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DeSoto Parish
Louisiana

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in DeSoto Parish

Index to Locations Near Gloster Trinity Cemetery Kingston Evergreen Cemetery Mansfield Highland Cemetery Mansfield Mansfield Cemetery Trinity Cemetery Near Gloster, DeSoto Parish, Louisiana Politicians buried here:   Henry Marshall (1805-1864) — of Louisiana. Born in Darlington District (now Darlington County), S.C., December 28, 1805. Member of Louisiana state senate, 1850; delegate to Louisiana secession convention, 1861; Delegate from Louisiana to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62; Representative from Louisiana in the Confederate Congress, 1862-64. Slaveowner. Died in DeSoto Parish, La., July 13, 1864 (age 58 years, 198 days). Interment at Trinity Cemetery. Evergreen Cemetery Kingston, DeSoto Parish, Louisiana Politicians buried here:   Philemon Thomas Herbert (1825-1864) — also known as Philemon T. Herbert — of Mariposa, Mariposa County, Calif.; El Paso, El Paso County, Tex. Born in Pine Apple, Wilcox County, Ala., November 1, 1825. Democrat. Lawyer; member of California state assembly, 1853-55 (10th District 1853-54, 6th District 1854-55); U.S. Representative from California at-large, 1855-57; in 1856, drunk at breakfast, he shot and killed Thomas Keating, a waiter at the Willard Hotel in Washington; charged with murder, twice tried, and eventually acquitted; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. Wounded at the Battle of Mansfield, April 8, 1864, and died in Kingston, DeSoto Parish, La., July 23, 1864 (age 38 years, 265 days). Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article Highland Cemetery Mansfield, DeSoto Parish, Louisiana Politicians buried here:   Joseph Barton Elam Jr. (1878-1935) — of Mansfield, DeSoto Parish, La. Born in Mansfield, DeSoto Parish, La., June 1, 1878. Newspaper editor; mayor of Mansfield, La., 1914-20. Died in Shreveport, Caddo Parish, La., October 25, 1935 (age 57 years, 146 days). Interment at Highland Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Joseph Barton Elam and Mary Elizabeth (Stewart) Elam; brother of Mary Elizabeth 'Mollie' Elam (who married Edgar Williamson Sutherlin) and Charles Wheaton Elam; married, June 25, 1912, to Margaret Taylor.   Political family: Elam-Williamson family of Mansfield, Louisiana.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Mansfield Cemetery Mansfield, DeSoto Parish, Louisiana Politicians buried here:   Joseph Barton Elam (1821-1885) — of Mansfield, DeSoto Parish, La. Born near Hope, Hempstead County, Ark., June 12, 1821. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Louisiana state house of representatives, 1851-61; delegate to Louisiana secession convention, 1861; U.S. Representative from Louisiana 4th District, 1877-81; defeated, 1880. Slaveowner. Died in Mansfield, DeSoto Parish, La., July 4, 1885 (age 64 years, 22 days). Interment at Mansfield Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of William Jefferson Elam and Cynthia Lucy (Wheaton) Elam; married, April 5, 1851, to Catherine W. Steadman; married to Mary Elizabeth Stewart; father of Mary Elizabeth 'Mollie' Elam (who married Edgar Williamson Sutherlin), Charles Wheaton Elam and Joseph Barton Elam Jr..   Political family: Elam-Williamson family of Mansfield, Louisiana.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial   Edgar Williamson Sutherlin (1851-1924) — of DeSoto Parish, La.; Shreveport, Caddo Parish, La. Born in DeSoto Parish, La., July 12, 1851. Delegate to Louisiana state constitutional convention, 1879; member of Louisiana state senate, 1884; district judge in Louisiana, 1890. Died near Mansfield, DeSoto Parish, La., October 21, 1924 (age 73 years, 101 days). Interment at Mansfield Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of John Haskins Sutherlin and Sarah Priscilla (Keener) Sutherlin; married to Mary Elizabeth 'Mollie' Elam (daughter of Joseph Barton Elam; sister of Charles Wheaton Elam and Joseph Barton Elam Jr.) and Mary Leigh Williamson (daughter of George McWillie Williamson).   Political family: Elam-Williamson family of Mansfield, Louisiana.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Charles Wheaton Elam (1866-1917) — also known as Charles W. Elam — of Mansfield, DeSoto Parish, La. Born in Mansfield, DeSoto Parish, La., March 18, 1866. Democrat. Member of Louisiana state house of representatives, 1892-93; delegate to Louisiana state constitutional convention, 1909; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Louisiana, 1912, 1916 (alternate). Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons. Died in Mansfield, DeSoto Parish, La., September 5, 1917 (age 51 years, 171 days). Interment at Mansfield Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Joseph Barton Elam and Mary Elizabeth (Stewart) Elam; brother of Mary Elizabeth 'Mollie' Elam (who married Edgar Williamson Sutherlin) and Joseph Barton Elam Jr.; married, March 18, 1891, to Lucy Belle Burden.   Political family: Elam-Williamson family of Mansfield, Louisiana.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial

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