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Maryon Pittman Allen (b. 1925) —
also known as Maryon Pittman; Maryon Pittman Mullins;
Mrs. Jim Allen —
of Gadsden, Etowah
County, Ala.; Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Born in Meridian, Lauderdale
County, Miss., November
30, 1925.
Daughter of John D. Pittman and Tellie (Chism) Pittman.
Democrat. Presidential Elector for Alabama, 1968;
U.S.
Senator from Alabama, 1978; appointed 1978; defeated, 1978; columnist
for the Washington Post newspaper, 1978-81.
Female.
Presbyterian.
Member, Zonta.
Still living as of 2000.
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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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James Plemon Coleman (1914-1991) —
also known as J. P. Coleman —
of Ackerman, Choctaw
County, Miss.
Born in Ackerman, Choctaw
County, Miss., January
9, 1914.
Son of Thomas A. Coleman and Jennie Essie (Worrell) Coleman.
Democrat. Secretary to U.S. Rep. Aaron
Lane Ford, 1935-39; lawyer;
newspaper publisher; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Mississippi, 1940,
1956;
Presidential Elector for Mississippi, 1944;
circuit judge in Mississippi, 1947-50; justice of
Mississippi state supreme court, 1950; Mississippi
state attorney general, 1950-56; Governor of
Mississippi, 1956-60; member of Mississippi
state house of representatives, 1960-64; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, 1965-.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Rotary.
Died September
28, 1991 (age 77 years, 262
days).
Interment at Enon
Cemetery, Ackerman, Miss.
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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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Alonzo Gustavus Mayers (1821-1905) —
also known as Alonzo G. Mayers —
of Brandon, Rankin
County, Miss.
Born in Winchester, Wayne
County, Miss., March 6,
1821.
Lawyer;
newspaper editor; circuit judge in Mississippi 8th District,
1876-98.
Died in Brandon, Rankin
County, Miss., February
6, 1905 (age 83 years, 337
days).
Interment at Brandon
Cemetery, Brandon, Miss.
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Relatives:
Married 1848
to Elizabeth C. King (died 1852); married, February
14, 1856, to Nancy Louise Nannie McLaurin
(1833-1910). |
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Andrew Jackson McConnico (b. 1875) —
also known as Andrew J. McConnico —
of Vaiden, Carroll
County, Miss.
Born in Vaiden, Carroll
County, Miss., February
20, 1875.
Newspaper reporter; lawyer; U.S.
Consul in SAINT Johns, 1909-11; Trinidad, 1914-16; Guadalajara, 1919-24; Bluefields, 1926; Hull, 1932.
Burial
location unknown.
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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, Columbus, Miss.
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Vail Montgomery Pittman (1883-1964) —
also known as Vail Pittman —
of Ely, White Pine
County, Nev.; Las Vegas, Clark
County, Nev.
Born in Vicksburg, Warren
County, Miss., September
17, 1883.
Democrat. Newspaper publisher; member of Nevada
state senate; Lieutenant
Governor of Nevada; elected 1942; candidate in primary for U.S.
Senator from Nevada, 1944; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Nevada, 1944,
1956;
Governor
of Nevada, 1945-51; defeated, 1950, 1954.
Died in Las Vegas, Clark
County, Nev., January
29, 1964 (age 80 years, 134
days).
Interment at Masonic
Memorial Gardens, Reno, Nev.
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Leo R. Sack (1889-1956) —
of Pennsylvania; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Tupelo, Lee
County, Miss., July 9,
1889.
Son of Isaac Sack and Sarah Lee (Romansky) Sack.
Democrat. Major in the U.S. Army during World War I; newspaper
reporter; newspaper editor; U.S. Minister to Costa Rica, 1933-37; public
relations business.
Jewish.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, of a kidney
ailment, in Cedars of Lebanon Hospital,
Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., April 15,
1956 (age 66 years, 281
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Roscoe Conkling Simmons (d. 1951) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Mississippi.
Republican. Orator,
writer,
columnist
for the Chicago Tribune; first
African-American columnist for a Chicago daily newspaper;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1928
(alternate), 1932,
1936,
1948;
candidate in primary for U.S.
Representative from Illinois 1st District, 1938.
African
ancestry.
Died in 1951.
Burial
location unknown.
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Presumably named
for: Roscoe
Conkling |
| | | Relatives: Nephew by marriage of Booker
T. Washington. |
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Robert John Walker (1801-1869) —
also known as Robert J. Walker —
of Madisonville, Madison
County, Miss.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Northumberland, Northumberland
County, Pa., July 19,
1801.
Son of Jonathan
Hoge Walker and Lucretia (Duncan) Walker.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1835-45; resigned 1845; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1845-49; Governor of
Kansas Territory, 1857; newspaper publisher.
Died in Washington,
D.C., November
11, 1869 (age 68 years, 115
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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William Henry Weathersby (1914-2001) —
of Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Clinton, Hinds
County, Miss., November
30, 1914.
Son of William Hennington Weathersby and Mary (Conerly) Weathersby.
Newspaper reporter; served in the U.S. Navy during World War
II; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador to Sudan, 1965-67.
Died in Sykesville, Carroll
County, Md., November
20, 2001 (age 86 years, 355
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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