The Political Graveyard: Seawell family of North Carolina

Seawell family of North Carolina

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Aaron Ashley Flowers Seawell (b. 1864) — also known as Aaron A. F. Seawell — of Jonesboro, Lee County, N.C.; Chapel Hill, Orange County, N.C. Born in Moore County, N.C., October 30, 1864. Father of Malcolm Buie Seawell; grandfather of Buie Seawell. Democrat. Lawyer; member of North Carolina state house of representatives, 1901, 1913, 1915, 1931 (Moore County 1901, Lee County 1913, 1915, 1931); member of North Carolina state senate, 1907, 1925; North Carolina state attorney general, 1935-38; associate justice of North Carolina state supreme court, 1938; appointed 1938. Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners; Junior Order; Order of the Coif; Kiwanis; Phi Delta Phi; Newcomen Society. Interment at Buffalo Church Cemetery, Lee County, N.C.
Malcolm Buie Seawell (d. 1976) — also known as Malcolm B. Seawell — of North Carolina. Son of Aaron Ashley Flowers Seawell; cousin of Garland Smith Garriss; father of Buie Seawell. North Carolina state attorney general, 1958-60; candidate for Governor of North Carolina, 1960. Died in 1976. Interment somewhere in Lumberton, N.C.
Garland Smith Garriss (1908-1968) — also known as Garland S. Garriss — of Troy, Montgomery County, N.C. Born in Margarettsville, Northampton County, N.C., February 23, 1908. Son of Walter Garriss and Mamie (Smith) Garriss; cousin of Malcolm Buie Seawell. Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of North Carolina state senate, 1947-48, 1959-60, 1964-65. Methodist. Member, Rotary; American Legion. Died, of pneumonia and colon cancer, in Moore Regional Hospital, Pinehurst, Moore County, N.C., July 21, 1968. Interment at Glendon Christian Church Cemetery, Glendon, N.C.
Buie Seawell (b. 1937) — of Denver, Colo. Born in Lumberton, Robeson County, N.C., July 8, 1937. Grandson of Aaron Ashley Flowers Seawell; son of Malcolm Buie Seawell. Democrat. Lawyer; Colorado Democratic state chair, 1985-89; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Colorado, 1988. Member, American Bar Association. Still living as of 2001.

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