
Warren Winslow
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Warren Winslow was a United States Congressman from North Carolina and also served as Acting Governor of North Carolina. A state historic marker is near the grave.
Waymark Code: WMH55
Location: North Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 07/12/2006
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Warren Winslow served as the acting Governor of North Carolina in December 1854. He was elected to represent North Carolina's 3rd District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1855 to 1861.
His Civil War claim to fame is the fact that he negotiated the surrender to North Carolina, after it succeeded from the Union, of the United State Arsenal in Fayetteville. His tombstone reads:
In Memory of
WARREN WINSLOW
Son of John and Caroline Winslow
BORN
Jamuary 1, 1810
DIED
August 16, 1862
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There the weary be at rest
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