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SMITH-Appropriations, Education, Military Affairs, Corporations, Banks and Banking, Fees and Salaries, Mississippi Levees.
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STAINTON-Appropriations, Education, Registration and Elections (Ch.), Insurance.
STEGALL-Railroads, Registrations and Elections, Military Affairs, Claims, Agriculture, Fees and Salaries.
STENNIS-Propositions and Grievances, Corporations, Ways and Means (Ch.), Universities and Colleges.
STEWART of Madison-Claims (Ch.), Ways and Means, Eleemosynary Institutions.
STEWART of Wayne-Judiciary, Roads, Ferries and Bridges, Local and Private Legislation.
STINSON-Appropriations, Education, County Affairs (Ch.), Pensions, Universities and Colleges.
STOCKETT-Judiciary, Corporations, Ways and Means, Eleemosynary Institutions.
STONE-Immigration and Labor, Public Health and Quarantine, Mississippi Levees, Eleemosynary Institutions.
SULLIVANT-Appropriations, Education, Roads, Ferries and Bridges, Mississippi Levees.
SUMRALL-Judiciary, Railroads, Registrations and Elections, Cor- porations, Mississippi Levees.
TERRY-Education, Claims, Public Lands.
TYSON-Judiciary, Corporations (Ch.), Rules, Insurance, Ways and Means, Mississippi Levees.
VALENTINE-Education, Penitentiary, Roads, Ferries and Bridges, Manufactures.
WELLBORN-Appropriations, Public Printing, Public Buildings and Grounds, Immigration and Labor, Universities and Colleges.
WHITE-Penitentiary, Ways and Means, Elcemosynary Institutions.
WILLIAMS-Judiciary, Census and Apportionments, Insurance, Elee- mosynary Institutions.
WOOD-Railroads, Public Printing, Pensions, Federal Relations, Con- tingent Expenses, Enrolled Bills.
WOODALL-Public Printing, Roads, Ferries and Bridges, Manufactures, Corporations, Eleemosynary Institutions.
YATES~Judiciary, County Affairs, Engrossed Bills (Ch.), Municipali- ties, Military Affairs, Fisheries, Commerce and Shipping, Executive Contingent Funds, Universities and Colleges.
YEWELL-Judiciary, Federal Relations (Ch.), Agriculture, Banks and Banking, Constitution, Eleemosynary Institutions.
ZACHRY-Registrations and Elections, Roads, Ferries and Bridges, Manufactures.
H. M. STREET, Speaker and Chairman of Committee on Rules.
SKETCHES OF MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE.
ADAMS COUNTY.
WILLIAM ARKWRIGHT KILLINGSWORTH, of Cannonsburg, was born September 30, 1848, at the village of Lorman, in Jefferson County, the son of William Ander- son Killingsworth and wife, Nancy Ann (Shaw) Killings- worth. His ancestors on both sides came from South Caro- lina. His maternal grandfather, Thompson B. Shaw, was a soldier in a South Carolina regiment in the War of 1812, and was in the battle of New Orleans. After the war he went to Mississippi, there married Mary Shaw, and settled in Jefferson County; he died in 1854. Mr. Killingsworth's parents both died when he was quite young, and he was brought up by his grandmother, Mary Shaw, on her plan- tation near Fayette. His early education at the country Schools was greatly interfered with by the disturbed con- ditions of the war; when peace came he spent a year 1866-67, at Oakland College. He has always been a farmer and cotton planter. Mr. Killingsworth was in the State Legis- lature from 1896 to 1900 and was again elected November 5, 1907. He is a Democrat; a ruling elder in the Southern Presbyterian Church, and a member of the Knights of Pythias. He has been twice married and is now a widower; was wedded to his first wife, Emma Farley, November 14, 1871, and to his second, Sallie H. Hoggett, June 16, 1896. He has four children: Mrs. Etta (Killingsworth) McKell of Starkville, C. P. Killingsworth of Cannonsburg, H. Vivian Killingsworth of Oakland, Cal., and Jessie Allan Killings- worth of Lorman.
