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Larkin Craig (1793-1881) —
of Montgomery
County, Ill.; Macoupin
County, Ill.
Born in North Carolina, February
1, 1793.
Ordained minister; member of Illinois
state senate, 1832-37.
Died February
14, 1881 (age 88 years, 13
days).
Interment at Blevins
Cemetery, Near Gillespie, Macoupin County, Ill.
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Edmund Dean Crisp (1850-1925) —
also known as E. D. Crisp —
of Lenoir, Caldwell
County, N.C.
Born in Caldwell
County, N.C., November
5, 1850.
Democrat. Baptist minister; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives from Caldwell County,
1913.
Baptist.
Died December
13, 1925 (age 75 years, 38
days).
Interment at Pisgah
Baptist Church Cemetery, Lenoir, N.C.
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Charles M. Diggs (1899-1959) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Winston-Salem, Forsyth
County, N.C., September
13, 1899.
Democrat. Minister; grocer;
candidate in primary for Michigan
state senate 3rd District, 1948, 1950; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 9th District,
1955-58; defeated in primary, 1952 (Wayne County 1st District), 1958
(Wayne County 9th District).
African
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died in 1959
(age about
59 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Mary Hawkins. |
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Charles L. Foster —
of Elizabeth City, Pasquotank
County, N.C.
Ordained minister; mayor
of Elizabeth City, N.C., 2005-06.
Member, Elks.
Still living as of 2008.
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Billy Graham (b. 1918) —
also known as William Franklin Graham, Jr.; "America's
Pastor" —
Born near Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C., November
7, 1918.
Son of William Franklin Graham (1888-1962) and Morrow (Coffey) Graham
(1892-1981).
Minister; famed evangelist; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1980 ;
speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1988.
Baptist.
Still living as of 2009.
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Franklin Graham (b. 1952) —
also known as William Franklin Graham III —
of Boone, Watauga
County, N.C.
Born in Asheville, Buncombe
County, N.C., July 14,
1952.
Son of Billy
Graham and Ruth McCue (Bell) Graham (1920-2007).
Republican. Minister; speaker, Republican National Convention, 2000.
Still living as of 2009.
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Nathan Thomas Hopkins (1852-1927) —
also known as Nathan T. Hopkins —
of Floyd
County, Ky.; Yeager, Pike
County, Ky.
Born in Ashe
County, N.C., October
27, 1852.
Republican. Ordained minister; merchant;
lumberman;
farmer;
Floyd
County Assessor, 1878-90; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1893-94, 1923-24; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 10th District, 1895-97; defeated,
1894.
Baptist.
Died in Piketon (now Pikeville), Pike
County, Ky., February
11, 1927 (age 74 years, 107
days).
Interment at Potter
Cemetery, Yeager, Ky.
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J. F. Jolliff —
of Gatesville, Gates
County, N.C.
Republican. Clergyman; chair of
Gates County Republican Party, 1952.
Still living as of 1952.
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Boyd Phelps (1804-1886) —
of Racine, Mower
County, Minn.; Zumbrota, Goodhue
County, Minn.; Stevens
County, Minn.
Born in North Carolina, October
15, 1804.
Minister; member of Minnesota
state senate 13th District, 1857-58.
Methodist.
Died in Minnesota, March 17,
1886 (age 81 years, 153
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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James Benjamin Pool (1841-1899) —
also known as James B. Pool —
of Alexander
County, N.C.
Born in Ellendale, Burke County (now Alexander
County), N.C., April 5,
1841.
Son of William Pool (1807-1882) and Mary (Austin) Pool (1809-1865).
Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; farmer; school
teacher; minister; Alexander
County Register of Deeds, 1870-80; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1880-82; Alexander
County Commissioner, 1887-90; Alexander
County Clerk of Court, 1890-98.
Baptist.
Died in Alexander
County, N.C., October
7, 1899 (age 58 years, 185
days).
Interment at Antioch
Baptist Church Cemetery, Alexander County, N.C.
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Francis Emanuel Shober (1860-1919) —
also known as Francis E. Shober —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Salisbury, Rowan
County, N.C., October
24, 1860.
Son of Francis
Edwin Shober and Josephine May (Wheat) Shober.
Democrat. School
teacher; minister; newspaper
reporter; newspaper
editor; U.S.
Representative from New York 17th District, 1903-05.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Danbury, Fairfield
County, Conn., October
7, 1919 (age 58 years, 348
days).
Interment at Wooster
Cemetery, Danbury, Conn.
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Benjamin Walter Thomason (1893-1987) —
also known as B. W. Thomason —
of Brevard, Transylvania
County, N.C.
Born in Greenville
County, S.C., August
15, 1893.
Son of Benjamin Arnold Thomason and Emma (Leake) Thomason.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; Baptist
minister; member of North
Carolina state senate 32nd District, 1959; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1965-66.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in 1987
(age about
93 years).
Interment somewhere
in Brevard, N.C.
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Relatives:
Married to Jannette Martin. |
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Hugh Williamson (1735-1819) —
of Edenton, Chowan
County, N.C.
Born in West Nottingham, Chester
County, Pa., December
5, 1735.
Son of John Williamson, Sr. and Mary (Davison) Williamson.
Preacher; university
professor; physician;
member of North Carolina state legislature, 1782; Delegate
to Continental Congress from North Carolina, 1782; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; delegate to
North Carolina convention to ratify U.S. constitution, 1788; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina at-large, 1789-93.
Presbyterian.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 22,
1819 (age 83 years, 168
days).
Entombed at Trinity
Churchyard, Manhattan, N.Y.
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