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John Elliott Rankin (1882-1960) —
also known as John E. Rankin —
of Tupelo, Lee
County, Miss.
Born in Itawamba
County, Miss., March
29, 1882.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 1st District, 1921-53; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Mississippi, 1932,
1936,
1940,
1948;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1947.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Woodmen;
American
Legion; Rotary.
Died November
26, 1960 (age 78 years, 242
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, West Point, Miss.
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F. B. Ransom (b. 1882) —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Grenada, Grenada
County, Miss., July 13,
1882.
Democrat. Lawyer; business
executive; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Indiana, 1940,
1944.
African
Methodist Episcopal. African
ancestry. Member, NAACP.
Burial location unknown.
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Sidney Dillon Redmond (1871-1948) —
also known as S. D. Redmond —
of Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss.
Born October
11, 1871.
Republican. Physician;
lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Mississippi, 1916,
1924,
1928,
1932,
1936,
1940
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee), 1944;
Mississippi
Republican state chair, 1931-45.
Died February
11, 1948 (age 76 years, 123
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Jackson, Miss.
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Sidney Theodore Roebuck (1901-1982) —
also known as S. T. Roebuck —
of Newton, Newton
County, Miss.
Born in Attala
County, Miss., 1901.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Mississippi
state house of representatives, 1930; secretary of
Mississippi Democratic Party, 1937; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Mississippi, 1940.
Died from an accidental overdose
of Coumadin (Warfarin), 1982
(age about
81 years).
Interment at Lakewood
Memorial Park, Jackson, Miss.
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Dan Monroe Russell Jr. (1913-2011) —
also known as Dan M. Russell, Jr. —
of Bay St. Louis, Hancock
County, Miss.
Born in Magee, Simpson
County, Miss., March
15, 1913.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Mississippi, 1960;
U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of Mississippi, 1965-83;
took senior status 1983.
Died in Gulfport, Harrison
County, Miss., April
16, 2011 (age 98 years, 32
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Donald Stuart Russell (1906-1998) —
also known as Donald S. Russell —
of Spartanburg, Spartanburg
County, S.C.
Born in Lafayette Springs, Lafayette
County, Miss., February
22, 1906.
Democrat. Lawyer; major in the U.S. Army during World War II;
president,
University of South Carolina, 1952-57; Governor of
South Carolina, 1963-65; U.S.
Senator from South Carolina, 1965-66; U.S.
District Judge for South Carolina, 1966-71; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit, 1971-98; died in
office 1998.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died in Spartanburg, Spartanburg
County, S.C., February
22, 1998 (age 92 years, 0
days).
Interment at Greenlawn
Memorial Gardens, Spartanburg, S.C.
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Henry Floyd Samuels (1869-1948) —
also known as H. F. Samuels —
of Wallace, Shoshone
County, Idaho.
Born in Washington
County, Miss., April 4,
1869.
Lawyer; Shoshone
County Attorney, 1898-1900; developed zinc, lead and silver mining in
Idaho; built the Samuels Hotel in
1907; banker;
candidate for Governor of
Idaho, 1918 (Democratic), 1922 (Progressive), 1924 (Progressive);
Progressive candidate for U.S.
Senator from Idaho, 1926.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias.
Died in 1948
(age about
79 years).
Interment at Sequim
View Cemetery, Near Sequim, Clallam County, Wash.
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Lewis Ernest Sawyer (1867-1923) —
also known as Lewis E. Sawyer —
of Friars Point, Coahoma
County, Miss.; Hot Springs, Garland
County, Ark.
Born in Shelby
County, Ala., June 24,
1867.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor, Friars Point, Miss., 1896-98; served
in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; member of Arkansas
state house of representatives, 1913-15; Speaker of
the Arkansas State House of Representatives, 1915; U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 6th District, 1923; died in office
1923.
Died in Hot Springs, Garland
County, Ark., May 5,
1923 (age 55 years, 315
days).
Interment at Hollywood
Cemetery, Hot Springs, Ark.
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Joseph Draper Sayers (1841-1929) —
also known as Joseph D. Sayers —
of Bastrop, Bastrop
County, Tex.
Born in Grenada, Grenada
County, Miss., September
23, 1841.
Democrat. Major in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; member of Texas
state senate, 1873; Texas
Democratic state chair, 1875-78; Lieutenant
Governor of Texas, 1878-80; U.S.
