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George Edmund Badger (1795-1866) —
also known as George E. Badger —
of Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C.
Born in New Bern, Craven
County, N.C., April 17,
1795.
Son of Thomas Badger and Lydia (Cogdell) Badger; married to Rebecca
Turner, Mary Polk and Delia (Haywood) Williams.
Lawyer; member of North Carolina state legislature, 1816;
superior court judge in North Carolina, 1820-25; U.S.
Secretary of the Navy, 1841; U.S.
Senator from North Carolina, 1846-55; delegate
to North Carolina secession convention, 1861.
Died in Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C., May 11,
1866 (age 71 years, 24
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Raleigh, N.C.
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Carl LeRoy Bailey (1898-1966) —
also known as Carl L. Bailey —
of Plymouth, Washington
County, N.C.
Born in Roper, Washington
County, N.C., October
30, 1898.
Son of Benjamin F. Bailey and Sarah F. (Williams) Bailey.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
recorder's court judge in North Carolina, 1919-24; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives from Washington County,
1925; member of North
Carolina state senate 2nd District, 1933-35.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in 1966
(age about
67 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Josiah William Bailey (1873-1946) —
also known as Josiah W. Bailey —
of Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C.
Born in Warrenton, Warren
County, N.C., September
14, 1873.
Son of Christopher Thomas Bailey and Annie Sarah Bailey; married, August
16, 1916, to Edith Pou.
Democrat. Lawyer; Presidential Elector for North Carolina, 1908;
U.S.
Senator from North Carolina, 1931-46; died in office 1946;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1932.
Baptist.
Member, Anti-Saloon
League; Omicron
Delta Kappa.
Died in Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C., December
15, 1946 (age 73 years, 92
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Raleigh, N.C.
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Arthur Creel Baker (b. 1925) —
also known as Arthur C. Baker —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Varina, Wake
County, N.C., January
19, 1925.
Son of Offie Franklin Baker and Myrtie (Whisenhunt) Baker; married,
December
31, 1965, to Evelyn Canady.
Lawyer; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1959.
Baptist.
Member, Elks; Freemasons;
Exchange
Club.
Still living as of 1967.
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Frank W. Ballance, Jr. (b. 1942) —
of Warrenton, Warren
County, N.C.
Born in Windsor, Bertie
County, N.C., February
15, 1942.
Democrat. Lawyer; librarian;
college
professor; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1982-85; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1989-2002; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from North Carolina, 1996,
2000;
U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 1st District, 2003-04;
resigned 2004; indicted
in federal court in September 2004 on federal money
laundering charges
for diverting
state funds through a charitable foundation; pleaded
guilty to one count, sentenced
to four years in prison,
fined
$10,000, ordered to pay restitution,
and disbarred.
African
ancestry.
Still living as of 2009.
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Wade Barber (born c.1893) —
of Pittsboro, Chatham
County, N.C.
Born in Wilkesboro, Wilkes
County, N.C., about 1893.
Democrat. Lawyer; Chatham
County Attorney, 1919-25, 1948; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1939-47; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from North Carolina, 1948
(alternate), 1952
(alternate), 1956.
Presbyterian.
Burial
location unknown.
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Graham Arthur Barden (1896-1967) —
also known as Graham A. Barden —
of New Bern, Craven
County, N.C.
Born in Turkey Township, Sampson
County, N.C., September
25, 1896.
Son of James Jefferson Barden and Mary Robinson (James) Barden;
married, December
20, 1922, to Agnes Foy.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer;
Craven
County Judge, 1920-24; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1933; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 3rd District, 1935-61;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1940.
Presbyterian.
Member, Sigma
Chi; Phi
Delta Phi; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks.
Died in New Bern, Craven
County, N.C., January
29, 1967 (age 70 years, 126
days).
Interment at Cedar
Grove Cemetery, New Bern, N.C.
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David Collin Barnes (b. 1875) —
also known as D. C. Barnes —
of Murfreesboro, Hertford
County, N.C.
Born in Murfreesboro, Hertford
County, N.C., November
26, 1875.
Democrat. Lawyer; banker;
member of North
Carolina state house of representatives from Hertford County,
1909; member of North
Carolina state senate 1st District, 1911-13.
Member, Kappa
Alpha Order; Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Luther Ernest Barnhardt (1903-1980) —
also known as Luther E. Barnhardt —
of Concord, Cabarrus
County, N.C.
Born in Concord, Cabarrus
County, N.C., November
29, 1903.
Lawyer; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1945-56; Lieutenant
Governor of North Carolina, 1957-61.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Pi
Kappa Alpha; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Rotary.
Died June 1,
1980 (age 76 years, 185
days).
Interment at Carolina
Memorial Park, Concord, N.C.
