Bertie-Beaufort-Forsyth County NcArchives Obituaries.....Harrington, John Lewis August 24, 1927
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? Newspaper-maybe Ledger-Advance, Windsor
John Lewis Harrington 
Mayor Of Lewiston
Dies At His Home

Judge Harrington's Funeral Is
Held At Lewiston

     John Lewis Harrington, aged 71, Mayor and Magistrate of Lewiston, prominent and
highly respected citizen, known as Judge Harrington, died Wed. morning, Aug. 24, at
about eleven o'clock after a ten days illness with kidney trouble and high blood 
pressure.

     He was born in Beaufort County in 1856 and his parents moved to this community
when he was an infant.  In 1895, he went in the grocery business in Aulander with 
his brother, J. Lawrence Harrington, in which business he stayed for twelve years. 

     In 1887 he moved to Lewiston and went into the mechanical work there.  He spent 
practically all of the rest of his life there except a few years which he spent in 
Winston Salem and Macon, Ga.  He was the originator of the Harrington Peanut Picker
which is now known as the Roanoke Peanut Picker which is manufactured at Lewiston
and with which company he was connected at the time of his death.  This picker is one 
of the most popular pickers in this section and is rapidly gaining popularity in other
sections.

     Judge Harrington was prominent in the politics of the county.  He was formerly
a member of the Board of Education and was also a former member of the Board of County
Commissioners.

     He was married to Miss Martha Ellen Vick, of Woodland, in 1886, who died seven
years ago.

     Funeral services were conducted at Lewiston, by the Reverend Kendricks, pastor
of the Lewiston Baptist Church, assisted by Rev. W. L. Clegg, pastor of the Lewiston
M.E. Church, Thursday afternoon.  The burial was held in Aulander at the Minton 
burying ground; near the home of Atty. Alex Lassiter.  He was buried by the Masons,
of which organization he had been a member for many years.  He was a member of Brown
Memorial Baptist Church, of Winston Salem.

     He is survived by six sons, Atty. H. G., Carlisle, Picot, and Gay, of 
Lewiston; James Oliver and Clyde L. Harrington, of Winston Salem; three daughters; 
Mrs. Obie Earley and Miss Fae Harrington, of Lewiston, and Miss Mary Harrington, of
Winston Salem; four brothers; J. Lawrence and C. H. Harrington, of Aulander; P. H. 
Harrington of Bath; and J. D. Harrington, of Wilmington.  He also leaves about 
fifteen grandchildren.

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