Zebulon Baird Vance
In Loving Memory
Zebulon Baird Yance
Friend, Patriot, Philanthropist, Scholar, Orator, Statesman
Loyal friend to the Jewish people whom he honored in his classic lecture
"The scattered nation"
Born near Asheville N.C. May 18, 1836
Elected Governor of North Carolina
1862 - 1864 - 1876
Senator from North Carolina
1879-1894
Died in Washington D.C. April 15, 1894
His Body is interred in Riverside Cemetery, Asheville, N.C.
Marker is on Old Airport Road (North Carolina Route 1547) east of Henderson Road (U.S. 25), on the left when traveling east.
Courtesy hmdb.org
