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MARSHALL NEY WILLIAMS, of Raymond, was born January 4, 1883, at Duke, Hinds County, Miss., the son of John Bell Williams and wife, Florence Virginia (Farris) Williams. His immediate ancestors on both sides were native Mississippians; his father was Justice of the Peace at Utica, Miss., from 1899 to 1903; was Sergeant of Oakley convict farm during 1904 and 1905. Mr. Williams attended a country school near his home for a short time and went to the Utica schools for four months, but his opportunities for education were limited by the fact that he was the oldest of a large family, and the demands of farm labor bore upon him with special insistence. But he was ambitious and began the reading of law in the intervals of his work, and at last was able to take up law study in earnest in the office of Hon. W. J. Croom at Bolton, where he remained for about a year and a half, and was admitted to the bar May 2, 1905. On May 26 following he located at Raymond, Miss., for the practice of his profession, and has been there ever since. He was elected to the House of Representatives November 5, 1907. Mr. Williams is a Democrat, a Master Mason and a Knight of Pythias. He was married May 20, 1906, at Utica, Miss., to Emma Rebecca Mathews, daughter of John Dennis Mathews and wife, Phoebe Ross Mathews.
HOLMES COUNTY.
LARKIN SEYMORE ROGERS, of West, was born February 8, 1859, at Vaiden, Miss., and is the son of Richard Thomas and Eleanor (Cain) Rogers. His paternal ancestors were English, and on coming to America settled in Virginia and later in South Carolina; his maternal ancestors were Irish; Patrick Cain, his maternal grandfather, was overseer for John C. Calhoun, of South Carolina. Dr. Rogers received his elementary education in the country schools of Carroll County, and was a student at the University of Mississippi through the junior year ; entered Tulane University as a medical student; was graduated with the degree of M. D. in 1885 and entered into the practice of medicine at West, Miss., where he has since resided. For the past eighteen years Dr. Rogers has held such town offices as health officer,
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James Albert Dicken.
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James Bragg Mitchell.
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school trustee and alderman. He is President of the West Banking & Trust Co .; was elected to the House of Repre- sentatives November 5, 1907. He is a Democrat and a member and deacon of the Baptist Church. Dr. Rogers was married December 14, 1886, at Vaiden, Miss., to Ada McPherson, daughter of Alfred Adolphus and Martha McPherson, of Carroll County. Mr. McPherson is a Con- federate veteran and a substantial citizen of his county. Dr. and Mrs. Rogers have three children: Marion Sims, McPherson and Richard Otis.
JAMES ALBERT DICKEN, of Durant, was born August 6. 1855, near Kosciusko, Miss., the son of Benjamin Burnley Dicken and wife, Mary Jane (Jones) Dicken. Pater- nal ancestors came from England and settled in Georgia; his father came to Mississippi in 1849 and served as a surgeon - in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. Attend- ance upon an eight months' school kept in his neighborhood after the war by an old soldier constituted the sum of Mr. Dicken's educational opportunities, and in early youth he was obliged to take up practical farm work, but he bravely made up his deficiencies by diligent reading in his evenings. He has been a frequent correspondent of newspapers; has always been active in every good cause for temperance, bet- ter education and good government, and has often lectured before church gatherings. He is a Democrat and a mem- ber of the Baptist Church from his youth. Mr. Dicken was married February 4, 1879, near West, Miss., to Harriet Ann Brock, daughter of Hon. John Gallatin Brock and wife, Cora (Read) Brock. His wife's great-grandfather came from Ireland in 1771, settling in Virginia, whence his sons emigrated to Mississippi. Mr. and Mrs. Dicken have eight living children: Julia, Mary Lavinia, John Brock, Benjamin, Burnley, Charles Read, Lizzie Montgomery, Bob Howard and Nellie.
