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Moze Hunt Jones

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Moze Hunt Jones
Member of the Mississippi House of Representatives
from the Franklin County district
In office
January 1908 – May 21, 1914
Personal details
Born(1883-02-21)February 21, 1883
Little Springs, Mississippi
DiedMay 21, 1914(1914-05-21) (aged 31)
Political partyDemocrat

Moze Hunt Jones (February 21, 1883 – May 21, 1914) was a Democratic member of the Mississippi House of Representatives, representing Franklin County, from 1908 to his death.

Biography

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Moze Hunt Jones was born on February 21, 1883, in Little Springs, Franklin County, Mississippi.[1][2] He was the son of William Franklin Jones and Iveanore (Hunt) Jones.[1] Jones attended the public schools of Little Springs.[1] He graduated from Mississippi College with a B. S. degree in 1902.[1] He earned his law degree from the University of Mississippi at Oxford in 1903, and practiced law thereinafter.[1] Other than being a lawyer, he also was a planter and owned and took care of a plantation.[1] He was elected to the Mississippi House of Representatives, representing Franklin County as a Democrat, in November 1907.[1] He was re-elected in 1911.[2] However, he died on May 21, 1914, before his term ended.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g Rowland, Dunbar (1908). The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi. Department of Archives and History. p. 1048.
  2. ^ a b Rowland, Dunbar (1912). The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi. Department of Archives and History.
  3. ^ Mississippi Legislature House of Representatives (1916). Journal. p. 125.