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Ralph Heyward Ramsey Jr. (b. 1900) —
also known as Ralph Ramsey, Jr. —
of Brevard, Transylvania
County, N.C.
Born in Wedgefield, Sumter
County, S.C., April 7,
1900.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
mayor of Brevard, N.C., 1931-33; member of North
Carolina state senate 32nd District, 1935; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from North Carolina, 1956.
Baptist.
Member, Kiwanis;
Pi
Kappa Phi.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Ralph Heywood Ramsey and Una Elizabeth (Wells) Ramsey; married 1926 to Mary
Dick Alford. |
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Matt Whitaker Ransom (1826-1904) —
also known as Matt W. Ransom —
of Warrenton, Warren
County, N.C.; Weldon, Halifax
County, N.C.
Born in Warren
County, N.C., October
8, 1826.
Lawyer; candidate for Presidential Elector for North Carolina;
North
Carolina state attorney general, 1853-55; member of North
Carolina house of commons, 1858-60; general in the Confederate
Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Senator from North Carolina, 1872-95; member of Democratic
National Committee from North Carolina, 1876-88; U.S. Minister to
Mexico, 1895-97.
Slaveowner.
Died near Garysburg, Northampton
County, N.C., October
8, 1904 (age 78 years, 0
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Halifax County, N.C.
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J. Frank Ray (b. 1856) —
of Franklin, Macon
County, N.C.
Born in Macon
County, N.C., 1856.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives from Macon County,
1881-84, 1891-96, 1899-1900, 1911-14; member of North
Carolina state senate 35th District, 1897-98.
Burial location unknown.
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Dewey Little Raymer, Sr. (1880-1959) —
also known as D. L. Raymer —
of Statesville, Iredell
County, N.C.
Born in Iredell
County, N.C., April
30, 1880.
Republican. Lawyer; postmaster;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from North
Carolina, 1924;
member of North
Carolina state senate, 1920.
Died in Iredell
County, N.C., March
23, 1959 (age 78 years, 327
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Statesville, N.C.
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Wade Reavis (1876-1968) —
of Hamptonville, Yadkin
County, N.C.
Born in Hamptonville, Yadkin
County, N.C., December
20, 1876.
Republican. Lawyer; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives from Yadkin County,
1911-14.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Yadkin
County, N.C., November
29, 1968 (age 91 years, 345
days).
Interment at Flat Rock Baptist Cemetery, Hamptonville, N.C.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles Sanfdord Reavis and Esther Louvenia (Segraves) Reavis;
married to Dora Belle Branon. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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James Enoch Rector (b. 1882) —
also known as James E. Rector —
of Hot Springs, Madison
County, N.C.
Born in Tennessee, December
21, 1882.
Republican. Lawyer; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives from Madison County,
1913-14.
Methodist.
Member, Junior
Order.
Burial location unknown.
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David Settle Reid (1813-1891) —
also known as David S. Reid —
of Reidsville, Rockingham
County, N.C.
Born in Rockingham
County, N.C., April
19, 1813.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 3rd District, 1843-47; Governor of
North Carolina, 1851-54; U.S.
Senator from North Carolina, 1854-59.
Slaveowner.
Died June 19,
1891 (age 78 years, 61
days).
Interment at Greenview
Cemetery, Reidsville, N.C.
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Gaston Ahi Robbins (1858-1902) —
also known as Gaston A. Robbins —
of Selma, Dallas
County, Ala.
Born in Goldsboro, Wayne
County, N.C., September
26, 1858.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 4th District, 1893-96, 1899-1900.
During the fire that
destroyed the Park Avenue Hotel,
already burned, he jumped from a sixth story window, and fell to
his death, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
22, 1902 (age 43 years, 149
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Statesville, N.C.
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William McKendree Robbins (1828-1905) —
of Eufaula, Barbour
County, Ala.; Statesville, Iredell
County, N.C.
Born in Trinity, Randolph
County, N.C., October
26, 1828.
Democrat. Lawyer; major in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1868, 1872; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 7th District, 1873-79.
Died in Salisbury, Rowan
County, N.C., May 5,
1905 (age 76 years, 191
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Statesville, N.C.
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Edward Gallatin Roberts (1878-1931) —
also known as Gallatin Roberts —
of Asheville, Buncombe
County, N.C.
Born in Flat Creek, Buncombe
County, N.C., October
26, 1878.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer; Buncombe
County Attorney, 1907-08; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives from Buncombe County,
1911-16; mayor
of Asheville, N.C., 1919-23, 1927-30; as mayor, he found that
millions of dollars of city money were held in the failing Asheville
Central Bank and Trust Company; rather than bringing the bank down
and losing the money, he helped sustain it for a while by maintaining
city deposits there.
Presbyterian.
Member, Odd
Fellows.
Following the collapse of Central Bank and Trust, and the city's loss
of $4 million in deposits, he was forced to
resign as mayor, and later indicted
over his alleged misuse
of city funds to support the bank; shot and
killed
himself in an office
lavatory, Asheville, Buncombe
County, N.C., February
25, 1931 (age 52 years, 122
days).
