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Mary Atchison “Mollie” <I>Arthur</I> Arthur

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Mary Atchison “Mollie” Arthur Arthur

Birth
Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA
Death
5 Sep 1947 (aged 78–79)
Wardville, Rapides Parish, Louisiana, USA
Burial
Jennings, Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana, USA Add to Map
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She married Arthur Montford Arthur in June of 1922 in Memphis, Tennessee.
I have been unable to locate her husband's final resting place, and am therefore unable to link them at this time.
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Montford Arthur was a prominent figure in the rice industry in Jennings, Louisiana during the 1920s. The rice industry in the southwestern coastal prairies of Louisiana, Texas, and Arkansas was a revolutionary development that transformed the region from a sparsely populated area to a rich farmland based on a highly sophisticated rice industry ¹. The development of the rice industry can be attributed to a host of events and circumstances, all of which impinged upon a central event - the completion of a railroad through the prairies of Louisiana and Texas. Cumulatively, it was the advent of the railroad, the availability of cheap land, land development and speculation, immigration, mechanization, varietal improvements, and industry-wide made possible the dramatic conversion of into productive farms ¹.

Source: Conversation with Bing, 12/9/2023
(1) Rice Revolution in the Southwest, 1880-1910 - JSTOR. https://www.jstor.org/stable/40030706.
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There are conflicting records of her date of birth. According to her obituary, she was 79 when she died in September of 1947.
She married Arthur Montford Arthur in June of 1922 in Memphis, Tennessee.
I have been unable to locate her husband's final resting place, and am therefore unable to link them at this time.
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Montford Arthur was a prominent figure in the rice industry in Jennings, Louisiana during the 1920s. The rice industry in the southwestern coastal prairies of Louisiana, Texas, and Arkansas was a revolutionary development that transformed the region from a sparsely populated area to a rich farmland based on a highly sophisticated rice industry ¹. The development of the rice industry can be attributed to a host of events and circumstances, all of which impinged upon a central event - the completion of a railroad through the prairies of Louisiana and Texas. Cumulatively, it was the advent of the railroad, the availability of cheap land, land development and speculation, immigration, mechanization, varietal improvements, and industry-wide made possible the dramatic conversion of into productive farms ¹.

Source: Conversation with Bing, 12/9/2023
(1) Rice Revolution in the Southwest, 1880-1910 - JSTOR. https://www.jstor.org/stable/40030706.
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There are conflicting records of her date of birth. According to her obituary, she was 79 when she died in September of 1947.


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  • Maintained by: Rapture
  • Originally Created by: Marie
  • Added: Dec 4, 2013
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/121221356/mary_atchison-arthur: accessed ), memorial page for Mary Atchison “Mollie” Arthur Arthur (1868–5 Sep 1947), Find a Grave Memorial ID 121221356, citing Greenwood Cemetery, Jennings, Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana, USA; Maintained by Rapture (contributor 50738829).