Adolphus Williamson Mangum

Life and Orange County connections

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1. 1855 Caldwell Lodge No. 180 is chartered at Chapel Hill Members of the defunct University Lodge took out a new charter as Caldwell Lodge No. 180, honoring the late university president Joseph Caldwell. People: Joseph Caldwell, Solomon Pool, Adolphus Williamson Mangum Place: Chapel Hill · Also mentions: University LodgeSearch the index · Lefler and Wager, Orange County, 1752-1952 (1953), p. 320
2. 1858 to 1859 Adolphus W. Mangum serves as pastor of the Chapel Hill Methodist church The Methodist minister Adolphus Williamson Mangum, born at Locust Grove on the Flat River in what was then Orange County, was pastor of the Methodist church in Chapel Hill in 1858 and 1859. Place: Chapel HillSearch the index · NCpedia: Mangum, Adolphus Williamson
3. July 1873 State educational convention calls for reviving the university A convention called by the State Board of Education, with B. F. Moore presiding, resolved that the university should be revived as soon as practicable. It added that the revival was impossible except on a basis impartial between denominations and political parties, after Braxton Craven, Thomas H. Pritchard and A. W. Mangum argued over church representation. People: Robert Bingham, Adolphus Williamson Mangum, Thomas Henderson Pritchard, Bartholomew F. Moore Place: Chapel Hill · Also named: Braxton CravenDocumenting the American South: Kemp P. Battle, History of the University of North Carolina, vol. II (1912), p. 45
4. 1875 to 1890 Adolphus W. Mangum joins the faculty of the reopened university When the university reopened in 1875 Mangum became professor of mental and moral science, history and English language and literature. He taught until he died in Chapel Hill in May 1890 and was buried in the old Chapel Hill Cemetery. Place: Chapel Hill · Also mentions: Chapel Hill CemeterySearch the index · NCpedia: Mangum, Adolphus Williamson
5. by February 22, 1879 The faculty elects Professor Mangum university librarian The university faculty chose Professor Mangum as university librarian. The same issue noted new and valuable books added to the university library. Place: University of North Carolina, Chapel HillSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Ledger, February 22, 1879, p. 3
6. early February 1880 Susan C. Davis, whose house was long Chapel Hill's Methodist meeting place, dies Susan C. Davis died at 88 at the home of Foster Utley, probably the oldest person in Chapel Hill and a Methodist for about 72 years. Her house had been the place of Methodist worship in the village for many years, and a class meeting there began the revival that rooted Methodism in the community; her funeral was held at the Methodist church on February 9. People: Adolphus Williamson Mangum Place: Methodist Church, Chapel Hill · Also named: Susan C. Davis, Foster UtleySearch the index · The Chapel Hill Ledger, February 14, 1880, p. 3
7. March 28, 1880 Joseph Blount Cheshire begins preaching to the University Railroad convicts Joseph Blount Cheshire of the Chapel Hill Episcopal church preached to the convicts grading the State University Railroad, while students of the university's Christian association handed out religious tracts. By late April he was holding a service at the camp every Sunday evening, and Professor A. W. Mangum had also preached there. People: Joseph Blount Cheshire Jr., Adolphus Williamson Mangum Place: State University Railroad camp, near University StationSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Ledger, April 3, 1880, p. 3
8. 1885 Professor Adolphus Mangum buys the Collier house on East Rosemary Street Professor Adolphus W. Mangum bought the house at 315 East Rosemary Street in 1885 and owned it for five years. People: Adolphus Williamson Mangum Place: 315 East Rosemary Street, Chapel HillSearch the index · NC Digital Collections: Chapel Hill Historic Sites Survey: Final Report (1992), p. 51
9. September 19, 1885 Chapel Hill Methodists vote to build a second church At the quarterly conference, pastor R. B. John moved that a five-member committee build a new church, and former pastor Adolphus W. Mangum spoke to the need. By June 1887 the walls were ready for the roof, and the building was finished early in 1889. People: Adolphus Williamson Mangum, Thomas West Harris, John Wesley Carr, John H. Watson Place: Franklin Street, Chapel Hill · Also named: R. B. JohnSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Methodist Church: A Centennial History, 1853-1953 (1954), scan p. 25
10. about 1886 Wilson Caldwell is elected to the Chapel Hill board of commissioners Placed on the Republican ticket without seeking it, Wilson Caldwell, head of the university's labor force, was elected a Chapel Hill commissioner about 1886, defeating Professor Ralph Graves. James Lee Love recalled an earlier race, about 1882 or 1883, in which Caldwell beat Professor A. W. Mangum. People: Wilson Swain Caldwell, Ralph Henry Graves (1851-1889), Adolphus Williamson Mangum Place: Chapel Hill · Also named: Ralph Graves, James Lee LoveTown of Chapel Hill: Wilson Swain Caldwell, Old Chapel Hill Cemetery Tour
11. May 12, 1890 Professor Adolphus W. Mangum dies Mangum, a Methodist minister who had taught mental and moral science, history and English since the reopening, died after a long illness. Josephus Daniels gave a memorial address in Gerrard Hall on May 31, 1891. People: Josephus Daniels, Adolphus Williamson Mangum Place: Chapel Hill · Also mentions: Gerrard HallSearch the index · Documenting the American South: Kemp P. Battle, History of the University of North Carolina, vol. II (1912), p. 446 · Also: Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), May 17, 1890, p. 2

After their death in 1890

Later events: estates and burials, and the buildings, honors and histories that remember them.

1. by June 2, 1891 Tablets to Mangum, Saunders, Ruffin, Cameron and Polk are put up in Memorial Hall Memorial tablets to Dr. A. W. Mangum, Col. William L. Saunders, Judge Ruffin, Paul C. Cameron and Col. Polk of the Revolution were set in place in Memorial Hall in time for commencement. People: William L. Saunders, Thomas Ruffin, Paul C. Cameron, Adolphus Williamson Mangum Place: Memorial Hall, University, Chapel HillSearch the index · The Chapel Hillian, June 2, 1891, p. 3
2. 1896 Charles S. Mangum returns to Chapel Hill as professor of physiology Charles Staples Mangum, a son of university professor A. W. Mangum, came back to Chapel Hill in 1896 as the university's professor of physiology, two years after finishing medical training at Jefferson Medical College. He later became professor of anatomy. People: Charles Staples Mangum, Adolphus Williamson Mangum Place: Chapel HillSearch the index · UNC Libraries, Southern Historical Collection: Mangum Family Papers, 1763-2016
3. 1922 Mangum Dormitory opens, named for three members of the Mangum family The university opened Mangum Dormitory in 1922, naming it for Senator Willie Person Mangum, his nephew Willie Person Mangum Jr., and Professor Adolphus Williamson Mangum. People: Willie P. Mangum Place: Chapel Hill · Also named: Willie Person Mangum Jr.Search the index · Carolina Story: Mangum Residence Hall