Index to Locations
Private or family graveyards
Natchez Gloucester Plantation
Cemetery
Natchez Natchez City Cemetery
Natchez Trinity Cemetery
Private or family
graveyard
Adams County, Mississippi
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Louis L. Winston (1784-1824) —
of Mississippi.
Born in Germanton, Stokes
County, N.C., November
24, 1784.
Delegate
to Mississippi state constitutional convention, 1817; justice of
Mississippi state supreme court, 1821-24; died in office 1824.
Died in Natchez, Adams
County, Miss., August
20, 1824 (age 39 years, 270
days).
Interment in a private or family graveyard.
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Gloucester
Plantation Cemetery
Natchez, Adams County, Mississippi
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Winthrop Sargent (1753-1820) —
of Ohio.
Born in Gloucester, Essex
County, Mass., May 1,
1753.
Ship
captain; major in Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;
secretary
of Northwest Territory, 1788-98; Governor
of Mississippi Territory, 1798-1801; planter.
Died on
board ship at sea in the Gulf of
Mexico, June 3,
1820 (age 67 years, 33
days).
Interment at Gloucester Plantation Cemetery.
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Seargent Smith Prentiss (1808-1850) —
also known as Seargent S. Prentiss —
of Vicksburg, Warren
County, Miss.; New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine, September
30, 1808.
Lawyer;
famed for his oratory; member of Mississippi
state house of representatives, 1836-37; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi at-large, 1838-39.
His right
leg was "lame and feeble" due to childhood disease.
Died near Natchez, Adams
County, Miss., July 1,
1850 (age 41 years, 274
days).
Interment at Gloucester Plantation Cemetery.
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Natchez City
Cemetery
Natchez, Adams County, Mississippi
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Robert Huntington Adams (1792-1830) —
also known as Robert H. Adams —
of Natchez, Adams
County, Miss.
Born in Rockbridge
County, Va., 1792.
Lawyer;
member of Mississippi
state house of representatives, 1828; U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1830; died in office 1830.
Died in Natchez, Adams
County, Miss., July 2,
1830 (age about 38
years).
Interment at Natchez City Cemetery.
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John Anthony Quitman (1799-1858) —
also known as John A. Quitman —
of Mississippi.
Born in Rhinebeck, Dutchess
County, N.Y., September
1, 1799.
Democrat. Lawyer; cotton and
sugar planter;
member of Mississippi
state house of representatives, 1826-27; delegate
to Mississippi state constitutional convention, 1832; member of
Mississippi
state senate, 1835-36; Governor of
Mississippi, 1835-36, 1850-51; state court judge in Mississippi,
1838; general in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; candidate for
Democratic nomination for Vice President, 1848,
1856;
U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 5th District, 1855-58; died in
office 1858.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons.
Slaveowner.
While in Washington, D.C., for the inauguration of President James
Buchanan, he became ill with "National Hotel disease" (attributed
to poison,
but probably dysentery),
and subsequently died, near Natchez, Adams
County, Miss., July 17,
1858 (age 58 years, 319
days).
Interment at Natchez City Cemetery; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Richard Smith (1735-1803) —
of New Jersey.
Born in Burlington, Burlington
County, N.J., March
22, 1735.
Delegate
to Continental Congress from New Jersey, 1774.
Died September
17, 1803 (age 68 years, 179
days).
Interment at Natchez City Cemetery.
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Ayres Phillips Merrill (1825-1883) —
of Natchez, Adams
County, Miss.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Natchez, Adams
County, Miss., December
24, 1825.
Lawyer;
evacuated from Natchez during the Civil War, along with other
Northern sympathizers, with the help of Gen. Ulysses
S. Grant; U.S. Minister to Belgium, 1876-77.
Died in New Jersey, September
16, 1883 (age 57 years, 266
days).
Interment at Natchez City Cemetery.
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William A. Allain (1928-2013) —
also known as Bill Allain —
of Mississippi.
Born in Washington, Adams
County, Miss., February
14, 1928.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; Mississippi
state attorney general, 1979-83; Governor of
Mississippi, 1984-88.
Catholic.
Died, from pneumonia,
in St. Dominic Hospital,
Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss., December
2, 2013 (age 85 years, 291
days).
Interment at Natchez City Cemetery.
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Percy Edwards Quin (1872-1932) —
also known as Percy E. Quin —
of McComb, Pike
County, Miss.
Born near Liberty, Amite
County, Miss., October
30, 1872.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Mississippi
state house of representatives, 1900-02; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 7th District, 1913-32; died in
office 1932.
Baptist.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
4, 1932 (age 59 years, 97
days).
Interment at Natchez City Cemetery.
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John Perkins Jr. (1819-1885) —
of Ashwood Landing, Tensas
Parish, La.
Born in Natchez, Adams
County, Miss., July 1,
1819.
Democrat. State court judge in Louisiana, 1851; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 3rd District, 1853-55; delegate
to Louisiana secession convention, 1861; Delegate
from Louisiana to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;
Representative
from Louisiana in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65.
Slaveowner.
Died in Baltimore,
Md., November
28, 1885 (age 66 years, 150
days).
Interment at Natchez City Cemetery.
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William Gwin Benbrook (1837-1922) —
of Natchez, Adams
County, Miss.
Born May 16,
1837.
Mayor
of Natchez, Miss., 1889-1922.
Died November
6, 1922 (age 85 years, 174
days).
Interment at Natchez City Cemetery.
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Trinity
Cemetery
Natchez, Adams County, Mississippi
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John Francis Hamtramck Claiborne (1809-1884) —
of Natchez, Adams
County, Miss.; New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Natchez, Adams
County, Miss., April
24, 1809.
Lawyer;
member of Mississippi
state house of representatives, 1830-34; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi at-large, 1835-37, 1837-38.
Slaveowner.
Died near Natchez, Adams
County, Miss., May 17,
1884 (age 75 years, 23
days).
Interment at Trinity Cemetery.
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