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Hardy, Jefferson Davis, who is engaged in the real estate business at Gulfport is a native son of Mississippi and his career has been a somewhat eventful one, as will appear in the items of this context. He is one of Gulfport's most loyal and enthus- iastic citizens, having implicit confidence in the magnificent future in store for this section. Mr. Hardy was born in Pauld- ing, Jasper county, Miss., and is a son of Capt. William H. and Sallie (Johnson) Hardy, the former of whom was born in Alabama and the latter in Kentucky. William H. Hardy was a member of the Sixteenth regiment of Mississippi infantry during the Civil war, in which he rendered distinguished service. He was aide-de-camp on the staff of Gen. Argyle Smith for a time, served
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as captain of his company and before the close of the war was pro- moted to the office of colonel. Jefferson D. Hardy received admirable educational advantages, both academic and technical. He com- pleted the curriculum of the public schools, including the high school, and thereafter continued his studies in Mississippi college, at Clinton, and the University of Mississippi, at Oxford. After leaving the university he passed twelve years in Mexico and Central America, being identified with the construction and operation of railroads in those countries. At the inception of the Spanish-American war he returned to Mississippi, from Guatemala, and enlisted in Company I, Second Mississippi volunteer infantry, of which he was made orderly sergeant. The regiment was not called into active service, as the war terminated while the command was in camp at Panama Park, near Jacksonville, Fla., and soon afterward the members of the regi- ment were honorably discharged from the service. Mr. Hardy soon returned to Central America, where he continued to be identified with railroading interests until 1903, when the government of Honduras seized and appropriated the railroad with whose operation he was concerned, and he then accepted the position of superintendent and manager of the wharves and light houses in Spanish Honduras of which a New York syndicate, headed by Sen. Chauncey M. Depew, was in control. This position he retained until November of 1904, when he resigned the same and came to Gulfport, Miss., identifying himself forthwith with the civic and business affairs of the thriving little city and here making his permanent abiding place. He entered into a copartnership with Milton C. Lott and engaged in the real estate business, under the firm name of Lott & Hardy for one year, when he bought Mr. Lott's interests in the property they were handling and he has already built up a large and substantial business, being known as a reliable and enterprising business man and having represented on his books at all times most desirable investments in the way of local realty. He owns large blocks of land within and adjacent to the city of Gulfport, and he has platted much of this property and placed the same on the market, while his sales have been large and repre- sentative, so that he is assisting materially in the forwarding of the growth and upbuilding of the city. He has also some very choice property in the center of the city and is numbered among the leading real estate men of this section. In his political allegiance Mr. Hardy is stanchly arrayed as a supporter of the principles and policies of the Democracy, and his religious faith is that of the Baptist church. He is affiliated with the Delta Psi college fraternity. On April 2, 1903, Mr. Hardy was united in marriage to Miss Blanche Cefalu, daughter of John B. and Blanche (Hynson) Cefalu, the former of whom is owner, president and general manager of the Central American Steamship company, the family residence being in the city of New Orleans, La., and their country home at Covington, La. Mr. and Mrs. Hardy became the parents of three children, Robert Harris and Mildred Dorothy, twins, who were born Dec. 16, 1903, while the former died March 7, 1904, and Jefferson Davis Hardy, Jr., born April 20, 1905. Mr. Hardy is a member of the Knights of Pythias. He is one
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of the prominent members of the Gulfport Progressive league and is a member of its executive committee, on rules and entertainments.
