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Robert Ephram Abell (1887-1963) —
also known as Robert E. Abell —
of Chester, Chester
County, S.C.
Born in Chester
County, S.C., October
12, 1887.
Son of Joshua L. Abell and Sophia (Erwin) Abell.
Democrat. Surgeon; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from South Carolina, 1940.
Died, from a suspected coronary
occlusion, due to emphysema
and pneumonia,
in Memorial Hospital,
Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C., March 9,
1963 (age 75 years, 148
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Chester, S.C.
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Nathaniel Alexander (1756-1808) —
of Mecklenburg
County, N.C.
Born near Concord, Mecklenburg
County, N.C., March 5,
1756.
Physician; member of North
Carolina house of commons, 1797; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1801-02; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina, 1803-05 (10th District
1803-05, at-large 1805); Governor of
North Carolina, 1805-07.
Died in Salisbury, Rowan
County, N.C., March 7,
1808 (age 52 years, 2
days).
Interment at Settler's
Cemetery, Charlotte, N.C.
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John M. Bobbitt (1927-2008) —
also known as Jack Bobbitt —
of Huntington, Cabell
County, W.Va.; Mooresville, Iredell
County, N.C.
Born in Huntington, Cabell
County, W.Va., January
20, 1927.
Republican. Physician; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Cabell County, 1967-69;
resigned 1969.
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died January
5, 2008 (age 80 years, 350
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas Burke (c.1747-1783) —
of Orange
County, N.C.
Born in Galway, Ireland,
about 1747.
Physician; lawyer; delegate to
North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1776; Delegate
to Continental Congress from North Carolina, 1776; member of
North Carolina state legislature, 1777; Governor of
North Carolina, 1781-82.
Died near Hillsborough, Orange
County, N.C., December
2, 1783 (age about 36
years).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Orange County, N.C.
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John T. Burrus (b. 1877) —
of High Point, Guilford
County, N.C.
Born in Surry
County, N.C., 1877.
Democrat. Physician; surgeon; member of North
Carolina state senate 17th District, 1931-35.
Baptist.
Member, Rotary; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Elks; Junior
Order.
Burial
location unknown.
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Greene Washington Caldwell (1806-1864) —
of Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C.
Born in Belmont, Gaston
County, N.C., April 13,
1806.
Democrat. Physician; lawyer;
member of North
Carolina house of commons, 1836-41; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 11th District, 1841-43; served
in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1849.
Died in Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C., July 10,
1864 (age 58 years, 88
days).
Interment at Settler's
Cemetery, Charlotte, N.C.
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Beriah Thaddeus Cox (b. 1863) —
also known as B. T. Cox —
of Winterville, Pitt
County, N.C.
Born in Pitt
County, N.C., July 30,
1863.
Democrat. Physician; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives from Pitt County, 1909,
1913.
Member, Junior
Order.
Burial
location unknown.
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William Columbus Cox (1858-1931) —
also known as William C. Cox —
of Everett, Snohomish
County, Wash.
Born in Flinty Branch, Mitchell
County, N.C., September
20, 1858.
Physician; mayor of
Everett, Wash., 1896-97.
Died in Everett, Snohomish
County, Wash., September
26, 1931 (age 73 years, 6
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Leslie Ballard Evans (b. 1869) —
also known as L. B. Evans —
of Clarkton, Bladen
County, N.C.
Born in Fayetteville, Cumberland
County, N.C., February
25, 1869.
Democrat. Physician; member of North
Carolina state senate 11th District, 1913.
Burial
location unknown.
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John Miller Faison (1862-1915) —
also known as John M. Faison —
of Faison, Duplin
County, N.C.
Born near Faison, Duplin
County, N.C., April 17,
1862.
Democrat. Physician; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 3rd District, 1911-15.
Died in Faison, Duplin
County, N.C., April 21,
1915 (age 53 years, 4
days).
Interment at Faison
Cemetery, Faison, N.C.
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James S. Forrester (1937-2011) —
also known as Jim Forrester —
of Stanley, Gaston
County, N.C.
Born in Aberdeen, Scotland,
January
8, 1937.
Republican. Physician; member of North
Carolina state senate 41st District, 1991-2011; died in office
2011; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from North
Carolina, 2008.
Died in Gaston
County, N.C., October
31, 2011 (age 74 years, 296
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Nathan Gaither (1788-1862) —
of Columbia, Adair
County, Ky.
Born near Mocksville, Davie
County, N.C., September
15, 1788.
Democrat. Physician; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1815-18, 1855-57; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 8th District, 1829-33; defeated,
1832; delegate to
Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1849.
