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Alfred Moore Waddell (1834-1912) —
also known as Alfred M. Waddell —
of Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C.
Born in Hillsborough, Orange
County, N.C., September
16, 1834.
Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper
editor; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 3rd District, 1871-79;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1880,
1896;
mayor
of Wilmington, N.C., 1898-1904.
Died in Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C., March 17,
1912 (age 77 years, 183
days).
Interment at Oakdale
Cemetery, Wilmington, N.C.
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Lawrence Wakefield (1854-1940) —
of Lenoir, Caldwell
County, N.C.
Born in Lenoir, Caldwell
County, N.C., November
7, 1854.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of North
Carolina state senate 33rd District, 1913.
Died December
6, 1940 (age 86 years, 29
days).
Interment at Belleview
Cemetery, Lenoir, N.C.
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Platt Dickinson Walker (1849-1923) —
also known as Platt D. Walker —
of Rockingham, Richmond
County, N.C.; Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C.
Born in Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C., October
25, 1849.
Lawyer; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives from Richmond County,
1874-75; justice of
North Carolina state supreme court, 1903-23; died in office 1923.
Episcopalian.
Died in Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C., May 22,
1923 (age 73 years, 209
days).
Interment at Oakdale
Cemetery, Wilmington, N.C.
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Thomas James Walsh (1859-1933) —
also known as Thomas J. Walsh —
of Helena, Lewis and
Clark County, Mont.
Born in Two Rivers, Manitowoc
County, Wis., June 12,
1859.
Son of Felix Walsh and Bridget (Comer) Walsh.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Montana, 1906; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Montana, 1912
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee; speaker),
1916
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1920,
1924,
1928,
1932;
U.S.
Senator from Montana, 1913-33; died in office 1933.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association.
While en route to Washington to accept appointment as U.S. Attorney
General, died suddenly of a heart
attack, on a
train of the Atlantic Coast Line near Wilson, Wilson
County, N.C., March 2,
1933 (age 73 years, 263
days).
Interment at Resurrection
Cemetery, Helena, Mont.
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Alfred Decatur Ward (b. 1859) —
also known as A. D. Ward —
of Kenansville, Duplin
County, N.C.; New Bern, Craven
County, N.C.
Born near Rosehill, Duplin
County, N.C., December
25, 1859.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives from Duplin County, 1893;
member of North
Carolina state senate 7th District, 1913.
Baptist.
Member, Royal
Arcanum.
Interment at Cedar
Grove Cemetery, New Bern, N.C.
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David Livingstone Ward (b. 1860) —
of New Bern, Craven
County, N.C.
Born in Greene
County, N.C., October
24, 1860.
Son of Dr. David G. Ward and Emily Adelaide (Moye) Ward.
Lawyer; Craven
County Attorney, 1898-1904; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1905; superior court judge in North
Carolina, 1910.
Baptist.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Carrie Louise Schollenberger. |
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Hallett Sydney Ward (1870-1956) —
also known as Hallett S. Ward —
of Plymouth, Washington
County, N.C.; Washington, Beaufort
County, N.C.
Born near Gatesville, Gates
County, N.C., August
31, 1870.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1899-1901, 1931; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 1st District, 1921-25.
Died in Washington, Beaufort
County, N.C., March 31,
1956 (age 85 years, 213
days).
Interment at Oakdale
Cemetery, Washington, N.C.
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Lindsay Carter Warren (1889-1976) —
also known as Lindsay C. Warren —
of Washington, Beaufort
County, N.C.
Born in Washington, Beaufort
County, N.C., December
16, 1889.
Son of Charles F(rederic) Warren and Elizabeth Mutter (Blount)
Warren.
Democrat. Lawyer; chair of
Beaufort County Democratic Party, 1912-25; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1917-19, 1959; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1923; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 1st District, 1925-40;
resigned 1940; delegate to Democratic National Convention from North
Carolina, 1932,
1940;
U.S. Comptroller General 1940-54.
Episcopalian.
Member, Alpha
Tau Omega; Freemasons;
Elks.
