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Travis Wayne Childers (b. 1958) —
also known as Travis W. Childers —
of Booneville, Prentiss
County, Miss.
Born in Booneville, Prentiss
County, Miss., March 29,
1958.
Son of John Wayne Childers and Betty Sue (Stokes) Childers.
Democrat. Real estate
agent; Prentiss
County Chancery Clerk, 1991-2008; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 1st District, 2008-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Mississippi, 2008.
Baptist.
French,
English, Spanish,
Italian,
Swiss,
Chickasaw
Indian, and Choctaw
Indian ancestry.
Still living as of 2009.
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John Patrick Henry Culkin (1887-1951) —
also known as J. H. Culkin —
of Vicksburg, Warren
County, Miss.
Born in Oak Ridge, Warren
County, Miss., April 17,
1887.
Son of Patrick Lawrence Culkin and Elizabeth (Hearn) Culkin.
Democrat. School teacher
and principal; newspaper
editor; Warren
County Superintendent of Education, 1912-26; lawyer;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Mississippi, 1928;
member of Mississippi
state senate, 1929-42.
Catholic.
Irish,
English, and Scottish
ancestry. Member, Elks; Moose; Rotary; Woodmen;
Knights
of Columbus.
Died in 1951
(age about
64 years).
Interment at Cedar
Hill Cemetery, Vicksburg, Miss.
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