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William Shepperd Ashe (1814-1862) —
also known as William S. Ashe —
of Wilmington, New
Hanover County, N.C.
Born in Rocky Point, Pender
County, N.C., September
14, 1814.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of North
Carolina state senate, 1846-48, 1858-60; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina, 1849-55 (7th District
1849-53, 3rd District 1853-55); president, Wilmington & Weldon
Railroad, 1854; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from North Carolina, 1860;
delegate
to North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1861; major in
the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Slaveowner.
Killed in a railroad
accident near Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C., September
14, 1862 (age 48 years, 0
days).
Interment at Ashe
Family Cemetery, Rocky Point, N.C.
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Samuel Murphey Bason (1894-1986) —
also known as Sam M. Bason —
of Yanceyville, Caswell
County, N.C.
Born in Swepsonville, Alamance
County, N.C., December
3, 1894.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; president, Bank of
Yanceyville; owner, Caswell Insurance
and Realty
Company; director, North Carolina Railroad; member of North
Carolina state senate 15th District, 1947-48, 1953-54, 1959.
Presbyterian.
Member, Rotary;
Freemasons.
Died in January, 1986
(age 91
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Henry Bason and Flora Green (Murphey) Bason; married 1921 to Martha
E. Hatchett. |
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Kemp Plummer Battle (1831-1919) —
also known as Kemp P. Battle —
of Wake
County, N.C.
Born in Louisburg, Franklin
County, N.C., December
19, 1831.
Lawyer;
delegate
to North Carolina secession convention, 1861; president, Chatham
Railroad during the Civil War; North
Carolina state treasurer, 1866-68; president,
University of North Carolina, 1876-91; historian.
Died in Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C., February
4, 1919 (age 87 years, 47
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Raleigh, N.C.
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John Strong Calvert (b. 1886) —
also known as John S. Calvert —
of Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C.; Wilmington, New
Hanover County, N.C.
Born in Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C., October
19, 1886.
Lawyer;
worked in law department of a railway company; Foreign Service
officer; U.S. Deputy Consul in Buenos Aires, 1914-15; U.S. Vice Consul in Buenos Aires, 1915-17; U.S. Consul in Nuevitas, 1917-19; Guadeloupe, 1919-21; Dunkirk, 1921-23; Barcelona, 1923-28; Marseille, 1928-32; Regina, as of 1938.
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi
Delta Theta.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Calvert and Mary Walker (Strong) Calvert; married 1914 to Ellen
Wayles Graham. |
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Julian Shakespeare Carr (1845-1924) —
also known as Julian S. Carr; Jule Carr —
of Durham, Durham
County, N.C.
Born in Durham, Durham
County, N.C., October
12, 1845.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
co-owner and president of the company which made "Bull Durham" tobacco;
founder of the Durham Cotton
Manufacturing Company and Durham Hosiery
Mills; involved in railroads, utilities,
and banking;
mayor
of Durham, N.C., 1873; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from North Carolina, 1888,
1904,
1912
(Honorary
Vice-President), 1916;
candidate for Democratic nomination for Vice President, 1900.
Methodist.
Member, United
Confederate Veterans.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., April
29, 1924 (age 78 years, 200
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Maplewood
Cemetery, Durham, N.C.
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Henry Workman Conner (1797-1861) —
of Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston
County), S.C.
Born in Mecklenburg
County, N.C., 1797.
Merchant;
banker;
president, South Carolina Railroad; delegate
to South Carolina secession convention from St. Philips' & St.
Michael's, 1860-61; died in office 1861.
Died, from peritonitis,
in Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston
County), S.C., January
11, 1861 (age about 63
years).
Interment at St.
Michael's Church Cemetery, Charleston, S.C.
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William Ruffin Cox (1831-1919) —
also known as William R. Cox —
of Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C.; Penelo, Edgecombe
County, N.C.
Born in Scotland Neck, Halifax
County, N.C., March
11, 1831.
Democrat. General in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; planter;
president, Chatham Coal Field Railroad; district judge in
North Carolina 4th District, 1874-75; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 4th District, 1881-87.
Member, Freemasons.
Slaveowner.
Died in Richmond,
Va., December
26, 1919 (age 88 years, 290
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Raleigh, N.C.
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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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Edward Bishop Dudley (1789-1855) —
also known as Edward B. Dudley —
of New
Hanover County, N.C.
Born near Jacksonville, Onslow
County, N.C., December
15, 1789.
Whig. Shipbuilder;
planter;
member of North
Carolina house of commons, 1811-13, 1816-17, 1834-35; colonel in
the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1814; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 5th District, 1829-31; Governor of
North Carolina, 1836-41; organizer and president, Wilmington
& Weldon Railroad.
