Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-06-28
HALL OF FAME'

Our Hall of Fame, people who
have made and are making your city.
For convenience, these names are
listed alphabetically. There are, of
course, many, many others who be
long i'll this Hall of Fame, but |
am dong the best | can in the limited.
time and space | have.
James Harvey Bridgers is a mem
pcf OF a prominent family of North
atnpton county III this State. Besides
pelng an attorney, he organized and
rec the Water, telephone. light
ana power companies of Henderson,.
ana has filled other important posi-
ions. lie Is a charter member and
past president of the kiWanis. Much
trcdl for the Henderson Centennial
IS luz him, as il is being held at his
suggestion. and he is on the board
Oh directors Of it.
David Young Cooper was raised d
lew miles northwest Of Oxford, and
me ola home Of his father. Captain
Alexander (Sandy) Cooper is now
standlng, and the ridge between this
and Oxford to Stovall road is known
as Cooper's Mountain. d. Y. Cooper
learned the tobacco business under
ilS KIN people in Oxford. In 1872
o'patcd whether to open a sales
Warehouse in kittrell or Henderson.
lie decided in favor of the latter
ecauS It was more central to the
bright tobacco market. Later he be.
came interested in the cotton mill
business, being president from tn,
beginning of both the Henderson and
Harriet Cotton Mills. The last is nam
ed or his mother, who was Miss
Harriet Young.
Elihu G.. Davis came from near
Petersburg, Va, to our city, and with
George A. Rose as partner, started
the Davis 4 Rose store. which is now
our E. G.. Davis and Sons Company
Store. MIR. Davis was one Of the prin-
clpal founders of our cotton mills,
being for several years the first sec
rotary of the Henderson Cotton Mills.
n OF his sons, r. G.. S. Davis CON
tlnuled the store, but u Bob as VIC
called him died Il few months ago,
so his Sol r. G.. S. Davis, Jr., is now
managing the store.
Henry A. Dannis has meant mucn
to Henderson, as through the Hen
dcrson Daily Dispatch, Of which he Is
editor, he has done muci. 70 make
n1I1. pjtv :, haitian. ,1,on T., E,,> -, r..
dong this, he has a splendid corp.
Of assistants. Mr.. Dennis is on thl
board OF directors for the Henderson
Centennial.
Mr.. and Mrs. f. G.. Everritt were
from Alabama. Mr.. Everritt was il
business in Asheville, but his health
failed. So in 1929, they moved to oul
city, Mrs. EVeritt starting the Hen
oerson Business College, Mr.. Everr1tI
assisting as best he could Mr.
EVerritt died a few years ago, so Mrs
EVerrltt is continuing this college
alone. She has a married sister il
West Virginia, with whom she spend.
her vacations.
Isaac Wayne Hughes was born ir
HendersonVille, North Carolina. HI
is the son Of the Rev. Nicholas Col
Inns Hughes, d. D.. and his wife
Adeline Edmonds Williams Hughes
DR.. Hughes was the son of Johr
Hughes and his wife, Hannah Hughes
OF Walnut Grove, Pennsylvania.
The Hughes family, Of Welsh origin
settled in America in the seventeenth
century, one branch locating il
Pennsylvania. John Hughes was tn,
owner Of Walnut Grove Farm,
staunch patriot, an intimate frienC
Of Isaac Wayne, who was a neal
relative of Mad Anthony" Wayn>
Of Revolutionary fame. By reason OF
this intimacy, John Hughes nance
his oldest son after Isaac Wayne, who
was a Well-knoWn physician Of New
Bern, N. c.
Mrs. N. Collin Hughes was the
daughter of Dr.. Robert Williams anG
his wife, Elizabeth Ellis Williams OF
Pitt county, North Carolina. At {
very early age Dr.. Williams became
a surgeon in the Revolutionary War
serving under General Greene. DR.
" lIlltlIlS Is Sdlo " have DtCll q VI iIll(
factor in the naming Of GreenVille
the county seat of Pitt county, Whici3
was named for General Greene. Be
sides being a physician, Dr.. Williams
was a large landowner, and for many
years was a legislator in the Genera,
Assembly Of North Carolina.
Before marriage Mrs. Isaac Wayne
Hughes was Penelope Haigh, d
daughter Of Major Charles Haigh and
his wife, Alice Marsden Swami
Haigh, of Fayetteville, N. c. Major
Haigh was a soldier of the Con
federacy, his parents came direct
from England. Alice Marsden Swami
was a direct descendant Of James
Moore, first governor of Carolina
and also of Samuel Swami, a notable
Colonial, and author Of that rare
book "Revival Of the Laws, first
published in 1851. and called, by rea-
son Of its binding, The Yellow
Jacket.
The three children of Rev. and
Mrs. Isaac Wayne Hughes are Miss
Aliene E. Hughes, Of New York, Miss
Alice Swami Hughes of Henderson,
and Isaac Wayne Hughes, Jr., Of
New York.
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