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Joseph Carter Abbott (1825-1881) —
also known as Joseph C. Abbott —
of New Hampshire; Wilmington, New
Hanover County, N.C.
Born in Concord, Merrimack
County, N.H., July 15,
1825.
Republican. Newspaper editor; Adjutant
General of New Hampshire, 1855-61; general in the Union Army
during the Civil War; delegate
to North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1868; U.S.
Senator from North Carolina, 1868-71; member of Republican
National Committee from North Carolina, 1872-; U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1874-77.
Died in Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C., October
8, 1881 (age 56 years, 85
days).
Original interment at National
Cemetery, Wilmington, N.C.; reinterment in 1887 at Valley
Cemetery, Manchester, N.H.
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Charles Laban Abernethy (1872-1955) —
also known as Charles L. Abernethy —
of New Bern, Craven
County, N.C.
Born in Burke
County, N.C., March
18, 1872.
Democrat. Lawyer;
newspaper publisher; candidate for Presidential Elector for
North Carolina; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 3rd District, 1922-35.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Redmen;
Elks; Woodmen;
Knights
of Pythias; Junior
Order; Kiwanis.
Died in New Bern, Craven
County, N.C., February
23, 1955 (age 82 years, 342
days).
Interment at Cedar
Grove Cemetery, New Bern, N.C.
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Orison Rudolph Aggrey (1926-2016) —
also known as O. Rudolph Aggrey —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Salisbury, Rowan
County, N.C., July 24,
1926.
Newspaper reporter; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul
in Lagos, 1951-53; U.S. Ambassador to Senegal, 1973-77; Gambia, 1973-77; Romania, 1977-81.
African
ancestry. Member, Alpha
Phi Alpha; Sigma
Delta Chi.
Died April 6,
2016 (age 89 years, 257
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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George Venable Allen (1903-1970) —
also known as George V. Allen —
of Durham, Durham
County, N.C.; Maryland; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Durham, Durham
County, N.C., November
3, 1903.
School
teacher and principal; newspaper reporter; Foreign Service
officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Kingston, as of 1930; Shanghai, as of 1932; U.S. Consul in Cairo, as of 1936-38; U.S. Ambassador to Iran, 1946-48; Yugoslavia, 1949-53; India, 1953-54; Nepal, 1953-54; Greece, 1956-57; director, U.S. Information Agency, 1957-60;
president, Tobacco
Institute, 1960-66.
Methodist.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Sigma Phi; United
World Federalists.
Died suddenly, from a coronary
occlusion, in Bahama, Durham
County, N.C., July 11,
1970 (age 66 years, 250
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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John Wesley Alspaugh (1828-1912) —
also known as J. W. Alspaugh —
of Winston (now part of Winston-Salem), Forsyth
County, N.C.
Born in North Carolina, July 21,
1828.
Lawyer;
banker;
newspaper editor; mayor
of Winston, N.C., 1871-72, 1873-74, 1875-76.
Died in Winston (now part of Winston-Salem), Forsyth
County, N.C., November
3, 1912 (age 84 years, 105
days).
Interment at Salem
Cemetery, Winston-Salem, N.C.
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R. F. Arledge (1907-1968) —
also known as Deacon Arledge —
of Albuquerque, Bernalillo
County, N.M.
Born in Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C., June 1,
1907.
Democrat. Newspaper reporter; lawyer;
major in the U.S. Army during World War II; chair of
Bernalillo County Democratic Party, 1946; member of New Mexico
Democratic State Central Committee, 1946; district judge in New
Mexico 2nd District, 1947-50; alternate delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New Mexico, 1948.
Church
of Christ. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Pi
Kappa Alpha.
Died June 16,
1968 (age 61 years, 15
days).
Interment at Santa
Fe National Cemetery, Santa Fe, N.M.
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Relatives: Son
of Richard F. Arledge and Ellen (Henderson) Arledge; married to Helen
Jean Floyd. |
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memorial |
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Hannah Diggs Atkins (b. 1923) —
of Oklahoma.
Born in Winston-Salem, Forsyth
County, N.C., November
2, 1923.
Reporter; school
teacher; librarian;
member of Oklahoma
state house of representatives, 1969-80; secretary
of state of Oklahoma, 1987-91.
Female.
African
ancestry.
Still living as of 1999.
