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Winfred Cooper Adams (b. 1888) —
also known as W. C. Adams —
of Corinth, Alcorn
County, Miss.
Born in Corinth, Alcorn
County, Miss., May 25,
1888.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Mississippi
state house of representatives, 1920; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Mississippi, 1924.
Episcopalian. Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Freemasons;
American
Legion; Kiwanis.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Thomas Adams and Virginia (Johnston)
Adams. |
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Daniel Webster Ambrose Jr. (1896-1992) —
also known as Daniel W. Ambrose, Jr. —
of Huntington, Cabell
County, W.Va.
Born in Pickens, Holmes
County, Miss., September
8, 1896.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from West
Virginia, 1936,
1940,
1944,
1948.
Episcopalian. African
ancestry. Member, Kappa
Alpha Psi; Elks; National
Bar Association; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died in February, 1992
(age 95
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Presumably named
for: Daniel
Webster |
| | | Relatives: Son of Daniel Webster
Ambrose and Mary Elizabeth (Ambrose) Ambrose; married to Irene N.
Miller. |
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John Black (1800-1854) —
of Monroe, Franklin
County, Miss.; Winchester,
Va.
Born in Virginia, August
11, 1800.
School
teacher; lawyer; justice of
Mississippi state supreme court, 1826-32; U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1832-33, 1833-38; resigned 1838; sugar cane
planter.
Episcopalian.
Slaveowner.
Died in Winchester,
Va., August
29, 1854 (age 54 years, 18
days).
Interment at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church Cemetery, Innis, La.
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Robert Montgomery Bourdeaux (1882-1958) —
also known as Robert M. Bourdeaux —
of Meridian, Lauderdale
County, Miss.
Born in Meridian, Lauderdale
County, Miss., March
14, 1882.
Democrat. Lawyer;
circuit judge in Mississippi, 1925-27; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi, 1933-38.
Episcopalian.
Died May 30,
1958 (age 76 years, 77
days).
Interment at Magnolia
Cemetery, Meridian, Miss.
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Solomon Saladin Calhoon (1838-1908) —
also known as S. S. Calhoon —
of Yazoo City, Yazoo
County, Miss.; Helena (now part of Helena-West Helena), Phillips
County, Ark.; Canton, Madison
County, Miss.; Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss.
Born near Brandenburg, Meade
County, Ky., January
2, 1838.
Democrat. Lawyer;
private secretary to Gov. William
McWillie, 1857; newspaper
editor; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
circuit judge in Mississippi, 1876-82; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Mississippi, 1888
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization); delegate
to Mississippi state constitutional convention, 1890; justice of
Mississippi state supreme court, 1900-08; appointed 1900; died in
office 1908.
Episcopalian. Scotch-Irish
and German
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died November
10, 1908 (age 70 years, 313
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Benjamin Franklin Cameron Jr. (1890-1964) —
also known as Ben F. Cameron —
of Meridian, Lauderdale
County, Miss.
Born in Meridian, Lauderdale
County, Miss., December
14, 1890.
School
teacher; lawyer;
attorney for railroads
and Southern Bell Telephone;
U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi, 1929-33.
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association; Knights
of Pythias.
Died in 1964
(age about
73 years).
Interment at Rose
Hill Cemetery, Meridian, Miss.
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George H. Carley (b. 1938) —
of Decatur, DeKalb
County, Ga.
Born in Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss., September
24, 1938.
Lawyer;
member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1966; Judge,
Georgia Court of Appeals, 1979-93; justice of
Georgia state supreme court, 1993-.
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Elks; Rotary.
Still living as of 2014.
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Relatives: Son
of George L. Carley, Jr. and Dorothy (Holmes) Carley; married 1960 to Sandra
M. Lineberger. |
| | | See also NNDB
dossier |
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John Christian (1911-1972) —
also known as Jack Christian —
of Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La.
Born in Vicksburg, Warren
County, Miss., January
22, 1911.
Democrat. Automobile
dealer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; mayor-president
of East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, 1957-64; defeated, 1964.
Episcopalian. Member, Lions; Elks; Eagles;
American
Legion; Military
Order of the World Wars.
Died in Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La., December
31, 1972 (age 61 years, 344
days).
Interment at Resthaven Gardens of Memory and Mausoleum, Baton Rouge, La.
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William Charles Cole Claiborne (1775-1817) —
also known as William C. C. Claiborne —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Sussex
County, Va., 1775.
Lawyer;
delegate
to Tennessee state constitutional convention, 1796; state court
judge in Tennessee, 1796; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee at-large, 1797-1801; Governor
of Mississippi Territory, 1801-04; Governor
of Orleans Territory, 1804-12; Governor of
Louisiana, 1812-16; U.S.
Senator from Louisiana, 1817; died in office 1817.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons.
