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  Julian Shakespeare Carr (1845-1924) — also known as Julian S. Carr; Jule Carr — of Durham, Durham County, N.C. Born in Durham, Durham County, N.C., October 12, 1845. Son of John Wesley Carr (1814-1889) and Elizabeth Pannill (Bullock) Carr (1815-1906). Democrat. Co-owner and president of the company which made "Bull Durham" tobacco; founder of the Durham Cotton Manufacturing Company and Durham Hosiery Mills; involved in railroads, utilities, and banking; delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1888, 1912 (Honorary Vice-President), 1916. Member, United Confederate Veterans. Died, of pneumonia, in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., April 29, 1924 (age 78 years, 200 days). Entombed in mausoleum at Maplewood Cemetery, Durham, N.C.
  Relatives: Son of John Wesley Carr (1814-1889) and Elizabeth Pannill (Bullock) Carr (1815-1906); nephew of Robert Bullock; married, February 18, 1873, to Nancy Graham 'Nannie' Parrish (1853-1915); first cousin of William Simeon Bullock. See Bullock family of Florida.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  James Buchanan Duke (1856-1925) — also known as James B. Duke; "Buck"; "Tobacco King" — of Somerville, Somerset County, N.J. Born near Durham, Durham County, N.C., December 23, 1856. Son of Washington Duke (1820-1905). Republican. Organizer and president, American Tobacco Company, which monopolized the tobacco industry until it was broken up in 1911; organizer of electric power companies; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1904. Left a large trust fund which supported Duke University. Died, of bronchial pneumonia, in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., October 10, 1925 (age 68 years, 291 days). Entombed at Duke University Chapel, Durham, N.C.
  Presumably named for: James Buchanan
  Relatives: Son of Washington Duke (1820-1905); married 1904 to Lillian Fletcher McCredy (divorced 1906); married, July 23, 1907, to Nanaline Lee 'Nannie' (Holt) Inman (1870-1962); uncle of Mary Lillian Duke (1887-1960; who married Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle, Jr.); father of Doris Duke (1912-1993; who married James Henry Roberts Cromwell). See Biddle-Read-Shippen-MacArthur family of Pennsylvania.
  See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
  David Jarrell — of Asheboro, Randolph County, N.C. Meter reader, and later manager, for Carolina Power and Light; mayor of Asheboro, N.C., 2002-08. Still living as of 2008.
  Relatives: Married 1953 to Pauline Albright.
  Charles Albert Reynolds (1848-1936) — also known as Charles A. Reynolds — of Forsyth County, N.C. Born in Rockingham County, N.C., November 10, 1848. Civil engineer; helped build North Carolina's first hydroelectric plant, on the Yadkin River, 1897; Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina, 1897-1901. Died in Colfax, Guilford County, N.C., July 2, 1936 (age 87 years, 235 days). Interment at Episcopal Church Cemetery, Leaksville, N.C.

 

 


 
   
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