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.