RUFUS SIDNEY McCOIN.
Rufus Sidney McCoin, Democrat, Representative of Vance County, was born in Forsyth County, June 29, 1872. Son of George N. and Elizabeth (Newsom) McCoin. Attended Pinnacle Academy; Salem Boys' School; Guilford College; Dick and Dillard Law School; lawyer and business man. Charter member of North Carolina Bar Association. President Gold Leaf Publishing Company, Henderson Furniture Company; Vice-President Mixon Jewelry Company; Secretary-Treasurer Henderson Loan and Real Estate Company; Chairman Vance County Democratic Executive Committee, 1900-1906; Director Eastern State Hospital for the Insane at Goldsboro, 1903-1908; Presidential Elector, 1908; Director Central State Hospital for the Insane at Raleigh, 19(MM910; City Alderman and Mayor pro tern, of Henderson, 1911-1912; State Senator, 1917. Presbyterian. Mason; K. of P. Married, June 14, 1900, Miss Emma M. Freeborn. Address: Henderson, N. C.
(Source: North Carolina Manual. 1919. Published by the North Carolina Historical Commission.) |
