Record #:

14604

Author(s):

Lawrence, R.C.

Abstract:

The Dukes were a preeminent family in North Carolina because of the family's massive fortune and charitable deeds. Washington Duke, father of James Buchanan and Benjamin N., was an enterprising man and laid the groundwork for the Duke family fortune. The fortune was built on exceptional smoking tobacco grown and sold by Washington Duke following the Civil War.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 14 Issue 20, Oct 1946, p3, 23, il

Subject(s):

Duke, Washington, 1820-1905