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JOSEPH DUDLEY STENNIS, of Meridian, was born December 21, 1863, in Kemper County, Miss., and is the son of Adam Turner Stennis and wife, Julia (Edwards) Stennis. His paternal ancestors came to Mississippi from South Caro- lina; maternal from Alabama. The father of the subject of this sketch represented Kemper County in the Legislature of 1858; was a soldier of the Confederacy and served as Lieutenant-Colonel of the Fifth Mississippi Regiment. Mr. Stennis attended the primary schools of Lauderdale County; entered the University of Mississippi but did not graduate; is a farmer; elected to the House of Representatives from Lauderdale County in 1895; re-elected in 1899 and 1903. Mr. Stennis is a Democrat; was married at Meridian, Miss., June 10, 1897, to Pearl Allen Mahan, daughter of Hiram Mahan and wife, Susan. Mr. and Mrs. Stennis have three children: Sue May, Joseph Dudley and Jamie Melba. In the House of 1904-1908 Mr. Stennis was a member of the following committees: Ways and Means (Ch.), Rules, Benev- olent Institutions, Penitentiary. He was re-elected to the - House November 5, 1907, and at the expiration of his present term will have sefved continuously for sixteen years.
LAWRENCE COUNTY.
ELDRED LEVI HOLLOWAY BIRD, of Tryus, was born August 24, 1868, at Tryus, Lawrence County, Miss., and is the son of Holloway Ivanhoe Bird and wife, Alice (Jett) Bird. His ancestors came to Mississippi from South Carolina. The father of the subject of this sketch was a soldier of the Confederacy, Captain Company K, Fifteenth
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South Carolina Volunteers, and has been a teacher in the schools of Lawrence County since 1867; was in the Legisla- ture of 1876 and 1878; delegate from Lawrence County to the Constitutional Convention of 1890. Mr. Bird attended the primary schools of Lawrence County; received his educa- . - tion mainly under the instruction of his father, who is a graduate of Columbia College, South Carolina; read law in the office of Hon. George S. Dodds at Hazlehurst, Miss .; in 1889 entered the Law School of the University of Missis- sippi and was graduated in June, 1890, with the degree of LL.B .; took first honor in class; admitted to the bar in December, 1890, at Monticello, Miss .; elected to the House of Representatives from Lawrence County, November 3, 1903. Mr. Bird is a Democrat; member of the Baptist Church, clerk; was married November 25, 1891, at Tryus, Miss., to Emma Frances Hennington, daughter of B. D. Hennington and wife, Mary Narcissus. Mrs. Bird's ancestors came from South Carolina. Her father was a Confederate soldier and served as Lieutenant of Company C, Sixteenth Mississippi Regiment. Mr. and Mrs. Bird have seven chil- dren: Irene Courtney, Grady Luke, Holloway Hennington, Audley Verne, Eldred Ian, Lester Harold and Emma Myrtle. In the House of 1904-1908 Mr. Bird was a member of the following committees: Judiciary, County Affairs, Census and Apportionment, Engrossed Bills, Redistricting the State. He was re-elected to the House November 5, 1907.
LEAKE COUNTY.
LUTHER AUGUSTINE ZACHRY, of Lena, was born June 5, 1870, at Franklin, Heard County, Ga., the son of Henry Louis Zachry and wife, Sallie C. (Thomas) Zachry. His paternal family came to America with James Oglethorpe in 1732; his grandfather, Dave Zachry, was a member of the Georgia Legislature in 1876, and was nominated for Congress in 1880, but declined the candidacy on account of his advanced years; his father was a Confederate soldier serving in the ranks the last two years of the war. Mr. Zachry attended the common schools in Franklin, studied one year, 1891, at college in Carrollton, Ga., the following year was a teacher at Rockalo Academy. He entered the mercantile business at Carrollton, Ga., in 1893, five years later he sold out there and came to Lena, Miss., where he opened up a business as general merchant, in which he is still successfully engaged. He was elected to the House of Representatives November 5, 1907. Mr. Zachry is a Demo- crat, a Methodist, also a Mason and Clerk of his Camp of Woodmen of the World. He was married January 10, 1893, at Carrollton, Ga., to Willie Gertrude Gilbert, daughter of William F. Gilbert and wife, Choicie R. Gilbert. Mr. and Mrs. Zachry have four children: Roy, Webb, Gertrude and L. A.