Slaveowner.
Died in Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C., October
30, 1855 (age 65 years, 319
days).
Interment at Oakdale
Cemetery, Wilmington, N.C.
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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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Henry E. Fries —
of Salem (now part of Winston-Salem), Forsyth
County, N.C.
Manufacturer;
railroad president; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives from Forsyth County,
1887-88; mayor
of Salem, N.C., 1889-92.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
City of Winston-Salem |
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James Grant (1812-1891) —
of Davenport, Scott
County, Iowa.
Born near Enfield, Halifax
County, N.C., December
12, 1812.
Lawyer;
member of Iowa
territorial House of Representatives, 1842-43; delegate
to Iowa state constitutional convention from Scott County, 1844;
delegate
to Iowa state constitutional convention from Scott County, 1846;
member of Iowa
state house of representatives, 1852-53; Speaker of
the Iowa State House of Representatives, 1852-53; mayor
of Davenport, Iowa, 1854-55; president, Chicago and Rock Island
Railroad.
Died in Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif., March
14, 1891 (age 78 years, 92
days).
Interment at Oakdale
Memorial Gardens, Davenport, Iowa.
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Alexander Campbell King (1856-1926) —
also known as Alexander C. King —
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., December
7, 1856.
Lawyer;
attorney for railroads; U.S. Solicitor General, 1918-20; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, 1920-25.
Died in Flat Rock, Henderson
County, N.C., July 26,
1926 (age 69 years, 231
days).
Entombed at Oakland
Cemetery, Atlanta, Ga.
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Relatives: Son
of J. Gadsden King and Caroline Clifford (Postell) King; married to
Alice May Fowler. |
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article |
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Oscar Arthur Kirkman (b. 1900) —
also known as O. Arthur Kirkman —
of High Point, Guilford
County, N.C.
Born in High Point, Guilford
County, N.C., April
16, 1900.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
executive vice-president and general manager, Thomasville & Denton
Railroad Company; director, American Short Line
Railroad Association; president, Atlantic Savings and
Loan Association (High Point, N.C.); mayor
of High Point, N.C., 1939-43; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1949-52; member of North
Carolina state senate 17th District, 1953-59; president, American
Cancer Society, 1953-54.
Methodist.
Member, Elks; Freemasons;
Woodmen;
Royal
Arcanum; American
Legion; Alpha
Kappa Psi.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Oscar Arthur Kirkman, Sr. and Lulu Blanche (Hammer) Kirkman;
married 1933 to
Katharine Morgan. |
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Benjamin Rice Lacy (1854-1929) —
also known as Benjamin R. Lacy —
of Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C.
Born in Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C., June 19,
1854.
Democrat. Locomotive engineer; North
Carolina state treasurer, 1901-29; died in office 1929.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Junior
Order; Brotherhood
of Locomotive Engineers.
Died February
21, 1929 (age 74 years, 247
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Rev. Drury Lacy and Mary Richie (Rice) Lacy; married, June 27,
1882, to Mary Burwell. |
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Scott Marion Loftin (1878-1953) —
of Pensacola, Escambia
County, Fla.; Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla.
Born in Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala., September
14, 1878.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1903-04; Escambia
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1904-17; general counsel and
director, Florida East Coast Hotel
Co.; director, Gulf Life
Insurance Co.; receiver, Florida East Coast Railway,
1931-41; president, American Bar Association, 1934-35; U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1936.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Alpha
Tau Omega; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Delta Phi; Blue
Key; Knights
of Pythias; Kiwanis;
Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died in Highlands, Macon
County, N.C., September
22, 1953 (age 75 years, 8
days).
Interment at Oaklawn
Cemetery, Jacksonville, Fla.
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Hector MacLean (1920-2012) —
of Lumberton, Robeson
County, N.C.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., September
15, 1920.
Democrat. Major in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
president, Bank of
Lumberton; president, Virginia and Carolina Southern Railroad;
mayor
of Lumberton, N.C., 1949-53; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1961-71; alternate delegate to Democratic
National Convention from North Carolina, 1964.
Presbyterian.
Died in Lumberton, Robeson
County, N.C., December
7, 2012 (age 92 years, 83
days).
Interment at Meadowbrook
Cemetery, Lumberton, N.C.
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Hugh Gordon Mitchell (b. 1902) —
also known as Hugh G. Mitchell —
of Statesville, Iredell
County, N.C.
Born in Statesville, Iredell
County, N.C., October
5, 1902.
Democrat. Lawyer;
third vice-president, Alexander Railroad; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1936,
1940,
1944,
1948
(alternate), 1956,
1960;
member of North
Carolina state senate, 1943-46.