Fought a duel
with Daniel Clark on June 8, 1807; he was wounded in the thigh.
Died of a liver
ailment, in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., November
23, 1817 (age about 42
years).
Originally entombed at St.
Louis Cemetery No. 1, New Orleans, La.; re-entombed in 1872 at Metairie
Cemetery, New Orleans, La.
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Ross Alexander Collins (1880-1968) —
also known as Ross A. Collins —
of Meridian, Lauderdale
County, Miss.
Born in Collinsville, Lauderdale
County, Miss., April
25, 1880.
Democrat. Lawyer; Mississippi
state attorney general, 1911-19; candidate for Governor of
Mississippi, 1919; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 5th District, 1921-35, 1937-43;
Democratic candidate for U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1934 (primary), 1947.
Presbyterian
or Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Woodmen.
Died in Meridian, Lauderdale
County, Miss., July 14,
1968 (age 88 years, 80
days).
Interment at Magnolia
Cemetery, Meridian, Miss.
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William Webster Franklin (b. 1941) —
also known as Webb Franklin —
of Mississippi.
Born in Greenwood, Leflore
County, Miss., December
13, 1941.
Republican. State court judge in Mississippi, 1978-82; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 2nd District, 1983-87.
Episcopalian.
Still living as of 1998.
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Fletcher Wyche Greer (b. 1874) —
also known as Fletcher W. Greer —
of Brawley, Imperial
County, Calif.
Born in Horn Lake, DeSoto
County, Miss., November
6, 1874.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California,
1928,
1936,
1944
(alternate); candidate for California
state senate, 1932; member of California
Democratic State Central Committee, 1950.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Cecil Claymon Grimes Jr. (1922-2014) —
of Georgetown, Georgetown
County, S.C.
Born in Greenville, Washington
County, Miss., July 23,
1922.
Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1959-62; member of South
Carolina state senate, 1962-72 (Georgetown County 1962-66, 10th
District 1967-68, 15th District 1969-72); bank
director.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
Sons
of Confederate Veterans; Rotary.
Died in Georgetown, Georgetown
County, S.C., October
8, 2014 (age 92 years, 77
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Prince
George Winyah Cemetery, Georgetown, S.C.
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Relatives: Son
of Sadie (Ehlers) Grimes and Cecil Claymon Grimes, Sr.; married, October
4, 1947, to Harriet Horry Pyatt. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: South Carolina
Legislative Manual 1964 |
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Ernest Lee Jahncke (1877-1960) —
also known as "Commodore" —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., October
13, 1877.
Republican. Engineer;
president, Jahncke Dry
Docks, New Orleans; U.S. assistant secretary of the Navy,
1929-33; named a Commodore in 1931, and a Rear Admiral in the naval
reserve in 1955; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Louisiana, 1932,
1936
(alternate).
Episcopalian. German
ancestry. Member, Sigma
Alpha Epsilon.
Expelled
from the International Olympic Committee in July 1936 after taking a
strong
stand against the Nazi-organized Berlin Games.
Died in Pass Christian, Harrison
County, Miss., November
16, 1960 (age 83 years, 34
days).
Entombed at Metairie
Cemetery, New Orleans, La.
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Lake Jones (b. 1867) —
of Florida.
Born in Vicksburg, Warren
County, Miss., February
10, 1867.
Republican. U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of Florida, 1924-.
Episcopalian. Member, Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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William C. Marshall (1921-2000) —
also known as William Marshall; Bill
Marshall —
of Taylor, Wayne
County, Mich.; Delta Township, Eaton
County, Mich.
Born in Tunica, Tunica
County, Miss., 1921.
Democrat. Bus
driver; president of
Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1303 for ten years; exective vice-president,
secretary-treasurer,
and then president
Michigan AFL-CIO, 1971-83; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from 21st Senatorial
District, 1961-62; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Michigan, 1964,
1968,
1972,
1976,
1980;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Michigan, 1973-81.
Episcopalian.
Died, of heart
failure, in Gilbert, Maricopa
County, Ariz., August
22, 2000 (age about 79
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Mary Martha Merritt (b. 1922) —
also known as Mary Martha Presley; Mrs. Charles W.
Merritt —
of Beckley, Raleigh
County, W.Va.
Born in Tutwiler, Tallahatchie
County, Miss., November
2, 1922.
Democrat. Member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Raleigh County, 1971-74.
Female.
Episcopalian.
Still living as of 1974.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Curtis Edward Presley and Martha E. (Johnston) Presley;
married, July 19,
1947, to Charles W. Merritt. |
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William Joseph Mills (1849-1915) —
also known as William J. Mills —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.; Santa Fe, Santa Fe
County, N.M.
Born in Yazoo City, Yazoo
County, Miss., January
11, 1849.
