Craven County, North Carolina Genealogy Trails (2024)

SHAW, HENRY M., soldier, physician, state senator, congressman, was born Nov. 20, 1819, in Newport, R. I. He moved to North Carolina, and was a state senator in 1852. He was a representative from North Carolina to the thirty-third and thirty-fifth congresses. During the war of the rebellion he served as a colonel in the confederate army. He died in February, 1864, in New Berne, N. C.
[Source: Forty-First Congress Congressional Directory; Publ. 1868: By United States Congress Joint Committee on Printing; Transcribed by Andrea Stawski Pack]

SHEPARD, Charles Biddle
SHEPARD, Charles Biddle, a Representative from North Carolina; born in New Bern, Craven County, N.C., December 5, 1808; attended private schools of his native city and was graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1827; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1828 and commenced practice in New Bern, N.C.; elected to the state house of representatives to fill out the unexpired term of Charles Spaight and served in 1831 and 1832; elected as a Whig to the Twenty-fifth Congress and reelected as a Democrat to the Twenty-sixth Congress (March 4, 1837-March 3, 1841); resumed the practice of his profession; died in New Bern, N.C., October 25, 1843; interment in Cedar Grove Cemetery.
(Source: Biographical Directory of the United States 1774-present. Photo courtesy of Richard Jordan)

SHEPARD, CHARLES B., congressman, was born Dec. 5, 1807, in New Berne, N. C. He was elected to congress from North Carolina in 1837, where he continued to serve until 1841. He died in October, 1843.
[Herringshaw's encyclopedia of American biography of the nineteenth century; Edited by Thomas William Herringshaw; Publ. 1901; Donated and Transcribed by Andrea Stawski Pack]

SHEPARD, William Biddle, a Representative from North Carolina; born in New Bern, N.C., May 14, 1799; completed preparatory studies; attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1813; was graduated from the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Camden County, later removing to Elizabeth City, Pasquotank County, N.C.; also engaged in banking; elected as an Anti-Jacksonian to the Twenty-first through the Twenty-fourth Congresses (March 4, 1829-March 3, 1837); chairman, Committee on District of Columbia (Twenty-fourth Congress); was not a candidate for renomination in 1836; member of the state senate 1838-1840 and 1848-1850; member of the board of trustees of the University of North Carolina 1838-1852; died in Elizabeth City, N.C., June 20, 1852; interment in St. Paul’s Churchyard, Edenton, N.C.
(Source: Biographical Directory of the United States 1774-present.)

SITGREAVES, John, a Delegate from North Carolina; born in England in 1757; attended Eton College; immigrated to the United States and settled in New Bern, N.C.; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in New Bern, N.C.; during the Revolutionary War attained the rank of lieutenant, later serving as military aide to General Caswell; commissioner in charge of confiscated property; assistant clerk, first state senate of North Carolina in 1777; clerk of the state senate in 1778 and 1779; Member of the Continental Congress in 1785; member of the state house of commons in 1784, 1786, 1787, and 1788, serving as speaker in 1787 and 1788; United States district judge for North Carolina from December 20, 1790, until his death in Halifax, N.C., March 4, 1802; interment in the Colonial Cemetery
(Source: Biographical Directory of the United States 1774-present.)

SITGREAVES, JOHN, soldier, lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born about 1740 in New Berne, N. C. He was an officer in the war of the revolution; was a delegate to the continental congress from North Carolina from 1784 to 1785; and in 1790 was appointed attorney-general for that state. He soon afterwards was appointed judge of the United States district court for the district of North Carolina. He died March 4, 1802, in Halifax, N. C.
[Herringshaw's encyclopedia of American biography of the nineteenth century; Edited by Thomas William Herringshaw; Publ. 1901; Donated and Transcribed by Andrea Stawski Pack]

