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Charles Laban Abernethy (1872-1955) —
also known as Charles L. Abernethy —
of New Bern, Craven
County, N.C.
Born in Burke
County, N.C., March
18, 1872.
Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper
publisher; candidate for Presidential Elector for North Carolina;
U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 3rd District, 1922-35.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Redmen;
Elks; Woodmen;
Knights
of Pythias; Junior
Order; Kiwanis.
Died in New Bern, Craven
County, N.C., February
23, 1955 (age 82 years, 342
days).
Interment at Cedar
Grove Cemetery, New Bern, N.C.
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Spencer Bell Adams (1860-1943) —
also known as Spencer B. Adams —
of Yanceyville, Caswell
County, N.C.; Greensboro, Guilford
County, N.C.
Born in Dobson, Surry
County, N.C., October
15, 1860.
Republican. Lawyer; probate judge in North Carolina, 1882-96;
superior court judge in North Carolina, 1896-98; candidate for U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 5th District, 1898; delegate
to Republican National Convention from North Carolina, 1900,
1908;
candidate for Governor of
North Carolina, 1900; U.S.
District Judge for Indian Territory, 1902-04.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons.
Died January
12, 1943 (age 82 years, 89
days).
Interment at Green
Hill Cemetery, Greensboro, N.C.
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Relatives: Son
of John A. Adams and Sarah Adams; married, December
19, 1884, to Lizzie L. Swift. |
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William Jackson Adams (1860-1934) —
also known as William J. Adams —
of Carthage, Moore
County, N.C.
Born in Rockingham, Richmond
County, N.C., January
27, 1860.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1893; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1895; superior court judge in North
Carolina 13th District, 1908-21; justice of
North Carolina state supreme court, 1927-34; died in office 1934.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died, from complications of surgery for a kidney
ailment, in the Brady Urological Clinic of Johns Hopkins Hospital,
Baltimore,
Md., May 20,
1934 (age 74 years, 113
days).
Interment somewhere
in Carthage, N.C.
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Relatives: Son
of Rev. S. D. Adams and Mary (Jackson) Adams; married to Florence
Wall. |
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Anthony Boyce Akers (1914-1976) —
also known as Anthony B. Akers —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla.
Born near Charlotte, Atascosa
County, Tex., October
19, 1914.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 17th District, 1954, 1956, 1958;
U.S. Ambassador to New Zealand, 1961-63.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; Federal
Bar Association.
Died, probably from a heart
attack, in Wrightsville Beach, New Hanover
County, N.C., April 1,
1976 (age 61 years, 165
days).
Interment at Berkeley Memorial Cemetery, Middletown, R.I.
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James Ashby Albritton (1869-1934) —
also known as J. Ashby Albritton —
of Snow Hill, Greene
County, N.C.
Born in Greene
County, N.C., December
17, 1869.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from North Carolina, 1916,
1924.
Died, from influenza
and myocarditis,
in Snow Hill, Greene
County, N.C., February
5, 1934 (age 64 years, 50
days).
Interment at St. Barnabas Episcopal Cemetery, Snow Hill, N.C.
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Hugh Quincy Alexander (1911-1989) —
of Kannapolis, Cabarrus
County, N.C.
Born near Glendon, Moore
County, N.C., August
7, 1911.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;
member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1947-51; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 9th District, 1953-63;
defeated, 1962.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Moose;
American Bar
Association; Jaycees.
Died September
17, 1989 (age 78 years, 41
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Julia McGehee Alexander (d. 1957) —
of Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C.
Lawyer; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1940.
Female.
Member, Daughters of the
American Revolution.
Died February
23, 1957.
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Charlotte, N.C.
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William Julius Alexander (1797-1857) —
of Mecklenburg
County, N.C.; Lincolnton, Lincoln
County, N.C.
Born in Salisbury, Rowan
County, N.C., March, 1797.
Lawyer; member of North
Carolina house of commons, 1826-31, 1833-35; superintendent of
the U.S. Mint at Charlotte, N.C., 1846-51.
