HISTORIC BILOXI HOMES
THE PLEASANT REED HOUSE: 1892-2008
306 Elmer Street
[image made May 2001 by Ray L. Bellande]
The Pleasant Reed House was situated at 987 Elmer Street in Biloxi, Mississippi in Section 28, T7S-R9W. It was built by Pleasant Reed (1861-1936), who was born into slavery at Perry County, Mississippi. In 1892, he erected a Victorian cottage on the eastside of Grand Jack Alley, now called Elmer Street. Mr. Reed made his livelihood as a day laborer and sawmill worker. It is very likely that Pleasant Reed was employed by the H.W. Latimer Sawmill, which was situated at Back Bay and Lameuse Street.
Pleasant Reed
Pleasant Reed was born in Perry County, Mississippi in January 1861. He was the son of . Came to Biloxi circa 1876. Married Georgia Harris on January 23, 1884 in Harrison County, Mississippi. Their children were: Emanual Reed (1887-1973), Victoria Reed (1889-1910+), Percy Reed (1891-1930), Theresa Reed (1894-1988), and Paul Reed (1898-1910+). (1900 Federal Census Harco, Ms., p. 67A and 1910 Federal Census Harco, Ms., p. 209B)
Pleasant Reed house
On January 11, 1892, Pleasant Reed acquired a small lot from Jacob Elmer for $50. Its metes and bounds description in the land deed records was as follows: 50 feet fronting on Grand Jack Alley and running east 184 feet and bounded on the north by Mrs. Lizzie Simon; on the east by the Estate of Charles Holley; on the south by Babe Morris; and on the west by Grand Jack Alley.(Harco, Ms. Land Deed Bk. 27, p. 298)
Area
The Pleasant Read domicile has a total area of 1680 square-feet. Gallery= 90 square-feet. Shot-gun living area= 630 square-feet. Two-story living area=960 square-feet.(Sanborn Map, Biloxi, February 1925, Sheet 19)
1905 City Directory
In 1905, Pleasant Reed and family were residing at 928 Elmer Street.
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Alumni
In September 1978, the Pleasant Reed home was sold by Theresa Reed who was also know as Teresa Read to the Mississippi Gulf Coast Alumni Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority.(HARCO 2nd JD Land Deed Bk. 86, p. 497)
Address changed to 306 Elmer Street in the 1980s, when the 911 Emergency telephone systems were installed in Biloxi.
REED CHILDREN
Emanual Reed
Emanual Reed (1887-1973) was born at Biloxi on November 5, 1887. In 1905, he was residing
Married Catherine Gandy Smith (1920-1988) circa ? She was the widow of Noel Smith and the mother of Eugene Smith and Noel Smith Jr. She and Emanual Reed had two children: Virta R. Cherry, Olivia R. Rhetta,
Expired at Biloxi in late January 1973. Residing at 521 Jefferson Street. Survived by his spouse, Catherine Gandy Smith Reed, and eight children: Emanuel Smith, Clifton Smith, Noel Smith, Willie Smith, Emanual Reed II, and Pleasant Reed, Mrs. Virta Cherry, and Olivia C. Reed. One sister, Theresa Reed.(The Daily Herald, January 28, 1973, p. A-2)
Theresa Reed
Theresa Reed (1894-1988) was born at Biloxi on September 7, 1894. She expired at New Orleans on April 20, 1988.
Reed Family
Benjamin Reed was born 1830 in Georgia. Married to Charlotte ? Living at 823 Elmer Street in 1905 with Charlotte Reed. Benjamin Reed died at the age of ninety-four and one-half years. He lived at Biloxi since 1868. His home was on Main Street near Division Street.(The Biloxi Daily Herald, January 27, 1908, p. 1)
Reed family from land deed records
Ben Reed, Ben Reed Jr., George Reed, James Reed, Pleasant Reed (1854-1936), Charlotte Reed, Ellen R. Cross, Hattie R. Coleman, Johanna R. Chaney, Lula R. Huff Weeb, Martha R. Baldwin Rankin,
Move to Tricenntenial Park
The Pleasant Reed home move from Elmer Street by Fauvre? Moving Company of Mobile, Alabama. Arrived at Centennial Park on or about April 17th, 2002. First phase of restoration celebrated on April 22, 2002. Members of Delta Sigma Theta sorority in attendance.(The Bay Press, April 26, 2002, p. 1 and p. 3)
May 2003
On May 15, 2003, the Pleasant Reed House was open to the general public. Originally, this day was to be an exclusive opening for Board members and invited guests, but Margie Gowdy said that “due to the high interest in this event” it would be open for the public on Thursday, not Friday as planned.
Katrina
The Pleasant Reed House was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina on August 29, 2005.
Replica
[image made September 2009 by Ray L. Bellande]
The Pleasant Reed House was re-opened to the public on September 29, 2008.
REFERENCES:
Charles L. Dyer, Along The Gulf
The Bay Press, “Pleasant Reed moves to Tricentennial Park”, April 26, 2002.
The Bay Press, “Time Traveler-'Pleasant Reed House'”, September 15, 2006.
The Biloxi Daily Herald, “City News”, January 27, 1908.
The Daily Herald, “Colored Death”, February 5, 1936, p. 5.
The Daily Herald, “Emanual Reed”, January 28, 1973.
The Sun Herald, “Mrs. Catherine Reed”, March 24, 1988.
The Sun Herald, “Reed House will become part of museum”, October 12, 1998.
The Sun Herald, “Biloxi in the spotlight”, May 11, 2003, p. H-1.
The Sun Herald, “A Pleasant place to visit”, May 14, 2003, p. A-1.
The Sun Herald, “Visitors awed by Reed house”, May 15, 2003, p. A-2.
The Sun Herald, “Crowds jam ‘Day in the Park’”, May 17, 2003, p. A-3.
The Sun Herald, "A Pleasant return", September 28, 2008, p. F-1.
The Sun Herald, "Pleasant Reed opens in spirit of moving forward", September 30, 2008, p. A-2.
