tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63349498775643384512024-03-16T12:45:29.442-05:00Between the Gate PostsSpeaking with relatives about family history, I am often told to keep this piece of information between you, me and the gate post. Respecting sensibilities, I will share my family stories entwine with historical events from Copiah, Jefferson and Lincoln Counties, Mississippi, from gate post to gate post.LindaRehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12968656842601664293noreply@blogger.comBlogger576125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6334949877564338451.post-11830382884188587122023-10-10T09:54:00.000-05:002023-10-10T09:54:18.641-05:00Monroe's ChildrenSamuel & David Markham - Child 13 and 14Samuel 1898-1981David 1898-1898 <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw3APIOa8htlje46_gnNjl039bR65jZnYMuAK8GnvAaA9UW1rWHwbZWHUE_5owg4YSniONM4ilDRQinHT4iON5Bd1yhbydRaYfhG7ktTV4qQwQnMrC9A6y-lyyBsdTM857ecjaJcIQg6h5RXn4-dv4D4v09MV8VrHM7TS7XkQUOz9SqkjYgOmf1nepqNA/s1600/scan0023.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" height="400" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1243" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw3APIOa8htlje46_gnNjl039bR65jZnYMuAK8GnvAaA9UW1rWHwbZWHUE_5owg4YSniONM4ilDRQinHT4iON5Bd1yhbydRaYfhG7ktTV4qQwQnMrC9A6y-lyyBsdTM857ecjaJcIQg6h5RXn4-dv4D4v09MV8VrHM7TS7XkQUOz9SqkjYgOmf1nepqNA/s400/scan0023.jpg"/></a></div><center>Samuel David Markham, Sr.</center><p>
Samuel and David Markham were the first set of twins born to Monroe and his wife Mary. The boys were the couple's 13th and 14th child, the last sons born to them. They were born on 04 Oct 1898 in Caseyville, a rural community in Lincoln County, Mississippi. David died shortly after birth and the couple decided to combine the names of their sons for the surviving son, Samuel David would be his name. The census records show he like the rest of Monroe's children could read and write.<p>
He married Rosanna Thomas, daughter of Alex Thomas and Roxanne Smith, in 1922.<p>
Monroe maintained a relationship with the David Buie family until his death in 1931. David Buie was the Markham's family enslaver. Monroe b. 1852 was given to Prentiss Buie b. 1850 when they were both young children.<p>
Hallie Buie, Prentiss Buie's daughter, shared this> about Samuel in a 1936 letter she wrote to her sister Prential.<p>
<i>The Old Home<br>
July 21, 1936<p>
My Dear Prential,<br>
The box came alright, thank you. I know you are wondering how I get things done. Well, I have found out that is all right for Samuel Markham to come down here, he has a corn field rented from Estelle and comes to get their corn to have ground. I just don’t know what they could do without him. I hope you will not mention this--he has a mailbox and if we need him for anything we drop him a card and he comes right over. He lives on the Adams place. His house is located about a mile from this one. He charges ten cents for bringing things from Mr. Smith’s and twenty cents from Lamar’s, charges for the time and not the size of the package, large or small the same price, he certainly is nice about it. He just happened to come along the day the box came. he said, “Dat box aint hebby.”</i><p>
Samuel and his wife Rosanna had four children. Their first child, an unnamed daughter, was born prematurely and died one day after her birth in 1923. Jessie Mae was born in 1925, Velma "China" in 1928, and Samuel David Jr., in 1932.<p>
Samuel was a farmer who eventually owned his own land, which remains in his family.<p>
Samuel died on 02 Jul 1981 in Brookhaven, Mississippi.LindaRehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12968656842601664293noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6334949877564338451.post-18225172286869371662023-10-09T09:10:00.002-05:002023-10-09T09:10:54.361-05:00Monroe's Children Mattie Markham Vaughn Hall ~ Child 12 1894 - abt. 1965Mattie Markham is the 12th child of Monroe and Mary. She was born in August 1894, in Caseyville, Lincoln County, MS. Mattie married John Vaughn in 1921. Mattie was John's second wife. He was previously married to one of Mattie's first cousins Colar Markham.<p>
Mattie and John had seven children: James Davis, Ralph Edward, Ada Frances, Mary Jeniece, Helen Joanne, Robert, and Helen.<p>
Years after John's death, she married Will Hall. Mattie died about 1965.<p>
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<br><center>Mattie is the one standing</center>LindaRehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12968656842601664293noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6334949877564338451.post-64496684999368167682023-09-18T10:00:00.000-05:002023-09-18T10:00:31.810-05:00Monroe's Children Rose Ada Markham Spencer ~ Child 11 1892-1985<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGhpreKCexRjqyN_XSRZvDGx5BBI3HopppETPXLr4OEZ8OuOyujiqdyOfvauYu8p6RDbb0Uz-AEIUuw4Ea8cgnnbAeyy4o8H8MRtLw_XDFUoOpfB-KeTLUUuQiC3TT-R8X8Iggb_KPk_fdXcJCWqdJm0Vp788X4VJQHHE4cAMOfQSyPLPPng6U80jM8Vk/s458/Young_Ada.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" height="400" data-original-height="458" data-original-width="311" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGhpreKCexRjqyN_XSRZvDGx5BBI3HopppETPXLr4OEZ8OuOyujiqdyOfvauYu8p6RDbb0Uz-AEIUuw4Ea8cgnnbAeyy4o8H8MRtLw_XDFUoOpfB-KeTLUUuQiC3TT-R8X8Iggb_KPk_fdXcJCWqdJm0Vp788X4VJQHHE4cAMOfQSyPLPPng6U80jM8Vk/s400/Young_Ada.jpg"/></a></div><center>Ada</center><p>
Just the Facts and Pictures<p>
