Record #:

22180

Author(s):

Moffitt, Mrs. E.E.

Abstract:

A biographical sketch of Dr. Kemp Plummer Battle, LL, D.

Source:

The North Carolina Booklet (NoCar F 251 .N86), Vol. 7 Issue 2, October 1907, p146-152, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Battle, Kemp Plummer, 1831-1919

Record #:

22126

Author(s):

Moffitt, Mrs. E.E.

Abstract:

This article examines the life of Major Graham Daves of New Bern. Major Daves studied law at Trinity College and served in the Confederate army during the American Civil War. After the war, he took part in numerous mercantile ventures before retiring in 1891 to focus on North Carolina history.

Source:

The North Carolina Booklet (NoCar F 251 .N86), Vol. 6 Issue 1, July 1906, p77-79 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Daves, Graham, 1836-1902; North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865

Record #:

22204

Author(s):

Moffitt, Mrs. E.E.

Abstract:

This article provides a family and personal history of North Carolina Booklet contributor Marshall De Lancey Haywood. The article highlights the Haywood family's efforts during the Revolutionary War and ancestry that stretches back to the Plymouth colony. Haywood's personal life is also chronicled, including his position as Librarian of the State Agricultural and Mechanical College, Historian of the Grand Lodge of North Carolina, and his historical research into North Carolina's past.

Source:

The North Carolina Booklet (NoCar F 251 .N86), Vol. 8 Issue 1, July 1908, p80-83 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Haywood, Marshall De Lancey, 1871-1933

Record #:

22160

Author(s):

Moffitt, Mrs. E.E.

Abstract:

This article provides a biographical sketch of the family history and life of Professor J.T. Alderman, a frequent contributor to the North Carolina Booklet. The article highlights Alderman's devotion to education in North Carolina and his family's participation in Patriot movements before and during the Revolutionary War.

Source:

The North Carolina Booklet (NoCar F 251 .N86), Vol. 6 Issue 3, January 1907, p209-211 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Franklin, Jesse, 1760-1823; Alderman, J.Thomas, 1859-1926

Record #:

22198

Author(s):

Moffitt, Mrs. E.E.

Abstract:

This short biography of North Carolina Booklet contributor Robert Diggs Wimberly (R.D.W.) Connor points readers to a deeper biographical sketch of his past in the January 1907 edition of the North Carolina Booklet and praises Connor for his current efforts as Secretary of the North Carolina Historical Commission.

Source:

The North Carolina Booklet (NoCar F 251 .N86), Vol. 8 Issue 1, July 1908, p79 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Connor, Robert Diggs Wimberly, 1878-1950

Record #:

22183

Author(s):

Moffitt, Mrs. E.E.

Abstract:

This article provides a family and personal history of North Carolina Booklet contributor Richard Benbury Creecy. The accounting highlights his family's service during the American Revolution and early years of the republic as well as Creecy's own education and contributions to North Carolina historical study.

Source:

The North Carolina Booklet (NoCar F 251 .N86), Vol. 6 Issue 4, April 1907, p250-253 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Creecy, Richard Benbury, 1813-1908

Record #:

22158

Author(s):

Moffitt, Mrs. E.E.

Abstract:

This article provides a biographical sketch of the life of North Carolina Booklet contributor Robert Diggs Wimberly Connor. The biography starts with Mr. Connor's birth in 1878 in Wilson, North Carolina through to 1907 when this was published. It highlights his education and career in public service as a teacher, superintendent, and member of the North Carolina Historical Commission.

Source:

The North Carolina Booklet (NoCar F 251 .N86), Vol. 6 Issue 3, January 1907, p206-208 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Connor, Robert Diggs Wimberly, 1878-1950

Record #:

22161

Author(s):

Moffitt, Mrs. E.E.

Abstract:

This article provides a biographical accounting of the family history and life of Sarah Beaumont Kennedy, a North Carolina Booklet contributor. The article highlights her family's participation in the founding of North Carolina as well as the United States and Mrs. Kennedy's contributions to North Carolina literature.

Source:

The North Carolina Booklet (NoCar F 251 .N86), Vol. 6 Issue 3, January 1907, p212-213 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Kenndy, Sarah Beaumont, 1888-1920

Record #:

22143

Author(s):

Moffitt, Mrs. E.E.

Abstract:

This article examines the history of the North Carolina Society of the Daughters of the Revolution from its founding in 1890 by Mrs. Flora Adams Darling up to 1906. It also looks at the requirements for membership into the Society as well as some of the various projects members undertook.

Source:

The North Carolina Booklet (NoCar F 251 .N86), Vol. 6 Issue 2, October 1906, p146-150, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

North Carolina--History--American Revolutionary War, 1775-1783

Record #:

22231

Author(s):

Moffitt, Mrs. E.E.

Abstract:

A short biographical sketch of Wilmington lawyer, democratic Party member, and Senior Grand Warden of the Grand Lodge of Free Masons, William Berry McKoy.

Source:

The North Carolina Booklet (NoCar F 251 .N86), Vol. 7 Issue 3, January 1908, p239-241 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

McKoy, William Berry, 1852-1928; Freemasonry--Lodges--Wilmington

Record #:

22184

Author(s):

Moffitt, Mrs. E.E.

Abstract:

This biography provides a personal history of North Carolina Booklet contributor William Joseph Peele. The article highlights his service as chairman of the executive committee of the State Literary and Historical Association and his historical study on the settlement of Roanoke Island.

Source:

The North Carolina Booklet (NoCar F 251 .N86), Vol. 6 Issue 4, April 1907, p254-256 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Peele, William Joseph, 1855-1919

Record #:

22230

Author(s):

Moffitt, Mrs. E.E.

Abstract:

A short biographical sketch of author and University of North Carolina Professor William Kenneth Boyd.

Source:

The North Carolina Booklet (NoCar F 251 .N86), Vol. 7 Issue 3, January 1908, p237-239 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Boyd, William Kenneth, 1879-1938

Record #:

22185

Author(s):

Moffitt, Mrs. E.E.

Abstract:

A biographical sketch of Raleigh lawyer and postmaster Willis Grandy Briggs.

Source:

The North Carolina Booklet (NoCar F 251 .N86), Vol. 7 Issue 2, October 1907, p154-156 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Briggs, Willis Grandy, 1875-1954