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Relatives:
Daughter of James Thackeray Diggs and Mabel Kennedy Diggs; married to
Charles N. Atkins. |
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Thomas Hart Benton (1782-1858) —
also known as "Old Bullion" —
of Franklin, Williamson
County, Tenn.; St.
Louis, Mo.
Born near Hillsborough, Orange
County, N.C., March
14, 1782.
Lawyer;
newspaper editor; member of Tennessee
state senate, 1809; U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1821-51; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 1st District, 1853-55; Benton
Democrat candidate for Governor of
Missouri, 1856.
Fought a duel
with Andrew
Jackson, who later became a political ally. In April, 1850, he
caused a scandal
with his attempt to assault
Sen. Henry
Stuart Foote, of Mississippi, during debate on the Senate floor;
he was restrained by other senators. Foote had a cocked pistol in his
hand and undoubtedly would have shot him.
Slaveowner.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April
10, 1858 (age 76 years, 27
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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Robert Worth Bingham (1871-1937) —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.; Glenview, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Orange
County, N.C., November
8, 1871.
Lawyer;
publisher of Louisville Courier-Journal newspaper; mayor
of Louisville, Ky., 1907; Republican candidate for Judge,
Kentucky Court of Appeals, 1910; circuit judge in Kentucky, 1911;
U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, 1933-37.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Society
of Colonial Wars; Society
of the Cincinnati; Sons of
the American Revolution; Phi
Beta Kappa; Alpha
Tau Omega.
Died in Baltimore,
Md., December
18, 1937 (age 66 years, 40
days).
Interment at Cave
Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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Stanford R. Brookshire —
also known as Stan Brookshire —
of Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C.
Born in Troutmans, Iredell
County, N.C.
Newspaper reporter; dealer in industrial belts; mayor
of Charlotte, N.C., 1961-69.
Still living as of 1969.
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Marion Butler (1863-1938) —
of Elliott, Sampson
County, N.C.
Born near Clinton, Sampson
County, N.C., May 20,
1863.
Newspaper publisher; lawyer;
member of North
Carolina state senate; elected 1890; U.S.
Senator from North Carolina, 1895-1901; delegate to Republican
National Convention from North Carolina, 1912,
1916,
1920,
1924,
1932.
Died in Takoma Park, Montgomery
County, Md., June 3,
1938 (age 75 years, 14
days).
Interment at Clinton
Cemetery, Clinton, N.C.
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John Adams Cameron (1788-1838) —
also known as John A. Cameron —
of Fayetteville, Cumberland
County, N.C.; Florida.
Born in Mecklenburg
County, Va., 1788.
Newspaper editor; member of North
Carolina house of commons from Fayetteville, 1810-12, 1820; major
in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; U.S. Consul in Veracruz, 1831-32; U.S.
District Judge for Florida, 1832-38.
Member, Freemasons.
Perished
in the wreck
of the steamer Pulaski, off the coast of North Carolina,
in the North
Atlantic Ocean, June 14,
1838 (age about 49
years). His remains were probably
not recovered.
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James P. Cook (b. 1863) —
of Concord, Cabarrus
County, N.C.
Born in Mt. Pleasant, Cabarrus
County, N.C., January
12, 1863.
Democrat. Newspaper editor and publisher; member of North
Carolina state senate 24th District, 1913-14.
Lutheran.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Matthew Cook and Mary (Costner) Cook; married 1892 to
Margaret J. Norfleet. |
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Charles Holden Cowles (1875-1957) —
of Wilkesboro, Wilkes
County, N.C.
Born in Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C., July 16,
1875.
Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; private secretary
to U.S. Rep. E.
Spencer Blackburn, 1901-03; delegate to Republican National
Convention from North Carolina, 1904,
1908,
1912,
1916;
member of North
Carolina state house of representatives from Wilkes County,
1905-08, 1921-30; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 8th District, 1909-11.
Died in Mocksville, Davie
County, N.C., October
2, 1957 (age 82 years, 78
days).
Interment at Episcopal
Church Cemetery, Wilkesboro, N.C.
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Jonathan Worth Daniels (1902-1981) —
also known as Jonathan Daniels —
of Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C.
Born in Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C., April
27, 1902.
Democrat. Newspaper editor; member of Democratic
National Committee from North Carolina, 1930; White House press
secretary in 1945, for presidents Franklin
Roosevelt and Harry
Truman; delegate to Democratic National Convention from North
Carolina, 1948,
1952
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1956,
1964.