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Maurice Victor Barnhill (b. 1887) —
also known as M. V. Barnhill —
of Rocky Mount, Nash
County, N.C.
Born in Halifax
County, N.C., December
5, 1887.
Son of Martin Van Buren Barnhill and Mary (Dawes) Barnhill; married,
June
5, 1912, to Nannie Rebecca Cooper.
Democrat. Lawyer; Nash
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1914-21; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1921-23; recorder's
court judge in North Carolina, 1923-24; superior court judge in North
Carolina 2nd District, 1924-37; justice of
North Carolina state supreme court, 1937-48; appointed 1937.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sigma
Chi; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Burial
location unknown.
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Daniel Laurens Barringer (1788-1852) —
also known as Daniel L. Barringer —
of Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C.; Shelbyville, Bedford
County, Tenn.
Born in Cabarrus
County, N.C., October
1, 1788.
Uncle of Daniel
Moreau Barringer.
Lawyer; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1813-14, 1819-22; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 8th District, 1826-35; Speaker of
the Tennessee State House of Representatives, 1843-45;
Presidential Elector for Tennessee, 1844.
Died in Shelbyville, Bedford
County, Tenn., October
16, 1852 (age 64 years, 15
days).
Interment at Willow
Mount Cemetery, Shelbyville, Tenn.
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Daniel Moreau Barringer (1806-1873) —
also known as Daniel M. Barringer —
of Concord, Cabarrus
County, N.C.
Born near Concord, Cabarrus
County, N.C., July 30,
1806.
Son of Gen. Paul Barringer and Elizabeth (Brandon) Barringer; nephew
of Daniel
Laurens Barringer; married to Elizabeth Wethered.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of North
Carolina house of commons, 1829-34, 1840-42, 1854; delegate to
North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1835; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina, 1843-49 (2nd District
1843-47, 3rd District 1847-49); U.S. Minister to Spain, 1849-53; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
North Carolina, 1872.
Died in White Sulphur Springs, Greenbrier
County, W.Va., September
1, 1873 (age 67 years, 33
days).
Interment at Green
Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
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William Wallace Barron (1911-2002) —
also known as Wally Barron —
of Elkins, Randolph
County, W.Va.
Born in Elkins, Randolph
County, W.Va., December
8, 1911.
Son of Rev. Frederick H. Barron and Mary (Butler) Barron; married, February
15, 1936, to Opal B. Wilcox.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War II;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Randolph County, 1951-53;
resigned 1953; West
Virginia state attorney general; elected 1956; Governor of
West Virginia, 1961-65.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Moose; Civitan;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight.
Convicted
of jury
tampering in 1971, and sentenced
to five years in prison.
Died in Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C., November
12, 2002 (age 90 years, 339
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Herbert Harvell Bateman (1928-2000) —
also known as Herbert H. Bateman —
of Newport
News, Va.
Born in Elizabeth City, Pasquotank
County, N.C., August 7,
1928.
Served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean conflict;
lawyer; member of Virginia
state senate, 1968-83; candidate in Republican primary for Lieutenant
Governor of Virginia, 1981; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 1st District, 1983-2000; died in
office 2000.
Member, Jaycees;
American
Legion; American
Judicature Society; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Phi
Delta Phi; Pi
Kappa Alpha.
Died, of lung
cancer and prostate
cancer, at Loudoun Hospital
Center, Leesburg, Loudoun
County, Va., September
11, 2000 (age 72 years, 35
days).
Interment at Peninsula
Memorial Park, Newport News, Va.
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George Gordon Battle (1868-1949) —
also known as "Mr. Chairman" —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Edgecombe
County, N.C., October
26, 1868.
Son of Turner Westray Battle and Lavinia (Bassett) Daniel Battle;
married, April 12,
1898, to Martha Burwell Dabney Bagby (1869-1954).
Democrat. Lawyer; law partner of Bartow
S. Weeks, H.
Snowden Marshall, and James
A. O'Gorman; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New
York, 1920,
1928,
1932,
1936,
1940,
1944.
Member, Tammany
Hall.
Watergate conspirator G. Gordon Liddy was named for him.
Died, following a heart
attack, in a hospital
at Fredericksburg,
Va., April 29,
1949 (age 80 years, 185
days).
Interment at Hollywood
Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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John Stewart Battle (1890-1972) —
also known as John S. Battle —
of Charlottesville,
Va.
Born in New Bern, Craven
County, N.C., July 11,
1890.
Son of Rev. Henry Wilson Battle and Margaret (Stewart) Battle;
married, June 12,
1918, to Mary Jane 'Janie' Lipscomb (1899-1990); father of William
Cullen Battle.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1930-33; member of Virginia
state senate, 1934-50; Governor of
Virginia, 1950-54; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Virginia, 1952;
member, Commission on
Intergovernmental Relations, 1953-55; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1956.
