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Thomas Rogers Caldwell.
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Henry Franklin Broyles.
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David Andrews Beeks.
Sidney Irving Robinson.
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DAVID ANDREWS BEEKS, of Quincy, was born March 21, 1845, in Laurens County, S. C., the son of Samuel Beeks and wife, Malinda Eddens (Andrews) Beeks. His paternal grandfather came from Scotland to Virginia just after the Revolutionary war, and in 1800 emigrated to South Carolina; his maternal great-grandfather, David Wright, had settled in the Palmetto State at a much earlier date, and fought in the colonial ranks. Mr. Beeks, who came to Mississippi with his parents when he was four years old, attended such common schools as existed in the rural districts of this State at that time. He left his studies in July, 1861, to join the Confederate Army, enlisted first in Company I, Fourteenth Mississippi Regiment, and was honorably discharged in September; in December, 1861. again enrolled for sixty days and at the expiration of that time re-enlisted in the Sixteenth Confederate Cavalry (Armistead's Regiment) and served till the surrender. Mr. Beeks has always been a farmer. He was Justice of the Peace in 1872-74, Supervisor 1887-89, and was elected to the State Legislature in 1905 to fill an unex- pired term and was again elected November 5, 1907. He was a member of the Peoples' Party from 1892 till that party dissolved in 1900; is now a Democrat, a member of the Missionary Baptist Church, of the Masonic Order, the Knights of Pythias, the Grange, Alliance and Farmers' Union. Mr. Beeks was twice married, first to Pernecie Rebecca Wade, daughter of Burnell R. and Martha S. Wade, and second, October 15, 1895, to Mrs. Elizabeth Ann (Young) Sims, daughter of Arthur and Mary F. Young. By his first marriage he had six children: Mrs. Malinda I. (Beeks) Rye, of Rye; Mrs. Zula E. (Beeks) Puckett, of Gattman; Mrs. Mattie A. (Beeks) Joudon, of Quincy; Burnell E. Beeks, of Huntsville, Ala., and Mrs. Davie Anna (Beeks) Robinson, of Huntsville, Ala.
MONTGOMERY COUNTY.
SIDNEY IRVING ROBINSON, of Winona, was born March 7, 1869, the son of Albert Beverly Robinson and Mary Jane (Thompson) Robinson. His paternal ancestors were of Scotch-Irish descent and first settled in Virginia: maternal were from North Carolina. His father served in the Fifth Mississippi Cavalry during the Civil War. Mr. Robinson was educated in the common schools of his county, also in a high school taught by the late Di. J. W. Armstrong; he did not take a college course. He taught school from the age of eighteen to that of twenty-six, and since then has followed the occupation of farming. He was Superin- tendent of Education in Montgomery County from 1896 to 1904; was elected to the Legislature in July, 1904, to fill an unexpired term, and was re-elected November 5, 1907; he has served on Senatorial and Congressional Committees in State Conventions. Mr. Robinson is a Democrat, a Baptist and member of the Masonic Order. He was mar- ried August 8, 1900, at Minerva, Miss., to Emma Townsend, daughter of Richard Townsend and wife, Virginia Townsend. His wife's paternal ancestors were from North Carolina, maternal from Tennessee. Mr. and Mrs. Robinson have three children: Mary Ruth, Sidney Irving, Jr., and Richard Augustus.
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NESHOBA COUNTY.
ANDREW DAVIS SHARPE, of Engine, was born Feb- ruary 1, 1884, in that village, the son of Reuben Franklin Sharpe and wife, Sarah Amanda (Jackson) Sharpe. His grandfather was a soldier in the Confederate Army and was killed at the siege of Vicksburg. Mr. Sharpe attended the rural and high schools of Neshoba County, became a student in the Macon and Andrews Business College, Meridian, graduating there in October, 1905. His occupations have been those of teaching and bookkeeping. He is a Demo- crat, a member of the Methodist Protestant Church, of the Masonic Order and of Woodmen of the World. Was elected to the House of Representatives November 5, 1907. He was married November 18, 1906, at Neshoba to Lola Clare Whitaker, daughter of John William and Narcissa Ann Whitaker. Mr. and Mrs. Sharpe have two children, twin boys, Andrew Malvin and Henry Alvin, born in October, 1907.
NEWTON COUNTY.
