Drury Wall

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Drury Wall
Member of the MississippiHouseofRepresentatives
from the Amite County district
In office
January 1916 January 1920
Personal details
Born(1874-02-15)February 15, 1874
Gillsburg, Mississippi
DiedFebruary 17, 1953(1953-02-17) (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

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]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Mississippi Department of Archives and History (1917). The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi. Department of Archives and History. p. 830.
  2. "Mississippi Marriages, 1800-1911", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2DC-2S4 : 14 February 2020), Drew J. Wall, 1894.
  3. "Clarion-Ledger from Jackson, Mississippi on February 18, 1953 · Page 16". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2021-04-16.