Person County, USA
1. Enos Slaughter (1916)
American Baseball Player And Coa
Nicknamed "Country,: he became famous for his "Mad Dash" run, scoring the winning run in game 7 of the 1946 World Series for the St. Louis Cardinals.
2. Montford McGehee (1822)
American Politician
Montford McGehee was a North Carolina politician and farmer who served in the North Carolina General Assembly and as the second North Carolina Commissioner of Agriculture.
3. William R. Webb (1842)
American Politician
Robert Webb also known as Sawney Webb was an educator who founded The Webb School and served briefly as a Democratic United States Senator from Tennessee.
4. Edwin Godwin Reade (1812)
American Politician And Judge
Edwin Godwin Reade was a U. S. Congressman from North Carolina between 1855 and 1857. He later served in the Confederate Congress during the American Civil War.
5. Thomas McKissick Jones (1816)
American Politician
Thomas McKissick Jones was a prominent Tennessee politician. He was born in Person County North Carolina. He later moved to Tennessee and served in the state House of Representatives and...
6. Charles Pelham (congressman) (1835)
American Politician
Charles Pelham was a U. S. Representative from Alabama. Born in Person County North Carolina Pelham moved with his parents to Alabama in 1838. There he attended the common schools...
7. John Fletcher Darby (1803)
American Politician
John Fletcher Darby was a U. S. Representative from Missouri and the fourth mayor of St. Louis Missouri. Darby was born in Person County North Carolina. He moved with his...