Died in Columbia, Adair
County, Ky., August
12, 1862 (age 73 years, 331
days).
Interment at Columbia
Cemetery, Columbia, Ky.
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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 (age 73 years, 362
days).
Interment at Deep
River Friends Meeting Cemetery, Near Greensboro, Guilford County,
N.C.
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Samuel E. Hogg (1783-1842) —
of Tennessee.
Born in Caswell
County, N.C., April 18,
1783.
Democrat. Physician; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1813-15; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee at-large, 1817-19.
Baptist.
Died in Rutherford
County, Tenn., May 28,
1842 (age 59 years, 40
days).
Interment at Nashville
City Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn.
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Robert Benjamin Killian (b. 1856) —
also known as Robert B. Killian —
of near Lincolnton, Lincoln
County, N.C.
Born in Catawba
County, N.C., September
15, 1856.
Democrat. Physician; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives from Lincoln County, 1913.
Lutheran.
Burial
location unknown.
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Collett Leventhorpe (1815-1889) —
of Rutherfordton, Rutherford
County, N.C.
Born in Exmouth, Devon, England,
May
15, 1815.
Democrat. Naturalized U.S. citizen; physician; general in the
Union Army during the Civil War; candidate for North
Carolina state auditor, 1872.
Died in Wilkes
County, N.C., December
1, 1889 (age 74 years, 200
days).
Interment at Chapel
of Rest Cemetery, Happy Valley, N.C.
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Benjamin Franklin McMillan (b. 1853) —
also known as B. F. McMillan —
of Red Springs, Robeson
County, N.C.
Born in Red Springs, Robeson
County, N.C., November
8, 1853.
Democrat. Physician; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives from Robeson County, 1913.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Medical
Association; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias.
Burial
location unknown.
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Wayland Mitchell (b. 1871) —
of Lewiston (now part of Lewiston Woodville), Bertie
County, N.C.
Born in Bertie
County, N.C., September
9, 1871.
Democrat. Physician; farmer;
member of North
Carolina state senate 3rd District, 1919, 1935.
Baptist.
Burial
location unknown.
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David Jennings Rose (b. 1896) —
also known as D. J. Rose —
of Goldsboro, Wayne
County, N.C.
Born in Wayne
County, N.C., September
26, 1896.
Son of Joel L. Rose and Mary Elizabeth (Stafford) Rose.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I;
physician; surgeon; member of North
Carolina state senate 8th District, 1955-59.
Christian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Sigma
Nu.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Joel L. Rose and Mary Elizabeth (Stafford) Rose; married 1925 to Janet
T. Conway; married 1956 to Mary
Elizabeth Farrior. |
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John B. Terres (1847-1920) —
Born in Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C., September
25, 1847.
Physician; U.S. Vice Consul Genera in Port-au-Prince, 1880-85, 1885-1904; U.S. Consul in Port-au-Prince, 1904-20.
Died November
1, 1920 (age 73 years, 37
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Cyrus Thompson (1855-1930) —
of Jacksonville, Onslow
County, N.C.
Born in 1855.
Republican. Physician; secretary of
state of North Carolina, 1897-1900; delegate to Republican
National Convention from North Carolina, 1912.
Orator; Farmer's Alliance and Populist leader.
Died in 1930
(age about
75 years).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Onslow County, N.C.
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John Edmund Wear (1921-2000) —
of Salisbury, Rowan
County, N.C.
Born in Haleyville, Winston
County, Ala., October
10, 1921.
Physician; mayor
of Salisbury, N.C., 1985-91.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Medical
Association; Rotary.
Died, in Rowan Regional Medical
Center, Salisbury, Rowan
County, N.C., October
29, 2000 (age 79 years, 19
days).
Interment at City
Memorial Park, Salisbury, N.C.
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John T. Williams —
Physician; U.S. Consul in Sierra Leone, 1898-1906.
African
ancestry.
Interment at Pinewood
Cemetery, Charlotte, N.C.
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Hugh Williamson (1735-1819) —
of Edenton, Chowan
County, N.C.
Born in West Nottingham, Chester
County, Pa., December
5, 1735.
Son of John Williamson, Sr. and Mary (Davison) Williamson.
Preacher;
university
professor; physician; member of North Carolina state
legislature, 1782; Delegate
to Continental Congress from North Carolina, 1782; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; delegate to
North Carolina convention to ratify U.S. constitution, 1788; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina at-large, 1789-93.
Presbyterian.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 22,
1819 (age 83 years, 168
days).
Entombed at Trinity
Churchyard, Manhattan, N.Y.
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