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Nathaniel Alexander, was one of the first Governors of North Carolina, and her great-grandfather, Abraham Clarke, was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. Governor Noel was the author of the present Primary Election Law, of the proposition to make all officers elective for terms of four years, presented as a Constitutional amend- ment to the Legislature in 1882, also of the amendment making judges elective, which received three-fourths of the popular vote. It may be noted of Governor Noel that though not winning in every political con- test, he has never failed of election to an office which he sought. His contests have always been purely individual, free from combinations or factional alignments, and the same may be said of his entire political career.
LUTHER MANSHIP.
Luther Manship, of Jackson, Lieutenant-Governor of the State of Mississippi, was born April 16, 1853, in that city. He is the son of Charles Henry Manship and his wife, Adaline (Dailey) Manship. His father was a native of Maryland, his mother's parents came from Boston, Mass., to New Orleans in 1826, thence to Jackson, Miss., in 1834. The father of the subject of this sketch was Postmaster of Jackson under the Confed- erate Government two terms, was City Clerk and Mayor of Jackson three times before 1863, in which year he surrendered the city to General Sher- man and the Federal Army. He served as a member of the Insane Asylum Building Board, as member of the Penitentiary Board, and at the time of his death was member of the Blind Institute Board, in fact he served the State on one or another of these boards for fifty years. Mr. Manship was educated at the public schools of Jackson, Miss. He served an apprenticeship in the machine shops of the Illinois Central Railroad at McComb City, and acted as engineer on that line for a short time. He was a member of the City Council of McComb City 1880-81; member of Jackson City Council, 1885-1895; member of Mississippi State Legis- lature, 1896-1900. He served as Major on General William Henry's staff under Governor A. J. McLaurin, 1896-1900; as Major on Gov. James K. Vardaman's staff, 1904-1908; was Trustee of Mississippi Blind Institute, 1896-1900 and Trustee of Jackson public schools for several years; was elected Lieutenant-Governor November 5, 1907. Mr. Manship is a Democrat and was President of the Executive Committee of Pike County, 1882-83. He is a Methodist, a Mason, a Knight Tem- plar, Odd Fellow and Knight of Pythias. He is the author of a number of well known and successful lecture entertainments, to wit : "Lights and Shadows," "Song and Story," and "From the Big House to the Cabin." He was married January 26, 1881, at Magnolia, Miss., to Mary Belmont Phelps, daughter of James Fisher Phelps and wife, Elizabeth Certain Phelps, of Huntsville, Ala. Mr. and Mrs. Manship have six children, as follows: Charles Phelps Manship, of Baton Rouge, La .; Luther Man- ship, Jr., of Jackson; Mrs. Belmont (Manship) Voltz, of Jackson, and Douglas James, William Lewis and Elizabeth Theresa, all of Jackson.
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OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE.
Secretary of State J. W. POWER HENRY YERGER
Assistant Secretary
JOSEPH WITHERS POWER.
Joseph Withers Power, Secretary of State, was born March 2, 1867, at Jackson, Miss., and is the son of John Logan Power and wife, Jane (Wilkinson) Power. His paternal ancestors were of pure Irish descent, his maternal line was from Scotland. His father came to America from Ireland when about fifteen years old; was a printer and publisher for years, a Confederate veteran and was serving his second term as Secre- tary of State at the time of his death, September 23, 1901. The Wilkin- sons and Smylies of the maternal line have been citizens of Mississippi since 1798 .. Joseph W. Power received his primary education in the schools of Jackson, and later attended the Southwestern Presbyterian University at Clarksville, Tenn. After leaving school he assisted his father in the publishing business, and was afterwards a bookkeeper. At the death of his father he was assistant in the office of the Secretary of State, and was appointed to succeed his father in 1901 by Governor A. H. Longino; he was elected in 1903 and re-elected in 1907. Mr. Power is a Democrat, member of the Episcopal Church, Mason, Odd Fellow and Knight of Pythias. He was married November 18, 1896, at Fayette, Miss., to Eva Truly, daughter of Richard Harrison Truly and wife, Mary Key Truly. Mrs. Power's paternal ancestors came to Mississippi from Virginia, maternal from South Carolina. Her ancestor, James Truly, came to the Natchez District from Virginia in 1773. Her paternal grand- father was with General Jackson at the battle of New Orleans and served as Sergeant in the "Jefferson Troop" under Colonel Thomas Hinds. Her father was a soldier of the Confederacy. Mr. and Mrs. Power have two children-Dorothy Hunter and Mary Evalyn.
