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"Lexington Advertiser clipping",,,,,,"Lexington Advertiser",,1907-02-08,,,,,,,,,"Howard, Perry, -1907",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"Perry Howard, colored, died at his home at Ebenezer yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock, aged between 75 and 80 years. The death of this venerable man is deeply regretted by all, white or black, throughout the county. He lived a most upright and consistent life, and was held in the highest esteem by every one who knew him. He ever endeavored, by precept and practice, to instill into his children the nobler aims of life and left them the priceless heritage of an honorable and well-spent life as a criterion and guiding star through life. His funeral will be held this afternoon.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"obits,p howard",https://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/files/original/a958aa799bd53b16653d9295b35ea2e6.PNG,Text,"Against All Odds: The First Black Legislators in Mississippi ",1,0
"Birmingham News clipping",,,,,,"Birmingham News",,1907-02-23,,,,,,,,,"Howard, Perry, -1907",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"Fine Tribute Paid At Funeral of Former Slave
Special to The Birmingham News.
MERIDIAN, Miss., Feb. 23. Standing in the center of the little Ebenezer church in which the negro population were wont to worship, Representative Sample, one of the best known and most prominent members of the Mississippi state legislature, pronounced a glowing eulogy over the remains of Perry W. Howard, a negro born a slave in the Carolinas, who had made his influence for good felt in the community of his adopted home.
Gathered within the little church on this occasion, but a few days ago, were many whites of the vicinity, all there to pay their tribute of respect to the worth of the deceased who had reared a large family and, although, himself, unable to read or write, had given each and all of his children the highest possible education. This fact is established when it is known that three of his sons are physicians, one a druggist and one a merchant, while both of his daughters are teachers in the schools of the state.
The date of the birth of Perry W. Howard is lost in the days before the war, no record having been made, as far as his family knows, of that event. His owner, even, at that time, is unknown to them. In the slave marts of the period, Howard was sold and resold, finally drifting to Mississippi, where he became the property of one of the wealthiest planters of Holmes county, Thomas Howard, from whom he took the family name.
Howard Plantation.
Thomas Howard was one of those liberal, broad minded and courteous Southern gentlemen who made the old South world famous, and he treated his slaves as if they were human beings without regard to their being so much goods and chattel. He was good to them, and in the after years, when the horrors of the reconstruction period laid waste the fortunes of so many of the great families of the Southland, at least one of these slaves was true to the trust reposed in him, and watched with jealous eye the welfare, comfort and care of the family ruthlessly thrown into a position almost bordering poverty.
On the great plantation of Thomas Howard, Perry W. Howard, the negro slave, was famed for his ability as a horse-shoer. When the call to arms was sounded throughout the South, Thomas Howard promptly responded, and his faithful slave went with him. Joining the cavalry division, the fame of the slave soon spread throughout the entire army as a horse-shoer, and for four years he faced the hardship of war in that position. Neither he nor his master was injured during the battles in which they both took part, and both returned to their wasted home in Mississippi after the coming of peace, a peace that brought hardships even worse than those of the war they had just encountered.
Reconstruction.
All during the days of reconstruction the former slave stuck to his former master and shared the hardships of the period with him. He became postmaster of Ebenezer but did not retain it very long. That was in the reconstruction period. Perry Howard then began to accumulate the property that he has left to his family, valued, conservatively, at about $15,000. His former master died. The ex-slave watched with the care of a relative the loved ones his master left behind, and this jealous guardianship won for him more than the mere esteem of the white people of the vicinity.
He turned, as many of the freed negroes did at that period, toward politics, and entered the state legislature. He served there several terms, the last one, it is stated, being about 1888, he retiring as one of the last negro republicans to occupy a seat in the law making body of the state of Mississippi.
Sincere Tributes.
