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Columbus Vance Henkel Jr.
Columbus Vance Henkel Jr. was a North Carolina politician. He was born in Statesville, North Carolina, September 16, 1908. He was the son of Columbus Vance Henkel and Lila Dunavant. He served five terms in the North Carolina Senate and ran for Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina in 1960. After his death in 1971, the North Carolina General Assembly enacted a resolution to "record its appreciation of his life and his contributions to the State of North Carolina." References * Miller, Mildred J., ed. ''The Heritage of Iredell County''. Statesville, NC: Genealogical Society of Iredell Co., 1980. * Men of Achievement in the Carolinas. Charlotte: Men of Achievement, Inc., 1952 1908 births 1971 deaths North Carolina state senators 20th-century American legislators 20th-century North Carolina politicians {{NorthCarolina-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Statesville, North Carolina
Statesville is a city in and the county seat of Iredell County, North Carolina, United States, and it is part of the Charlotte metropolitan area. Statesville was established in 1789 by an act of the North Carolina Legislature. The population was recorded as 95 in the 1800 Census. The population was 28,419 at the time of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. History In 1753, Scotch-Irish Americans, Scots-Irish Presbyterians and German Americans, German Lutherans, who had originally settled in Pennsylvania, began arriving in what would become Statesville in 1789Keever, Homer M.; ''Iredell Piedmont County'', with illustrations by Louise Gilbert and maps by Mild red Jenkins Miller, published for the Iredell County Bicentennial Commission by Brady Printing Company from type set by the Statesville Record and Landmark, copyright, November 1976 to plant crops in the fertile soil where game and water were also plentiful. The settlement, known as Fourth Creek Congregation, was named ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