LEE COUNTY.
GEORGE HENRY HILL, JR., of Tupelo, was born January 28, 1883, in Lee County, Miss., the son of George Henry Hill and wife, Nancy Anderson (Rees) Hill. His father was born in Worcestershire, England, came to America
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in 1868, settled at Tupelo, Miss., in 1879; his maternal grand- father, Captain John T. Rees, was an officer in the Confed- erate Army. He was educated at the graded and high schools of Tupelo, where he made a good record as a student. He took a law course at the University of Mississippi and received his Bachelor's degree in 1906, entering imme- diately upon practice at Tupelo. In youth Mr. Hill formed habits of energy and perseverance, which have proven val- uable aids to his success in maturity. He is a Democrat, filling the office of delegate to the State Convention of 1904; is a member of the Missionary Baptist Church and of the Woodmen of the World. Was elected to the House of Representatives November 5, 1907. He was married Octo- ber 13, 1906, at Tupelo, to Myrtle Motley, daughter of Robert A. Motley and wife, Josephine (Sanders) Motley. Mr. and Mrs, Hill have one child, Ruth Ioleen.
FARIS ALPHONSO GREENE, of Verona, was born February 24, 1856, at Richmond, Itawamba County, Miss., the son of Joseph Gilbert Greene and wife, Annie Tranquilla (Conwill) Greene. His ancestors on both sides were Vir- ginians; his grandfather, William G. Greene, was a grandson of General Nathaniel Greene of Revolutionary fame; his grandmother was a niece of Governor Wise, of Virginia; his father was a Confederate soldier, serving from May, 1861, to April, 1865. Mr. Greene obtained his education in the public schools of Itawamba County; he did not take a collegiate course. His occupation has been that of farmer and stockman; has made three importations of fine stock from Spain. He was Postmaster at Verona in 1884; is now a member of the Board of Aldermen of that town. He is a Democrat; was for four years Secretary of the County Executive Committee; is a member of the M. E. Church, South, a Mason and a Woodman of the World. Was elected to the House of Representatives November 5, 1907. Mr. Greene was married October 5, 1880, to Turza Harkreader, daughter of Major Absalomn G. Harkreader and wife, Martha Tinnie (Vivrett) Harkreader, of Verona. His wife's father's family came from England and settled in Virginia, her mother's people were Tennesseans of Irish descent.
LEFLORE COUNTY.
JOHN AMBROSE TYSON, of Greenwood, was born December 11, 1874, at Denmark, Madison County, Tenn., the son of John Ambrose Tyson and wife, Elizabeth (Ewing) Tyson. His father was a native Tennessean and a phy- sician of note in his community; his mother was a Missis- sippian. Mr. Tyson attended the public schools of Den- mark in boyhood; entered the Southwestern Baptist Uni- versity, Jackson, Tenn., where he was graduated in 1894 with the degree of B. S. and was winner of the Best Debater's medal of that year. He studied law at Cumberland Uni- versity, Lebanon, Tenn., where he took his Bachelor's degree in 1898; he has since practiced his profession at Jackson, Tenn., and Greenwood, Miss. He was a member
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of the Tennessee Legislature during the session of 1903, and was elected to the Mississippi House of Representatives November 5, 1907. He is a Democrat and a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, also of his college fraternity. He is not married.
LINCOLN COUNTY.
