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FriendshipCemetery
Columbus, Lowndes County, Mississippi
| Politicians buriedhere: | | |  William Cocke (1747-1828) — Born inAmeliaCounty, Va.,September6, 1747.Member ofVirginiaHouse of Burgesses, 1774; general in the Continental Army duringthe Revolutionary War;delegateto Tennessee state constitutional convention, 1796;U.S.Senator from Tennessee, 1796-97, 1797, 1799-1805; circuit judgein Tennessee, 1809-12; general in the U.S. Army during the War of1812; member of Mississippi state legislature, 1822.Died in Columbus,LowndesCounty, Miss.,August22, 1828 (age80 years, 351days).Interment at Friendship Cemetery. | | Jesse Speight (1795-1847) — of Stantonsburg,WilsonCounty, N.C.; Plymouth,PontotocCounty, Miss.Born inGreeneCounty, N.C.,September22, 1795.Member of North Carolina state legislature, 1820;U.S.Representative from North Carolina 4th District, 1829-37;U.S.Senator from Mississippi, 1845-47; died in office 1847.Slaveowner. Died in Columbus,LowndesCounty, Miss.,May 1,1847 (age51 years, 221days).Interment at Friendship Cemetery. | | Henry Lewis Whitfield (1868-1927) — also known asHenry L. Whitfield — of Mississippi. Born near Brandon,RankinCounty, Miss.,June 20,1868.Democrat.Governor ofMississippi, 1924-27; died in office 1927; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Mississippi,1924.Died at theGovernor'sMansion in Jackson,HindsCounty, Miss.,March18, 1927 (age58 years, 271days).Interment at Friendship Cemetery. | | James Whitfield (1791-1875) — of Mississippi. Born inElbertCounty, Ga.,December15, 1791.Member ofMississippistate house of representatives, 1842-50, 1858-62; member ofMississippistate senate, 1851;Governor ofMississippi, 1851-52.Died in Columbus,LowndesCounty, Miss.,June 25,1875 (age83 years, 192days).Interment at Friendship Cemetery. | | Alexander Beaufort Meek (1814-1865) — also known asAlexander B. Meek — of Mobile,MobileCounty, Ala.Born in Columbia,RichlandCounty, S.C.,July 17,1814.Democrat.Lawyer;newspapereditor;Alabamastate attorney general, 1830; county judge in Alabama, 1842-44;U.S.Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama, 1846-50; member ofAlabamastate house of representatives, 1853, 1859;Speaker ofthe Alabama State House of Representatives, 1859; DemocraticPresidential Elector for Alabama,1856;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama,1860.Died in Columbus,LowndesCounty, Miss.,November30, 1865 (age51 years, 136days).Interment at Friendship Cemetery. | | Alexander Keith McClung (1809-1855) — also known asAlexander K. McClung;"The Black Knightof the South" —of Mississippi. Born in Virginia,1809.Lawyer;colonel in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; U.S. Charged'Affaires toBolivia, 1849-51.Killed his opponents in a number ofduels.Died from aself-inflictedgunshot,with a dueling pistol, in ahotelroom at Jackson,HindsCounty, Miss.,March23, 1855 (ageabout 45years).Interment at Friendship Cemetery. | | Jehu Amaziah Orr (1828-1921) — of Mississippi. Born inAndersonCounty, S.C.,April10, 1828.Lawyer;member of Mississippi state legislature, 1852;delegateto Mississippi secession convention, 1861;Delegatefrom Mississippi to the Confederate Provisional Congress,1861-62; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;Representativefrom Mississippi in the Confederate Congress, 1864-65; districtjudge in Mississippi 6th District, 1870-76.Presbyterian.Died in Columbus,LowndesCounty, Miss.,March 9,1921 (age92 years, 333days).Interment at Friendship Cemetery. | | James Thomas Harrison (1811-1879) — of Mississippi. Born near Pendleton,AndersonCounty, S.C.,November30, 1811.Delegatefrom Mississippi to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62.Died in Columbus,LowndesCounty, Miss.,May 22,1879 (age67 years, 173days).Interment at Friendship Cemetery.
Odd FellowsCemetery
Columbus, Lowndes County, Mississippi
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | William Taylor Sullivan Barry (1821-1868) — also known asWilliam T. S. Barry — of Greenwood,LefloreCounty, Miss.Born in Columbus,LowndesCounty, Miss.,December10, 1821.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofMississippistate house of representatives, 1849-51, 1855;U.S.Representative from Mississippi 2nd District, 1853-55;delegateto Mississippi secession convention, 1861;Delegatefrom Mississippi to the Confederate Provisional Congress,1861-62; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.Slaveowner. Died in Columbus,LowndesCounty, Miss.,January29, 1868 (age46 years, 50days).Interment at Odd Fellows Cemetery.
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