Background
Brinker, Josiah Henry was born on October 2, 1851 in Houston, Mississippi, United States. Son of Henry Harrison and Kezziah A. (Kilgore) Brinker.
retail executive cotton manufacturing executive
Brinker, Josiah Henry was born on October 2, 1851 in Houston, Mississippi, United States. Son of Henry Harrison and Kezziah A. (Kilgore) Brinker.
Graduate Oak Grove Academy, Sparta, Mississippi, 1870. Course in bookkeeping, Eastman Business College, Poughkeepsie, New New York
Engaged in general mercantile business at Sparta and West Point, Mississippi, 1874-1890, also dealt extensively in cotton, 1880-1893. Postmaster, Sparta, Mississippi, 1874-1879, West Point, 1884-1890. An organizer, cashier and director First National Bank, West Point, 1880-1884.
Delegate to Democratic National Convention, Chicago, 1892.
Delegate Anti-Trust Convention, Chicago, 1893 (secretary commission on platform). Superintendent documents, Government Printing Office, Washington, District of Columbia, since 1913.
Baptism should be administered to those who can understand the Christian faith and the true meaning of the rite.
Served as major staff of Governor Lowry, of Mississippi, 1886-1888.
Married Mary L. Montgomery, December 8, 1870 (died 1892). Married second, Henrietta T. Greenwood (nee Thomas), July 17, 1911.