MARSHALL MCCULLOUGH, of Brookhaven, was born on his father's farm in Lincoln County, and is the son of Albert Gallatin Brown Mccullough and wife, Arminda (Tyler) Mccullough. His paternal ancestors were of Scotch- Irish descent; his great-grandfather, Billie Mccullough, went from North Carolina to Georgia during the Revolution, and after that war was over came to Mississippi. His mother's family was one of those brought to America by James Oglethorpe. Mr. Mccullough attended the common schools of Lincoln County in boyhood; entered Mississippi College at Clinton in the fall of 1892 and was graduated in June, 1897, with the degree of A. B. That spring he was first orator of the Hermenian Literary Society and was chosen to represent the college in the Inter-Collegiate Oratorical Contest of that year. He was Principal of the Braxton Collegiate Institute from 1897 to 1902, and during that time read law under Judge Edward Mayes; he then studied for one session at the University of Virginia, after which he was admitted to the bar and began practice at Brookhaven, where he still carries on a successful law business. He is widely known as a public speaker; it was largely through his efforts that, in 1906, Brookhaven succeeded in applying the party primary principle to municipal elections. He was elected to the House of Representatives November 5, 1907. Mr. Mccullough is a Democrat; has been for years Chairman of the County Executive Committee; is a Baptist 'and Woodman of the World. He is not married.
LOWNDES COUNTY.
WILLIAM ROBERT MOODY, of Columbus, was born March 2, 1868, at Cobb's Switch, Lowndes County, Miss., the son of John Mason Moody and wife, Laura E. (Tabb) Moody. His paternal ancestors came from North Carolina; maternal from Virginia, both being of English descent. The grandfather of the subject of this sketch was a member of the North Carolina Senate for several years and of the Secession Convention of 1861; his father was a student at the University of Virginia when the Civil War broke out; left college and raised a company in Northampton County, N. C .; was in the Seven Days' fight before Richmond, after which he was sent home invalided. Mr. Moody was reared by his grandmother in Petersburg, Va .; attended the Uni- versity School in that city six years, then entered the Law School of the University of Virginia, where he took a two years' course in one year, receiving in 1889 a diploma on Constitutional and International Law. Has not practiced his profession but has been a farmer in Lowndes County since 1890. He was elected to the House of Representa-
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tives November 5, 1907. He is a Democrat, a Methodist and a member of the Independent Order of Red Men. He was married December 21, 1898, at Columbus to Daisy Bell Butler, daughter of James Henry Butler and Fanny Clemen- tine (Walton) Butler. His wife's ancestry was Virginian, of English descent. Mrs. Moody died in September, 1903. Mr. Moody has two children: William Robert, Jr., and James Butler.
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THOMAS AUSTIN STINSON, of Columbus, was born March 21, 1845, in Pickens County, Alabama, the son of John Thomas Stinson and his wife, Mary Brooks (Haynie) Stinson. His father was a native of South Carolina and served in the Confederate Army during 1864-65. The sub- ject of this sketch was educated at Spring Hill Academy, Pickens County, Alabama, when that well known institution was under the supervision of Rev. Matthew Lyon. At the age of seventeen he entered the Confederate service as pri- vate in Company C, Forty-first Alabama Regiment, Col. M. L. Stansel commanding; took part in battles of Mur- freesboro, Chickamauga, Knoxville, Drury's Bluff and Petersburg and minor engagements and was several times wounded; was with the army on retreat from Petersburg and surrendered at Appomattox April 9, 1865. From 1867 to 1885 he was engaged in mercantile business, and since then has given his attention to farming. Mr. Stinson was Justice of the Peace in Lowndes County 1888 to 1892, and represented that county in the State Legislature in 1892 and 1894. He is a Democrat, a Baptist, a Mason and an Odd Fellow. Was elected to the House of Representatives November 5, 1907. He was married May 16, 1876, in Memphis, Tenn., to Susan Emily Weaver, daughter of Frederick Tolbert Weaver and wife, Susan Elizabeth Weaver, of Lowndes County, Miss. Mr. and Mrs. Stinson have eight children: Tolbert Weaver, Annie Eloise, Curtis Austin, William Haynie, Susan Emily, Tom Brooks, Corinne and Frederick Quimby. -
BASCOMB GURLEY HULL, of Columbus, was born February 5, 1872, at Providence, Pickens County, Ala., the son of William Seaborn Hull and wife, Mary Carnes (Taggart) Hull. Both paternal and maternal ancestors came from Ireland to South Carolina, thence to Alabama, and later to this State. Mr. Hull's father enlisted in Company I. Forty- third Mississippi as a private, and was promoted to Sergeant; was wounded at the siege of Vicksburg, was also in John- son's retreat from Tennessee to Atlanta. Mr. Hull attended the public schools of his vicinity; entered Farmers' College at Millport, Ala., in 1889, and spent four years there, teach- ing in his vacations, then taught two years and after that attended the Iuka Normal Institute, taking the B. S. degree in 1897. Teaching is Mr. Hull's fixed profession; he has been in charge of Rural Hill School, his present position, for twelve years, during which time there has been great advancement both in increased enrollment and in the erec- tion of a fine building. He was elected to the House of Representatives November 5, 1907. Mr. Hull is a Democrat; a member of the M. E. Church, South, a Mason, Odd Fellow
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and Woodman of the World. He has held no political office. but has been Commissioner of Roads and Secretary and Treasurer of the Tuscaloosa Road Taxing District. He was married December 27, 1898, at Melborne, Ala., to Helen Blanche Francis, daughter of John Adams and Harriet Louise Oden Francis. His wife's ancestors came from England about 1849. Mr. and Mrs. Hull have two living children: Hallie Juanita and Harold Cook.
