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| Affiliation | Whig |
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| Name | Richard C. Puryear |
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Huntsville, North Carolina , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
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February 09, 1801
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| Died | July 30, 1867
(66 years)
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| Contributor | Chronicler |
| Last Modifed | RBH
Mar 28, 2015 01:10am |
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| Info | PURYEAR, Richard Clauselle, a Representative from North Carolina; born in Mecklenburg County, Va., February 9, 1801; moved with his parents to Surry County, N.C.; pursued classical studies; engaged in planting near Huntsville, N.C.; colonel of militia; magistrate of Surry County; served in the State house of commons in 1838, 1844, 1846, and in 1852; member of the State senate.
Puryear's wife was Elizabeth Ann Clingman, a sister of U.S. Sen. Thomas L. Clingman. She died on 2/9/1850, according to the Fayetteville Observer, 3/6/1850.
U.S. Representative (W,Am-NC) 1853-1857; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1857.
Delegate to the Confederate Provisional Congress which assembled at Richmond in 1861; delegate to the peace congress held in Philadelphia after the Civil War; resumed agricultural pursuits; died on his plantation, “Shallow Ford,” in Yadkin County, N.C., July 30, 1867; interment in the family burial ground.
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