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• Charles Laban Abernethy (1872-1955) — also known as Charles L. Abernethy — of New Bern, Craven County, N.C. Born in Burke County, N.C., March 18, 1872. Son of John Turner Abernethy and Martha Anna (Scott) Abernethy; married, December 19, 1895, to Minnie M. May. Democrat. Lawyer; Presidential Elector for North Carolina, 1900, 1904; U.S. Representative from North Carolina 3rd District, 1922-35; defeated, 1934. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners; Elks; Junior Order; Kiwanis; Knights of Pythias; Odd Fellows; Redmen; Woodmen. Died in New Bern, Craven County, N.C., February 23, 1955. Interment at Cedar Grove Cemetery, New Bern, N.C.
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• William Jackson Adams (1860-1934) — also known as William J. Adams — of Carthage, Moore County, N.C. Born in Rockingham, Richmond County, N.C., January 27, 1860. Son of Rev. S. D. Adams and Mary (Jackson) Adams; married to Florence Wall. Democrat. Lawyer; member of North Carolina state house of representatives, 1893; member of North Carolina state senate, 1895; superior court judge in North Carolina, 1908; associate justice of North Carolina state supreme court, 1927-34; died in office 1934. Methodist. Member, American Bar Association. Died, from complications of surgery for a kidney ailment, in the Brady Urological Clinic of Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Md., May 20, 1934. Interment somewhere in Carthage, N.C.
  
  
• Dallas L. Alford, Jr. — of Rocky Mount, Nash County, N.C. Born in Durham, Durham County, N.C. Son of Dallas Lloyd Alford, Sr. and Sally Kate (Pope) Alford; married 1945 to Margarette Glenn Griffin. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; real estate and insurance business; member of North Carolina state senate 6th District, 1959. Methodist. Member, American Legion; Forty and Eight; Elks; Jaycees; Kiwanis; Delta Sigma Phi. Still living as of 1959.
  
  
• George Venable Allen (1903-1970) — also known as George V. Allen — of Durham, Durham County, N.C.; Maryland; Washington, D.C. Born in Durham, Durham County, N.C., November 3, 1903. Son of Thomas Ellis Allen and Harriet (Moore) Allen. School teacher and principal; newspaper reporter; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Kingston, 1930; Shanghai, 1932; U.S. Consul in Cairo, 1936; U.S. Ambassador to Iran, 1946-48; Yugoslavia, 1949-53; India, 1953-54; Nepal, 1953-54; Greece, 1956-57; director, U.S. Information Agency, 1957-60; president, Tobacco Institute. Methodist. Member, United World Federalists; Delta Sigma Phi; Phi Beta Kappa. Died in Bahama, Durham County, N.C., July 11, 1970. Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
  
  
• William Reynolds Allen (1860-1921) — of Goldsboro, Wayne County, N.C. Born in Kenansville, Duplin County, N.C., March 26, 1860. Lawyer; member of North Carolina state house of representatives from Wayne County, 1893, 1899-1901; superior court judge in North Carolina, 1894-95, 1903-11; associate justice of North Carolina state supreme court, 1911-13. Methodist. Died September 8, 1921. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Luther Ernest Barnhardt (1903-1980) — also known as Luther E. Barnhardt — of Concord, Cabarrus County, N.C. Born in Concord, Cabarrus County, N.C., November 29, 1903. Lawyer; member of North Carolina state senate, 1945-56; Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina, 1957-61. Methodist. Member, American Bar Association; Rotary; Omicron Delta Kappa; Pi Kappa Alpha. Died June 1, 1980. Interment at Carolina Memorial Park, Concord, N.C.
  
  
• Maurice Victor Barnhill (b. 1887) — also known as M. V. Barnhill — of Rocky Mount, Nash County, N.C. Born in Halifax County, N.C., December 5, 1887. Son of Martin Van Buren Barnhill and Mary (Dawes) Barnhill; married, June 5, 1912, to Nannie Rebecca Cooper. Democrat. Lawyer; Nash County Prosecuting Attorney, 1914-21; member of North Carolina state house of representatives, 1921-23; recorder's court judge in North Carolina, 1923-24; superior court judge in North Carolina 2nd District, 1924-37; associate justice of North Carolina state supreme court, 1937-48; appointed 1937. Methodist. Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons; Shriners; Phi Delta Phi; Sigma Chi. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• J. E. Bass (b. 1877) — of Lewisburg, Greenbrier County, W.Va. Born in Cunningham (unknown county), N.C., September 14, 1877. Son of R. B. Bass and Martha (Sydnor) Bass; married to Huldah Hambrick. Democrat. Insurance business; president, Lewisburg Ice Cream Company; secretary-treasurer, General Lewis Hotel, Lewisburg; member of West Virginia state house of delegates from Greenbrier County, 1941-44. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Lions. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• James Ardrey Bell (b. 1868) — also known as James A. Bell — of Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, N.C. Born in Mecklenburg County, N.C., September, 1868. Son of Robert C. Bell and Mary Jane (Ardrey) Bell; married 1900 to Jessie S. Spencer. Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1908, 1928; member of North Carolina Democratic State Central Committee, 1908-30; member of North Carolina state senate 20th District, 1935. Methodist. Member, American Bar Association. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Jesse Spencer Bell (1906-1967) — also known as J. Spencer Bell — of Matthews, Mecklenburg County, N.C. Born in Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, N.C., April 1, 1906. Son of James Ardrey Bell and Jessie Mabel (Spencer) Bell; married, May 8, 1943, to Katherine Castellett. Democrat. Lawyer; major in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of North Carolina state senate 20th District, 1957-61; delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1960; Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit, 1961-67; died in office 1967. Methodist. Member, American Bar Association; Sigma Chi. Died, following a heart attack, in a hospital at Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, N.C., March 19, 1967. Burial location unknown.
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• Charles Franklin Blackburn (b. 1925) — also known as Charles F. Blackburn — of Henderson, Vance County, N.C. Born in Cleveland, Bradley County, Tenn., April 30, 1925. Democrat. Lawyer; member of North Carolina state senate 3rd District, 1959. Methodist. Member, Kappa Sigma; Phi Delta Phi. Still living as of 1959.
  