MADISON COUNTY.
RICHARD WATSON STEWART, of Madison, was born October 15, 1847, in Madison County, the son of George Washington Stewart and wife, Mary Ellen (Crozier) Stewart. Paternal ancestors were from Tennessee; maternal from Ireland, also by way of the "Big Bend" State. Mr. Stewart attended what was known as the "old field" type of school before the war; was also for a time at Madison College, then at Sharon. He enlisted in the Confederate Army at the age of sixteen in Company F, Wood's Cavalry Regiment, Adams' Brigade; he was afterwards transferred to the artillery service. Mr. Stewart entered upon mercantile business in 1870 and continued it for many years, then returned to his farm and became a strawberry planter. He is much inter- ested in "diversified farming." Mr. Stewart long filled the office of Magistrate, was for eight years on the Board of Supervisors of his county; called the first convention of Supervisors in the State and was its first President; also has been twice appointed as a trustee of the Insane Hospital at Jackson. He was elected to the House of Representatives November 5, 1907. - He is a Democrat. In reconstruction times acted with the "Yazoo County men," and is now one of the State Executive Committee; is also a Methodist and has been Sunday-school superintendent for twenty-five years He was married November 26, 1874, at Phoenix, to Mary Wesley Holloman, daughter of John Barrett and Nancy Helen (Bruffay) Holloman. His wife's ancestry is Vir- ginian of English and Irish descent. Mr. and Mrs. Stewart have two children: Mrs. Willie Minter (Stewart) Montgomery and Tommie Louise.
JOHN BENNETT MARTIN, of Cameron, was born June 27, 1842, in the northwestern part of Madison County, Miss., the son of James Martin and wife, Dorothy (Allen) Martin. His paternal ancestors came from Georgia; ma- ternal from Scotland, settling in Virginia prior to the Revo- lutionary War. Mr. Martin attended the common schools of his county before the Civil War, also studied at Lagrange Synodical College, Tennessee, from September, 1860, to April, 1861. Enlisted in May, 1861, in Company G, Eight- teenth Mississippi Regiment, and served till the war was ended. He read law at home, was admitted to the bar and practiced his profession in Madison and adjoining counties. He was a member of the State Legislature from 1896 to 1900; has been on the Board of Supervisors since 1904; was elected to the House of Representatives November 5, 1907. Mr. Martin is a Democrat, and served on the Executive Com- mittee 1901 to 1905; is also a member of the Methodist Church. He was married February 20, 1868, in Northwest
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Madison County, to Marina Caroline Smith, daughter of Thomas Addison Smith and Elizabeth Jane Smith. His wife's family came from North Carolina. Mr. and Mrs. Martin have six children: James Thomas Martin, of Inver- ness; Mrs. Meta (Martin) Muse, of Sharon; Wesley Addison Martin, of Cameron; Amelia May Martin, Cameron; Richard Cuthbert Martin, of Leakesville; and Bessie Pearl (Martin) Scott, of Vicksburg.
MARION COUNTY.
