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Robert Ephram Abell (1887-1963) —
also known as Robert E. Abell —
of Chester, Chester
County, S.C.
Born in Chester
County, S.C., October
12, 1887.
Democrat. Surgeon; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from South Carolina, 1940.
Died, from a suspected coronary
occlusion, due to emphysema
and pneumonia,
in Memorial Hospital,
Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C., March 9,
1963 (age 75 years, 148
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Chester, S.C.
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Relatives: Son
of Joshua L. Abell and Sophia (Erwin) Abell; married to Alice Hall
Glenn. |
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memorial |
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Nathaniel Alexander (1756-1808) —
of Mecklenburg
County, N.C.
Born near Concord, Mecklenburg
County, N.C., March 5,
1756.
Physician; member of North
Carolina house of commons, 1797; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1801-02; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina, 1803-05 (10th District
1803-05, at-large 1805); Governor of
North Carolina, 1805-07.
Slaveowner.
Died in Salisbury, Rowan
County, N.C., March 7,
1808 (age 52 years, 2
days).
Interment at Settler's
Cemetery, Charlotte, N.C.
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John M. Bobbitt (1927-2008) —
also known as Jack Bobbitt —
of Huntington, Cabell
County, W.Va.; Mooresville, Iredell
County, N.C.
Born in Huntington, Cabell
County, W.Va., January
20, 1927.
Republican. Physician; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Cabell County, 1967-69;
resigned 1969.
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died January
5, 2008 (age 80 years, 350
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas Burke (c.1747-1783) —
of Orange
County, N.C.
Born in Galway, Ireland,
about 1747.
Physician; lawyer; delegate
to North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1776; Delegate
to Continental Congress from North Carolina, 1776; member of
North Carolina state legislature, 1777; Governor of
North Carolina, 1781-82.
Died near Hillsborough, Orange
County, N.C., December
2, 1783 (age about 36
years).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Orange County, N.C.
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John T. Burrus (b. 1877) —
of High Point, Guilford
County, N.C.
Born in Surry
County, N.C., 1877.
Democrat. Physician; surgeon; member of North
Carolina state senate 17th District, 1931-35.
Baptist.
Member, Rotary;
Freemasons;
Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Elks; Junior
Order.
Burial location unknown.
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Greene Washington Caldwell (1806-1864) —
of Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C.
Born in Belmont, Gaston
County, N.C., April
13, 1806.
Democrat. Physician; lawyer;
member of North
Carolina house of commons, 1836-41; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 11th District, 1841-43; served
in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1849.
Slaveowner.
Died in Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C., July 10,
1864 (age 58 years, 88
days).
Interment at Settler's
Cemetery, Charlotte, N.C.
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James Madison Candler (1846-1915) —
also known as James M. Candler —
of Webster, Jackson
County, N.C.
Born in Buncombe
County, N.C., August
3, 1846.
Republican. Physician; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives from Jackson County,
1883-84, 1887-88, 1907-08.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Dillsboro, Jackson
County, N.C., April 5,
1915 (age 68 years, 245
days).
Interment at Parris Cemetery, Dillsboro, N.C.
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Beriah Thaddeus Cox (b. 1863) —
also known as B. T. Cox —
of Winterville, Pitt
County, N.C.
Born in Pitt
County, N.C., July 30,
1863.
Democrat. Physician; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives from Pitt County, 1909,
1913-14.
Member, Junior
Order.
Burial location unknown.
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William Columbus Cox (1858-1931) —
also known as William C. Cox —
of Everett, Snohomish
County, Wash.
Born in Flinty Branch, Mitchell
County, N.C., September
20, 1858.
Physician; mayor
of Everett, Wash., 1896-97.
Died in Everett, Snohomish
County, Wash., September
26, 1931 (age 73 years, 6
days).
Burial location unknown.
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William Wallace Early (b. 1867) —
also known as William W. Early —
Born in Aulander, Bertie
County, N.C., December
2, 1867.
Physician; U.S. Consular Agent in Leicester, 1914-18; U.S. Consul in Belize City, 1919-25; San Luis Potosi, 1925-29; Colón, 1929-32.
Burial location unknown.
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Leslie Ballard Evans (b. 1869) —
also known as L. B. Evans —
of Clarkton, Bladen
County, N.C.
Born in Fayetteville, Cumberland
County, N.C., February
25, 1869.
Democrat. Physician; banker;
member of North
Carolina state senate 11th District, 1913-14.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Jonathan Evans and Douglas (Wright) Evans. |
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John Miller Faison (1862-1915) —
also known as John M. Faison —
of Faison, Duplin
County, N.C.
Born near Faison, Duplin
County, N.C., April
17, 1862.
Democrat. Physician; farmer; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 3rd District, 1911-15.
In failing health, he died by self-inflicted
gunshot,
in Faison, Duplin
County, N.C., April
21, 1915 (age 53 years, 4
days).
Interment at Faison
Cemetery, Faison, N.C.
