Find A Grave - Jackson

Abernethy, Thomas Gerstle b. May 16, 1903 d. June 11, 1998
U.S. Congressman. A graduate of the University of Mississippi and of Cumberland University in Tennessee, he began practicing law in 1925 in his hometown of Eupora and served as Eupora's mayor for two years. Moving to Okolona in 1929, he continued practicing law and was district attorney of the third judicial district of Mississippi from 1936 until his election to Congress in 1942. He served in Congress for thirty years, pushing for improved agricultural programs and helping secure funding for...[Read More] (Bio by: NM)
Lakewood Memorial Park, Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi, USA
Adams, Daniel Weisiger b. 1821 d. June 13, 1872
Civil War Confederate Brigadier General. Born in Frankfort, Kentucky, his family moved to Mississippi while he was still a child. As an adult there he read law and was admitted to the Mississippi Bar. Moving to Louisiana, in 1861 he was appointed by Governor Thomas O. Moore to a military board organizing the state for war. He entered military service as a Lieutenant Colonel of the 1st Louisiana Infantry regiment and was...[Read More] (Bio by: Ugaalltheway)
Greenwood Cemetery, Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi, USA
Plot: Unmarked grave next to his brother Wirt Adams. Government stone is a cenotaph located in the confede [unmarked]
GPS coordinates: 32.3081512, -90.1828079 (hddd.dddd)
Adams, William Wirt b. March 22, 1819 d. May 1, 1888
Civil War Confederate Brigadier General. Born in Frankfort, Kentucky, he graduated from Bardstown College in 1839, and went to Texas to fight for Texan Independence. He enlisted in the regiment commanded by Colonel Edward Burleson, was made Adjutant of the unit and fought against the Indians in northeast Texas. He then moved to Mississippi and made his living in banking and agriculture through the end of the 1850s...[Read More] (Bio by: Tom Todd)
Cause of death: Killed by a newspaper editor following a quarrel
Greenwood Cemetery, Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi, USA
GPS coordinates: 32.3090210, -90.1838989 (hddd.dddd)
Alexander, Margaret Abigail b. July 7, 1915 d. November 30, 1998
Author. Using her maiden name, Margaret Walker, as her pen name, she published works in almost every genre, and is best known for "Jubilee", her widely acclaimed novel based on her own family's experiences in the years during and after slavery. Her poetry, including the prize-winning "For My People", alos has gained acclaim. Growing up in Birmingham, Alabama, she attended undergraduate school at Northwestern University and graduate school at the University of Iowa. She then taught for more than...[Read More] (Bio by: NM)
Garden Memorial Park, Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi, USA
Banks, Willie b. 1929 d. February, 1993
Gospel Singer, Entertainer. Early in his over 30-year career, he was recording with HSE (standing for Hoyt Sullivan Enterprises) Records, recording songs such as "God's Goodness," and "Mother Why." He later signed to Malaco Records, where he recorded a remake of "God's Goodness," and recorded several other hits, like "Things I Can't Change," "God Is Still In Charge," "Too Late," and more. Willie had a unique sound that was bluesy, yet stirring and story-telling with the guitar backup. At the...[Read More] (Bio by: Jimmy)
Cause of death: Heart failure
Garden Memorial Park, Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi, USA
Barksdale, Ethelbert b. January 4, 1824 d. February 17, 1893
US Congressman. When Mississippi seceded from the Union at the start of the Civil War, he was elected a member of the Confederate Congress, serving 1861 to 1865. After the war, he was a delegate to the Democratic National Conventions in 1868, 1872 and 1880. In 1883, he was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-eighth and Forty-ninth Congresses, serving until 1887. An unsuccessful candidate for re-nomination, he engaged in agricultural pursuits until his death. His brother William Barksdale, was...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Greenwood Cemetery, Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi, USA
Barksdale, William b. August 21, 1821 d. July 3, 1863
Civil War Confederate Brigadier General, US Congressman. He led a distinguished career in Mississippi and as a Confederate commander. He was mortally wounded on the second day at Gettysburg, July 2, 1863, during the attack of Longstreet's Corps on the Peach Orchard and Wheat Field.
