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Joseph Carter Abbott (1825-1881) —
also known as Joseph C. Abbott —
of New Hampshire; Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C.
Born in Concord, Merrimack
County, N.H., July 15,
1825.
Son of Aaron Abbott and Nancy (Badger) Abbott.
Republican. Newspaper editor; Adjutant
General of New Hampshire, 1855-61; general in the Union Army
during the Civil War; delegate to
North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1868; U.S.
Senator from North Carolina, 1868-71; member of Republican
National Committee from North Carolina, 1872-; U.S. Collector of Customs,
1874-77.
Died in Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C., October
8, 1881 (age 56 years, 85
days).
Original interment at National
Cemetery, Wilmington, N.C.; reinterment in 1887 at Valley
Cemetery, Manchester, N.H.
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Charles Laban Abernethy (1872-1955) —
also known as Charles L. Abernethy —
of New Bern, Craven
County, N.C.
Born in Burke
County, N.C., March 18,
1872.
Son of John Turner Abernethy and Martha Anna (Scott) Abernethy.
Democrat. Lawyer;
newspaper publisher; Presidential Elector for North Carolina,
1900,
1904;
U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 3rd District, 1922-35;
defeated, 1934.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Redmen; Elks; Woodmen;
Knights
of Pythias; Junior
Order; Kiwanis.
Died in New Bern, Craven
County, N.C., February
23, 1955 (age 82 years, 342
days).
Interment at Cedar
Grove Cemetery, New Bern, N.C.
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Orison Rudolph Aggrey (b. 1926) —
also known as O. Rudolph Aggrey —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Salisbury, Rowan
County, N.C., July 24,
1926.
Son of J. E. Kwegyir Aggrey (1878-1927) and Rose Rudolph (Douglass)
Aggrey.
Newspaper reporter; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul
in Lagos, 1951-53; U.S. Ambassador to Senegal, 1973-77; Gambia, 1973-77; Romania, 1977-81.
African
ancestry. Member, Alpha
Phi Alpha; Sigma
Delta Chi.
Still living as of 2009.
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George Venable Allen (1903-1970) —
also known as George V. Allen —
of Durham, Durham
County, N.C.; Maryland; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Durham, Durham
County, N.C., November
3, 1903.
Son of Thomas Ellis Allen (1868-1959) and Harriet (Moore) Allen
(1871-1911).
School
teacher and principal; newspaper reporter; Foreign Service
officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Kingston, 1930; Shanghai, 1932; U.S. Consul in Cairo, 1936; U.S. Ambassador to Iran, 1946-48; Yugoslavia, 1949-53; India, 1953-54; Nepal, 1953-54; Greece, 1956-57; director, U.S. Information Agency, 1957-60;
president, Tobacco
Institute, 1960-66.
Methodist.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Sigma Phi; United
World Federalists.
Died suddenly, from a coronary
occlusion, in Bahama, Durham
County, N.C., July 11,
1970 (age 66 years, 250
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Hannah Diggs Atkins (b. 1923) —
of Oklahoma.
Born in Winston-Salem, Forsyth
County, N.C., November
2, 1923.
Daughter of James Thackeray Diggs and Mabel Kennedy Diggs.
Reporter; school
teacher; librarian;
member of Oklahoma
state house of representatives, 1969-80; secretary of
state of Oklahoma, 1987-91.
Female.
African
ancestry.
Still living as of 1999.
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Relatives:
Married to Charles N. Atkins. |
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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.
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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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.
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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Stanford R. Brookshire —
also known as Stan Brookshire —
of Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C.
Born in Troutmans, Iredell
County, N.C.
Newspaper reporter; dealer in industrial belts; mayor
of Charlotte, N.C., 1961-69.
Still living as of 1969.
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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.
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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John Adams Cameron (1788-1838) —
also known as John A. Cameron —
of Fayetteville, Cumberland
County, N.C.
Born in Mecklenburg
County, Va., 1788.
Newspaper editor; member of North
Carolina house of commons from Fayetteville, 1810-12, 1820; major
in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; U.S. Consul in Veracruz, 1831-32; U.S.
District Judge for Florida, 1832-38.
Member, Freemasons.
Perished
in the wreck
of the steamer Pulaski in the North
Atlantic Ocean off the coast of North Carolina, June 14,
1838 (age about 49
years); his remains were probably
not recovered.
