John W. Barbee

John Wesley Barbee Jr. (February 12, 1885 - September 2, 1956) was an American lawyer and Democratic politician. He was a member of the Mississippi Legislature from DeSoto County in the 1910s and 1920s.

Early life John Wesley Barbee Jr. was born on February 12, 1885, near Horn Lake, Mississippi. He was the son of John Wesley Barbee Sr., a former Ku Klux Klan member and Sheriff of DeSoto County, and Isabella McKamy (Frazier) Barbee. Barbee attended the public schools of DeSoto County before entering Bethel College in 1900. In 1917, when he was elected to the office of County Attorney of DeSoto County, Barbee resigned from the Senate and was replaced by Joseph Neal Brown.

Personal life and death Barbee was a member of the Presbyterian Church, and he was also a Freemason and a Knight of Pythias. He was a member of the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity during college. He married Cora Edna Seitz in 1923. Barbee died after a long illness on September 2, 1956, in Hernando, Mississippi.