  
• William Haywood Bobbitt (b. 1900) — of Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, N.C. Born in Raleigh, Wake County, N.C., October 18, 1900. Son of James Henry Bobbitt and Eliza May (Burkhead) Bobbitt; married, February 28, 1924, to Sarah Buford Dunlap. Lawyer; superior court judge in North Carolina 14th District, 1939-54; associate justice of North Carolina state supreme court, 1954-69; chief justice of North Carolina state supreme court, 1969-. Methodist. Member, American Bar Association; American Judicature Society; Civitan. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• John Alonzo Bolick (b. 1872) — also known as J. A. Bolick — of Saluda, Polk County, N.C. Born in Newton, Catawba County, N.C., 1872. Democrat. Mayor of Saluda, N.C., 1910-11; member of North Carolina state house of representatives from Polk County, 1913. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners; Knights of Pythias; Woodmen. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• James Harvey Bridgers — also known as James H. Bridgers — of Henderson, Vance County, N.C. Born in Northampton County, N.C. Democrat. Lawyer; mayor of Henderson, N.C., 1892-93; member of North Carolina state senate 16th District, 1913. Methodist. Member, Freemasons. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• William Emerson Brock (1872-1950) — also known as William E. Brock — of Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tenn. Born in Farmington, Davie County, N.C., May 14, 1872. Son of Richard Emerson Brock and Mary (Howell) Brock; married 1903 to Miriam Acree; grandfather of William Emerson Brock III. Democrat. President, Brock Candy Company; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, 1928; U.S. Senator from Tennessee, 1929-31. Methodist. Died in Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tenn., August 5, 1950. Interment at Forest Hills Cemetery, Chattanooga, Tenn.
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• Thomas Wade Bruton (b. 1902) — also known as T. Wade Bruton — of North Carolina. Born in Capelsie, Montgomery County, N.C., September 10, 1902. Member of North Carolina state house of representatives, 1929-31; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; North Carolina state attorney general, 1960-69. Methodist. Member, American Legion. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Edward Burleson (1798-1851) — of Texas. Born in Buncombe County, N.C., December 15, 1798. Grandfather of Albert Sidney Burleson. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; delegate to Texas Convention of 1833 from District of Mina, 1833; delegate to Texas Consultation of 1835 from District of Mina, 1835; general in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; member of Texas Republic House of Representatives, 1837-38; member of Texas Republic Senate from District of Bastrop, Gonzales and Fayette, 1838-39; Vice President of the Texas Republic, 1841-44; candidate for President of the Texas Republic, 1844; member of Texas state senate, 1846-51; died in office 1851. Methodist. Member, Freemasons. Died of pneumonia, in Austin, Travis County, Tex., December 26, 1851. Interment at Texas State Cemetery, Austin, Tex. Burleson County, Tex. is named for him.
  • See also Burleson family of Texas
  
  
• John Marshall Butler (1897-1978) — of Baltimore, Md. Born in Baltimore, Md., July 21, 1897. Son of John Harvey Butler and Eunice West (Riddle) Butler; married, April 5, 1926, to Marie Louise Abell. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; U.S. Senator from Maryland, 1951-63; delegate to Republican National Convention from Maryland, 1952, 1960. Methodist. Member, American Bar Association. Died in Rocky Mount, Nash County, N.C., March 14, 1978. Interment at Druid Ridge Cemetery, Pikesville, Md.
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• Frederick Williamson Bynum (b. 1882) — also known as Frederick W. Bynum — of Pittsboro, Chatham County, N.C. Born in Pittsboro, Chatham County, N.C., January 30, 1882. Democrat. Lawyer; member of North Carolina state house of representatives from Chatham County, 1913. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Junior Order. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Robert Gregg Cherry (1891-1957) — also known as R. Gregg Cherry — of Gastonia, Gaston County, N.C. Born in York County, S.C., October 17, 1891. Son of Chancellor Lafayette Cherry and Hattie (Davis) Cherry; married to Mildred Stafford. Democrat. Lawyer; associated in law practice with Alfred Lee Bulwinkle; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; mayor of Gastonia, N.C., 1919-23; member of North Carolina state house of representatives, 1931-40; Speaker of the North Carolina State House of Representatives, 1937; North Carolina Democratic state chair, 1937; delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1940, 1948, 1952; member of North Carolina state senate, 1941-43; Governor of North Carolina, 1945-49. Methodist. Member, American Bar Association; American Legion; Sons of Confederate Veterans; Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners; Elks; Kiwanis; Knights of Khorassan; Knights of Pythias; Odd Fellows; Redmen. Died June 25, 1957. Interment somewhere in Gastonia, N.C.
  