Representative from Texas, 1885-99 (10th District 1885-93, 9th
District 1893-99); Governor of
Texas, 1899-1903.
Member, Freemasons.
Died May 15,
1929 (age 87 years, 234
days).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, Bastrop, Tex.
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Henry M. Scales (1869-1918) —
of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla.
Born in Holly Springs, Marshall
County, Miss., March
13, 1869.
Lawyer; real
estate and insurance
business; mayor
of Oklahoma City, Okla., 1907-10; resigned 1910.
Died, from pneumonia,
in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla., December
15, 1918 (age 49 years, 277
days).
Interment at Fairlawn
Cemetery, Oklahoma City, Okla.
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Campaign slogan
(1907): "Let The People Rule." |
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memorial |
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City |
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Josiah Thomas Settle (1850-1915) —
also known as Josiah T. Settle; Joe Settle —
of Panola
County, Miss.; Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.
Born in Rockingham
County, N.C., September
30, 1850.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Mississippi, 1876;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Mississippi; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from Tennessee, 1896,
1900,
1912.
African
ancestry.
Died, from tuberculosis,
in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., August
16, 1915 (age 64 years, 320
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Memphis, Tenn.
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Relatives: Son
of Josiah Thomas Settle (1799-1869) and Nancy Ann (Graves) Settle;
married to Theresa T. Vogelsang; married 1890 to
Frances McCullough. |
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memorial |
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William Lewis Sharkey (1798-1873) —
also known as William L. Sharkey —
of Vicksburg, Warren
County, Miss.
Born in Sumner
County, Tenn., July 12,
1798.
Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; lawyer; member
of Mississippi
state house of representatives, 1828-29; circuit judge in
Mississippi, 1832; justice of
Mississippi state supreme court, 1832-51; U.S. Consul in Havana, 1851-53; Governor of
Mississippi, 1865.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March
30, 1873 (age 74 years, 261
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Jackson, Miss.
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William Bayard Shields (1780-1823) —
also known as William B. Shields —
of Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.; Natchez, Adams
County, Miss.
Born in Maryland, 1780.
Lawyer; secretary
of state of Delaware, 1802; member of Mississippi
territorial House of Representatives, 1807-08, 1813; Mississippi
territory attorney general Western District, 1808-14; superior
court judge in Mississippi, 1817-18; U.S.
District Judge for Mississippi, 1818-23; died in office 1823.
Died in Natchez, Adams
County, Miss., April
19, 1823 (age about 42
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Walter Sillers Jr. (1888-1966) —
of Rosedale, Bolivar
County, Miss.
Born in Rosedale, Bolivar
County, Miss., April
13, 1888.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Mississippi; member of Mississippi
state house of representatives, 1916-44; Speaker of
the Mississippi State House of Representatives, 1944; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Mississippi, 1916,
1924,
1944
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee; speaker),
1948,
1952,
1956.
Member, American Bar
Association; Delta
Psi; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died September
24, 1966 (age 78 years, 164
days).
Interment at Beulah
Cemetery, Beulah, Miss.
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Relatives: Son
of Walter Sillers and Florence (Warfield) Sillers; married, November
22, 1911, to Lena Roberts. |
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Floyd Davidson Spence (1928-2001) —
also known as Floyd Spence —
of Lexington, Lexington
County, S.C.
Born in Columbia, Richland
County, S.C., April 9,
1928.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; lawyer;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1957-62; delegate to
Republican National Convention from South Carolina, 1964,
1972
(delegation chair), 1988;
member of South
Carolina state senate, 1967-70 (22nd District 1967-68, 7th
District 1969-70); resigned 1970; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 2nd District, 1971-2001; died
in office 2001.
Lutheran.
Member, Sons
of Confederate Veterans; Farm
Bureau; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Forty and
Eight; American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Association
of Trial Lawyers of America; Kappa
Alpha Order.
Died, following surgery to remove a blood clot
from his brain, in St. Dominic-Jackson Memorial Hospital,
Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss., August
16, 2001 (age 73 years, 129
days).
Interment at St. Peters Lutheran Church Cemetery, Lexington, S.C.
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Hubert Durrett Stephens (1875-1946) —
also known as Hubert D. Stephens —
of New Albany, Union
County, Miss.
Born in New Albany, Union
County, Miss., July 2,
1875.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 2nd District, 1911-21; U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1923-35; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Mississippi, 1924
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1928
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business).
Methodist.
Member, Phi
Kappa Psi; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Woodmen;
Elks.
