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Benjamin Franklin Cameron Jr. (1890-1964) —
also known as Ben F. Cameron —
of Meridian, Lauderdale
County, Miss.
Born in Meridian, Lauderdale
County, Miss., December
14, 1890.
School
teacher; lawyer;
attorney for railroads and Southern Bell Telephone;
U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi, 1929-33.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Knights
of Pythias.
Died in 1964
(age about
73 years).
Interment at Rose
Hill Cemetery, Meridian, Miss.
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Richard T. Carlisle (born c.1891) —
of Hattiesburg, Forrest
County, Miss.
Born in Childersburg, Talladega
County, Ala., about 1891.
Railroad ticket agent; mayor
of Hattiesburg, Miss., 1957-61.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Kiwanis.
Burial location unknown.
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Jacob McGavock Dickinson (1851-1928) —
also known as Jacob M. Dickinson —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Columbus, Lowndes
County, Miss., January
30, 1851.
Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; lawyer; justice of
Tennessee state supreme court, 1891-93; law
professor; general counsel, Illinois Central Railroad,
1899-1909; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1909-11.
Member, Izaak
Walton League.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., December
13, 1928 (age 77 years, 318
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn.
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Robert Virgil Fletcher (b. 1869) —
also known as R. V. Fletcher —
of Pontotoc, Pontotoc
County, Miss.; Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Grant
County, Ky., September
27, 1869.
Democrat. Lawyer; Mississippi
state attorney general, 1907-08; justice of
Mississippi state supreme court, 1908-09; appointed 1908; general
attorney, Illinois Central Railroad, 1911.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John M. Fletcher and Mary (Luman) Fletcher; married, June 26,
1893, to Etta Childers. |
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Robert Virgil Fletcher (b. 1869) —
of Pontotoc, Pontotoc
County, Miss.; Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Grant
County, Ky., September
27, 1869.
Democrat. Lawyer; Mississippi
state attorney general, 1907-08; justice of
Mississippi state supreme court, 1908-09; general attorney,
Illinois Central Railroad, 1911-19.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John M. Fletcher and Mary (Luman) Fletcher; married, June 26,
1893, to Etta Childers. |
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Dan Edward Garvey (1886-1974) —
also known as Dan E. Garvey —
of Tucson, Pima
County, Ariz.; Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Vicksburg, Warren
County, Miss., June 19,
1886.
Democrat. Railroad accountant;
Pima
County Treasurer, 1935-38; secretary
of state of Arizona, 1942-48; appointed 1942; Governor of
Arizona, 1948-51; defeated in primary, 1950.
Died in Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz., February
5, 1974 (age 87 years, 231
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Memorial Park, Tucson, Ariz.
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Solomon D. Jacobs (1797-1858) —
of Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn.; Washington,
D.C.
Born November
3, 1797.
Whig. Merchant;
railroad president; mayor
of Knoxville, Tenn., 1834-35; member of Tennessee state
legislature, 1839-41.
Died in Adams
County, Miss., May 22,
1858 (age 60 years, 200
days).
Interment at Nevitt Cemetery, Adams County, Miss.
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Cleve Andrew Pulley (b. 1951) —
also known as Andrew Pulley; Cleve Andrew
Pulley —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Michigan; Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa.
Born in Sidon, Leflore
County, Miss., May 5,
1951.
Socialist. Railroad switchman; private in U.S. Army, 1968-69;
one of eight GIs at Fort Jackson (South Carolina) who organized
opposition to the Vietnam War; court
martialed for inciting
to riot and disobedience;
charges later dropped; dishonorably
discharged; steelworker;
Socialist Workers candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1972; Socialist Workers candidate
for U.S.
Representative from Illinois 1st District, 1976; Socialist
Workers candidate for mayor
of Chicago, Ill., 1979; Socialist Workers candidate for President
of the United States, 1980; Socialist Workers candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan, 1984 (1st District), 1986 (1st
District), 1990 (13th District); Socialist Workers candidate for U.S.
Senator from Iowa, 1992; Socialist Workers candidate for
Presidential Elector for Iowa, 2004
(on behalf of James
Harris and Margaret
Trowe).
African
ancestry. Member, United
Steelworkers of America.
Still living as of 2004.
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