Find A Grave - Mississippi

Barry, Frederick George b. January 12, 1845 d. May 7, 1909
US Congressman. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. Elected to represent Mississippi's 4th District in th United States House of Representatives, serving from 1885 to 1889. Also served as a Member of the Mississippi State Senate from 1875 to 1879. (Bio by: K)
Odd Fellows Rest Cemetery, Aberdeen, Monroe County, Mississippi, USA
Barry ., Col. William Tayor Sullivan b. December 12, 1821 d. January 29, 1868
US Congressman. He was admitted to the bar in 1844, commenced law practice in Columbus, Mississippi and was a member of the State House of Representatives, 1849 to 1851. In 1853, he was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-third Congress, serving until 1855. He was president of the Mississippi State secession convention in 1861 and was a member of the Provisional Confederate Congress until he resigned to enter the Confederate Army in 1862. During the Civil War, he served as Colonel in command of...[Read More] (Bio by: Family Tree Shaker)
Friendship Cemetery, Columbus, Lowndes County, Mississippi, USA
Plot: Lot 145
Beeman, Joseph Henry b. November 17, 1833 d. July 31, 1909
US Congressman. During the Civil War, he served as a Lieutenant in the Confederate Army and later engaged in mercantile pursuits. He served as chairman for the State Farmer's Alliance and was a member of the Mississippi State House of Representatives, 1883 to 1891. In 1891, he was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-second Congress, serving until 1893. Not a candidate for reelection, he engaged in agricultural pursuits until his death. (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Lena Cemetery, Lena, Leake County, Mississippi, USA
Plot: Beeman family plot
Benton, Samuel b. October 18, 1820 d. July 28, 1864
Civil War Confederate Brigadier General. A nephew of Senator Thomas Hart Benton, he was probably born in Williamson County, Tennessee. In early life he taught school, later setting in Holly Springs, Mississippi, where he became a prominent lawyer and politician. Benton represented Marshall County in the State Legislature in the Secession Convention of 1861, which led Mississippi out of the Union. Entering the Civil War as a Captain in the old 9th Mississippi, a twelve-month regiment, he was...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Patterson)
Hillcrest Cemetery, Holly Springs (Marshall County), Marshall County, Mississippi, USA
Bessey, Charles Albert b. 1848 d. June 4, 1909
Indian Wars Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He served in the United States Army during the wars with the Plains Indians as a Corporal in Company A, 3rd United States Cavalry. He was awarded the CMOH for his bravery on January 13, 1877 near Elkhorn Creek, Wyoming Territory. His citation reads "While scouting with 4 men and attacked in ambush by 14 hostile Indians, held his ground, 2 of his men being wounded, and kept up the fight until himself woiunded in the side, and then went to the...[Read More]
Cause of death: kidney failure
Biloxi City Cemetery, Biloxi, Harrison County, Mississippi, USA
Bilbo, Theodore Gilmore b. October 13, 1877 d. August 21, 1947
US Senator, Mississippi Governor. Served as a United States Senator from Mississippi from 1935 to 1947. Also served as a Member of the Mississippi State Senate from 1908 to 1912, Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi from 1912 to 1916, Delegate to the Democratic National Convention from Mississippi in 1928, 1940, and 1944, and Governor of Mississippi from 1916 to 1920, and 1928 to 1932. In 1947 the senate refused to seat him and started an investigation of his 1946 re-election campaign. He was the...[Read More] (Bio by: K)
Juniper Grove Cemetery, Poplarville, Pearl River County, Mississippi, USA
Bowen, John Stevens b. October 30, 1830 d. July 13, 1863
Civil War Confederate Major General. He graduated from the US Military Academy in 1856, was commission officer in the US Mounted Rifles and served on the frontier until resigning in 1856, to become an architect. When the Civil War began, he was commissioned Captain in the Missouri State Guard and quickly rose to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. After being captured at Camp Jackson and prisoner exchanged, he assumed command of the Confederate 1st Missouri Infantry as Colonel in June, 1861. In...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Cause of death: Dysentery
Cedar Hill Cemetery, Vicksburg, Warren County, Mississippi, USA
Bowers, Eaton Jackson b. 1865 d. 1939
US Congressman. Elected to represent Mississippi's 6th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1903 to 1911. Also served as a Member of the Mississippi State Legislature. (Bio by: K)
Cedar Rest Cemetery, Bay Saint Louis, Hancock County, Mississippi, USA
Bowers, Samuel Holloway b. August 6, 1924 d. November 5, 2006
Criminal. As Imperial Wizard of the White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, he ordered the murders of civil rights workers James Cheney, Mickey Schwerner and Andrew Goodman, which took place in June 1964 in Neshoba County, Mississippi - a case that became known as the "Mississippi Burning" case. He was convicted of civil rights violations and spent six years in federal prison until his release in 1970. In 1998 he was convicted in Mississippi for the murder of civil rights activist Vernon Dahmer, who...[Read More] (Bio by: Erik Lander)
