Mecklenburg County

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.)

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.)

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.)

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.)

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.)

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.)

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.)

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.)

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.)

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.)

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.)

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.)

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.)

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.)

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.)

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.)

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.)

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.)

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.)

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.)

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.)

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.)

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.)

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.)

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.)

by Magruder, Nathaniel F. [Robert] Heriot Clarkson, civic leader and associate justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court, was born in Kingville, Richland County, S.C. His father, William Clarkson, was an officer in the [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Smith, Claiborne T., Jr. Norman Atwater Cocke, attorney and industrialist, was born in Prince George County, Va., the son of John James Cocke and grandson of Nathaniel Colley and Virginia Peterson Cocke of Aberdeen in [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Asbury, Hayden. Johnston, James (ca. 1742-July 23, 1805) By Hayden Asbury, North Carolina State University, 2013   Patriot, American Revolution military leader, and public official, James [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)

by Green, C. Sylvester. Norman Cordon, operatic singer and music educator, son of Norman Cheshire and Betty Houghton Cordon, was born in Washington, N.C., but moved with his family to Charlotte early in his life. There he [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Raper, Horace W. Charles Holden Cowles, editor, deputy clerk of U.S. District Court, state legislator, and congressman, was born in Charlotte, the son of Calvin J. and Ida Augusta Holden Cowles. His father was at [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Raper, Horace W. Henry Clay Cowles, U.S. clerk of court at Salisbury, Charlotte, and Statesville, U.S. commissioner, and leading industrialist and banker, was born in Hamptonville, the son of Josiah and Nancy Carson [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Copeland, J. Isaac. Franklin Coxe, industrialist, banker, and railroad executive, was born in Rutherfordton, the son of Francis Sidney and Jane McBee Alexander Coxe. An ancestor, Daniel Coxe, had settled in New Jersey [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Morgan, David T. Alexander Craighead, maverick Presbyterian minister in Pennsylvania, Virginia, and North Carolina, was born the son of the Reverend Thomas and Margaret Craighead, near Donegal, Ireland. Arriving at [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Morgan, Thomas S. Cramer, Stuart Warren by Thomas S. Morgan, 1979 31 Mar. 1868–2 July 1940 Stuart Warren Cramer, leader in the development and improvement of textile mills, inventor, and leader in the [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Eagles, Brenda M. William Henry Davenport, clergyman and journalist, the son of Mack and Phillis Simmons Davenport, was born in New Bern where he attended the common school and State Normal School from 1884 to 1888. [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Davidson, Chalmers G. Adam Brevard Davidson was a planter-enslaver and developer, and was a son of John ("Jacky") Davidson, Jr., and his wife Sarah Harper Brevard. He was born at Rural Hill, the plantation home [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Green, C. Sylvester. Alexander Caldwell Davidson, congressman and cotton planter, was born in Mecklenburg County near Charlotte. The names of his parents do not appear to be recorded. The family moved about 1830 to [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Davidson, Chalmers G. John Davidson, patriot, ironmaster, and planter-enslaver, was the son of Robert and Isabel Ramsay Davidson who are believed to have come from Scotland on the "Diligance of Glasgow" in January [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Davidson, Chalmers G. Robert Davidson, planter-enslaver, was the oldest son of Major John Davidson and his wife Violet Wilson. He was born on his father's Rural Retreat plantation on the Catawba River in Mecklenburg [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Powell, William S. William Davidson, congressman, was born in Charleston, S.C., but as a youth moved to Mecklenburg County, N.C., with his parents where they engaged in extensive farming. He represented Mecklenburg [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Davidson, Chalmers G. Davidson, William Lee by Chalmers G. Davidson, 1986; Revised December 2021 ca. 1746–1 Feb. 1781 William Lee Davidson, Revolutionary War officer, was born in [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Holeman, Sarah E. Junius Davis, lawyer, was the son of George Davis, a lawyer, orator, and attorney general of the Confederate States, and Mary Adelaide Polk Davis, the daughter of General Thomas G. Polk of [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Melvin, Katharine S. Clement Dowd, congressman, author, and lawyer, was born in Moore County, the son of Willis Dickerson Dowd, a longtime clerk and a state senator in 1860, and Ann Mariah Gaines. He was the grandson of [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Miller, Patricia J. James Edward Dowd, newspaper editor and executive, was born in Charlotte, the son of William Carey and Eloise Butt Dowd. His father owned The Charlotte News. His ancestral line includes Connor Dowd, [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Green, C. Sylvester. Dowd, William Carey, Jr. by C. Sylvester Green, 1986 11 Oct. 1893–13 Aug. 1949 See also: James Edward Dowd, brother. William Carey Dowd, Jr., newspaper publisher and job printing executive, [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Cauble, Frank P. Joseph Bivens Efird, department store executive, was born in Anson County, near Wadesboro. A descendant of early German settlers, he was a son of John Emory and Anna Maria Turner Efird. After [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Ervin, Sam J., Jr. Joseph Wilson Ervin, congressman, was born in Morganton of Scotch-Irish, English, Welsh, and French Huguenot ancestry. His father, Samuel James Ervin, practiced law in Morganton and the surrounding [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Conway, Robert O. Clyde Atkinson Erwin, educator, was born in Atlanta, Ga., the son of Sylvanus and Mamie Putnam Erwin. He attended school in Charlotte and Waco, N.C., and was a student at The University of North [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Smith, Claiborne T., Jr. John Atkinson Ferrell, health director, was born in Clinton, the son of James Alexander and Cornelia Murphy Ferrell. After attending the local schools he entered The University of North Carolina [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Samouce, Elton Foote Hall. Percy Wright Foote, naval officer, was born at Roaring River, Wilkes County, the son of Confederate Major James Henry Foote (writer, educator, and a founder of Wake Forest College) and Susan Hunt [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Green, C. Sylvester. William Henry Frazer, clergyman and educator, was born in Lafayette, Ala., the son of John Alexander and Nancy Emiline Abernathy Frazer. He was a direct descendant of John Frazer, a native Scot, who [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Frech, Laura Page. Elmer Henry Garinger, educator, school administrator, and state legislator, was born in Mount Vernon, Mo., the oldest of four children of John A. and Julia Catherine Moore Garinger. His father was a [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Stone, Richard G., Jr. John Gibbon, career soldier, was born near Holmesburg (now within Philadelphia), Pa., the son of Dr. John Heysham and Catherine Lardner Gibbon. The family soon moved to Charlotte, N.C., where John [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Allan, Anna Brooke. Peter Spence Gilchrist, chemical engineer and specialist in sulfuric acid and fertilizer plants, was born in Manchester, England. His father, John Gilchrist, a Scotsman, was a chemical engineer and [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by McCachern, Deborah. Harry Lewis Golden, author, journalist, and social critic, was born Harry Goldhirsch to a Jewish family in eastern Galicia, then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. In 1905 his parents, Leib and [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Wehlitz, Lou Rogers. Alexander Graham, father of the North Carolina graded school system, was born near Fayetteville of Scottish ancestry, the son of Archibald and Anne McLean Graham. He was a descendant of Colonel [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Dennis, Helen Oldham. Edward Kidder Graham, educator and university president, was born in Charlotte, the son of Archibald and Elizabeth Owen Barry Graham. He was the nephew of Alexander Graham whose son, Frank Porter [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Williams, Max R. Joseph Graham, Revolutionary soldier, politician, and iron entrepreneur, was born in Chester County, Pa. James Graham, his father, was Scot-Irish and had settled in Berks County, Pa., in 1733. His [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Carroll, Grady L. E., Sr. Mary Owen Graham, educator and civic leader, was born in Wilmington, the daughter of Archibald and Eliza Owen Barry Graham, and the granddaughter of John Owen (1787–1841), governor of North Carolina [...] (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 Kemp, Amy. Billy Graham is a noted Evangelical pastor, speaker, and evangelist. He has been dubbed ‘America’s Pastor,’ and has remained an influential voice in international Christianity and politics. He has [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)

by Williams, Max R. Graham, William Alexander by Max R. Williams, 1986; Revised by SLNC Government and Heritage Library, July 2023 5 Sept. 1804–11 Aug. 1875 See also: William Alexander Graham, Research [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Keating, Mary R. Grier, Samuel Andrew by Mary Richmond Keating, 1986 8 Oct. 1841–18 Mar. 1932 Samuel Andrew Grier, surgeon, physician, and Confederate soldier, was born in the Steele Creek community of [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Putzel, Rosamond. Connie Myers Guion, physician and teacher, was born at River Bend Plantation near Lincolnton. Her parents, Benjamin Simmons and Catherine Coatesworth Caldwell Guion, moved the family to Charlotte [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Pfaff, David. John Robinson Hampton, politician and planter, was the son of George W. and Cornelia Henderson Hampton. Hampton, whose father was sheriff of Mecklenburg County in 1810, was born in Charlotte and [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Frech, Laura Page. Henry Patrick Harding, teacher and public school administrator, was known most of his life as Harry P. Harding. He was born in Aurora, one of eight children (two of whom died in infancy) of [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Carroll, Grady L. E., Sr. Harrell, Costen Jordan by Grady L. E. Carroll, 1988 12 Feb. 1885–30 Nov. 1971 Costen Jordan Harrell, Methodist bishop, was born in Holly Grove, Gates County, [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Topkins, Robert M. Wade Hampton Harris, newspaper editor, was a native of Sandy Ridge, Cabarrus County, the oldest of seven children born to Richard Sadler (4 Jan. 1835–6 July 1911) and Mary Annette Hampton Harris [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Walser, Richard. Henderson, Philo P. by Richard Walser, 1988; Revised by SLNC Government & Heritage Library, June 2023 February 1823–21 July 1852 Philo P. Henderson, poet, was born in Central Mecklenburg [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Moore, James Elliott. Henry, Matthew George by James Elliott Moore, 1988; Revised December 2021 25 Oct. 1910–19 Mar. 1974 Matthew George Henry, bishop of the Protestant Episcopal church, was born in Chapel Hill, [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Steelman, Bennett L. Andrew Dousa Hepburn, professor and president of Davidson College, was born in Williamsport, Pa., the son of Samuel, an attorney and Democratic state judge, and Rebecca Williamson Hepburn. Andrew [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Meekins, A. Christopher. Daniel Harvey Hill served North Carolina and the Confederacy as a general and, after the Civil War, took a leading role in shaping the memory of the conflict. He was born July 12, 1821, in York [...] (from NC Office of Archives and History.)

