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Ellis, John Willis, 1820-1861
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John W. Ellis was Governor of North Carolina, from 1859-1861. This broadside was issued to call the North Carolina legislature into special session on April 17, 1861. The session was called as a result of Abraham Lincoln's call to arms "for the invasion of the peaceful homes of the South ..." From the description of Proclamation, 1861. (University of North Carolina, Wilmington). WorldCat record id: 49916174 John Willis Ellis was a Salisbury, N.C., lawyer, Democratic Party le...
McDowell, Thomas David Smith, 1823-1898.
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Thomas David Smith McDowell, Bladen County, N.C., was a planter, legislator, and Confederate congressman, and his father, physician Alexander McDowell, was an Irish immigrant, who was clerk of Bladen County, N.C., 1812-1844. Besides managing Purdie Plantation with his brother John A. McDowell, Thomas served in the state House of Commons, 1846-1850; in the state Senate, 1852-1855 and 1858-1860; and in the Confederate Congress, 1861-1863. He married Mary Elizabeth Davis of Richmond County, with wh...