Rose Ada Markham, known as Ada, was born 13 Aug 1892, to Monroe and Mary Byrd Markham in Caseyville, MS. She was their 11th child.<p>
She married Ernest Spencer 23 Feb 1914 in Lincoln County, MS. The couple's children were Ernest, Jr., Othelda, Ivan, Herbert, Percy, Eunice, Mary, Robert, Arthur, and John.<p>
The family farmed in Copiah County near the Mercy Seat Community.<p>
Ada died 27 July 1985 in Buffalo, New York.<p>
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<center>All photographs courstey of Ada and Ernest's granddaghter, Anita Smith Christopher.</center>
LindaRehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12968656842601664293noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6334949877564338451.post-32681154388238648022023-09-04T09:56:00.000-05:002023-09-04T09:56:30.060-05:00Monroe's ChildrenAlice Markham Marshall ~ Child 101891-1966<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEins0GRrCCh0MLGDKsKUbRDNpRRjUWtFDplmZ-66a1AOUGERI17dWT9WbLyhNDwislhm-YB5Hea1-bwwwAEJzB-15USYLpZos9ynu48CQN03epyEkvFrB6C2seh9vIkFFHdvB2dSVO29LKlm-gH7aJ6_s-UfM8iKWOMqzThVtvN8KWXVw4ZgP23o4te6oQ/s1116/scan0036.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" height="400" data-original-height="1116" data-original-width="591" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEins0GRrCCh0MLGDKsKUbRDNpRRjUWtFDplmZ-66a1AOUGERI17dWT9WbLyhNDwislhm-YB5Hea1-bwwwAEJzB-15USYLpZos9ynu48CQN03epyEkvFrB6C2seh9vIkFFHdvB2dSVO29LKlm-gH7aJ6_s-UfM8iKWOMqzThVtvN8KWXVw4ZgP23o4te6oQ/s400/scan0036.jpg"/></a></div><br>
<center><i>Alice is seated, standing is her sister Mattie</center></i><p>
Alice was the 10th child born to her parents Monroe and Mary Byrd Markham. She, like most of Monroe's children, remained home until marriage.<p>
1900 Census - 9 years, living in Caseyville, Lincoln County, MS, with parents and 9 siblings.<p>
1910 Census - 19 years, living in Caseyville with parents and 9 siblings.<p>
1920 Census - 29 years, living in Caseyville with parents and 7 siblings.<p>
1930 Census - 32 years, living near Hazlehurst, MS, with husband Daniel Marshall and their one year old son Jehu. Alice married Dan in Copiah County on 24 Mar 1927.<p>
1940 Census - 42 years, still residing in rural Copiah County with husband Dan and 2 children, Jehu and Vistula. My mother Vistula often said she was born from old people. Alice was just a couple of days shy of her 43rd birthday when my mother mother born in 1933.<p>
1950 Census - 58 years, still in the same house with husband and two children.<p>
My grandfather Dan died 01 Jan 1955, and the children were both in their own households. The 1960 census will likely show Alice living in the same place, alone. She developed Alzheimer's Disease during the early 1960s, and had to leave her home to live with her sister Beatrice in Brookhaven, MS. Beatrice was the caregiver for both my grandmother Alice and another sister Louella who were suffering from the same disease. Alice died 15 Aug 1966.<p>
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<center><i>Alice's son, Jehu Marshall 1928-2002</center></i><p>
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<center><i>Alice's daughter and my mother, Vistula Marshall Durr 1933-2014</center></i><p>
Here are other posts about my grandmother you may be interested in reading.<br>
<a href="http://betweenthegateposts.blogspot.com/2011/02/madness-monday-alzheimer-disease.html">Alzheimer's Disease - Generational</a><br>
<a href="http://betweenthegateposts.blogspot.com/2011/01/sisters-teachers.html">Sisters Teachers</a><br>
<a href="http://betweenthegateposts.blogspot.com/2011/07/our-white-house-on-washington-street.html">Our White House on Washington Street</a><br>
<a href="http://betweenthegateposts.blogspot.com/2016/04/monroe-markhan-and-family-circa-1920.html">Monroe Markham and Family, circa 1920</a><br>
<a href="http://betweenthegateposts.blogspot.com/2016/02/heir-property-tangled-web.html">Heir Property, a Tangled Web</a><p>
LindaRehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12968656842601664293noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6334949877564338451.post-57359317070242437892023-06-08T12:37:00.001-05:002023-06-08T12:38:12.243-05:00Monroe's ChildrenWillie Markham ~ Child 91888-1971<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhebc894hADimt6jzTAmJaeID5104b4njXlZAzSkT4z5I2QfFYj4ZG3HiKafZaMGC5dZRN4LA5UjEGitNCjVQ6a8k07tjRHPpeonZjMDdoT479QLhs3yuPhclqk2lqdbtavStzpac7LJlySLXl1eTEBRiYz6wqnmkYP6aX0DOvGilh4Fuk2MXMcgoDI/s1600/scan0079.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" height="400" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhebc894hADimt6jzTAmJaeID5104b4njXlZAzSkT4z5I2QfFYj4ZG3HiKafZaMGC5dZRN4LA5UjEGitNCjVQ6a8k07tjRHPpeonZjMDdoT479QLhs3yuPhclqk2lqdbtavStzpac7LJlySLXl1eTEBRiYz6wqnmkYP6aX0DOvGilh4Fuk2MXMcgoDI/s400/scan0079.jpg"/></a></div><p>
William "Willie" Louis Markham was the 9th child of Monroe Markham and his wife Mary. He was almost a Christmas baby, born 23 Dec 1887, at home in Caseyville, Lincoln County, MS.<p>
Like many of his siblings, he remained home until marriage when he married Fredonia Culver in an almost Christmas wedding on 30 Dec 1913. He was 26 years old.<p>
The young couple experienced heartache starting their family. They lost 2 boys. Archie Gilchrist born, in 1914, lived almost two months dying of pneumonia. Unnamed male born in 1915 only lived a few days. According to his death certificate, there was "no physican for this child, but think from history was not right when borned."<p>.
