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Henry Clay Yawn

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Henry Clay Yawn
c. 1917
Member of the Mississippi Senate
from the 40th district
4th (1916-1917)
In office
January 1928 – January 1932
In office
January 1916 – January 1920
Personal details
Born(1859-07-05)July 5, 1859
Columbia, Alabama
DiedAugust 3, 1936(1936-08-03) (aged 77)
New Orleans, Louisiana
Political partyDemocrat
Children5

Henry Clay Yawn (July 5, 1859 - August 3, 1936) was a Democratic member of the Mississippi Senate from 1916 to 1920 and from 1928 to 1932.

Early life

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Henry Clay Yawn was born on July 5, 1859, in Columbia, Alabama.[1][2] He was the son of Greenbury Yawn and Melinda (Yawn) Yawn.[1][3] He was the only son of five children.[3] Yawn attended the rural schools of Covington County.[1] He attended Mount Carmel and Columbia High Schools.[1] He took a commercial course and taught at high schools in Columbia, Lumberton, and Purvis.[1] In 1891, he became the assistant superintendent of the Lumberton schools.[4] He became the town treasurer of Lumberton.[1]

Political career

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In November 1915, he was elected to represent Mississippi's 4th senatorial district as a Democrat in the Mississippi Senate from 1916 to 1920.[1] After the senate districts were redistricted in 1917, he was moved to the 40th district in the 1918 session.[1] He was a Prohibitionist.[1] He did not seek re-election until 1927, when he was elected to the Mississippi Senate again for the 40th district to serve from 1928 to 1932.[2][4] He died on August 3, 1936, in New Orleans, Louisiana.[4]

Personal life

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Yawn married art teacher Frances "Fannie" Lee Limbaugh, who he met while being the Lumberton assistant superintendent, on August 2, 1893.[3][4][1] They had five children: Gladys, born May 8, 1894; Frances Lois, born August 22, 1897; Henry Clay Junior, born December 5, 1899; Howard Hinton, born February 15, 1901; and Rosalind, born December 13, 1904.[1][3][4] All five children survived Henry Sr. when he died.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Rowland, Dunbar (1917). The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi. Department of Archives and History. pp. 760–761.
  2. ^ a b Mississippi. Legislature (1928-01-01). "Hand book : biographical data of members of Senate and House, personnel of standing committees [1928]". Mississippi Legislature Hand Books.
  3. ^ a b c d Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Contemporary biography. Reprint Company. ISBN 978-0-87152-222-1.
  4. ^ a b c d e f "Henry Clay Yawn Obituary". Clarion-Ledger. 1936-08-06. p. 2. Retrieved 2021-05-12.