Presbyterian.
Member, Lions; Patriotic
Order Sons of America; American
Judicature Society; American Bar
Association; Delta
Sigma Phi.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Richard Page Mitchell and Amelia (Leinster)
Mitchell. |
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John Motley Morehead (1796-1866) —
of Guilford
County, N.C.
Born in Pittsylvania
County, Va., July 4,
1796.
Whig. Lawyer;
railroad promoter; member of North
Carolina house of commons, 1821, 1826-27, 1838; Governor of
North Carolina, 1841-45; Delegate
from North Carolina to the Confederate Provisional Congress,
1861-62.
Died in Alum Springs, Greenbrier
County, W.Va., August
27, 1866 (age 70 years, 54
days).
Interment at First
Presbyterian Churchyard, Greensboro, N.C.
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James Ward Morris (1858-1927) —
of Tampa, Hillsborough
County, Fla.
Born in North Carolina, May 19,
1858.
Railroad general agent; Vice-Consul
for Great Britain in Tampa,
Fla., 1905-07.
Died January
27, 1927 (age 68 years, 253
days).
Interment at Myrtle
Hill Memorial Park, Tampa, Fla.
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Lee Slater Overman (1854-1930) —
also known as Lee S. Overman —
of Salisbury, Rowan
County, N.C.
Born in Salisbury, Rowan
County, N.C., January
3, 1854.
Democrat. School
teacher; private secretary to Gov. Z. B.
Vance, 1877-78, and to Gov. Thomas
J. Jarvis, 1879; lawyer;
member of North
Carolina state house of representatives from Rowan County,
1883-88, 1893-94, 1899-1900; Speaker of
the North Carolina State House of Representatives, 1893;
president, North Carolina Railroad, 1894; president, Saisbury
Savings Bank;
candidate for Presidential Elector for North Carolina; U.S.
Senator from North Carolina, 1903-30; died in office 1930;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1916.
Died, from a stomach
hemorrhage, in Washington,
D.C., December
12, 1930 (age 76 years, 343
days).
Interment at Chestnut
Hill Cemetery, Salisbury, N.C.
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Robert Newton Page (1859-1933) —
also known as Robert N. Page —
of Aberdeen, Moore
County, N.C.; Biscoe, Montgomery
County, N.C.; Southern Pines, Moore
County, N.C.
Born in Cary, Wake
County, N.C., October
26, 1859.
Democrat. Lumber
business; treasurer, Aberdeen & Asheboro Railroad Co.,
1890-1902; president, Citizens Bank and
Trust Co., Southern Pines N.C.; vice president, Page Trust Co.,
Aberdeen, N.C.; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives from Montgomery County,
1901-02; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 7th District, 1903-17.
Member, American
Academy of Political and Social Science.
Died in Aberdeen, Moore
County, N.C., October
3, 1933 (age 73 years, 342
days).
Interment at Old
Bethesda Cemetery, Aberdeen, N.C.
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James Edward Parks (1888-1978) —
also known as James E. Parks —
of Rocky Mount, Nash
County, N.C.
Born in Enfield, Halifax
County, N.C., June 12,
1888.
Railway mail clerk;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S. Vice Consul in Paris, 1923-24, 1932; Lille, 1924; Cardiff, 1924-26; Luxembourg, 1926-29; U.S. Consul in Panama, 1943-44; Paris, 1944; Le Havre, 1949.
Died in Southern Pines, Moore
County, N.C., September
11, 1978 (age 90 years, 91
days).
Interment at Mount Hope Cemetery, Southern Pines, N.C.
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Charles Price —
of Salisbury, Rowan
County, N.C.
Born in North Carolina.
Republican. Lawyer;
attorney for Richmond and Danville Railroad; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina, 1889-93.
Burial location unknown.
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William Blount Rodman II (1862-1946) —
of Washington, Beaufort
County, N.C.; Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C.
Born in Tarboro, Edgecombe
County, N.C., February
19, 1862.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Washington, N.C., 1891-94; chair of
Beaufort County Democratic Party, 1898-1904; division attorney,
Southern Railway, 1904-11; general solicitor, Norfolk Southern
Railroad, 1911-20; general counsel, 1920-43.
Episcopalian.
Died October
18, 1946 (age 84 years, 241
days).
Interment at Oakdale
Cemetery, Washington, N.C.
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William Alexander Smith (1828-1888) —
of North Carolina.
Born in Warren
County, N.C., January
9, 1828.
Republican. Farmer;
railroad president; delegate
to North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1865; member
of North
Carolina state senate, 1870; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 4th District, 1873-75.
