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Greene Washington Caldwell (1806-1864) —
of Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C.
Born in Belmont, Gaston
County, N.C., April
13, 1806.
Democrat. Physician;
lawyer; member of North
Carolina house of commons, 1836-41; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 11th District, 1841-43; served
in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1849.
Slaveowner.
Died in Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C., July 10,
1864 (age 58 years, 88
days).
Interment at Settler's
Cemetery, Charlotte, N.C.
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Tod Robinson Caldwell (1818-1874) —
also known as Tod R. Caldwell —
of Burke
County, N.C.
Born in Morganton, Burke
County, N.C., February
19, 1818.
Lawyer; Lieutenant
Governor of North Carolina, 1868-70; Governor of
North Carolina, 1870-74; died in office 1874.
Died July 11,
1874 (age 56 years, 142
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Morganton, N.C.
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Edwin O. Call (1859-1918) —
of Corsicana, Navarro
County, Tex.
Born in North Carolina, April 7,
1859.
Lawyer; mayor
of Corsicana, Tex., 1902-05.
Died, in a sanitarium
in Corsicana, Navarro
County, Tex., November
16, 1918 (age 59 years, 223
days).
Interment at Dresden
Cemetery, Dresden, Tex.
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John Strong Calvert (b. 1886) —
also known as John S. Calvert —
of Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C.; Wilmington, New
Hanover County, N.C.
Born in Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C., October
19, 1886.
Lawyer; worked in law department of a railway
company; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Deputy Consul in Buenos Aires, 1914-15; U.S. Vice Consul in Buenos Aires, 1915-17; U.S. Consul in Nuevitas, 1917-19; Guadeloupe, 1919-21; Dunkirk, 1921-23; Barcelona, 1923-28; Marseille, 1928-32; Regina, as of 1938.
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi
Delta Theta.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Calvert and Mary Walker (Strong) Calvert; married 1914 to Ellen
Wayles Graham. |
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Joseph Gurney Cannon (1836-1926) —
also known as Joseph G. Cannon; "Uncle
Joe" —
of Danville, Vermilion
County, Ill.
Born in Guilford, Guilford
County, N.C., May 7,
1836.
Republican. Lawyer; Vermilion
County State's Attorney, 1861-68; U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1873-91, 1893-1913, 1915-23 (14th
District 1873-83, 15th District 1883-91, 1893-95, 12th District
1895-1903, 18th District 1903-13, 1915-23); Speaker of
the U.S. House, 1903-11; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Illinois, 1892,
1904
(Permanent
Chair); candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1908.
Died in Danville, Vermilion
County, Ill., November
12, 1926 (age 90 years, 189
days).
Interment at Spring
Hill Cemetery, Danville, Ill.
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Paul R. Capelle —
of Nashville, Nash
County, N.C.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives from Nash County, 1913-14.
Burial location unknown.
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Pritchard Sylvester Carlton (b. 1878) —
also known as P. S. Carlton —
of Salisbury, Rowan
County, N.C.
Born in Duplin
County, N.C., August
2, 1878.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives from Rowan County,
1913-14.
Baptist.
Member, Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows.
Burial location unknown.
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Frank Ertel Carlyle (1897-1960) —
also known as F. Ertel Carlyle —
of Lumberton, Robeson
County, N.C.
Born in Lumberton, Robeson
County, N.C., April 7,
1897.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer;
solicitor, 9th District, 1939-48; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 7th District, 1949-57.
Baptist.
Member, American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Phi
Delta Theta.
Died in Lumberton, Robeson
County, N.C., October
2, 1960 (age 63 years, 178
days).
Interment at Meadowbrook
Cemetery, Lumberton, N.C.
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James Osborn Carr (b. 1869) —
also known as James O. Carr —
of Wilmington, New
Hanover County, N.C.
Born in Duplin
County, N.C., September
6, 1869.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1899; member of North
Carolina Democratic State Central Committee, 1908-28; member of
North
Carolina Democratic State Executive Committee, 1908-36; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, 1916-19,
1934-45.
Presbyterian.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph H. Carr and Mary Susan (Dickson) Carr; married, June 18,
1907, to Susan Parsley. |
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Michael Patrick Carroll (b. 1958) —
also known as Michael Carroll —
of New Jersey.
