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Note N284 Index

Rebecca died when Laura was an infant. Willis remarried immediately and Laura was raised by her stepmother, a Catholic, Mary Dorcas Burke.

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Note N285 Index

Obituary notice from The Times Picayune on March 14, 1931:
        Mary Farnham Calcote at her residence 328 S. Rocheblave St. at 3:20 o'clock in the morning, wife of the late Cade Calcote. Mother of Daniel, Willis, Mrs. Sophie Shurtliff, Mrs R. Higgine, Mrs. Mattie Jones of Alexandria, La, Mrs E. Tisdale, M. Bayhi, and M. Nuccio. Grandmother of Mrs. M. Nuccio and Joseph Nuccio, John Calcote, Mrs. Imelda Cooper, Ben and Harry Tisdale, Wilfred, Loretta and Thomas Higgins, sister of Thad Farnham. (From Loretta Hebert: "My mother Millie was omitted.)
        Native of Mississippi and resident of this city for 35 years. Family & friends, Officers of Local Musicians Union Local #174, and employees of New Orleans Public Service are respectfully invited to attend the funeral which will take place at the funeral home of Pat J. and Joseph J. McMahon-Coburn, 2305 Canal Street, corner of N.Miro on Saturday evening Mzrch 14, 1931.
        Interment is Greenwood Cemetery. Natchez and Brookhaven, MS papers please copy.

Greenwood Cemetery is just across the street from Cypress Grove Cemetery. It's physical address is 5242 Canal Boulevard. It is at the corners of City Park Avenue, Canal Street and Canal Boulevard.

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Note N292 Index

Records of St. Joseph Parish Catholic Church, Port Gibson, Ms.:
Baptisms 17 Aug., 1884--Sponsors Mary Burke & Willie Calcote:
Willis Middleton Calcote, born 6 April 1883
Margaret Ola Calcote, born 24 Jan., 1881
Ruth Rosella Calcote, born 24 Sep 1886
( I do not know whether these children go with Willis. Since Willis M. Calcote, Jr. was married to Mary Burke, I have moved Mary Hodges to be the wife of this Willis Calcote.)

Frances Brite indicates that Mary D. Hodges Calcote, widow of Willis M. Calcote, was still living in 1920 in Natchez.

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Note N303 Index

The tombstone of Della Calcote is located in Mt.Carmel Cemetery near Hamburg, Ms. in Franklin County. There is no tomb for David, so he must have been buried somewhere else. Louise Wood Calcote, wife of Cade Calcote, told me that David was buried somewhere in Arkansas, perhaps near "Stripping Springs, Ark." Jeffie Wallace Calcote told me that David was dead when his sons left Franklin County to go to the Mississippi Delta. (RVC)

David Calcote was a farmer who weighed about 300 pounds.

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Note N304 Index

1880 UNITED STATES CENSUS OF FRANKLIN COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI; MICROFILM T9-647; E. D. #144; BEAT 2; PAGE 49-B; 23 JUNE 1880; HOUSE 371/FAMILY 373.
CALCOTE, W. H. MW 38 farmer MS MS MS
        " , MARY J. FW 38 wife keeping house MS MS MS
        " , JOHN L. MW 14 son farm laborer MS MS MS
        " , W. H. MW 12 son at home MS MS MS
        " , RUFUS MW 8 son MS MS MS
        " , SUSAN FW 5 daughter MS MS MS
        " , DAVID B. MW 28 brother MS MS MS
        " , SALLIE FW 20 sister-in-law keeping house MS MS MS

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Note N309 Index

The census record below seems to indicate that David Barksdale Calcote was married to Sallie Holmes, living in the house with his brother William Harrison. I am not sure about the information concerning Amanda Young. (RVC)

1880 UNITED STATES CENSUS OF FRANKLIN COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI; MICROFILM T9-647; E. D. #144; BEAT 2; PAGE 49-B; 23 JUNE 1880; HOUSE 371/FAMILY 373.
CALCOTE, W. H. MW 38 farmer MS MS MS
        " , MARY J. FW 38 wife keeping house MS MS MS
        " , JOHN L. MW 14 son farm laborer MS MS MS
        " , W. H. MW 12 son at home MS MS MS
        " , RUFUS MW 8 son MS MS MS
        " , SUSAN FW 5 daughter MS MS MS
        " , DAVID B. MW 28 brother MS MS MS
        " , SALLIE FW 20 sister-in-law keeping house MS MS MS