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- "IREDELL, James, governor of North Carolina, was born Edenton, N.C., Nov. 2, 1788; son of James and Hannah (Johnston) Iredell, and grandson of Francis and Margaret (McCulloch) Iredell. He was graduated at the College of New Jersey, A.B., 1806, and A.M., 1809. He.was admitted to the bar in 1809, and in 1812 was captain of a company of volunteers and went to the defence of Norfolk, Va. He was a representative in the state legislature in 1816-27, and speaker, 1817 and 1819. He was judge of the superior court from March to May, 1819, when he resigned. He was governor of North Carolina in 1827-28, resigning in December, 1828, to accept a seat in the U.S. senate, made vacant by the resignation of Senator Nathaniel Macon, and be served as a senator till March 4, 1831. He practised law in Raleigh, N.C.; was reporter of the decisions of the state supreme court, and a commissioner to revise the laws of the state. He was a trustee of the University of North Carolina, 1813-53, and president of the board, 1827-28. He prepared and published: Revised Statutes of l836-37 (1837); Supreme Court Reports 13 vols., and Reports in Equity, 8 vols. (1841-52); Treatise on the Law of Executors and Administrators, and Digest of all the Reported Cases in the Courts of North Carolina, 1778 to 1845 (1839-46). He died in Edenton, N.C., April 13, 1853."
Source: Johnson, Rossiter (editor). Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Vols. 1-10. Boston, MA: The Biographical Society, 1904.
"James Iredell, Jr., was the son of well-known parents with his father being a statesman and a judge and his mother being the sister of former Governor Samuel Johnston. He commanded a company of volunteers during the War of 1812, served in the House of Commons as a representative from Edenton, and was appointed a superior court judge. During his short term as governor, he pushed for better internal improvements and better educational facilities. Reacting to an interest of the day--horse-drawn railroad carriages--he suggested the construction of a trial railroad from Campbellton to Fayetteville. However, his brief months in office did not allow him to accomplish much. He left office after a few months to serve in the U.S. Senate."
Source information: North Carolina Governors. Education and Technology Division, North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, State of North Carolina. March 30, 2005. http://www.itpi.dpi.state.nc.us/governors/iredell.html [From the website "Many of the pictures and text in this section are courtesy of the book, NORTH CAROLINA GOVERNORS: 1585-1974, by Beth G. Crabtree. The book was published by the State Department of Archives and History, Raleigh, North Carolina, in 1974. The remaining pictures were provided by State Department of Archives and History."
Gravestone inscription: In memory of James IREDELL Born in Edenton 11/2/1788 and Died in Edenton 4/13/1853. Speaker of the House of Commons, Judge of the Superior Court of Law and Equity, Governor of N.C. and Senator of the U.S.
Source Information: Chowan County, NC Cemeteries-Hayes Plantation. File was contributed by: dayle noble biba Jan 2000. NC Genweb, Rootsweb.com. http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/nc/chowan/cemeteries/hayescem.txt
"James Iredell, junior, born 1788 died 1853, son of Judge Iredell, was born, lived and died in Edenton. He was liberally educated, a graduate of Princeton in 1806, and studied law. Both in his legal pursuits and in political life he attained great eminence.
In the war of 1812, he raised a company of volunteers and became its captain. His associate and life long friend, Gavin Hogg, was one of the lieutenants. He marched with his company to Craney Island, near Norfolk, and aided in its defense against the British. After the war he returned to his profession, of which he was a distinguished member. He entered public life in 1816 as a member from the town of Edenton; (in 1817 and 1818 he was speaker.) He was returned to the legislature for many years. In March, 1819, he was appointed a judge of the superior courts of law and equity, which, in the May following, he resigned.
1827, he was elected Governor of the State of North Carolina, and the next year was elected a Senator in Congress, succeeding Nathaniel Macon. He was succeeded by Judge Mangum as senator in congress.
After leaving the senate, where he was loved by his associates, and esteemed by the nation, he retired to the practice of his profession, which the support of a young and increasing family demanded. He was for a time the able and accurate reporter of the decisions of the supreme court, which are regarded by the profession as models of their kind, and authority in all the courts of the country.
Few men who knew Governor Iredell that did not esteem him; and to his intimate friends he was an especial favorite. Even in the heat of political contests, he never forgot the courtesy of life, or the dignity of a gentleman. His social habits affected much of his usefulness.
He married a daughter of Samuel Treadwell, collector of Edenton, by whom he had an interesting and numerous family. One of his daughters married Cadwallader Jones, now of South Carolina; another Griffith McRee, of Wilmington; another Dr. Charles E. Johnson, and another Honorable W. M. Shipp of Charlotte.
Governor Iredell died in Edenton on April 13th, 1853."
Source Information: Wheeler, John H. Reminiscences and Memoirs of North Carolina and Eminent North Carolinians. Columbus, OH: Columbus Printing Works, 1884. 123-124. March 31, 2005. http://www.researchonline.net/nccw/bios/wheeler.htm
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1788 - 1853 (64 years)
