Alphabet File page 148
Gex, L. M., Gen'l Merchandise, Country Produce, corner of Hancock and Washington Streets. (SCE 5/16/1896)
Gex, Mr. and Mrs. L.M., and lovely daughters, charmingly entertained a number of invited guests Wednesday evening. (SCE 7/1/1893)
Gex, L. M., Atty. ____ S. Beach (Ph 48 thru 50) Merchants Bank Bldg (Ph 55)
Gex, L. M. Purchased "Ida Villa" Front St. home of A. Matranga. (SCE 9/9/1905 #33 Col 1). 420 S. Beach ?
Gex, Lucien M.
Know your Coast by Ray Thompson, Mon Jan 26, 1959
Photo of House
(below is cut-line under photo)
The Handwriting on the window - The Lucien M. Gex home of Bay St. Louis which traces back to the Carroll Plantation and family around the time of the Civil War
The Handwriting On the Window. Immediately to the left of the serene little Christ Episcopal Church in Bay St. Louis is one of the most interesting still surviving old Southern homes on the Coast almost concealed from the passing traffic on the Beach Drive by one of the Coast's magnificent patriarch oak trees, its ancient huge branches almost sweeping the ground with the weight of their years.
This is the Lucien M. Gex home at 224 North Beach, known to the previous generation as the Adam Lorch home and to the generation before that as the Daniel R. Carroll plantation home. Still in evidence are survivors of the long line of lovingly planted oaks that once lined the carriage entrance. Still with its fireplace intact is the old slave quarters. Still existent is the necessary sprawling expanse of grounds that in those days was needed to accommodate the outside kitchen and outbuildings and the necessary adjuncts and appendages to the big house on a self contained plantation.
Inside Mr. and Mrs. Gex have preserved the hospitable feel of those days of the Old South when house guess were many, came often and stayed long.
Shortly after they had purchased the home from the Lorch family in 1938 a lady stopped one day who introduced herself to Mrs. Gex as the sister of the wife of Governor Parker of Louisiana and immediately gave proof that she knew more about the house than its new owners.
She pointed out the double French lock on one of the outside shutters and asked to be allowed to see her grandmother's room where, she informed Mrs. Gex, was a pane of glass in the window with the date October 6, 1872 scratched on it by a diamond engagement ring. Sure enough, the date was still there just as she said it would be, and is still there today carefully treasured by Mrs. Gex.
The grandmother of the lady who called, and whose room contained the date on the window had been Miss Virginia Carroll who married Thomas Lee Airey in 1860. She was one of several Carroll sisters and undoubtedly the date on the window was significant to one of her sisters because she had been married 12 years when it was scratched. It was her daughter, Cecile Airey, and sister to the lady caller, who in 1888 married John M. Parker who was running mate with Theodore Roosevelt on the Bull Moose Tickert in 1916 and Governor of Louisiana from 1920 to 1924.
And so, a simple scratch on a window pane in a home in Bay st. Louis 87 years ago, can state a genealogical chain of stories concerning prominent coast families of the last century that can keep this column and its readers busy from now on. (A framed copy of this newspaper article was brought to the Hancock County Historical Society on Aug 22, 1994 by Mrs. Pat Gex Dickerson where it was copied for the computer records by Charles Gray, HCHS President. It was most likely from the Sun Herald but no name appears, only the date, January 26, 1959).
Gex, Mrs. L. M. Purchased the "Traywich Home" on beach front Mrs. Mary Lou Traywick for $5,500. (SCE Aug 1919 #38 col 1).
Gex, Mrs. Lucien (Gerry) photo with Friends of the Library, (SCE 5/28/1978).
