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Albert Gallatin Brown (1813-1880) —
also known as Albert G. Brown —
of Terry, Hinds
County, Miss.
Born in Chester District (now Chester
County), S.C., May 31,
1813.
Son of Joseph Brown.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Mississippi
state house of representatives, 1835-39; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi, 1839-41, 1847-53 (at-large
1839-41, 4th District 1847-53); circuit judge in Mississippi,
1842-43; Governor of
Mississippi, 1844-48; U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1854-61; served in the Confederate Army
during the Civil War; Senator
from Mississippi in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65.
Member, Freemasons.
Died near Terry, Hinds
County, Miss., June 12,
1880 (age 67 years, 12
days).
Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.
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George Poindexter (1779-1853) —
of Woodville, Wilkinson
County, Miss.; Wilkinson, Wilkinson
County, Miss.
Born in Louisa
County, Va., 1779.
Mississippi
territory attorney general, 1803-07; member of Mississippi
territorial House of Representatives, 1806; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Mississippi Territory, 1807-13; served in
the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; judge of
Mississippi territorial supreme court, 1813-17; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi at-large, 1817-19; defeated,
1820, 1822; Governor of
Mississippi, 1820-22; U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1830-35.
Died September
5, 1853 (age about 74
years).
Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.
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Charles Lynch (1783-1853) —
of Mississippi.
Born in 1783.
Member of Mississippi
state senate, 1827, 1832-33; Governor of
Mississippi, 1833, 1836-38.
Died near Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss., February
9, 1853 (age about 69
years).
Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.
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Alexander Gallatin McNutt (1802-1848) —
of Mississippi.
Born in Rockbridge
County, Va., January
3, 1802.
Member of Mississippi
state senate, 1835-37; Governor of
Mississippi, 1838-42.
Died in DeSoto
County, Miss., October
22, 1848 (age 46 years, 293
days).
Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.
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Josiah Abigail Patterson Campbell (1830-1917) —
also known as J. A. P. Campbell —
of Kosciusko, Attala
County, Miss.; Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss.
Born in Camden, Kershaw
County, S.C., March 2,
1830.
Lawyer;
member of Mississippi
state house of representatives, 1851-59; Speaker of
the Mississippi State House of Representatives, 1859; delegate
to Mississippi secession convention, 1861; Delegate
from Mississippi to the Confederate Provisional Congress,
1861-62; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
circuit judge in Mississippi; justice of
Mississippi state supreme court, 1876-94; chief
justice of Mississippi state supreme court, 1891-94.
Died in Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss., January
10, 1917 (age 86 years, 314
days).
Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.
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William Lewis Sharkey (1798-1873) —
of Mississippi.
Born in Tennessee, July 12,
1798.
Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; lawyer;
member of Mississippi
state house of representatives, 1828-29; circuit judge in
Mississippi, 1832; justice of
Mississippi state supreme court, 1832-51; U.S. Consul in Havana, 1851-53; Governor of
Mississippi, 1865.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March 30,
1873 (age 74 years, 261
days).
Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.
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Abram Marshall Scott (1785-1833) —
of Mississippi.
Born in South Carolina, 1785.
Member of Mississippi
state senate, 1822, 1826-27; Governor of
Mississippi, 1832-33.
Died of cholera,
July
12, 1833 (age about 48
years).
Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.
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John Isaac Guion (1802-1855) —
of Mississippi.
Born in Adams
County, Miss., November
18, 1802.
Member of Mississippi
state senate, 1842-46, 1846-50; Governor of
Mississippi, 1851.
Died in Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss., June 26,
1855 (age 52 years, 220
days).
Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.
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George Adams (1784-1844) —
of Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky.; Natchez, Adams
County, Miss.; Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss.
Born in Lynchburg,
Va., August 1,
1784.
Lawyer;
member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1810-11, 1814; Mississippi
state attorney general, 1828-29; U.S.
Attorney for Mississippi, 1830-36; U.S.
District Judge for Mississippi, 1836-38; resigned 1838.
