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James Cochrane Dobbin (1814-1857) —
also known as James C. Dobbin —
of Fayetteville, Cumberland
County, N.C.
Born in Fayetteville, Cumberland
County, N.C., January
17, 1814.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 5th District, 1845-47; member
of North
Carolina house of commons from Cumberland County, 1848-51; U.S.
Secretary of the Navy, 1853-57.
Died, from tuberculosis,
in Fayetteville, Cumberland
County, N.C., August 4,
1857 (age 43 years, 199
days).
Interment at Cross Creek Cemetery No. 1.
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Warren Winslow (1810-1862) —
of Fayetteville, Cumberland
County, N.C.
Born in Cumberland
County, N.C., January
1, 1810.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of North Carolina state legislature; Governor of
North Carolina, 1854; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 3rd District, 1855-61.
Died August
15, 1862 (age 52 years, 226
days).
Interment at Cross Creek Cemetery No. 1.
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Charles Manly Stedman (1841-1930) —
also known as Charles M. Stedman —
of Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C.; Greensboro, Guilford
County, N.C.
Born in Pittsboro, Chatham
County, N.C., January
29, 1841.
Democrat. Major in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1880;
Lieutenant
Governor of North Carolina, 1885-89; candidate for Governor of
North Carolina, 1888; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 5th District, 1911-30; died in
office 1930.
Died in 1930
(age about
89 years).
Interment at Cross Creek Cemetery No. 1.
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Wharton Jackson Green (1831-1910) —
of North Carolina.
Born in St. Marks, Wakulla
County, Fla., February
28, 1831.
Son of Thomas
Jefferson Green.
Democrat. Colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1872,
1876;
U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 3rd District, 1883-87.
Died near Fayetteville, Cumberland
County, N.C., August 6,
1910 (age 79 years, 159
days).
Interment at Cross Creek Cemetery No. 1.
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John Gilbert Shaw (1859-1932) —
also known as John G. Shaw —
of Fayetteville, Cumberland
County, N.C.
Born in North Carolina, 1859.
Democrat. Member of North Carolina state legislature; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 3rd District, 1895-97.
Died in 1932
(age about
73 years).
Interment at Cross Creek Cemetery No. 1.
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Thomas N. Cameron (1796-1851) —
of Cumberland
County, N.C.
Born January
13, 1796.
Member of North
Carolina state senate from Cumberland County, 1844-47, 1850-51.
Died June 21,
1851 (age 55 years, 159
days).
Interment at Cross Creek Cemetery No. 1.
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Edward Joseph Hale (1839-1922) —
also known as Edward J. Hale —
of Fayetteville, Cumberland
County, N.C.
Born in Haymount, Fayetteville, Cumberland
County, N.C., December
25, 1839.
Son of Edward J. Hale and Sarah Jane (Walker) Hale.
Democrat. Major in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; newspaper
editor and publisher; U.S. Consul in Manchester, 1885-89; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from North Carolina, 1896,
1900,
1904,
1908,
1912;
U.S. Minister to Costa Rica, 1913-17.
Died in Fayetteville, Cumberland
County, N.C., February
16, 1922 (age 82 years, 53
days).
Interment at Cross Creek Cemetery No. 2.
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