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Cedar HillCemetery
Vicksburg, Warren County, Mississippi
| Politicians buriedhere: | | |  Walker Brooke (1813-1869) — of Mississippi. Born near Winchester,FrederickCounty, Va.,December25, 1813.Member ofMississippistate house of representatives, 1848; member ofMississippistate senate, 1850;U.S.Senator from Mississippi, 1852-53;delegateto Mississippi secession convention, 1861;Delegatefrom Mississippi to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62.Died in Vicksburg,WarrenCounty, Miss.,December18, 1869 (age55 years, 358days).Interment at Cedar Hill Cemetery. | | James William Collier (1872-1933) — also known asJames W. Collier — of Vicksburg,WarrenCounty, Miss.Born near Vicksburg,WarrenCounty, Miss.,September28, 1872.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofMississippistate house of representatives, 1896-99;WarrenCounty Circuit Clerk, 1899;U.S.Representative from Mississippi 8th District, 1909-33; member,U.S. Tariff Commission, 1933; died in office 1933.Died inWashington,D.C.,September28, 1933 (age61 years, 0days).Interment at Cedar Hill Cemetery. | | Albert Major Lea (1848-1901) — also known asAlbert M. Lea — of Vicksburg,WarrenCounty, Miss.Born inGraingerCounty, Tenn.,December10, 1848.Republican.Lawyer;U.S.Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi, 1889-97,1897-1901; died in office 1901; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Mississippi,1896(member,CredentialsCommittee).Member,Freemasons;KnightsTemplar;Elks.Suffered astroke ofparalysis, and died, in the Edwards Househotel,Jackson,HindsCounty, Miss.,December24, 1901 (age53 years, 14days).Interment at Cedar Hill Cemetery. | | Thomas Clendinen Catchings (1847-1927) — also known asThomas C. Catchings — of Vicksburg,WarrenCounty, Miss.Born inHindsCounty, Miss.,January11, 1847.Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;lawyer;member ofMississippistate senate, 1875-77;Mississippistate attorney general, 1877-85;U.S.Representative from Mississippi 3rd District, 1885-1901; delegateto Democratic National Convention from Mississippi,1904(member,CredentialsCommittee).Died in Vicksburg,WarrenCounty, Miss.,December24, 1927 (age80 years, 347days).Interment at Cedar Hill Cemetery. | | William Augustus Lake (1808-1861) — Born near Cambridge,DorchesterCounty, Md.,January6, 1808.Member ofMarylandstate house of delegates, 1831; member ofMississippistate senate, 1848;U.S.Representative from Mississippi 4th District, 1855-57; member ofMississippistate house of representatives, 1859.Slaveowner.Killedin aduel byHenryCousins Chambers, his opponent for Confederate Congress, atHopefield,CrittendenCounty, Ark.,October15, 1861 (age53 years, 282days).Interment at Cedar Hill Cemetery. | | Nicholas Daniel Coleman (1800-1874) — of Kentucky; Vicksburg,WarrenCounty, Miss.Born in Cynthiana,HarrisonCounty, Ky.,April22, 1800.Lawyer;member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1824-25;U.S.Representative from Kentucky 2nd District, 1829-31; postmaster atVicksburg,Miss., 1841-44.Slaveowner. Died in Vicksburg,WarrenCounty, Miss.,May 11,1874 (age74 years, 19days).Interment at Cedar Hill Cemetery. | | Elza Jeffords (1826-1885) — of Mississippi. Born in Ironton,LawrenceCounty, Ohio,May 23,1826.Republican. State court judge in Mississippi, 1868;U.S.Representative from Mississippi 3rd District, 1883-85.DiedMarch19, 1885 (age58 years, 300days).Interment at Cedar Hill Cemetery. | | Patrick Henry (1861-1933) — also known asPat Henry — of Vicksburg,WarrenCounty, Miss.Born near Helena (now part of Helena-West Helena),PhillipsCounty, Ark.,February15, 1861.Democrat. Member ofMississippistate senate, 1888-90; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom Mississippi,1896,1916,1928;circuit judge in Mississippi, 1900-01;U.S.Representative from Mississippi 3rd District, 1901-03.Died in Vicksburg,WarrenCounty, Miss.,December28, 1933 (age72 years, 316days).Interment at Cedar Hill Cemetery. | | John Patrick Henry Culkin (1887-1951) — also known asJ. H. Culkin — of Vicksburg,WarrenCounty, Miss.Born in Oak Ridge,WarrenCounty, Miss.,April17, 1887.Democrat.School teacherand principal;newspapereditor;WarrenCounty Superintendent of Education, 1912-26;lawyer;alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention fromMississippi,1928;member ofMississippistate senate, 1929-42.Catholic.Irish,English,andScottishancestry. Member,Elks;Moose;Rotary;Woodmen;Knightsof Columbus.Died in1951(ageabout64 years).Interment at Cedar Hill Cemetery.