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A member of the private police force of the Tallassee Power Company at Badin, North Carolina, about 1919. He was alleged to have shot and wounded an African American employee named "Big Will" for the man's refusal to work.

Born March 15, 1855, in Louisburg, North Carolina. Noble was an educator, banker, and author who served as a trustee (1899 to 1940) and president of the board (1907 to 1940) for what is now North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University.

Born June 9, 1896, in Orange County, North Carolina. Fowler enlisted in the National Army for service during World War I, on May 15, 1918 and was later commissioned a 2nd lieutenant and assigned to the 141st Infantry. He served overseas with the 141st from September 1918 to June 1919. In the fall of 1919, Fowler headed up recruitment organization efforts for a new machine gun company of the state militia in Durham, North Carolina. Serving as the company's commanding officer, he directed the machine gunners' actions during an attempted lynching in Alamance County in July 1920. The affair caught state-wide media attention and, due to the death of a citizen, resulted in a widely publicized investigation.

Born September 27, 1872, in North Carolina. Haywood was a prominent Wake County suffragist who was appointed by Gov. Thomas W. Bickett to the board of directors for the state's Confederate soldiers' home in 1919.

Born September 10, 1845, near Richfield, North Carolina. Ritchie served in the Confederate army (28th Regiment North Carolina State Troops) during the Civil War, from July 1861 to the surrender in April 1865. He was a farmer and postmaster and was active in veteran's affairs late in life.

Born in April 1854 in North Carolina. Penney (nee Duncan) was a farmer in the Hallsboro community in Columbus County, North Carolina.

Mary S. Logan, of Uree, N.C.

McVicker Monroe Coleman, born in Gibsland, Louisiana, on July 15, 1896. Coleman served with the 164th Depot Brigade and the 806th Pioneer Infantry during World War I. He saw overseas from September 8, 1918 to July 3, 1919 and was honorably discharged on July 9, 1919 with the rank of corporal.

Born April 11, 1877, in Toronto, Canada. An attorney by training, Riley helped draft the Federal Trade Commission Act (1911), lectured at the University of Wisconsin (1917-1953), served as legislative draftsman for the Wisconsin State Reference Library (1909 to 1921), and was secretary of the Governors' Conference (1912-1923).

Born on December 31, 1866, at Bowman's Bluff, North Carolina. Shipman was an editor and educator. He served as Commissioner of Labor and Printing 1909-1920. 

Foreman of coke crusher for Tallassee Power Co in Badin, NC, in 1919 when it was alleged that he brutally assaulted an African American laborer with a sledge hammer handle

Faculty or student of Shaw U Summer School in 1919

Lived in Tryon, NC, in September 1918

Born July 20, 1878, in Clarendon County, South Carolina. Holladay was a carpenter, watchman, and gate operator at Tallassee Power Company's Narrows Dam at Badin, North Carolina.