The love and reverence he bore toward the memory of his former master, and which he unstintedly bestowed upon the widow, daughters and loved ones he left behind him, were all recounted by the leading white men of the county when all that was mortal of the ex-slave, who had, in his generation, gone from the thraldom of slavery to the dignity of landed proprietor. He remained true to his old trade of horse-shoeing and conducted his business up to a few years ago when he retired.
The tributes of the white people to his memory were remarkable for the sincerity and depth of feeling displayed, and tears of real sorrow were freely shed by men and women of the Caucasian race as mother earth took unto her embrace the form of a man whose skin was colored, but whose heart was as white as the driven snow.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"bios,obits,p howard",https://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/files/original/2c04bcf544c1ea37a5a57a890345ba77.PNG,Text,"Against All Odds: The First Black Legislators in Mississippi ",1,0
"Revels gravesite markers",,"Gravesite of Hiram Revels, wife Pheobe Bass, daughter Maggie Revels Howard (daughter-in-law of Perry Howard), daughter Lillie Revels Houston, and son-in-law Alexander G. Houston. Hill Crest Cemetery, Holly Springs. (Scroll through to see all images)",,,,"Baldwin, DeeDee",,2021-04-02,,,,,,,,,"Revels, Hiram R. (Hiram Rhoades), 1827-1901",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"p howard,revels","https://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/files/original/910f20877866df25a3559312e7c82f23.jpg,https://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/files/original/4c34fc2735b9b2385d291780ea001969.jpg,https://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/files/original/738d5b80733ec494896bd4fc2da4615b.jpg,https://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/files/original/940d7acfd14c115393d6f22bfdfe1c2e.jpg,https://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/files/original/f48dcba0bd1ed94ff96b711d540ff793.jpg,https://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/files/original/6769295641385b9916f3b0bd4e3e6a63.jpg,https://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/files/original/fb8ac8dd18fc0add825e444b7af97c0c.jpg,https://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/files/original/cef628611ed090c6cadbf5441e45bfe6.jpg","Still Image","Against All Odds: The First Black Legislators in Mississippi ",1,0
"Clarion-Ledger clipping",,,,,,Clarion-Ledger,,1870-06-16,,,,,,,,,"Howard, Perry, -1907; Holmes County (Miss.)",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"HOLMES COUNTY.
Sheriff - Omar S. Lee.
Circuit Clerk - George W. Cole.
Chancery Clerk - James M. Stigler.
Treasurer - James Rowen.
Assessor - Erastus Haskins.
Surveyor - James Mercer.
Supervisors - William H. Lyon, Moses Breston, Perry Howard, John F. House and Peter Johnson.
Justices of the Peace - Sol Southeimer, W. B. Williams, William Malone, David Mitchell, John G. Cock, B. Byrd, Richard Derryberry, Hubbard Hampton.
Constables - J. P. Davis, Virgel Dulaney, Real Russell, John Dew.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"holmes county,p howard",https://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/files/original/5b9c88c9f4f7d9ac9030d2c28d63a5a1.PNG,Text,"Against All Odds: The First Black Legislators in Mississippi ",1,0
"Jackson Daily News clipping",,,,,,"Jackson Daily News",,1911-08-31,,,,,,,,,"Atwood, L. K. (Louis Kossuth), 1850-1929; Howard, Perry Wilson, 1877-1961; Mollison, Willis Elbert; Union Guaranty and Insurance Company of Mississippi (Jackson, Miss.); African American businesspeople",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"A COMMENDABLE CONCERN
NEGRO LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY IS LAUNCHED HERE.
Is the First of Its Kind in the World, and is Backed by the Foremost Members of the Race in the State of Mississippi.
A negro life insurance corporation, the first of its kind ever launched in the United States, and perhaps in the world, has obtained license from the Mississippi insurance department to do business in the state.
The company is owned and controlled exclusively by negroes. All of its officers are members of the colored race, and a majority of them have been recognized leaders of their race in this state for several years.
