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Boothe, James B. James B. Boothe was born in Gates County, North Carolina, March 1, 1844. When he was only two years of age his parents removed to Mississippi, bringing their son with them. They first settled in Yalobusha County, but in 1855 removed to Tallahatchie County where young Boothe resided until 1861 when he entered the Southern army. During the war he was in the hottest of the conflict, serving in the army of Virginia. He took part in several skirmishes, and was in the battles around Richmond and Lynchburg, losing his right arm in the battle of the Wilderness. As a consequence of this permanent disability he returned home, and taught school for several months. In 1865 he was elected circuit clerk and served in that capacity until 1869, when he was removed from office by Governor Ames.
The previous year he had been admitted to the bar, and from 1869 until 1874 he practiced law at Charleston. In the latter part of the year 1874 he removed to Sardis, where he formed a partnership with James G. Hall. He was prominently connected with local and State politics throughout the campaign of 1875, and for twenty-five years thereafter. He served as State senator from 1886 to 1890, and was a member of the constitutional convention of that year. He practiced law at Sardis and was made circuit judge in 1903. After serving four years on the bench he retired to his private practice in 1907, and is now (1912) a member of the law firm of "Noel, Boothe, and Pepper" at Lexington, county seat of Holmes County, Mississippi."Publications of the Mississippi Historical Society -- Submitted By: Cathy Danielson Added Jan 2009 Hall, James G. James G. Hall was born in 1847 in Tallahatchie County. He served in the Confederate army throughout the war. After the surrender he taught school and read law. He was soon admitted to the bar, and in 1868 became county attorney of Tallahatchie County, serving until the following year, when he was removed by Governor Ames because he could not take the amnesty oath. In 1871 he moved to Sardis, where he entered into partnership with L. P. Cooper, and later with J. B. Boothe. In 1882 he was appointed chancellor by Governor Lowry, and was reappointed in 1886. He died in January, 1890. Judge Hall was one of the most learned lawyers of his district. He was a conscientious, hard worker; thoroughly devoted to his profession; a careful, painstaking chancellor. His work in aiding the Democrats to overthrow the carpetbag government, his career as a legislator, and his services as chancery judge combined. Publications of the Mississippi Historical Society -- Submitted By: Cathy Danielson Added Jan 2009 Whitten, Jamie Loyd Whitten, Jamie Lloyd, a Representative from Mississippi; born in Cascilla, Tallahatchie County, Miss., April 18, 1910; attended the public schools and the literary and law departments of the University of Mississippi at Oxford; was admitted to the bar in 1932 and commenced the practice at Charleston, Miss.; principal of the Cowart School in Tallahatchie County, Miss., in 1930 and 1931; member of the State house of representatives in 1931 and 1932; elected district attorney of the seventeenth district of Mississippi, 1933-1941; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-seventh Congress by special election, November 4, 1941, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Wall Doxey; reelected to the twenty-six succeeding Congresses and served from November 4, 1941, to January 3, 1995; not a candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Fourth Congress; cochairman, Joint Committee on Budget Control (Ninety-second and Ninety-third Congresses); chairman, Committee on Appropriations (Ninety-sixth through One Hundred Second Congresses); died in Oxford, Miss., on September 9, 1995. Congressional Biographies of the United States Congress, 1737-present; -- A Newell Added 17 May 2012