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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 Morehead Brower (1845-1913) —
also known as John M. Brower —
of Mt. Airy, Surry
County, N.C.; Boswell, Choctaw
County, Okla.
Born in Greensboro, Guilford
County, N.C., July 19,
1845.
Republican. Merchant;
tobacco grower;
member of North
Carolina state senate, 1876-78; postmaster at Mt.
Airy, N.C., 1882-85; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 5th District, 1887-91; member
of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1896-98.
Died in Paris, Lamar
County, Tex., August
5, 1913 (age 68 years, 17
days).
Interment at Oakdale
Cemetery, Mt. Airy, N.C.
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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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Rufus I. Dalton —
of Stokes
County, N.C.; Winston (now part of Winston-Salem), Forsyth
County, N.C.
Tobacco warehouser; furniture
business; wholesale
grocer; Stokes
County Sheriff; mayor
of Winston, N.C., 1911-13.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
City of Winston-Salem |
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Joseph Dickson (1745-1825) —
of Lincoln
County, N.C.; Rutherford
County, Tenn.
Born in Chester
County, Pa., April, 1745.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; cotton and
tobacco planter;
member of North
Carolina state senate from Lincoln County, 1788-95; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina at-large, 1799-1801; member of
Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1807-11; Speaker
of the Tennessee State House of Representatives, 1809-11.
Slaveowner.
Died in Rutherford
County, Tenn., April
14, 1825 (age about 80
years).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Rutherford County, Tenn.
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James Buchanan Duke (1856-1925) —
also known as James B. Duke; "Buck";
"Tobacco King" —
of Somerville, Somerset
County, N.J.
Born near Durham, Durham
County, N.C., December
23, 1856.
Republican. Organizer and president, American Tobacco Company,
which monopolized the tobacco industry until it was broken up
in 1911; organizer of electric
power companies; delegate to Republican National Convention from
New Jersey, 1904.
Left a large trust fund which supported Duke University.
Died, of bronchial
pneumonia, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
10, 1925 (age 68 years, 291
days).
Entombed at Duke
University Chapel, Durham, N.C.
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A. B. Gorrell (d. 1898) —
of Winston (now part of Winston-Salem), Forsyth
County, N.C.
Born in Greensboro, Guilford
County, N.C.
Tobacco warehouser; mayor
of Winston, N.C., 1876-77, 1878-82, 1898; died in office 1898.
Died in 1898.
Burial location unknown.
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John Oglesby Winston Gravely (1862-1932) —
also known as J. O. W. Gravely —
of Rocky Mount, Nash
County, N.C.
Born in Franklin
County, Va., February
1, 1862.
Democrat. Tobacco business; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from North Carolina, 1928.
Died in Rocky Mount, Nash
County, N.C., March 5,
1932 (age 70 years, 33
days).
Interment at Pineview
Cemetery, Rocky Mount, N.C.
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Lloyd Lee Gravely (1889-1953) —
also known as Lloyd L. Gravely —
of Rocky Mount, Nash
County, N.C.
Born in Danville,
Va., December
5, 1889.
Democrat. Lawyer;
tobacco buyer; manager, tobacco products factory;
director and general manager, China America Tobacco Co.;
director, Standard Insurance
and Realty
Co.; mayor
of Rocky Mount, N.C., 1925-28; member of North
Carolina state senate 6th District, 1929-32, 1935.
Methodist.
Member, Kiwanis;
Phi
Delta Theta; Phi
Delta Phi; Junior
Order; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died March 6,
1953 (age 63 years, 91
days).
Burial location unknown.
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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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James Yadkin Joyner (1862-1954) —
also known as James Y. Joyner —
of La Grange, Lenoir
County, N.C.; Goldsboro, Wayne
County, N.C.; Greensboro, Guilford
County, N.C.
Born in Davidson
County, N.C., August
7, 1862.
School
teacher and principal; Lenoir
County Superintendent of Schools, 1882-83; lawyer; college
professor; North
Carolina superintendent of public instruction, 1902-19; one of
the organizers of the Virginia-Carolina Tobacco Growers
Cooperative Association, 1922.
Baptist.
Died in Lenoir
County, N.C., January
24, 1954 (age 91 years, 170
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Raleigh, N.C.
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Relatives: Son
of John Joyner and Sarah Ann 'Sallie' (Wooten) Joyner; married 1887 to Effie
Harper Rouse. |
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memorial |
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Reviews, January 1922 |
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Ernest V. Webb (b. 1877) —
of Kinston, Lenoir
County, N.C.
Born in Roxboro, Person
County, N.C., October
15, 1877.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
tobacconist; farmer;
member of North
Carolina state senate 7th District, 1935.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Odd
Fellows.
Burial location unknown.
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Garland E. Webb —
of Winston (now part of Winston-Salem), Forsyth
County, N.C.
Tobacco warehouser; auctioneer;
mayor
of Winston, N.C., 1893-94.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
City of Winston-Salem |
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