The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-12-10
JUDGE M'CASNllL DEAD.
Chancellor, Confederate Veteran
and Former Consul to Dublin.

and Former Consul to Dublin.
Hon. James Lufkin McCaskill,
SO years old, Chancellor Of the
Second District, Confederate
Veteran and Consul to Dublin,
Ireland, under the first Admins
tration Of President Grover Cleve-
land, died Sunday morning at /
|o'clock at his home here. The
funeral took place Sunday after
noon at A o'clock, interment be-
ing made in the Brandon Gene
terry. The services were conduc-
ted by Rev. ]. S. Roudebush
and Rev. E. G. Comfort. Dele
cations from the Knights Of Py-
thias and the Elks OF which lod-
ges Chancellor McCaskill was a
member, were present from
Jackson. His pail bearers were
ex-Confederates, old friends and
companions in arms.
| Several weeks ago Chancellor
McCaskill suffered a broken hip
as a result of an accident sus-
tanned while visiting Jackson
during the State Fair. His inju-
ries made it necessary for him to
| give up his work on the bench.
Attorney Heidelberg being ap-
pointed Special Chancellor by
| iGovernor Noel.
Chancellor McCaskill was well
known throughout Mississippi.
He had held the Office Of Chan
cellor for several years, and was
prominent politically. At one
time he held the Office of United
States Consul to Ireland, being
located at Dublin. He held that
office under the Administration
of President Cleveland. He was
| State Senator from Rankin and
Kinds counties for many years.
/ Chancellor McCaskill was APP
| p0inted to preside over the Second
! Chancery District during Gov
1 ernor Vardaman's Adninistra-
ton, and was reappointed by
| Governor Noel during the recent
| legislative session. He was a
native Of the State, having been
| born in Simpson county on Sep
| tember q, 1840, a son of Alexan-
der and Elizabeth (Boggan) Nc
| Caskill, the former born in South
| Carolina;and the latter in North
! Carolina. He was educated in
the public schools of the State,
| afterwards graduating from the
! University of Mississippi in the
class of 1861. At the outbreak
of the Civil War he joined Burt's
Rifles which was assigned as
Company K, Eighteenth Miss
issippi, and took part in the bat
ties of Manassas, Leesburg, Lees
Mills, Seven Pines, Maryland
Heights, and other notable bat
4 ties of that memorable conflict.
| At the battle of .Sharpsburg, Mr..
Il McCaskillreceived bulletwouno
i in the left shoulder. ! At Fred
/ Iricksburg he was captured, but
exchanged instime to rejoin his
command and take part m the
battles of Chickamauga, Mission.
larry Ridge, Resaca, New Hope
Kenesaw Mountain, Lost Noun
tain, Peach Tree Creek and At.
lanta. He enlisted as private
and at the close of hostilities was
sewing as adjutant on the staff
of General NJ. IP. Lowry. Tt was
at thesbattle of Atlanta that he
was again captured and he'd a
prisoner for several months, and
during this period he secured
possession of a few law books
and nesumed the study of law.
Shortly after the close Of the
war, MIR. McCa&killl was admh5-
tied to practice, taking up his
j residence at Brandon, where he
1 had STAGE resided. During the
| first Administration of President
Cleveland he was made American
| Consul st Dublin, and held that
bpDst foiGf years. From 1877 to
1895 he was a aember of the
Board of Trustees of the Univer-
sitg of Mississippi. La 1876 he
was choseaa a member eff the
j State Senate, and for NANNY years
| he had been Adjutant General of
the Mississippi Division, United
confederate Veterans. He had
Ibeen prominent in many frater-
l1lal bodies, including the Masons,
/ knights Of Pythias, Elks and
Knights of Honor. He had been
for many years an active member
of the Presbyterian church. In
1859 he was united in marriage
to Miss S. A. McLaurin, daugh-
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