Wikipedia =Duke University is a private research university located in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present-day town of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco and electric power industrialist James B. Duke established The Duke Endowment, at which time the institution changed its name to honor his deceased father, ...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in the city of Durham, North Carolina. Durham is the county seat of Durham County in the Piedmont Region on the Eno River. Official Website Wikipedia A railway depot was established on land donated by Bartlett S. Durham in 1849, the namesake of the city. Following the American Civil War, the community of Durham Station expanded rapi...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Durham County, North Carolina. Official Website The county was formed on April 17, 1881, from parts of Orange County and Wake County, taking the name of its own county seat. Adjacent Counties Chatham County Orange County Wake County Person County Granville County Cities, Towns & Communities Bahama Bethesda Bra...
This cemetery was first known as the Markham Cemetery and later as Pine Hill Cemetery. When surveyed in 1981 by Lucille Glenn, it was well maintained and had over 3000 marked graves. This cemetery has had several owners over the years. The cemetery office containing burial records has burned down several times, with subsequent loss of important burial documentation. Find a Grave Billion G...
Wikipedia =North Carolina Central University (NCCU) is a public historically black university in the University of North Carolina system, located in Durham, North Carolina, offering programs at the baccalaureate, master’s, professional and doctoral levels. The University is a member-school of Thurgood Marshall College Fund. Notable Alumni