Who's Marshell?

While searching the Mississippi Census, I came across my maternal grandparents.  They had three children.  The first two names I recognized.  However, the third name was of  a baby boy named "Marshell".  I knew my mother did not have a brother by this name so I contacted everyone I knew who might have a logical explanation.  I received the following explanation from my first cousin:

"Allen Herrington (my grandfather) was a farmer.  The year Marshell was born the Governor, whose name was Sennett, made a proclamation which stated that he would give a mule to each family who would name a male child after him.  Therefore, Allen changed Marshell to Sennett."

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