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  Mr. Henry Weston died in Logtown, October 29, 1912. (From a handwritten document, copy in HCHS VF Weston)

 

Weston, Horatio S., Pres. H. Weston Lumber Co.  Pres. Board of Supervisors.  (SCE Jubilee 1942 pg 25).

 

  Weston, H. Lumber Co.  Mention (SCE 5 Sep 1903 pg 4.)

 

  The Masonic Temple Bl., (Ph 48-49)

 

Weston, J. H. Mrs., 106 Carroll Av. (Ph 48 thru 55)

 

Weston, J. Roland, 106 Carroll Av., (Ph 48 thru 50) survyr, Russell Bldg. (Ph 55)

 

Westonia - Westonia is an extinct sawmill town; one of the early group of towns comprised of Logtown, Pearlington, and Gainesville and promoted by the H. Weston Lumber Company.

 

  The town was located some distance back from Pearl River just east of Gainesville.  There was no post office and mail was delivered from Logtown.  (Hometown Mississippi by James F. Brieger)

 

Wetts, Harold - New pupils are still coming in.  Among the new ones this month are Clarence Randolph, Harold Wetts, Agnes Finhold and Joseph Castelle.  (The High School Idea, Vol 1, BSL March 1908)

 

Wharfs/Piers/Landings

 

  Anderson Pier - See Union St. Wharf

 

  Bay St. Louis - The wharf presents an array of fashion.  When old Sol goes down, the ladies in the latest fashion with large straw hats, trimmed with red and blue silk -- enough to make a fellow fall overboard -- nurses with children -- love-stricken bachelors spell bound by those straw hats -- sentimental young misses, a la Bloomer, promenade, enjoying the refreshing breeze.  (Daily Delta - Thursday, July 10, 1851 - p 1 c 6 MJS 00384.)

 

  Louisiana Wharf - Bachelors Hall kept by J. H. Krebs in front of the Louisiana Wharf, Bay Saing Louis with best accomodations. (N. O. Times, Wed Aug 22,k 1866 p 9 c 5 advmt. "Hotels" - VF MJS II 00357)

 

  Pass Christian - In the 1830's the first steamboats began to make regularly scheduled stops at Pass Christian.

 

  Before the Civil War the waterfront of Pass Christian was quite different from its appearance today.  Instead of one central dock and harbor as exists now, there were several.

 

  Lighthouse Wharf - Probably the oldest location for a wharf and boat landing was the old Lighthouse Wharf.  This ran out from the beach at a point approximately at the foot of Hiern Avenue and to the west of the present harbor.  This was used extensively by visitors to the Montgomery Hotel, or Pass Christian Hotel, which occupied the site of the present day Miramar Hotel.

 

  There were several other wharves. After the war, to the east of the town near Pitcher's Point, Finley B. Hiern had a small wharf which he used in connection with a sawmill he owned and operated there.

 

  Near the center of town was a commercial wharf originally owned by a Mr. Bartholomew and later by Nicholas Butchert.  Hanson's Garage is presently located on this site.  This was probably the longest wharf in town.

 

  John Brill owned a commercial wharf where the canning factory now stands.  This has always been a favorite location because of the nearness of the channel to the beach.

 

  These wharfs were long and narrow and built on piling high above the water.  Most of them contained iron rails on which carts were rolled to carry freight to and from the boats.  At the end of the wharf was a lower deck, also built on pilings.  Here the boats landed to load and unload. (Hayden "History Of Pass Christian" master's thesis - 1950 - p. 98  MJS II 00330)

 

  Union Street Wharf - On Sept 2 1893, the Bay St Louis city council granted Adolph Anderson right to build a wharf at Union street, for a period of 25 years without taxation.  The wharf will have a grand pavillion 60 by 120, a portion of which will be roofed, and a dance pavillion 40 by 80 to be lighted by electric lights. At the end of the wharf there will be a landing for pleasure boats and 600 feet beyond the pavillion will be constructed a bath house for the public to be opened begining of the 1894 season. ( Daily Picayune Sept 3, 1893, page 11).

