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Lafayette County
Mississippi

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites ofPoliticians in Lafayette County

Clarence Lee Sivley (1871-1936) — also known asClarence L. Sivley — of Oxford,LafayetteCounty, Miss.Born in Raymond,HindsCounty, Miss.,March14, 1871.Democrat.Lawprofessor; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromMississippi,1904(member,Committeeto Notify Presidential Nominee).Died in Oxford,LafayetteCounty, Miss.,March13, 1936 (age64 years, 365days).Interment at Oxford Memorial Cemetery.

Index to Locations

  • OxfordUnknown location
  • OxfordOxford Memorial Cemetery
  • OxfordSt. Peter's Cemetery

    UnknownLocation
    Oxford, Lafayette County, Mississippi
    Charles Bowen Howry (1844-1928) — also known asCharles B. Howry — of Mississippi. Born in Oxford,LafayetteCounty, Miss.,May 14,1844.Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member ofMississippistate house of representatives, 1880-84;U.S.Attorney for the Northern District of Mississippi, 1885-89;Judgeof U.S. Court of Claims, 1897-.Member,American BarAssociation.DiedJuly 20,1928 (age84 years, 67days).Interment somewhere.
    Politicians buriedhere:
     

    Oxford MemorialCemetery
    Oxford, Lafayette County, Mississippi
    William Nathaniel Ethridge Jr. (1912-1971) — of Oxford,LafayetteCounty, Miss.Born in Columbus,LowndesCounty, Miss.,August3, 1912.Lawyer;lawprofessor;justice ofMississippi state supreme court, 1950-71; died in office 1971;chiefjustice of Mississippi state supreme court, 1966-71; died inoffice 1971.Presbyterian.Member,American BarAssociation;AmericanJudicature Society;SigmaAlpha Epsilon;PhiDelta Phi;OmicronDelta Kappa.DiedJuly 29,1971 (age58 years, 360days).Interment at Oxford Memorial Cemetery.
    Politicians buriedhere:
     
     Relatives: Sonof William Nathaniel Ethridge and Laura Mae (Ramage) Ethridge;married,December14, 1946, to Lura Elizabeth Clark.
     See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial
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     Relatives: Sonof William Rufus Sivley and Lelia Josephine (Stokes) Sivley; married1899 toMinnie Clopton.
     See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial

    St. Peter'sCemetery
    Oxford, Lafayette County, Mississippi
    Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar (1825-1893) — also known asLucius Q. C. Lamar — of Covington,NewtonCounty, Ga.; Abbeville,LafayetteCounty, Miss.; Oxford,LafayetteCounty, Miss.Born near Eatonton,PutnamCounty, Ga.,September17, 1825.Democrat.Lawyer;cottonplanter;president,University of Mississippi, 1849-52; member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives, 1853;U.S.Representative from Mississippi 1st District, 1857-60, 1873-77;colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;delegateto Mississippi state constitutional convention, 1865, 1868, 1875,1877, 1881;U.S.Senator from Mississippi, 1877-85;U.S.Secretary of the Interior, 1885-88;AssociateJustice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1888-93; died in office 1893.Methodist.Member,SigmaAlpha Epsilon.Slaveowner. Died in Vineville (now part of Macon),BibbCounty, Ga.,January23, 1893 (age67 years, 128days).Original interment atRiversideCemetery, Macon, Ga.; reinterment in 1894 at St. Peter's Cemetery.
    Politicians buriedhere:
    Lucius Q. C. Lamar
     Relatives: SonofLuciusQuintus Cincinnatus Lamar (1797-1834) and Sarah Williamson (Bird)Lamar; married to Virginia Longstreet; nephew ofMirabeauBuonaparte Lamar and Loretta Rebecca Lamar (who marriedAbsalomHarris Chappell); uncle ofWilliamBailey Lamar; fourth cousin ofWilliamMcKendree Robbins andJosephRucker Lamar; fourth cousin once removed ofGastonAhi Robbins.
     Political family:Lamarfamily of Georgia.
     Lamar counties inAla.,Ga. andMiss. arenamed for him.
     ThemunicipalityofLamar,Colorado, isnamed forhim.  — LamarHall,at theUniversityof Mississippi,Oxford,Mississippi, isnamed forhim.  — LamarRiver,in Yellowstone National Park,ParkCounty, Wyoming, isnamed forhim.  — LamarBoulevard,inOxford,Mississippi, isnamed forhim.  — LamarAvenue,inMemphis,Tennessee, isnamed forhim.  — LamarSchool(founded 1964), inMeridian,Mississippi, isnamed forhim.
     See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —federaljudicial profile —Wikipedia article —Ballotpedia article —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial
     Books about Lucius Q. C. Lamar: John F.Kennedy,Profilesin Courage
     Image source: James G. Blaine, TwentyYears of Congress, vol. 2 (1886)
     William Van Amberg Sullivan (1857-1918) — also known asWilliam V. Sullivan — of Oxford,LafayetteCounty, Miss.Born in Mississippi,1857.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention fromMississippi,1892;U.S.Representative from Mississippi 2nd District, 1897-98;U.S.Senator from Mississippi, 1898-1901.Died in1918(ageabout61 years).Interment at St. Peter's Cemetery.
     See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage

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