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Harold John Daub Jr. (b. 1941) —
also known as Hal Daub, Jr. —
of Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb.
Born in Fayetteville, Cumberland
County, N.C., April
23, 1941.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war; U.S.
Representative from Nebraska 2nd District, 1981-89; candidate for
U.S.
Senator from Nebraska, 1990; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Nebraska, 1992,
2004,
2008,
2012;
mayor
of Omaha, Neb., 1995-2001; defeated, 2001, 2009; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Nebraska.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Urban
League; NAACP; American
Judicature Society; Freemasons.
Still living as of 2014.
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William Richardson Davie (1756-1820) —
also known as "Father of the University of North
Carolina" —
of Halifax, Halifax
County, N.C.
Born in Egremont, England,
June
22, 1756.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; Governor of
North Carolina, 1798-99.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Land's Ford, Chester
County, S.C., November
5, 1820 (age 64 years, 136
days).
Interment at Old
Waxhaw Presbyterian Church, The Waxhaws, S.C.
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John Warren Davis (1867-1945) —
also known as J. Warren Davis —
of Salem, Salem
County, N.J.; Lawrenceville, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Elizabeth City, Pasquotank
County, N.C., March 4,
1867.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state senate from Salem County, 1912-13; resigned 1913;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1912;
U.S.
Attorney for New Jersey, 1913-16; U.S.
District Judge for New Jersey, 1916-20; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit, 1920-39.
Baptist.
Member, Kappa
Sigma; Freemasons.
Died February
21, 1945 (age 77 years, 354
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John S. Davis and Emmie Virginia (Sawyer) Davis; married, June 14,
1913, to Marguerite N. Gay. |
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Marion Leslie Davis (b. 1879) —
also known as M. Leslie Davis —
of Beaufort, Carteret
County, N.C.
Born in Beaufort, Carteret
County, N.C., August
9, 1879.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of North
Carolina state house of representatives from Carteret County,
1907-08, 1915-16; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1911-14 (8th District 1911-12, 7th
District 1913-14).
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons; Odd
Fellows; Woodmen of
the World.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John D. Davis and Narcissa Elizabeth (Webb) Davis. |
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Charles Bennett Deane (1898-1969) —
also known as Charles B. Deane —
of Rockingham, Richmond
County, N.C.
Born in Ansonville Township, Anson
County, N.C., November
1, 1898.
Democrat. Lawyer; Richmond
County Register of Deeds, 1926-34; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 8th District, 1947-57.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Rockingham, Richmond
County, N.C., November
24, 1969 (age 71 years, 23
days).
Interment at Eastside
Cemetery, Rockingham, N.C.
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Charles B. Deaver (b. 1875) —
of Brevard, Transylvania
County, N.C.
Born in February, 1875.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of North
Carolina state house of representatives from Transylvania County,
1913-16.
Member, Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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David P. Dellinger —
of Cherryville, Gaston
County, N.C.; Gastonia, Gaston
County, N.C.
Born near Cherryville, Gaston
County, N.C.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of North
Carolina state house of representatives from Gaston County,
1913-14.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
of Pythias; Knights
of Khorassan.
Interment at Mt.
Zion Cemetery, Cherryville, N.C.
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Emery Byrd Denny (1892-1973) —
also known as Emery B. Denny —
of Gastonia, Gaston
County, N.C.
Born in Pilot Mountain, Surry
County, N.C., November
23, 1892.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Gastonia, N.C., 1929-37; North
Carolina Democratic state chair, 1940-42; justice of
North Carolina state supreme court, 1942-62; appointed 1942; chief
justice of North Carolina state supreme court, 1962-66.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Freemasons.
Died in 1973
(age about
80 years).
Burial location unknown.
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William Augustus Devin (b. 1871) —
also known as William A. Devin —
of Oxford, Granville
County, N.C.
Born in Oxford, Granville
County, N.C., July 12,
1871.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of North
Carolina state house of representatives from Granville County,
1911-14; superior court judge in North Carolina 10th District,
1913-35; justice of
North Carolina state supreme court, 1935-45; appointed 1935.
Baptist.
Member, American
Judicature Society; Kappa
Alpha Order; Phi
Delta Phi; Odd
Fellows; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert I. Devin and Mary (Transon) Devin; married, November
29, 1899, to Virginia Bernard. |
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William Dickson (1770-1816) —
of Tennessee.
Born in Duplin
County, N.C., May 5,
1770.
Member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1799-1803; Speaker
of the Tennessee State House of Representatives, 1799-1803; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee at-large, 1801-07.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., February
21, 1816 (age 45 years, 292
days).
Interment somewhere
in Davidson County, Tenn.
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Charles M. Diggs (1899-1959) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Winston-Salem, Forsyth
County, N.C., September
13, 1899.
Democrat. Minister;
grocer;
candidate for Michigan
state senate 3rd District, 1948, 1950; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 9th District,
1955-58; defeated in primary, 1952 (Wayne County 1st District), 1958
(Wayne County 9th District).
African
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died in 1959
(age about
59 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Mary Hawkins. |
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Jackson K. Dixon (b. 1878) —
of Trenton, Jones
County, N.C.
Born in Tuckahoe, Dare
County, N.C., January
27, 1878.
Democrat. Member of North
Carolina state house of representatives from Jones County,
1911-14.
Christian.
Member, Freemasons; Woodmen.
Burial location unknown.
