The Bingham surname

In the chronology 13 people

The people of this surname named in the county’s dated events, as the names index lists them. Each printed name is its own heading; names that may be one person are not merged.

• Bingham, Herbert 4 entries, 1890–1896
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  • 1890–1913: The Bingham School at Mebane after the 1890 fire, 1890–1913
  • 1891: Bingham School leaves Orange County for Asheville
  • March 1896: Herbert Bingham becomes principal of the Presbyterian High School at Mebane
  • October 16, 1896: Herbert Bingham dies months after taking charge of the school
• Bingham, Hiram 1 entry, 1942
  • September 28 and 29, 1942: Former Senator Hiram Bingham tells Pre-Flight cadets that Navy fliers will win the Pacific war
• Bingham, John A. 3 entries, 1844–1855
  • by December 3, 1844: Hillsborough Academy appoints the Rev. John Witherspoon principal
  • by June 19, 1845: Orange Presbytery votes to move Caldwell Institute to Hillsborough
  • October 28, 1855: Rev. John A. Bingham, former Latin professor at the Caldwell Institute, dies at his brother's home
• Bingham, Mary Lily Kenan Flagler 3 entries, 1917–1922
  • July 27, 1917: Mary Lily Kenan Flagler Bingham dies, leaving the university a fund for professors
  • 1918: Trustees name the first five Kenan professors
  • Late 1922: Courts clear the University's claim to $75,000 a year from the Bingham estate
• Bingham, Minerva 2 entries, 1914–1916
  • 1914–1921: Women students at the University, 1914–1921
  • September 1916: Women register in every department of the university, including pharmacy
• Bingham, Robert 29 entries, 1800–1939
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• Bingham, Robert Worth 4 entries, 1890–1929
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• Bingham, Robert Worth 1 entry, 1939
  • November 30 to December 1, 1939: The Order of Gimghouls marks its fiftieth anniversary at Hippol Castle
• Bingham, William 6 entries, 1800–1898
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  • 1800: The Rev. William Bingham teaches ancient languages at the university
  • February 1812: Rev. William Bingham takes charge of Hillsborough Academy
  • about 1815 to 1826: William Bingham runs his school at Mount Repose northwest of Hillsborough
  • February 8, 1826: Rev. William Bingham dies at his Mount Repose academy
  • 1897: Preston Lewis Gray takes charge of the Mebane school and renames it the William Bingham School
  • by April 7, 1898: Judge Hoke rules that the Mebane school may keep the Bingham School name
• Bingham, William 19 entries, 1835–1896
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• Bingham, Mrs. William 1 entry, 1892
  • October 1892 to 1897: A Presbyterian high school takes over the old Bingham School grounds near Mebane
• Bingham, William J. 6 entries, 1825–1855
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  • June 1825: The university graduates its class of 1825 and gives Nathaniel Macon an honorary LL.D.
  • February 8, 1826: Rev. William Bingham dies at his Mount Repose academy
  • July 7, 1835: William Bingham, later head of the Bingham School, is born at Hillsborough
  • About 1836: Schoolmaster William J. Bingham repeatedly beats Elizabeth Hobbs at Anna Burwell's urging
  • May 14, 1842: Delegates form the Orange County Temperance Society at Hillsborough
  • October 28, 1855: Rev. John A. Bingham, former Latin professor at the Caldwell Institute, dies at his brother's home
• Bingham, William James 16 entries, 1815–1903
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In books and archives 5 headings

Subject headings from the library catalogs Orange County Indexed gathers. A family heading collects genealogies and family papers; a person heading, the works about that person.

• Bingham family family, 4 works
• Bingham, Robert, 1838-1927 5 works
• Bingham, William James 2 works
• Bingham, Wm. (William), 1835-1873 2 works
• Bingham, Robert Worth, 1871-1937 1 work

In the historical records 58 records

38 deeds, 14 marriages and 6 wills and papers, oldest first. Every record that names someone of this surname, as the record spells it; choose a collection to narrow the list. Bingham marriages in full · Search the name in every collection