NM Quitman, John A.

John Anthony Quitman​

Born: September 1, 1798

Birthplace: Rhinebeck, New York

Father: Rev. Frederick Henry Quitman 1760 – 1832

(Buried: Evangelical Lutheran Church of Saint Peter, Rhinebeck, New York)​

Mother: Mary M. Mayer 1761 – 1849

(Buried: Saint John's Lutheran Church Cemetery, Manorton, New York)​

Wife: Eliza Turner 1810 – 1859

(Buried: Natchez City Cemetery, Natchez, Mississippi)​

Children:

Louisa Quitman Lovell 1826 – 1884​

(Buried: Natchez City Cemetery, Natchez, Mississippi)​

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John Quitman 1822 – 1838​

(Buried: Natchez City Cemetery, Natchez, Mississippi)​

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Edward Quitman 1832 – 1833​

(Buried: Natchez City Cemetery, Natchez, Mississippi)​

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Sarah Eliza Quitman 1834 – 1846​

(Buried: Natchez City Cemetery, Natchez, Mississippi)​

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Antonia Quitman Lovell 1835 – 1916​

(Buried: Natchez City Cemetery, Natchez, Mississippi)​

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Mary Geraldine Quitman 1838 – 1845​

(Buried: Natchez City Cemetery, Natchez, Mississippi)​

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Annie Rosalie Quitman Duncan 1841 – 1914​

(Buried: Natchez City Cemetery, Natchez, Mississippi)​

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Eliza Theodosia Quitman Routh 1842 – 1867​

(Buried: Natchez City Cemetery, Natchez, Mississippi)​

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Fredricka Quitman Ogden Smith 1844 – 1911​

(Buried: Natchez City Cemetery, Natchez, Mississippi)​

Education:

1816: Graduated from Hartwick Seminary​

Occupation:

1818: Instructor at Mount Airy College in Pennsylvania​

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1820 – 1821: Attorney in Chillicothe, Ohio​

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1821 – 1826: Attorney in Natchez, Mississippi​

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1821 – 1858: Plantation Owner in Mississippi and Louisiana​

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1850: Turned down to lead Narciso Lopez's Filibuster Army​

Military Career:

1846 – 1847: Brigadier General in United States Army

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1847 – 1848: Major General in United States Army​

Political Career:

1826 – 1827: Mississippi State Representative​

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1828 – 1835: Chancellor for the State of Mississippi​

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1832: Member of Mississippi State Constitutional Convention​

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1835 – 1836: Mississippi State Senator​

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1835 – 1836: President of Mississippi State Senate​

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1835 – 1836: Acting Governor of Mississippi​

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1838: Judge of Mississippi High Court of Errors and Appeals​

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1850 – 1851: Governor of Mississippi​

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1855 – 1858: U.S. Congressman from Mississippi​

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1855 – 1858: Congressional Chairman of Military Affairs Committee​

Died: July 17, 1858

Place of Death: Monmouth Plantation near Natchez, Mississippi

Cause of Death: Effects of National Hotel Disease contracted in D.C.

Age at time Death: 59 years old

Burial Place: Natchez City Cemetery, Natchez, Mississippi

 

[gentlemanrob]

Obit:

 

[ErnieMac]

Quitman's home, Monmouth Plantation operates as an inn. My wife and I stayed for our anniversary 15+ years ago and had a very enjoyable stay. We were not visited by the general's ghost which has been reported to haunt the inn.

 

[James N.]

Quitman is reputed to have been poisoned, likely by one of his house servants, possibly in revenge for his sexual peccadilloes!

 

[ErnieMac]

Quitman was heavily involved with filibustering efforts to annex Cuba and admit it to the Union as a slave state. He strongly opposed the Compromise of 1850 and began promoting secession shortly afterward.

 

[Norman Dasinger Jr]

A politically powerful American

 

[Pollaco]

He was elected governor of Mississippi in 1850 and only served from January 10, 1850 until Feb.3, 1851 when he resigned.This was after his arrest for violating U.S. neutrality laws.