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Claude William Howard | Born April 24, 1887, in Smith Grove, North Carolina. Howard was a farmer in Advance, North Carolina, when he registered for the draft (World War I) in June 1917. He was inducted into the service in December of that year and assigned to the 156 Depot Brigade. He died of "cerebro spinal fever" at Camp Jackson in South Carolina on December 31, 1917. |
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Clem William Bradshaw | Born July 23, 1894, in Swepsonville, North Carolina. Bradshaw served two stints in the army during World War I, but health troubles each time necessitated his discharge by surgeon's certificate of disability. In 1920, Foster provided testimony in an investigation into an attempted lynching in Alamance County. |
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Clement Manly | Born February 15, 1853, in New Bern, North Carolina. Manly was an attorney who practiced law with Furnifold M. Simmons in New Bern until relocating to Winston-Salem in 1890 where he practiced with future governor Robert B. Glenn. |
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Cleveland Charles Mangum | Born October 22, 1883, in Durham, North Carolina. Mangum served as chairman and president of the Pilot Cotton Mills Union in Raleigh, North Carolina. |
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Coggins, Henry Allen | Born December 29, 1873, in Swannanoa, North Carolina. Coggins was a farmer in the Bee Tree community who served as chairman of the Buncombe County Exemption Board, No. 1, during World War I. |
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Col. John Hardee | His home was used as the first courthouse in Pitt County (1761-1774). He was also elected as Chairman of the Pitt County Committee of Public Safety in 1774. |
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Cole, George Monroe | Born October 25, 1855, in Webster, North Carolina. Cole was sheriff of Jackson County from 1916 to 1920. |
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Colonol Peter Randolph | He was a Member of the Council of Virginia 1752-67. |
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Cook, Annie Mae Gentry | Born February 14, 1907, in Madison County, North Carolina. Cook, nee Gentry, was a student at the state school for the blind in her teen years. She married William Kelse Cook (born June 12, 1881) on January 24, 1927. |
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Corbett, Joseph Henry | Born October 24, 1891, in Edgecombe County, North Carolina. Corbett was a merchant in Macclesfield, North Carolina, when he registered for the draft (World War I) in June 1917. He was subsequently inducted into the service in March 1918 and served with Truck Company #5. He saw overseas service from May 1918 to May 1919 and was honorably discharged in June 1919. |
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Cornelius Harnett, Jr. | He was born April 20, 1723 and died April 28, 1781. He was elected to represent Wilmington in the General Assembly and was a Revolutionary War statesman. He led several groups of protestors and resistors against British Parliament actions, like the Stamp Act, leading up to Independence. |
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Cornelius Heath | Johnston County residents petitioned Arthur Dobbs on his behalf to grant Heath a Captain's commission, giving him the ability to lead troops. It is unclear if the petition was granted. |
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Couch, Vanderbilt Franklin | Born June 9, 1885, in North Carolina. Couch was a physician who served on the Yadkin County Exemption Board during World War I. |
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Councill, James Dudley | Born August 21, 1861, in Watauga County, North Carolina. Councill was a blacksmith in Boone, North Carolina, who served as chairman of the Watauga County Exemption Board during World War I. |
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Covington, John Thomas | Born June 9, 1900, in Scotland County, North Carolina. During World War I, Covington served as the chief clerk of the Scotland County Exemption Board before resigning his position to voluntarily enlist in the army in July 1918. He served with the 22nd Recruit Company at Fort Thomas, Kentucky, until he was honorably discharged in July 1919. |
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Cowan, Coleman C. | Born December 24, 1867, in North Carolina. Cowan was an attorney and former legislator who served as the chairman of the Jackson County Exemption Board during World War I. |
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Cowles, Charles Holden | Born July 16, 1875, in Charlotte, North Carolina. Cowles was the editor of the Wilkes Patriot newspaper when he registered for the draft (World War I) in September 1918. During the war, he served as a member of the Wilkes County Council of Defense. He additionally held several public offices throughout his career, including state legislator (elected 1906, 1920, 1922, 1924, 1928, and 1932) and United States Congressman (seated 1909-1911). |
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Cox, Arthur Leslie | Born September 18, 1886, in Pitt County, North Carolina. Cox was a farmer in Ayden when he registered for the draft (World War I) in June 1917. He was subsequently inducted into the service in May 1918 and served with the 324th Infantry and the 55th Depot Brigade. He was honorably discharged in November 1918 on a surgeon's certificate of disability. |
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Craig, Thomas Lee | Born February 24, 1864, in Gastonia, North Carolina. Craig was a merchant and banker who served as the chairman of the Gaston County Exemption Board during World War I. |
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Crispus Attucks | Crispus Attucks was a black man, a freedom seeker who had escaped slavery to become a sailor and ropemaker in Boston, Massachusetts. He was killed by British soldiers on March 5, 1770, in a confrontation that became known as the Boston Massacre. He is widely recognized as the first casualty of the American Revolution. |
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Culler, Robert Lee | Born December 5, 1886, in Dalton, North Carolina. Culler was a laborer for the Southern Railway Company when he registered for the draft (World War I) in June 1917. |
