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William Colbert Keady (1913-1989) —
also known as W. C. Keady —
of Greenville, Washington
County, Miss.
Born in Greenville, Washington
County, Miss., April 2,
1913.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Mississippi
state house of representatives, 1940-43; member of Mississippi
state senate, 1944-45; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Mississippi, 1944,
1960
(alternate); U.S.
District Judge for the Northern District of Mississippi, 1968-83;
took senior status 1983.
Died June 16,
1989 (age 76 years, 75
days).
Burial location unknown.
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William Dean Kellogg (1814-1872) —
also known as William Kellogg —
of Canton, Fulton
County, Ill.; Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill.; Nebraska; Mississippi.
Born in Kelloggsville, Ashtabula
County, Ohio, July 8,
1814.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1849-50; circuit judge in
Illinois, 1850-55; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 4th District, 1857-63; justice of
Nebraska territorial supreme court, 1865-67; chief
justice of Nebraska territorial supreme court, 1865-67; U.S.
Collector of Internal Revenue for the 5th Illinois District, 1867-69.
Died in Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill., December
20, 1872 (age 58 years, 165
days).
Interment at Springdale
Cemetery, Peoria, Ill.
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Relatives: Son
of Amos Kellogg and Paulina (Dean) Kellogg; married, December
21, 1843, to Lucinda Caroline Ross; second cousin once removed of
Chauncey
Fitch Cleveland; second cousin twice removed of James
Hodges, Charles
Kellogg (1773-1842) and Frank
Billings Kellogg; second cousin thrice removed of Aaron
Kellogg; third cousin of Orlando
Kellogg; third cousin once removed of Hezekiah
Case, Elijah
Hunt Mills, James
Leonard Hodges, Alvan
Kellogg, Day
Otis Kellogg, Dwight
Kellogg, Ensign
Hosmer Kellogg and Rowland
Case Kellogg; third cousin twice removed of Return
Jonathan Meigs, Sr., Jonathan
Ingersoll, Jared
Ingersoll, Pierpont
Edwards, Jason
Kellogg, Josiah
Meigs, Augustus
Seymour Porter (1769-1849), Peter
Buell Porter, Orsamus
Cook Merrill, Timothy
Merrill, Daniel
Fiske Kellogg and Henry
Theodore Kellogg; third cousin thrice removed of Oliver
Ellsworth, Isaiah
Kidder, Lyman
Kidder, Ezra
Kidder and David
Kidder; fourth cousin of Parmenio
Adams, Abiel
Case, Silas
Wright Jr., Marshall
Chapin, Jairus
Case, Elisha
Hunt Allen, Gouverneur
Morris, Marcus
Morton, Almon
Case, Stafford
Canning Cleveland, Edwin
Carpenter Pinney and Nelson
Appleton Miles; fourth cousin once removed of John
Davenport, Aaron
Burr, James
Davenport, Martin
Chittenden, Theodore
Dwight, Return
Jonathan Meigs Jr., Leonard
White, Gaylord
Griswold, Benjamin
Trumbull, Jedediah
Sabin, Henry
Waggaman Edwards, Elisha
Phelps, Henry
Meigs, Charles
Jared Ingersoll, Lancelot
Phelps, Luther
Walter Badger, Silas
Dewey Kellogg, Joseph
Reed Ingersoll, Ralph
Isaacs Ingersoll, Greene
Carrier Bronson, Chester
Ashley, Daniel
Kellogg, John
Russell Kellogg, Alvah
Nash, Caleb
Blodgett, John
Larkin Payson, Augustus
Seymour Porter (1798-1872), Charles
Anthony Ingersoll, Charles
Phelps Huntington and Peter
Buell Porter Jr.; also fourth cousin once removed of Thomas
Belden Butler, Oliver
Dwight Filley, George
Smith Catlin, Albert
Gallatin Kellogg, Francis
William Kellogg, Edmund
Gillett Chapin, Farrand
Fassett Merrill, Asahel
Pierson Case, Hiram
Bidwell Case, Peter
Augustus Porter, Augustus
Sabin Chase, William
Fessenden Allen, Zenas
Ferry Moody, Charles
Edward Phelps, John
Milton Hay, Charles
Kellogg (1839-1903), Marden
Sabin, Joseph
Spalding, James
Levi Hotchkiss, Clayton
Hyde Lathrop, Frederick
Hobbes Allen, George
Watson French and Claude
Carpenter Pinney. |
| | | Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar (1825-1893) —
also known as Lucius Q. C. Lamar —
of Covington, Newton
County, Ga.; Abbeville, Lafayette
County, Miss.; Oxford, Lafayette
County, Miss.