ALONZO LEWIS YATES, of Columbia, was born Octo- ber 22, 1885, at Utica, Hinds County, Miss., the son of Daniel Thomas Yates and wife, Marguerite Jane (Murchison) Yates. The father of the subject of this sketch was a native Mississippian and was a Captain in the Confederate Army during the war between the States. Mr. Yates ob- tained his education in Columbia High School and in the Jefferson Military College at Washington, Miss., and gradu- ated from the Law School of the University of Mississippi- -in 1906 with degree of LL.B. The same year he began , practice in his town, and since that time he has been em- ployed in every important murder case in the county; was attorney for the State in the Lewis Dennis case at Raymond and was successful in securing the death sentence. It is a fact worth noting that Mr. Yates could not begin the practice of his profession until the Chancellor removed the disabilities of minority; he is a member of the State Democratic Execu- tive Committee, the most youthful member of the body; was elected to the House of Representatives November 5. 1907. Mr. Yates is a Democrat, a member of the Episcopal Church, but the only secret order to which he has allied himself is the Phi Delta Theta Fraternity of his University. He is not married.
MARSHALL COUNTY.
JOHN CALHOON, of Holly Springs, was born at Can- ton, Madison County, August 8, 1841, the son of George Calhoon and his wife, Louisiana (Brandenburg) Calhoon. His father was a lawyer of Kentucky, who settled at Canton in 1838. The subject of this sketch attended the common schools of Canton; enlisted in the Confederate Army on the breaking out of the war, serving throughout the struggle; held the rank of Lieutenant in Company M. Woods' Cavalry Regiment, Wirt Adams' Brigade, when he surrendered with General Forrest's command in 1865. He attended a law school in Lebanon, Tenn., for a year, was admitted to the bar in 1867 and practiced his profession in Canton for sev- eral years. Mr. Calhoon represented Marshall County in the Legislature of 1872-73 and was the author of a bill which became a law at that session prohibiting a married man from selling his homestead without the consent of his wife. He has been eight times elected Mayor of Holly Springs; is a Democrat and member of the Episcopal Church. Was elected to the House of Representatives November 5. 1907. Was married during the war to Carrie Hill, daughter of William R. Hill and Nancy Hill, and three years after her
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death was married to Sallie Pugh Lea, daughter of Dr. Willis M. Lea and wife, Sarah Wilson Lea, of Holly Springs. Dr. Lea was a member of the Mississippi convention that passed the Ordinance of Secession. Mr. and Mrs. Calhoon have eight children: Nannie C., Willis L. Calhoon, of San Fran- cisco, Cal .; Mrs. Louise (Calhoon) Chaplin, of Clarendon, Ark .; Mrs. Winnie (Calhoon) Green, of Jackson; Mrs. Sarah (Calhoon) Hall, of Holly Springs; George, Powell Calhoon, of Washington, D. C., and William McWillie.
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CYRUS HAIDEN CURD, of Holly Springs, was born April 12, 1873, at Cave City, Barren County, Kentucky, the son of Havilah Price Curd and wife, Letitia Young (Mosby) Curd. His paternal family has many branches well known in Kentucky and Virginia, all of which trace their lineage to Dr. Edward Curd, who came to Virginia from Edinburgh, Scotland, in the sixteenth century. Mr. Curd obtained his early education in Kentucky public schools, and also attended Liberty College at Glasgow, Ky .; was a member of the first class graduated from the Lexington (Miss.) Normal Col- lege. He taught eight years in the public schools of Missis- sippi, North Carolina and Tennessee. He then gave up the task of teaching to enter upon journalism and has now been a newspaper man for seven years, one year on the Collier- ville Star and six years as editor and proprietor of the Holly Springs Reporter. He has always been active in educa- tional matters, is Secretary of the Board of Education of his town, and was largely instrumental in securing for Mar- shall County the Branch Experiment Station of the A. and M. College. Was elected to the House of Representatives November 5, 1907. Mr. Curd is a Democrat, a member of the M. E. Church, South, is a Knight of Pythias and holds the position of Past Chancellor of his Lodge. He was mar- ried at Mt. Pleasant, Miss., August 27, 1895, to Rufie Ola Ivy, daughter of Jesse W. Ivy and wife, Margaret Walker Ivy. Mr. and Mrs Curd have one daughter, Haiden Dickey, and two sons, Havilah Price and Cyrus Hunter.
