Ernest Lynwood Hackworth  (1852-1931)

Ernest Lynwood Hackworth was sired by the maid Clara Wilcox and master E. L. Hackworth in Mississippi in 1852.  He was 14 when emancipation came in1865.  Ernest was married three times and all the ceremonies took place in Lowndes County, Mississippi.  Ernest married Salvadory Nettles in 1880 and of this union two children were born Emmet and Ethel.  In 1883, Ernest married Ozella Wynn and Victor Hackworth was born to this union.  His second wife Ozella Hackworth died of TB soon after the birth of their son.  In 1889 Ernest married Katie Parrish and they had eight children, Ozella, Ernest, Edward, Ruby, Parrish, Bessie, Maceo, and Callanthe.  E.L. as he was fondly called, use to navigate a ferry across the river in New Orleans until someone told that he was a man of color.  Ernest and his family moved to Port Gibson, Mississippi to work as a machinist at the cotton gin.  He worked at the cotton mill for 50 years and received an award for his work ethic as stated in the Revelle newspaper.  Ernest and his family lived near the train station until 1926 when they purchased a house at 101 Olive Street.  E.L. was seventy-five years old by then.  He died in 1931 in Port Gibson, Mississippi.