Record #:

21375

Author(s):

Steelman, Lala Carr

Abstract:

Eastern North Carolina planter Elias Carr entered state agricultural politics in the 1880s after over 20 years as master of Bracebridge Plantation in Edgecombe County. He was elected president of the North Carolina Farmer's Association in 1887 and the organization was absorbed into the North Carolina Farmers' Alliance the same year. Carr served as executive committee chairman (1887-1889) and later president (1889-1891) of the Alliance. Through his time as a leader of the Alliance, Carr worked with others to improve the stability and strength of the organization.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 57 Issue 2, Apr 1980, p133-158 , il, por, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

North Carolina Farmers' Alliance--History--19th century; Carr, Elias, 1839-1900

Record #:

21376

Author(s):

Stephenson, William E.

Abstract:

Wesleyan Female College was founded in March 1855 by Methodists of the Murfreesboro, North Carolina area. Roughly 100 young women attended the school annually from southern Virginia and northern North Carolina. While there, the young ladies studied music, learned social skills, made new friends and matured both mentally and physically. Both personal and political stresses occurred regularly among those in charge of Wesleyan, predominantly among the families of the schools president, Joseph H. Davis, and the president of the trustees, John Wesley Southall.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 57 Issue 2, Apr 1980, p257-279 , il, por, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Wesleyan Female College (Murfreesboro)