The Political Graveyard: Bolivar County, Miss.

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Bolivar County
Mississippi

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Bolivar County

Index to Locations

Private or family graveyards

Beulah Beulah Cemetery

Cleveland New Cleveland Cemetery

Mound Bayou Unknown location

Private or family graveyard
Bolivar County, Mississippi

Politicians buried here:

Charles Clark (1810-1877) — of Mississippi. Born February 19, 1810. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Mississippi, 1860; general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; Governor of Mississippi, 1863-65. Physically removed from office by U.S. troops at the end of the Civil War, and imprisoned at Fort Pulaski, Savannah, Ga. Died in Bolivar County, Miss., December 18, 1877 (age 67 years, 302 days). Interment in a private or family graveyard.

Beulah Cemetery
Beulah, Bolivar County, Mississippi

Politicians buried here:

Walter Sillers, Jr. (1888-1966) — of Rosedale, Bolivar County, Miss. Born in Rosedale, Bolivar County, Miss., April 13, 1888. Son of Walter Sillers and Florence (Warfield) Sillers. Democrat. Lawyer; 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, 1948, 1952, 1956. Member, American Bar Association; Delta Psi; Freemasons; Shriners. Died September 24, 1966 (age 78 years, 164 days). Interment at Beulah Cemetery.

Relatives: Married, November 22, 1911, to Lena Roberts.

New Cleveland Cemetery
Cleveland, Bolivar County, Mississippi

Politicians buried here:

Joseph Charles Feduccia (1910-1978) — also known as Joe Feduccia — of Cleveland, Bolivar County, Miss. Born in Baltimore, Md., 1910. Son of Salvatore A. Feduccia and Maria Grace (Serio) Feduccia. Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Mississippi, 1960; circuit judge in Mississippi 11th District, 1971-78. Sicilian ancestry. Died in Memphis, Shelby County, Tenn., October 28, 1978 (age about 68 years). Interment at New Cleveland Cemetery.

Unknown Location
Mound Bayou, Bolivar County, Mississippi

Politicians buried here:

Isaiah T. Montgomery (d. 1924) — of Mound Bayou, Bolivar County, Miss. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Mississippi, 1916. Founder of the town of Mound Bayou. Died in 1924. Interment somewhere.

Relatives: Father of Mary C. Booze.

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