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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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Charles Brantley Aycock (1859-1912) —
also known as Charles B. Aycock —
of Goldsboro, Wayne
County, N.C.
Born in Nahunta Township, Wayne
County, N.C., November
1, 1859.
Democrat. Lawyer;
superintendent of schools; Presidential Elector for North
Carolina, 1888,
1892;
U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, 1893-98; Governor of
North Carolina, 1901-05.
Fell dead, while giving a
speech in a theater
at Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., April 4,
1912 (age 52 years, 155
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Raleigh, N.C.; statue at Union
Square, Raleigh, N.C.
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Hugh William Barnes (b. 1948) —
also known as Hugh Barnes —
of Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C.; Cary, Wake
County, N.C.
Born in North Wilkesboro, Wilkes
County, N.C., April 24,
1948.
Son of Thomas Glenn Barnes and Selma (Oxford) Barnes.
Republican. School teacher; delegate to Republican National
Convention from North Carolina, 1972.
Baptist.
Member, Jaycees.
Still living as of 1973.
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Relatives:
Married 1967
to Barbara Lee Lane. |
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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.
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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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;
delegate to Republican National Convention from North Carolina, 1904
(alternate), 1916;
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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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.
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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Eugene Clyde Brooks (b. 1871) —
of Durham, Durham
County, N.C.
Born in Greene
County, N.C., December
3, 1871.
Democrat. School teacher and principal; superintendent of
schools; college
professor; North
Carolina superintendent of public instruction, 1921.
Methodist.
Member, Rotary; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Ida Myrtle Sapp. |
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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.
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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Isabella Walton Cannon (1904-2002) —
also known as Isabella W. Cannon; Isabella McLean Bett
Walton; "Little Old Lady in Tennis
Shoes" —
of Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C.
Born in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland,
May
12, 1904.
School teacher; mayor of
Raleigh, N.C., 1977-79; defeated, 1979.
Female.
United
Church of Christ. Member, League of Women
Voters.
Died, in Raleigh Community Hospital,
Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C., February
13, 2002 (age 97 years, 277
days).
Interment at St.
Mark's Cemetery, Claremont, N.C.
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James Allan Dunn (b. 1894) —
also known as J. Allan Dunn —
of Salisbury, Rowan
County, N.C.
Born September
2, 1894.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; school
teacher; lawyer;
county judge in North Carolina, 1932-34; member of North
Carolina state senate 21st District, 1935.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; American
Legion.
Burial
location unknown.
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Clyde Atkinson Erwin (b. 1897) —
also known as Clyde A. Erwin —
of Rutherford
County, N.C.; Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C.
Born in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., February
8, 1897.
Son of Sylvanus Erwin and Mamie (Putnam) Erwin.
School teacher and principal; Rutherford
County Superintendent of Schools, 1925-34; North
Carolina superintendent of public instruction, 1935.
Member, Sigma
Chi; Phi
Kappa Phi; Kappa
Phi Kappa; Freemasons;
Kiwanis.
Burial
location unknown.
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Joe L. Farmer (born c.1938) —
of Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Wilson, Wilson
County, N.C., about 1938.
Democrat. School teacher and principal; superintendent of
schools; candidate for mayor of
Yonkers, N.Y., 2003.
African
ancestry.
Still living as of 2004.
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Edwin Lee Gavin (1888-1972) —
also known as Edwin L. Gavin —
of Roseboro, Sampson
County, N.C.; Sanford, Lee
County, N.C.
Born in Giddinsville, Sampson
County, N.C., August
17, 1888.
Son of Edward Lewis Gavin and Minnie Irene (Darden) Gavin.
Republican. School teacher; lawyer;
mayor of Roseboro, N.C., 1912-14; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1919-21; U.S.
Attorney for the Middle District of North Carolina, 1928-32;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from North Carolina, 1950.
Missionary
Baptist. Member, Woodmen;
Junior
Order; Moose; Knights
of Pythias.
Died, of peritonitis,
in Lee County Hospital,
Sanford, Lee
County, N.C., May 5,
1972 (age 83 years, 262
days).
Interment at Buffalo
Cemetery, Sanford, N.C.
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Mary Owen Graham —
also known as Mary O. Graham —
of Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C.
Born in Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C.
Daughter of Archibald Graham and Eliza Owen (Barry) Graham.