Died in Richmond,
Va., May 16,
1888 (age 60 years, 128
days).
Interment at Hollywood
Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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James Clinton Tarkenton (1885-1948) —
also known as James C. Tarkenton; Jimmie
Tarkenton —
of Mackeys, Washington
County, N.C.
Born in Washington
County, N.C., February
2, 1885.
Republican. Railway station agent; merchant;
delegate to Republican National Convention from North Carolina, 1932.
Died in Washington
County, N.C., March
28, 1948 (age 63 years, 55
days).
Interment at Pleasant Grove United Methodist Church Cemetery, Pleasant
Grove, N.C.
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Samuel McDowell Tate (1830-1897) —
also known as Samuel McD. Tate —
of Morganton, Burke
County, N.C.
Born in Morganton, Burke
County, N.C., September
6, 1830.
Democrat. Merchant;
postmaster at Morganton,
N.C., 1856-60; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil
War; president, Western North Carolina Railroad, 1865 and
1866-68; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1875; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1876,
1880;
North
Carolina state treasurer, 1892-94.
Presbyterian.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry.
Died June 25,
1897 (age 66 years, 292
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Morganton, N.C.
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Relatives: Son
of David Tate and Susan Maria (Tate) Tate; married 1865 to Jane
Sophronia 'Jennie' Pearson. |
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memorial |
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Richard Vipon Taylor (1859-1939) —
also known as Richard V. Taylor —
of Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala.
Born in New Bern, Craven
County, N.C., August
11, 1859.
Vice-president and general manager, Mobile & Ohio Railroad;
headed federalized railroads in three states during World War
I; mayor of
Mobile, Ala., 1922-24, 1933-34, 1936-37; member, Interstate
Commerce Commission, 1926-29.
Baptist.
Died in Point Clear, Baldwin
County, Ala., December
22, 1939 (age 80 years, 133
days).
Interment at Magnolia
Cemetery, Mobile, Ala.
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Stacey W. Wade (b. 1875) —
Born in Morehead City, Carteret
County, N.C., August
18, 1875.
Democrat. Vice-president, Carteret Ice
Company; director, Bank of
Carteret; member finance committee, Atlantic and North Carolina
Railroad; North
Carolina insurance commissioner, 1921; secretary
of state of North Carolina, 1935.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of David B. Wade and Sarah (Royal) Wade; married 1905 to Miss
Clyde Mann. |
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Robert C. Watkins (1870-1933) —
of Silvis, Rock
Island County, Ill.; Blue Island, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C., 1870.
Railway conductor; mayor of
Silvis, Ill., 1915-17.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Blue Island, Cook
County, Ill., 1933
(age about
63 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1895 to Minnie
Rollin. |
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Cameron S. Weeks (b. 1910) —
of Tarboro, Edgecombe
County, N.C.
Born in Tarboro, Edgecombe
County, N.C., November
19, 1910.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1941-55; member of North
Carolina Democratic State Executive Committee, 1952-54; member of
North
Carolina state senate, 1955-66; director, Atlantic & North
Carolina Railroad.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George Earle Weeks and Lena Rivers (Pittman) Weeks; married, December
18, 1935, to Glennes Dodge. |
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Archibald Hunter Arrington Williams (1842-1895) —
also known as A. H. A. Williams —
of Oxford, Granville
County, N.C.
Born near Louisburg, Franklin
County, N.C., October
22, 1842.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; farmer; merchant;
developer and president of the Oxford & Henderson Railroad;
member of North
Carolina state house of representatives from Granville County,
1883-86; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 5th District, 1891-93.
Died in Chase City, Mecklenburg
County, Va., September
5, 1895 (age 52 years, 318
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Oxford, N.C.
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S. Carter Williams (b. 1878) —
of Yadkinville, Yadkin
County, N.C.
Born in Iredell
County, N.C., July 12,
1878.
Republican. Lawyer; bank
director; director, Statesville Air Line Railway Company;
mayor of Yadkinville, N.C., 1911; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives from Yadkin County,
1915-16; candidate for U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 7th District, 1924.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of J. C. Williams and Elizabeth J. (Templeton) Williams; married to
Grace B. Redmond. |
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James Alexander Woodson (1848-1908) —
also known as J. A. Woodson —
of Pine Bluff, Jefferson
County, Ark.; Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.
Born in Rockingham
County, N.C., July 14,
1848.
Grocer; paving
contractor; railroad builder; mayor
of Little Rock, Ark., 1895-1900.
Died in Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark., October
19, 1908 (age 60 years, 97
days).
Burial location unknown.
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