| Birth: | Nov. 7, 1812 Franklin Williamson County Tennessee, USA | | Death: | Sep. 6, 1878 Holly Springs (Marshall County) Marshall County Mississippi, USA |  US Representative from Mississippi. He had moved to Hickory Flat, Mississippi, was a commission merchant and held several local offices. He was elected as a Unionist to the Thirty-second Congress and served March 4, 1851 To March 3, 1853. Unsuccessful Unionist candidate for reelection, he moved to Memphis, Tennessee, studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1860. Later that year he was a presidential elector on the Constitutional-Union ticket of Bell and Everett. He returned to Mississippi and settled at Holly Springs, Marshall County and served as chancery clerk, 1870 to 1874. His last public duty was as a member of the governing board of the State penitentiary at Jackson, Mississippi, serving till he died. (bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith) Family links: Spouse: Rebecca A Macon Nabers (1824 - ____)* Children: Bennie E Nabers (1855 - ____)* Martha Elizabeth Nabers Chenoweth (1855 - 1938)* David V Nabers (1863 - ____)* *Calculated relationship
Search Amazon for Benjamin Nabers | | | Burial:
Hill Crest Cemetery
Holly Springs (Marshall County) Marshall County Mississippi, USA | Created by: John "J-Cat" Griffith Record added: Apr 04, 2004
Find A Grave Memorial# 8596819 |
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