Dabney Lipscomb

Dabney Lipscomb (May 6, 1803 - June 22, 1850)[1] was a physician, an academic and state legislator in Mississippi. He served as president of the Mississippi Senate. During his term he fell seriously ill and John Isaac Guion took over his duties.[2] During a recess the governor resigned and Guion became governor pro tempore.[3]

He represented Lowndes County, Mississippi, and served as president of the Senate from 1848 to 1851.[4] He was a faculty member and trustee of Mississippi Industrial Institute and College. He wrote a history of the institution.[4]

His son William Lowndes Lipscomb was a surgeon whose history of Columbus County was published posthumously.[5] Lipscomb also had prominent grandchildren including literature professor and author Dabney Lipscomb.

He died June 22, 1850, whilst at home in Columbus, Mississippi, he died of chronic diarrhoea which he had been suffering with for months.[6][7] He was honored in the Senate on Monday November 18, 1850.[8]

References
  1. "Dabney Lipscomb - Grave Marker Photograph". Find a Grave. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
  2. "Proceedings of the Legislature". Mississippi Free Trader and Natchez Gazette. 27 February 1850. p. 1. Retrieved 14 May 2022.open access
  3. Rowland, Dunbar (May 3, 1907). "Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form". Southern Historical Publishing Association – via Google Books.
  4. History, Mississippi Department of Archives and (May 3, 1908). "The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi". Department of Archives and History – via Google Books.
  5. Lipscomb, William Lowndes (1909). A History of Columbus, Mississippi, During the 19th Century. Press of Dispatch printing Company. p. 5-7.
  6. "Dr Dabney Lipscomb dead". Monroe Democrat. 3 July 1850. p. 4. Retrieved 14 May 2022.open access
  7. "Decease of Dr. Dabney Lipscomb". The Weekly Mississippian. 5 July 1850. p. 2. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
  8. "Legislative Proceedings". The Weekly Mississippian. 22 November 1850. p. 2. Retrieved 14 May 2022.


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