DEPARTMENT OF ARCHIVES AND HISTORY.
Created by Act of the Legislature, approved February 26, 1902, organ- ized March 14, 1902. The government of the department is vested in a board of nine Trustees; its management is in the hands of a Director, - elected by the Board for a term of six years.
Trustees.
Term expires.
Stephen D. Lee, President January 1, 1912
Charles B. Galloway January 1, 1910
Richard W. Jones January 1, 1914
J. R. Preston January 1, 1912
Edward Mayes January 1, 1910
R. H. Thompson January 1, 1914
Franklin L. Riley January 1, 1910
J. M. White January 1, 1912
G. H. Brunson
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STATE OFFICIALS
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Hon. George Clifton Myers, Supreme Court Clerk. Hon. Dunbar Rowland, State Historian. Hon. Robert Virgil Fletcher, Att'y-General. Hon. Thomas Monroe Henry, Insurance Commissioner.
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Director DUNBAR ROWLAND Assistant MRS. ERON OPHA ROWLAND
DUNBAR ROWLAND.
Dunbar Rowland, Director of the Department of Archives and His- tory, was born August 25, 1864, at Oakland, Miss. He is the son of Dr. William Brewer Rowland and wife, Mary (Bryan) Rowland. His mother was a direct descendant of Charles Moorman, of Louisa County, Virginia, who emancipated his slaves in 1778. Dr. William Brewer Rowland was the son of Col. Creed T. Rowland and wife, Matilda (Brewer) Rowland, both of whom were natives of Henry County, Virginia. In 1840 Creed T. Rowland removed from Virginia and settled in Lowndes County, Mississippi, after which he moved to Aberdeen, Monroe County, and lived on his plantation near that city until his death in 1866. He was the son of Michael Rowland and Elizabeth (Hairston) Rowland, of Henry County, Virginia. Michael Rowland was a soldier in the Revo- lutionary War and took part in the battle of Guilford Courthouse. He was the son of Andrew Rowland, a descendant of John Rowland, who was a native of Egham, Surrey County, England. John Rowland immi- grated to America in 1635 in the ship Dorset-John Flower, Master- and settled in Virginia. He was the son of John Rowland and wife, Scolis (Pemberton) Rowland, of Surrey County, England, and grandson of Thomas Rowland, of Baconsthorpe, England. The name Rowland is of Norman origin, and was brought to England in the train of William the Conqueror. From England branches of the family spread into Wales and Scotland, and continued to be identified with the literature of Europe.
Dunbar Rowland received his primary education in the private schools of Memphis, Tenn., and was prepared for college at Oakland Academy. In 1882 he entered the Freshman Class of the Mississippi A. and M. College, and was graduated in 1886 with the degree of B. S .; was first anniversarian of the Philotechnic Society in 1885, and delivered the second alumni oration in 1888. In 1886 he entered the Law Depart- ment of the University of Mississippi, and was graduated from that insti- tution in 1888 with the degree of LL.B .; was senior debater at commence- ment, June, 1888. In November, 1888, he located in Memphis, Tenn., for the practice of law, where he remained four years, his culture and scholarly attainments attracting to him many friends and associates. In 1893 Mr. Rowland returned to Mississippi and opened a law office at Coffeeville, at which place Dr. Edward Mayes, L. Q. C. Lamar and Gen. E. C. Walthall had practiced in the past. In 1902, when the Depart- ment of Archives and History was created by the Legislature, he was elected Director of the Department March 14, 1902, to which position he was re-elected November 1, 1907, for the term beginning March 15, 1908. He has written and edited a number of historical volumes, some of the most important being the Mississippi Official and Statistical Reg- ister of Mississippi, 1904; Mississippi Territorial Archives, Vol. 1 (1906);
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Encyclopedia of Mississippi History (1907), Mississippi Official and Sta- tistical Register, 1908. In recognition of his services to the State the University of Mississippi conferred upon him the degree of LL.D., June, 1906. In the summer of 1906 he went abroad for the purpose of inves- tigating the official archives of England, France and Spain which relate to the provincial history of Mississippi, the Legislature having provided funds for securing transcripts of original records.
