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Theodore Gilmore Bilbo (1877-1947) —
also known as Theodore G. Bilbo —
of Poplarville, Pearl River
County, Miss.
Born near Poplarville, Pearl River
County, Miss., October
13, 1877.
Son of James Oliver Bilbo and Beedy (Wallace) Bilbo.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer;
farmer; member of Mississippi
state senate, 1908-12; Lieutenant
Governor of Mississippi, 1912-16; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Mississippi, 1912
(alternate), 1916
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization), 1928,
1936,
1940,
1944;
Governor
of Mississippi, 1916-20, 1928-32; U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1935-47; died in office 1947.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks; Odd
Fellows.
Author
of the book Take Your Choice: Separation or Mongrelization,
which advocated deportation of all American blacks to Africa. During
the 1946 campaign, in a radio address, he called on "every
red-blooded Anglo-Saxon man in Mississippi to resort to any means to
keep hundreds of Negroes from the polls in the July 2 primary. And if
you don't know what that means, you are just not up to your
persuasive measures." After he won re-election, the Senate, appalled
at his racist
views and tactics, refused to
seat him, and started an investigation.
Died, of mouth
cancer, in a hospital
at New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., August
21, 1947 (age 69 years, 312
days).
Interment at Juniper
Grove Cemetery, Near Poplarville, Pearl River County, Miss.
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Blanche Kelso Bruce (1841-1898) —
also known as Blanche K. Bruce —
of Floreyville (unknown
county), Miss.
Born in slavery
near Farmville, Prince
Edward County, Va., March 1,
1841.
Republican. School
teacher; planter; Bolivar
County Sheriff and Tax Collector, 1872-75; U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1875-81; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Mississippi, 1880,
1884;
Register of the U.S. Treasury, 1881, 1897-98; District of Columbia
Recorder of Deeds, 1891-93.
African
ancestry.
The Blanche K. Bruce Foundation (arts and high-risk youth) is named for
him.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March 17,
1898 (age 57 years, 16
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Walter Marion Chandler (1867-1935) —
also known as Walter M. Chandler —
of Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Yazoo
County, Miss., December
8, 1867.
Son of King David Chandler and Mary Frances (Harrison) Chandler.
Republican. Cowboy; school
teacher; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 19th District, 1913-19, 1921-23;
defeated, 1922, 1924.
Died, from a heart
attack and intestinal
malady, in Post-Graduate Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March 16,
1935 (age 67 years, 98
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Jacksonville, Fla.
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John A. Fairchild (1828-1903) —
of Siskiyou
County, Calif.
Born in Mississippi, January
23, 1828.
Rancher; member of California
state assembly 28th District, 1867-69.
Died in California, June 22,
1903 (age 75 years, 150
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Yreka, Calif.
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Rufus Hardy (1855-1943) —
of Corsicana, Navarro
County, Tex.
Born near Aberdeen, Monroe
County, Miss., December
16, 1855.
Son of George Washington Hardy and Paulina Jane (Whittaker) Hardy.
Democrat. Lawyer;
farmer; Navarro
County Attorney, 1880-84; district attorney, 13th District,
1884-88; district judge in Texas 13th District, 1888-96; U.S.
Representative from Texas 6th District, 1907-23.
Member, Phi
Delta Theta.
Died March 13,
1943 (age 87 years, 87
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Corsicana, Tex.
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Benjamin F. Lacey (b. 1867) —
of Shiloh Plantation, Issaquena
County, Miss.
Born in Louisiana, 1867.
Republican. Cotton
farmer; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Mississippi, 1908.
African
ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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Winthrop Sargent (1755-1820) —
of Ohio.
Born in Gloucester, Essex
County, Mass., May 1,
1755.
Ship
captain; major in Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;
secretary
of Northwest Territory, 1788-98; Governor of
Mississippi Territory, 1798-1801; planter.
Died on a riverboat
in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., June 3,
1820 (age 65 years, 33
days).
Interment at Gloucester
Plantation Cemetery, Natchez, Miss.
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Relatives:
Married 1799
to Maria (McIntosh) Williams. |
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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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George Lawson Sheldon (1870-1960) —
also known as George L. Sheldon —
of Nehawka, Cass
County, Neb.
Born in Nehawka, Cass
County, Neb., May 31,
1870.
Son of Lawson
Sheldon and Julia A. (Pallord) Lawson.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
farmer; Governor of
Nebraska, 1907-09; candidate for Republican nomination for Vice
President, 1908;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Nebraska, 1908;
U.S. Collector of Internal
Revenue for Mississippi, 1932; candidate for Presidential Elector
for Mississippi, 1956.
Member, Freemasons.
First
native of Nebraska to serve as Governor.
Died in Mississippi, April 4,
1960 (age 89 years, 309
days).
Interment at Greenville
Cemetery, Greenville, Miss.
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William Henry Haywood Tison (1822-1882) —
also known as W. H. H. Tison —
of Carrollville, Prentiss
County, Miss.
Born in Jackson
County, Ala., November
6, 1822.
Democrat. Farmer; lawyer; postmaster;
dry goods
merchant; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Mississippi, 1860;
colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Murdered,
in Baldwyn, Lee
County, Miss., December
4, 1882 (age 60 years, 28
days).
Interment at Baldwyn
Masonic Cemetery, Baldwyn, Miss.
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James Weir (1802-1885) —
of Yalobusha
County, Miss.; Grenada
County, Miss.
Born in County Tyrone, Ireland (now Northern
Ireland), March 5,
1802.
Son of James Wier and Mary (Hamilton) Wier.
Planter; member of Mississippi
state house of representatives, 1849-52.
Presbyterian;
later Baptist.
Died in Cadaretta, Webster
County, Miss., May 12,
1885 (age 83 years, 68
days).
Interment at Lamon's
Cemetery, South Graysport, Miss.
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Relatives: Son
of James Wier and Mary (Hamilton) Wier; married to Elizabeth Evans
(died 1863) and Elizabeth Jane Pruett. |
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William Madison Whittington (1878-1962) —
also known as William M. Whittington —
of Greenwood, Leflore
County, Miss.
Born in Little Springs, Franklin
County, Miss., May 4,
1878.
Democrat. Lawyer; cotton
grower; member of Mississippi
state senate, 1916-20, 1924; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 3rd District, 1925-51; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Mississippi, 1936,
1940,
1948.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Elks; Woodmen.
Died of a heart
attack in Greenwood, Leflore
County, Miss., August
20, 1962 (age 84 years, 108
days).
Interment at Odd
Fellows Cemetery, Greenwood, Miss.
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George Malone Yarbrough (b. 1916) —
of Red Banks, Marshall
County, Miss.
Born in Red Banks, Marshall
County, Miss., August
15, 1916.
Democrat. Farmer; cattle
dealer; member of Mississippi
state house of representatives, 1953-56; member of Mississippi
state senate, 1956-66; Lieutenant
Governor of Mississippi, 1967.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Knights
of Pythias; Farm
Bureau; Lions.
Still living as of 1967.
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