ISRAEL NEWTON MOSES, of Natchez, was born Sep- tember 14, 1859, in that city, son of David Moses and wife, Babette (Gatzert) Moses. His father was a native of Alsace, then a French province; his mother was born in Hesse Darmstadt, Germany; the former came to Natchez in 1849 and started a mercantile business there which is still carried on by his sons. Mr. Moses was educated at Natchez Insti- tute and under the teaching of the Brothers; also at Lusher and Soule's Business College at New Orleans, graduating from the latter institution in 1876. He was a merchant from 1877 till 1903, a banker till 1907, is now retired. He is a Democrat and a member of the Protective Order of Elks. He was elected to the House of Representatives November 5, 1907.
William A. Killingsworth.
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Israel Newton Moses.
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Samuel McElroy Nabors.
William. Thomas Bennett.
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Claudius L. Fenn.
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ALCORN COUNTY.
SAMUEL MCELROY NABORS, of Corinth, was born February 17, 1871, at Dumas, Tippah County, Miss., the son of William McPhearson Nabors and wife, Mary Matilda (McElroy) Nabors. Paternal ancestors were English immi- grants to America in colonial days. The first generation (tradition says there were seven brothers of them) fought under General Washington. Maternal ancestors were from Ireland; the grandparents on both sides came from South Carolina to Mississippi. Mr. Nabors' father was a minister of the M. E. Church, South, and an officer in the Thirty- fourth Mississippi Regiment during the war. The subject of this sketch secured his early education in the rural schools of Tippah County, and his college training in an institution at Chalybeate Springs, Miss. He is a farmer and stock raiser by occupation; is a Democrat and strict prohibi- tionist; a member of the Southern Presbyterian Church for thirteen years and a member of the Farmers' Union. Was elected to the House of Representatives November 5. 1907. He was married December 16, 1894, in Tippah County to Sugenia Tate, daughter of Zack Juan Tate and wife, Missouri Simmons Tate, of Pontotoc; her family is of South Carolinian descent. Mr. and Mrs. Nabors have five children: Salome, Samuel Ottis Sugenia Gertrude, Beulah May and Willie Juan.
WILLIAM THOMAS BENNETT, of Corinth, was born November 17, 1873, near Baldwyn, Prentiss County, Miss., the son of Jesse Alexander Bennett and wife, Cinthy Drucilla (Glover) Bennett. His paternal ancestors came to America from England some time before the Mexican War; the family was scattered during the Civil War and several of its members were killed in the conflict; Mr. Bennett's father was a soldier in the ranks of the Confederate Army, but returned safely to his home and lived till 1900. The subject of this sketch obtained his early education in country schools, later studied at the high schools of Jacinto and Kossuth, and received private instruction in the higher branches under Professor J. O. Looney. He has taught in the public schools of the State for twelve years, part of the time in Prentiss County; he is now in intervals of teaching carrying on a course of law study at the University of Mis- sissippi. Was elected to the House of Representatives November 5, 1907. Mr. Bennett is a Democrat, a deacon in the Baptist Church, a member of the Woodmen of the World and of the Knights of Pythias. He is unmarried.
AMITE COUNTY.
CLAUDIUS L. FENN, of Smithdale, was born January 20, 1876, at his present home in Amite County, Miss., the son of Daniel W. Fenn and wife, Mary Letha (Dickey) Fenn. His paternal ancestors were from Holland. settled in Georgia and took part in Revolutionary War; his paternal grand- mother was of English ancestry, his father served through the Civil War in the Fourth Mississippi Cavalry. His
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maternal great-grandfather was an Irishman, who settled in South Carolina in the eighteenth century, fought during the Revolution for colonial liberty, and later was one of the earliest settlers in Mississippi Territory. Mr. Fenn attended the common schools of his county in boyhood, obtained his collegiate education at the M. and F. College at Liberty; read law in an office at McComb City, but did not practice. His occupation has always been that of a farmer. He was elected to the House of Representatives November 5, 1907. He is a Democrat, a member of the Baptist Church and of the Woodmen of the World and Odd Fellows. He was mar- ried near Smithdale, Miss., March 27, 1902, to Bessie A. Holmes, daughter of R. Coleman Holmes and wife, Lula Julia Everett Holmes, of McComb City. His wife comes of the well known Quin family of Pike County, Miss. Mr. and Mrs. Fenn have three children: Eugene, Hilton and Julia Audelle.
