G. G. Dillard

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G. G. Dillard
Member of the Mississippi State Senate
from the 19th district
In office
January 1884 –January 1892
Personal details
Born1839 (1839)
Oktibbeha County, Mississippi, U.S.
Died (aged 82)
Starkville, Mississippi, U.S.
Political party Democratic

George G. Dillard (1839 - June 13, 1921) was an American lawyer, soldier, and politician.

He was born in the year 1839 in Oktibbeha County, Mississippi. [1] He was the eldest son of eleven children of Thomas Wise Dillard (born 1808) and Sarah B. Dunpree. [2] [3] [4] His siblings included Dr. W. R. Dillard (died 1909) and Virginia Anson Lewis Dillard Lowrence (1850-1911). [2] [3] He entered the University of Mississippi in 1857 and graduated in 1861. [5] [6] [4]

He served as a sergeant and then Captain in the 35th Mississippi Infantry in the Confederate Army. [5] He was then a commander in Mississippi's National Guard. He was an attorney, and served as Mayor of Macon, Mississippi, in from 1872 to 1879. [7] [4] He represented the 19th District in the Mississippi State Senate from 1884 to 1892. [8] [9] He represented Noxubee County at the 1890 Mississippi Constitutional Convention. [10] In April 1893, Dillard was appointed Consul-General to Guayaquil by Grover Cleveland. [11] [12]

He was a National Guard commander at the unveiling ceremonies for a monument to Confederate Army veterans in Jackson, Mississippi. [13]

Dillard died at his home near Starkville, Mississippi, on June 13, 1921, aged 82. [14] [15]

Personal life

Dillard was a "lifelong member" of the Episcopal Church. [5] He was a member of the Odd Fellows, the Knights of Pythias, the Knights of Honor, and the A.F. & A.M. [4] He never married. [5]

References

  1. ↑ "1888 Senate · Mississippi State University Libraries". msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com. Retrieved December 5, 2022.
  2. 1 2 "Article clipped from The Starkville News". The Starkville News. October 29, 1909. p. 3. Retrieved April 11, 2025.
  3. 1 2 "A Brother's Tribute". East Mississippi Times. March 24, 1911. p. 2. Retrieved April 11, 2025.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Mississippi: Embracing an Authentic and Comprehensive Account of the Chief Events in the History of the State and a Record of the Lives of Many of the Most Worthy and Illustrious Families and Individuals. Goodspeed. 1891. p. 648.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "Obituary for Geo. G. Dillard's". East Mississippi Times. June 17, 1921. p. 1. Retrieved April 11, 2025.
  6. ↑ "Obituary for G. Cf DILLARD". The Vicksburg Herald. June 15, 1921. p. 4. Retrieved April 11, 2025.
  7. ↑ "Article clipped from Macon Beacon". Macon Beacon. January 13, 1877. p. 2. Retrieved April 11, 2025.
  8. ↑ Senate, Mississippi Legislature (December 2, 1890). "Journal" – via Google Books.
  9. ↑ Rowland, Dunbar (1917). The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi. Department of Archives and History. p. 194.
  10. ↑ "Mississippi Constitution Art. 15, § 285". Findlaw.
  11. ↑ "George Dillard consul". The Mississippi Press. March 17, 1893. p. 2. Retrieved April 11, 2025.
  12. ↑ "Article clipped from Oxford Eagle". Oxford Eagle. March 16, 1893. p. 2. Retrieved April 11, 2025.
  13. ↑ Society, Southern Historical (December 2, 1890). "Southern Historical Society Papers". Virginia Historical Society – via Google Books.
  14. ↑ "Obituary for 1. C. Dillard". Jackson Daily News. June 13, 1921. p. 3. Retrieved April 11, 2025.
  15. ↑ "Death of Capt.Geo.G.Dillard". Macon Beacon. June 17, 1921. p. 1. Retrieved April 11, 2025.


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