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Politician Writers in North Carolina

Margaret Culkin Banning (1891-1982) — also known as Margaret Frances Culkin — of Duluth, St. Louis County, Minn.; Tryon, Polk County, N.C. Born in Buffalo, Wright County, Minn., March 18, 1891. Republican. Novelist; delegate to Republican National Convention from Minnesota, 1924 (alternate), 1936. Female. Catholic. Irish ancestry. Member, Phi Beta Kappa; American Association of University Women; League of Women Voters. Elected to Duluth Hall of Fame. Died in Tryon, Polk County, N.C., January 4, 1982 (age 90 years, 292 days). Interment at Polk Memorial Gardens, Columbus, N.C.   Relatives: Daughter of William Edgar Culkin and Hannah Alice (Young) Culkin; married, October 9, 1914, to Archibald Tanner Banning, Jr.; married 1942 to Leroy Salsich; niece of Francis Dugan Culkin.   Political family: Culkin family of Oswego, New York.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Books by Margaret Culkin Banning: The Splendid Torments : A Novel (1976) — Such Interesting People (1979) — The Will of Magda Townsend (1974) — Spellbinders (1922) — Echo Answers (1960) — Country Club People (1923) — The First Woman (1935) — Half Loaves (1921) — Women for Defense (1942) — The Clever Sister (1947) — Conduct Yourself Accordingly (1944) — The Convert (1957) — The Dowry (1955) — Enough to Live On (1940) — Fallen Away (1951) — Festival at the Lakehead (1965) — Give us our years (1950) — A Handmaid of the Lord (1924) — I took my love to the country (1966) — The Iron Will (1936) — Mesabi (1969) — Mixed Marriage (1930) — Money of Her Own (1928) — Out In Society (1940) — The Quality of Mercy : A Novel (1963) — You haven't changed (1937)   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.   Relatives: Son of William Horn Battle.   Battle Hall (built 1912), a building at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, is named for him.   See also Wikipedia article   Harry Edson Browne (1933-2006) — also known as Harry Browne — of Franklin, Williamson County, Tenn. Born in Nassau County, N.Y., June 17, 1933. Libertarian. Writer; investment advisor; candidate for President of the United States, 1996, 2000; radio show host, 2003. Agnostic. Died, of Lou Gehrig's disease, in Franklin, Williamson County, Tenn., March 1, 2006 (age 72 years, 257 days). Interment at Mt. Gur Cemetery, Kernersville, N.C.   Relatives: Son of Edson Bradford Browne and Cecil Margaret (Davis) Browne; married 1985 to Pamela Lanier Wolfe.   See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail   Thomas Oscar Fuller Sr. (1867-1942) — also known as Thomas O. Fuller, Sr. — of Wilmington, New Hanover County, N.C.; Memphis, Shelby County, Tenn. Born in Franklinton, Franklin County, N.C., October 25, 1867. Minister; member of North Carolina state senate; elected 1898; historian. African ancestry. Member, NAACP. Died in Memphis, Shelby County, Tenn., June 21, 1942 (age 74 years, 239 days). Interment at New Park Cemetery, Memphis, Tenn.   Relatives: Son of J. Henderson Fuller and Mary Eliza Fuller.   T.O. Fuller State Park, in Memphis, Tennessee, is named for him.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Oscar Stuart Heizer (1869-1956) — also known as Oscar S. Heizer — Born in Kossuth County, Iowa, February 2, 1869. Interpreter; U.S. Vice Consul in Constantinople, as of 1914; U.S. Consul in Trebizond, as of 1916-17; Baghdad, as of 1919; Constantinople, as of 1921; Jerusalem, as of 1924-27; Algiers, as of 1929-32. Died in Pinellas County, Fla., August 1, 1956 (age 87 years, 181 days). Interment at Elmwood Cemetery, Charlotte, N.C.   Relatives: Son of David Blair Heizer and Sarah Louisa (Peet) Heizer; married 1896 to Ida Wright; married to Sadie Crowder Allison.