Category: Notable Characters
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Simeon Van Winkle Aden
Simeon Van Winkle Aden was born November 19, 1795 in Pendleton County, South Carolina. Pendleton County was created in 1789 from former Cherokee land. His parents were Bennett Aden and Martha Dickey. He would have two wives. They were New Jersey Williams and Lydia Williams. Although they shared the same last name, the ladies…
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Bishop Andrew Byrne
Andrew Byrne was the first Roman Catholic Bishop of the Little Rock Diocese which includes the entire state of Arkansas. A diocese is a district under the pastoral care of a bishop in the Christian Church. Today, there are over 120,000 members of the Catholic faith living in Arkansas, but that wasn’t the case when…
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Private Willie Gordon, Tunica
Like many young men from rural Mississippi, Willie Gordon was drafted and reported for training in Little Rock, Arkansas. Whether he dreamed of becoming a hero or simply living through the conflict we will never know, because he died without ever leaving the country. To understand young Willie Brown, one must look at the U.S.…
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The Dowd Legacy in Tunica and Coahoma Counties
William Francis and his younger brother Andrew Sidney Dowd were two extra ordinary men who had to deal with the carnage of the Civil War and the aftermath of Reconstruction. They managed to master both in their own ways. Let me start off by saying a few things. I am not related to either man…
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Maggie Busby, A Lonely Grave
Maggie Elizabeth Busby was born on October 28, 1866 in Winchester, Tennessee. Winchester is a town in Franklin County on the Alabama state line. She was the daughter of Jackson Steel Miller and Priscilla Ann Estill. Maggie Miller was part of a large family with with twelve brothers and sisters. Jackson Miller is listed…
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John H. McMullen
John H. McMullen was born March 5, 1923 according to his tombstone, but on the application for a headstone, it was changed in ink to 1922 so the year could be either one. In the 1930 U.S. Census, his birth year is listed as 1922. John McMullen enlisted for the duration of the war at…
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Founders of Rich, the Richberger Family
Jacob Richberger was born around 1835 in Russian Poland. He and his wife Fanny along with his son George migrated to the United States in 1864 and settled in New York. After the Civil War, Jacob moved to Mississippi for better opportunities. He left his wife and son to tend to their store. According…
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Essie B. Easley. Dowd Cemetery, Tunica County
During World War II, he was awarded the Good Conduct Medal and received high grades on his work with the 401st Quartermaster Truck Company.
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