Baptist.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Alpha
Tau Omega; Freemasons.
Died April 9,
1972 (age 81 years, 273
days).
Interment at Monticello
Memorial Park, Charlottesville, Va.
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John Baxter (1819-1886) —
of Rutherford
County, N.C.; Henderson, Vance
County, N.C.; Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn.
Born in Rutherford
County, N.C., March 5,
1819.
Father of George
White Baxter.
Lawyer; member of North
Carolina house of commons, 1842-43, 1846-48, 1852-57; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, 1877-86; died in
office 1886.
Died in Hot Springs, Garland
County, Ark., April 2,
1886 (age 67 years, 28
days).
Interment at Old
Gray Cemetery, Knoxville, Tenn.
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Fate James Beal (1909-1978) —
also known as Fate J. Beal —
of Lenoir, Caldwell
County, N.C.
Born in Lincoln
County, N.C., June 17,
1909.
Father of Beverly
T. Beal.
Lawyer; Republican candidate for North
Carolina state senate, 1946; Republican candidate for U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 9th District, 1950; county
judge in North Carolina, 1960-67; superior court judge in North
Carolina, 1967-71.
Presbyterian.
Member, Kiwanis;
Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Woodmen.
Died September
3, 1978 (age 69 years, 78
days).
Interment at Blue
Ridge Memorial Park, Lenoir, N.C.
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James A. Beaty, Jr. (b. 1949) —
of North Carolina.
Born in Whitmire, Newberry
County, S.C., June 28,
1949.
Lawyer; superior court judge in North Carolina, 1981-94; U.S.
District Judge for the Middle District of North Carolina, 1994-.
African
ancestry.
Still living as of 2000.
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James Ardrey Bell (b. 1868) —
also known as James A. Bell —
of Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C.
Born in Mecklenburg
County, N.C., September, 1868.
Son of Robert C. Bell and Mary Jane (Ardrey) Bell; married 1900 to Jessie
S. Spencer; father of Jesse
Spencer Bell.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from North Carolina, 1908,
1928;
member of North Carolina
Democratic State Central Committee, 1908-30; member of North
Carolina state senate 20th District, 1935.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Burial
location unknown.
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Jesse Spencer Bell (1906-1967) —
also known as J. Spencer Bell —
of Matthews, Mecklenburg
County, N.C.
Born in Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C., April 1,
1906.
Son of James
Ardrey Bell and Jessie Mabel (Spencer) Bell; married, May 8,
1943, to Katherine Castellett.
Democrat. Lawyer; major in the U.S. Army during World War II;
member of North
Carolina state senate 20th District, 1957-61; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1960;
Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit, 1961-67; died in
office 1967.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sigma
Chi.
Died, following a heart
attack, in a hospital
at Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C., March 19,
1967 (age 60 years, 352
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Marsden Bellamy (1878-1968) —
of Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C.
Born in Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C., December
4, 1878.
Son of Marsden Bellamy (1843-1909) and Harriet (Harllee) Bellamy
(1846-1924); married to Sue Clark (1880-1971).
Democrat. Lawyer; member of North
Carolina state senate 10th District, 1913.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Junior
Order; Redmen; Elks.
Died in Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C., March 20,
1968 (age 89 years, 107
days).
Interment at Oakdale
Cemetery, Wilmington, N.C.
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Silas J. Bennett (b. 1874) —
also known as S. J. Bennett —
of Winston-Salem, Forsyth
County, N.C.
Born in Surry
County, N.C., August
21, 1874.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives from Forsyth County, 1913.
Member, Junior
Order; Odd
Fellows.
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas Hart Benton (1782-1858) —
also known as "Old Bullion" —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born near Hillsborough, Orange
County, N.C., March 14,
1782.
Son of Jesse Benton and Ann (Gooch) Benton; married 1821 to
Elizabeth McDowell; father of Jessie Benton (who married John
Charles Frémont).
Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper
editor; member of Tennessee
state senate, 1809; U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1821-51; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 1st District, 1853-55; candidate
for Governor of
Missouri, 1856.
Fought a duel
with Andrew
Jackson, who later became a political ally. In April, 1850, he
caused a scandal
with his attempt to assault
Sen. Henry
Stuart Foote, of Mississippi, during debate on the Senate floor;
he was restrained by other senators. Foote had a cocked pistol in his
hand and undoubtedly would have shot him. His portrait appeared on
the U.S. $100
gold certificate from the 1880s until the 1920s.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April 10,
1858 (age 76 years, 27
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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Thomas Walter Bickett (1869-1921) —
also known as Thomas W. Bickett —
of Louisburg, Franklin
County, N.C.
