| LC control no. | no2011164084 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Puryear, Richard C. (Richard Clanselle), 1801-1867 |
| Variant(s) | Puryear, Richard Clauselle, 1801-1867 |
| See also | Family: Puryear (Family : Yadkin County, N.C.) |
| Associated country | United States |
| Located | Surry County (N.C.) Yadkin County (N.C.) |
| Birth date | 1801-02-09 |
| Death date | 1867-07-30 |
| Place of birth | Mecklenburg County (Va.) |
| Place of death | Yadkin County (N.C.) |
| Profession or occupation | Plantation owners Legislators |
| Found in | The Whigs of Surry County ... 1840: p. 1 (Richard C. Puryear) Dictionary of North Carolina biography (Puryear, Richard Clanselle; b. Feb. 9, 1801, Mecklenburg, Va., d. July 30, 1867; planter and congressman, representative from Surry County in the N.C. House of Commons) Finding aid for Clingman and Puryear family papers, via UNC University Libraries WWW site, Mar. 3, 2021 (The collection includes family, political, and business papers of several prominent western North Carolinians, including Mrs. Jane (Poindexter) Clingman of Yadkin county, chiefly family correspondence; her son-in-law, Richard Clauselle Puryear (1801-1867), Yadkin planter, Whig U.S. representative, 1853-1857, and member of the Confederate Congress; and her son, Thomas Lanier Clingman (1812-1897), U.S. senator and Confederate general) <https://finding-aids.lib.unc.edu/02661/> Biographical directory of the United States Congress website, Mar. 3, 2021 (Puryear, Richard Clauselle; born in Mecklenburg County, Va., February 9, 1801; moved with his parents to Surry County, N.C.; died on his plantation, Shallow Ford, in Yadkin County, N.C., July 30, 1867; served in the North Carolina state legislature and in Congress, 1853-1857) <https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/P000578> |
| Associated language | eng |
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