The couple had four healthy, thriving children: Joyce Mae born 1918, Willie Mae born 1919, Robert Winfield born 1922, and Arthur Whitfield born 1920. Three of the children moved to California, one remained in Mississippi. All the children are now deceased.<p>
How did Willie provide for his family? In 1920, the census records described his job as a furrier, one who makes, alters, repairs and restyles garments and other articles made of fur. He was working for a wage in 1930, driving a truck for a wholesale grocery. By 1940, he was an operator working his own account, and in 1950 he was a dishwasher at the City Baker. By the time I got to know him, the family described what he did as a gardener.<p>
Willie was a tall, friendly uncle who could read and write. He owned his own home and a few acres of land. He lived next door to his sister Beatrice. My child's mind of Willie's house was that it was a huge wood frame, white washed house with a high roof and steeped steps. The house had a screened in porch where they hung pieces of meat. Uncle Willie owned a piano and from time to time we could hear him playing familiar hymns when we visited his sister Aunt Bea.<p>
Uncle Willie and his family welcome their relatives from rural Mississippi communities who wanted to complete their high school education in the city of Brookhaven. <a href="https://betweenthegateposts.blogspot.com/2010/07/allie-education-getting-sheeps-skin.html">Cousin Allie</a> spoke often about sharing a bed with her two cousins Joyce and Willie Mae.<p>
Willie died in 1971, and his wife Fredonia died in 1977.<p>
<a href= "http://betweenthegateposts.blogspot.com/2012/01/sundays-obituary-willie-louis-markham.html">Willie's Obituary</a><br>
<a href= "https://www.angelfire.com/folk/gljmr/markhamfredonia0001.pdf">Fredonia's Obituary</a><p>
LindaRehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12968656842601664293noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6334949877564338451.post-71055398176557730842023-05-14T09:59:00.001-05:002023-05-14T09:59:45.076-05:00Monroe's ChildrenLou Ella Markham Howard ~ Child 81885-1966<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH2QCFf21VYZ0YInXgOkY_5owXBnV2vwIqNc6Z2uskPNDjYvXyRFKeVuPIRJXavzAwEX0Px98QaTMRAYZQNQxjJsPUDt4Z3_L-H7UW-Pnyq0-AfPwR7Ol0kr1srf0bwMtTxTidL20eiH5_TiP3XtdOu4_YCvG4c3b7acaWK-67w3JuhfW4E2vbHvMd/s920/LouElla%20Markham.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" height="400" data-original-height="920" data-original-width="645" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH2QCFf21VYZ0YInXgOkY_5owXBnV2vwIqNc6Z2uskPNDjYvXyRFKeVuPIRJXavzAwEX0Px98QaTMRAYZQNQxjJsPUDt4Z3_L-H7UW-Pnyq0-AfPwR7Ol0kr1srf0bwMtTxTidL20eiH5_TiP3XtdOu4_YCvG4c3b7acaWK-67w3JuhfW4E2vbHvMd/s400/LouElla%20Markham.jpg"/></a></div><center> Lou Ella Markham Howard</center><br>
Lou Ella was the daughter of Monroe Markham and his wife Mary. Louella was born 16 Aug 1885 during the presidential administration of Grover Cleveland. She was seen in the 1900, 1910, and 1920 federal censuses in the household of her parents with a large number of siblings, living in rural Caseyville, Lincoln County, Mississippi. Lou Ella could read and write and worked as a farm laborer during this time.<p>
She married Elijah Howard 14 May 1924 at the age of 38 years, The couple was missed in the 1930 census but reappeared in the 1940 and 1950 census, living in Brookhaven, Lincoln County, Mississippi, with just the two of them in the household. They lived in the same home in both censuses. The 1940 census shows that Lou Ella did not work any in 1939 but in 1950 she is listed as working as a babysitter.<p>
I remember Lou Ella as a tall, lanky woman who wore thick cotton stockings and an apron with her clothing. She was friendly and gave warm hugs. Her husband Elijah wore a dark suit with a tie. His shirt was white and he wore suspenders. I remember he loved ice cream and when we would visit he would go to the store and get ice cream. He would buy each of us children a small cup of Borden's vanilla ice cream that came with a flat wooden spoon. We would sit on the back porch with our legs dangling over the porch enjoying every spoonful. <p>
Elijah died in 1964.<p>
Aunt Lou Ella moved in with her sister Aunt Bee (Beatrice) who was already taking care of another sister, my grandmother Alice. Lou Ella died May 1966 in Brookhaven. <p>
<a href="http://betweenthegateposts.blogspot.com/2012/01/sundays-obituary-mrs-luella-markham.html">Lou Ella's Obituary</a></p>
LindaRehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12968656842601664293noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6334949877564338451.post-85807221316378134062023-05-07T10:11:00.000-05:002023-05-07T10:11:53.813-05:00Monroe's ChildrenMary Jane Markham "Polly" ~ Child 71884-1950 <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkEUhbQnh-hvhN66PLrVffSoao2D_0LEmwGkcYioUVbSMRaqOVuvFFEULN2ZgK0chxGth5aUPuNassqP4jVTiIc-yzkUcDYaBJ5H-AB96nSOGrx0thecgYoZfe1gbZJUgM4Uv2PYpBH-JrZ3yE2xGDCh49BYHMP_o8upOxfDcn2sWbq6YhR9c-A8Pa/s1594/luella1910.png" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="400" data-original-height="947" data-original-width="1594" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkEUhbQnh-hvhN66PLrVffSoao2D_0LEmwGkcYioUVbSMRaqOVuvFFEULN2ZgK0chxGth5aUPuNassqP4jVTiIc-yzkUcDYaBJ5H-AB96nSOGrx0thecgYoZfe1gbZJUgM4Uv2PYpBH-JrZ3yE2xGDCh49BYHMP_o8upOxfDcn2sWbq6YhR9c-A8Pa/s400/luella1910.png"/></a></div><center>1910 Census of Monroe Markham Household</center><br>
Mary Jane Markham, the 7th child of Monroe Markham and his wife Mary was born in 1883, Caseyville, Mississippi, the same year Sojourner Truth died. Mary Jane was known as Polly for most of her life. Polly was the name of a character in a school play which Mary Jane was the actress. Because the name was repeated several times during the play, family and neighbors started cally Mary Jane, Polly. The name stuck and she became known as Polly. <p>
Mary was eight years old on the 1892 educable children lists. The 1900 census indicates she was born in Dec 1883. She is 16, single, can read and write, and is the eldest daughter in the household of 12 people. By 1910, she is 25 years old, and the eldest of 9 siblings. The 1920 household has 10 people and at 36 yrs of age, she still reigns as the eldest sibling. The age of Polly decreases in 1930, she is 40, should be about 45-46. She is the only child in the household of her elderly parents. The parents are deceased in 1940. Polly, 52, is living with a younger sister and her husband, Silas and Beatrice Markham Johnson. She is unemployed from her job as farm laborer.<p>
I never met her, Aunt Polly died before I was born. <p>
She was the first Markham sister who did not marry, nor have children. She died in 1950.LindaRehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12968656842601664293noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6334949877564338451.post-60912734532461816632023-04-27T23:25:00.000-05:002023-04-27T23:25:02.448-05:00Monroe's Children Nellie Markham Coleman - Child 6 1882-1969I don't think I met Aunt Nellie or any of her's descendants. Through various documents is how I know of them. DNA matching with several of Nellie's descendants has open a door of communication with Nellie's descendants. <p>
Nellie was the 6th child born to Monore and his wife Mary, born 03 Aug 1881, in Caseyville, Lincoln County, Mississippi. The 1892 Educable Children Lists first bears witness to Nellie existence as a 10 year child in the household of her parents. She is next seen in the 1900 census as a 17 year old wife to Clarence Coleman. The young couple married in Feb 1899, and they were living next door to Clarence's parents Richard and Rosalie Coleman in Caseyville. By 1910, the couple had moved to Gallman, a small community in Copiah County, where they would remain in subsquent censuses. Four children were added to the 1910 household. One additional daughter was added in 1920. By 1940, all of Clarence and Nellie's children had left the nest but living with the couple were grandchildren and a great grandson.<p>
