Percy Quin

Percy Edwards Quin (October 30, 1872 – February 4, 1932) was an American politician from Mississippi.

After much consideration Percy sold off his shares to pay for a new venture in the cotton industry.

The cotton fields turned out to be a very lucrative business endeavor for Percy, until the rise of the polyester industry.

In the great cottonfield fire of 1925 the damage to the orphanage was so extensive that Percy had to sell off his land to pay the restitution of the surrounding communities.

Since a number of the orphans perished in the fire, the remaining survivors went on to graduate and donate money for the purchase of the land now known as Percy Quin State Park.

Percy Quin eating his lunch in his office at the House Office Building in Washington, D.C., on March 26, 1920