Tobacco

by Pauline Johnson. [...] (from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Libraries.)

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by Mcarver, Charles H., Jr. A. C. Monk and Company was founded in Farmville in 1907 by Albert Coy Monk. Initially, Monk and one assistant bought tobacco and shipped it in hogsheads from the Farmville railroad station. After [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Bishop, RoAnn. Agriculture in North Carolina during the Great Depression Originally published as "Difficult Days on Tar Heel Farms" by RoAnn Bishop Reprinted with permission from the Tar Heel Junior [...] (from Tar Heel Junior Historian, NC Museum of History.)

by Carter, Robert W., Jr. American Tobacco Company by Robert W. Carter Jr., 2006 See also: W. Duke, Sons and Company; Tobacco, Brown and Williamson Tobacco Company; Bull Durham Tobacco; R. J. Reynolds Tobacco [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Pauline Johnson. [...] (from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Libraries.)

by Pauline Johnson. [...] (from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Libraries.)

by Pauline Johnson. [...] (from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Libraries.)

by Pauline Johnson. [...] (from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Libraries.)

by . Barning the Tobacco Two men "barning" tobacco, packing it for storage in a [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)

by Noblin, Stuart. William Thomas Blackwell, tobacco manufacturer and civic leader, was born near Woodsdale in northern Person County. His father was James Lipscomb Blackwell, his mother Eleanor Fox Buchanan. W. T., or [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Yeargin, W. W. Blue mold, a fungal disease, decreases or destroys tobacco quality. Initially it was diagnosed in 1921 in tobacco plant beds in Georgia, and by 1931 it had found its way southward to Florida and [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)

by . Bonsack Cigarette Rolling [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)

by . Bright Leaf Tobacco Bright leaf tobacco grows on a farm in North Carolina's Piedmont. Pilot Mountain stands in the background to the [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)

by Bair, Anna Withers. Brown & Williamson Tobacco Company by Anna Withers Bair, 2006 See also: Tobacco, American Tobacco Company; Bull Durham Tobacco; R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company; W. Duke Sons and [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Bair, Anna Withers. George Thomas Brown, tobacco manufacturer, was born in Mocksville, the son of Rufus D. and Sarah Gibbs Brown. Rufus Brown and his brother, Dr. William Brown, had a small tobacco factory in [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Carter, Elizabeth H. After graduation from high school, Carter worked in his father's stores; this experience in selling Reynolds tobacco products, coming in contact with the salesmen for the company, first kindled his [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Powell, William S. John Blackwell Cobb, tobacconist and capitalist, was born in Caswell County, the son of Henry Wellington and Mary Howard Cobb. He was educated in private schools in his native county, and at the age [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Blackburn, George T., II. David Young Cooper, tobacconist, industrialist, and financier, the son of Alexander Cooper and Harriet J. Young, was born in Granville County. His grandfather, James Cooper of Glasgow, Scotland, [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Roberts, B. W. C. John Thomas Dalton, inventor, was born on a farm near Franklin Junction (now Gretna) in Pittsylvania County, Va. At a very early age he demonstrated an interest in mechanical devices, such as a [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Sartin, Deborah Darr. Edward Austin Darr, tobacco official, was born in Baltimore, Md., the son of William H. and Mary Coffman Darr. He was educated in the Baltimore public schools and the McDonogh School for Boys; by [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Pauline Johnson. [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)

by Pauline Johnson. [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)

by Pauline Johnson. [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)

by Bullard, A. J. Deertongue, also called dog-tongue and vanilla plant (Trilisa odoratissima), is native to the U.S. coastal region from North Carolina to Florida. It is characterized by basal clusters of dog- or [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Cecelski, David S. I visited with Jim Ellis in Fountain, a small town 70 miles east of Raleigh. A retired tobacco farmer and country preacher, he grew up there between the two largest tobacco markets in the world, [...] (from Listening to History, News and Observer.)