Mississippi State Prison Cemetery, Parchman, Sunflower County, Mississippi, USA
Bowie, Rezin Pleasant b. September 8, 1793 d. January 17, 1841
Inventor. Born near Gallatin, Tennessee, he served in the War of 1812, was a Louisiana legislator, and was involved with his brothers in slave trade and land speculation. He is probably best known as the inventor of the Bowie knife, made famous when used by his brother Jim in the 1827 "Sandbar Fight" on the banks of the Mississippi. Bowie was originally buried in San Gabriel Catholic Church Cemetery in Louisiana, but about ten years later his remains were moved to the cemetery behind St...[Read More] (Bio by: NM)
Port Gibson Catholic Cemetery, Port Gibson, Claiborne 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
Brandon, William L. b. 1801 d. October 8, 1890
Civil War Confederate Army Brigadier General. At the outbreak of the Civil War, he was commissioned a Major in the 1st Mississippi Infantry Battalion. He was appointed a Lieutenant Colonel in the 21st Mississippi in 1861 and fought in the Battle of Malvern Hill, where he lost a leg. At the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863, he was promoted Colonel and was sent on detached service from the Army of Northern Virginia, fighting in the Campaigns of Chickamauga and Knoxville. In June 1864, he was promoted...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Arcole Plantation, Wilkinson County, Mississippi, USA
Brantley, William F. b. March 12, 1830 d. November 2, 1870
Civil War Confederate Army Brigadier General. At the outbreak of the Civil War, he was a lawyer in practice when he began his military career as Captain of "The Wigfall Rifles" in the 29th Mississippi Infantry Regiment. He rapidly advanced to the rank of Colonel, commanding the 29th at the battles of Murfreesboro, Chickamauga and Lookout Mountain. At Resaca, Georgia he was commended for gallantry, after leading a charge on the enemy that repulsed Federal assaults three times. In July, 1864, at...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Greensboro Cemetery, Grady, Webster County, Mississippi, USA
Brasfield, Rodney Leon b. August 22, 1910 d. September 12, 1958
Rodney Leon Brasfield was born in Smithville, MS on August 22, 1910. He became one of the premiere country comedians. He performed from his teens with Bisbee's Comedians, a Memphis based troupe. After ten years with them, he served a year in the military during World War ll before being discharged because of a childhood back injury. He returned briefly to the Bisbee Comedians and was hired by Judge George D. Hay to work the Grand Ole Opry in July 1944. From 1947 he appeared on the nationally...[Read More] (Bio by: Welch)
Pearce Chapel Cemetery, Smithville, Monroe County, Mississippi, USA
Brewer, Earl LeRoy b. August 11, 1869 d. March 10, 1942
38th Mississippi Governor. He was admitted to the Mississippi State Bar in 1892 and opened a law office at Water Valley, Mississippi. From 1896 to 1900, he was a member of the Mississippi State Senate and in 1902, was appointed District Attorney for the eleventh judicial district. In 1911, he achieved the unique distinction in Mississippi political history of being the only unopposed Democratic Party candidate to run and be elected Governor of Mississippi. After leaving the office of Governor...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Oakridge Cemetery, Clarksdale, Coahoma 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
Brooke, Walker b. December 25, 1813 d. December 18, 1869
US Senator. Served as a United States Senator from Mississippi from 1852 to 1853. Also served as a Member of the Mississippi State House of Representatives in 1848, Member of the Mississippi State Senate in 1850, Delegate to the Mississippi Secession Convention in 1861, and Delegate from Mississippi to the Confederate Provisional Congress from 1861 to 1862. (Bio by: K)
Cedar Hill Cemetery, Vicksburg, Warren County, Mississippi, USA
Brooks, Rev. Robert Nathaniel b. 1888 d. 1953
Clergyman. Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal (later United Methodist) Church from 1944 until 1953. He was instrumental in the development of Gulfside Assembly in Waveland, Mississippi, a Methodist retreat, which at one time was the only place along the entire Gulf of Mexico that would accommodate African Americans. (Bio by: R Wheaton)
Gulfside Assembly, Waveland, Hancock 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
Brown, Larry b. July 9, 1951 d. November 24, 2004
Author, Writer. A native of Oxford, Mississippi, Brown, took up writing while working as a firefighter. Brown's works include, "Facing The Music" (1988), "Big Bad Love" (1990), Dirty Work" (1989), "On Fire" (1995), "Father And Son" (1996), "Joe" (1991), "Fay" (2000), "Billy Ray's Farm (2001), and "The Rabbit Factory" (2003). His books have also been awarded prizes and have been made into films. In 2002, Brown was the subject of the documentary, "The Rough South Of Larry Brown", by director Gary...[Read More] (Bio by: K)
Brown Family Farm, Tula, Lafayette County, Mississippi, USA
Plot: Next to the pond

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