  
• Thomas Franklin Cherry (b. 1866) — also known as T. F. Cherry — of Rocky Mount, Edgecombe County, N.C. Born in Edgecombe County, N.C., January 8, 1866. Democrat. Farmer; member of North Carolina state house of representatives from Edgecombe County, 1913. Methodist. Member, Freemasons. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• David McKenzie Clark (b. 1885) — also known as D. M. Clark — of Greenville, Pitt County, N.C. Born in Halifax County, N.C., 1885. Democrat. Civil engineer; lawyer; member of North Carolina state house of representatives from Pitt County, 1913. Methodist. Member, Knights of Pythias; Redmen. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• 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; married, January 28, 1874, to Susan Washington Graham (1851-1909) (niece of James Graham; daughter of William Alexander Graham (1804-1875); sister of John Washington Graham, William Alexander Graham (1839-1923) and Augustus Washington Graham). Democrat. Colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; lawyer; superior court judge in North Carolina, 1885-89; associate 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. Interment at Oakwood Cemetery, Raleigh, N.C.
  • See also Graham family of North Carolina
  
  
• John Monroe Clayton (b. 1851) — also known as John M. Clayton — of Engelhard, Hyde County, N.C. Born in Engelhard, Hyde County, N.C., October 18, 1851. Democrat. Farmer; member of North Carolina state house of representatives from Hyde County, 1913. Methodist. Member, Freemasons. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Orus Reid Coffield (1876-1965) — also known as O. R. Coffield — of Ellenboro, Rutherford County, N.C. Born in Harnett County, N.C., December 3, 1876. Democrat. Member of North Carolina state house of representatives from Rutherford County, 1913. Methodist. Member, Knights of Pythias. Died July 7, 1965. Interment at Hopewell United Methodist Church Cemetery, Ellenboro, N.C.
  
  
• James William Copeland (b. 1914) — also known as J. William Copeland — of Murfreesboro, Hertford County, N.C. Born in Woodland, Northampton County, N.C., June 16, 1914. Democrat. Lawyer; farmer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of North Carolina state senate 1st District, 1951-54, 1957-59; delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1956. Methodist. Member, American Judicature Society; American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Freemasons; Shriners; Rotary. Still living as of 1959.
  
  
• Arthur Benjamin Corey (b. 1891) — also known as Arthur B. Corey — of Greenville, Pitt County, N.C. Born in Winterville, Pitt County, N.C., December 10, 1891. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; member of North Carolina state senate 5th District, 1933-35. Methodist. Member, American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Freemasons; Knights of Pythias; Redmen. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Paul M. Cox (c.1914-2001) — of New Bern, Craven County, N.C. Born in Newport News, Va. Mayor of New Bern, N.C., 1982. Methodist. Member, Lions. Died October 31, 2001. Interment at Cedar Grove Cemetery, New Bern, N.C.
  
  
• William Lunsford Crew (b. 1917) — also known as W. Lunsford Crew — of Roanoke Rapids, Halifax County, N.C. Born in Northampton County, N.C., October 29, 1917. Son of James Winfield Crew, Sr. and Texas A. (Stanley) Crew. Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; organizer, director, and attorney for First Federal Savings & Loan of Roanoke Rapids; member of North Carolina state senate 4th District, 1953-59. Methodist. Member, American Bar Association; American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Exchange Club; Jaycees; Phi Gamma Delta. Still living as of 1959.
  
  
• 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; married, May 2, 1888, to Addie Worth Bagley; father of Jonathan 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. Interment at Oakwood Cemetery, Raleigh, N.C.
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• Elijah Longstreet Daughtridge (b. 1863) — also known as Elijah L. Daughtridge — of Rocky Mount, Edgecombe County, N.C. Born near Rocky Mount, Edgecombe County, N.C., January 17, 1863. Farmer; member of North Carolina state house of representatives from Edgecombe County, 1901-03; Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina, 1913-17. Methodist. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Edmund Deberry (1781-1859) — of Montgomery County, N.C. Born in Lawrenceville (now Mt. Gilead), Montgomery County, N.C., August 14, 1781. Member of North Carolina state senate, 1806; U.S. Representative from North Carolina, 1829-31, 1833-45, 1849-51 (7th District 1829-31, 1833-43, 4th District 1843-45, 3rd District 1849-51). Methodist. Died in Pee Dee Township, Montgomery County, N.C., December 12, 1859. Interment at a private or family graveyard, Montgomery County, N.C.
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• James Kemp Doughton, Sr. (1884-1973) — of Sparta, Alleghany County, N.C. Born in Alleghany County, N.C., May 18, 1884. Son of Rufus A. Doughton; nephew of Robert Lee Doughton. Banker; farmer; member of North Carolina state house of representatives, 1948-57; Speaker of the North Carolina State House of Representatives, 1951-57. Methodist. Indicted for bank fraud in 1928; tried and acquitted. Died, of pneumonia, in a hospital at Sparta, Alleghany County, N.C., March 17, 1973. Interment at Shiloh Methodist Church Cemetery, Sparta, N.C.
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• Rufus A. Doughton (1857-1946) — of Sparta, Alleghany County, N.C. Born in Alleghany County, N.C., January 10, 1857. Son of J. Horton Doughton; brother of Robert Lee Doughton; father of James Kemp Doughton, Sr.. Democrat. Lawyer; member of North Carolina state house of representatives from Alleghany County, 1887-91, 1909-13; Speaker of the North Carolina State House of Representatives, 1893; Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina, 1893-97; delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1912. Methodist. Member, Freemasons. Died in 1946. Interment at Shiloh Methodist Church Cemetery, Sparta, N.C.
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• Daniel Kramer Edwards (1914-2001) — also known as Daniel K. Edwards — of Durham, Durham County, N.C. Born in Durham, Durham County, N.C., February 17, 1914. Son of Charles W. Edwards and Eva Marie (Kramer) Edwards; married, December 24, 1941, to Mary B. Partin. Lawyer; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of North Carolina state house of representatives, 1947-50; mayor of Durham, N.C., 1949-51. Methodist. Member, American Bar Association; American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Civitan; Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Delta Theta. Died, at Hillcrest Convalescent Center, Durham, Durham County, N.C., July 17, 2001. Interment at Maplewood Cemetery, Durham, N.C.
  
