Itawamba Beauty! "Its Black & White"

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The Burch Farm In Clay. By Don Dulaney 2002

"Those Dog Gone Dulaneys!"

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Below 8 Generation of Dawg Loving Dulaneys are represented

179 years of Itawamba hunters.

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Dulaneys and Dawgsthrough time have been best friends. In George Washington's Diary he talks of going fox hunting with famous Danial Dulaney the Younger of Maryland. The Dulaney's of Itawamba county were no different. Rhoda Thrasher came to Itawamba County a widow after her husband Thomas Dulaney, as family memory recalls, accidently killed himself Fox Hunting, while getting off a horse, in Alabama. I have no evidence but Im sure Thomas & Rhoda Dulaney's children, John, Alfred & Gilbert Dulaney continued the tradition.

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John Dulaney & Margret Peggy Martins Great Grand son

James Henry Dulaney (pictured here with unknown man and his fox hounds),

was the son of Thomas Alfred Dulaney & Alice Moxley & Grandson of James Martin Dulaney & Mary Senter. He was a decendant of Alfred Aven Senter, & Henry T Moxley and married S.J. Warren's great grand daughter Laura Berth Warren Dulaney. Jim was very well respected in the local fox hunting community as having the best dogs in the Itawamba County. He fox hunted so much in the old days that the neighbors would complain he was running the fox so much it didnt have time to hunt food so the fox started robbing the hen houses. Jim Dulaney fox hunted into his 60's and was still stoubt enough he could easily hold 6 or more dogs back with one hand.

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The Hunt

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With a Carbide light strapped to their head, they would mix the carbide crystals with water inside a metal burner. The acetylene gas would ignite and reflect off a metal disk stuck to their forhead. Then Jim and his relatives, like his little brother

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Woodrow Wilson Dulaney (pictured below)

fetched the dogs and loaded them in a wagon and would go to the designated spot to be released. Their was not as many fox, coons or squirrels as their are today and the woods were large tracts with large trees and not alot of undergrowth.

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The dogs were straight to the hunt after the release and everyone chipped in to build a fire, find a stump, or brush away the acorns and twiggs from a pile of leaves, for a comfortable seat. With the fire blazing to a mellow glow, they would rest their back against a tree and chew tobacker or on a sweet gum stick and sometimes pass a jug of moonshine or Jake around. As the night went on the tales got bigger, like who saw a black panther or how far away their dog could smell a fox.

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The bragging commenced as the first yelps of the dog picking up a trail. "They Jumped something" one would say "Thats Lady over yonder" Jim would say. "Hear how deep that bellar is? he bays low, Att dawgs sho gotta purty mouth". "Naw Atts Ole Bellar" another would say."I'd know her voice anywhere". As the race heats up and circles are made through tree tops and hills, and down the hollar through Dulaney branch and back again, They would discuss who's dog was in the lead and listen to the harmony of a single dogs bark turn to a harmony of a sunday choir singing in one accord. This is what the hunt was about and probably one of the prettiest sounds to a true southerner.

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As the night wound down Jim would grab his horn that was hanging from leather strap around his neck and begin the ritual of Blowing the horn and hollaring to let the dogs know where they were. Some dawgs would stay gone for days. But most would come home or a neighbor would return it. Jims Son

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Lawrence Dulaney (pictured below)

love of dogs turned to a keen fiest that could tree squirrells. I remember spending my time going from tree to tree with Paw Paw and some of my close cousins or distant cousins like Shane Dulaney the great grand son of Jo Abb Dulaney & Vonnie Senter. Lawrence would say "You never shoot a nest". And he taught me how to light a fire at the base of a hollow tree to smoke the squirrel out. He also taught me how to skin a squirrell and leave the head on. I seen him eat many a squirrell head in gravy. Lawrences son,

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Lawrence Lowell Dulaney(pictured below)

my dad, enjoyed Coon hunting and raising coon dogs as shown in the picture above. Dad has always tried different kinds of dogs and prided his self on having good dogs that he trained. Lowell was a big influence on Lawrence's grandson

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Billy Mills (pictured below)

who gave me the professional authentication of a typical hunt in Itawamba County. Billy is the son of Paul Mills & Shirley Dulaney Mills and is very well studied on the the raising and training of dogs. He has owned some of the best lines and is well versed in his field.

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Pictured below is Micheal Paul "Chip" Mills Jr., as a child,Grandson of Lawrence Dulaney & Pearl Johnson and James "Peewee" Robinson & Betty Jean Pennington and son of Micheal P. Mills & Mona Robinson Mills. As you can see

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"Those Dog Gone Dulaney's"

are still taking pride in training and loving mans best friend.

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Faulkner In the Making!!

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This is the first thing I ever wrote.

I was in the Second Grade at Smithville Elementary.

It had come a big snow that day.

The year was 1976

I should have stopped then!!!!

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Click on picture to read!

" Gonna Getcha ! "

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Samual Carl Beam 1952

This is my Grandpa Beam. This picture was taken in Steele Mo. in 1952. Grandpa was from the Salem community in Itawamba County Ms. He took his family to Missouri to look for work and settled in a tenant house and worked on a farm there. I personally love this picture of Carl because it reflects a personality that has been passed down to his decendants. He was a very loving and friendly person. The old saying "He would give you the shirt of his back" fit Carl perfectly. He was always ready to help his family and friends in need. He set a standard of family unity that survives today in his children and grandchildren.-

Lemer Dessie Cleveland, Samual Carl Beam, Meardy Beam, Clancie Beam, Dorothy"Dot"Beam Moody & James Beam

When the family was in Missouri, the favorite past time after a hard days work in the fields was sitting under the big oak trees, in an area of the yard where there was no grass. Unlike today grass was a haven for ticks, fleas, and snakes. So most yards were bare dirt. Carls family and brothers and sister's families loved making music, and smoking hand twisted Prince Albert tobacco.With the sound and smell of clothes that were washed on a rubboard flapping in the night breeze, they would sit in ladder back chairs with seats that were hand woven with seagrass strings. I can just see Carl getting up and laying his fiddle on a piece of stove wood turned on its side to make a stool, to take a sipp, from a tin laddle of water drawn from the well or wash his face from a granite wear pan. And on the way to the well reaching down to one of the rugrats and grabbing them and saying.

