Reuben Webster Millsaps
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Early years
Millsaps was born on May 30, 1833, into a farming family in Pleasant Valley, Copiah County, Mississippi, one of nine siblings.[1] He was of English, Scots-Irish, and Welsh descent. William Green Millsaps was his brother.
Reuben Millsaps attended Indiana Asbury College, now known as DePauw University, and Harvard University Law School, where he earned a law degree.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Civil War
He fought in the American Civil War as a soldier in the Confederate States Army and was wounded twice during the war. He attained the military rank of Major.
Postbellum career
After returning from the war he pursued a successful career in business and finance. He was President of Capital State Bank in Jackson, Mississippi.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Philanthropy
In 1890, Millsaps donated US$550,000, which was matched by contributions from Mississippi's Methodist community, for the creation of "a Christian college within the borders of our state".[2][3] The college is now known as Millsaps College and is located in Jackson, Mississippi.[2][3] He devoted the rest of his life to the building and running of the college.
Death
He died at his home in Jackson on June 28, 1916, at the age of 83.[4][5] He was buried on the campus of Millsaps College in Jackson.
References
External links
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- ↑ Reuben Webster Millsaps, Ancestry.com. Accessed March 4, 2024.
- ↑ a b Julie L. Kimborough, Jackson, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing, 1998, p. 89
- ↑ a b Mary Carol Miller, Lost landmarks of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi: University Press of Mississippi, 1999, p. 33
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- 1833 births
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- People from Copiah County, Mississippi
- Businesspeople from Jackson, Mississippi
- American bankers
- American educational theorists
- DePauw University alumni
- Harvard Law School alumni
- Millsaps College
- Philanthropists from Mississippi
- Lawyers from Jackson, Mississippi
- Confederate States Army officers
- 19th-century American businesspeople
- 19th-century American lawyers
- 19th-century American philanthropists