  
• John Reid Edwards (b. 1953) — also known as John Edwards; "Silk Pony"; "The Breck Girl" — of North Carolina. Born in Seneca, Oconee County, S.C., June 10, 1953. Democrat. Lawyer; U.S. Senator from North Carolina, 1999-2005; delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 2000, 2004; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 2004, 2008; candidate for Vice President of the United States, 2004. Methodist. Still living as of 2008.
  • See also: congressional biography; votes in Congress from the Washington Post; Wikipedia article; NNDB dossier; Internet Movie Database profile.
  • Books by John Edwards: Four Trials (2003); Our Plan for America: Stronger at Home, Respected in the World, with John Kerry (2004)
  • Critical books about John Edwards: Bernard Goldberg, 100 People Who Are Screwing Up America (And Al Franken Is #37)
  
  
• Cyrus Mills Faircloth (b. 1876) — also known as Cyrus M. Faircloth — of Clinton, Sampson County, N.C. Born near Salemburg, Sampson County, N.C., December 1, 1876. Republican. Lawyer; member of North Carolina state house of representatives from Sampson County, 1913. Methodist. Member, Freemasons. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• James Colly Farthing (1913-1967) — also known as James C. Farthing; Jim Farthing — of Lenoir, Caldwell County, N.C. Born in Lenoir, Caldwell County, N.C., January 12, 1913. Democrat. Lawyer; Solicitor, 16th Solicitorial District, 1947-57; delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1948; superior court judge in North Carolina, 1957-67; Judge, North Carolina Court of Appeals, 1967; died in office 1967. Methodist. Member, Lions. Died December 6, 1967. Interment at Blue Ridge Memorial Park, Lenoir, N.C.
  
  
• Wesley Luther Ferrell (b. 1895) — also known as W. L. Ferrell — of Winston-Salem, Forsyth County, N.C. Born in Durham, Durham County, N.C., August 28, 1895. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; member of North Carolina state house of representatives from Forsyth County, 1923-24; member of North Carolina state senate 22nd District, 1935. Methodist. Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Mary Reamey Few (1885-1971) — also known as Mary Reamey Thomas; Mrs. W. P. Few — of Durham, Durham County, N.C. Born in Martinsville, Va., 1885. Daughter of Lyne Starling Thomas and Elizabeth Ann (Sheffield) Thomas; married, August 17, 1911, to William Preston Few (1867-1940; president of Duke University, 1924-40). Republican. Member of Republican National Committee from North Carolina, 1944-54; delegate to Republican National Convention from North Carolina, 1948. Female. Methodist. French and English ancestry. Member, Daughters of the American Revolution; American Association of University Women; Colonial Dames. Died in Durham, Durham County, N.C., 1971. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Fred Folger (b. 1900) — of Mt. Airy, Surry County, N.C. Born in Dobson, Surry County, N.C., September 12, 1900. Son of Maud L. (Douglas) Folger and John Hamlin Folger; nephew of Alonzo Dillard Folger. Democrat. Lawyer; member of North Carolina state senate 23rd District, 1935-36, 1939-40, 1959; resigned 1959. Methodist. Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons; Junior Order. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
  • See also Folger family of North Carolina
  
  
• William Frank Forsyth (b. 1915) — also known as W. Frank Forsyth — of Murphy, Cherokee County, N.C. Born July 21, 1915. Son of William Thomas Forsyth and Xena (Bristol) Forsyth; married 1938 to Ruth Lail. Democrat. Executive vice-president Citizens Bank & Trust Company of Murphy, Andrews, Hayesville and Robbinsville; member of North Carolina state senate 33rd District, 1959. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Lions. Still living as of 1959.
  
  
• Joseph T. Foy (b. 1846) — of Burgaw, Pender County, N.C. Born in Scott's Hill, Pender County, N.C., November 16, 1846. Democrat. Farmer; member of North Carolina state house of representatives from Pender County, 1909, 1913. Methodist. Member, Royal Arcanum. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Samuel Bunn Frink (b. 1899) — also known as Samuel B. Frink; S. B. Frink — of Southport, Brunswick County, N.C. Born in Shallotte, Brunswick County, N.C., October 2, 1899. Son of D. S. Frink and Martha Gore Frink. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer; member of North Carolina state senate 10th District, 1935-36, 1939-40, 1959; delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1940, 1952 (alternate). Methodist; later Episcopalian. Member, American Legion; Forty and Eight; Junior Order. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• 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, American Legion; Rotary. 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.
  • See also Seawell family of North Carolina
  
  
• Joe G. Gentry (b. 1893) — of Huntington, Cabell County, W.Va. Born in Walnut Cove, Stokes County, N.C., September 23, 1893. Son of Sterling Hawood Gentry and Oda Catherine (Rierson) Gentry; married, June 3, 1922, to Jessie Elizabeth Ferguson. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; printing business; member of West Virginia state house of delegates from Cabell County, 1935-36, 1941-42, 1947-48, 1955-56; Republican candidate for West Virginia state senate 5th District, 1942. Methodist. Member, American Legion; Freemasons; Shriners; Elks; Kiwanis. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Frank Herbert Gibbs (b. 1895) — also known as Frank H. Gibbs — of Warrenton, Warren County, N.C. Born in Rockingham, Richmond County, N.C., August 4, 1895. Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; member of North Carolina state senate 14th District, 1935. Methodist. Member, Sigma Chi. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Joshua Preston Gibbs (1868-1947) — also known as J. P. Gibbs — of Burnsville, Yancey County, N.C. Born in Yancey County, N.C., December 2, 1868. Son of James W. Gibbs and Mary (Robinson) Gibbs; married 1890 to Elizabeth Lyde 'Lizzie' Dillinger. Republican. Member of North Carolina state house of representatives from Yancey County, 1921; member of North Carolina state senate 30th District, 1935. Methodist. Member, Odd Fellows. Died January 29, 1947. Interment at West Burnsville Church Cemetery, Burnsville, N.C.
  
