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David Franklin Houston | Born February 17, 1886, in Monroe, North Carolina. Houston was an educator and author who is perhaps best remembered for his work as a cabinet official during the administration of President Woodrow Wilson. He first served as the secretary of agriculture (1913 to 1920) and later as secretary of the treasury (1920 to 1921). |
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David H. Price | David H. Price, born on December 25, 1877, in North Carolina. Price was a barber who owned and operated his own business. |
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David Hart | Alexander Mebane petitioned Arthur Dobbs for him to replace Robert Harper as a captain in the Orange County militia. |
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David Haywood | Born in Raleigh, North Carolina, on August 4, 1873. From 1894 until his death in 1949, Haywood worked at the Executive Mansion, serving as butler and then chief butler to fourteen different North Carolina governors. |
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David Henry Fuller | Born March 28, 1891, in Lumberton, North Carolina. During World War I, Fuller served as a commissioned officer in the headquarters company of the 136th Heavy Field Artillery and later as a captain in the Adjutant Generals' Department. While stationed at Camp Jackson in South Carolina in early 1918, Fuller was charged with the underwriting and promotional campaign of the war risk insurance program. He saw overseas service from July 1918 to March 1919 and was honorably discharged on January 14, 1920. |
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David Herrin | 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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David Jordan Whichard | Born August 8, 1862, in Pitt County, North Carolina. Whichard was the editor of the Greenville Daily Reflector from 1885 until 1913, when he was appointed postmaster. |
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David King Cherry | Born May 7, 1883, in Cremo, NC. Served overseas during war. Was captain in 367th Infantry. Honorably discharged Aug. 15, 1919. At A & T---A. B., Instructor in Mathematics, 1911. |
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David L. Goble | Born in Galveston, Texas, on April 16, 1866. Many years into a well-established career in electrical contracting, Goble was approached by long-time friend and labor union leader Samuel Gompers with an offer of a position as international organizer for the American Federation of Labor. During his seventeen years with the A. F. L., Goble travelled all over the country to attend to various labor disputes, making several stops across the state in support of union organizing in 1919. |
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David Mitchel | He signed a petition on behalf of the residents of Anson County requesting Arthur Dobbs create and appoint a patrol group to provide protection against Native Americans who were raiding their homes and farms. |
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David Parks | He signed a petition on behalf of the residents of Anson County requesting Arthur Dobbs create and appoint a patrol group to provide protection against Native Americans who were raiding their homes and farms. |
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David Thomas Tayloe | Born February 22, 1864, near Townesville, Granville County, North Carolina. A longtime resident of Washington, North Carolina, Tayloe was a physician and surgeon who served on the Committee of American Physicians and guided the state's mobilization of medical resources during World War I. |
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David W. Robinson, Sr. | Born in 1869 in Lincolnton, North Carolina. Robinson was an attorney in Columbia, South Carolina. |
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Davis, Robert Rucker | Born November 3, 1890, in McDowell County, North Carolina. Davis was a farmer in the Crooked Creek Township of McDowell when he registered for the draft (World War I) in June 1917. He was subsequently inducted into the service in September 1918 and served with the 57th Pioneer Infantry and Supply Company 323 until honorably discharged in May 1919. He was deployed overseas from September 1918 to May 1919. |
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Dean Stanley Crocker | Born September 5, 1894, in Seaboard, North Carolina. Crocker was a farmer in Northampton County when he registered for the draft (World War I) in June 1917. |
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Delap, Alexander Turner | Born August 4, 1861, in Midway (Davidson County), North Carolina. Delap served as sheriff of Davidson County from 1906 to 1912 and 1916 to 1918. |
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Dempsey Spruill | Born February 28, 1838, in Nash County, North Carolina. Spruill was a Confederate veteran and farmer who served as sheriff for Washington County. |
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Demsey Sumner | He served under Captain John Sumner in the Chowan County Militia in 1754. He was also part of the representation of Merchants, Traders, and Planters in North Carolina. |
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Dennis Wilson Graham | Dennis Wilson Graham, born in Proctorville, North Carolina, on June 14, 1896. Graham was a professional baseball player in 1921 and 1924 to 1930, playing for the Atlantic City Bacharach Giants and the Homestead Grays. At the time he registered for the draft--on June 5, 1918--he was playing semi-pro with the Havana Red Sox. He entered the Student Army Training Corps stationed at Shaw University on October 30, 1918. Just twelve days later, the armistice ending World War I took effect, and Graham was discharged from service as part of rapid demobilization efforts on December 20, 1918. |
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Denzil Onslow | He served as paymaster of the Post Office and later became Commissioner of Stamp Duties. |
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Devid Burch | He signed a petition on behalf of the residents of Anson County requesting Arthur Dobbs create and appoint a patrol group to provide protection against Native Americans who were raiding their homes and farms. |
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Dewey Slay Hunt | Born August 18, 1899, in Durham County, North Carolina. Hunt was a student at the University of Virginia when the United States entered the First World War. He joined the university's Student Army Training Corps unit in October 1918 and was honorably discharged from the service in December. In the fall of 1919, Hunt joined a national guard unit known as the Durham Machine Gun Company. The following July, Hunt and his unit were sent to Alamance County by order of Gov. Thomas W. Bickett to protect three African American men from a lynch mob. |
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Dexter C. Moore | Born February 10, 1888, in Sampson County, North Carolina. Moore was employed as a farmer for Mary F. P. Fearrington in Faison, North Carolina, when he registered for the World War I draft in June 1917. |