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James S. Forrester (1937-2011) —
also known as Jim Forrester —
of Stanley, Gaston
County, N.C.
Born in Aberdeen, Scotland,
January
8, 1937.
Republican. Physician; member of North
Carolina state senate 41st District, 1991-2011; died in office
2011; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from North
Carolina, 2008.
Died in Gaston
County, N.C., October
31, 2011 (age 74 years, 296
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Nathan Gaither (1788-1862) —
of Columbia, Adair
County, Ky.
Born near Mocksville, Davie
County, N.C., September
15, 1788.
Democrat. Physician; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1815-18, 1855-57; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 8th District, 1829-33; defeated,
1832; delegate
to Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1849.
Slaveowner.
Died in Columbia, Adair
County, Ky., August
12, 1862 (age 73 years, 331
days).
Interment at Columbia
Cemetery, Columbia, Ky.
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James Rufus Gordon (1857-1931) —
also known as James R. Gordon —
of Jamestown, Guilford
County, N.C.
Born in Jamestown, Guilford
County, N.C., February
23, 1857.
Physician; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives from Guilford County,
1905-09, 1913-14.
Methodist.
Member, Junior
Order.
Died in Guilford
County, N.C., February
20, 1931 (age 73 years, 362
days).
Interment at Deep
River Friends Meeting Cemetery, Near Greensboro, Guilford County,
N.C.
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Thomas H. Hall (1773-1853) —
of Tarboro, Edgecombe
County, N.C.
Born in Prince
George County, Va., June, 1773.
Democrat. Physician; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina, 1817-25, 1827-35 (3rd
District 1817-23, 5th District 1823-25, 3rd District 1827-35); member
of North
Carolina state senate 15th District, 1836-37.
Slaveowner.
Died in Tarboro, Edgecombe
County, N.C., June 30,
1853 (age about 79
years).
Interment at Macnail-Hall
Cemetery, Near Tarboro, Edgecombe County, N.C.
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William James Harriss (1798-1839) —
of Wilmington, New
Hanover County, N.C.
Born in Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C., April
10, 1798.
Physician; mayor
of Wilmington, N.C., 1838-39; died in office 1839.
Died in Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C., July 9,
1839 (age 41 years, 90
days).
Original interment at St.
James' Churchyard, Wilmington, N.C.; reinterment in 1860 at Oakdale
Cemetery, Wilmington, N.C.
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Samuel E. Hogg (1783-1842) —
of Tennessee.
Born in Caswell
County, N.C., April
18, 1783.
Democrat. Physician; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1813-15; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee at-large, 1817-19.
Baptist.
Slaveowner.
Died in Rutherford
County, Tenn., May 28,
1842 (age 59 years, 40
days).
Interment at Nashville
City Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn.
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Leonidas A. Jeffries (1827-1856) —
also known as Leonidus Jeffreys —
of Franklin
County, N.C.
Born in North Carolina, 1827.
Physician; member of North
Carolina house of commons from Franklin County, 1856; died in
office 1856.
Died in 1856
(age about
29 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert Nicholas Jeffreys and Gilly (Hunter) Jeffreys; married, October
23, 1855, to Margaret Forbes McKnight. |
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Robert Benjamin Killian (b. 1856) —
also known as Robert B. Killian —
of near Lincolnton, Lincoln
County, N.C.
Born in Catawba
County, N.C., September
15, 1856.
Democrat. Physician; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives from Lincoln County,
1913-14.
Lutheran.
Burial location unknown.
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Collett Leventhorpe (1815-1889) —
of Rutherfordton, Rutherford
County, N.C.
Born in Exmouth, Devon, England,
May
15, 1815.
Democrat. Naturalized U.S. citizen; physician; general in the
Union Army during the Civil War; candidate for North
Carolina state auditor, 1872.
Died in Wilkes
County, N.C., December
1, 1889 (age 74 years, 200
days).
Interment at Chapel
of Rest Cemetery, Happy Valley, N.C.
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Philemon Jenkins Macon (1858-1925) —
also known as P. J. Macon —
of Warrenton, Warren
County, N.C.
Born in Warrenton, Warren
County, N.C., March 7,
1858.
Democrat. Physician; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives from Warren County,
1915-16.
Died, from a stroke of
apoplexy, in Warrenton, Warren
County, N.C., December
27, 1925 (age 67 years, 295
days).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, Warrenton, N.C.
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Relatives: Son
of Gideon Hunt Macon and Lou (Jenkins) Macon; married 1884 to
Georgiana Blanche Tarwater. |
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memorial |
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Benjamin Franklin McMillan (b. 1853) —
also known as B. F. McMillan —
of Red Springs, Robeson
County, N.C.
Born in Red Springs, Robeson
County, N.C., November
8, 1853.
Democrat. Physician; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives from Robeson County,
1913-14.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Medical
Association; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias.
Burial location unknown.
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Benjamin Franklin Mebane (1823-1884) —
also known as Benjamin Mebane —
of Alamance
County, N.C.
