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Alexander, Annie Lowrie
by Dudley, Harold J. Annie Lowrie Alexander, physician, teacher, and philanthropist, was born near the town of Cornelius in Mecklenburg County of Scot-Irish ancestry. Her father was Dr. John Brevard Alexander [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)
Alexander, Hezekiah
by Preyer, Norris W. Hezekiah Alexander, Revolutionary statesman, was born in Cecil County, Md., of Scotch-Irish ancestry. His grandfather, Joseph Alexander, a tanner, is thought to be one of seven brothers who migrated [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)
Alexander, John Brevard
by Murphy, Eva B. John Brevard Alexander, physician, historian, and churchman, was born in Lemley's Township, Mecklenburg County. Of Scot-Irish ancestry, he was the son of Robert Davidson Alexander, grandson of [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)
Alexander, Joseph
by Stokes, Durward T. Joseph Alexander, clergyman and educator, born in Cecil County, Md., was the son of Theophilus and Catherine Alexander and grandson of James and Margaret McKnitt Alexander. His mother's maiden name [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)
Alexander, Julia McGehee
by Dudley, Harold J. Julia McGehee Alexander was an attorney, author, legislator, and historian. She was born of Scot-Irish ancestry at Enderly, her father's plantation, three miles north of Charlotte in Mecklenburg [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)
Alexander, Nathaniel
by Wager, Paul W. Alexander, Nathaniel by Paul W. Wager, 1979; Revised by SLNC Government and Heritage Library, April 2023 See also: Alexander, Nathaniel (from Research Branch, NC OA&H) 5 Mar. 1756–6 Mar. [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)
Alexander, Sydenham Benoni
by Noblin, Stuart. Alexander, Sydenham Benoni by Stuart Noblin, 1979; Revised by SLNC Government and Heritage Library, July 2023 8 Dec. 1840–14 June 1921 Sydenham Benoni Alexander, agriculturist and [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)
Alexander, William Julius
by Kirkman, Roger N. William Julius Alexander, speaker of the North Carolina House of Commons, solicitor, and superintendent of the Charlotte branch of the U.S. Mint, was born in Salisbury, the son of William Alexander. [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)
Barringer, Rufus Clay
by Krieger, Marvin. Rufus Clay Barringer, Confederate Army officer and legislator, was a descendant of French Huguenots who left France during the early seventeenth century for England and Germany. Barringer's [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)
Bearden, Romare
by Wegner, Ansley Herring. Bearden, Romare by Ansley Wegner, Research Branch, NC Office of Archives and History, 2013   September 2, 1911 - March 12, 1988 Romare Bearden was born in Charlotte in 1911. [...] (from Research Branch, NC Office of Archives and History.)
Belk, William Henry
by Wyche, Paul B., Jr. William Henry Belk, merchant, was born in Lancaster County, S.C., of English and Scottish ancestry. His father was Abel Nelson Washington Belk, a farmer, who was drowned by Sherman's raiders in 1865 [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)
Bell, Jesse Spencer
by Moye, William T. Jesse Spencer Bell, federal judge and state legislator, was a native of Charlotte, the son of James Ardrey and Jessie Mabel Spencer Bell. Having attended Charlotte public schools, he entered Duke [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)
Bernheim, Gotthardt Dellman
by Delp, Robert W. Gotthardt Dellman Bernheim, Lutheran pastor, educator, and author, was born in Iserlohn, Westphalia, East Prussia. His father was John Herman Bernheim, a Jewish convert to Christianity who, following [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)
Bingham, Lemuel
by Keever, Homer M. Lemuel Bingham, newspaper editor, was a native of Pittsfield, Mass. A printer by trade, he was brought to Salisbury in 1820 by Charles F. Fisher to found the Western Carolinian, first successful [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)
Brown, Peter Marshall
by Campbell, Steven Edward. Peter Marshall Brown, banker, mayor of Charlotte, and trustee of Davidson College, was born in Charlotte, the son of Colonel John L. Brown and Nannie Kerr Brown. Brown grew up amidst wealth, in a [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)
Bryant, Henry Edward Cowan ("Red Buck")
by Farnham, Thomas J. Henry Edward Cowan ("Red Buck") Bryant, journalist and political commentator, was born in lower Providence Township, Mecklenburg County, of English and Scot-Irish ancestry. His father was Henry [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)
Burton, Hutchins Gordon
by Mcfarland, Daniel M. Burton, Hutchins Gordon by Daniel M. Mcfarland, 1979; Revised by SLNC Government and Heritage Library, March 2023. 1774 or 1782–21 Apr. 1836 See also: Hutchins Gordon Burton, Research [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)
Bynum, William Preston
by Bell, John L., Jr. William Preston Bynum, jurist, prosecutor, and lawyer, was born on the plantation of his father, Hampton Bynum, on Town Fork one mile south of Germanton, in Stokes County. Bynum's grandfather was [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)
Caldwell, Greene Washington
by Hollowell, Victoria C. Greene Washington Caldwell, physician, lawyer, and congressman, was born in Gaston County near Tuckasegee Ford on the Catawba River. He received his early education under John Dobson and took a [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)
Caldwell, Joseph Pearson
by Kever, Homer M. Joseph Pearson Caldwell, newspaper editor, was born in Statesville just two weeks before the death of his father, the elder Joseph Pearson Caldwell, former state legislator from Iredell County and [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)
Cannon, James William
by Glass, Brent D. James William Cannon, textile manufacturer, was born near Sugaw Creek Church in Mecklenburg County. His father was Joseph Allison Cannon and his mother, Eliza Long. As a boy he worked on his father's [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)
Carter, Landon
by Herndon, G. Melvin. Landon Carter, political leader, was the only child of John and Elizabeth Taylor Carter. Born in Cumberland County, Va., Landon accompanied his parents to the raw frontier of the Holston River, a [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)
Chambers, Lenoir
by Sugg, Harold. Lenoir Chambers, newspaper editor and biographer of Stonewall Jackson, was born in Charlotte, son of industrialist Joseph Lenoir and Grace Singleton Dewey Chambers. He was graduated from Woodberry [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)
Cheshire, Joseph Blount, Jr.
by London, Lawrence F. Joseph Blount Cheshire, Jr., priest and bishop, the son of the Reverend Joseph Blount Cheshire, rector of Calvary Church, Tarboro, and Mary Toole Parker, daughter of Theophilus Parker and Mary Toole, [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)
Clark, David
by Eagles, Charles W., Clark, David. David Clark, founder and publisher of The Textile Bulletin, was born in Raleigh to Susan Washington Graham and Walter Clark, chief justice of the state supreme court. After attending the Raleigh Male [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)
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