MALCOMB PLEAS FOY, of Decatur, was born March 6, 1869, at Carsonville, Talbott Co., Ga., the son of Samson T. Foy and wife, Harriet A. (Hays) Foy. His paternal an- cestors were of Scotch-Irish stock; his grandfather came to America from Scotland before the Revolution and fought under General Greene in his famous retreat across the Caro- linas and in the retreat was severely wounded in the knee; his maternal great-grandfather came to Georgia from England when a boy in colonial days. Mr. Foy was taught to read by his mother and only went to school during the summer months. In the fall of 1892, when twenty-three years old, he entered Dixon High School and there saw his first grammar and studied his first arithmetic. After two studious sessions in that school he taught for a time in the public schools; subsequently he studied at the National Normal University, Lebanon, Ohio, then entered the Law School of Millsaps College and took his degree in May, 1899; the same month he began the practice of law at Decatur, in which he is still engaged. He was elected to the House of Representatives November 5, 1907. Mr. Foy is a Demo- crat and member of his County Executive Committee; belongs to the M. E. Church, South, the Knights of Pythias, Woodmen of the World and Masons. He married Annie B. Adams, daughter of Samuel M. Adams and wife, M. Emma Adams; his wife's father was born in South Carolina and fought in a Mississippi regiment in the Civil War. Mr. and Mrs. Foy have one living child, Malcomb, Jr.
JOHN DAVID CARR, of Newton, was born on a farm near Stratton, Newton County, Miss., the son of Cicero Anderson Carr and wife, Martha Ann (Duke) Carr. Paternal ancestors came from North Carolina. Mr. Carr's father enlisted in the Confederate service April, 1863, in Company E, Seventh Mississippi Battalion, was wounded at Atlanta in July, 1864, paroled at Meridian in May, 1865. Mr. Carr
, attended the public schools of his county until 1891, when he became a student at Conehatta Institute for sessions of 1891-92; attended Lexington Normal College during 1895-
Andrew Davis Sharpe.
Malcomb Pleas Foy.
John David Carr.
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96, later entered the Law School of Millsaps College and took his degree in 1902. The same year he was admitted to the bar and began practice at Newton. He served as Town_ Attorney in 1904; was elected Mayor of Newton for 1905 and 1906, and re-elected for two years in 1907; was elected to the House of Representatives November 5, 1907. Mr. Carr is a Democrat, is not a member of any church, but inclines toward the Primitive Baptist; is a member of the order of Woodmen of the World. He was married June 28, 1896, to Edna Earl Pace, daughter of John G. Pace and wife, Nancy Pace, of Newton County. Mr. and Mrs. Carr have three living children: John Marshall, James Vardaman and Cecil Anderson.
NOXUBEE COUNTY.
EMMET DUVERGNE CAVETT, of Macon, was born June 23,11845, in Noxubee County, Miss., and is the son of James Richard Cavett and wife, Nancy (Conner) Cavett. His paternal ancestors came to America from Germany and settled in Pennsylvania; maternal came from Ireland and settled in North Carolina. The father of the subject of this sketch was a soldier of the Confederacy, and served in the Sixth Mississippi Cavalry; was Sheriff of Noxubee County and died in 1907 at the age of eighty-four. Mr. Cavett attended the primary schools of Noxubee County; entered Barton Academy of Mobile and pursued studies two years; enlisted as a private in Company A, Nineteenth Mississippi, at sixteen years of age in 1861, and served till 1863 in that regiment; courier for Generals Featherston, Posey and A. P. Hill, Army of Northern Virginia, until 1864; Sergeant- Major Sixth Mississippi Cavalry until the surrender in April, 1865. Mr. Cavett is the General Agent of the Union Central Life Insurance Company for the State of Mississippi; was Deputy U. S. Tax Collector under Cleveland; is a Demo- crat; was Chairman of the Noxubee Executive Committee; was Grand Cyclops of the Noxubee Ku Klux Klan; Captain of the Noxubee Red Shirt Boys in 1875; is an elder in the Cumberland Presbyterian Church; is a member of the Knights of Pythias; was married October 10, 1865, to Sallie Eugenia Spann, daughter of Col. R. R. Spann, of Pickens County, Ala. Mrs. Cavett's ancestors came to Mississippi from South Carolina., Mr. and Mrs. Cavett have four chil- dren : Mrs. Peter Weir, of Columbus, Miss .; Mrs. Alice Swan, of Deer Brook, Miss .; Will M. Cavett, of Jackson, Miss .; and Mrs. Dr. J. C. Robert, of Agricultural College, Miss. In the House of 1904-1908 Mr. Cavett was a member of the following committees: Penitentiary, Insurance and Military Affairs. He was re-elected to the House November 5, 1907. .
