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Edmund DeBerry

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Edmund DeBerry

Birth
Mount Gilead, Montgomery County, North Carolina, USA
Death
12 Dec 1859 (aged 72)
Pee Dee, Montgomery County, North Carolina, USA
Burial
Mount Gilead, Montgomery County, North Carolina, USA Add to Map
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U.S. Representative (Anti-Jackson-NC) (March 4, 1829-March 3, 1831); (W-NC) (March 4, 1833-March 3, 1845) & (March 4, 1849-March 3, 1851).

Deberry attended school at High Shoals; engaged in agricultural pursuits and also in the operation of cotton mills and flour mills; member of the State senate 1806-1811, 1813, 1814, 1820, 1821, and 1826-1828; served as justice of the peace; elected as an Anti-Jacksonian to the Twenty-first Congress (March 4, 1829-March 3, 1831); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1830 to the Twenty-second Congress; elected as an Anti-Jacksonian to the Twenty-third and the Twenty-fourth Congresses; elected as a Whig to the Twenty-fifth through the Twenty-eighth Congresses (March 4, 1833-March 3, 1845); chairman, Committee on Agriculture (Twenty-fifth through Twenty-eighth Congresses); was not a candidate for renomination in 1844; elected as a Whig to the Thirty-first Congress (March 4, 1849-March 3, 1851); was not a candidate for renomination in 1850. He resumed his former agricultural and business pursuits until his death in 1859.
U.S. Representative (Anti-Jackson-NC) (March 4, 1829-March 3, 1831); (W-NC) (March 4, 1833-March 3, 1845) & (March 4, 1849-March 3, 1851).

Deberry attended school at High Shoals; engaged in agricultural pursuits and also in the operation of cotton mills and flour mills; member of the State senate 1806-1811, 1813, 1814, 1820, 1821, and 1826-1828; served as justice of the peace; elected as an Anti-Jacksonian to the Twenty-first Congress (March 4, 1829-March 3, 1831); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1830 to the Twenty-second Congress; elected as an Anti-Jacksonian to the Twenty-third and the Twenty-fourth Congresses; elected as a Whig to the Twenty-fifth through the Twenty-eighth Congresses (March 4, 1833-March 3, 1845); chairman, Committee on Agriculture (Twenty-fifth through Twenty-eighth Congresses); was not a candidate for renomination in 1844; elected as a Whig to the Thirty-first Congress (March 4, 1849-March 3, 1851); was not a candidate for renomination in 1850. He resumed his former agricultural and business pursuits until his death in 1859.


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  • Created by: Josh Myers
  • Added: Oct 4, 2007
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/21947481/edmund-deberry: accessed ), memorial page for Edmund DeBerry (14 Aug 1787–12 Dec 1859), Find a Grave Memorial ID 21947481, citing Deberry Family Cemetery, Mount Gilead, Montgomery County, North Carolina, USA; Maintained by Josh Myers (contributor 46840089).