A.B. Dilworth (1814-1894) served in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1846 to 1850, as secretary of state from 1855 to 1860, and as state auditor from 1861 to 1862. During the Civil War, he served as quartermaster general in Iuka and negotiated the release of Confederate prisoners from Camp Douglas. He is buried nearby in the John Dilworth Cemetery.