Thomas W. Stringer

Thomas W. Stringer (1815–1893) was an American Christian minister in the A.M.E. Church and a state senator in Mississippi. He helped organize churches, schools, and fraternal organizations. He was elected to the Mississippi Senate in 1869.[1][2]

Stringer was born in Maryland,[1] and raised at North Buxton, Ontario, a settlement of Black Canadians.[2] He later moved to Ohio, where he was ordained a minister of the African Methodist Episcopal Church.[1]

He moved to Vicksburg, Mississippi, after the American Civil War.[3] He was an organizer at Mississippi's 1868 constiturional convention.[4]

He is buried at the Vicksburg City Cemetery.[1]

See also

References
  1. Sewell, George A.; Dwight, Margaret L. (November 19, 1984). "Mississippi Black History Makers". Univ. Press of Mississippi – via pages 49-51.
  2. Buxton Historical Society. "Rev. Thomas W. Stringer (1815-1897)". Buxton National Historic Site & Museum.
  3. "Stringer, Thomas W." Oxford African American Studies Center. doi:10.1093/acref/9780195301731.001.0001/acref-9780195301731-e-37963.
  4. http://www.buxtonmuseum.com/history/PEOPLE/thomas-stringer.html
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