Jackson County

by Wiest, Timothy J. William Ernest Bird, educator, was the fifth of nine children born to Charles Asbury Bird and Sarah Ermina Terrell. Bird's paternal ancestors emigrated from England to Virginia, then to North [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Powell, William S. John Romulus (Afterward Changed to Richard) Brinkley, medical maverick, was born in the community of Beta near Sylva, Jackson County, apparently the illegitimate son of Dr. John Richard Brinkley and [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Stephens, George M. Harry Eugene Buchanan, mountain region leader and moving picture theater official, was born in Sylva, the son of Marcellus and Laura Belle Leatherwood Buchanan. He obtained his early schooling in [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Alley, Sierra. Kathryn Stripling Byer, an American poet, teacher and essayist, was born in Camilla, Georgia. Her father, C.M. Stripling, was a farmer and her mother, Bernice Campbell Stripling, was a [...] (from NCpedia.)

by . Originally published in Courageous Care: African American and Cherokee Nurses in Appalachia 1900-1965. Republished with permission. For personal educational use and not for further distribution. [...] (from Appalachian State University.)

by Evans, Phillip W. David McKee Hall, congressman, was born in Sylva, Jackson County, the son of David McKee and Edith Moore Hall. He attended the public schools in Jackson County until the age of twelve, when he was [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Bell, John L., Jr. Harris, Charles Joseph by John L. Bell, Jr., 1988 11 Sept. 1853–14 Feb. 1944 Charles Joseph Harris, businessman, was the son of William Harris, a farmer, and Zilpah Torrey Harris of Putnam, [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Green, C. Sylvester. Hiram Tyram Hunter, educator and college president, was born at Mars Hill, the son of James Hardy and Martha Carolina Bradley Hunter. After attending elementary and secondary schools in Mars Hill, he [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Ellison, George. Horace Sowers Kephart, writer, outdoorsman, and librarian, was born in East Salem, Pa., the son of Isaiah L., a teacher, editor, and clergyman, and Mary Elizabeth Sowers Kephart. His ancestors had [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Conway, Robert O. Madison, Robert Lee by Robert O. Conway, 1991 17 Feb. 1867–2 Oct. 1954 See also: Western Carolina [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Beck, Teresa Kay. Gertrude Dills McKee, homemaker, clubwoman, and state legislator, was the first woman to serve in the North Carolina Senate. She was the second of three daughters of William Allen and Alice M. Enloe [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Bell, John L., Jr. Colin John McRae, businessman and Confederate official, was one of eleven children of Elizabeth Mary and John M. McRae, a merchant of Sneedsboro (now McFarlan) in Anson County. Colin moved with his [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Riley, Jack. Darley Hiden Ramsey, editor, newspaper manager, historian, and scholar, was born in Gretna, Va., the son of Simeon Clay and Lucy Pinckard Ramsey of Ferrum, Va. In 1903 the family moved to Asheville, [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Woodard, John R., Jr. Weston Cosby Reed, Baptist minister and child care executive, was born on a farm near Sylva, in Jackson County, the fifth child of James Phillip and Marcella Farmer Reed. He attended the public [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Williams, Max R. Paul Apperson Reid, a professional educator who in a forty-three-year career served North Carolina at every level of the public education system, was born in Stokes County, the son of Margaret [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)