W. J. Peele

CONTENTS.

PORTRAITS.

PREFACE.

INTRODUCTION.

WILLIAM R. DAVIE. BY WALTER CLARK .

NATHANIEL MACON. BY THOMAS H. BENTON .

ARCHIBALD D. MURPHY. BY WM. A. GRAHAM .

WILLIAM GASTON. BY WM. H. BATTLE .

GEORGE E. BADGER. BY WM. A. GRAHAM .

DAVID L. SWAIN. BY Z. B. VANCE .

THOMAS RUFFIN. BY WM. A. GRAHAM .

THOMAS BRAGG. BY PULASKI COWPER .

WILLIAM A. GRAHAM. BY MONTFORD McGEHEE .

BARTHOLOMEW FIGURES MOORE. BY ED. GRAHAM HAYWOOD .

JAMES JOHNSTON PETTIGREW. BY MRS. C. P. SPENCER .

WILLIAM D. PENDER. BY W. A. MONTGOMERY .

STEPHEN D. RAMSEUR. BY WM. R. COX .

BRYAN GRIMES. BY H. A. LONDON .

DANIEL HARVEY HILL. BY A. C. AVERY .

INDEX.

WILLIAM R. DAVIE.

LIVES
OF
DISTINGUISHED NORTH CAROLINIANS
WITH
ILLUSTRATIONS AND SPEECHES

COLLECTED AND COMPILED BY
W. J. PEELE,
A MEMBER OF THE RALEIGH BAR

DAVIE, MACON, MURPHY, GASTON, BADGER, SWAIN, RUFFIN,
BRAGG, GRAHAM, MOORE, PETTIGREW, PENDER,
RAMSEUR, GRIMES, HILL

Let us pass not through the earth so fair,
Leaving no witness the truth to bear
That we've lived and loved and labored here.

RALEIGH
1898

Copyrighted 1897
BY
W. J. PEELE

PUBLISHED BY
THE NORTH CAROLINA PUBLISHING SOCIETY

THE LORD BALTIMORE PRESS
   THE FRIEDENWALD COMPANY
     BALTIMORE, MD.

THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED
TO
THOSE WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO MAKE IT,
TO THE
DESCENDANTS OF THOSE WHO ARE ITS SUBJECTS,
AND TO
ALL NORTH CAROLINIANS WHO SEEK TO EMULATE
THE VIRTUES IT
RECORDS.