Died in Hilton Head Island, Beaufort
County, S.C., November
6, 1981 (age 79 years, 193
days).
Interment at Six
Oaks Cemetery, Sea Pines Plantation, Hilton Head Island, S.C.
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Josephus Daniels (1862-1948) —
of Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C.
Born in Washington, Beaufort
County, N.C., May 18,
1862.
Democrat. North Carolina state printer, 1887-93; newspaper editor
and publisher; member of Democratic
National Committee from North Carolina, 1896-1916; U.S.
Secretary of the Navy, 1913-21; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from North Carolina, 1924,
1928,
1932,
1940,
1944
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee; speaker);
U.S. Ambassador to Mexico, 1933-41.
Methodist.
Died in Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C., January
15, 1948 (age 85 years, 242
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Raleigh, N.C.; statue at Nash
Square, Raleigh, N.C.
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Robert Dick Douglas (b. 1875) —
also known as Robert D. Douglas —
of Greensboro, Guilford
County, N.C.
Born in Greensboro, Guilford
County, N.C., April 7,
1875.
Republican. Lawyer;
newspaper editor; North
Carolina state attorney general, 1900-01; delegate to Republican
National Convention from North Carolina, 1904;
postmaster at Greensboro,
N.C., 1906-16.
Catholic.
Burial location unknown.
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William Carson Ervin (1859-1943) —
also known as William C. Ervin —
of Lenoir, Caldwell
County, N.C.; Morganton, Burke
County, N.C.
Born in McDowell
County, N.C., December
15, 1859.
Lawyer;
newspaper editor; printer;
mayor
of Lenoir, N.C., 1888-89.
Died in Morganton, Burke
County, N.C., July 16,
1943 (age 83 years, 213
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Morganton, N.C.
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John Robert French (1819-1890) —
also known as John R. French —
of Concord, Merrimack
County, N.H.; Biddeford, York
County, Maine; Lake
County, Ohio; Edenton, Chowan
County, N.C.; Washington,
D.C.; Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb.; Boise, Ada
County, Idaho.
Born in Gilmanton, Belknap
County, N.H., May 28,
1819.
Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1858-59; delegate
to North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1867; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 1st District, 1867-69;
Sergeant-at-Arms, U.S. Senate, 1869-79.
Died in Boise, Ada
County, Idaho, October
2, 1890 (age 71 years, 127
days).
Interment at Pioneer
Cemetery, Boise, Idaho.
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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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Edward Joseph Hale (1839-1922) —
also known as Edward J. Hale —
of Fayetteville, Cumberland
County, N.C.
Born in Haymount, Fayetteville, Cumberland
County, N.C., December
25, 1839.
Democrat. Major in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
newspaper editor and publisher; U.S. Consul in Manchester, 1885-89; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from North Carolina, 1896,
1900,
1904
(Honorary
Vice-President), 1908,
1912;
U.S. Minister to Costa Rica, 1913-17.
Died in Fayetteville, Cumberland
County, N.C., February
16, 1922 (age 82 years, 53
days).
Interment at Cross
Creek Cemetery No. 2, Fayetteville, 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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Charles Joseph Harris (1853-1944) —
also known as Charles J. Harris —
of Dillsboro, Jackson
County, N.C.
Born in Putnam, Windham
County, Conn., September
11, 1853.
Republican. President, Harris Kaolin Co. (mining),
Harris Granite Quarries,
and Harris-Woodbury Lumber Co.;
president, Jackson County Bank
(Sylva, N.C.); vice-president, American National Bank
(Asheville, N.C.); president, Asheville Daily Times newspaper;
delegate to Republican National Convention from North Carolina, 1896
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1908,
1916,
1920,
1924,
1928,
1932,
1936
(alternate); candidate for Governor of
North Carolina, 1904.
Suffered a broken back, probably from a fall, was
unable to eat, and died from inanition,
in Asheville, Buncombe
County, N.C., February
14, 1944 (age 90 years, 156
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Asheville, N.C.
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Relatives: Son
of William Harris and Zilpah (Torrey) Harris; married to Florence
Rust. |
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memorial |
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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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William Woods Holden (1818-1892) —
also known as William W. Holden —
of Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C.
