Big Jim was the son of James, Sr., and Elizabeth Oxendine. He married Delilah "Eliza" Lowry in 1840 in Robeson County, North Carolina.
During Reconstruction, Oxendine was the first American Indian elected county commissioner in Robeson County. He served from 1868 to 1876.
In 1887, he along with Preston Locklear, Rev. W. L. Moore, and James E. Dial, Sr. were appointed by the North Carolina General Assembly as the original trustees of the Croatan Normal School, known today as the University of North Carolina at Pembroke.
His brother John J. Oxendine is buried at Sandcutt Cemetery in Maxton, NC.
***NOTE: His wife Eliza is buried at Saint Annah Freewill Baptist in Pembroke, NC (please see http://www.uncp.edu/uncp/about/founding_fathers.htm for additional information).
During Reconstruction, Oxendine was the first American Indian elected county commissioner in Robeson County. He served from 1868 to 1876.
In 1887, he along with Preston Locklear, Rev. W. L. Moore, and James E. Dial, Sr. were appointed by the North Carolina General Assembly as the original trustees of the Croatan Normal School, known today as the University of North Carolina at Pembroke.
His brother John J. Oxendine is buried at Sandcutt Cemetery in Maxton, NC.
***NOTE: His wife Eliza is buried at Saint Annah Freewill Baptist in Pembroke, NC (please see http://www.uncp.edu/uncp/about/founding_fathers.htm for additional information).
Big Jim was the son of James, Sr., and Elizabeth Oxendine. He married Delilah "Eliza" Lowry in 1840 in Robeson County, North Carolina.
During Reconstruction, Oxendine was the first American Indian elected county commissioner in Robeson County. He served from 1868 to 1876.
In 1887, he along with Preston Locklear, Rev. W. L. Moore, and James E. Dial, Sr. were appointed by the North Carolina General Assembly as the original trustees of the Croatan Normal School, known today as the University of North Carolina at Pembroke.
His brother John J. Oxendine is buried at Sandcutt Cemetery in Maxton, NC.
***NOTE: His wife Eliza is buried at Saint Annah Freewill Baptist in Pembroke, NC (please see http://www.uncp.edu/uncp/about/founding_fathers.htm for additional information).
During Reconstruction, Oxendine was the first American Indian elected county commissioner in Robeson County. He served from 1868 to 1876.
In 1887, he along with Preston Locklear, Rev. W. L. Moore, and James E. Dial, Sr. were appointed by the North Carolina General Assembly as the original trustees of the Croatan Normal School, known today as the University of North Carolina at Pembroke.
His brother John J. Oxendine is buried at Sandcutt Cemetery in Maxton, NC.
***NOTE: His wife Eliza is buried at Saint Annah Freewill Baptist in Pembroke, NC (please see http://www.uncp.edu/uncp/about/founding_fathers.htm for additional information).
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Departed this life
Aged
75 years.
