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  These colonial ladies are re-enactors from New Orleans.
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  Ms. Lily Townsend presents the story of her ancestor, MaryAnn Brown. In the 1800's Ms. Brown was a French woman who came from New Orleans and married a slave. Her husband was recruited into the Confederate Army during the Civil War but later served the Union forces as a cook. Descendants of the Browns still live in Pensacola.
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  Miss Laurie Biggs portrays a member of the Gonzales family. She is holding a baby in the photo above. Celestino Gonzales (1797 - 1844), in the early part of his career, was in charge of building the section of road between Pensacola and Choctawhachie. He later worked at the Pensacola Navy Yard as a consulting engineer and served Pensacola as alderman in 1841. The Gonzales home once stood at 137 West Romana St, but has since been torn down. Another Gonales home was relocated to the Historic District in 1979. It is located at 226 East Intendencia Street.