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Jarvis, Thomas Jordan

soldier, state legislator, governor, was born Jan. 18, 1836, in Jarvisburg, N. C. He entered the confederate army as a private, in 1861 was made a first lieutenant, and in 1863 was promoted captain. He was elected a representative in the legislature of North Carolina; was re-elected to the legislature in 1870, and was made speaker of the house. In 1876 he was elected lieutenant-governor of North Carolina; and in 1879 became governor by the election of Governor Vance a United States senator, and in 1880 was elected governor.