Born in Monroe, Union
County, N.C., February
28, 1869.
Son of Thomas W. Bickett and Mary A. (Covington) Bickett; married, November
29, 1898, to Fannie N. Yarborough.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1907-08; North
Carolina state attorney general, 1909-17; Governor of
North Carolina, 1917-21.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died December
28, 1921 (age 52 years, 303
days).
Interment somewhere
in Louisburg, N.C.
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Asa Biggs (1811-1878) —
of Williamston, Martin
County, N.C.
Born in Williamston, Martin
County, N.C., February
4, 1811.
Son of Joseph Biggs and Chloe (Daniel) Biggs; married 1832 to Martha
Andrews.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to
North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1835; member of
North
Carolina house of commons, 1840, 1842; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1844, 1854; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 9th District, 1845-47; U.S.
Senator from North Carolina, 1855-58; U.S.
District Judge for North Carolina, 1858-61; resigned 1861; delegate
to North Carolina secession convention, 1861; Confederate
District Judge, 1861-65.
Died in Norfolk,
Va., March 6,
1878 (age 67 years, 30
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Norfolk, Va.
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James Crawford Biggs (1872-1960) —
of Oxford, Granville
County, N.C.; Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C.
Born in Oxford, Granville
County, N.C., August
29, 1872.
Son of William Biggs and Elizabeth Arlington (Cooper) Biggs; married
to Margie Jordan.
Democrat. Lawyer; law
professor; mayor of Oxford, N.C., 1897-98; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1905; superior court
judge in North Carolina, 1907-11; alternate delegate to Democratic
National Convention from North Carolina, 1916;
U.S. Solicitor General,
1933-35.
Member, Zeta
Psi; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C., January
30, 1960 (age 87 years, 154
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert Worth Bingham (1871-1937) —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.; Glenview, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Orange
County, N.C., November
8, 1871.
Son of Col. Robert Bingham and Delphine Louise (Worth) Bingham;
married, May 20,
1896, to Eleanor E. Miller (died 1913); married, November
15, 1916, to Mary Lily (Kenan) Flagler; married, August
20, 1924, to Mrs. James Byron Hilliard.
Lawyer; publisher of Louisville Courier-Journal newspaper;
mayor
of Louisville, Ky., 1907; Republican candidate for Judge,
Kentucky Court of Appeals, 1910; circuit judge in Kentucky, 1911;
U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, 1933-37.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Society
of Colonial Wars; Society
of the Cincinnati; Sons of
the American Revolution; Phi
Beta Kappa; Alpha
Tau Omega.
Died in Baltimore,
Md., December
18, 1937 (age 66 years, 40
days).
Interment at Cave
Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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Charles Franklin Blackburn (b. 1925) —
also known as Charles F. Blackburn —
of Henderson, Vance
County, N.C.
Born in Cleveland, Bradley
County, Tenn., April 30,
1925.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of North
Carolina state senate 3rd District, 1959.
Methodist.
Member, Phi
Delta Phi; Kappa
Sigma.
Still living as of 1959.
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Edmond Spencer Blackburn (1868-1912) —
also known as E. Spencer Blackburn —
of Wilkesboro, Wilkes
County, N.C.
Born near Boone, Watauga
County, N.C., September
22, 1868.
Republican. Lawyer; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1896-97; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 8th District, 1901-03,
1905-07; delegate to Republican National Convention from North
Carolina, 1904.
Died in Elizabethton, Carter
County, Tenn., March 10,
1912 (age 43 years, 170
days).
Interment at Old
Hopewell Cemetery, Boone, N.C.
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William Grainger Blount (1784-1827) —
of Tennessee.
Born near New Bern, Craven
County, N.C., 1784.
Son of William
Blount; nephew of Thomas
Blount.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1811; secretary of
state of Tennessee, 1811-15; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee at-large, 1815-19.
Died May 21,
1827 (age about 42
years).
Interment at City
Cemetery, Paris, Tenn.
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William Haywood Bobbitt (1900-1992) —
also known as William H. Bobbitt —
of Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C.; Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C.
Born in Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C., October
18, 1900.
Son of James Henry Bobbitt and Eliza May (Burkhead) Bobbitt; married,
February
28, 1924, to Sarah Buford Dunlap.
Lawyer; superior court judge in North Carolina 14th District,
1939-54; justice of
North Carolina state supreme court, 1954-69; chief
justice of North Carolina state supreme court, 1969-74.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Civitan.
Died September
27, 1992 (age 91 years, 345
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas C. Bowie (b. 1876) —
of Jefferson, Ashe
County, N.C.
Born in Louisiana, July 27,
1876.