  
• Edwin Maurice Gill (b. 1899) — of North Carolina. Born in Laurinburg, Scotland County, N.C., July 20, 1899. Member of North Carolina state house of representatives, 1929-31; North Carolina state treasurer, 1953-77. Methodist. Member, American Legion. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• James Rufus Gordon (1857-1931) — also known as James R. Gordon — of Jamestown, Guilford County, N.C. Born in Jamestown, Guilford County, N.C., February 23, 1857. Physician; member of North Carolina state house of representatives from Guilford County, 1905-09, 1913. Methodist. Member, Junior Order. Died in Guilford County, N.C., February 20, 1931. Interment at Deep River Friends Meeting Cemetery, Near Greensboro, Guilford County, N.C.
  
  
• Lloyd Lee Gravely (b. 1889) — also known as Lloyd L. Gravely — of Rocky Mount, Nash County, N.C. Born in Danville, Va., December 5, 1889. Descendant of Patrick Henry and Thomas Jefferson; son of John Oglesby Gravely and Lula (Kent) Gravely; married to Mary Clarke Hoofnagle. Democrat. Lawyer; tobacco buyer; manager, tobacco products factory; director and general manager, China America Tobacco Co.; director, Standard Insurance and Realty Co.; mayor of Rocky Mount, N.C., 1925-28; member of North Carolina state senate 6th District, 1929-32, 1935. Methodist. Member, Sons of the American Revolution; Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners; Junior Order; Kiwanis; Knights of Pythias; Phi Delta Phi; Phi Delta Theta. Burial location unknown.
  • See also Livingston-Lee-Clay-Williams family
  
  
• Edward Foster Griffin (b. 1900) — also known as E. F. Griffin — of Louisburg, Franklin County, N.C. Born in Louisburg, Franklin County, N.C., November 4, 1900. Democrat. Lawyer; member of North Carolina state senate 6th District, 1933-35. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Kiwanis. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• J. O. Gunn (b. 1892) — of Yanceyville, Caswell County, N.C. Born in Pelham, Caswell County, N.C., December 27, 1892. Member of North Carolina state house of representatives, 1964-. Methodist. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• David McKee Hall (1918-1960) — of Sylva, Jackson County, N.C. Born in Sylva, Jackson County, N.C., May 16, 1918. Son of David M. Hall and Edith (Moore) Hall; married, July 14, 1944, to Sarah McCollum. Democrat. Lawyer; member of North Carolina state senate, 1955; U.S. Representative from North Carolina 12th District, 1959-60; died in office 1960. Methodist. Member, American Bar Association; Rotary; Phi Delta Phi. Paraplegic. Died in Sylva, Jackson County, N.C., January 29, 1960. Interment at Webster Methodist Church Cemetery, Webster, N.C.
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• Luther Hamilton (b. 1894) — of Morehead City, Carteret County, N.C. Born in Atlantic, Carteret County, N.C., February 20, 1894. Son of Samuel E. Hamilton and Rebecca F. Hamilton. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; member of North Carolina state senate, 1921, 1957-59; member of North Carolina state house of representatives, 1931-33; superior court judge in North Carolina, 1937-51; delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1944. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Shriners; Delta Theta Phi. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Franklin Daniel Boone Harding (1904-1978) — also known as F. D. B. Harding — of Yadkinville, Yadkin County, N.C. Born in Yadkinville, Yadkin County, N.C., June 29, 1904. Republican. Candidate for U.S. Representative from North Carolina 8th District, 1940; delegate to Republican National Convention from North Carolina, 1944; member of North Carolina state house of representatives, 1949-50, 1961-64; member of North Carolina state senate, 1965-66; member of North Carolina Republican State Central Committee, 1966. Methodist. Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons. Died in Yadkin County, N.C., January 31, 1978. Interment at Yadkinville Town Cemetery, Yadkinville, N.C.
  
  
• Thomas Henry Hatchett (b. 1865) — also known as T. Henry Hatchett — of near Blanch, Caswell County, N.C. Born in Caswell County, N.C., July 16, 1865. Democrat. Farmer; member of North Carolina state house of representatives from Caswell County, 1913. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Junior Order. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Jesse Hargrave Healey (1794-1855) — of Indiana. Born in Guilford County, N.C., 1794. Henry County Sheriff, 1822-27, 1847-51; probate judge in Indiana, 1829-36; member of Indiana state house of representatives, 1838-39. Methodist. Member, Freemasons. Died in Spiceland, Henry County, Ind., February 24, 1855. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Carlisle Wallace Higgins (b. 1889) — also known as Carlisle W. Higgins — of North Carolina. Born in Ennice, Alleghany County, N.C., October 17, 1889. Member of North Carolina state house of representatives, 1925; member of North Carolina state senate, 1929; U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of North Carolina, 1934-47; associate justice of North Carolina state supreme court, 1954-. Methodist. Member, American Legion; Forty and Eight; Freemasons. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Luther Hartwell Hodges (1898-1974) — also known as Luther H. Hodges — of Leaksville, Rockingham County, N.C. Born in Pittsylvania County, Va., March 9, 1898. Democrat. Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina, 1953-54; Governor of North Carolina, 1954-61; U.S. Secretary of Commerce, 1961-65. Methodist. Member, American Legion; Freemasons; Moose; Rotary. Died October 6, 1974. Interment at Overlook Cemetery, Eden, N.C.
  
