My friends - As I continue my stay in Oklahoma, we are also continuing with the Jackson Purchase Vignettes series, focusing on Calloway County. Today's subject is Edwin Simpson Diuguid. -B ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++ Jackson Purchase Vignettes # 25 - Calloway County Edwin Simpson Diuguid "A history of Calloway ad the men who helped to make it would be incomplete without a sketch of Mr. Edwin S. Diuguid, who is one of the main factors in making the city of Murray and Calloway County what they are today. Mr. Diuguid was born August 13, 1854, in Calloway County, being the son of Mr. and Mrs. W.H.Diuguid, deceased. He was reared on a farm and attended the Murray Academy, the Utterback County School and the Murray Male and Female Institute, securing a good education from these well taught institutions of that day. Fifty-five years ago he accepted a position with one of the mercantile establishments of Murray, and three years later, in 1879, engaged in business for himself in Murray, and has since that time been actively and continuously at it, making him of the oldest, most successful and best known merchants in the State of Kentucky; and, lest you forget, he is still doing business and lots of it at the same old stand in Murray. So long has he been engaged in the furniture and hardware business in Murray that people can't help thinking of 'Diuguid' when they think of furnishing their home. In 1879, Mr. Diuguid was married to Miss Lottie C. Scott, and this union was blessed with the following children: Robert S., deceased; Mary E. Taylor, living in Little Rock, Ark.; Katherine Kirk, Murray; Herman O., deceased, and Ed S., who is engaged in business with his father in Murray. He is an elder of the Christian Church of Murray and has been for many years, and a Democrat. He has never held political office, but has been President of the Bank of Murray for thirty years and is the President of that institution at this time. ..." -History of Calloway County, Kentucky, 1931 (Murray: The Ledger & Times, 1931) ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++++++++++