" Gonna Getcha ! "

Samual Carl Beam was married to Lemer Dessie Cleveland. He was the son of Thomas Edgar Beam and Minni Johnson. He was the Grandson of

Elija Fiester Beam & Rowena Lacky. Carl and Lemer are buried in the at the Salem Cemetery at the

Salem Baptist Church in the Salem community.

There Is Only One Set Of Dulaney's In Itawamba County!!

Every since I was a child I have heard that there are more than one set of Dulaneys in Itawamba County. I would like to make a small note and clear that up.

Thomas Alfred Dulaney & Rhoda Thrasher are the Parents of John Dulaney, Alfred Dulaney,Gilbert Dulaney, Elizabeth Dulaney Carter, and Nancy Dulaney Sharp.

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THOMAS & RHODA DULANEY are the GRANDPARENTS

of all DULANEYS in ITAWAMBA COUNTY !!

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as well as a ton of other names like Moxley, Warren, West, Senter, Tucker, Wilemon, Brown, Digby, McNeese, Robinson, Carter,Sharp, Blythe, Hurst, Sparks,Graham, Mills, Brewer, just to name a very very very few.

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So the next time you hear "They are from a different set of Dulaneys".

Please tell them

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THERE IS ONLY ONE SET OF DULANEYS IN ITAWAMBA COUNTY!!

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So there

A Tribute to Mentors of Itawamba History

Charles & Verbal West Booth Oct.23 1955

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I wanted to take a moment and thank 2 of the people that help get me started in my quest for family history. Along the way many people have contributed to what little I know about my family geneology. However, there was one couple that gave me the frame work to begin. I was welcomed into their home like I was family. I later learned it was because I was considered family to them. Every time I call someone about family History I am always asked the same thing, So in answer to their question. "YES! I have talked to Charles & Verbal Booth" and YES! I know they know a ton about Itawamba History!! LOL! They were 2 of the five original members of Itawamba County Historical Society. The research Charles and Verbal Booth have done in Itawamba County will be treasured for many generations to come and I want to be the first to say "THANK YOU"!

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I thought the best way to do a tribute was to do what they done best. Give you a glimpse into where Charles and Verbal Booth came from and what they have produced.

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Verbals Parents Chester Lee West & Florence Hall

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Verbals Grandparents Mr. & Mrs J. A. West.

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Charles's Parents & Charles- Arvel & Arbel Booth.

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Children & Grandchildren Of Mr. & Mrs. Charles Booth

(L-R- Martin Davis,LeeAnn Bennet Davis,Mike Bennett, Sherry Booth Bennett,Charles Booth, Verbal West Booth, Ben Booth in front of them, then Katie Booth, Becky Turner Adams,Jessica Booth, TJ Adams, Wanda Booth Turner, Mike Turner, Jerry Booth)

I Could Not Resist!!

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Dulaney Branch Hill 3-01-2009

Mt. Pleasant Cemetery 3-01-2009

2 Dulaneys- 20 Crappie!!

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Richard Nathaniel "Nate" Dulaney

Charles Franklin "Frank" Dulaney

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When I first saw this picture I could have swore it was a still shot of the Andy Griffin Show. I wasn't sure who the guy in the overalls was, but I was sure the guy in the straw hat was Howard Sprague. However, Mrs Nate Dulaney of the Mt. Pleasant community informed me that it was her husband Nate Dulaney and my Uncle Frank Dulaney. I spent the day with her and what a sweet woman she is.

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I started asking around about Mr. Nate and it soon become evident that he was admired in all of Northeast Miss, as one of the best Crappie fisherman around. He was also one of the friendliest people around, per a number of testimonies. Once I got the picture I sent it to my Uncle Frank and asked him about it. Once I convinced him not to sue me for posting a picture like that of him, he cooperated and told me about his fishing trips with Mr. Nate.

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"We fished at Pick Wick Lake and Yellow Creek for Crappie, he was part of the Dulaney Clan of the Mt. Pleasant community and I grew up around him. I was around 21 years old. Nathanial was the best crappie fisherman and a very serious fisherman" Frank said. He continued "I only got to go with him 2 or 3 times because everyone wanted to fish with Nate and it was a treat".

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Uncle Frank said he believed that Nate had the first outboard gasoline motor in Itawamba county and dared to say that he had his picture in the Itawamba times more than any one else of that time. I believe this picture was taken just for that cause. Look at the Library in the background.

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John Dulaney and his 2 brothers Gilbert and Alfred was the original Dulaneys in Itawamba county. John's son James M Dulaney and Mary Senter (daughter of Alfred Aven Senter) had a number of children, 2 of which were Thomas Alfred Dulaney and Richard Nathanial Dulaney. Thomas and Richard married 2 Daughters of H.T Moxley, Thomas to Alice and Richard to Matti. Thomas had a son named James Henry Dulaney who married Laura Bertha Warren (granddaughter of SJ Warren) and Richard had a son named Richard "Nate" Dulaney.

James Henry Dulaney had a son named Lawrence Orr Dulaney then he had a son named Charles Franklin Dulaney.

SO THERE!!!