Nellie and Clarence's children were:<br>
1) Louella Coleman (1903-1985) who married Green Dock Byrd. The couple had 13 children: Tamzella, Lela Virginia, Eddie Bell, Warren Frank, Eddie Frank, Robert Charles, Ethel Lee, Ella Green, Herbert Charles, Floyd Evans, Esterine, and a set of twin daughters who died shortly after birth.<p>
2) Leola Coleman (1905-1989) married unknown Johnson, no children were born to the union.<p>
3) Samuel David Coleman (1907-2000) married Rosie Belle Louie. Their children were: Hazel, Samuel Jr., Willard Lee, Louie Ellis, Bobby Jean, Charles Ray, Lois Yvonne, Markus, Linda, Larry Ronald, and Vanessa.<p>
4) Jay C Coleman (1908-1973) married Mattie B Wallace and Mae Alice Clay. No known children were born to these unions.<p>
5) May D Coleman (1912-?) married Unknown Williams. No known children were born to this union.<p>
6) Infant Male (1913-1913) stillborn<p>
Nellie's children settled in Indiana, Michigan and Wiscosin.<p> Nellie died 21 Mar 1869 of natural causes in Hazlehurst, Mississippi. <p>
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LindaRehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12968656842601664293noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6334949877564338451.post-5050516547812058712021-11-29T15:51:00.001-06:002021-11-29T15:52:15.645-06:00Monroe's Children Octavius Augustus Markham ~ Child 5 1879-1952<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0N_bwDYm8ZiU-G4PYqPfq7NamO553v_xzp6Exq7X44lk0hI3JC9MJc24P7nnTpsxxPPBeuaR7M-r0NBk_spfDzP-8cb_tzDhoupEje0W-HJGAd4neVo-_ODdtQM9n7ymgUCfGeEwYpcY/s889/octavis.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" height="400" data-original-height="889" data-original-width="636" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0N_bwDYm8ZiU-G4PYqPfq7NamO553v_xzp6Exq7X44lk0hI3JC9MJc24P7nnTpsxxPPBeuaR7M-r0NBk_spfDzP-8cb_tzDhoupEje0W-HJGAd4neVo-_ODdtQM9n7ymgUCfGeEwYpcY/s400/octavis.jpg"/></a></div><center>Octavis</center><p>
Octavius August Markham was the fifth child, the fourth son born to Monroe Markham and his wife Mary. Octavius was born in the year 1879, when milk was first sold in glass bottles, on Feb 2. He was known as the sickly son born with allergies and likely asthmatic. Octavius health conditions prevented him from being as prosperous with farming as his siblings. He managed with the help of his children, his faith, and determination.<p>
Mamie Culver married Octavius on 10 Jun 1903, in Lincoln County, Mississippi.
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Octavius encouraged his children to acquire as much education that was available. Octavis' children may have been the first of Monroe's grandchildren to obtain college degrees.<p>
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The couple's first child was Evie Jane, known later as Eva Jane, who was born 10 May 1907. She was a public school teacher. She never married nor had children. Eva died 16 Aug 1993 in Jackson, MS.<p>
Larry David, aka LD, was born on 2 Jul 1909. He was a World War II veteran. When lumber companies came to the Brookhaven area seeking men to work in the lumber industry and willing to relocate to northern California, LD was one of the first to go west. He worked for the Mt. Shasta Kimberly-Clark Corporation Plant. He married Leontine Luceil Bearden Gearing. No children were born to the union. LD died 12 Sep 1962, in Siskiyou County, California.<p>
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Allie Mae was born 29 Sep 1911. She earned her high school dipolma through a program sponser by a Franklin D Roosevelt program. Allie worked as a domestic, public school teacher and insurance agent. Allie married John Moncrieft and no children were born to the union. Allie died 28 Sep 2016, one day shy of her 105th birthday.<p>
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Twin daughters Louvella and Louvenia were born on 13 Nov 1914. Their father chose rhyming names for his daughters but in 1899 when he named his twin sisters non-rhyming names, Beatrice and Missouri, his community complained. I suppose Octavius decided to conform to community standards when he named his daughters. Louvella graduated from Alexander High School in Brookhaven, MS. After high school, she attended Alcorn and Jackson State University where she received a B. S. degree in elementary education. She taught children in various schools in the Lincoln County area. Louvella never married nor had children. She died in January 1994.<p>
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Louvenia graduated from Alexander High School. She received her B. S. degree from Alcorn State University and her master's degree from Tennessee State University in Home Economics. She never married nor had children. She died on 30 May 1996.<p>
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Early, a veteran of World War II was born 9 Sep 1917. He followed his brother LD to California to work in the lumber industry. He worked 28 years for the Mt. Shasta Kimberly-Clark Corporation Plant. In 1962, he married Myrtis Smith Hilliard. No children were born to the union. Early died 14 Jul 1998 in Beaverton, Oregon.<p>
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The last child of Octavius and Mamie was Marilda Louise who was born on 20 Jun 1920. Marilda was the only child to make Octavius and Mamie grandparents. She married Ely Diggs in 1947. The couple had one son, James. She died 24 Jun 1987 in Jackson, MS.<p>
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Octavius died in 1952 of kidney disease. His wife Mamie lived several more years and died in 1971. They both died in Lincoln County, MS.
LindaRehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12968656842601664293noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6334949877564338451.post-72500462046808380752021-11-05T11:49:00.004-05:002021-11-05T11:49:51.330-05:00Friday Furnace Findings Mangold Furnance<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoccb4PxCLTLCDUjMLPfco8600dhmmKH2F50yt37getKjdWGaJrKpdxlnHf2qnqy_hiT6scPw4ZtVwoAr6yZuRAygSgFcX1BBCpirhwlFtlnbeTTUmIuIux1vlI74CIY3Wzt_Xw7ach3s/s2048/furnacemangold.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="400" data-original-height="1815" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoccb4PxCLTLCDUjMLPfco8600dhmmKH2F50yt37getKjdWGaJrKpdxlnHf2qnqy_hiT6scPw4ZtVwoAr6yZuRAygSgFcX1BBCpirhwlFtlnbeTTUmIuIux1vlI74CIY3Wzt_Xw7ach3s/s400/furnacemangold.jpg"/></a></div><center>Mangold's Death Certificate<br>1882-1937</center><p>
<font color="darkblue">Researching the Ancestry of a Paternal 2nd Great Grandmother, Jane Furnace Overton</font><p>
Mangold Furnace was born about 1882 in Mississippi, likely Copiah County or a neighboring county.<p>
In 1900, he is living with his parents Durg/Derg and Easter, twin brother Jake and several other siblings. Mangold and twin are listed as 17 years old. No one in the household can read or write.<p>
Mangold married Cora Vardman on Jan 1905 in Copiah County. Their known children were all girls: Gettie, Essie, and Pearlie. Mangold made his living as a sharecropper.<p>
The family of five was all listed in the 1910 census as they were in 1920.<p>
By 1930, Gettie and Pearlie were absent from this household but Essie was still there.<p>
Mangold died 29 May 1937, Hazlehurst, Copiah County, MS of a heart attack and flu contributed to his death.<p>
How does Mangold connect to my family tree?