Haralson, Hugh Hardin, M. D., of Vicks- burg, is one of the eminent representatives of the medical profession in Mississippi, was long in service as a member of the State board of health and also served as presi- dent of the Mississippi State medical .association. He was born in Wetumpka, Elmore county, Ala., March 10, 1854, being a son of Isaac C. and Jane (Hardin) Haralson, both of whom were born in Troup county, Ga., where the respective families were early founded. The father of the doctor was an extensive planter and large slaveholder in Mississippi prior to the Civil war, and in this State both he and his wife continued to reside until their death. He was a nephew of Gen. Hugh Haralson, who was an officer in the War of 1812 and who later represented Georgia in congress. Haralson county, that State, was named in his honor. Doctor Haralson, the youngest in a family of eleven children, was afforded the advantages of Cooper institute, an excellent educational institution in Lauderdale county, Miss., and as a youth he took up the study of medicine and pharmacy, be- coming identified with the drug business, in Harperville, in 1877. He finally entered the medical department of Tulane university, in the city of New Orleans, La., where he completed a three years' graded course, being graduated in 1883 and duly receiving his degree of Doctor of Medicine. He initiated the practice of his profession at Harperville, but shortly afterward removed to Forest, Scott county, where he continued in active professional work until 1896. He was health officer of that county for several years, and in 1892 Governor Stone conferred upon him the appointment as a member of the State board of health, in which capacity he served most efficiently and acceptably for twelve consecutive years, having been reappointed by Governor McLaurin and Longino. Within his extended term of service he did valuable work through three epidemics of yellow fever -Biloxi, in 1897; Oxford in 1898, and Jackson in 1899. He and his wife and five of their children were stricken with the dread malady but none of the number succumbed. He also assisted in the handling of several epidemics of small-pox. His record as a member of the State board of health gained him distinctive recognition as one of the able physicians and surgeons of the State, but previously to this, in 1886, he had been elected secretary of the Mississippi State medical association, serving as such several years and later being elected its president, of which office he remained incumbent one year, the longest period of time to which any member is eligible. In September, 1898, Doctor Haralson took up his residence in Vicksburg, where he has since continued in the active work of his profession and where he controls a large and important practice, having the high esteem of the com-
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munity, both as a physician and as a loyal and public spirited citizen. In addition to his membership in the State medical association he is also a member of the American medical association and the Warren county medical society, of which latter he was president one term. He is a member of the staff of visiting physicians to the Vicksburg charity hospital, and is also a member of the board of directors as well as visiting physician and surgeon of the Vicksburg infirmary. He is a member of the Knights of Phythias, Knights of Honor, Wood- men of the World and American Guild, and in politics he accords an unwavering allegiance to the Democratic party. In 1878 was cele- brated the marriage of Doctor Haralson to Miss Belle Lack, of Harper- ville, and they have seven children, Mattie L., Guy C., Lalla, Ethel, Lois, Elizabeth and Annabel. Mattie L. is now the wife of Dr. Sydney W. Johnston, who is the subject of an individual sketch in this publication.
Harlos, George, is one of the representa- tive business men and well known citizens of Yazoo City, where he has maintained his home for more than a quarter of a century, and where he is engaged in the harness and saddlery business and also conducts a general repair shop for vehicles of all kinds. He is held in high esteem in the community and is well entitled to consideration in this publication. Mr. Harlos was born in Germany, Feb. 12, 1854, and is a son of George and Louisa (Hoffman) Harlos, both of whom were likewise native of Germany, where the former was born in 1820 and the latter in 1829. In 1858, when the subject of this sketch was four years of age, his parents immigrated to America, first locating in Luzerne county, Pa., where they remained one year, at the expiration of which they removed to Decatur, Ind., where George, Jr., was reared to maturity, receiving a common-school education and there serving a thorough apprenticeship at the woodworker's trade. He was engaged in the work of his trade at Danville and Louisville, Ky., for. some time, and in 1876 he came to Mississippi, making Yazoo City his destination and here remaining about one year. Thereafter he passed several months in Benton, this county, after which he re- turned to Yazoo City, where he has since made his home and busi- ness headquarters. For a number of years he was engaged in the manufacturing of carriages, and he still maintains a well equipped repair shop and controls an excellent trade in harnesses and saddlery. Mr. Harlos is a stanch supporter of the cause of the Democratic party, and he represented his ward on the board of aldermen for more than five years. He was actively identified with the fire department for twenty-seven years and was chief of the same for twelve years, prov- ing a most able and popular official. He is a charter member of the local lodge of the Knights of Pythias, which was organized in 1880,
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and is also affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. On Feb. 23, 1878, Mr. Harlos was united in marriage to Miss Des- demona Edwards Gibbs, daughter of Henry H. Gibbs, of Benton, Miss., and she was summoned to the life eternal Oct. 18, 1901, leaving no children.
