Hazlewood Power Farish (September 15, 1880 – January 4, 1958) was a Democratic Mississippi state senator, representing the 20th district, which composed of Issaquena and Sharkey counties, from 1908 to 1912.
Hazlewood Power Farish | |
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| Member of the Mississippi State Senate from the 20th district | |
| In office January 1908 – January 1912 | |
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| Born | September 15, 1880 Mayersville, MS |
| Died | January 4, 1958 (aged 77) Des Moines, IA |
| Political party | Democrat |
Biography
editHazlewood Power Farish was born on September 15, 1880, in Mayersville, Mississippi.[1][2][3] He was the son of Confederate Army veteran Robert Davis Farish and his wife, Carolyn Harrison (Power) Farish.[3] Hazlewood attended the public schools of Issaquena County.[3] In 1897, he was the Lieutenant of the First Regiment of the Mississippi National Guard.[3] He graduated from the University of Mississippi Law School with a L.L.B. in 1899.[3][1] He was admitted to the bar the same year and started practicing law.[3][1] Then, he was an attorney in the Board of Supervisors of Issaquena County.[3] He was elected to represent the 20th district, which was composed of Issaquena and Sharkey Counties, of the Mississippi State Senate, as a Democrat, in 1907 for the 1908 to 1912 term.[3][1] In 1919, he was partners in a law firm with fellow former state senator Van Buren Boddie.[1] He died on January 4, 1958, in Des Moines, Iowa.[4][5]
Personal life
editFarish was a member of the Episcopalian Church.[2] He was a member of the Knights of Pythias.[3] Farish married Mildred Henrietta Lillard on November 14, 1906 in New Orleans, Louisiana.[3] Mildred died on June 9, 1907.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e The American Bar. J.C. Fifield Company. 1919. p. 474.
- ^ a b The New Age Magazine. Supreme Council, 33,̊ Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry of the Southern Jurisdiction, U.S.A. 1958. p. 254.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Rowland, Dunbar (1908). The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi. Department of Archives and History. pp. 1008–1009.
- ^ The New Age Magazine. Supreme Council, 33,̊ Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry of the Southern Jurisdiction, U.S.A. 1958. p. 254.
- ^ Fifield, James Clark (1962). The American Bar. J.C. Fifield Company. p. 779.