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Duplin9sBy; A. T. OUTLAWIrt the County courtroom are portrait* of several of Duplin's dia-singulshed sons. They have been placed in the room at various times, one and two at a time, during the past thirty-five years. Most of them were painted by Mrs. Marshall WL** Hams tnee Mary Lyde Hicks), of Faison, who Is a talented artist and one of North Carolina's most lio-table women. In most of the coses the placing of the portraits was b» order or request from the County authorities. Numerous persons, in and out of the County, have asked the question: Who are these men (portraits) and what about them? The following biographical sketches, in the same order as the portraits on the wall, looking fruin left to right, will answer that question.Colonel THOMAS STEPHEN KENAN, son of Sarah Rebecca iGraham) and Major Owen Rand -Kenan, was born in Duplin, February 12, 1838. He was well educated, became a lawyer and started the practice of his profession in Kenansvilie about the year 1360. in the beginning of the Civil War he promptly volunteered his services to the Confederacy and bore an honorable part in many earn paigns and hard fought battles. He wis badly wounded and captured at Gettysburg and remained a prisoner until the close of the war. He was Colonel of the Forty-third North Carolina Regiment. After the war he resumed the practice of his profession and represented th: County in the State House of Commons during the sessions of 1865 and I860. During the year 1868 hc was an unsuccessful candidate for Congress. About the year I860 he located in Wilson and served as Mayor for sometime and w'as then elected Attomew-General of Nortv Carolina in which capacity he served wilh ability and distinction from January- 1877, to January. 1885. On March 1, 1B80, he taeean. Clerk of the State Supreme Court and was serving in that capacity al the time of his death which occurred on December 21, 1911.Reverend JAMES MENZIF SPRUNT D. D., *on Chris-iann ‘McDonald) and Laurence Sprunt. was born in Perthshire, ^Hand. January 14. 1818. He was liberallyyears he was a member of theCounty and State Democratic Executive Committees and served as Chairman of the Board of County Comrade si oners from the year 1906 to 1910. During the year 1910 he was the Democratic candidate for Congress from the Third Congressional District and was elected by a large majority. In that capacity he served from March 4, 1911. to March 3, 1915, when he returned to the practice of his profession and died within a short time al his home in Faison, April 21. 1915.General STEPHEN MILLER, son of Winifred (Whitfield) and Colonel Stephen Miller, was burn near Miller's bridge, in Duplin; November 15, 1793*5). He w-as highly edu-catrd, studied law and qu'ekly became a leader in that profession. H# represen led the County In the State House of Commons in the years 1623, 1824, 1825. and in the State Senate, years 1826. 1828. 18-29, 1830 and 1831. He was the author of an Act to establish old Belhel Academy swd served as one of the original trustees of that institution and also as a trustee of the Hannah Moore Academy Both institutions were In his section of the County, For several years just prior to and after the year 1833 he served the Slate as Solicitor of th* Second Judicial Circuit which at that time included several of the eastern counties. It is often said that his duties were discharged with firmness and ability and with great credit to hfmself and the State, He was also an officer in the State militia and hi# tomb in *he Episcopal cemetery in Tallahassee, Florida, bears his military t tie. General Miller died while on p visit t*^ his brother in Florida, March 15. 1841.Colonel WILLIAM ANDERSON ALLEN, son of Elizabeth (Harrison) and Reynolds Allen, was born in Wake County. April 29, 1825. After completing his education he studied law and was admitted to the bar. He represented Wake County in the State House of Com mono. About the year 1858 he located in Duplin for the practice of law and became a leader in his profession. He served as Solicitor in the County Court and was a Presidential elector in the year 1860, In the beginning of the Civil War he entered the service of the Confederacy andhe local ued theHe died during Rever STANFi mgton Torranc two ml March his edu was adi led in tice of He rep membe Com me from t! misslor either mons lt;period said th in the w elf art About the pri bylerL Uiat w life. II Stanfo istcr ai for nn minis! nized and ol home 1901. his fa in thaCapSTONkinsor Lorn i 1823. ration to the town I sion a the vi citnr lt;ved in 1854. a nici Comn tpeml ions ( first Solln Distri city ithe C eloqu cro vlt;
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Kenansville Duplin Times
Kenansville, North Carolina, US
Fri, Jul 15, 1949
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