Ralph Gorrell 1
Born: ♂ David Gorrell
- May 12, 1803
- Guilford County, NC
Died: August 14, 1875
Spouse: Mary Jennings Chisholm Gorrell
Children: Henry Clay Gorrell, Anne Eliza Gorrell Fariss, eight others (many died young)
Parents: David Gorrell and Euphemia Stewart Gorrell
Siblings: Finley Washington Gorrell, Catherine Ann Gorrell, John Randolph Gorrell, Elizabeth Margaret Gorrell, David Kerr Gorrell, James Stewart Gorrell, Albert Theophilus Gorrell
Early Life
[edit]Education
[edit]Greensboro Academy, 1820 University of North Carolina, 1825
Career
[edit]Lawyer First president of Greensboro Mutual Life Insurance and Trust Company
Accomplishments
[edit]elected to the N.C. House of Commons in 1834, 1835, and 1854 State senator for Guilford County in 1856 and 1858 Guilford County clerk and master in equity