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- ↑ "Mississippi Official and Statistical Register". October 27, 1904 – via Google Books.
- ↑ "The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi". 1924.
- ↑ "Mississippi Libraries - Vol. 78 No. 4 • Winter 2015" (PDF). Mississippi Library Association. p. 3. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
- ↑ "Catalogue of the officers and alumni of Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Virginia, 1749-1888". Baltimore : J. Murphy & Co. 1888. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
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