Myron S. McNeil
c. 1904
Member of the Mississippi Senate
from the 11th district
In office
January 1904  January 1908
Preceded byElias A. Rowan
Succeeded byElias A. Rowan
Personal details
Born(1873-09-28)September 28, 1873
Crystal Springs, MS
DiedSeptember 1944(1944-09-00) (aged 70–71)
Political partyDemocrat
Alma materMillsaps College

Myron Sibbie McNeil (September 28, 1873 - buried October 1, 1944) was a Democratic Mississippi State Senator, representing the 11th District, from 1904 to 1908.

Early life and education

Myron Sibbie McNeil was born on September 28, 1873, in Crystal Springs, Mississippi.[1][2] He was the son of Jarrot Wesley McNeil and Lucy (Bob) McNeil.[1] His ancestors came from Scotland.[3] He was educated in Crystal Springs elementary schools.[4] He received a B. S. from Lexington Normal College.[2] He also graduated from the Millsaps College law school, where he received a Bachelor of Laws degree.[1][2]

Career

He was admitted to the bar in 1898 and began practicing law thereafter.[1][2] He was nominated to represent the 11th district, composed of Copiah County,[5] as a Democrat, in the Mississippi State Senate in August 1903 for the 1904–08 term, and was elected in November 1903.[1][2] Afterwards, he continued practicing law as an attorney in Hazlehurst.[6][7] He died of a heart attack in September 1844, and he was buried in Hazlehurst on October 1, 1944.[8][9]

Personal life

McNeil was a Methodist.[2] On July 6, 1904, he married Deborah Martin.[2] They had at least 1 child together, a daughter, who survived Deborah when she died in 1949.[10]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Rowland, Dunbar (1904). The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi. Department of Archives and History. p. 493.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p. 560.
  3. Mississippi Official and Statistical Register. 1904. p. 493.
  4. The Southerner: A Biographical Encyclopedia of Southern People, Featuring Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi and Louisiana; a Compilation of the Personnel and the Works of Many who Have Contributed and are Still Contributing to the Industrial, Financial and Cultural Greatness of the South. A Newspaper Reference Work. Southern editors association. 1945. p. 283.
  5. Rowland, Dunbar (1976). Mississippi: Contemporary biography. Reprint Company. p. 560. ISBN 978-0-87152-222-1.
  6. "Clarion-Ledger from Jackson, Mississippi on October 16, 1934 · Page 7". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2021-04-13.
  7. "Jackson Daily News from Jackson, Mississippi on August 19, 1918 · Page 5". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2021-04-13.
  8. "Clipped From McComb Daily Journal". McComb Daily Journal. 1944-10-04. p. 1. Retrieved 2021-04-13.
  9. "Clipped From McComb Daily Journal". McComb Daily Journal. 1944-10-04. p. 2. Retrieved 2021-04-13.
  10. "Clipped From Clarion-Ledger". Clarion-Ledger. 1949-08-29. p. 14. Retrieved 2021-04-13.
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