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- 1 2 Lowry, Robert; McCardle, William H. (1891). A History of Mississippi: From the Discovery of the Great River by Hernando DeSoto, Including the Earliest Settlement Made by the French Under Iberville, to the Death of Jefferson Davis. AMS Press. pp. 583–585. ISBN 978-0-404-04610-1.
- ↑ "Mississippi Legislature 1872". The Clarion-Ledger. 1872-01-11. p. 1. Retrieved 2024-06-23.
- ↑ "Article clipped from The Clarion-Ledger". The Clarion-Ledger. 1875-09-22. p. 1. Retrieved 2024-06-23.
- ↑ "Our Next Representative". The Ripley Advertiser. 1883-08-11. p. 2. Retrieved 2024-06-23.
- ↑ "Tippah County, MS Confederate Graves". sites.rootsweb.com. Retrieved 2024-06-23.
- ↑ "A- Death Index Tippah County, MS". sites.rootsweb.com. Retrieved 2024-06-23.
- ↑ http://files.usgwarchives.net/ms/tippah/cemeteries/ripley.txt