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Edward Cary Walthall (1831-1898) —
also known as Edward C. Walthall —
of Grenada, Grenada
County, Miss.
Born in Virginia, April 4,
1831.
Democrat. Lawyer; law
partner of Flavius
J. Lovejoy; general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Mississippi, 1876;
U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1885-94, 1895-98; died in office 1898.
Died April 21,
1898 (age 67 years, 17
days).
Interment at Hillcrest Cemetery.
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Joseph Williams Chalmers (1807-1853) —
also known as Joseph W. Chalmers —
of Holly Springs, Marshall
County, Miss.
Born in Halifax
County, Va., 1807.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1845-47.
Died June 16,
1853 (age about 45
years).
Interment at Hillcrest Cemetery.
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Wall Doxey (1892-1962) —
of Holly Springs, Marshall
County, Miss.
Born in Holly Springs, Marshall
County, Miss., August 8,
1892.
Son of John Sanford Doxey and Sarah (Jones) Doxey.
Democrat. Lawyer; Marshall
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1915-23; District Attorney 3rd
District, 1923-29; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 2nd District, 1929-41; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Mississippi, 1936,
1940;
U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1941-43.
Methodist.
Member, Phi
Delta Phi; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Rotary.
Died in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., March 2,
1962 (age 69 years, 206
days).
Interment at Hillcrest Cemetery.
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James Fisher Trotter (1802-1866) —
of Mississippi.
Born in Virginia, 1802.
Democrat. Member of Mississippi state legislature; U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1838.
Died in 1866
(age about
64 years).
Interment at Hillcrest Cemetery.
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Hiram Rhodes Revels (1827-1901) —
of Mississippi.
Born in Fayetteville, Cumberland
County, N.C., September
27, 1827.
Republican. Member of Mississippi
state senate, 1870; U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1870-71; secretary of
state of Mississippi, 1873.
African
and Lumbee
Indian ancestry.
First
black member of the U.S. Senate.
Died, from a stroke,
while attending a church conference,
in Aberdeen, Monroe
County, Miss., January
16, 1901 (age 73 years, 111
days).
Interment at Hillcrest Cemetery.
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Alexander Mosby Clayton (1801-1889) —
also known as Alexander M. Clayton —
of Lamar, Benton
County, Miss.
Born in Campbell
County, Va., January
15, 1801.
Democrat. Justice of
Arkansas territorial supreme court, 1832; state court judge in
Mississippi, 1842-52, 1866-69; U.S. Consul in Havana, 1853; delegate
to Mississippi secession convention, 1861; Delegate
from Mississippi to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861;
Confederate
District Judge, 1861; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Mississippi, 1876
(member, Resolutions
Committee).
Died near Lamar, Benton
County, Miss., September
30, 1889 (age 88 years, 258
days).
Interment at Hillcrest Cemetery.
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Winfield Scott Featherston (1820-1891) —
also known as "Old Swet" —
of Houston, Chickasaw
County, Miss.; Holly Springs, Marshall
County, Miss.
Born near Murfreesboro, Rutherford
County, Tenn., August 8,
1820.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 2nd District, 1847-51; defeated,
1850; general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1865; member of Mississippi
state house of representatives, 1876, 1880; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Mississippi, 1876,
1880;
delegate
to Mississippi state constitutional convention, 1890.
Died in Holly Springs, Marshall
County, Miss., May 28,
1891 (age 70 years, 293
days).
Interment at Hillcrest Cemetery.
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Lester Glenn Fant (1875-1946) —
also known as Lester G. Fant —
of Holly Springs, Marshall
County, Miss.
Born in Holly Springs, Marshall
County, Miss., October
29, 1875.
Son of Selden Fant and Nannie Bell (Williams) Fant.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of Mississippi, 1912-14,
1929-37; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Mississippi,
1920,
1924
(alternate).
Methodist.
Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Died December
6, 1946 (age 71 years, 38
days).
Interment at Hillcrest Cemetery.
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Benjamin Duke Nabers (1812-1878) —
also known as Benjamin D. Nabers —
of Hickory Flat, Benton
County, Miss.; Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.; Holly Springs, Marshall
County, Miss.
Born in Franklin, Williamson
County, Tenn., November
7, 1812.
Son of Franklin Neighbours and Sarah (McLaughlin) Neighbours.
Merchant;
lawyer;
U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 1st District, 1851-53;
Presidential Elector for Tennessee, 1860.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Holly Springs, Marshall
County, Miss., September
6, 1878 (age 65 years, 303
days).
Interment at Hillcrest Cemetery.
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Alexander Blackburn Bradford (1799-1873) —
Born in Jefferson
County, Tenn., June 2,
1799.
Member of Tennessee
state senate, 1837; member of Mississippi state legislature;
major in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; Delegate
from Mississippi to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62.
Died July 10,
1873 (age 74 years, 38
days).
Interment at Hillcrest Cemetery.
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John William Clark Watson (1808-1890) —
of Mississippi.
Born in Albemarle
County, Va., February
27, 1808.
Senator
from Mississippi in the Confederate Congress, 1864-65; state
court judge in Mississippi, 1876-82.
Died in Holly Springs, Marshall
County, Miss., September
24, 1890 (age 82 years, 209
days).
Interment at Hillcrest Cemetery.
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