by Cecelski, David S. I visited Lois Epps Jones in High Plains, an Indian community north of Roxboro, in Person County. Her great-grandfather found refuge in High Plains during the Cherokee Removal. Now she is one of the [...] (from Listening to History, News and Observer.)

by Wait, Douglas A. North Carolina has produced and transported commercial exports since its establishment as an English colony. The primary exports from the colony were products of the forest. By the 1720s naval [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Webb, Mena F. Fuller, Williamson Whitehead by Mena F. Webb, 1986 28 Aug. 1858–23 Aug. [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Yeargin, W. W. Granville wilt is a bacterial disease that affects the tobacco plant. It was discovered in 1881 in Granville County. By 1910 it would cost tobacco farmers in North Carolina between 25 percent and 100 [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Tilley, Nannie M. Bowman Gray, Jr., tobacco executive, was born in Baltimore, Md., the son of Bowman and Nathalie Fontaine Lyons Gray. He attended the Reynolda School in Winston-Salem, Woodberry Forest School in [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Russell, Mattie U. John Ruffin Green, tobacco manufacturer, whose pioneering efforts in the production of bright-leaf smoking tobacco helped lay the economic foundation of the city of Durham, was the second of seven [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by . Gypsy Queen Cigarettes -- trading cards Trading cards advertising Gypsy Queen Cigarettes picture various [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)

by . This short documentary shows the process of harvesting, curing, and selling tobacco, from farm to auction. Filmed at Duke Homestead State Historic Site in Durham, North Carolina, during the 2009 [...] (from NCpedia.)

by . Harvesting tobacco Men work to harvest tobacco by hand. A mule pulls a wagon or [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)

by Ansley, John F. A hogshead is a large barrel used primarily to store and/or transport tightly packed, or "prized," leaf tobacco. By the mid-1700s, tradition, convenience, and statutes to discourage smuggling [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)

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by Anderson, Jean B. By Elizabeth A. Fenn, Peter H. Wood, Harry L. Watson, Thomas H. Clayton, Sydney Nathans, Thomas C. Parramore, and Jean B. Anderson; Maps by Mark Anderson Moore. Edited by Joe A. Mobley. [...] (from The Way We Lived in North Carolina, NC Office of Archives and History and UNC Press.)

by Cecelski, David S. I visited Ammie Jenkins in Spring Lake, in Cumberland County, 50 miles south of Raleigh. She is one of the state's most dynamic advocates for black farming and landownership. As the founder and [...] (from Listening to History, News and Observer.)

by Pauline Johnson. [...] (from NCpedia.)

by Pauline Johnson. [...] (from NCpedia.)

by Pauline Johnson. [...] (from NCpedia.)

by Pauline Johnson. [...] (from NCpedia.)

by Pauline Johnson. [...] (from NCpedia.)

by . Little girls work in the interior of a tobacco shed Some farmers hired children for seasonal work. Here, three girls, aged eight, nine, and ten, string tobacco leaves. The ten year-old made 50 cents [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)

