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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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William Donald Cameron (1846-1909) —
of Meridian, Lauderdale
County, Miss.
Born in Lauderdale
County, Miss., April 5,
1846.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; Lauderdale
County Circuit Clerk, 1871; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Mississippi, 1900.
Presbyterian.
Member, United
Confederate Veterans; Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Odd Fellows; Woodmen.
Died June 11,
1909 (age 63 years, 67
days).
Interment at Rose
Hill Cemetery, Meridian, Miss.
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Ezekiel Samuel Candler, Jr. (1862-1944) —
also known as Ezekiel S. Candler, Jr. —
of Corinth, Alcorn
County, Miss.
Born in Belleville, Hamilton
County, Fla., January
18, 1862.
Son of Julia (Bevill) Candler and Ezekiel Samuel Candler (1838-1915).
Democrat. Lawyer;
Presidential Elector for Mississippi, 1888,
1932;
U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 1st District, 1901-21; mayor of
Corinth, Miss., 1933-37.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd Fellows; Woodmen;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Knights
of Honor.
Died in Corinth, Alcorn
County, Miss., December
18, 1944 (age 82 years, 335
days).
Interment at Henry
Cemetery, Corinth, Miss.
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Relatives:
Second great-grandson of William
Candler; second cousin twice removed of Mark
Anthony Cooper; grandson of Samuel
Charles Candler; grandnephew of Daniel
Gill Candler and Ezekiel
Slaughter Candler; first cousin once removed of Allen
Daniel Candler and George
Scott Candler; son of Julia (Bevill) Candler and Ezekiel Samuel
Candler (1838-1915); nephew of Milton
Anthony Candler, Asa
Griggs Candler and John
Slaughter Candler; first cousin of Charles
Murphey Candler; fourth cousin of Joseph
Meriwether Terrell; married, April 26,
1883, to Nancy Priscilla Hazlewood (died 1921); married, January
14, 1924, to Effie Merrill Newhardt (died 1930); married, June 21,
1933, to Ottie Doan Hardenstein; second cousin of Thomas
Slaughter Candler. See Candler
family of Georgia. |
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biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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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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George Waddel Currie (b. 1885) —
also known as George W. Currie —
of Hattiesburg, Forrest
County, Miss.
Born in Mt. Carmel, Covington
County, Miss., October
18, 1885.
Son of Edward James Currie and Lucy (Westbrook) Currie.
Democrat. Lawyer; banker; chair of
Forrest County Democratic Party, 1920-29.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Odd Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Woodmen of
the World; Kiwanis.
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert Virgil Fletcher (b. 1869) —
also known as R. V. Fletcher —
of Pontotoc, Pontotoc
County, Miss.; Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Grant
County, Ky., September
27, 1869.
Son of John M. Fletcher and Mary (Luman) Fletcher.
Democrat. Lawyer; Mississippi
state attorney general, 1907-08; justice of
Mississippi state supreme court, 1908-09; appointed 1908; general
attorney, Illinois Central Railroad,
1911.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Odd Fellows.
Burial
location unknown.
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Byron Patton Harrison (1881-1941) —
also known as Pat Harrison —
of Gulfport, Harrison
County, Miss.
Born in Crystal Springs, Copiah
County, Miss., August
29, 1881.
Son of Robert Harrison and Myra Anna (Patton) Harrison.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 6th District, 1911-19; U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1919-41; died in office 1941; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Mississippi, 1920,
1924,
1928,
1936,
1940.
Methodist.
Member, Woodmen;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Freemasons;
Odd Fellows.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 22,
1941 (age 59 years, 297
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Gulfport, Miss.
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Perry Wilson Howard (b. 1877) —
also known as Perry W. Howard —
of Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss.
Born in Ebenezer, Holmes
County, Miss., January
14, 1877.
Son of Perry
W. Howard and Sarah Howard.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Mississippi, 1912,
1916,
1940,
1944,
1948,
1952,
1956;
member of Republican
National Committee from Mississippi, 1924-40.
Methodist.
African
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Elks;
Odd Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Woodmen.
Burial
location unknown.
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John Henry Marsalis (1904-1971) —
also known as John H. Marsalis —
of Pueblo, Pueblo
County, Colo.
Born in McComb, Pike
County, Miss., May 9,
1904.
Son of Louis Hillery Marsalis and Alice Bryant (Warner) Marsalis.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; District Attorney, 10th
District, 1944-48; U.S.
Representative from Colorado 3rd District, 1949-51; defeated,
1950, 1952; district judge in Colorado, 1955-62.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Odd Fellows; Exchange
Club.
Died in Pueblo, Pueblo
County, Colo., June 26,
1971 (age 67 years, 48
days).
Interment at Roselawn
Cemetery, Pueblo, Colo.
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Thomas Webber Wilson (1893-1948) —
also known as T. Webber Wilson —
of Laurel, Jones
County, Miss.
Born in Coldwater, Tate
County, Miss., January
24, 1893.
Son of Joseph James Wilson (M.D.) and Lucy (Yancey) Wilson.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 6th District, 1923-29; U.S.
District Judge for Virgin Islands, 1933-35.
Presbyterian.
Member, Kappa
Alpha Order; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Odd Fellows; Elks; Woodmen.
Died in 1948
(age about
55 years).
Interment at Magnolia
Cemetery, Coldwater, Miss.
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