Barney Semmelman
Barney Semmelman | |
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| Member of the Mississippi House of Representatives from the Clay County district | |
| In office January 3, 1916 – 1917 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 22, 1877 Leutenberg, German Empire |
| Died | July 3, 1925 (aged 48) |
Barney Samuel Semmelman (January 22, 1877 - July 3, 1925) was a German-American politician and Democratic member of the Mississippi House of Representatives, representing Clay County, from 1916 to 1917.
Biography
[edit]Barney Samuel Semmelman was born on January 22, 1877, in Leutenberg, German Empire.[1][2] He was the son of Charles Semmelman and his wife Esther, who were paternal cousins.[2] He was Jewish.[3][1][2] He had an older brother, Herman, who died in 1912.[4] The family moved to Brooklyn when Barney was about 10 years old.[2] He and his brother came to Clay County, Mississippi, in 1898.[2][4] He was a Captain of Company G of the 2nd Ind. Battalion of the Mississippi National Guard.[2] He was elected to represent Clay County as a Democrat in the Mississippi House of Representatives in November 1915, receiving 866 out of 1300 total votes polled.[2] He resigned from this position in 1917 to serve in the US Army during World War I.[5] He died on July 3, 1925, and was buried in the Jewish section of the Friendship Cemetery in Columbus, Mississippi.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "ISJL - Mississippi Columbus Jewish Cemetery List Encyclopedia". Goldring/Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life. Retrieved 2021-03-19.
- ^ a b c d e f g History, Mississippi Department of Archives and (1917). The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi. Department of Archives and History. p. 845.
- ^ Landman, Isaac; Cohen, Simon (1942). The Universal Jewish Encyclopedia ...: An Authoritative and Popular Presentation of Jews and Judaism Since the Earliest Times. Universal Jewish Encyclopedia, Incorporated. p. 589.
- ^ a b Supreme Court, Appellate Division- First Department. pp. 30–31.
- ^ Representatives, Mississippi Legislature House of (1918). Journal. p. 6.
- ^ "Friendship Cemetery Jewish section, Columbus, Lowndes County, Mississippi". usgwarchives.net. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
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