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Submitted: 8/24/20 • Approved: 8/25/20 • Last Updated: 8/28/20 • R277551-G0-S3
August 9, 1884 - January 26, 1929
Husband of Elizabeth Fitzlandolph Calkins
Husband of Ella Rose Salmen Sullivan
1st Mayor of Bogalusa.
Lost half of his right index finger to a Carpentry accident.
His 1st wife was called the "Mother of Bogalusa".
Mayor Sullivan and his family were the subject on a segment of a show that "visited haunted places" in the 80's or 90's. The announcer talks about the hidden "panic room" that the family hid in during a saw mill uprising.
Photo courtesy of Bonnie D
Contributed on 8/24/20 by billsully060
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