by Littleton, I. T. Daniel Harvey Hill, Jr., college president, teacher, writer, and historian, was born at Davidson College, the son of Isabella Morrison and Daniel Harvey Hill. His father was an outstanding lieutenant [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Gatton, T. Harry. Clyde Roark Hoey, printer, newspaper publisher, state legislator, attorney general, governor, congressman, and U.S. senator, was born in Shelby, the fifth child of Mary Charlotte and Samuel Alberta [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Raper, Horace W. Joseph William Holden, poet, newspaperman, and state political leader, was born in Raleigh, the son of William Woods and Ann Augusta Young Holden. He attended the Lovejoy School in Raleigh and later [...] (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 Bell, John L., Jr. James Walker Hood, clergyman, educator, and bishop, the son of Levi and Harriet Walker Hood, was born on the farm of Ephraim Jackson in Chester County, Pa., nine miles from Wilmington, Del. His [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Powell, William S. Jerome Channing Horner, educator, was born in Oxford, the son of James Hunter and Sophronia Moore Horner. He attended his father's school, Horner School, and Davidson College from which he received [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Powell, William S. Jared Irwin, Revolutionary War officer and governor of Georgia, was born in that part of Anson County that later became Mecklenburg County, the son of Thomas and Rebecca Lawson Irwin. About 1757 his [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Stafford, Garland R. Joseph Benjamin Ivey, merchant and churchman, the fifth child of George Washington and Selina Neal Ivey, was born in Shelby of English and German ancestry. He was the brother of George Franks Ivey. [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Preyer, Norris W. James Jack, Revolutionary War officer, best known for his ride from Charlotte to the Second Continental Congress in Philadelphia to deliver a copy of the Mecklenburg Resolves, was the oldest son and [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Folmsbee, Stanley J. Andrew Jackson by Stanley J. Folmsbee 15 Mar. 1767–8 June 1845 See also: Jackson, Andrew;  Andrew Jackson Birthplace Andrew Jackson, seventh president of the United States and the [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Davidson, Chalmers G. Mary Anna Morrison Jackson, wife of "Stonewall" Jackson and author, was the daughter of the Reverend Robert Hall Morrison and his wife Mary Graham, a daughter of General Joseph Graham of "Vesuvius [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Johnson, Charles. Johnson, Clifton Earl By Charles D. Johnson, North Carolina Central University, 2020 Clifton Earl “Cliff” Johnson was a pioneer African American jurist. He was born in 1941 in Williamston, [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)

by Allan, Anna Brooke. Johnson, Herschel Vespasian by Anna Brooke Allan, 1988 3 May 1894–16 Apr. 1966 Herschel Vespasian Johnson, foreign service officer, was born in Atlanta, Ga., the son of Arabelle Kenan Horne [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Smith, Claiborne T., Jr. Elizabeth Johnston Evans Johnston, philanthropist, was born at Blandwood in Greensboro, the daughter of Peter G. Evans and his wife Eliza, who was the daughter of Governor John M. Morehead. Known [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Smith, Claiborne T., Jr. Johnston, Gordon by Claiborne T. Smith, Jr., 1988 25 May 1874–8 Mar. [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Pittman, William R. Hamilton Chamberlain Jones, Jr., lawyer, Confederate officer, and state senator, was born at Como, his family's home near Salisbury, the son of Hamilton Chamberlain and Ann Eliza Henderson Jones. His [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Stafford, Garland R. James Addison Jones, construction contractor, civic leader, and philanthropist, was born near Lexington in Davidson County, the son of Robert J. and Elizabeth Horney Jones. His parents were [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Malone, E. T., Jr. Edmund Noah Joyner, Episcopal priest, missionary, soldier, poet, and newspaper editor, was born in the Marlboro community near Farmville in Pitt County, the son of Dr. Noah and Emily Adelaide [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by King, William E. King, Carl Howie by William E. King, 1988 25 Jan. 1898–27 June [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by King, William E. King, Mary Elizabeth Eskridge by William E. King, 1988 17 Sept. 1901–28 June 1973 Mary Elizabeth Eskridge King, Christian educator, was born in Arbovale, Pocahontas County, W.Va., the oldest [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Burton, Amanda B. Augustus Koopman, painter and etcher, was born in Charlotte, the son of Bernard and Johanna Koopman. After attending Central High School in Philadelphia, he began art studies at the Pennsylvania [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by . Charles Bishop Kuralt, award-winning newspaper, radio, and television journalist and best-selling author, was born 10 September 1934 in Wilmington, N.C., the first child of Wallace Hamilton Kuralt, [...] (from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Libraries.)

