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Josephus Daniels (1862-1948) —
of Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C.
Born in Washington, Beaufort
County, N.C., May 18,
1862.
Son of Josephus Daniels and Mary (Cleves) Daniels.
Democrat. Newspaper
editor; North Carolina state printer, 1887-93; member of Democratic
National Committee from North Carolina, 1896-1916; U.S.
Secretary of the Navy, 1913-21; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from North Carolina, 1932,
1940,
1944;
U.S. Ambassador to Mexico, 1933-41.
Methodist.
Died in Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C., January
15, 1948 (age 85 years, 242
days).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery; statue at Nash
Square.
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George Edmund Badger (1795-1866) —
also known as George E. Badger —
of Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C.
Born in New Bern, Craven
County, N.C., April 17,
1795.
Son of Thomas Badger and Lydia (Cogdell) Badger.
Lawyer;
member of North Carolina state legislature, 1816; superior court
judge in North Carolina, 1820-25; U.S.
Secretary of the Navy, 1841; U.S.
Senator from North Carolina, 1846-55; delegate
to North Carolina secession convention, 1861.
Died in Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C., May 11,
1866 (age 71 years, 24
days).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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Josiah William Bailey (1873-1946) —
also known as Josiah W. Bailey —
of Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C.
Born in Warrenton, Warren
County, N.C., September
14, 1873.
Son of Christopher Thomas Bailey and Annie Sarah Bailey.
Democrat. Lawyer;
Presidential Elector for North Carolina, 1908;
U.S.
Senator from North Carolina, 1931-46; died in office 1946;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1932.
Baptist.
Member, Anti-Saloon
League; Omicron
Delta Kappa.
Died in Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C., December
15, 1946 (age 73 years, 92
days).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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Jesse Alexander Helms (1921-2008) —
also known as Jesse Helms —
of Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C.
Born in Monroe, Union
County, N.C., October
18, 1921.
Son of Jesse Helms.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S.
Senator from North Carolina, 1973-2003.
Baptist.
Member, Rotary; Young
Americans for Freedom; Freemasons;
Exchange
Club.
Died, in a nursing
home at Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C., July 4,
2008 (age 86 years, 260
days).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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Thomas Bragg (1810-1872) —
of Northampton
County, N.C.; Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C.
Born in Warrenton, Warren
County, N.C., November
9, 1810.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1842; Governor of
North Carolina, 1855-59; U.S.
Senator from North Carolina, 1859-61; Confederate
Attorney General, 1861-62.
Presbyterian.
When the Civil War began, he left Washington but did not resign his
seat in the Senate; one of ten Southern
senators expelled
in absentia on July 11, 1861.
Died in Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C., January
21, 1872 (age 61 years, 73
days).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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Walter Clark (1846-1924) —
of Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C.
Born in Halifax
County, N.C., August
19, 1846.
Son of David Clark and Anna M. (Thorne) Clark.
Democrat. Colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
superior court judge in North Carolina, 1885-89; justice of
North Carolina state supreme court, 1889-1902; chief
justice of North Carolina state supreme court, 1903-24; candidate
in primary for U.S.
Senator from North Carolina, 1912.
Methodist.
Died in 1924
(age about
77 years).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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Willis Smith (1887-1953) —
of Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C.
Born in Norfolk,
Va., December
19, 1887.
Son of Willis Smith and Mary Shaw (Creecy) Smith.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1927-32; Speaker of
the North Carolina State House of Representatives, 1931-32;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1944,
1952;
U.S.
Senator from North Carolina, 1950-53; died in office 1953.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Order of the
Coif; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Sigma
Phi Epsilon; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Phi
Delta Phi; Kiwanis.
Died in the Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., June 26,
1953 (age 65 years, 189
days).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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Daniel Gould Fowle (1831-1891) —
also known as Daniel G. Fowle —
of Wake
County, N.C.
Born in Washington, Beaufort
County, N.C., March 3,
1831.
Lawyer;
Governor
of North Carolina, 1889-91; died in office 1891.
Died April 7,
1891 (age 60 years, 35
days).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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Augustus Summerfield Merrimon (1830-1892) —
of North Carolina.
Born in North Carolina, 1830.
Democrat. Member of North Carolina state legislature; candidate for
Governor
of North Carolina, 1872; U.S.