I am not sure how Mangold connects to my tree. I suspect Mangold's father Durg Furnace was a brother to my 2nd great-grandmother, Jane Furnace Overton. LindaRehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12968656842601664293noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6334949877564338451.post-14710794836708730762021-08-23T16:05:00.001-05:002021-08-23T16:36:51.295-05:00Monroe's ChildrenEudora Markham Coleman - Child 4 1877 - 1948<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfIWJvHGy4nX1G7wrjGs2pptMaSU4RJ2OBKLV7tz7N6GCgJfFNl0DTG6I6uzIaZ6mZ1wEF1k-9gWRRNPtpa6GRtzgPUJvmJusXuS6I7FIpHsaDcBrWmCyy4mSm9zE-tjYtkk4PFgEgoRs/s1600/scan0033.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" height="400" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1287" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfIWJvHGy4nX1G7wrjGs2pptMaSU4RJ2OBKLV7tz7N6GCgJfFNl0DTG6I6uzIaZ6mZ1wEF1k-9gWRRNPtpa6GRtzgPUJvmJusXuS6I7FIpHsaDcBrWmCyy4mSm9zE-tjYtkk4PFgEgoRs/s400/scan0033.jpg"/></a></div><br><center>Henry and Eudora</center><p>
Finally, Monroe and his wife Mary were blessed with a daughter after three boys. She was born in the winter of January 1877, in the Caseyville village of Lincoln County. Eudora was not seen on the 1880 census but her birth year is consistent in the census and other records. The educable children's lists for 1885 and 1892 has Eudora as 8 years and 14 years, respectfully.<p>
Eudora married Henry Coleman on 16 Dec 1896, in Lincoln County, MS. They were successful farmers on the land they purchased in Copiah County, MS, and were inspirational community leaders. After taking care of her family, Dora would sit in the evenings teaching her husband how to read. Henry's goal was to be able to read God's word. He would become successful in the ministry becoming a pastor at the family's church, Galilee AME Church in Caseyville, MS.<p>
Dora was called Sister Dora by several of her younger siblings. Dora and Henry had 15 children, coming close to the 17 children Dora's mother gave birth to. Dora and her mother would both give birth to children in the same years.
Dora died on 27 Sep 1948 in Brookhaven, MS.
<h2>Eudora and Henry's Children were:</h2><br>
1)Smylie Arthur (1897-1991) married Joanna Benson.<br>
Children born to this union were: Ada, Ludora, daniel, Dorothy, Dorcas, Jurlean, Roosevelt, Smylie Jr, Elmer, and Willie.<br>
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2)Nellie Mae (1899-1978) married Mr Williams<p>
3)Clara Jane (1900-1995) married Samuel Oatis and David Tyler. No children were born to these unions.<br>
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4)Emmitt Guster (1901-1976) married Estella Williams.<br>
Their children were Ruby, Hazel,, Booker T, Ethel, Ollie, James, and Ora.<p>
5)Grover Cleveland (1903-1965) married Amanda Brooks and Ollie Justice Bell.<br>
Grover and Amanda's children were: Johnnie Mae, Earnestine, and Margaret.<p>
6)James Edward (1904-1981) married Laura Brooks. <p>
7)Henry Webb (1906-1992) married Mattie Lee Baker and Ethel Myers.<br>
Henry and Mattie's children were: Allie, Edith, Dewitt, Brunetta, Clara, Ina, and Leroy.<br>
Henry and Ethel's child was Ethel.<p>
8)Anderson (1908-?)<p>
9)Albert B 1909-?)<p>
10)Dorcus Ethel(1910-2000) married Ulysses Williams.<br>
Their children were Theodora, Leatha, and Jeanette.<br>
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11)Gladys (1912-1981) married Johnny Hughes, Jr.<br>
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12)Lewis Larry (1915-1976)<br>
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13)Ira Bryant (1916-1956)<p>
14)Stillborn Female (1918-1918)<p>
15)Woodrow Wilson (1919-2010) married Odessa Tucker.<br>
Their children were: Maggie, Woodrow Jr, Degina, Dorothy, Walter, Mattie, Ann, and Delois.<br>
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My parents' three-bedroom, one-bath home for our family of seven was sold earlier last year to investors. We moved there in 1972 from a long trail of renting shotgun apartments. My father died unexpectedly in 1980, leaving my mother and three children in the home. The remaining children left, leaving Mama who eventually begins her battle with Alzheimer's disease. Mama died in 2014<p>
As young adults, we were eager to leave our childhood home, to build our own place called home. As long as the home of our childhood remains in the family, we always have a home to return to. We go back home for the holidays or send our children back home for the summer. There are days when we need respite from the responsibilities of adulting, so we just go home to sip a cold beverage, to see a parent's warm smile, to sit in the old chair with the worn cushions. <p>
When that home is sold, there is no place for you or your children to return. The grandchildren have no place to envision you as a child. You have a childhood home no more.LindaRehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12968656842601664293noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6334949877564338451.post-52558614431323933032021-07-16T15:53:00.000-05:002021-07-16T15:53:18.717-05:00Friday Furnace Findings Isabella Furnace Bowen 1872 - 1940<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqGfuUmt_mJ47UohDBNma_3UR2VwQaprQLi-N7aSuVxZU1-NPPRqjjaaQM5OkAhlfN6Pf3POb1YlKRko_nIB921oujH2_ZCDcEcmjn3c9b2mXq4ZDldSL7JzCsphCIWbB0EuivGgbpB_U/s2048/furnaceisabella.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="400" data-original-height="1757" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqGfuUmt_mJ47UohDBNma_3UR2VwQaprQLi-N7aSuVxZU1-NPPRqjjaaQM5OkAhlfN6Pf3POb1YlKRko_nIB921oujH2_ZCDcEcmjn3c9b2mXq4ZDldSL7JzCsphCIWbB0EuivGgbpB_U/s400/furnaceisabella.jpg"/></a></div><p>
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Wife of Luke Copeland, Jr., and Moses Bowen<br>
Daughter of Nathan Furnace and Susan Washington<br>
Granddaughter of Alexander Furnace and Charlotte<br>
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Alexander and Charlotte Furnace were my 2nd great grandparents.
LindaRehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12968656842601664293noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6334949877564338451.post-2793488912668309132021-07-07T09:39:00.001-05:002021-07-07T10:19:31.379-05:00Monroe's ChildrenJoseph Markham - Child 31876 - ?<i>My great grandparents Monroe and Mary Byrd Markham had a total of 17 children, who were born between 1872 thru 1903. I started this series in 2017 and only completed the 1st of 17 children. Let's see if I can complete this in 2021.</i><p>
Well, it is another boy for Monroe and his wife Mary. The boy was the 3rd child and the third son born on the same land where his father was enslaved near Caseyville, Mississippi. Keeping with the family tradition of naming their sons after biblical men beginning with the letter "J", the couple named this son Joseph who was born about 1876. Joseph was listed as 4 years on the 1880 Federal census. On the 1880 census, Monroe is listed as 28 yrs old, and his wife Mary is 25 yrs old. This is the only document where Joseph appears and he was unknown to elderly cousins.<p>
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The 1885 Educable Children List is a document where Joseph should have been named. This list consisted of all school age children. Joseph would be about nine years old in 1885. His siblings were named but Joseph was not.<p>
Joseph likely died between 1880 and 1885.
LindaRehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12968656842601664293noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6334949877564338451.post-30965870867457622122021-07-02T11:15:00.000-05:002021-07-02T11:15:11.466-05:00Friday Furnace FindingsFransharon Furnace1966-2012<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLmCg057hfMtLR2Ly01LiQKO5uBpgdtzjqeAGMlzXwB4NPiHpMdZUDeQ4ahp6uuqaiT5qmj5vB1HcKIfyNMMnkAVykrL1pPXICIUDSkJval-CnnE2UhlzxIvIbYmKCS_KjKCdvcUJaagc/s1269/Obituary+for+Fransha.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" height="600" data-original-height="1269" data-original-width="528" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLmCg057hfMtLR2Ly01LiQKO5uBpgdtzjqeAGMlzXwB4NPiHpMdZUDeQ4ahp6uuqaiT5qmj5vB1HcKIfyNMMnkAVykrL1pPXICIUDSkJval-CnnE2UhlzxIvIbYmKCS_KjKCdvcUJaagc/s600/Obituary+for+Fransha.jpg"/></a></div><p>
Fransharon was the daughter of <a href="https://betweenthegateposts.blogspot.com/2021/03/friday-furnace-findings-frances-louise.html">Frances Louise Furnace</a>, granddaughter of Woodrow Furnace, Sr., and Bessie Lee Gordon. I am not sure of the relationship between Fransharon, her mother and grandfather, and myself. My Furnace family has deep roots in Copiah County, Mississippi.LindaRehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12968656842601664293noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6334949877564338451.post-91488252142457872412021-06-26T14:17:00.007-05:002021-07-02T11:23:19.438-05:00Monroe's Children John Markham - Child 21875-1959<i>My great grandparents Monroe and Mary Byrd Markham had a total of 17 children, who were born between 1872 thru 1903. I started this series in 2017 and only completed the 1st of 17 children. Let's see if I can complete this in 2021.</i><p>
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It's a boy, the second son, and second child for Monroe Markham and his wife Mary. John Markham was born about 1875 in rural Lincoln County, Mississippi. The first Kentucky Derby was held in 1875, an event in which the parents likely had little interest, and several African Americans were killed in terrorist attacks in Vickburg, an event that likely held the attention of John's parents.<p>
On the 1880 census, John was listed as 6 years old. He was in the household with his parents, and brothers <a href="https://betweenthegateposts.blogspot.com/2017/05/monroes-children-james-markham-child-1.html">James</a>, Joseph, and Buddy (Octavius). He was listed on the 1892 Lincoln County Children's List as 16 years of age, and he could read and write. Relatives said he was good with numbers. He married Ida Blue during the holiday season on 31 Dec 1896. Ida was the daughter of John Blue and Amanda English.<p>
Dysfunctional behavior is common in families. What I am about to share is common knowledge within the family but just in case you meet someone who does not know the story, you can keep this between you, me, and the gatepost. <p>In 1900, John, his wife Ida, and their two young children Samuel and Arlynch lived with his parents-in-law, along with other relatives. Clara Blue was in that 1900 household as a 9-year-old. She is listed as a niece to the head of the family John Blue. Relatives have said she was the daughter of John Blue. No matter the relationship between Clara and John Blue, John Markham had an illicit relationship with his wife's 13/14-year-old relative. This relationship produced a son and damaged the bridge between John and his parents.<p>
Between 1910 and 1930, John's family with his wife grew with seven children, mostly girls as is common in Markham men households, five daughters, and two sons. His wife Ida died in 1934.<p>
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John was a preacher and made his living as a tenant farming, working the land he rented. He was tending his fields one comfortable autumn day in October 1937 when he noticed a funeral processional going toward Galilee AME Church. When he questioned out loud a fellow worker, whose funeral was to be held at the church. The worker told him, "that's your Ma."<p>
John Markham and Ida Blue's Children<br>
Samuel Allis (1897-1973) married Mary Liza Thompson. They settled in Los Angeles<br>
Arylynch (1900-1965) married Lessie Wilson. They settled in Georgia.<br>
Cora Lee (1902-2002) married Daniel Coleman. They remained in Mississippi.<br>
Dora Mae (1907-2001) married <a href="http://betweenthegateposts.blogspot.com/2012/04/reverend-j-w-johnson-agitator.html">J W Johnson</a>.<br>
Manda (1908-?) was only seen on the 1910 census. She likely died in infancy or early childhood.<br>
Ora Lee (1910-2002) married Oscar Lee Henderson and Ernest Johnson. She settled in Los Angeles.<br>
Ada Elnora (1913-1999) married N Z Robinson. They remained in Mississippi.<p>
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<i><center>Ora Lee, Ada Elnora, Cora Lee, and Dora May</center></i><p>
John Markham and Clara Blue's Son<br>
Virgil Markham (1905-1983) married Christine Holloway. They remained in Mississippi.<p>
Virgil was not raised by either of his parents. Asiome and Carrie Smith, an aunt and uncle per census records, raised Virgil.<p>
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John did not remarry and remained in Lincoln County, Mississippi, where he died 02 Feb 1959, of hypertensive heart disease.<p>
