Southgate-Jones Family

  1. Southgate-Jones Family
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1832, July 26 Born, Edgefield, Va. 1849 1852 Attended the University of Virginia 1853 Became member of the Masonic Lodge in Norfolk, Va. Opened Norfolk Military Institute with brother 1857, Aug. 4 Married Delia Haywood Wynne 1861 1863 Served in the Confederate Army 1862 1867 President of Louisburg Female College in Louisburg, N.C. 1872 Moved to Hillsborough, N.C., and began Southgate Insurance Agency, later called J. Southgate and Son 1876 Moved to Durham, N.C. to expand insurance business 1876 1878 1886 1887 Appointed Worshipful Master for Durham Masonic Lodge No. 352 1914, Oct. 28 Died, Durham, N.C.

Mr. Southgate was a teacher and educational administrator who later opened the first insurance business in Durham. He was a member of the Royal Arch Masons and the Knights Templar. After his career at Louisburg Female College, he served as president of Olin College in Iredell County, N.C. Among his children were James Haywood Southgate (1859-1916) and Mattie Logan Southgate Jones (1864-1936).

1859, July 12 Born, Norfolk, Va. 1878 Became partner in J. Southgate and Son Insurance Company 1882, Dec. Married Kate Shephard Fuller (d. 1892) 1896 Elected presidential candidate on Prohibition ticket 1896 1916 Chairman of the Board of Trustees at Trinity College 1913 1914 President of National Association of Insurance Writers 1916, Feb. 22 Died, Durham, N.C.

Mr. Southgate attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill briefly before entering the insurance business. He played a principal role in J. Southgate and Son from the 1880s onward, serving as President until his death. He was the first in Durham to enter the banking business. Southgate was active in Democratic and Prohibition politics, and served as President, Director, or Trustee of a number of civic and professional groups including the Durham Chamber of Commerce, the Durham Land and Security Company, the North Carolina Peace Society, the Durham County Fair, the Citizens' National Bank, the YMCA, the Durham Public Library, and the Southern Conservatory of Music. He was Secretary of Durham Masonic Lodge No. 352 and a member of the Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church.

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