Record #:

12690

Author(s):

Norris, Jeannie Faris

Abstract:

Several noted Anson County gentlemen are discussed for their great deeds toward their community and abroad. Listed among them are Dr. Hugh Hammon Bennet, considered the \"father of soil conservation.\" Also mentioned, among many others, is Colonel Leonidas LaFayette Polk, the first commissioner of the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and leader of the National Farmers Alliance.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 29 Issue 9, Sept 1961, p13-14, 27, por

Subject(s):

Anson County--History; Polk, L.L. (Leonidas Lafayette), 1837-1892; Bennet, Hugh Hammon