Names

Born September 14, 1873, in Warrenton, North Carolina. Bailey was a newspaper editor, conservative reformer, and politician. From 1913 to 1921, he served as the IRS collector for the state of North Carolina. In 1930, he unseated the popular and politically powerful Furnifold M. Simmons as a United States Senator from North Carolina, a position he kept until his death in 1946.

Born January 22, 1894, in Manchester, England. Emanuel was a lawyer and notary in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Born Junius Raboteau Page, Sr., on December 24, 1866, in Cary, North Carolina. Page was a prominent businessman in Aberdeen, North Carolina.

Born October 22, 1872, in Hendersonville, Tennessee. Kate Vaughn (née Brew) was a journalist, home economics expert, and social worker. During her time in North Carolina, she served as a cooking school coordinator for the Raleigh-based News and Observer, dietician for the State College of Agriculture and Engineering (now North Carolina State University), and as director of the Bureau of Infant Hygiene within the State Board of Health. She resigned from this latter post in November 1919 and moved to California to pursue a career with the newspaper industry.

A student at Shaw University in April 1917. Could be Lawrence Curtis, of Hampton, V.A.

Post historian for the John Hanks Alexander Post #256 in Ardmore, PA, in July 1920

Born Lauchlin Alexander Bethune November 15, 1867, in Aberdeen, North Carolina. Bethune was an educator, newspaperman, businessman, banker, and state senator. He was a longtime resident of Clinton, North Carolina.

Born February 12, 1890, in Wadesboro, North Carolina. McLendon served as a major in the 113th Field Artillery during World War I. He saw overseas service at St. Mihiel and the Meuse-Argonne before returning home in March 1919. He was honorably discharged on April 14, 1919.

Born October 18, 1882, in Buncombe County, North Carolina. Stepp was foreman in charge of mostly African American employees at the Tallassee Power Company plant at Badin, North Carolina. In 1919, he provided testimony in an investigation into alleged maltreatment of employees by Tallassee management.

Lillie M. Twitty, of Raleigh, N.C.

Born November 17, 1887, in Lake City, South Carolina. Nachman was manager of Wolf's department store in Badin, North Carolina, in 1919 when he provided testimony via an affidavit in an investigation into the alleged abuse of laborers by management of the Tallassee Power Company.

Lovelace B. Capehart, born in Raleigh, North Carolina, on April 24, 1895. Capehart attended officer candidate school at Fort Des Moines in Iowa and upon graduation was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant. He went on to serve with the 365th and the 370th Infantry Regiments during World War I. He saw overseas service from June 10, 1918 to February 24, 1919 and was honorably discharged from the service on March 14, 1919.

Born in Lumberton, North Carolina, on March 15, 1894. Chavis was inducted into military service on August 8, 1918 and served with the 56th Pioneer Infantry, the 422nd Reserve Labor Battalion, and the 4th Pioneer Infantry during World War I. He served overseas from September 22, 1918 to October 6, 1919, assigned to Prisoner of War Escort Company 215, and was honorably discharged on October 11, 1919. At some point during the war, Chavis contracted tuberculosis and was later admitted to the veterans' hospital at Oteen outside of Asheville, North Carolina. He succumbed to the disease on April 10, 1927, following an 21-month stay at Oteen.

Born September 7, 1892, in Durham, North Carolina. During World War I, Barbour served overseas with the 113th Field Artillery, seeing combat at Beaumont, Toul, St. Mihiel, and Meuse. He was wounded by an exploding shell at Thiaucourt, France, on September 14, 1918, and, despite his own severe wounds, was able to help another wounded soldier to safety. The courage and devotion to duty he exhibited that day garnered him a Silver Star. Upon his return to the states, Barbour joined the Durham Machine Gun Company of militia and served as a lieutenant. In July 1920, he and his unit successfully protected the lives of three African American prisoners from an angry lynch mob in Alamance County, North Carolina. From 1923 to 1943, he served as the superintendent of the Durham County public school system.

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.