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Rufus A. Doughton (1857-1946) —
of Sparta, Alleghany
County, N.C.
Born in Alleghany
County, N.C., January
10, 1857.
Democrat. Lawyer;
attorney for North Carolina Railroad;
farmer;
banker;
member of North
Carolina state house of representatives from Alleghany County,
1887-92, 1909-16, 1921-22; Speaker of
the North Carolina State House of Representatives, 1891; Lieutenant
Governor of North Carolina, 1893-97; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from North Carolina, 1912
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business).
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in 1946
(age about
89 years).
Interment at Shiloh
Methodist Church Cemetery, Sparta, N.C.
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John Hodges Drake (1767-1859) —
of Nashville, Nash
County, N.C.
Born in Edgecombe County (part now in Nash
County), N.C., January
29, 1767.
Member of North
Carolina house of commons, 1792-96; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1800, 1805.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Auburn, Lee
County, Ala., December
11, 1859 (age 92 years, 316
days).
Interment at Drake Family Cemetery, Rocky Mount, N.C.
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William Fred Duckworth (1899-1972) —
also known as W. Fred Duckworth —
of Norfolk,
Va.
Born in Brevard, Transylvania
County, N.C., June 20,
1899.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; plant manager for Ford Motor
Company, 1933-42; automobile
dealer; mayor
of Norfolk, Va., 1950-62.
Member, Freemasons.
Shot
and killed by
an unknown assailant, while walking on Major Avenue, Norfolk,
Va., March 4,
1972 (age 72 years, 258
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Cemetery, Norfolk, Va.
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Relatives:
Married to Gertrude Summers. |
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James Allan Dunn (b. 1894) —
also known as J. Allan Dunn —
of Salisbury, Rowan
County, N.C.
Born September
2, 1894.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; school
teacher; lawyer; Rowan
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1930-32; county judge in North
Carolina, 1932-34; member of North
Carolina state senate 21st District, 1935.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
of Pythias; American
Legion.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Murdoch Dunn and Lucy Anne (Mountford) Dunn; married 1927 to Lois
Eugenia Sanford. |
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Archer R. Dunning (b. 1877) —
of Robersonville, Martin
County, N.C.; Williamston, Martin
County, N.C.
Born in Aulander, Bertie
County, N.C., October
2, 1877.
Democrat. Lawyer;
mayor of Robersonville, N.C., 1905-06; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives from Martin County,
1913-16.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons; Shriners;
Elks; Junior
Order.
Burial location unknown.
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John Henry Eaton (1790-1856) —
also known as John H. Eaton —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born near Scotland Neck, Halifax
County, N.C., June 18,
1790.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1815-16; U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1818-21, 1821-29; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1829-31; Governor
of Florida Territory, 1834-36; U.S. Minister to Spain, 1836-40.
Member, Freemasons.
Resigned
from Cabinet in 1831 during the scandal
(called the "Petticoat Affair") over past infedelities
of his second wife, Peggy Eaton.
Slaveowner.
Died in Washington,
D.C., November
17, 1856 (age 66 years, 152
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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John Christoph Blucher Ehringhaus (1882-1949) —
also known as J. C. B. Ehringhaus —
of Elizabeth City, Pasquotank
County, N.C.; Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C.
Born in Elizabeth City, Pasquotank
County, N.C., February
5, 1882.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1905-08; Solicitor, 1st
District, 1910-22; Governor of
North Carolina, 1933-37; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from North Carolina, 1940,
1944
(speaker),
1948.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Theta
Nu Epsilon; Freemasons; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Elks.
Died, of a heart
attack, in his suite at the Sir Walter Hotel,
Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C., July 31,
1949 (age 67 years, 176
days).
Interment at Episcopal
Cemetery, Elizabeth City, N.C.
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Joseph Wilson Ervin (1901-1945) —
of North Carolina.
Born in Morganton, Burke
County, N.C., March 3,
1901.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 10th District, 1945; died in
office 1945.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., December
25, 1945 (age 44 years, 297
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Morganton, N.C.
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Samuel James Ervin Jr. (1896-1985) —
also known as Sam J. Ervin, Jr. —
of Morganton, Burke
County, N.C.
Born in Morganton, Burke
County, N.C., September
27, 1896.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1923-25, 1931; chair of
Burke County Democratic Party, 1924; member of North
Carolina Democratic State Executive Committee, 1930-37; superior
court judge in North Carolina, 1937-43; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 10th District, 1946-47; justice of
North Carolina state supreme court, 1948-54; appointed 1948; U.S.
Senator from North Carolina, 1954-74; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from North Carolina, 1956,
1964.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; American
Historical Association; American
Legion; Disabled
American Veterans; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Farm
Bureau; Grange;
Sons
of the American Revolution; Society
of the Cincinnati; Freemasons; Scottish
Rite Masons; Royal
Arch Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Order
of Ahepa; Knights
of Pythias; Moose; Kiwanis;
Junior
Order; Newcomen
Society; Sigma
Upsilon; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died in Winston-Salem, Forsyth
County, N.C., April
23, 1985 (age 88 years, 208
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Morganton, N.C.; statue at County Courthouse Grounds, Morganton, N.C.
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Samuel James Ervin III (1926-1999) —
Born in Morganton, Burke
County, N.C., March 2,
1926.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1965-67; superior court
judge in North Carolina, 1967-80; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit, 1980-99; died in
office 1999.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died at Grace Hospital,
Morganton, Burke
County, N.C., September
18, 1999 (age 73 years, 200
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Morganton, N.C.
