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Jeremiah Joseph O'Keefe III (July 12, 1923 – August 23, 2016) was an American fighter ace, Democratic Party politician, insurance executive, and funeral director. As a Marine pilot in World War II he received the Navy Cross for five of the seven kills he recorded over Okinawa. After the war he entered politics, serving as a member of the ...
Greenwood Cemetery is a cemetery located in downtown Jackson, Mississippi. Still in use, it was established by a federal land grant on November 21, 1821. It was originally known simply as "The Graveyard" and later as "City Cemetery" before the present name was adopted in 1899. It is the final resting place of Confederate generals, former ...
Politician, planter and entrepreneur. Greenwood LeFlore or Greenwood Le Fleur (June 3, 1800 – August 31, 1865) served as the elected Principal Chief of the Choctaw in 1830 before removal. Before that, the nation was governed by three district chiefs and a council of chiefs. A wealthy and regionally influential Choctaw of mixed-race, who ...
This is a list of plantations and/or plantation houses in the U.S. state of Mississippi that are National Historic Landmarks, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, listed on a heritage register, or are otherwise significant for their history, association with significant events or people, or their architecture and design. [1] [2] [3]
James Kimble Vardaman (July 26, 1861 – June 25, 1930) was an American politician from the U.S. state of Mississippi. A Democrat, he served as the Governor of Mississippi from 1904 to 1908 and then represented Mississippi in the United States Senate from 1913 to 1919. Known as "The Great White Chief", Vardaman had gained electoral support for ...
The GNIS ID for the "building" is 707754. [2] Mississippi State Penitentiary ( MSP ), also known as Parchman Farm, is a maximum-security prison farm located in the unincorporated community of Parchman in Sunflower County, Mississippi, in the Mississippi Delta region. Occupying about 28 square miles (73 km 2) of land, [3] [4] Parchman is the ...
Ben Domenech (born 1981), conservative writer and blogger ( Jackson) David Herbert Donald (1920–2009), historian ( Goodman) Ellen Douglas (Josephine Haxton) (1921–2012), novelist ( Greenville) [ 67] Eliza Ann Dupuy (c. 1814 – 1880), first woman of Mississippi to earn her living as a writer.
A covered shelter, part of the "Greenwood Pond: Double Site" art installation, sits fenced off to visitors Friday, Feb. 16, 2024, at Greenwood Park in Des Moines.