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Abner Nash (1740-1786) —
of Jones
County, N.C.
Born near Farmville, Prince
Edward County, Va., August
8, 1740.
Lawyer; member of Virginia
House of Burgesses, 1761-65; member of North
Carolina house of commons, 1777-78, 1782, 1784-85; member of North
Carolina state senate from Jones County, 1779; Governor of
North Carolina, 1780-81; Delegate
to Continental Congress from North Carolina, 1782-86; died in
office 1786.
Welsh
ancestry.
Died while attending a session of the Continental
Congress, in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
2, 1786 (age 46 years, 116
days).
Original interment at St.
Paul's Churchyard, Manhattan, N.Y.; reinterment at Pembroke
Plantation Cemetery, New Bern, N.C.
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John Franklin Newell (1869-1945) —
also known as Jake F. Newell —
of Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C.
Born in Cabarrus
County, N.C., February
15, 1869.
Republican. Newspaper
reporter; lawyer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 9th District, 1904, 1914,
1920; candidate for North
Carolina state attorney general, 1908; delegate to Republican
National Convention from North Carolina, 1924
(alternate), 1932,
1940;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from North Carolina, 1932.
Methodist.
Member, Junior
Order.
Worked against repeal of Prohibition.
Died, from heart
disease, in Waynesville, Haywood
County, N.C., August
9, 1945 (age 76 years, 175
days).
Interment at Bogers
Chapel Cemetery, Concord, N.C.
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Thomas Marony Newland (1876-1916) —
also known as Thomas M. Newland —
of Lenoir, Caldwell
County, N.C.
Born in McDowell
County, N.C., October
14, 1876.
Lawyer; mayor of
Lenoir, N.C., 1908-09; resigned 1909.
Episcopalian.
Died in Lenoir, Caldwell
County, N.C., August
12, 1916 (age 39 years, 303
days).
Interment at Bellview
Cemetery, Lenoir, N.C.
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Relatives: Son
of Benjamin Allen Newland and Mary Tom (Haliburton) Newland; married
1913 to
Mary Wilcox. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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William Calhoun Newland (1860-1938) —
also known as William C. Newland; Will
Newland —
of Lenoir, Caldwell
County, N.C.
Born in Marion, McDowell
County, N.C., October
8, 1860.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1881-82; mayor of
Lenoir, N.C., 1887-88, 1901-02; resigned 1902; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives from Caldwell County,
1889-90, 1903-04; candidate for U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 8th District, 1904; Lieutenant
Governor of North Carolina, 1909-13; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from North Carolina, 1912,
1928.
Methodist.
Died November
18, 1938 (age 78 years, 41
days).
Interment somewhere
in Lenoir, N.C.
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Harriss Newman (1897-1954) —
of Wilmington, New
Hanover County, N.C.
Born in Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C., October
2, 1897.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1931-33; member of North
Carolina state senate 9th District, 1935; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from North Carolina, 1948.
Jewish.
Member, Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners;
Elks; B'nai
B'rith.
Died in Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C., February
22, 1954 (age 56 years, 143
days).
Interment at Oakdale
Cemetery, Wilmington, N.C.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph Newman and Rolinda (Jacobs) Newman; married to Rosalie
Jacobi. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Q. K. Nimocks —
of Fayetteville, Cumberland
County, N.C.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1909-10, 1913-14 (14th District 1909-10,
13th District 1913-14).
Burial location unknown.
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Kemp Battle Nixon (b. 1883) —
also known as Kemp B. Nixon —
of Lincolnton, Lincoln
County, N.C.
Born in Lincoln
County, N.C., August
12, 1883.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of North
Carolina state senate 25th District, 1931, 1935.
Methodist.
Member, Kiwanis;
Freemasons;
Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Alfred Nixon and Iola Jane (Robinson) Nixon. |
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Lee Slater Overman (1854-1930) —
also known as Lee S. Overman —
of Salisbury, Rowan
County, N.C.
Born in Salisbury, Rowan
County, N.C., January
3, 1854.
Democrat. School
teacher; private secretary to Gov. Z. B.
Vance, 1877-78, and to Gov. Thomas
J. Jarvis, 1879; lawyer; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives from Rowan County,
1883-88, 1893-94, 1899-1900; Speaker of
the North Carolina State House of Representatives, 1893;
president, North Carolina Railroad,
1894; president, Saisbury Savings Bank;
candidate for Presidential Elector for North Carolina; U.S.
