BIOGRAPHIES
*The individuals listed below are important to both the growth and the change that occurred in Asheville, NC from the early 1800's to the present . The people include city leaders, councilmen, mayors, entrepreneurs, congressmen, county commissioners, legislators, concerned citizens, philanthropists, scoundrels, historians, lawyers, soldiers, bankers, hotel owners, restaurateurs, merchants, policemen, firemen, manufacturers, and many others who have left their mark on the city and on the surrounding region. The many lives recorded here are testimony to the social energy and creativity that helped to shape Asheville as an Appalachian urban center and western North Carolina as a dynamic region.
	Alexander, Col. James
	Asbury, Bishop Francis
	Ashe, Samuel
	Baird brothers
	Baird, Zebulon
	Barnett, Col. James
	Brittain, Gen. Phillip
	Buncombe, Col. Edward
	Cathey, John H.
	Chunn, Samuel
	Clayton, Col. John
	Cleveland, Benjamin
	Clingman, Thomas L.
	Cone, Moses
	Craig, Locke
	Davidson, Col. William
	Davidson, William M.
x	Digges, George A.
	Edney, Rev. Samuel
	Erwin, Andrew
	Fanning, David
	Foster, Capt. Thomas
x	Grove, Edwin Wiley
	Hazzard, W.M.
	Henry, Robert
	Holt, John, M.D.
	Jarrett, John
x	Jarrett, L.E.
	Johnson, James
x	Johnson, W.E.
	Jones, Alexander H.
	Lenoir, William
	Lowery, James M.
x	Lyda, Edgar M.
x	McLean, Emory
	MacCormick,  Lewis, Dr.
	Merrimon, Augustus
	Millander,
	Miller, John
	Mitchell, Elisha
	Patton, Col. John
	Patton, James W.
	Pearson, Richmond
	Pearson, William Simpson
x	Pennel, Burgin
	Price, Julian
	Pritchard, Jeter
	Reynolds, Robert Rice
	Rumbough, J.E.
	Rutherford, Griffith
	Sams, Edmund
	Sawyer, Isaac
	Seely, Fred Loring
	Shuford, George A.
	Smith, James McConnel
	Sondley, Foster	1857-1931
	Stephens, George Meyers
	Swain, David L.
	Swain, George
	Taylor, Roy
	Vance, Gov. Zebulon
	Vance, Robert Brank
	Vance, Robert B., M.D.
	Weaver, William
	Welch, William
	Wilson, Joseph
	Woodfin, Nicholas
	Wulbern, Mary Love