Democrat. Lawyer; Presidential Elector for North Carolina, 1904;
member of North
Carolina state house of representatives from Ashe County, 1909,
1913.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Burial
location unknown.
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James Edmund Boyd (1845-1935) —
also known as James E. Boyd —
of Alamance
County, N.C.; Greensboro, Guilford
County, N.C.
Born in Alamance
County, N.C., February
14, 1845.
Son of A. H. Boyd and Margaret Boyd; married, September
12, 1868, to Sallie Holt.
Republican. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives from Alamance County,
1874-75; delegate to
North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1875; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina, 1880-85;
member of Republican
National Committee from North Carolina, 1896; U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of North Carolina,
1900-19.
Died in Greensboro, Guilford
County, N.C., August
21, 1935 (age 90 years, 188
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Nathaniel Boyden (1796-1873) —
of Salisbury, Rowan
County, N.C.
Born in Conway, Franklin
County, Mass., August
16, 1796.
Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; lawyer; member
of North
Carolina house of commons, 1838-40; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1844; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina, 1847-49, 1868-69 (2nd
District 1847-49, 6th District 1868-69); delegate to
North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1865; justice of
North Carolina state supreme court, 1872-73; died in office 1873.
Died in Salisbury, Rowan
County, N.C., November
20, 1873 (age 77 years, 96
days).
Interment at Lutheran
Cemetery, Salisbury, N.C.
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Terrence William Boyle (b. 1945) —
of North Carolina.
Born in Passaic, Passaic
County, N.J., 1945.
Lawyer; legislative assistant, U.S. Sen. Jesse
Helms, 1973; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of North Carolina, 1984-.
Still living as of 2002.
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Thomas Bragg (1810-1872) —
of Northampton
County, N.C.; Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C.
Born in Warrenton, Warren
County, N.C., November
9, 1810.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1842; Governor of
North Carolina, 1855-59; U.S.
Senator from North Carolina, 1859-61; Confederate
Attorney General, 1861-62.
Presbyterian.
When the Civil War began, he left Washington but did not resign his
seat in the Senate; one of ten Southern
senators expelled
in absentia on July 11, 1861.
Died in Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C., January
21, 1872 (age 61 years, 73
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Raleigh, N.C.
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William Gibbons Bramham (1875-1947) —
also known as William G. Bramham —
of Durham, Durham
County, N.C.
Born in 1875.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from North Carolina, 1924,
1928;
North
Carolina Republican state chair, 1925.
Died July 8,
1947 (age about 72
years).
Interment at Maplewood
Cemetery, Durham, N.C.
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John Branch (1782-1863) —
of Enfield, Halifax
County, N.C.
Born in Halifax, Halifax
County, N.C., November
4, 1782.
Son of Col. John Branch and Mary (Bradford) Branch; married to
Elizabeth Fort and Eliza Jordan; uncle of Lawrence
O'Bryan Branch; granduncle of William
Augustus Blount Branch.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1811, 1813-17, 1834; Governor of
North Carolina, 1817-20; federal
judge, 1822; U.S.
Senator from North Carolina, 1823-29; U.S.
Secretary of the Navy, 1829-31; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 5th District, 1831-33; delegate to
North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1835; Governor of
Florida Territory, 1844-45.
Episcopalian.
Died of pneumonia,
in Enfield, Halifax
County, N.C., January
4, 1863 (age 80 years, 61
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Enfield, N.C.
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Sumter C. Brawley (1878-1961) —
of Durham, Durham
County, N.C.
Born in Mooresville, Iredell
County, N.C., April 8,
1878.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives from Durham County, 1913;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1940.
Presbyterian.
Member, Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Died June 22,
1961 (age 83 years, 75
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Memorial Park, Durham, N.C.
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Chase Brenizer —
of Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from North Carolina, 1912.
Burial
location unknown.
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James Harvey Bridgers —
also known as James H. Bridgers —
of Henderson, Vance
County, N.C.
Born in Northampton
County, N.C.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Henderson, N.C., 1892-93; member of North
Carolina state senate 16th District, 1913.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Samuel Mitchell Brinson (1870-1922) —
also known as Samuel M. Brinson —
of New Bern, Craven
County, N.C.
Born in New Bern, Craven
County, N.C., March 29,
1870.
Son of William George Brinson and Kittie Elizabeth (Chestnut)
Brinson; married 1901 to Ruth
Martin Scales (died 1919).
Democrat. Lawyer; superintendent
of schools; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 3rd District, 1919-22; died in
office 1922.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Died in New Bern, Craven
County, N.C., April 13,
1922 (age 52 years, 15
days).
Interment at Cedar
Grove Cemetery, New Bern, N.C.
