960s 1960   1961robert bob travis of jackson mississippi  1962robert bobby harrell of laurel and a captain in the us army stationed at ft sill oklahoma beat marcel mickey bellande 19091982 of biloxi 1 up after 37 holes at the hattiesburg cc course  the daily herald june 18 1962 p 19    1963 1964mickey bellande  19091982 of biloxi defeated don fruge of meridian 4 and 3 in the 36hole finals at the edgewater gulf country club i n biloxi mississippi  the daily herald june 15 1964 p 26    1965mike taylor  b 1946 of meridian mississippi  1 966mike taylor  b 1946 of meridian mississippi  1967   1968mike taylor  b 1946 of meridian mississippi  1969 1970s 1970mike taylor  b 1946 of meridian mississippi  1971   1972mike taylor  b 1946 of meridian mississippi  1973mike taylor  b 1946 of meridian mississippi  1974mike taylor  b 1946 of meridian mississippi  1975  mike taylor  b 1946 of meridian mississippi also won state open  1976   1977mike taylor  b 1946 of meridian mississippi  1978mike taylor  b 1946 of meridian mississippi also won state open  1979joe s iupe jr  b 1956 of canton mississippi 1980s 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985  leigh brannan  also won state open 1986 1987 1988 1989  watt whatley at windance country club in gulfport also won state open 1990s 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994clay homan 1995 1996 1997  played at diamondhead on the pine course 1998 1999  rett crowder  also won state open 2000s 2000 2001  rett crowder  also won state open  2002lane pippin of ocean springs defeated at hattiesburg cc in hattiesburg mississippi  2003 2004 2005clay homan  of starkville mississippi won at  2006  won at philadelphia mississippi on the azalea course of the dancing rabbit golf club  2007steve wilson of ocean springs won at reunion golf and country club in madison mississippi 2008  trey denton  b 1985 of madison mississippi won at tunica national in tunica mississippi played college golf at the university of arizona   2009  jonathan randolph  b 1988 shot an 283 a junior at ole miss beat thomas watkins jr 284 of whisper lake cc at the windance cc in gulfport mississippi  the sun herald june 8 2009 p c1    2010 2011   references the daily herald   williams new state champ   june 22 1925 the daily herald   oren williams beaten in finals at state match   june 18 1927 the daily herald  williams eliminates champ today while gormley  sic  wins   june 29 1928 the daily herald   high school boy of meridian golf champ of state   june 15 1931 the daily herald   vinson in finals bob gormley  sic  loses to robert mulloy   june 10 1933 the daily herald   young tupelo golfer triumphs in finals   june 9 1934 the daily herald   gene vinson wins state golf title in amateur event   june 8 1940 p 5 the daily herald   plyler wins state amateur golf tourney   june 19 1944 the daily herald   person beats carl lipe for state golf title   june 30 1945 the daily herald   prep for state open   august 101956 p 18 the daily herald   bellande bows out in golf finals   june 18 1962 the daily herald   bunts boots and bounces   june 13 1964 the daily herald   bellande is state amateur golf champ   june 15 1964 the sun herald   pippin ponders pro path   july 28 2002 p b1 the sun herald   state am tees off thursday at windance   june 3 2009 p b5 the sun herald   randolph wins amateur   june 8 2009  club histories   mississippi coast country club   now  great southern  location section 32 t7sr10w harrison county mississippi founder organized by joseph albert bert jones in 1909 board of directors the roots of the present day great southern golf and country club lie with joseph a bert jones 18771910 the son of joseph t jones 18421916 and melodia blackmarr jones 18591931 considered the founder of gulfport mississippi in 1909 bert jones acquired about fifty acres of land in lots 6177 of the louis auguste frederic survey in section 32 t7sr8w in harrison county mississippi situated at the time between biloxi and gulfport today this fine golf links is within the gulfport city limits mr jones land had a frontage of feet on the mississippi sound and ran north feet to the l n railroad  great southern hotel built by captain joseph t jones in 1903 following the completion of the gulf ship island railroad thomas j sully 18551939 was the architect and mr heustis the building contractor closed in late may 1934 because of the great depression  the daily herald june 1 1934 p 1   thomas sully 18551939 was a largely selftrained architect based in new orleans louisiana he designed many large residences on upper st charles avenue such as the picard house and public buildings in new orleans and in other cities as well thomas j sully was born in mississippi city mississippi to george washington sully and the former