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Biographies of Notable Americans, 1904
The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans: Volume III
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Culver, Erastus Dean
Culpeper, John, representative, was born in Anson county, N.C., in 1761.
He was probably a descendant of John Culpeper, surveyor-general of the
Carolinas, who laid out the city of Charles Town in 1680. He was a Baptist
preacher, a representative in the 10th congress, 1807-09; was unseated, Jan. 2,
1808, and re-elected, February 23, serving the balance of the session. He was a
representative in the 13th, 14th, 16th, 18th and 20th congresses, and was
defeated for the 15th, 17th and 19th congresses. He was agent of the Baptist
state convention of North Carolina. He died in South Carolina at the residence
of his son, the Rev. John Culpeper, in 1837.
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Houstoun, John
HOUSTON, William Churchill, delegate, was born in 1746; son of Archibald
and Margaret Houston. His father was a planter of distinction and property, and
was one of the earliest settlers of Anson county, N.C., having immigrated from
Scotland or the north of Ireland, probably the former. He was a prominent member
of the Presbyterian church, which fact probably influenced his son in his
selection of a college after having received such education as the local school
afforded. He entered the freshman class of the College of New Jersey, Princeton,
serving as tutor in the grammar school connected with the college, to pay his
way; was graduated, A.B., 1768; A.M., 1771, and was tutor there, 1767-71, and
professor of mathematics and natural philosophy, 1771-83. He was admitted to the
bar in 1781, and in 1783 resigned his professorship and practised law in
Trenton, N.J. During his life at the college he took part in the war of the
American Revolution, commanding a scouting-party in the defense of Princeton and
the neighborhood, and was commissioned captain in the 2d battalion, Somerset
guards, Feb. 28, 1776. When order was restored at the college he resumed his
duties and with Dr. Witherspoon constituted the entire faculty of the college
till 1779. He was a member of the general assembly of New Jersey from Somerset
county in 1777; a member of the council of safety in 1778; a delegate from the
county of Middlesex to the Continental congress, 1779-82, and 1784-85, and
receiver of Continental taxes, 1782-85. During his congressional career he took
a prominent part in the debates and was associated with Monroe and King on the
committee predating the well-known report on foreign and domestic relations. He
was elected a delegate from New Jersey to the convention of commissioners at
Annapolis, Sept. 11, 1786, which paved the way for the convention at
Philadelphia that framed the Federal constitution. He attended that convention,
taking part in several debates, and it is related that at one time, being in
very delicate health, he was carried into the hall in order to make a quorum.
While he does not appear as a signer, there is every reason for stating that he
heartily advocated its acceptance by the state of New Jersey, though his
declining health prevented any very active participation. He was elected
the first comptroller of the treasury, 1781, but declined to serve. He
was clerk of the supreme court of New Jersey, 1784-88. He was married to Jane,
daughter of Caleb Smith, and granddaughter of President Jonathan Dickinson, of
the College of New Jersey, Princeton. He died of consumption, while on his way
south in search of health, in Frankfort, Pa., Aug. 12, 1788, and was buried in
the Presbyterian churchyard at Fourth and Pine streets, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Terry, William Richard
TERRY, William Leake, representative, was born in Anson county, N.C.,
Sept. 27, 1850; son of William Leake and Mary (Parsons) Terry. He removed with
his parents to Tippah county, Miss., 1857, and to Pulaski county, Ark., 1861. He
was the protégé of Gen. Francis A. Terry, who had charge of his education. He
attended Bingham's Military institute, N.C.; was graduated from Trinity college,
N.C., A.B., 1872; studied law in the office of Dodge & Johnson, Little Rock,
Ark., and was admitted to the bar, 1873. He served in the state militia under
Governor Baxter in the Brooks-Baxter troubles, and was second officer in command
of Hallie Rifles in the fight at Palarm, May, 1874; was a member of the city
council, 1877-79; a state senator, 1878-79, serving as president at the close of
the session, and city attorney, 1879-85. He was the unsuccessful Democratic
candidate for the 50th congress in 1886, and was a Democratic representative
from the fourth Arkansas district in the 52d-56th congresses, 1891-1901. He was
married first, Oct. 6, 1875, to Mollie C. Dickson of Texarkana, Ark., who died
July 6, 1895; and secondly, Nov. 22, 1899, to Florence Faishe of Texarkana.
Encyclopedia of American Biography
Herringshaw's Encyclopedia of American Biography of the Nineteenth
Century.
Herringshaw's Encyclopedia of American Biography
page 105
BENNETT, RISDEN T., was born June 18, 1840, in Anson county, N. C. He entered
the confederate army as a private April 30, 1861, and rose through the several
grades to the colonelcy of the fourteenth North Carolina troops. He was
solicitor of Anson county in 1866-67; was a member of the legislature of North
Carolina in 1872, and delegate to the constitutional convention of the state in
1875. He was judge of the superior court in 1880, and resigned to accept the
nomination for congress as congressman at large from North Carolina; and was
elected to the forty-eighth and forty-ninth congresses.
Herringshaw's Encyclopedia of American Biography of the Nineteenth
Century.
Herringshaw's Encyclopedia of American Biography
page 268
CULPEPPER, JOHN, clergyman, congressman, was born in Anson county, N.C. He
represented that state in congress from 1807 to 1808, when his seat was vacated
by resolution of the house. He was re-elected, and served from 1813 to 1817,
from 1819 to 1821, and from 1823 to 1825. He was a baptist preacher; and was
elected to the general assembly, but his seat was vacated on constitutional
grounds.
