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Alfred Moore Scales (1827-1892) —
of Rockingham
County, N.C.
Born in Rockingham
County, N.C., November
26, 1827.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of North Carolina state legislature; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina, 1857-59, 1875-84 (6th
District 1857-59, 5th District 1875-84); general in the Confederate
Army during the Civil War; Governor of
North Carolina, 1885-89.
Died February
9, 1892 (age 64 years, 75
days).
Interment at Green Hill Cemetery.
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Lunsford Richardson Preyer (1919-2001) —
also known as L. Richardson Preyer —
of Greensboro, Guilford
County, N.C.
Born in Greensboro, Guilford
County, N.C., January
11, 1919.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
superior court judge in North Carolina, 1956; U.S.
District Judge for the Middle District of North Carolina,
1961-63; candidate for Governor of
North Carolina, 1964; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from North Carolina, 1964;
U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 6th District, 1969-81.
Presbyterian.
Member, Common
Cause.
The federal building in Greensboro, N.C. was named for him in 1988.
Died, of cancer, in
Moses Cone Memorial Hospital,
Greensboro, Guilford
County, N.C., April 3,
2001 (age 82 years, 82
days).
Interment at Green Hill Cemetery.
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Cyrus Clifford Frazier, Sr. (1884-1967) —
also known as C. Clifford Frazier —
of Greensboro, Guilford
County, N.C.
Born in Archdale, Randolph
County, N.C., December
16, 1884.
Son of Cyrus Pickett Frazier (1853-1933) and Lucetta (Churchill)
Frazier (1860-1918).
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Referee in Bankruptcy, 1917-32; candidate for Governor of
North Carolina, 1932; candidate for chief
justice of North Carolina state supreme court, 1952.
Quaker.
Member, Beta
Theta Pi; Elks; Odd
Fellows.
Died August
13, 1967 (age 82 years, 240
days).
Interment at Green Hill Cemetery.
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John Norman Staples (1846-1920) —
of Greensboro, Guilford
County, N.C.
Born in Patrick
County, Va., June 13,
1846.
Democrat. Colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1874-76; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1876;
member of North
Carolina state senate 24th District, 1881; Presidential Elector
for North Carolina, 1884.
Episcopalian.
Died in Greensboro, Guilford
County, N.C., December
13, 1920 (age 74 years, 183
days).
Interment at Green Hill Cemetery.
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John Penn (1741-1788) —
of North Carolina.
Born near Port Royal, Caroline
County, Va., May 17,
1741.
Delegate
to Continental Congress from North Carolina, 1775; signer,
Declaration of Independence, 1776; signer,
Articles of Confederation, 1777.
Died September
14, 1788 (age 47 years, 120
days).
Original interment at a
private or family graveyard, Granville County, N.C.; reinterment
in 1894 at Guilford Battle Grounds.
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William Hooper (1742-1790) —
of North Carolina.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., June 17,
1742.
Delegate
to Continental Congress from North Carolina, 1774-77; signer,
Declaration of Independence, 1776; member of North Carolina state
legislature, 1777-78.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Hillsborough, Orange
County, N.C., October
14, 1790 (age 48 years, 119
days).
Interment at Guilford Battle Grounds.
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Jesse Franklin (1760-1823) —
of Surry
County, N.C.
Born in Orange
County, Va., March 24,
1760.
Democrat. Farmer;
member of North
Carolina house of commons, 1793; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina at-large, 1795-97; U.S.
Senator from North Carolina, 1799-1805, 1807-13; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1805; Governor of
North Carolina, 1820-21.
Died August
31, 1823 (age 63 years, 160
days).
Interment at Guilford Battle Grounds.
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Joseph Winston (1746-1815) —
of North Carolina.
Born in Louisa
County, Va., June 17,
1746.
Democrat. Member of North
Carolina state senate, 1790; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina, 1793-95, 1803-07 (at-large
1793-95, 12th District 1803-05, at-large 1805-07).
Died near Germanton, Stokes
County, N.C., April 21,
1815 (age 68 years, 308
days).
Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment at
Guilford Battle Grounds.
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