Died near New Albany, Union
County, Miss., March
14, 1946 (age 70 years, 255
days).
Interment at Pythian
Cemetery, New Albany, Miss.
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Asa Evans Stratton Jr. (1844-1921) —
also known as Asa E. Stratton —
of Brazoria
County, Tex.; Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.
Born in Panola
County, Miss., January
13, 1844.
Republican. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; Brazoria
County Judge; Brazoria
County Attorney; member of Texas
state senate 10th District, 1880-84; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas, 1884-85; candidate
for Presidential Elector for Alabama; candidate for Governor of
Alabama, 1906; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Alabama, 1912
(alternate), 1916.
Member, Phi
Gamma Delta.
Died in Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala., April
26, 1921 (age 77 years, 103
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Montgomery, Ala.
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William Henry Haywood Tison (1822-1882) —
also known as W. H. H. Tison —
of Carrollville, Prentiss
County, Miss.
Born in Jackson
County, Ala., November
6, 1822.
Democrat. Farmer;
lawyer; postmaster;
dry goods
merchant; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Mississippi, 1860,
1880;
colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Murdered,
in Baldwyn, Lee
County, Miss., December
4, 1882 (age 60 years, 28
days).
Interment at Baldwyn
Masonic Cemetery, Baldwyn, Miss.
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Richard Alvin Tonry (1935-2012) —
also known as Richard A. Tonry —
of Arabi, St.
Bernard Parish, La.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., June 25,
1935.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer; member of Louisiana
state house of representatives, 1976; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 1st District, 1977.
Catholic.
Died in Lumberton, Lamar
County, Miss., July 3,
2012 (age 77 years, 8
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Everette Geoffrey Truly (1890-1952) —
also known as Everette G. Truly —
of Fayette, Jefferson
County, Miss.
Born in Fayette, Jefferson
County, Miss., October
16, 1890.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Mississippi, 1920,
1948.
Died in Fayette, Jefferson
County, Miss., March
18, 1952 (age 61 years, 154
days).
Interment at Fayette Cemetery, Fayette, Miss.
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Jefferson Truly (1861-1946) —
also known as Jeff Truly —
of Fayette, Jefferson
County, Miss.
Born in Fayette, Jefferson
County, Miss., July 21,
1861.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Mississippi
state house of representatives, 1886-88; circuit judge in
Mississippi, 1898-1903; justice of
Mississippi state supreme court, 1903-06; appointed 1903.
Presbyterian.
Died in Mississippi, August
25, 1946 (age 85 years, 35
days).
Interment at Fayette Cemetery, Fayette, Miss.
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Thomas Jefferson Tubb (1899-1981) —
also known as Thomas J. Tubb; Tom Tubb —
of West Point, Clay
County, Miss.
Born in Amory, Monroe
County, Miss., August
14, 1899.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Mississippi, 1952,
1956;
Mississippi
Democratic state chair, 1955.
Died in Tupelo, Lee
County, Miss., December
8, 1981 (age 82 years, 116
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, West Point, Miss.
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Tilghman Mayfield Tucker (1802-1859) —
of Mississippi.
Born in North Carolina, February
5, 1802.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Mississippi
state house of representatives, 1831-36; member of Mississippi
state senate, 1838-42; Governor of
Mississippi, 1842-44; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi at-large, 1843-45.
Slaveowner.
Died near Bexar, Marion
County, Ala., April 3,
1859 (age 57 years, 57
days).
Interment at Lake
Providence Cemetery, Lake Providence, La.
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Enoch H. Vance (1848-1921) —
of Malvern, Hot Spring
County, Ark.
Born in Pontotoc
County, Miss., February
18, 1848.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 2nd District, 1900; postmaster at Malvern,
Ark., 1901.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Malvern, Hot Spring
County, Ark., October
8, 1921 (age 73 years, 232
days).
Interment at Oak
Ridge Cemetery, Malvern, Ark.
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Henry Smith Van Eaton (1826-1898) —
of Woodville, Wilkinson
County, Miss.
Born in Anderson Township, Hamilton
County, Ohio, September
14, 1826.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Mississippi
state house of representatives, 1859; served in the Confederate
Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 6th District, 1883-87.
Died in Woodville, Wilkinson
County, Miss., May 30,
1898 (age 71 years, 258
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Woodville, Miss.
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James Kimble Vardaman (1861-1930) —
also known as James K. Vardaman; "The Great White
Chief" —
of Greenwood, Leflore
County, Miss.; Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss.