The corporation will be known as the Union Guaranty and Insurance Company of Mississippi, is duly chartered under the laws of the state, and has complied with all the requirements of the insurance laws, having deposited $25,000 with Insurance Commissioner T. M. Henry yesterday. It is capitalized at $50,000, and the seventeen negroes composing the board of directors own property conservatively estimated at more than a million dollars. The company will write life, guaranty and industrial insurance, and the plan of operation has been examined and approved by several well-known actuaries.
The company is domiciled in Jackson, and will start business immediately. A majority of its officers and directors are colored residents of this city who enjoy good standing in the commercial world, and who have been active in the promotion of legitimate business enterprises among members of their race. The board of directors is as follows:
Edward P. Jones, E. B. Topp, W. J. Latham, W. A. J. Morgan, E. H. McKissack, S. M. Anderson, J. W. Hair, C. N. Miller, L. K. Atwood, S. A. Beadle, P. W. Howard, Chas. Banks, J. A. Q. Williams, Jno. W. Harris, W. A. Scott, W. I. Mitchell, Dr. L. P. Brown.
Following is the list of officers chosen:
Edw. P. Jones, president; W. A. J. Morgan, vice-president; J. A. Q. Williams, vice-president; Jno. W. Harris, secretary; J. W. Hair, assistant secretary; L. K. Atwood, treasurer; E. H. McKissack, general manager; W. E. Mollison, general counsel; W. J. Latham, assistant general counsel; W. I. Mitchell, auditor.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"atwood,business,mollison,p howard",https://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/files/original/41ad74c575f61e46e0c3aae32f6a1648.PNG,Text,"Against All Odds: The First Black Legislators in Mississippi ",1,0
"Jackson Daily News clipping",,,,,,"Jackson Daily News",,1908-09-02,,,,,,,,,"Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915; Atwood, L. K. (Louis Kossuth), 1850-1929; Howard, Perry Wilson, 1877-1961",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"PREPARING FOR VISIT
ROUSING RECEPTION PLANNED FOR BOOKER WASHINGTON.
Colored Citizens Have Appointed Committees on Reception, Arrangements, and Various Other Purposes of Occasion.
Preparatory to the visit of Booker T. Washington to this city on October 6th, when he will speak on Industrial Education the following program has been arranged:
1. Music by the choirs of the various churches and the Eureka brass band.
2. Committee to escort Dr. Washington from Canton on his special car to Jackson: P. W. Howard, E. B. Tappe, J. A. Martin, L. K. Atwood, A. J. Wade, A. M. Redmond, S. D. Redmond, L. W. Manaway, S. A. Beadley, Graham Frazier, D. Cox, T. V. McAllister, P. G. Cooper, P. A. Wardlaw, E. L. Patton, W. J. Latham, E. W. Jones, S. M. Brinkley.
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Committee on Expense and Finance: S. D. Redmond, L. K. Atwood, A. J. Johnson, P. W. Howard, E. B. Tappe, J. A. Martin.
Committee on Entertainment: J. A. Martin, Dr. E. W. Moore, E. B. Tappe, T. V. McAllister, L. K. Atwood, S. D. Redmond, P. W. Howard, W. J. Latham, S. A. Beadle, J. S. Parker.
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Introduction of Dr. Booker T. Washington by L. K. Atwood.
The committee on location will try to get the auditorium of the largest seating capacity in the city. To this end they are endeavoring to secure the Coliseum on the fair grounds, which will be accessible to the whites as well as colored. The uniform rank of the K. of P. will escort him from the depot to the Coliseum accompanied by the various labor organizations which have been invited to take part as it is this class of his people in which he is most deeply interested at this time, and for whom he has done most.
A banquet at Risher's Cafe will be given by the women.
P. W. HOWARD, Toastmaster.
All the school children and those interested in popular education will be invited to hear him.
DR. S. D. REDMOND, Master of Ceremonies.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"atwood,p howard",https://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/files/original/a8dc30abf5f697bf00244e9343ad355e.PNG,Text,"Against All Odds: The First Black Legislators in Mississippi ",1,0