Madison County

by Pitman, Louise L. Frances Louisa Goodrich, artist, teacher, and craftsman, was born in Binghamton, N.Y., the daughter of the Reverend William Henry and Mary Prichard Goodrich. She spent her early years and was [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Cocke, Eugene R. Hezekiah Alexander Gudger, lawyer, educator, diplomat, and jurist, was born in Madison County, the son of Joseph Jackson and Sarah Emeline Barnard Gudger. He was educated in the public school system [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Pleasants, Julian M. James Madison Gudger, Jr., congressman, state senator, and attorney, was born in Madison County of Scot-Irish ancestry, the youngest son of Joseph Jackson and Sarah Emeline Barnard Gudger. Gudger's [...] (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 Green, C. Sylvester. Amos Isaac Justice, Baptist clergyman, was born in the Edneyville section of rural Henderson County. No record has been found identifying his parents, although it is known that his family moved to [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Long, Joe O'Neal. Katherine Emeline Gudger Langley, member of Congress, was born near Marshall in Madison County, the daughter of James Madison, Jr., and Katie Hawkins Gudger. Her father was a congressman and a [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Horton, Laurel Mckay. Lunsford, Bascom Lamar by Laurel Mckay Horton, 1991 21 Mar. 1882–4 Sept. [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Massey, R. A., Jr. Zachary David Massey, educator, physician, and Tennessee legislator and congressman, was born at Big Pine, Madison County, the son of Robert Hardee and Rena Brown Massey. He spent the first [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Cecelski, David S. Loraine Carter Nelson recently sent me a lovely memoir recalling her childhood growing up with eight brothers and sisters in the Blue Ridge Mountains. That was near the village of Democrat, 17 miles [...] (from Listening to History, News and Observer.)

by Cherry, Robert L. George Moore Pritchard, congressman, district solicitor, and state legislator, was born in the community of Ivy, near Mars Hill, in Madison County, of Irish and Welsh ancestry. His father was Jeter [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Morgan, Joe L. Jeter Conley Pritchard, senator and judge, was born in Jonesboro, Tenn., the son of William H. and Elizabeth Brown Pritchard. Although he was seven years above the top age for enlistment in the [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Williams, Max R. Harold Frank Robinson, plant geneticist and university administrator, was a native of Mitchell County, the son of Fred H. and Geneva J. Robinson. As a towheaded youngster growing up in the village of [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Cecelski, David S. One night last summer, Terry Shinn visited my family's campsite next to the French Broad River, in the Blue Ridge Mountains. The tall, soft-spoken stranger lived just up a short path, in the faded [...] (from Listening to History, News and Observer.)