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Strahan Robert Albert [Male] b. 22 SEP 1886 Hillsdale, Pearl River County, Ms. - d. 26 SEP 1973 Port Angeles, Wash.

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Title: 1918 Draft Registration Pearl River County, Ms.

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Part of family lived with James Edward in his log house in Lumberton around 1918 when Anna Moran had died. When the water well went dry, the family moved to a second house on the property. They later moved to yellow house on Main Street and from there moved to the house on Main Street with the large porch.

WW-1 Registrants of Pearl River, Ms. 1917-1918
Strahan, Albert 22 Sep 1886 W Hillsdale Ms.

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Strahan Homer [Male] b. ABT 1906

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Title: =Mardi Byrd Kelly -Wheat Sheaves

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Parton Gilbert Donnell [Male] b. 1939

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Burks Anna Jane [Female] b. 14 NOV 1847 Marion County, Ms. - d. 27 MAY 1870 Hancock County, Miss.

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Clack Dorothy [Female] b. 1739

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Bilbo Louise [Female] b. 1 MAR 1857 Texas - d. 17 FEB 1946 Pearl River County, Mississippi

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Author: Gearld and Tammy Westmoreland
Title: Gerald and Tammy Westmoreland Gen. Report

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Bilbo Theodore Gilmore [Male] b. 13 OCT 1877 Poplarville, Pearl River County, Ms. - d. 21 AUG 1947 New Orleans, La..

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Author: Polly Ray
Title: ==BILBO AND KIN-Polly Ray
Publication: Private book

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Bilbo, Theodore Gilmore (1877-1947) Born near Poplarville, Miss., October 13, 1877. Member of Mississippi state senate, 1908; Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi, 1912; Governor of Mississippi, 1916-20, 1928-32; U.S. Senator from Mississippi, 1935-47. Died in a hospital in New Orleans, La., August 21, 1947. Interment at Juniper Grove Cemetery, Poplarville, Miss.

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, James A. Cuevas is a grandson of that famous Cuevas to whom a grateful government donated Cat Island, seven miles off the Mississippi coast and near Ship Island, in recognition of his services to his country in the War of 1812 when he refused to lead General Packenham into New Orleans through the Rigolet and Lake Pontchartrain, and thus prevented a surprise attack on Jackson's American forces. James Cuevas was reared on Cat Island in the historic house built by his grandfather. This old gentleman is now ninety-one years of age, totally blind, and bound to his chair by a broken hip. He expressed a wish for a rooster who would crow and tell him when daylight came. Mr. Lampton heard this, and immediatedly secured a rooster for him. Now, Mr. Cuevas is an ardent admirer of Gov. Theodore G. Bilbo, and he said that when the rooster crowed he was saying "Hurray for Bilbo". Another old gentleman there who was angry with Mr. Cuevas, and who disapproved of Governor Bilbo's politics, took issue at this assertion, and in retaliation killed the rooster. The sorrow of Mr. Cuevas in the loss of his rooster was equalled only by his anger over the loss of his daylight announcer. Mr. Lampton again stepped into the breach and this time purchased two bantams, a rooster and a hen, built them a snug, screened quarters, and stationed them just outside the hospital window; and now each morning "Mr. Bilbo" steps into the window, announces daylight and "Mrs. Bilbo" follows with a "Good Morning", then each receives breakfast from the hands of the appreciative owner. ("A Friend In Deed" by Nannie Mayes Crump, Gulfport reproduced in the "Confederate Veteran" in 1928.)

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UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN Ms. - MCCAIN LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES

Manuscript Collection

Collection Title: Bilbo (Theodore G.) Papers
Collection Number: M2
Dates: 1910-1947
Volume: 690 cu. ft.
Provenance: Donated by Theodore Bilbo's son and daughther, Col. Theodore G. Bilbo, Jr. and Mrs. Jessie Bilbo Burge, in 1961.

Copyright: This collection may be protected from unauthorized copying by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code).

Biographical/Historical Sketch:

Theodore G. Bilbo, the thirty-second governor of Mississippi, was perhaps the most controversial figure ever to serve as chief executive of the state.

He was born on October 13, 1877 at Juniper Grove in Pearl River County. He attended Vanderbilt University, and taught school for six years. In 1908 he was admitted to the bar in Tennessee but began the practice of law in Poplarville, Mississippi.

Bilbo entered politics in 1909 as state senator from the Fourth District. Before the end of his term an unsuccessful effort was made by the Senate to expel him after the first in his career of several accusations of accepting bribes. In 1911 Senator Bilbo was elected after a stormy campaign as lieutenant governor to serve with Governor Earl L. Brewer. Four years later he entered the race for governor and was elected over four opponents.