EUGENE GERALD, of Smithdale, was born July 30, 1882, at that place, the son of James E. Gerald and wife, L. Addie (Wilson) Gerald. His paternal ancestors came from England and Ireland to North Carolina, emigrating to Mississippi in 1810; his maternal line of Irish descent, settled in Georgia. His great grandfather, William Gerald, was a soldier in the War of 1812, was with Jackson at the battle of New Orleans, and while in camp there contracted a fever from which he died. The father of the subject of this sketch was too young at the time of the Civil War to take part in it, but his four elder brothers all entered the army, one falling at Gettysburg and another at Sharpsburg. Mr. Gerald attended the public schools at Mars Hill; after completing his course there he spent one year at Mississippi College, Clinton. At the age of eighteen he began teaching; taught four years in schools of Amite County, then entered upon the business of merchandising, in which he is still engaged. While he was teaching in his home school at Mars Hill he founded, through subscription, a library of some 400 volumes for the use of the school. Mr. Gerald is a Demo- crat, a Mason and an Odd Fellow. He is unmarried. He was elected to the House of Representatives November 5, 1907.
ATTALA COUNTY.
DAVID COLLINS BAILEY, of Ayres, was born Novem- ber 30, 1861, at Center, Attala County. He was educated in the public schools of his county under Prof. J. H. Sulli- vant and other teachers. His occupations have been those of farmer and country merchant. He is a Baptist and a member of the Woodmen of the World. Was elected to the House of Representatives November 5, 1907. He married Alice Therma Seawright, daughter of . James Colwell Sea- wright and wife, Nancy Franklin Seawright, living near Kosciusko. Mr. and Mrs. Bailey have eight children: Edith Lavelle, James DeWitt, Charles Hugh, Nannie Mo- selle, Thelmer Kentling, Therma Estelle, Dana Carnelle and David Turnage.
Eugene Gerald.
David Collins Bailey.
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John James Britt.
Robert Masters Frazier.
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Clarence Richard Smith.
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JOHN JAMES BRITT, of Balatusha, was born June 26, 1878, at Newport, Attala County, Miss., the son of Thomas Britt and his wife, Ozela Elizabeth (Hutchinson) Britt. His father was born at Cork, Ireland, coming to America at the age of twenty-one years; his mother's family were native Mississippians. Mr. Britt obtained his education in the common schools of his vicinity. His occupation is that of a farmer. He was elected to the House of Representa- tives November 5, 1907. He is a Democrat and a member of the order of the Woodmen of the World. He was married December 24, 1902, to Virgie Beatrice, daughter of William Columbus McDaniel and wife, Mary Elizabeth McDaniel, of Shreveport, La. Mr. and Mrs. Britt have two children: Earl Homer and Grace Dexter.
BENTON COUNTY.
[ROBERT MASTERS FRAZIER, of Hickory Flat, was born December 25, 1856, in Tippah County (now Union), Miss., the son of John Daniel Frazier and wife, Elmira Aveline (Shelton) Frazier. His paternal ancestors came from North Carolina, maternal from Tennessee. Mr. Fra- zier attended the country schools of his vicinity until he was about twenty-three years old, then studied at an acad- emy at Ellistown, taught by Rev. A. J. French; later he attended the Poplar Springs Normal College for a time, but did not graduate. He began teaching in January, 1885, has taught more of less every year since; his sole occupations have been teaching and farming, aside from a limited time spent in public duties. He was a member of the State Legislature in 1890 and again in 1900 and 1902, and was again elected November 5, 1907; is now a member of the Village Board of Hickory Flat; is a Democrat and a mem- ber of the Christian Church. Mr. Frazier was married June 26, 1894, to Mary Velora Ross, daughter of William Carroll and Margaret Cassandra Ross, of Hickory Flat. His wife's family on both sides have been native Mississippians for three generations. Mr. and Mrs. Frazier have six children : Hoke, Ross, Mabel, Lee, Guy and Joe.
BOLIVAR COUNTY.