Senator from North Carolina, 1903-30; died in office 1930;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1916.
Died, from a stomach
hemorrhage, in Washington,
D.C., December
12, 1930 (age 76 years, 343
days).
Interment at Chestnut
Hill Cemetery, Salisbury, N.C.
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Allen Ferdinand Owen (1816-1865) —
also known as Allen F. Owen —
of Talbotton, Talbot
County, Ga.
Born in Wilkes
County, N.C., October
9, 1816.
Whig. Lawyer; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1843-47; delegate to Whig
National Convention from Georgia, 1848; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 3rd District, 1849-51; U.S. Consul in
Havana, 1851.
Slaveowner.
Died in Upatoi, Muscogee
County, Ga., April 7,
1865 (age 48 years, 180
days).
Interment at Talbotton
City Cemetery, Talbotton, Ga.
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John Owen (1787-1841) —
of Bladen
County, N.C.
Born in Bladen
County, N.C., 1787.
Whig. Lawyer; planter; Governor of
North Carolina, 1828-30; delegate to Whig National Convention
from North Carolina, 1839 (Convention Vice-President; chair,
Balloting Committee; member, Committee on Permanent Organization;
chair, Committee to Notify Nominees; speaker).
Died October
9, 1841 (age about 54
years).
Interment somewhere
in Pittsboro, N.C.
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Tom P. Pace (1891-1976) —
of Purcell, McClain
County, Okla.
Born in Chatham
County, N.C., October
11, 1891.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
district judge in Oklahoma 14th District, 1929.
Methodist.
Member, Elks; Freemasons;
American
Legion; Rotary.
Died in 1976
(age about
84 years).
Interment at Odd
Fellows Cemetery, Norman, Okla.
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Robert Treat Paine (1812-1872) —
of Edenton, Chowan
County, N.C.; Austin
County, Tex.
Born in Edenton, Chowan
County, N.C., February
18, 1812.
Lawyer; planter; shipbuilder;
served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; member of North
Carolina state legislature, 1850; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 1st District, 1855-57.
Slaveowner.
Died in Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex., February
8, 1872 (age 59 years, 355
days).
Interment at Brenham
Cemetery, Brenham, Tex.
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John Johnston Parker (1885-1958) —
also known as John J. Parker —
of Monroe, Union
County, N.C.; Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C.
Born in Monroe, Union
County, N.C., November
20, 1885.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for Governor of
North Carolina, 1920; delegate to Republican National Convention
from North Carolina, 1924;
member of Republican
National Committee from North Carolina, 1924; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit, 1925-58; died in
office 1958.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Delta Phi; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Order of
the Coif; Freemasons;
Kiwanis.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March
17, 1958 (age 72 years, 117
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Charlotte, N.C.
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Walter Leak Parsons (1858-1931) —
also known as W. L. Parsons —
of Rockingham, Richmond
County, N.C.
Born in Camden, Kershaw
County, S.C., December
15, 1858.
Democrat. Lawyer; bank
president; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1887-88, 1907-08; member
of North
Carolina state senate 21st District, 1913-14; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1924.
Methodist.
Died in Rockingham, Richmond
County, N.C., December
21, 1931 (age 73 years, 6
days).
Interment at Eastside
Cemetery, Rockingham, N.C.
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Relatives: Son
of Rev. Hilliard Crawford Parsons and Frances Cornelia (Leak)
Parsons; married 1882 to Mary
Wall 'Manie' Leak. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Abner Clinton Payne (b. 1871) —
also known as Abner C. Payne —
of Taylorsville, Alexander
County, N.C.
Born in Caldwell
County, N.C., August
7, 1871.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor of Taylorsville, N.C. 1901-05, 1909;
secretary and treasurer, Taylorsville Cotton Mill
Company, 1907-09; member of North
Carolina state senate 33rd District, 1913-14.
Member, Freemasons;
Junior
Order; Odd
Fellows; Woodmen of
the World.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Waller L. Payne and Mary Elizabeth (Downs) Payne; married 1898 to Grace
Sloan. |
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Patrick Murphy Pearsall (c.1859-1923) —
of Jones
County, N.C.; New Bern, Craven
County, N.C.
Born in Taylor's Bridge, Sampson
County, N.C., about 1859.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1880; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1896.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, of pneumonia,
in New Bern, Craven
County, N.C., February
20, 1923 (age about 64
years).
Interment at Cedar
Grove Cemetery, New Bern, N.C.
