History of Natchez, (Adams County) Mississippi United States of America

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Biographies:

William S. Forman, representative, was born in Natchez, Miss., Jan. 20, 1847; son of William B. and Mary C. Forman; and grandson of Hamilton Forman of Kentucky. In 1851 he removed with his father to Washington county, Ill. He was admitted to the bar in 1871, was a member of the state senate during the 34th and 35th general assemblies, 1885-89, and represented the 18th Illinois district in the 51st, 52d and 53d congresses, 1889-95. He was United States commissioner of internal revenue from Nov. 20, 1896, to Jan. 1, 1898.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

William Lattimore, delegate, was born in Norfolk, Va., Feb. 9, 1774. He became a physician, and removed to Natchez in the Southwest Territory. On the formation of Mississipi Territory in 1798, he took an active part in the organization of a government and was elected the first delegate from the territory to the U.S. congress, serving in the 8th and 9th congresses, 1803-07, when George Poindexter succeeded him as delegate, serving, 1807-13, and Lattimore was again delegate to the 13th and 14th congresses, 1813-17. He was a member of the first state constitutional convention in 1817, and on the admission of the state returned to the practice of his profession. He died at Natchez, Miss., April 3, 1843.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

Francis Griffith Newlands, representative, was born in Natchez, Miss., Aug. 28, 1848; son of James Birney and Jessie (Burland) Newlands. He attended Yale college in the class of 1867, and the Columbian University Law school, D.C., but did not graduate. He was admitted to the bar at Washington, D.C., and removed to San Francisco, Cal., where he practised until 1886, when he was appointed a trustee of the estate of William Sharon , and removed to Nevada. He advocated the free coinage of silver; was vice-chairman of the national silver committee, and was a Democratic representative in the 53d, 54th, 55th, 56th and 57th congresses, 1893-1903. He was twice married, first in 1874 to Clara Adelaide, daughter of Senator William Sharon, and secondly in 1888 to Edith, daughter of Hall McAllister of California. He received the honorary degree of M.A. from Yale university in 1901.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

Sarah Anne Ellis Dorsey, author, was born in Natchez, Miss., Feb. 16, 1829; daughter of Thomas and ??(Ware) Ellis; stepdaughter of Gen. Charles G. Dahlgren, C.S.A.; and a niece of Catharine Ann (Ware) Warfield, author of "The Household of Bouverie." She was educated under private teachers and spent much time in foreign travel and study, acquiring a proficiency in painting and music, and becoming an accomplished linguist. She was married in 1853 to Samuel W. Dorsey, a lawyer and planter of Tensas parish, La. Her first literary work was done for the New York Churchman, under the pen-name "Filia Ecclesi?." She was deeply interested in the welfare of the colored race and erected a chapel on her plantation in which she taught a class of negroes every Sunday. On the outbreak of the civil war she entered a Confederate hospital as nurse, and gave freely of her fortune to aid the southern cause. Her husband died in 1875 and she removed to her estate at Beauvoir, La., where she devoted her time to literary work. Upon the removal of Jefferson Davis and his family to "The Pavillion," a portion of her estate, she gave valuable assistance to Mr. Davis in the preparation of the "Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government in America." She bequeathed her entire estate at Beauvoir to Mr. Davis, making his youngest daughter the residuary legatee. Her published works include: Recollections of Henry Watkins Allen, ex-Governor of Louisiana (1866); Lucia Dare (1867); Agnes Graham (1869); Atalie; or, a Southern Villeggiatura (1871); and Panola ; a Tale of Louisiana (1877). She died in New Orleans, La., July 4, 1879.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor