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295. Molino Cemetery's Jesse Byrd Cooper CSA
Jesse Byrd Cooper was born on December 13, 1839 in Molino, Escambia County, Florida, the son of Major Thomas Cooper and Harriet Josephine...
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294. Molino Cemetery's Sgt. William H. Trimmer CSA
William Henry Trimmer was born on September 7, 1835 in Maidstone, Kent, England to William Willis Trimmer and Frances Williams. For...
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293. Molino Cemetery's Captain Joseph B. Vaughn CSA
Joseph Benjamin Vaughn was born on November 15, 1825 in Baldwin County, Alabama, the son of William Caleb and Ann Vaughn. Eventually,...
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292. Walker Ingraham's Dairy and Laundry Business 1903
Walker Ingraham was born on March 20, 1860 in Florida, the son of Henry Francis Ingraham and Isabella Cecelia Brosnaham. His father...
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291. Pensacola's William Roscoe Davis Sr.
Patricia "Patsy" Davis was born on March 17, 1924 in Pensacola to William Roscoe Davis (Sr.) (1892-1951) and Sophie Barbara Schad...
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290. Pensacola's Parazine Brothers Enter WWI 1918
One of the founding families of the Ferry Pass area of Pensacola was the Parazines! George W. Parazine was born in Pennsylvania...
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289. Pensacola's Steamer, the Charles E. Cessna 1915
Once upon a time, a Chicago businessman by the name of Dr. Charles Edgar Cessna decided in 1909 to create his own settlement called...
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288. Santa Rosa's Washing Machine 1903
Otto F. Clausen was born on June 14, 1850, in Schonhorst, Kirchspiel Brugga, near Kiel, the son of Claus and Johanna (Carstens) Clausen....
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287. Milton Loggers of 1910
The scene in this photo was a common sight along the rivers of northwest Florida at the turn of the last century. Rafts of logs could be...
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Jan 31, 20202 min read
286. Pensacolian Receives Invention Award 1918
Charles Franklin Zeek Sr. was born in the State of Washington on September 25, 1862 and appeared in Pensacola, Florida sometime before...
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285. Pensacola's Judge Boykin Jones
Boykin Jones was born in Muscogee, Georgia on February 15, 1840 and spent much of his formative years in Columbus. After his formal...
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284. First Burial in Pine Barren Cemetery, Davisville
The Big Pine Barren Baptist Church Cemetery is located in Davisville, Florida with the first recorded burial in 1886. It is one of the...
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283. Santa Rosa's Wild Horses 1923
Written by an unknown Gazette reporter, "Santa Rosa County was once known as the home of some of the world's wildest horses. They roamed...
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282. Milton's Rosasco Family (Addendum)
Here's an old Press Gazette showing the old Rosasco home and the Peter L. Rosasco family with three-month old Robert Adrian, later...
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281. Milton Pilot Commands Famous Black Cat Squadron 1943
A young Milton pilot flying out of Espiritu Santo in the New Hebrides area was Lt. Commander Robert Adrian Rosasco. His family had strong...
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280. Pensacolians Traveling During WWII, 1942-1945
During WWII, most everything was rationed from nylon stockings to tires and meat for the war effort. The majority of all travel across...
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279. The Farinas Brothers Join the Confederacy 1863
Throughout our history, so many of our Pensacola mothers have sent their sons off to war. Many never returned! They are buried in far off...
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Dec 11, 20192 min read
278. Pensacola and Instant Postum 1917
Throughout the first half of the 20th Century, most Americans and especially those in Pensacola remembered the beverage called "Postum."...
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Dec 7, 20193 min read
277. Pensacola Police Sergeant's Son in WWI 1918
George Bonham O'Neal was born in Pensacola, Florida on September 1894, the son Luther Rodgers O'Neal (1857-1919) and Susan Anna Burch...
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276. Bagdad Loses Another Old Confederate 1918
Another old Confederate soldier buried in Bagdad, Florida is Andrew Jackson Brown. He was born on October 1, 1845 in Evergreen, Conecuh...
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