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W.W. SUTCLIFFE-MAVAR HOUSE: 1898-2001
1364 West Beach
William Wilson Sutcliffe (1848-1934) was born at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to an English father and a Scottish mother. By 1880, he was working on the Rienzi Plantation near Thibodeaux, LaFourche Parish, Louisiana as an engineer. Mr. Sutcliffe became president of the Sutcliffe Company, which owned large sugar cane planting acreage in South Louisiana. He had once resided at Cuba where he managed sugar plantations. There Mr. Sutcliffe invented a bagasse combustion furnace, which was invaluable to this island nation because of its paucity of natural energy resources.(1880 LaFourche Parish, Louisiana Federal Census, R455, p. 40, ED 131 and The Daily Herald, January 15, 1934, p. 8)
By 1900, W.W. Sutcliffe and his family were domiciled at 2712 Magazine Street in the Crescent City. Circa 1873, he had married Minnie Wetzler (1850-1916), and they were the parents of: Jeanette Mary Sutcliffe (1874-1906+) m. Clarence W. Morris (1877-1900+); Joseph Wilson Sutcliffe (1876-1900+); Laura Sutcliffe (1881-1900+) m. Franklin Scott Quiller; and William W. Sutcliffe II (1883-1954) m. Alma Fickessen (1885-1969).(1900 Orleans Parish, Federal Census T623_574, p. 11B, ED 111 and The Daily Herald, September 16, 1916, p. 3 and January 15, 1934, p. 8)
At New Orleans, Mr. Sutcliffe was a strong patron of the Methodist Episcopal Church-South. In 1895, he served on the Board of Trustees of the Sea Shore Camp Grounds at Biloxi.(Dyer, 1895)
In 1898, W.W. Sutcliffe served as president of the Board of Trustees of the Sea Shore Camp Grounds and he and his spouse were frequent visitors to the campground where they possessed a tent. He stopped here in late May 1898, on a return business trip from Baltimore.(The Biloxi Herald, May 14, 1898, p. 8 and May 28, 1898, p. 8)
BILOXI
In February 1898, W.W. Sutcliffe acquired for $1600, from fellow Crescent City businessman, John H. Keller (1830-1908), two lots, No. 19 and No. 20, in Square No. 4 of the Avondale development at Biloxi. The Sutcliffe parcel had 164 front feet on the Mississippi Sound and ran north for about 595 feet comprising approximately 2.24 acres. J.H. Keller’s covenants prohibited oyster planting and any commercial oyster business in his Avondale real estate development. The Sutcliffe lot was bounded on the east by First Street (later West First Street), now called Saint Francis, and on the north by Keller Avenue, now known as Father Ryan Avenue.(HARCO, Ms. Land Deed Bk. 37, pp. 429-430)
William W. Sutcliffe House (circa 1905)
1364 West Beach Boulevard
(Courtesy of Randy Randazzo)
News of W.W. Sutcliffe’s acquisition of a beach front lot was reported in The Biloxi Herald in late February 1898. The journal reported that he would let a contract shortly for the erection of a residence to cost between $4000 and $5000.(The Biloxi herald, February 26, 1898, p. 8)
In April 1898, Mr. Sutcliffe had his lot fenced and planned to have a home built on his seaside vista within the year.(The Biloxi Herald, April 2, 1898, p. 8)
In August 1898, W.W. Sutcliffe, now president of the Board of Trustees of the Sea Shore Campground, signed a building contract with John Kelley. Mr. Kelley was to erect a large structure on Sutcliffe’s Avondale lot facing the Mississippi Sound.(The Biloxi Herald, August 20, 1898, p. 8)
Contractor John P. Kelly (1853-1900+) was a native of Cincinnati, Ohio. He married Martha Jane Powell (1856-1919) and they parented ten children: Effie Kelly, Charles Kelley, Lizzie Kelly, Theresa Kelley, Eddie Kelly, Leo A. Kelly (1884-1938), Joe Kelly, Francis Kelly, Elna Kelly, and Freddie Kelly. Mr. Kelly was well respected at Biloxi for his character and quality construction.(20th Century Coast Edition of The Biloxi Daily Herald, (ca 1902), pp. 62-63)
In early November 1898, the Sutcliffes came over from New Orleans to inspect their beautiful domicile which was under construction.(The Biloxi Herald, November 12, 1898, p. 4)
In early May 1910, Mr. and Mrs. Sutcliffe arrived at their 1904 West Beach residence for the summer season. Their daughter, Mrs. Clarence W. Morris, and her two children of Corsicana, Texas planned an early June arrival on the Mississippi coast. She preferred Biloxi for their summer holiday over both western and eastern spas.(The Daily Herald, May 7, 1910, p. 8)
In January 1934, W.W. Sutcliffe sold his Biloxi retreat to his company, the Sutcliffe Company. The Sutcliffe Company was led by W.W. Sutcliffe, president; W.W. Sutcliffe Jr., vice president; and H.C. Eisendrath, secretary and treasurer. At Biloxi, the Sutcliffe Company owned land on Reynoir Street between Howard Avenue and the L&N Railroad. In Louisiana, it had etensive hlding in the Crescent City and in the sugar plantation region.(HARCO, Ms. Land Deed Bk. 200, pp. 120-121 and The Daily Herald, January 15, 1934, p. 8)
From October 1935 to September 1937, the Sutcliffe Company sold lots from its land holdings in Lot 19 and Lot 20 of Square Four of Avondale to: Louis O. Thompson, Bowman Broadnax, Frank E. Hall, Elizabeth Mann Trudeau, Eva S. Woolett (Lafayette County, Mississippi), and Florence B. Maxey. The W.W. Sutcliffe home was excluded from these conveyances.
W.W. Sutcliffe Jr.