harriet jane green he studied architecture in the office of lahnour and wheelock in austin texas and with the firm of hr marshall and j morgan slade in new york city he opened his new orleans office in 1881 he married the former mary eugenia rocchi in 1884 and the couple had one daughter among his designs were the hennen maritime building the original whitney building milliken memorial hospital and the st charles hotel all in new orleans the vicksburg hotel in vicksburg mississippi the shreveport caddo parish charity hospital formerly called confederate memorial medical center and currently known as the lsu medical center and the caffery sugar mill near franklin in st mary parish he was a grandnephew and namesake of the painter thomas sully he was a member of the boston club the elks and the southern yacht club  bert jones  born bradford pennsylvania in 1877 to joseph t jones and married mary seymour 18851910  chevally and fursden   land deeds  widow ja jones mary seymour jones to jt jones in february 1911 harrison co ms land deed bk 95 p 412 forfeited tax patent harrison co ms deed bk 120 p 292 also bk 17 328 harrison co ms deed bk 123 p 183 louis a frederic bk 177 p 192  president wilson at pass christiandecember 25 1913 to january 12 1914 in middecember 1913 congressman byron patton pat harrison 18811941 made the announcement that president woodrow wilson 18561924 was considering taking his threeweek 1913 christmas holiday at gulfport mississippi and environs dr cary t grayson 18781938 of the usn the president s medical attendant had recommended the gulf coast as a place for woodrow wilson to rest and relax as he was suffering from a severe winter cold  the daily herald december 16 1913 p 1   the decision was made and the herndon house at pass christian mississippi was chosen as the winter white house mary alice herndon 18631923 a native of new orleans and rebecca jane krumbhar herndon 18401920 her mother and the widow of thomas cammack herndon 18291901 were operating a boarding house owned by mrs jw aver a widow the mild winters excellent rail connections family friends at new orleans and the fact that there was a suitable golf course the mississippi coast country club at nearby mississippi city made the choice of the coast a relative easy decision for the wilson family  the daily herald december 24 1913 p 1  the herndon house was severely damaged by hurricane camille in august 1969 and the owner from new orleans reportedly died of a heart attack after she observed the derelict structure it was removed and the lot lay bare until postkatrina when a replica of the old structure was initiated it is under construction in august 2008 w dayton robinson august 4 2008 the presidential entourage left the capitol in a special train assembled by the southern railway there were four cars a diner pullman combination baggage car and smoking car and the ideal president wilson s private rail car in addition to mr wilson the presidential party consisted of ellen louise ellie lou axson wilson 18601914 mrs woodrow wilson margaret w wilson 18861944 and eleanor r wilson 18891967 the president s daughters helen woodrow bones 18741951 the president s cousin dr carey t grayson naval surgeon charles l swem 18871969 the president s personal stenographer and four secret servicemen they arrived on the coast early christmas morning and were greeted warmly by mayor anatole p saucier of pass christian  the daily herald december 24 1913 p 1 and the macon weekly december 26 1913 p 3   at pass christian not only the president but the wilson family had come for a welldeserved rest and declined all local social invitations the wilson girls had had an active social calendar in the capitol and looked forward to horseback riding on the beach and pinetraced sandy road to wolf river as well as visiting with mary and lucy smith their friends who resided at new orleans while at pass christian dr ds taylor of gulfport provided the misses wilsons with suitable steeds  the daily herald december 27 1913 p 1 and 30 1913 p 1   although president wilson essentially maintained his pass christian winter vacation de rigueur as the summer trek to cornish hampshire ie he played golf in the morning took a ride in a motorcar in the afternoon and spent his evenings at home reading sans social or political company he was touched indirectly by the local populous mr ub parker a wiggins mississippi attorney sent him forty recently slain quail they were delivered to the herndon house by a special messenger who traveled by rail from wiggins then situated in the northern part of harrison county  the daily herald december 31 1913 p 1   he was observed by lillian russell 18601922 chanteuse and first diva of the american theater as her train slowed while passing the links