Born near Eatonton, Putnam
County, Ga., September
17, 1825.
Democrat. Lawyer; cotton planter; president,
University of Mississippi, 1849-52; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1853; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 1st District, 1857-60, 1873-77;
colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; delegate
to Mississippi state constitutional convention, 1865, 1868, 1875,
1877, 1881; U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1877-85; U.S.
Secretary of the Interior, 1885-88; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1888-93; died in office 1893.
Methodist.
Member, Sigma
Alpha Epsilon.
Slaveowner.
Died in Vineville (now part of Macon), Bibb
County, Ga., January
23, 1893 (age 67 years, 128
days).
Original interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Macon, Ga.; reinterment in 1894 at St.
Peter's Cemetery, Oxford, Miss.
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Relatives: Son
of Lucius
Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar (1797-1834) and Sarah Williamson (Bird)
Lamar; married to Virginia Longstreet; nephew of Mirabeau
Buonaparte Lamar and Loretta Rebecca Lamar (who married Absalom
Harris Chappell); uncle of William
Bailey Lamar; fourth cousin of William
McKendree Robbins and Joseph
Rucker Lamar; fourth cousin once removed of Gaston
Ahi Robbins. |
| | | Political family: Lamar
family of Georgia. |
| | | Lamar counties in Ala., Ga. and Miss. are
named for him. |
| | | Lamar Hall,
at the University
of Mississippi, Oxford,
Mississippi, is named for
him. — Lamar River,
in Yellowstone National Park, Park
County, Wyoming, is named for
him. — Lamar Boulevard,
in Oxford,
Mississippi, is named for
him. — Lamar Avenue,
in Memphis,
Tennessee, is named for
him. — Lamar School
(founded 1964), in Meridian,
Mississippi, is named for
him. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — federal
judicial profile — Wikipedia article — Ballotpedia article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books about Lucius Q. C. Lamar: John F.
Kennedy, Profiles
in Courage |
| | | Image source: James G. Blaine, Twenty
Years of Congress, vol. 2 (1886) |
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Alfred Dillingham Land (b. 1842) —
also known as Alfred D. Land —
of Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La.; New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Holmes
County, Miss., January
15, 1842.
Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
district judge in Louisiana, 1894-1903; justice of
Louisiana state supreme court, 1903-12; appointed 1903.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas Thompson Land and Mary Eliza (Dillingham) Land; married, November
11, 1869, to Sarah Virginia Lister. |
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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, Vicksburg, Miss.
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James Cullen Looney (1903-1977) —
also known as J. C. Looney —
of Edinburg, Hidalgo
County, Tex.
Born in Kossuth, Alcorn
County, Miss., May 18,
1903.
Democrat. Lawyer; director of many firms involved in
activities such as banking,
bus transit, concrete,
lumber,
radio
broadcasting, automobile
service, and operating a hotel;
chair
of Hidalgo County Democratic Party, 1932-40, 1954-68; Hidalgo
County Judge, 1941-46; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Texas, 1956,
1960,
1964,
1968.
Protestant.
Member, Pi
Kappa Alpha; American Bar
Association; Kiwanis;
Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Knights
Templar; Royal
and Select Masters; Shriners.
