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pay land taxes until the year 1859. In 1860 and later, his name disappears from the tax rolls, indicating he died in or around the year 1859. Tradition (through Mrs. Jeanne Doby Williams of Bay St. Louis and one of the books by S.G. Thigpen of Picayune, MS) has it that Thomas met a tragic and untimely death on the Doby Plantation near the Francisco Netto place. It seems that the horse he was riding was spooked by a group of pigs sleeping near a large oak tree. The horse threw Tom and he apparently broke his neck as he fell against the large oak tree. Every spring when violets bloom, those near that tree are larger, darker, and smell sweeter than wild violets usually do. The superstitious slaves always said this was because their master’s blood poured onto the ground there. Thomas Doby and Josephine Arambura had the following children:
A.	Thomas Doby, Jr. - born on July 22, 1833, according to his baptismal record in St. Louis Cathedral. He resided at the old Doby Place. He married Marie “Pamella” Callejas on February 4, 1861, according to one of their original “wedding invitations” in the possession of Mrs. Williams. The wedding took place in New Orleans, LA, at St. Augustine’s Catholic Church. Tradition has that Tom Jr. also met an early death. He joined the Confederate forces at Meridian, MS as a private in Co.
B., 8th Mississippi Regiment. His last battle was at Vicksburg, MS in August 1863 at which time he was killed. His body was never returned home and is presumed to be buried at the National Cemetery at Vicksburg. Thomas Jr. and Pamella had only one child: Charles “Thomas” Doby also called “Boy” Doby, bom on November 4, 1862 and died on July 11, 1935, according to his headstone in Pearlington Cemetery. Mrs. Williams said her father, Charles “Thomas” Doby, was only nine months old when his father was killed in battle. This is how we estimate Tom Jr.’s date of death. Charles “Thomas” Doby married Secessia Ezilda Llambias and lived on the old Doby Place. This couple had five children, one of which was Mrs. Ora (Jeanne Doby) Williams. Mrs. Williams was a retired public school teacher in Bay St. Louis.
After Thomas Doby, Jr. died, his widow, Pamella, remarried to T.E. Brown on January 17, 1867, according to the Hancock Co. marriage records. Pamella had one child by Brown that died as an infant and not long afterwards, Brown himself died. Pamella remarried a third time to Antoine Tartavoulle and lived on the old place near Pearlington. Pamella died in 1898 and Antoine in 1908 after having five children:
1.	Pedro Tartavoulle - married Angeline Baxter and lived in Logtown, MS with family.
2.	Antonia “Nina” Tartavoulle - married Albert Toume, lived in Pearlington, and then in Bay St. Louis.
3.	Estelle Tartavoulle - married Sam Potter Russ and lived in Mobile, Alabama with family.
4.	Gustave “Gus” Tartavoulle - married Eva Favre, lived in Pearlington, and last in Bay St. Louis, MS.
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