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I am providing information from a public source in reference to my grandfather, Henry Vann. 474 North Carolina Manual

HENRY VANN

(Ninth District — Counties: Duplin, New Hanover, Pender, and Sampson. Two Senators.)

Henry Vann, Democrat, Senator from the Ninth Senatorial District, was born in Sampson County, N. C, February 10, 1892. Son of Arthur and Portia (McPhail) Vann. Attended County Grammar School, 1898-1906; Salemburg High School, 1907-1908; Oak Ridge Auto Mechanic School, 1909-1910. Farmer, automobile dealer, theatre owner and operator. President of Henry Vann Industries, manufacturers of Henry Vann Tobacco Curers, oil and gas fired space heaters. President, Henry Vann Tractor Co., Clinton, N. C. Mayor of Clinton, 1925-1929. Director of First Citizens Bank & Trust Co., home office Smithfield, N. C. Vice- Chairman, State Ports Authority, May 1949-May 1951. Chairman of South Eastern Soil Conservation District since January, 1945. Mason, member Hiram Lodge, No. 98, Clinton, N. C; Thirty- second degree Masonry Wilmington Consistory; Sudan Temple, A.A.O.N.M. Shrine, New Bern, N. C. State Senator from the Ninth District in the General Assembly of 1945, 1949 and 1953. Married Beulah Madge Williamson, August 21, 1915. One daugh- ter: Mrs. Louise Vann Austin. Address: Clinton, N. C.

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