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1173:"Men of the South: A Work for the Newspaper Reference Library"
1175:. Southern Biographical Association – via Google Books.
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1025:"The Historical Beginnings of Ybor City and Modern Tampa"
882:. Broadfoot Publishing Company – via Google Books.
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newspaper, and was president of the Bank of West Tampa
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913:"John T. Lesley: Tampa's Pioneer Renaissance Man"
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861:"FPAN - Destination: Civil War - - Plant City"
309:Henderson was born on September 17, 1839, in
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1241:"West Tampa - Howard Avenue page 1"
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712:Canter Brown Jr. (2018).
250:" and commanded it after
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17:Not to be confused with
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1099:The Weedon Island Story
168:Confederate States Army
1381:. Tribune Printing Co.
1355:Isaacs, I. J. (1905).
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1445:American cattlemen
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205:Battles/wars
73:(1909-05-07)
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1415:1909 deaths
1410:1839 births
1216:Isaacs 1905
1061:Isaacs 1905
737:, p. 2
590:Tampa Times
575:Real estate
456:telegrapher
436:watermelons
315:Fort Brooke
305:Early years
298:Tampa Times
259:James McKay
248:Cow Cavalry
238:during the
236:Confederacy
71:May 7, 1909
1404:Categories
1152:(2) 3: 8.
849:(1): 6–10.
633:References
583:Newspapers
454:The first
361:lieutenant
185:Lieutenant
136:Allegiance
53:1839-09-17
999:Ivey 1998
735:Ivey 1998
616:Freemason
612:Methodist
483:by 1886.
481:Ybor City
472:Galveston
450:Telegraph
428:steamboat
424:Norwegian
351:Civil War
329:hurricane
271:telegraph
240:Civil War
120:(brother)
114:Relatives
1158:43162023
988:: 27–40.
606:Personal
503:Railroad
384:Kentucky
154:Service/
94:Children
724:: 2, 4.
597:Banking
495:1899 ad
440:gophers
337:sheriff
229:Florida
221:history
196:, Co. B
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487:Wagons
462:Cigars
398:Cattle
357:Alafia
165:
156:branch
145:
86:Spouse
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1333:Tampa
1324:Books
1314:(PDF)
1154:S2CID
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839:(PDF)
319:Irish
278:cigar
225:Tampa
614:and
527:Fire
515:Land
438:and
326:1848
263:Cuba
190:Unit
182:Rank
68:Died
47:Born
339:of
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