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Chickasaw County
Mississippi

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Chickasaw County

Index to Locations Houston Houston Cemetery Okolona Unknown location Okolona Confederate Cemetery Okolona Odd Fellows Cemetery Houston Cemetery Houston, Chickasaw County, Mississippi Politicians buried here:   Thomas Jefferson Busby (1884-1964) — also known as T. Jeff Busby — of Houston, Chickasaw County, Miss. Born near Short, Tishomingo County, Miss., July 26, 1884. Democrat. Lawyer; Chickasaw County Prosecuting Attorney, 1912-20; U.S. Representative from Mississippi 4th District, 1923-35. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners. Died in Houston, Chickasaw County, Miss., October 18, 1964 (age 80 years, 84 days). Interment at Houston Cemetery.   Presumably named for: Thomas Jefferson   Relatives: Son of Reubin Winston Busby and Laura Ann (Bartlett) Busby; married, June 4, 1912, to Joanna Martin.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page Unknown Location Okolona, Chickasaw County, Mississippi Politicians buried here:   Harvey Lee Morrison (d. 1990) — of Okolona, Chickasaw County, Miss. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Mississippi, 1944 (member, Committee to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee). Died in 1990. Interment somewhere. Confederate Cemetery Okolona, Chickasaw County, Mississippi Politicians who have (or had) monuments here:   William Wirt Adams (1819-1888) — also known as Wirt Adams — of Jackson, Hinds County, Miss. Born in Frankfort, Franklin County, Ky., March 22, 1819. Democrat. Member of Mississippi state house of representatives, 1858-60; general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; postmaster at Jackson, Miss., 1885-88. Shot and killed in a street encounter with John H. Martin, a newspaper editor with whom he had quarreled, in Jackson, Hinds County, Miss., May 1, 1888 (age 69 years, 40 days). Martin was also killed. Interment at Greenwood Cemetery, Jackson, Miss.; cenotaph at Confederate Cemetery.   Presumably named for: William Wirt   Relatives: Son of George Adams and Anna (Weisiger) Adams.   See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial Odd Fellows Cemetery Okolona, Chickasaw County, Mississippi Politicians buried here:   James Gordon (1833-1912) — of Okolona, Chickasaw County, Miss. Born in Cottin Gin Port, Monroe County, Miss., December 6, 1833. Democrat. Member of Mississippi state legislature, 1870; U.S. Senator from Mississippi, 1909-10. Slaveowner. Died in Okolona, Chickasaw County, Miss., November 28, 1912 (age 78 years, 358 days). Interment at Odd Fellows Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   William Doniphan Frazee (1843-1912) — also known as W. D. Frazee — of Okolona, Chickasaw County, Miss.; Oxford, Lafayette County, Miss. Born in Kentucky, November 17, 1843. Republican. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; lawyer; chancellor, 1st chancery district; delegate to Republican National Convention from Mississippi, 1888; member, Committee to Notify Presidential Nominee, 1896; candidate for U.S. Representative from Mississippi 4th District, 1896; U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Mississippi, 1905-12; died in office 1912. Member, Freemasons. Died in Okolona, Chickasaw County, Miss., August 17, 1912 (age 68 years, 274 days). Interment at Odd Fellows Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Joseph S. Frazee and Ann Elizabeth (Stone) Frazee; married to Eliza Bramlitt.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial

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