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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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Robert Henry Winborne Welch (1899-1985) —
also known as Robert Welch —
Born in Chowan, Chowan
County, N.C., December
1, 1899.
Republican. Confectionary business; candidate in primary for
Lieutenant
Governor of Massachusetts, 1950; founder, in 1958, of the John
Birch Society.
Died in Winchester, Middlesex
County, Mass., January
6, 1985 (age 85 years, 36
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Joseph Redmond Williams (b. 1909) —
also known as Joe Williams —
of Yadkinville, Yadkin
County, N.C.
Born in Yadkinville, Yadkin
County, N.C., February
1, 1909.
Republican. Grocer; member of North
Carolina state senate 24th District, 1935.
Baptist.
Member, Phi
Kappa Delta.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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James Alexander Woodson (1848-1908) —
also known as J. A. Woodson —
of Pine Bluff, Jefferson
County, Ark.; Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.
Born in Rockingham
County, N.C., July 14,
1848.
Son of Dr. James Turner Woodson (1822-1851) and Mary E. (Smith)
Woodson (died 1851).
Grocer; paving
contractor; railroad
builder; mayor
of Little Rock, Ark., 1895-1900.
Died in Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark., October
19, 1908 (age 60 years, 97
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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