IVA LAMAR DORROH, of Macon, was born April 11, 1876, near Macon, Noxubee County, Miss., and is the son of Zachary Taylor Dorroh and his wife, Laura Frances (Mc- Donald) Dorroh. His paternal ancestors came from South Carolina to Alabama and thence to Mississippi in 1832; the maternal line came originally from Scotland, first settling in South Carolina. The father of the subject of this sketch served in the State militia during the Civil War; was Sheriff of Noxubee County from 1888 to 1896, at which date he was
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Emmet D. Cavett.
Iva Lamar Dorroh.
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elected Chancery Clerk and has been twice re-elected. Mr. Dorroh attended the public schools of Noxubee County and later completed the course of the Macon Graded and High School; he entered Mississippi College at Clinton in 1895, but in 1897, at the close of his Junior year, left that institu- tion because of the yellow fever epidemic. The same year he was appointed Deputy Chancery Clerk of Noxubee County, which office he still holds; he is now reading law in expectation of taking up that profession; was elected to the House of Representatives November 5, 1907. He is a Democrat, having several times acted as Secretary of the county organization; a Mason, an Odd Fellow, a member of the Protective Order of Elks, of the Improved Order of Red Men and a Knight of Pythias. Mr. Dorroh is unmarried.
MICHAEL O'BYRNE, of Macon, was born October 28, 1853, at Carrick, County Donegal, Ireland, the son of Patrick O'Byrne and wife, Catherine (McNelis) O'Byrne. On his father's side he was descended from North of Ireland stock; on his mother's from the Scotch. In early youth Mr. O'Byrne attended the schools of his county, but in common with all farmers' sons in Ireland in his time, had but slight opportu- nities for education. For twelve years after coming to the United States in 1873, he was a commercial traveler in the South; in 1888 he began farming in Noxubee County, and has been there ever since. Was elected to the House of Representatives November 5, 1907. Mr. O'Byrne is a Democrat and a lifelong member of the Catholic Church. He was married March 30, 1886, at Cliftonville, Miss., to Ida Jane Neves, daughter of William Mastion Neves and wife, Elizabeth Neves, of that place. His wife is descended from Irish and Welch settlers in Alabama. Mr. and Mrs. O'Byrne have three children: Richard Francis, William Emmett and Michael Warren.
OKTIBBEHA COUNTY.
NON QUINCY ADAMS, of Sturgis, was born January 22, 1839, in Rutherford County, N. C., the son of Azariah Adams and wife, Mary (Runyons) Adams. He was brought by his parents to Mississippi when an infant. He attended the rural schools in Choctaw and Oktibbeha Counties, but in that time educational opportunities in his locality were very limited. He entered the army as First Lieutenant in Company A, Twenty-seventh Mississippi Regiment, in 1863. and served till the close of the war. He lost his left arm July 28, 1864, at Atlanta. Mr. Adams' occupation has been that of a farmer and a minister, his church work having been done almost wholly in rural districts. In 1896 he served in the State Senate. He is a Democrat; has been a pastor in the Missionary Baptist Church since 1870, and has acted as Moderator at Association gatherings ten times; is also a member of the Masonic Order. He was elected to the House of Representatives November 5, 1907. Mr. Adams has been married three times: (1) December 22, 1857, to Catharine Griffith; (2) December 11, 1870, to Lois Avaline Hannah, and (3) to Mary Delila Atkins, daughter of Messer Dobbs
Michael O'Byrne.
Non Quincy Adams.
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John Henry Wellborn.
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John Monroe Cox.
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and wife, Marthy (Hughes) Dobbs. Of Mr. Adams' fifteen children twelve are living, as follows: Mrs. S. E. (Adams) Hunt and Mrs. Virgie (Adams) Berry, both of Sturgis; Mrs. Emma (Adams) Walker, of Ranger, Tex .; Mrs. Tennie (Adams) Wilson, of Longview; Mrs. Mollie (Adams) Butler, of Cleveland, Tex .; Mrs. Anna (Adams) Mathews, of Cedar Bluff; Wm. A. Adams, of Van Alstyne, Tex .; Sam B. Adams, of Millport, Ala .; Non A. Adams, of Sturgis; Fan- cher, Walthall and Lillie Ann.
