David D. Colgrove
David Delos Colgrove (May 22, 1836 – January 2, 1873) was an American who served as a delegate to North Carolina's constitutional convention in 1868 and as a member of the North Carolina Senate from 1868 to 1870. He was a Republican.
Early life
David Delos Colgrove was born on May 22, 1836 in Truxton, New York. He married Jennie Sanford. They had one son together.[1]
Career
Following the American Civil War, Colgrove joined two of his half brothers, Orson and John, in moving to North Carolina.[2] A member of the Republican Party, [3] he served as a delegate to the state's 1868 constitutional convention[4] and as a member of the North Carolina Senate, representing the 11th district, from 1868 to 1870.[5]
Orson became sheriff of Jones County and in that capacity ran afoul of the Constitutional Union Guard, a white supremacist terrorist organization, after arresting some of its members. After murdering Orson in 1869, white supremacists posted threats to Colgrove and other Jones County Republicans. Following the murder of a Republican on August 16, Colgove and fellow legislator Lorenzo D. Wilkie fled to Craven County.[6]
He testified about his half-brother's murder.[7]
Death
Colgrove died of pneumonia at his home in New Bern, North Carolina on January 2, 1873.[8]
References
- ↑ Colegrove 1894, p. 240.
- ↑ Colegrove 1894, pp. 158, 239.
- ↑ Massengill 1985, p. 461.
- ↑ Cheney 1981, p. 846.
- ↑ Cheney 1981, pp. 447, 449, 1883.
- ↑ Massengill 1985, p. 462.
- ↑ https://books.google.com/books?id=9O14AAAAMAAJ&pg=PR106&dq="D.+D.+Colgrove"&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwilsc3t7JaWAxUf5MkDHXtfNocQ6AF6BAgKEAM
- ↑ "Spirits Turpentine". The Morning Star. Vol. XI, no. 90. January 5, 1873. p. 1.
Works cited
- Cheney, John L. Jr., ed. (1981). North Carolina Government, 1585-1979: A Narrative and Statistical History (revised ed.). Raleigh: North Carolina Secretary of State. OCLC 1290270510.
- Colegrove, William (1894). History and Genealogy of the Colegrove Family in America, with Biographical Sketches, Portraits, Etc. Chicago: William Colegrove. OCLC 1046023663.
- Massengill, Stephen E. (1985). "The Detectives of William W. Holden, 1869–1870". North Carolina Historical Review. 62 (4): 448–487. ISSN 0029-2494. JSTOR 23518497.