In December 1937, William W. Sutcliffe Jr. acquired his father’s home at 1904 West Beach at Biloxi from the Sutcliffe Company. He had married Alma Fickessen (1885-1969) at NOLA in April 1907. Pauline Sutcliffe (1908-1984), their only child, married George Renaudin (1905-1967). W.W. Sutcliffe made his livlihood in banking in the Crescent City. In 1905, he began a long career as a banker, which ended with his death in early March 1954. W.W. Sutcliffe Jr. had risen from cashier of the Canal bank & Trust Company to vice president of the National Bank of Commerce. Alma F. Sutcliffe passed on March 5, 1969. The corporal remans of both were interred in the Metairie Cemetery.(The Times-Picayune, February 6, 1954, p. 2 and March 6, 1969, p. 19)
The lot, excluding riparian rights south of West Beach, measured.......(HARCO, Ms. Land Deed Bk. 218, pp. 365-366)
In September 1942, W.W. Sutcliffe Jr. coneyed 1904 West Beach to Arthur E. Scruggs and Gertrude Kelly Scruggs for $6,650.(HARCO, Ms. Land DeedBk. 251, p. 32)
Arthur E. Scruggs
Arthur E. Scruggs (1897-1957) was the son of William Scruggs and Anna Shand and a native of Tate County, Mississippi. He was the Superintendent of Biloxi Public Schools from 1946? until 1956? At Biloxi, he oversaw the operation of the senior and junior high schools, five elementary schools, and the colored schools. Mr. Scruggs had matriculated to the University of Mississippi where he was conferred with two degrees, a B.S. and a M.S. in School Administration and History. He had also attended LSU working toward his PhD degree. A youthful A.E. Scruggs entered the teaching profession at Amory High School circa 1919, where he taught mathematics and coached. Circa 1926, Scruggs accepted the position of Principal and Coach at New Albany High School. About 1928, he relocated to Poplarville, Mississippi where he was the head of the History Department and Coach at Pearl River Jr. College for six years. Professor Scruggs arrived at Biloxi circa 1936 to serve as Biloxi Senior High School Principal. His tenure as Superintendent of Biloxi Public Schools, commenced circa 1946.(The JXCOT, December 17, 1948, p. 1)
Married to Gertrude Kelly Scruggs. Daughter, Anna Scruggs (b. ca 1941)
Both public and parochial schools in Biloxi closed half day on October 10, 1957, the day of Mr. Scruggs internment at the National Cemetery in Biloxi.(The Daily herald, October 9, 1957, p. 2)
In January 1945, Arthur E. Scruggs and wife conveyed the Sutcliffe-Mavar home to Mrs. Thomas C. Hannah (possibly Rosalee Hannah (1911-1990) of Petal, Forrest, Mississippi)
Mrs. Thomas C. Hannah
Resident of Forrest County, Mississippi.
In October 1953, Mrs. Hannah, a widow, to William L. Clayton Sr.(HARCO, Ms. Land Deed Bk. 381, pp. 282-283)
William L. Clayton Sr.
In May 1954, William L. Clayton Sr. to Jules A. Barbin Sr. (HARCO, Ms. Land Deed Bk. 381, p. 458)
Jules A. Barbin Sr.
Jules A. Barbin Sr. (1919-1986), Chalmette, St. Bernard, Louisiana.
In June 1955, Jules A. Barbin Jr. sold to Leo C. and Mary Adele Simon Todaro.(HARCO, Ms. Land Deed Bk. 397, pp. 42-43)
Leo C. Todaro
Leo C. Todaro (1909-1994) and Mary Adele Simon Todaro (1906-1994) were both natives of the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Leo was born at Gulfport, Mississippi on May 11, 1909, the son of Anthony Todaro and Domenica LaMendola. He married Mary Adele Simon, a Biloxian and daughter of Joseph Simon and Catherine Shedrary, on July 7, 1935. (HARCO, Ms. MRB 46, p. 163) This union produced five children: Charles Leo Todaro, Mary Lynn Todaro, Anthony Joseph Todaro, Michael Carl Todaro, and John Braxton Todaro.(The Sun Herald, March 4, 1994, p. A-2)
Leo C. Todaro was the proprietor of Leo’s Grocery on the northeast corner of Main Street and Division Street. His brother-in-law, Charles Simon, operated a gasoline service station across the street. In later life, Leo was an independent real estate broker. Active in the Biloxi community, Leo C. Todaro was a devout Roman Catholic and member of the Cathedral Parish of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, where he was a Fourth Degree member of the Knights of Columbus Council No. 1244. In addition, Mr. Todaro was a past president of the Cedars of Lebanon Club, a member of the Italian American Society, member of Elks Lodge No. 606, Order of Alhambra, and a charter fundraiser for the St. Jude’s Hospital at Memphis. He expired at Biloxi on May 3, 1994 and his corporal remains were interred in the Biloxi City Cemetery besides his loving wife, Mary Adele, who had preceded his in death on March 2, 1994.(The Sun Herald, May 5, 1994, p. A-2 and March 4, 1994, p. A-2)
In March 1961, Leo C. Todaro and Mary Mary C. Todaro conveyed their home to Charles C. Goetz Jr. and Lee Garrett Goetz.(HARCO, Ms. Land Deed Bk. 477, p. 196)
Charles C. Goetz Jr.
Charles C. Goetz Jr. and Lee Garrett Goetz were residents of Jefferson Parish, Louisiana. In December 1970, Charles C. Goetz Jr. and Lee Garrett Goetz conveyed their property at Biloxi to K.C. Davidson and Mary E. Davidson.(HARCO, Ms. 2nd Judicial District Land Deed Bk. 14, p. 272)
In May 1973, Kenneth Comfort Davidson and Mary Elizabeth Davidson to Nancy Pierce Mavar.(HARCO, Ms. 2nd Judicial District Land Deed Bk. 39, pp. 323-324)
1364 West Beach Boulevard [image made 2003]
Nancy Pierce Mavar
Nancy Pierce Mavar, a native of Vicksburg, Mississippi, is the spouse of Nicholas A. “Nick” Mavar II. Nicholas A. Mavar II (b. 1942) is the son of Nicholas A. Mavar (b. 1918) and Irma Sumerlin (1919-2001), the daughter of Doss Sumerlin and Emma Martin. Nick Mavar II’s siblings are: Thomas Martin Mavar, and Gerald Michael Mavar (b. 1946).
Katrina
The Sutcliffe-Mavar edifice was destroyed on the morning of August 29, 2005 by Hurricane Katrina.
REFERENCES:
Charles L. Dyer, Along The Gulf, “The Sea Shore Camp Grounds”, (Women of the Trinity Episcopal Church: Pass Christian-1971. Originally published 1895.
20th Century Coast Edition of The Biloxi Daily Herald, (The Biloxi Daily Herald: Biloxi, Mississippi-ca 1902)
Journals
The Biloxi Herald, “Latest City News”, February 26, 1898.
The Biloxi Herald, “Latest City News”, April 2, 1898.
The Biloxi Herald, “Seashore Camp Ground Dots”, May 14, 1898.
The Biloxi Herald, “Camp Ground Dots”, May 28, 1898.
The Biloxi Herald, “Latest City News”, August 20, 1898.
The Biloxi Herald, “Camp Ground Dots”, November 12, 1898.
The Biloxi Daily Herald, “J.H. Keller, New Orleans”, November 6, 1908.
The Daily Herald, “Biloxi News”, May 7, 1910.
The Daily Herald, “Mrs. Sutcliffe Dead”, September 16, 1916.
The Daily Herald, “Wm. Sutcliffe Dies At New Orleans Home”, January 15, 1934.
The Daily Herald, “Superintendent Biloxi Schools Expires At VA”, October 9, 1957.