Gex, Lucien M. res. 224 N. Beach (Ph 48 thru 50, 55)
Gex, Lucy and Stella
Gex, Miss Stella a young lady of many charms and an accomplished musician, returned on Tuesday from a visit in New Orleans. (SCE/10/22/1892)
Gex, Misses Lucy and Stella, are spending the holidays in New Orleans. (SCE, 2/31/1892)
Gex, the Misses, entertained a number of invited guests at an informal reception and dance Wednesday evening. The pretty "Waverly Cottage", was brilliantly illuminated for the occasion, graceful dancers keeping time with the delightful music. Refreshments, etc., were frequently served, and the affair an all-round enjoyable one. (SCE 7/15/1893)
Gex, Stella Miss r 210 S. Bch. (Ph 55)
Gex, Miss. Vicky res. 222 N. Beach (Ph 48 thru 50, 55)
Gex. W. J. atty. _____ S. Beach (Ph 48 thru 50) Merchants Bank Bldg. (Ph 55)
Gex. W. J. res. 210 S. Beach (ph 48,49)
Gex, W. J. Jr. r S. Beach (Ph 48 thru 50, 55)
Gex, W. J. along with C. G. Moreau, Purchaser for Episcopal congregation of lot at 226 Front (226 N. Beach) where church was moved from Cedar Point. Charles Sanger, contractor. (SCE 4, 1905 #7, col 1).
Gex, W. J. along with C. G. Moreau, sold "Bay Villa" on Front Street near Carroll to Adam Lurch (Larch?) for $2,900. 300 feet. (SCE 4/8/1905 #11 col 2). (224 N. Beach)
Gex, Walter - Home 210 S. Beach Blvd. escaped the fire of Nov 16, 1907 because it sat back from the street. (MJS VIII 00271)
Gibbens, E. M., 111 Citizen Street Purchased from Mrs. Louise Crawford who founded B.S.L. Library.
Gibbes, Henrietta Elliot Mrs., 606 N. Beach (Ph 50)
Gibbons, Martin J. and J. T. Gibbons- see: Circuit Court article (SCE 10/28/1893)
Gibson, Perry
State Park Commissioner (H.H. vol.1 no.21 01/19/73)
Gibson, Perry -NEWS NOTES-Perry Gibson has recently been elected by the South Mississippi Tourist Promotion Council to chair a committee to establish a temporary hospitality trailer at the intersection of I-10 and 607.
This facility will serve to route traffic here from New Orleans while the permanent hospitality center is being built. (Coast Buyers Guide - June 23, 1976)
Gieger, James H., 400 Railroad Av. (Ph 48-49)
Gilbert, C.
You are respectfully invited to attend a dance given at
Clifton Hotel on Saturday May 6, 1905 at 7:30 to 10:30.
Compliments, L. Markey and C. Gilbert
You are cordially invited to attend a dance given at the Clifton Hotel Pavilion on July 1st 1905 at 7:30 P.M. Compliments of the children of the Clifton (Photocopy of handwritten invitation - VF Hotels)
Gilbert, Mr. and Mrs. Jos. and daughter, Mrs. Stanley Kent, and her son, Steve of New Orleans visited over the weekend with Mr. Gilbert's sister, Mrs. Sarah Favre. They were enroute for a vacation in Florida and will stop over for a week's stay with Mrs. Favre on their return trip. (Hancock County Eagle 8/7/1958)
Gilbert, Isabella - Holmes Chapel M.E. Church was organized at Pearlington, Miss in 1870. The members worshipped in a rented house until the church was built. Rosa McKan and Isabella Gilbert raised the first hundred dollars on the new church. This church has a great history in the juplife of the Negro both in religion and education. Prominent preachers - Rev. Dr. Clemens, Rev. G. W. Smith, Rev W. H. Smith, Rev Jesse Holmes. On Apr 17, 1912 the steeple was struck by lightening.
Gilbert, Mr. Lew, the newspaper man who is writing the coast for the Columbian edition of the Biloxi Herald, favored this office with an appreciated visit on Thursday evening. Such pleasant visitors are always welcome. (SCE 04/22/1893)