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Winfred Cooper Adams (b. 1888) —
also known as W. C. Adams —
of Corinth, Alcorn
County, Miss.
Born in Corinth, Alcorn
County, Miss., May 25,
1888.
Son of William Thomas Adams and Virginia (Johnston) Adams.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Mississippi
state house of representatives; alternate delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Mississippi, 1924.
Episcopalian. Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Freemasons;
American
Legion; Kiwanis.
Burial
location unknown.
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Daniel Webster Ambrose, Jr. (1896-1992) —
also known as Daniel W. Ambrose, Jr. —
of Huntington, Cabell
County, W.Va.
Born in Pickens, Holmes
County, Miss., September
8, 1896.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from West
Virginia, 1936,
1940,
1944,
1948.
Episcopalian. African
ancestry. Member, Kappa
Alpha Psi; Elks; National
Bar Association; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died in February, 1992
(age 95
years, 0 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert Montgomery Bourdeaux (b. 1882) —
also known as Robert M. Bourdeaux —
of Meridian, Lauderdale
County, Miss.
Born in Meridian, Lauderdale
County, Miss., March 14,
1882.
Son of Robert Montgomery Bourdeaux and Caroline Maria (Walker)
Bourdeaux.
Democrat. Lawyer;
circuit judge in Mississippi, 1925-27; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi, 1933-38.
Episcopalian.
Burial
location unknown.
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Solomon Saladin Calhoon (1838-1908) —
also known as S. S. Calhoon —
of Yazoo City, Yazoo
County, Miss.; Helena (now part of Helena-West Helena), Phillips
County, Ark.; Canton, Madison
County, Miss.; Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss.
Born near Brandenburg, Meade
County, Ky., January
2, 1838.
Son of George
Calhoon and Louisiana (Brandenburg) Calhoon.
Democrat. Lawyer;
private secretary to Gov. William
McWillie, 1857; newspaper
editor; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
circuit judge in Mississippi, 1876-82; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Mississippi, 1888
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization); delegate to
Mississippi state constitutional convention, 1890; justice of
Mississippi state supreme court, 1900-08; appointed 1900; died in
office 1908.
Episcopalian. Scotch-Irish
and German
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died November
10, 1908 (age 70 years, 313
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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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.
Son of Benjamin Franklin Cameron and Elizabeth (Garner) Cameron.
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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George H. Carley (b. 1938) —
of Decatur, DeKalb
County, Ga.
Born in Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss., September
24, 1938.
Son of George L. Carley, Jr. and Dorothy (Holmes) Carley.
Lawyer;
member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1966; Judge,
Georgia Court of Appeals, 1979-93; justice of
Georgia state supreme court, 1993-.
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Elks; Rotary.
Still living as of 2009.
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William Charles Cole Claiborne (1775-1817) —
also known as William C. C. Claiborne —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Sussex
County, Va., 1775.
Son of William Claiborne and Mary (Leigh) Claiborne.
Lawyer;
delegate
to Tennessee state constitutional convention, 1796; state court
judge in Tennessee, 1796; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee at-large, 1797-1801; Governor of
Mississippi Territory, 1801-04; Governor of
Orleans Territory, 1804-12; Governor of
Louisiana, 1812-16; U.S.
Senator from Louisiana, 1817; died in office 1817.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons.
Fought a duel
with Daniel Clark on June 8, 1807; he was wounded in the thigh.
Died of a liver
ailment, in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., November
23, 1817 (age about 42
years).
Originally entombed at St.
Louis Cemetery No. 1, New Orleans, La.; re-entombed in 1872 at Metairie
Cemetery, New Orleans, La.
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Ross Alexander Collins (1880-1968) —
also known as Ross A. Collins —
of Meridian, Lauderdale
County, Miss.
Born in Collinsville, Lauderdale
County, Miss., April 25,
1880.
Son of Nathaniel Monroe Collins and Rebecca J. (Ethridge) Collins.
Democrat. Lawyer; Mississippi
state attorney general, 1911-19; candidate in primary for Governor of
Mississippi, 1919; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 5th District, 1921-35, 1937-43;
Democratic candidate for U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1934 (primary), 1947.
Presbyterian
or Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Woodmen.
Died in Meridian, Lauderdale
County, Miss., July 14,
1968 (age 88 years, 80
days).
Interment at Magnolia
Cemetery, Meridian, Miss.
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William Webster Franklin (b. 1941) —
also known as Webb Franklin —
of Mississippi.