JAMES BRAGG MITCHELL, of Goodman, was born March 23, 1862, in Holmes County, the son of David Mitchell and wife, Sarah Bell (Dulaney) Mitchell. His paternal ancestors came from Scotland to Virginia and thence to North Carolina in colonial days. George Mitchell, a pater- nal ancestor, was Colonel of a North Carolina regiment dur- ing the Revolution. Mr. Mitchell's father was a member of the Mississippi Legislature before the Civil War. The first school that James B. Mitchell attended was at Goodman, and his first teacher was Professor W. H. Magruder, now of the A. and M. College at Starkville; he was a student in Vander- bilt University, Nashville, for three years, and graduated from the Law Department of that institution with degree of LL.B. in 1884. He practiced law at Bristol, Tenn., during 1886 and 1887, in partnership with Judge W. F. Rhea, then moved back to Goodman, gave up practice and moved on to a plantation, where he still remains, raising cotton and pecans. Mr. Mitchell was a member of the Legislature in 1900-02; is a Democrat and a member of the Episcopal Church; was elected to the House of Representatives No- vember 5, 1907. He was married December 26, 1886, at Wytheville, Va., to Fannie Oglesby Crockett, daughter of James Thompson Crockett and wife, Susan Jane Crockett.
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His wife's ancestors came from Ireland to Virginia, and the family claim the famous Davy Crockett-pioneer and patriot-as one of their line. Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell have two living children: Mary Park and James Albert Oglesby.
ISSAQUENA COUNTY.
LIVINGSTON PEYTON, of Mayersville, was born December 6, 1859, at Raymond, Hinds County, Miss., the son of Murray Milton Peyton and wife, Malvina Fitzallan (Alston) Peyton. His father was a native of Tennessee, his mother of Mississippi. Murray M. Peyton was a Confederate officer during the war, commanding Company K, Third Mississippi Infantry; in civil life he served as Deputy Cir- cuit Clerk, Hinds County, 1859-60; Secretary State Senate, 1870; Chancery Clerk, Hinds County, 1872-76, and Clerk or Deputy, Issaquena County, for over twenty years. Liv- ingston Peyton's grandfather, Elijah Peyton, was a soldier in the War of 1812, was at Fort Erie and Lundy's Lane; at the age of seventy enlisted as a private in a Confederate company raised in Copiah County, Miss., by his two sons, and served for more than a year, 1861-62. Mr. Peyton obtained his education principally at the common schools of Raymond and Jackson; spent one year at the University of Mississippi; his occupation is that of a merchant, at Clover Hill, Miss. He has been Treasurer of Issaquena County two terms; Captain of militia company. "Issaquena Guards"; is a Democrat, and member of the Methodist Church; elected to the House of Representatives Novem- ber 5, 1907. . Mr. Peyton was married February 10, 1886, at Mayersville, to Idella Spiars, daughter of James and Lydia Spiars; his wife's father was a Confederate soldier. Mr. and Mrs. Peyton have five children: Mrs. Shirley (Peyton) Richards, of Lake Providence, La .; Gertrude, Livingston Susan Elizabeth and Ethel Mae.
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ITAWAMBA COUNTY.
JONAS FRANKLIN DISON, of Eastman, was born in St. Clair County, Ala., and is the son of Thomas Brown Dison and his wife, Caroline (Funderburk) Dison. His paternal ancestors came from Georgia to Alabama; his maternal from South Carolina. When the subject of sketch was but two years old, his father died, leaving a wife and a family of five young children but poorly provided for. After a nine years' battle with poverty his mother married J. R. Raburn, who proved a kind stepfather to her boys. Mr. Dison was nearly grown up, however, before he was able to begin his education. His family having moved to Missis- sippi, he first attended a country school in Itawamba County; in 1897 entered Oaklin College, and later, having secured means by teaching rural schools, he attended a college in Henderson, Tenn., during the years 1904-06, graduating in the last named year with the degree of B. S. He has since pursued the occupation of a teacher in Itawamba County; was elected to the House of Representatives November 5, 1907. Mr. Dison is a Democrat, a Missionary Baptist, a Mason and a Woodman of the World. He is not married.
Livingston Peyton.
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Mark Ashley Dees.
Milton Alexander Lewis.
Joseph Oliver Cowart.
JACKSON COUNTY.
