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The Confederate section contains about 150 graves of Confederate soldiers who died in the Grenada area. [2] The cemeteries may contain burials from several specific calamities. Grenada suffered a tornado on May 7, 1846, which destroyed 112 houses and killed 21 persons. And it suffered a fire in 1855 which burned about half of the town's buildings.
The Grenada, Mississippi, tornado of May 7, 1846, killed 21 people, injured 60, and destroyed 60 or 70 buildings in the southern half of Grenada, Yalobusha County, Mississippi [a] in the United States. [1] [2] [3] Other accounts had it that 112 buildings were destroyed, [4] including 17 homes. [5]
The Grenada Free Press and Public Gazette (1839–1840), [8] British Library 013904998; The Grenada Guardian (from 1930 to 1935), [8] British Library 013904999; The Grenada Newsletter (August 17, 1973 - 1975) [7] The Grenada People (from 1883 to 1908), [8] British Library 013905000; The Grenada Phoenix (1864-1865), [8] British Library 013927274
Grenada (/ ɡ r ə ˈ n eɪ d ə / [2]) is a city in Grenada County, Mississippi, United States. Founded in 1836, [ 3 ] the population was 13,092 at the 2010 census . [ 4 ] It is the county seat of Grenada County .
NewspaperCat: Catalog of Digital Historical Newspapers. Gainesville. "Mississippi". N-Net: the Newspaper Network on the World Wide Web. Archived from the original on February 15, 1997. "United States: Mississippi". NewsDirectory.com. Toronto: Tucows Inc. Archived from the original on November 19, 2001. "Mississippi Newspapers". AJR News Link ...
Yalobusha, Grenada Democratic 1847–1906 Daniel Weisiger Adams: 1852–1856 Hinds 1821–1872 Jesse A. Adams: 1928–1932 26th Democratic 1876–1940 John Jefferson Adams: 1908–1912 Chickasaw, Calhoun, Pontotoc Democratic 1860–1935 Lawrence Adams: 1948–1960 Adams Democratic 1914–1994 Marshal T. Adams: 1916–1924 31st Democratic 1886 ...
Confederate Monument, Mississippi Department of Archives and History Building, dedicated June 1891. [2] [3] [4] In front of the Old Capitol Museum.Unusual in that a former slave and Republican member of the legislature, John F. Harris, spoke passionately in favor of it, while some whites spoke against it.
William Forrest Winter (February 21, 1923 – December 18, 2020) was an American attorney and politician who served as 58th governor of Mississippi from 1980 to 1984. A member of the Democratic Party, he also served as the lieutenant governor, state treasurer, state tax collector, and in the Mississippi House of Representatives.