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Joseph Ebert Brown (1888-1973) —
also known as Joseph Egbert Brown —
of Ansted, Fayette
County, W.Va.; Summersville, Nicholas
County, W.Va.; Quinwood, Greenbrier
County, W.Va.
Born in Durham, Durham
County, N.C., October
12, 1888.
Democrat. Minister; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Nicholas County, 1929-30.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Summersville, Nicholas
County, W.Va., April 4,
1973 (age 84 years, 174
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph Brown and Janet (Henderson) Brown; married to Hester Bell
Barnes. |
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1929 |
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John Franklin Cannon (1851-1920) —
also known as John F. Cannon —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Cabarrus
County, N.C., January
3, 1851.
Democrat. Minister; offered prayer, Democratic National Convention,
1904.
Presbyterian.
Struck
by an automobile, suffered severe injuries, and died four hours
later in St. Luke's Hospital,
St.
Louis, Mo., March
12, 1920 (age 69 years, 69
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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Larkin Craig (1793-1881) —
of Montgomery
County, Ill.; Macoupin
County, Ill.
Born in North Carolina, February
1, 1793.
Ordained minister; member of Illinois
state senate, 1832-37.
Died February
14, 1881 (age 88 years, 13
days).
Interment at Blevins
Cemetery, Near Gillespie, Macoupin County, Ill.
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Edmund Dean Crisp (1850-1925) —
also known as E. D. Crisp —
of Lenoir, Caldwell
County, N.C.
Born in Caldwell
County, N.C., November
5, 1850.
Democrat. Baptist minister; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives from Caldwell County,
1913-14.
Baptist.
Died December
13, 1925 (age 75 years, 38
days).
Interment at Pisgah
Baptist Church Cemetery, Lenoir, N.C.
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Charles M. Diggs (1899-1959) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Winston-Salem, Forsyth
County, N.C., September
13, 1899.
Democrat. Minister; grocer;
candidate for Michigan
state senate 3rd District, 1948, 1950; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 9th District,
1955-58; defeated in primary, 1952 (Wayne County 1st District), 1958
(Wayne County 9th District).
African
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died in 1959
(age about
59 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Mary Hawkins. |
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Charles L. Foster —
of Elizabeth City, Pasquotank
County, N.C.
Ordained minister; mayor
of Elizabeth City, N.C., 2005-06.
Member, Elks.
Still living as of 2008.
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Thomas Oscar Fuller Sr. (1867-1942) —
also known as Thomas O. Fuller, Sr. —
of Wilmington, New
Hanover County, N.C.; Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.
Born in Franklinton, Franklin
County, N.C., October
25, 1867.
Minister; member of North
Carolina state senate; elected 1898; historian.
African
ancestry. Member, NAACP.
Died in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., June 21,
1942 (age 74 years, 239
days).
Interment at New
Park Cemetery, Memphis, Tenn.
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Billy Graham (1918-2018) —
also known as William Franklin Graham Jr.; "America's
Pastor" —
Born near Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C., November
7, 1918.
Minister; evangelist; offered prayer, Republican
National Convention, 1968,
1980;
offered prayer, Democratic National Convention, 1968,
1988.
Baptist.
Died in Montreat, Buncombe
County, N.C., February
21, 2018 (age 99 years, 106
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas Jefferson Graham (1866-1956) —
also known as Thomas J. Graham —
of Brock, Graham
County, N.C.
Born in Buncombe
County, N.C., March
29, 1866.
Republican. Minister; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives from Graham County,
1921-22.
Died October
25, 1956 (age 90 years, 210
days).
Interment at Whitmire Cemetery, Whitmire, S.C.
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William Franklin Graham III (b. 1952) —
also known as Franklin Graham; William Franklin Graham
III —
of Boone, Watauga
County, N.C.
Born in Asheville, Buncombe
County, N.C., July 14,
1952.
Republican. Minister; offered prayer, Republican National Convention,
2000.
Still living as of 2014.
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James W. Hood (b. 1831) —
Born in Kennett Township, Chester
County, Pa., May 30,
1831.
Republican. Minister; bishop; delegate
to North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1867; delegate
to Republican National Convention from North Carolina, 1872.
African
Methodist Episcopal. Member, Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Good
Templars.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Hannah L. Ralph and Sophia J. Nugent; married 1877 to Mrs.