The Daily Herald, “City Schools To Close Half Day Thursday”, October 9, 1957.
The Daily Herald, “Pierce-Mavar Nuptial Plans Revealed Today”, June 23, 1966.
The Jackson County Times, “Professor Scruggs is re-elected Superintendent of Biloxi Schools”, December 17, 1948.
The Sun Herald, “Mary Adele Simon Todaro”, March 4, 1994.
The Sun Herald, “Leo C. Todaro”, May 5, 1994.
The Sun Herald, “Irma Sumerlin Mavar”, September 5, 2001.
The Times-Picayune, “Sutcliffe, bank executive dies”, February 6, 1954.
The Times-Picayune, “Deaths”, March 6, 1969.
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BOND-GRANT HOUSE
925 West Howard Avenue
Bond-Grant House
[image made July 2008]
Location: Angelique Fasaier [Fayard] Grant, Section 27, T7S-R9W
Bond-Grant Lot
The tract on which the Bond-Grant house was erected was acquired by William K.M. Dukate in May 1900 from Cecile Craft Lyon Blakemore (1860-1937), domiciled at New Orleans. She was the widow of Joseph M. Lyon (1841-1879) and the spouse of John Davis Blakemore (1858-pre-1920). The consideration was $7000 for the parcel, which had a frontage of one hundred sixty-four feet on Howard Avenue and ran south for one thousand forty-four feet to the Mississippi Sound.(Harrison Co., Ms. Land Deed Bk. 120, p. 516)
Mrs. Blakemore was a native of New Orleans while her father was from Kentucky and mother born in Pennsylvania. She had married Joseph M. Lyon and after his demise in May 1879 became the bride of John D. Blakemore in December 1889. They had at least one child, Joseph L. Blakemore (b. 1890).(1900 Orleans Parish, Louisiana Federal Census T623 575, p. 12A, Ed 122)
Mr. Dukate immediately vended to Linda R. Dukate, his spouse,
William K.M. Dukate
William K.M. Dukate (1852-1916) was a native of Fredericksburg, Washington County, Indiana. He married Linda Rose Lienhard (1859-1939), the daughter of Peter J. Lienhard (1812-1873), a Swiss immigrant, and Malinda B. Seaman (1826-1890), in her mother’s residence at Biloxi, Mississippi on April 27, 1878. Their children were: Elbert L. Dukate (1881-1943) m. Corrine Dukate (1882-1973); Eula Dukate (1883-1894); Vera L. Dukate (1886-1977) m. Brantley A. Bond (1880-1966) and R. Hart Chinn (1888-1972); Leola May Dukate (1888-1967) m. William L. Ewing (1888-1967); Irma Dukate (1890-1974) m. Daniel J. Gorenflo (1888-1965); and Beula L. Dukate (1900-1983) m. Carl E. Matthes (1896-1972).(The Pascagoula Democrat-Star, May 3, 1878, p. 3)
Seafood pioneer
In the 1870s, W.K.M. Dukate came to coastal Mississippi as a telegraph operator for the L&N Railroad. In 1881, he joined with Lazaro Lopez (1850-1903), F. William Elmer (1847-1926), William Gorenflo (1844-1932), and James Maycock (1826-1892) to form the Lopez, Elmer and Company. Their incipient cannery was situated on the Back Bay of Biloxi at the head of Reynoir Street. The initial efforts of The Lopez, Elmer and Company were crude, but ready markets were available and the organization was profitable.(1880 Harrison Co., Mississippi Federal Census T9_648, p. 8, ED 139)
The Pascagoula Democrat-Star reported on December 30, 1881, that the company was placing its canning machines in the factory. The proprietors had over one hundred, local, white men and boys on the payroll. They were employed as follows: forty-four openers, forty-five men manning fifteen boats, twenty or more canners and wharf men.(The Pascagoula Democrat-Star, December 30, 1881, p. 3)
The Lopez, Elmer and Company was dissolved in 1884, and the Biloxi Canning Company, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Mississippi was chartered on March 23, 1883. In rapid succession, after the dissolution of The Lopez, Elmer and Company, the Barataria Canning Company, William Gorenflo & Company, E.C. Joullian & Company, and J.T. Maybury were competing in the seafood packing business at Biloxi. By 1902, the factories of Biloxi ranked second to those of Baltimore, Maryland in canning American oysters.(Twentieth Century Coast Edition of The Biloxi Daily Herald, 1902, p. 20)
Brantley A. Bond
Brantley Alexander Bond (1880-1966) was born in Harrison County, Mississippi on May 4, 1880, the tenth child of Thomas Bond (1835-1880+) and Minnie E. Engmann (1848-1925), a native of New Orleans and the daughter of Peter L. Engmann (1816-1887), a Dane and U.S. Mint employee, and Wilhelmina Carolina Barkhausen (1816-ca 1853), a German immigrant. Thomas Bond and Minnie E. Engmann had married in Harrison County, Mississippi in April 1868. When Brantley Bond was born the family was domiciled in Beat 2, Harrison County, Mississippi where Thomas Bond was the Justice of the Peace. After the demise of Thomas Bond, Minnie E. Bond married in October 1887, John Arthur (1843-1900+), a mechanical engineer and native of Ireland. They had three children. The Arthur family resided on Commerce Street in Handsboro, Harrison County, Mississippi. She expired at San Antonio, Texas on July 27, 1925.
Bond-Dukate
On October 18, 1904 at the Dukate home in Biloxi, Brantley A. Bond married Vera Linda Dukate (1886-1977), the daughter of William K.M. Dukate (1852-1916) and Linda Rose Lienhard (1859-1939). Brantley A. Bond was assistance cashier at the Bank of Biloxi at the time of their nuptials. W.H. Buck was his best man. Mr. Dukate gave Vera a new home on Howard Avenue, which was under construction. Her mother and Elbert L. Dukate, her brother, bestowed on her a sizeable sum of money. Articles of silver, cut glass and art were among the wedding gifts.(The Biloxi Daily Herald, October 3, 1904 and October 18, 1904, p. 5)
Bond Home
Mrs. W.K.M. Dukate sold Vera L. Bond a lot on West Howard Avenue in early February 1910. The Bond lot had a front on West Howard Avenue of eighty-two feet and ran south three hundred thirty feet.(Harrison Co., Ms. Land Deed Bk. 91, p. 566)
Two-story, wood-frame,
Bond family
Vera L. Dukate had two daughters with Brantley A. Bond: Vera Leola Bond (1909-1989) m. Leslie Baltar Grant (1908-1986) and Whillamene Linda Bond (1911-1998) m. Mr. Eddy.
