About Willis Elbert Mollison
Lived 1859 – 1924 (aged 64). Willis Elbert Mollison was an American politician, banker, lawyer and teacher.
Willis Elbert Mollison (18591924) was an American teacher, newspaper editor, politician, banker, businessman, lawyer, public official, and civil rights advocate in Mississippi. He was a Republican.
Career He wrote a book The Leading Afro-Americans of Vicksburg, Miss., Their Enterprises, Churches, Schools, Lodges and Societies (1908), about prominent African Americans in Vicksburg, Mississippi.
Mollison was the president of Lincoln Park Land Company, a stockholder in the Lincoln Savings Bank of Vicksburg. He was also the owner of the National Star newspaper. He moved to Chicago in 1917.
He died on May 11, 1924.
His son, Irvin C. Mollison also was a lawyer and served as president of the Bar Association of Cook County, Illinois.
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Who was Willis Elbert Mollison?
American lawyer, politician (1859–1924)
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Willis Elbert Mollison was born on 15 September 1859 in Issaquena County.
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Willis Elbert Mollison died on 11 May 1924.
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Willis Elbert Mollison was a politician, banker, lawyer and teacher.
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Willis Elbert Mollison was American.
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