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by Flannagan, Clara H. R. Zachariah Inge Lyon, one of the founders of Durham and a pioneer smoking tobacco manufacturer, was born in Granville County, the son of Zachariah T. and Nancy Lanier Lyon. He was the grandson of [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Hall, Lisa Coston, Detreville, John R. Manufacturing by John R. deTreville, 2006 Additional research provided by Lisa Coston Hall. See also: Manufacturing (From NC Atlas Revisited); Manufacturing Table of Contents; [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Hall, Lisa Coston, Detreville, John R. Manufacturing by John R. deTreville, 2006; Revised November 2022. Additional research provided by Lisa Coston Hall. See also: Manufacturing (From NC Atlas Revisited); Manufacturing Table [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Hall, Lisa Coston, Detreville, John R. Manufacturing by John R. deTreville, 2006 Additional research provided by Lisa Coston Hall. See also: Manufacturing (From NC Atlas Revisited); Manufacturing Table of Contents; [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Hall, Lisa Coston, Detreville, John R. Manufacturing by John R. deTreville, 2006 Additional research provided by Lisa Coston Hall. See also: Manufacturing (From NC Atlas Revisited); Manufacturing Table of Contents; [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Hall, Lisa Coston, Detreville, John R. Manufacturing by John R. deTreville, 2006 Additional research provided by Lisa Coston Hall. See also: Manufacturing (From NC Atlas Revisited); Manufacturing Table of Contents; [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Hall, Lisa Coston, Detreville, John R. Manufacturing by John R. deTreville, 2006 Additional research provided by Lisa Coston Hall. See also: Manufacturing (From NC Atlas Revisited); Manufacturing Table of Contents; [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Keever, Homer M. John Harvey McElwee, industrialist and father of the Statesville tobacco industry, was born in York County, S.C., the son of Jonathan Newman and Martha Orr McElwee. He attended the rural schools of [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Cecelski, David S. Athenia Moses will soon be honored by the Goldsboro-Wayne County branch of the NAACP for something that she did more than half a century ago. At a banquet on Feb. 11, the NAACP will recognize her and [...] (from Listening to History, News and Observer.)

by . Mrs. B.F. Stayley, Reddies River, N.C. Mrs. B.F. Stayley is pictured in the interior of her home, sitting next to an ornate wooden dresser. Part of Mrs. Stayley's kitchen is visible in the [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)

by . Mrs. Barbara Wagoner, Wilkes County, N.C. Mrs. Barbara Wagoner is pictured sitting in a chair outside of her house with a baby in her lap. Several piles of tobacco bags are next to her on the [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)

by . Mrs. Cornelia Neal Mrs. Cornelia Neal and two other women are pictured seated on a bed, stringing tobacco bags. There is a stove visible in the [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)

by . Mrs. Daisy StamperA large family, including several children, is pictured in front of a one-room house. A box of tobacco bags is visible in the photograph, as is the family laundry, drying on the [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)

by . Mrs. Emma Cleary, Wilkes County, N.C. The Cleary family is pictured standing in front of a stone wall. All of the family members hold tobacco [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)

by . Mrs. Emma Mitchell, Reidsville, N.C. Mrs. Emma Mitchell and her family are pictured standing on the front porch of their [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)

by . Mrs. Ethel Holsbrook, North Wilkesboro, N.C. Mrs. Ethel Holsbrook and four children are pictured sitting on the front steps of their home. Mrs. Holsbrook is holding a bundle of tobacco bags, and [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)

by . Mrs. Eugenia Allen, Reidsville, N.C. Mrs. Eugenia Allen is pictured seated on a bed in her house. One of her grandchildren is pictured in front of the bed on a [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)

by . Mrs. Kuhn, North Wilkesboro, N.C. Mrs. Kuhn, North Wilkesboro, N.C., pictured seated while stringing bags in the interior of her house. Her husband’s wheelchair is visible in the [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)

by . Mrs. Leacey Royal, Reddies River, N.C. Mrs. Leacey Royal and three children are pictured standing outside of their [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)

by . Mrs. Samuel Stayley, Reddies River, Wilkes Co., N.C. The Stayley family is shown in the kitchen of their home. The table is set and they look to have just finished a meal. The walls are covered with [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)

by . Mrs. W.H. Bryant, Wilkes County, N.C. Mrs. W.H. Bryant and seven children are pictured in the bedroom in their home. One of the children holds a baby in her [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)

by . Mule drawn transplanter A tobacco transplanter drawn by a pair of mules. Photograph was taken circa [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)

by Tilley, Nannie M. William Thomas O'Brien, machinist, was born in Lynchburg, Va., of Irish ancestry. His father was John O'Brien, a laborer, who came to the United States in 1846; his mother was Katherine McLaughlin [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Beers, Burton F. Edward James Parrish, tobacco merchant and manufacturer, pioneering tobacco company executive assigned to Japan, and Durham business and civic leader, was born near Round Hill post office in Orange [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Butler, Lindley S. Penn, Charles Ashby by Lindley, S. Butler, 1994 29 Nov. 1868–22 Oct. [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by . Joseph Ezekiel Pogue, Sr., tobacco manufacturer and Raleigh public official, was born September 13, 1851 in Rogersville Junction, Tennessee in Jefferson County, to Reverend John Pogue, a [...] (from North Carolina State University.)