  
• Clyde Roark Hoey (1877-1954) — also known as Clyde R. Hoey — of Shelby, Cleveland County, N.C. Born in Shelby, Cleveland County, N.C., December 11, 1877. Son of Samuel Alberta Hoey and Mary Charlotte (Roark) Hoey; married, March 22, 1900, to Bessie Gardner (died 1942) (sister of Oliver Max Gardner). Democrat. Newspaper editor; lawyer; member of North Carolina state house of representatives, 1899-1902; member of North Carolina state senate, 1903-06; U.S. Representative from North Carolina 9th District, 1919-21; Governor of North Carolina, 1937-41; delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1940, 1944, 1948, 1952; member of Democratic National Committee from North Carolina, 1941-44; U.S. Senator from North Carolina, 1945-54; died in office 1954. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Junior Order; Knights of Pythias; Odd Fellows; Woodmen; Omicron Delta Kappa; Sigma Chi. Died May 12, 1954. Interment at Sunset Cemetery, Shelby, N.C.
  • See also Gardner family of North Carolina
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• 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. Interment at Oakwood Cemetery, Raleigh, N.C.
  • See also: National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• Wilkins Perryman Horton (b. 1889) — also known as Wilkins P. Horton — of Pittsboro, Chatham County, N.C. Born in Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kan., September 1, 1889. Democrat. Lawyer; member of North Carolina state senate 13th District, 1919, 1927, 1931, 1935; secretary of North Carolina Democratic Party, 1930; Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina, 1937-41; delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1948. Methodist. Member, Freemasons. Interment somewhere in Pittsboro, N.C.
  
  
• Bolivar Steadman Hurley (b. 1888) — also known as B. S. Hurley — of Troy, Montgomery County, N.C. Born in Troy, Montgomery County, N.C., May 16, 1888. Democrat. Lawyer; member of North Carolina state house of representatives from Montgomery County, 1917, 1925; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of North Carolina state senate 18th District, 1935. Methodist. Member, Freemasons. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Allan Denny Ivie (b. 1873) — also known as A. D. Ivie — of Leaksville, Rockingham County, N.C. Born in Patrick County, Va., May 3, 1873. Democrat. Lawyer; farmer; member of North Carolina state senate, 1911, 1913 (20th District 1911, 19th District 1913). Methodist. Member, Junior Order; Knights of Pythias. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• William Harmon Peace Jenkins (1830-1908) — of North Carolina. Born in Granville County, N.C., May 3, 1830. Member of North Carolina state house of representatives, 1860-66, 1891; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member of North Carolina state senate, 1881, 1887. Methodist. Fell from his horse, caught his foot in the stirrup and dragged on the ground, and died soon after, in Granville County, N.C., January 24, 1908. Interment at a private or family graveyard, Granville County, N.C.
  
  
• Andrew Hall Johnston (b. 1882) — also known as A. Hall Johnston — of Asheville, Buncombe County, N.C. Born in Buncombe County, N.C., March 13, 1882. Democrat. Lawyer; Presidential Elector for North Carolina, 1932; member of North Carolina state senate 31st District, 1935. Methodist. Member, American Bar Association; Elks. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Charles Andrew Jonas (1876-1955) — also known as Charles A. Jonas — of Lincolnton, Lincoln County, N.C. Born near Lincolnton, Lincoln County, N.C., August 14, 1876. Father of Charles Raper Jonas. Republican. Postmaster; member of North Carolina state senate, 1915-19; delegate to Republican National Convention from North Carolina, 1916, 1928, 1940, 1944; member of North Carolina state house of representatives, 1927-29; U.S. Representative from North Carolina 9th District, 1929-31; defeated, 1942; U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina, 1931-32; candidate for U.S. Senator from North Carolina, 1938; member of Republican National Committee from North Carolina, 1940. Methodist. Member, Junior Order; Knights of Pythias; Odd Fellows; Woodmen. Died May 25, 1955. Interment at Hollybrook Cemetery, Lincolnton, N.C.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Charles Raper Jonas (1904-1988) — of Lincolnton, Lincoln County, N.C. Born near Lincolnton, Lincoln County, N.C., December 9, 1904. Son of Charles Andrew Jonas. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S. Representative from North Carolina, 1953-73 (10th District 1953-63, 8th District 1963-69, 9th District 1969-73). Methodist. Member, American Bar Association; American Legion; Rotary. Died in 1988. Burial location unknown.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Benjamin Everett Jordan (1896-1974) — also known as B. Everett Jordan — of Saxapahaw, Alamance County, N.C. Born in Ramseur, Randolph County, N.C., September 8, 1896. Son of Henry Harrison Jordan and Annie Elizabeth (Sellers) Jordan; married, November 29, 1924, to Katherine McLean. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; North Carolina Democratic state chair, 1949-54; delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1952; member of Democratic National Committee from North Carolina, 1954-58; U.S. Senator from North Carolina, 1958-73. Methodist. Member, Sons of the American Revolution; Freemasons; Shriners; Rotary; Omicron Delta Kappa. Died March 15, 1974. Interment at Pine Hill Cemetery, Burlington, N.C.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• John C. Kesler (b. 1899) — of Salisbury, Rowan County, N.C. Born in Rowan County, N.C., May 23, 1899. Son of G. C. Kesler and Fannie (Iddings) Kesler. Democrat. Lawyer; county judge in North Carolina, 1939-40; member of North Carolina state senate, 1945-48, 1959. Methodist. Member, Freemasons. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Oscar Arthur Kirkman (b. 1900) — also known as O. Arthur Kirkman — of High Point, Guilford County, N.C. Born in High Point, Guilford County, N.C., April 16, 1900. Son of Oscar Arthur Kirkman, Sr. and Lulu Blanche (Hammer) Kirkman; married 1933 to Katharine Morgan. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; executive vice-president and general manager, Thomasville & Denton Railroad Company; director, American Short Line Railroad Association; president, Atlantic Savings and Loan Association (High Point, N.C.); mayor of High Point, N.C., 1939-43; member of North Carolina state house of representatives, 1949-52; member of North Carolina state senate 17th District, 1953-59; president, American Cancer Society, 1953-54. Methodist. Member, American Legion; Freemasons; Elks; Royal Arcanum; Woodmen; Alpha Kappa Psi. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Horace Robinson Kornegay (b. 1924) — also known as Horace R. Kornegay — of Greensboro, Guilford County, N.C. Born in Asheville, Buncombe County, N.C., March 12, 1924. Son of Marvin Earl Kornegay and Blanche Person (Robinson) Kornegay; married, March 25, 1950, to Annie Ben Beale. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; U.S. Representative from North Carolina 6th District, 1961-69. Methodist. Member, American Bar Association; American Judicature Society; Federal Bar Association; American Legion; Amvets; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Freemasons; Shriners; Alpha Sigma Phi; Omicron Delta Kappa. Still living as of 1998.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• John Walter Lambeth (b. 1868) — of Thomasville, Davidson County, N.C. Born in Thomasville, Davidson County, N.C., May 25, 1868. Son of David Thomas Lambeth and Carolyn (Simmons) Lambeth; married to Daisy Sumner; father of John Walter Lambeth (1896-1961). Furniture manufacturer; mayor of Thomasville, N.C., 1901-07. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Shriners; Elks; Junior Order; Rotary. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• William Lander (1817-1868) — of Lincolnton, Lincoln County, N.C. Born in County Tipperary, Ireland, May 8, 1817. Democrat. Member of North Carolina state legislature, 1852; delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1860; delegate to North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1861; Representative from North Carolina in the Confederate Congress, 1862-64. Methodist. Died January 8, 1868. Interment at Methodist Church Graveyard, Lincolnton, N.C.
  
