John D. Martin and William F. Mason, according to the 1860 Federal census of Holly Springs, Mississippi, were neighbors and very wealthy; Dr. J. H. Ingraham was a clergyman of the church and was born in Maine. The 1860 census did not locate a Mr William H. Cox in Holly Springs, however a William Henry Cox from South Carolina built one of the biggest mansions in Holly Springs in 1845 on a plantation called "Galena". More research on the Galena Plantation gave up more history than I expected and truely right out of a Faulkner short story.
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David Upton