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Born
in Halifax County, NC. Lived in Tennessee; Palo
Alto, MS (now Abbot) |
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Lawyer; Author; Mississippi Senator |
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Served
in the Civil War; Married Louisa Howell; Among children were James Burkitt and Benjamin Franklin "Frank" Burkitt (who was Editor of the Chickasaw Messenger in Okalona, MS and ran for governor of Mississippi for the Populist Party in 1892).
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Original letters from Henry Burkitt can be found on the web (at Mississippi's MSGenWeb project):
http://www.rootsweb.com/~msclay/burkitt01.html
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Bibliography
Burkitt's
Maxims and Guide to Youth: Dedicated to the Youth of the
Present and Rising Generations by Henry L. Burkitt.
Philadelphia: Collins, printer, 1882.
[deG BJ1661.B85]
