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Peter Forney (1756-1834) —
of Lincoln
County, N.C.
Born near Lincolnton, Lincoln
County, N.C., April
21, 1756.
Democrat. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary
War; iron manufacturer; member of North
Carolina house of commons from Lincoln County, 1794-97; member of
North
Carolina state senate from Lincoln County, 1800-02; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina at-large, 1813-15.
Slaveowner.
Died in Lincoln
County, N.C., February
1, 1834 (age 77 years, 286
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Lincoln County, N.C.
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David Franklin Houston (1866-1940) —
also known as David F. Houston —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Monroe, Union
County, N.C., February
17, 1866.
Superintendent
of schools; university
professor; president,
Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, 1902-05; president,
University of Texas, 1905-08; chancellor,
Washington University, St. Louis, 1908-16; U.S.
Secretary of Agriculture, 1913-20; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1920-21; vice president, American Telephone
and Telegraph
Co. and president, Bell Telephone
Securities Co.; president, Mutual Life
Insurance Company of New York, 1930-1940; director, United States
Steel Corporation.
Member, American
Economic Association.
Died, from heart
disease, at the Harkness Pavilion of the Columbia Presbyterian Medical
Center, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
2, 1940 (age 74 years, 198
days).
Interment at Memorial
Cemetery of St. John's Church, Laurel Hollow, Long Island, N.Y.
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Alexander D. McGowan (1817-1893) —
also known as Alexander McGowan; Alexander
McGowen —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Duplin
County, N.C., July 5,
1817.
Tinner; hardware
merchant; foundry owner; delegate
to Texas state constitutional convention, 1845; mayor
of Houston, Tex., 1858, 1867-68.
Methodist.
Member, Odd
Fellows.
Died in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., December
26, 1893 (age 76 years, 174
days).
Original interment somewhere in San Felipe, Tex.; reinterment at Glenwood
Cemetery, Houston, Tex.
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Amos Morehead Stack (b. 1926) —
also known as A. Morehead Stack —
of Fayetteville, Cumberland
County, N.C.
Born in Robeson
County, N.C., December
8, 1926.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; founder and
president, Hercules Steel Co.; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from North Carolina, 1964;
member of North
Carolina Republican State Executive Committee, 1966-67.
Presbyterian.
Member, Alpha
Tau Omega; Freemasons;
Young
Americans for Freedom.
Still living as of 1967.
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Relatives: Son
of Amos Morehead Stack and Hannah (McNeill) Stack; married, September
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Frederick W. Wurster (1850-1917) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Plymouth, Washington
County, N.C., April 1,
1850.
Republican. Manufacturer of axles;
owner of a brass foundry; mayor
of Brooklyn, N.Y., 1896-97; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1896.
Presbyterian.
German
ancestry.
Died June 27,
1917 (age 67 years, 87
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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