· MARK ASHLEY DEES, of Scranton, was born August 27, 1846, near Pollard, Conecuh County, Ala., the son of Calvin Elias Dees and wife, Mary Charlotte (Tippins) Dees. Paternal ancestors lived in South Carolina, maternal in Florida and Alabama. Mr. Dees attended the country schools of Mobile County, Ala., and of Jackson County, Miss .; he had no opportunity for a collegiate education. He has been occupied as a railroad contractor, a saw-mill operator and inventor; he served in the State Legislature from 1896 to 1900, as Floater Representative for Jackson and Harrison Counties. Mr. Dees has devoted both time and means to the effort toward constructing at Pascagoula a great deep- water port for the State of Mississippi; he is a Democrat, a Baptist and member of the Knights of Honor, and was elected to the House of Representatives November 5, 1907. He was married in 1870, at Moss Point, Miss., to Annie Starkey Hill, daughter of Thomas Hill and wife, Martha (Moore) Hill, of Newbern, Ala. His wife's family on both sides came from North Carolina. Mr. and Mrs. Dees have eight children : Thomas Moore Dees, of Midlothian, Tex .; Mark Ashley Dees, Jr., also of Midlothian; Pattie (Dees) Hopson, of Roff, Okla .: Adelle Rand (Dees) King, of Midlothian; Daisy May and Annie Starkey Dees, teachers; Beatrix and Lorraine Dees. at school.
JASPER COUNTY.
MILTON ALEXANDER LEWIS, of Rose Hill, was born December 19, 1863, at that place, the son of Alexander Lewis and wife, Amanda Fitzallen (Ryan) Lewis. His pater- nal ancestors came from Virginia to Georgia in the early part of the last century; his great-grandfather, Walden Lewis, fought in the Indian wars. Maternal line was of Irish stock. His father was a Confederate soldier and served four years under Joseph E. Johnston. Mr. Lewis was educated in the schools of his native town, attending the Rose Hill High School when it was taught by Captain W. C. Day. His occupations have been those of commercial traveler and farmer; was elected to the House of Representatives Novem- ber 5, 1907. He is a Democrat, a member of the M. E. Church, South, and of the Woodmen of the World. He was married February 1, 1900, at Meridian, to Minnie Lee Beason, daugh- ter of Richard and Julia Beason, of that city. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis have four children: Amanda Fitzallen, Homer. Pauline and Milton Alexander, Jr.
JEFFERSON DAVIS COUNTY.
JOSEPH OLIVER COWART, of Prentiss, was born May 18, 1871, at Cross Roads, Jackson County, Miss., the son of Dr. James Cowart and wife, Alletha Roselle (Moody) Cowart. Both parents were native Mississippians. Mr. Cowart attended the common schools of Jackson County; Mississippi College in 1901, but remained for one session only ; later, took a law course at Millsaps College, received his degree and was admitted to the bar in 1903; was elected to the House of Representatives November 5. 1907. Mr.
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Cowart is a Democrat, a member of the Baptist Church, a Mason, and has held all offices up to Chancellor Commander in the order of Knights of Pythias. He has achieved a suc- cessful practice in his profession, and it was largely through his influence that his county received the name of the great Mississippi leader, Jefferson Davis, and he was elected its first Representative in the Legislature. Mr. Cowart was married January 6, 1898, at Lucedale, to Mary Matilda Miller, daughter of John M. Miller and wife, Martha Miller, of Vernal, Miss. Mr. and Mrs. Cowart have four living children: Mary Alletha, Joseph Homer. Paul Bryan and Willie Augustine.
JEFFERSON COUNTY.
