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| Name | William A.B. Branch |
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Washington, North Carolina , United States |
| Email | None |
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February 26, 1847
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| Died | November 18, 1910
(63 years)
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| Contributor | Chronicler |
| Last Modifed | Chronicler
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| Info | BRANCH, William Augustus Blount, (son of Lawrence O’Bryan Branch and great-nephew of John Branch), a Representative from North Carolina; born in Tallahassee, Fla., February 26, 1847; moved with his father to Raleigh, N.C., in 1852; attended Lovejoy’s Academy, Raleigh, N.C., Bingham Military Academy near Mebane, N.C., the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and Virginia Military Institute at Lexington; joined the Confederate Army and served as a courier on the staff of Gen. R. F. Hoke; surrendered with Gen. Joseph E. Johnston’s army in 1865; studied law but never practiced; in 1867 took charge of his landed estate near Washington, Beaufort County, N.C., and engaged in agricultural pursuits
US House (D-NC) 1891-1895; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1894 to the Fifty-fourth Congress
Again engaged in agricultural pursuits on his estate
NC House (D-Beaufort) 1905
Died in Washington, N.C., November 18, 1910; interment in Oakdale Cemetery.
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