Died in Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss., August
14, 1844 (age 60 years, 13
days).
Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.
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Charles Edward Hooker (1825-1914) —
also known as Charles E. Hooker —
of Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss.
Born in Union, Union
County, S.C., 1825.
Democrat. Member of Mississippi
state house of representatives, 1859; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Mississippi, 1860;
colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; Mississippi
state attorney general, 1865; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi, 1875-83, 1887-95, 1901-03 (5th
District 1875-83, 7th District 1887-95, 1901-03).
Died January
8, 1914 (age about 88
years).
Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.
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William Barksdale (1821-1863) —
of Columbus, Lowndes
County, Miss.
Born in Rutherford
County, Tenn., August
21, 1821.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi, 1853-61 (at-large 1853-55, 3rd
District 1855-61); general in the Confederate Army during the Civil
War.
Killed
in battle at Gettysburg, Adams
County, Pa., July 2,
1863 (age 41 years, 315
days).
Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.
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Ethelbert Barksdale (1824-1893) —
of Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss.
Born in Smyrna, Rutherford
County, Tenn., January
4, 1824.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Mississippi, 1860,
1868,
1872,
1880;
Representative
from Mississippi in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65;
Presidential Elector for Mississippi, 1876;
Mississippi
Democratic state chair, 1877-79; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 7th District, 1883-87.
Died in Yazoo
County, Miss., February
17, 1893 (age 69 years, 44
days).
Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.
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George Colin McKee (1837-1890) —
of Mississippi.
Born in Joliet, Will
County, Ill., October
2, 1837.
Republican. Delegate to
Mississippi state constitutional convention, 1868; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi, 1869-75 (4th District 1869-73,
5th District 1873-75).
Died November
17, 1890 (age 53 years, 46
days).
Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.
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Franklin E. Plummer (d. 1852) —
of Westville, Simpson
County, Miss.
Born in Massachusetts.
School
teacher; lawyer;
member of Mississippi
state house of representatives; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi at-large, 1831-35.
Died in Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss., September
24, 1852.
Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.
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Wiley Pope Harris (1818-1891) —
of Mississippi.
Born near Holmesville, Pike
County, Miss., November
9, 1818.
Democrat. State court judge in Mississippi, 1844-50; delegate to
Mississippi state constitutional convention, 1850, 1890; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 4th District, 1853-55; delegate
to Mississippi secession convention, 1861; Delegate
from Mississippi to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62.
Died in Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss., December
3, 1891 (age 73 years, 24
days).
Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.
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William Dunbar Holder (1824-1900) —
of Mississippi.
Born in Franklin
County, Tenn., March 6,
1824.
Member of Mississippi state legislature, 1853; colonel in the
Confederate Army during the Civil War; Representative
from Mississippi in the Confederate Congress, 1864-65.
Died in Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss., April 26,
1900 (age 76 years, 51
days).
Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.
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John McGill (1838-1896) —
of Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss.
Born in New Albany, Floyd
County, Ind., May 24,
1838.
Republican. Mayor of
Jackson, Miss., 1874-88; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Mississippi, 1888.
Died in Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss., March 27,
1896 (age 57 years, 308
days).
Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.
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James H. Boyd (1809-1882) —
of Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss.
Born November
14, 1809.
Mayor
of Jackson, Miss., 1842-43, 1850, 1858.
Died May 12,
1882 (age 72 years, 179
days).
Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.
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James Lynch (d. 1870) —
of Mississippi.
Secretary
of state of Mississippi, 1869-70; died in office 1870.
Methodist.
African
ancestry.
Died in 1870.
Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.
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David Nye Barrows (1816-1895) —
of Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss.
Born in Wareham, Plymouth
County, Mass., August
27, 1816.
Mayor
of Jackson, Miss., 1864-67.
Died in Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss., July 18,
1895 (age 78 years, 325
days).
Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.
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S. P. Baley (1806-1876) —
of Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss.
Born in 1806.
Mayor
of Jackson, Miss., 1836.
Died January
31, 1876 (age about 69
years).
Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.
