Willard Webster Eggleston

…on 28 March 1863 in Vermont to Mary Elizabeth Squier (1833 – ?) and Romaine James Eggleston (1836-1925), a farmer. “Willie” had at least three siblings: Clara E. (b. ca….

Wade Thomas Batson, Jr.

…the Medical University of South Carolina; 2004 Honorary Life Member of the University of South Carolina Alumni Association; 2011 Legends of Conservation Award by the South Carolina Wildlife Federation. Three…

John White Chickering, Jr.

…ears, open mind: Gerald McCarthy (1858-1915): North Carolina Botanist. J. Elisha Mitchell Sci. Soc. 115(4): 201-212. Chickering was married to Luciana Jameson (1834-1893) and together they had two daughters, Frances…

Charles “Chuck” Lewis McCartney, Jr.

…and getting a Christmas card from him with one of his beautiful photos on it.”” (2) SOURCES: Obituary: Charles Lewis McCartney, Jr. 20 October 2020. Cherokee Scout [newspaper]. https://www.cherokeescout.com/obituaries/charles-lewis-mccartney-jr ….

Albion Reed Hodgdon

(1909 – 1976)2 The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Hebarium (NCU) has cataloged about 50 specimens collected throughout eastern North America by Albion Reed Hodgdon, who usually signed…

Rassie Everton Wicker

…was best known as a writer and historian. He compiled much of the information used by Blackwell Robinson in his The County of Moore 1747-1847. Errata and Addenda [for The…

Peggy-Ann Wetmore Kessler Duke

…Bible: 2000 Years of Plant Medicine (Interweave Press, 1999), Handbook of Medicinal Spices (CRC Press, 2002), Herb-A-Day (Eco Images, 2007), Duke’s Handbook of Medicinal Plants of the Bible (CRC Press,…

Douglas Dwight Sharp

…collected for his Master’s thesis, “The phytosociology of the weed communities of Scotland County, North Carolina” which he completed in 1974 with advisor Dr. Helmut Leith in the University of…