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Charles Holden Cowles (1875-1957) —
of Wilkesboro, Wilkes
County, N.C.
Born in Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C., July 16,
1875.
Son of Calvin
Josiah Cowles and Ida Augusta (Holden) Cowles.
Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; private secretary
to U.S. Rep. E.
Spencer Blackburn, 1901-03; delegate to Republican National
Convention from North Carolina, 1904,
1908,
1912,
1916;
member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1905-08, 1921-30; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 8th District, 1909-11.
Died in Mocksville, Davie
County, N.C., October
2, 1957 (age 82 years, 78
days).
Interment at Episcopal
Church Cemetery, Wilkesboro, N.C.
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Josephus Daniels (1862-1948) —
of Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C.
Born in Washington, Beaufort
County, N.C., May 18,
1862.
Son of Josephus Daniels and Mary (Cleves) Daniels.
Democrat. Newspaper editor; North Carolina state printer,
1887-93; member of Democratic
National Committee from North Carolina, 1896-1916; U.S.
Secretary of the Navy, 1913-21; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from North Carolina, 1932,
1940,
1944;
U.S. Ambassador to Mexico, 1933-41.
Methodist.
Died in Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C., January
15, 1948 (age 85 years, 242
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Raleigh, N.C.; statue at Nash
Square, Raleigh, N.C.
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Robert Dick Douglas (b. 1875) —
also known as Robert D. Douglas —
of Greensboro, Guilford
County, N.C.
Born in Greensboro, Guilford
County, N.C., April 7,
1875.
Son of Robert
Martin Douglas and Jessie M. (Dick) Douglas.
Republican. Lawyer; North
Carolina state attorney general, 1900-01; delegate to Republican
National Convention from North Carolina, 1904;
newspaper editor; postmaster.
Catholic.
Burial
location unknown.
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John Robert French (1819-1890) —
also known as John R. French —
of Concord, Merrimack
County, N.H.; Biddeford, York
County, Maine; Lake
County, Ohio; Edenton, Chowan
County, N.C.; Washington,
D.C.; Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb.; Boise, Ada
County, Idaho.
Born in Gilmanton, Belknap
County, N.H., May 28,
1819.
Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; member of Ohio state
house of representatives, 1858-59; delegate to
North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1867; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 1st District, 1867-69;
Sergeant-at-Arms, U.S. Senate, 1869-79.
Died in Boise, Ada
County, Idaho, October
2, 1890 (age 71 years, 127
days).
Interment at Pioneer
Cemetery, Boise, Idaho.
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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, Fayetteville, N.C.
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William Cicero Hammer (1865-1930) —
also known as William C. Hammer —
of Asheboro, Randolph
County, N.C.
Born near Asheboro, Randolph
County, N.C., March 24,
1865.
Democrat. Lawyer;
newspaper editor; mayor
of Asheboro, N.C., 1895-99; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from North Carolina, 1896,
1912
(member, Credentials
Committee); U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina, 1914-20; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 7th District, 1921-30; died in
office 1930.
Died in Asheboro, Randolph
County, N.C., September
26, 1930 (age 65 years, 186
days).
Interment at City
Cemetery, Asheboro, N.C.
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Charles Joseph Harris (b. 1853) —
also known as Charles J. Harris —
of Dillsboro, Jackson
County, N.C.
Born in Putnam, Windham
County, Conn., September
11, 1853.
Son of William Harris and Zilpah (Torrey) Harris.
Republican. President, Harris Kaolin Co. (mining),
Harris Granite Quarries,
and Harris-Woodbury Lumber Co.;
president, Jackson County Bank
(Sylva, N.C.); vice-president, American National Bank
(Asheville, N.C.); president, Asheville Daily Times newspaper;
candidate for Governor of
North Carolina, 1904; delegate to Republican National Convention
from North Carolina, 1908,
1916,
1924,
1928.
Burial
location unknown.
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Clyde Roark Hoey (1877-1954) —
also known as Clyde R. Hoey —
of Shelby, Cleveland
County, N.C.
Born in Shelby, Cleveland
County, N.C., December
11, 1877.
Son of Samuel Alberta Hoey and Mary Charlotte (Roark) Hoey.
Democrat. Newspaper editor; lawyer;
member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1899-1902; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1903-06; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 9th District, 1919-21; Governor of
North Carolina, 1937-41; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from North Carolina, 1940,
1944,
1948,
1952;
member of Democratic
National Committee from North Carolina, 1941-44; U.S.
