Iredell Meares

Iredell Meares (December 15, 1856 – September 15, 1931) was an American lawyer, public speaker, and politician in North Carolina.

His obituary describes him as one of lower Cape Fear's most colorful characters.

His family's finances were wrecked by the Civil War and father died in 1871.

[5] He was a Progressive Party candidate in the 1912 North Carolina gubernatorial election.

[6] Later in his career he worked in Washington D.C.[1] He owned two Albert Rosenthal etchings, one of James Iredell.