The Mystery Farm Series was run in the Columbian-Progress and Sunday Mirror newspapers published in Columbia, Mississippi 1954-1955. Property owners were given the original picture when they went to the newspaper to be interviewed for the article. I believe the newspaper reporter was B. B. Bradley and the aerial photographer was Zekan Robbins.
The archived newspapers were found in the Marion County Courthouse records room. I photographed the newspaper articles in October 2008. In researching the Mystery Farm series, I read through all the 1954-1955 newspapers I could find. I did not find Mystery Farms 5, 78, 90, 92, 94, 98 and 101.
The images do not print well because the images are pictures of pictures from very old newspapers.
If you find an error in the spelling of a name, or wish to add information to the Mostly Mississippi database about any of the following people, please email me.
Laurel Shannon Albritton Gorman
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Mystery Farm Number |
Owners |
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Husband |
Wife by Maiden Name |
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McNeese, Welda |
Nell unknown maiden |
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Rowley, Fred |
Thornhill, Elma |
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Summers, Z. E. |
Breakfield, Hettie |
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Toney, Hugh Henry |
Pickering, Clemis |
5 |
No Image-No Info |
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Bennett, L. D. |
Luter, Margaret |
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Ouzts, William |
Turcott, Lucille |
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Forbes, J. Walter |
Bracey, Lou |
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Campbell, Carroll |
Miller, Hazel |
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Ratliff, Willie |
Dunaway, Annie Mae |
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Hunt, Willie |
Lee, Jessie Mae |
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Chancie Pittman |
Turnage, Emmie |
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Buckley, C. H. |
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Speights, Dewitt |
Robbins, Virgle |
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Sproles, H. B. |
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Bass, Liston |
Fortenberry, Gay |
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Ratliff |
Bridges, Maggie |
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Thompson, Phillip. |
Burt, Elaine |
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Polk, Fenton |
Carter, Jewell Mae |
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Broom, Guy |
Singley, Nettie Mae |
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Hoag, C. A. |
Brotherton, Levissa Jane |
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Meeks, Melvin Buddy |
McElroy, Hattie Mae |
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Lott, Travis |
Singley, Lois |
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Aultman, Wayne |
Easterling, Dora Lee |
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Barber, J. H. |
Goldman, Mae |
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Tullos, Worth |
Bass, Sadie |
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Kendrick, E. W. |
Coutler, Minnie Belle |
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Wesley, Lewis |
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Rutland, Jesse |
Stewart, Jessie Belle |
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Singley, John T. |
Carra unknown maiden |
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Riley, William "Boll Weevil" |
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Holmes, Clifford |
Brumfield, Glendora |
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Cook, Lloyd |
Williams, Daisy |
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Anderson, Vandus |
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Abrams, R. W. |
Roberts, Josephine |
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Sanford, Columbus |
Smith, Bessie |
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Rutland, Mason |
DeLancey, Frances |
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Rawls, Jabus W. |
Applewhite, Oneida |
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Stringer, Charles "Shorty" |
Watts, Mironie Ruth |
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Powell, Alcus W. |
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Pierce, Clarence |
Singley, Amanda |
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Bourne, Milton |
Baggett, Carlene |
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Byrd, Wilmer |
Culpepper, Lettie Mae |
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Watts, Houston and wife Lucille McCraney Houston |
Breakfield, Hulon and wife Lois Breeden Breakfield |
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Roberts, J. P. |
Morgan, Allie |
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Thompson, Jesse R. "Jack" |
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McDaniel, Joe |
Fortenberry, Julia |
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Lentz, J. C. |
Samples, Bethany |
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Mondy, Otis "Doc" |
Pearson, Ada |
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Magee, Howard |
Speights, Edna Earl |
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unidentified |
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Thornhill, Rodney |
Bedwell, Susie |
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Fortenberry, Forrest |
Prine, Bertie Mae |
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Broom, Porter |
Singley, Tressie |
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Gay, C. V. |
Jones, Caroline |
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Foxworth, Carlin |
Pritchard, Beatrice |
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unidentified |
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Kane, L. R. |
Warren, Jessie Sue |
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Pittman, Enoch |
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unidentified |
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Coker, W. R. |
Etheridge, Earline |
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McCullough, R. L. |
Cooper, Annie Bell |
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Murphy, J. H. |
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Holmes, Willie and Hezzie |
McDonald, Mary Jeanette |
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Abram, Harrison |
Jefferson, Coreen |
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Regan, James |
Alexander, Greta |
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Ball, John |
Wells, Crystelle |
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McMurray, J. J. and Bertie Mae Anderson |
Mrs. J. J. McMurray |
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McKenzie, Jewell |
Holmes, Nell |
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Regan, John I. |
Graham, Lela |
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Dunaway, Hezzie |
Sauls, Willie Mae |
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Pierce, Bill |
Sutton, Pearl |
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Foxworth, Jerome |
Cooper, Mae |
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unidentified |
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unidentified |
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Regan, Ned |
Bedwell, Mollie |
78 |
No Image- no info |
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Ball, Scott |
McKenzie, Exie Mae |
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Thompson, Bruce F. |
Forbes, Laureda |
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Fortenberry, C. C. |
Tolar, Bertie Cook |
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Rogers, C. E. |
Tolar, Bertie Cook |
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Bryant, Shelby |
Graham, Carrie Lee |
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McDaniel, Claude |
Bessie Gregg |
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Prejean, I. A. |
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Forbes, Jack |
Ford, Iris |
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Tom McKenzie and Raiford Prisk |
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Singley, Phillip |
Pittman, Kathleen |
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unidentified |
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90 |
No Image No Info |
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Rayburn, J. I. |
Stringer, Ettie Lee |
92 |
No Image No Info |
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unidentified |
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94 |
No Image No Info |
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Mason, Sid |
Gilmore, Fannie |
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H. H. Forbes |
Herring, Bessie Lee |
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Stringer, Quin |
Cook, Velma |
98 |
No Image No Info |
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Tullos, Cassie |
Ainsworth, Cornelia "Neely" |
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Polk, Ira G. |
Williamson, Mollie |
101 |
No Image No Info |
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Baylis, Floyd |
Thames, Viola |
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Polk, J. V. |
McFarland, Ollie |
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unidentified |
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Nace, Lawrence |
Pittman, Sarah |
