Barry W. Benson

Barry W. Benson
4th Secretary of State of Mississippi
In office
January 1835 – June 11, 1839
GovernorHiram Runnels
John A. Quitman
Charles Lynch
Alexander G. McNutt
Preceded byD. C. Dickson
Succeeded byDavid Dickson
Thomas B. Woodward
Personal details
Born1811 or 1812
Mississippi
Died (aged 27)
Columbus, Mississippi
Political partyDemocrat

Barry W. Benson (1811/1812 – June 11, 1839) was the Mississippi Secretary of State from 1835 to 1839. He was a Democrat.[1]

Biography

Barry W. Benson was born in Mississippi.[2] His father was a Mississippi pioneer.[2] Barry W. Benson was elected to the office of the Secretary of State of Mississippi in January 1835.[3][4][5] He was re-elected to the office in 1837.[5][6] At the time of his death, he was the incumbent office holder as well as the Democratic candidate for re-election.[1][7][8]

Death

Benson died of pulmonary tuberculosis[9] at the age of 27 on June 11, 1839, at the home of his father-in-law in Columbus, Mississippi, and was survived by his mother and his widow.[10][5][1][11][9] He had recently gone to Cuba to try to improve his lung condition.[12] In early July 1839, Thomas B. Woodward of Yazoo County was appointed by Governor Alexander McNutt to fill in the vacancy caused by Benson's death.[13][14]

Personal life

Benson married the eldest daughter of Major Richard Barry.[15] She remarried after Benson's death.[15]

References

  1. ^ a b c "20 Jun 1839, 2 - Macon Intelligencer at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2021-03-28.
  2. ^ a b "The Weekly Mississippian from Jackson, Mississippi on July 10, 1835 · Page 3". Newspapers.com. 10 July 1835. Retrieved 2021-04-15.
  3. ^ Mississippi Department of Archives and History (1908). The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi. Department of Archives and History. p. 28.
  4. ^ "2016-2020 MISSISSIPPI BLUE BOOK". www.sos.ms.gov. p. 717. Archived from the original on 2017-05-01. Retrieved 2021-03-28.
  5. ^ a b c "Vicksburg Tri-Weekly Sentinel from Vicksburg, Mississippi on June 28, 1839 · Page 2". Newspapers.com. 28 June 1839. Retrieved 2021-03-28.
  6. ^ History, Mississippi Department of Archives and (1914). Annual Report of the Mississippi Department of Archives and History. Department of Archives and History. p. 67.
  7. ^ The New-Yorker. H. Greeley & Company. 1839. p. 250.
  8. ^ Mississippi; Hutchinson, Anderson (1848). Code of Mississippi: Being an Analytical Compilation of the Public and General Statutes of the Territory and State, with Tabular References to the Local and Private Acts, from 1798-1848. compiler. p. 390.
  9. ^ a b "Vicksburg Tri-Weekly Sentinel from Vicksburg, Mississippi on June 19, 1839 · Page 3". Newspapers.com. 19 June 1839. Retrieved 2021-04-15.
  10. ^ The American Almanac and Repository of Useful Knowledge. Charles Bowen. 1839. p. 306.
  11. ^ HOUGH, FRANK B. (1875). AMERICAN BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES. p. 25.
  12. ^ "22 Jun 1839, 2 - Southern Banner at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2021-04-15.
  13. ^ "2 Jul 1839, 2 - Southern Argus at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2021-11-22.
  14. ^ "The Weekly Mississippian from Jackson, Mississippi on July 12, 1839 · 2". Newspapers.com. 12 July 1839. Retrieved 2021-11-22.
  15. ^ a b Lipscomb, William Lowndes (1909). A History of Columbus, Mississippi, During the 19th Century. Press of Dispatch printing Company. p. 33.