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Sep 26, 20232 min read
Elvin Oscar Ramsay
Elvin Oscar Ramsay was a captain and industry tradesman born April 22, 1907, to Andrew Jackson and Sue Cooper Ramsay in the...
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Bernard Samuel Senseney, Sr.
Bernard Senseney Sr. was a boat owner and fisherman from Biloxi, Mississippi. Known affectionately as “Beans,” Bernard was married to...
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Mato Anton "Mike" Soljan
Mato Anton "Mike" Soljan was a boat owner and captain who made his living in Biloxi, Mississippi. Born in 1898, Soljan was an immigrant...
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Martin Alphonse "Tan" Newman
Born on February 2, 1885, Martin Alphonse Newman, also known as Captain “Tan” was a vessel captain from Biloxi, Mississippi. He is...
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Sep 26, 20231 min read
Fletcher Adam Songe, Sr.
Fletcher Adam Songe was born in 1906 in Beaumont, Texas. His family would move to New Iberia, Louisiana when Fletcher was twelve years...
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Sep 26, 20232 min read
Joseph August "Smokey Joe" Smolcich
Joseph August Smolcich, known to many as “Smokey Joe,” was a boat captain and commercial fisherman from Biloxi, Mississippi. He was born...
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Sep 26, 20232 min read
Amos Ross
Amos Ross is described as “a fisherman’s fisherman” in Clark Shaughnessy’s biography of Mr. Ross. He was a commercial fisherman and boat...
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Adolph "Doffie" Ross
As a dedicated carpenter and seaman, Adolph “Doffie” Ross made his living in Biloxi, Mississippi. Originally hailing from Alabama, Doffie...
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Sep 26, 20232 min read
Alexsandro Pitalo
Alexsandro Pitalo was a commercial fisherman and boat captain who immigrated to Biloxi to work in the seafood industry. Like many members...
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Sep 26, 20232 min read
Edwin R. Ott, Sr. and Alice Ott
Edwin and Alice Ott were business owners who settled in the Point Cadet neighborhood. The couple owned three businesses including Ott’s...
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Sep 26, 20232 min read
Willard Andrew "Willie" Newman
Willard Andrew Newman, also known as “Captain Willie”, was a boat captain in the Biloxi seafood industry. He is remembered as a hero for...
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Sep 26, 20233 min read
Albert J. Misko, Sr.
Albert J. Misko Sr. was a boat owner and captain from Biloxi, Mississippi. He was the owner of the Cajun, a Biloxi lugger constructed...
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Sep 26, 20232 min read
Joseph Mihojevich
Joseph Mihojevich was a boat owner and Biloxi native. He was the son of Croatian immigrants from the village of Bobovisce on the Island...
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Sep 26, 20232 min read
Sagasta Pierre "Sang" Langlinais
Sagasta Pierre Langlinais, known affectionately as “Sang,” was a boat captain born into a large family. He was the youngest child of...
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Sep 26, 20232 min read
Nicolas Rosario "Corky" Hire
Nicolas Rosario Hire, known affectionately as “Corky” is a boat owner and commercial fisherman from Biloxi, Mississippi, born on October...
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Sep 26, 20232 min read
George J. Higginbotham
For over sixty years of his life, George J. Higginbotham was a dedicated worker in Biloxi’s seafood industry. Born in Youngsville,...
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Sep 26, 20232 min read
Louis James Gorenflo
Native Biloxian, Louis James Gorenflo was a boat designer and captain. Louis was the grandson of prominent Biloxian, William F. Gorenflo,...
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Sep 26, 20232 min read
Leonidas Polk "Nealy Louis" Eleuterius
Leonidas Polk Eleuterius, known affectionately as “Nealy Louis”, was an industry tradesman who lived in Biloxi. Born on February 24,...
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Leo Eleuterius, Sr.
Leo Eleuterius, Sr. was a boat captain and a tradesman in Biloxi’s seafood industry. Throughout his lifetime, Leo worked in many...
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Sep 26, 20232 min read
Neville Joseph "TeJean" Broussard
Neville Joseph Broussard, known affectionately as “TeJean”, was a boat owner and captain who made his livelihood in Biloxi, Mississippi....
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