J. P. Scales Explained
James Pinckney Scales (1830/31 – 1866) was a lawyer and state legislator in Mississippi. He served in the Mississippi House of Representatives including as the 29th Speaker of the House. He was from a prominent family. He was a Confederate officer during the American Civil War.[1]
He was born in North Carolina. He was one of seven sons and three daughters of Robert Scales.[2] James graduated from the University of North Carolina in 1849.[3] [4] [5] He served as an officer in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War alongside many of his brothers, including Colonel Alfred Scales.[6] [7]
He lived in Carrollton, Mississippi.[8] In September 1858 he received the Democratic nomination to fill a vacancy for Carroll County in the Mississippi House of Representatives.[9] He served that term from November 7, 1859 to February 11, 1860. He was re-elected and served between 1860 and 1861.[10] He served in a third session beginning on November 5, 1861 at age 30.[11] [12] He was elected Speaker on the first day of the session aged 30 or 31.[13] He wrote to governor John J. Pettus on November 25, 1862.[14] [15]
Scales died in 1866 and was buried on April 2, 1866, in Evergreen Cemetery.[16]
Scales married Kate Lewis on April 24, 1860.[17] He was widowed before 1861. He remarried before his death, and his second wife survived him alongside two children.
Notes and References
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- Book: Founders and Builders of Greensboro, 1808-1908: Fifty Sketches . 1925 . J.J. Stone & Company . 239-240 . en.
- Web site: Sketches of the History of the University of North Carolina: Together with a Catalogue of Officers and Students, 1789-1889. University of North Carolina at Chapel. Hill. August 30, 1889. University. Google Books.
- Web site: From its beginning to the death of President Swain, 1789-1868. Kemp Plummer. Battle. August 30, 1907. author. Google Books.
- Web site: Reminiscences and Memoirs of North Carolina and Eminent North Carolinians. John Hill. Wheeler. August 30, 1884. Columbus print. works. Google Books.
- Book: Smith, Timothy B.. Mississippi in the Civil War: The Home Front. April 8, 2010. Univ. Press of Mississippi. 9781626744387 . Google Books.
- Web site: 1866-05-11 . Death of James Pinkney Scales . 2024-11-20 . Newspapers.com . en-US.
- Web site: 125974-broadside-01.tif - Miscellaneous Broadsides . 2024-11-20 . da.mdah.ms.gov . en.
- Web site: 1858-09-08 . Carroll County . 2024-11-20 . Newspapers.com . en-US.
- Book: Lowry, Robert . A History of Mississippi: From the Discovery of the Great River by Hernando DeSoto, Including the Earliest Settlement Made by the French Under Iberville, to the Death of Jefferson Davis . McCardle . William H. . 1891 . R.H. Henry & Company . 978-0-7884-4821-8 . 452 . en.
- Web site: Journal. Mississippi Legislature House of. Representatives. August 30, 1859. Google Books.
- Nov 1861 . Journal of the House of Representatives of the state of Mississippi . Journal of the House of Representatives of the state of Mississippi . Nov 1861 Reg Sess . LLMC Digital.
- Book: Wakelyn, Jon L.. Confederates Against the Confederacy: Essays on Leadership and Loyalty. August 30, 2002. Greenwood Publishing Group. 9780275973643 . Google Books.
- Web site: Letter from J. P. Scales to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; November 25, 1862 · Civil War and Reconstruction Governors of Mississippi · Civil War and Reconstruction Governors of Mississippi. cwrgm.org.
- Web site: mdah_757-943-03-16. collections.msdiglib.org.
- Web site: 1866-04-12 . Death of James Pinkney Scales . 2024-11-20 . Newspapers.com . en-US.
- Web site: 1860-04-27 . Marriage of Kate Lewis and James Pinkney Scales . 2024-11-20 . Newspapers.com . en-US.