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Clyde Atkinson Erwin (b. 1897) —
also known as Clyde A. Erwin —
of Rutherford
County, N.C.; Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C.
Born in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., February
8, 1897.
School
teacher and principal; Rutherford
County Superintendent of Schools, 1925-34; North
Carolina superintendent of public instruction, 1935.
Member, Sigma
Chi; Phi
Kappa Phi; Kappa
Phi Kappa; Freemasons; Kiwanis.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Sylvanus Erwin and Mamie (Putnam) Erwin; married, April
28, 1920, to Evelyn Miller. |
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Augustus Holly Etheridge (1860-1941) —
also known as Augustus H. Etheridge —
of Manteo, Dare
County, N.C.
Born in Roanoke Island, Dare
County, N.C., July 5,
1860.
Democrat. Farmer; Dare
County Sheriff, 1899-1906, 1910-12; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives from Dare County,
1913-16; lighthouse
keeper.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Nags Head, Dare
County, N.C., March
20, 1941 (age 80 years, 258
days).
Interment at Etheridge
Cemetery, Roanoke Island, N.C.
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Cyrus Mills Faircloth (b. 1876) —
also known as Cyrus M. Faircloth —
of Clinton, Sampson
County, N.C.
Born near Salemburg, Sampson
County, N.C., December
1, 1876.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of North
Carolina state house of representatives from Sampson County,
1913-16.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Garland Sevier Ferguson Jr. (1878-1963) —
also known as Garland S. Ferguson —
of Greensboro, Guilford
County, N.C.
Born in Waynesville, Haywood
County, N.C., May 30,
1878.
Democrat. Lawyer;
attorney for Southern Railway,
1903-18; assistant general counsel for Newport News Shipbuilding
and Dry
Dock Company, 1918-21; member, Federal Trade Commission, 1927-49;
chair, Federal Trade Commission, 1930, 1934, 1938, 1943, 1947.
Methodist.
Member, Kappa
Alpha Order; Freemasons; Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Died April
12, 1963 (age 84 years, 317
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Garland Sevier Ferguson and Sarah Frances (Norwood) Ferguson;
married, October
30, 1907, to Margaret Merrimon. |
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Wesley Luther Ferrell (1895-1967) —
also known as W. L. Ferrell —
of Winston-Salem, Forsyth
County, N.C.
Born in Durham, Durham
County, N.C., August
28, 1895.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of North
Carolina state house of representatives from Forsyth County,
1923-24; member of North
Carolina state senate 22nd District, 1935.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons.
Died November
16, 1967 (age 72 years, 80
days).
Interment at Salem
Cemetery, Winston-Salem, N.C.
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Fred Folger (b. 1900) —
of Mt. Airy, Surry
County, N.C.
Born in Dobson, Surry
County, N.C., September
12, 1900.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of North
Carolina state senate 23rd District, 1935-36, 1939-40, 1959;
resigned 1959.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons; Junior
Order; American Bar
Association.
Burial location unknown.
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John Hamlin Folger (1880-1963) —
also known as John H. Folger —
of Mt. Airy, Surry
County, N.C.; Danbury, Stokes
County, N.C.
Born in Rockford, Surry
County, N.C., December
18, 1880.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1927-28; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1931-32; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from North Carolina, 1940,
1944
(alternate); U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 5th District, 1941-49.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons; Shriners;
Junior
Order.
Died in Clemmons, Forsyth
County, N.C., July 19,
1963 (age 82 years, 213
days).
Interment at Oakdale
Cemetery, Mt. Airy, N.C.
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William Frank Forsyth (b. 1915) —
also known as W. Frank Forsyth —
of Murphy, Cherokee
County, N.C.
Born July 21,
1915.
Democrat. Executive vice-president Citizens Bank &
Trust Company of Murphy, Andrews, Hayesville and Robbinsville;
member of North
Carolina state senate 33rd District, 1959.
Methodist.
Member, Lions;
Freemasons.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Thomas Forsyth and Xena (Bristol) Forsyth; married 1938 to Ruth
Lail. |
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William Bost Gaither (1864-1952) —
also known as W. B. Gaither —
of Newton, Catawba
County, N.C.
Born in Newton, Catawba
County, N.C., December
4, 1864.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of North
Carolina state house of representatives from Catawba County,
1901, 1913-14.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, from acute
myocarditis, in Catawba Hospital,
Newton, Catawba
County, N.C., April
14, 1952 (age 87 years, 132
days).
Interment at Eastview
Cemetery, Newton, N.C.
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Relatives: Son
of David Belt Gaither and Mary Melinda Angeline (Bost) Gaither;
married to Genevieve Wilfong. |
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memorial |
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William Earnest Garrison (1892-1964) —
also known as W. E. Garrison —
of Lincolnton, Lincoln
County, N.C.
Born in Lincoln
County, N.C., March 2,
1892.
Democrat. Building
contractor; real estate
business; member of North
Carolina state senate 25th District, 1955-56, 1959.
Baptist.
Member, Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons; Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners.
Died December
2, 1964 (age 72 years, 275
days).
Interment at Hollybrook
Cemetery, Lincolnton, N.C.
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Gladstone Daughtry Gatling (1880-1954) —
also known as G. D. Gatling —
of Roduco, Gates
County, N.C.; Gates, Gates
County, N.C.
Born in Gates
County, N.C., April
27, 1880.