Born in Fayetteville, Cumberland
County, N.C., April 8,
1958.
Republican. Intern for U.S. Rep. Jack
Kemp; aide to N.J. State Sen. John
H. Dorsey; lawyer; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly 25th District, 1996-.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Federalist
Society; Knights
of Columbus; Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick.
Still living as of 2016.
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Relatives: Son
of Maurice C. Carroll and Margaret W. Carroll; married 1983 to Sharon
Anderson. |
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James M. Carson —
of Rutherfordton, Rutherford
County, N.C.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of North
Carolina state senate 32nd District, 1913-14.
Burial location unknown.
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Richard Caswell (1729-1789) —
of Dobbs County (part now in Lenoir
County), N.C.
Born in Harford County (part now in Baltimore
County), Md., August
3, 1729.
Lawyer; surveyor;
Delegate
to Continental Congress from North Carolina, 1774; Governor of
North Carolina, 1776-80, 1785-87; delegate
to North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1776; member
of North
Carolina state senate from Dobbs County, 1780-84, 1788-89; died
in office 1789.
Died in Fayetteville, Cumberland
County, N.C., November
10, 1789 (age 60 years, 99
days).
Interment at Caswell
Memorial Cemetery, Kinston, N.C.
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Saxby Chambliss (b. 1943) —
of Moultrie, Colquitt
County, Ga.
Born in Warrenton, Warren
County, N.C., November
10, 1943.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 8th District, 1995-2003; U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 2003-15.
Episcopalian.
Still living as of 2015.
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Robert Gregg Cherry (1891-1957) —
also known as R. Gregg Cherry —
of Gastonia, Gaston
County, N.C.
Born in York
County, S.C., October
17, 1891.
Democrat. Lawyer; associated in law practice with Alfred
Lee Bulwinkle; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; mayor
of Gastonia, N.C., 1919-23; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1931-40; Speaker of
the North Carolina State House of Representatives, 1937; North
Carolina Democratic state chair, 1937-39; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from North Carolina, 1940,
1948,
1952,
1956;
member of North
Carolina state senate, 1941-43; Governor of
North Carolina, 1945-49.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sons
of Confederate Veterans; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias; Redmen;
Odd
Fellows; Elks; Kiwanis;
Knights
of Khorassan.
Died June 25,
1957 (age 65 years, 251
days).
Interment somewhere
in Gastonia, N.C.
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Clinton Albert Cilley (1837-1900) —
of Lenoir, Caldwell
County, N.C.
Born in Newmarket, Rockingham
County, N.H., February
10, 1837.
Lawyer; mayor of
Lenoir, N.C., 1875-79.
Episcopalian.
Died May 9,
1900 (age 63 years, 88
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Daniel Plummer Cilley and Adelaide Ayers (Haines) Cilley; married
to Emma Sophia Harper. |
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David McKenzie Clark (b. 1885) —
also known as D. M. Clark —
of Greenville, Pitt
County, N.C.
Born in Halifax
County, N.C., 1885.
Democrat. Civil
engineer; lawyer; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives from Pitt County, 1913-14.
Methodist.
Member, Knights
of Pythias; Redmen.
Burial location unknown.
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Jerome Bayard Clark (1882-1959) —
also known as J. Bayard Clark —
of Elizabethtown, Bladen
County, N.C.; Fayetteville, Cumberland
County, N.C.
Born near Elizabethtown, Bladen
County, N.C., April 5,
1882.
Democrat. Lawyer; president, Bank of
Elizabethtown, 1910-22; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives from Bladen County,
1915-16; candidate for Presidential Elector for North Carolina; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina, 1929-49 (6th District
1929-33, 7th District 1933-49).
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Pi
Kappa Alpha.
Died in Fayetteville, Cumberland
County, N.C., August
26, 1959 (age 77 years, 143
days).
Interment at Cross
Creek Cemetery No. 3, Fayetteville, N.C.
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Walter Clark (1846-1924) —
of Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C.
Born in Halifax
County, N.C., August
19, 1846.