Member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from New Haven, 1878; member of Connecticut
state senate, 1881-82 (4th District 1881, 8th District 1882); justice of
New Mexico territorial supreme court, 1898-1910; Governor
of New Mexico Territory, 1910-12.
Episcopalian.
Died in East Las Vegas (now part of Las Vegas), San Miguel
County, N.M., December
24, 1915 (age 66 years, 347
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Gillespie V. Montgomery (1920-2006) —
also known as G. V. 'Sonny' Montgomery —
of Meridian, Lauderdale
County, Miss.
Born in Meridian, Lauderdale
County, Miss., August
5, 1920.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; served in the
U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; insurance
business; member of Mississippi
state senate, 1956-66; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi, 1967-97 (4th District 1967-73,
3rd District 1973-97); delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Mississippi, 1996.
Episcopalian. Member, Kappa
Alpha Order.
Recipient, Medal
of Freedom, 2005.
Died, in Jeff Anderson Regional Medical
Center, Meridian, Lauderdale
County, Miss., May 12,
2006 (age 85 years, 280
days).
Interment at Magnolia
Cemetery, Meridian, Miss.
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William Armstrong Percy (1863-1912) —
also known as William A. Percy —
of Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.
Born in Greenville, Washington
County, Miss., January
24, 1863.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, 1904
(Honorary
Vice-President), 1912.
Episcopalian.
Died, from Bright's
disease, in the Maxwell House Hotel,
Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., May 22,
1912 (age 49 years, 119
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Birmingham, Ala.
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Relatives: Son
of William Alexander Percy and Nancy Irwin 'Nannie' (Armstrong)
Percy; brother of Le
Roy Percy; married 1891 to Lottie
Galloway; married to Caroline Yarborough. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Key Pittman (1872-1940) —
of Nome, Nome
census area, Alaska; Tonopah, Nye
County, Nev.
Born in Vicksburg, Warren
County, Miss., September
19, 1872.
Democrat. Went to
the Klondike for the 1898 Gold Rush; lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Nevada, 1912
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee; speaker),
1916
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1924
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1928,
1936,
1940;
U.S.
Senator from Nevada, 1913-40; defeated, 1910; died in office 1940.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
Sigma
Alpha Epsilon.
It was rumored for years that he died before his final election in
1940, and that party leaders kept his body on ice in a hotel bathtub
until he was re-elected; this story has been disproven. In fact, he
suffered a severe heart
attack before the election, at the Riverside Hotel,
and died after the election at the Washoe General Hospital,
Reno, Washoe
County, Nev., November
10, 1940 (age 68 years, 52
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Masonic
Memorial Gardens, Reno, Nev.
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Anson Hoisington Sheldon (b. 1905) —
also known as Anson H. Sheldon —
of Hollandale, Washington
County, Miss.; Avon, Washington
County, Miss.
Born in Nehawka, Cass
County, Neb., June 5,
1905.
Republican. Business
executive; farmer;
member of Mississippi
Republican State Executive Committee, 1944-67; Mississippi
Republican state chair, 1948-52; vice-chair of
Mississippi Republican Party, 1952-67; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Mississippi, 1956,
1960.
Episcopalian. Member, Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Margaret Taylor (1788-1852) —
also known as Peggy Taylor; Margaret Mackall
Smith —
Born in Calvert
County, Md., September
21, 1788.
First
Lady of the United States, 1849-50.
Female.
Episcopalian.
Died in Pascagoula, Jackson
County, Miss., August
14, 1852 (age 63 years, 328
days).
Interment at Zachary
Taylor National Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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Frederick Ingate Thompson (1875-1952) —
also known as Frederick I. Thompson —
of Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala.
Born in Aberdeen, Monroe
County, Miss., September
29, 1875.
Democrat. Newspaper
publisher; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Alabama, 1912,
1924
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1928
(alternate); member, U.S. Shipping Board, 1920-; member, Federal
Communications Commission, 1939-41.
Episcopalian.
Died in Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala., February
19, 1952 (age 76 years, 143
days).
Interment at Magnolia
Cemetery, Mobile, Ala.
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John Sharp Williams (1854-1932) —
of Yazoo City, Yazoo
County, Miss.
Born in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., July 30,
1854.
Democrat. Lawyer; cotton planter;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Mississippi, 1892,
1904
(Temporary
Chair; member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee; chair, Committee
to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee; speaker),
1912
(speaker),
1916
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1920;
U.S.
Representative from Mississippi, 1893-1909 (5th District
1893-1903, 8th District 1903-09); U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1911-23.
Episcopalian. Member, Society
of the Cincinnati; Freemasons;
Elks.
Died near Yazoo City, Yazoo
County, Miss., September
7, 1932 (age 78 years, 39
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Yazoo County, Miss.
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