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Ethelbert Barksdale

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Born: January 4, 1824

Birthplace: Smyrna, Tennessee

Father: William Barksdale 1787 – 1835
(Buried: Barksdale Cemetery, Smyrna, Mississippi)​

Mother: Nancy Hervey Lester 1789 – 1825
(Buried: Barksdale Cemetery, Smyrna, Mississippi)​

Wife: Alice Jane Harris 1826 – 1906
(Buried: Greenwood Cemetery, Jackson, Mississippi)​

Children:

Harris Barksdale 1844 – 1881​
(Buried: Greenwood Cemetery, Jackson, Mississippi)​
Edwin Barksdale 1851 – 1919​
(Buried: Greenwood Cemetery, Jackson, Mississippi)​
Ethel Barksdale Harrington 1857 – 1913​
(Buried: Greenwood Cemetery, Jackson, Mississippi)​

Political Party: Democratic Party

Occupation before War:


Journalist in Jackson, Mississippi​
1854 – 1861: Editor of the Official Journal for State of Mississippi​
1860: Mississippi Delegate to Democratic Party National Convention​

Civil War Career:

1861: Not originally not as a Secessionist but became committed​
1862 – 1865: Confederate States Representative from Mississippi​
1862 – 1864: Led movement to suspend habeas corpus​
1862 – 1864: Supporter of imposing Martial Law​
1862 – 1865: Known to have been a frequent and forcible debater​
1862 – 1865: Known for his controversial bills he tried to pass​
1862 – 1865: Showed a willingness to throw aside the Constitution​
1862 – 1865: Supporter of President Davis on the draft Issue​
1862 – 1865: Supporter of Exemptions from Military Service​
1862 – 1865: Supporter of tax increases on Agricultural Products​
1862 – 1864: Member of House Foreign Relations Committee​
1864 – 1865: Member of House Ordnance and Ordnance Stores Committee​
1864 – 1865: Chairman of Committee to augment the armed forces​
1865: Introduced a bill in congress to arm the slaves​
1865: Read General Lee’s response on arming the slaves on the House floor​

Occupation after War:

Editor of Clarion Newspaper
Called for the Impeachment of Governor Adelbert Ames in Mississippi​
1868: Mississippi Delegate to Democratic Party National Convention​
1872: Mississippi Delegate to Democratic Party National Convention​
1876 – 1883: Editor of the Official Journal for State of Mississippi​
1877 – 1879: Chairman of Mississippi State Democratic Political Party
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1880: Mississippi Delegate to Democratic Party National Convention​
1883 – 1887: United States Congressman from Mississippi​
1883 - 1887: Chairman of House Committee on Printing​

1883 - 1887: Member of House Committee on Private Land Claims
1887 – 1893: Owner of Oak Valley Plantation in Yazoo City, Mississippi​

Died: February 17, 1893

Place of Death: Yazoo City, Mississippi

Age at time of Death: 69 years old

Burial Place: Greenwood Cemetery, Jackson, Mississippi
 
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Ethelbert did little, if not nothing, to help William's widow Narcissa. William has no headstone. His specific grave location is not known, other than in the Barksdale plot in Jackson. Whether Ethelbert offered one, and was refused by Narcissa, or did not offer is not known. She in fact wanted to bury him in West Feliciana Parish her home, in Louisiana, but relented to family and Mississippi friends wishes.
 
Before the war he was editor of Jackson Clarion and active in Democratic politics and earned the moniker, the Sir Robert Peel, of Mississippi. Was this nickname from the newspaper or activities in politics?
 
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