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LindaRehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12968656842601664293noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6334949877564338451.post-49591265421813762792021-05-14T16:41:00.000-05:002021-05-14T16:41:19.575-05:00Friday Furnace Findings Barbara Furnace Death Certificate 1853 -1924<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1u0u1Ri4m7yFeLCQEuT5kNCZkdxc04gFlR0sLYl-ZwSbsRR10WS9KpsnVXdpuV5ItR1uAtcs4AHjZqHS3SsGGZWpyLAyIZLzOkm1Cy4cEU2biWBWlcqopbvlNAyG-1M7XoLAmHwTU1NI/s2048/furnacebarbara.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="400" data-original-height="1729" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1u0u1Ri4m7yFeLCQEuT5kNCZkdxc04gFlR0sLYl-ZwSbsRR10WS9KpsnVXdpuV5ItR1uAtcs4AHjZqHS3SsGGZWpyLAyIZLzOkm1Cy4cEU2biWBWlcqopbvlNAyG-1M7XoLAmHwTU1NI/s400/furnacebarbara.jpg"/></a></div><p>
Miss Babrara was a sister to my great grandmother Jane Furnace Overton.LindaRehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12968656842601664293noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6334949877564338451.post-47335495285079708982021-03-12T18:55:00.009-06:002021-03-12T19:04:37.958-06:00Friday Furnace Findings Frances Louise Furnace's Obituary<p> </p><p>Frances Louise Furnace's obituary has been in my collection of obituaries for awhile. I don't know how she connects to my family tree but I am sure she does. My Furnace family has deep roots in Copiah County, Mississippi, at least back to the 1840s.<p>
<i>Frances Louise Furnace, 53, of Hazlehurst, died Wednesday, May 5, 1999.<p>
Services were held Wednesday, May 12, from New Life Evangelical Christian Fellowship Church with Rev. Arnold Stanton officiating.<p>
Born Jan 31, 1946, to the late Woodrow Furnace and Bessie Furnace. She was a member of New Life Church.<p>
Survivors include sons, Gerry of Atlanta, GA, and Tommy; daughters: Dana Gates, Fransharon, Rebecca, Natassia, Felicia, Latresa, and Patrina, all of Hazlehurst; brothers: Woodrow, Jr of Terry, Charles of Jackson, and Homer of Hazlehurst; sisters: Mae Pearl Dillard, and Varol Lynn Sanders of Birmingham, AL; and three grandchildren.</i>
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James Markham, my 2nd great grandfather, was an election manager in Feb of 1889. Grandpa was born about 1831 in South Carolina. He was a slave on the David Buie plantation near Caseyville, MS, where he remained until his death around 1898. The newspaper article below shares that Grandpa was terrorized and could not carry out the line of duty assigned to him. Reconstruction was well over. Democratic candidates and their supporters replaced Republican candidates by the means necessary, through violence and voter fraud.<p>
<i>The Republicans have succeeded admirably up to this time in proving that the election in this county was fair and entirely honest. For a day and a half witnesses were questioned as to why no Republican tickets were sent to Caseyville, one of the largest negro precincts in the county. It was shown that the Republican executive committee had prepared tickets and had forwarded those intended for that box to one Jame Markham, a respectable colored man who votes at Caseyville and that he was charged to have them early on the morning of the election at the voting places. Various Republican witnesses mentioned that Markham had been terrorized and intimidated, so that he was afraid to carry out the line of duty assigned him.<p>
This evening Markham himself was sworn in on behalf of Kernaghan and proceeded to account for the failure of the tickets. He said that before the election of Cleveland he had been a Republican, but after the Democrats had obtained control the administration was so fair that he had changed his politics: that he was born in South Carolina and reared in Mississippi, and loved the Southern people and believed them to be his friends: that he was not consulted about the tickets and that the Republicans are fools if they expect him to peddle Radical tickets for them.<p>
The Brookhaven Leader</i><br>
Brookhaven, Miss, March 07, 1889
LindaRehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12968656842601664293noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6334949877564338451.post-73473728941608493812021-02-11T20:37:00.000-06:002021-02-11T20:37:52.891-06:00My Book AngelThe death of <a href="https://betweenthegateposts.blogspot.com/2012/05/investigating-tougaloo-nine.html">Meredith Coleman Anding</a>, one of the Tougaloo Nine who helped to integrate the public library in Jackson, Mississippi, leads me to think about my library experiences. The public library in Jackson was probably integrated somewhere around 1964 when I was a young child. My parents were separated during this time period. My father took with him the only car our family owned, which did not matter because my mother did not drive, therefore, I have no memories of visiting public libraries as a child.<p>
My Aunt Alice was my book angel. Aunt Alice was pleased with herself when she landed a job as a custodian in a public school after working several years as a domestic. She would have better wages, health insurance, a Christmas Club bank account, and a pension plan. Since she lived next door to me, her joy spread to our household. I was happy she was happy knowing there might be more oreo cookies in my future.<p>
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<center>Alice Durr Dent<br>1924-2000</center><p>
During the school year, she would bring home a book or two, but mostly magazines. The children's magazine <i>Highlights</i> was my favorite. The end of the school year was almost as good as Christmas. Boxes of discarded books and magazines, crayons, puzzles, erasers, etc. would be welcomed in our home. <P>
I don't know if she knew how much joy those gifts of love brought to this niece who enjoyed books. Thank you, Aunt Alice, for being my book angel.<P>
LindaRehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12968656842601664293noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6334949877564338451.post-60626425353093320962021-02-08T19:10:00.000-06:002021-02-08T19:10:15.752-06:00George Washington Carver Municipal Public Library
<i>Taking its place at the head of the class with regard to Negro library services, the city of Jackson will formally open George Washington Carver Municipal Library, Friday, April 20, 1956.<p>
This library is reported to be the first brand new building, planned, designed and built with public funds for giving library service to Negroes in the state of Mississippi and possibly the first for any city the size of Jackson in the entire south.<p>
Clarion Ledger, Jackson, Miss.