WILLIAM HENRY KING, of Taska, was born July 23, 1877, at that place, the son of Edward King and wife, Rosa Bell (West) King. His paternal ancestors were Tennesseans; one of his great-grandfathers, Job Dean, was a soldier in the War of 1812; his father served through the Civil War as a Confederate soldier. Mr. King attended school at Taska and Mt. Pleasant, Miss., and at Collierville, Tenn., then entered a business college at Memphis, Tenn., where he was . graduated. At the age of eighteen years he was employed at Bailey, Tenn., as a salesman and bookkeeper, and con- tinued in this position for seven years; since then he has carried on a general merchandise business for himself. He was elected to the House of Representatives November 5, 1907. Mr. King is a Democrat, a member of the M. E. Church, South, a church trustee and officer of his Sunday- school; also a member of the Farmers' Educational and Co- operative Union. He is not married.
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MONROE COUNTY.
THOMAS ROGERS CALDWELL, of Amory, was born April 4, 1837, near Noonan, Ga., the son of William Harris Caldwell and wife, Jane (Allen) Caldwell. Paternal ancestors came from Ireland; maternal from Scotland, both lines settled in Abbeville District, S. C .; Mr. Caldwell's grand- father, William Caldwell, fought in the Revolutionary War. his father was Colonel of South Carolina militia for fifteen years. Mr. Caldwell attended the common schools of Car- rollton, Ga., in his youth; later he read law for a time in an office in Aberdeen, Miss., but did not practice the profes- sion. He entered the Confederate Army as private in Com- pany A, Sixteenth Alabama Regiment, later was transferred to the Twenty-sixth Alabama, with rank of First Lieutenant. He was with Bragg at Perryville, with Jackson at Chancellors- ville, with Hood at Franklin and with Johnston on the retreat through Georgia. He was wounded six times during his four years of service. After the war he organized a patrol company, which did good service in keeping order in Mon- roe County during reconstruction times. Mr. Caldwell's occupation has always been that of farming. He was Jus- tice of the Peace in 1876-77, Supervisor in 1878-79, and Representative in the Legislature in 1892-94, and was elected to the House of Representatives November 5, 1907. He is a Democrat, was on the County Executive Committee in 1868-69; is a Methodist, and member of the Masonic Order. He was married near Smithville February 25, 1872, to Mary Jane Johnson, daughter of Israel Pickens Johnson and Julia Caroline (Thompson) Johnson, of Abbeville, S. C., whose family was of Irish descent. Mr. and Mrs. Caldwell have five children: Julia Caroline (at home), Walter Harris Caldwell, of Smithville; Mrs. Bertie (Caldwell) Dilworth, of Jasper, Ala .; Homer Franklin Caldwell, with U. S. Army in Cuba, and Thomas Young Caldwell, Amory.
HENRY FRANKLIN BROYLES, of Greenwood Springs, was born November 4, 1865, at Hamilton, Monroe County, Miss., the son of Erasmus Seneca Broyles and wife, Fannie Abigail (Moore) Broyles. His father was a native of Tennessee. Dr. Broyles attended the common schools of Hamilton in boyhood, entered the Agricultural and Mechan- ical College of Starkville in 1885, and pursued his studies for three years. He began the study of medicine at Van- derbilt University, Nashville, later went to Tulane Uni- versity, New Orleans, where he was graduated with degree of M. D. in 1889. He began practice at Central Grove, is now practicing at Greenwood Springs. He was Health Officer for Monroe County for six years; served in the State Senate for twelve years, 1892 to 1904, and was elected to the House of Representatives November 5, 1907. Dr. Broyles is a Democrat, a Methodist, a Mason and member of the Knights of Pythias and of the Protective Order of Elks. He was married in 1889 at Hamilton to Laura Maude Booth, daughter of Louis Dent Booth and Fannie Amanda Booth, of that place. Dr. and Mrs. Broyles have two living children: Frances Louise and Frank, Jr.
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