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 near LaGrange, Alabama. Miss Anna McCain, daughter of John McCain and his wife, Miss Lou Hunter, married J. W. Jourdan, of Iuka, Mississippi.

J. W. Jourdan was born near Bay Springs, Tishomingo County, Mississippi, January 3, 1858. He was educated in the public schools of the county and at the High School taught by Professor Carmack, at Jacinto, Mississippi. Mr. Jourdan spent three years under the tutorage of Prof. Edward W. Carmack. After leaving school he taught for three years, two in the public schools in the county, and one year as assistant teacher with Prof. Reid in the Iuka High School. He was elected Superintendent of the Public Schools of the county, which position he held successfully for four years. He went to the Southern Business College, Louisville, Kentucky, where he took a thorough course and was graduated with distinction in 1881. After returning from college he entered the mercantile business in luka, where he has been a success ever since. He married Miss Anna McCain, in 1882. The Loan and Insurance Business Company secured the services of Mr. Jourdan as their agent in 1890. In the year 1897 he resigned that position to accept the agency of the Tishomingo Savings Institution, Iuka, Mississippi. Mr.