Democrat. Postmaster;
member of North
Carolina state house of representatives from Gates County,
1913-16.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, from heart
disease, in Gates, Gates
County, N.C., July 8,
1954 (age 74 years, 72
days).
Interment at Gatesville
Cemetery, Gatesville, N.C.
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Joe Gregory Gentry (1893-1983) —
also known as Joe G. Gentry —
of Huntington, Cabell
County, W.Va.
Born in Walnut Cove, Stokes
County, N.C., September
23, 1893.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; printing
business; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Cabell County, 1935-36,
1941-42, 1947-48, 1955-56; defeated (Democratic), 1928; Republican
candidate for West
Virginia state senate 5th District, 1942.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons; Shriners;
Kiwanis;
American
Legion; Elks.
Died September
6, 1983 (age 89 years, 348
days).
Interment at Elks Cemetery, Bedford, Va.
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Philip Pittman Godwin Sr. (c.1924-2001) —
also known as Philip P. Godwin, Sr. —
of Gatesville, Gates
County, N.C.
Born about 1924.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer;
member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1961-72; Speaker of
the North Carolina State House of Representatives, 1971-72;
member of North
Carolina state senate, 1973.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, in the Sentara Norfolk General Hospital,
Norfolk,
Va., December
12, 2001 (age about 77
years).
Interment at Gatesville
Cemetery, Gatesville, N.C.
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Thomas Jackson Gold (b. 1879) —
also known as Thomas J. Gold —
of High Point, Guilford
County, N.C.
Born in Shelby, Cleveland
County, N.C., April
11, 1879.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of North
Carolina state house of representatives from Guilford County,
1913-14.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons; Junior
Order; Elks; Redmen.
Burial location unknown.
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Paul Davis Grady (1891-c.1969) —
also known as Paul D. Grady —
of Kenly, Johnston
County, N.C.
Born in Seven Springs, Wayne
County, N.C., September
5, 1891.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of North
Carolina state house of representatives from Johnston County,
1919-22; member of North
Carolina state senate 8th District, 1923-25, 1933-35.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons; Woodmen.
Died about 1969 (age about 78
years).
Interment somewhere
in Kenly, N.C.
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Relatives: Son
of Dr. James Calhoun Grady and Ella S. (Outlaw) Grady; married 1909 to Lelia
G. Swink. |
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Lloyd Lee Gravely (1889-1953) —
also known as Lloyd L. Gravely —
of Rocky Mount, Nash
County, N.C.
Born in Danville,
Va., December
5, 1889.
Democrat. Lawyer; tobacco
buyer; manager, tobacco
products factory; director and general manager, China America Tobacco
Co.; director, Standard Insurance
and Realty
Co.; mayor
of Rocky Mount, N.C., 1925-28; member of North
Carolina state senate 6th District, 1929-32, 1935.
Methodist.
Member, Kiwanis;
Phi
Delta Theta; Phi
Delta Phi; Junior
Order; Freemasons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died March 6,
1953 (age 63 years, 91
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Clyde Ray Greene (b. 1898) —
also known as Clyde R. Greene —
of Boone, Watauga
County, N.C.
Born in Meat Camp, Watauga
County, N.C., January
31, 1898.
Republican. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 9th District, 1946, 1948;
delegate to Republican National Convention from North Carolina, 1952
(Honorary
Vice-President); candidate for North
Carolina state treasurer, 1968.
Baptist.
Member, Lions;
Freemasons; Junior
Order.
Burial location unknown.
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Edward Foster Griffin (b. 1900) —
also known as E. F. Griffin —
of Louisburg, Franklin
County, N.C.
Born in Louisburg, Franklin
County, N.C., November
4, 1900.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of North
Carolina state senate 6th District, 1933-35.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons; Kiwanis.
Burial location unknown.
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John Bryan Grimes (1868-1923) —
also known as J. Bryan Grimes —
of Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C.
Born in Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C., June 3,
1868.
Democrat. Planter;
member, North Carolina Board of Agriculture, 1899-1900; president, Tobacco
Growers Association of North Carolina; secretary
of state of North Carolina, 1901-23; died in office 1923.
Episcopalian.
Scottish
ancestry. Member, Sons of
the Revolution; Freemasons; Knights
of Pythias; Junior
Order.
Died January
16, 1923 (age 54 years, 227
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Bryan Grimes and Charlotte Emily (Bryan) Grimes; married, November
14, 1894, to Mary Octavia Laughinghouse; married 1904 to
Elizabeth Forest Laughinghouse. |
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Hezekiah Alexander Gudger (1849-1917) —
also known as Hezekiah A. Gudger —
of Madison
County, N.C.; Asheville, Buncombe
County, N.C.
Born in Marshall, Madison
County, N.C., May 27,
1849.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of North
Carolina state house of representatives from Madison County,
1872-78; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1885; candidate for Presidential Elector
for North Carolina; U.S. Consul General in Panama, 1897-1905; justice, Canal Zone Supreme Court, 1905-14;
chief justice, 1909-14.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Beaverdam, Buncombe
County, N.C., September
22, 1917 (age 68 years, 118
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Asheville, N.C.
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George W. Guess (c.1829-1868) —
of Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born in North Carolina, about 1829.
Lawyer;
colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; mayor of
Dallas, Tex., 1866-68.
Member, Freemasons.
Died of sunstroke,
aboard a steamboat
on the Mississippi River, at a wharf in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., July 18,
1868 (age about 39
years).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Memphis, Tenn.
