David Edmund “D. E.” Morris of the Mississippi Gulf Coast

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“History remembers only the celebrated, genealogy remembers them all.” ― Laurence Overmire

Capt. John Rankin Harkness 1830–1903 / Biloxi Pioneer / Architect and builder of many homes, the school and businesses in Biloxi. Harkness was street commissioner on the Biloxi City Council and was a member of the school board as evidenced in The Biloxi Herald newspaper at the time.

Gulfport, Harrison, Mississippi, USA Bama Smith Grayson, Tenderly Rose Bosworth held by Janie Morris Bosworth, Rosie S. Morris, Patsy Grayson Gendron and Helen Hoagland Bosworth Mason standing together on front yard of “Hungry Hill” at 1711 Wisteria Street.

The Daily Herald-Chicago Illinois 1974 January 27 John Mosiman: his painting comes from the heart

cir 1920 – David Edmund Morris, Chief Engineer, USS Ranger. David Edmund Morris is the officer in the middle of the photo.

Janie Morris – abt1954 Gulfport, Harrison County, Mississippi Gulfport High School Majorette

Janie Morris, Pam Beatty – Gulfport, Mississippi

Helen Marie Hoagland, second child on the left side of this photo, was my biological paternal grandmother. She took part in this “Tom Thumb Wedding” in Elgin, Kane County, Illinois.

Biloxi Pioneers – John Rankin Harkness and his wife, Irene Jordan Harkness. Old Biloxi Cemetery, Biloxi, Harrison County, Mississippi

Janie and her grandkids, Kate, Justin and Evan – 1990’s Gulfport, Harrison, Mississippi, USA at Hungry Hill, 1711 Wisteria Street.

Judge John Smith “Johnny” Morris, Gulfport, Harrison, Mississippi, USA – Harrison County Chancery Court Judge

Helen Marie Hoagland Shales Bosworth Mason – Unknown year Biloxi, Mississippi and Elgin, Illinois

David Edmund “DE” Morris, 1902 – Biloxi, Harrison, Mississippi, USA Photo from Daily Herald Biographical Sketch

David Edmund “D. E.” Morris of the Mississippi Gulf Coast

cir 1957 Playing in an old fishing boat that belonged to Ed Morris, Kevin Cooper and Tenderly Rose enjoy the sand in the re-purposed john boat. The boat’s final resting place was Rosie and John Morris’s home at 1711 Wisteria Street in Gulfport, Mississippi (Gulf Gardens).

Aunt Tommye - Stranded-Milw Journal 19 Jul 1949

cir 1920 – David Edmund Morris, Chief Engineer, USS Ranger. David Edmund Morris is the officer on the right of the photo.

David Edmund Morris 1920’s Puerto Rico Photo of D.E. Morris on a ship while he was a Chief Engineer of the USS Ranger

David Edmund Morris, Chief Engineer, USS Ranger – David Edmund Morris is the officer on the left of the photo.

Janie Morris Estrada

Rosie S. Morris with Millard Ayers “Boots” and Helen Hoagland Mason. Mississippi Gulf Coast Out for supper at the “White House” Restaurant. It used to be a favorite place to dine for many Gulf Coast residents. I believe that shadow photographer may be my mother’s shadow and I would have been four years old at the time of this photo so was that me beside her?

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