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Politicians in Miscellaneous Occupations in North Carolina

William M. Cumming (1860-1922) — of Wilmington, New Hanover County, N.C. Born in Greensboro, Guilford County, N.C., July 9, 1860. Real estate business; notary public; Vice-Consul for Haiti in Wilmington, N.C., 1887-1908. Died, from heart disease, in Wilmington, New Hanover County, N.C., January 24, 1922 (age 61 years, 199 days). Interment at Oakdale Cemetery, Wilmington, N.C.   Relatives: Son of William Andres Cumming and Mary (Rankin) Cumming; married, October 23, 1893, to Susanne Cooper.   Epitaph: "A perfect and an upright man, one that feared God and eschewed evil."   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Jo Ann Davis (1950-2007) — of Gloucester, Gloucester County, Va. Born in Rowan County, N.C., June 29, 1950. Republican. Business owner; member of Virginia state house of delegates, 1997-2001; U.S. Representative from Virginia 1st District, 2001-07; died in office 2007. Female. Assembly of God. Died in Gloucester County, Va., October 6, 2007 (age 57 years, 99 days). Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Married 1974 to Charles E. Davis.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier   Shelley C. Frazier — of Asheboro, Randolph County, N.C. Republican. Bowling alley business; delegate to Republican National Convention from North Carolina, 1948. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.   Porter G. Reynolds (1912-2001) — of Fort Lauderdale, Broward County, Fla. Born in Lewisville, Forsyth County, N.C., November 19, 1912. Landscape architect; mayor of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., 1956-59. Died November 8, 2001 (age 88 years, 354 days). Burial location unknown.   Louis Dicken Wilson (1789-1847) — also known as Louis D. Wilson — of Edgecombe County, N.C. Born in Edgecombe County, N.C., May 12, 1789. Democrat. Notary public; justice of the peace; merchant; member of North Carolina house of commons from Edgecombe County, 1815-19; member of North Carolina state senate, 1820, 1824-32, 1838-47 (Edgecombe County 1820, 1824-32, 15th District 1838-43, 10th District 1844-47); died in office 1847; delegate to North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1835; delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1835; colonel in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War. Member, Freemasons. Died, from yellow fever, while serving in the U.S. Army in the Mexican War, in Veracruz, Veracruz, August 12, 1847 (age 58 years, 92 days). Original interment at Rocky Mount Memorial Park, Rocky Mount, N.C.; reinterment in 1904 at Tarboro Town Common, Tarboro, N.C.   Relatives: Son of William Wilson and Elizabeth (Dicken) Wilson.   Wilson County, N.C. is named for him.   The city of Wilson, North Carolina, is named for him.   See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial — NCpedia

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