Thomas J. Jarvis: Difference between revisions

Born in [[Jarvisburg, North Carolina]], in [[Currituck County, North Carolina|Currituck County]], he was the son of Elizabeth Daley and Bannister Hardy Jarvis, a Methodist minister and farmer<ref name="docsouth">{{WebarchiveCite web |url=http://docsouth.unc.edu/nc/jarvislet/bio.html |title=Thomas Jordan Jarvis, 1836–1915 |access-date=August 3, 2012 |archive-date=February 3, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180203104038/http://docsouth.unc.edu/nc/jarvislet/bio.html |dateurl-status=Februarybot: 3,unknown 2018|title=Thomas Jordan Jarvis, 1836–1915}} Retrieved on April 28, 2022.</ref> and brother of George, Ann, Margaret, and Elizabeth. His family was of English descent and some of its members highlighted at various points in the history of North Carolina. So, [[Thomas Jarvis]] was lieutenant governor of Albemarle during the government of [[Philip Ludwell]], between 1691–97, and General Samuel Jarvis led the militia of Albemarle during his fight in the [[American Revolutionary War|Revolutionary War]]. Raised in a poor family, although he had the necessities of life, Jarvis worked when he was young in three hundred acre farm owned by his father, while he was studying about the common schools.<ref name="docsouth"/> Jarvis was educated locally and at nineteen went on to attend [[Randoph-Macon College]], earning an [[Master's degree|M.A.]] in 1861. He had to exercise as teacher during the summer to pay for college tuition.<ref name="docsouth"/> An educator by training, Jarvis opened a school in [[Pasquotank County]] and would later be one of the founders of [[East Carolina University]].

He won election in his own right in 1880, defeating [[Daniel G. Fowle]] for the Democratic nomination and narrowly winning over Republican challenger Ralph Buxton. In office, Jarvis convinced the legislature to authorize construction of the [[North Carolina Executive Mansion]], although it was not completed until 1891.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://projects.newsobserver.com/under_the_dome/executive_mansion_gets_its_place_in_history |title=News & Observer: Executive Mansion gets its place in history |access-date=May 13, 2010 |archive-date=April 1, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120401164246/http://projects.newsobserver.com/under_the_dome/executive_mansion_gets_its_place_in_history |url-status=live }} {{webarchiveCite web |url=http://projects.newsobserver.com/under_the_dome/executive_mansion_gets_its_place_in_history |title=Archived copy |access-date=May 13, 2010 |archive-date=April 1, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120401164246/http://projects.newsobserver.com/under_the_dome/executive_mansion_gets_its_place_in_history |dateurl-status=Aprilbot: 1, 2012unknown }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ncmarkers.com/Markers.aspx?sp=Markers&sv=H-117 |title=North Carolina Historical Marker |access-date=May 13, 2010 |archive-date=March 3, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303171030/http://www.ncmarkers.com/Markers.aspx?sp=Markers&sv=H-117 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He "supported establishing a system of county superintendents of education elected by boards of education, grades of teacher certification, standards of examinations for public school teachers, and lists of recommended textbooks. Also, Funds for the mental institutions continued to increase, and the laws of North Carolina were for the first time codified and state insurance laws fully defined. Also, was built a governor's mansion".<ref name="docsouth"/>