CLARENCE RICHARD SMITH, of Cleveland, was born March 9, 1866, at DeSotoville, Choctaw County, Ala., the son of Lewis R. Smith and wife, Susan (Williams) Smith. His father's family were from South Carolina, his mother's were Alabamians; his father served as a Confederate soldier throughout the Civil War. Mr. Smith obtained his educa- tion in the Alabama public schools and did not receive a college or professional education. He began his business career at Cleveland, Miss., in 1886 as clerk in a general store; about 1892 he established a general fire insurance agency in that town, invested in lands and city property, and now for some years has been actively engaged in plant- ing, merchandising and other enterprises. He has served two terms as Mayor of Cleveland; is at present a member
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of the Congressional Executive Committee from his district. Was elected to the House of Representatives November 5, 1907; is a Democrat, a member of the M. E. Church, South, of the Knights of Pythias and the Benevolent and Pro- tective Order of Elks. He was married November 22, 1893, at Coldwater, Miss., to Mamie Williams, daughter of Henry ·Williams and wife, Lelia Williams, of that place. Mr. and Mrs. Smith have one child, Corinne ..
GEORGE BARNES SHELBY, JR., of Shelby, was born October 12, 1881, at Refuge, Washington County, Miss., the son of George Barnes Shelby and wife, Jane (Poitevent) Shelby. The subject of this sketch is the great- great-grandson of General Evan Shelby, and great-grandson of Captain Moses Shelby, a brother of Isaac Shelby, the first Governor of Kentucky; his father, G. B. Shelby, was a Confederate soldier and was one of the picked men from Wirt Adams' regiment detailed for special service, and known as "Harvey's Scouts;" in 1900-02 he was a member of the State Legislature. Mr. Shelby obtained his early education at St. Thomas Hall, Holly Springs, Miss .; in the summer of 1900 he entered the University of the South, Sewanee, Tenn .; in 1903 he became a student in the Law School of the University of Mississippi, graduating in June, 1905. He has since practiced in Cleveland and in Shelby He was Chairman of the Election Commission in his county, 1906; is a member of the M. E. Church, South, and holds official position in the Knights of Pythias. He is not mar- ried. He was elected to the House of Representatives November 5, 1907.
George B. Shelby, Jr.
CALHOUN COUNTY.
WILLIAM JOSIAH PATTERSON, of Pittsboro, was born December 8, 1847, in Cherokee County, Georgia, the son of John Jackson Patterson and wife, Permelia (Hobgood) Patterson. His paternal ancestors were of English descent, settling in Virginia before the Revolutionary War; his mother's family were native Georgians. Mr. Patterson had no educational opportunities outside of the country schools of Calhoun County, Miss., to which county his father brought his family in the early fifties; he has been a farmer all his life. He has held several county offices; was Justice of the Peace 1874 to 1880; member of the Board of Supervisors 1880 to 1885; County Treasurer IS90 to 1896; was elected to the House of Representatives November 5, 1907. He is a Democrat; for a number of years has been Chairman of the Democratic Executive Committee of his county, resign- ing this position to become a candidate for the office of Rep- resentative; has been a Mason for more than twenty years; has held important official positions in and is now Treasurer of his Lodge. He was married February 14, 1867, in Cal- houn County to Mary Jane Murphree, daughter of James Pleasant Murphree and Sarah Ann Henderson Murphree. His wife's family is of Irish descent. Mr. and Mrs. Patter-
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John Byrd Going.
Samuel Spillman Monday,
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son have eight living children: Mrs. Martha Elizabeth (Pat- terson) Ruth, of Calhoun City; Dr. C. W. Patterson and Mrs. A. L. Patterson, both of Pittsboro; F. R. Patterson, of Anguilla; A. T. Patterson, of Eupora, and Etta, I. F. and N. E. Patterson, at home.
