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William Cocke (1747-1828) —
Born in Amelia
County, Va., September
6, 1747.
Member of Virginia
House of Burgesses, 1774; general in the Continental Army during
the Revolutionary War; delegate to
Tennessee state constitutional convention, 1796; U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1796-97, 1797, 1799-1805; circuit judge
in Tennessee, 1809-12; general in the U.S. Army during the War of
1812; member of Mississippi state legislature, 1822.
Died in Columbus, Lowndes
County, Miss., August
22, 1828 (age 80 years, 351
days).
Interment at Friendship Cemetery.
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Jesse Speight (1795-1847) —
of Stantonsburg, Wilson
County, N.C.; Plymouth, Pontotoc
County, Miss.
Born in Greene
County, N.C., September
22, 1795.
Member of North Carolina state legislature; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 4th District, 1829-37; U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1845-47; died in office 1847.
Died in Columbus, Lowndes
County, Miss., May 1,
1847 (age 51 years, 221
days).
Interment at Friendship Cemetery.
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Henry Lewis Whitfield (1868-1927) —
also known as Henry L. Whitfield —
of Mississippi.
Born near Brandon, Rankin
County, Miss., June 20,
1868.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Mississippi, 1924;
Governor
of Mississippi, 1924-27; died in office 1927.
Died at the Governor's
Mansion in Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss., March 18,
1927 (age 58 years, 271
days).
Interment at Friendship Cemetery.
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James Whitfield (1791-1875) —
of Mississippi.
Born in Elbert
County, Ga., December
15, 1791.
Member of Mississippi
state house of representatives, 1842-50, 1858-62; member of Mississippi
state senate, 1851; Governor of
Mississippi, 1851-52.
Died in Columbus, Lowndes
County, Miss., June 25,
1875 (age 83 years, 192
days).
Interment at Friendship Cemetery.
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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; 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; Presidential
Elector for Alabama, 1856;
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.
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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.
Son of William
McClung.
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.
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Jehu Amaziah Orr (1828-1921) —
of Mississippi.
Born in Anderson
County, S.C., April 10,
1828.
Member of Mississippi state legislature, 1852; delegate
to Mississippi secession convention, 1861; Delegate
from Mississippi to the Confederate Provisional Congress,
1861-62; Representative
from Mississippi in the Confederate Congress, 1864-65; state
court judge in Mississippi, 1870-76.
Presbyterian.
Died in Columbus, Lowndes
County, Miss., March 9,
1921 (age 92 years, 333
days).
Interment at Friendship Cemetery.
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James Thomas Harrison (1811-1879) —
of Mississippi.
Born near Pendleton, Anderson
County, S.C., November
30, 1811.
Delegate
from Mississippi to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62.
Died in Columbus, Lowndes
County, Miss., May 22,
1879 (age 67 years, 173
days).
Interment at Friendship Cemetery.
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