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John Oliver Gunn (1892-1992) —
also known as J. O. Gunn —
of Yanceyville, Caswell
County, N.C.
Born in Pelham, Caswell
County, N.C., December
27, 1892.
Democrat. Farmer; automobile
dealer; banker; Caswell
County Treasurer, 1936-40; chair of
Caswell County Democratic Party, 1942-45; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1945-57, 1965-67;
secretary, Royal Hosiery
Mills.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons; Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Rotary;
Junior
Order.
Died, in Memorial Hospital,
Danville,
Va., February
18, 1992 (age 99 years, 53
days).
Interment at Yanceyville United Methodist Church Cemetery, Yanceyville, N.C.
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Edward Carney Hackney (1856-1903) —
also known as Edward C. Hackney —
of Durham, Durham
County, N.C.
Born in Chatham
County, N.C., May 30,
1856.
Lawyer;
newspaper
editor and publisher; mayor of
Durham, N.C., 1882-83.
Baptist.
Member, Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons.
Died in Durham, Durham
County, N.C., March
10, 1903 (age 46 years, 284
days).
Interment at Maplewood
Cemetery, Durham, N.C.
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Luther Hamilton (1894-1976) —
of Morehead City, Carteret
County, N.C.
Born in Atlantic, Carteret
County, N.C., February
20, 1894.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of North
Carolina state senate 7th District, 1921-22, 1957-62; mayor
of Morehead City, N.C., 1925-29; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1931-33; superior court
judge in North Carolina, 1937-51; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from North Carolina, 1944
(member, Credentials
Committee).
Methodist.
Member, Delta
Theta Phi; Freemasons; Shriners.
Died in Carteret
County, N.C., June 26,
1976 (age 82 years, 127
days).
Interment at Bayview Cemetery, Morehead City, N.C.
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William Cicero Hammer (1865-1930) —
also known as William C. Hammer —
of Asheboro, Randolph
County, N.C.
Born near Asheboro, Randolph
County, N.C., March
24, 1865.
Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper
editor; mayor
of Asheboro, N.C., 1895-99; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from North Carolina, 1896,
1912
(member, Credentials
Committee); U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina, 1914-20; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 7th District, 1921-30; died in
office 1930.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons; Odd
Fellows; Junior
Order; Woodmen of
the World.
Died in Asheboro, Randolph
County, N.C., September
26, 1930 (age 65 years, 186
days).
Interment at City
Cemetery, Asheboro, N.C.
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Franklin Wills Hancock Jr. (1894-1969) —
also known as Frank Hancock, Jr. —
of Oxford, Granville
County, N.C.
Born in Oxford, Granville
County, N.C., November
1, 1894.
Democrat. Lawyer; chair of
Granville County Democratic Party, 1924; candidate for
Presidential Elector for North Carolina; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1926-28; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1928-30; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 5th District, 1930-39;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from North Carolina, 1938; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from North Carolina, 1940;
state court judge in North Carolina, 1950.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons; Shriners;
Kappa
Alpha Order; Rotary.
Died in Oxford, Granville
County, N.C., January
23, 1969 (age 74 years, 83
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Oxford, N.C.
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Franklin Daniel Boone Harding (1904-1978) —
also known as F. D. B. Harding —
of Yadkinville, Yadkin
County, N.C.
Born in Yadkinville, Yadkin
County, N.C., June 29,
1904.
Republican. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 8th District, 1940; delegate
to Republican National Convention from North Carolina, 1944;
member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1949-50, 1961-64; member
of North
Carolina state senate, 1965-66; member of North
Carolina Republican State Central Committee, 1966.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons.
Died in Yadkin
County, N.C., January
31, 1978 (age 73 years, 216
days).
Interment at Yadkinville
Town Cemetery, Yadkinville, N.C.
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Tazewell Lee Hargrove —
also known as Tazewell L. Hargrove —
of Granville
County, N.C.
Colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives from Granville County,
1870-72; North
Carolina state attorney general, 1873-77.
Member, Freemasons.
Posthumously awarded the Confederate Medal of Honor for action at the
battle of South Anna Bridge, Va., by the Sons of Confederate Veterans.
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Vance County, N.C.
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Thomas J. Harkins (b. 1879) —
of Weatherford, Custer
County, Okla.; Asheville, Buncombe
County, N.C.
Born in Buncombe
County, N.C., January
15, 1879.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from North Carolina, 1916;
U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina, 1927-31.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Freemasons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Woodmen.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Herschel S. Harkins and Sarah Jane (Jones) Harkins; married 1904 to Roxy
Seevers. |
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John James Hasty (1830-1894) —
also known as John J. Hasty —
of Monroe, Union
County, N.C.
Born in Marshville, Union
County, N.C., March
30, 1830.
Republican. Postmaster at Monroe,
N.C., 1873-75.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Monroe, Union
County, N.C., March
20, 1894 (age 63 years, 355
days).
Interment at Suncrest Cemetery, Monroe, N.C.
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Thomas Henry Hatchett (b. 1865) —
also known as T. Henry Hatchett —
of near Blanch, Caswell
County, N.C.
Born in Caswell
County, N.C., July 16,
1865.
Democrat. Farmer;
member of North
Carolina state house of representatives from Caswell County,
1913-14.
Methodist.