JOSEPH EDWIN LAMB, of Union Church, was born January 1, 1857, at Marion, Lauderdale County, Miss., the son of Asa Green Lamb and wife, Josephine Elizabeth (Perry) Lamb. He has no record of paternal ancestry, but on his mother's side can trace his lineage back to John Perry, who came from England to Roxbury, Mass., in 1632, with the apostle John Eliot, the common ancestor of Perry families throughout the States; Mr. Lamb's mother came from the Perrys of Georgia. His father, A. G. Lamb, enlisted for the Mexican War at sixteen years of age, and was wounded at Cerro Gordo; he entered the Confederate Army in 1862, and died from wounds received at Port Hudson. Mr. Lamb obtained his education from attendance at district schools, 1865 to 1875; he did not go to college. His occupation has always been that of a planter. He is a Democrat, and has served on the Executive Committee of his county; is a mem- ber and trustee of the Presbyterian Church; was elected to the House of Representatives November 5, 1907. He has been twice married: November 2, 1876, to Lenorah Jane Gillis, daughter of David W. Gillis and Louisa (Scott) Gillis. Mrs. Lamb died April 28, 1900. Mr. Lamb was again mar- ried January 9, 1902, to Nora Alsworth, daughter of William Alsworth. By his first marriage Mr. Lamb had eleven children, nine of whom are living, as follows: Mrs. Louada (Lamb) Blue, of Brookhaven; Mrs. Lizzie (Lamb) Fairley of Union Church; Joseph Edwin, Jr., Lenora, John, Alice Henry Gillis, Martha and David DeWitt.
JONES COUNTY.
LAFAYETTE STAINTON, of Laurel, was born Octo- ber 13, 1852, near Monroeville, Ala., the son of David Timms Stainton and wife, Cebra Ann (Rumbley) Stainton. Pater- nal ancestors were of Irish descent; maternal of Scotch; both families came to Mississippi from Alabama. His father served during the Civil War in the Confederate Army, at Fort Morgan and around Mobile. Mr. Stainton attended the common schools of Alabama and Mississippi, and took his academic course under Prof. Charles A. Huddleston, Walnut Grove, Miss., His occupations have been those of teaching and journalism. ' He taught in the common schools, 1873- 1883; edited and published the Neshoba Democrat, at Phila- delphia, Miss., 1883-1890; taught at Laurel, Miss., in 1891-2. He was Superintendent of Education of Neshoba County,
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Sanford Martin Graham.
Guy Jack Rencher.
1882-1886; represented his county in the Legislature, 1888- 1890 ; was postmaster at Laurel, 1895-1899, and Mayor of that town, 1899-1903. Mr. Stainton is a Democrat, a Methodist, a member of the Masonic Order, of the Knights and Ladies of Honor and of the Woodmen of the World; was elected to the House of Representatives November 5, 1907. He was married October 13, 1881, to Mary Hastletine Salter, daughter of Samuel Aaron and Theodosia Salter, of Plattsburg. Mr. and Mrs. Stainton have nine children: Mrs. Ruby Valma (Stainton) Weems, of Laurel; Mrs. Cebra Pearl (Stainton) McArthur, of Meridian; and Robert Irvin, Edwin LaFayette, Samuel David, Alda Virginia, Everet Marvin, William Frederic and Hubert Maryon.
KEMPER COUNTY.
SANFORD MARTIN GRAHAM, of DeKalb, was born January 12, 1880, at that place, the son of John William Graham and wife, Rebecca Jane (Hunnicutt) Graham. His paternal ancestors were from Alabama, maternal from Georgia. His father enlisted in Company B, Thirty-fifth Mississippi Regiment, being discharged by the medical board because of physical weakness; he enlisted again in the Twenty-fourth Mississippi. Mr. Graham attended the com- mon schools of Centerville, then entered the high school at Scooba, where, with commendable energy, he paid his school expenses by acting as janitor. He entered Millsaps College, Jackson, where he won the Sophomore medal in 1902, and was chosen as College Representative in the State Oratorical Contest. He graduated from the Literary Department with degree of A. B. in 1905, and took his degree on completion of the law course in 1906; was elected to the House of Repre- sentatives November 5, 1907. Mr. Graham is a Democrat, a member of the M. E. Church, South, a Royal Arch Mason, a Woodman of the World and member of the Order of the Eastern Star. He was married December 27, 1906, at Oak Grove, to Jessie Clare Rush, daughter of Dudley Miles Rush and Sarah Ann (White) Rush. His wife's ancestors were from North Carolina.