Democrat. Colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; superior court judge in North Carolina, 1885-89; justice of
North Carolina state supreme court, 1889-1902; chief
justice of North Carolina state supreme court, 1903-24; candidate
for U.S.
Senator from North Carolina, 1912.
Methodist.
Died in Wake
County, N.C., May 20,
1924 (age 77 years, 275
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Raleigh, N.C.
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Heriot Clarkson (1863-1942) —
of Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C.
Born in Kingville, Richland
County, S.C., August
21, 1863.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1899; justice of
North Carolina state supreme court, 1923-42; appointed 1923; died
in office 1942.
Episcopalian.
Member, Society
of the Cincinnati; Sons of
the Revolution; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Gamma
Eta Gamma; Anti-Saloon
League.
Died January
27, 1942 (age 78 years, 159
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Charlotte, N.C.
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Relatives: Son
of Maj. William Clarkson and Margaret S. (Simons) Clarkson; married,
December
10, 1889, to Mary Lloyd Osborne. |
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Howard Coble (1931-2015) —
of Greensboro, Guilford
County, N.C.
Born in Greensboro, Guilford
County, N.C., March
18, 1931.
Republican. Lawyer; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1969, 1979-83; secretary
of the North Carolina Department of Revenue, 1973-77; candidate for
North
Carolina state treasurer, 1976; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 6th District, 1985-.
Presbyterian.
Died in Greensboro, Guilford
County, N.C., November
3, 2015 (age 84 years, 230
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Robert Lee Coburn (b. 1895) —
also known as R. L. Coburn —
of Williamston, Martin
County, N.C.
Born in Dardens, Martin
County, N.C., June 5,
1895.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of North
Carolina state senate 2nd District, 1935.
Burial location unknown.
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George Whitfield Connor (1872-1938) —
also known as George W. Connor —
of Wilson, Wilson
County, N.C.
Born in Wilson, Wilson
County, N.C., October
24, 1872.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives from Wilson County,
1909-14; Speaker of
the North Carolina State House of Representatives, 1913-14;
superior court judge in North Carolina 2nd District, 1921; justice of
North Carolina state supreme court, 1927-38; died in office 1938.
Member, Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Knights
of Pythias.
Died April
23, 1938 (age 65 years, 181
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of H. G. Connor and Kate (Whitfield) Connor; married to Bessie
Hadley. |
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Charles Alston Cook (b. 1848) —
also known as Charles A. Cook —
of Warrenton, Warren
County, N.C.
Born in Warrenton, Warren
County, N.C., October
7, 1848.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for North
Carolina state attorney general, 1884; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1886-88, 1894-96; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, 1889-93;
member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1896-98; justice of
North Carolina state supreme court, 1901-03.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Rev. Charles Marshall Cook and Havana Lenoir (Alston) Cook;
married, October
11, 1871, to Marina Williams Jones. |
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Frank Patton Cooke (b. 1921) —
of Gastonia, Gaston
County, N.C.
Born in Floyd
County, Ga., January
17, 1921.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;
lawyer; member of North
Carolina state senate 26th District, 1955-59.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Alpha
Kappa Psi; Phi
Alpha Delta; Sigma
Pi.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Harold Dunbar Cooley (1897-1974) —
also known as Harold D. Cooley —
of Nashville, Nash
County, N.C.
Born in Nashville, Nash
County, N.C., July 26,
1897.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer;
candidate for Presidential Elector for North Carolina; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 4th District, 1934-67;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1964.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Junior
Order; Phi
Delta Theta; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died of emphysema
in Wilson, Wilson
County, N.C., January
15, 1974 (age 76 years, 173
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Nashville, N.C.
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Roy Asberry Cooper III (b. 1957) —
also known as Roy Cooper —
of North Carolina.
Born in Nashville, Nash
County, N.C., June 13,
1957.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives 72nd District, 1987-91;
member of North
Carolina state senate 10th District, 1991-2000; North
Carolina state attorney general, 2001-17; Governor of
North Carolina, 2017-.
Presbyterian.
Still living as of 2020.
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James William Copeland (b. 1914) —
also known as J. William Copeland —
of Woodland, Northampton
County, N.C.; Murfreesboro, Hertford
County, N.C.