Member, Junior
Order; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Lawrence Brooks Hays (1898-1981) —
also known as Brooks Hays —
of Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.; North Carolina; Chevy Chase, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in London, Pope
County, Ark., August
9, 1898.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Arkansas, 1932-39; U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 5th District, 1943-59; defeated,
1958; member, Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, 1953-55;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Arkansas, 1956;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 5th District, 1972.
Baptist.
Member, Sigma
Chi; Phi
Alpha Delta; Tau
Kappa Alpha; Freemasons; Lions; American Bar
Association.
Died in Chevy Chase, Montgomery
County, Md., October
11, 1981 (age 83 years, 63
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Russellville, Ark.
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Jesse Hargrave Healey (1794-1855) —
of Indiana.
Born in Guilford
County, N.C., 1794.
Henry
County Sheriff, 1822-27, 1847-51; probate judge in Indiana,
1829-36; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1838-39.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Spiceland, Henry
County, Ind., February
24, 1855 (age about 60
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Alexander Severin Heide (1846-1916) —
also known as Alexander S. Heide —
of Wilmington, New
Hanover County, N.C.
Born in Maribo, Denmark,
April
11, 1846.
Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; merchant;
Vice-Consul
for Denmark in Wilmington,
N.C., 1895-1911; Vice-Consul
for Sweden & Norway in Wilmington,
N.C., 1895-1906; Vice-Consul
for Norway in Wilmington,
N.C., 1907-11.
Danish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Knights
Templar.
Died in Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C., January
19, 1916 (age 69 years, 283
days).
Interment at Oakdale
Cemetery, Wilmington, N.C.
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Jesse Alexander Helms (1921-2008) —
also known as Jesse Helms —
of Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C.
Born in Monroe, Union
County, N.C., October
18, 1921.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S.
Senator from North Carolina, 1973-2003.
Baptist.
Member, Rotary;
Young
Americans for Freedom; Freemasons; Exchange
Club.
Died, in a nursing
home at Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C., July 4,
2008 (age 86 years, 260
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Raleigh, N.C.
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David Ezekiel Henderson (1879-1968) —
also known as David E. Henderson —
of Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C.; Scalybark, Mecklenburg
County, N.C.
Born in Deppe, Onslow
County, N.C., September
3, 1879.
Lawyer;
U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina, 1945-48; U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of North Carolina,
1948-49; resigned 1949.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons; Junior
Order; Redmen;
Woodmen
of the World; Kiwanis.
Died July 25,
1968 (age 88 years, 326
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Charlotte, N.C.
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David Newton Henderson (1921-2004) —
also known as David N. Henderson —
of Wallace, Duplin
County, N.C.
Born near Hubert, Onslow
County, N.C., April
16, 1921.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; state
court judge in North Carolina, 1958-60; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 3rd District, 1961-77.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons; Lions.
Died in Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C., January
13, 2004 (age 82 years, 272
days).
Interment at Rockfish Memorial Cemetery, Wallace, N.C.
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Leon Henderson (1895-1986) —
of Washington,
D.C.; Rocky Mount, Edgecombe
County, N.C.
Born in Millville, Cumberland
County, N.J., May 26,
1895.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; economist;
member, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, 1939-41;
administrator, Office of Price Administration, 1941-42.
Member, American
Statistical Association; American
Economic Association; Delta
Upsilon; Freemasons.
Died in October, 1986
(age 91
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Joseph Hewes (1730-1779) —
of North Carolina.
Born in Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J., July 9,
1730.
Member of North Carolina state legislature, 1766-75, 1778-79; Delegate
to Continental Congress from North Carolina, 1774-77, 1779; signer,
Declaration of Independence, 1776.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., November
10, 1779 (age 49 years, 124
days).
Interment at Christ
Church Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Pa.; memorial monument at Constitution Gardens, Washington, D.C.
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Carlisle Wallace Higgins (b. 1889) —
also known as Carlisle W. Higgins —
of North Carolina.
Born in Ennice, Alleghany
County, N.C., October
17, 1889.
Member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1925; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1929; U.S.
Attorney for the Middle District of North Carolina, 1934-47; justice of
North Carolina state supreme court, 1954-.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight.
Burial location unknown.
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Erwin Avery Hightower (1914-2001) —
of Wadesboro, Anson
County, N.C.
Born in Anson
County, N.C., July 29,
1914.
Lawyer;
member of North
Carolina state senate, 1955-59.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons; Civitan.
Died in Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C., August
17, 2001 (age 87 years, 19
days).
Interment at Eastview
Cemetery, Wadesboro, N.C.
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John Sprunt Hill (b. 1869) —
of Durham, Durham
County, N.C.
Born in Faison, Duplin
County, N.C., March
17, 1869.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; banker; farmer;
member of North
Carolina state senate 16th District, 1933-35.
Presbyterian.
Member, Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Phi
Delta Phi; Phi
Beta Kappa; Odd
Fellows; Elks;
Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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James Sidney Hinton (1834-1892) —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born near Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C., December
25, 1834.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana,
1872;
member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1881.
African
ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Odd
Fellows.
First
Black member of the Indiana legislature.
Died of a heart
attack while making a speech,
in Brazil, Clay
County, Ind., November
6, 1892 (age 57 years, 317
days).
Interment at Crown
Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
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Franklin P. Hobgood Jr. (b. 1872) —
of Greensboro, Guilford
County, N.C.
Born in Granville
County, N.C., December
17, 1872.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of North
Carolina state senate, 1911-16 (21st District 1911-12, 20th
District 1913-16).
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Franklin P. Hobgood and Mary Anne (Royal) Hobgood; married, October
9, 1907, to Lucy McGee Glenn. |
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John Waighstill Hodges (b. 1866) —
also known as John W. Hodges —
of Boone, Watauga
County, N.C.
Born in Grainger
County, Tenn., April 2,
1866.
Republican. Member of North
Carolina state house of representatives from Watauga County,
1913-14.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Luther Hartwell Hodges (1898-1974) —
also known as Luther H. Hodges —
of Leaksville (now part of Eden), Rockingham
County, N.C.
Born in Pittsylvania
County, Va., March 9,
1898.
Democrat. Lieutenant
Governor of North Carolina, 1953-54; Governor of
North Carolina, 1954-61; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from North Carolina, 1956
(delegation chair), 1964;
U.S.
Secretary of Commerce, 1961-65.
Methodist.
Member, Rotary;
Freemasons; American
Legion; Moose.
Died October
6, 1974 (age 76 years, 211
days).
Interment at Overlook
Cemetery, Eden, N.C.
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Clyde Roark Hoey (1877-1954) —
also known as Clyde R. Hoey —
of Shelby, Cleveland
County, N.C.
Born in Shelby, Cleveland
County, N.C., December
11, 1877.
Democrat. Newspaper
editor; lawyer;
member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1899-1902; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1903-06; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from North Carolina, 1904,
1940,
1944
(speaker),
1948,
1952;
U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 9th District, 1919-21; Governor of
North Carolina, 1937-41; member of Democratic
National Committee from North Carolina, 1941-44; U.S.
Senator from North Carolina, 1945-54; died in office 1954;
member, Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, 1953-54; died in
office 1954.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons; Odd
Fellows; Woodmen;
Junior
Order; Knights
of Pythias; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Sigma
Chi.
Died from a stroke,
at his desk in his congressional office,
in Washington,
D.C., May 12,
1954 (age 76 years, 152
days).
Interment at Sunset
Cemetery, Shelby, N.C.
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James W. Hood (b. 1831) —
Born in Kennett Township, Chester
County, Pa., May 30,
1831.
Republican. Minister;
bishop;
delegate
to North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1867; delegate
to Republican National Convention from North Carolina, 1872.
African
Methodist Episcopal. Member, Freemasons; Order of the
Eastern Star; Good
Templars.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Hannah L. Ralph and Sophia J. Nugent; married 1877 to Mrs.
K. P. McKoy. |
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William Hooper (1742-1790) —
of North Carolina.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., June 17,
1742.
Delegate
to Continental Congress from North Carolina, 1774-77; signer,
Declaration of Independence, 1776; member of North Carolina state
legislature, 1777-78.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Hillsborough, Orange
County, N.C., October
14, 1790 (age 48 years, 119
days).
Original interment at Hillsborough
Old Town Cemetery, Hillsborough, N.C.; reinterment in 1894 at Guilford
Courthouse National Military Park, Greensboro, N.C.; memorial
monument at Constitution Gardens, Washington, D.C.
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George Dunlap Hopper (1889-1969) —
also known as George D. Hopper —
of Danville, Boyle
County, Ky.; Miami Beach, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla.; Asheville, Buncombe
County, N.C.
Born in Stanford, Lincoln
County, Ky., July 13,
1889.
Lawyer;
U.S. Consul in Stockholm, 1917-19; Rotterdam, 1920-23; Hamburg, 1923; Dunkirk, 1923-25; Antofagasta, 1925-29; Montreal, 1929-34; Casablanca, 1934-37; U.S. Consul General in Winnipeg, 1937-41; St. John's, 1941-45; Hong Kong, 1945-49.
Member, Kappa
Alpha Order; Freemasons.
Died, from bronchopneumonia,
in Brentwood Rehab
Center, Asheville, Buncombe
County, N.C., July 11,
1969 (age 79 years, 363
days).
Interment at Calvary Episcopal Church Cemetery, Fletcher, N.C.
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Relatives: Son
of George Dunlap Hopper (1848-1913) and Katherine Elizabeth (Higgins)
Hopper; married, June 23,
1920, to Minnie Parker Durham; married, July 8,
1939, to Sue Cushing Hayes. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: U.S. passport application
(1918) |
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Wilkins Perryman Horton (b. 1889) —
also known as Wilkins P. Horton —
of Pittsboro, Chatham
County, N.C.
Born in Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan., September
1, 1889.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of North
Carolina state senate 13th District, 1919, 1927, 1931, 1935; secretary of
North Carolina Democratic Party, 1930; Lieutenant
Governor of North Carolina, 1937-41; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from North Carolina, 1948.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Interment somewhere
in Pittsboro, N.C.
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Bolivar Steadman Hurley (b. 1888) —
also known as B. S. Hurley —
of Troy, Montgomery
County, N.C.
Born in Troy, Montgomery
County, N.C., May 16,
1888.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of North
Carolina state house of representatives from Montgomery County,
1917, 1925; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of North
Carolina state senate 18th District, 1935.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Edwin Bedford Jeffress (1887-1961) —
of Greensboro, Guilford
County, N.C.
Born in Canton, Haywood
County, N.C., May 29,
1887.
Democrat. Newspaper
publisher; mayor
of Greensboro, N.C., 1925-29; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1931-33.
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Freemasons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Kiwanis.
Died in Chapel Hill, Orange
County, N.C., May 23,
1961 (age 73 years, 359
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Cemetery, Greensboro, N.C.