Herringshaw's Encyclopedia of American Biography of the Nineteenth
Century.
Herringshaw's Encyclopedia of American Biography
page 742
PICKETT, ALBERT JAMES, author, was born Aug. 13, 1810, in Anson county, N.C. He
was a writer of Montgomery, Ala., who published a History of Alabama. He died
Oct. 25, 1858, in Montgomery, Ala.
Herringshaw's Encyclopedia of American Biography of the Nineteenth
Century.
Herringshaw's Encyclopedia of American Biography
page 921
TERRY, WILLIAM LEAKE, soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born Sept. 27, 1850, in
Anson county, N. C. He was elected to the city council of Little Rock, Ark., in
1877; was elected to the state senate in 1878, and was elected president of the
senate at the close of the session in 1879. He served eight terms as city
attorney of Little Rock; and was elected to the fifty-second, fifty-third,
fifty-fourth and fifty-fifth congresses as a democrat.
Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949
Biographies
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page 793
ASHE, Thomas Samuel (nephew of John Baptista Ashe of North Carolina and cousin
of John Baptista Ashe of Tennessee and of William Shepperd Ashe), a
Representative from North Carolina; born in Hawfields, near Graham, Alamance
County (then a part of Orange County), N.C., July 21, 1812; attended Bingham's
Academy, Hillsboro, N.C., and was graduated from the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1832; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1834
and commenced practice in Wadesboro, Anson County, in 1835; member of the State
house of commons in 1842; solicitor of the fifth judicial district of North
Carolina 1847-1851; elected to the State senate in 1854; Member of the
Confederate House of Representatives 1861-1864; elected to the Confederate
Senate in 1864, but did not serve due to the termination of the Civil War;
served as State councilor in 1866; unsuccessful candidate for Governor of North
Carolina in 1868; elected as a Conservative to the Forty-third Congress and as a
Democrat to the Forty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1873-March 3, 1877); declined to
be a candidate for re-nomination in 1876; resumed the practice of law at
Wadesboro; elected associate justice of the State supreme court in 1878;
reelected in 1886 for a term of eight years and served until his death in
Wadesboro, Anson County, N.C., on February 4, 1887; interment in East View
Cemetery.
Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949
Biographies
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page 841
BENNETT, Risden Tyler, a Representative from North Carolina; born in Wadesboro,
Anson County, N.C., June 18, 1840; attended the common schools and Anson
Institute; was graduated from Cumberland University and from Lebanon Law School,
Tennessee, in 1859; during the Civil War enlisted in the Confederate Army as a
private on April 30, 1861, and left the service as colonel of the Fourteenth
North Carolina Troops, having been wounded on three occasions; solicitor of
Anson County in 1866 and 1867; member of the State house of representatives
1872-1874; delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1875; judge of the
superior court from 1880 until his resignation in 1882; elected as a Democrat to
the Forty-eighth and Forty-ninth Congresses (March 4, 1883-March 3, 1887);
engaged in the practice of law in Wadesboro, N.C., and died there July 21, 1913;
interment in the family cemetery near Wadesboro, N.C.
| Biographical Directory of the American Congress Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949 Biographies A page 793 ASHE, Thomas Samuel (nephew of John Baptista Ashe of North Carolina and cousin of John Baptista Ashe of Tennessee and of William Shepperd Ashe), a Representative from North Carolina; born in Hawfields, near Graham, Alamance County (then a part of Orange County), N.C., July 21, 1812; attended Bingham's Academy, Hillsboro, N.C., and was graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1832; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1834 and commenced practice in Wadesboro, Anson County, in 1835; member of the State house of commons in 1842; solicitor of the fifth judicial district of North Carolina 1847-1851; elected to the State senate in 1854; Member of the Confederate House of Representatives 1861-1864; elected to the Confederate Senate in 1864, but did not serve due to the termination of the Civil War; served as State councilor in 1866; unsuccessful candidate for Governor of North Carolina in 1868; elected as a Conservative to the Forty-third Congress and as a Democrat to the Forty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1873-March 3, 1877); declined to be a candidate for re-nomination in 1876; resumed the practice of law at Wadesboro; elected associate justice of the State supreme court in 1878; reelected in 1886 for a term of eight years and served until his death in Wadesboro, Anson County, N.C., on February 4, 1887; interment in East View Cemetery. Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949 Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949 Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949 Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949 Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949 Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949 Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949 Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949 Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949 |
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page 1906
TERRY, William Leake (father of David Dickson Terry), a Representative from
Arkansas; born near Wadesboro, Anson County, N.C., September 27, 1850; moved
with his parents to Tippah County, Miss., in 1857 and to Pulaski County, Ark.,
in 1861; attended Bingham's Military Academy, North Carolina, and was graduated
from Trinity College, North Carolina, in June 1872; studied law; was admitted to
the bar in November 1873 and practiced; member of the city council 1877-1879;
member of the State senate in 1878 and 1879, serving as president of the senate
in the session of 1879; city attorney of Little Rock, Ark., 1879-1885;
unsuccessful candidate for election in 1886 to the Fiftieth Congress; elected as
a Democrat to the Fifty-second and to the four succeeding Congresses (March 4,
[p.1906] 1891-March 3, 1901); unsuccessful candidate for re-nomination in 1900;
resumed the practice of law in Little Rock, Ark., and died there November 4,
1917; interment in Calvary Cemetery.
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