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Frank Porter Graham (1886-1972) —
also known as Frank P. Graham —
of Chapel Hill, Orange
County, N.C.
Born in Fayetteville, Cumberland
County, N.C., October
14, 1886.
Son of Alexander Graham and Katherine Bryan (Sloan) Graham.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; university
professor; president
of the University of North Carolina, 1930-49; U.S.
Senator from North Carolina, 1949-50; appointed 1949; defeated,
1950.
Presbyterian.
Member, Americans
for Democratic Action; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in Chapel Hill, Orange
County, N.C., February
16, 1972 (age 85 years, 125
days).
Interment at Old Chapel Hill Cemetery.
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Lawrence William Cramer (1897-1978) —
also known as Lawrence W. Cramer —
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., December
26, 1897.
Son of Carl J. Cramer and Emma E. (Steuber) Cramer.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; university
professor; Lieutenant
Governor of Virgin Islands, 1931-35; Governor of
U.S. Virgin Islands, 1935-40; major in the U.S. Army during World
War II.
Member, Chi Psi;
American
Legion.
Died in Chapel Hill, Orange
County, N.C., October
18, 1978 (age 80 years, 296
days).
Interment at Old Chapel Hill Cemetery.
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William Franklin Strowd (1832-1911) —
also known as William F. Strowd —
of Pittsboro, Chatham
County, N.C.
Born in North Carolina, December
7, 1832.
U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 4th District, 1895-99.
Died December
12, 1911 (age 79 years, 5
days).
Interment at Old Chapel Hill Cemetery.
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Alonzo Craig Shuford (1858-1933) —
also known as Alonzo C. Shuford —
of Newton, Catawba
County, N.C.
Born in North Carolina, March 1,
1858.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 7th District, 1895-99.
Died February
8, 1933 (age 74 years, 344
days).
Interment at Old Chapel Hill Cemetery.
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George Herbert Murphy (1860-1924) —
also known as George H. Murphy —
Born in Scuppernong, Washington
County, N.C., September
28, 1860.
Son of Rev. Joseph W. Murphy and Sarah Mary Mathews (Vaughan) Murphy.
School
teacher; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in Chemnitz, 1886-89; Bremen, 1899-1900; Magdeburg, 1900; U.S. Deputy Consul General in Berlin, 1889-90; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul General in Berlin, 1890; Frankfort, 1900-04; U.S. Consular Agent in Hanover, 1890-93; SAINT Catherines, 1905-06; U.S. Vice Commercial Agent (Vice
Consul) in Luxembourg, 1893-96; U.S. Vice Consul in Colón, 1898; U.S. Consul General in , 1906-14; Cape Town, 1914-20; Zurich, 1920-24.
Died October
16, 1924 (age 64 years, 18
days).
Interment at St. Matthew's Episcopal Churchyard.
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Josiah Turner (1821-1901) —
of North Carolina.
Born in Hillsborough, Orange
County, N.C., December
27, 1821.
Member of North Carolina state legislature, 1852-60, 1879; delegate
to North Carolina secession convention, 1861; served in the
Confederate Army during the Civil War; Representative
from North Carolina in the Confederate Congress, 1864-65; delegate to
North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1875.
Died near Hillsborough, Orange
County, N.C., October
26, 1901 (age 79 years, 303
days).
Interment at St. Matthew's Episcopal Churchyard.
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