Senator from North Carolina, 1945-54; died in office 1954; member, Commission on
Intergovernmental Relations, 1953-54; died in office 1954.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Woodmen;
Junior
Order; Knights
of Pythias; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Sigma
Chi.
Died from a stroke, at
his desk in his congressional office,
in Washington,
D.C., May 12,
1954 (age 76 years, 152
days).
Interment at Sunset
Cemetery, Shelby, N.C.
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William Woods Holden (1818-1892) —
also known as William W. Holden —
of Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C.
Born in Orange
County, N.C., November
24, 1818.
Newspaper editor; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from North Carolina, 1860;
delegate
to North Carolina secession convention, 1861; Governor of
North Carolina, 1865, 1868-70.
Methodist.
Impeached
and removed from
office as Governor in 1870, over corruption scandal.
Died in Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C., March 1,
1892 (age 73 years, 98
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Raleigh, N.C.
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Edwin Bedford Jeffress (b. 1887) —
of Greensboro, Guilford
County, N.C.
Born in Canton, Haywood
County, N.C., May 29,
1887.
Democrat. Newspaper publisher; mayor
of Greensboro, N.C., 1925-29.
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Kiwanis.
Burial
location unknown.
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F. Brevard McDowell —
of Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C.
Lawyer;
newspaper editor; real estate
developer; mayor
of Charlotte, N.C., 1887-91.
Burial
location unknown.
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Manley Leonidas Misenheimer (1883-1962) —
also known as M. L. Misenheimer —
of Madison, Rockingham
County, N.C.; Commerce, Hunt
County, Tex.; Pittsburg, Pittsburg
County, Okla.
Born in Concord, Cabarrus
County, N.C., May 24,
1883.
Son of William Andrew Misenheimer and Emma Caroline (Mitchell)
Misenheimer.
Newspaper editor; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Oklahoma, 1922 (Socialist, 3rd District),
1924 (Farmer-Labor, 4th District).
Died in 1962
(age about
79 years).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, McAlester, Okla.
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Relatives:
Married 1907
to Florence Payne (1890-1968). |
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John Franklin Newell (1869-1945) —
also known as Jake F. Newell —
of Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C.
Born in Cabarrus
County, N.C., February
15, 1869.
Son of William Greene Newell (1848-1924) and Elizabeth Caroline
(Hudson) Newell (1851-1929).
Republican. Newspaper reporter; lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 9th District, 1904, 1914,
1920; candidate for North
Carolina state attorney general, 1908; delegate to Republican
National Convention from North Carolina, 1924
(alternate), 1940;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from North Carolina, 1932.
Methodist.
Member, Junior
Order.
Worked against repeal of Prohibition.
Died, from heart
disease, in Waynesville, Haywood
County, N.C., August 9,
1945 (age 76 years, 175
days).
Interment at Bogers
Chapel Cemetery, Concord, N.C.
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Walter Hines Page (1855-1918) —
also known as Walter H. Page —
of Garden City, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Cary, Wake
County, N.C., August
15, 1855.
Son of Allison Francis Page (1824-1899) and Catherine (Raboteau)
'Kate' Page.
Editor, The Atlantic Monthly magazine, 1896-99; U.S.
Ambassador to Great Britain, 1913-18.
Died in Pinehurst, Moore
County, N.C., December
21, 1918 (age 63 years, 128
days).
Interment at Old
Bethesda Cemetery, Aberdeen, N.C.
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Relatives: Son
of Allison Francis Page (1824-1899) and Catherine (Raboteau) 'Kate'
Page; married 1880 to Alice
Wilson; brother of Robert
Newton Page. |
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Hugh Peterson, Jr. (1898-1961) —
of Ailey, Montgomery
County, Ga.
Born near Ailey, Montgomery
County, Ga., August
21, 1898.
Son of William James Peterson and Catherine Joannah (Calhoun)
Peterson.
Democrat. Lawyer;
newspaper editor; member of Georgia
state house of representatives from Montgomery County, 1923-31;
member of Georgia
state senate, 1931-32; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 1st District, 1935-47.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Sylva, Jackson
County, N.C., October
3, 1961 (age 63 years, 43
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Montgomery County, Ga.
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Leonidas Lafayette Polk (1837-1892) —
of North Carolina.
Born in Anson
County, N.C., April 24,
1837.
