1900’s – Peabody School in Tupelo

1900’s – Peabody School in Tupelo

These students from the Peabody School in Tupelo, a farming town south of Newport, stand with their teacher, Ruby Harris who taught all grades.  A note on the back of the photograph identifies the students by las manes as, from right to left, (first row) Taylor,...
1900’s – Family of Colonel Lancelot Minor

1900’s – Family of Colonel Lancelot Minor

The family of Col. Lancelot Minor poses outside their home in the early 1900’s.  Pictured are, from left to right, (first row) Alcorn F. Minor, Charles L. Minor II, Willie Overton Minor (later Forsythe), and Mildred Minor (who drowned in her teens); (second row)...