Dr. Rowland is a member of the Episcopal Church, member of the Sons of the Revolution, the Delta Kappa Epsilon Fraternity, and an active and honorary member of a number of historical societies in the United States. On December 20, 1906, he was married to Eron Opha Gregory, daughter of Major Benjamin B. Moore and wife, Ruth (Row- land) Moore. Major Benjamin B. Moore was the son of Dr. Lemuel Moore and wife, Eron Opha (Byrd) Moore, his mother was a descendant of the Byrd family of Westover; he was a soldier in both the Mexican and the Civil War, and at one time was associate editor of the Wetumpka Argus with William L. Yancey, of Alabama.
OFFICE OF AUDITOR OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS.
Auditor Public Accounts E. J. SMITH
Deputy Auditor D. L. THOMPSON
General Bookkeeper MISS ELIZABETH BRAND
Individual Bookkeeper LEIGH WATKINS
Revenue Clerk. SMITH BRAND
Warrant and Pension Clerk. MISS ELLIE HEDERMAN
ELIAS JEFFERSON SMITH.
Elias Jefferson Smith, of Jackson, Auditor of the State of Mississippi, was born November 7, 1858, near Buena Vista, in Chickasaw County, Miss. He is the son of John Edward Smith and wife, Martha Elizabeth (Brewer) Smith. His paternal ancestors came from England and settled in Virginia, going from there to North Carolina, and thence to Alabama and Mississippi; those on his mother's side came from Kentucky and Alabama. The father of the subject of this sketch enlisted, in 1861, in the Confederate Army, joining the "Buena Vista Rifles," afterward known as Company A, Seventeenth Mississippi Regiment; he was killed at the Battle of Gettysburg, in 1863. Mr. Smith obtained his early education in the country schools of Chickasaw County and later took a course at Leddin's Business College, Memphis, Tenn. He was Auditor of the city of Jackson for six years, and has been employed in the State Auditor's office for seventeen years. He is a Democrat, a Methodist, a Knight of Pythias, Woodman of the World and member of the Order of Elks. Mr. Smith was elected Auditor of Public Accounts November 5, 1907. He was married November 8, 1882, at Aberdeen, Miss., to Minnie Troup, daughter of Colonel Walter Wells Troup and wife, Mary Ewing Troup.
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OFFICE OF STATE TREASURER
Treasurer G. R. EDWARDS. JR Cashier G. R. EDWARDS
Bookkeeper
J. G. GALCERAN
GEORGE ROBERT EDWARDS.
George Robert Edwards, Jr., of McCool, Treasurer of the State of Mississippi, was born January 7, 1873, at Carthage, Leake County, Miss. He is the son of George Robert Edwards and wife, Emma (Colbert) Edwards. His paternal ancestors came from Georgia to Mississippi; his father was a soldier in Walthall's Brigade, and took part in the battles of Murfreesboro, Chickamauga and Lookout Mountain; was taken prisoner and confined at Rock Island, Ill., for sixteen months. Mr. Edwards obtained his early education at Carthage High School and at French Camp Academy; attended the Southwestern Presbyterian Uni- versity, Clarksville, Tenn., during the year 1890-91. He began life as a teacher in the common schools of Mississippi and taught for several years in Attala and Holmes Counties. He then learned stenography and reporting at Meridian, and from 1895 to 1903 was Private Secretary of Hon. John Sharp Williams. He became Governor James K. Vardaman's Private Secretary January 16, 1904, and held that post till November 1, I9c6; was elected State Treasurer November 5, 1907. Mr. Edwards is a Democrat; belongs to several Masonic organizations, also Woodmen of the World, Knights and Ladies of Honor and the Farmers' Educational and Co-operative Union. He was married, at McCool, June 18, 1903, to Nina Winters, daughter of Calvin Jiles Winters and Nancy Margaret Winters. Mr. and Mrs. Edwards have two children-Margaret Ruth and Emma Colbert.
