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SHIELD3BOROUGH 11 * V/AVELAND or
"GRAND BEND"
00350
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SEA ISLAND COTTON ? CLAIBORNE NIXON HOTEL ? CARR* 3 HOTEL
18503
James A. Cuevas, grandson of jean.~Cuevas-of-~ Cat Island, sat on the poroh at "Beauvoir" in 1922, a blind confederate Veteran, and reminisced with zoa Posey about living in Bay st. Louis.
My father-(Raymond Cuevas) moved to shieldsborough (now Bay St. Louis) in 1849, and I oan remember every house there at that time, yes, I oan see them now.
There was first, beginning at the ?.vest End?the Vabksonhouse, Maximillian and Bernard Bourgeois and Victor Ladner*s old place.
What is now called waveland was then known as Grand-Bend, and there were the homes of Captain Woods, John Merchant and Colonel J.F.T,. Claiborne. The latter raised sea^island cotton and his plantation was called "Sea Glen." He had another plantation farther down the coast too what is no-v Baldv/in?s Lodge on the&Louisville fcjNashville Railroad.
The Jackson place also was a ootton^plantation.	Eaoh place	had
its	own^gin. The cotton was shipped to	New	Orleans.	It	was a fine
grade and brought a good prioe.
The next house was Mr^mpeters*? he	was	Collector	of	customs	in
Hew Orleans and Lighthouse Inspector, and this was his summer home.
Next came Pollook, the~ former?s son-in-law, then the Lockett plaoe, Emile 0* Brien? ?Eink, he was a bank oashier in New Orleans?parsley and the Nixon Hotel. This was a nice plaoe and always full in the
Carver, fipotojno, Arnold, Luke Mitchell, Lafitte, Auguste?later known as the - Stockton House ? the homes of Nioai^e, judge John. Graves-r-who was Sheriff "of Hancook County?later this was bought by Ramogasa, then by Dr. Hale and later by Julian swoop of New Orleans, whose heirs now own it, I believe.
Our place was next?the Raymond Cuevas place--then came Bookter, Clennan, Henry Sauoier, Casanova and the Catholic .church, Edouard Sauoier, Manuel, who kept a store; Tom Murphy,	clerk of	court;
Edgar Combel, who made cigars and kept a store; walker,	Mendes	Toulme.
Peaching Main Street we find the store of Toulme and Carver; another house of Toulme; George Weinberg, who kept a shoe store; Lassabe, a druggist, whose home and store were together, and it was the only drug store there; Gi-llum and Belloir. The latter was the name of a very well-to-do oolored woman who made and sold "sarsaparilla," a tonic, for which she found a ready sale at a dollar a	gallon.	I remember	my
father bought five gallons for me at one time.
summer.
Then_c_arg.e_.the homes of Carson, Napoleon,.jayard, Eugene^LS-^ner