Index to the Dictionary of North Carolina Biography

Created by the Staff of the Olivia Raney Library

Wake County

Name Place of Birth Place of Residence Life Span

Anderson, Albert

Wake Co., Eagle Rock

Vance Co.

1859 - 1932

Ashe, William Willard

Wake Co., Raleigh

Wake Co., Raleigh

1872 - 1932

Atkinson, James Oscar

Wake Co.

Alamance Co., Elon

1867 - 1940

Bagley, Worth

Wake Co., Raleigh

Wake Co., Raleigh

1874 - 1898

Bain, Donald William

Wake Co., Raleigh

Wake Co., Raleigh

1841 - 1892

Barringer, Daniel Moreau, Jr.

Wake Co., Raleigh

Alamance Co.

1860 - 1929

Battle, John Thomas Johnson

Wake Co., Wake Forest

Anson Co., Wadesboro

1859 - 1940

Battle, Kemp Plummer, Jr.

Wake Co., Raleigh

Orange Co., Chapel Hill

1859 - 1922

Battle, Thomas Hall

Wake Co., Raleigh

Orange Co., Chapel Hill

1860 - 1936

Beckwith, John Watrus

Wake Co., Raleigh

Wake Co., Raleigh

1831 - 1890

Beddingfield, Eugene Crocker

Wake Co.

Wake Co., Raleigh

1862 - 1926

Blake, Lillie Devereux

Wake Co., Raleigh

Bertie Co.

1835 - 1913

Branch, Douglas McKinley

Wake Co.

Wake Co.

1908 - 1963

Brewer, Charles Edward

Wake Co., Wake Forest

Wake Co., Wake Forest

1866 - 1941

Brewer, John Bruce

Wake Co., Wake Forest

Wake Co., Wake Forest

1846 - 1929

Bridgers, Ann Preston

Wake Co., Raleigh

Wake Co., Raleigh

1891 - 1967

Briggs, Thomas Henry

Wake Co., Raleigh

Wake Co., Raleigh

1847 - 1928

Briggs, Willis Grandy

Wake Co., Raleigh

Wake Co., Raleigh

1875 - 1954

Brockwell, Sherwood Battle

Wake Co., Raleigh

Wake Co., Raleigh

1885 - 1953

Broughton, Carrie Longee

Wake Co., Raleigh

Wake Co., Raleigh

1879 - 1957

Broughton, Joseph Melville

Wake Co., Raleigh

Wake Co., Raleigh

1888 - 1949

Broughton, Needham Bryant

Wake Co., Auburn

Wake Co., Raleigh

1848 - 1914

Busbee, Charles Manly

Wake Co., Raleigh

Wake Co., Raleigh

1845 - 1909

Busbee, Fabius Haywood

Wake Co., Raleigh

Wake Co., Raleigh

1848 - 1908

Busbee, Jacques (James Littlejohn)

Wake Co., Raleigh

Wake Co., Raleigh

1870 - 1947

Busbee, Juliana Royster

Wake Co., Raleigh

Wake Co., Raleigh

1876 - 1962

Carlyle, Irving Edward

Wake Co., Wake Forest

Wake Co.

1896 - 1971

Carlyle, John Bethune, Jr.

Wake Co., Wake Forest

Wake Co., Wake Forest

1901 - 1951

Clark, David

Wake Co.

Wake Co.

1877 - 1955

Clark, John Washington

Wake Co., Raleigh

Wake Co.

1887 - 1969

Clark, Thorne McKenzie

Wake Co.

Wake Co.

1889 - 1971

Clarke, Francis Devereux

Wake Co., Raleigh

Wake Co.

1849 - 1913

Clarke, Mary Bayard Devereux

Wake Co., Raleigh

Wake Co., Raleigh

1827 - 1886

Clarke, William John

Wake Co., Raleigh

Wake Co., Raleigh

1819 - 1886

Cox, Albert Lyman

Wake Co., Raleigh

Orange Co., Chapel Hill

1883 - 1965

Cox, Francis Augustus

Wake Co., Raleigh

Orange Co., Chapel Hill

1885 - 1978

Crittenden, Charles Christopher

Wake Co., Wake Forest

Wake Co.

1902 - 1969

Crudup, Josiah

Wake Co.

Wake Co.

1791 - 1872

Daniels, Jonathan Worth

Wake Co., Raleigh

Orange Co., Chapel Hill

1902 - 1981

Devereux, Thomas, Jr.

