Sam Mims Jr.

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Sam Mims Jr.
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c. 1916
Member of the Mississippi Senate
from the 36th district
In office
January 1916 – January 1920
Personal details
Born(1880-11-27)November 27, 1880
Marshall County, MS
DiedDecember 12, 1946(1946-12-12) (aged 66)
Political partyDemocrat
Spouse(s)Virginia Stone (m. 1915)
RelationsSam Mims V (great-grandson)

Samuel Cochran Mims, Jr. (November 27, 1880 - December 12, 1946) was a Mississippi state senator, representing the state's 36th district as a Democrat, from 1916 to 1920.

Biography[]

Samuel Cochran Mims, Jr. was born on November 27, 1880, in Chulahoma, Marshall County, Mississippi.[1][2][3] He was the son of Samuel Cochran Mims and Jessie (Thompson) Mims.[1] Mims Sr. was a member of the Board of Supervisors of Marshall County.[4][1] In 1892, his family moved to Byhalia, Mississippi.[1] Mims Jr. then graduated from the University of Mississippi.[1] He was admitted to the bar in 1909.[1] He began practicing law after that.[3] He served as the County Attorney of Marshall County from May 1910 to December 1915.[1][5] In 1915, he was elected to the Mississippi State Senate for the 1916–1920 term, as one of the three senators representing the 36th district and the senator representing Marshall County in that district.[1] Later, he resided in Grenada, Mississippi, where he continued to practice law.[6][7] Mims died on December 12, 1946, and was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery in Grenada, Mississippi.[8]

Personal life[]

Mims married Virginia Stone in 1915. They had a son named Samuel Cochran Mims, III.[9] Mims Jr's great-grandson, and Mims III's grandson, Sam C. Mims V, also served in the Mississippi State Legislature.[10]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Rowland, Dunbar (1917). The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi. Mississippi Department of Archives and History. p. 801.
  2. ^ http://files.usgwarchives.net/ms/grenada/military/ww1/registrants/gre-lm.txt
  3. ^ a b Herringshaw's American Blue-book of Biography: Prominent Americans of ... An Accurate Biographical Record of Prominent Citizens in All Walks of Life ... American Publishers' Association. 1915. p. 853.
  4. ^ Mississippi (1900). Department Reports. p. 74.
  5. ^ Flood, T. H. (1910). Cases Argued and Decided in the Supreme Court of Mississippi. Mississippi Supreme Court. pp. viii.
  6. ^ Mississippi (1945). Department Reports: State of Mississippi. Secretary of State. p. 64.
  7. ^ The Insurance Law Journal. D.T. & L.H. Potter. 1937. p. 564.
  8. ^ "Woodlawn Cemetery - Surnames M - Grenada County, Mississippi". www.interment.net. Retrieved 2021-03-31.
  9. ^ "Obituary for Samuel Cochran Mims (Aged 65)". The Greenwood Commonwealth. 6 July 1982. p. 1. Retrieved 2021-03-30.
  10. ^ "Enterprise-Journal from McComb, Mississippi on March 31, 2006 · Page D002". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2021-03-30.


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