Wilbur Fisk Hyer

Wilbur Fisk Hyer
Member of the Mississippi Senate
from the 25th district
In office
January 3, 1882 – January 5, 1886
Succeeded byGeorge M. Batchelor
Member of the Mississippi House of Representatives
from the Marshall County district
In office
1872–1873
Personal details
Born(1839-03-24)March 24, 1839
Somerville, Tennessee
DiedNovember 18, 1897(1897-11-18) (aged 58)
Meridian, Mississippi

Wilbur Fisk Hyer (March 24, 1839 – November 18, 1897) was an American politician, physician, and Mississippi state legislator in the 1870s and 1880s.

Biography

Wilbur Fisk Hyer was born on March 24, 1839, in Summerville, Tennessee.[1] He was the son of William Hyer, a Tennessee Methodist minister, and Grace (Tobey) Hyrer.[1][2] He represented Marshall County in the Mississippi House of Representatives in the 1872 and 1873 sessions.[1][2][3] He represented the 25th district in the Mississippi State Senate from 1882 to 1886.[3][4][5][1] From 1880 to 1881 he was the president of the Mississippi Board of Health.[2][1] He was found dead in his bed on the morning of November 18, 1897, in Meridian, Mississippi.[6][1] He was about 60 years old.[6]

Personal life

In 1861, Hyer married Elizabeth Bowen, who was a native of Mississippi.[2][1] They had six children.[1] Their daughter, Grace, married politician William Hemingway in 1901.[2] Hemingway was a mayor of Jackson, Mississippi, and a member of the Mississippi State Senate in the 1920 session.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Howard, E. F. (1910). History of the Mississippi State Medical Association. The Association. pp. 46–48.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Rowland, Dunbar (1923). The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi. Department of Archives and History. pp. 241–242.
  3. ^ a b Rowland, Dunbar (1917). The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi. Department of Archives and History. pp. 198, 240.
  4. ^ Senate, Mississippi Legislature (1886). Journal.
  5. ^ Senate, Mississippi Legislature (1882). Journal. p. 4.
  6. ^ a b "Clarion-Ledger from Jackson, Mississippi on November 18, 1897 · Page 1". Newspapers.com. 18 November 1897. Retrieved 2021-06-04.