miss russell and her orchestra had played new orleans on new year s eve and was east bound  the daily herald january 2 1914 p 1    1914daray  in late march jack daray planned to remain at the golf club for several weeks to supervise course improvements changing the drainage pattern of one green removing several traps at the bunkers and placing the entire golf course into excellent condition for the coming summer season mr daray will spend his summer at the highland park club in grand rapids michigan the past winter season was the most successful on the history of the mississippi coast club   the daily herald march 26 1914 p 1    1916 2 nd annual mississippi golf association tournament  held at mccc in june 1916 george e ensminger of the jackson country club was in charge  the daily herald june 12 1916 p 1    1919great southern golf club  the name of the country club was changed some time ago the club is operated by the great southern hotelone of the best in the south  the daily herald january 30 1919 p 1    1930 great southern country club will open the golf course on january 1 1930 course closed since last winter season for 12000 in improvements the course now measures 6006 yards at par 71 the course improvement work may have been under the supervision of jack daray of the olympia fields at chicago and the biloxi golf club the 12000 cost does not include the cost of construction in front of the clubhouse which faces beach boulevard on the gulf sidewalks have been laid along the beach front and many improvements have been made to the clubhouse in the form of indoor amusements and recreation jim wilson who has been club winter professional since 1923 or 1924 arrived recently from ravisloe country club at chicago he had been at the kent country club at grand rapids illinois eight years prior to coming to the coast wilson will be assisted by syd jermyn a local golfer jim wilson holds the club record at 69 the amateur record is 70 by joe finn of olympia fields in chicago   the daily herald december 30 1927 p 10    1934 the great southern hotel closed in late may 1934 all hotel rooms have been vacated and the hostelry is no longer accepting lodgers or bookings joe beeman has been the manager of the hotel in recent times responded with no comment when asked when the large structure would reopen in the future it is owned by grace jones stewart the spouse of wt stewart and daughter of the late joseph t jones the stewarts reside in new york  the daily herald june 1 1934 p 1    1944 the gulfport open a pga golf tournament  was held at the great southern course from march 3 1944 to march 5 1944 the prize money was 6000 in war bonds harold jug mcspaden won the 72hole tournament shooting eight under par defeating sammy byrd runnerup by six strokes byron nelson placed third freddie haas nola golfer was the amateur winner mcspaden won a 1000 war bond byrd a 750 war bond and byron nelson a 550 war bond ashton barrett was club president at this time and jim wilson club professional  the daily herald march 1 1944 p 2 march 3 1944 p 2 and march 6 1944 p 2   jug mcspaden sammy byrd and byron nelson went to keesler field at biloxi on march 3 1944 to demonstrate their links skills to the servicemen  the daily herald march 4 1944 p 6    1951   maurice laurence  maurie  wells  18951973 golf professional at the cascade hills country club at grand rapids michigan for thirty years has been appointed as great southern club professional for the winter season december 1st thru march 1952 maurie was a longtime friend of jim wilson late professional of the club maurie wells had three sons james w wells george f wells and jack w wells who play golf the daily herald november 16 1951 p 3 and 1930 kent co michigan federal census r1002 p 9b ed 64  references  books henry w black  gulfport  beginning and growth  rivendell publishng company bowling green kentucky1986 jh lang  history of harrison county mississippi  1936 p 157 and p 220 melodia b rowe  the story of estate another chapter of the romance of business in the land of opportunity  the hillbrown printing co 1937 melodia b rowe  captain jones the biography of a builder  the hillbrown printing company1942  journals 1908   1909 the daily herald   country club opens   january 29 1909 p 3 the daily herald   country club   september 2 1909 p 1 the daily herald   a large country club projected   september 2 1909 p 1 the daily herald   meeting of the country club   september 10 1909 p 1 the daily herald   country club links to be finest in south  october 23 1909 p 5 the daily herald   country club issues prospectus  december 17 1909 p 1 the daily herald   chevalley and fursden get contract   december 29 1909 p 5  1910 the daily herald   country club opens   january 29 1910 p 3 the daily