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Charles Robin Britt (b. 1942) —
also known as Robin Britt —
of Greensboro, Guilford
County, N.C.
Born in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., June 29,
1942.
Democrat. Lawyer; chair of
Guilford County Democratic Party, 1979-81; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from North Carolina, 1980;
U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 6th District, 1983-85;
defeated, 1984, 1986.
Still living as of 1998.
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James Jefferson Britt (1861-1939) —
also known as James J. Britt —
of Asheville, Buncombe
County, N.C.
Born near Johnson City, Washington
County, Tenn., March 4,
1861.
Republican. Superintendent
of schools; lawyer; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from North Carolina, 1904;
Presidential Elector for North Carolina, 1904;
member of North
Carolina state senate, 1909-11; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 10th District, 1915-17, 1919;
defeated, 1906; candidate for chief
justice of North Carolina state supreme court, 1926.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Kiwanis.
Died in Asheville, Buncombe
County, N.C., December
26, 1939 (age 78 years, 297
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Asheville, N.C.
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William Earl Britt (b. 1932) —
Born in McDonald, Robeson
County, N.C., 1932.
Lawyer; law clerk for North Carolina Supreme Court Justice Emery
B. Denny, 1958-59; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of North Carolina,
1980-97; took senior status 1997.
Still living as of 1997.
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Willis James Brogden (1877-1935) —
also known as W. J. Brogden —
of Durham, Durham
County, N.C.
Born near Goldsboro, Wayne
County, N.C., October
18, 1877.
Son of Willis H. Brogden and Virginia (Robinson) Brogden; married, January
9, 1917, to Lila Markham (born 1882).
School
teacher and principal; lawyer; mayor of
Durham, N.C., 1911-15; justice of
North Carolina state supreme court, 1926-35; died in office 1935.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Kiwanis.
Died October
29, 1935 (age 58 years, 11
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Aubrey Lee Brooks (b. 1871) —
of Greensboro, Guilford
County, N.C.
Born in Bethel Hill, Person
County, N.C., May 21,
1871.
Son of Zachary Taylor Brooks and Chestina (Hall) Brooks; married 1895 to Maude
Harris (died 1903); married, November
15, 1910, to Helen Thornton Higbie.
Democrat. Lawyer; Presidential Elector for North Carolina, 1896;
General Solicitor, 9th District, 1898-1908; candidate for U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 8th District, 1908; candidate
in primary for U.S.
Senator from North Carolina, 1922.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Burial
location unknown.
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George Washington Brooks (1821-1882) —
of Elizabeth City, Pasquotank
County, N.C.
Born in Elizabeth City, Pasquotank
County, N.C., March 16,
1821.
Lawyer; member of North
Carolina house of commons, 1852, 1865-66; delegate to
North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1865-66; U.S.
District Judge for North Carolina, 1865-72; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of North Carolina,
1872-82; died in office 1882.
Died in Elizabeth City, Pasquotank
County, N.C., January
6, 1882 (age 60 years, 296
days).
Interment at Old
Hollywood Cemetery, Elizabeth City, N.C.
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Joseph Melville Broughton (1888-1949) —
also known as J. Melville Broughton —
of Wake
County, N.C.
Born in Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C., November
17, 1888.
Son of Joseph Melville Broughton and Sallie (Harris) Broughton;
married, December
14, 1916, to Alice Harper Willson; father of Joseph
Melville Broughton, Jr..
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1927-29; Presidential Elector for
Nebraska, 1936;
Governor
of North Carolina, 1941-45; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from North Carolina, 1944,
1948
(member, Credentials
Committee); U.S.
Senator from North Carolina, 1948-49; died in office 1949.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Woodmen;
Junior
Order.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Washington,
D.C., March 6,
1949 (age 60 years, 109
days).
Interment at Montlawn
Memorial Park, Raleigh, N.C.
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George H. Brown (b. 1850) —
of Washington, Beaufort
County, N.C.
Born in Washington, Beaufort
County, N.C., May 3,
1850.
Son of Sylvester T. Brown and Elizabeth (Bonner) Brown; married, December
17, 1874, to Laura Ellison.
Lawyer; superior court judge in North Carolina, 1889-1904; justice of
North Carolina state supreme court, 1905-16.
Episcopalian.
Burial
location unknown.
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Dennis G. Brummitt (1881-1935) —
of Oxford, Granville
County, N.C.
Born in Granville
County, N.C., February
7, 1881.
Son of Thomas Jefferson Brummitt (1844-1920) and Caroline (Bradford)
Brummitt (1851-1925); married 1912 to Kate
Hays Fleming (1888-1980).