Born in Woodland, Northampton
County, N.C., June 16,
1914.
Democrat. Lawyer; farmer;
mayor of Woodland, N.C., 1940-42; served in the U.S. Navy during
World War II; member of North
Carolina state senate 1st District, 1951-54, 1957-59; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1956.
Methodist.
Member, American
Judicature Society; Rotary;
American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of L. C. Copeland and Nora L. (Benthall) Copeland; married 1941 to Nancy
Hall Sawyer. |
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Arthur Benjamin Corey (b. 1891) —
also known as Arthur B. Corey —
of Greenville, Pitt
County, N.C.
Born in Winterville, Pitt
County, N.C., December
10, 1891.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of North
Carolina state senate 5th District, 1933-35.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Redmen;
American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Burial location unknown.
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William B. Council —
of Watauga
County, N.C.; Hickory, Catawba
County, N.C.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives from Watauga County,
1899-1900; superior court judge in North Carolina, 1900-10; member of
North
Carolina state senate 30th District, 1913-14; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1924.
Burial location unknown.
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William Maurice Cowan (b. 1969) —
also known as Mo Cowan —
Born in Yadkinville, Yadkin
County, N.C., April 4,
1969.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 2013.
African
ancestry.
Still living as of 2013.
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Albert Lyman Cox (b. 1883) —
also known as Albert L. Cox —
of Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C., December
1, 1883.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1909; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1912;
superior court judge in North Carolina, 1916-17; colonel in the U.S.
Army during World War I; candidate for Presidential Elector for North
Carolina; delegate to Democratic National Convention from District of
Columbia, 1940,
1944,
1948.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; American
Legion; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Rotary.
Interment at Willowdale
Cemetery, Goldsboro, N.C.
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Locke Craig (1860-1924) —
of Asheville, Buncombe
County, N.C.
Born in Bertie
County, N.C., August
16, 1860.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for Presidential Elector for North
Carolina; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1899-1900; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1904,
1916;
Governor
of North Carolina, 1913-17.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Woodmen;
Junior
Order.
Died June 9,
1924 (age 63 years, 298
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Asheville, N.C.
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William Lunsford Crew (b. 1917) —
also known as W. Lunsford Crew —
of Roanoke Rapids, Halifax
County, N.C.
Born in Northampton
County, N.C., October
29, 1917.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;
organizer, director, and attorney for First Federal Savings &
Loan of Roanoke Rapids; member of North
Carolina state senate 4th District, 1953-59; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1964.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Gamma Delta; Jaycees;
Exchange
Club; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James Winfield Crew, Sr. and Texas A. (Stanley)
Crew. |
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John T. Crisp (1838-1903) —
of Independence, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born near Lone Jack, Jackson
County, Mo., April 3,
1838.
Democrat. Colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Missouri, 1878 (Democratic, 8th District),
1880 (Democratic, 8th District), 1882 (Independent Democratic, 5th
District); member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Jackson County 1st District,
1895-98, 1903; died in office 1903.
Sponsor of "Jim Crow" bill to require racial segregation on
railroads.
Died, from heart
disease, in Independence, Jackson
County, Mo., April
21, 1903 (age 65 years, 18
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Independence, Mo.
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Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry (1825-1903) —
also known as Jabez L. M. Curry —
of Talladega, Talladega
County, Ala.; Washington,
D.C.
Born near Double Branches, Lincoln
County, Ga., June 5,
1825.
Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; member
of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1847-48, 1853-57; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 7th District, 1857-61; Delegate
from Alabama to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62; Representative
from Alabama in the Confederate Congress 4th District, 1862-64;
defeated, 1863; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
president,
Howard College, Alabama, 1866-68; college
professor; U.S. Minister to Spain, 1885-88.
Baptist.
Slaveowner.
Died near Asheville, Buncombe
County, N.C., February
12, 1903 (age 77 years, 252
days).
Interment at Hollywood
Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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James L. Curtis (1870-1917) —
Born in Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C., July 8,
1870.
Lawyer; U.S. Minister to Liberia, 1915-17; U.S. Consul General in Monrovia, as of 1916-17.
African
ancestry.
Died October
24, 1917 (age 47 years, 108
days).
Burial location unknown.
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