April 20, 1956</i><p>
<a href="https://www.newspapers.com/clip/69697119/" style="text-decoration: none;display:block;" target="_parent"><img src="https://img.newspapers.com/img/img?clippingId=69697119&width=700&height=280&ts=1612812844" alt="" style="max-width:100%;"><span style="display:block;font: 13px helvetica, sans-serif; color: #747474;padding: 4px 0;max-width: 700px;"><strong></strong> Fri, Apr 20, 1956 – Page 9 · <em>Clarion-Ledger (Jackson, Mississippi)</em> · Newspapers.com</span></a><p>
When this library was opened in Jackson, Mississippi, I was a few months old. I have no childhood memories of visiting this public library. My family lived outside of the city limits of Jackson and we did not have access to this library.<p>
Here is a current picture of the abandoned building located in the historic Farish Street District on North Mill Street. <p>
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<center><a href="https://betweenthegateposts.blogspot.com/2012/05/investigating-tougaloo-nine.html">Investigating the Tougaloo Nine</a></center><p>
<i>Meridith Coleman Anding, Jr., was the son of Meridith Coleman Anding, Sr., and Nellie Marshall. He was my mother's second cousin once removed.</i>
LindaRehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12968656842601664293noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6334949877564338451.post-60957496474495004222021-01-01T09:50:00.002-06:002021-01-01T09:50:24.590-06:00Happy 2021May this new year surround you with love, peace, mercy, and grace.<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsc3EFQQAPch8tbdF1DZL7R1tYsSSRdAPAmLln5pQg-Z_fUBQ2yGnWnOvehcRJsZhiSWkA7-J0aobU-vHs2JYelZnDiPbpcNGU2Rz5jTUrfM21mwRT1-F8vXEkMagWxSoHHQIYjljmInc/s2048/jory%2526dolls.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" height="600" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1562" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsc3EFQQAPch8tbdF1DZL7R1tYsSSRdAPAmLln5pQg-Z_fUBQ2yGnWnOvehcRJsZhiSWkA7-J0aobU-vHs2JYelZnDiPbpcNGU2Rz5jTUrfM21mwRT1-F8vXEkMagWxSoHHQIYjljmInc/s600/jory%2526dolls.jpg"/></a></div>LindaRehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12968656842601664293noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6334949877564338451.post-46319924133760297682020-10-04T18:49:00.000-05:002020-10-04T18:49:58.136-05:00Reduction of Personal Assessment<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyNplSWEmh8CV_8tY13-CSzFEYR1kHXNAWAuJBtp4WW2XPpLDEXPoLY1MK-sm7fhloyJcy8QRJs4bb3NZ2S0daq_hshCm8_wsj3aWVS-JBvXiVnVSuINqDb0ky3qzYp5jhgks2mdn_wi4/s1199/scan0085.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="794" data-original-width="1199" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyNplSWEmh8CV_8tY13-CSzFEYR1kHXNAWAuJBtp4WW2XPpLDEXPoLY1MK-sm7fhloyJcy8QRJs4bb3NZ2S0daq_hshCm8_wsj3aWVS-JBvXiVnVSuINqDb0ky3qzYp5jhgks2mdn_wi4/w400-h265/scan0085.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />The mantle in the picture was originally a piano owned by my great grandfather Monroe Markham. Was this the organ that was taxed too much in the newspaper article below? I can imagine he was upset when he learned of his tax bill and knew it was incorrect. <div><br /></div><div>The type of personal property that was taxable changed frequently over time. During Monroe's lifetime, he too was a taxable item because he born into slavery. Some other taxable items were livestock, horses, carriages, musical instruments, watches, jewelry, guns, clocks, etc.<br /><div><br /></div><div><i>Upon motion duly seconded it is hereby ordered by the Board that the assessment of Monroe Markham of 1 organ assessed at $200 be and the same is hereby reduced to $20 on account of clerical error, and that the Tax Collector be given credit with the amount of said reduction.</i><br /><div><br /></div><div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7WJ-27MJf3HSjmlpB1P1aqYgA0s88mHx-2_nUmuXUHgfNtsv-EHFsiCaiiiSQdxp4i2hqXS9qZ7nfZwMkDb_0AwaLY8De5xVT1sqKA7-hVAc6BtPr8bCLGzuYEiZxD8OE4WhIm_Rt7H8/s769/monroeassessment.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="584" data-original-width="769" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7WJ-27MJf3HSjmlpB1P1aqYgA0s88mHx-2_nUmuXUHgfNtsv-EHFsiCaiiiSQdxp4i2hqXS9qZ7nfZwMkDb_0AwaLY8De5xVT1sqKA7-hVAc6BtPr8bCLGzuYEiZxD8OE4WhIm_Rt7H8/s320/monroeassessment.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>The Semi-Weekly Leader, Dec 11, 1915</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Brookhaven, Mississippi</i></div><br /><p></p></div></div></div>LindaRehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12968656842601664293noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6334949877564338451.post-7154179249301102762020-09-26T19:40:00.000-05:002020-09-26T19:40:11.003-05:00Samuel David Markham married Rosanna Thomas<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtXGWAjKzfVmYMYhqifDiGDu8oX7jHrVFsCT0DZe6lPJcuKhbBJr00mmxQ-CzoYiGLXVUs33jpjqFdmZ01sBKEz5aoDQdrfmx8AVauY-ZkDiH-Pmqb5F74I1oBfqqm5uPH-uwadlO99Ho/s2048/sam.roseianna+markham.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1680" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtXGWAjKzfVmYMYhqifDiGDu8oX7jHrVFsCT0DZe6lPJcuKhbBJr00mmxQ-CzoYiGLXVUs33jpjqFdmZ01sBKEz5aoDQdrfmx8AVauY-ZkDiH-Pmqb5F74I1oBfqqm5uPH-uwadlO99Ho/w328-h400/sam.roseianna+markham.jpg" width="328" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3TIylijNGft_M7kK9HjEUK2JmXrUgK52lulBYXVzTMwO2bjNR4eYWbT3VxHK-FCByNQ2yBgYpVxfw-2Cm9ZIV_BFRTb93G_mzS5g9VPMmEmvk441hhW1Hvfmo_ZfqI3N0D7coCaFA_S4/s1525/marriagerecord.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1100" data-original-width="1525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3TIylijNGft_M7kK9HjEUK2JmXrUgK52lulBYXVzTMwO2bjNR4eYWbT3VxHK-FCByNQ2yBgYpVxfw-2Cm9ZIV_BFRTb93G_mzS5g9VPMmEmvk441hhW1Hvfmo_ZfqI3N0D7coCaFA_S4/s320/marriagerecord.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i>The Semi Weekly Leader Newspaper, 11 Feb 1922</i></div></i><p>Pictured above is Samuel David Markham, and his wife Rosanna with daughter Jessie Mae. Samuel and Rosanna were married, 9 Feb 1922, in Lincoln County, Mississippi. </p><p>Samuel and my grandmother Alice Markham Marshall were siblings.</p>LindaRehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12968656842601664293noreply@blogger.com2