Senator from North Carolina, 1873-79.
Died in 1892
(age about
62 years).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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David Lowry Swain (1801-1868) —
also known as David L. Swain —
of Buncombe
County, N.C.
Born in a log
cabin near Asheville, Buncombe
County, N.C., January
4, 1801.
Whig. Lawyer; Governor of
North Carolina, 1832-35.
Died August
27, 1868 (age 67 years, 236
days).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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Jonathan Worth (1802-1869) —
of Randolph
County, N.C.
Born in Randolph
County, N.C., November
18, 1802.
Democrat. Lawyer; North
Carolina state treasurer, 1862-65; Governor of
North Carolina, 1865-68.
Died September
5, 1869 (age 66 years, 291
days).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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William Woods Holden (1818-1892) —
also known as William W. Holden —
of Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C.
Born in Orange
County, N.C., November
24, 1818.
Newspaper
editor; delegate to Democratic National Convention from North
Carolina, 1860;
delegate
to North Carolina secession convention, 1861; Governor of
North Carolina, 1865, 1868-70.
Methodist.
Impeached
and removed from
office as Governor in 1870, over corruption scandal.
Died in Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C., March 1,
1892 (age 73 years, 98
days).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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Charles Brantley Aycock (1859-1912) —
also known as Charles B. Aycock —
of Goldsboro, Wayne
County, N.C.
Born in Nahunta Township, Wayne
County, N.C., November
1, 1859.
Democrat. Lawyer; superintendent
of schools; Presidential Elector for North Carolina, 1888,
1892;
U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, 1893-98; Governor of
North Carolina, 1901-05.
Fell dead, while giving a
speech in a theater
at Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., April 4,
1912 (age 52 years, 155
days).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery; statue at Union
Square.
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Daniel Killian Moore (1906-1986) —
also known as Dan K. Moore —
of Canton, Haywood
County, N.C.
Born April 2,
1906.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from North
Carolina, 1964;
Governor
of North Carolina, 1965-69.
Died September
7, 1986 (age 80 years, 158
days).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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William Nathan Harrell Smith (1812-1889) —
also known as William N. H. Smith —
of Murfreesboro, Hertford
County, N.C.
Born in Murfreesboro, Hertford
County, N.C., September
24, 1812.
Democrat. Member of North Carolina state legislature, 1840, 1858,
1868; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1848; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 1st District, 1859-61; Delegate
from North Carolina to the Confederate Provisional Congress,
1861-62; Representative
from North Carolina in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65; justice of
North Carolina state supreme court, 1878-89.
Died in Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C., November
14, 1889 (age 77 years, 51
days).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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Edwin Godwin Reade (1812-1894) —
of North Carolina.
Born in Mt. Tirzah, Person
County, N.C., November
13, 1812.
U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 5th District, 1855-57; Senator
from North Carolina in the Confederate Congress, 1864; justice of
North Carolina state supreme court, 1865-79.
Died in Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C., October
18, 1894 (age 81 years, 339
days).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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John Heritage Bryan (1798-1870) —
also known as John H. Bryan —
of New Bern, Craven
County, N.C.; Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C.
Born in New Bern, Craven
County, N.C., November
4, 1798.
Lawyer;
member of North
Carolina state senate, 1823-24; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 4th District, 1825-29.
Died in Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C., May 19,
1870 (age 71 years, 196
days).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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William Ruffin Cox (1831-1919) —
of Penelo, Edgecombe
County, N.C.
Born in Scotland Neck, Halifax
County, N.C., March 11,
1831.
Son of Thomas C. Cox.
Democrat. General in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; planter;
president, Chatham Coal Field Railroad;
district judge in North Carolina 4th District, 1874-75; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 4th District, 1881-87.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Richmond,
Va., December
26, 1919 (age 88 years, 290
days).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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John Nichols (1834-1917) —
of Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C.
Born near Eagle Rock, Wake
County, N.C., November
14, 1834.
U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 4th District, 1887-89;
defeated, 1888.
Died in Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C., September
22, 1917 (age 82 years, 312
days).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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Winder Russell Harris (1888-1973) —
also known as Winder R. Harris —
of Norfolk,
Va.
Born in Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C., December
3, 1888.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Virginia 2nd District, 1941-44.
