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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Lauderdale County, Miss.</title> <meta name="description" content="A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 320,919 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present."> <meta name="keywords" content="political biography history genealogy cemeteries politics candidates congress senators legislators governors politicians biographies ancestors mayors birthplace geography elections"> <meta name="author" content="Lawrence Kestenbaum"> <script type="text/javascript"> var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-7383562-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 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Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/RB-born.html">Rockbridge County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1772/index.html">1772</a>. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/sthse.html">Alabama state house of representatives</a>, 1819; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/ofc/sthse.html">Mississippi state house of representatives</a>, 1836. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scotch-irish.html">Scotch-Irish</a> ancestry. Died near Daleville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/LA-died.html">Lauderdale County</a>, Miss., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1841/05-24.html">May 24, 1841</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/68.html">about 68 years</a>). Original interment at in a private or family graveyard; reinterment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/MN-buried.html#cms00862">Oakwood Cemetery</a>, Montgomery, Ala. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/DL.html">Dale County, Ala.</a> is named for him.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;">The <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-cities.html">community</a> of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/LA-names.html">Daleville, Mississippi</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — Sam Dale <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-parks.html">State Park</a>, on Highway 39, near <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/LA-names.html">Daleville, Mississippi</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — The World War II <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-ships.html">Liberty ship</a> <i>SS Sam Dale</i> (built 1944 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/OR-names.html">New Orleans, Louisiana</a>; scrapped 1973) was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel Dale">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/23288">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms04814">Unknown Location</a></b></span><br> Meridian, Lauderdale County, Mississippi <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Thomas Lowry Bailey (1888-1946)</b> — also known as <b>Thomas L. Bailey</b> — of Meridian, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/LA-lived.html">Lauderdale County</a>, Miss. Born near Maben, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/WE-born.html">Webster County</a>, Miss., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1888/01-06.html">January 6, 1888</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/ofc/sthse.html">Mississippi state house of representatives</a>, 1916-40; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/ofc/spkr.html">Speaker of the Mississippi State House of Representatives</a>, 1924-36; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Mississippi, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1924/MS.html">1924</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1924/committees.html">Credentials Committee</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1928/MS.html">1928</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/MS.html">1944</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Mississippi</a>, 1944-46; died in office 1946. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/exchange-club.html">Exchange Club</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kappa-sigma.html">Kappa Sigma</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>. Died in the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/gov-mansion.html">Governor's Mansion</a>, Jackson, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/HI-died.html">Hinds County</a>, Miss., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1946/11-02.html">November 2, 1946</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/58.html">58 years, 300 days</a>). Interment somewhere. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Anderson Bean Bailey and Rosa (Powell) Bailey; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1917/08-23.html">August 23, 1917</a>, to Nellah Massey.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/thomas-lowry-bailey/">National Governors Association biography</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms01235">Magnolia Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Meridian, Lauderdale County, Mississippi <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Ross Alexander Collins (1880-1968)</b> — also known as <b>Ross A. Collins</b> — of Meridian, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/LA-lived.html">Lauderdale County</a>, Miss. Born in Collinsville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/LA-born.html">Lauderdale County</a>, Miss., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1880/04-25.html">April 25, 1880</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/ofc/attygn.html">Mississippi state attorney general</a>, 1911-19; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Mississippi</a>, 1919; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Mississippi</a> 5th District, 1921-35, 1937-43; Democratic candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Mississippi</a>, 1934 (primary), 1947. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a> or <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/woodmen.html">Woodmen</a>. Died in Meridian, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/LA-died.html">Lauderdale County</a>, Miss., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1968/07-14.html">July 14, 1968</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/88.html">88 years, 80 days</a>). Interment at Magnolia Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Nathaniel Monroe Collins and Rebecca J. (Ethridge) Collins; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1904/11-02.html">November 2, 1904</a>, to Alfreda Grant.