Harrison, Henry H., a physician of Jackson, Miss., was born in Rankin coun- ty, Miss., Dec. 25, 1862. He was reared on a farm and was educated in the public schools of Clinton and Gillsburg, Miss. At the age of twenty-five he began the study of medicine and was graduated at the Kentucky medical college in 1891. He attended the various medical colleges of Louisville, Ky., and Cincinnati, Ohio, and was assistant interne in a hospital for several years. In 1896 he located in Jack- son, Miss., where he is actively engaged in the practice of medicine. Dr. Harrison is examiner for the Equitable New York and Hartford Life Insurance Companies. He is a member of the State board of health, of the State medical association, Hinds county medical society and the American medical association, and has served as county physician for four years. He belongs to the fraternal orders of Elks and Eagles. Dr. Harrison was married in 1896 to Willie Bell, who died in 1898 ; he was married a second time to Lou Emma Merrett of Jackson, Miss.
Harrison, Oliver A., of Canton, Madi- son county, is one of the well known and popular railroad men of the State, having been identified with railroad operating for the past twenty-five years, as a conductor, and being at the present time so engaged with the Illinois Central railroad. He was born in Canton, Miss., Sept. 30, 1863, and is a son of James and Nancy E. Harrison, the former of whom was born in Patterson, N. Y., and the latter in Sharon, Miss., in 1836. The father was a valiant soldier of the Confederacy, hav- ing enlisted as a member of the Madison Rifles, and having met his death while in action at Atlanta, in 1864. Oliver A. Harrison was reared and edu- cated in Canton, and in his chosen vocation he has risen from the lower grades of service by reason of his ability and fidelity. The term of his service as conductor, on the Louisville & Nashville and the Illinois Central railroads, covers a period of twenty-five years, and he is at the present time a passenger conductor for the latter. He is a popular member of Pearl River Division, No. 304, Order of Railway Conductors, at Canton, and he has been chief conductor
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in the same for the past fourteen years. He was a delegate to the twenty-eighth and also the thirtieth sessions of the grand division of the order, the former having been held in Detroit, Mich., and the latter in Portland, Ore. He is affiliated with Madison Lodge, No. 74, Knights of Pythias, and also with the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. The political allegiance of Mr. Harrison is given to the Democratic party and both he and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. On Jan. 24, 1885, Mr. Harrison was united in marriage to Miss Eva Henry, daughter of T. W. and Mary (Nelms) Henry, of Carroll county, Miss., and they have three children : May Bell, Charles F. and Lamar Priestley.
Harrison, Tandy Bartow, M. D., is one of the representative physicians and sur- geons of Tallahatchie county, being es- tablished in a large and successful practice in Charleston. He was born in Fayetteville, Fayette county, Ga., Jan. 11, 1862, and is a son of Larkin and Sarah J. Harrison, both of whom were likewise natives of Fayetteville, where the former was born March 10, 1832, and the latter May 24, 1840. Larkin Harrison was a valiant soldier in the Confederate service in the Civil war, and he lost his left arm in the battle of Knoxville, Tenn., where he was captured, being taken to Rock Island, Ill., where he was held a prisoner of war until the close of the great internecine conflict. After the war he served continuously for several years as tax collector and tax receiver of Fayette county, Ga., where he continued to reside until his death. He was a stanch adherent of the Democratic party and was affiliated with the Masonic fraternity, being a man of signal probity and honor. After proper preparatory discipline, Dr. Tandy B. Harrison entered Middle Georgia college, at Jonesboro, where he remained a student for some time. He thereafter attended Atlanta medical college during the years 1885-6 and later the Memphis Hospital medical college, in Memphis, Tenn., from which he was graduated in April, 1892. He did effective post-graduate work in the New Orleans Polyclinic in the year 1900. In 1886 he located in Guntown, Lee county, Miss., where he began his professional career, but in the succeeding year he removed to Paynes, Tallahatchie county, where he built up a large and successful practice and where he continued to maintain his home and headquarters until 1900, when he re- moved to Charleston, the county seat, where he has amplified the scope of his professional work and gained even greater popular appreciation. He is a member of the Mississippi State medical as- sociation, the Tri-State medical association and the Six Counties medical society, taking active interest in the work of each of these organizations. In politics Dr. Harrison is unwavering in his allegiance to the Democratic party, and he served several years
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as county health officer of Tallahatchie county. He is identified with the Masonic fraternity, the Knights of Pythias and the Wood- men of the World. On June 13, 1889, Dr. Harrison was united in marriage to Miss Sarah Edna Travis, daughter of James T. and Betsy Travis, of Fayetteville, Ga., and in conclusion is entered brief record concerning the children of this marriage, all of whom were born in Paynes, Miss., and all of whom are living except one. The names, with respective dates of birth, are as follows: Effie E., Feb. 22, 1891; Travis L., April 3, 1893; Bessie and Birdie, twins, Aug. 5, 1894; Edna M., April 6, 1897; Joseph B., Aug. 11, 1898; Rubie, May 7, 1900, died Nov. 6, 1900.
