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Rembert J. Beverly was born October 10, 1864, on the plantation of William B. Little in the Gulledge Township of Anson County, North Carolina. Beverly was a prominent Black farmer and land owner. He completed one term at Biddle (now Johnson C. Smith University) before returning to the Little farm, at which place he worked until he married at age twenty. Beverly worked his way up steadily from there, renting a farm first and then buying a farm once he had saved enough money. By the time of Beverly's death on January 19, 1937, he was ranked among the most successful farmers in Anson County, many stating outright that he owned the county's best farm. He self-reported $30,000 of real estate in 1931 (H.E.C. Bryant, "North Carolina Newspapering," News and Observer (Raleigh), 18 January 1931). He died on January 19, 1937.

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