Separation and divorce
When deposed on June 8, 1918, Brantley A. Bond stated that he did not want to dissolve his marriage. Vera L. Bond had initiated the separation in late December 1915, when she abandoned him. Mr. Bond averred that her reason for leaving him was that “she did not care for me anymore and did not care to live with me.” By the spring of 1918, he realized that their union would not reunite and he took a position with the Central Trust Company in San Antonio, Texas. There divorce became final on June 18, 1918.(Harrison County, Mississippi Chancery Court Cause No. 5617-June, 1918 and WWI Draft Registration Card)
Brantley A. Bond lived the remainder of his life in banking at San Antonio, Texas. He expired there on February 6, 1966.
R. Hart Chinn
Lt. Hart Chinn married Mrs. Vera L. Dukate Bond (1886-1977) on November 11, 1918 at Camp Sherman, Ohio. She had two daughters with Brantley A. Bond: Vera Leola Bond (1909-1989) m. Leslie Baltar Grant (1908-1986) and Whillamene Linda Bond Eddy (1911-1998).(The Daily Herald, November 14, 1918)
Conveyed to Julia Elizabeth Baltar Grant (1880-1968) in December 1920.(Harrison Co., Ms. Land Deed Bk. 130, p. 91)
Julia E. Baltar Grant and W.J. Grant
William Jesse Grant (1875-1932) was born at Pascagoula, Mississippi the son of Robert B. Grant (1852-1932) and Lydia S. Landridge (1852-1909). On April 16, 1902 at New Orleans, William J. Grant married Julia Elizabeth Baltar (1880-1968), the daughter of Jacinto F. Baltar (1834-1898) and Margaretha Gondolf (1840-1932). Parents of: Marguerite B. Grant (19-1988) m. Henry Baldwin Curtis; William J. Grant II (1906-1976) m. Mary Griffin Dantzler (1988), and Leslie Baltar Grant (1908-1986) m. Vera ‘Bede’ Leola Bond (1909-1989).
Leslie B. Grant
Leslie Baltar Grant (1908-1986) was born at Biloxi, Mississippi on 1908. Leslie graduated from Biloxi High School in 1926 and matriculated to the University of Alabama. He graduated from the Alabama Law School and passed the bar examination in 1930. Mr. Grant joined the law firm of Wadlington and Corban in June 1930 and named a partner in January 1932, when the group was named Wadlington, Corban, and Grant. The law practice began at Biloxi in 1924 with Walter J. Wadlington (1898-1989), and Lawrence C. Corban (1901-1989).(The Daily Herald, January 2, 1932, p. 2)
Leslie B. Grant married Vera Leola Bond (1909-1989), the daughter of Brantley A. Bond and Vera L. Dukate on March 1, 1934. Children: Vera Elizabeth Grant m. 11-29-1952 James Guy Martin; Marguerite Bond Grant m. 6-8-1957 Ernest Lee Cox; and Linda Bond Grant m. 8-17-1963 James Madison Wells.(Harrison Vo., Mississippi Chancery Court MRB 45, p. 48, Bk. 91, p. 556, Bk. 109, p. 187, and Bk. 125, p. 144)
Before their marriage, Leslie and Vera ruled the Les Masque carnival ball at Biloxi in February 1933.(The Daily Herald, February 15, 1933, p. 2)
Judge Leslie B. Grant passed on October 1986. His spouse expired on March 21, 1989.
Elizabeth Baltar Grant conveyed her home and lot at West Howard Avenue to the First Baptist Church of Biloxi in February 1964. She retained a life estate in the home and that part of her lot described as having eighty-two feet on Howard Avenue and running south one hundred and sixty-two feet.(Harrison Co., Ms. Land Deed Bk. 530, p. 15)
Mrs. Grant expired at Biloxi on April 18, 1968.
First Baptist Church of Biloxi
In November 1921, Edward C. Gay (1882-1921+), conveyed the Julius M. Lopez lot on West Howard Avenue to J.W. Elder, Lyman Bradford, and N.V. Boddie, Trustees of The First Baptist Church of Biloxi for $2800. This tract was east of the Bond-Grant House and had a front on Howard Avenue of eighty-two feet and was six hundred twenty-nine feet deep.(Harrison Co., Ms. Land Deed Bk. 530, p. 15)
In October 1999, The First Baptist Church of Biloxi conveyed their sanctuary site on West Howard Avenue and surrounding lands including the Bond-Grant House to the Beau Rivage Resorts, Inc.(Harrison Co., Ms. 2nd JD, Land Deed Bk. 347, p. 6)
Beau Rivage Casino
City of Biloxi
REFERENCES:
Books
The Biloxi Daily Herald, Business and Professional Men, (The Biloxi Daily Herald: Biloxi, Mississippi-1902).
The Buildings of Biloxi: An Architectural Survey, (City of Biloxi, Mississippi-2000)
Charles L. Dyer, Along The Gulf, (Women of the Trinity Episcopal Church: Pass Christian-1971. Originally published 1895).
Chancery Court Causes
Harrison County, Mississippi Chancery Court Cause No. 5617, “B.A. Bond v. Vera L. Bond”, June, 1918.
Journals
The Biloxi-D’Iberville Press, “Bond-Grant House restored”, May 8, 2008, p. A1.
The Biloxi-D’Iberville Press, “New visitors center”, July 3, 2008, p. A3.
The Biloxi Herald
The Biloxi Herald, “Mrs. Lienhard dies”, January 3, 1890.
The Biloxi Herald, “A sad death [Eula Dukate]”, November 24, 1894.
The Biloxi Herald, “A sad death [Eula Dukate]”, November 24, 1894.
The Biloxi Herald, “A sad death [Eula Dukate]”, November 24, 1894.
The Biloxi Daily Herald
The Biloxi Daily Herald, “Local Brevities”, August 20, 1898.
The Biloxi Daily Herald, “City News”, June 19, 1900.
The Biloxi Daily Herald, “City News”, October 3, 1904.
The Biloxi Daily Herald, “Bond-Dukate wedding”, October 18, 1904.
The Biloxi Daily Herald, “Local Brevities”, August 20, 1898.
The Biloxi Daily Herald, “City News”, June 19, 1900.
The Biloxi Daily Herald, “
The Biloxi Daily Herald, “
The Daily Herald
The Daily Herald, “Find valuable broach (sic) after considerable anxiety”, November 8, 1915.
