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Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry (1825-1903) —
also known as Jabez L. M. Curry —
of Talladega, Talladega
County, Ala.; Washington,
D.C.
Born near Double Branches, Lincoln
County, Ga., June 5,
1825.
Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1847-48, 1853-57; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 7th District, 1857-61; Delegate
from Alabama to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62; Representative
from Alabama in the Confederate Congress 4th District, 1862-64;
defeated, 1863; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
president, Howard College, Alabama, 1866-68; college
professor; U.S. Minister to Spain, 1885-88.
Baptist.
Died near Asheville, Buncombe
County, N.C., February
12, 1903 (age 77 years, 252
days).
Interment at Hollywood
Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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Virginia Ann Foxx (b. 1943) —
of Grandfather, Avery
County, N.C.
Born in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., June 29,
1943.
Republican. College
professor; president, Mayland Community College, 1987-94;
member of North
Carolina state senate, 1994-2004; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 5th District, 2005-.
Female.
Catholic.
Still living as of 2009.
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Frank Porter Graham (1886-1972) —
also known as Frank P. Graham —
of Chapel Hill, Orange
County, N.C.
Born in Fayetteville, Cumberland
County, N.C., October
14, 1886.
Son of Alexander Graham and Katherine Bryan (Sloan) Graham.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; university
professor; president of the University of North Carolina,
1930-49; U.S.
Senator from North Carolina, 1949-50; appointed 1949; defeated,
1950.
Presbyterian.
Member, Americans
for Democratic Action; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in Chapel Hill, Orange
County, N.C., February
16, 1972 (age 85 years, 125
days).
Interment at Old
Chapel Hill Cemetery, Chapel Hill, N.C.
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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 Terry Sanford (1917-1998) —
also known as Terry Sanford —
of Fayetteville, Cumberland
County, N.C.; Durham, Durham
County, N.C.
Born in Laurinburg, Scotland
County, N.C., August
20, 1917.
Democrat. FBI
agent; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
member of North
Carolina state senate, 1953-55; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from North Carolina, 1956,
1964;
Governor
of North Carolina, 1961-65; president of Duke University,
1969-85; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1972,
1976;
U.S.
Senator from North Carolina, 1986-93; defeated, 1992.
Methodist.
Died, of cancer, in
Durham, Durham
County, N.C., April 18,
1998 (age 80 years, 241
days).
Entombed at Duke
University Chapel, Durham, N.C.
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