Richard Abbay
Richard Abbay | |
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| Member of theMississippi Senate from the 34th district | |
| In office January 1900 – January 1904 | |
| Member of theMississippi House of Representatives from theTunica Countydistrict | |
| In office January 1896 – January 1900 | |
| In office January 1888 – January 1892 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | June 9, 1838 Davidson County, Tennessee |
| Died | June 5, 1919(aged 80) Commerce, Mississippi |
| Political party | Democrat |
Richard Felix Abbay(June 9, 1838 - June 5, 1919) was an American politician and planter and aDemocraticMississippi state legislator in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Biography
[edit]Richard Felix Abbay was born inDavidson County, Tennessee,on June 9, 1838.[1][2]He was the son of Richard, a planter, and Mary (Compton) Abbay.[1]Abbay was raised inMississippi,and received his early education inTennessee.[1][2]He graduated fromCumberland Universityin 1858.[1]He then had to go toCubadue to poor health.[1]He was able to return toNew Orleanson the last ship to enter the port before theUnion blockade,theHabana.[1]After returning, Richard joined theConfederate States Army,but, after briefly serving, he had to return home (toTunica County, Mississippi) after suffering astrokeof paralysis.[1]
Career
[edit]Abbayread lawunder GeneralJames R. Chalmersand was admitted to theTennesseebar in 1867.[1][2]After four years, he stopped practicing law to focus on his familyplantationinTunica County, Mississippi.[1][3]Abbay was first elected to theMississippi House of Representatives,representingTunica Countyas a Democrat in 1887 for the 1888-1890 term.[1][4]He was re-elected (in 1889) for the 1890-1892 term.[1]Abbay also served on the1890 Mississippi Constitutional Convention.[1]Abbay served again in the House from 1896 to 1900.[4][5]He was elected to theMississippi State Senatein 1899 to represent the 34th district, which composed of Mississippi'sCoahoma,Quitman,andTunicacounties, from 1900 to 1904.[3][6]
Later life
[edit]Abbay died at his home inCommerce, Mississippi,[7]on June 5, 1919.[2]
References
[edit]- ^abcdefghijklBiographical 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. 276.
- ^abcdMooney, Charles Patrick Joseph (1920).The Mid-South and Its Builders: Being the Story of the Development and a Forecast of the Future of the Richest Agricultural Region in the World.Mid-South Biographic and Historical Association. p. 656.
- ^abMississippi (1900).Department Reports.pp. 54, 85.
- ^abRowland, Dunbar (1917).The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi.Department of Archives and History. p. 209.
- ^Mississippi (1898).Department Reports.p. 16.
- ^Mississippi Official and Statistical Register.Secretary of State. 1900.
- ^"Obituary for COL. R. F. ABBAY".Nashville Banner.1919-06-06. p. 20.Retrieved2022-02-17.