Died in March, 1977
(age 73
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James Owen Looney and Virginia (Dean) Looney; married, June 15,
1933, to Margaret Estelle Montgomery. |
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Chester Trent Lott (b. 1941) —
also known as Trent Lott —
of Pascagoula, Jackson
County, Miss.; Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss.
Born in Grenada, Grenada
County, Miss., October
9, 1941.
Republican. Lawyer; administrative assistant to U.S. Rep. William
M. Colmer, 1968-72; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 5th District, 1973-89; U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1989-; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Mississippi, 2004,
2008.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Sons
of Confederate Veterans; American Bar
Association; Sigma
Nu; Phi
Alpha Delta.
Still living as of 2021.
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Flavius Josephus Lovejoy (1830-1862) —
also known as Flavius J. Lovejoy —
Born in 1830.
Lawyer; law partner of Edward
C. Walthall; U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of Mississippi, 1857; colonel
in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Died in Oxford, Lafayette
County, Miss., 1862
(age about
32 years).
Burial location unknown.
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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, Vicksburg, Miss.
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Benjamin Drake Magruder (b. 1838) —
also known as B. D. Magruder —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Jefferson
County, Miss., September
27, 1838.
Republican. Lawyer; justice of
Illinois state supreme court, 1885-1906.
Interment at Rosehill
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Relatives:
Married 1864 to Julia
M. Latham. |
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Booth M. Malone (b. 1854) —
of Beloit, Rock
County, Wis.; Denver,
Colo.
Born in Benton
County, Miss., August
9, 1854.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor of
Beloit, Wis., 1883-85; Rock
County District Attorney, 1885-91; district judge in Colorado 2nd
District, 1901-07.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Richard Harwell Malone and Mary Cole (Cossitt) Malone; married, July 1,
1878, to Alma M. Bennett. |
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Macye Maness (1904-1993) —
also known as Macye Dona Jones —
of Doniphan, Ripley
County, Mo.
Born in Blue Springs, Union
County, Miss., June 5,
1904.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer; abstractor;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri,
1940;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Ripley County, 1941-42; chair of
Ripley County Democratic Party, 1949.
Female.
Died in Doniphan, Ripley
County, Mo., March
18, 1993 (age 88 years, 286
days).
Interment at Doniphan Oak Ridge Cemetery, Doniphan, Mo.
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Vannoy Hartrog Manning (1839-1892) —
also known as Van H. Manning —
of Hamburg, Ashley
County, Ark.; Holly Springs, Marshall
County, Miss.
Born near Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C., July 26,
1839.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Arkansas, 1860;
colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 2nd District, 1877-83.
Slaveowner.
Died in Branchville, Prince
George's County, Md., November
2, 1892 (age 53 years, 99
days).
Interment at Glenwood
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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John Henry Marsalis (1904-1971) —
also known as John H. Marsalis —
of Pueblo, Pueblo
County, Colo.
Born in McComb, Pike
County, Miss., May 9,
1904.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War II;
District Attorney, 10th District, 1944-48; U.S.
Representative from Colorado 3rd District, 1949-51; defeated,
1950, 1952; district judge in Colorado, 1955-62.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Exchange
Club.
Died in Pueblo, Pueblo
County, Colo., June 26,
1971 (age 67 years, 48
days).
Interment at Roselawn
Cemetery, Pueblo, Colo.
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Alonzo Gustavus Mayers (1821-1905) —
also known as Alonzo G. Mayers —
of Brandon, Rankin
County, Miss.
Born in Winchester, Wayne
County, Miss., March 6,
1821.
Lawyer; newspaper
editor; circuit judge in Mississippi 8th District, 1876-98.
Died in Brandon, Rankin
County, Miss., February
6, 1905 (age 83 years, 337
days).
Interment at Brandon
Cemetery, Brandon, Miss.