by Dudley, Harold J. Lacy, William Sterling by Harold J. Dudley, 1991 25 Mar. 1842–14 Oct. 1899 William Sterling Lacy, Presbyterian minister, educator, and writer, was [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Powell, William S. Larkins, John Davis, Jr. by William S. Powell, 1991 8 June 1909–16 Feb. 1990 John Davis Larkins, Jr., judge, legislator, and political leader, [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Davidson, Chalmers G. Edward Dilworth Latta, industrialist, was born in the South Carolina summer resort village of Pendleton, the oldest of three sons of James T. and Angela Wetherell Lott Latta. He attended Pennington [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Green, C. Sylvester. Lee, Arthur Carl by C. Sylvester Green, 1991; Revised December 2021 3 Sept. 1886–17 July 1974 Arthur Carl Lee, engineer and construction company executive, was [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Powell, William S. Charles Cochrane Lee, teacher and Confederate officer, was born in Charleston, S.C., the son of Stephen and Carolina (Lee) Lee. His father attended the U.S. Military Academy and was an instructor in [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Brawley, James S. Lemly, Samuel by James S. Brawley, 1991; Revised by SLNC Government and Heritage Library, December 2022 1 Mar. 1791–14 Jan. 1848 Samuel Lemly, builder and architect, was prominent in Rowan [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Lambert, Barbara Elizabeth. Anna Forbes Liddell, suffragist, organizing president of the first Equal Suffrage League in North Carolina, and university professor, was born at the family home on East Avenue (afterwards the site [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Spence, Thomas H., Jr. Lingle, Walter Lee by Thomas H. Spence, Jr., 1991 3 Oct. 1868–19 Sept. 1956 Walter Lee [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Davidson, Chalmers G. Edward Herman Little, industrialist and philanthropist, was born on a farm in Mecklenburg County, the fifth of twelve children of George W. and Ella Howie Little. His family was of respectable [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Powell, William S. Lyerly, Jacob Martin Luther by William S. Powell, 1991 18 Nov. 1862–17 Mar. 1923 Jacob Martin Luther Lyerly, clergyman, teacher, and newspaper editor, was born [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Davidson, Chalmers G. William Maclean, physician, was born in Rowan County, the son of Alexander, an emigrant from Northern Ireland, and Elizabeth Ratchford McLean. Alexander lived first in Pennsylvania, working to pay [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Powell, William S. Alexander MacWhorter, Presbyterian clergyman and Revolutionary chaplain, was born in New Castle County, Del., the son of Hugh and Jane MacWhorter, both of Scottish descent but born in Northern [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Boughman, H. Lee, Jr. Frank Hoyt Mahan, YMCA official who gave the name basketball to that game, was born in Griggsville, Ill., the son of George and Sarah Hoyt Mahan who very soon after his birth moved to Memphis, Tenn. [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Ham, Marie Sharpe, Blake, Debra A., Morris, C. Edward. Martin, Dorothy Ann McAulay by Marie Sharpe Ham, Debra A. Blake, and C. Edward Morris. Excerpted from North Carolina's First Ladies, 1891-2001, copyright 2001. Reprinted with permission from [...] (from North Carolina's First Ladies: 1891-2001, North Carolina Historical Publications.)

by Johnston, Lucy Martin Currie. William Joseph Martin, Jr., college president and churchman, was born in Columbia, Tenn., the son of Colonel William Joseph Martin of Richmond, Va., and his wife, Letitia Coddington Costin of [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Walser, Richard. McCorkle, Sarah Tallulah (Lutie) Andrews By Richard Walser, 1991 1858–20 Apr. 1939 Sarah Tallulah (Lutie) Andrews McCorkle, writer, was born in Charlotte, the fourth child and second daughter [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Brown, Nevin C. McCorkle, William Parsons by Nevin C. Brown, 1991 2 Apr. 1855–7 Mar. 1933 William Parsons McCorkle, clergyman and religious writer, was [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Sumner, Jim L. Angus Morris (Monk) McDonald, college athlete and physician, was born and raised in Charlotte, the son of Angus Morris, Sr., and Ann Howard McDonald. His father was founder of the Southern Real [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Powell, William S. Alexander Jeffrey McKelway, clergyman, social reformer, and journalist, was born in Salisburyville, Pa., the son of John Ryan and Catherine Scott Comfort McKelway. His father, a Presbyterian minister [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Brandon, Betty J. Benjamin Mosby McKelway, newspaperman, was born in Fayetteville of Scottish ancestry. His father was Alexander Jeffrey McKelway, Presbyterian minister, journalist, and child labor reformer; his [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Brabham, Robin. McKnight, Colbert Augustus (Pete) by Robin Brabham, 1991 19 Aug. 1916–16 Aug. 1986 Colbert Augustus (Pete) McKnight, newspaper editor, was born in Shelby, one of three sons of John Samuel, a [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Powell, William S. James Woods McLane, teacher, clergyman, and church official, was born in Charlotte, probably the son of George McLane, the only one of the name recorded under the various spellings of the surname in [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Walser, Richard. John Charles McNeill, poet, journalist, and lawyer, was born at Ellerslie, his father's farm near Wagram in Richmond (later Scotland) County. His two grandfathers had emigrated from Argyllshire, [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Powell, William S. Frank Ramsay McNinch, attorney and government official, was born in Charlotte, the son of Franklin A. and Sarah Virginia Ramsay McNinch. At age seventeen, after a period of study at Barriers Military [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Wodehouse, Lawrence. Frank Pierce Milburn, architect and designer of numerous structures in most states south of the Mason-Dixon Line, was born in Bowling Green, Ky. His father, Thomas Thurmond Milburn, was a building [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Hickman, Michael Wesley. Julian Sidney Miller, newspaper editor, was born in the New Hope Church community of Fairfield County, S.C., the son of the Reverend Robert Grier Miller, D.D., and his wife, Roberta Emmons. His [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Long, Dorothy. Oscar Lee Miller, orthopedic surgeon and teacher, was born on a small farm in Franklin County near the community of Carnesville in northeastern Georgia, the oldest of ten children of John Clarence [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Flannagan, Clara H. R. Miller, Robert Morrison, Jr. by Clara Hamlett Robertson Flannagan, 1991; Revised by Jared Dease, Government and Heritage Library, December 2022 20 Apr. 1856–11 Oct. 1925 Robert Morrison [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Hickman, Michael Wesley. Active in politics, Miller won a seat in the Indiana State House of Representatives, where he served in 1835–39 and again in 1846. He was a member of the Indiana Senate in 1841–44 and 1847–50 and a [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Gault, Charles B. Moore, James Osborne by Charles B. Gault, 1991 31 Oct. 1909–1 Sept. 1988 James Osborne Moore, attorney and public official, was born in Wellston, Ohio, the son of James Osborne and Cordelia [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Shelby, Bradford M. John Moore, Loyalist officer, was born in Tryon (now Lincoln) County. His father was Moses Moore, a native of Carlisle, England, who, after migrating to Virginia in 1745 and marrying a Miss Winston [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Spence, Thomas H., Jr. Moore, Walter William by Thomas H. Spence, Jr., 1991; Revised by SLNC Government and Heritage Library, July 2023 14 June 1857–14 June [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by French, Edward. John Lindsay Morehead, textile executive and principal officer of the John Motley Morehead Foundation at The University of North Carolina, was born in Marietta, Ga., the son of John Motley and Mary [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Robinson, Catherine L. John Motley Morehead, II, textile manufacturer, congressman, and state political leader, was born in Charlotte of Scottish ancestry. The grandson of Governor John Motley Morehead, he was one of four [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Williams, Max R. Robert Hall Morrison, first president of Davidson College and for sixty-five years an active Presbyterian minister, was born in the Rocky River section of Cabarrus County, the son of [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Ham, Marie Sharpe, Blake, Debra A., Morris, C. Edward. Morrison, Sara Virginia Ecker Watts by Marie Sharpe Ham, Debra A. Blake, and C. Edward Morris. Excerpted from North Carolina's First Ladies, 1891-2001, copyright 2001. Reprinted with [...] (from North Carolina's First Ladies: 1891-2001, North Carolina Historical Publications.)