JOHN HENRY WELLBORN, of Starkville, was born May 18, 1863, at Monticello, Lawrence County, Miss., the son of James Williams Wellborn and wife, Elizabeth L. (Fox) Wellborn. His paternal ancestors were of English descent, and lived in North Carolina; they were a long-lived stock, his great-grandmother living to age of 104, grandmother to that of 96 years; on his mother's side the family came from North Carolina. Mr. Wellborn's father was one of the early Methodist preachers of South Mississippi and was Superin- tendent of Education in Lawrence County in the '70s. The subject of this sketch was educated in the public schools of his county and at the Agricultural and Mechanical College, Starkville; he taught school in Mississippi two years, also taught one year in Texas; was owner and editor of the East Mississippi Times, of Starkville, two years; is now a real estate dealer and farmer. He was elected County Surveyor in 1899, also acted as Deputy Surveyor for three years, and was elected to the House of Representatives November 5, 1907. He is a Democrat, a Methodist, a Past Grand in the Odd Fellows lodge and a member of the Knights of Pythias . and Knights and Ladies of Honor. Mr. Wellborn was mar- ried August 21, 1889, at Starkville, to Lucy M. Colclough, daughter of James Colclough and wife, Mary (Moss) Col- clough; his wife is a descendant of an old Virginia family. Mr. and Mrs .. Wellborn have four children: Hilliard Col- clough, Annie Elizabeth, Lucy Virginia and Mary Moss.
PANOLA COUNTY.
JOHN MONROE COX, of Batesville, was born Sep- tember 16, 1848, in Panola County, the son of James Radford Cox and wife, Susan Ann (Garrett) Cox. Paternal ancestors came from England; maternal from Ireland; his father was Justice of the Peace both before and after the Civil War, in Panola County. Mr. Cox obtained his education entirely from the public schools of his own county and of Lafayette. From 1867 to 1873 was engaged in mercantile business in Batesville, also acted as telegraph operator during this time; was station agent at Batesville for the Mississippi & Tennessee Railroad from 1880 till that line was bought by the Illinois Central, then acted for the last-named road in the same position. Has now for some years been in the lumber busi- ness. Mr. Cox has been Justice of the Peace for several terms, was Mayor of Batesville from 1896 to 1902; was elected to the special session of the Legislature in 1902, to fill a vacancy; was elected to the House of Representatives
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November 5, 1907. He is a Democrat; acted with the Peo- ples' Party during its existence, but claims that he did not change his Democratic principles. He is a ruling elder in the Presbyterian Church, a member of the A. F. and A. M. and of the Knights of Honor. He was married December 15. 1874, to Mary Belle Lester, daughter of Dr. S. P. Lester and Emily Bowen Lester. Mr. and Mrs. Cox have five children : William John Cox, of Batesville; Lester Cox, of El Paso, Tex .; Mrs. Louise (Cox) Toombs, of Delhi, La .; Bowen and Leonard Kyle.
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WILLIAM EDWARD DAVIS, of Como, was born July 12, 1872, at that place, the son of Isaac Newton Davis, ;-. and wife, Sarah Shelton (White) Davis. His ancestors on both sides came from Georgia; his grandfather, Isaac N. Davis, we ' a member of the Mississippi Senate, 1856-59, and carried through the bill giving married women certain prop- erty rights; his maternal grandfather, Francis M. White was one of the original builders of the Mississippi & Ten- nessee Railroad, and was its President till his death, in 1887. Issac N. Davis, Jr., was an officer on Gen. N. B. Forrest's staff in the Civil War. The subject of this sketch had his first.schooling at Como, then attended an academy at Bell Buckle, Tenn., also attended the Christian Brothers' College at Memphis and the Memphis Military Institute. He has followed the occupation of farming at Como since 1899; was elected to the House of Representatives November 5, 1907. He is a Baptist, and holds the position of Protector in Como Lodge, Knights and Ladies of Honor. He was married January 24, 1900, at Whitehaven, Tenn., to Maggie Hale, daughter of James William Hale and his wife, Mattie (Deans) Hale. His wife's parents are old residents of North Mississippi. Mr. and Mrs. Davis have three children: Wil- liam Edward, Martha Shelton and Francis Marion.
