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Anthony Butler —
of Elizabeth City, Pasquotank
County, N.C.
Born in England.
Postmaster at Elizabeth
City, N.C., 1816.
English ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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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.
Republican. Member of Republican
National Committee from North Carolina, 1944-54; delegate to
Republican National Convention from North Carolina, 1948,
1952
(member, Resolutions
Committee; speaker).
Female.
Methodist.
French
Huguenot and English ancestry. Member, American
Association of University Women; Daughters of the
American Revolution; Colonial
Dames.
Died in Durham, Durham
County, N.C., January
12, 1971 (age about 85
years).
Interment at Maplewood
Cemetery, Durham, N.C.
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Philemon Hawkins (1717-1801) —
of Granville
County, N.C.
Born in Gloucester
County, Va., September
28, 1717.
Member of North
Carolina house of commons from Granville County, 1779-81,
1782-84, 1785-86.
Anglican.
English ancestry.
Died in Warrenton, Warren
County, N.C., September
10, 1801 (age 83 years, 347
days).
Interment at Hawkins Cemetery, Warrenton, N.C.
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Willie Jones (1741-1801) —
of North Carolina.
Born in Surry
County, Va., May 25,
1741.
Delegate
to North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1776; member
of North Carolina state legislature, 1776; Delegate
to Continental Congress from North Carolina, 1780.
Welsh
and English ancestry.
Died in Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C., June 18,
1801 (age 60 years, 24
days).
Interment in private or family graveyard.
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Isaac Shelby (1750-1826) —
Born in Frederick County (part now in Washington
County), Md., December
11, 1750.
Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member
of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1779; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1782; delegate
to Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1792; Governor of
Kentucky, 1792-96, 1812-16; general in the U.S. Army during the
War of 1812.
Welsh
and English ancestry.
Died of a broken blood
vessel in the head, in Lincoln
County, Ky., July 18,
1826 (age 75 years, 219
days).
Interment at Shelby Traveller's Rest Burying Ground, Stanford, Ky.
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Relatives: Son
of Evan Shelby and Letitia 'Leddy' (Cox) Shelby; married, April
19, 1783, to Susannah Hart; father of Susanna Hart Shelby (who
married James
Shannon); grandfather of Anna Nelson Shelby (who married Beriah
Magoffin); great-grandfather of Beriah
Magoffin Jr.. |
| | | Political family: Shannon-Shelby
family. |
| | | Shelby counties in Ala., Ill., Ind., Iowa, Ky., Mo., Ohio, Tenn. and Tex. are
named for him. |
| | | The town
of Shelby,
New York, is named for
him. — The city
of Shelbyville,
Illinois, is named for
him. — The city
of Shelbyville,
Indiana, is named for
him. — The city
of Shelbyville,
Missouri, is named for
him. — The city
of Shelbyville,
Tennessee, is named for
him. — The World War II Liberty
ship SS Isaac Shelby (built 1944 at Brunswick,
Georgia; mined and wrecked in the Tyrrhenian
Sea, 1945) was named for
him. |
| | | See also National Governors
Association biography — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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H. F. Wolstenholme (born c.1820) —
of Asheville, Buncombe
County, N.C.; Jonesborough, Washington
County, Tenn.; Albany, Dougherty
County, Ga.
Born in England,
about 1820.
Tailor;
postmaster at Asheville,
N.C., 1865-66.
English ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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