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Doughton family of Sparta, North Carolina

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  Rufus A. Doughton (1857-1946) — of Sparta, Alleghany County, N.C. Born in Alleghany County, N.C., January 10, 1857. Democrat. Lawyer; attorney for North Carolina Railroad; farmer; banker; member of North Carolina state house of representatives from Alleghany County, 1887-92, 1909-16, 1921-22; Speaker of the North Carolina State House of Representatives, 1891; Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina, 1893-97; delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1912 (member, Committee on Rules and Order of Business). Methodist. Member, Freemasons. Died in 1946 (age about 89 years). Interment at Shiloh Methodist Church Cemetery, Sparta, N.C.
  Relatives: Son of J. Horton Doughton and Rebecca (Jones) Doughton; brother of Robert Lee Doughton; married, January 3, 1883, to Sue B. Parks; father of James Kemp Doughton, Sr. (1884-1973).
  Political family: Doughton family of Sparta, North Carolina.
  See also Wikipedia article
  Robert Lee Doughton (1863-1954) — also known as Robert L. Doughton — of Laurel Springs, Alleghany County, N.C. Born in Laurel Springs, Alleghany County, N.C., November 7, 1863. Democrat. Farmer; banker; member of North Carolina state senate 35th District, 1908-10; U.S. Representative from North Carolina, 1911-53 (8th District 1911-33, 9th District 1933-53); delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1940. Baptist. Died in Laurel Springs, Alleghany County, N.C., October 1, 1954 (age 90 years, 328 days). Interment at Laurel Springs Baptist Church Cemetery, Laurel Springs, N.C.
  Relatives: Son of J. H. Doughton and Rebecca (Jones) Doughton; brother of Rufus A. Doughton (1857-1946); married 1898 to Lillie S. Hix; uncle of James Kemp Doughton, Sr..
  Political family: Doughton family of Sparta, North Carolina.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  James Kemp Doughton, Sr. (1884-1973) — of Sparta, Alleghany County, N.C. Born in Alleghany County, N.C., May 18, 1884. 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 (age 88 years, 303 days). Interment at Shiloh Methodist Church Cemetery, Sparta, N.C.
  Relatives: Son of Rufus A. Doughton; nephew of Robert Lee Doughton (1863-1954).
  Political family: Doughton family of Sparta, North Carolina.
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