by Carroll, Grady L. E., Sr. Mouzon, Edwin DuBose by Grady L. E. Carroll, 1991 19 May 1869–10 Feb. [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Simpson, Marcus B., Jr. John Peter Munroe, physician and medical educator, was born in Cumberland County, the youngest of seven children of Peter and Isabella Jane Cameron Munroe. His father, of Scottish ancestry, was a [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Martin, Sophie S. William Rayford Myers, business and community leader, was born in Anson County, the son of Absalom and Sarah Pickett Myers. His mother was descended from the Raiford family, of Cumberland and Anson [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Freeman, Bertha. George Newton, educator and Presbyterian minister, was the youngest of seven children of Ebenezer Newton and his wife of Shrewbury District, York, Pa. The family moved to North Carolina before the [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Roth, Gary G. Nussmann, Adolph by Gary G. Roth, 1991 July 1739–3 Nov. [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Hill, Michael. William R. Odell, textile manufacturer and state senator, was born in Randolph County on March 3, 1855, the son of John M. and Rebecca Kirkman Odell. While he was a small child, Odell’s family moved [...] (from Research Branch, NC Office of Archives and History.)

by Osborn, Dorothy H. Edwin Augustus Osborne, Confederate captain, Episcopal priest, and founder of Thompson Orphanage, was born in Moulton, Lawrence County, Ala. He was one of eleven children of Ephraim Brevard and [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Adams, D. W. Francis (Frank) Irwin Osborne, lawyer and politician, was born in the U.S. Mint building, Charlotte, where his father, James W. Osborne, was superintendent. His mother was Mary Ann Irwin Osborne, the [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Adams, D. W. James Walker Osborne, lawyer, politician, and businessman, was born in Salisbury, the youngest of four children of Edwin Jay and Harriet Walker Osborne. His father, an eloquent and gifted lawyer, was [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Fish, Peter G. John Johnston Parker, lawyer, politician, and jurist, was born in Monroe, the eldest of four children and the brother of World War I hero Samuel Iredell Parker, first recipient of the army's three [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Murphy, Eva B. Zebulon Vance Pate, businessmen, merchant, banker, landowner, and farmer of Scotland County, which was a part of Richmond County at the time of his birth, was born on the Thoroughgood Pate plantation [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Bowman, Charles H., Jr. John Tyrant Patrick, journalist and resort developer, was born in Wadesboro, the youngest of six children of William H. and Margaret A. Campbell Patrick. The Civil War interrupted his formal [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Worthy, Pauline. Anne Blackwell Payne, poet, was the daughter of Charles M. and Margaret Justice Sparrow Payne. Anne, called "Annie" until she grew up, was born in Concord, where her father was a Presbyterian [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Brabham, Robin. Boyd Ellsworth Payton, labor organizer and executive, was born in Dobbin, W.Va., the son of James William, a timber contractor, and Mary Sidonna King Payton. As a youth growing up in Garrett County, [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Carroll, Grady L. E., Sr. Peele, William Walter by Grady L. E. Carroll, 1994 26 Nov. 1881–1 July 1959   William Walter Peele, Methodist [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Stoudemire, Sterling A. Edwin Anderson Penick, bishop of the Protestant Episcopal church of the Diocese of North Carolina, was born in Frankfort, Ky., the son of Edwin Anderson and Mary Atchinson Shipman Penick. His father [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Percival, Perry. Alice Threatt Perry, pioneer registered nurse in North Carolina, Spanish-American War veteran, commander of the North Carolina Department of United Spanish War Veterans, and trustee of Wingate [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Hill, Michael. Alice Morgan Person, businesswoman and medicine show performer, was born in Petersburg, Va., the daughter of Samuel and Esther Morgan. In December 1857 she married Joseph Arrington Person and moved [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Phifer, E. W., Jr., Phifer, Nancy W. Martin Phifer (or Fifer Phifer, Fiffer) planter, colonial militia officer (major), colonial assemblyman, member of the North Carolina House of Commons, and justice of Mecklenburg County Court, was a [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Queen, Louise L. Alva Washington Plyler, Methodist minister and editor, was born in Iredell County, the son of Robert Conrad and Mary L. Kimball Plyler and the identical twin of Marion Timothy Plyler. He married [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Copeland, J. Isaac. Polk, James Knox by J. Isaac Copeland, 1994; Revised by SLNC Government and Heritage Library, July 2023 2 Nov. 1795–15 June 1849 James Knox Polk, eleventh president of the United States [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Case, Steven. James Knox Polk followed a career path which was blazed by Andrew Jackson. Both men hailed from southwestern North Carolina. Both migrated to Tennessee, where they practiced law and entered politics, [...] (from NCpedia.)