Harris, Edward Bullock, is one of the representative members of Lincoln county, being established in the practice of his profes- sion in Brookhaven, the county seat. He was born at Hazlehurst, Copiah county, Miss., Sept. 5, 1863, and is a son of Col. Merry J. and Hettie (Bullock) Harris, the former of whom was born in Copiah county, this State, and the latter in Hickman county, Ky. Colonel Harris was a leading member of the Mississippi bar, hav- ing been engaged in the practice of his profession at Hazlehurst for many years prior to the Civil war and having gained much distinction in his chosen vocation. At the inception of the war between the States he manifested his loyalty to the Confederacy by promptly tendering his aid in defense of its cause, becoming a member of the Twelfth Mississippi infantry at the time of its organization in 1861, and he continued in the service until he re- ceived the wound which caused his death, in 1865, having been promoted lieutenant-colonel of his regiment and having been a gallant officer and soldier. He took part in many important en- gagements. He was wounded in the battle of Seven Pines and later in a severe battle near Petersburg, the injury being so serious in the latter instance as to incapacitate him for further field work. He returned home on a furlough and died shortly afterward, from the effect of his wounds. After his death his widow and her chil- dren went to the home of her father, in Kentucky, where the children were reared to maturity and where the mother still re- sides, making her home in Carlisle county. She is a daughter of Hon. Edward I. Bullock, who was one of the most distinguished representatives of the legal profession in Kentucky, of whose leg- islature he was a member at one time and having been one of the commissioners to whom was assigned the revision of the code of law practice in that State. He was a resident of the city of Louis- ville at the time of the Civil war and was prosecuting attorney of Jefferson county, having held this office at the time of the assas- sination of John Rothwell and John Murdaugh by Judge Edward C. Wilkinson of the Mississippi supreme bench, in the Galt House, Louisville, in 1839. At the time of his death, in 1883, he was designated the "father of the Kentucky bar," having dignified the commonwealth by his exalted character and services. The sub- ject of this review secured his preliminary educational discipline in the public schools of Kentucky, and later continued his studies
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in the Southwestern Baptist university, at Jackson, Tenn. He finally came to Brookhaven, Miss., and there read law under the effective preceptorship of the firm of Chrisman & Brennan, making rapid advancement and being admitted to the bar in September, 1892, since which time he has been engaged in the general practice of his profession in this thriving little city. After leaving college and prior to taking up the study of law, Mr. Harris was for a num- ber of years in the employ of the Illinois Central railroad, having been transfer clerk at Cairo, Ill .; superintendent's operator and clerk at Jackson, Tenn., and thereafter located in various places, in the accounting and telegraph departments of the service. When the division of the road was built from Durant to Aberdeen, Miss., he was the first train dispatcher of the division, having learned the art of telegraphy in his youth and having become an expert opera- tor. He has built up an excellent practice and commands the high regard of his professional confreres and of the general public. In politics he gives a stanch allegiance to the Democratic party but has never been a seeker of public office. He is affiliated with the Knights and Ladies of Honor and both he and his wife hold mem- bership in the Presbyterian church. On Feb. 10, 1887, was solem- nized the marriage of Mr. Harris to Miss Mollie Thomas, daughter of Daniel and Mary (Barron) Thomas, of Sturgis, Miss. Of the four children of this union three are living-Lenwood T., Mamie R., and Lucille. Louise, the second child, died shortly after birth.
