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Death of Chief Justice Augustus S Merrimon
North Carolina mourns Chief Justice Augustus S Merrimon who died at his Raleigh home on November 14 1889 after a long career as lawyer judge and statesman. Born September 16 1830 in Transylvania County his life spanned judgeships in Buncombe Wake and Chowan districts and culminated as Associate Justice and then Chief Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court. He married Margaret Baird and left four sons and three daughters including a son-in-law later serving in Congress. A public memorial by Governor Holt’s Council declared him an eminent citizen and jurist whose life showed steadfast devotion to civil law and public duty.
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Augustus Summerfield Merrimon
Cherryfields
Transylvania County
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Virginia
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Judge Paxton
Dowell
North Carolina
Asheville
Buncombe
House of Commons
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Merrimont
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Raleigh
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Margaret Baird
Israel Baird
Buncombe County
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Lee S. Overman
Rowan County
United States
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Eden Street Methodist Episcopal Church
Augustus St. Merriman