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Relatives:
Married 1848 to
Elizabeth C. King; married, February
14, 1856, to Nancy Louise Nannie McLaurin. |
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Alexander Keith McClung (1809-1855) —
also known as Alexander K. McClung; "The Black Knight
of the South" —
of Mississippi.
Born in Virginia, 1809.
Lawyer; colonel in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; U.S.
Charge d'Affaires to Bolivia, 1849-51.
Killed his opponents in a number of duels.
Died from a self-inflicted
gunshot,
with a dueling pistol, in a hotel
room at Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss., March
23, 1855 (age about 45
years).
Interment at Friendship
Cemetery, Columbus, Miss.
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Andrew Jackson McConnico (1875-1969) —
also known as Andrew J. McConnico —
of Vaiden, Carroll
County, Miss.
Born in Vaiden, Carroll
County, Miss., February
20, 1875.
Newspaper
reporter; lawyer; U.S. Consul in St. Johns, 1909-13; Trinidad, 1913-17; Corinto, 1917-19; Guadalajara, 1919-24; Bluefields, 1924-26; Hull, as of 1932.
Died July 21,
1969 (age 94 years, 151
days).
Interment at Vaiden Cemetery, Vaiden, Miss.
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Daniel Rayford McGehee (1883-1962) —
also known as Dan R. McGehee —
of Meadville, Franklin
County, Miss.
Born in Little Springs, Franklin
County, Miss., September
10, 1883.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Mississippi
state senate, 1924-28, 1932-34; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Mississippi, 1924
(alternate), 1936,
1940,
1948
(alternate); member of Mississippi
state house of representatives, 1928-32; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 7th District, 1935-47.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Woodmen.
Died in Meadville, Franklin
County, Miss., February
9, 1962 (age 78 years, 152
days).
Interment at Midway
Cemetery, Meadville, Miss.
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Frank Alexander McLain (1852-1920) —
also known as Frank A. McLain —
of Gloster, Amite
County, Miss.
Born near Gloster, Amite
County, Miss., January
29, 1852.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Mississippi
state house of representatives, 1881-83; district attorney,
1883-95; delegate
to Mississippi state constitutional convention, 1890; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi, 1898-1909 (6th District
1898-1903, 7th District 1903-09); Mississippi state supreme court
commissioner, 1910-12.
Died in Gloster, Amite
County, Miss., October
10, 1920 (age 68 years, 255
days).
Interment at Roseland
Cemetery, Gloster, Miss.
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Alexander Beaufort Meek (1814-1865) —
also known as Alexander B. Meek —
of Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala.
Born in Columbia, Richland
County, S.C., July 17,
1814.
Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper
editor; Alabama
state attorney general, 1830; county judge in Alabama, 1842-44;
U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama, 1846-50; member of
Alabama
state house of representatives, 1853, 1859; Speaker of
the Alabama State House of Representatives, 1859; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Alabama; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Alabama, 1860.
Died in Columbus, Lowndes
County, Miss., November
30, 1865 (age 51 years, 136
days).
Interment at Friendship
Cemetery, Columbus, Miss.
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Tom Miller Mehaffy (1859-1944) —
of Benton, Saline
County, Ark.; Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.
Born near Ripley, Tippah
County, Miss., October
3, 1859.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor of
Benton, Ark., 1888-89; member of Arkansas
state house of representatives, 1889-91; member of Arkansas
state senate, 1892-96; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Arkansas, 1900;
delegate
to Arkansas state constitutional convention, 1917; justice of
Arkansas state supreme court, 1927-35.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died October
20, 1944 (age 85 years, 17
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas L. Mehaffy and Ruth (Bradley) Mehaffy; married, June 15,
1884, to Anna A. Poe; married, January
10, 1920, to Mabel Holland. |
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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, Natchez, Miss.
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Thomas Bell Monroe (1791-1865) —
also known as Thomas B. Monroe —
of Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky.
Born in Albemarle
County, Va., October
7, 1791.