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Sidney Dillon Redmond (1871-1948) —
also known as S. D. Redmond —
of Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss.
Born October
11, 1871.
Republican. Physician;
lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Mississippi, 1916,
1940,
1944;
Mississippi
Republican state chair, 1931-45.
Died February
11, 1948 (age 76 years, 123
days).
Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.
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William Wirt Adams (1819-1888) —
of Mississippi.
Born in Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky., March 22,
1819.
Member of Mississippi state legislature, 1858; general in the
Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Shot
and killed in
a street encounter with John Martin, a newspaper editor with whom he
had quarreled, in Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss., May 1,
1888 (age 69 years, 40
days).
Interment at Greenwood Cemetery; cenotaph at Confederate
Cemetery, Okolona, Miss.
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James Kimble Vardaman (1861-1930) —
also known as James K. Vardaman; "The Great White
Chief" —
of Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss.
Born near Edna, Jackson
County, Tex., July 26,
1861.
Democrat. Member of Mississippi
state house of representatives, 1890-96; Speaker of
the Mississippi State House of Representatives, 1894; major in
the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; Governor of
Mississippi, 1904-08; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Mississippi, 1912
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee; speaker),
1916;
U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1913-19.
Died in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., June 25,
1930 (age 68 years, 334
days).
Interment at Lakewood Memorial Park.
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Martin Sennett Conner (1891-1950) —
also known as Sennett Conner; Mike Conner —
of Seminary, Covington
County, Miss.; Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss.
Born in Hattiesburg, Forrest
County, Miss., August
31, 1891.
Son of Oscar W. Conner and Gertrude (Sennett) Conner.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Mississippi, 1916
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee), 1920
(alternate), 1924,
1944;
Speaker
of the Mississippi State House of Representatives, 1916-24; Governor of
Mississippi, 1932-36.
Methodist.
Member, Kappa
Alpha Order; Phi
Alpha Delta; Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners.
Served as Southeastern Conference Baseball
Commissioner.
Died in Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss., September
16, 1950 (age 59 years, 16
days).
Interment at Lakewood Memorial Park.
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Lee Maurice Russell (1875-1943) —
also known as Lee M. Russell —
of Oxford, Lafayette
County, Miss.
Born in Dallas, Lafayette
County, Miss., November
16, 1875.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Mississippi, 1912;
Governor
of Mississippi, 1920-24.
Charged
by a former stenographer with breach of promise and seduction;
tried
in federal court, where a jury found in his favor.
Died May 16,
1943 (age 67 years, 181
days).
Interment at Lakewood Memorial Park.
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Thomas Gerstle Abernethy (1903-1998) —
also known as Thomas G. Abernethy; Tom
Abernethy —
of Eupora, Webster
County, Miss.; Okolona, Chickasaw
County, Miss.
Born in Eupora, Webster
County, Miss., May 16,
1903.
Son of Thomas Franklin Abernethy and Minnie Agnes (Jenkins)
Abernethy.
Democrat. Mayor of Eupora, Miss., 1927-29; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi, 1943-73 (4th District 1943-53,
1st District 1953-73); delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Mississippi, 1948,
1956
(alternate), 1960.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Lambda
Chi Alpha; Exchange
Club.
Died in Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss., June 11,
1998 (age 95 years, 26
days).
Interment at Lakewood Memorial Park.
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Russell C. Davis (1922-1993) —
of Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss.
Born August
13, 1922.
Mayor
of Jackson, Miss., 1969-77.
Died October
16, 1993 (age 71 years, 64
days).
Interment at Lakewood Memorial Park.
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Sidney Theodore Roebuck (1901-1982) —
also known as S. T. Roebuck —
of Newton, Newton
County, Miss.
Born in Attala
County, Miss., 1901.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Mississippi
state house of representatives; secretary of
Mississippi Democratic Party, 1937; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Mississippi, 1940.
Died from an accidental overdose
of Coumadin (Warfarin), 1982
(age about
81 years).
Interment at Lakewood Memorial Park.
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