Alleghany County
North Carolina
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Alleghany County
North Carolina
Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Alleghany County
Index to Locations
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Robert Lee Doughton (1863-1954) —
also known as Robert L. Doughton —
of Laurel Springs, Alleghany
County, N.C.
Born in Laurel Springs, Alleghany
County, N.C., November
7, 1863.
Son of J. H. Doughton and Rebecca (Jones) Doughton.
Democrat. Farmer; banker;
member of North
Carolina state senate 35th District, 1908-10; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina, 1911-53 (8th District
1911-33, 9th District 1933-53); delegate to Democratic National
Convention from North Carolina, 1940.
Baptist.
Died in Laurel Springs, Alleghany
County, N.C., October
1, 1954 (age 90 years, 328
days).
Interment at Laurel Springs Baptist Church Cemetery.
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James Kemp Doughton, Sr. (1884-1973) —
of Sparta, Alleghany
County, N.C.
Born in Alleghany
County, N.C., May 18,
1884.
Son of Rufus
A. Doughton.
Banker;
farmer;
member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1948-57; Speaker of
the North Carolina State House of Representatives, 1951-57.
Methodist.
Indicted
for bank
fraud in 1928; tried and
acquitted.
Died, of pneumonia,
in a hospital
at Sparta, Alleghany
County, N.C., March 17,
1973 (age 88 years, 303
days).
Interment at Shiloh Methodist Church Cemetery.
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Rufus A. Doughton (1857-1946) —
of Sparta, Alleghany
County, N.C.
Born in Alleghany
County, N.C., January
10, 1857.
Son of J. Horton Doughton.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of North
Carolina state house of representatives from Alleghany County,
1887-91, 1909-13; Speaker of
the North Carolina State House of Representatives, 1893; 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.
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