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Benjamin Chiles
1825–1911
United States
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Benjamin Chiles (June 22, 1825 – March 20, 1911) was a state legislator in Mississippi. He represented Oktibbeha County from 1874 to 1878. He was born a slave in South Carolina and relocated to Mississippi in 1837, with John M. Chiles.
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