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LONNIE CHAMBLIN JOHNSON, of Reynolds, was born December 28, 1874, at that place, the son of Elijah Jefferson Johnson and wife, Leacy (Westmoreland) Johnson. His paternal ancestors lived in Georgia; the maternal line came from England to Spartanburg, S. C., in 1750, where they received a grant of land from King George II .; this grant is still in the possession of the Westmoreland family. Mr. Johnson was reared on a farm; he attended the rural school at intervals until he was seventeen years old, when he was compelled to give his entire time to farm work. At the age of twenty-one he entered college at Tula, where he paid his expenses by teaching string music in the evenings. In September, 1897, he entered the high school at Lafayette Springs, where he also paid all expenses by giving lessons on the violin. In the fall of 1899 he returned to Tula, where he finished the normal course the next year, then began teaching school, in which occupation he is still engaged. He has taught three years at Shady Grove and four at Mount Olivet. Mr. Johnson has pursued his college studies during his vacations, and in 1905 took the degree of M. A., at Hill's Business College, Waco, Tex .; in 1906, the degree of B. S. at the George Robinson Christian College at Hen-
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William Edward Davis.
Lonnie Chamblin Johnson.
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David,Kenyard McDonald.
George Howard Alford.
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derson, Tenn .; was elected to the House of Representatives November 5, 1907. He is a Democrat, a Baptist, and a member of the Woodmen of the World and the Brotherhood Knights of America. He is not married.
PEARL RIVER COUNTY.
J. C. SHIVERS, of Poplarville.
PERRY COUNTY.
DAVID KENYARD McDONALD, of New Augusta, was born January 6, 1874, at Augusta, Miss., and is the son of Norman McDonald and wife, Mandy (Breeland) Mc- Donald. Both his paternal and maternal ancestors were Mississippians. Mr. McDonald was brought up on a farm and his educational opportunities did not come to him until he was on the verge of manhood. He entered school at Augusta in 1894, and in 1896 became a student at Washing- ton School, Greene County. In the fall of 1903 he was enrolled in the Law Department of Millsaps College, Jackson. He did not complete the course there, but read law outside, and entered upon the duties of his profession in the fall of 1904 at New Richton, Miss. He is now practicing at New Augusta. Mr. McDonald is a Democrat, a member of the Baptist Church, a Mason, an Odd Fellow and Woodman of the World; was elected to the House of Representatives November 5, 1907. He was a member of the Democratic Executive Com- mittee from the fall of 1903 to 1907, but tendered his resig- nation upon entering the race for Representative. Mr. McDonald is unmarried.
PIKE COUNTY.
GEORGE HOWARD ALFORD, of Magnolia, was born January 28, 1875, at Smithburg, Pike County, Miss., and is the son of J. Dock Alford and his wife, Luminda (Forten- berry) Alford. His paternal ancestors came from England to Massachusetts early in the eighteenth century, thence to North Carolina, and in 1793 came to Mississippi. Mr. Alford attended the public schools of Pike County; subsequently entered the A. and M. College at Starkville, where he was graduated in 1899 with degree of B. S .; did not enter a professional school but chose farming as a life work, and has been very successful therein. He has devoted much time to advancing the interests of farmers, and was instrumental in having the subject of agriculture added to the public school curriculum; has assisted in holding many farmers' institutes, and has held important offices in farmers' organizations; was also chief editor of Southern Farm Gazette for two years. Mr. Alford has published two books: "How to Live a Happy Life," 190 pp .; and "Twenty-eight Industrial Addresses," 216 pp .; was elected to the House of Representatives Novem- ber 5, 1907. He is a Democrat and a member of the Baptist Church; was married to Mayme Indiana Simmons, daughter of Dr. William Fleet Simmons and wife, Annie (Hall) Sim- mons, of New Orleans. Mr. and Mrs. Alford have two children: Ruth and Mildred.