herald   work progresses at country club   february 2 1910 p 1 the daily herald   clubhouse to cost 10000 more or less   november 1 1910 p 1 the daily herald   nieman sanguine as to club s future   november 12 1910 p 6 the daily herald   death of bert jones   december 27 1910 p1 the daily herald   will a scramble follow for g and s i   december 28 1910 p 1 the daily herald   the passing of a good man   december 28 1910 p 4  1911   1912 the daily herald   will see game professional golf   march 19 1912 p 4 the daily herald   local players win at golf   march 25 1912 p 5 the daily herald   driver among the buffalonians   august 21 1912 p 1  1913 the columbus   georgia  daily inquirer     december 1913 p  the daily herald    december 1913 p  the daily herald   golf tournament this afternoon  december 6 1913 the daily herald   golf tournament nears the end  december 81913 the daily herald   president wilson may spend christmas in gulfport  december 13 1913 the daily herald   championship between fanning and jc simpson  december 16 1913 the daily herald   president wilson will arrive at pass at sixone in the morning  december 24 1913 p 1 the daily herald   gulfport society and personal interests  december 271913 the daily herald   little girl presents wilson with flowers  december 27 1913 the daily herald    december 1913 p  the daily herald    december 1913 p  the daily herald   fanning is golf champion  december 22 1913 the daily herald   wilson distinguishes self as fire fighter  december 26 1913 p 1 the daily herald   the action of a great man  december 26 1913 p 4 the daily herald   little girl presents wilson with flowers  december 27 1913 p 1 the daily herald   will not ask for medal  december 29 1913 p 4 the daily herald   points out scene of fire  december 29 1913 p 1 the daily herald   president likes he front seat  december 30 1913 p 1 the daily herald   wilson seems to be regaining strength fast  december 30 1913 the daily herald   golfing season opens formally  december 30 1913 the daily herald   parker bags 40 quail for the president  december 31 1913 the macon   georgia  weekly telegraph   president wilson and family in mississippi  december 26 1913 the macon   georgia  weekly telegraph   boys fight to caddy for president wilson   december 30 1913 the state   columbia sc   birthday comes to mr president    1914 the daily herald   stalled auto truck extricated by mrs wilson yesterday afternoon  january 3 1914 p 1 the daily herald   lillian russell takes peek at president playing golf   january 6 1914 p 1 the daily herald   wilson joins gulfport fire departmentenroll as honorary member   january 6 1914 p 1 the daily herald   golf tournament played tomorrow   january 6 1914 p 4 the daily herald   willett writes from gulfport of tigers for 1914  january 6 1914 p 7 the daily herald   president gives candy and cake to children  january 7  1914 p 1 the daily herald   president wilson will hold reception for coast residents   january 9 1914 p 1 the daily herald   biloxi visitors meet president  january10 1914 p 2 the daily herald   young biloxian   albert weir  receives letter from president woodrow wilson  january 12 1914 p 1 the daily herald   dove returns to keep lonely watch over winter white house  january 13 1914 p 1 the daily herald   scores of letters come as a result of dove incident  january15 1914 p 1 the daily herald   weekly golf tournaments start saturday   january 16 1914 p 7 the daily herald   second gold tournament today   january 24 1914 p 8 the daily herald   jones and maulding in golf finals  march 71914 p 1 the daily herald   improvements at country club   march 26 1914 p 1 the state   columbia sc   president holds first reception   january 11 1914 p 1  1915   1916 the daily herald   second annual golf tournament begins tomorrow   june 12 1916 p 1 the daily herald   captain jt jones passed away at his home in buffalo new york early this morning   december 6 1916 p 1 the daily herald   eulogies for captain jt jones   december 1916 p 1 the daily herald   miss jones will not be president   december 14 1916 p 2 the daily herald   captain jones laid to eternal rest   december 14 1916 p 6  1917   1918 the daily herald   stewartjones   october 291918 p 4 the daily herald   tournament at country club   march 21 1918 p 1 the daily herald  the daily herald   great southern golf club   january 30 1919 p1 the daily herald   great southern golf grounds open   january 5 1920 p 2 the daily herald   biloxi golf links crowded with playerstournaments begin soon   february 8 1922 p 1 the daily herald   great southern golf club to open course january 1   december 30 1927 p 10 the daily herald   death takes mrs jt jones   march 12 1931 p 1 the daily herald   coast hotel   great southern  closes doors   june 