 

Whavers, Edna r 429 Washington (Ph 55)

 

Whavers, Noelle - Noelle Williams Whavers, the daughter of Mrs. Louise Williams and the late Bay St. Louis Police Department Chief, Douglas J. Williams, will receive an achievement in business award from the National Black Network "Dollar & Sense" Magazine in Chicago, Ill. this August.  (Photo of Gilbert, Rachel and Noelle - VF BSL 1900 to present)

 

Wheat - Charley, Lolia, Pearl - Wheat, Mr. Charley, Misses Pearl and Lolia Wheat went to Poplarville on a visit. (SCE 6/3/1893) (BOLY)

 

Wheat, Frank r 179 Waveland Ave., Waveland (Ph 55)

 

Wheat, Haas -  Byrd, Mr. Pleck, and Mr. Haas Wheat, who went to New Orleans with a carload of hogs, have just returned. They report that the market being glutted they could not dispose of all their hogs.  (SCE 02/11/1893)  (BOLY)

 

  Wheat, Mr. Haas, and Mr. J. F. Stockstill of Nicholson shipped a carload of beef and hogs to the Crescent City. (SCE 04/15/1893)

 

  Wheat, Mr. Haas, has made a large shipment of fat hogs to New Orleans from Boly. (SCE 12-9-1893)

 

Wheat, Hayward, 446 Ballentine (Ph 48-49)

 

Wheat, J. B. r Washington (Ph 50, 55)

 

Wheat, James Wilton m Mitchell, Meg Odelia 6-20-1936 (PC&C)

 

Wheat, John;  WHT POL 0, FPC 0, SLV 5.  (Hancock County, Mississippi Tax Rolls 1820, VF Tax Rolls)

 

Wheat, Joseph;  WJT POl 1, FPC 0, SLV 1.  (Hancock County, Mississippi Tax Rolls 1820, VF Tax Rolls)

 

Wheat, Morris Mrs., 1 Agnes (Ph 48-49)

 

Wheelahan, E. J., 740 Bch. Blvd., Waveland (Ph 48-49)

 

Wheeler, Albert, of Pass Christian, visited friends at the Bay on Monday.  (SCE 04/01/1893)

 

WHEELER, WILLIAM ANDERSON SCOTT

 

  William Anderson Scott Wheeler, was born in Shieldsboro (Bay St. Louis), Miss., Sept 6, 1852, and is a son of Elias Hewitt Wheeler who ws born at Stonington, Conn., and Jane Bein, of Glasgow, Scotland, who resided in New Orleans, La..  Ellias Hewitt Wheeler is a descendant of the Wheeler’s of New England and Virginia and whose ancestors were among the Pilgrim fathers and were notably distinguished in Colonial wars.  He was a son of John Wheeler and Ann Borodel Denison of Stonington, Comm.; his mother being a descendant of Capt George Denison, where the records of Massachusetts and Connecticut show he was not only a distsinguished civilian but one of the most distinguished soldiers of Connecticut in her early settlement, his military services being on record in the Colonial Archives of that State, where his eminence is recognized and protrayed.  A Coat-Armor was granted in 1585 to the Wheeler family of Warwick and Worcester and was borne by the Wheeler Pilgrim fathers in 1638.  William Anderson Scott Wheeer, the immediate subject of this sketch is prominent in the business and social circles of Natchez, Miss., where he has resided since 1903, having formerly been a resident of New Orleans, La., and Pensacola, Fla., where he was a prominent and progressive citizen.  copied from MISSISSIPPI, Vol III, Dunbar Rowland, p 907

 

Wheeless, Carl, 1422 Brier Cliff Drive, Orlando, Fla. 32806 researching family name and Zac Taylor.

 

Whichard, C. C. r Kiln (Ph 48 thru 50, 55)

 

Whichard, Gladdis m Baxter, Roy 3-16-1910 (PC&C)

 

Whicard, (sp?) Mr. Tom, who was spending a few weeks in Pearlington, left Tuesday for his home in Slidell. (SCE 12­9-1893)

 

White and Maybin, lawyers from Biloxi were here on Tuesday (SCE 9/03/1892)