  
• Permillas Arten Lee (1880-1955) — also known as P. A. Lee — of Dunn, Harnett County, N.C. Born in Johnston County, N.C., June 15, 1880. Son of Jesse Lee and Henrietta (Tart) Lee; married 1909 to Hautence Thornton. Democrat. Pharmacist; member of North Carolina state senate 12th District, 1935. Methodist. Member, Freemasons. Died in Dunn, Harnett County, N.C., March 21, 1955. Interment at Greenwood Cemetery, Dunn, N.C.
  
  
• Jacob Elmer Long (b. 1880) — also known as J. Elmer Long — of Graham, Alamance County, N.C.; Forrest Hills (unknown county), N.C. Born in Yanceyville, Caswell County, N.C., July 31, 1880. Son of Jacob Alson Long and Esta (Teague) Long; married, November 10, 1909, to Lessie Edmine Peay. Democrat. Lawyer; member of North Carolina state house of representatives from Alamance County, 1911-13; member of North Carolina state senate, 1917-21; Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina, 1925-29. Presbyterian; later Methodist. Member, Lions; Sphinx; Sigma Nu. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• James Anderson Long (b. 1841) — also known as J. A. Long — of Roxboro, Person County, N.C. Born in Person County, N.C., May 23, 1841. Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; farmer; bank president; member of North Carolina state house of representatives from Person County, 1885; member of North Carolina state senate, 1889, 1901, 1905, 1909, 1913 (20th District 1889, 17th District 1901, 18th District 1905, 1909, 17th District 1913). Methodist. Member, United Confederate Veterans. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Homer Le Grand Lyon (1879-1956) — also known as Homer L. Lyon — of Whiteville, Columbus County, N.C. Born in Elizabethtown, Bladen County, N.C., March 1, 1879. Son of C. C. Lyon and Margaret R. Lyon; married 1904 to Kate M. Burkhead. Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1904, 1940; Solicitor, 8th Judicial District, 1913-20; U.S. Representative from North Carolina 6th District, 1921-29. Methodist. Died in Whiteville, Columbus County, N.C., May 31, 1956. Interment at Memorial Cemetery, Whiteville, N.C.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• George Bascom Mason (b. 1891) — also known as George B. Mason — of Gastonia, Gaston County, N.C. Born in Dallas, Gaston County, N.C., March 28, 1891. Democrat. Lawyer; member of North Carolina state senate 26th District, 1935. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Shriners; Knights of Pythias; Sigma Chi. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Lucius H. McClure (b. 1844) — of Hayesville, Clay County, N.C. Born in Clay County, N.C., April 2, 1844. Progressive. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; farmer; member of North Carolina state house of representatives from Clay County, 1913. Methodist. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• James Small McNider (1880-1957) — also known as James S. McNider — of Hertford, Perquimans County, N.C. Born in Durants Neck, Perquimans County, N.C., January 25, 1880. Democrat. Lawyer; member of North Carolina state house of representatives from Perquimans County, 1913-15. Methodist. Member, Freemasons. Died February 3, 1957. Interment at Hollywood Cemetery, Hertford, N.C.
  
  
• A. R. McPhail (b. 1883) — of Rockingham, Richmond County, N.C. Born near Clinton, Sampson County, N.C., March 2, 1883. Democrat. Lawyer; member of North Carolina state house of representatives from Richmond County, 1913. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Elks. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Henry M. Michaux, Jr. (b. 1930) — of Durham County, N.C. Born in Durham, Durham County, N.C., September 4, 1930. Son of Henry McKinley Michaux, Sr. and Isadore (Coates) Michaux. Lawyer; insurance and real estate business; member of North Carolina state house of representatives, 1973-77, 1985-; U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of North Carolina, 1977-81. Black. Methodist. Member, National Bar Association. Still living as of 2005.
  
