Braxton Craven records and papers, 1839-1882.

Craven, B. (Braxton), 1822-1882

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Braxton Craven served as an administrator and educator during the nineteenth century evolution of Trinity College in Randolph County, N.C. Craven was Principal of Union Institute (1842-1851), President of Normal College (1851-1859), and President of Trinity College (1859-1863, 1866-1882). In addition, Craven actively participated in the Methodist Episcopal Church, South and the Order of the Masons in North Carolina. From the description of Braxton Craven papers, 1839-1882. (Duke Univ...

Swain, David Lowry, 1801-1868

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David Lowry Swain, lawyer, governor, and educator, was born near Asheville, N.C., in Buncombe County. His father, George Swain, was a Massachusetts native who settled in Georgia and served in the Georgia legislature and constitutional convention of 1795 before moving to the North Carolina mountains. Caroline Swain, his mother, was the daughter of Jesse Lane. Caroline Swain had four children with her first husband, David Lowry. She and George Swain had seven children, of whom David ...

Reid, David Settle, 1813-1891

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Sen. and Rep. from N.C. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [Washington], to the President, [1857]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270616616 Governor of North Carolina, from Wentworth (Rockingham Co.), N.C. From the description of Papers, 1837-1881. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20115557 ...

Normal College (Randolph County, N.C.)

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Methodist Episcopal Church, South.

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In 1845, as a result of the North-South tensions, the Methodist Episcopal Church conferences in the Southern states withdrew to form the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. In 1874 at the General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South held in Louisville, Kentucky, a Board of Commissioners was appointed to meet with a similar board from the Methodist Episcopal Church (MEC). The Board was empowered to begin talks the MEC board that would resolve differences between the two denomination...

Deems, Charles F. (Charles Force), 1820-1893

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Clergyman, writer, and college president. From the description of Papers, 1855-1891. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 38518969 Clergyman and educator. From the description of Charles F. Deems correspondence, 1877. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79423590 American clergyman and author. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Wilmington, N.C., to Messrs. Harper, 1858 Apr. 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270531327 ...

Union Institute (Randolph County, N.C.)

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Freemasons. North Carolina.

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Duke University

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Wiley, C. H. (Calvin Henderson), 1819-1887

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Born in Guilford County, N.C., Wiley was a lawyer, editor, novelist, legislator, state superintendent of schools (1853-1865), Presbyterian minister, trustee of the University of North Carolina, and agent for the American Bible Society for Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina. Wiley lived in Jonesboro, Tenn., 1870-1874, and, after May 1874, Winston, N.C. From the description of Papers, 1868-1886 [microform]. (Rutherford B Hayes Presidential Center). WorldCat record id: 645957...

Clark, Henry T. (Henry Toole), 1808-1874

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Political leader, from Tarboro (Edgecombe Co.), N.C. From the description of Papers, 1757-1885. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19465335 ...

Trinity College (Randolph County, N.C.)

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