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Joseph Pearson (1776-1834) —
of North Carolina.
Born in Rowan
County, N.C., 1776.
Lawyer; member of North
Carolina house of commons, 1804-05; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina, 1809-15 (at-large 1809-11,
10th District 1811-13, at-large 1813-15).
While in Congress, fought a duel
with John
George Jackson of Virginia, and on the second fire wounded his
opponent on the hip.
Slaveowner.
Died in Salisbury, Rowan
County, N.C., October
27, 1834 (age about 58
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Calvert Goosley Peebles (b. 1870) —
also known as C. G. Peebles —
of Jackson, Northampton
County, N.C.
Born in Jackson, Northampton
County, N.C., September
13, 1870.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor of Jackson, N.C. 1893-94; member of North
Carolina state senate 3rd District, 1913-14.
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi
Gamma Delta; Junior
Order.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Wallace Peebles and Margaret Rebecca (Goosley) Peebles;
married 1908 to Julia
Southall Bowen. |
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Elbert Sidney Peel Jr. (b. 1922) —
also known as Elbert S. Peel, Jr. —
of Williamston, Martin
County, N.C.
Born in Williamston, Martin
County, N.C., February
14, 1922.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
member of North
Carolina state senate 2nd District, 1959.
Christian.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Zeta
Psi; Phi
Delta Phi; Moose; Kiwanis;
Jaycees.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Elbert S. Peel and Fannie M. (Manning) Peel; married 1957 to Lucia
Claire Hutchinson. |
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William A. Peelle (1819-1902) —
of Wayne
County, Ind.
Born in Richmond
County, N.C., September
18, 1819.
Republican. Lawyer; common pleas court judge in Indiana,
1854-56; candidate for Presidential Elector for Indiana; secretary
of state of Indiana, 1861-63; defeated, 1858, 1862; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1867; county judge in Indiana,
1867-69; delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana, 1868.
Died in Centerville, Wayne
County, Ind., July 2,
1902 (age 82 years, 287
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Pelham (1835-1908) —
of Alabama.
Born in Person
County, N.C., March
12, 1835.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War; circuit judge in Alabama, 1868-73; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 3rd District, 1873-75.
Slaveowner.
Died in Poulan, Worth
County, Ga., January
18, 1908 (age 72 years, 312
days).
Interment at Presbyterian
Cemetery, Poulan, Ga.
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Hugh Peterson Jr. (1898-1961) —
of Ailey, Montgomery
County, Ga.
Born near Ailey, Montgomery
County, Ga., August
21, 1898.
Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper
editor; member of Georgia
state house of representatives from Montgomery County, 1923-31;
member of Georgia
state senate, 1931-32; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 1st District, 1935-47.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Sylva, Jackson
County, N.C., October
3, 1961 (age 63 years, 43
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Montgomery County, Ga.
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James Johnston Pettigrew (1828-1863) —
also known as J. Johnston Pettigrew —
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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Edmund Winston Pettus (1821-1907) —
also known as Edmund W. Pettus —
of Selma, Dallas
County, Ala.
Born in Limestone
County, Ala., July 6,
1821.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican
War; went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; circuit judge in Alabama,
1855-58; general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, 1876,
1880,
1884,
1888,
1892;
U.S.
Senator from Alabama, 1897-1907; died in office 1907.
Member, Ku
Klux Klan.
Slaveowner.
Died in Hot Springs, Madison
County, N.C., July 27,
1907 (age 86 years, 21
days).
Interment at Live
Oak Cemetery, Selma, Ala.
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Henry Neal Pharr (b. 1865) —
also known as H. N. Pharr —
of Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C.
Born in Statesville, Iredell
County, N.C., October
26, 1865.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1903-04, 1907-12, 1913-14 (25th District
1903-04, 1907-12, 24th District 1913-14); delegate to Democratic
National Convention from North Carolina, 1904.
Presbyterian.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Walter W. Pharr and Emily S. (Neal) Pharr; married 1896 to Bettie
Yates. |
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Robert Lee Phillips (b. 1879) —
also known as R. L. Phillips —
of Robbinsville, Graham
County, N.C.
Born in 1879.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
lawyer; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives from Graham County,
1913-14.
Member, Junior
Order.
Interment at Old
Mother Church Cemetery, Robbinsville, N.C.
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Samuel Field Phillips (1824-1903) —
also known as Samuel F. Phillips —
of Chapel Hill, Orange
County, N.C.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
18, 1824.