  
• Robert Burton Miller (b. 1852) — also known as R. B. Miller — of Shelby, Cleveland County, N.C. Born in Shelby, Cleveland County, N.C., January 29, 1852. Democrat. Member of North Carolina state house of representatives from Cleveland County, 1913. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Royal Arcanum. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Frederick Randolph Mintz (b. 1883) — also known as Fred R. Mintz — of Mt. Olive, Wayne County, N.C. Born in Southport, Brunswick County, N.C., May 11, 1883. Democrat. Member of North Carolina state house of representatives from Wayne County, 1913. Methodist. Member, Knights of Pythias. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Burley B. Mitchell, Jr. (b. 1940) — Born December 15, 1940. Son of Burley Bayard Mitchell, Sr. and Dorothy Ford (Champion) Mitchell; married, August 3, 1962, to Mary Lou Willett. Lawyer; District Attorney, 10th District, 1972-77; Judge, North Carolina Court of Appeals, 1977-79; associate justice of North Carolina state supreme court, 1982-94; appointed 1982; chief justice of North Carolina state supreme court, 1995-. Methodist. Member, American Bar Association; American Legion; Kiwanis; Delta Theta Phi. Still living as of 1997.
  
  
• Alexander Simmons Monroe (b. 1893) — also known as Alex S. Monroe — of Rockingham, Richmond County, N.C. Born in Troy, Montgomery County, N.C., November 19, 1893. Son of Calvin Spencer Monroe and Mary Simmons (Campbell) Monroe. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; business executive; member of North Carolina state senate 18th District, 1959. Methodist. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• John M. Mull (b. 1873) — of Morganton, Burke County, N.C. Born in Burke County, N.C., 1873. Democrat. Lawyer; member of North Carolina state house of representatives from Burke County, 1913. Methodist. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Claud Sheridan Nantz (b. 1899) — also known as Claude Nantz — of Lincolnton, Lincoln County, N.C. Born in Gaston County, N.C., March 31, 1899. Son of E. G. Nantz and Elizie (Robinson) Nantz; married to Fannie Wingate. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from North Carolina, 1944, 1948. Methodist. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Frank B. Newell (b. 1867) — of Warrenton, Warren County, N.C. Born in Warren County, N.C., May 5, 1867. Democrat. Member of North Carolina state house of representatives from Warren County, 1913. Methodist. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Kemp Battle Nixon (b. 1883) — also known as Kemp B. Nixon — of Lincolnton, Lincoln County, N.C. Born in Lincoln County, N.C., August 12, 1883. Son of Alfred Nixon and Iola Jane (Robinson) Nixon. Democrat. Lawyer; member of North Carolina state senate 25th District, 1931, 1935. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Shriners; Kiwanis. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Tom P. Pace (b. 1891) — of Purcell, McClain County, Okla. Born in Chatham County, N.C., October 11, 1891. Son of Thomas B. Pace and Florence (Burnett) Pace; married, August 14, 1925, to Loretto Kathleen Nancy. Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; district judge in Oklahoma 14th District, 1929. Methodist. Member, American Legion; Freemasons; Elks; Rotary. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Henry Allison Page (b. 1862) — also known as Henry A. Page — of Aberdeen, Moore County, N.C. Born in Cary, Wake County, N.C., May 12, 1862. Democrat. Farmer; member of North Carolina state house of representatives from Moore County, 1913. Methodist. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Marshall Joyner Parker (b. 1922) — also known as Marshall J. Parker — of Seneca, Oconee County, S.C. Born in Seaboard, Northampton County, N.C., April 25, 1922. Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; member of South Carolina state senate from Oconee County, 1957-61; candidate for U.S. Senator from South Carolina, 1966, 1968. Methodist. Member, American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Lions; Sigma Nu. Still living as of 1968.
  
  
• Walter Leak Parsons (b. 1858) — also known as W. L. Parsons — of Rockingham, Richmond County, N.C. Born in Camden, Kershaw County, S.C., December 15, 1858. Democrat. Lawyer; bank president; member of North Carolina state house of representatives, 1887, 1907; member of North Carolina state senate 21st District, 1913. Methodist. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Doctrine Clark Perry (b. 1868) — also known as D. C. Perry — of Elizabeth City, Pasquotank County, N.C. Born in Okisko, Pasquotank County, N.C., October 18, 1868. Democrat. Member of North Carolina state house of representatives from Pasquotank County, 1913. Methodist. Member, Junior Order; Odd Fellows. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Andrew Craig Phillips (b. 1922) — of North Carolina. Born in Greensboro, Guilford County, N.C., November 1, 1922. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; North Carolina superintendent of public instruction. Methodist. Still living as of 1971.
  
  
• James Knox Polk (1795-1849) — also known as James K. Polk; "Young Hickory"; "Napoleon of the Stump" — of Tennessee. Born near Little Sugar Creek, Mecklenburg County, N.C., November 2, 1795. Nephew by marriage of Thomas Jones Hardeman; third cousin once removed of Charles Polk; first cousin of William Polk Dobson; married, January 1, 1824, to Sarah Childress; fourth cousin of Trusten Polk; brother of William Hawkins Polk; second cousin by marriage of George Davis; uncle and adoptive father of Marshall Tate Polk; second cousin twice removed of Frank L. Polk. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Tennessee state house of representatives, 1823-25; U.S. Representative from Tennessee, 1825-39 (6th District 1825-33, 9th District 1833-39); Speaker of the U.S. House, 1835-39; Governor of Tennessee, 1839-41; President of the United States, 1845-49. Presbyterian or Methodist. Scotch-Irish ancestry. Member, Freemasons. Died, of cholera, in Nashville, Davidson County, Tenn., June 15, 1849. Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment in 1891 at Tennessee State Capitol Grounds, Nashville, Tenn. Polk counties in Ark., Fla.