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A. J. Brown —
of Vicksburg, Warren
County, Miss.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Mississippi, 1928,
1936;
minister.
Burial location unknown.
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Delmar Daniel Dennis (1940-1996) —
also known as Delmar Dennis —
Born in Scott
County, Miss., May 9,
1940.
Minister; American candidate for President
of the United States, 1984, 1988.
Southern
Baptist. Member, John
Birch Society; Rotary;
Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Suffered a heart
attack, and died the next day, in Fort Sanders Sevier Medical
Center, Sevierville, Sevier
County, Tenn., June 1,
1996 (age 56 years, 23
days).
Interment at Smoky Mountain Memory Gardens, Pigeon Forge, Tenn.
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Thomas Frank Gailor (1856-1935) —
also known as Thomas F. Gailor —
of Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.
Born in Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss., September
17, 1856.
Democrat. Episcopal priest; university
professor; bishop, Episcopal Diocese of Tennessee, 1898-1935; chancellor,
University of the South, Sewanee, Tenn., 1908-35; offered prayer, Democratic National Convention,
1924.
Died October
3, 1935 (age 79 years, 16
days).
Interment at University of the South Cemetery, Sewanee, Tenn.
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Winfield Romeo Gaylord (1870-1943) —
also known as Winfield R. Gaylord —
of Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.
Born in Verona, Lee
County, Miss., June 14,
1870.
Socialist. Pastor; Social Democratic candidate for Governor of
Wisconsin, 1906; member of Wisconsin
state senate 6th District, 1909-12; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 4th District, 1912.
Died February
23, 1943 (age 72 years, 254
days).
Interment at Palmetto Cemetery, Palmetto, Fla.
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William Hayne Leavell (1850-1930) —
also known as William H. Leavell —
of Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H.; Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Meridian, Lauderdale
County, Miss.; Houston, Harris
County, Tex.; Carrollton, Carroll
County, Miss.
Born in Newberry District (now Newberry
County), S.C., May 24,
1850.
Democrat. Ordained minister; U.S. Minister to Guatemala, 1913-18.
Baptist
or Presbyterian.
Died in Harris
County, Tex., 1930
(age about
80 years).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, North Carrollton, Miss.
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C. Robert Marsh —
of Laurel, Jones
County, Miss.; Dothan, Houston
County, Ala.; Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Mississippi.
Democrat. Pastor; offered prayer, Democratic National Convention,
1988.
Southern
Baptist.
Still living as of 2016.
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Frederick Waldron Phelps (1929-2014) —
also known as Fred Phelps —
of Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan.
Born in Meridian, Lauderdale
County, Miss., November
13, 1929.
Democrat. Lawyer; disbarred
by the state of Kansas in 1979 over harassment
of a court reporter and perjury
during the proceedings; in 1985, nine Federal judges filed a
disciplinary complaint against him over alleged false
accusations, which led to an agreement that he cease law
practice in Federal court; pastor of the Westboro Baptist
Church, which is widely
reviled for its extreme hatred
of homosexuals, and its tactics, such as picketing at military
funerals; candidate for Governor of
Kansas, 1990, 1994, 1998; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Kansas, 1992; candidate for mayor of
Topeka, Kan., 1993, 1997.
Baptist.
Died in Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan., March
19, 2014 (age 84 years, 126
days).
Cremated.
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Hiram Rhodes Revels (1827-1901) —
of Natchez, Adams
County, Miss.
Born in Fayetteville, Cumberland
County, N.C., September
27, 1827.
Republican. Minister; served in the Union Army during the
Civil War; member of Mississippi
state senate, 1870; U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1870-71; secretary
of state of Mississippi, 1873.
African
Methodist Episcopal. 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, Holly Springs, Miss.
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