Minor family photograph collection, 1885.

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Minor family photograph collection, 1885.

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Photographs consist of formal portraits of William J. Minor, John Minor, Mrs. Minor (probably the wife of William J. Minor), and Ayres P. Merrill II. Included are photographs depicting "Oakland," the Minor family home in Natchez, and "Elmscourt," the Merrill family home, also in Natchez.

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Minor, John.

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Stephen Minor, a planter of the Concord Plantation, was a governor of the Spanish district of Natchez and a mayor of the town of Natchez, Mississippi. His son, William J. Minor (1807-1869) married Rebecca A. Gustine of Philadelphia and had 7 sons and 1 daughter. William J. Minor owned and operated the Hollywood and the Southdown plantations in Terrebonne Parish and the Waterloo Plantation of Ascension Parish, Louisiana. Stephen Minor's daughter, Mary Minor (1778-1814) married William Kenner (177...

Merrill, Ayres P.

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Minor, William J., 1807-1869.

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William J. Minor, son of Stephen Minor of Natchez, Mississippi, was a sugar planter of Southdown and Hollywood plantations in Terrebonne Parish and Waterloo Plantation in Ascension Parish, Louisiana. He was married to Rebecca A. Gustine and had eight children. William Minor was influential in the development of horse racing and thoroughbred breeding in Louisiana. The Minor family was related by marriage to the Kenner family of Louisiana. From the description of William J. Minor paper...