Died in Washington,
D.C., December
28, 1976 (age 87 years, 12
days).
Interment at Oakdale
Cemetery, Washington, N.C.
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Thomas Davis Warren (b. 1872) —
also known as Thomas D. Warren —
of New Bern, Craven
County, N.C.
Born in Edenton, Chowan
County, N.C., January
21, 1872.
Son of William Young Warren and Fannie (Badham) Warren.
Democrat. Lawyer; banker;
member of North
Carolina state senate, 1901-03; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1905; North Carolina
Democratic state chair, 1914; alternate delegate to Democratic
National Convention from North Carolina, 1916;
U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, 1919-20.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Elks; Royal
Arcanum.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Mary Stevenson. |
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Melvin L. Watt (b. 1945) —
also known as Mel Watt —
of Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C.
Born in Steele Creek, Mecklenburg
County, N.C., August
26, 1945.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1985-87; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 12th District, 1993-; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008.
Presbyterian.
African
ancestry.
Still living as of 2009.
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Carroll Wayland Weathers (b. 1901) —
also known as Carroll W. Weathers —
of Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C.
Born in Shelby, Cleveland
County, N.C., October
18, 1901.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of North
Carolina state senate 13th District, 1935.
Baptist.
Member, Kappa
Alpha Order.
Burial
location unknown.
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Walter Herbert Weatherspoon (1884-1972) —
also known as W. H. Weatherspoon —
of Laurinburg, Scotland
County, N.C.
Born in Durham
County, N.C., February
7, 1884.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives from Scotland County,
1911-13.
Baptist.
Member, Knights
of Pythias.
Died in 1972
(age about
88 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Zebulon Weaver (1872-1948) —
of Asheville, Buncombe
County, N.C.
Born in Weaverville, Buncombe
County, N.C., May 12,
1872.
Son of William Elbert Weaver and Hannah E. (Baird) Weaver.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives from Buncombe County,
1907-09; member of North
Carolina state senate 36th District, 1913-15; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina, 1919-29, 1931-47 (10th
District 1919-29, 1931-33, 11th District 1933-43, 12th District
1943-47).
Methodist.
Died in 1948
(age about
76 years).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Asheville, N.C.
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Edwin Yates Webb (1872-1955) —
also known as Edwin Y. Webb —
of Shelby, Cleveland
County, N.C.
Born in Shelby, Cleveland
County, N.C., May 23,
1872.
Son of Rev. G. M. Webb and Priscilla J. Webb.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1901-03; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 9th District, 1903-19; U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of North Carolina,
1919-48.
Baptist.
Co-sponsor, National Prohibition Amendment to U.S. Constitution.
Died in Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C., February
7, 1955 (age 82 years, 260
days).
Interment at Sunset
Cemetery, Shelby, N.C.
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Cameron S. Weeks (b. 1910) —
of Tarboro, Edgecombe
County, N.C.
Born in Tarboro, Edgecombe
County, N.C., November
19, 1910.
Son of George Earle Weeks and Lena Rivers (Pittman) Weeks.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1941-55; member of North Carolina
Democratic State Executive Committee, 1952-54; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1955-66; director, Atlantic & North
Carolina Railroad.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Harold Norman West (b. 1920) —
of Moncks Corner, Berkeley
County, S.C.
Born in Rocky Mount, Nash
County, N.C., August
15, 1920.
Son of W. Edgar West, Sr. and Imel Joyce West.
Lawyer; Berkeley
County Master in Equity, 1954-60; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1961-67.
Baptist.
Member, Omicron
Delta Kappa; Freemasons;
Rotary.
Still living as of 1967.
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Marshall G. West (1923-1990) —
of Oceana, Wyoming
County, W.Va.
Born in Guyan, Wyoming
County, W.Va., July 17,
1923.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Wyoming County, 1959-62.
Baptist.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Moose; Lions; Rotary.
Died, of stomach
cancer, in Presbyterian Hospital,
Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C., January
10, 1990 (age 66 years, 177
days).
