State Officials and City Details in Wake County Directory
The document lists state officials including Governor Daniel G. Fowle and Attorney General Theodore F. Davidson, along with the State Board of Agriculture, Supreme and Superior Court judges, state representatives, and local city officers. It also notes postal mail times, church schedules, temperance meetings, lodges, and fraternal orders with meeting nights and officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel G. Fowle
Wake
Thomas M. Holt
Alamance
Donald W Bein
George WV. Sanderiin
Wayne
Wineer
Catawba
Sidney M
Thodore F Davidson
Bilneom
William L Saunders
Jefferson Davis and the Two Kentucky Boys on the Northern Frontier
A compact biographical sketch traces Jefferson Davis along with Thomas Lincoln and other figures, highlighting his rise from planter life to Congress and military service, including the Mexican War, culminating in leadership of the Southern Confederacy and periods of imprisonment and release.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abraham Lincoln
Hardin
Larue
Jefferson Davis
Christian
Todd
Lincoln
Davis
The Dead Hero Jefferson Davis dies in New Orleans
A late 19th century reprint recalls the death of Jefferson Davis, former Confederate president, at the home of his lifelong friend J A Payne in New Orleans. It recounts his early life, military service, political career, and the rise of the Confederacy, emphasizing his role from Mexican War to his presidency and wartime leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Payne
New Orleans
Jefferson Davis
J. A Payne
Jefferson Davis chosen as secretary of war in Pierce administration
On March 4, 1853 President Pierce named Col. Jefferson Davis to lead the War Department. Davis reorganized the service, drafted new regulations, introduced light infantry tactics, tested camel transport, added four regular regiments, and advanced coastal defenses. He fixed US Mexico boundaries and supported a southern railroad route. Davis sent McClellan to the Crimea for study, influencing Civil War views. By 1857 Mississippi elected him to the US Senate as Pierce era neared its end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper’s Weekly
North
Col
Davis
Senate
Mississippi
Pacific
South
Boston
Anil Webster
Friends of the Constitution
Aroostook
San Diego
Key West
Puget Sounl
John Brown
Jefferson Davis
Pierce
Wassineton
D. C
United States
Charleston
Fort Sumter
South Carolina
Lincoln
Gren
Cushing
Mrs. Davis
Mrs. Pierce
Warren County
Jeren Davis
F. Pierce
Benjamin F. Butler
Mr. Blaine
Breckinridge
Bell
Tourgee
Franklin Pierce
War Department
Col. Davis
Gen
Scott
South Western
Deserts
Mexico
George B. McClellan
Crimea
Congress
Ir Davis
Silence Before the Storm in Secession Era Senate
The article recalls Southern states seceding after initial attempts at compromise failed. It notes Senator Davis joining a thirteen member committee but steps back, then offering to aid public good. It highlights calm, dignified departures by southern senators and Blaine praising Davis's conduct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Carolina
Mississippi
Davis
Senate
North
White House
Confederacy
Union
Florida
Alabama
Blaine
Faults of Administration Urged Against President Davis
A biographer recounts wartime controversy over Jefferson Davis and two key mistakes blamed on him. It highlights Davis choosing allies and the poor fit of Northrop as chief subsistence, arguing this misstep helped weaken the Confederacy amid a long war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davis
Jefferson Davis
Edwin Pollard
Thomas Jordan
Johnston
Beauregard
West Point
Dragoons
Northrop
Lieut
Charleston
Confederacy Overthrown Twenty Five Years In Peace
A retrospective on the Confederacy during the Civil War era focusing on Jefferson Davis leadership. It notes conscription, habeas corpus suspension near Richmond, Gen. Winder's military police, and Davis defending his appointees while facing setbacks from Gettysburg to Vicksburg. It highlights leadership trials, political strife, and key military removals and reversals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davis
Congress
Richmond
Winder
Confederacy
Gettysburg
Vicksburg
Jefferson Davis
Almos
Ship of State
Joe Johnston
Hood
Johnston
Beauregard
Brown
Georgia
Davis Captured and Confederate Leader’s Rise and Fall
A historical portrait recalls Jefferson Davis facing capture near Irwinsville Georgia in May 1865 and a ensuing life of imprisonment at Fortress Monroe. It notes Southern and Northern sympathy shifts, his bail bond, and his eventual retirement with Beauvoir Mississippi as a home for himself.
Pardons Recommended for Liquor Sellers in Somerset County
Harrisburg December 5 The board of pardons in an adjourned meeting recommends clemency for S P Sweitzer Abraham Shultz and Jesse Baughman all of Somerset county who were sentenced to three months in prison for selling liquor without a license They also face a 500 fine and costs and remission was not recommended The board also asks the governor to pardon Robert H Crum of Lycoming county who was convicted of embezzlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vardeonus
Harrisburg
P. Sweitzer
Abraham Shultz
Jesse Baughman
Somerset County
Robert H. Crum
Lycoming County
Killed His Father and Himself in Montana
Nazareth residents were startled by news that William Hoffeditz of Nazareth was shot and killed in Butte Montana by his son Arthur F Hoffeditz. Reports say the son then killed himself. William Hoffeditz had a wife and one son in Nazareth, with daughters in Bethlehem and Mauch Chunk. Remains to be brought to Nazareth for interment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nazareth
William Hoffeditz
Butte
Mont
Arthur F. Hoffeditz
Bethlehem
Mauchhank
Belmont Homestead Destroyed by Fire in Wayne County
The Meredith homestead known as Belmont in Mount Pleasant township Wayne county burned. Built by Samuel Meredith first treasurer of the United States in 1517 it was the oldest house in the county and one of the handsomest structures in the region before the fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Meredith
Belmont
Mount Pleasant Township
Wayne County
Samuel Meredith
United States
Windsor N C offers hack services and livery stables ad
Free hack at all steamers advertised with contact to J R Moody. Mentions livery stables in Windsor with a playful line about the gray mule. Also notes Dr M D Lloyd Bryan Hore in Tarporo Edgecombe offering eye ear nose throat services after studying in Philadelphia. Mentions a four and a half month course and a Nov 8 note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Windsor
N. C
J. R. Moody
Bryan Hore
Tarporo, N. C
Philadelphia Polychinic
Will’s Eye Hospital
Edgecombe
Goldsboro Hotel Ad Promises Free Baggage Service
A Goldsboro hotel in North Carolina advertises American and European plan rooms with free waiting rooms and baggage handling, and porters ready to meet every guest.
