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Maritime CAPTAINS, MASTERS - Mississippi Gulf Coast-Mississippi Sound, compiled by Else J. Martin
and J. H. Reinscher & Co. of Indianola, one third each. Insurance expired on 21st of August and not renewed. The PStar, Sept. 19, 1874.
DAVIS, Capt.
•	1877 - Arrived, Port of Pascagoula, American schooner, River Queen, Capt. Davis, from Mobile, ballast to W. Denny & Co. PMR, August 10, 1877.
DAVIS, George D.
•	1823 - Schooner, Rising State, built at Pascagoula, Miss, in 1819 by Walter Davis. First owners were Walter Davis & Ellis Fairbanks, Pascagoula (Moss Point area). Registration Feb. 14, 1823, owners were George D. Davies and Ellis Fairbanks. Master, George D. Davies. NOSRE 1.
DAVIS, Capt. Henry M.
•	1896 - "That expert mariner, Capt. Henry M. Davis, of the schooner B. Frank Neally, sailed for Cardenas Monday night with a cargo of lumber. DStar, Sept. 4,1896
DAVIS, Walter
•	1819 - Schooner, Rising State, built at Pascagoula, Miss, in 1819 by Walter Davis carpenter. The first owners listed were Walter Davis and Ellis Fairbanks of Pascagoula (Moss Point area). Master, Walter Davis. NOSRE 1
•	1822 - Arrived at Port of Mobile, Capt. Davis (Walter), from Pascagoula, with shingles, lime and tar to S. Glover & the master. Port of Mobile Register, May 7,1822
DEERING, Willis
•	1849 - Steamboat Mary, built 1845, Gainesville, Miss., enrolled Jan. 6, 1846, owners Henry H. Waters, Richard C. Wimberly, New Orleans; Master, Henry H. Waters. Enrolled Shieldsborough, Miss. Apr. 15, 1846. Enrolled Mar. 3, 1849 New Orleans, owners Willis Deering, Joseph Miller, Henriette Caroby, widow of Louis Alex Henry, New Orleans; Master, Willis Deering. NOSRE 5.
DEGGS, William C.
•	1854 - Steamboat, Osceola, built in 1849, of Port Caddo, Texas. (Later Pascagoula, Miss.) Enrolled No. 1, Jan. 1, 1851, New Orleans, Enrolled No. 81, April 25, 1854, Port of Pascagoula, Miss., owner and Master, William C. Degges, Pascagoula, Miss. (Lived in area of Moss Point/Escatawpa River.) Enrolled No. 31, Feb. 13, 1855. Owners Robert C. Files, J. Alfred Griffin, John Mclnnis and Lyman Randall, all of Jackson County, Miss. (All lived on the Escatawpa River) Master, Wm. C. Degges. NOSRE 4.
DEGNON, Capt.
•	1877 - Arrived, Port of Pascagoula, American schooner, Laurel, Capt. Degnon, from Galveston, ballast to order. PMR, Aug. 10, 1877.
De IBANA, Justo R.
•	1857 - Schooner Isabella, of New Orleans (44). Built on the Jordan River, Hancock Co., Miss, in
1855. Enrolled No. 22, Sept. 4, 1855 at Shieldsborough, Miss. Enrolled, No.	10, July 27, 1857,
owner and Master, Justo R. delbana, New Orleans. NOSRE 6.
DELAVIOR, Willie
•	Willie Delavior, Captain/Master of schooner, Alice McGuigin, Date not known. POTR
DELMAS, Joseph C.
•	1880, River and lake Pilot, lived in Scranton, U. S. Census, 1880
•	1893 - The quarantine tug, Welch, Capt. J. C. Delmas, after receiving a new	coat of paint at the
Scranton Ship Yard (Frentz), left for the Chandeleur Island Quarantine Station. DStar, Aug. 4, 1893.
•	1900, Tug boat Captain, lived on River Front St., Scranton, born in Miss. 1900 U. S. Census, Jackson Co., Miss.
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