by McGee, Barry. R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company began as Reynolds Industries, a small tobacco company in what is now Winston-Salem. Twenty-four-year-old Richard Joshua Reynolds moved from Virginia to [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Tilley, Nannie M. Richard Joshua Reynolds, founder of the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, was born in the shadow of Nobusiness Mountain, Patrick County, Va. His father was Hardin William Reynolds, a manufacturer of [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Pauline Johnson. [...] (from NCpedia.)

by Pauline Johnson. [...] (from NCpedia.)

by Massengill, Stephen E. Fred Stovall Royster, tobacco warehouseman, legislator, and tobacco industry promoter, was born in the community of Dabney in western Vance County. His parents were John Stovall (24 May 1869–23 Oct. [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Mylan, Linda. Hamilton Scales, tobacco manufacturer and warehouseman, was the son of James and his second wife, Elizabeth Deatherage Scales. Young Scales's mother died in 1824, and thirteen years later his father [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Willis, F. Craig. James Edwin Scott, merchant and tobacco manufacturer, was born in Alamance County, the son of Robert W. Scott. He attended the Bingham School when it was under the direction of Major Robert Bingham [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Mcpherson, H. Holt. William Henry Snow, lumberman and furniture manufacturer, was born at Montpelier, Washington County, Vt., the son of William and Emily Haynes Snow. His father, a farmer and stock raiser, disappeared [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by . Star Tobacco House View of North Main Street between Fifth and Sixth Streets. The Star Tobacco Warehouse can be seen at left. This warehouse was later known as the Farmers’ Tobacco [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)

by Williams, Wiley J. The task system, in which workers were paid not by the hours they worked but by the number and quality of specific tasks they performed, was common in the industrial economy of late [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Burns, Augustus M., III. James Augustus Thomas, tobacco merchant, benefactor, and Asian specialist, was born in Lawsonville, Rockingham County. His grandfather and his father, Henry Evans Thomas, were both tobacco men; his [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

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by Walbert, David. Tobacco at a mock auctionTobacco at a mock auctionTobacco piled for a mock auction at Duke Homestead State Historic Site, September [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)

by Yeargin, W. W. Tobacco Auctions by W. W. Yeargin, 2006 See Also: Tobacco, American Tobacco Company; Brown and Williamson Tobacco Company; Bull Durham Tobacco; R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company; W. Duke Sons [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Pauline Johnson. [...] (from NCpedia.)

by Holcomb, Alison. Tobacco Barrels: Hogsheads "Analyzing an Artifact: What in the World is a Hogshead?" by Alison Holcomb Reprinted with permission from the Tar Heel Junior Historian. Spring 2009. Tar Heel [...] (from Tar Heel Junior Historian, NC Museum of History.)

by Yeargin, W. W. Tobacco Belts by W. W. Yeargin, 2006 See also: Tobacco, American Tobacco Company; Brown and Williamson Tobacco Company; Bull Durham Tobacco; R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company; W. Duke Sons and [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Roberts, Ben. Before the Civil War, North Carolina was mostly an agricultural society with a large portion of its population living and working on farms. One of the main crops grown was tobacco, which was shipped [...] (from Tar Heel Junior Historian, NC Museum of History.)

by . Tobacco mills in North Carolina, 1896 Map shows locations of tobacco factories in North Carolina, 1896. Present-day county boundaries are provided for reference. This same map is available with [...] (from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Libraries.)

