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@McComb Library

* The Woodville Republican
Volume 5: January 1, 1881 - December 22, 1883
Volume 6: January 5, 1884 - December 26, 1891
Volume 7:  January 5, 1892 - December 28, 1895

Compiled by O'Levia Neil Wilson Wiese

* Compendium of the Confederate Armies - Mississippi
by Stewart Sifakis

* 1890 Genealogical Census Reconstruction - Mississippi Ed. 
Volumes 1 & 2  

by Sherida K. Eddlemon

A Look Back: March 29, 1915

McComb City Enterprise

Thursday, April 1, 1915

Pike County Field Day Contests Attract Large Crowd

Magnolia, Miss., March 29 ---

The annual field day exercises of the Pike county schools were held here Saturday, and attracted a large crowd. All contestants and visitors were entertained at dinner on the high school grounds by the ladies of Magnolia. The repast was served in picnic style. The musical and literary contests were held in the auditorium of the Magnolia High School and resulted as follows:

High school contests: Declamation, Charles Garland, McComb school;

expression, James Huff, Magnolia;

music, Mary Goza, Magnolia;

advanced spelling, Stella Kausler, McComb.

Grammar school contests: Declamation, Frank Goza, Magnolia;

expression, Dorris Lenoir, McComb;

music, Julia Lane, McComb;

spelling, Lillian Venable, McComb.

The athletic contests took place at the Pike County Fair Grounds and resulted as follows:

Senior athletics:
Standing broad jump: Herbert Cain, McComb, first; Enoch Gerald, McComb, second.

100-yard dash: Lucius Pigott, McComb, first; Gus Nelson, McComb, second.

1 mile run: Charles Lewman, McComb, no contest

Running broad jump: Enoch Gerald, McComb, first; Maxey Magee, second.

220-yard dash: Lucius Pigott, McComb, first; L. Brumfield, Silver Creek, second.

Standing high jump: Herbert Cain, McComb, first; John Burkholter and L. Brumfield tied for second place.

Half mile run: Russell Lewman, McComb, first; R. Dale, South McComb, second.

Running high jump: Herbert Cain, McComb, first; Kenna and McDaniel tied for second place.

Pole vault: Ardis Rushing, McComb, first; L. Simmons, Silver Creek, second.

Mile relay race: McComb, first: H. Larson, H. Cain, C. Lewman, and G. Nelson;

McComb second: L. Pigott, C. Gerald, J. Hart, and R. Lewman

Junior athletics:
Boys' 50-yard dash: Sammy Tuminello, Magnolia, first; David Felder, Jones, second.

Girls' 50-yard dash: Mary Ott, Osyka, first; Sallie Jourdan, Magnolia, second.

Quarter-mile relay: Won by Magnolia: George Lambert, Frank Goza, Sammy Tuminello, and Curtis McCormick

Newspapers Added to Chronicling America

Chronicling America has added more Historical Mississippi Newspapers! 

The most recently added newspapers cover the following areas: 

 NEW! Updated as of April 6, 2015!
 
LEXINGTON-----LIBERTY-----LOUISVILLE-----PANOLA-----OKOLONA-----MONTICELLO-----CLINTON

Other Mississippi newspapers on Chronicling America cover: 

CANTON-----PASCAGOULA-----JACKSON-----COLUMBUS-----GREENVILLE-----MACON-----YAZOO CITY-----WOODVILLE---KOSCIUSKO-----HOLLY SPRINGS-----RIPLEY-----PAULDING-----CARROLLTON-----OCEAN SPRINGS------OXFORD-----MERIDIAN

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New Titles Added!

McCOMB Library & LIBERTY Library

·         Autobiography & Stories of Henry P. Lewis, Itinerant Minister

New, revised edition, with added stories & photos about Methodism, the times & places in Mississippi, as well as Henry’s ancestors, his wife, Rebecca Tillery & their children, well sourced with new, detailed index

Compiled by Martha A. McKay & Edward Allen

McCOMB Library

·         Holmes County, Mississippi Pioneers

Tax Rolls for 1833, 1837, 1845; Abstracts from Will Book 1; Abstracts from Lexington Standard & Holmes Co. Record and Lexington Union; 1850 Slave Schedule; Information on Early Families

By Betty C. Wiltshire

·         Madison County, Mississippi Will Abstracts

Abstracts from Will Book A, 1829-1892

By Betty C. Wiltshire

·         Abstracts of Marion County, Mississippi 2^nd District Marriage Records

(Held in Lamar County, MS)

These marriages took place in the part of Marion County that is now Lamar County.

            Compiled by Clarise Soper and Myrna Lazenby

·         Yazoo County, Mississippi Pioneers

Tax Lists for 1823, 1825, 1834, 1843; Abstracts from Will Book A; Probate Records Minute Books A, B, C, D; Marriage Books A & B; The Mexican War; Information on Early Families

By Betty C. Wiltshire

LIBERTY Library

·         Index to Early Will & Probate Records of Adams Co., MS

By Carolyn Cole

Added to Our Collection!

LIBERTY Public Library

Sarepta Baptist Church History, 1810-1976

Paul Parker, Pastor --- Meadville, MS

MCCOMB Public Library

William Magee and Mary Margaret James

And Their Descendants, 1770-1993

The Youngblood Family

Some Descendants of Three Generations:
Benjamin and Susannah (Collins) Youngblood (Marion County, MS)

Henry and Sarah (Harvey) Youngblood

John Pearl and Matilda Elias (Norwood) Youngblood

Of Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas

Compiled by Reba Holmes Brown

The Richest Poor Man of Two Centuries

The true story of our daddy, Claude Boone (1895-1965)

Written and compiled by A. D. Boone, a family member

Sartinsville, Mississippi (Published in Summit, MS)

Some Wills from the Burned Counties of Virginia

And Other Wills Not Listed in Virginia Wills and Administration 1632-1800

By William Lindsay Hopkins

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New Titles @ McComb

Titles Recently Donated to Genealogy 

@ McComb Public Library: 

* Mississippi Newspaper Obituaries, 1876-1885

by: Betty C. Wiltshire

Includes abstracts from a variety of Mississippi newspapers, including The Brookhaven Democrat, The Brookhaven Ledger, The Brookhaven Leader, and Summit Conservative Times.

* Index to Early Will and Probate Records of Adams Co., MS

by Carolyn Cole

*  Pardons by the President

Final reports of the names of persons who lived in Alabama, Virginia, West Virginia, or Georgia, were engaged in rebellion and pardoned by the President, Andrew Johnson. 

* A List of the Early Settlers of Georgia

edited by E. Merton Coulter and Albert B. Saye

* Vital Records of Three Burned Counties

Births, marriages, and deaths of King and Queen, King William, and New Kent Counties, Virginia

1680-1860

by Therese Fisher

*  Alexandria and Alexandria (Arlington) County Virginia

Minister Returns and Marriage Bonds 1801-1852

Transcribed by T. Michael Miller

* Apprentices of Virginia, 1623-1800

  Harold B. Gill, Jr. 

*  Wills and Administrations of Surry County, Virginia 1671-1750

Eliza Timberlake Davis

* Butler, Denson, and Allied Families

Research by Hoyt Butler

Other surnames appearing: 

Davidson, Spears, Spillman, Poindexter, Wilkinson, Heard, Jagers, Collins

    

* Virginia Genealogist

Volume 1, 1957

Volume 2, 1958

Volume 3, 1959

Volume 4, 1960

Volume 5, 1961

Volume 6, 1962

Volume 12, 1968

Each book includes January through March of each year.