Born in Orange
County, N.C., November
24, 1818.
Newspaper editor; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from North Carolina, 1860;
delegate
to North Carolina secession convention, 1861; Governor of
North Carolina, 1865, 1868-70; postmaster at Raleigh,
N.C., 1873-81.
Methodist.
Impeached
and removed from
office as Governor in 1870, over corruption scandal.
Died in Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C., March 1,
1892 (age 73 years, 98
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Raleigh, N.C.
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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. |
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memorial |
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John Kendrick (1825-1877) —
of Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C., May 27,
1825.
Democrat. Lawyer;
newspaper editor; mayor
of Waterbury, Conn., 1864-66, 1868-69; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Waterbury, 1867-68; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, 1868;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Connecticut, 1870.
Died in Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn., May 27,
1877 (age 52 years, 0
days).
Burial location unknown.
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William Walton Kitchin (1866-1924) —
also known as William W. Kitchin —
of Roxboro, Person
County, N.C.; Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C.
Born near Scotland Neck, Halifax
County, N.C., October
9, 1866.
Democrat. Newspaper editor; lawyer;
candidate for North
Carolina state senate, 1892; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 5th District, 1897-1909; Governor of
North Carolina, 1909-13.
Died in Scotland Neck, Halifax
County, N.C., November
9, 1924 (age 58 years, 31
days).
Interment at Baptist
Cemetery, Scotland Neck, N.C.
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Charles Beary Landis (1858-1922) —
also known as Charles B. Landis —
of Delphi, Carroll
County, Ind.
Born in Millville, Butler
County, Ohio, July 9,
1858.
Republican. Newspaper editor; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 9th District, 1897-1909; defeated,
1908.
Swiss
and German
ancestry.
Died, from uremia
due to interstital
nephritis, in Meriwether Hospital,
Asheville, Buncombe
County, N.C., April
24, 1922 (age 63 years, 289
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Logansport, Ind.
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F. Brevard McDowell —
of Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C.
Lawyer;
newspaper editor; real estate
developer; mayor
of Charlotte, N.C., 1887-91.
Burial location unknown.
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Lucien Memminger (1879-1958) —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Tampa, Hillsborough
County, Fla., August
11, 1879.
Newspaper correspondent; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul General in
Boma, 1907-08; Smyrna, 1911; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in Naples, 1908-10; Beirut, 1910-11; U.S. Consul in Rouen, 1913-14; Madras, as of 1916-19; Leghorn, as of 1920-21; Bordeaux, as of 1924-29; U.S. Consul General in Belfast, 1931-37; Copenhagen, as of 1938; Paramaribo, as of 1943.
Died in Asheville, Buncombe
County, N.C., November
20, 1958 (age 79 years, 101
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Asheville, N.C.
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Manley Leonidas Misenheimer (1883-1962) —
also known as M. L. Misenheimer —
of Madison, Rockingham
County, N.C.; Commerce, Hunt
County, Tex.; Pittsburg, Pittsburg
County, Okla.
Born in Concord, Cabarrus
County, N.C., May 24,
1883.
Newspaper editor; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Oklahoma, 1922 (Socialist, 3rd District),
1924 (Farmer-Labor, 4th District).
Died in October, 1962
(age 79
years, 0 days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, McAlester, Okla.
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Relatives: Son
of William Andrew Misenheimer and Emma Caroline (Mitchell)
Misenheimer; married 1907 to
Florence Payne. |
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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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Chandler Owen (1889-1967) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Warrenton, Warren
County, N.C., April 5,
1889.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Socialist candidate for
New
York state assembly from New York County 21st District, 1920;
newspaper managing editor; public
relations business; speechwriter;
candidate in Republican primary for U.S.
Representative from Illinois 1st District, 1934.
African
ancestry.
Died, from kidney
disease, in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., November
2, 1967 (age 78 years, 211
days).
Interment at Lincoln
Cemetery, Blue Island, Ill.
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Walter Hines Page (1855-1918) —
also known as Walter H. Page —
of Garden City, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Cary, Wake
County, N.C., August
15, 1855.
Editor, The Atlantic Monthly magazine, 1896-99; U.S.
Ambassador to Great Britain, 1913-18.
Died in Pinehurst, Moore
County, N.C., December
21, 1918 (age 63 years, 128
days).