Wake Co., Raleigh

Wake Co., Raleigh

1820 - 1893

Dunn, Poindexter

Wake Co., Raleigh

Wake Co., Raleigh

1834 - 1914

Gales, Seaton

Wake Co., Raleigh

Wake Co., Raleigh

1828 - 1878

Gales, Weston Raleigh

Wake Co., Raleigh

Wake Co., Raleigh

1802 - 1848

Garrott, Isham Warren

Wake Co.

Anson Co.

1816 - 1863

Gorman, Alexander M.

Wake Co., Raleigh

Wake Co., Raleigh

1814 - 1865

Harris, Bernice (Christiana ) Kelly

Wake Co.

Wake Co.

1891 - 1973

Harris, Winder Russell

Wake Co., Raleigh

Wake Co., Raleigh

1888 - 1973

Haywood, Edmund Burke

Wake Co., Raleigh

Wake Co., Raleigh

1825 - 1894

Haywood, Ernest

Wake Co., Raleigh

Wake Co., Raleigh

1803 - 1880

Haywood, Hubert Benburg, Sr.

Wake Co., Raleigh

Wake Co., Raleigh

1883 - 1961

Haywood, Marshall De Lancey

Wake Co., Raleigh

Wake Co., Raleigh

1819 - 1889

Haywood, William Henry, Jr.

Wake Co., Raleigh

Wake Co., Raleigh

1801 - 1852

Hill, Thomas Norfleet

Wake Co., Raleigh

Wake Co.

1836 - 1901

Hill, William Geddy

Wake Co., Raleigh

Wake Co., Raleigh

1806 - 1877

Hinton, Charles Lewis

Wake Co., Raleigh

Wake Co.

1793 - 1861

Hinton, Mary Hilliard

Wake Co.

Wake Co., Raleigh

1869 - 1961

Hogg, Thomas Devereux

Wake Co., Raleigh

Wake Co., Raleigh

1823 - 1904

Holden, Joseph William

Wake Co., Raleigh

Wake Co., Raleigh

1844 - 1875

Holding, Robert Powell

Wake Co., Wake Forest

Wake Co.

1896 - 1957

Howell, Edward Vernon

Wake Co., Raleigh

Wake Co., Raleigh

1872 - 1931

Hunter, Charles Norfleet

Wake Co., Raleigh

Wake Co., Raleigh

1852 - 1931

Jay, John Edwin

Wake Co.

Wake Co., Raleigh

1852 - 1918

Johnson, Andrew

Wake Co., Raleigh

moved to Tennessee

1808 - 1875

Johnson, Charles Earl

Wake Co., Raleigh

Wake Co., Raleigh

1851 - 1923

Johnson, Charles Marion

Wake Co., Raleigh

Wake Co., Raleigh

1891 - 1964

Johnson, Edward Austin

Wake Co.

Wake Co., Raleigh

1860 - 1944

Johnson, Jane Claudia Saunders

Wake Co., Raleigh

Wake Co., Raleigh

1832 - 1899

Jones, James H.

Wake Co.

Wake Co., Raleigh

1831 - 1921

Jones, William Branch

Wake Co., Raleigh

Wake Co., Raleigh

1890 - 1943

Kingsbury, Theodore Bryant

Wake Co., Raleigh

Warren Co.

1828 - 1913

Lacy, Benjamin Rice

Wake Co., Raleigh

Wake Co., Raleigh

1854 - 1929

Lacy, Benjamin Rice, Jr.

Wake Co., Raleigh

Wake Co., Raleigh

1886 - 1981

Lacy, William Sterling

Wake Co., Raleigh

Wake Co., Raleigh

1842 - 1899

Lane, Lunsford

Wake Co., Raleigh

Wake Co., Raleigh

1803 - ca. 1863

Lathrop, Virginia Terrell

Wake Co., Raleigh

Wake Co., Raleigh

1902 - 1974

Lewis, Kemp Plummer

Wake Co., Raleigh

Wake Co., Raleigh

1880 - 1952

Lewis, Nell (Cornelia), Battle

Wake Co., Raleigh

Wake Co., Raleigh

1893 - 1956

Mangum, Priestley Hinton, Jr.

Wake Co.

Wake Co.

1829 - 1907

Mangum, Willie Person, Jr.

Wake Co.

Wake Co.

