The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1910-05-06
TureIo in 1871.
Editor JOURNAL:

the thlrty-elghth year OF the LIE OF tne
Journal, and note your statement that
Tupelo was then a small village of
about one thousand inhabitants.
| moved from Fulton myself on
March 7th, 1871, and would like to
give you some particulars of how the
town showed up then, which was about
one year before the Journal was estab-
lished.
Beginning on Main street and on the
south side of it. and find that my
memory only gives three residences on
that side of the street, being those oc-
cupied by DR.. Frazer where Mr.. Har-
per now lives; L. L. Ledbetter. where
Mrs. Holditch now resides and small
cabin where Asa W. Allen now has
his splendid home, but my memory
does not serve me as to who then oc-
cupied it. But it was mere cabin
and considered then very undesirable
| place. On the north side of Main
street there were eight residences. Sam
Weiner lived at the place now owned
and occupied ty Clovis Hinds, John
Vance the place where G. W. Long
now lives, Dudley Parks lived on the
Methodist parsonage lot, Col. McCarty
on the Dr. Bonner corner, Col. Mitchell
near the corner where. Will Raymond
lives, W. B. Fulton in small house
one door west from DR.. Hoods resi-
dence, | moved to the Col Tom Free
man place, now owned and occupied
by B. T. Clark. and James NJ. Will
liams lived at the place where Sam
Yates now owns and occupies.
Take Jefferson street: Beginning on
the north and to the west and we find
F. F. Freeman living where the public
school building now stands, the W. A.
McCanless place where Sheriff Trapp
lives, and Mrs. Sue Coker's place where
Luther Boyle now lives. On the south
side of Jefferson there were no houses
then. In making these estimates, when
| think of house on corner | place
it on the street If fronts.
Going to Franklin street, my broth
er, J. S. Clayton, lived at the extreme
east end and north side, where Charles
Turner lives now Some one, but |
have forgotten whom, occupied the {.
H. Clifton place, DR.. Hunter his old
home two doors west from the Geo.
Cunningham corner, and DR.. ]. M. Hoyle
the place where Ed Wilson lives. On
the south side of Franklin there were
then no houses.
Look at Madison street. On the
north, and west side, where R. 6.
Strain now lives Judge Green owned
and occupied, S. c. Gill lived where H.
Smith now does. and DR.. Worthineton
at the place where 1. R. Gates now re-
sides, and on the east sideof Madison
there were then no residences.
Beginning on the west side of Church
street and at the north we find Mrs
Mary Jane Stewart teaching school in
her residence where Judge W. D. An
derson now lives; A. ]. Gayle then
residing at the same old stand where
he now lives, Capt. S. j. High where
O. B. Rogers holds forth to 90 thence
to his magnificent farm in the country
at the peep of day each morning: Capt.
R. c. Stone dispensed the countys
money at that time, living on the
corner known as the Finley corner,
and Steve Leatherwood lived where
DR.. T. A. Boegan now resides. On the
east side of Church BEGINNING at the
north, we begin with Col. ]. A. Blair
where Charlie Goodlett now lives;
thence south. Silas High resided where
Mr.. Guthrie lives and the Dr.. Hoyle
corner south of Dr.. Elkin was occupied
| by someone, and the widow Wright
lived on the lot directly north of the
| Christian church.
Take Green street next and begin
on the west side at Main, and we have
small log cabin about where Mrs. G.
NJ. Phillips nov lives, someone living
where Capt. W. H. Keyes resides and
no houses on the east side of Green.
Advancing to Broadway and COM
mencins on the west side, we have our
oldtime townsman, J. W. Younger, liv-
ing in the beautiful grove where Col.
Blair's widow now resides; house oc-
cupied by. Henry Ofne where Prof.
Mccarthy lives, and where our honored
townsman, Maj. H. G. Medford; lived
and died. And my oldtime Pontotoc
friend, J. r. Dickson, with whom have