From collection Member List
Private, Co. D, 12th Mississippi Infantry
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Minister. Born 1842 to William Webster Millsaps and Mary Wright. Pleasant Valley, Copiah Co. MS. Entered college in 1858. A number of relatives also attended Indiana Asbury, three of whom joined Beta Theta Pi in the early 1850s, including cousin Reuben Webster Millsaps. Millsaps College, Jackson MS, is named for Reuben. Initiated December 16, 1859. Minutes of December 17, 1860 notes "Bro. Millsaps desired to meet once more with Delta before he bid his final farewell to Asbury." No doubt his parents had called him back to Mississippi as the secession crisis deepened; South Carolina seceded on December 20. Minutes of January 10 state that evening, "[T]he entire chapter accompanied Bro. Millsaps to the N.& S. R.R. Depot." Died 1866; minute of March 9, 1866, notes committee to draft resolutions on his passing. CWSSS says private, Co. D, 12th Mississippi Infantry. Co. D was raised in Copiah Co.
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Minister. Born 1842 to William Webster Millsaps and Mary Wright. Pleasant Valley, Copiah Co. MS. Entered college in 1858. A number of relatives also attended Indiana Asbury, three of whom joined Beta Theta Pi in the early 1850s, including cousin Reuben Webster Millsaps. Millsaps College, Jackson MS, is named for Reuben. Initiated December 16, 1859. Minutes of December 17, 1860 notes "Bro. Millsaps desired to meet once more with Delta before he bid his final farewell to Asbury." No doubt his parents had called him back to Mississippi as the secession crisis deepened; South Carolina seceded on December 20. Minutes of January 10 state that evening, "[T]he entire chapter accompanied Bro. Millsaps to the N.& S. R.R. Depot." Died 1866; minute of March 9, 1866, notes committee to draft resolutions on his passing. CWSSS says private, Co. D, 12th Mississippi Infantry. Co. D was raised in Copiah Co.