SPAIGHT, Richard Dobbs, Sr.
SPAIGHT, Richard Dobbs, (father of Richard Dobbs Spaight, Jr., and grandfather of Richard Spaight Donnell), a Delegate and a Representative from North Carolina; born in New Bern, N.C., March 25, 1758; received his early schooling in Ireland and attended the University of Glasgow in Scotland; returned home in 1778 and joined the Continental Army as aide-de-camp to General Caswell; member of the North Carolina House of Commons 1779-1783; Member of the Continental Congress 1783-1785; delegate to the Constitutional Convention at Philadelphia in 1787 and to the state ratification convention in 1788; governor of North Carolina 1792-1795; elected as a Republican to the Fifth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Nathan Bryan; reelected as a Republican to the Sixth Congress and served from December 10, 1798, to March 3, 1801; member of the state senate in 1801 and 1802; was wounded in a duel with John Stanly, his successor in Congress, from the effects of which he died on September 6, 1802, in New Bern, N.C.; interment in the family sepulcher at “Clermont,” near New Bern, N.C.
(Source: Biographical Directory of the United States 1774-present. Photo courtesy of Richard Jordan)

SPAIGHT, RICHARD D.; soldier, congressman, governor, was born March 25, 1758, in New Berne, N. C. In 1781 he entered the house of commons of North Carolina; from 1782 to 1874 was a member of the continental congress, and also during the years 1785 and 1786. He was one of the delegates to form the constitution of the United States, to which his name is appended. He was a presidential elector in 1797; and in 1792 was again elected to the local legislature. He was the same year elected governor of North Carolina; and was a representative in congress from 1798 to 1801, after which he was elected to the state senate. He died Sept. 6, 1802, in New Berne, N. C.
[Herringshaw's encyclopedia of American biography of the nineteenth century; Edited by Thomas William Herringshaw; Publ. 1901; Donated and Transcribed by Andrea Stawski Pack]

SPAIGHT, Richard Dobbs, Sr., Legislator: Born in Newbern, N. C., March 25, 1758; d. Sept. 6, 1802. He was sent abroad to be educated, and after studying in Ireland, entered the University of Glasgow, Scotland, from which he was graduated in 1778. He returned to America in that year and joined the Continental army, as aide to General Caswell. He took part in the battle of Camden in August, 1780. From 1781-83 he represented the town of Newbern in the state legislature, and in 1784 he was elected to the Continental congress. In 1785 and 1786 he was again a member of the state legislature and served as speaker of its lower branch. In 1787 he was a delegate to the convention which framed the Federal constitution, and in the year following was a delegate to the state convention at Hillsboro, which rejected the new Federal instrument. In 1792, while a member from Newbern, in the house of commons of the state legislature, he was elected governor of the state, and in 1798-1800 he served a term in the United States Congress. In 1801 he was- again elected to the state senate, and on Sept. 5, 1802, he fought a duel with John Stanly, and died the next day from a wound which resulted from the encounter.
[Source: THE SOUTH in the Building of the Nation Volume XI; Ed.by James Curtis Ballagh, Walter Lynwood Fleming & Southern Historical Publication Society; Publ. 1909; Transcribed and submitted by Andrea Stawski Pack.]

SPAIGHT, Richard Dobbs, Jr.
SPAIGHT, Richard Dobbs, Jr., (son of Richard Dobbs Spaight), a Representative from North Carolina; born in New Bern, N.C., in 1796; attended the New Bern Academy and was graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1815; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1818 and commenced practice in New Bern; member of the state house of commons November 15, 1819-December 25, 1819; elected as a Crawford Republican to the Eighteenth Congress (March 4, 1823-March 3, 1825); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1824 to the Nineteenth Congress; member of the state senate in 1820-1822, 1825-1835; governor of North Carolina December 10, 1835-December 31, 1836; delegate to the Democratic State convention in 1835; engaged in agricultural pursuits; died in New Bern, N.C., November 17, 1850; interment in the family sepulcher at “Clermont,” near New Bern, N.C.
(Source: Biographical Directory of the United States 1774-present.)