1 1934 p 1 the daily herald  the daily herald    1944 the daily herald   proamateur set thursday at great southern subpar practice rounds registered   march 1 1944 p 2 the daily herald   gulfport open first round today ed dudley only one stroke off course record   march 3 1944 p 2 the daily herald   mcspaden takes early lead in gulfport open tourney 36 holes scheduled sunday   march 4 1944 p 2 the daily herald   golf stars appear at keesler field   march 4 1944 p 6 the daily herald   mcspaden eight under par to capture gulfport open sammy byrd is runnerup   march 6 1944 p 2  personal communication  w dayton robinson of pass christian mississippitelephone conversation on august 4 2008  biloxi golf club 1918   jack l daray   18811958 the biloxi golf club was established in 1918 on what is now keesler afb  golf professional and designer  jack l daray  18811958 a native of new orleans designed this course as well as gulf hills and other in illinois and california at this time mr daray and his family were domiciled at grand rapids michigan and spent the winter golf season at biloxi in the spring of 1925 jack daray was supervising the construction of the new 18hole course at the biloxi golf club the original golf course was doing well enough to warrant additional holes at this time three greens had been finished mr daray planned to remain in biloxi until nineholes were ready for play before returning to his home base olympia fields near chicago and the largest golf course in the world jack daray was credited with influencing both amateur and professional links men and women to come south and play the biloxi course their increasing numbers were responsible for creating the new links at biloxi and were probably an impetus for creating gulf hills at ocean springs by the branigarbrothers later in 1925  the daily herald march 23 1918 p 1 and  april 2 1925 p 5   the biloxi golf club was chartered in march 1918 by john j kennedy 181949 elbert l dukate and edward brady  the daily herald march 26 1918 p 2   the biloxi golf club was situated on a 110acre tract acquired from cora e white 18641934 in northwest biloxi construction of the golf course commenced in midmarch 1918 under the supervision of golf professional jack daray 18811958 of grand rapids michigan  the daily herald march 22 1918 p   tax exemption on april 16 1918 dr hyman m folkes requested that the biloxi city government grant the biloxi golf club a tax exemption mayor ed glennan and the city council adopted a resolution granting the golf club a ten year grace from city taxes they also vacated that portion of white avenue north of howard avenue for the use of the biloxi golf club  the daily herald april 17 1918 p 3     water line pipe to supply potable water to the biloxi golf club arrived by rail in midjune 1918 biloxi water works superintendent tucei  the daily herald june 14 1918 p 3    1920   1921   1923 the biloxi golf club clubhouse designed by carl matthes and built by tj rosell general contractor was completed by august 1923 the daily herald august 1923  the daily herald august 30 1923 p 1    1924 the 1924 mississippi golf association championship was held at the biloxi golf club in early june bob gormly a resident of shell beach and future biloxi resident lost to el enochs of fernwood 21 in the 2 nd flight oren williams of biloxi  the daily herald june 6 1924 p 1  champion charles w kettleman of greenville retained his title by beating charles green of laurel 21 in the thirtysix hole championship match  the daily herald june 9 1924 p 1    1925 in january jack daray returned to supervise and instruct at the biloxi country club jerry glynn a professional golf teacher from olympia fields at chicago joined daray  the daily herald january 8 1925 p 1   the gulf states championship held in late march 1925 at the biloxi golf club saw young bob gormly of pass christian lose in the championship flight to don hamilton of chicago 2 up fred lamphrect a student at tulane and playing out of the audubon country club of new orleans was the winner  the daily herald march 20 1925 p 3 and march 25 1925 p 1   at the age of fourteen bob gormly defeated a veteran player from new orleans al reuning in the 1st flight of the midsummer tournament held at the biloxi golf club don gormly only twelve beat phil parker also from new orleans for the 2 nd flight the format was match play  the daily herald june 13 1925 p 8   in june 1925 bob gormly traveled to jackson mississippi to compete in the annual tournament of the mississippi golf association after the opening round he faced medallist orrin or oren williams b 1900 of biloxi he lost to williams the eventual champion but won a trophy for his finish in the first flight of the links contest orrin williams had also won the golfer