Florida WW2 NMCG Casualty List – Y Surnames
YATES, Kenneth B., Cpl., USMCR. Grandmother, Mrs. Katie L. Yates, P.O. Box 122, Bonifay. YUTKIN, Allen, Fireman 2c, USN. Mother, Mrs. Bessie Yutkin, 1304 Northwest 62nd St., Miami.
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Florida WW2 NMCG Casualty List – Z Surnames
ZEHETNER, Robert L., Pfc., USMCR. Father, Mr. Roy Zehetner, Route 1, Brooksville. ZETROUER, Marion Murray, Aviation Radioman 2c, USNR. Mother, Mrs. Hettie Orilla Johns, R. R. 1, Box 92A, Hawthorne. ZWISSLER, Norbert W., Pfc., USMC. Mother, Mrs. Marie Zwissler, 134 1st St., North Saint Petersburg.
Florida WW2 NMCG Casualty List – M Surnames
MAC INNES, David, 1st Lt., USMCR. Mother, Mrs. Beulah Mueller, 1045 E. 24th St., Jacksonville. MAEGER, Sherrill Galt, Radioman 3c, USN. Mother, Mrs. Lila Virginia Maeger, 2068 Olivia, Jacksonville. MAHLIG, John Louis, Lt. Comdr., USN. Mother, Mrs. Webb Jay, 26 Star Island, Miami. MAIER, Robert Franklin, Jr., Fireman 1c, USN. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert
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I suspect “Uncle Sam” was born July 4th, 1776. If so, he was still a young man, only twenty-eight years old, when Osceola came into the world. The Red Stick tribe of the Creek Indians had a camp on the bank of the Chattahoochee. The water of this river is colored by the roots of
Biography of Hon. William A. Lawing
HON. WILLIAM A. LAWING. Within the limits of Christian County, Missouri, there is not a man of greater personal popularity than Hon. William A. Lawing, whose recognized worth and progressive spirit are well known. He was born at Murfreesboro, Tennessee, November 17, 1818, to the union of Robert and Mary Ann (Sublett) Lawing, natives, respectively,
Native American History of Washington County, Florida
Washington County is located in northwestern Florida. It is named after President George Washington. Its northern boundary is the Holmes County, FL. Its northeastern boundary is Jackson County, FL. To the west is Walton County, FL and the south, is Bay County, FL. The Choctawhatchee River flows through the center of Washington County and flows
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Native American History of Liberty County, Florida
Liberty County is in a region of Florida with a rich Native American heritage. Due to the sandy soil and periodic floods on the Apalachicola River, most mounds built by its original inhabitants have disappeared. However, several known village sites remain intact. Most are near the banks of the Apalachicola River and therefore, partially protected
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Native American History of Holmes County, Florida
Holmes County is located in northwestern Florida. It is named after a Creek mikko (chief) named Holmes, who settled in the region, but was killed by Andrew Jackson’s army in 1818. Its northern boundary is the Geneva County, AL line. Its eastern boundary is Jackson County, FL. To the west is Holmes County, FL and
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Native American History of Bay County, Florida
Bay County is located in northwestern Florida. It was named after St. Andrews Bay, when the county was created in 1913. The county seat and largest city in the county is Panama City. Its northern boundary is Washington County, FL. Its northeastern boundary is Jackson County, FL. To the east is Calhoun County, FL; to
Native American History of Jackson County, Florida
Native American History of Jackson County, FL through 1800 AD Jackson County is located in northwestern Florida. Its northern boundary is the Alabama line. Its eastern boundary is the Chattahoochee River and the southwestern tip of Georgia. To the west is Holmes County, FL and the south, is Calhoun County, FL. The Chipola River flows
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Slave Narrative of Andrew Simms
Person Interviewed: Andrew Simms Location: Sapulpa, Oklahoma Age: 80 My parents come over on a slave ship from Africa about twenty year before I was born on the William Driver plantation down in Florida. My folks didn’t know each other in Africa but my old Mammy told me she was captured by Negro slave hunters
Slave Narrative of Ambrose Douglass
Interviewer: Martin D. Richardson Person Interviewed: Ambrose Douglass Location: Brooksville, Florida Age: 92 In 1861, when he was 16 years old, Ambrose Hilliard Douglass was given a sound beating by his North Carolina master because he attempted to refuse the mate that had been given to him–with the instructions to produce a healthy boy-child by
Slave Narrative of Frank Berry
Interviewer: Pearl Randolph Person Interviewed: Frank Berry Location: Jacksonville, Florida Age: 78 Frank Berry, living at 1614 west Twenty-Second street, Jacksonville, Florida, claims to be a grandson of Osceola, last fighting chief of the Seminole tribe. Born in 1858 of a mother who was part of the human chattel belonging to one of the Hearnses
Slave Narrative of Rev. Eli Boyd
Person Interviewed: Rev. Eli Boyd Location: Dade County, Florida Dade County, Florida, Folklore Ex-Slaves Reverend Eli Boyd was born May 29, 1864, four miles from Somerville, South Carolina on John Murray’s plantation. It was a large plantation with perhaps one hundred slaves and their families. As he was only a tiny baby when freedom came,
Slave Narrative of Titus I. Bynes
Interviewer: Alfred Farrell Person Interviewed: Titus Bynes Location: Titusville, Florida Age: 90 Occupation: Carpenter Titus B. [TR: Titus I. above] Bynes, affectionately known as “Daddy Bynes”, is reminiscent of Harriet Beecher Stowe’s immortal “Uncle Tom” and Joel Chandler Harris’ inimitable ‘Uncle Remus’ with his white beard and hair surrounding a smiling black face. He was
Slave Narrative of Lindsey Moore
Interviewer: Martin Richardson Person Interviewed: Lindsey Moore Location: Palatka, Florida Age: 87 Occupation: Blacksmith, leather-tanner, ex-marble shooting champion, weaving-and-spinning An Ex-Slave Who Was Resourceful In a little blacksmith shop at 1114 Madison Street, Palatka, is a busy little horse-shoer who was born in slavery eighty-seven years ago. “Lindsey Moore”, blacksmith, leather-tanner ex-marble shooting champion and
Slave Narrative of “Prophet” John Henry Kemp
Interviewer: L. Rebecca Baker Person Interviewed: “Prophet” John Henry Kemp Location: Daytona Beach, Florida Age: 80 A long grey beard, a pair of piercing owl-like eyes and large bare feet, mark “Prophet” Kemp among the citizenry of Daytona Beach, Florida. The “Prophet”, christened John Henry–as nearly as he can remember–is an 80 year old ex-slave
Slave Narrative of Annie Gail
Person Interviewed: Annie Gail Location: Dade County, Florida Annie Gail, 1661 NW 6th Court, Miami, Florida, was four years old when “peace came.” “I was borned on Faggott’s place near Greenville, Alabama. My mother, she worked for Faggott. He wuz her bossman. When she’d go out to de fiel’s, I ‘member I used to watch
Slave Narrative of Millie Sampson
Person Interviewed: Millie Sampson Location: Dade County, Florida Millie Sampson, 182 W. 14th St. Miami, Florida, was born in Manning, S.C. only three years ‘bfo’ Peace”. “My mother and father were born on the same plantation and I di’n’t have nothin’ to do ‘sept play with the white children and have plenty to eat. My
Slave Narrative of Acie Thomas
Interviewer: Pearl Randolph Person Interviewed: Acie Thomas Location: Jacksonville, Florida Age: 79 Mr. Thomas was at home today. There are many days when one might pass and repass the shabby lean-to that is his home without seeing any signs of life. That is because he spends much of his time foraging about the streets of