Drury Wall
Drury Wall | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Mississippi House of Representatives from the Amite County district | |
| In office January 1916 – January 1920 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | February 15, 1874 Gillsburg, Mississippi |
| Died | February 17, 1953 (aged 79) McComb, Mississippi |
| Political party | Democrat |
Drury Joseph Wall, Jr. (February 15, 1874 - February 17, 1953) was a Democratic member of the Mississippi House of Representatives, representing Amite County, from 1916 to 1920.
Biography
[edit]Drury Joseph Wall, Junior was born on February 15, 1874, in Gillsburg, Amite County, Mississippi.[1] His parents were Drury William Wall and Martha Jane (Tate) Wall.[1] He is related to Mississippi state senator John Wall, who represented Amite County from 1837 to 1846.[1] He married Ruby Hughes in 1894.[2][1] From 1907 to 1912, he was the Justice of the Peace of Amite County.[1] He was the Registrar of Vital Statistics of Amite County from 1912 to 1916.[1] He was elected to the Mississippi House of Representatives as a Democrat in 1915, for the 1916–1920 term.[1] He died on February 17, 1953, at his son's home in McComb, Mississippi.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g Mississippi Department of Archives and History (1917). The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi. Department of Archives and History. p. 830.
- ^ "Mississippi Marriages, 1800-1911", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2DC-2S4 : 14 February 2020), Drew J. Wall, 1894.
- ^ "Clarion-Ledger from Jackson, Mississippi on February 18, 1953 · Page 16". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2021-04-16.
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