by Rankin, Hugh F. Thomas Polk, revolutionary officer, planter, and politician, was the great-grandson of Robert Bruce Polk, an immigrant from Northern Ireland who settled in Maryland sometime before 1687. Thomas was [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Kirkman, Roger N. Thomas Gilchrist Polk, political figure and general of militia, was born in Mecklenburg County, the eldest child of Colonel William and Griselda Gilchrist Polk. Among his prominent relatives were his [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Mcfarland, Daniel M. William Polk, lieutenant colonel of the Revolution, banker, and political leader, was born in Mecklenburg County. He was a descendant of Scots-Irish emigrants who went to the Eastern Shore of [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Dowdy, Diana Dru. Pool, Solomon by Diana Dru Dowdy, 1994 21 Apr. 1832–8 Apr. 1901 Solomon Pool, educator, University of North Carolina president, and clergyman, was born at Elmwood on the Pasquotank, the Pool [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Woodard, John R., Jr. Thomas Henderson Pritchard, Baptist pastor and college president, was born in Charlotte, the son of Joseph Price and Eliza Hunter Henderson Pritchard. His father was a Baptist minister and a native [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Selph, G. S. George Washington Ragan, textile manufacturer, was born in Gaston County, the son of Daniel Franklin and Harriet Frances Glenn Ragan. Self-educated, he is said to have joined in May 1864 the Junior [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Russell, Mattie U. Watson Smith Rankin, physician and foundation executive, was born on a farm near Mooresville. He was the son of John Alexander and Minnie Isabella McCorkle Rankin, who had at least five sons and [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Powell, William S. John Robert Ray, labor organizer, printer, and newspaperman, a native of North Carolina, was probably born in Raleigh. Since his mother, Mrs. Rachel T. Ray, was identified in Raleigh city directories [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Knapp, Richard F. He landed at Long Island in 1778 or 1779 as a Hessian soldier hired by George III of England to squelch the rebellion of his American colonies. Precise data on Reed's service are lacking, but it is [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Peck, Stephen R. Addison Hardcastle Reese, banker and civic leader, was born in Baltimore County, Md., the son of Gordon Lippincott and Edith Octavia Ford Reese. His great-grandfather, John T. Ford, was owner of [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Stokes, Durward T. Thomas Reese, Presbyterian minister, educator, author, and self-taught medical practitioner, was born in Pennsylvania and during his early youth moved to Mecklenburg County, N.C., with his parents. [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Smith, Claiborne T., Jr. Frank Murchison Register, physician and public health officer, was born in Cumberland County, one of ten children of Robert and Mary McDuffie Register. Reared in Moore County, he was educated at the [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Bursey, Maurice M. Charles Norwood Reilley, chemist and educator, was one of the world's guiding lights of the renaissance in analytic chemistry after World War II and only the second analytic chemist in modern times [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Murphy, Eva B. Laura Holmes Reilley, was best known for her work in women's clubs on the local, state, and national levels. So varied and extensive were her activities that she was the first North Carolina woman to [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Johnson, Lucile Miller. John Robinson, clergyman and teacher, was born in Mecklenburg County near Charlotte, the son of David and Mary Hayes Robinson, of English and French descent. His grandfather, Andrew Robinson, settled [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Mcgeachy, Neill R. Elijah Frink Rockwell, Presbyterian minister, writer, historian, teacher, and college president, was born in Lebanon, Conn., the son of Joseph and Sarah Huntington Rockwell. He received his early [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Bell, John L., Jr. William Blount Rodman, Jr., lawyer, was born in an old hotel in Tarboro whence his mother had fled from the family plantation near Washington, N.C., during the Civil War. His father was William [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Berryhill, Reece. Robert Alexander Ross, nationally known obstetrician and gynecologist, professor of obstetrics at Duke University, and first chairman of the Department of Obstetrics at The University of North [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Mcgeachy, Neill R. Jethro Rumple, Presbyterian minister, historian, and "father" of the Presbyterian Home for Children, was born in Cabarrus County, the son of Mary Winecoff Rumple and David Thomas Houston. He was [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Spearman, Walter. Charles Phillips Russell, teacher, author, and newspaperman, was born in Rockingham, the son of Moses H. and Lucy Plummer Phillips Russell. He was graduated in 1904 from The University of North [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Powell, William S. Alexander Reed Sarratt, Jr., journalist, was born in Charlotte, the son of Alexander R. and Joncie Elizabeth Hutchison Sarratt. He was graduated from The University of North Carolina in 1937 with a [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Wilson, Paul F. Schloss, Simeon Archibald by Paul F. Wilson, 1994   See also: Opera Houses. 