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000642">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402770">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Gillespie V. Montgomery (1920-2006)</b> — also known as <b>G. V. 'Sonny' Montgomery</b> — of Meridian, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/LA-lived.html">Lauderdale County</a>, Miss. Born in Meridian, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/LA-born.html">Lauderdale County</a>, Miss., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1920/08-05.html">August 5, 1920</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/insurance.html">insurance business</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/ofc/stsen.html">Mississippi state senate</a>, 1956-66; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Mississippi</a>, 1967-97 (4th District 1967-73, 3rd District 1973-97); delegate to Democratic National Convention from Mississippi, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1996/MS.html">1996</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kappa-alpha-ord.html">Kappa Alpha Order</a>. Recipient, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/medal-of-freedom.html">Medal of Freedom</a>, 2005. Died, in Jeff Anderson Regional <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Medical Center</a>, Meridian, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/LA-died.html">Lauderdale County</a>, Miss., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2006/05-12.html">May 12, 2006</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/85.html">85 years, 280 days</a>). Interment at Magnolia Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Gillespie Montgomery and Emily (Tims) Montgomery.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000865">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=407838">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/917/000116569">NNDB dossier</a></span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Books by Sonny Montgomery:</i> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1578065542/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1578065542&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Sonny Montgomery : The Veteran's Champion</a>, with Michael S. Ballard and Craig S. Piper (2003)</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>William Webb Venable (1880-1948)</b> — also known as <b>William W. Venable</b> — of Meridian, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/LA-lived.html">Lauderdale County</a>, Miss. Born in Mississippi, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1880/index.html">1880</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Mississippi</a> 5th District, 1916-21. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1948/08-01.html">August 1, 1948</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/68.html">about 68 years</a>). Interment at Magnolia Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=V000086">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411142">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Robert Montgomery Bourdeaux (1882-1958)</b> — also known as <b>Robert M. Bourdeaux</b> — of Meridian, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/LA-lived.html">Lauderdale County</a>, Miss. Born in Meridian, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/LA-born.html">Lauderdale County</a>, Miss., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1882/03-14.html">March 14, 1882</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; circuit judge in Mississippi, 1925-27; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi</a>, 1933-38. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1958/05-30.html">May 30, 1958</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/76.html">76 years, 77 days</a>). Interment at Magnolia Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Robert Montgomery Bourdeaux and Caroline Maria (Walker) Bourdeaux; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1910/12-15.html">December 15, 1910</a>, to Annie Wilson.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/198972069">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Aubert Culberson Dunn (1896-1987)</b> — of Meridian, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/LA-lived.html">Lauderdale County</a>, Miss.; Mobile, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/MO-lived.html">Mobile County</a>, Ala. Born in Meridian, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/LA-born.html">Lauderdale County</a>, Miss., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1896/11-20.html">November 20, 1896</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Mississippi</a> 5th District, 1935-37; circuit judge in Mississippi, 1966. Died in Mobile, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/MO-died.html">Mobile County</a>, Ala., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1987/01-04.html">January 4, 1987</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/90.html">90 years, 45 days</a>). Interment at Magnolia Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dunn.html#859.78.64">Bryant Winfield Culberson Dunn</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000545">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403653">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name=" ">Odd Fellows Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Meridian, Lauderdale County, Mississippi <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Daniel W. Sherrod (1868-1930)</b> — also known as <b>D. W. Sherrod</b> — of Meridian, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/LA-lived.html">Lauderdale County</a>, Miss. Born in Mississippi, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1868/03-10.html">March 10, 1868</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/physician.html">Physician</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/drugs.html">druggist</a>; delegate to Republican National Convention from Mississippi, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1912/MS.html">1912</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1916/MS.html">1916</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1920/MS.html">1920</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/african.html">African</a> ancestry. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1930/08-09.html">August 9, 1930</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/62.html">62 years, 152 days</a>). Interment at Odd Fellows Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/167549641">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms00939">Rose Hill Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Meridian, Lauderdale County, Mississippi <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Thomas H. Woods (1836-1910)</b> — of Mississippi. Born in Glasgow, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/BN-born.html">Barren County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1836/03-17.html">March 17, 1836</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/ofc/seccn.html">Delegate to Mississippi secession convention</a>, 1861; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">banker</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/ofc/spju.html">justice of Mississippi state supreme court</a>, 1889-1900; resigned 1900; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/ofc/spcj.html">chief justice of Mississippi state supreme court</a>, 1889-91, 1896-1900; resigned 1900. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1910/08-10.html">August 10, 1910</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/74.html">74 years, 146 days</a>). Interment at Rose Hill Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/5716095636/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/838/51.97.jpg" width=70 height=101 border=0 alt="Samuel A. Witherspoon"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Samuel Andrew Witherspoon (1855-1915)</b> — also known as <b>Samuel A. Witherspoon</b> — of Meridian, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/LA-lived.html">Lauderdale County</a>, Miss. Born near Columbus, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/LO-born.html">Lowndes County</a>, Miss., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1855/05-04.html">May 4, 1855</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Mississippi</a> 5th District, 1911-15; died in office 1915. Died in Meridian, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/LA-died.html">Lauderdale County</a>, Miss., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1915/11-24.html">November 24, 1915</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/60.html">60 years, 204 days</a>). Interment at Rose Hill Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/witherspoon-woldanski.html#576.28.69">Frances May Witherspoon</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000662">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411815">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel Andrew Witherspoon">Wikipedia article</a></span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Image source:</i> Library of Congress</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Benjamin Franklin Cameron Jr. (1890-1964)</b> — also known as <b>Ben F. Cameron</b> — of Meridian, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/LA-lived.html">Lauderdale County</a>, Miss. Born in Meridian, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/LA-born.html">Lauderdale County</a>, Miss., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1890/12-14.html">December 14, 1890</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; attorney for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">railroads</a> and Southern Bell <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/telephone.html">Telephone</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi</a>, 1929-33. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1964/index.html">1964</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/73.html">about 73 years</a>). Interment at Rose Hill Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Presumably named for:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/franklin.html#370.29.47">Benjamin Franklin</a></span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Benjamin Franklin Cameron and Elizabeth (Garner) Cameron; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1919/06-03.html">June 3, 1919</a>, to Polly Paine.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/30683942">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Homer Brett (b. 1877)</b> — of Meridian, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/LA-lived.html">Lauderdale County</a>, Miss. Born in Scooba, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/KE-born.html">Kemper County</a>, Miss., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1877/09-01.html">September 1, 1877</a>. Democrat. U.S. Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/OM-consuls.html ">Masqat</a>, 1911; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/CI-consuls.html ">Tenerife</a>, 1913-15; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/VZ-consuls.html ">La Guaira</a>, 1915-19; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/VZ-consuls.html ">Caracas</a>, 1919-20; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/CE-consuls.html ">Tacna</a>, 1920; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/CE-consuls.html ">Arica</a>, 1920-21; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/CE-consuls.html ">Iquique</a>, 1921-23; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/BZ-consuls.html ">Bahia</a>, 1923-24; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/ED-consuls.html ">Nottingham</a>, as of 1926-27; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/IT-consuls.html ">Milan</a>, as of 1929-32; U.S. Consul General in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/PU-consuls.html ">Lima</a>, as of 1938. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Interment at Rose Hill Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Matthew Josephus Brett and Sarah (Casteel) Brett; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1911/">1911</a> to Ona Bell Wellborn.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>William Donald Cameron (1846-1909)</b> — of Meridian, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/LA-lived.html">Lauderdale County</a>, Miss. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/LA-born.html">Lauderdale County</a>, Miss., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1846/04-05.html">April 5, 1846</a>. Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/LA-officials.html">Lauderdale County Circuit Clerk</a>, 1871; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Mississippi, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1900/MS.html">1900</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1904/MS.html">1904</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/un-confed-vets.html">United Confederate Veterans</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/woodmen.html">Woodmen</a>. 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