The Daily Herald, “Death claims W.K.M. Dukate, one of the Coast’s most prominent citizens”, March 29, 1916.
The Daily Herald, “Queen City Barbershop purchased”, December 4, 1916.
The Daily Herald, “The Daily Herald, “Chinn-Bond”, November 14, 1918.
The Daily Herald, “Grant Now Member Biloxi Law Firm”, January 2, 1932.
The Daily Herald, “Wm. Grant dies in New Orleans”, October 3, 1932.
The Daily Herald, “Reign as King and Queen of Les Masques”, February 15, 1933.
The Daily Herald, “Widow [Vera Dukate Bond Chinn] of former Biloxi mayor dies”, June 8, 1977.
The Daily Herald,
The Daily Herald,
The Pascagoula Democrat-Star
The Pascagoula Democrat-Star, “Dukate-Lienhard”, May 3, 1878.
The Pascagoula Democrat-Star, “Local Paragraphs”, December 30, 1881.
The Sun Herald
The Sun Herald, “Mrs. Marguerite Curtis”, February 5, 1988.
The Sun Herald, “Mrs. Vera ‘Bede’ Grant”, March 22, 1989.
The Sun Herald, “Moving house may mean loss of Oaks”, February 6, 2001, p. A2.
The Sun Herald, “Biloxi Main Street honors couple for preservation”, December 5, 2006, p. B3.
The Sun Herald, “Bond-Grant House will host reception”, April 27, 2008.
The Sun Herald,
The Sun Herald,
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F.W. Elmer-L.B. Camp House
216 West Beach Boulevard
Biloxi, Mississippi
216 West Beach Boulebard
[now parking lot of Mary Mahoney's Old French House restaurant]
In Ocotber 1904, Mayor F.W. Elmer (1847-1926) contracted with J.E. Greene to build a home on Magnolia and Front Beach for between $3000 and $4000.(The Biloxi Daily Herald, October 20, 1904, p. 5)
The F.W. Elmer House was completed after the death of Mrs. F.W. Elmer, Elizabeth Carson Maycock (1850-1905), which occurred in late January 1905 and prior to June 1909.(see Sanborn Insurance Maps-Biloxi-1904 Sheet 4 and 1909 Sheet 8). The Elmers resided at No. 120 Water Street at the time of her demise on January 21, 1905.(The Biloxi Daily Herald, January 21, 1905, p. 5).
Lot Size-1.37 acres
The House-Two-story, 2500 square-feet,
Frederick William Elmer
In April 1888, W.I. Hodgson, an auctioneer at New Orleans, sold Lots 1 and 2 of the Samuel Friedlander Estate to Edward Langevin for $2375.(3) The conveyance included the brick residence, outbuildings, and dependencies. Lot 1 had 85 feet on the Gulf, 281 feet on Magnolia, 81 feet with Lot 2, and 281 feet (east).
In November 1891, Eleanor Langevin of St. Paul, Minnesota, the widow of Edward Langevin, conveyed Lots 1 and 2 of the Friedlander Estate to Frederick W. Elmer for $2700.(4) Her daughters, Mary Michand and Emma Flanagan, and their husbands, Achille Michand and Thomas J. Flanagan, signed the warranty deed. Charles and Mary E. Michand of St. Paul gave Elmer a quitclaim deed on the property in April 1892.(5)
Frederick W. Elmer (1847-1926) was born at Biloxi on January 23, 1847. He was the son of two European immigrants, Jacob Elmer (1812-1894) and Barbara Gettendorf (1823-1858). Jacob Elmer was born at Canton Glarus in Switzerland, the same area of the Hosli and Abbley family origination. Mr. Elmer came to Biloxi in 1836 and circa 1837, he married Barbara Gettendorf, a native of Winweiler, Rhein Kreis, Bavaria. In 1850, Jacob Elmer was a merchant at Biloxi worth $15,000.(HARCO Census, p. 27). His children with Barbara Gettendorf were: Helena Elmer Northrop (1838-1869+), Anna Elmer (b. 1839), Jacob Elmer (1843-1885), John P. Elmer (b. 1843), Henry M. Elmer (1844-1868), Frederick William Elmer (1847-1926), Augustus Elmer (b. 1848), Otho Elmer (1851-1926+), and Charles Elmer (1852-1926+).
After the demise of his wife in 1858, Jacob Elmer married Louisa B. Wetzel (1844-1894) in January 1863.(Guice, 1968?, p. 12). She was the daughter of German immigrant, Jacob Wetzel (1802-1860+) and ? . Her mother was dead before 1860. Their children were: Coresta E. Bachino (1866-1900+), Effee Elmer Dulion (b. 1866), Clarence Elmer (1868-1901), Percy L. Elmer (1873-1949), Edward Ross Elmer (1878-1934), and the twins, Albert (1881-1900+) and Arthur Elmer (b. 1881). Jacob Wetzel's siblings raised by Jacob Elmer were: Julia Wetzel (b. 1853), and Catherine Wetzel (b. 1855).
F.W. Elmer married Elizabeth Carson Maycock (1850-1905) in May 1871.(Guice, 1968?, p. 19). She was the daughter of Captain James Maycock (1825-1892) and Mary Emily Carson (1827-1900), born at Cape May, New Jersey. Captain Maycock was a native of Hull, Yorkshire, England and arrived at Biloxi on an English vessel in 1839.(The Biloxi Herald, March 19, 1892, p. 4)
Captain Maycock was a seafood pioneer at Biloxi. In 1881, he and Lazaro Lopez (1850-1903), F. W. Elmer (1847-1926), W.K.M. Dukate (1853-1916), and William Gorenflo (1844-1932) with a capital stock of $8,000 organized the Lopez, Elmer and Company, which became the Biloxi Canning Company. This factory was situated on the Back Bay of Biloxi, at the head of Reynoir Street.
F.W. Elmer and his spouse were the parents of ten children. Eight survived into the 20th Century. The known Elmer children are: Marie Ann Sichirich (1872-1946), Ida L. Elmer (1873-1891), Nina V. Scott (1877-1937+); Cora V. Enochs (1878-1962) married Byrd Enochs (1875-1940); F.W. Elmer II (1881-1948), James C. Elmer (1883-1920), Inez F. Ebersole (1885-1937+), Margueryte E. Cole (1887-1965), and Edward E. Elmer (1892-1900+).
