Jefferson County, Mississippi

Jefferson County Obituaries & Biographies

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From the 1904 Expo Edition of the Fayette Chronicle

Mr. L. W. Carradine was born in Adams county, Miss. January 22, 1838, his father, William Rapalje Carradine, being one of the old settlers of this section of Mississippi. After receiving his education at the University of Virginia and Yale College, Mr. Carradine enlisted in 1861 in the Ninth Mississippi Regiment for service in the Confederate Army.

Though ill health prevented him from engaging in active service, Mr. Carradine’s loyalty to the “lost cause” was proven by a service in the purchasing and disbursing departments of the government.

After the war he engaged in planting in Louisiana and moved to Fayette in 1874. His popularity is evidenced by the official positions he has held. He was elected superintendent of education in 1882, and in 1884 was elected sheriff of Jefferson county and served five terms. He then engaged in the drug business and success has attended him.

Mr. Carradine is a gentleman of the old school and his friends are many.

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Obituary in the local newspaper

Leonard Wilkinson Carradine, who died Monday, Oct. 5, 1914, on his farm in Covington, La., was born near Washington, Adams county, Miss., in January, 1838. He was educated at the University of Virginia and Yale University. Following his graduation from Yale he engaged in extensive planting interests in Mississippi and Louisiana and at the beginning of the Civil War he enlisted in the Confederate army and saw active service in Mississippi, at the time his step-father, John Hunter, was mayor of this city.

For many years after the close of the war he served as superintendent of education and later as sheriff of Jefferson county, Miss. Advancing in years, he left Fayette to live with his daughter, Rebecca, now Mrs. Wilson Williams of New Orleans, La. A sad feature of his death is that it occurred suddenly, while apparently in perfect health on a small farm in Covington, La., aquired just a month ago. This farm seemed to be the attainment of his ambition and provided every comfort he could wish for.

He is survived by his widow, formerly Miss Mary Rivers, a sister of his first wife, Miss Emma Rivers, daughters of the late Douglass Rivers of Natchez. Three children survive his first marriage, Dr. J. H. Carradine of Memphis, Tenn.; Mrs. Will Dillehaye of Los Angeles, Ca., and Mrs. Wilson Williams of New Orleans. Mr. and Mrs. Williams accompanied the remains to Natchez and attended the interment. The funeral cortege left Foster's Funeral Parlors at 11:30 yesterday morning, interment being in the John Hunter lot. Rev. H. J. Maddox, pastor of the Pearl Street Methodist Church, officiated.

The following gentlemen acted pall bearers: W. P. Stewart, Jas. S. Fleming, A. G. Hootsell, P. D. Whitney, Charles H. Foster and Addison J. Foster.