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G. G. Dillard
Member of the Mississippi State Senate
from the 19th district
In office
January 1884 – January 1892
Personal details
Born1839 (1839)
Oktibbeha County, Mississippi, U.S.
Died (aged 82)
Starkville, Mississippi, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic

George G. Dillard (1839 - June 13, 1921) was an American lawyer, soldier, and politician.

He was born in the year 1839 in Oktibbeha County, Mississippi.[1] He was the eldest son of eleven children of Thomas Wise Dillard (born 1808) and Sarah B. Dunpree.[2][3][4] His siblings included Dr. W. R. Dillard (died 1909) and Virginia Anson Lewis Dillard Lowrence (1850-1911).[2][3] He entered the University of Mississippi in 1857 and graduated in 1861.[5][6][4]

He served as a sergeant and then Captain in the 35th Mississippi Infantry in the Confederate Army.[5] He was then a commander in Mississippi's National Guard. He was an attorney, and served as Mayor of Macon, Mississippi, in from 1872 to 1879.[7][4] He represented the 19th District in the Mississippi State Senate from 1884 to 1892.[8][9] He represented Noxubee County at the 1890 Mississippi Constitutional Convention.[10] In April 1893, Dillard was appointed Consul-General to Guayaquil by Grover Cleveland.[11][12]

He was a National Guard commander at the unveiling ceremonies for a monument to Confederate Army veterans in Jackson, Mississippi.[13]

Dillard died at his home near Starkville, Mississippi, on June 13, 1921, aged 82.[14][15]

Personal life

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Dillard was a "lifelong member" of the Episcopal Church.[5] He was a member of the Odd Fellows, the Knights of Pythias, the Knights of Honor, and the A.F. & A.M.[4] He never married.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "1888 Senate · Mississippi State University Libraries". msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com. Retrieved December 5, 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Article clipped from The Starkville News". The Starkville News. October 29, 1909. p. 3. Retrieved April 11, 2025.
  3. ^ a b "A Brother's Tribute". East Mississippi Times. March 24, 1911. p. 2. Retrieved April 11, 2025.
  4. ^ a b c d Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Mississippi: Embracing an Authentic and Comprehensive Account of the Chief Events in the History of the State and a Record of the Lives of Many of the Most Worthy and Illustrious Families and Individuals. Goodspeed. 1891. p. 648.
  5. ^ a b c d "Obituary for Geo. G. Dillard's". East Mississippi Times. June 17, 1921. p. 1. Retrieved April 11, 2025.
  6. ^ "Obituary for G. Cf DILLARD". The Vicksburg Herald. June 15, 1921. p. 4. Retrieved April 11, 2025.
  7. ^ "Article clipped from Macon Beacon". Macon Beacon. January 13, 1877. p. 2. Retrieved April 11, 2025.
  8. ^ Senate, Mississippi Legislature (December 2, 1890). "Journal" – via Google Books.
  9. ^ Rowland, Dunbar (1917). The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi. Department of Archives and History. p. 194.
  10. ^ "Mississippi Constitution Art. 15, § 285". Findlaw.
  11. ^ "George Dillard consul". The Mississippi Press. March 17, 1893. p. 2. Retrieved April 11, 2025.
  12. ^ "Article clipped from Oxford Eagle". Oxford Eagle. March 16, 1893. p. 2. Retrieved April 11, 2025.
  13. ^ Society, Southern Historical (December 2, 1890). "Southern Historical Society Papers". Virginia Historical Society – via Google Books.
  14. ^ "Obituary for 1. C. Dillard". Jackson Daily News. June 13, 1921. p. 3. Retrieved April 11, 2025.
  15. ^ "Death of Capt.Geo.G.Dillard". Macon Beacon. June 17, 1921. p. 1. Retrieved April 11, 2025.


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