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Relatives: Son
of C. J. Jeffress and Emma (Osborn) Jeffress; married to Louise
Adams. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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William F. Jenks (1831-1910) —
of New Berlin, Chenango
County, N.Y.; Norwich, Chenango
County, N.Y.; Southern Pines, Moore
County, N.C.
Born in Burlington, Otsego
County, N.Y., August
29, 1831.
Democrat. Lawyer; Chenango
County Judge and Surrogate, 1878-89.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Southern Pines, Moore
County, N.C., October
3, 1910 (age 79 years, 35
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Andrew Johnson (1808-1875) —
of Carthage, Moore
County, N.C.; Greeneville, Greene
County, Tenn.
Born in Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C., December
29, 1808.
Mayor
of Greeneville, Tenn., 1830; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1835; member of Tennessee
state senate, 1841; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 1st District, 1843-53; Governor of
Tennessee, 1853-57, 1862-65; U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1857-62, 1875; died in office 1875; Vice
President of the United States, 1865; President
of the United States, 1865-69; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1868.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
Templar.
In 1868, was impeached
by the House of Representatives; tried
and acquitted by the Senate, which voted 35 to 19 (short of the
required two-thirds) on three of the eleven articles of impeachment.
Slaveowner.
Died, after a series of strokes,
at his daughter's home in Carter
County, Tenn., July 31,
1875 (age 66 years, 214
days).
Interment at Andrew
Johnson National Cemetery, Greeneville, Tenn.
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Relatives:
Married, May 17,
1827, to Eliza
Johnson; father of Martha Johnson (who married David
Trotter Patterson). |
| | | Political family: Johnson
family of Greeneville, Tennessee. |
| | | Cross-reference: Edmund
G. Ross — George
T. Brown — Christopher
G. Memminger — Thomas
Overton Moore — John
W. Chanler |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books about Andrew Johnson: Hans L.
Trefousse, Andrew
Johnson: A Biography — Howard Means, The
Avenger Takes His Place: Andrew Johnson and the 45 Days That Changed
the Nation — Paul H. Bergeron, Andrew
Johnson's Civil War and Reconstruction — Mary Malone,
Andrew
Johnson (for young readers) |
| | | Critical books about Andrew Johnson:
Nathan Miller, Star-Spangled
Men : America's Ten Worst Presidents |
| | | Image source: James G. Blaine, Twenty
Years of Congress, vol. 2 (1886) |
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Rivers Dunn Johnson (1885-1958) —
also known as Rivers D. Johnson —
of Warsaw, Duplin
County, N.C.
Born in Wilson, Wilson
County, N.C., December
29, 1885.
Democrat. Lawyer;
mayor of Warsaw, N.C., 1909-10; member of North
Carolina state senate 9th District, 1912-13, 1915-16, 1923-24,
1927-28, 1931-32, 1935-36; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from North Carolina, 1916,
1924.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons; Shriners;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Junior
Order; Rotary.
Died in Kenansville, Duplin
County, N.C., January
13, 1958 (age 72 years, 15
days).
Interment at Pinecrest Cemetery, Warsaw, N.C.
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Relatives: Son
of Seymour Anderson Johnson and Anne Eliza (Clarke) Johnson; married
1921 to
Olivia R. Best. |
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memorial |
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Calvin Jones (b. 1810) —
of Somerville, Fayette
County, Tenn.
Born in Person
County, N.C., July 8,
1810.
Democrat. University
professor; lawyer;
Chancellor, Western Division of Tennessee, 1847-54.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas McKissick Jones (1816-1892) —
also known as Thomas M. Jones —
of Pulaski, Giles
County, Tenn.
Born in Person
County, N.C., December
16, 1816.
Democrat. Member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1840; member of Tennessee
state senate, 1840; Delegate
from Tennessee to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;
in 1865, the Ku Klux Klan was organized in his law office; delegate
to Tennessee state constitutional convention, 1870; state court
judge in Tennessee, 1872-73; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Tennessee, 1880
(member, Credentials
Committee).
Member, Freemasons; Knights
Templar.
Died in Pulaski, Giles
County, Tenn., March
13, 1892 (age 75 years, 88
days).
Interment at Maplewood
Cemetery, Pulaski, Tenn.
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Walter Beaman Jones (1913-1992) —
also known as Walter B. Jones —
of Farmville, Pitt
County, N.C.
Born in Fayetteville, Cumberland
County, N.C., August
19, 1913.
Democrat. Member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1955-59; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1965-66; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 1st District, 1966-92; died in
office 1992.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons; Rotary;
Moose;
Elks; Junior
Order.
Died in Norfolk,
Va., September
15, 1992 (age 79 years, 27
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Benjamin Everett Jordan (1896-1974) —
also known as B. Everett Jordan —
of Saxapahaw, Alamance
County, N.C.
Born in Ramseur, Randolph
County, N.C., September
8, 1896.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; North
Carolina Democratic state chair, 1949-54; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from North Carolina, 1952,
1956,
1964;
member of Democratic
National Committee from North Carolina, 1954-58; U.S.
Senator from North Carolina, 1958-73.
Methodist.
Member, Rotary;
Freemasons; Shriners;
Sons
of the American Revolution; Omicron
Delta Kappa.
Died March
15, 1974 (age 77 years, 188
days).
Interment at Pine
Hill Cemetery, Burlington, N.C.
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