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Index to Locations
Vicksburg Cedar Hill Cemetery
Vicksburg Vicksburg National
Cemetery
Vicksburg Vicksburg National Military
Park
Cedar Hill
Cemetery
Vicksburg, Warren County, Mississippi
| Politicians buried
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Walker Brooke (1813-1869) —
of Mississippi.
Born near Winchester, Frederick
County, Va., December
25, 1813.
Member of Mississippi
state house of representatives, 1848; member of Mississippi
state senate, 1850; U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1852-53; delegate
to Mississippi secession convention, 1861; Delegate
from Mississippi to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62.
Died in Vicksburg, Warren
County, Miss., December
18, 1869 (age 55 years, 358
days).
Interment at Cedar Hill Cemetery.
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James William Collier (1872-1933) —
also known as James W. Collier —
of Vicksburg, Warren
County, Miss.
Born near Vicksburg, Warren
County, Miss., September
28, 1872.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Mississippi
state house of representatives, 1896-99; Warren
County Circuit Clerk, 1899; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 8th District, 1909-33; member,
U.S. Tariff Commission, 1933; died in office 1933.
Died in Washington,
D.C., September
28, 1933 (age 61 years, 0
days).
Interment at Cedar Hill Cemetery.
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Albert Major Lea (1848-1901) —
also known as Albert M. Lea —
of Vicksburg, Warren
County, Miss.
Born in Grainger
County, Tenn., December
10, 1848.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi, 1889-97,
1897-1901; died in office 1901; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Mississippi, 1896
(member, Credentials
Committee).
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Elks.
Suffered a stroke of
paralysis, and died, in the Edwards House hotel,
Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss., December
24, 1901 (age 53 years, 14
days).
Interment at Cedar Hill Cemetery.
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Thomas Clendinen Catchings (1847-1927) —
also known as Thomas C. Catchings —
of Vicksburg, Warren
County, Miss.
Born in Hinds
County, Miss., January
11, 1847.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
member of Mississippi
state senate, 1875-77; Mississippi
state attorney general, 1877-85; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 3rd District, 1885-1901; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Mississippi, 1904
(member, Credentials
Committee).
Died in Vicksburg, Warren
County, Miss., December
24, 1927 (age 80 years, 347
days).
Interment at Cedar Hill Cemetery.
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William Augustus Lake (1808-1861) —
Born near Cambridge, Dorchester
County, Md., January
6, 1808.
Member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1831; member of Mississippi
state senate, 1848; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 4th District, 1855-57; member of
Mississippi
state house of representatives, 1859.
Slaveowner.
Killed
in a duel by Henry
Cousins Chambers, his opponent for Confederate Congress, at
Hopefield, Crittenden
County, Ark., October
15, 1861 (age 53 years, 282
days).
Interment at Cedar Hill Cemetery.
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Nicholas Daniel Coleman (1800-1874) —
of Kentucky; Vicksburg, Warren
County, Miss.
Born in Cynthiana, Harrison
County, Ky., April
22, 1800.
Lawyer;
member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1824-25; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 2nd District, 1829-31; postmaster at
Vicksburg,
Miss., 1841-44.
Slaveowner.
Died in Vicksburg, Warren
County, Miss., May 11,
1874 (age 74 years, 19
days).
Interment at Cedar Hill Cemetery.
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Elza Jeffords (1826-1885) —
of Mississippi.
Born in Ironton, Lawrence
County, Ohio, May 23,
1826.
Republican. State court judge in Mississippi, 1868; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 3rd District, 1883-85.
Died March
19, 1885 (age 58 years, 300
days).
Interment at Cedar Hill Cemetery.
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Patrick Henry (1861-1933) —
also known as Pat Henry —
of Vicksburg, Warren
County, Miss.
Born near Helena (now part of Helena-West Helena), Phillips
County, Ark., February
15, 1861.
Democrat. Member of Mississippi
state senate, 1888-90; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Mississippi, 1896,
1916,
1928;
circuit judge in Mississippi, 1900-01; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 3rd District, 1901-03.
Died in Vicksburg, Warren
County, Miss., December
28, 1933 (age 72 years, 316
days).