Democrat. Lawyer; chair of
Granville County Democratic Party, 1908-14; member of North Carolina
Democratic State Executive Committee, 1913-24; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1915-19; Speaker of
the North Carolina State House of Representatives, 1919;
Presidential Elector for North Carolina, 1920;
North
Carolina state attorney general, 1925-35; died in office 1935.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C., January
12, 1935 (age 53 years, 339
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Oxford, N.C.
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Ervin M. Bruner (1915-2008) —
of Verona, Dane
County, Wis.; Madison, Dane
County, Wis.
Born in Lenoir, Caldwell
County, N.C., November
12, 1915.
Democrat. Lawyer; farmer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of Wisconsin
state assembly from Dane County 5th District, 1953-57; resigned
1957.
Died November
24, 2008 (age 93 years, 12
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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John Fletcher Bruton (b. 1861) —
of Wilson, Wilson
County, N.C.
Born in Wentworth, Rockingham
County, N.C., May 29,
1861.
Son of David Rasbury Bruton and Margaret G. (Nixon) Bruton; married,
November
15, 1887, to Hattie Tartt Barnes.
Democrat. Lawyer; vice-president, North Carolina Home Insurance
Co.; director, Carolina Telephone
& Telegraph
Co.;; mayor of
Wilson, N.C., 1894-96.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Alpha
Tau Omega; Odd
Fellows.
Burial
location unknown.
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George Seabrook Bryan (1809-1905) —
also known as George S. Bryan —
Born in Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston
County), S.C., May 22,
1809.
Married to Rebecca L. Dwight (1822-1908); father of John P.
Kennedy Bryan.
Lawyer; U.S.
District Judge for South Carolina, 1866-86; retired 1886.
Died in Flat Rock, Henderson
County, N.C., September
28, 1905 (age 96 years, 129
days).
Interment at St.
Michael's Church Cemetery, Charleston, S.C.
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John Heritage Bryan (1798-1870) —
also known as John H. Bryan —
of New Bern, Craven
County, N.C.; Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C.
Born in New Bern, Craven
County, N.C., November
4, 1798.
Lawyer; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1823-24; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 4th District, 1825-29.
Died in Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C., May 19,
1870 (age 71 years, 196
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Raleigh, N.C.
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Victor S. Bryant —
of Durham, Durham
County, N.C.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from North Carolina, 1912;
member of North
Carolina state senate 18th District, 1913.
Burial
location unknown.
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Frank William Bullock, Jr. (b. 1938) —
Born in Oxford, Granville
County, N.C., 1938.
Lawyer; law clerk to U.S. District Judge Algernon
Butler, 1963-64; U.S.
District Judge for the Middle District of North Carolina, 1982-.
Still living as of 2004.
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Robert Bullock (1828-1905) —
of Ocala, Marion
County, Fla.
Born in Granville
County, N.C., December
8, 1828.
Son of Richard Bullock (1781-1841) and Mildred (Walker) Bullock
(1784-1854); married, May 7,
1852, to Amanda Loretta Waterman (1835-1904); uncle of Julian
Shakespeare Carr; father of William
Simeon Bullock.
Democrat. General in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; probate judge in Florida, 1866; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1879; U.S.
Representative from Florida 2nd District, 1889-93; county judge
in Florida, 1903-05.
Died in Ocala, Marion
County, Fla., July 27,
1905 (age 76 years, 231
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Ocala, Fla.
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Alfred Lee Bulwinkle (1883-1950) —
also known as Alfred L. Bulwinkle —
of Gastonia, Gaston
County, N.C.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., April 21,
1883.
Son of Herman Bulwinkle and Frances (McKean) BUlwinkle; married 1911 to Bessie
Lewis.
Democrat. Lawyer; major in the U.S. Army during World War I;
U.S.
Representative from North Carolina, 1921-29, 1931-50 (9th
District 1921-29, 1931-33, 10th District 1933-43, 11th District
1943-50); died in office 1950.
Lutheran.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Moose; Patriotic
Order Sons of America; Lions.
Died in Gastonia, Gaston
County, N.C., August
31, 1950 (age 67 years, 132
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Gastonia, N.C.
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Julian Wilber Bunn (b. 1883) —
also known as J. Wilber Bunn —
of Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C.
Born in Wakefield, Wake
County, N.C., March 24,
1883.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives from Wake County, 1913.
Baptist.
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas Burke (c.1747-1783) —
of Orange
County, N.C.
Born in Galway, Ireland,
about 1747.
Physician;
lawyer; delegate to
North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1776; Delegate
to Continental Congress from North Carolina, 1776; member of
North Carolina state legislature, 1777; Governor of
North Carolina, 1781-82.
Died near Hillsborough, Orange
County, N.C., December
2, 1783 (age about 36
years).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Orange County, N.C.