Harvey, Alexis T., president of the Harvey Company, extensive dealers in wool, hides and cotton in the city of Meridian, is a scion of one of the old and honored families of the State and is one of the representative young business men of his home city. He was born in Marion, Lauderdale county, Miss., June 6, 1876, and is a. . son of Alexander T. and Savilla H. (Broach) Harvey, native respec- tively of North Carolina and South Carolina. In the opening year of the Civil war, Alexander T. Harvey tendered his services in support of the Confederate cause, enlisting as color bearer in Com- pany K, Thirteenth Mississippi infantry, and being later promoted, while on the field of battle, to the office of first lieutenant of his company. The regiment was commanded by Colonel Barksdale and went at once into Virginia, where much of its service was rendered, Mr. Harvey remaining with his company until the close of the war and taking part in many of the notable battles. He was several times wounded and was also captured, while his military record is without blemish. He became one of the prominent and honored citizens of Lauderdale county, where he had farming interests, and he was prominent in public affairs of a local nature, having just been re-elected to the office of tax collector at the time of his death, in 1881. His wife is still living. After availing him- self of the advantages of the public schools of Meridian, Alexis T. Harvey completed a course in Wyatt's business college, in that city, being graduated in the same in 1896. He forthwith became identified with mercantile pursuits, and his entire business career has been along this line. For about six years he was associated
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with S. Greenwald in the wool, hide and cotton business, and in 1899 he entered into partnership with his brother, Allen Y., in the same field of enterprise, under the firm name of Harvey & Com- pany. To meet the requirements of the greatly expanded business operations, on April 1, 1905, the firm incorporated the business under title of the Harvey Company, with a capital stock of $10,000 and with the following official corps: Alexis T. Harvey, president ; Allen Y. Harvey, vice-president and treasurer; and Hervey L. Lloyd, secretary. The interested principals are all young, ener- getic and reliable business men, and the company is one of the most important of the sort in the city, its annual transaction reaching a large aggregate. At the outbreak of the Spanish-American war, in 1898, Alexis T. Harvey showed his inherent loyalty and martial spirit by enlisting in Company I, First Mississippi volunteers, in which he became sergeant. The regiment went into camp at Chick- amauga, and its members were mustered out at Columbia, Tenn., in December, 1898, their services not having been demanded in the actual conflict. The principles of the Democracy represent. the political faith of Mr. Harvey, and he has completed the circle of York Rite Masonry, being a member of the local commandery of Knights Templars and of the Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, while he is also affiliated with the Knights of Pythias, and the Knights of the Maccabees. On June 3, 1902, Mr. Harvey was married to Miss Alliene Ellis, daughter of Alfred and Frances (McAllum) Ellis. Her father was one of the most prom- inent members of the bar of Mississippi and was attorney for the Mobile & Ohio railroad at the time of his death. His wife was a daughter of the late Capt. D. P. McAllum, who served with distinc- tion as a captain in the Confederate army during the Civil war. Mr. and Mrs. Harvey have two children-Lillian Frances and Alliene Ellis.
Harvey, Allen Y., vice-president of the Harvey Company, dealers in wool, hides and cotton, in the city of Meridian, is one of the alert and reliable young business men of this place, which has been his home from the time of his birth, while to him is accorded in the community a full meed of popular confidence and esteem. Mr. Harvey was born in Meridian, Lauderdale county, Miss., Sept. 24, 1878, and is a son of Alexander T. and Savilla H. (Broach) Harvey, specific mention of whom will be found in the sketch of Alexis T. Harvey. Allen Y. Harvey completed the curriculum of the public schools of Meridian, including a course in the high school, and in 1895, at the age of seventeen years, he engaged in dealing in wool, hides and cotton, in his native city, showing from the start marked business acumen and building up a profitable enterprise. In 1899 he formed a partnership with his brother, Alexis T. Harvey, under the firm name of Harvey & Company, and the business had so greatly increased in scope and importance that on April 1, 1905, it was found expedient to incorporate the same. The present title of the Harvey Company was then adopted, the capital stock was , placed at $10,000, and the officers of the concern are as follows:
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