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Donnell Everett Scott | Born March 3, 1887, in Graham, North Carolina. Scott was drafted into federal service from the national guard in August 1917 as a major for service during the First World War. He was subsequently promoted to lieutenant colonel (September 1918) and colonel (February 1919). His entire war service was spent with the 120th Infantry, and he saw combat at Ypres-Lys and the Meuse-Argonne. After serving overseas for close to a year, Scott returned stateside in April 1919 and received an honorable discharge in June. In July 1920, Scott (who was at that time commanding officer of the 1st Infantry, North Carolina National Guard) was witness to, and took an active role in putting down, an attempted lynching in his hometown of Graham, North Carolina. |
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Dorcas Evelyn Trull Hill | Born December 10, 1860, in Union County, North Carolina. She married Walter Eli Hill in 1885. |
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Dorman Stewart Smithson | Born April 22, 1892, in Alabama. Smithson was an employee of the Hardaway Contracting Company in Iredell County, North Carolina, when he was ordered to report for military service in September 1917, in support of America's mobilization for World War I. He subsequently argued for exemption from the draft, which status he formally received on October 17, 1917. |
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Dorsey Ernest Phillips | Born February 8, 1874, in Hyattstown, Maryland. After serving in the United States Army with the 7th Regular Cavalry (May 1893 to May 1898), Phillips went on to become a special agent for the Bureau of Investigation, the precursor to the modern-day FBI. Phillips began investigative operations in North Carolina in the spring of 1917 and was formally assigned to institute a Wilmington headquarters in November 1917. After accusing Gov. Thomas W. Bickett of improperly intervening in the draft for World War I, he was reassigned to an office in Jacksonville, Florida, in September 1918. |
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Doughton, Robert Lee | Born November 7, 1863, in Laurel Springs, North Carolina. Doughton was a Democratic member of the House of Representatives, representing the Eighth Congressional District of North Carolina from 1911 to 1953. |
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Douglas, Archie Colton | Born January 25, 1887, in Harnett County, North Carolina. Douglas was a farmer in Pineview, North Carolina, when he registered for the draft (World War I) in June 1917. |
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Dres Dixon | He signed a letter of petition to Arthur Dobbs on behalf of William Strother ca. 1763. |
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Dudley, James Benson | Born November 2, 1859, in Wilmington, North Carolina. Dudley served as president of what is now North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University from 1896 to 1925. |
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E. G. Harris | Principal of the African American school in Badin NC in Dec 1919 |
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E. T. Scarborough | Chairman of Wake County Commissioners |
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Earl Ellicott Dudding | Born October 16, 1871, in Putnam County, West Virginia. In 1909, Dudding killed his uncle and began a five-year sentence in a penitentiary in Moundsville, West Virginia. The experience set his life on a new course, and following his release, he established and served as director of the Prisoners' Relief Society. Letters from imprisoned North Carolinians drew Dudding's attention to the state prison system during the administration of Gov. Thomas W. Bickett. State leaders bristled at the "outsider's" criticism of the prison system, leading to many press battles with the Prisoners' Relief Society. |
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Earl Henry Hostetler | Born December 12, 1890, in Arcola, Illinois. Hostetler was an employee of the state Department of Agriculture when the draft for World War I was rolled out. |
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Easby-Smith, James Stanislaus | Born May 17, 1870, in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Easby-Smith was an attorney who served as a legal advisor to Provost Marshal General Enoch H. Crowder during World War I. He aided in the revisal of the classification system for the draft. |
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Eddie Lee Shoe | Born March 11, 1881, in Alamance County, North Carolina. Shoe was a lifelong textile employee. In 1920, he provided testimony in an investigation into an attempted lynching in Alamance County. |
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Edgar Walker Pharr | Born March 4, 1889, in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. An attorney in Charlotte, Pharr served five terms in the North Carolina House of Representatives and was its speaker in 1925. |
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Edmond Godwin | He lived in Johnston County and signed a letter of petition to Arthur Dobbs about the need for another justice in their section of the county. |
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Edmond Harris | He signed a letter of petition to Arthur Dobbs on behalf of William Strother ca. 1763. |
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Edmond Thomas | He was a member of the Board of Trade in correspondence with Arthur Dobbs. |
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Edmund Butler Norvell | Born September 7, 1861, in Lynchburg, Virginia. Norvell was an attorney in Murphy, North Carolina, who served as chairman of the Cherokee County Exemption Board during World War I. |
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Edward Braddock | During the beginning of the Seven Years War, Major General Edward Braddock (1695-1755) was the commander-in-chief of the thirteen American colonies for the British Army. American military failures prompted the general's arrival. His abrasive command style, however, irritated colonial governors, who reluctantly cooperated with the British general. With his 2,000-man force, Braddock is known for his failure to oust the French from the Ohio River Valley. In 1755, he succumbed to wounds suffered during the Battle of Monongahela. |
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Edward Brice Dobbs | Born in Ireland, Edward Brice Dobbs (1729--1803) was the son of Royal Governor Arthur Dobbs and a full-time military man. He accompanied his father to North Carolina in 1754. During the Seven Years War, he served as a captain in the North Carolina militia and commanded two companies in Edward Braddock's maneuvers in Virginia. As a major, he later commanded three companies in New York. In 1757, the younger Dobbs became a Royal Councillor (1757-1759), and his father appointed him naval officer of North Carolina. Even with these positions, Dobbs left North Carolina and never returned. He assumed a military command in Gibraltar. |
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Edward Clqnton | He signed a petition on behalf of the residents of Anson County requesting Arthur Dobbs create and appoint a patrol group to provide protection against Native Americans who were raiding their homes and farms. |
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Edward Eliot |