Margueryte Elmer Cole
Marguerite E. Cole (1887-1965) was a single woman when she acquired the Elmer-Camp home in July 1925. The warranty deed from her father, F.W. Elmer Sr., stated, "for constant attention to me, during my sickness extending over two years, I sell and convey".(HARCO, Ms. Land Deed Bk. 165, p. 526) F.W. Elmer Sr. expired on December 23, 1926.
In September 1934, W.L. Guice, Trustee, sold the F.W. Elmer House and lot to the First National Bank of Biloxi for $2000. Margueryte Elmer had defaulted on her property taxes and deeds of trust to the First National Bank of Biloxi and to Walter Nixon and Mrs. Harry Laughlin.(HARCO, Ms. Land Deed Bk. 203, p. 319)
Margueryte Elmer married Myron Asa Cole (1876-1957) of West Midway, Massachusetts. He made his livelihood as an investigator for Office of the Comptroller General at Washington, D.C., retiring in 1943. In 1945, the Coles relocated from Jackson, Mississippi to Biloxi, and here they resided with her sister, Cora Elmer Enochs, at 138 Magnolia Street. Mrs. Enochs was the widow of Byrd Enochs (1875-1940).(The Daily Herald, July 12, 1957, p. 2)
Cora Elmer Enochs legated her home on Magnolia Street to Margueryte Elmer Cole. After her demise in April 1962, her estate was probated in the Chancery Court of Harrison County, Mississippi.(HARCO Cause No. 45,513-Bk 381, p. 25). Margueryte Cole sold it to A. Jake Mladinich for $14,000 in July 1962.(HACO, Ms. Land Deed Bk. 500, p. 110) Mlandinich to Mary C. Mahoney in .(HARCO, Ms. Land Deed Bk. 514, p. 68)
Fleeta Nash Camp
In late January 1937, the First National Bank of Biloxi sold the property on the southeast corner of Magnolia Street and West Beach Boulevard in Biloxi, Mississippi to Fleeta Nash Camp (1880-1947), the spouse of Largus Bell Camp (1869-1949). The Camp place had 134 feet on West Beach Boulevard and on the east ran 556 feet north to Water Street. The parcel had a 50-foot front on Water Street. The west boundary of this tract ran north 395 feet along Magnolia Street to the Byrd Enoch's property, which is the present day site of Mary Mahoney's Old French Restaurant, an 1850s structure.(HARCO, Ms. Land Deed Bk. 241, pp. 258-259)
Mrs. Camp was born on August 5, 1880, in Monroe County, Mississippi, the daughter of Jessie Nash and Nancy Massingale.(Suarez, 1999, p. 18) She married Largus Bell Camp, the son of Claudius Camp, and a native of Marion County, Alabama. They were the parents of Ruby C. Herzer (1900-1991) and Fleeta C. Holley Carrington. In addition, the Camps had three adopted children: Hershel Camp (1911-1972)?, J.S. Camp, and Virginia C. Apler.
Fleeta Camp
Fleeta Camp married Homer R. Lewis in July 1930.(HARCO, Ms. MRB 42, p. 386). No further information.
Fleeta Camp then married Anson L. Holley II (1908-1975) on January 23, 1937 at Nativity BVM in Biloxi. She had attended schools at Starkville and Mississippi State Woman's College prior to the relocation of the family to Biloxi. Fleeta was employed at Biloxi with Dr. M.R. Mosley while her husband and his brother, Lionel Holley (1910-1993), operated the Triple XXX Cafe at 305 West Beach.(The Daily Herald, January 23, 1937, p. 5)
The Anson Holleys resided at 128 Magnolia Street in the rear of her parents large home. Here they reared two sons, Anson Camp "Campy" Holley (b. 1939) and Daniel Raymond Holley (b. 1942). In May 1946, Anson and Fleeta C. Holley divorced. In the property settlement, she received the Magnolia Street home and he retained his café business and a 1941 Pontiac sedan.(HARCO, Ms. Chancery Court Cause No. 23,535, Fleeta Camp Holley v. Anson L. Holley, May 1946 and HARCO, Ms. Land Deed Bk. 287, pp. 34-36)
Fleta Camp Holley married R.W. Carrington in late 1946 or 1947. She sold her home on Magnolia Street to the Felsher family in January 1947. The lot had 56-feet on Magnolia and was 80-feet deep.(HARCO, Ms. Land Deed Bk. 296, p. 101)
In 1933, upon his retirement from the telephone company, L.B. Camp and family relocated to Biloxi from Starkville, Mississippi. There L.B. Camp had been very active politically serving the municipal government twelve years as a city councilman and vice-mayor. He had also been the secretary-treasurer of the Starkville Chamber of Commerce and was an active participant in the Methodist Church, Lions Club, Woodmen of the World, Rotary, and Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Prior to his residency at Starkville, Mr. Camp lived at Amory, Mississippi were he was a partner in that town's first electric light plant.(The Daily Herald, December 22, 1947, p. 7 and August 3, 1949, p. 2)
During WWII, there was a housing shortage at Biloxi due to the establishment of Keesler Field, a training base for the US Army Air Corps. The Camps utilized a portion of their large home for room and apartment rentals. Several cottages to let were also situated on their lot. The Camps called their real estate venture, Camp's Friendly Home.(Buddy Jones, June 8, 2001 and 1947 postal card)
In April 1946, Mrs. L.B. Camp conveyed a 1/2 interest in her property to her husband, Largus Bell Camp (1869-1949).(HARCO, Ms. Land Deed Bk. 285, pp. 185-186)
The Daily Herald Office
In March 1947, the Camps sold a small lot (.15 acres) off the north end of their parcel to the Wilkes family, Eugene Pierce Wilkes (1885-1980), Loretta Voivedich Wilkes (1886-1978), and Mrs. Josephine Wilkes Reicker (1911-1977), who were the publishers of The Daily Herald.(HARCO, Ms. Land Deed Bk. 302, pp. 216-217) Here on Water Street, The Daily Herald had a small newspaper distribution center for their Biloxi carriers.
