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- ↑ Bender, Shelby Jean Roberson; Dunham, Elizabeth Laramie (April 24, 2013). Tampa's Historic Cemeteries. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 9780738598536 – via Google Books.
- ↑ Tampa in Civil War and Reconstruction by Carter Brown Jr. Page 14
- ↑ Denham, James M. (April 24, 1997). A Rogue's Paradise: Crime and Punishment in Antebellum Florida, 1821-1861. University of Alabama Press. ISBN 9780817308476 – via Google Books.
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- ↑ Hazen, Pauline Brown (1914). The Blue Book and History of Pioneers, Tampa Florida (PDF). p. 30. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-12-11. Retrieved 2019-06-22.
- ↑ "Meroba Hooker Crane « Tampa Riverwalk".