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James Brownlow Yellowley (October 17, 1848 – 1914) was a lawyer, farmer, and state legislator in Mississippi. He was from Greenville, North Carolina. He attended the University of North Carolina from 1866-1868. He lived in Madison, Mississippi.[1]
He was the son of James Burroughs Yellowley and the grandson of Captain Edward Yellowley. His father James Burroughs Yellowley founded Ridgeland, Mississippi.[2]
In 1875, he wrote about a meeting of Republicans that reached an agreement with Democrats in Madison County for a compromise ticket for the coming election.[3] He was the Republican nominee for Lieutenant Governor in 1881[4] and for a congressional seat in 1884.[5] He was a spokesman for a grange.[6]
He chaired a committee investigating the conduct of T. W. Cardozo.[7] He was a trustee at Tougaloo College.[8]
He attended the 1908 Republican National Convention.[9]
His extended family has veen written about.[10]
He grew grapes, strawberries, and asparagus. He had a son Edward C. Yellowley (1873-1962) who became an enforcement agent for the Internal Revenue Service]]. He was named after Edward Clements Yellowley who was J. B. Yellowley's uncle.[2]
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- ^ https://books.google.com/books?id=rD1MAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA701&dq=James+Brownlow+Yellowley&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjro56bg7-FAxWqezABHR_vCqAQ6AF6BAgNEAM
- ^ a b https://library.ecu.edu/specialcollections/2022/04/07/discovering-greenvilles-horticultural-past/
- ^ https://cwrgm.org/item/S32108061
- ^ https://books.google.com/books?id=REwTAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA742&lpg=PA742&dq=j.b.+yellowley+governor+mississippi&source=bl&ots=7W05myzEmU&sig=ACfU3U2a147QgF9kZCZdz4abg6-42L-tZw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiDt4iijL-FAxXTg4QIHVZhDQ04FBDoAXoECAwQAg
- ^ https://books.google.com/books?id=CirPAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA115&dq=James+Brownlow+Yellowley&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjro56bg7-FAxWqezABHR_vCqAQ6AF6BAgGEAM
- ^ Nordin, Dennis Sven (April 11, 1974). "Rich Harvest". Univ. Press of Mississippi – via Google Books.
- ^ https://books.google.com/books?id=kmFEAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PA41&lpg=RA1-PA41&dq=j.b.+yellowley+governor+mississippi&source=bl&ots=J659oco5wq&sig=ACfU3U3KjV8zbdvjMWNrjg_KGDHHTABuMQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiDt4iijL-FAxXTg4QIHVZhDQ04FBDoAXoECA0QAg
- ^ Mississippi (1877). "Department Reports".
- ^ "Official Report of the Proceedings of the ... Republican National Convention Held in". 1908.
- ^ Curd, Dan S. (28 September 2020). "The Curd Family in America Eight Generations".