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In April, 1865, when he was eight, Paul Barringer defeated the fleeing Jefferson Davis in a chess match when the Confederate president spent the night in Concord. Barringer later earned a medical degree and was a medical pioneer in the New South.
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 62 Issue 8, Jan 1995, p13, por
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In 1959, Paul Barringer and two associates purchased Coastal Lumber from his father and uncle. Today the Weldon-based company is one of the state's ten largest privately-owned companies and \"one of the largest independent wood products companies in the United States.\" Barringer is featured in this month's NORTH CAROLINA magazine's \"executive profile.\"
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North Carolina (NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 60 Issue 11, Nov 2002, p21-24, il