Lawyer; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1816; secretary
of state of Kentucky, 1823-24; U.S.
Attorney for Kentucky, 1833-34; U.S.
District Judge for Kentucky, 1834-61; resigned 1861; Delegate
from Kentucky to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62.
Died in Pass Christian, Harrison
County, Miss., December
24, 1865 (age 74 years, 78
days).
Interment at Live
Oak Cemetery, Pass Christian, Miss.
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John Isaac Moore (1856-1937) —
also known as John I. Moore; Ike Moore —
of Arkansas.
Born in Lafayette
County, Miss., February
7, 1856.
Lawyer; member of Arkansas
state house of representatives, 1882, 1901-04; Speaker of
the Arkansas State House of Representatives, 1903; probate judge
in Arkansas, 1894-1900; member of Arkansas
state senate, 1905-07, 1913-15; Governor of
Arkansas, 1907; delegate
to Arkansas state constitutional convention, 1917-18.
Died in Helena (now part of Helena-West Helena), Phillips
County, Ark., March
18, 1937 (age 81 years, 39
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Henry Lowndes Muldrow (1837-1905) —
also known as Henry L. Muldrow —
of Starkville, Oktibbeha
County, Miss.
Born in Clay
County, Miss., February
8, 1837.
Democrat. Lawyer; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil
War; district attorney, 6th District, 1869-71; member of Mississippi
state house of representatives, 1875-76; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 1st District, 1877-85; delegate
to Mississippi state constitutional convention, 1890; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Mississippi, 1892;
chancellor, 1st District, 1899-1905.
Died in Starkville, Oktibbeha
County, Miss., March 1,
1905 (age 68 years, 21
days).
Interment at Odd
Fellows Cemetery, Starkville, Miss.
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David Ronald Musgrove (b. 1956) —
also known as Ronnie Musgrove —
of Mississippi.
Born July 29,
1956.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Mississippi
state senate, 1988-95; Lieutenant
Governor of Mississippi, 1996-99; Governor of
Mississippi, 2000-04; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Mississippi, 2000.
Methodist.
Still living as of 2014.
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Benjamin Duke Nabers (1812-1878) —
also known as Benjamin D. Nabers —
of Hickory Flat, Benton
County, Miss.; Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.; Holly Springs, Marshall
County, Miss.
Born in Franklin, Williamson
County, Tenn., November
7, 1812.
Merchant;
lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 1st District, 1851-53; candidate
for Presidential Elector for Tennessee.
Member, Freemasons.
Slaveowner.
Died in Holly Springs, Marshall
County, Miss., September
6, 1878 (age 65 years, 303
days).
Interment at Hillcrest
Cemetery, Holly Springs, Miss.
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Francis Griffith Newlands (1848-1917) —
also known as Francis G. Newlands —
of San
Francisco, Calif.; Reno, Washoe
County, Nev.
Born near Natchez, Adams
County, Miss., August
28, 1848.
Lawyer; trustee of the estate of U.S. Senator William
Sharon, 1886; U.S.
Representative from Nevada at-large, 1893-1903; U.S.
Senator from Nevada, 1903-17; died in office 1917; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Nevada, 1904
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1916.
Died in Washington,
D.C., December
24, 1917 (age 69 years, 118
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; memorial monument at Chevy
Chase Circle, Washington, D.C.
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Reuben Noble (1821-1896) —
of McGregor, Clayton
County, Iowa.
Born near Natchez, Adams
County, Miss., April 4,
1821.
Lawyer; Speaker of
the Iowa State House of Representatives, 1854-56; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Iowa, 1860;
Democratic candidate for U.S.
Representative from Iowa 3rd District, 1866; Democratic candidate
for chief
justice of Iowa state supreme court, 1868, 1879; district judge
in Iowa; elected 1874, 1878.
Died in McGregor, Clayton
County, Iowa, August
8, 1896 (age 75 years, 126
days).
