MacNeill, Ben Dixon, 1889-1960
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Author and journalist of Buxton on Hatteras, N.C.
Ben Dixon MacNeill was born in 1889 in Laurinburg, N.C., the son of Alexander Benjamin and Flora MacKinnon MacNeill. He worked as a journalist for several North Carolina newspapers, including the Wilmington Star-News and the Raleigh News and Observer. MacNeill also had an interest in photography and began photographing events for news stories, as well as scenes and people around North Carolina.
An author as well as a journalist, MacNeill won the Mayflower Award in 1958 for the book The Hatterasman (1958). MacNeill also served as Director of Publicity for the Lost Colony outdoor drama in Roanoke, N.C., during the 1940s and 1950s. He died at Buxton-on-Hatteras in 1960.
1899 Born in Laurinburg, Scotland County, N.C., son of Alexander Benjamin and Flora MacKinnon MacNeill
circa 1903 Attended Bingham School for Boys
circa 1907 Worked for Fayetteville Observer
circa 1910 Worked for Wilmington Morning Star
1919-1960 Worked for the Raleigh News and Observer
1937 Went to the Outer Banks as publicity director for the Lost Colony
1941-1945 Lt. Col., U.S. Army public information corps
1958 Won Mayflower Award for The Hatterasman
1960 Died at Buxton-on-Hatteras
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