Born in Greenwood, Leflore
County, Miss., December
13, 1941.
Republican. State court judge in Mississippi, 1978-82; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 2nd District, 1983-87.
Episcopalian.
Still living as of 1998.
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Fletcher Wyche Greer (b. 1874) —
also known as Fletcher W. Greer —
of Brawley, Imperial
County, Calif.
Born in Horn Lake, DeSoto
County, Miss., November
6, 1874.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California,
1928,
1936,
1944
(alternate); candidate for California
state senate, 1932; member of California
Democratic State Central Committee, 1950.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Lake Jones (b. 1867) —
of Florida.
Born in Vicksburg, Warren
County, Miss., February
10, 1867.
Republican. U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of Florida, 1924-.
Episcopalian. Member, Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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William C. Marshall (1921-2000) —
also known as William Marshall; Bill
Marshall —
of Taylor, Wayne
County, Mich.; Delta Township, Eaton
County, Mich.
Born in Tunica, Tunica
County, Miss., 1921.
Democrat. Bus
driver; president of
Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1303 for ten years; exective vice-president,
secretary-treasurer,
and then president
Michigan AFL-CIO, 1971-83; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from 21st Senatorial
District, 1961-62; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Michigan, 1964,
1972,
1980;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Michigan, 1973-81.
Episcopalian.
Died, of heart
failure, in Gilbert, Maricopa
County, Ariz., August
22, 2000 (age about 79
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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William Joseph Mills (1849-1915) —
also known as William J. Mills —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.; Santa Fe, Santa Fe
County, N.M.
Born in Yazoo City, Yazoo
County, Miss., January
11, 1849.
Member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1878; member of Connecticut
state senate, 1881-82 (4th District 1881, 8th District 1882); justice of
New Mexico territorial supreme court, 1898-1910; Governor of
New Mexico Territory, 1910-12.
Episcopalian.
Died in East Las Vegas, San Miguel
County, N.M., December
24, 1915 (age 66 years, 347
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Gillespie V. Montgomery (1920-2006) —
also known as G. V. 'Sonny' Montgomery —
of Meridian, Lauderdale
County, Miss.
Born in Meridian, Lauderdale
County, Miss., August 5,
1920.
Son of Gillespie Montgomery and Emily (Tims) Montgomery.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; served in the
U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; insurance
business; member of Mississippi
state senate, 1956-66; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi, 1967-97 (4th District 1967-73,
3rd District 1973-97); delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Mississippi, 1996.
Episcopalian. Member, Kappa
Alpha Order.
Recipient, Medal
of Freedom, 2005.
Died, in Jeff Anderson Regional Medical
Center, Meridian, Lauderdale
County, Miss., May 12,
2006 (age 85 years, 280
days).
Interment at Magnolia
Cemetery, Meridian, Miss.
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Key Pittman (1872-1940) —
of Nome, Nome census
area, Alaska; Tonopah, Nye
County, Nev.
Born in Vicksburg, Warren
County, Miss., September
19, 1872.
Son of William Buckner Pittman and Catherine (Key) Pittman.
Democrat. Went to
the Klondike for the 1898 Gold Rush; lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Nevada, 1912
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee; speaker),
1916
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1924,
1928,
1936,
1940;
U.S.
Senator from Nevada, 1913-40; defeated, 1910; died in office 1940.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
Sigma
Alpha Epsilon.
It was rumored for years that he died before his final election in
1940, and that party leaders kept his body on ice in a hotel bathtub
until he was re-elected; this story has been disproven. In fact, he
suffered a severe heart
attack before the election, at the Riverside Hotel, and
died after the election at the Washoe General Hospital,
Reno, Washoe
County, Nev., November
10, 1940 (age 68 years, 52
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Masonic
Memorial Gardens, Reno, Nev.
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Anson Hoisington Sheldon (b. 1905) —
also known as Anson H. Sheldon —
of Hollandale, Washington
County, Miss.; Avon, Washington
County, Miss.
Born in Nehawka, Cass
County, Neb., June 5,
1905.
Son of George
Lawson Sheldon and Rose (Higgins) Sheldon.
Republican. Business
executive; farmer;
member of Mississippi
Republican State Executive Committee, 1944-67; Mississippi
Republican state chair, 1948-52; vice-chair of
Mississippi Republican Party, 1952-67; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Mississippi, 1956,
1960.
Episcopalian. Member, Elks.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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