Born near Edna, Jackson
County, Tex., July 26,
1861.
Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper
editor; member of Mississippi
state house of representatives, 1890-96; Speaker of
the Mississippi State House of Representatives, 1894; major in
the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Mississippi, 1904,
1912
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee; speaker),
1916;
Governor
of Mississippi, 1904-08; U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1913-19.
Died in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., June 25,
1930 (age 68 years, 334
days).
Interment at Lakewood
Memorial Park, Jackson, Miss.
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Jonathan Hoge Walker (1754-1824) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born near Hogestown, Cumberland
County, Pa., March
20, 1754.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;
lawyer; district judge in Pennsylvania, 1806-18; U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Pennsylvania, 1818-24;
died in office 1824.
Died in Natchez, Adams
County, Miss., March
23, 1824 (age 70 years, 3
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Robert John Walker (1801-1869) —
also known as Robert J. Walker —
of Madisonville, Madison
County, Miss.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Northumberland, Northumberland
County, Pa., July 19,
1801.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1835-45; resigned 1845; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1845-49; Governor
of Kansas Territory, 1857; newspaper
publisher.
Slaveowner.
Died in Washington,
D.C., November
11, 1869 (age 68 years, 115
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Edward Cary Walthall (1831-1898) —
also known as Edward C. Walthall —
of Grenada, Grenada
County, Miss.
Born in Richmond,
Va., April 4,
1831.
Democrat. Lawyer; law partner of Flavius
J. Lovejoy; general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Mississippi, 1876,
1880;
U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1885-94, 1895-98; died in office 1898.
Slaveowner.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April
21, 1898 (age 67 years, 17
days).
Interment at Hillcrest
Cemetery, Holly Springs, Miss.
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Elton Watkins (1881-1956) —
of Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.
Born in Newton, Newton
County, Miss., 1881.
Democrat. FBI
agent; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Oregon 3rd District, 1923-25; candidate for
U.S.
Senator from Oregon, 1930; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Oregon.
Baptist.
Died in 1956
(age about
75 years).
Interment at Greenwood
Hills Cemetery, Portland, Ore.
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Guilford Wiley Wells (1840-1909) —
also known as G. Wiley Wells —
of Mississippi.
Born in New York, 1840.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of Mississippi, 1870; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 2nd District, 1875-77; U.S.
Consul General in Shanghai, 1877.
Died March
21, 1909 (age about 68
years).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Los Angeles, Calif.
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Francis Shelley White (1847-1922) —
also known as Frank S. White —
of West Point, Clay
County, Miss.; Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Born in Prairie Point, Noxubee
County, Miss., March
13, 1847.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; member of Mississippi
state house of representatives, 1875, 1882-83; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Alabama, 1900,
1916
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee); U.S.
Senator from Alabama, 1914-15.
Died in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., August
1, 1922 (age 75 years, 141
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Birmingham, Ala.
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Thomas William White (1824-1889) —
also known as T. W. White —
of Hernando, DeSoto
County, Miss.
Born in Elbert
County, Ga., January
8, 1824.
Democrat. Lawyer; colonel in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War; law partner of H.
H. Chalmers; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Mississippi, 1876.
Died in Hernando, DeSoto
County, Miss., July 26,
1889 (age 65 years, 199
days).
Interment at Hernando
Baptist Cemetery, Hernando, Miss.
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Jamie Lloyd Whitten (1910-1995) —
also known as Jamie L. Whitten —
of Charleston, Tallahatchie
County, Miss.
Born in Cascilla, Tallahatchie
County, Miss., April
18, 1910.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Mississippi
state house of representatives, 1931-32; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi, 1941-95 (2nd District 1941-73,
1st District 1973-95); delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Mississippi, 1948,
1956,
1960.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Rotary.
Died in Oxford, Lafayette
County, Miss., September
9, 1995 (age 85 years, 144
days).
Interment at Charleston
N.E. Cemetery, Charleston, Miss.
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William Madison Whittington (1878-1962) —
also known as William M. Whittington —
of Greenwood, Leflore
County, Miss.
Born in Little Springs, Franklin
County, Miss., May 4,
1878.
Democrat. Lawyer; cotton grower;
member of Mississippi
state senate, 1916-20, 1924; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 3rd District, 1925-51; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Mississippi, 1936,
1940,
1948.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Elks; Woodmen.
