November 4: Happy Birthday! Captain William Robert Burke
Captain William Robert Burke was born on this day in 1897, in Ashe County, to John Thomas and Mollie Ellen Phillips Burke. He attended school, then he began farming. He left farming to work...
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January 3: Happy Birthday! Captain Jesse James Cofer
Captain Jesse James Cofer was born in Forsyth County in 1864 and spent his entire life in the county. He was appointed a patrolman with the police force in 1890 and served in that...