10 Oct. 1865–22 Dec. 1913 Simeon Archibald Schloss, predominant figure in theatrical management in [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Powell, William S. George Randolph Scott, motion picture actor, was born in Orange, Va., the only one of his seven brothers and sisters not born in Charlotte, N.C., the family's home. He was the son of North [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Calder, Gayle E. George Augustus Selwyn, landowner, was born on his family's county estate near Maston in the Cotswold Hills overlooking the Severn Valley in England. His father, Colonel John Selwyn, a man of [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Stoops, Martha S. Catherine (Kate) Cameron Shipp, teacher and administrator, was born in Hendersonville, the daughter of William Marcus and Catherine Cameron Shipp. After attending the preparatory school in Lincolnton [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Powell, William S. William (Willie) Ewen Shipp, army officer, was born in Asheville, the son of Judge William Marcus and Catherine (Kate) Cameron Shipp. The family moved to Lincolnton in 1862. His mother died when [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Powell, William S. William Ewen Shipp, Jr., army officer and diplomatic military attaché, was born in Winston, the son of William E. and Margaret Busbee Shipp. A 1916 graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Macfie, John. William Marcus Shipp, lawyer, judge, and attorney general, was born in Lincoln County. His father, Bartlett Shipp, an able lawyer "traveling on horseback hundreds of miles" as he followed the circuit [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Wert, Jeffry D. Randolph Abbott Shotwell, Confederate soldier, newspaperman, state legislator, and author, was born in West Liberty, Va., the eldest of three sons of the Reverend Nathan, a Presbyterian minister, and [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Powell, William S. James Stevens Simmons, physician, army officer, and university professor, was born in Newton, the son of James Curtley and Angie Mary Stevens Simmons. The family moved to Graham when he was four, and [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Walser, Richard. Marian Sims, writer, was born in Dalton, Ga., the daughter of Julian and Grace Gardner McCamy. She was educated in the Dalton public schools and was graduated in 1920 from Agnes Scott College with a [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Sink, M. Jewell. H[arvey] Hoyle Sink, jurist, was born in the Tyro community, Davidson County, a son of Thomas Franklin and Martha Anne Lanning Sink. The Sink (Zink or Zinck) family emigrated from Germany to [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Inscoe, John C. Mary T. Martin Sloop, physician, educator, and reformer, was born in Davidson, where her father, William Joseph Martin, was a professor of geology and chemistry at Davidson College. Her mother was [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Preyer, Norris W. Smith, Henry Louis by Norris W. Preyer, 1994   See also: X-Rays for K-8 Students 30 July 1859–27 Feb. [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Powell, William S. Spaugh, Herbert by William S. Powell, 1994 30 Sept. 1896–22 Nov. [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Martin, Sophie S. George Stephens, civic and business leader, was born in Guilford County, the only child of Addison H., a Confederate veteran, and Lydia Lambeth Stephens. After attending Oak Ridge Institute, he was [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Massengale, William F. W. Stephens, George Myers by William F. W. Massengale, 1994 19 July 1904–20 Dec. 1978 George Myers Stephens, [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Perry, Percival. George Marshall Stewart, farmer, merchant, mill owner, banker, real estate developer, and a founder of Wingate College and of the town of Wingate, was born in New Salem Township, Union County, the [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Bursey, Maurice M. Charles H. Stone, chemist and pioneer southern dyestuff manufacturer, was born in Stokes County, the son of Thomas J. and Charlotte Venable Stone. He attended the Boonville Academy in Yadkin County [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Riley, Jack. Louis Valvelle Sutton, engineer and electric utility executive, was born in Richmond, Va., the son of Lee Edwards and Ella Wagner Sutton. His father, a tobacco manufacturer, invited him into the [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Hollingsworth, Biff, West, Tim. Elias Hanna Syriani was a convicted murderer executed by lethal injection by the state of North Carolina. His photograph was used in a controversial 2000 Benetton "We, On Death Row" advertising [...] (from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Libraries.)

