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William Christie Benet (1846-1930) —
of Abbeville
County, S.C.; Abbeville, Abbeville
County, S.C.
Born in Scotland,
March
22, 1846.
Lawyer;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Abbeville County,
1888-90.
Scottish ancestry.
Died, from heart
disease, in Beallmont Park Sanatorium,
Black Mountain, Buncombe
County, N.C., August
17, 1930 (age 84 years, 148
days).
Interment at Upper
Long Cane Cemetery, Abbeville, S.C.
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John Bryan Grimes (1868-1923) —
also known as J. Bryan Grimes —
of Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C.
Born in Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C., June 3,
1868.
Democrat. Planter;
member, North Carolina Board of Agriculture, 1899-1900; president, Tobacco
Growers Association of North Carolina; secretary
of state of North Carolina, 1901-23; died in office 1923.
Episcopalian.
Scottish ancestry. Member, Sons of
the Revolution; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Junior
Order.
Died January
16, 1923 (age 54 years, 227
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Bryan Grimes and Charlotte Emily (Bryan) Grimes; married, November
14, 1894, to Mary Octavia Laughinghouse; married 1904 to
Elizabeth Forest Laughinghouse. |
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John McLane (1852-1911) —
of Milford, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Scotland,
February
27, 1852.
Republican. Founder of company which made post office furniture
and equipment; member of New
Hampshire state senate, 1891-94 (16th District 1891-92, 15th
District 1893-94); delegate to Republican National Convention from
New Hampshire, 1900;
Governor
of New Hampshire, 1905-07.
Scottish ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Pinehurst, Moore
County, N.C., April
13, 1911 (age 59 years, 45
days).
Interment at West
Street Cemetery, Milford, N.H.
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Angus Wilton McLean (1870-1935) —
also known as Angus W. McLean —
of Lumberton, Robeson
County, N.C.
Born in Robeson
County, N.C., April
20, 1870.
Democrat. Lawyer; Robeson
County Attorney, 1892-1904; banker;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1904
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business), 1912
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization; speaker),
1932;
member of Democratic
National Committee from North Carolina, 1916-24; Governor of
North Carolina, 1925-29.
Presbyterian.
Scottish ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Sons of
the Revolution; Knights
of Pythias; Sigma
Chi.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 21,
1935 (age 65 years, 62
days).
Entombed at Meadowbrook
Cemetery, Lumberton, N.C.
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Duncan McRae —
of Fayetteville, Cumberland
County, N.C.
Born in Scotland.
Postmaster at Fayetteville,
N.C., 1816.
Scottish ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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William Beck Ochiltree (1811-1867) —
of Marshall, Harrison
County, Tex.
Born in Fayetteville, Cumberland
County, N.C., October
18, 1811.
Judge of Texas Republic, 1842; Texas
Republic Secretary of the Treasury, 1844-45; Attorney
General of the Texas Republic, 1845-46; delegate
to Texas state constitutional convention, 1845; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1855; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Texas, 1859, 1866; delegate
to Texas secession convention, 1861; Delegate
from Texas to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62.
Scottish ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Jefferson, Marion
County, Tex., December
27, 1867 (age 56 years, 70
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Jefferson, Tex.
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Thomas Jefferson Shaw (1861-1937) —
also known as Thomas J. Shaw —
of Greensboro, Guilford
County, N.C.
Born in Montgomery
County, N.C., March 5,
1861.
Superior court judge in North Carolina 12th District, 1921.
Scottish ancestry.
Died in Greensboro, Guilford
County, N.C., November
3, 1937 (age 76 years, 243
days).
Interment at Green
Hill Cemetery, Greensboro, N.C.
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Relatives: Son
of Philip Cornelius Shaw and Rebecca Bethune (Kelly) Shaw; married to
Mary Florence Woollen. |
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as Judge of Superior Court, for over 30 years." |
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James Sprunt (1846-1924) —
of Wilmington, New
Hanover County, N.C.
Born in Glasgow, Scotland,
June
9, 1846.
Served in the Confederate Navy during the Civil War; cotton exporter;
Vice-Consul
for Great Britain in Wilmington,
N.C., 1884-1915.
Presbyterian.
Scottish ancestry.
Injured in a carriage accident in 1882, and his foot was
amputated.
Died in Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C., July 9,
1924 (age 78 years, 30
days).
Interment at Oakdale
Cemetery, Wilmington, N.C.
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John Gustavus Adolphus Williamson (1793-1840) —
also known as John G. A. Williamson —
Born in Roxboro, Person
County, N.C., December
2, 1793.
Member of North
Carolina house of commons, 1823-25; U.S. Consul in La Guaira, as of 1827; candidate for U.S.
Representative from North Carolina, 1833; U.S. Charge d'Affaires
to Venezuela, 1835-40, died in office 1840.
Scottish ancestry.
Died in Caracas, Venezuela,
August
7, 1840 (age 46 years, 249
days).
Interment at English
Cemetery, Caracas, Venezuela.
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