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by Williams, Wiley J., Yeargin, W. W. Tobacco by W. W. Yeargin, 2006 Additional research provided by Wiley J. Williams. See also: American Tobacco Company; Brown and Williamson Tobacco Company; Bull Durham Tobacco; R. J. [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Yeargin, W. W. Tobacco by W. W. Yeargin, 2006; Revised November 2022. Additional research provided by Wiley J. Williams. See also: American Tobacco Company; Brown and Williamson Tobacco Company; Bull [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Yeargin, W. W. Tobacco by W. W. Yeargin, 2006 Additional research provided by Wiley J. Williams. See also: American Tobacco Company; Brown and Williamson Tobacco Company; Bull Durham Tobacco; R. J. [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Yeargin, W. W. Tobacco by W. W. Yeargin, 2006 Additional research provided by Wiley J. Williams. See also: American Tobacco Company; Brown and Williamson Tobacco Company; Bull Durham Tobacco; R. J. [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Yeargin, W. W. Tobacco by W. W. Yeargin, 2006 Additional research provided by Wiley J. Williams. See also: American Tobacco Company; Brown and Williamson Tobacco Company; Bull Durham Tobacco; R. J. [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)

by . Tying tobacco Three women work at tying [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)

by Hunt, James L. United States v. American Tobacco Company was a 1911 U.S. Supreme Court case in which the Court found that a large number of persons and corporations-including North Carolinians James Buchanan Duke, [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)

by . Unloading tobacco, Durham, 1939Unloading tobacco, Durham, 1939The record for this image, provided by the The New York Public Library's Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture reads:Unloading [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)

by Anderson, Jean B. By Elizabeth A. Fenn, Peter H. Wood, Harry L. Watson, Thomas H. Clayton, Sydney Nathans, Thomas C. Parramore, and Jean B. Anderson; Maps by Mark Anderson Moore. Edited by Joe A. Mobley. [...] (from The Way We Lived in North Carolina, NC Office of Archives and History and UNC Press.)

by Durden, Robert F. Washington Duke returned to his small farm in what was then Orange County as a penniless Confederate veteran in the early summer of 1865. Aided by his three children still at home-Mary E., Benjamin [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)

by . Watching the Furnace Overnight A man and his dog keep watch over a furnace being used to dry [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)

by Magruder, Nathaniel F. George Washington Watts, industrialist and philanthropist, was born in Cumberland, Md., the son of Gerard S. and Annie Wolvington Watts. In 1858 the family moved from Cumberland to Baltimore, where [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Nance, Lara Jane. John Clarke Whitaker, businessman and community leader, was born in Salem, the son of William A. and Anna Bitting Whitaker. His father served as a major in the Confederate army and later operated a [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Bair, Anna Withers. Williams, Samuel Clay by Anna Withers Bair, 1996 24 Sept. 1884–25 Feb. 1949 Samuel Clay Williams, lawyer and tobacco magnate, was born in Mooresville, the son of Thomas Jefferson and Willie [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Bair, Anna Withers. Robert Lynn Williamson, tobacco manufacturer and agriculturist, was born at Sunnyside, the family plantation in the Locust Hill section of Caswell County. He was the oldest son of Thomas Farish, a [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Bair, Anna Withers. Thomas Farish Williamson, early tobacco manufacturer, planter, and church leader, was born at the family plantation, Poplar Grove, in the Stoney Creek Township of Caswell County, the second son of [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by . Workers in a cigarette factory This illustration from the Jan. 15, 1887, issue of Harper's Weekly shows women in a Virginia factory rolling cigarettes by [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)

by Powell, William S. Richard Harvey Wright, industrialist, was born in Franklin County, the son of Thomas Davenport and Elizabeth Glover Harris Wright. His grandfather, Griffin Wright, was a native of England. As a youth [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)