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.
Sam Mims Jr. | |
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| Member of the Mississippi Senate from the 36th district | |
| In office January 1916 – January 1920 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | November 27, 1880 Marshall County, MS |
| Died | December 12, 1946 (aged 66) |
| Political party | Democrat |
| Spouse | Virginia Stone (m. 1915) |
| Relations | Sam Mims V (great-grandson) |
Biography
editSamuel Cochran Mims, Jr. was born on November 27, 1880, in Chulahoma, Marshall County, Mississippi.[1][2] 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.[3][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.[2] He served as the County Attorney of Marshall County from May 1910 to December 1915.[1][4] 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.[5][6] Mims died on December 12, 1946, and was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery in Grenada, Mississippi.[7]
Personal life
editMims married Virginia Stone in 1915. They had a son named Samuel Cochran Mims, III.[8] Mims Jr's great-grandson, and Mims III's grandson, Sam C. Mims V, also served in the Mississippi State Legislature.[9]
References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Mississippi (1900). Department Reports. p. 74.
- ^ Flood, T. H. (1910). Cases Argued and Decided in the Supreme Court of Mississippi. Mississippi Supreme Court. pp. viii.
- ^ Mississippi (1945). Department Reports: State of Mississippi. Secretary of State. p. 64.
- ^ The Insurance Law Journal. D.T. & L.H. Potter. 1937. p. 564.
- ^ "Woodlawn Cemetery - Surnames M - Grenada County, Mississippi". www.interment.net. Retrieved 2021-03-31.
- ^ "Obituary for Samuel Cochran Mims (Aged 65)". The Greenwood Commonwealth. 6 July 1982. p. 1. Retrieved 2021-03-30.
- ^ "Clipped From Enterprise-Journal". Enterprise-Journal. 2006-03-31. pp. D002. Retrieved 2022-07-19.
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