Sam Mims Jr.

Samuel Cochran Mims, Jr. (November 27, 1880 - December 12, 1946) was a Mississippi state senator, representing the state's 36th district as a Democrat, from 1916 to 1920.

Sam Mims Jr.
c. 1916
Member of the Mississippi Senate
from the 36th district
In office
January 1916 – January 1920
Personal details
Born(1880-11-27)November 27, 1880
Marshall County, MS
DiedDecember 12, 1946(1946-12-12) (aged 66)
Political partyDemocrat
SpouseVirginia Stone (m. 1915)
RelationsSam Mims V (great-grandson)

Biography

Samuel Cochran Mims, Jr. was born on November 27, 1880, in Chulahoma, Marshall County, Mississippi.[1][2] He was the son of Samuel Cochran Mims and Jessie (Thompson) Mims.[1] Mims Sr. was a member of the Board of Supervisors of Marshall County.[3][1] In 1892, his family moved to Byhalia, Mississippi.[1] Mims Jr. then graduated from the University of Mississippi.[1] He was admitted to the bar in 1909.[1] He began practicing law after that.[2] He served as the County Attorney of Marshall County from May 1910 to December 1915.[1][4] In 1915, he was elected to the Mississippi State Senate for the 1916–1920 term, as one of the three senators representing the 36th district and the senator representing Marshall County in that district.[1] Later, he resided in Grenada, Mississippi, where he continued to practice law.[5][6] Mims died on December 12, 1946, and was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery in Grenada, Mississippi.[7]

Personal life

Mims married Virginia Stone in 1915. They had a son named Samuel Cochran Mims, III.[8] Mims Jr's great-grandson, and Mims III's grandson, Sam C. Mims V, also served in the Mississippi State Legislature.[9]

References
  1. Rowland, Dunbar (1917). The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi. Mississippi Department of Archives and History. p. 801.
  2. Herringshaw's American Blue-book of Biography: Prominent Americans of ... An Accurate Biographical Record of Prominent Citizens in All Walks of Life ... American Publishers' Association. 1915. p. 853.
  3. Mississippi (1900). Department Reports. p. 74.
  4. Flood, T. H. (1910). Cases Argued and Decided in the Supreme Court of Mississippi. Mississippi Supreme Court. pp. viii.
  5. Mississippi (1945). Department Reports: State of Mississippi. Secretary of State. p. 64.
  6. The Insurance Law Journal. D.T. & L.H. Potter. 1937. p. 564.
  7. "Woodlawn Cemetery - Surnames M - Grenada County, Mississippi". www.interment.net. Retrieved 2021-03-31.
  8. "Obituary for Samuel Cochran Mims (Aged 65)". The Greenwood Commonwealth. 6 July 1982. p. 1. Retrieved 2021-03-30.
  9. "Clipped From Enterprise-Journal". Enterprise-Journal. 2006-03-31. pp. D002. Retrieved 2022-07-19.


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