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Curtis Jesse Rhem | Born August 19, 1846, in Craven County, North Carolina. During the Civil War, Rhem had served the Confederacy for four years and was twice wounded. He was hired into the state prison system in 1888, eventually being promoted up to superintendent of one of the two prison farms in Halifax County. In 1922, Rhem replaced C. N. Christian as superintendent of the prison farm at Raleigh. |
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Cyrus Thompson | Born February 8, 1855, in Onslow County, North Carolina. Thompson was a physician, educator, and politician. In April 1918, he was appointed to the Medical Optional Selective Draft Commission. |
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D M Ausley | He was captain the Statesville Home Guard, which unit was called out to Charlotte in August 1919 to assist in enforcing order during a labor uprising. |
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D. H. Collins | Commissioner in Greensboro NC |
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D. J. Jordan | Professor at A & T in August 1917 |
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Dalton, Leonard Bernin | Born March 14, 1893, in McDowell County, North Carolina. Dalton was a laborer at Clinchfield Cotton Mill Company in Marion, North Carolina, when he registered for the draft (World War I) in June 1917. He was subsequently inducted into the service in July 1918 and served with unassigned infantry at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, until honorably discharged in October 1919. |
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Dan Hacket | He signed a letter of petition to Arthur Dobbs on behalf of William Strother and Oliver Wallace who were accused of horse stealing and sentenced to death. |
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Daniel Dunbibin | He was a colonial town commissioner in Wilmington. |
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Daniel Earl | Also spelled Earle, he was the Anglican clergyman and missionary at St. Paul's Church in Edenton, North Carolina. He was also a leading fisherman and innovator in the shad and herring industry. He passed away in 1790. |
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Daniel Ephraim Hollowell | Born October 6, 1857, in North Carolina. Hollowell was a farmer in Gates County, North Carolina. |
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Daniel Harvey Hill, Jr. | Born January 15, 1859, at Davidson College in Davidson, North Carolina. Hill was a long-time educator and administrator for what is now North Carolina State University. During World War I, he served as the chairman of the North Carolina Council of Defense. |
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Daniel Hill | He signed a petition with other men from Johnston County to Arthur Dobbs requesting the governor appoint new captains for the company in Johnston County. |
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Daniel Lenox Gore | Daniel Lenox Gore, born in Columbus County, North Carolina, on January 7, 1847. Gore was a prominent citizen of Wilmington, North Carolina, where he owned and operated a successful wholesale grocery business. In addition to his grocery business, Gore served as president or vice president of several regional banking and manufacturing firms. |
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Daniel Moore | He was an owner of the vessel Sloop Jove. |
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Daniel Pegram | He signed a letter of petition to Arthur Dobbs on behalf of William Strother ca. 1763. |
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Daniel Pegram Jr. | He signed a letter of petition to Arthur Dobbs on behalf of William Strother ca. 1763. |
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Daniel Webb | A British subordinate of Lord Loudoun, he served at the Battle of Fort William Henry. Webb was later promoted to major-general and lieutenant general. |
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Daniel Wilson Woodhouse | Born January 21, 1863, in Poplar Branch, North Carolina. Woodhouse was a merchant in Poplar Branch who served as the chairman of the Currituck County Exemption Board during World War I. |
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David Absolom Stanton | Born May 24, 1859, in Level Creek (Randolph County), North Carolina. Stanton was a medical doctor and mayor of High Point from 1918 to 1921. |
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David Andrew Troutman | Born August 25, 1865, in Lincoln County, North Carolina. For sixteen years Troutman served as county commissioner for Lincoln, occupying the chairmanship for part of that time. For thirty-five years, he was depot agent at the Seaboard Air Line's Iron Station. |
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David Clark | Born May 15, 1877, in Raleigh, North Carolina. The son of Chief Justice Walter Clark, David Clark was a former cotton mill proprietor-turned-journalist who started his own journal, The Southern Textile Bulletin, in March 1911. Over the course of his career, Clark continued to grow his company such that by the time of his death in November 1955, he was lauded as a "nationally known publisher of semi-technical journals and leader in textile industry and Rotary International affairs. |
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David Columbus Hardee | Born April 4, 1889, near Benson, North Carolina. Hardee was a machinist for T. G. Matthews when he registered for the draft (World War I) in June 1917. He was inducted into the service in April 1918 and served in the 313th Field Artillery and the 149th Field Artillery. Hardee saw overseas service with these units from May 1918 to April 1919. He was honorably discharged on May 13, 1919. |
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David Dick Foote | Born on October 26, 1879, in Vicksburg, Mississippi. Foote was forced to give up Vicksburg as his home in 1918 when he was, in his words, "exiled" from the town by a KKK-like group known as the "Vigilantes." As a result, Foote settled in Chicago, Illinois, where he ran his own dental practice for forty-nine years. He was a lifelong member of the NAACP. For the particulars of his encounter in Vicksburg, see "Mississippi: Then As Now," in The Crisis, March 1965, page 187. |
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