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19 Hibbler Jim Hibbler and his wife, Mary Stiles Hibbler, lived across the road from the present Hardin Blankenship home. They were the parents of Willie, Fanny, Mary, Joe, Mattie, Louise, Tolbert, Katie, and Walter. They moved from here to West Point and later to Birmingham. Holberg Mose Holberg and his family lived on the south side of the railroad track across from where Mrs. J. T. Barrett now lives. The house they lived in no longer stands. Mr. Holberg operated the Sessums store where Cox's grocery is now. The children in this family were Julia, Rosetta, Nannie Lou, Jake, Gretchen, and Mozelle. Julia taught school at Sessums in the early 19201se The family moved from Sessums to Macon. Hoyt Harry Hoyt married Mattie Boyd, the twin sister of Mrs. Willis Phillips. This couple was from Kentucky (Paducah, Kentucky). Mr. Hoyt operated the Frye Store for many years. Mrs. Hoyt died at Sessums. Harry and Mattie Hoyt had no children. Mr. Hoyt's second marriage was to a widow, Mrs. Pearl Russell Nichols. (See Russell information). The Hoyts moved from Sessums to Texas. Both are dead now (1975). Jones Thomas Nelson Jones, Sr., son of Mr. and Mrs. N. B. Jones of Collinsville, Alabama, formerly of South Carolina, married Elizabeth Peters of this community in 1932. Two sons were born to this union, Thomas Nelson Jr., and Richard Henry. T. N. Jones, Sr., a graduate of Auburn University, came to Mississippi State College in 1931 as agricultural engineer for the Mississippi Agricultural Experiment Station. A reserve officer, he was first called into active duty with the army in World War II. Later he joined the National Guard and served with the Dixie Division in Korea during the Korean War. He came back from Korea with the rank of colonel. Upon retirement from the army in 1960 he was promoted to the rank of brigadier general. In 1969 he retired as agricultural engineer from the Mississippi Experiment Station. In 1950 Mr. Jones bought part of the Gay property and began raising beef cattle. He built a home here, near Sessums, in 1972, and
20 he, Elizabeth, and Mrs. Peters moved into it in December 1975. Mrs. Jones taught piano in Starkville for twenty years. Three years ago Mr. Jones divided the property. Nelson, Jr. built a home on his part of the land last year and moved his family from Dallas, Texas, into the Sessums community. Nelson, Jr., graduated from Mississippi State University and joined the Air Force. He served as a B52 pilot for the Strategic Air Command, U.S. Air Force, during the Vietnam War. Later he became a pilot for American Airlines with headquarters in Dallas, Texas. Now living near Sessums, he commutes to Dallas to fly for American. Nelson, Jr., is married to the former Beverly Koch of Kiln, Mississippi. Her grandparents came from Denmark. Nelson and Beverly have three children, Stanley, Christy, and Jamie. Richard graduated from Mississippi State University in Civil Engineering. He received a Masters and Doctors degree from the University of Florida at Gainesville in Environmental Engineering. He married Brenda Vertner, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Vertner of Cape Coral, Florida. They make their home in Gainesville where Richard is in business for himself. Joyner William L. Joyner lived next to the Ridgeway place. He was a member of Company C of the Oktibbeha Rescue Squad. Kean "Pop" Kean, as he was affectionately known, in giving a detailed account of his life to his daughter, Susan, stated that he was born "in the Dominion of Canada, in the Province of Ontario, in the County of Wellington, in the township of Minto Road, Number 7, farm number 32, on July 23, 1873." He further stated that his father was a native of Scotland "who went to sea early in life." His father later came to Ontario, Canada, and "took up two hundred acres of land in what was called the Queen's Bush, where highways never ran." Mr. Kean's father was the first man in that section. He built a shanty of a house and began to clear land. He married Mary McCormick and they built as real pioneers. He hauled the wheat he had to sell forty miles on a homemade sleigh with oxen. This family of seven children did well with their farm which consisted of big apple orchards, fine horses, shorthorn cattle and Colswalt sheep, until a depression hit. This was probably the depression of 1893 which affected the United States also. At this
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Page 3 and 4: I. Introduction Table of Contents I
Page 5 and 6: Anderson, James James Tatum Anderso
Page 7 and 8: 3 Askew, G.D. The Quayle House Late
Page 9 and 10: 5 Barrett, J. T. J. T. Barrett and
Page 11 and 12: 7 Burks Edward Meeks Burks and his
Page 13 and 14: 9 Carpenter, Vivian Murray The Vivi
Page 15 and 16: 10 John Palmer and Carrie Gertrude
Page 17 and 18: 12 Dobbins Bobbie and Jewel Dobbins
Page 19 and 20: 14 Foster, James James Foster moved
Page 21 and 22: 16 Gay James Gay left Devonshire, E
Page 23: 18 Mrs. Harrell died in the summer
Page 27 and 28: 22 In Sessums Mr. Kean is remembere
Page 29 and 30: 24 McIlwain Near Sessums community,
Page 31 and 32: 26 Oswalt Arvie and Maudie Swindoll
Page 33 and 34: 28 He had other interests besides f
Page 35 and 36: 30 Reese, Jack Jack Reese is the so
Page 37 and 38: 32 Reese, Danny Danny and Linda Ree
Page 39 and 40: 34 Seitz, Jim Jim was a brother of
Page 41 and 42: 36 Henrietta Eleanor Sessums marrie
Page 43 and 44: 38 Stiles Stiles Home around 1900.
Page 45 and 46: 40 Tomlinson John Tomlinson from Oh
Page 47 and 48: 42 This Bell family and their desce
Page 49 and 50: 44 Their children are: Louise, marr
Page 51 and 52: 46 Young Thomas Young, son of Micha
Page 53 and 54: 48 INTERESTING FACTS A Dr. Henry He
Page 55 and 56: 50 With this building then belongin
Page 57 and 58: 52 The school building, now used as
Page 59 and 60: 54 Organization History of the Sess
Page 61 and 62: 56 Early Improvements When the chur
Page 63 and 64: 58 Current Goals.--The Sessums Meth
Page 65 and 66: 60 Rice Henry Miss Willie Ridgeway
Page 67 and 68: 62 After a hard struggle over the y
Page 69 and 70: 64 Sessums Voters of Early 1960's A
Page 71 and 72: 66 Sessums was quite a thriving cen
Page 73 and 74: 68 There were many interesting stor

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