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North Carolina (Yancey County), Burnsville — N-38 — Elisha Mitchell — 1793 ~ 1857
		Scientist and professor. Died in attempt to prove this mountain highest in eastern U. S. Grave is at the summit, 285 yds. S. — Map (db m11285)
North Carolina (Yancey County), Burnsville — Rev. Elisha Mitchell, D.D.
		Here lies in hope of a blessed resurrection the body of the Rev. Elisha Mitchell, D.D. who after being for thirty-nine years a professor in the University of North Carolina lost his life in the scientific exploration of the mountain, in the sixty-fourth year of his age. June 27, 1887 — Map (db m11063)

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