1905 – Harvey House

1905 – Harvey House

Sam W. Harvey and his wife, Maud Harrison Harvey, and daughters Sylla (left) and Clara stand outside their new home in Tuckerman in 1905.  Harvey was a prominent merchant, planter, and ginner.  Sylla married Edward Wayne Boyce, Sr., who was a ginner, and she later...
1860’s – Isabella Means Harrison

1860’s – Isabella Means Harrison

Isabella Means Harrison (1821-1892) moved with her family to Jacksonport in 1849.  She brought her slave Pal (short for Palestine) Louisa.  An ancestor of the prominent Boyce family of Tuckerman, Harrison represents much of the pioneer spirit that moved America west...