SPAIGHT, RICHARD DOBBS, JR.; agriculturist, state senator, congressman, governor, was born in 1796 In New Berne, N. C. He served four years in the North Carolina state legislature; and was a representative in congress from 1823 to 1825. He subsequently served ten years in the state senate. He was governor of North Carolina in 1835 and 1836. He died in November, 1850, in New Berne, N. C.
[Herringshaw's encyclopedia of American biography of the nineteenth century; Edited by Thomas William Herringshaw; Publ. 1901; Donated and Transcribed by Andrea Stawski Pack]

SPAIGHT, Richard Dobbs, Jr., son of Governor Richard Dobbs Spaight: b. Newbern, N. C., 1796; d. Newbern, November, 1850. He was educated at the State University, from which he was graduated in 1815. He studied law and having been admitted to the bar, practiced law and engaged in politics. He was elected to the lower branch of the legislature in 1819, and in the year following to the state senate, where he continued until 1822. In 1823 he became a representative in the United States Congress, and served one term. In 1824 he was again elected to the state senate, in which he served until 1834, when he was chosen governor of the state. In 1835 he was a member of the state constitutional convention.
[Source: THE SOUTH in the Building of the Nation Volume XI; Ed.by James Curtis Ballagh, Walter Lynwood Fleming & Southern Historical Publication Society; Publ. 1909; Transcribed and submitted by Andrea Stawski Pack.]

SPARROW, William S., tailor; born at Newbern, N. C. Oct. 23, 1875; son of William and Frances Sparrow; public school edn.; grad. Boston School of Cutting; married Carolyn Stanford, of Boston, Mass., Dec. 31, 1910. Custom tailor and haberdasher. Methodist. Mason; member Elks, Odd Fellows, Sons of North Carolina. Club: Greater Boston. Home: 50 Windsor St. Office: 639 Tremont St., Boston, Mass.
[Source: Who's who of the colored race: Volume 1;Edited by Frank Lincoln Mather; Publ. 1915; Transcribed for Genealogy Trails by Andrea Stawski Pack.]

STANLY, Edward
STANLY, Edward, (son of John Stanly), a Representative from North Carolina; born in New Bern, N.C., January 10, 1810; attended New Bern Academy and was graduated from the American Literary, Scientific, and Military Academy, Norwich University, in 1829; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1832 and commenced practice in Washington, Beaufort County, N.C.; elected as a Whig to the Twenty-fifth, Twenty-sixth, and Twenty-seventh Congresses (March 4, 1837-March 3, 1843); chairman, Committee on Expenditures on Public Buildings (Twenty-sixth Congress), Committee on Military Affairs (Twenty-seventh Congress); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1842 to the Twenty-eighth Congress; member of the State house of representatives 1844-1846, 1848, and 1849, serving as speaker in 1844-1846; attorney general of North Carolina in 1847; elected to the Thirty-first and Thirty-second Congresses (March 4, 1849-March 3, 1853); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1852 to the Thirty-third Congress; moved to California in 1853 and practiced law in San Francisco; unsuccessful Republican candidate for Governor of California in 1857; during the Civil War was appointed Military Governor of eastern North Carolina May 26, 1862, with rank of brigadier general, and served until March 2, 1863, when he resigned; returned to California and resumed the practice of law; died in San Francisco, Calif., July 12, 1872; interment in Mountain View Cemetery, Oakland, Calif.
(Source: Biographical Directory of the United States 1774-present.)

STANLY, John, (father of Edward Stanly), a Representative from North Carolina; born in New Bern, N.C., April 9, 1774; received his early education from private tutors; attended Princeton University; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1799 and practiced; clerk and master in equity; member of the State house of commons in 1798 and 1799; elected as a Federalist to the Seventh Congress (March 4, 1801-March 3, 1803); elected to the Eleventh Congress (March 4, 1809-March 3, 1811); resumed the practice of his profession; again a member of the State house of commons 1812-1815, 1818, 1819, 1823-1825, and 1826; died in New Bern, N.C., August 2, 1834; interment in Episcopal Cemetery.
(Source: Biographical Directory of the United States 1774-present.)