GUY JACK RENCHER, of DeKalb, was born Decem- ber 18, 1877, near Scooba, Kemper County, Miss., son of A. M. Rencher and wife, May (Jack) Rencher. Both lines of his ancestors came from Ireland in early times, settling in North Carolina. Captain James Jack, who was chosen to carry the Declaration of the Mechlenburg Convention of May, 1775, to the Continental Congress in Philadelphia, was the great-great-grandfather of the subject of this sketch. He commanded a company through the Revolutionary War; his son was a soldier of the War of 1812, while his great- grandson, A. M. Rencher, fought through the Civil War with an Alabama regiment and surrendered at last with part of Hood's men at Meridian, Miss. Mr. Rencher attended the Mississippi public schools in boyhood; finished a special English course at Henderson, Tenn., in 1898; was graduated from the Law School of the University of Mississippi in June, Igor, and was admitted to the bar in September of the same year. He has been successful in his practice; he was elected
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to the House of Representatives November 5, 1907. Mr. Rencher is a Democrat, a Methodist and a Mason. He was married, May 4, 1904, to Rosa Mae Flake, daughter of John and Eliza Flake, of Oak Grove. Mr. and Mrs. Rencher have one child, Guy Jack, Jr.
LAFAYETTE COUNTY.
CAULDER EVANS SLOUGH, of Oxford, was born January 23, 1873, in Lafayette County, Miss., and is the son of John Nelson Slough and his wife, Martha Willie (Patton) Slough. His paternal ancestors were originally from Ger- many and settled in North Carolina, whence, in 1838, the grandfather of the subject of this sketch, Moses Slough, emi- grated to West Tennessee, and, twenty years later, moved to Lafayette County, Mississippi. Mr. Slough's maternal an- cestors came from Georgia to this State in 1836, settling near Lafayette Springs. His father enlisted in the Confederate service in April, 1864, and served till the war ended. Mr. Slough obtained his early education in the public schools, and later attended Abbeville Normal College and Tula Nor- mal College, graduating at Tula in 1894 with degree of B. S. His professional studies were carried on at the University of Mississippi, where, at his graduation in 1906, he was given the degree of Bachelor of Laws. Mr. Slough held the office of Clerk of the Circuit Court of Lafayette County, to which he was elected in 1899, and again chosen in 1903, his term ending in 1908. He has also been County Registrar since 1900, and has served as Alderman of the town of Oxford. Mr. Slough is a Democrat, a member and Steward . of the Methodist Episcopal Church and a Royal Arch and Council Mason; was elected to the House of Representatives November 5, 1907. He was married June 1, 1897, to Grace Cearley, daughter of Eli Cearley and his wife, Mary Lou Cearley, of Dallas. Mr. and Mrs. Slough have one child, a daughter, Jonnie Ethelyn Slough.
LEE MAURICE RUSSELL, of Oxford, was born November 16, 1875, at Dallas, Lafayette County, and is the son of William Eaton Russell and his wife, Louisa Jane (Mackey) Russell. His paternal ancestors came from Eng- land, maternal from Scotland, both settling in Virginia; his father served as a Confederate soldier in Captain Brad- ford's company of artillery with the Army of Northern Vir- ginia. Mr. Russell attended the public schools of Lafayette County; was graduated at Toccapola College in 1897 with degree of B. S .; entered the University of Mississippi and was graduated in 1901 with B. P. degree, and took the junior law course, completing it in 1901; he passed examination for the bar, then re-entered the University and took the further course in law, receiving the degree of Bachelor of Law in 1903; has since succeeded well in his practice and is now a member of the firm of Falkner & Russell, Oxford. Mr. Russell is a Democrat, a Methodist, Mason and Knight of Pythias. He was married June 28, 1905, at Missoula, Mont., to Ethel Mary Day, daughter of Howard E. Day and wife, Louise Day, of Missoula. His wife's maternal ancestors came from Virginia. In college Mr. Russell was a leader in a movement against fraternities. He was elected to the House of Representatives November 5, 1907.
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LAMAR COUNTY.