Born in Orange
County, N.C., May 28,
1823.
Physician; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives from Alamance County,
1879.
Died September
9, 1884 (age 61 years, 104
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Wayland Mitchell (b. 1871) —
of Lewiston (now part of Lewiston Woodville), Bertie
County, N.C.
Born in Bertie
County, N.C., September
9, 1871.
Democrat. Physician; farmer;
member of North
Carolina state senate 3rd District, 1919, 1935.
Baptist.
Burial location unknown.
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Ivey Goodman Riddick (1861-1920) —
also known as Ivey G. Riddick —
of Franklin
County, N.C.
Born in Wake
County, N.C., December
3, 1861.
Physician; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives from Franklin County,
1903-04.
Died, from throat
cancer, in Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C., January
1, 1920 (age 58 years, 29
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Raleigh, N.C.
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Relatives: Son
of Willie Goodman Riddick and Annie Ivey (Jones) Riddick; married 1888 to Annie
Dunn. |
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memorial |
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David Jennings Rose (b. 1896) —
also known as D. J. Rose —
of Goldsboro, Wayne
County, N.C.
Born in Wayne
County, N.C., September
26, 1896.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I;
physician; surgeon; member of North
Carolina state senate 8th District, 1955-59.
Christian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Sigma
Nu.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Joel L. Rose and Mary Elizabeth (Stafford) Rose; married 1925 to Janet
T. Conway; married 1956 to Mary
Elizabeth Farrior. |
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Henry Marchmore Shaw (1819-1864) —
also known as Henry M. Shaw —
of Indiantown (now Shawboro), Currituck
County, N.C.
Born in Newport, Newport
County, R.I., November
20, 1819.
Democrat. Physician; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 1st District, 1853-55,
1857-59; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry.
Slaveowner.
While assembling with other Confederate troops for an expedition, he
was shot and
killed,
near New Bern, Craven
County, N.C., February
1, 1864 (age 44 years, 73
days).
Interment at Shawboro
Cemetery, Shawboro, N.C.
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Ashbel Smith (1805-1886) —
also known as "The Father of Texas
Medicine" —
of Salisbury, Rowan
County, N.C.; Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex.; Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., August
13, 1805.
Democrat. Physician; Texas Republic Charge d'Affaires to
England and France, 1842-44; Texas
Republic Secretary of State, 1845; negotiated the Smith-Cuevas
treaty in 1845, in which Mexico recognized Texas independence; served
in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1855, 1866, 1879; colonel in the
Confederate Army during the Civil War; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Texas, 1872,
1876
(member, Resolutions
Committee).
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Slaveowner.
Died in Baytown, Harris
County, Tex., January
21, 1886 (age 80 years, 161
days).
Interment at Texas
State Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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John B. Terres (1847-1920) —
Born in Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C., September
25, 1847.
Physician; U.S. Vice Consul General in Port-au-Prince, 1880-85, 1885-1904; U.S. Consul in Port-au-Prince, 1904-20.
Died November
1, 1920 (age 73 years, 37
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Cyrus Thompson (1855-1930) —
of Jacksonville, Onslow
County, N.C.
Born in 1855.
Republican. Physician; secretary
of state of North Carolina, 1897-1900; delegate to Republican
National Convention from North Carolina, 1912.
Orator; Farmer's Alliance and Populist leader.
Died in 1930
(age about
75 years).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Onslow County, N.C.
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John Edmund Wear (1921-2000) —
of Salisbury, Rowan
County, N.C.
Born in Haleyville, Winston
County, Ala., October
10, 1921.
Physician; mayor
of Salisbury, N.C., 1985-91.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Medical
Association; Rotary.
Died, in Rowan Regional Medical
Center, Salisbury, Rowan
County, N.C., October
29, 2000 (age 79 years, 19
days).
Interment at City
Memorial Park, Salisbury, N.C.
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John T. Williams —
Physician; U.S. Consul in Sierra Leone, 1898-1906.
African
ancestry.
Interment at Pinewood
Cemetery, Charlotte, N.C.
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Hugh Williamson (1735-1819) —
of Edenton, Chowan
County, N.C.
Born in West Nottingham, Chester
County, Pa., December
5, 1735.
Preacher;
university
professor; physician; member of North Carolina state
legislature, 1782; Delegate
to Continental Congress from North Carolina, 1782; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; delegate
to North Carolina convention to ratify U.S. constitution, 1788;
U.S.
Representative from North Carolina at-large, 1789-93.
Presbyterian.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 22,
1819 (age 83 years, 168
days).
Entombed at Trinity
Churchyard, Manhattan, N.Y.
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Augustus T. Zevely —
of Salem (now part of Winston-Salem), Forsyth
County, N.C.
Born in Winston (now part of Winston-Salem), Forsyth
County, N.C.
Physician; druggist; mayor
of Salem, N.C., 1860-63, 1865-66.
Burial location unknown.
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