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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IMP_p-k-yonge_Pensacola-FL.html
At age nine, in 1859, Philip Keys Yonge moved to Pensacola with his family from Marianna, Florida. The Yonge family came to Florida from England during the British Colonial Period. He began a career in the lumber business in 1876 at the Muscogee M…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IMO_stephen-r-mallory_Pensacola-FL.html
Born on the island of Trinidad in 1812, Stephen Mallory's family eventually made Key West their home. Mallory studied law, volunteered in the Florida militia during the second Seminole War, and became Inspector of Customs at Key West. In 1830 he m…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IMN_dorothy-walton_Pensacola-FL.html
Born Dorothy Camber, to a British plantation owner at South Carolina, Dorothy married lawyer George Walton at Savannah shortly before the beginning of the American Revolution. George Walton attended the Continental Congress in Philadelphia signing…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IMM_desiderio-quina_Pensacola-FL.html
Born in Italy in 1777, Desiderio Quina served the Spanish army in the Louisiana Infantry Regiment. He was later employed in Pensacola as an apothecary for the John Forbes Company where he married Margarita Bobe. His son Desiderio was born in 1817 …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IML_jose-noriega_Pensacola-FL.html
Born a nobleman in Spain about 1757, Noriega served his country with distinction in the Louisiana Infantry Regiment against the British at Baton Rouge, Mobile, and Pensacola between 1779 and 1781. His son Jose Noriega, born at Pensacola in 1788, a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IMK_salvador-t-pons_Pensacola-FL.html
Salvador Pons was the second son of John Pons, a seaman from Maryland, and Maria Rosario, a free woman of color. As a property owner who could read and write, Salvador was able to serve the Pensacola community as City Alderman beginning in 1869 an…
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A native of Spain, Eugenio Antonio Sierra arrived in Pensacola in the employ of the Spanish royal hospitals in 1785. He was appointed to the post of head practitioner at the Pensacola hospital between 1794 and 1799. In 1811, Dr. Sierra, professor …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IMI_ebenezer-dorr_Pensacola-FL.html
A native of Maine, Ebenezer Dorr spent fourteen months as a prisoner of war In England during the War of 1812. He was captain of his own ship for many years, trading at ports around the world. In about 1827,
Dorr moved his family to Escambia Coun…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IMG_don-manuel-gonzalez_Pensacola-FL.html
A native of Spain, Don Manuel Gonzalez joined the army at Madrid and was sent to New Orleans. After his discharge he was granted passage through the Choctaw and Creek Nations to Pensacola. At Pensacola, he was a successful cattle rancher. He opene…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DDS_christ-church_Pensacola-FL.html
From 1763-1783 the Bishop of London licensed priests to administer here.
The Parish was organized in 1827.
Chartered by Florida's Territorial Council in 1829.
The Rev. Addison Searle was the first rector.
During the rectorships of the …