s magazine trophy tournament at biloxi in february 1924   the daily herald february 24 1924 p 1 and june 22 1925 p 5   in midjuly 1925 bob gormly and younger brother don gormly won the first and second flights of the midsummer golf tournament held at the biloxi golf club both teens defeated older gentlemen al reuning 19081974 and phil parker from new orleans their father presented them their awards  the jackson county times july 18 1925 p 3    1926 in early june 1926 clarence w gormly and bob gormly attended a celebration in the crescent city honoring marion turpie southern woman s golf champion miss turpie was a close family friend  the jackson county times june 12 1926 p 3    bob gormly in late june 1926  bob gormly defeated al welch of biloxi for the mississippi state amateur golf championship on the laurel country club links at laurel mississippi gormly was accompanied to laurel by mark lee of ocean springs lee had won tournaments in arkansas and mississippi gormly competed in the national junior golf championships at chicago in august 1926  the jackson county times june 19 1926 and way down south july 17 1926 p 6   1928 biloxi golf club 1928  1932   1932 officers el brady 18671939 president fred ferson vicepresident eugene peresich treasurer and irwin b cowie 18791949 secretary board of directors we beasley wv joyce john e breaux al welch and jack daray 18811958   the daily herald april 11 1932 p 2      1933  professional jack daray and family who spent the winter at the tivoli hotel left for chicago daray went to the white pines golf club at bensonville illinois for the summer we beasley was in charge of the biloxi gulf club for the springsummer season the daily herald march 17 1933 p 9     1934 in january 1934 cl arence w gormly leased the biloxi golf club and planned to incorporate it as the biloxi country club  the biloxi golf club had been founded in may 1918 by a group of wealthy biloxi citizens led by edward brady 18671939 john j kennedy 18751949 and elbert l dukate its membership included such local notables as john w apperson 18621939 byrd enochs 18751940 lyman bradford 18631944 walter e white 18911940 louis b joyner 18891926 and james c elmer 18881920 the biloxi golf club had a capital stock of 30000 which was increased to 50000 in march 1925 harco ms charter bk 18 p 253 and bk 34 p 518    1940 in early may  gene yousko  19081964 medalist  beat mickey bellande  19091982 with a birdie on the last hole of their 36hole final match for the biloxi golf club championship bellande trailed youko by five strokes beginning the second eighteen holes and rallied to twice even the match  anson holley defeated robert gilly to win the first flight and kos jackson bested carl budinich for 2nd flight honors  the daily herald april 29 1940 p 6 and may 6 1940 p 2    1941 in february james a mustard was the golf professional at the biloxi country club at this time the biloxi golf club played matches against gulfport linksters in early february the following biloxi golfers were selected to compete against gulfport mickey bellande 19091982 anson holley we bill beasley wv joyce dr bb o mara gules peresich kos jackson addison thomas robert gilly leo kostmayer ed rankin john boulen mason tuttle rs russ jr mike emile jimmie williams tony fallo bill joyce george davis george wilkes and dr james wallace the gulfport team won the last match several weeks ago the daily herald february 1 1941 p 2 in 1941 the course and clubhouse became integrated into the new army air corps training school which was later named keesler air force base   the daily herald january 9 1934 p 6 and march 23 1918 p 1 and husley 1996 p 134   in november 1941  james a mustard  19062000  golf professional was hired by gulf hills  for the winter season mr mustard came to the usa from scotland in 1928 and had formerly worked at the biloxi country club with edward rankin james a mustard spends the summer golf season at janesville wisconsin   mr rankin will join him at gulf hills  coming from detroit the daily herald november 22 1941 p 5  references  f val husley  keesler air force base     a history of the site and its environs to 1941   office of history 81 st training wing kafb1996  journals the daily herald   plans underway to establish a country club with 20000 capital   march 19 1918 the daily herald      the daily herald   country club work pushed  march 22 1918 the daily herald   work on biloxi golf club course will begin on monday morning   march 23 1918 p 1 the daily herald   charter of incorporation of the biloxi golf club   march 26 1918 the daily herald   tax exemption for golf club   april 17 1918 p 3 the daily herald   biloxi golf club to organize   may 28 1918 the daily herald   pipe arrived for golf links   june 14 1918 the daily