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Harrison County
Mississippi

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Harrison County


Index to Locations

  • Gulfport Unknown location
  • Gulfport Evergreen Cemetery
  • Gulfport Floral Hills Cemetery
  • Pass Christian Unknown location
  • Pass Christian Live Oak Cemetery


    Unknown Location
    Gulfport, Harrison County, Mississippi
    Politicians buried here:
      James C. Simpson (c.1930-1994) — of Mississippi. Born about 1930. Member of Mississippi state house of representatives, 1963-91. Collapsed at a polling place, and died of an apparent heart attack, November 8, 1994 (age about 64 years). Interment somewhere.
      Relatives: Father of James C. Simpson, Jr..


    Evergreen Cemetery
    Gulfport, Harrison County, Mississippi
    Politicians buried here:
      Byron Patton Harrison (1881-1941) — also known as Pat Harrison — of Gulfport, Harrison County, Miss. Born in Crystal Springs, Copiah County, Miss., August 29, 1881. Son of Robert Harrison and Myra Anna (Patton) Harrison. Democrat. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from Mississippi 6th District, 1911-19; U.S. Senator from Mississippi, 1919-41; died in office 1941; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Mississippi, 1920, 1924, 1928, 1936, 1940. Methodist. Member, Woodmen; Knights of Pythias; Elks; Freemasons; Odd Fellows. Died in Washington, D.C., June 22, 1941 (age 59 years, 297 days). Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
      Relatives: Married, January 19, 1905, to Mary Edwena McInnis.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page


    Floral Hills Cemetery
    Gulfport, Harrison County, Mississippi
    Politicians buried here:
      Larkin I. Smith (1944-1989) — of Mississippi. Born in Mississippi, June 26, 1944. Republican. U.S. Representative from Mississippi 5th District, 1989; died in office 1989. Died in an airplane crash, August 13, 1989 (age 45 years, 48 days). Interment at Floral Hills Cemetery.
      Relatives: Married to Sheila Smith.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — NNDB dossier


    Unknown Location
    Pass Christian, Harrison County, Mississippi
    Politicians buried here:
      Thomas Bell Monroe (1791-1865) — also known as Thomas B. Monroe — of Kentucky. Born in Albemarle County, Va., October 7, 1791. 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; 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 somewhere.
      Relatives: Son-in-law of John Adair; distant cousin of James Monroe; father of Victor Monroe. See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams family of New York.


    Live Oak Cemetery
    Pass Christian, Harrison County, Mississippi
    Politicians buried here:
      John Henderson (1797-1857) — of Mississippi. Born in Cumberland County, N.J., February 28, 1797. Member of Mississippi state legislature; U.S. Senator from Mississippi, 1839-45. Died in Pass Christian, Harrison County, Miss., September 15, 1857 (age 60 years, 199 days). Interment at Live Oak Cemetery.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page


     

     


     
       
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