| |  Presumably namedfor:PatrickHenry | | | | Relatives: Son of Patrick LawrenceCulkin and Elizabeth (Hearn) Culkin; married,July 12,1915, to Clara Augusta Linstrom. |
| | Eugene Magee (d. 1835) — Born inBaltimore,Md.Lawyer;delegateto Mississippi state constitutional convention, 1832; member ofMississippistate senate, 1833-34.Died in1835.Interment at Cedar Hill Cemetery. | | Natale R. Piazza (1830-1914) — also known asNate Piazza — of Vicksburg,WarrenCounty, Miss.Born in Faenza,Italy,September24, 1830.Vice-Consulfor Italy inVicksburg,Miss., 1866-1904.Died in Vicksburg,WarrenCounty, Miss.,February28, 1914 (age83 years, 157days).Interment at Cedar Hill Cemetery. | | Michael Joseph Mulvihill (1855-1935) — also known asM. J. Mulvihill — of Vicksburg,WarrenCounty, Miss.Born inLa SalleCounty, Ill.,July 17,1855.Republican. Postmaster atVicksburg,Miss., 1902-14; delegate to Republican National Convention fromMississippi,1908,1912,1916,1920;member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Mississippi, 1920.Catholic.Irishancestry. Member,Knightsof Columbus.Died in Vicksburg,WarrenCounty, Miss.,November21, 1935 (age80 years, 127days).Interment at Cedar Hill Cemetery. | | Charles E. Crook (1878-1955) — of Vicksburg,WarrenCounty, Miss.Born in Mississippi,December8, 1878.Democrat. Postmaster atVicksburg,Miss., 1941-55 (acting, 1941-42).Died inWarrenCounty, Miss.,July 18,1955 (age76 years, 222days).Interment at Cedar Hill Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Robert Lewis Crook and Mary Elizabeth (Gaddis) Crook; married toEthel Miles Willis. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Charles Conway Flowerree (1842-1929) — also known asCharles C. Flowerree — of Vicksburg,WarrenCounty, Miss.Born inFauquierCounty, Va.,October26, 1842.Democrat. Colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;postmaster atVicksburg,Miss., 1893-94.Died in Vicksburg,WarrenCounty, Miss.,September16, 1929 (age86 years, 325days).Interment at Cedar Hill Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Daniel Rout Flowerree and Nancy (Rector) Flowerree; married1867 to JennieWilson. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Michael Joseph Mulvihill Jr. (1893-1960) — also known asMichael J. Mulvihill, Jr. — of Vicksburg,WarrenCounty, Miss.BornSeptember23, 1893.Republican. Postmaster atVicksburg,Miss., 1922-35.DiedMarch23, 1960 (age66 years, 182days).Interment at Cedar Hill Cemetery.
VicksburgNational Cemetery
3201 Clay Street
Vicksburg, Warren County, Mississippi
Founded 1866
See alsoFindagravepage for this location.
VicksburgNational Military Park
Vicksburg, Warren County, Mississippi
| Politicians who have(or had) monuments here: | | | Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton (1823-1877) — also known asOliver P. Morton — of Indianapolis,MarionCounty, Ind.Born in Salisbury,WayneCounty, Ind.,August4, 1823.Republican. Circuit judge in Indiana, 1852;LieutenantGovernor of Indiana, 1861;Governor ofIndiana, 1861-67; defeated, 1856;U.S.Senator from Indiana, 1867-77; died in office 1877; member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Indiana, 1872-; candidate for Republicannomination for President,1876.Hislegs wereparalyzed after a stroke in 1865; suffered anotherstroke in1877, and died soon after, in Indianapolis,MarionCounty, Ind.,November1, 1877 (age54 years, 89days).Interment atCrownHill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.; statue at Vicksburg NationalMilitary Park; statue atStatehouseGrounds, Indianapolis, Ind.
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