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| 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 1980-1082, his death)​<br>

'''Children''': <br>

'''Children''': <br>

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From first marriage:<br>

[[Louisiana Tech University]]<br>​

[[Louisiana Tech University]]<br>​

[[Mississippi State University]]​

[[Mississippi State University]]​

|religion=[[Baptist]]​

|religion=[[Baptist]]​}}

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'''Jimmy Gayle Shoalmire''' (July 23, 1940 &ndash; July 31, 1982) was an [[historian]] of the American South originally from [[Shreveport]], [[Louisiana]], who specialized in [[Reconstruction]] and agricultural studies.​

'''Jimmy Gayle Shoalmire''' (July 23, 1940 &ndash; July 31, 1982) was an [[historian]] of the American South originally from [[Shreveport]], [[Louisiana]], who specialized in [[Reconstruction]] and agricultural studies.​

==Background==

==Background==

Shoalmire was born to Rube Robert Shoalmire (1913–1984), a welder, and the former Melba Agnes Elliott (1915–1995). He graduated in 1958 from the since downgraded Fair Park High School.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://fairparkalumni.com/id1_honorary_and_memorial_gifts.htm|title=Fair Park High School Alumni Association|publisher=fairparkalumni.com|accessdate=July 17, 2010}}</ref>​

Shoalmire was born to Rube Robert Shoalmire (1913–1984), a welder, and the former Melba Agnes Elliott (1915–1995). He graduated in 1958 from the since downgraded Fair Park High School.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://fairparkalumni.com/id1_honorary_and_memorial_gifts.htm|title=Fair Park High School Alumni Association|publisher=fairparkal9umni.com|accessdate=July 17, 2010}}</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>​

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>​

==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 [[Farmers|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|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 [[Farmers|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|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/>

Shoalmire's dissertation stemmed from his earlier study of Reconstruction in Red River Parish.<ref>Jimmy G. Shoalmire, ''Carpetbagger Extraordinary: Marshall Harvey Twitchell, 1840-1905," unpublished [[dissertation]], [[Mississippi State University]] at Starkville, [[Mississippi]], 1969</ref> In writing his original study on Red River Parish, Shoalmire located the Marshall Twitchell papers in the attic of a Twitchell grandson in Burlington, [[Vermont]], and brought the materials to Prescott Memorial Library at Louisiana Tech.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vATekRjyYicC&pg=PA182&lpg=PA182&dq=Jimmy+G.+Shoalmire&source=bl&ots=mgRT_GEw-U&sig=w7GVZoDtM6aCethjel7dLxnFpkw&hl=en&ei=n9VBTKfUKYO78gafv-QL&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=10&ved=0CC0Q6AEwCTgK#v=onepage&q=Jimmy%20G.%20Shoalmire&f=false|title=Ted Tunnell, "Crucible of Reconstruction: War, Radicalism, and Race in Louisiana, 1862-1877'', p. 182|publisher=Google Books|accessdate=July 17, 2010}}</ref> The Twitchell papers were used by Ted Tunnel of Virginia Commonwealth University in [[Richmond]], for his 2001 publication, ''Edge of the Sword: The Ordeal of Carpetbagger Marshall H. Twitchell in the Civil War and Reconstruction.''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amazon.com/dp/0807130230|title=''Edge of the Sword: The Ordeal of Carpetbagger Marshall H. Twitchell in the Civil War and Reconstruction''|publisher=[[Louisiana State University]] Press, 2001|accessdate=July 17, 2010}}</ref>​

Shoalmire's dissertation stemmed from his earlier study of Reconstruction in Red River Parish.<ref>Jimmy G. Shoalmire, ''Carpetbagger Extraordinary: Marshall Harvey Twitchell, 1840-1905," unpublished [[dissertation]], [[Mississippi State University]] at Starkville, [[Mississippi]], 1969</ref> In writing his original study on Red River Parish, Shoalmire located the Marshall Twitchell papers in the attic of a Twitchell grandson in Burlington, [[Vermont]], and brought the materials to Prescott Memorial Library at Louisiana Tech.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vATekRjyYicC&pg=PA182&lpg=PA182&dq=Jimmy+G.+Shoalmire&source=bl&ots=mgRT_GEw-U&sig=w7GVZoDtM6aCethjel7dLxnFpkw&hl=en&ei=n9VBTKfUKYO78gafv-QL&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=10&ved=0CC0Q6AEwCTgK#v=onepage&q=Jimmy%20G.%20Shoalmire&f=false|title=Ted Tunnell, "Crucible of Reconstruction: War, Radicalism, and Race in Louisiana, 1862-1877'', p. 182|publisher=Google Books|accessdate=July 17, 2010}}</ref> The Twitchell papers were used by Ted Tunnel of Virginia Commonwealth University in [[Richmond]], for his 2001 publication, ''Edge of the Sword: The Ordeal of Carpetbagger Marshall H. Twitchell in the Civil War and Reconstruction.''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amazon.com/dp/0807130230|title=''Edge of the Sword: The Ordeal of Carpetbagger Marshall H. Twitchell in the Civil War and Reconstruction''|publisher=[[Louisiana State University]] Press, 2001|accessdate=July 17, 2010}}</ref>​