Port Gibson in Claiborne County, Mississippi — The American South (East South Central)
Irwin Russell
Photographed By Duane and Tracy Marsteller
1. Irwin Russell Marker
Erected 1954 by Mississippi Historical Commission.
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Arts, Letters, Music. In addition, it is included in the Mississippi State Historical Marker Program series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1853.
Location. Marker is missing. It was located near 31° 57.463′ N, 90° 58.977′ W. Marker was in Port Gibson, Mississippi, in Claiborne County. Marker was at the intersection of Church Street/Blues Highway (U.S. 61) and Jackson Street, on the right when traveling north on Church Street/Blues Highway. Touch for map. Marker was at or near this postal address: 807 Church St, Port Gibson MS 39150, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this location. Methodist Church (within shouting distance of this marker); St. James Episcopal Church (within shouting distance of this marker); Bruinsburg (within shouting distance of this marker); Hopkins House (within shouting distance of this marker); Hughes Home (within shouting distance
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Also see . . . Irwin Russell. Chance encounters with freed slaves on the street, songs in the plantation housing quarters, and simple descriptive dialogue became exotic living language transcribed in the tongue and tense of the speakers. Best known was “Christmas Night in the Quarters,” a poetic reenactment of a Christmas celebration Russell overhead on the Jefferies Plantation in Coahoma County. (By Jeffrey Klingfuss, Mississippi Encyclopedia, Center for Study of Southern Culture) (Submitted on April 3, 2024, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)
Photographed By Duane and Tracy Marsteller, March 11, 2024
2. Irwin Russell Marker (post only)
Southern life in southern literature: Selections…, by M.G. Fulton; via Internet Archive (Public Domain)
3. Irwin Russell (1853-1879)
His poems were published in Scribner's Magazine and The Times-Democrat (now The Times-Picayune in New Orleans, among others. He died of pneumonia and fever in New Orleans two days before Christmas 1879.
Credits. This page was last revised on April 4, 2024. It was originally submitted on April 3, 2024, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 54 times since then. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on April 3, 2024, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
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