WALTER CLARK.
CHIEF JUSTICE.
Walter Clark, Democrat, of Wake County, was born in Halifax County, N. C, August 19, 1846. Son of David and Anna M. (Thorne) Clark. Graduated from University of North Carolina 1864. Lieutenant Colonel, C. S. A. Admitted to the bar, 1868. Judge of Superior Court, 1885-1889. Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, 1889-1902. Chief Justice since January 1, 1903. Frequent contributor to periodical literature. Author: Clark's Annotated Code of Civil Procedure. Translator from the French: Constant's Memoirs of Napoleon (3 vols.). Editor: The State Records of North Carolina (16 vols.); The North Carolina Regiments, 1861-1865 (5 vols.); Reprints of North Carolina Supreme Court Reports, with annotations (132 vols.). President North Carolina Literary and Historical Association, 1900-1901. LL.D. (University of N. C). Methodist. Married Miss Susan W., daughter of William A. Graham, January 28, 1874. Address: Raleigh, N. C.
(Source: North Carolina Manual. 1919. Published by the North Carolina Historical Commission.)

Cobbs, Thomas, lawyer and jurist of Mobile, Ala., was born Aug. 5, 1826, in Raleigh, N.C. In 1880 he was chosen one of the chancellors of the chancery court of Alabama; was re-elected in 1886; and again in 1802. His contributions to law literature have been extensive.
[Herringshaw's American Blue-Book of Biography by Thomas William Herringshaw and American Publishers' Association, 1914, Transcribed by AFOFG]

Charles Frederick Cox
The subject of this sketch, manager of Masters & Agee's clothing establishment, is a native of Kansas, born at Cedarville, February 12, 1884. Before coming to Raleigh he resided for a number of years in New York and Boston, obtaining his education in the latter city, where he also received the business training which has so admirably fitted him for the active pursuit of his chosen vocation as a clothing merchant, and in which he has met with success.
On December 21, 1909, Mr Cox was happily united in marriage to Miss Clara Imogine, the intelligent and attractive daughter of Franklin Moreau and Dora (Andrews) Masters, of Alabama. Their union has been blessed with a beautiful daughter -- Dora Imogine.
Mr Cox is a quiet and unassuming gentleman, of affable manners, and has made many friends in the capital city, where he is popular and held in high esteem.
He is identified with Edenton Street M. E. Church, and is prominent in the fraternal order I.O.O.F., holding membership in Scaton Gales Lodge, No. 64.
(Source: Historical Raleigh With Sketches of Wake County (From 1771) and its Important Towns (Moses Amis, 1913) Submitted by Amy Robbins)

CROCKER, Elder JACOB was a native of Wake County, and was born near the city of Raleigh, N. C., date unknown. He was one of the old Broad River pioneer preachers, and became a member first of State Line, then of El Bethel, and last of Pacolet church, in Spartanburg County, S. C. He became a prominent minister of the Association, and was twice chosen to preside over the deliberations of the body in the sessions of 1807 and 1819. In 1805 at French Broad church he preached the introductory sermon, and again in 1819 he performed the same service at Head of Tyger River. In the session of 1823 he prepared the circular letter addressed to the churches, on the manner in which a church of Christ should proceed in calling a pastor or supply. Soon after this he emigrated to Pickens County, Alabama, and died, having attained to a good old age.
[Sketches, historical and biographical, of the Broad River and King's Mountain Baptist Associations. By John Randolph Logan 1887. Submitted by Venetta McKinney]

CRUDUP, Josiah, a Representative from North Carolina; born in Wakelon, Wake County, N.C., January 13, 1791; attended a private school in Louisburg, N.C., and Columbian College (now George Washington University), Washington, D.C.; studied theology; was ordained as a Baptist minister and, excepting the service in Congress, continued in the ministry until his death; engaged in farming; served in the State senate in 1820; member of the State house of representatives 1821-1823; elected as a Republican to the Seventeenth Congress (March 4, 1821-March 3, 1823); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1822 to the Eighteenth Congress; resumed agricultural pursuits; delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1835; died near Kittrell, Vance County, N.C., May 20, 1872; interment in the family burial ground at his home near Kittrell, N.C.
(Source: Biographical Directory of the United States 1774-present.)