The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-04-02

and Cullom. the latter in the United
States House; Chief Justice John l..
Sneed, Judge Bromfield Ridley, Hon.
Meredith P. Gentry and Hon. Emerson
Etheridge both much distinguished in
United States House of Representa-
tives, prior to the great war. Jackson
was born in Union county, Polk IN
Mecklenburg and Johnson in Wake.
Generals Zollicoffer and Cullom were
both born in Halifax county; Chief
Justice Sneed was a native of Raleigh
and Judge Ridley was of Oxford.
There were other leading Tennesseeans
no doubt who We're native North
Carolinians but | do not recall the
names now General Ben. McCul-
Tough. of Texas, was born in Halifax
county also. Among Bishops Of the
Episcopal church who were also ma
tiVes of this State, were General
Leonidas Polk, of Louisiana; Bishops
Davis, of South Carolina, and w. M.
f. Green, of Mississippi, both natives
of Wilmington, N. c.; Bishop Hawks,
of Missouri, and Bishop John Beck
with, of Georgia. The latter was born
at Raleigh. There were two Metho-
dist r. Bishops natives of this state
Paine and Fitzgerald, the latter still
| lives, residing at Nashville, Tenn.
| Among eminent United States Senators
natives also were William r. King, of
Alabama; Thomas Hart Benton, of
Missouri, one of the great Senators in
| the past. There have been one or
more others. / think Senator Thur
| man was a grandson. Speaker Can
non, Of the United States House, is
also a North Carolina native. Gov.
Branch, of Florida, in Jackson's Cabi-
net and Judge Cameron, of the same
State, were born i'm North Carolina.
| General Joseph r. Hawley, lately de-
| ceased, and long time in the United
| States Senate from Connecticut, was
| born in this State, and his mother was
| also. At one time, many years ago,
members of the United States Senate
who were natives Of North Carolina,
| not counting the two Senators from
| this State. There have been several
natives among divines who rose to
distinction abroad. Among them Rev.
DR.: McPheeters, of the Presbyterian.
and Rev. DR.. Francis l.. Hawks, of
the Episcopal churches. Among gifted,
eminent divines in other Southern
States born in our State, were Rev. DR..
Basil Manly, Baptist, and Drs, LoVick
Pierce, of Georgia; John e. Edwards,
of Virginia. John w. Hammer of Ten
nessee Conference, and A. Means, of
Georgia Conference, all Methodists. 1
think that Rev DIR. Edward Wads-
and Rev. DR.. Thomas Boswell of
Memphis Conference, in 1859, were
natives of North Carolina. These l
have recalled after less than a half
hours reflection. / have but touched
the subject Some one with better
memory, wider information. and
easy access to catalogues, histories,
&c, may readily extend the list, and,
/ would suppose, embrace scores of
names that do not come to me at this
writing. Let some one undertake the
pleasant work. Among grandsons
North Carolina has had in Georgia
some men of decided mark-Henry
W. Grady, Hoke Smith, and the late
Judge Turner. The new and able
Governor Folk, of Missouri, is a
grandson also. His father was born
in BERTHE county, and was a Baptist
of talents. L heard his graduating adj
dress at Wake Forest College some
where between 1914 and 1916. Let
some one contribute in the direction L
have attempted so imperfectly. My
old friend and School-mate, Rev. DIR.
Rufus II. Helm, born at Oxford, and
the first editor of the North Carolina
Christian Advocate, organ of Method
ism, removed to Texas where he died
Rev DR.. Wilbur F. Tillett, one of
the foremost of the faculty in Van
derbilt University, Nashville, Tenn, is
also a native of oxford, n. G. He is
scholar, a thinker, an author and
teacher of rare qualities and eminence.
/ must add two other distinguished
men abroad in the past, Hon. Jacob
Thompson, born in Caswell, of Miss,
and in the Cabinet, and Judge Thomas
c. Manning, of Louisiana.
And now thew are writing of the