Biggersville in Alcorn County, Mississippi — The American South (East South Central)

Andrew Boyd Dilworth

Photographed by Tom Bosse, August 23, 2020

1. Andrew Boyd Dilworth Marker

Inscription. A.B. Dilworth (1814-1894) served in the Mississippi House of Representatives (1846-1850), secretary of state (1855-1860), and state auditor (1861-62). During the Civil War, Dilworth served as quartermaster general in Iuka and negotiated the release of Confederate prisoners from Camp Douglas. He is buried nearby in the John Dilworth Cemetery.

Erected 2011 by Mississippi Department of Archives and History.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • War, US Civil. In addition, it is included in the Mississippi State Historical Marker Program series list.

Location. 34° 49.722′ N, 88° 35.26′ W. Marker is in Biggersville, Mississippi, in Alcorn County. It is on Huggins Road (County Highway 514) half a mile east of County Road 529, on the left when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Rienzi MS 38865, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in andspecifically ast Mississippi in the North Mississippi Hills. It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Southern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 8 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: New Hope Presbyterian Church (approx. 1.4 miles away); Kossuth (approx. 4.3 miles away); Samuel L. Neely (approx. 5½ miles away); Mississippi (approx. 6.2

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miles away); First Rural Electric Power Cooperative (approx. 6½ miles away); Campground Cemetery (approx. 7.4 miles away); City Cemetery (approx. 7.8 miles away); An Act to Establish and to Protect National Cemeteries. (approx. 8 miles away).

Also see . . . A. B. Dilworth. Wikipedia (Submitted on August 29, 2020, by Tom Bosse of Jefferson City, Tennessee.)

Photographed by Tom Bosse, August 23, 2020

2. Andrew Boyd Dilworth Marker

Andrew Boyd Dilworth Gravesite image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Tom Bosse, August 23, 2020

3. Andrew Boyd Dilworth Gravesite

John Dilworth Cemetery image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Tom Bosse, August 23, 2020

4. John Dilworth Cemetery

Photographed by Tom Bosse, August 23, 2020

5. John Dilworth Cemetery

Credits. This page was last revised on August 30, 2020. It was originally submitted on August 29, 2020, by Tom Bosse of Jefferson City, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 491 times since then and 45 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on August 29, 2020, by Tom Bosse of Jefferson City, Tennessee. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.