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Henry Groves Connor

Henry Groves Connor, a judge from Wilson, lectured in the University of North Carolina law school in the summer of 1923 and was in Chapel Hill to lecture again in 1924 when he fell ill. He had declined law professorships at the university in 1899 and in 1922, when the trustees created the Thomas Ruffin Professorship of Law for him.

Source: NCpedia: Connor, Henry Groves (Carolyn A. Wallace, 1979)

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1852–1924 · Dates from the Library of Congress · Library of Congress authority record ↗

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  1. A jury acquits Ann Eliza Lawrence and John Crawford of poisoning her husband At the fall term of Orange Superior Court, a jury out one hour found Ann Eliza Lawrence and John Crawford not guilty of poisoning Mrs. Lawrence's husband, a case held over from the August term. John W. Graham, James B. Mason and A. W. Graham defended them before Judge Henry G. Connor. People: Henry Groves Connor, John W. Graham, James B. Mason, Augustus Washington Graham Place: Court house, Hillsborough · Also named: Ann Eliza Lawrence, John CrawfordSearch the index · Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), November 20, 1886, p. 3
  2. University trustees create the Thomas Ruffin Professorship of Law for Henry Groves Connor, who declines it In 1922 the trustees created the Thomas Ruffin Professorship of Law for federal judge Henry Groves Connor, who turned it down, as he had turned down a law professorship at the university in 1899. Place: Chapel HillSearch the index · NCpedia: Connor, Henry Groves (Carolyn A. Wallace, 1979)
  3. Henry Groves Connor lectures in the university law school Federal judge Henry Groves Connor lectured in the University of North Carolina law school in the summer of 1923. He came back to Chapel Hill for the same purpose in 1924 and fell ill there. Place: Chapel Hill · Also mentions: University of North Carolina law schoolSearch the index · NCpedia: Connor, Henry Groves (Carolyn A. Wallace, 1979)

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Craig, Locke · 1880

Papers of Locke Craig, Asheville lawyer who served in the North Carolina legislature from 1898 to 1903 and as governor from 1913 to 1917. The 126 items, beginning in 1880, include personal letters, political and religious speeches, an address on Freemasonry, and a chemistry notebook he kept as a University of North Carolina student. Kemp P. Battle, Henry G. Connor and Woodrow Wilson are among the names that appear.

Included because: Catalog heading in the Duke record: Connor, Henry G. -- 1852-1924.

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