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Hutchins Gordon Burton (c.1782-1836) —
of Warren
County, N.C.; Halifax
County, N.C.
Born in Virginia, about 1782.
Nephew of Robert
Burton; son of John Burton and Mary (Gordon) Burton; married to
Sarah Jones.
Lawyer; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1809, 1817; North
Carolina state attorney general, 1810-16; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 2nd District, 1819-24; Governor of
North Carolina, 1824-27.
Died in Iredell
County, N.C., April 21,
1836 (age about 54
years).
Interment at Unity
Churchyard, Beattys Ford, N.C.
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Charles Manly Busbee (b. 1845) —
of Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C.
Born in Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C., October
23, 1845.
Son of Perrin Busbee and Ann (Taylor) Busbee; married, July 30,
1868, to Lydia L. Littlejohn; married, January
21, 1891, to Florence E. Cooper.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1875-76; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1885-86.
Member, Odd
Fellows.
Burial
location unknown.
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Algernon Lee Butler (1905-1978) —
also known as Algernon L. Butler —
of Clinton, Sampson
County, N.C.
Born in Clinton, Sampson
County, N.C., August 2,
1905.
Son of George Edwin Butler and Eva Boykin (Lee) Butler; married, June 5,
1935, to Josephine Lydia Broadwell.
Republican. Lawyer; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1931; delegate to
Republican National Convention from North Carolina, 1936,
1940,
1948;
Sampson
County Attorney, 1938-51; member of North Carolina
Republican State Executive Committee, 1942-59; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of North Carolina,
1959-75; took senior status 1975.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sigma
Nu; American Bar
Association; Rotary.
Died May 5,
1978 (age 72 years, 276
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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John Marshall Butler (1897-1978) —
also known as John M. Butler —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., July 21,
1897.
Son of John Harvey Butler and Eunice West (Riddle) Butler; married,
April
5, 1926, to Marie Louise Abell.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
lawyer; U.S.
Senator from Maryland, 1951-63; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Maryland, 1952,
1960
(member, Resolutions
Committee); member,
Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, 1955.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died in Rocky Mount, Nash
County, N.C., March 14,
1978 (age 80 years, 236
days).
Interment at Druid
Ridge Cemetery, Pikesville, Md.
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Marion Butler (1863-1938) —
of Elliott, Sampson
County, N.C.
Born near Clinton, Sampson
County, N.C., May 20,
1863.
Son of Wiley Butler and Romelia Butler; married, August
31, 1893, to Florence Faison.
Newspaper
publisher; lawyer; member of North
Carolina state senate; elected 1890; U.S.
Senator from North Carolina, 1895-1901; delegate to Republican
National Convention from North Carolina, 1912,
1916,
1920,
1924,
1932.
Died in Takoma Park, Montgomery
County, Md., June 3,
1938 (age 75 years, 14
days).
Interment at Clinton
Cemetery, Clinton, N.C.
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George Kenneth Butterfield, Jr. (b. 1947) —
also known as G. K. Butterfield —
Born in Wilson, Wilson
County, N.C., April 27,
1947.
Democrat. Lawyer; superior court judge in North Carolina,
1988-2001; justice of
North Carolina state supreme court, 2001-02; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 1st District, 2004-; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 2008.
Baptist.
Still living as of 2009.
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Frederick Williamson Bynum (b. 1882) —
also known as Frederick W. Bynum —
of Pittsboro, Chatham
County, N.C.
Born in Pittsboro, Chatham
County, N.C., January
30, 1882.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives from Chatham County, 1913.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Junior
Order.
Burial
location unknown.
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Jesse Atherton Bynum (1797-1868) —
of North Carolina.
Born in Halifax
County, N.C., May 23,
1797.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of North
Carolina house of commons, 1823-24, 1827-30; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 2nd District, 1833-41.
Died in Alexandria, Rapides
Parish, La., September
23, 1868 (age 71 years, 123
days).
Interment at Rapides
Cemetery, Pineville, La.
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Robert Carlyle Byrd (b. 1917) —
also known as Robert C. Byrd; Cornelius Calvin Sale,
Jr. —
of Sophia, Raleigh
County, W.Va.
Born in North Wilkesboro, Wilkes
County, N.C., November
20, 1917.
Adoptive son of Titus Dalton Byrd and Vlurma (Sale) Byrd; married, May 29,
1936, to Erma Ora James.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Raleigh County, 1947-50;
member of West
Virginia state senate 9th District, 1951-52; U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 6th District, 1953-59; U.S.
Senator from West Virginia, 1959-; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from West Virginia, 1960,
1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
speaker, 1988.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows; Elks; Moose; Eagles; Lions; Farm
Bureau; Tau
Kappa Epsilon; Ku Klux Klan.
Still living as of 2009.
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