The Negro at Mound Bayou

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Mound Bayou, Bolivar County, Mississippi
Surname/tag: Mound Bayou

Introduction

Mound Bayou, Mississippi One Place Study

Cover Page

Aurelius Parker Hood’s The Negro at Mound Bayou: Being an Authentic Story of the Founding, Growth and Development of the “Most Celebrated Town in the South,” Covering a Period of Twenty-Two Years. was copyrighted in 1909 and published by the Nashville: A.M.E. Sunday School Union in 1910.

In his preface Aurelious P. Hood stated the goal of his book was to document "the achievements of the men and women who have striven to make for themselves and their posterity a name and a fame worthy of remembrance." The book tallied over 120 pages and sixty photographs detailing the history of the Mound Bayou, its prominent professionals, social organizations, and natural resources.

Hood includes business profiles, portraits, and architectural views in order to: introduce to the world the type of negro men and women who have made Mound Bayou; who may be taken as tide and worthy representative of her present standard of citizenship; and in whose characters are embodied the future aspirations of the town, the colony, the race, the Nation.

List of Biographies included in Hood's The Negro at Mound Bayou'

Count	Page	Prefix	Last	First	Middle	Suffix	WT-Link
1	91		Aldrich	Larence			Lawrence Aldridge
2	95		Arrington	Beverly J			Beverly J Arrington
3	61 - 62	Rev	Ball	Isaac	C		Isaac C Ball
4	52		Banks	Charles			Charles Banks
5	81		Black	Theodore	H		Theodore H Black
6	72		Booker	Jas.	A		James A. Booker
7	87	Mrs.	Bradley	M.	A.		Maggie A
8	110		Broadwater	Andrew	T.		Andrew T Broadwater
9	75		Brooks	Livinigston			Livingston Brooks
10	67		Brown	Willis	T		Willis T. Brown
11	96		Bryant	John	H.		John H. Bryant
12	73		Burt	George			George W. Burt
13	89	Rev.	Bynoe	J.	A.,	D.D.	John Allen Bynoe
14	113		Campbell	T.	M.		Thomas M. Campbell
15	82		Clark	Frank			Frank Clark
16	62		Cobbs	John	W		John W. Cobbs
17	69		Collins	Doc			Doc Collins
18	84		Cook	Thomas	.		Thomas Warren Cook
19	84		Cook	W.	H.		Walter H. Cook
20	68	Dr.	Cosey	Auger	A		Auger Augustus Cosey DD
21	109		Covington	Joseph	Wayland		Joseph Wayland Covington
22	86		Creswell	B.	Howard		Benjamin Creswell
23	88	Rev.	Dickson	E.	L.		E L Dickson
24	108		Fourshea	R.	A.		Richard Fourshea
25	105		Francis	John	W		John William Francis
26	103		Gaiter	Simon			Simon Gaiter
27	93		Gardmer	R.	J.		Reuben J Gardner
28	77		Garrett	James	B		See Notes
29	98		Gobold	Henry	A		Henry Godbold
30	71		Granger	William	H		William Henry Granger
31	108		Green	Benjamin	Allen	Morris	Benjamin Allen Morris Green
32	62		Green	Benjamin	T		Benjamin T. Green
33	83		Green	Chas.	A		See Notes
34	107		Green	John	St.	Anthony	John St. Anthony Green
35	78	Mrs.	Harris	Anna	A		Anna A
36	111		Harris	Scott	H.,	M.D.	Scott H Harris M.D.
37	89		Hood	R. .			Robert W Hood
38	81		Hood	Samuel	C		Samuel C Hood
39	98		Huddleston	J.	Green		John Green Huddleston
40	75	Miss	Jones	Faustina	V		Faustina Virginia Jones
41	79	Rev. Dr.	Jones	Jno.			John Jones
42	90	Mrs.	Jones-Bryant	Gertrude	A		Gertrude A
43	100		Lampton	Edward	Wilkinson	D.D., LL. D.	Edward Wilkinson Lampton D.D., LL.D
44	109		Lee	Clyde	W.,	M.D.	Clyde Wilson Lee Sr.
45	97		Lee	George	A		George A Lee
46	91	Mrs.	Lee	M.	A.		Mollie A
47	74		Lewis	Michael	Bragg		Michael Bragg Lewis
48	78		Lews	William,	Jr.		William Lewis Jr.
49	76		Lindsey	Chas.	W		Charles W. Lindsey
50	114		Lockett	C.	S.		Cyrus S Lockett
51	73	Rev.	Lowe	Richmond	D		Richmond Darrow Lowe Sr.
52	83		Marr	James	Monroe		James Monroe Marr
53	99		McCarty	Richard	R		Richard M McCarty
54	57		Montgomery	Isaiah	T		Isaiah Thornton Montgomery
55	66		Montgomery	Joshua	P. T.		Joshua P. T. Montgomery
56	112	Mrs.	Montgomery	Martha	R.		Martha
57	107		Montgomery	William	Thornton		William Thornton Montgomery
58	70	Miss	Moore	Henrietta			Henrietta Moore
59	96	Rev.	Morgan	S.	M.		Smith Marion Morgan Sr.
60	89		Morris	T.	S.		Thomas S Morris Sr.
61	95		Myers	Alex			Alexander M Myers
62	71		Parker	Jake			Jake Parker
63	94		Powell	Eugene			Eugene Powell
64	92	Mrs.	Simmons	Ada	J.		Ada Jane
65	84		Stringer	Columbus	R.		Columbus R. Stringer
66	94		Swearingen	Charles			See Notes
67	61		Thomas	Luke			See Notes
68	95	Rev.	Turner	Johnson	N		Johnson Turner
69	112		Warren	Wm.	M		William Milton Warren
70	87		West	William			William West

Research Notes

Insufficient information to create profiles for:

• Luke Thomas
• Charles Swearingen
• Chas. A. Green
• James B. Garrett

Sources

Hood, Aurelius P. The Negro at Mound Bayou: Being an Authentic Story of the Founding, Growth and Development of the “Most Celebrated Town in the South,” Covering a Period of Twenty-Two Years. (Nashville: A.M.E. Sunday School Union, 1910). Available at https://hdl.handle.net/2027/emu.010002630190.

See also: The Negro at Mound Bayou (Google Sheets): https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/191EsRD14z1IRIFG3cssjsFnm7iUwCy30BxUcq1xkHCw/edit#gid=981595215