OFFICE OF ATTORNEY-GENERAL.
Attorney-General R. V. FLETCHER
Assistant Attorney-General GEORGE BUTLER
Stenographer J. B. DODSON
ROBERT VIRGIL FLETCHER.
Robert Virgil Fletcher, of Pontotoc, Attorney-General of the State of Mississippi, was born September 27, 1869, at Williamstown, Grant · County, Ky. He is the son of John M. Fletcher and wife, Mary Luman Fletcher. Both his paternal and maternal ancestors were originally from Virginia and settled in Tennessee and Kentucky. Mr. Fletcher obtained his early education in the common schools, and in the high schools of Williamstown and Taylorsville, Ky. For several years he was a post- graduate student at the University of Mississippi but did not complete the course. He taught in the public and high schools of Mississippi from 1893 to 1899, then was admitted to the bar in the latter year, after a course of reading in the law office of the late C. B. Mitchell, of Pontotoc.
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Hon. Wirt Adams, Revenue Agent.
Hon. J. N. Powers, Supt. Education.
Miss Mattie Plunkett, State Librarian.
Hon. Henry Edward Blakeslee, Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce.
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Hon. G. R. Edwards, State Treasurer.
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He became Assistant Attorney-General by appointment of Attorney- General Williams, January 1, 1906. Upon the death of his chief he was appointed to the office of Attorney-General by Governor Vardaman, March 26, 1907; at the primary election in August, 1907, he was nomi- nated for a full term and was elected November 5, 1907. Mr. Fletcher is a Democrat and has served for years as Secretary of the County Execu- tive Committee; he is a member of the M. E. Church South, and is steward of his church; is a Mason, an Odd Fellow and Knight of Pythias, holding high rank in all three orders. He was married June 28, 1893, in Corinth, Ky., to Etta Childers, daughter of W. H. and Louisa S. Childers. Mr. and Mrs. Fletcher have three children-Ernest Lamar, Louise and Paul.
OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION.
Superintendent of Education J. N. POWERS
Secretary
W. H. WHITE
JOSEPH NEELY POWERS.
Joseph Neely Powers, of West Point, Superintendent of Education of the State of Mississippi, was born March 15, 1869, at Havana, Hale County, Ala. He is the son of Rev. William Ira Powers and wife, Julia Westwood (Towler) Powers. His father was a pioneer preacher of the M. E. Church South and was a Chaplain in the Confederate Army; his mother had literary tastes, writing much for the current magazines. Mr. Powers attended a county school at Bladen Springs, Ala., also studied at Liv- ingston Academy and Tuskegee Military Institute. He began his col- legiate course at Southern University, Greensboro, Ala., and completed it at the University of Chicago, receiving the degree of A. M. He spent one year at Louisville Medical College, where he won the medal on micro- scopy. He has been a teacher in the public schools of Mississippi for many years; was appointed Superintendent of Education by Governor Vardaman in 1907 and was elected by the people November 5, 1907. Mr. Powers is a Methodist, a Mason, a Knight of Pythias, an Odd Fellow and member of the Order of Elks. He was married, December 22, 1889, at Butler, Ala., to Ada Gavin, daughter of David Gavin and wife, Jennie Davis Gavin, of Bergamot, Ala. Mr. and Mrs. Powers have two children -Davis Neely and Ada Aline.
OFFICE OF REVENUE AGENT.
Revenue Agent
WIRT ADAMS
Deputy
A. D. GALLOWAY
Deputy.
J. C. JOHNSON
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L. F. CHILES Deputy.
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WIRT ADAMS.