Cause of death: gunshot wound
Greenwood Cemetery, Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi, USA
Plot: Confederate Section. Barksdale's name is inscribed on the Confederate Dead memorial. His actual gravesite, in the Barksdale Plot, has no marker. [unmarked]
GPS coordinates: 32.3081703, -90.1828079 (hddd.dddd)
Barlow, Julius Francis 'Jules' b. November 16, 1917 d. February 9, 2007
Orchestra and Big Band Leader, Musician, The Jules Barlow Orchestra played with many bands of the big band era, including the Blue Baron. The orchestra appeared in many ballrooms throughout the south, including the Peabody Hotel in Memphis, Tennesee, the Broadmoor and Buena Vista Hotels in Biloxi, Mississippi, and many more. The Jules Barlow Orchestra played together from the late 1930's until early 2000. He also played piano with many bandleaders, including Gene Pringle, Herbert Holmes and...[Read More] (Bio by: Gwen Langley Pittman)
Lakewood Memorial Park, Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi, USA
Bracey, Ishman b. January 9, 1901 d. February 12, 1970
Blues Musician. He was an early figure of the Mississippi Blues Delta movement. He learned how to play the guitar at a young age and by 1910, he was playing in local dance halls, juke joints, fish fries and other events in rural Mississippi. In February 1928 h went to Memphis, Tennessee, where he recorded with Charlie McCoy on the Victor Record Label. In August 1928, he returned to Memphis once again to record some more material for Victor. He worked with such talents as The New Orleans Nehi...[Read More] (Bio by: K)
Willow Park Cemetery, Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi, USA
Bridges, Marshall "Sheriff" b. June 2, 1931 d. September 3, 1990
Major League Baseball Player. The left-handed pitcher is best remembered for going 8-4 with a 3.14 earned run average in 52 games with 18 saves for the 1962 World Series champion New York Yankees. The 6-foot-1, 165-pound southpaw made his big-league debut with the St. Louis Cardinals in 1959 and went 6-3 with a 4.26 ERA. He split time with the Cardinals and Cincinnati Reds the following year, going 6-2 with a 2.38 ERA. Injuries limited him during the Reds' 1961 National League pennant season...[Read More] (Bio by: Ron Coons)
Garden Memorial Park, Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi, USA
Brown, Albert Gallatin b. May 31, 1813 d. June 12, 1880
US Congressman, Mississippi Governor, US Senator. He was elected to represent Mississippi in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1839 to 1841. He was ten elected as Governor of Mississippi, and served in that office from 1844 to 1848. In 1854 he was elected as a Senator from Mississippi to the United States Senate, and served there from 1854 to 1861. (Bio by: Tim Crutchfield)
Greenwood Cemetery, Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi, USA
Conner, Martin Sennet b. August 31, 1891 d. September 16, 1950
State Governor. He served as Governor of Mississippi from 1932 to 1936. (Bio by: Sent with love~Patricia Langley Harvey)
Lakewood Memorial Park, Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi, USA
Engel, Lehman b. September 14, 1910 d. August 29, 1982
Broadway composer, arranger, conductor.
Beth Israel Cemetery, Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi, USA
Ferguson, Samuel Wragg b. November 3, 1834 d. February 3, 1917
Civil War Confederate Brigadier General. He graduated from the US Military Academy in 1857 and served as a Lieutenant of Dragoons, in the Utah expedition. When the Civil War began, he resigned his commission and entered the Confederate Army as a Captain appointed aid-dc-camp to General Beauregard in March 1861. On General Beauregard's staff, he took part in the Battle of Shiloh, Battle of Farmington and was promoted Lieutenant Colonel of the 28th Mississippi Cavalry Regiment, in 1862. In 1863...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Greenwood Cemetery, Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi, USA
GPS coordinates: 32.3081398, -90.1828232 (hddd.dddd)
Griffith, Richard b. January 11, 1814 d. June 29, 1862
Civil War Confederate Brigadier General. Born near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he settled in Vicksburg, Mississippi, as a schoolteacher, after graduating in 1837 from Ohio University. During the Mexican War he served as regimental adjutant of the 1st Mississippi Rifles, commanded by Jefferson Davis. Returning to Mississippi after the war, he lived in Jackson, where he was a banker, United States marshal, and state treasurer for 2 terms. When Mississippi seceded, thought he was Northern born, he...[Read More] (Bio by: Ugaalltheway)
Greenwood Cemetery, Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi, USA
GPS coordinates: 32.3102303, -90.1828384 (hddd.dddd)
Guion, John Isaac b. November 18, 1802 d. June 6, 1855
Mississippi Governor. As president pro tempore of the state senate, Guion became governor when John A. Quitman resigned in February 1851. Guion served as governor until November 1851. He was later elected circuit judge, a position he held at the time of his death. (Bio by: NatalieMaynor)
Greenwood Cemetery, Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi, USA
Hooker, Col. Charles Edward b. 1825 d. 1914
Civil War Confederate Army Officer, Politician. He was a member of Mississippi State House of Representatives in 1859 and colonel in the Rebel Army during the Civil War. He was elected attorney general of Mississippi in 1865 and was removed from office by military authorities. He was then elected Democrat to Congress and served three terms. (Bio by: Gregory Speciale)
Greenwood Cemetery, Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi, USA
GPS coordinates: 32.3098488, -90.1828384 (hddd.dddd)
Kinard, Frank Manning 'Bruiser' b. October 23, 1914 d. September 7, 1985
Hall of Fame Professional Football Player. Played for the Brooklyn Dodgers/Tigers of the NFL from 1938-44 and the AAFC's New York Yankees from 1946-47. Named All-NFL in all 9 seasons he was in the league. Two-time college All-America at the University of Mississippi. "Bruiser" Kinard was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1971. (Bio by: daytonflyers)
Lakewood Memorial Park, Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi, USA
Longino, Andrew Houston b. May 16, 1854 d. February 24, 1942
35th Mississippi Governor. He served as Governor of Mississippi from 1900 to 1904. It was at his invitation that President Theodore Roosevelt went on the famous bear hunt in the Mississippi Delta, resulting in the creation of teddy bears. (Bio by: NatalieMaynor)
Cedarlawn Cemetery, Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi, USA
Love, Willie b. November 4, 1906 d. August 19, 1953
Blues Musician. A native of Duncan, Mississippi, he was a talented piano player, who was discovered by Sonny Boy Williamson while playing in Greenville, Mississippi. The two men became good friends and performed regularly on the popular main drag of Nelson Street in Greenville, Mississippi. Williamson also helped Love to get signed to the Trumpet Record Label. Love who was highly influenced by the likes of Leroy Carr played on several of Williamson's trumpet sessions. From 1951, until his early...[Read More] (Bio by: K)
Elmwood Cemetery, Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi, USA

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