Died in Alexandria,
Va., February
24, 1973 (age 84 years, 83
days).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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Thomas Charles Fuller (1832-1901) —
of North Carolina.
Born in Fayetteville, Cumberland
County, N.C., February
27, 1832.
Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; Representative
from North Carolina in the Confederate Congress, 1864-65.
Died in Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C., October
20, 1901 (age 69 years, 235
days).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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Basil Charles Manly (1839-1882) —
also known as Basil C. Manly —
of Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C.
Born May 9,
1839.
Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; mayor of
Raleigh, N.C., 1875-82; died in office 1882.
Died May 15,
1882 (age 43 years, 6
days).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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Joseph Henry Separk (1830-1875) —
of Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C.
Born in Petersburg,
Va., June 25,
1830.
Mayor
of Raleigh, N.C., 1875; died in office 1875.
Died August
30, 1875 (age 45 years, 66
days).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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Leonidas Lafayette Polk (1837-1892) —
of North Carolina.
Born in Anson
County, N.C., April 24,
1837.
Son of Andrew Polk and Sereba Autry Polk.
Member of North
Carolina house of commons, 1860; colonel in the Confederate Army
during the Civil War; delegate to
North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1866; newspaper
editor; North
Carolina commissioner of agriculture, 1877-80; national president
of the Farmers' Alliance.
Baptist.
Member, Grange.
Founder of Polkton, N.C. Elected to the North Carolina Agricultural
Hall
of Fame in 1957.
Died from a bladder
hemorrhage, in Washington,
D.C., June 11,
1892 (age 55 years, 48
days).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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J. S. Wynne (d. 1934) —
of Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C.
Mayor
of Raleigh, N.C., 1909-11.
Died in 1934.
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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William Henry Haywood, Jr. (1801-1852) —
also known as William H. Haywood, Jr. —
of Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C.
Born in Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C., October
23, 1801.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of North
Carolina house of commons, 1831, 1834-36; U.S.
Senator from North Carolina, 1843-46; resigned 1846.
Died in Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C., October
7, 1852 (age 50 years, 350
days).
Interment at Old City Cemetery.
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Romulus Mitchell Saunders (1791-1867) —
also known as Romulus M. Saunders —
of Milton (unknown
county), N.C.
Born near Milton, Caswell
County, N.C., March 3,
1791.
Democrat. Member of North Carolina state legislature, 1815-19,
1850-52; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina, 1821-27, 1841-45 (9th
District 1821-27, 8th District 1841-43, 5th District 1843-45); North
Carolina state attorney general, 1828-34; state court judge in
North Carolina, 1835-40, 1852-56; candidate for Governor of
North Carolina, 1840; U.S. Minister to Spain, 1846-49.
Died in Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C., April 21,
1867 (age 76 years, 49
days).
Interment at Old City Cemetery.
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Kenneth Rayner (1808-1884) —
of North Carolina.
Born in North Carolina, 1808.
Member of North Carolina state legislature; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina, 1839-45 (1st District
1839-43, 9th District 1843-45).
Died in 1884
(age about
76 years).
Interment at Old City Cemetery.
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Lawrence O'Bryan Branch (1820-1862) —
also known as Lawrence O'B. Branch —
of Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C.
Born in Enfield, Halifax
County, N.C., November
28, 1820.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 4th District, 1855-61; general
in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Killed
in the battle of Antietam, Sharpsburg, Washington
County, Md., September
17, 1862 (age 41 years, 293
days).
Interment at Old City Cemetery.
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Richard Hines (d. 1851) —
of North Carolina.
Born in Tarboro, Edgecombe
County, N.C.
Democrat. Member of North
Carolina house of commons, 1824; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 3rd District, 1825-27;
defeated, 1826.
Died in Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C., November
20, 1851.
Interment at Old City Cemetery.
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Absalom Tatom (1742-1802) —
of North Carolina.
Born in North Carolina, 1742.
Republican. Delegate to
North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1787; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina at-large, 1795-96; member of
North Carolina state legislature, 1797.
Died December
20, 1802 (age about 60
years).
Interment at Old City Cemetery.
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William White (1762-1811) —
of Lenoir
County, N.C.
Born in 1762.
Secretary
of state of North Carolina, 1798-1810.
Died in 1811
(age about
49 years).
Interment at Old City Cemetery.
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