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C.	Elizabeth “Lizzy” McArthur - according to her baptism record at St. Louis Cathedral, New Orleans, LA, she was bom on September 29, 1836 (Bapt. Book 16, p. 96, Act. 265). She next appears in the 1850 Hancock census living with mother, brothers, and sisters. She was listed as being 14 years old in 1850. According to Hancock County marriage records, she married Jordan Stewart on June 11, 1864. She also appears as an heir in her Uncle Louis Doby’s estate settlement and in her own mother’s estate.
On October 3, 1864, Annette Netto Koch wrote a letter from Pearlington, MS to her husband. In the letter she reports that “Jourdan Stuart and Jess Young were shot” by a local “Citizen’s Committee over the Bioue” (small river north of Pearlington).
This was a group of local vigilantes that arrested and executed spies, thieves, etc. during the Civil War to protect themselves and their neighbors.
Annette mentions that “Lizzy McArthur” was the wife of “Jourdan Stuart” and that she (Lizzy) “came down to have his body taken up.” The body was eventually buried on a road that “we go by the Whites.” This Lizzy McArthur is Elizabeth McArthur, a cousin of Annette Koch. This letter is housed at the Hill Memorial Library at L. S. U. in Baton Rouge, LA and summarized by Mr. Russell Guerin on his web site and at the Hancock County Historical Society. “Elizabeth Stewart” is listed as an heir of “Louis Doby” following his death on August 28, 1866. She has no husband listed, indicating she was not married at that time.
We have attempted to locate any descendants of this couple, but we have found none and no further records on Lizzy. With Elizabeth and Jordan marrying on June
11,	1864 and his execution shortly before October 3, 1864, it is most likely they had no children.
D.	Celestine McArthur - according to her baptism record in St. Louis Cathedral., she was bom on June 1, 1837 (Bapt. Book 16, p. 96, Act 266). She appears in the 1850 census of Hancock County living with her mother, brothers, and sisters. She was 12 years old that year. This is the last record we have on this child. She does not appear in any of the records naming the heirs of her mother or her uncle, Louis Doby. With this, we can only assume that she died as a child sometime after the year 1850.
E.	Thomas Jefferson McArthur - according to his headstone in Turtleskin Cemetery, he was bom on October 29, 1841 and died on July 12, 1892. He was bom near Gainesville, MS, now the NASA Test Facility (Stennis) in the area of the Honey Island Swamp. Thomas appears in the 1850 census with his mother, brothers, and sisters. He is listed as age 9 that year, leading us to believe the date on his headstone is correct. Following the early death of his father, then his mother, Thomas and his younger brother, Lott, were left legal orphans. Their older brother, James, was appointed guardian at first, but because he was leaving MS, he turned the guardianship of his siblings over to Charles A. Folsom in 1858 (see Hancock County Probate Book #1, p. 370). Other than being a family friend or neighbor, Folsom is not believed to be related to the McArthur family. Thomas appears as an heir in the estate settlement of his uncle, Louis Doby in the year 1867. He is also listed as an heir in the settling of his mother’s estate after her death. Following his marriage, and after the birth of his last child, he moved to the Hickory Creek community, also in Hancock County. He remained in that area until his death.
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