Cremated.
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Hiette Sinclair Williams (b. 1872) —
also known as H. S. Williams —
of Concord, Cabarrus
County, N.C.
Born in East Bend, Yadkin
County, N.C., March 3,
1872.
Republican. Lawyer; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1899, 1909, 1913 (Yadkin
County 1899, Cabarrus County 1909, 1913); alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from North Carolina, 1916.
Quaker.
Burial
location unknown.
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Nathaniel Williams, Jr. (1742-1805) —
of Guilford
County, N.C.
Born in Hanover
County, Va., October
1, 1742.
Lawyer; planter; delegate to
North Carolina provincial congress, 1775.
Accidentally drowned
while trying to ford a swollen stream, in Rockingham
County, N.C., January
25, 1805 (age 62 years, 116
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert Williams (1744-1790) —
of North Carolina.
Born in Hanover
County, Va., August 4,
1744.
Lawyer; Adjutant
General of North Carolina.
Died in North Carolina, 1790
(age about
45 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert Ransom Williams (b. 1883) —
also known as R. R. Williams —
of Asheville, Buncombe
County, N.C.
Born in Newton, Catawba
County, N.C., April 21,
1883.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives from Buncombe County,
1911-13.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Junior
Order.
Burial
location unknown.
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Staton Pender Williams (born c.1909) —
also known as Staton P. Williams —
of Albemarle, Stanly
County, N.C.
Born in Robersonville, Martin
County, N.C., about 1909.
Son of John Lawrence Williams and Hattie Leary (Pender) Williams.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;
member of North
Carolina state senate 19th District, 1957-59.
Methodist.
Member, Lions; Woodmen.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1933
to Margaret Louisa Moyer. |
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Julius Robert Williamson (b. 1869) —
also known as J. R. Williamson —
of Whiteville, Columbus
County, N.C.
Born near Cerro Gordo, Columbus
County, N.C., December
25, 1869.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from North Carolina, 1908;
member of North
Carolina state house of representatives from Columbus County,
1913.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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James Wilson (1742-1798) —
of Reading, Berks
County, Pa.; Carlisle, Cumberland
County, Pa.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Carskerdo, Scotland,
September
14, 1742.
Lawyer; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1775; signer,
Declaration of Independence, 1776; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1789-98; died in office 1798.
Episcopalian.
Died in Edenton, Chowan
County, N.C., August
28, 1798 (age 55 years, 348
days).
Original interment at a
private or family graveyard, Chowan County, N.C.; reinterment in
1906 at Christ
Church Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Pa.
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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, Fayetteville, N.C.
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Emmett R. Wooten (b. 1878) —
of Kinston, Lenoir
County, N.C.
Born in Fort Barnwell, Craven
County, N.C., November
2, 1878.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives from Lenoir County,
1909-13.
Member, Kappa
Alpha Order; Odd
Fellows; Junior
Order.
Burial
location unknown.
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Jonathan Worth (1802-1869) —
of Randolph
County, N.C.
Born in Randolph
County, N.C., November
18, 1802.
Democrat. Lawyer; North
Carolina state treasurer, 1862-65; Governor of
North Carolina, 1865-68.
Died September
5, 1869 (age 66 years, 291
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Raleigh, N.C.
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Ernest Foster Young (b. 1870) —
also known as Ernest F. Young —
of Dunn, Harnett
County, N.C.
Born in Dinwiddie
County, Va., March 22,
1870.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives from Harnett County, 1913.
Methodist.
Member, Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows.
Burial
location unknown.
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Cicero Preston Yow (1914-1990) —
also known as Cicero P. Yow —
of Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C.
Born in Randolph
County, N.C., December
24, 1914.
Son of Amos H. Yow and Cassie (Langley) Yow.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World
War II; member of North
Carolina state senate 9th District, 1959.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Kappa
Alpha Order; Omicron
Delta Kappa.
Died July 5,
1990 (age 75 years, 193
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1948
to Mary Elizabeth Hardwicke. |
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