Hobsons Acquires Starfish Retention Solutions to Help Even More Students Succeed. ARLINGTON, VA--(Marketwired - Feb 23, 2015) - Hobsons, the world's leader in connecting learning to life, today announced the acquisition of Starfish Retention Solutions, the leading provider of student success and advising systems for higher education institutions.
Purvis, Mississippi. Purvis is a city in Lamar County, Mississippi. It is part of the Hattiesburg, Mississippi Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 2,164 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Lamar County.
Â« Return to Death or Liberty. On August 23, 1831, Governor John Floyd received a note from the Southampton County postmaster stating that an insurrection of the slaves in that county had taken place, that several families had been massacred and that it would take a considerable military force to put them down..