Grainger, Jesse W., 1845-1910.
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Grainger, Jesse W., 1845-1910.
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Grainger, Jesse W., 1845-1910.
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Jesse Willis Grainger (1845-1910) was a tobacconist and businessman in Kinston, Lenoir County, N.C. He was a member of the Lenoir County Finance Committee, president of the Kinston Board of Trade, president of the Chamber of Commerce, vice president of banks in Kinston and New Bern, president of the State Mutual Life Insurance Company, president of the Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad, and owner of the Kinston Free Press. Grainger was also the Lenoir County representative to the General Assembly in 1885, chairman of the Lenoir County Democratic Executive Committee, and a member of the State Democratic Executive Committee.
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Agriculture
Commission merchants
Cotton trade
Guano industry
Real property
Railroads
Truck farmers
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North Carolina--Kinston
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North Carolina--Greensboro
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Virginia--Norfolk County
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North Carolina
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North Carolina--Lenoir County
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