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Walker Brooke (1813-1869) —
of Mississippi.
Born near Winchester, Frederick
County, Va., December
25, 1813.
Member of Mississippi
state house of representatives, 1848; member of Mississippi
state senate, 1850; U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1852-53; delegate
to Mississippi secession convention, 1861; Delegate
from Mississippi to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62.
Died in Vicksburg, Warren
County, Miss., December
18, 1869 (age 55 years, 358
days).
Interment at Cedar Hill Cemetery.
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James William Collier (1872-1933) —
also known as James W. Collier —
of Vicksburg, Warren
County, Miss.
Born near Vicksburg, Warren
County, Miss., September
30, 1872.
Democrat. Member of Mississippi
state house of representatives, 1896-99; Warren
County Circuit Clerk, 1899; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 8th District, 1909-33.
Died in Washington,
D.C., September
28, 1933 (age 60 years, 363
days).
Interment at Cedar Hill Cemetery.
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Thomas Clendinen Catchings (1847-1927) —
also known as Thomas C. Catchings —
of Vicksburg, Warren
County, Miss.
Born in Hinds
County, Miss., January
11, 1847.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
member of Mississippi
state senate, 1875-77; Mississippi
state attorney general, 1877-85; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 3rd District, 1885-1901.
Died in Vicksburg, Warren
County, Miss., December
24, 1927 (age 80 years, 347
days).
Interment at Cedar Hill Cemetery.
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William Augustus Lake (1808-1861) —
Born near Cambridge, Dorchester
County, Md., January
6, 1808.
Member of Maryland state legislature, 1831; member of Mississippi
state senate, 1848; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 4th District, 1855-57; member of
Mississippi
state house of representatives, 1859.
Killed in a duel by Henry
Cousins Chambers, his opponent for Confederate Congress, at
Hopefield, Crittenden
County, Ark., October
15, 1861 (age 53 years, 282
days).
Interment at Cedar Hill Cemetery.
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Nicholas Daniel Coleman (1800-1874) —
of Kentucky.
Born in Cynthiana, Harrison
County, Ky., April 22,
1800.
Member of Kentucky state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 2nd District, 1829-31.
Died in Vicksburg, Warren
County, Miss., May 11,
1874 (age 74 years, 19
days).
Interment at Cedar Hill Cemetery.
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Elza Jeffords (1826-1885) —
of Mississippi.
Born in Ironton, Lawrence
County, Ohio, May 23,
1826.
Republican. State court judge in Mississippi, 1868; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 3rd District, 1883-85.
Died March 19,
1885 (age 58 years, 300
days).
Interment at Cedar Hill Cemetery.
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Patrick Henry (1861-1933) —
also known as Pat Henry —
of Vicksburg, Warren
County, Miss.
Born near Helena (now part of Helena-West Helena), Phillips
County, Ark., February
15, 1861.
Democrat. Member of Mississippi
state senate, 1888-90; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Mississippi, 1896,
1916,
1928;
circuit judge in Mississippi, 1900-01; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 3rd District, 1901-03.
Died in Vicksburg, Warren
County, Miss., December
28, 1933 (age 72 years, 316
days).
Interment at Cedar Hill Cemetery.
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John Patrick Henry Culkin (1887-1951) —
also known as J. H. Culkin —
of Vicksburg, Warren
County, Miss.
Born in Oak Ridge, Warren
County, Miss., April 17,
1887.
Son of Patrick Lawrence Culkin and Elizabeth (Hearn) Culkin.
Democrat. School teacher
and principal; newspaper
editor; Warren
County Superintendent of Education, 1912-26; lawyer;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Mississippi, 1928;
member of Mississippi
state senate, 1929-42.
Catholic.
Irish,
English,
and Scottish
ancestry. Member, Elks; Moose; Rotary; Woodmen;
Knights
of Columbus.
Died in 1951
(age about
64 years).
Interment at Cedar Hill Cemetery.
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Eugene Magee (d. 1835) —
Born in Baltimore,
Md.
Lawyer;
delegate
to Mississippi state constitutional convention, 1832; member of
Mississippi
state senate, 1833-34.
Died in 1835.
Interment at Cedar Hill Cemetery.
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