Granville County NcArchives Biographies.....Raney, Richard Beverly 
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Source: Who's Who in America
Author: John W. Leonard

Raney, Richard Beverly
underwriter;
b. Retreat, Granville Co., NC, Feb. 7, 1860;
s. Thomas Hall and Eliza Partridge (Baird) R.;
academic ed'n, 1867-76;
m. Dec. 5, 1894, Olivia Blount Cowper, (died May 4, 1896).
Gen. agt. for life ins. since Jan. 1, 1894.
Built, 1899, and in 1900 equipped and presented to the city of Raleigh the 
Olivia Raney Library (cost about $50,000) in memory of deceased wife.
Mem. NC Audubon Soc., NC, Lit. Soc.
Club: Captial
Address: Raleigh, NC

Additional Comments:
Source:
Who's Who in America
A Biographical Dictionary of Notable Living Men and Women of the United States.
Volume 3
1903-1905
Established, 1899, by Albert Nelson Marquis
Edited by John W. Leonard
Chicago
A.N. Marquis & Company
Publishers
1903

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