James Everard Benedict, Jr.

…is 4 miles due north of Newport News, which, however, is in another county. SOURCES: 1. Find A Grave, Memorial 7991625 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7991625/james-everard-benedict accessed on 4 October 2020. 2. The Washington…

Ralph Page Ashworth, Jr.

…States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. 5. Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/168716088/ralph-page-ashworth: accessed 07 November 2022), memorial page for Ralph Page Ashworth…

Ernest Gibbes Patton

…on higher plants.” The title of his doctoral thesis at Duke University was “The development of white pine forest and soil on abandoned farm lands in the North Carolina Blue…

Mary Sue Munson Brehme

…(ALHFAM), and still uses her botanical text to identify plants growing in her neigborhood. (9) SOURCES: 1. Ancestry.com. 1940 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations,…

Dr. John Loomis Blodgett

…accessed on 26 September 2011. 6. The Gallinas River is situated near the present Sierra Leone – Liberia border, was a principal departure point for vessels carrying enslaved people. http://www.pdavis.nl/Gallinas.htm…

Chesley Calhoun Bellamy

…“Bellamy Mansion.” Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 16 Feb. 2021. Web. 10 May. 2022. “Chesley Calhoun Bellamy” Find A Grave. Accessed on 21 October 2015. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/115160358/chesley-calhoun-bellamy Pers….

Ruby Deaton Harbison Pharr

…for providing photograph of her. SOURCES: 1. Obituary: Pharr, Ruby Deaton Harbison. News Herald, Morganton, North Carolina. 9 March 2015. https://www.morganton.com/obituaries/pharr-ruby-deaton-harbison/article_4673f789-2a54-52c7-bd8c-b28605eaac85.html accessed on 2 June 2020. 2. Winters, Kelly. 1988….

Richard Joel Reader

…Ecology doctoral thesis, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.   SOURCES: 1. Graduate Calendar 2002-2003. Botany. University of Guelph. https://www.uoguelph.ca/registrar/calendars/graduate/2002-2003/programs/bota.html accessed on 8 May 2023.        …

Orchids: Masters of Deception

…F. Whigham, and John P. O’Neill. 2012. Limitations on orchid recruitment: not a simple picture. Molecular Ecology 21: 1511-1523. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2012.05468.x https://www.fs.fed.us/pnw/pubs/journals/pnw_2012_mccormick001.pdf Top photo: Aplectrum hyemale by Alan M. Cressler…

John Marshall Grant

…of naturalists who lay the foundation for the more spectacular work of the specialist. SOURCES: 1. John Marshall Grant. Find A Grave Memorial #133856997. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin//fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=133856997 accessed on 11 January 2017….