Willis Elbert Mollison (1859—1924) was an American teacher, newspaper editor, politician, banker, businessman, lawyer, public official, and civil rights advocate in Mississippi.[1][2][3] He was a Republican.[4]
Willis Elbert Mollison was born on September 15, 1859 in Mayersville, Mississippi.[1] Martha née Gibson and Robert Mollison were his parents.[1] He studied at Fisk University's college preparatory school, and Oberlin College (class of 1883).[5][6]
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.[4]
Mollison was the president of Lincoln Park Land Company, a stockholder in the Lincoln Savings Bank of Vicksburg.[3] He was also the director of the Mound Bayou Oil Mill and Manufacturing Company in Mound Bayou.[3]
Mollison published The Golden Rule a four-page weekly newspaper in Vicksburg, Mississippi.[7] He was also the owner of the National Star newspaper.[3] He moved to Chicago in 1917.
He died on May 11, 1924.[6]
His son, Irvin C. Mollison also was a lawyer and served as president of the Bar Association of Cook County, Illinois.[6]