K. P. McKoy. |
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Nathan Thomas Hopkins (1852-1927) —
also known as Nathan T. Hopkins —
of Floyd
County, Ky.; Yeager, Pike
County, Ky.
Born in Ashe
County, N.C., October
27, 1852.
Republican. Ordained minister; merchant;
lumberman;
farmer;
Floyd
County Assessor, 1878-90; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1893-94, 1923-24; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 10th District, 1895-97; defeated,
1894.
Baptist.
Died in Piketon (now Pikeville), Pike
County, Ky., February
11, 1927 (age 74 years, 107
days).
Interment at Potter
Cemetery, Yeager, Ky.
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J. F. Jolliff —
of Gatesville, Gates
County, N.C.
Republican. Clergyman; chair of
Gates County Republican Party, 1952.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Henry Martin (1848-1931) —
also known as Charles H. Martin —
of Louisburg, Franklin
County, N.C.; Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C.; Polkton, Anson
County, N.C.
Born near Youngsville, Franklin
County, N.C., August
28, 1848.
School
principal; lawyer;
ordained minister; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 6th District, 1895-99.
Baptist.
Died in Polkton, Anson
County, N.C., April
19, 1931 (age 82 years, 234
days).
Interment at Williams
Cemetery, Polkton, N.C.
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Boyd Phelps (1804-1886) —
of Racine, Mower
County, Minn.; Zumbrota, Goodhue
County, Minn.; Stevens
County, Minn.
Born in North Carolina, October
15, 1804.
Minister; member of Minnesota
state senate 13th District, 1857-58.
Methodist.
Died in Minnesota, March
17, 1886 (age 81 years, 153
days).
Burial location unknown.
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James Benjamin Pool (1841-1899) —
also known as James B. Pool —
of Alexander
County, N.C.
Born in Ellendale, Burke County (now Alexander
County), N.C., April 5,
1841.
Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; farmer; school
teacher; minister; Alexander
County Register of Deeds, 1870-80; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1880-82; Alexander
County Commissioner, 1887-90; Alexander
County Clerk of Court, 1890-98.
Baptist.
Died in Alexander
County, N.C., October
7, 1899 (age 58 years, 185
days).
Interment at Antioch
Baptist Church Cemetery, Alexander County, N.C.
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Hiram Rhodes Revels (1827-1901) —
of Natchez, Adams
County, Miss.
Born in Fayetteville, Cumberland
County, N.C., September
27, 1827.
Republican. Minister; served in the Union Army during the
Civil War; member of Mississippi
state senate, 1870; U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1870-71; secretary
of state of Mississippi, 1873.
African
Methodist Episcopal. African
and Lumbee
Indian ancestry.
First
Black member of the U.S. Senate.
Died, from a stroke,
while attending a church conference,
in Aberdeen, Monroe
County, Miss., January
16, 1901 (age 73 years, 111
days).
Interment at Hillcrest
Cemetery, Holly Springs, Miss.
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Francis Emanuel Shober (1860-1919) —
also known as Frank E. Shober —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Salisbury, Rowan
County, N.C., October
24, 1860.
Democrat. School
teacher; minister; newspaper
reporter; newspaper
editor; U.S.
Representative from New York 17th District, 1903-05; defeated,
1906.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Danbury, Fairfield
County, Conn., October
7, 1919 (age 58 years, 348
days).
Interment at Wooster
Cemetery, Danbury, Conn.
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Benjamin Walter Thomason (1893-1987) —
also known as B. W. Thomason —
of Brevard, Transylvania
County, N.C.
Born in Greenville
County, S.C., August
15, 1893.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; Baptist
minister; member of North
Carolina state senate 32nd District, 1959; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1965-66.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in 1987
(age about
93 years).
Interment somewhere
in Brevard, N.C.
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Relatives: Son
of Benjamin Arnold Thomason and Emma (Leake) Thomason; married to
Jannette Martin. |
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Bradley Mark Walker (b. 1969) —
also known as Mark Walker —
Born in Dothan, Houston
County, Ala., May 20,
1969.
Republican. Minister; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 6th District, 2015-.
Baptist.
Still living as of 2018.
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Hugh Williamson (1735-1819) —
of Edenton, Chowan
County, N.C.
Born in West Nottingham, Chester
County, Pa., December
5, 1735.
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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