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Tixtra
State Board OF Agricelture
John Robinson
K Bruner
Herbert Hi
P.M. ‘Wilson
Supreme Court
Wmil Smith
J.J Davis
Franklin Augusts Merriman
James E. Shepherd
Beaufort
Alfonzo ©. Avery
Burke
Judges Superior Court
George H Brown
Frederick Philips
Edgecounte
H G Connor
Wilson
Waller Park
John Gilmer
Guilford
E J Boykin
Sampson
James C McRae
Cumberlane
R T Armfield
Iredell
M F Graves
Yadkin
Tenia
Trier
John G Bynum
Congrhess
Zebulon
Vance
Mecklenburg
Mat W Ransom
Northhampter House of Representatives
Thomas@ Skinner
Perquimans
P Cheatham
W McClammy
Pender
H Bunn
Nash
J M Brower
Surry
Alfred Rowland
Js Henderson
Rowan
Kiehth
Cowles
Wilkes
K T Hodges
Superior Court
G Wilkens
Register of Deeds
M F Williamson
Mayor Waters
H Gaskins
W J Bullock
Gaskill
P Hodges
B Hooker
H Waters
J. H. Small
Board of Education
P Wilkinson
H Johnson
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Rey Nat Harding
Suptet Health
A Blount
Jno
J A Burgess
M. J. Fowler
J A Small
W Tayloe
W Z Merton
C M Brown
W T Farrow
A D Peyton
Chas Blackledge
Spm
Greenville
South Side River
Morey Order and Registry Department
G E Buckman
P M. S. Rh. Carrow
Ass’t
Methodist
WR Ware
A W Thomas
Presbaterian
E Mack
Jas J. Fowle
Episcopal
Nat Harding
Temperance
Reform Club
Iy Wignut
Orr Lodge
Masonic Hall
ES Hoyt
RT Hodges
Phalinx Lodge
CM Brown
WJ Crumpler
S. Washington Lodge
Knights of Honor
Odd Fellows
T J Carmall
Arthur Mayo
R Ross
Chicaro Council
American Legions of Honor
Odd Fellows Hall
W M Brown
W M Cherry
Pamlico Lodge
Knights and Ladies of Honor
Odd Fellows’ Hall
T P Brown
Excelsior Lodge
OGC
T. Nicholsoon
H Snell
Kentucky
Oki
Gazette Office
America
Samuel Davis
Jefferson
Joseph
Woodville
Wilkinson County
Transylvania College
Monroe
Black Hawk
Illinois Volunteers
New Salem
Vicinity
First
Zachary Taylor
Fort Crawford
Prairie du Chien
Lieut. Davis
Buena Vista
Shiloh
Taylor
Dolly
Texas
Oregon
Concord
Canion
Yorktown
Saratoga
Moultrie
Plattsburg
Chippewa
Erie
Bunker Hill
Rio Grande
Monterey
Ar 1
Memmi Mallory
Nger. Walker
Stephens
Reagan. Toombs
Foote-Davis
Foote
Montgomery
Ala
Alexander H. Stephens
Robert Toombs
Leroy Pope Walker
London
Washington
Virginia
Tennessee
Arkansas
North Carolina
Europe
Provisional Congress
Bull Run
Benjamin
Seward
MR Davis
Beauvoir
Kansas
Nevada
W. R. Myers
Register’s Office
Court House
N. Y
Myers
Jacks Neck
Gray Blount
I Gray Blount
South Creek
Aurora
Blounts Creek
Beaufort County
Wall. A. Brrount
H. Small
Bucklen
Arnica
D. &. Bogart
WAR
Jefferson Davig
Confederate Congress
Grant
Lee
St. Paul’s Church
Danville
Greensboro
Charlotte
Bim
Irwinsville
Pritchard
Fortress Monroe
Truth
Memphis
Miss
Gulf
Varina Davis
Winnie
J. H. Beapig
Winnie Davis
Hotel Merriam
Washington, N. C
New York
Thik Orton
Wilmington, N. C
PR. H. Snell
Bridgman Block
Edenton, N. C
Windell Hotel
Swan Quarter
W. B. Swindell
Prop
Hyde County
B. Pender
Main ST
Washington, N
Dibble’s
Epmund Alexander
Pantego
Z. Morton, JR
Martin County
C. L. Hill
C. M. Brown
Main Street
Exchange
Pjotel Albert
New Berne, N. C
the King House
Greenville, N. C
Sheriff King, Prop’tress
King House
Saac A. Sugg
Rodman
Sugg & James
Offie
Rodman, Sugg & James
C of Greene
Himerlf
Ss. Lloyd, M. D
Washington, WN
Edmundson
NEW European Hotel
Goldsboro, N. C
J. Burgess
N.C
R. A. Dobie & CO
Roanoke Dock
Norfolk
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