Alamance County

by Bell, John L., Jr. James Oscar Atkinson, editor and religious leader, was one of six sons born to George Washington and Mary Elizabeth Jones Atkinson in Wake County. He received the M.A. degree from Wake Forest College [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Steelman, Bennett L. Robert Worth Bingham, newspaper publisher and U.S. ambassador to Great Britain, was born in Mebane, the fourth child of Robert Bingham, headmaster of Bingham School, and his first wife, Delphine [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Moore, James Elliott. Brady, John Everett by James Elliott Moore, 1979 22 July 1860–20 Jan. 1941 John Everett Brady, educator and writer, was born in Alamance County, the son of Rufus Archibald Brady and his [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Fuqua, Larry W. John Bethune Carlyle, Jr., physician, was born in Wake Forest, the son of Professor John B. and Dora Virginia Dunn Carlyle. Young Carlyle was graduated from Wake Forest High School and received his [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Gass, W. Conard. Eli Washington Caruthers, Presbyterian minister, educator, and historian, was born in Rowan County, near Salisbury. His parents were James and Elizabeth Lawrence Caruthers. The second of seven [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Ingram, Charles M. Charles Fletcher Cates, businessman and agricultural leader, was born near the town of Swepsonville in Alamance County. His ancestors came to America from England and settled in Orange County in the [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Green, C. Sylvester. Cook, Staley Albright by C. Sylvester Green, 1979 6 Dec. 1895–8 May 1966 Staley Albright Cook, newspaper editor and civic leader of Burlington, was born in southern rural Alamance County, [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Cecelski, David S. Listening to her, I felt almost dazed at how much has changed in one woman's lifetime. I couldn't get used to the fact that she was born the year that Thomas Edison patented his motion-picture [...] (from Listening to History, News and Observer.)

by Stokes, Durward T. John DeBow, Presbyterian minister and chaplain in the American Revolution, was born in either Monmouth or Hunterdon County, N.J. He was a descendant of migrants from Amsterdam, Holland, who changed [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Newlin, Algie I. Zacharias Dicks, pioneer, itinerant Quaker minister, and abolitionist, was born in Chester County, Pa., the son of Nathan Dicks, Sr., who had moved to Pennsylvania in 1686, and the grandson of Peter [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Newlin, Algie I. Eula Louisa Dixon, leader in agriculture, local industry, school management, and community development, was born at Snow Camp where she lived most of her life. She was the daughter of Thomas Clay and [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Green, C. Sylvester. Hugh Woody Dixon, manufacturer and civic leader, was born at Snow Camp, the son of Joseph and Mary Woody Dixon. His father was of the line of Thomas Dixon, an English Quaker, who came to America [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Kenner, Mary Bodman. Joseph Moore Dixon, legislator, congressman, U.S. senator, and governor of Montana, was born at Snow Camp, Alamance County, the son of Hugh Woody and Flora A. Murchison Dixon. His father owned an [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Gust, Frances Osborne. Dixon, Simon by Frances Osborne Gust, 1986; Revised December 2021 1728–1781 Simon Dixon, quaker pioneer and miller, was born in Lancaster County, Pa. He was the grandson of William Dixon who [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Gillespie, James D. William Edwards Fitch, physician and author, was born in Burlington, the son of William James Fitch, a farmer, and Mary Elizabeth King Fitch. He was a descendant of Thomas Fitch, who came to America [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Bowles, Elisabeth A. Julius Isaac Foust, teacher, school superintendent, and college president, was born in Graham, the son of Thomas Carby and Mary Robbins Foust. As a boy he worked on his father's farm and attended [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Fox, Charlesanna L. Michael Leonard Fox, physician, teacher, Lutheran minister, legislator, and farmer, was born in Liberty Township, Randolph County, the eldest son of Christian and Charity Moser Fox. After reading [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Gass, W. Conard. Robert Davidson Graham, lawyer, was one of the ten children and the fifth son of Susannah Sarah Washington and William Alexander Graham, governor of North Carolina, U.S. secretary of the navy, [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Crow, Mildred Martin. Ralph Henry Graves, educator, was born in Granville County, the second son of Henry Lewis and Mary Brown Dickens Graves. His mother was the granddaughter of Colonel Robert Dickens, a soldier in the [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Pierce, Polly A. John William Harden, newspaperman, publicist, and author, was born in Graham, the son of Peter Ray and Nettie Cayce Abbott Harden. Upon graduation from high school he became circulation and [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Stokes, Durward T. William Hodge (Hodges), clergyman, was born in the Hawfields section of Orange (later Alamance) County. Evidence is almost conclusive that he was the son of John and Agness Hodge, whose family also [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Gibson, John. Donnell Shaw Holt, president and chairman of the board of Cannon Mills, was born in a mill house 100 feet from the gate of Trevora Mills in Graham, the son of Glenna and Seymour Holt, who eventually [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Holt, Rachel Y. Edwin Michael Holt, industrial pioneer and planter, was one of six children born to Rachel Rainey and Michael Holt III in Orange (now Alamance) County. His father's ancestors had emigrated from [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Stokes, Durward T. James Henry Holt, textile manufacturer, was born at Locust Grove, the home of his parents near the village of Alamance, in Alamance County. He was the son of Edwin Michael and Emily Farish Holt. [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Stokes, Durward T. Lawrence Shackleford Holt, textile manufacturer and capitalist, was born in Alamance County at Locust Grove, the home of his parents near the village of Alamance. He was the youngest of ten children [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)