Witt Family Papers (Z/2267)

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Dates: 1904-1910; 1928; 1951-1954; n.d.

Biography:

Clarence D. Witt and Helen A. Moyse

Clarence D. Witt and Helen A. Moyse were married in Greenville, Washington County, Mississippi, on April 7, 1904. They resided in Greenville where at various times Clarence Witt worked as a clerk, a cotton factor, and as a salesman for Bloom and Goldstein, Memphis Paper Company, and Southland Paper Company. The Witts had two daughters: Leona Flora and Sadie Louise.

Pine Grove Cumberland Presbyterian Church Session Book (Z/2265)

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Dates: 1863-1897.

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Pine Grove Community and Pine Grove Cumberland Presbyterian Church

The community of Pine Grove, Mississippi, was settled in 1852. It is located between Ashland and Hickory Flat, in what was then on the border of Marshall and Tippah counties, and is now Benton County, Mississippi. It may be the community where Pine Grove Cumberland Presbyterian Church was located. The church was active as early as 1863.

Sara Emma McAlister Papers (Z/2262)

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Sara Emma McAlister

Sara Emma McAlister, daughter of W. A. and Emma Smith McAlister, was born in Tippah County, Mississippi, on September 24, 1912. She was a music teacher in the Tchula public schools of Holmes County, Mississippi, from around 1935 to at least 1945. McAlister later moved to Ripley, Tippah County, where she taught piano until 1982. She was also a member of the Ripley United Methodist Church. McAlister died on April 30, 1985, and was interred at Pinecrest Cemetery in Tchula.

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