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Samuel James Ervin, Jr. (1896-1985) —
also known as Sam J. Ervin, Jr. —
of Morganton, Burke
County, N.C.
Born in Morganton, Burke
County, N.C., September
27, 1896.
Son of Samuel James Ervin and Laura Theresa (Powe) Ervin.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1923-25, 1931; chair of
Burke County Democratic Party, 1924; member of North Carolina
Democratic State Executive Committee, 1930-37; superior court
judge in North Carolina, 1937-43; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 10th District, 1946-47; justice of
North Carolina state supreme court, 1948-54; U.S.
Senator from North Carolina, 1954-74; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from North Carolina, 1956,
1964.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; American
Historical Association; American
Legion; Disabled
American Veterans; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Farm
Bureau; Grange; Sons of
the American Revolution; Society
of the Cincinnati; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Royal
Arch Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Order of
Ahepa; Knights
of Pythias; Moose; Kiwanis;
Junior
Order; Newcomen
Society; Sigma
Upsilon; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died in Winston-Salem, Forsyth
County, N.C., April 23,
1985 (age 88 years, 208
days).
Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery.
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Tod Robinson Caldwell (1818-1874) —
also known as Tod R. Caldwell —
of Burke
County, N.C.
Born in Morganton, Burke
County, N.C., February
19, 1818.
Lawyer;
Lieutenant
Governor of North Carolina, 1868-70; Governor of
North Carolina, 1870-74; died in office 1874.
Died July 11,
1874 (age 56 years, 142
days).
Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery.
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Samuel James Ervin III (1926-1999) —
Born in Morganton, Burke
County, N.C., March 2,
1926.
Son of Samuel
James Ervin, Jr..
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1965-67; superior court
judge in North Carolina, 1967-80; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit, 1980-99; died in
office 1999.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died at Grace Hospital,
Morganton, Burke
County, N.C., September
18, 1999 (age 73 years, 200
days).
Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery.
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Joseph Wilson Ervin (1901-1945) —
of North Carolina.
Born in Morganton, Burke
County, N.C., March 3,
1901.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 10th District, 1945; died in
office 1945.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., December
25, 1945 (age 44 years, 297
days).
Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery.
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