1827 - 1881

Manning, Vannog Hartrog

Wake Co., Raleigh

moved to Mississippi

1839 - 1892

McKee, James

Wake Co., Raleigh

Wake Co., Raleigh

1844 - 1912

McKee, William Henry

Wake Co., Raleigh

Wake Co., Raleigh

1814 - 1875

McKimmon, Jane Simpson

Wake Co., Raleigh

Wake Co., Raleigh

1867 - 1957

McPheeters, Samuel Brown

Wake Co., Raleigh

Wake Co., Raleigh

1819 - 1870

Mordecai, (Mrs.) Ellen Mordecai

Wake Co., Raleigh

Wake Co., Raleigh

1820 - 1916

Nichols, John

Wake Co., Eagle Rock

Wake Co.

1834 - 1917

Olive, Eugene Irving

Wake Co.

Wake Co.

1890 - 1968

Page, Allison Francis (Frank)

Wake Co.

Wake Co.

1824 - 1899

Page, Frank

Wake Co.

Moore Co.

1875 - 1934

Page, Robert Newton

Wake Co.

Moore Co.

1859 - 1933

Page, Walter Hines

Wake Co., Cary

Moore Co.

1855 - 1918

Park, John Asley

Wake Co., Raleigh

Wake Co., Raleigh

1885 - 1956

Pennington, John L.

Wake Co.

Craven Co.

1829 - 1900

Pogue, Joseph Ezekiel, Jr.

Wake Co., Raleigh

Wake Co., Raleigh

1877 - 1971

Polk, Leonidas

Wake Co., Raleigh

Wake Co., Raleigh

1806 - 1864

Poteat, Hubert McNeill

Wake Co., Wake Forest

Wake Co.

1886 - 1958

Primrose, William Stuart

Wake Co., Raleigh

Wake Co., Raleigh

1848 - 1909

Pullen, John Turner

Wake Co.

Wake Co.

1852 - 1913

Pullen, Richard Stanhope

Wake Co.

Wake Co., Raleigh

1822 - 1895

Purejoy, James Simpson

Wake Co.

Wake Co.

1813 - 1889

Ray, John Robert

Wake Co.

Wake Co.

1852 - 1891

Rayner, John Baptist

Wake Co., Raleigh

Wake Co., Raleigh

1850 - 1918

Rencher, Abraham

Wake Co.

Chatham Co.

1798 - 1883

Riccick, Wallace Carl

Wake Co.

Wake Co.

1864 - 1942

Rogers, Sion Hart

Wake Co., Raleigh

Wake Co., Raleigh

1825 - 1874

Rollins, Edward Tyler, Sr.

Wake Co., Cary

Durham Co., Durham

1864 - 1931

Royster, Hubert Ashley

Wake Co., Raleigh

Wake Co.

1871 - 1959

Royster, James Finch

Wake Co.

Orange Co., Chapel Hill

1880 - 1930

Royster, Wilbur High

Wake Co., Raleigh

Orange Co., Chapel Hill

1887 - 1951

Saunders, William Lawrence

Wake Co., Raleigh

Rowan Co.

1835 - 1891

Scarborough, John Catre

Wake Co.

Wake Co.

1841 - 1917

Shepard, James Edward

Wake Co., Raleigh

Durham Co., Durham

1875 - 1947

Shepherd, Lilla (May) Vass

Wake Co., Raleigh

Wake Co., Raleigh

1881 - 1953

Sherwood, Francis Webber

Wake Co., Raleigh

Wake Co., Raleigh

1890 - 1963

Shipp, Margaret Busbee

Wake Co., Raleigh

Wake Co., Raleigh

1871 - 1936

Smethurst, Frank Austin

Wake Co., Raleigh

Wake Co.

1891 - 1941

Stephenson, William Hermas

Wake Co., Raleigh

Orange Co., Chapel Hill

1897 - 1986

Stringfield, Lamar

Wake Co., Raleigh

Madison Co.

1897 - 1959

Taylor, James Fauntleroy

Wake Co., Raleigh

Wake Co., Raleigh

1821 - 1903

Todd, Furney, Albert

Wake Co.

Wake Co., Raleigh

1921 - 1991

Tucker, Rufus Sylvester

Wake Co., Raleigh

Wake Co.

1829 - 1894

Wynne, William (Will) Andrew

Wake Co.

Wake Co., Raleigh

1869 - 1951

Yates, Matthew Tyson

Wake Co.

Wake Co.

1819 - 1888

Yergan, Max

Wake Co.

Wake Co., Raleigh

1892 - 1975

Young, Allen Lawrence

Wake Co.

Wake Co.

1875 - 1957

Young, David Alexander

Wake Co.

Wake Co.

1907 - 1994

Young, John Smith

Wake Co.

Wake Co.

1834 - 1916