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Edmund Favor Noel

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Edmund Favor Noel

Birth
Lexington, Holmes County, Mississippi, USA
Death
30 Jul 1927 (aged 71)
Lexington, Holmes County, Mississippi, USA
Burial
Lexington, Holmes County, Mississippi, USA GPS-Latitude: 33.117737, Longitude: -90.03403
Plot
Section 9
Memorial ID
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Edmund Favor Noel of Lexington, Holmes County, Miss was born on the family plantation near Lexington, Holmes County, Miss., March 4, 1856. He was the son of Leland Noel and Margaret A. (Sanders) Noel. Edmund married, June 4, 1890, to Loula Hoskins (died 1891) and Alice (Tye) Neilson, on September 11, 1905.

Democrat. Lawyer; member of Mississippi state house of representatives, 1881-82; member of Mississippi state senate, 1895-1903, 1920-27; served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; Governor of Mississippi, 1908-12; first chairman of first conference of governors, 1908. Baptist. Member, Freemasons.

He died July 30, 1927. Interment at Odd Fellows Cemetery, Lexington, Miss.
Edmund Favor Noel of Lexington, Holmes County, Miss was born on the family plantation near Lexington, Holmes County, Miss., March 4, 1856. He was the son of Leland Noel and Margaret A. (Sanders) Noel. Edmund married, June 4, 1890, to Loula Hoskins (died 1891) and Alice (Tye) Neilson, on September 11, 1905.

Democrat. Lawyer; member of Mississippi state house of representatives, 1881-82; member of Mississippi state senate, 1895-1903, 1920-27; served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; Governor of Mississippi, 1908-12; first chairman of first conference of governors, 1908. Baptist. Member, Freemasons.

He died July 30, 1927. Interment at Odd Fellows Cemetery, Lexington, Miss.


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