Died in Lincolnton, Lincoln
County, N.C., February
15, 1857 (age 59 years, 0
days).
Interment at St. Luke's Episcopal Church Cemetery, Lincolnton, N.C.
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William Allen (1803-1879) —
also known as "Earthquake Allen"; "Petticoat
Allen"; "The Fog Horn"; "The Ohio
Gong"; "Rise Up William Allen" —
of Ohio.
Born in Edenton, Chowan
County, N.C., December
27, 1803.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 7th District, 1833-35; U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1837-49; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Ohio, 1864;
Governor
of Ohio, 1874-76.
Died near Chillicothe, Ross
County, Ohio, July 11,
1879 (age 75 years, 196
days).
Interment at Grandview
Cemetery, Chillicothe, Ohio.
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William Reynolds Allen (1860-1921) —
of Goldsboro, Wayne
County, N.C.
Born in Kenansville, Duplin
County, N.C., March
26, 1860.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives from Wayne County,
1893-94, 1899-1902; superior court judge in North Carolina, 1894-95,
1903-11; justice of
North Carolina state supreme court, 1911-21; died in office 1921.
Methodist.
Died September
8, 1921 (age 61 years, 166
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Anderson Allen and Maria Goodwin (Hicks) Allen; married,
November
3, 1886, to Mattie M. Moore. |
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Linville H. Allred (1876-1965) —
of Smithfield, Johnston
County, N.C.
Born in Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C., June 14,
1876.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives from Johnston County,
1911-14.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Junior
Order; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died November
25, 1965 (age 89 years, 164
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Erwin, Tenn.
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Julian Russell Allsbrook (1903-1984) —
also known as Julian R. Allsbrook —
of Roanoke Rapids, Halifax
County, N.C.
Born in Roanoke Rapids, Halifax
County, N.C., February
17, 1903.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of North
Carolina state senate 3rd District, 1935.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Junior
Order; Woodmen;
Phi
Alpha Delta; Tau
Kappa Alpha.
Died in May, 1984
(age 81
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Clemens Allsbrook and Bennie Alice (Waller) Allsbrook;
married 1926 to
Frances Virginia Brown. |
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John Wesley Alspaugh (1828-1912) —
also known as J. W. Alspaugh —
of Winston (now part of Winston-Salem), Forsyth
County, N.C.
Born in North Carolina, July 21,
1828.
Lawyer; banker; newspaper
editor; mayor
of Winston, N.C., 1871-72, 1873-74, 1875-76.
Died in Winston (now part of Winston-Salem), Forsyth
County, N.C., November
3, 1912 (age 84 years, 105
days).
Interment at Salem
Cemetery, Winston-Salem, N.C.
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Lemuel James Alston (1760-1836) —
also known as Lemuel J. Alston —
of Greenville, Greenville
County, S.C.
Born in Granville County (part now in Warren
County), N.C., 1760.
Lawyer; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1789-90; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 8th District, 1807-11; member
of South
Carolina state senate from Greenville, 1812-14; Clarke
County Judge, 1816-21.
Slaveowner.
Died in Clarke
County, Ala., 1836
(age about
76 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Ike Franklin Andrews (1925-2010) —
also known as Ike F. Andrews —
of Siler City, Chatham
County, N.C.
Born in Bonlee, Chatham
County, N.C., September
2, 1925.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
member of North
Carolina state senate 13th District, 1959-60; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1961-62, 1967-72;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from North
Carolina, 1964;
U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 4th District, 1973-85;
defeated, 1984.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Jaycees.
In October 1982, he was arrested
and charged
with drunk
driving.
Died in Carrboro, Orange
County, N.C., May 10,
2010 (age 84 years, 250
days).
Interment at Bonlee Baptist Church Cemetery, Bonlee, N.C.
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R. F. Arledge (1907-1968) —
also known as Deacon Arledge —
of Albuquerque, Bernalillo
County, N.M.
Born in Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C., June 1,
1907.