Interment at Old
Bethesda Cemetery, Aberdeen, N.C.
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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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Leonidas Lafayette Polk (1837-1892) —
of North Carolina.
Born in Anson
County, N.C., April
24, 1837.
Member of North
Carolina house of commons, 1860; colonel in the Confederate Army
during the Civil War; delegate
to North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1866;
newspaper editor; North
Carolina commissioner of agriculture, 1877-80; national president
of the Farmers' Alliance.
Baptist.
Member, Grange.
Founder of Polkton, N.C. Elected to the North Carolina Agricultural
Hall
of Fame in 1957.
Died from a bladder
hemorrhage, in Washington,
D.C., June 11,
1892 (age 55 years, 48
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Raleigh, N.C.
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William Elmendorf Rothery (1851-1932) —
also known as William E. Rothery —
of Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; San
Francisco, Calif.; Seattle, King
County, Wash.; Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March
25, 1851.
Newspaper editor and publisher; Consul
for Liberia in Philadelphia,
Pa., 1888-95; manufacturers'
agent; food broker.
German
ancestry.
Died, following a heart
attack, in St. Peter's Hospital,
Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C., July 8,
1932 (age 81 years, 105
days).
Interment at Cataumet Cemetery, Bourne, Mass.
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Samuel Tredwell Sawyer (1800-1865) —
of Edenton, Chowan
County, N.C.; Norfolk,
Va.
Born in Edenton, Chowan
County, N.C., 1800.
Lawyer;
member of North
Carolina house of commons, 1829-32; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1834; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 1st District, 1837-39;
newspaper editor; U.S. Collector of Customs, 1853-58; major in the Confederate
Army during the Civil War.
Slaveowner.
Died in Bloomfield, Essex
County, N.J., November
29, 1865 (age about 65
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Mitchell Lee Shipman (b. 1866) —
also known as Mitchell L. Shipman —
of Transylvania
County, N.C.; Henderson
County, N.C.
Born in Bowman's Bluff, Henderson
County, N.C., December
31, 1866.
Democrat. School
teacher; newspaper editor; Transylvania
County School Superintendent, 1892-95; chair of
Henderson County Democratic Party, 1898-1906; North
Carolina commissioner of labor, 1909-25.
Baptist.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Junior
Order; Royal
Arcanum; Anti-Saloon
League.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of F. M. Shipman and Martha A. (Dawson) Shipman; married, July 12,
1896, to Lula Osborne. |
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Francis Emanuel Shober (1860-1919) —
also known as Frank E. Shober —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Salisbury, Rowan
County, N.C., October
24, 1860.
Democrat. School
teacher; minister;
newspaper reporter; newspaper editor; U.S.
Representative from New York 17th District, 1903-05; defeated,
1906.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Danbury, Fairfield
County, Conn., October
7, 1919 (age 58 years, 348
days).
Interment at Wooster
Cemetery, Danbury, Conn.
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John Humphrey Small (1858-1946) —
also known as John H. Small; "The Father of Inland
Waterways" —
of Washington, Beaufort
County, N.C.
Born in Washington, Beaufort
County, N.C., August
29, 1858.
Democrat. Lawyer;
newspaper editor and publisher; Beaufort
County Superintendent of Schools, 1881; mayor
of Washington, N.C., 1889-90; chair of
Beaufort County Democratic Party, 1889-98; candidate for
Presidential Elector for North Carolina; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 1st District, 1899-1921;
vice-president, Atlantic Deeper Waterways
Association, 1912-46; president, National Rivers and
Harbors Congress, 1919-25.
Died in Washington, Beaufort
County, N.C., July 13,
1946 (age 87 years, 318
days).
Interment at Oakdale
Cemetery, Washington, N.C.
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Relatives:
Married to Isabella Carter Wharton. |
| | | Epitaph: "Though his interests carried
him into far fields, his heart was ever with his beloved eastern
Carolina." / "He served the needs of others." / "As a
teacher, lawyer, public servant, and citizen, he was a pioneer in
many battles for public and individual progress, and a lifelong
advocate of public education, better farming, good roads, public
health, drainage and conservation." |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Michael Hoke Smith (1855-1931) —
also known as M. Hoke Smith —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Newton, Catawba
County, N.C., September
2, 1855.
Democrat. Lawyer;
newspaper publisher; U.S.