Wirt Adams, of Jackson, Revenue Agent of the State of Mississippi, was born February 12, 1852, at Jackson, Miss. He is the son of William Wirt Adams and wife, Sallie Huger Mayrant. George Adams, grand- father of the subject of this sketch, was United States District Attorney of Mississippi from 1830 to 1836, and United States District Judge from 1836 to 1839. General William Wirt Adams, his father, was a soldier of the Confederacy ; was commissioned Colonel in the First Cavalry Regiment October 15, 1861, and Brigadier-General September 28, 1863, and served throughout the war; was tendered a cabinet commission in the Confed- erate Government by President Davis, but declined to accept, preferring a position in the field. Mr. Adams attended the preparatory schools in Jackson, Miss., and in Virginia; entered the Virginia Military Institute at Lexington, Virginia, and was graduated therefrom in 1873; was grad- uated from the law department of the University of Virginia in 1878; ap- pointed State Revenue Agent by Governor Robert Lowry in 1886, and was twice reappointed by Governor John M. Stone; elected by the people in 1895, and re-elected in 1899, 1903 and in 1907, without opposition. Mr. Adams is a Democrat; member of the Episcopal Church; Mason, Knight Templar, Shriner, Knight of Pythias and Odd Fellow; was married at Jackson, Miss., November 21, 1882, to Sallie Yerger, daughter of William Swann Yerger and wife, Henrietta Rucks, of Washington County, Miss. Mrs. Adams' father was a soldier of the Confederacy; he was a son of George S. Yerger and nephew of Edward Yerger. Mrs. Adams died at Charlottesville, Va., November 1, 1905, leaving two children, Mayrant and Norvelle. During his term as a State official, which is the longest continuous term in the same office in the history of the State, Mr. Adams has made a record for steadfast devotion to the public interests.
OFFICE OF INSURANCE COMMISSIONER.
Insurance Commissioner
T. M. HENRY
Deputy.
W. J. MILLER
Clerk
S. P. HENRY
Clerk
THOMAS MONROE HENRY.
Thomas Monroe Henry, of Jackson, Insurance Commissioner of the State of Misissippi, was born February 4, 1857, at Hillsboro, Scott County, Miss. He is the son of Patrick Henry and wife, Mary Ann Chambers. The father of the subject of this sketch came to Mississippi from Alabama and settled in Scott County; was a soldier of the Conefderacy and served throughout the war; was made a Lieutenant in 1862 and served in the Thirty-sixth Mississippi Regiment in the army of General Joseph E. John- ston. John M. Henry, subject's grandfather, served under General Andrew Jackson in the Creek War. Mr. Henry attended the public schools of
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Scott County, under the instruction of Miss Whittington, Miss Laura Bennett, Mr. Hamiter and Mr. Herndon; left school at fourteen years of age and went to work for his support; was employed as clerk and book- keeper at Forest and Morton until 1878; resided in Brookhaven from 1878 to 1883, bookkeeper and merchant; appointed Revenue and Insurance Clerk in Auditor's office by Sylvester Gwin in 1885; reappointed by W. W. Stone; appointed Deputy Auditor by W. D. Holder and W. Q. Cole; elected Auditor of Public Accounts November 3, 1903. Mr. Henry has been active in the establishment of the Confederate Soldiers' Home at Beauvoir by the Sons of Veterans. He has always been a Democrat; is a member of the Presbyterian Church, Odd Fellows, Knights of Pythias, Red Men and Masons; was married to Laura Brown Pickens, daughter of Samuel Anderson Pickens and wife, Martha Eidom Pickens, of Holmes County; married second time to Carrie Maud Pickens. Mr. Henry has two children by his first marriage, Samuel Pickens and Laura Mabel. He was elected Insurance Commissioner November 5, 1907, succeeding Hon. W. Q. Cole, who was not a candidate for re-election. Mr. Henry has faithfully served the State in various capacities for twenty-five years.
OFFICE OF ADJUTANT-GENERAL.
Adjutant-General
RAILROAD COMMISSION.
First District J. A. WEBB
Second District .F. M. LEE
Third District W. R. SCOTT
· Secretary
T. R. MAXWELL
JOHN ADDISON WEBB.
