Brenizer, Addison Gorgas, b. 1839.

Addison Gorgas Brenizer (b. 1839) of Charlotte, N.C., was a businessman and served in the Confederate army. His mother-in-law was Juliana Paisley Gilmer, wife of John Adams Gilmer of Greensboro, N.C., lawyer; legislator; Whig candidate for governor of North Carolina, 1856; United States congressman, 1857-1861; Confederate congressman, 1864; and delegate to the Union National Convention of Conservatives in Philadelphia, Pa., 1866.

From the guide to the Addison Gorgas Brenizer Papers, ., 1858-1870; 1916-1917; 1943, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.)