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275. Old Bagdad Confederate Dies 1931
William Henry Metcalf was born on June 22, 1844 in Alabama, the son of Henry J. Metcalf and Nancy Judah. By 1848, the family was...
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Nov 16, 20192 min read
274. A Fourth WWI Pensacolian Dies of Spanish Influenza 1918
Henry Lewis Phillips was born on June 30, 1897 in Warrington, the son of Henry Enalda (1874-1951) and Lulu Phillips (1877-1939). The...
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Nov 11, 20192 min read
273. A Third WWI Pensacolian Dies of Influenza 1918
Private Celestine Ward, formerly of the 15th Confederate Cavalry, was forced to hurriedly move to Escambia County sometime after 1871 to...
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Nov 8, 20192 min read
272. Another WWI Pensacolian Dies of Influenza 1918
John Hayden Christie, Jr. was born on October 8, 1895 in Pensacola, Florida, the son of John Hayden Sr. (1862–1934) and Mary Edwin Quina...
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Nov 3, 20192 min read
271. Henry Lewis Peake, USN WWI, 1918
US Navy 2nd Class Electrician Henry Lewis Peake, son of Mrs. Frances Louisa Hahn (1877-1951) and Charles Henry Peake (1864-1896), never...
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Oct 30, 20196 min read
270. Pensacola High Grad Killed in Ploesti Raid 1943
On August 1, 1943, the sun dawned bright in a cloudless sky as the bomber crews were heading to their breakfast and briefings. They had...
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Oct 8, 20192 min read
269. Eight Pensacola Navy Planes Crash in Fog 1939
Mark Sublette stated that "On 20 February 1939, a squadron of twelve U.S. Navy aircraft, described as "fast combat ships", were returning...
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Oct 3, 20191 min read
268. Florida's Anti-Homeless Sanction 1935
The official dates of the Great Depression were from 1929 to 1939 and left over 15,000,000 workers unemployed and almost one-half of...
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Sep 10, 20194 min read
267. One of Pensacola's Most Decorated WWII Heroes 1944
One of the most publicized Pensacola warriors of WWII was Sergeant Charles "Charlie" Henry Pohlmann Jr. He was born on February 1, 1923,...
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Sep 9, 20192 min read
266. Adopted Pensacolian Killed in USMC Crash 1935
James Edward Davis was born 1894 in Amherst County, Virginia. Little is known of his upbringing, but he entered the Virginia Military...
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Aug 1, 20193 min read
265. The Death of Virginia Idelette Reese 1919 (Part II)
But on Wednesday afternoon of January 22nd a young boy by the name of W. Doyle Driver made his way quickly down Cervantes Street on his...
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Jul 30, 20192 min read
264. The Death of Virginia Idelette Reese 1919 (Part I)
On August 14, 1911, Pensacola lawyer Richard Pope Reese and his wife attended the funeral of his stenographer and my aunt Miss Maude...
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Jul 18, 20193 min read
263. UPDATE: Pensacola's Long Forgotten WWI Veteran John Brown
This post began back in November 2018, when I visited the "Old Muscogee Cemetery" in Cantonment. The cemetery is so heavily overgrown...
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Jul 18, 20192 min read
262. UPDATE: Pensacola's Long Forgotten Veterans
Back in November 2018, I visited the "Old Muscogee Cemetery" in Cantonment, which was so heavily overgrown that you could trip over the...
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Jul 18, 20192 min read
261. Renowned Milton Educator Martin Luther King (1899-1965)
Martin Luther King was born on October 13, 1899 in Covington County, Alabama, the son of John Daniel King and Martha Wishum. His father...
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Jul 15, 20192 min read
260. North End Soldier Dies in WWI 1918
Charlie Cornelius Miller, son of Mrs. Emma Miller was born on January 23, 1893 in Canoe, Alabama and inducted into the US Army in Brewton...
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Jul 13, 20193 min read
259. The History of 222 West Cervantes Street 1902
Louis Friedman was born in Hungary in 1859, immigrated to the United States in 1882, and received his naturalization two years later. His...
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Jul 11, 20192 min read
258. Pensacola's Red Bluff Community School 1909
Red Bluff was located in Escambia County, Florida overlooking Escambia Bay off Scenic Highway and today's Labelle Terre Blvd. The...
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Jul 10, 20192 min read
257. A Pensacolian's Dedication to His Companion 1945
A simple stone slab covered a small space close under the towering brick wall of the Saenger Theater of downtown Pensacola. This is...
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Jul 4, 20192 min read
256. Milton Sailor Killed at Normandy 1944
Lewis William Sessions was born in Jay, Florida on February 23, 1919 to the union of Harvey B. Sessions (1880-1970) and Susie E. Baas...
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