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial 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.   Relatives: Son of Aaron A. Owen and Mary (Bonner) Owen.   See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   Image source: New York Public Library   William Dudley Pelley (1890-1965) — of Asheville, Buncombe County, N.C.; Noblesville, Hamilton County, Ind. Born in Lynn, Essex County, Mass., March 12, 1890. Hollywood screenwriter in 1917-29 for about 12 films, including The Light in the Dark and The Shock, both starring Lon Chaney; founder (1933) and leader of the anti-Semitic Silver Legion of America organization (the "Silver Shirts", explicitly modeled after Adolf Hitler's Brownshirts); Christian candidate for President of the United States, 1936; arrested in April 1942 and charged with criminal sedition; convicted and sentenced to fifteen years in prison; released in 1950. Died in Noblesville, Hamilton County, Ind., July 1, 1965 (age 75 years, 111 days). Interment at Crownland Cemetery, Noblesville, Ind.   Relatives: Son of Grace (Goodale) Pelley and William George Apsey Pelley; married, December 16, 1911, to Marion Harriet Stone; married, July 24, 1934, to Minna Helen Hansmann; married to Agnes Marion Henderson.   Cross-reference: Gerald L. K. Smith   See also Wikipedia article — Internet Movie Database profile — Find-A-Grave memorial   Books by William Dudley Pelley: Know your karma; design for destiny   Thomas H. Steele (b. 1887) — of Statesville, Iredell County, N.C. Born in Virginia, August 26, 1887. Democrat. Writer; accountant; lecturer; member of North Carolina state senate 25th District, 1935. Baptist. Member, Rotary; Odd Fellows; Patriotic Order Sons of America. Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of John H. Steele and Julia (Hensley) Steele; married to Grace Vawter Bates.   Hannis Taylor (1851-1922) — of Alabama. Born in New Bern, Craven County, N.C., September 21, 1851. Lawyer; U.S. Minister to Spain, 1893-97. Author of a biography of Cicero and numerous other books. Died in Washington, D.C., December 26, 1922 (age 71 years, 96 days). Originally entombed at Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment at Fort Lincoln Cemetery, Brentwood, Md.   Relatives: Son of Richard Nixon Taylor and Susan (Stevenson) Taylor; brother of Richard Vipon Taylor; married, May 8, 1878, to Mary Leonora LeBaron (daughter of William Alexander LeBaron; sister of Leonard DeCantlaine LeBaron; granddaughter of Charles LeBaron).   Political family: LeBaron-Taylor family of Mobile, Alabama.   The World War II Liberty ship SS Hannis Taylor (built 1943 at Wilmington, North Carolina; scrapped 1972) was named for him.   See also U.S. State Dept career summary — Find-A-Grave memorial   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.   Relatives: Son of Louisa Emma (Winegar) Tourgee and Valentine Tourgee; married 1863 to Emma Doiska Kilbourne; uncle of Clyde Carlos Tourgee.   See also Wikipedia article   John Hill Wheeler (1806-1882) — also known as John H. Wheeler — of Lincoln County, N.C. Born in Murfreesboro, Hertford County, N.C., August 2, 1806. Lawyer; historian; planter; member of North Carolina house of commons, 1828-31, 1852-53 (Hertford County 1828-31, Lincoln County 1852-53); superintendent of the U.S. Mint at Charlotte, N.C., 1837-41; North Carolina state treasurer, 1843-45; U.S. Minister to Nicaragua, 1854-56. Slaveowner. Died in Washington, D.C., December 7, 1882 (age 76 years, 127 days). Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.   Relatives: Son of John Wheeler and Elizabeth Maria (Jordan) Wheeler; married, April 19, 1830, to Mary Elizabeth Brown; married, November 8, 1838, to Ellen Oldmixon Sully.   See also Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary — Find-A-Grave memorial

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