Son of Andrew Polk and Sereba Autry Polk.
Member of North
Carolina house of commons, 1860; colonel in the Confederate Army
during the Civil War; delegate to
North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1866;
newspaper editor; North
Carolina commissioner of agriculture, 1877-80; national president
of the Farmers' Alliance.
Baptist.
Member, Grange.
Founder of Polkton, N.C. Elected to the North Carolina Agricultural
Hall
of Fame in 1957.
Died from a bladder
hemorrhage, in Washington,
D.C., June 11,
1892 (age 55 years, 48
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Raleigh, N.C.
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Samuel Tredwell Sawyer (1800-1865) —
of Edenton, Chowan
County, N.C.; Norfolk,
Va.
Born in Edenton, Chowan
County, N.C., 1800.
Lawyer;
member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1829-32; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1834; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 1st District, 1837-39;
newspaper editor; U.S. Collector of Customs,
1853-58; major in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Died in Bloomfield, Essex
County, N.J., November
29, 1865 (age about 65
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Mitchell Lee Shipman (b. 1866) —
also known as Mitchell L. Shipman —
of Transylvania
County, N.C.; Henderson
County, N.C.
Born in Bowman's Bluff, Henderson
County, N.C., December
31, 1866.
Son of F. M. Shipman and Martha A. (Dawson) Shipman.
Democrat. School
teacher; newspaper editor; Transylvania
County School Superintendent, 1892-95; chair of
Henderson County Democratic Party, 1898-1906; North
Carolina commissioner of labor, 1909-25.
Baptist.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Junior
Order; Royal
Arcanum; Anti-Saloon
League.
Burial
location unknown.
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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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Albion Winegar Tourgee (1838-1905) —
also known as Albion W. Tourgee —
of Greensboro, Guilford
County, N.C.; Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C.; Denver,
Colo.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Mayville, Chautauqua
County, N.Y.
Born in Williamsfield, Ashtabula
County, Ohio, May 2,
1838.
Son of Louisa Emma (Winegar) Tourgee and Valentine Tourgee
(1814-1889).
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
newspaper editor; delegate to
North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1868, 1875;
superior court judge in North Carolina, 1868-75; candidate for U.S.
Representative from North Carolina, 1878; author;
U.S. Consul in Bordeaux, 1897-1905, died in office 1905.
French
Huguenot and Swiss
ancestry.
Died, of acute
uremia, due to an infected
wound, in Bordeaux, France,
May
21, 1905 (age 67 years, 19
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Mayville
Cemetery, Mayville, N.Y.
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Robert Johnstone Vance (1854-1902) —
also known as Robert J. Vance —
of New Britain, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March 15,
1854.
Newspaper editor and publisher; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1886; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 1st District, 1887-89; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, 1888,
1892;
Connecticut labor commissioner, 1893-95; mayor
of New Britain, Conn., 1896-97; delegate to Gold Democrat
National Convention from Connecticut, 1896; delegate
to Connecticut state constitutional convention, 1902.
Died in Montreat, Buncombe
County, N.C., June 15,
1902 (age 48 years, 92
days).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, New Britain, Conn.
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Robert L. Vann (1879-1940) —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.; Oakmont, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Ahoskie, Hertford
County, N.C., August
27, 1879.
Son of Lucy Peoples.
Lawyer;
newspaper editor and publisher; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1924;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1936.
African
ancestry.
The Robert L. Vann Elementary School in Pittsburgh is named for
him.
Died, at Shadyside Hospital,
Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., October
24, 1940 (age 61 years, 58
days).
Entombed at Homewood
Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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Relatives:
Married 1910
to Jessie Matthews. |
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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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Capus Miller Waynick (1889-1986) —
also known as Capus M. Waynick —
of High Point, Guilford
County, N.C.
Born in Rockingham
County, N.C., December
23, 1889.
Son of Joshua James N. Waynick and Anna (Moore) Waynick.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; newspaper
editor; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1931; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1933-35; North Carolina state highway
commissioner, 1935-37; North Carolina
Democratic state chair, 1948; U.S. Ambassador to Nicaragua, 1949-51; Colombia, 1951-53; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from North Carolina, 1956;
Adjutant
General of North Carolina, 1957-61.
Presbyterian.
Died in a nursing
facility in Greensboro, Guilford
County, N.C., September
7, 1986 (age 96 years, 258
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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