Died of a heart
attack in Greenwood, Leflore
County, Miss., August
20, 1962 (age 84 years, 108
days).
Interment at Odd
Fellows Cemetery, Greenwood, Miss.
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Alexander Wilkin (c.1820-1864) —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Orange
County, N.Y., about 1820.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; lawyer; secretary
of Minnesota Territory, 1851-53; colonel in the Union Army during
the Civil War.
Killed
in battle at Tupelo, Lee
County, Miss., July 14,
1864 (age about 44
years); highest ranking volunteer from Minnesota to be killed in
the Civil War.
Burial location unknown.
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Charles B. Williams (b. 1870) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Mississippi, July 1,
1870.
Democrat. Lawyer; circuit judge in Missouri 8th Circuit,
1933-47.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1905 to Lorena
McIntosh. |
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John Sharp Williams (1854-1932) —
of Yazoo City, Yazoo
County, Miss.
Born in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., July 30,
1854.
Democrat. Lawyer; cotton planter;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Mississippi, 1892,
1904
(Temporary
Chair; member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee; chair, Committee
to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee; speaker),
1912
(speaker),
1916
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1920;
U.S.
Representative from Mississippi, 1893-1909 (5th District
1893-1903, 8th District 1903-09); U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1911-23.
Episcopalian.
Member, Society
of the Cincinnati; Freemasons;
Elks.
Died near Yazoo City, Yazoo
County, Miss., September
7, 1932 (age 78 years, 39
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Yazoo County, Miss.
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Thomas Webber Wilson (1893-1948) —
also known as T. Webber Wilson —
of Laurel, Jones
County, Miss.
Born in Coldwater, Tate
County, Miss., January
24, 1893.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 6th District, 1923-29; U.S.
District Judge for Virgin Islands, 1933-35.
Presbyterian.
Member, Kappa
Alpha Order; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Odd
Fellows; Elks; Woodmen.
Died in 1948
(age about
55 years).
Interment at Magnolia
Cemetery, Coldwater, Miss.
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William Forrest Winter (1923-2020) —
also known as William F. Winter —
of Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss.
Born in Grenada, Grenada
County, Miss., February
21, 1923.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
major in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; Lieutenant
Governor of Mississippi, 1971-76; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Mississippi, 1980,
1996;
Governor
of Mississippi, 1980-84; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1984.
Died in Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss., December
18, 2020 (age 97 years, 301
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Jackson, Miss.
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Thomas H. Woods (1836-1910) —
of Mississippi.
Born in Glasgow, Barren
County, Ky., March
17, 1836.
Delegate
to Mississippi secession convention, 1861; served in the
Confederate Army during the Civil War; lawyer; banker; justice of
Mississippi state supreme court, 1889-1900; resigned 1900; chief
justice of Mississippi state supreme court, 1889-91, 1896-1900;
resigned 1900.
Died August
10, 1910 (age 74 years, 146
days).
Interment at Rose
Hill Cemetery, Meridian, Miss.
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Thomas Jefferson Word (1805-1890) —
also known as Thomas J. Word —
of Pontotoc, Pontotoc
County, Miss.
Born in Surry
County, N.C., February
6, 1805.
Whig. Lawyer; member of North
Carolina house of commons, 1832; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi at-large, 1838-39.
Slaveowner.
Died May 25,
1890 (age 85 years, 108
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Daniel Boone Wright (1812-1887) —
of Salem, Benton County (now Hudsonville, Marshall
County), Miss.; Ashland, Benton
County, Miss.
Born in Giles
County, Tenn., February
17, 1812.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 1st District, 1853-57; colonel in
the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Slaveowner.
Died in Ashland, Benton
County, Miss., December
27, 1887 (age 75 years, 313
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Benton County, Miss.
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Fielding Lewis Wright (1895-1956) —
also known as Fielding L. Wright —
of Rolling Fork, Sharkey
County, Miss.
Born in Rolling Fork, Sharkey
County, Miss., May 16,
1895.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of Mississippi
state senate, 1928-31; member of Mississippi
state house of representatives, 1932-40; Lieutenant
Governor of Mississippi, 1945-46; Governor of
Mississippi, 1946-52; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Mississippi, 1948,
1952;
States Rights candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1948; member of Democratic
National Committee from Mississippi, 1954.
Died in Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss., May 4,
1956 (age 60 years, 354
days).
Interment at Kelly
Cemetery, Rolling Fork, Miss.
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