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Madison County
Mississippi

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites ofPoliticians in Madison County

Index to Locations Private or family graveyards CamdenKirwood Cemetery CantonCanton Cemetery RidgelandParkway MemorialCemetery Private or familygraveyard Madison County, Mississippi KirwoodCemetery Camden, Madison County, Mississippi William McWillie (1795-1869) — of Camden,KershawCounty, S.C.;MadisonCounty, Miss.Born in Camden, Kershaw District (nowKershawCounty), S.C.,November17, 1795.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member ofSouthCarolina state senate, 1836-40;U.S.Representative from Mississippi 3rd District, 1849-51; defeated,1850;Governor ofMississippi, 1857-59.Scotch-Irishancestry.Slaveowner. Died in Camden,MadisonCounty, Miss.,March 3,1869 (age73 years, 106days).Interment at Kirwood Cemetery. Politicians buriedhere:     Relatives:Married to Catherine Anderson; father of Margaret McWillie (whomarriedSolomonSaladin Calhoon).   Political family:Calhoon-McWilliefamily of Mississippi and Kentucky.   Cross-reference:S.S. Calhoon   See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —NationalGovernors Association biography —Find-A-Gravememorial

Otho Robards Singleton (1814-1889) — also known asOtho R. Singleton — of Canton,MadisonCounty, Miss.Born near Nicholasville,JessamineCounty, Ky.,October14, 1814.Democrat. Member ofMississippistate house of representatives, 1846; member ofMississippistate senate, 1848; Presidential Elector for Mississippi,1852;U.S.Representative from Mississippi, 1853-55, 1857-61, 1875-87 (3rdDistrict 1853-55, 4th District 1857-61, 1875-83, 5th District1883-87); served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;Representativefrom Mississippi in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65.Slaveowner. Died inWashington,D.C.,January11, 1889 (age74 years, 89days).Interment at Canton Cemetery.

Daniel Kirkwood Fordice Jr. (1934-2004) — also known asKirk Fordice — of Vicksburg,WarrenCounty, Miss.Born in Memphis,ShelbyCounty, Tenn.,February10, 1934.Republican.Governor ofMississippi, 1992-2000.Methodist.Died, ofleukemia,in Jackson,HindsCounty, Miss.,September7, 2004 (age70 years, 210days).Interment at Parkway Memorial Cemetery.

	Relatives:Married to Patricia 'Pat' Owens.
		See alsoNationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier

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