JOHN BYRD GOING, of Pittsboro, was born January 26, 1872, at that place, the son of David Going and wife, Martha Caroline (Pilgreen) Going. His ancestors on both sides lived in Alabama; his father served in the ranks of the Confederate Army in Company F, Fourth Mississippi Infantry. Mr. Going obtained his education in the country schools of Calhoun County, and through diligent reading and study at home; he had no opportunity for a college education. He worked on a farm in youth, but wearying of that he learned the printer's art in his native town, and worked at the case until, with the launching of the Dixie . Herald of Pittsboro, December 17, 1903, he entered journal- ism proper as editor of that paper. This position he still holds. Was elected to the House of Representatives No- vember 5, 1907. He is a Democrat and has served as Sec- retary of the County Executive Committee; is a member of the Baptist Church, the Knights of Pythias and the Wood- men of the World. Mr. Going married Ronda Steele, daughter of Isaac Calaway Steele and Jane Steele, of Ellard. They have one child, Marion Finley Calaway.
CARROLL COUNTY.
SAMUEL SPILLMAN MONDAY, of Carrollton, was born April 2, 1856, at Bellview (now Holcomb), Tallahatchie (now Grenada) County, Miss., the son of John Fletcher Monday and wife, Mary Ann (Smith) Monday. His pater- nal ancestors were Irish immigrants that settled in East Tennessee in an early day; maternal were from Virginia and Tennessee. Mr. Monday obtained his education at country schools in youth; on arriving at man's estate he studied law in an office in Carrollton. In April, 1890, he obtained license from the court to practice, and in 1891 opened an office in Carrollton; practiced in Vaiden in 1892 and 1893, since then he has carried on milling and farming in connection with the practice of law. He was elected Mayor of Carrollton in January, 1889; was chosen Justice of the Peace in 1902; served on the Executive Committee of his party in 1896-1900 and from 1904 to 1907. Mr. Monday is a Democrat, a member of the Baptist Church for twenty-six years and Church Clerk for twelve years. Was elected to the House of Representatives November 5, 1907. He was married at Tinsley, Miss., March 5, 1902, to Mary Palestine (Rozier) Atkinson, daughter of Earl Lalestard Rozier and wife, Nancy Ann (Persons) Rozier, of Smith Mill. His wife's ancestors came from South Carolina and Alabama. Mr. Monday had been previously married to Mrs. Mary Frances (Metcalfe) Halcell, and by that marriage had one child, Mary Frances.
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TANDY O. YEWELL, of Carrollton, was born Decem- ber 31, 1871, at Ashley Creek, Carroll County, Miss., son of Norman Marion Yewell and wife, Nancy Jane (Dunn) Yewell. His paternal ancestors were from Ireland, and settled in Virginia; maternal were also of Irish extraction. Mr. Yewell's grandparents came to Mississippi about 1830; his father served four years in the ranks of the Confederate Army, in Company K, Thirtieth Mississippi Regiment. Mr. Yewell attended the common schools of his county during the intervals of farm labor, and was a student for a time in the high school at Carrollton, but counts home-read- ing before the old pine-knot fires as a most important element in his education. He attended the Law School of the University of Mississippi, taking his Bachelor's degree in 1905, with special distinction as leader of his class. Pre- vious to entering the University he taught in rural schools for two years; on his graduation was admitted to the bar, and began practice at Carrollton; was elected to the House of Representatives November 5, 1907. Mr. Yewell was Superintendent of Education of Carroll County from 1896 to 1900; has served on the Democratic County Executive Committee for nearly twelve years. He is a Democrat and an Odd Fellow; is not married.
CHICKASAW COUNTY.