by Craighill, James B. Charles Walter Tillett, Jr., attorney and civic leader, was born in Mangum, Richmond County, the son of Carrie Patterson and Charles W. Tillett. He attended the Charlotte public schools and Webb [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Cecelski, David S. Mel A. Tomlinson was one of America's most brilliant dancers in the 1970s and '80s. Raised in Raleigh's Chavis Heights public housing project, he became a star in Agnes de Mille's Heritage Theater, [...] (from Listening to History, News and Observer.)

by Eagles, Brenda M. Daniel Augustus Tompkins, engineer, industrialist, and newspaper publisher, was born in Edgefield County, S.C., to DeWitt Clinton and Hannah Virginia Smyly Tompkins. After attending the local schools [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Putzel, Rosamond. John Scott Trotter, musician, was born in Charlotte, the son of John Scott and Lelia Bias Trotter. He attended local schools, studied piano under Ida Moore Alexander, and in 1925 he entered The [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Powell, William S. Mary Oates Spratt Van Landingham, cultural leader, speaker, and author, was born in Charlotte, the daughter of Charles E. and Margaret Lowery Oates Spratt. On 18 Dec. 1873 she married John Van [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Taylor, R. Hargus. Vann, Preston Stewart by R. Hargus Taylor, 1996 1870–27 Apr. 1954 Preston Stewart Vann, educational administrator, was born in Sampson County, the youngest of twelve children of Kedar and [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Folmsbee, Stanley J. Felix Walker, soldier, politician, and pioneer, was born in Hampshire County, Va. His grandfather, John Walker, emigrated from Derry, Ireland, in 1720 and settled in Delaware. His father, John [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Knapp, Richard F. Platt Dickinson Walker, lawyer and associate justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court, was born in Wilmington, the only son of Thomas O. D. and Mary Vance Dickinson Walker. His father, a graduate [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Dedmond, Francis B. Zeno Wall, Sr., minister, World War I chaplain, and college president, was born in Mooresboro in eastern Rutherford County near the Cleveland County border. One of eleven children of Sidney F., a [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Carroll, Grady L. E., Sr. Walls, William Jacob by Grady L. E. Carroll, 1994 Related Entries: African American 8 May 1885–23 Apr. 1975 William Jacob Walls, Methodist clergyman, editor, and author, was born at [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Stafford, Garland R. Charles Clinton Weaver, Methodist clergyman, educator, and church administrator, was born in Ashe County of Scots-Irish ancestry, the son of James Harvey and Jennie Burkett Weaver. His mother was a [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Walser, Richard. John Van Alstyne Weaver, writer, was born in Charlotte, the son of Annie Randolph Tate of Charlotte and John Van Alstyne Weaver, Sr., of New York State. Of Scottish, Irish, Huguenot, German, English, [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Powell, William S. Robert Leslie Wharton, foreign missionary and teacher, was born in McLeansville, the son of William P. and Jane N. Rankin Wharton, who were married in 1856. After graduation from Davidson College in [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Hogg, Kevin. Hoyt Wilhelm was a record-setting major league baseball relief pitcher elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1985, the first relief pitcher so honored. He used his skill and perseverance to carve [...] (from NCpedia.)

by Murphy, Eva B. Jane Renwick Smedberg Wilkes, Charlotte civic leader, was born in New York City, the daughter of Carl Gustave (1781–1845), a Swedish merchant, and Isabella Renwick (1797–1862) Smedberg. Her parents [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Knapp, Sharon E. Wilkes, John (Jack) by Sharon E. Knapp, 1996 31 Mar. 1827–6 July 1908 John (Jack) Wilkes, sailor and businessman, was born in New York City of English descent. His great-grandfather was [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Powell, William S. John Taylor Williams, educator, physician, and businessman, was born in the northern part of Cumberland County, the son of free black parents, Peter Williams, a successful lumberman, and Flora Ann [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Shiels, R. A. Alexander Erwin Wilson, missionary and physician, was born in Mecklenburg County, the son of the Reverend John Makemie and Mary Erwin Wilson. He attended Rocky River Academy in Cabarrus County and [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Wilson, Louis R. George Wood Wilson, attorney and judicial officer, was born at Lenoir, the son of Jethro Reuben and Louisa Jane Round Wilson. A strong, vigorous child, he spent his early years in his home and [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Spence, Thomas H., Jr. John Makemie Wilson, Presbyterian minister and schoolman, was the son of James and Margaret Makemie Wilson. Born in Mecklenburg County, about six miles east of Charlotte, he was a relative of Andrew [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Ervin, Sam J., Jr. Joseph Wilson, lawyer, known in the legal annals of North Carolina as "The Great Solicitor," was born in Randolph County, the son of William, who was born near Edenton of Scottish ancestry, and [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Powell, William S. Thomas James Wilson, Jr., professor and university administrator, was born in Hillsborough, the son of Dr. Thomas James and Margaret Douglas Ross Wilson. In 1894 he was graduated from The University [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Bursey, Maurice M. William Alphonso Withers, agricultural chemist and founder of chemistry at North Carolina State University, was born in Riverview, near Davidson, and reared on a farm there, the son of William Banks [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Powell, William S. Wittkowsky, Samuel by William S. Powell, 1996 29 May 1835–14 Feb. 1911 Samuel Wittkowsky, merchant and building and loan executive, was born in Schwersenk, near Posen, east Prussia (now [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Powell, William S. Manleff Jarrell Wrenn, pioneer furniture manufacturer in High Point, was born near Liberty in Randolph County, the son of Merritt C. and Nancy Elizabeth Jarrell Wrenn. His father, a farmer, was a [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Powell, William S. Mrs. J. A. Yarbrough, club-woman and newspaper writer, was born Josephine McDonald in Ashland, Miss., the only child of James McLeod and Emma Josephine McDonald. After her marriage on 11 Dec. 1901, [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Topkins, Robert M. Yates, William James by Robert M. Topkins, 1996 28 Aug. 1827–25 Oct. 1888 William James Yates, newspaper editor, was a native of Fayetteville, the fourth of six children of James (1788–1850) [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)