Lawyer; North
Carolina state auditor, 1862-64; resigned 1864; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1871; U.S. Solicitor
General, 1872-85.
Presbyterian.
Represented Homer Plessy in Plessy v. Ferguson, 1896.
Died in Washington,
D.C., November
18, 1903 (age 79 years, 273
days).
Interment at Old
Chapel Hill Cemetery, Chapel Hill, N.C.
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Wade Hampton Phillips (b. 1879) —
also known as W. H. Phillips —
of Lexington, Davidson
County, N.C.
Born in Yadkin College, Davidson
County, N.C., July 7,
1879.
Democrat. Lawyer; chair of
Davidson County Democratic Party, 1906-10; member of North
Carolina state senate 23rd District, 1913-14.
Burial location unknown.
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Presumably named
for: Wade
Hampton |
| | | Relatives: Son of H. T. Phillips and
Linnie (Robbins) Phillips; married to Ora Huckabee. |
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Max Warley Platzek (1854-1932) —
also known as M. Warley Platzek —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Fayetteville, Cumberland
County, N.C., August
27, 1854.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 11th District, 1894;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1904;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1907-24.
Jewish.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., July 21,
1932 (age 77 years, 329
days).
Interment at Oakdale
Cemetery, Wilmington, N.C.
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Edgar Allen Poe (1868-1949) —
also known as Edgar A. Poe —
of Lenoir, Caldwell
County, N.C.
Born in Dallas, Gaston
County, N.C., April
15, 1868.
Lawyer; architect;
contractor;
mayor
of Lenoir, N.C., 1899-1901, 1904-06.
Baptist.
Died September
5, 1949 (age 81 years, 143
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Edmund Allen Poe and Elizabeth Amanda (Corpening) Poe; married to
Maude Miller. |
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James Knox Polk (1795-1849) —
also known as James K. Polk; "Young Hickory";
"Napoleon of the Stump" —
of Tennessee.
Born in Pineville, Mecklenburg
County, N.C., November
2, 1795.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1823-25; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee, 1825-39 (6th District 1825-33, 9th
District 1833-39); Speaker of
the U.S. House, 1835-39; Governor of
Tennessee, 1839-41; President
of the United States, 1845-49.
Presbyterian
or Methodist.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Slaveowner.
Died, of cholera,
in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., June 15,
1849 (age 53 years, 225
days).
Original interment at Polk Place Grounds (which no longer exists), Nashville, Tenn.;
reinterment in 1893 at Tennessee
State Capitol Grounds, Nashville, Tenn.; cenotaph at Polk Memorial Gardens, Columbia, Tenn.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel Polk and Jane Gracy (Knox) Polk; brother of William
Hawkins Polk; married, January
1, 1824, to Sarah
Childress (daughter of Joel
Childress); nephew of Mary Ophelia Polk (who married Thomas
Jones Hardeman); uncle of Marshall
Tate Polk and Tasker
Polk; first cousin once removed of Edwin
Fitzhugh Polk; second cousin once removed of Mary Adelaide Polk
(who married George
Davis) and Richard
Tyler Polk; second cousin twice removed of Rufus
King Polk and Frank
Lyon Polk; second cousin thrice removed of Elizabeth
Polk Guest; second cousin four times removed of Raymond
R. Guest; third cousin once removed of Charles
Polk and Augustus
Caesar Dodge; fourth cousin of Trusten
Polk; fourth cousin once removed of Albert
Fawcett Polk. |
| | | Political families: Ashe-Polk
family of North Carolina; Polk
family; Manly-Haywood-Polk
family of Raleigh, North Carolina (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Cross-reference: Aaron
V. Brown — John
Charles Frémont |
| | | Polk counties in Ark., Fla., Ga., Iowa, Minn., Neb., Ore., Tenn., Tex. and Wis. are
named for him. |
| | | The city
of Polk
City, Florida, is named for
him. — The city
of Polk
City, Iowa, is named for
him. — The borough
of Polk,
Pennsylvania, is named for
him. — James K. Polk Elementary
School, in Alexandria,
Virginia, is named for
him. — James K. Polk Elementary
School, in Fresno,
California, is named for
him. — The World War II Liberty
ship SS James K. Polk (built 1942 at Wilmington,
North Carolina; torpedoed in the North
Atlantic Ocean, 1943; towed away and scrapped) was named for
him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: James
Knox Polk Hall
— James
P. Latta
— James
K. P. Fenner
— J.
