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,...
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...