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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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Jacob McGavock Dickinson (1851-1928) —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Columbus, Lowndes
County, Miss., January
30, 1851.
Son of Henry Dickinson and Anna (McGavock) Dickinson.
Lawyer;
general counsel, Illinois Central Railroad; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1909-11.
Died December
13, 1928 (age 77 years, 318
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn.
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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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Robert Virgil Fletcher (b. 1869) —
of Pontotoc, Pontotoc
County, Miss.; Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Washington,
D.C.
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; general attorney,
Illinois Central Railroad, 1911-19.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Dan Edward Garvey (1886-1974) —
also known as Dan E. Garvey —
of Tucson, Pima
County, Ariz.; Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Vicksburg, Warren
County, Miss., June 19,
1886.
Democrat. Railroad accountant;
Pima
County Treasurer, 1935-38; secretary of
state of Arizona, 1942-48; Governor of
Arizona, 1948-51; defeated in primary, 1950.
Died in Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz., February
5, 1974 (age 87 years, 231
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Tucson, Ariz.
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