JOSEPH LEWIS BRYANT, of Baxterville, was born December 1, 1852, at Williamsburg, Covington County, Miss .. and is the son of Levy Lewis Bryant and Sarah (Grantham) Bryant. His father was a member of the Covington County Board of Police in 1855, and served as a private in a com- pany of homeguards during the latter part of the Civil War. His ancestors emigrated to Mississippi from South Carolina. Mr. Bryant was educated in the private schools of Jones and Perry Counties under the instruction of E. W. Goff, D. P. McInnis and G. D. Hartfield. He is an active member of the Baptist Church, in charge of the Bay Creek congregation of that denomination; is a Democrat, Master Mason and member of the Farmer's Union. Mr. Bryant was married February 14, 1878, to Eliza Ellen Rankin, daughter of James Crofford and Harriett (Tevis) Rankin. Mr. and Mrs. Bryant have seven children : Emily (Bryant) Saucier, William Cullen, Joseph Lewis, Crofford, Lucretia (Bryant) Cammoer, Claude and Levy .:
LAUDERDALE COUNTY.
HUGH McQUEEN STREET, of Meridian, was born January 7, 1833, in Moore County, N. C., the son of Donald Street and wife, Lydia (McBryde) Street. His ancestors on both sides were from Scotland; his father's family were early settlers in Prince William County, Va .; later they went to North Carolina, where his great-uncle, Hugh McQueen, was a member of the Constitutional Convention of 1835, and later Attorney-General of the State. His maternal grandfather, Archibald McBryde, served two terms in the United States Congress. Mr. Street attended an "old-field school" in 1840, and in 1847 and 1848 attended the Carthage High School for three terms. He entered the Confederate Army in 1861, and served-much of the time on detached duty-till 1865. In 1873 he took up the fire insurance business, in which he is still engaged. He holds a number of important positions in his city, as vice-president of a bank, director of local cor- porations, etc. He was elected to the State Legislature in 1869 and re-elected four times from Prentiss County; de- clined nomination in 1879, and was again chosen from Lauderdale County in 1889, also in 1891; elected Speaker in 1892 for the third time but resigned at the session of 1894. Mr. Street voted for Bell and Everett in 1860, but has ever since been a Democrat; is a Scotch Presbyterian and a Mason; was elected to the House of Representatives Novem- ber 5, 1907, and was elected Speaker for the fourth time on his seventy-fifth birthday. He was married twice: (1) ·November 2, 1858, to Charlotte Elizabeth, daughter of C. A. and Elizabeth Prindle, of Darien, Ga .; (2) October 13, 1887, to Charlotte Augusta, daughter of Daniel C. and Charlotte P. Ryder, of Connecticut; the parents of his wives were twins. Mr. Street has five living children: Charles R. Street, of Chicago; Albert J. Street, of Canton, Ill .; Mrs. Bessie Lee (Street) Coburn, of Meridian; Ethel (at home), and Mrs. Lottie Prentiss (Street) Champenois, of Hattiesburg.
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WILLIAM RICE DENTON, of Meridian, was born at Daleville, Lauderdale County, Miss., October 12, 1847, and is the son of Harvey Wesley Denton and wife, Willie Carpenter Denton. His paternal ancestors came to Mississippi from South Carolina. The father of the subject of this sketch settled at Daleville, Miss., in 1837. Mr. Denton attended the primary schools of Lauderdale County; entered Cooper Institute, under the instruction of Thomas A. Boydston and J. L. Cooper. He is a farmer; served as Magistrate in his county from 1884 to 1888; elected to the House of Repre- sentatives from Lauderdale County in 1890; re-elected in 1892, 1895, 1899 and 1903; was a soldier of the Confederacy and served as a private in the Second Mississippi Regiment. Mr. Denton is a Democrat; member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church; Mason and Woodman of the World; married October 30, 1867, to Martha Ellen Blanks, daughter of William Henry Blanks and wife, Narcissus Young. Mrs. Denton's ancestors came to America.from England. Mr. and Mrs. Denton have two children: William Nelson and Martha (Denton) Warren. In the House of 1904-1908 Mr. Denton was a member of the following committees: Appropriations, Pensions (Ch.), Fees and Salaries and Benevolent Institutions. He is the senior member of the House in point of service, having been a member for eighteen years, which is the longest continuous term in the history of the Mississippi Legislature. He was re-elected to the House without opposition Novem- ber 5, 1907.
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