John Craven Jones
John Craven Jones and his wife Almira Scott were progenitors of a long line of distinguished educators and professionals. Daughter Madge, head of Guilford County Negro Schools married H.H. Faikener, a North Carolina Senator before Reconstruction. Faikener was also one of six original teachers at A&T State University in Greensboro, a city close to Tarborro, where John Craven died. Their son Waldo was the second Black to be elected to the Greensboro City Council and his wife, Margaret Evans, acted as co-chair for Shirley Chisolm's campaign for Presidency in 1972. Margaret also taught Jessie Jackson English at AST College.