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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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John Peter LaFrenz (1876-1935) —
also known as John P. LaFrenz; John Peter
LaFrenza —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C., February
1, 1876.
Democrat. Cooperage
business; member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 14th District, 1914-17.
Catholic.
French and German
ancestry.
Died, from erysipelas,
in Kings County Hospital,
Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., April
26, 1935 (age 59 years, 84
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y.
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William Lenoir (1751-1839) —
Born in Brunswick
County, Va., May 8,
1751.
School
teacher; surveyor;
served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member
of North Carolina state legislature, 1781-95; delegate
to North Carolina convention to ratify U.S. constitution, 1789.
French Huguenot ancestry.
Slaveowner.
Died May 6,
1839 (age 87 years, 363
days).
Interment a private or family graveyard, Caldwell County, N.C.
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James Johnston Pettigrew (1828-1863) —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Tyrrell
County, N.C., July 4,
1828.
Lawyer;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1856; general in the
Confederate Army during the Civil War.
French Huguenot ancestry.
Mortally wounded at the Battle of
Gettysburg, and died soon after at Bunker Hill, Berkeley
County, W.Va., July 17,
1863 (age 35 years, 13
days).
Original interment somewhere in Raleigh, N.C.; reinterment in 1865 at Pettigrew Family Cemetery, Tyrrell County, N.C.
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Albion Winegar Tourgee (1838-1905) —
also known as Albion W. Tourgee —
of Greensboro, Guilford
County, N.C.; Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C.; Denver,
Colo.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Mayville, Chautauqua
County, N.Y.
Born in Williamsfield, Ashtabula
County, Ohio, May 2,
1838.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; newspaper
editor; delegate
to North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1868, 1875;
superior court judge in North Carolina, 1868-75; candidate for U.S.
Representative from North Carolina, 1878; author;
U.S. Consul in Bordeaux, 1897-1905, died in office 1905.
French Huguenot and Swiss
ancestry.
Died, of acute
uremia, due to an infected
wound, in Bordeaux, France,
May
21, 1905 (age 67 years, 19
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Mayville
Cemetery, Mayville, N.Y.
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