W. T. Caho

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William T. Caho was a lawyer, [1] public official, and state legislator in North Carolina.

He was born in Newbern, North Carolina. [2] He edited a newspaper. [3] He served in the North Carolina Senate during the 1876 - 1877 term. [4]

He was a sergeant in the Confederate Army. [5] He had a wife. [6]

In 1884, he was listed as a lawyer in Stonewall, North Carolina. [7] He published the Pamlico Enterprise in Bayboro. [8] [9]

He received an appointment as president of a railroad's board of directors. [10] He served as president of a railroad and sued it for advertising and employment payments he alleged he never received. [11]

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References

  1. ↑ Court, North Carolina Supreme (December 29, 1878). "North Carolina Reports: Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of North Carolina". Nichols & Gorman, book and job printers – via Google Books.
  2. ↑ Hogan, Cleo G.; Hogan, Charles Edward (December 29, 1998). "Hogan Genealogy: The Descendants of Colonel John Hogan and Mary Lloyd Hogan of Orange County, NC and Montgomery County, TN". C.G. Hogan and C.E. Hogan – via Google Books.
  3. ↑ Senate, North Carolina General Assembly (December 29, 1883). "Journal" – via Google Books.
  4. ↑ "North Carolina State Senate - 1876-1877". www.carolana.com.
  5. ↑ "North Carolina in the American Civil War - Capt. William R. Bass's Company (Infantry)". www.carolana.com.
  6. ↑ "SR_State_Auditor_1901_Pensions_5_22_64_38_Caho_William_T_Beaufort_County_004". digital.ncdcr.gov.
  7. ↑ "Pamlico County NC Gazetteer: 1883-84". www.ncroots.com.
  8. ↑ https://www.worldcat.org/title/163575379
  9. ↑ Son, N. W. Ayer & (December 29, 1902). "N. W. Ayer & Son's American Newspaper Annual: containing a Catalogue of American Newspapers, a List of All Newspapers of the United States and Canada, 1902, Volume 2". UNT Digital Library.
  10. ↑ "1893 Business Directory, Pt 2". newbern.cpclib.org.
  11. ↑ "Caho v. Norfolk & Southern Railway Co., 147 N.C. 20 (1908) | Caselaw Access Project". cite.case.law.
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