Governor Bilbo was inaugurated on January 18, 1916, and his administration during the next four years was as progressive as that of any in the history of the state. His administration instituted notable reforms in the highway system, in fiscal policies, and in education. Under his administration the State Tax Commission, the Mississippi Industrial Training School, the Game and Fish Commission, the State Plant Board, and the State Board of Embalming were established.

Bilbo was again a candidate for governor in 1923 but was defeated by Henry L. Whitfield. In 1927 he ran again, with M.S. Conner, A.C Anderson, and Governor Dennis Murphree as opponents. Although he led Governor Murphree by nearly 65,00 votes in the first primary, he was able to exceed him in the second by only a little over 10,000 votes.

Governor Bilbo was inaugurated the second time on January 17, 1928. The next four years were filled with controversies over a state-owned printing plant, brick roads, the removal of the University of Mississippi to Jackson, the firing of college presidents and professors, and the building of the Mississippi State Hospital at Whitfield. Two state officials were impeached; one resigned and one was exonerated. The Depression added to Governor Bilbo's troubles, so that when he went out of office in 1932, both he and the state were bankrupt.

In 1934 Governor Bilbo ran for the United States Senate against Senator Hubert D. Stephens, Ross A. Collins, and Frank H. Harper. Although Stephens led in the first primary, Governor Bilbo won in the second by about 6,000 votes. He was re-elected in 1940 over Governor Hugh L. White. In 1946 he defeated four opponents for a third term, but, again facing charges of accepting bribes, was refused his seat when he appeared to be sworn in the third time. He died in New Orleans on August 21, 1947.
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ENCYCLOPĆDIA BRITANNICA
Bilbo, Theodore G.
b. Oct. 13, 1877, near Poplarville, Miss., U.S.
d. Aug. 21, 1947, New Orleans, La.

in full THEODORE GILMORE BILBO, American politician and Democratic senator from Mississippi (1935-47), best known for his racist and demagogic rhetoric.

Bilbo managed despite poverty to attend Peabody College and the University of Nashville (Tennessee) for a time and later studied law at Vanderbilt University in Nashville. In 1907 he won a seat in the Mississippi state senate, running as an antirailroad populist and supporter of white supremacy. In 1911 he was elected lieutenant governor and then became governor in 1916. He lost a bid for Congress in 1920 and was defeated once again when he ran for
governor in 1924.

Leaning heavily on racist invective, Bilbo regained the governorship in 1928. He fired many faculty members of Mississippi's colleges and universities and brought the state almost to bankruptcy. In 1934, after a campaign in which he made more than a thousand speeches--characterized by biblical phraseology and highly imaginative language--Bilbo won a seat in the U.S. Senate. There he remained for almost the rest of his life, blocking any attempt at ameliorating racial injustice and advocating the deportation of blacks to Africa in order to
preserve "racial purity."

After evidence of influence peddling was uncovered and during further investigation of his unethical practices, several senators recommended that Bilbo be barred from the Senate chambers, a suggestion that met with firm opposition from Bilbo's Southern supporters in the Senate. Before the issue was resolved, Bilbo, who was ill, left Washington, D.C., for medical treatment and never recovered.

Book: Morgan, Francis Davis. The Redneck Liberal: Theodore G. Bilbo & the New Deal. Baton Rouge L.A. Louisiana State University Press. 1985.

While Bilbo was lieutenant-governor, he introduced a few bills increasing taxes on large land holdings and lowering interest rates. He increased spending on schools. In 1915 Bilbo won the governors race with yet another record number of votes. He carried all of southern and eastern Mississippi including Pike County. As governor, he began to build a state road system and reduced taxes for most poor farmers. He introduced manual training and farm mechanics into the schools and set up voluntary night schools in which 30,000 white illiterates learned to read. Laws requiring vaccination of hogs for cholera and dipping of cattle for ticks were passed. Public hanging was abolished and trees were planted on cut-over lands. As governor Bilbo worked hard to help the farmers and improve conditions in rural Mississippi.LT. Governor of Ms. 1912-1916
Governor of Ms. 1916-1920
Governor of Ms. 1928-1932
U.S. Senator 1934-1947
Author "Take Your Choice"

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Title: gravestone records plus info from the Harvey-Locke-Strahan Bible

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Middle name may be different pronunciation of Euphrosine a common name in the South. Died in the 1918 Influenza epidemic

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