herald   biloxi golf course among the best   october 18 1918 p 3 the daily herald   biloxi golf club officials here   december 21 1918 the daily herald   mobile county club players win intercity meet over biloxi course   april 17 1922 p 1  the daily herald   good winter golf season   august 23 1923 the daily herald   state golfers want biloxi   april 19 1924 p 3 the daily herald   mississippi golfers biloxi bound   may 31 1924 p 1 the daily herald   tournament opens tomorrow   june 3 1924 p 1 the daily herald   mississippi golf association opened 9 th session today   june 4 1924 p 1 the daily herald   biloxi makes strong fight   june 6 1924 p 1 the daily herald   golfers go to jackson next   june 7 1924 the daily herald   state champ retains title   june 9 1924 p 1 the daily herald   biloxi club is improved   january 8 1925 the daily herald   breaux and barbour temporary officers in new golf club   may 30 1934 the daily herald   walter hagen pro golfer in biloxi   february 26 1936 the daily herald   gene yousko and mickey bellande in finals of tourney   april 29 1940 the daily herald   gene yousko wins over bellande in finals of tourney   may 6 1940 the daily herald   biloxi team named for intercity play    february 1 1941 the daily herald   james mustard pro at gulf hills   november 22 1941  the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily herald      sunkist country club with the vision and diligence of william e bill beasley 18811963 and ashton c barrett 19011990 the sunkist country club came to fruition shortly after the completion of the new popp s ferry bridge this eighteenhole golf links is situated north of popp s ferry road on 128acres in section 15 t7sr10w sunkist country club was incorporated in harrison county mississippi june 1953 by ashton c barrett william e bill beasley robert r buntin 18951966 and victor b pringle 19091977 ashton c barrett 19011990 and virginia anderson barrett 19041997 sold two parcels of land totaling 128acres in section 15 t7sr10w north of popp s ferry road to william e bill beasley 18811963 president of golf course incorporated in july 1953 harrison co ms land deed bk 370 p 428 the  biloxi country club  which would shortly be  renamed the sunkist country club  announced plans to build its clubhouse in late december the 90000 structure was designed by john t collins biloxi architect the dimensions of the builsing were planned as 162 feet by 36 feet officers of the club at this time were  william e beasley  pres  robert r buntin  v pres   giles peresich  treas and  lee kostmayer  sec board of directors biloxijoseph v lawrence glen swetman vernon b pringle earl c nolan and anson holley jr gulfportarthur v hays ashton barrett and hc thompson the daily herald december 23 1952 p 9 in february 1954 golf course incorporated sold the golf course situated on about 120acres to sunkist country club incorporated mr beasley also gave a fiveyear lease to the sunkist country club on 88acres where the country club house was situated harrison co ms chattel deed bk 149 p 112 harrison co ms land deed bk 378 p 528 and harrison co ms land deed bk 378 p 525 in may 1953 we beasley the course developer marcel mickey bellande 19091982 joseph joe v lawrence 19021975 and giles h peresich 19181985 were the first foursome to tee off on the sunkist links the formal opening came in late october 1953 when over six hundred members and guests were present at the culmination of four days of initial club activities ashton c barrett 19011990 presented william e beasley the father of sunkist country club a plaque and portrait of himself to be hung in the clubhouse mr beasley conceived the idea for the private golf club and had worked the past two years for its completion his portrait remains in the clubhouse foyer until this day  the daily herald may 16 1953 and october 27 1953 p 1   frank i steidle 19152007 the first golf professional at the club shot a 64 in november 1957 to break the initial course record  the daily herald november 19 1954 p 27   the sunkist country club was reorganized in july 1967 by elton pitts james b rouse charles a gillis george altbach fred huebner aj ingrassia alton l bellande 19121970 james c brashier jennings camet roswell kimball robert parrish and dr james smith 502 p 202  tournament winners circa 1957   seated lr margaret mavar lawrence 19102002 louise shonberg and irma summerlin mavar 19192001 standing lr eddie flavian 19081982 alton l bellande 19121970 victor mavar and robert lee kostmayer 19082002    1960 club championship   front lr jack d graham 19151996 earl nolan alton l bellande 19121970 grover w graham 19132009 and woodrow pringle back lr russell braun tony fallo 19071989 curtiss p galle 19101992 giles peresich 19181985 robert buntyn and  2044 views  ', 0);
