Albert Boyd Sojourner (February 4, 1872 - November 17, 1951) was a Democratic member of the

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, representing Adams County from 1916 to 1924.

Biography

Albert Boyd Sojourner was born on February 4, 1872, in Kingston,

Adams County, Mississippi Adams County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2020 census, the population was 29,538. The county seat is Natchez. The county is the first to have been organized in the former Mississippi Territory. It is named ...

. His father, Absolom Hardy Sojourner, was a

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veteran and member of the

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. Albert was the Justice of the Peace in Adams County, District No. 2, from 1909 to 1915, and was elected to the Mississippi House of Representatives, representing his native Adams County, in 1915. He was then re-elected in 1919. He died on November 17, 1951.

Personal life

He married Kate Aubrey Bailey in 1907, and she died in 1915. They had five children, Absolom Hardy, Carol Picket, Alexander Boyd, William Aubrey, and Laurence Jackson Sojourner. Albert's great-granddaughter via his son Boyd is Mississippi state senator

Melanie Sojourner Melanie Sojourner (born January 5, 1968) is an American politician from the state of Mississippi. She serves in the Mississippi State Senate, representing the 37th district. She is a member of the Republican Party. She was born in Centreville, ...

References

1872 births 1951 deaths Democratic Party members of the Mississippi House of Representatives People from Adams County, Mississippi {{Mississippi-politician-stub