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Maness-Carroll-Caudle-Gavin family of Sanford, North Carolina

Note: This is just one of 1,164 family groupings listed on The Political Graveyard web site. These families each have three or more politician members, all linked together by blood, marriage or adoption.

These groupings — even the names of the groupings, and the areas of main activity — are the result of a computer algorithm working with the data I have, not the choices of any historian or genealogist.

B. Harvey Carroll, Jr. Benajah Harvey Carroll Jr. (1874-1922) — also known as B. Harvey Carroll, Jr. — of Houston, Harris County, Tex. Born in Waco, McLennan County, Tex., March 3, 1874. Minister; served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; U.S. Consul in Venice, 1914-17; Naples, 1918-19. Baptist. Member, Beta Theta Pi. Died, in the English Colonial Hospital, Gibraltar, Gibraltar, March 31, 1922 (age 48 years, 28 days). Interment at Glenwood Cemetery, Houston, Tex.
  Relatives: Son of Benajah Harvey Carroll and Ellen Virginia (Bell) Carroll; married, August 6, 1895, to Daisy Crawford; second cousin once removed of Randolph Fitzhugh Carroll; fourth cousin of Edwin Lee Gavin; fourth cousin once removed of Robert Lee Gavin.
  Political family: Maness-Carroll-Caudle-Gavin family of Sanford, North Carolina.
  Epitaph: "Died in the service of his country."
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: U.S. passport application (1921)
  Edwin Lee Gavin (1888-1972) — also known as Edwin L. Gavin — of Roseboro, Sampson County, N.C.; Sanford, Lee County, N.C. Born in Giddinsville, Sampson County, N.C., August 17, 1888. Republican. School teacher; lawyer; mayor of Roseboro, N.C., 1912-14; member of North Carolina state senate, 1919-20; U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of North Carolina, 1928-32; candidate for U.S. Senator from North Carolina, 1950; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from North Carolina, 1956. Missionary Baptist. Member, Woodmen; Junior Order; Moose; Knights of Pythias. Died, of peritonitis, in Lee County Hospital, Sanford, Lee County, N.C., May 5, 1972 (age 83 years, 262 days). Interment at Buffalo Cemetery, Sanford, N.C.
  Relatives: Son of Edward Lewis Gavin and Minnie Irene (Darden) Gavin; married, March 6, 1912, to Mamie Florence Caudle; father of Robert Lee Gavin; fourth cousin of Benajah Harvey Carroll Jr.; fourth cousin once removed of Randolph Fitzhugh Carroll.
  Political family: Maness-Carroll-Caudle-Gavin family of Sanford, North Carolina.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
Randolph F. Carroll Randolph Fitzhugh Carroll (1901-1969) — also known as Randolph F. Carroll — of Washington, D.C. Born in Washington, D.C., February 23, 1901. Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Rotterdam, 1922-26; U.S. Consul in Bangkok, 1926-28; Rio de Janeiro, 1928-29. Died, from pneumonia and heart muscle degeneration, in Neulengbach, Austria, March 4, 1969 (age 68 years, 9 days). Interment somewhere in Neulengbach, Austria.
  Relatives: Son of Caroline Moncure (Benedict) Carroll and Alexander Mitchell Carroll; second cousin once removed of Benajah Harvey Carroll Jr.; fourth cousin once removed of Edwin Lee Gavin.
  Political family: Maness-Carroll-Caudle-Gavin family of Sanford, North Carolina.
  Image source: U.S. passport application (1922)
  Macye Maness (1904-1993) — also known as Macye Dona Jones — of Doniphan, Ripley County, Mo. Born in Blue Springs, Union County, Miss., June 5, 1904. Democrat. School teacher; lawyer; abstractor; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1940; member of Missouri state house of representatives from Ripley County, 1941-42; chair of Ripley County Democratic Party, 1949. Female. Died in Doniphan, Ripley County, Mo., March 18, 1993 (age 88 years, 286 days). Interment at Doniphan Oak Ridge Cemetery, Doniphan, Mo.
  Relatives: Married, June 5, 1930, to Howard Randolph Maness.
  Political family: Maness-Carroll-Caudle-Gavin family of Sanford, North Carolina.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Theron Lamar Caudle Jr. (1904-1969) — also known as Theron L. Caudle — of Wadesboro, Anson County, N.C. Born in North Carolina, June 22, 1904. U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina, 1940-45. Died in Wadesboro, Anson County, N.C., April 1, 1969 (age 64 years, 283 days). Interment at Eastview Cemetery, Wadesboro, N.C.
  Relatives: Son of Theron Lamar Caudle and Susie (Gooch) Caudle; married to Ellen Hildreth; third cousin of Robert Lee Gavin; third cousin once removed of Howard Randolph Maness.
  Political family: Maness-Carroll-Caudle-Gavin family of Sanford, North Carolina.
  Howard Randolph Maness (1904-1970) — also known as Howard R. Maness — of Doniphan, Ripley County, Mo. Born in Frankford, Pike County, Mo., March 19, 1904. Democrat. Lawyer; abstractor; member of Missouri state house of representatives from Ripley County, 1931-32, 1939-40. Died in Doniphan, Ripley County, Mo., September 9, 1970 (age 66 years, 174 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Harvey David Maness and Rachel Teresa (See) Maness; married, June 5, 1930, to Macye Dona Jones; third cousin once removed of Theron Lamar Caudle Jr. and Robert Lee Gavin.
  Robert Lee Gavin (1916-1981) — also known as Robert L. Gavin — of Sanford, Lee County, N.C. Born May 22, 1916. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from North Carolina, 1948 (alternate), 1960, 1964; U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of North Carolina, 1957-58; candidate for Governor of North Carolina, 1960, 1964. Died in Pinehurst, Moore County, N.C., June 11, 1981 (age 65 years, 20 days). Interment at Buffalo Cemetery, Sanford, N.C.
  Relatives: Son of Edwin Lee Gavin and Mamie (Caudle) Gavin; married to Grace McNeil Blue; third cousin of Theron Lamar Caudle Jr.; third cousin once removed of Howard Randolph Maness; fourth cousin once removed of Benajah Harvey Carroll Jr..
  Political family: Maness-Carroll-Caudle-Gavin family of Sanford, North Carolina.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
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