Interment at Pleasant
Grove Cemetery, McGregor, Iowa.
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Edmond Favor Noel (1856-1927) —
of Lexington, Holmes
County, Miss.
Born near Lexington, Holmes
County, Miss., March 4,
1856.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Mississippi
state house of representatives, 1881-82; member of Mississippi
state senate, 1895-1903, 1920-27; served in the U.S. Army during
the Spanish-American War; Governor of
Mississippi, 1908-12; first
chairman of first
conference of governors, 1908.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died July 30,
1927 (age 71 years, 148
days).
Interment at Odd
Fellows Cemetery, Lexington, Miss.
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Jehu Amaziah Orr (1828-1921) —
of Mississippi.
Born in Anderson
County, S.C., April
10, 1828.
Lawyer; member of Mississippi state legislature, 1852; delegate
to Mississippi secession convention, 1861; Delegate
from Mississippi to the Confederate Provisional Congress,
1861-62; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; Representative
from Mississippi in the Confederate Congress, 1864-65; district
judge in Mississippi 6th District, 1870-76.
Presbyterian.
Died in Columbus, Lowndes
County, Miss., March 9,
1921 (age 92 years, 333
days).
Interment at Friendship
Cemetery, Columbus, Miss.
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Ellis Simmons Outlaw (1883-1982) —
also known as Ellis S. Outlaw —
of Evanston, Cook
County, Ill.; St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Oktibbeha
County, Miss., November
15, 1883.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for Missouri
state house of representatives from St. Louis City 3rd District,
1944.
Baptist.
African
ancestry.
Died in 1982
(age about
98 years).
Interment at Washington Park Cemetery, Berkeley, Mo.
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Relatives: Son
of Rev. Johnson Hansford Outlaw and Jennie (Gandy) Outlaw; married to
Angelina Villasenor; married, August
3, 1932, to Hazel Selvey. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Le Roy Percy (1860-1929) —
of Greenville, Washington
County, Miss.
Born near Greenville, Washington
County, Miss., November
9, 1860.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Mississippi, 1892,
1904
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business); U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1910-13.
Died in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., December
24, 1929 (age 69 years, 45
days).
Interment at Greenville
Cemetery, Greenville, 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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Frederick Waldron Phelps (1929-2014) —
also known as Fred Phelps —
of Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan.
Born in Meridian, Lauderdale
County, Miss., November
13, 1929.
Democrat. Lawyer; disbarred
by the state of Kansas in 1979 over harassment
of a court reporter and perjury
during the proceedings; in 1985, nine Federal judges filed a
disciplinary complaint against him over alleged false
accusations, which led to an agreement that he cease law
practice in Federal court; pastor of
the Westboro Baptist Church, which is widely
reviled for its extreme hatred
of homosexuals, and its tactics, such as picketing at military
funerals; candidate for Governor of
Kansas, 1990, 1994, 1998; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Kansas, 1992; candidate for mayor of
Topeka, Kan., 1993, 1997.
Baptist.
Died in Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan., March
19, 2014 (age 84 years, 126
days).
Cremated.
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Charles Willis Pickering, Sr. (b. 1937) —
also known as Charles W. Pickering —
Born in Laurel, Jones
County, Miss., May 29,
1937.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Mississippi
state senate, 1972-80; Mississippi
Republican state chair, 1976-78; candidate for Mississippi
state attorney general, 1979; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of Mississippi,
1990-2004; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, 2004; retired 2004.
Baptist.
Still living as of 2010.
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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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Franklin E. Plummer (d. 1852) —
of Westville, Simpson
County, Miss.
Born in Massachusetts.
School
teacher; lawyer; member of Mississippi
state house of representatives, 1820; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi at-large, 1831-35.
Slaveowner.
Died in Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss., September
24, 1852.
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Jackson, Miss.
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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, Natchez, Miss.
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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, Natchez, Miss.
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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, Natchez, Miss.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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