Interment at Green Hills Cemetery, Asheville, N.C.
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Relatives: Son
of Jacob R. Roberts and Mary Elizabeth (Buckner) Roberts; married, January
19, 1907, to Mary Altha Sams. |
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memorial |
| | | Image source: Knoxville News-Sentinel,
May 13, 1931 |
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Leonidas Dunlap Robinson (1867-1941) —
also known as Leonidas D. Robinson —
of Wadesboro, Anson
County, N.C.
Born in Gulledge Township, Anson
County, N.C., April
22, 1867.
Democrat. Lawyer; bank
president; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1894, 1900; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1912,
1920,
1928;
U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 7th District, 1917-21.
Died in Wadesboro, Anson
County, N.C., November
7, 1941 (age 74 years, 199
days).
Interment at Eastview
Cemetery, Wadesboro, N.C.
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Wiley Croom Rodman (1879-1942) —
also known as W. C. Rodman —
of Washington, Beaufort
County, N.C.
Born in Washington, Beaufort
County, N.C., May 28,
1879.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives from Beaufort County,
1913-14; delegate to Democratic National Convention from North
Carolina, 1924.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Delta
Kappa Epsilon.
Died in Washington, Beaufort
County, N.C., May 7,
1942 (age 62 years, 344
days).
Interment at Oakdale
Cemetery, Washington, N.C.
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William Blount Rodman (1817-1893) —
also known as William B. Rodman —
Born in Washington, Beaufort
County, N.C., June 29,
1817.
Lawyer; candidate for Presidential Elector for North Carolina;
colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; delegate
to North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1868; justice of
North Carolina state supreme court, 1868-78.
Died March 7,
1893 (age 75 years, 251
days).
Interment at Oakdale
Cemetery, Washington, N.C.
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William Blount Rodman II (1862-1946) —
of Washington, Beaufort
County, N.C.; Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C.
Born in Tarboro, Edgecombe
County, N.C., February
19, 1862.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Washington, N.C., 1891-94; chair of
Beaufort County Democratic Party, 1898-1904; division attorney,
Southern Railway,
1904-11; general solicitor, Norfolk Southern Railroad,
1911-20; general counsel, 1920-43.
Episcopalian.
Died October
18, 1946 (age 84 years, 241
days).
Interment at Oakdale
Cemetery, Washington, N.C.
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William Blount Rodman III (1889-1976) —
also known as William B. Rodman —
of Washington, Beaufort
County, N.C.
Born in Washington, Beaufort
County, N.C., July 2,
1889.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer;
mayor
of Washington, N.C., 1919-20; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1937-39; alternate delegate to Democratic
National Convention from North Carolina, 1940;
member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1950-55; North
Carolina state attorney general, 1955-56; justice of
North Carolina state supreme court, 1956-65.
Died in Washington, Beaufort
County, N.C., August
3, 1976 (age 87 years, 32
days).
Interment at Oakdale
Cemetery, Washington, N.C.
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Charles Grandison Rose III (1939-2012) —
also known as Charlie Rose —
of Fayetteville, Cumberland
County, N.C.
Born in Fayetteville, Cumberland
County, N.C., August
10, 1939.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 7th District, 1973-97;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1996.
Presbyterian.
Died in Albertville, Marshall
County, Ala., September
3, 2012 (age 73 years, 24
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Herbert Horton Rountree (1921-1998) —
also known as H. Horton Rountree —
of Farmville, Pitt
County, N.C.; Greenville, Pitt
County, N.C.
Born in Farmville, Pitt
County, N.C., May 5,
1921.
Lawyer; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1967-80; district judge
in North Carolina, 1980-93.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Jaycees;
Lions;
American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died in Greenville, Pitt
County, N.C., March
14, 1998 (age 76 years, 313
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Kenneth Claiborne Royall (1894-1971) —
also known as Kenneth C. Royall —
of Goldsboro, Wayne
County, N.C.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Goldsboro, Wayne
County, N.C., July 24,
1894.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of North
Carolina state senate, 1927; general in the U.S. Army during
World War II; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1947; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1964.
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Kappa Epsilon.
Died in Durham, Durham
County, N.C., May 25,
1971 (age 76 years, 305
days).
Interment at Willowdale
Cemetery, Goldsboro, N.C.
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Daniel Lindsay Russell (1845-1908) —
also known as D. L. Russell —
of Brunswick
County, N.C.
Born in Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C., August
7, 1845.
Republican. Lawyer; member of North Carolina state
legislature, 1870; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 3rd District, 1879-81; Governor of
North Carolina, 1897-1901.
Died May 14,
1908 (age 62 years, 281
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Onslow County, N.C.
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J. Carlyle Rutledge (b. 1909) —
of Kannapolis, Cabarrus
County, N.C.
Born in Stanley, Gaston
County, N.C., December
28, 1909.
Democrat. Lawyer; real estate
business; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1943-46; member of North
Carolina state senate 21st District, 1957-59.
Methodist.
Member, Rotary.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph Graham Rutledge and Frances Virginia (Moore) Rutledge;
married to Judith Rea Kukendal. |
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