Albert Sojourner | |
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Member of the MississippiHouseofRepresentatives from the Adams County district | |
In office January 1916 –January 1924 | |
Succeeded by | L. T. Kennedy H. B. Drane |
Personal details | |
Born | |
Died | November 7,1951 79) | (aged
Political party | Democratic |
Relations | Melanie Sojourner (great-granddaughter) |
Children | 5 |
Albert Boyd Sojourner (February 4,1872 - November 17,1951) was a Democratic member of the Mississippi House of Representatives,representing Adams County from 1916 to 1924.
Albert Boyd Sojourner was born on February 4,1872,in Kingston,Mississippi. [1] [2] His father,Absolom Hardy Sojourner,was a Confederate Civil War veteran and member of the Jeff Davis Cavalry Legion. [1] Albert was the Justice of the Peace in Adams County,District No. 2,from 1909 to 1915,and was elected to the Mississippi House of Representatives,representing his native Adams County,in 1915. [2] [1] He was then re-elected in 1919. [2] He died on November 17,1951. [3]
He married Kate Aubrey Bailey in 1907,and she died in 1915. [2] They had five children,Absolom Hardy,Carol Picket,Alexander Boyd,William Aubrey,and Laurence Jackson Sojourner. [2] Albert's great-granddaughter via his son Boyd is Mississippi state senator Melanie Sojourner. [4]