Interment at Cedar Hill Cemetery.
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John Patrick Henry Culkin (1887-1951) —
also known as J. H. Culkin —
of Vicksburg, Warren
County, Miss.
Born in Oak Ridge, Warren
County, Miss., April
17, 1887.
Democrat. School teacher
and principal; newspaper
editor; Warren
County Superintendent of Education, 1912-26; lawyer;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Mississippi, 1928;
member of Mississippi
state senate, 1929-42.
Catholic.
Irish,
English,
and Scottish
ancestry. Member, Elks; Moose; Rotary;
Woodmen;
Knights
of Columbus.
Died in 1951
(age about
64 years).
Interment at Cedar Hill Cemetery.
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Presumably named
for: Patrick
Henry |
| | | Relatives: Son of Patrick Lawrence
Culkin and Elizabeth (Hearn) Culkin; married, July 12,
1915, to Clara Augusta Linstrom. |
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Eugene Magee (d. 1835) —
Born in Baltimore,
Md.
Lawyer;
delegate
to Mississippi state constitutional convention, 1832; member of
Mississippi
state senate, 1833-34.
Died in 1835.
Interment at Cedar Hill Cemetery.
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Michael Joseph Mulvihill (1855-1935) —
also known as M. J. Mulvihill —
of Vicksburg, Warren
County, Miss.
Born in La Salle
County, Ill., July 17,
1855.
Republican. Postmaster at Vicksburg,
Miss., 1902-14; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Mississippi, 1908,
1912,
1916,
1920;
member of Republican
National Committee from Mississippi, 1920.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Knights
of Columbus.
Died in Vicksburg, Warren
County, Miss., November
21, 1935 (age 80 years, 127
days).
Interment at Cedar Hill Cemetery.
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Charles E. Crook (1878-1955) —
of Vicksburg, Warren
County, Miss.
Born in Mississippi, December
8, 1878.
Democrat. Postmaster at Vicksburg,
Miss., 1941-55 (acting, 1941-42).
Died in Warren
County, Miss., July 18,
1955 (age 76 years, 222
days).
Interment at Cedar Hill Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert Lewis Crook and Mary Elizabeth (Gaddis) Crook; married to
Ethel Miles Willis. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Charles Conway Flowerree (1842-1929) —
also known as Charles C. Flowerree —
of Vicksburg, Warren
County, Miss.
Born in Fauquier
County, Va., October
26, 1842.
Democrat. Colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
postmaster at Vicksburg,
Miss., 1893-94.
Died in Vicksburg, Warren
County, Miss., September
16, 1929 (age 86 years, 325
days).
Interment at Cedar Hill Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Daniel Rout Flowerree and Nancy (Rector) Flowerree; married 1867 to Jennie
Wilson. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Michael Joseph Mulvihill Jr. (1893-1960) —
also known as Michael J. Mulvihill, Jr. —
of Vicksburg, Warren
County, Miss.
Born September
23, 1893.
Republican. Postmaster at Vicksburg,
Miss., 1922-35.
Died March
23, 1960 (age 66 years, 182
days).
Interment at Cedar Hill Cemetery.
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Vicksburg
National Cemetery
3201 Clay Street
Vicksburg, Warren County, Mississippi
Founded 1866
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
Vicksburg
National Military Park
Vicksburg, Warren County, Mississippi
| Politicians who have
(or had) monuments here: |
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Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton (1823-1877) —
also known as Oliver P. Morton —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Salisbury, Wayne
County, Ind., August
4, 1823.
Republican. Circuit judge in Indiana, 1852; Lieutenant
Governor of Indiana, 1861; Governor of
Indiana, 1861-67; defeated, 1856; U.S.
Senator from Indiana, 1867-77; died in office 1877; member of Republican
National Committee from Indiana, 1872-; candidate for Republican
nomination for President, 1876.
His legs were
paralyzed after a stroke in 1865; suffered another stroke in
1877, and died soon after, in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., November
1, 1877 (age 54 years, 89
days).
Interment at Crown
Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.; statue at Vicksburg National
Military Park; statue at Statehouse
Grounds, Indianapolis, Ind.
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