John Addison Webb, of Jackson, Railroad Commissioner of the State of Mississippi, was born September 16, 1843, near Lexington, in Rock- bridge County, Va. He is the son of Michael Douglass Webb and wife, Mary (Wilson) Webb. His maternal grandparents came from County Down, Ireland, and settled in Virginia. Mr. Webb attended the rural schools of his county in boyhood, but the Civil War cut off his opportunity for advanced education. He enlisted as a private in Company H, Fourth Virginia Infantry; in January, 1862, joined the "Rockbridge Grays." He was with Gen. Stonewall Jackson in all his campaigns; was wounded twice in Second Battle of Manassas; returning to service, was wounded at Spottsylvania in the "Bloody Angle"; after recovery was attached to General Early's staff till the surrender. His title of Captain was given him in the troubled days of 1875. Mr. Webb began railroad work in 1866, and from express messenger advanced until he had choice of the best agencies in his State; has been General Agent at Shreveport, La., 31
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Hon. John Addison Webb Railroad Commissioner.
Hon. Francis Marion Lee Railroad Commissioner.
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Hon. W. R. Scott. Railroad Commissioner.
Col. William Alexander Montgomery Penitentiary Trustee.
Hon. LeRoy Thomas Taylor Penitentiary Trustee.
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for the V. S. & P. R. R. and at Jackson and Greenville, Miss., for the I. C. R. R. · In 1898 he was elected Secretary of the Mississippi Railroad Commission, serving until 1934; in 1907 was elected Railroad Commis- sioner. He was a member of the Board of Mayor and Aldermen of Jack- son from 1901 to 1904. Mr. Webb is a Democrat; served on his County Executive Committee from 1876 to 1907; is a Presbyterian, and belongs to the order of Masons, the Odd Fellows, Knights of Honor, Knights and Ladies of Honor, Knights of Pythias and others. He was married June 8, 1870, at Vaiden, Miss., to Sallie Adaline Gordon, daughter of Edward B. and Mary (Calhoun) Gordon, of Carroll County. His wife's ancestors came from South Carolina to Kentucky and thence to Missis- sippi; her great-great-grandfather, Patrick Cain, was a Revolutionary soldier. Mr. and Mrs. Webb have ten children, as follows: William Gordon Webb, of Jackson; John Guy Webb, of Beaumont, Texas; Maurice Sidney Webb, of Jackson; Leila May Webb and Nina Poague Webb, both of Jackson; Mrs. Bessie Sykes (Webb) Hoar, of Greenville, Miss .; Sadie Elizabeth, Clara Belle, Lillian Hardy and George Hunter Webb, all in Jackson.
FRANCIS MONROE LEE.
Francis Monroe Lee, of McComb, Railroad Commissioner of the State of Mississippi, was born August 29, 1856, near Osyka, in Pike County, Miss. He is the son of Zachariah Zion Lee and wife, Sophrona (Courtney) Lee. Mr. Lee acquired the rudiments of education at a rural school of the pioneer type, in a building which he describes thus: "A log house with a log sawed out of one end of the building to furnish light; this opening was closed with a rough board fastened with a leather strap and opening downward, with small sticks as legs, and this was the writing desk for the scholars." He was a farmer, and later a blacksmith for ten years; was City Marshal of McComb City for eleven years, then was elected Sheriff of his county; in 1907 was elected to the office of Railroad Commissioner. Mr. Lee is a Democrat, a Baptist and deacon of his church, a Mason, Odd Fellow, Knight of Pythias and Woodman of the World. He was married, December 24, 1879, at Tangipahoa, La., to Elizabeth Quillin, daughter of Avery Breed Quillin and wife, Elizabeth (Barksdale) Quillin, of Osyka. Mr. and Mrs. Lee have two children-Mrs. Birdie (Lee) Lovette and Francis Collins Lee, both living at McComb.
WILLIAM ROBERT SCOTT.
William Robert Scott, of Eupora, Railroad Commissioner, was born August 29, 1868, near Vaiden, Carroll County, Miss., and is the son of Andrew J. Scott, of Carroll County, and wife, Sallie (Teat) Scott, of Attala County. Mr. Scott attended the primary schools of Calhoun County at Slate Springs, his first teacher being Hon. A. F. Fox, M. C., . of West Point; was editor of "Eupora Progress" from 1890 to 1896; elected Mayor of Eupora, Webster County, Miss., in 1892; served until 1897; resigned and entered the drug business in that year. He was
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