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DeSoto Parish
Louisiana

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites ofPoliticians in DeSoto Parish

Index to Locations

Near GlosterTrinity Cemetery

KingstonEvergreen Cemetery

MansfieldHighland Cemetery

MansfieldMansfield Cemetery

TrinityCemetery
Near Gloster, DeSoto Parish, Louisiana

Henry Marshall (1805-1864) — of Louisiana. Born in Darlington District (nowDarlingtonCounty), S.C.,December28, 1805.Member ofLouisianastate senate, 1850;delegateto Louisiana secession convention, 1861;Delegatefrom Louisiana to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;Representativefrom Louisiana in the Confederate Congress, 1862-64.Slaveowner. Died inDeSotoParish, La.,July 13,1864 (age58 years, 198days).Interment at Trinity Cemetery.

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EvergreenCemetery
Kingston, DeSoto Parish, Louisiana

Philemon Thomas Herbert (1825-1864) — also known asPhilemon T. Herbert — of Mariposa,MariposaCounty, Calif.; El Paso,El PasoCounty, Tex.Born in Pine Apple,WilcoxCounty, Ala.,November1, 1825.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofCaliforniastate assembly, 1853-55 (10th District 1853-54, 6th District1854-55);U.S.Representative from California at-large, 1855-57; in 1856,drunkat breakfast, heshotand killed Thomas Keating, a waiter at the Willard Hotel inWashington;chargedwithmurder,twicetried,and eventually acquitted; colonel in the Confederate Army during theCivil War.Wounded at the Battle of Mansfield, April 8, 1864, anddiedin Kingston,DeSotoParish, La.,July 23,1864 (age38 years, 265days).Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.

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HighlandCemetery
Mansfield, DeSoto Parish, Louisiana

Joseph Barton Elam Jr. (1878-1935) — of Mansfield,DeSotoParish, La.Born in Mansfield,DeSotoParish, La.,June 1,1878.Newspapereditor;mayorof Mansfield, La., 1914-20.Died in Shreveport,CaddoParish, La.,October25, 1935 (age57 years, 146days).Interment at Highland Cemetery.

Politicians buriedhere:

	Relatives: SonofJosephBarton Elam and Mary Elizabeth (Stewart) Elam; brother of MaryElizabeth 'Mollie' Elam (who marriedEdgarWilliamson Sutherlin) andCharlesWheaton Elam; married,June 25,1912, to Margaret Taylor.
		Political family:Elam-Williamsonfamily of Mansfield, Louisiana.
		See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial

MansfieldCemetery
Mansfield, DeSoto Parish, Louisiana

Joseph Barton Elam (1821-1885) — of Mansfield,DeSotoParish, La.Born near Hope,HempsteadCounty, Ark.,June 12,1821.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofLouisianastate house of representatives, 1851-61;delegateto Louisiana secession convention, 1861;U.S.Representative from Louisiana 4th District, 1877-81; defeated,1880.Slaveowner. Died in Mansfield,DeSotoParish, La.,July 4,1885 (age64 years, 22days).Interment at Mansfield Cemetery.

Politicians buriedhere:

	Relatives: Sonof William Jefferson Elam and Cynthia Lucy (Wheaton) Elam; married,April5, 1851, to Catherine W. Steadman; married to Mary ElizabethStewart; father of Mary Elizabeth 'Mollie' Elam (who marriedEdgarWilliamson Sutherlin),CharlesWheaton Elam andJosephBarton Elam Jr..
		Political family:Elam-Williamsonfamily of Mansfield, Louisiana.
		See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Find-A-Gravememorial

Edgar Williamson Sutherlin (1851-1924) — ofDeSotoParish, La.; Shreveport,CaddoParish, La.Born inDeSotoParish, La.,July 12,1851.Delegateto Louisiana state constitutional convention, 1879; member ofLouisianastate senate, 1884; district judge in Louisiana, 1890.Died near Mansfield,DeSotoParish, La.,October21, 1924 (age73 years, 101days).Interment at Mansfield Cemetery.

	Relatives: Sonof John Haskins Sutherlin and Sarah Priscilla (Keener) Sutherlin;married to Mary Elizabeth 'Mollie' Elam (daughter ofJosephBarton Elam; sister ofCharlesWheaton Elam andJosephBarton Elam Jr.) and Mary Leigh Williamson (daughter ofGeorgeMcWillie Williamson).
		Political family:Elam-Williamsonfamily of Mansfield, Louisiana.
		See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial

Charles Wheaton Elam (1866-1917) — also known asCharles W. Elam — of Mansfield,DeSotoParish, La.Born in Mansfield,DeSotoParish, La.,March18, 1866.Democrat. Member ofLouisianastate house of representatives, 1892-93;delegateto Louisiana state constitutional convention, 1909; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Louisiana,1912,1916(alternate).Episcopalian.Member,Freemasons.Died in Mansfield,DeSotoParish, La.,September5, 1917 (age51 years, 171days).Interment at Mansfield Cemetery.

	Relatives: SonofJosephBarton Elam and Mary Elizabeth (Stewart) Elam; brother of MaryElizabeth 'Mollie' Elam (who marriedEdgarWilliamson Sutherlin) andJosephBarton Elam Jr.; married,March18, 1891, to Lucy Belle Burden.
		Political family:Elam-Williamsonfamily of Mansfield, Louisiana.
		See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial

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