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FRANK BURKITT, of Okolona, was born July 5, 1843. near Lawrenceburg, Tenn., the son of Henry Lemuel Burkitt and his wife, Louise (Howell) Burkitt. His paternal an- cestors came from England to North Carolina before the Revolution; his great-grandfather, Lemuel Burkitt, was an eminent Baptist minister and author; his father emigrated from North Carolina to Tennessee, was forced to flee from the latter State to Alabama during the Civil War; came to Mississippi in 1865; was elected State Senator in 1884. Mr. Burkitt attended Tennessee schools under various teachers; in 1857 entered the school of Professor Watkins, News Ferry, Va .. and was there one year; June 28, 1861, enlisted in Confederate Army. He was Sergeant-Major, Ninth Battalion Tennessee Cavalry, and reached rank of Captain before the parole of May 15, 1865. After the war he taught school in Alabama and Mississippi; reading law privately; in 1872 he passed examination and practiced for a time, then became editor of the Chickasaw Messenger; in 1876 moved paper to Okolona, where he edited it under name of Peoples' Messenger. Mr. Burkitt has held county and local offices; was elected to Legislature in 1886 and re-elected three times; was a member of Constitutional Convention of 1890; acted with Peoples' Party from 1892 till the organiza- tion disbanded in 1900; was the candidate of that party for Governor in 1895. He is now a Democrat; a Mason; Grand Master of Masons in 1879, Grand Commander 1904, and a Knight Templar; in 1886 he published a book entitled "Our State Finances and School System"; was elected to the House of Representatives Nov. 5, 1907. Mr. Burkitt has been twice married: December 30. 1866, to Mattie Schrimsher: December 30, 1906, to Mary Elizabeth Mitchell. By his first marriage he had four children: Mrs. Jennie Lee (Bur- kitt) Cary, of Holly Springs; James Howell, of Calhoun City:] Mary Louise (Burkitt) King, of Okolona, and Bennie (Burkitt) Dossett, of Sacramento, Ky.
Tandy O. Yewell.
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James Asbury Lewis.
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JAMES ASBURY LEWIS, of Houston, was born May 17, 1836, at Centerville, Bibb County, Ala., the son of Rev. Wiley Lewis and his wife, Martha (Summers) Lewis. His paternal ancestors came from Wales, some of them being with the early settlers of Jamestown, Va .; both of his grand- fathers served in the War of 1812, and both fought under Jackson at the Battle of New Orleans. The father of the subject of this sketch was born in Tennessee, coming to Mississippi in 1843; he was a preacher of the M. E. Church, South, for fifty-five years. Mr. Lewis' educational oppor- tunities were limited to old-fashioned country schools. He enlisted in the Confederate Army February 12, 1862, as private, Company H, Thirty-first Mississippi Regiment; served till his command surrendered at Greensboro, N. C., April 26, 1865. Mr. Lewis is a farmer by occupation, but is much interested in public affairs; was member of County Board of Supervisors six years, of Board of Education six years, and is now President of the Pension Board. He is a Democrat, a member of the M. E. Church, South, and Sunday- school Superintendent for forty years; and Worshipful Master of Masonic Lodge fifteen years; he has always been active in the cause of temperance and education; was Presi- dent of a Law and Order League that suppressed disorder in his district in 1889; was elected to the House of Repre- sentatives November 5, 1907. Mr. Lewis was married Janu- ary 13, 1859, at Congress, Miss., to Elizabeth Foster, daugh- ter of Moses D. Foster and wife, Nancy (Tunell) Foster. They have six living children: Rev. T. W. Lewis, of Jackson; Mrs. Nannie (Lewis) Whitson, also of Jackson; Hon. W. N. Lewis, of Davis, I. T .; Rev. E. S. Lewis, of West Point; J. S. Lewis, of Mantee, and Mrs. Dixie (Lewis) Haley, of Chattanooga, Tenn.
CHOCTAW COUNTY.
CARLTON ALEXANDER LINDSEY, of Eupora, was born February 4, 1853, near Huntsville, Choctaw County, Miss., the son of Carlton Lindsey and wife, Martha Susan (Caperton) Lindsey. His paternal ancestors were from Kentucky; maternal from Georgia; his father entered the Confederate Army as a private, was chosen Lieutenant, and served under Forrest throughout the war. Mr. Lindsey attended the common schools in youth, but had no oppor- tunity for advanced education. He has been a farmer all his life. He is now a Democrat; was a member of the Peoples' Party from 1894 until 1900; was Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Peoples' Party of his county. He is a Baptist and an official member of the Relief Alliance and Union; he was elected to the House of Representatives November 5, 1907. Mr. Lindsey was married March 15, 1883, to Mattie Emelia Love, daughter of Samuel Love and wife, Mary Love, of Huntsville; his wife's family came from South Carolina. Of the ten children born to Mr. and Mrs. Lindsey, five are now living, as follows: Samuel, Mamie. Kyle, Mozell and Eva.
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