Democrat. Newspaper
reporter; lawyer; major in the U.S. Army during World War
II; chair of
Bernalillo County Democratic Party, 1946; member of New Mexico
Democratic State Central Committee, 1946; district judge in New
Mexico 2nd District, 1947-50; alternate delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New Mexico, 1948.
Church
of Christ. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Pi
Kappa Alpha.
Died June 16,
1968 (age 61 years, 15
days).
Interment at Santa
Fe National Cemetery, Santa Fe, N.M.
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Relatives: Son
of Richard F. Arledge and Ellen (Henderson) Arledge; married to Helen
Jean Floyd. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Robert Franklin Armfield (1829-1898) —
of Statesville, Iredell
County, N.C.
Born near Greensboro, Guilford
County, N.C., July 9,
1829.
Democrat. Lawyer; colonel in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War; member of North
Carolina state senate 34th District, 1874-75; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 7th District, 1879-83;
superior court judge in North Carolina, 1889-95.
Died in Statesville, Iredell
County, N.C., November
9, 1898 (age 69 years, 123
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Statesville, N.C.
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John Baptista Ashe (1810-1857) —
of Brownsville, Haywood
County, Tenn.; Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex.
Born in Rocky Point, Pender
County, N.C., 1810.
Whig. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 10th District, 1843-45.
Slaveowner.
Died in Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex., December
29, 1857 (age about 47
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Samuel Ashe (1725-1813) —
of New
Hanover County, N.C.
Born in Bath, Beaufort
County, N.C., March
24, 1725.
Lawyer; delegate
to North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1776; justice of
North Carolina state supreme court, 1777; Governor of
North Carolina, 1795-98; candidate for Presidential Elector for
North Carolina.
Died in Rocky Point, Pender
County, N.C., February
3, 1813 (age 87 years, 316
days).
Interment at Ashe
Family Cemetery, Rocky Point, N.C.; memorial monument at Pack Square Park, Asheville, N.C.
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William Shepperd Ashe (1814-1862) —
also known as William S. Ashe —
of Wilmington, New
Hanover County, N.C.
Born in Rocky Point, Pender
County, N.C., September
14, 1814.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1846-48, 1858-60; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina, 1849-55 (7th District
1849-53, 3rd District 1853-55); president, Wilmington & Weldon Railroad,
1854; delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina,
1860;
delegate
to North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1861; major in
the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Slaveowner.
Killed in a railroad
accident near Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C., September
14, 1862 (age 48 years, 0
days).
Interment at Ashe
Family Cemetery, Rocky Point, N.C.
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James Allen Austin (1886-1954) —
also known as J. Allen Austin —
of High Point, Guilford
County, N.C.
Born in New London, Stanly
County, N.C., November
6, 1886.
Democrat. Lawyer; real estate
developer; bank
director; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives from Guilford County,
1921-22.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Elks; Freemasons.
Died in High Point, Guilford
County, N.C., January
19, 1954 (age 67 years, 74
days).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery, High Point, N.C.
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Relatives: Son
of Jacob Daniel Austin and Mary Jane (Talley) Austin; married to
Nancy Kerns. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Waightstill Avery (1741-1821) —
of Burke
County, N.C.
Born in Groton, New London
County, Conn., May 10,
1741.
Lawyer; colonel in the Continental Army during the
Revolutionary War; member of North
Carolina house of commons, 1776, 1782-83, 1793; North
Carolina state attorney general, 1777-79; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1796.
Fought a pistol
duel with Andrew
Jackson in 1788; neither man was injured.
Died in the judge's
chambers at the Burke County
Courthouse, Morganton, Burke
County, N.C., March
13, 1821 (age 79 years, 307
days).
Interment at Swan
Ponds Plantation Cemetery, Morganton, N.C.
