The most comprehensive state project of its kind, the Dictionary provides information on some 4,000 notable North Carolinians whose accomplishments and occasional misdeeds span four centuries. Much of the bibliographic information found in the six volumes has been compiled for the first time. All of the persons included are deceased. They are native North Carolinians, no matter where they made the contributions for which they are noted, or non-natives whose contributions were made in North Carolina.

In 1892, however, she was afflicted with an illness that lasted for several years, an illness that may have resulted from a real or perceived absence of outlets for her intelligence and creativity.".

William Hargrave, was born in Sussex County, Virginia, in 1771, the son of Thomas and Letitia Hargrave. He married Sarah Ellis, daughter of William Ellis, in Sussex County in 1791. They had nine children. The family moved to Caswell County, North Carolina, in 1803 and to Pike County, Indiana, in 1818. He died in Pike County, in 1849. Descendants lived in Indiana and elsewhere.

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