General William Lenoir was born in Brunswick county, Virginia, on the 20th of May, 1751. He was of French (Huguenot) descent, and the youngest of a family of ten children. When he was about eight years old his father removed to a place near Tarboro, N.C., where he resided until his death, a short time afterward. He received no other education than his own limited means and personal exertions enabled him to procure. When about twenty years of age he married Ann Ballard, of Halifax, N.C.--a lady possessing, in an eminent degree, those domestic and heroic virtues which qualified her for sustaining the privations and hardships of a frontier life, which it was her lot afterward to encounter.
In the brilliant achievement on King's Mountain, Gen. Lenoir was wounded in the arm and in the side, but not severely, and a third ball passed through his hair, just above where it was tied. He was also at the defeat of Col. Pyles, on Haw River, where his horse was shot and his sword broken. At a later period he raised a company and marched towards Dan river with the hope of joining General Greene, but was unable to effect a junction in time. He performed many other minor but important services, which it is here unnecessary to enumerate.
General Lenoir served as Major General of the militia about eighteen years. In a civil capacity he also discharged many high and responsible duties.
He filled, at different times, the offices of Register, Surveyor, Commissioner of Affidavits, Chairman of the County Court, and Clerk of the Superior Court for Wilkes county. He was one of the original Trustees of the State University, and the first President of the Board. He was also a member of both the State Conventions which met for the purpose of considering the Constitution of the United States. He served for many years in both branches of the State Legislature. During the last seven years of his services in the Senate, he was unanimously chosen Speaker of that body, and performed the duties of that important station with great satisfaction, firmness and impartiality.
In private life General Lenoir was no less distinguished for his moral worth and generous hospitality than in public life for his unbending integrity and enlarged patriotism. His mansion was open at all times, not only to a large circle of friends and relatives, but to the stranger and the traveller. To the poor he was kind and charitable, and in his will made liberal provision for those of his own neighborhood.
During his last illness he suffered much pain which he bore with Christian resignation. He often said "he did not fear to die--death had no terrors for him." He died, with calm composure, at his residence at Fort Defiance, on the 6th of May, 1839, aged eighty-eight years.
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Hold the hell up. See that bold stuff? This is a real man. General William Lenoir. This is the strange explanation for everything I've bolded.
French (Huguenot) descent:: Tevo, obviously is French. As is the rest of his family. No real surprise, as Lenoir is a French name.
eight years old his father removed:: Tevo was eight when Darne was hung.
no other education than his own limited means and personal exertions enabled him to procure:: Tevo received no real teaching except for the occasional reading from Rosmary. His parents were illiterate.
twenty years of age he married:: Tevo was twenty when he and Rebecca met, though, 21 when they married.
wounded in the arm and in the side:: Tavius Lenoir is missing an arm. Tevo was stabbed in the side by Calia.
his horse was shot:: Tevo's horse, Salut, was shot by a bishop.
moral worth and generous hospitality:: Tevo attempts to give off these qualities. Doesn't always work, but he tries.
His mansion was open at all times, not only to a large circle of friends and relatives, but to the stranger and the traveller.:: Everyone freeloads at Tevo's house. xD
he suffered much pain which he bore with Christian resignation:: In the actual story of the Lenoirs, Tevo dies from a slow acting poison.
Way too many coincidences for my liking. o-o
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Wow, that's creepy in a cool way.