The Camps sold their home and remaining property to Clifford P. Turk and Ella Louise Seymour Turk for $70,000 in late November 1947.(HARCO, Ms. Land Deed Bk. 302, pp. 183-184)
The Turk Apartments
Clifford Percy Turk (1892-1983) was born in Alabama, the son of Joseph H. Turk and Florence Philips. He married Ella Louise Seymour Kaufman (1906-1994), the daughter of Joseph J. Seymour (1874-1952) and Ella Lamey (1877-1952), and former spouse of Lester G. Kaufman. They had a son, Lt. Elmer Otis Kaufman (1925-1951), who was killed in an automobile accident near Hanau, Germany while on active military duty with the US Army in October 1951.(The Daily Herald, October 15, 1951, p. 10)
Mr. and Mrs. Turk worked across the street at the Trailways Café, which was also the site of the Trailways bus station. He was the general agent for Trailways and an agent for Southern Bus Lines. She was an agent for Trailways.(Biloxi City Directory, 1949, p. 547)
The 1947 Hurricane
The 1947 September hurricane may have influenced their decision to leave the Biloxi waterfront. "C.P. Turk, who just bought the L.B. Camp property took another $20,000 loss from the damage to the revenue bearing properties on his new purchase".(The Daily Herald, September 24, 1947, p. 9)
Pavich Lease
In March 1953, the Turks leased a small lot (30 feet by 22 feet) in the southwest corner of parcel fronting on West Beach and Magnolia.(HARCO, Ms. Land Deed Bk. 427, pp. 56-57)
In August 1953, the Turks conveyed their West Beach property to M.M. Wilkinson and wife for $65,000.(HARCO, Ms. Land Deed Bk. 372, p. 50-51)
Notes on Turk family
Mon Cher Monsieur Bellande, Antonio Marco Basquez here with the results of my inquiry concering Louise Seymour Turk. Although my dad doesn't remember Louise's father Joseph Seymour, he does indeed remember Louise Turk. As you indicate, she operated a grocery store in St. Martin, but this was after the time that they lived in the house and property formerly owned by my grandfather Joe Basque and bought from him for 800 dollars when he was unable to make the payments. This would have been around 1940. Mr. Turk and my grandfather were the same age, but my dad doesn't remember Mr. Turk. Subsequently, my grandfather built a smaller house next door, the little green house that I remember visiting as a child. My grandfather gave a portion of this land to my father, where my parents' house stands today (and where I busted me arse cutting the grass today). Later the Turks moved to a house just across the street from the old SMHS, where, as you mention, Louise operated a grocery store. Today it's a little furniture store, although I remember it as a grocery store when I was a student there in the 60's and early 70's. My father said that Louise had a son by an earlier marriage to Kaufman. More details may emerge from the haze of time as he continues to recollect. Sincerely,-- Sr. Basquez
M.M. Wilkinson
M.M. Wilkinson. No further information.
In October 1957, M.M. Wilkinson conveyed to Richard Reed Guice Sr. for $42,500.
Guice divided the property and sold F.W. Elmer House to his son, Wade Guice. A lot fronting on West Beach Blvd and Magnolia, was sold to the Arkansas Fuel Oil Corporation for a gasoline station.
Richard Reed Guice Sr.
Richard Reed Guice Sr. (1893-1980) married Elizabeth Porter (1902-1974). They were the parents of Richard R. Guice II, William Wade Guice (1927-1996)
Wade Guice Apartments (1958-1961+)
In October 1957, R.R. Guice Sr. conveyed the F.W. Elmer House to his son, William Wade Guice (1927-1996), for $42,500. The conveyance included "all personal property of M.M. Wilkinson and Mrs. M.M. Wilkinson and used in apartments on said land."(HARCO, Ms. Land Deed Bk. 427, pp. 188-189)
City of Biloxi
In September 1964, Wade Guice and Julia C. Guice to the City of Biloxi.(HARCO, Ms. Land Deed Bk.
VFW
The City of Biloxi conveyed to the Lyman C. Bradford Post No. 2434 VFW in September 1964.(HARCO, Ms. Land Deed Bk. 539, p. 41)
Hurricane Camille
Elmer-Camp Home destroyed by Camille in August 1969.(Buddy Jones, June 8, 2001)
Became part of the parking lot at Mary Mahoney's Old French House!
REFERENCES:
Books
1936 Biloxi City Directory, (Baldwin & Herald: Biloxi, Mississippi-1936)
1941 Biloxi City Directory, (Peerless Printing Co.: New Orleans, Lousiana-1941)
1949 Biloxi City Directory, (Mullin-Kille: Columbus, Ohio-1949)
1958 Biloxi City Directory, (Mullin-Kille:
1961 Biloxi City Directory, (Mullin-Kille: Chillicothe, Ohio-1961)
1968 Biloxi City Directory, (Mullin-Kille: Dallas, Texas-1968)
Julia Cook Guice, Marriages-Harrison County, Mississippi (1841-1899), (City of Biloxi: Biloxi, Mississippi-1968?)
Julie Broussard Suarez, Bradford-O'Keefe Funeral Records, Burial Books 33 thru 42, (1945-1960), (Suarez: Biloxi, Mississippi-1999).
Court Cases
HARCO, Ms. Chancery Court Cause No. 23,535, "Fleeta Camp Holley v. Anson L. Holley", May 1946.
Journals
The Biloxi Herald, "Capitan James Maycock", March 19, 1892.
The Biloxi Daily Herald, "City News", October 20, 1904.
The Biloxi Daily Herald, Mrs. F.W. Elmer Dead", January 21, 1905.
The Biloxi Daily Herald, "Died", January 21, 1905.
The Daily Herald, "Biloxi Loses Noted Citizen", December 24, 1926.
The Daily Herald, "F.W. Elmer", December 27, 1926.
The Daily Herald, "Elmer Funeral Largely Attended", December 27, 1926.
The Daily Herald, "Holley-Camp", January 23, 1937.
The Daily Herald, "Once Busy Biloxi Beach Deep in Sand", September 24, 1947.
The Daily Herald, "Mrs. L.B. Camp Dies", December 22, 1947.
The Daily Herald, "Largus Bell Camp Dies", August 3, 1949.
The Daily Herald, "Lt. Otis Kaufman Killed in Germany", October 15, 1951.
The Daily Herald, "Myron A. Cole", July 12, 1957.
The Daily Herald, "Mrs. Marguerite Cole", August 2, 1965.
The Sun Herald, "Ella Louise Seymour Turk", July 1, 1994.
The Sun Herald, "William Wade Guice", August 20, 1996, p. B-2.
Maps
Sanborn Map-Biloxi 1893-Sheet 5
Sanborn Map- Biloxi 1898-Sheet 5
Sanborn Map-Biloxi-March 1904-Sheet 4
Sanborn Map-Biloxi-June 1909-Sheet 8
Sanborn Map-Biloxi- 1914-Sheet 9
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Dr. H.M. FOLKES-"Gunston Hall"-WHITE PILLARS
REFERENCES:
The Biloxi-D'Iberville Press, "Shell Roads Revisited-Before White Pillars", July 10, 2008, p. A4.
