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{{Infobox person​

| name =Jimmy Gayle Shoalmire​

| name=Jimmy Gayle Shoalmire​<br>

| occupation=[[Historian]]<br>[[Professor]] at [[Mississippi State University]]​

(Historian and Professor at Mississippi State University)

| yearsactive=1966-1982​

| yearsactive=1966-1982​

| birth_date=July 23, 1940

| birth_date=July 23, 1940

| birth_place=[[Shreveport]], [[Louisiana]], [[United States|USA]]​

| birth_place=[[Shreveport]], [[Louisiana]], [[United States|USA]]​

| death_date=July 31, 1982 (aged 42)​

| death_date=July 31, 1982 (aged 42)​

| death_place =Alexandria, [[Virginia]]​

| death_place=Alexandria, [[Virginia]]​

|spouse=(1) Carol Ann Shaughnessy Shoalmire (married 1962-1979, divorced)​

|spouse=(1) Carol Ann Shaughnessy Shoalmire (married 1962-1979, divorced)​

(2) Betty Kathryn Buckner Shoalmire (married 1980-his death)​<br>

(2) Betty Kathryn Buckner Shoalmire (married 1980-his death)​<br>

'''Children''': <br>

'''Children''': <br>

From first marriage:<br>

From first marriage:<br>

lAan Dean Shoalmire<br>​

Alan Dean Shoalmire<br>​

Brent Thomas Shoalmire<br>​

Brent Thomas Shoalmire<br>​

Rachel Lea Shoalmire Scriber<br>

Rachel Lea Shoalmire Scriber<br>

Shoalmire then enrolled at [[Louisiana Tech University]] in [[Ruston, Louisiana|Ruston]], at which he engaged in the study of history, having received both Bachelor of Arts and [[Master of Arts]] degrees. In 1966, he completed his thesis, "Reconstruction in Red River Parish" based in part on research at the [Red River Parish Court House in Coushatta in northwestern Louisiana.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.louisianafolklife.org/ThesesDissertations/listall.asp|title=Theses and Dissertations Database|publisher=louisinafolklife.org|accessdate=July 17, 2010}}</ref> He was a visiting instructor at Louisiana Tech for the academic year 1966-1967.<ref>''The Historian'' Vol. 28 (Issue 4), 1967.</ref>​

Shoalmire then enrolled at [[Louisiana Tech University]] in [[Ruston, Louisiana|Ruston]], at which he engaged in the study of history, having received both Bachelor of Arts and [[Master of Arts]] degrees. In 1966, he completed his thesis, "Reconstruction in Red River Parish" based in part on research at the [Red River Parish Court House in Coushatta in northwestern Louisiana.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.louisianafolklife.org/ThesesDissertations/listall.asp|title=Theses and Dissertations Database|publisher=louisinafolklife.org|accessdate=July 17, 2010}}</ref> He was a visiting instructor at Louisiana Tech for the academic year 1966-1967.<ref>''The Historian'' Vol. 28 (Issue 4), 1967.</ref>​

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==At Mississippi State University==​

 

==At Mississippi State University==

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To pursue his [[Ph.D.]], Shoalmire entered [[Mississippi State University]] in Starkville]],  [[Mississippi]]. In 1969, he completed the dissertation entitled "Carpetbagger Extraordinary: Marshall Harvey Twitchell, 1840-1905", a study of Marshall Harvey Twitchell, the Louisiana [[Republican Party|Republican]] state senator for Bienville and Red River parishes. As a legislator, Twitchell pushed for the establishment of Red River Parish and brought many of his northern relatives to live there, mostly as planters.<ref name=history>{{cite web|url=http://vermontcivilwar.org/units/4/bios.php?input=31224|author=Jacob G. Ullery, compiler,|title= ''Men of Vermont: An Illustrated Biographical History of Vermonters and Sons of Vermont, Part III''|page=160|publisher=Brattleboro, [[Vermont]]: Transcript Publishing Company, 1894, p. 160|accessdate=July 5, 2010}}</ref> In 1876, his Redeemer ([[conservative]] [[Democratic Party|Democrat]]) detractors fired six shots at him, and he lost the use of both arms below the elbows. He played dead and avoided even more bullets. Twitchell then left Louisiana and spent his later years as a diplomat in Kingston, [[Ontario]], [[Canada]].<ref name=history/>  

To pursue his [[Ph.D.]], Shoalmire entered [[Mississippi State University]] in Starkville]],  [[Mississippi]]. In 1969, he completed the dissertation entitled "Carpetbagger Extraordinary: Marshall Harvey Twitchell, 1840-1905", a study of Marshall Harvey Twitchell, the Louisiana [[Republican Party|Republican]] state senator for Bienville and Red River parishes. As a legislator, Twitchell pushed for the establishment of Red River Parish and brought many of his northern relatives to live there, mostly as planters.<ref name=history>{{cite web|url=http://vermontcivilwar.org/units/4/bios.php?input=31224|author=Jacob G. Ullery, compiler,|title= ''Men of Vermont: An Illustrated Biographical History of Vermonters and Sons of Vermont, Part III''|page=160|publisher=Brattleboro, [[Vermont]]: Transcript Publishing Company, 1894, p. 160|accessdate=July 5, 2010}}</ref> In 1876, his Redeemer ([[conservative]] [[Democratic Party|Democrat]]) detractors fired six shots at him, and he lost the use of both arms below the elbows. He played dead and avoided even more bullets. Twitchell then left Louisiana and spent his later years as a diplomat in Kingston, [[Ontario]], [[Canada]].<ref name=history/>