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Relatives: Son
of Jerusha (Morgan) Avery and Humphrey Avery; married, October
3, 1778, to Leah Probart Franks; father of Elizabeth Avery (who
married William
Ballard Lenoir); grandfather of Isaac
Thomas Lenoir and William
Waigstill Avery; granduncle of Lorenzo
Burrows; first cousin four times removed of Horace
Billings Packer; second cousin once removed of Noyes
Barber; second cousin twice removed of Daniel
Packer, Asa
Packer, Edwin
Barber Morgan, Christopher
Morgan, Edwin
Denison Morgan and Alfred
Avery Burnham; second cousin thrice removed of Judson
B. Phelps, Morgan
Gardner Bulkeley, William
Henry Bulkeley, Robert
Asa Packer and William
Frederick Morgan Rowland; second cousin four times removed of Henry
Brewster Stanton, Jonathan
R. Herrick, Erskine
Mason Phelps and Spencer
Gale Frink; second cousin five times removed of D-Cady
Herrick, Herman
Arod Gager, Walter
Richmond Herrick and Burdette
Burt Bliss; third cousin twice removed of Nathan
Belcher, Samuel
Townsend Douglass, Silas
Hamilton Douglas and Joshua
Perkins; third cousin thrice removed of Charles
Phelps Huntington, George
Mortimer Beakes, George
Douglas Perkins, Chauncey
C. Pendleton, Daniel
Parrish Witter, Albert
Lemando Bingham, Cornelia
Cole Fairbanks, Llewellyn
James Barden and Henry
Woolsey Douglas. |
| | | Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Avery County,
N.C. is named for him. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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William Waigstill Avery (1816-1864) —
of Morganton, Burke
County, N.C.
Born in Burke
County, N.C., May 25,
1816.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of North Carolina state legislature,
1842; delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina,
1860;
delegate
to North Carolina secession convention, 1861; Delegate
from North Carolina to the Confederate Provisional Congress,
1861-62.
Mortally wounded while fighting
Union guerillas in Tennessee, and died in Morganton, Burke
County, N.C., July 3,
1864 (age 48 years, 39
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Burke County, N.C.
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Relatives: Son
of Isaac Thomas Avery and Harriet (Erwin) Avery; married, May 27,
1846, to Corrina Mary Morehead (daughter of John
Motley Morehead); grandson of Waightstill
Avery; second cousin of Lorenzo
Burrows; third cousin once removed of Noyes
Barber; third cousin twice removed of Horace
Billings Packer; fourth cousin of Daniel
Packer, Asa
Packer, Edwin
Barber Morgan, Christopher
Morgan, Edwin
Denison Morgan and Alfred
Avery Burnham; fourth cousin once removed of Judson
B. Phelps, Morgan
Gardner Bulkeley, William
Henry Bulkeley, Robert
Asa Packer and William
Frederick Morgan Rowland. |
| | | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Fairbanks-Adams
family; Lenoir
family of North Carolina; Beakes-Greene-Witter
family; Livingston-Schuyler
family of New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
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Charles Brantley Aycock (1859-1912) —
also known as Charles B. Aycock —
of Goldsboro, Wayne
County, N.C.
Born in Nahunta Township, Wayne
County, N.C., November
1, 1859.
Democrat. Lawyer; superintendent
of schools; candidate for Presidential Elector for North
Carolina; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, 1893-98; Governor of
North Carolina, 1901-05.
Fell dead, while giving a
speech in a theater
at Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., April 4,
1912 (age 52 years, 155
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Raleigh, N.C.; statue at Union
Square, Raleigh, N.C.
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Edwin Ferebee Aydlett (1857-1930) —
also known as E. F. Aydlett —
of Elizabeth City, Pasquotank
County, N.C.
Born in Camden
County, N.C., May 14,
1857.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from North Carolina, 1912,
1916
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business); U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, 1920-21.
Baptist.
Member, Kiwanis.
Died in 1930
(age about
73 years).
Interment at Old
Hollywood Cemetery, Elizabeth City, N.C.
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Relatives: Son
of Abner Aydlett and Clotilda (Lamb) Aydlett; married 1883 to Ettie
Hunter Briggs; married to Kate Wood. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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