"We Cannot Walk Alone:" Images and History of the African-American Community.
Lafayette County, Mississippi. An "Open Doors Exhibition." April through August 
2003.
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 | Correthers Family   
    “Kit Correthers—is the Great-Grand Father, the 
    oldest known root of the Correthers family. Kit Correthers, was a slave and 
    father of three sons and three daughters. Kit left Virginia and moved to 
    Lafayette Springs, Mississippi. His wife Sylvia gave birth to his three sons 
    and three daughters. He died in September, 1905 at Lafayette Springs, 
    Mississippi. The sons were named: Jack, Chris, Jessie. The daughters were: 
    Mandy, Violet, One Daughter Unknown. Mandy married Dock Henderson, 
    and one daughter married a Hickumbottom. Violet Correthers  married Andy 
    Ivy. To this union nine children were born. Daughters: Cordia, Mary, Julia. 
    Sons: Fonzo, Andrew, James, William, Ben, Hugh. Jack Correthers married a 
    young woman whose name was Sylvia. To this union two children were born. One 
    son and one daughter. Son: Cash   Daughter: Josephine. After the death of 
    his wife, Sylvia, Jack married Junior Patton. To this union eleven children 
    were born. Five sons and six daughters. Sons: Talmar (Bud), Will (Bill), 
    Jessie, Buford, Harmon. Daughters: Modena, Earlie, Pearlie, Sarah Jane, Lou 
    Emma, Roxie. Chris Correthers married a young woman whose name was Dora. To 
    this union four children were born. Two boys and two girls. Sons: Tomp, 
    Jack.Daughters: Mandy, Bula (Babe). | 
    
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