Background
Millsaps, Reuben Webster was born on May 30, 1833 in Copiah Company, Mississippi, United States. Son of Reuben and Lurenia (Clower) Millsaps.
Millsaps, Reuben Webster was born on May 30, 1833 in Copiah Company, Mississippi, United States. Son of Reuben and Lurenia (Clower) Millsaps.
Student Hanover (Indiana) College, 2 years. Bachelor of Arts, Asbury (now DePauw) U., 1854. Bachelor of Laws, Harvard, 1858.
Practiced law at Pine Bluff, Arkansas, 1858-1861. Private lieutenant colonel 9th Arkansas Regiment, C.S.A., 1861-1865. Wounded in battles of Shiloh and Nashville.
In merchandise business, Brookhaven, Mississippi, 1869-1881. Wholesale grocery and cotton commission merchant, St. Louis, 1881-1884. Traveled in Europe 1 year and then settled at Jackson, Mississippi.
President Capital State Bank, Citizens’ Savings Bank & Trust Company, Merchants’ and Planters’ Bank (Hazelhurst, Mississippi), Bank of Forest, Mississippi. Vice president Capital National Bank (Jackson). Founder and trustee Millsaps College, Jackson.
Trustee Vanderbilt University.
The use of force may be supported in extreme situations and when the need to do so is beyond reasonable doubt.
In a society where self-interest, acquisitiveness and individual happiness are often seen as the over-riding interests, the Church, and Christians within it, are called to witness meanings, values and purposes beyond ourselves.
Married Mistress.