James A. Shorter, Jr.

James A. Shorter, Jr. (Hinds County)

State House: 1882-1883

Born: c. 1842 in Virginia

Farmer and teacher. Graduate of Tougaloo. Served on the board of registrars for Hinds County in the early 1870s. Son of African Methodist Episcopal bishop James Alexander Shorter. Married Reba F. Young in 1877 and is listed with her on the 1880 census in Dry Grove, Hinds County. He died sometime before 1898 when Reba remarried.

Signature of James A. Shorter, Jr.
Signature of James A. Shorter, Jr.
Hinds County Gazette, May 1, 1872
Hinds County Gazette, May 1, 1872
Petition to Governor Ames, Feb 12, 1874
Petition to Governor Ames, Feb 12, 1874
Weekly Mississippi Pilot, February 20, 1875
Weekly Mississippi Pilot, Feb 20, 1875
Weekly Mississippi Pilot, March 13, 1875
Weekly Mississippi Pilot, March 13, 1875
Clarion Ledger, May 19, 1875
Weekly Mississippi Pilot, August 14, 1875
Daily Mississippi Pilot, October 13, 1875
The Comet, June 14, 1879
The Comet, November 1, 1879
The Comet, October 15, 1881
Hinds County Gazette, November 2, 1881
The Comet, March 4, 1882

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