K. P. Marshall
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| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail — Tennessee
Encyclopedia |
| | | Books about James K. Polk: Sam W.
Haynes, James
K. Polk and the Expansionist Impulse — Paul H.
Bergeron, The
Presidency of James K. Polk — Thomas M. Leonard, James
K. Polk : A Clear and Unquestionable Destiny — Eugene
Irving McCormac, James
K. Polk: A Political Biography to the Prelude to War
1795-1845 — Eugene Irving McCormac, James
K. Polk: A Political Biography to the End of a Career
1845-1849 — Richard B. Cheney & Lynne V. Cheney, Kings
Of The Hill : How Nine Powerful Men Changed The Course of American
History — John Seigenthaler, James
K. Polk: 1845 - 1849 |
| | | Image source: Portrait & Biographical
Album of Washtenaw County (1891) |
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Tasker Polk (1861-1928) —
of Warrenton, Warren
County, N.C.
Born in Tennessee, March
24, 1861.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of North
Carolina state senate 16th District, 1915-16.
Died in North Carolina, July 5,
1928 (age 67 years, 103
days).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, Warrenton, N.C.
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Edward William Pou (1863-1934) —
also known as Edward W. Pou —
of Smithfield, Johnston
County, N.C.
Born in Tuskegee, Macon
County, Ala., September
9, 1863.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for Presidential Elector for North
Carolina; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 4th District, 1901-34; died in
office 1934; delegate to Democratic National Convention from North
Carolina, 1916.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April 1,
1934 (age 70 years, 204
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Smithfield, N.C.
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Walter Hogue Powell (b. 1887) —
also known as Walter H. Powell —
of Whiteville, Columbus
County, N.C.
Born in Whiteville, Columbus
County, N.C., September
9, 1887.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1919; member of North
Carolina state senate 10th District, 1931, 1935.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert Henry Powell and Nott (McKinnon) Powell; married 1915 to Toccoa
Caine. |
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Lunsford Richardson Preyer (1919-2001) —
also known as L. Richardson Preyer —
of Greensboro, Guilford
County, N.C.
Born in Greensboro, Guilford
County, N.C., January
11, 1919.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
superior court judge in North Carolina, 1956; U.S.
District Judge for the Middle District of North Carolina,
1961-63; candidate for Governor of
North Carolina, 1964; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from North Carolina, 1964;
U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 6th District, 1969-81.
Presbyterian.
Member, Common
Cause.
Died, of cancer,
in Moses Cone Memorial Hospital,
Greensboro, Guilford
County, N.C., April 3,
2001 (age 82 years, 82
days).
Interment at Green
Hill Cemetery, Greensboro, N.C.
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Charles Price —
of Salisbury, Rowan
County, N.C.
Born in North Carolina.
Republican. Lawyer; attorney for Richmond and Danville Railroad;
U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina, 1889-93.
Burial location unknown.
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Jeter Connelly Pritchard (1857-1921) —
also known as Jeter C. Pritchard —
of Marshall, Madison
County, N.C.
Born in Jonesborough, Washington
County, Tenn., July 12,
1857.
Republican. Lawyer; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives from Madison County,
1885-88, 1891-92; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of North Carolina, 1888; candidate for U.S.
Representative from North Carolina, 1892; U.S.
Senator from North Carolina, 1895-1903; justice of
District of Columbia supreme court, 1903-04; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit, 1904-21; died in
office 1921.
Died April
10, 1921 (age 63 years, 272
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Asheville, N.C.
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James Turner Pritchett (1889-1952) —
also known as James T. Pritchett —
of Lenoir, Caldwell
County, N.C.
Born in Guilford
County, N.C., August
13, 1889.
Lawyer; mayor of
Lenoir, N.C., 1920-22.
Presbyterian.
Died September
10, 1952 (age 63 years, 28
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry C. Pritchett and Margaret (Mebane) Pritchett; married to
Margaret Martin. |
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Samuel Dinsmore Purviance (1774-c.1806) —
also known as Samuel D. Purviance —
of Fayetteville, Cumberland
County, N.C.
Born near Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C., January
7, 1774.
Lawyer; member of North
Carolina house of commons from Cumberland County, 1798-99; member
of North
Carolina state senate from Cumberland County, 1801; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 7th District, 1803-05.
Died on an exploring expedition into what is now Kentucky and
Tennessee, about 1806 (age about 32
years).
Burial location unknown.
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