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LUTHER WATSON FELDER, of McComb City, was born May 4, 1871, near Summit, Pike County, Miss., the son of John Smith Felder and wife, Julia (Huffman) Felder. His paternal ancestors came from Germany and settled in South Carolina; maternal, of Scotch-Irish extraction, set- tled in the Old Dominion; the great-grandfather of Mr. Felder was a soldier of the War of 1812; both his father and grandfather served in the ranks of the Confederate Army during the Civil War. Mr. Felder was educated in the public schools of Pike and Lincoln Counties; studied at Millsaps College, Jackson, graduating in 1901 with degree of A. B .; also entered upon a theological course at Vanderbilt University, but did not continue it; was elected to the House of Representatives November 5, 1907. His occupation has been that of a farmer since 1904; has held no public office till his late election to the Legislature. Mr. Felder is a Democrat, a member of the M. E. Church, South, and of the order of the Woodmen of the World. He is not married.
PONTOTOC COUNTY.
JOHN ISBELL LONGEST, of Troy, was born April 24, 1860, in Lee County, Miss., the son of Ruffin Longest and wife, Sarah Louis (Thompson) Longest. His paternal ances- tors came from Virginia; his great-grandfather, James Long- est, served in the Revolutionary War; the maternal line was Scotch-Irish, and settled in Alabama. Mr. Longest attended country schools assiduously in youth, a paternal order always keeping him at his desk throughout the ten months' session: he entered Iuka Normal College and graduated in 1889, with degree of A. M. He taught school for ten years, then settled down to the life of a farmer in Pontotoc County. He served as member of the State Legislature in 1900-1902, and was again elected November 5, 1907; is a Democrat, a member of the Missionary Baptist Church and a Mason. Mr. Longest was married September 5, 1893, at Houlka, Miss., to Annie Leah Thompson, daughter of James Thomas Thompson and .wife, Carrie Thompson, of that place. His wife's family came from South Carolina.
WILLIAM THOMAS STEGALL, of Plymouth, was born May 19, 1857, at Pontotoc, Miss., the son of James Morison Stegall and wife, Mary Jane (Griffin) Stegall. His paternal ancestors were Scotch-Irish, that came to this country in colonial days, settling in North Carolina, where several of them served with the forces of the colonists in the Revolutionary War. Mr. Stegall's father came from North Carolina to Mississippi in 1835; he served in the Confederate Army with the Forty-first Mississippi Regiment. Mr. Stegall attended the common schools of Pontotoc County, also was a student in the Independent School taught in that county by Prof. George Perry. His occupation has always been that of farming. He was elected to the Legislatures of 1896, 1897, 1898 and 1906. Mr. Stegall is a Democrat, also a member of the Baptist Church; he is unmarried; be was elected to the House of Representatives November 5, 1907.
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Luther Watson Felder.
John Isbell Longest.
William Thomas Stegall.
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William Arthur White.
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Joe Boon Stone. .
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PRENTISS COUNTY.
JOHN HIGHTOWER GARDNER, of Booneville, was born September 6, 1849, in Pike County, Ga., the son of Robert Bell Gardner and wife, Eugenia (Hightower) Gardner. Both lines of his ancestors were from Georgia; his grand- father was a member of the Georgia Legislature from 1844 to 1854; his father served during the Civil War as Lieutenant in the Seventh Georgia Regiment, and surrendered with Johnston in South Carolina in 1865. His parents had moved to Mississippi in 1859, but returned to Georgia when the war opened, the father to enlist there, and the family to remain among friends till the close of hostilities. Mr. Gardner ob- tained his early education in the Georgia schools; later did not seek professional honors, but has been contented to be a farmer all his life. He has, however, never lacked interest in public affairs and has been President of the Board of Supervisors of Prentiss County and member of the Legisla- ture from this county in 1892-1894; was elected to the House of Representatives November 5, 1907. Mr. Gardner is a Democrat, a Methodist, a Mason and Knight of Pythias. He was married December 15, 1870, to Maggie Bramlitt, daughter of Jesse L. Bramlitt and Mary Anderson Bramlitt, of Pulaski, Tenn. His wife's family were from Alabama and Kentucky. Mr. and Mrs. Gardner have six children: Robert Bramlitt Gardner, of Memphis, Tenn .; Gordon Lamar Gard- ner, also of Memphis; Mrs. Florence (Gardner) Richardson, of Washington, D. C .; Lucille and Bramlitt Gardner, at home, and Mrs. Warrene (Gardner) Weeks, of Booneville.
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