Thomas W. Stringer

Thomas W. Stringer (1815–1893) was an American Christian minister and 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 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.
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