William Willard Ashe

newspaper, the Evening Crescent. In 1879 he purchased the Raleigh Observer, and in 1881 the Daily News, joining both papers as the News and Observer – which is still a…

Stuck at Home, not Stuck Inside

…year! Did you know chickweed is edible? So are columbine flowers! Youngia japonica (oriental false hawksbeard) is in flower. The good news is this makes it easier to see and…

Anne Elizabeth Bowden McCrary

rutilus (Coquillett). M.A. Thesis, Zoology Department, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. SOURCES: 1. Steelman, Ben. November 8, 2011. Wilmington naturalist McCrary leaves local legacy. StarNews Online. https://www.starnewsonline.com/news/20111108/wilmington-naturalist-mccrary-leaves-local-legacy accessed…

Edward Avery McIlhenny

…Henn. (now classified as Bambusiomyces shiraianus (Henn.) K. Vánky), a pathogen of bamboo, from his family estate on Avery Island, Louisiana. While McIlhenny is remembered today the leader of the

Michel Georges Desire Lelong

…Without doubt more will be found as we continue to catalog our collections. Lelong’s specimens are held by many herbaria across North America. Both the University of South Alabama (USAM)…

Rebecca Ward Reynolds

…Centre Friends Meeting Cemetery, Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina, USA ; Maintained by Coco15 (contributor 48679220) . “U.S., School Yearbooks, 1880-2012”; School Name: University of North Carolina; Year: 1928. Ancestry.com….

Paul Wilson Titman

…2012. 2. The National Archives at Atlanta, Georgia; Atlanta, Georgia, USA; North Carolina World War II Draft Registration Cards; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 1926-1975, RG 147;…

George Shuford Ramseur

…UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005. 2. “U.S., School Yearbooks, 1880-2012”; School Name: University of the South; Year: 1961. Ancestry.com. U.S., School Yearbooks, 1900-1999 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com…

Adams Jewett, M.D.

…Illinois in Urbana, Illinois, USA), W (Naturhistorisches Museum Wien in Austria), and P (Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France). 2 Adams Jewett was pivotal in the acquisition of books by…