Secretary of the Interior, 1893-96; Governor of
Georgia, 1907-09, 1911; U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1911-21.
Presbyterian.
Died in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., November
27, 1931 (age 76 years, 86
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Atlanta, Ga.
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Albion Winegar Tourgee (1838-1905) —
also known as Albion W. Tourgee —
of Greensboro, Guilford
County, N.C.; Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C.; Denver,
Colo.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Mayville, Chautauqua
County, N.Y.
Born in Williamsfield, Ashtabula
County, Ohio, May 2,
1838.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
newspaper editor; delegate
to North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1868, 1875;
superior court judge in North Carolina, 1868-75; candidate for U.S.
Representative from North Carolina, 1878; author;
U.S. Consul in Bordeaux, 1897-1905, died in office 1905.
French
Huguenot and Swiss
ancestry.
Died, of acute
uremia, due to an infected
wound, in Bordeaux, France,
May
21, 1905 (age 67 years, 19
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Mayville
Cemetery, Mayville, N.Y.
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Robert Johnstone Vance (1854-1902) —
also known as Robert J. Vance —
of New Britain, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March
15, 1854.
Democrat. Newspaper editor and publisher; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1886; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 1st District, 1887-89; defeated,
1888, 1898; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Connecticut, 1888,
1892;
Connecticut labor commissioner, 1893-95; mayor
of New Britain, Conn., 1896-98; delegate to Gold Democrat
National Convention from Connecticut, 1896; delegate
to Connecticut state constitutional convention from New Britain,
1902.
Died in Montreat, Buncombe
County, N.C., June 15,
1902 (age 48 years, 92
days).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, New Britain, Conn.
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Robert Lee Vann (1879-1940) —
also known as Robert L. Vann —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.; Oakmont, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Ahoskie, Hertford
County, N.C., August
27, 1879.
Lawyer;
newspaper editor and publisher; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1924;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1936.
African
ancestry.
Died, at Shadyside Hospital,
Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., October
24, 1940 (age 61 years, 58
days).
Entombed at Homewood
Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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Relatives: Son
of Lucy Peoples; married 1910 to Jessie
Matthews. |
| | | The Robert L. Vann Elementary School
(built 1914 as Watt School; name changed to Vann 1941; closed and
sold 2011; now St. Benedict the Moor Catholic School), in Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania, was named for
him. |
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Alfred Moore Waddell (1834-1912) —
also known as Alfred M. Waddell —
of Wilmington, New
Hanover County, N.C.
Born in Hillsborough, Orange
County, N.C., September
16, 1834.
Democrat. Lawyer;
newspaper editor and publisher; colonel in the Confederate
Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 3rd District, 1871-79;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1880
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1896;
notorious
leader of the overthrow of Wilmington's elected city government by white
supremacists on November 10, 1898; forced the incumbent mayor to
resign at gunpoint, and took his place; the offices of the Wilmington
Daily Record newspaper were burned,
and as many as 300 Black citizens of Wilmington were murdered;
mayor
of Wilmington, N.C., 1898-1906.
Died in Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C., March
17, 1912 (age 77 years, 183
days).
Interment at Oakdale
Cemetery, Wilmington, N.C.
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Capus Miller Waynick (1889-1986) —
also known as Capus M. Waynick —
of High Point, Guilford
County, N.C.
Born in Rockingham
County, N.C., December
23, 1889.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; newspaper
editor; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1931; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1933-35; North Carolina state highway
commissioner, 1935-37; North
Carolina Democratic state chair, 1948; U.S. Ambassador to Nicaragua, 1949-51; Colombia, 1951-53; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from North Carolina, 1956;
Adjutant
General of North Carolina, 1957-61.
Presbyterian.
Died in a nursing
facility in Greensboro, Guilford
County, N.C., September
7, 1986 (age 96 years, 258
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John Franklin Westmoreland (1847-1913) —
also known as J. F. Westmoreland —
of Thomasville, Davidson
County, N.C.
Born in Stokes
County, N.C., April
27, 1847.
Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; printer;
newspaper publisher; suffered a stroke in the 1890s which confined
him to a wheelchair; member of North
Carolina state senate 26th District, 1895-96.
Campbellite.
Died in Thomasville, Davidson
County, N.C., May 13,
1913 (age 66 years, 16
days).
Interment at City
Cemetery, Thomasville, N.C.
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