Names

Born April 27, 1853, near Mount Holly [Gaston County], North Carolina. Rankin was a prominent textile mill executive, serving as President of Avon Mills in Gastonia, among others.

Born March 22, 1881, near Aurora, North Carolina. Langston was a lawyer by training who embarked on a military career shortly after the United States' entrance into World War I. During the war, Langston served as a special aide to Gov. Thomas W. Bickett in the administration of the selective service act in North Carolina before being transferred to Washington, D.C. He returned to this work during World War II, overseeing large parts of the draft system from Washington, D.C.

Remington was a private in the Durham Machine Gun Company, a national guard unit. In July 1920, he deployed with his company to Alamance County on orders from the governor to protect three African American men from a lynch mob. 

Born January 29, 1885, in Cheshire, England. Thorpe was general superintendent of the Tallassee Power Company plant in Badin, North Carolina, from 1915 to 1922.

Born January 13, 1884, in Spencer Mountain, North Carolina. Flowers was an attorney in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Rental agent for the Tallassee Power Company at Badin, North Carolina, in 1919.

Born June 12, 1868, in Abingdon, Virginia. A physician by training, McCampbell served as superintendent of the state hospital at Morganton from 1907 until 1938.

Born November 20, 1885, in Monroe, North Carolina. Parker was a practicing attorney, in his hometown of Monroe, and senior partner at the law office Stack & Parker (later Stack, Parker & Craig). In 1920, Parker was the Republican gubernatorial nominee, an election he ultimately lost to Cameron Morrison. President Calvin Coolidge appointed him to the Fourth United States Circuit Court of Appeals in 1925, a position he held until his death in 1958. In 1930, he was nominated to the Supreme Court by President Herbert Hoover but failed to be confirmed by the Senate. 

Born August 15, 1887, in Salisbury, North Carolina. Shaver was a machinist for the Southern Railway at Spencer Shops in North Carolina. He was additionally involved with union work, serving as the secretary of the Federated Shop Crafts union around 1919.

Born August 21, 1860, in Alamance County, North Carolina. For more than fifty years, Holt was connected professionally with the L. Banks Holt Manufacturing company, serving as accountant and later vice president.

Born January 6, 1883, in Wadesboro, North Carolina. Ragan was an employee of the Tallassee Power Company plant at Badin, North Carolina, around 1919. He was the brother of Thomas Orell Ragan.

Born August 3, 1884, in Anson County, North Carolina. Bowers was an electrical engineer who worked for a variety of plants during the course of his life, including the Tallassee Power Company at Badin. 

John Richard Spencer, born on August 16, 1873. Spencer was pastor of Disciples Church in Washington, North Carolina.

Born May 31, 1868, in Ontario, Canada. Holmes was a graduate of the University of North Carolina and the Yale School of Forestry. He served as State Forester from 1915 to 1945.

Born March 17, 1869, near Faison, North Carolina. Setting down roots in Durham in 1903, Hill was a philanthropist, banker, and influential advocate for a wide variety of civic improvements, including the building of good roads.

Born September 6, 1862, in Edwards, Mississippi. The son of Confederate general John Stevens Bowen, John Sydney Bowen relocated from Savannah, Georgia, to Alta Pass in Mitchell County, North Carolina, sometime after 1900. There he was proprietor of the Altapass Inn, where travelers and vacationers could play golf, tennis, and bowling and could enjoy music, dancing, and riding.

Born December 17, 1876, in Wilmington, North Carolina. Metts served as Adjutant General for the state of North Carolina from June 1920 to July 1951.

John William Grimes, born on March 15, 1872, in James City, North Carolina. Grimes was a Methodist minister in Washington, North Carolina.

Born November 5, 1854, in Raleigh, North Carolina. Brown was a prominent businessman and banker who served in a variety of leadership roles, including as chairman of the board of directors for the state hospital system.

Born November 25, 1860, in East Bend, North Carolina. Kinyoun was a physician and is best remembered for founding the Marine-Hospital Service's Hygienic Laboratory, the predecessor of the modern National Institutes of Health.

Born April 24, 1887, in Statesville, North Carolina. Leonard was the secretary of the North Carolina Merchants Association and later the executive secretary of the North Carolina Fair Tax Association.