Rosedale is a city in Bolivar County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 1,873 at the 2010 census, down from 2,414 in 2000. Located in an agricultural area, the city had a stop on the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad, which carried many migrants north out of the area in the first half of the 20th century.
Henry Mayson was a delegate to the 1868 Mississippi Constitutional Convention and a state legislator in Mississippi.
Merriman Howard was a state legislator and sheriff in Mississippi. He served as sheriff in Jefferson County, Mississippi.
Joseph E. Monroe was a state legislator in Mississippi.
W. H. Harris was a farmer and state legislator in Mississippi. He represented Washington County, Mississippi in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1874 to 1875 and from 1888 to 1889.
John Franklin Henry was a preacher, farmer, and state legislator in Mississippi. He represented Madison County, Mississippi in the Mississippi House of Representatives in 1884 and 1885.
Perry Payton was a state legislator in Mississippi. He represented Bolivar County, Mississippi in the Mississippi House of Representatives in 1884 and 1885. He also served as a justice of the peace.
Joseph Smothers was a Baptist minister and state legislator in Mississippi. He represented Claiborne County in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1872 to 1875.
Henry H. Harrison was a minister, shoemaker, teacher, and state legislator in Mississippi. He represented Chickasaw County, Mississippi in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1874 to 1875.
Henry P. Scott was a grocer, farmer, sheriff, tax collector, and state legislator in Mississippi.
Stephen B. Blackwell was an American politician. He was a state legislator in Mississippi.
William H. Allen was an American farmer, magistrate, and state legislator in Mississippi. He served in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1884 to 1887. He was born in Jackson, Mississippi. He was a Methodist. He was a Republican.
Jeremiah M. P. Williams was a Baptist preacher and state legislator in Mississippi. He served several terms in the Mississippi Senate during and after the Reconstruction era. He represented Adams County, Mississippi.
John Wesley Caradine was an American farmer and state legislator from Mississippi. He served in the Mississippi House of Representatives in 1874 and 1875. He was the first state representative for Clay County, Mississippi after it was established in 1871.
James A. Shorter, Jr. was a farmer, teacher, and state legislator in Mississippi. He served in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1874 to 1875 and in 1882. He was a Republican. In 1879 he was reportedly attacked by white Greenback Party member William Miller. His father was an A.M.E. bishop. The son graduated from Tougaloo. He served on the Hinds County Board of Registrars. He was a chosen as a delegate to the 1875 Mississippi Republican Party Convention as one of three delegates for Dry Grove, Mississippi.
Frank P. Brooks was an American farmer and state legislator in Mississippi. He represented Sharkey County in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1886 to 1888.
Countelow M. Bowles was a cooper, soldier, and state legislator. He served in the Mississippi House of Representatives and Mississippi Senate. He was a Republican and African American.
Henry Craytin was a state legislator in Mississippi. He represented Yazoo County in 1880 and 1881. Spellings of his surname vary. According to a newspaper account he was elected on a Fusion ticket in a deal with Democrats. He was criticized for supporting Ulysses S. Grant for president.
Bufford is a surname. Notable people with the name include:
David Jenkins was an abolitionist, civil rights campaigner, newspaper founder, and politician in Columbus, Ohio and Mississippi. He served as a state legislator in the Mississippi House of Representatives. He was a Republican. He represented Madison County, Mississippi.
