Record #:

38886

Author(s):

Abstract:

Andrew Pendleton, a native of Nixonton, Pasquotank Co., NC, worked as a mail carrier and in a drugstore. In 1884, he graduated from Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia. He set up his first practice in Coinjock, NC, then in Key West, FL and later in Elizabeth City. Pendleton established the Standard Drug Company, was postmaster of Elizabeth City and was president of the Elizabeth City Board of Alderman. Pendleton organized and was president of the Carolina Banking and Trust Company and the Pasquotank Investment Corporation.

Source:

Carolina Trees & Branches (NoCar F 262 A33 C37), Vol. 24 Issue No. 2, April 2015, p34-35

Subject(s):

Coinjock--History; Elizabeth City--People