Democrat. School teacher; member of Democratic
National Committee from North Carolina, 1920.
Female.
Presbyterian.
Member, Daughters of the
American Revolution; United
Daughters of the Confederacy; League of Women
Voters.
Burial
location unknown.
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David Franklin Houston (1866-1940) —
also known as David F. Houston —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Monroe, Union
County, N.C., February
17, 1866.
Son of William H. Houston and Cornelia Anne (Stevens) Houston.
Superintendent of schools; university
professor; president,
Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, 1902-05; president,
University of Texas, 1905-08; chancellor,
Washington University, St. Louis, 1908-16; U.S.
Secretary of Agriculture, 1913-20; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1920-21; vice president, American Telephone
and Telegraph
Co. and president, Bell Telephone
Securities Co.; president, Mutual Life
Insurance Company of New York, 1930-1940; director, United States
Steel
Corporation.
Member, American
Economic Association.
Died, from heart
disease, at the Harkness Pavilion of the Columbia Presbyterian Medical
Center, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
2, 1940 (age 74 years, 198
days).
Interment at Memorial
Cemetery, near Cold Spring Harbor, Long Island, N.Y.
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James Yadkin Joyner (b. 1862) —
also known as James Y. Joyner —
of Greensboro, Guilford
County, N.C.
Born in Davidson
County, N.C., August 7,
1862.
School teacher; lawyer; college
professor; North
Carolina superintendent of public instruction, 1902-19.
Baptist.
Burial
location unknown.
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Elijah M. Koonce (b. 1857) —
of Jacksonville, Onslow
County, N.C.
Born in Onslow
County, N.C., October
9, 1857.
Democrat. School teacher; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives from Onslow County,
1905-13; delegate to Democratic National Convention from North
Carolina, 1908.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias.
Burial
location unknown.
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George Herbert Murphy (1860-1924) —
also known as George H. Murphy —
Born in Scuppernong, Washington
County, N.C., September
28, 1860.
Son of Rev. Joseph W. Murphy and Sarah Mary Mathews (Vaughan) Murphy.
School teacher; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in Chemnitz, 1886-89; Bremen, 1899-1900; Magdeburg, 1900; U.S. Deputy Consul General in Berlin, 1889-90; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul General in Berlin, 1890; Frankfort, 1900-04; U.S. Consular Agent in Hanover, 1890-93; SAINT Catherines, 1905-06; U.S. Vice Commercial Agent (Vice
Consul) in Luxembourg, 1893-96; U.S. Vice Consul in Colón, 1898; U.S. Consul General in , 1906-14; Cape Town, 1914-20; Zurich, 1920-24.
Died October
16, 1924 (age 64 years, 18
days).
Interment at St.
Matthew's Episcopal Churchyard, Hillsborough, N.C.
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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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Osmund Fairworth Pool (1874-1955) —
also known as Osmund F. Pool —
of Taylorsville, Alexander
County, N.C.
Born in Alexander
County, N.C., February
24, 1874.
Son of James
Benjamin Pool and Elizabeth (Teague) Pool (1842-1906).
Republican. Dry goods
merchant; school teacher and principal; hotel
owner; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1925; delegate to
Republican National Convention from North Carolina, 1928;
postmaster.
Died, from nephrosclerosis,
in Taylorsville, Alexander
County, N.C., February
25, 1955 (age 81 years, 1
days).
Interment at Taylorsville
Cemetery, Taylorsville, N.C.
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Gallatin Roberts (b. 1878) —
of Asheville, Buncombe
County, N.C.
Born in Flat Creek, Buncombe
County, N.C., October
26, 1878.
Democrat. School teacher; lawyer;
member of North
Carolina state house of representatives from Buncombe County,
1913.
Presbyterian.
Member, Odd
Fellows.
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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Robert Dale Simmons —
also known as Dale Simmons —
of Lenoir, Caldwell
County, N.C.
Democrat. School teacher; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from North Carolina, 1988,
1992,
1996.
Still living as of 2000.
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Cecelia Taylor (born c.1941) —
of Greensboro, Guilford
County, N.C.
Born about 1941.
Republican. School teacher; delegate to Republican National
Convention from North Carolina, 2004,
2008
(alternate).
Female.
Still living as of 2008.
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