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PEOPLE, PLACES, MARRIAGES, DEATHS, ETC. OF
UNION COUNTY,
NORTH CAROLINA,
ANSON COUNTY,
NORTH CAROLINA
and also:
MECKLENBURG
COUNTY, NORTH
CAROLINA
CABARRUS COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA
STANLY COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA
CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA
LANCASTER COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA
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Aug.
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August 1878
Saturday, August 3, 1878, MONROE
ENQUIRER (Union County, NC)
-Died in Sandy Ridge Township,
on the 17th ult., Mr. James H. GRIBBLE, aged 50 years.
-Died in this place of
consumption, Mr. Stephen P. LITTLE.
-Died near Meadow Branch Church,
on the 28th, Mr. Jesse C. GRIFFIN, aged about
75 years.
-Died of pneumonia in Union
County, NC, July 27th, 1878, Susanna SMITH, wife of William W. SMITH,
and daughter of Thos. and Polly THREATT. Aged 48 years and some months...
Saturday, August 10, 1878, MONROE
ENQUIRER (Union County, NC)
-Died in Sandy Ridge Township,
while on a visit at the residence of her brother-in-law, Jas. W. PRICE,
Esq., on the 11th June, Mrs. Hannah E. WALKER, consort of the late Mr.
John WALKER, aged 71 years.
-Died near Walkersville, on the
8th inst., Mr. W. Heath CROW, son of Wm. CROW, Esq., age 18
years.
Saturday, August 17, 1878, MONROE
ENQUIRER (Union County, NC)
-Died in Salisbury, NC, on the
2nd inst., of Apoplexy, Mr. Isaac P. O’NEIL, in his 43rd year.
-Died near Walkersville, in this
county, on the 6th inst., Dr. R. W. BLAIR, son of Dr. I. H. BLAIR,
of this place, in this 23rd year. His remains will be interred at the Baptist
Cemetery...
-...on the night of the 12th
inst., the store and dwelling of Mr. W. C. FERGUS, at Beaver Dam, caught
fire and was entirely consumed...
Saturday, August 24, 1878, MONROE
ENQUIRER (Union County, NC)
-Died at Beaver Dam, in this
county, on the 23rd inst., Mr. J. Wilson Griffin.
Aged about 45 years.
Saturday, August 31, 1878, MONROE
ENQUIRER (Union County, NC)
-Died near Wadesboro, on the
16th inst., Mr. Joseph DUNN, aged 99 years. He was a citizen of this
county for many years, and afterwards moved to Lynch’s Creek, SC, but has
resided with his son, Mr. J. A. DUNN, near Wadesboro, for the last ten
years.
-Died in this place on the 26th
inst., of Cholera Infantum, Inez, daughter of J. M.
and E. THOMAS, aged 14 months.
-Died at his father’s residence
in this county, on the 8th inst., Mr. William Heath CROW, son of William
and Fetnah CROW. The deceased was born
December the 17th, 1861, and was 16 years, 7 months and 21 days old when he
died... [lengthy obituary follows]
Saturday, September 7, 1878, MONROE
ENQUIRER (Union County, NC)
-Died in Jackson Co, Ala., on
23rd of August, Mr. G. C. VANN, son of James VANN, formerly a
citizen of F’ville, and for a short while, a resident
of Monroe.
-Died in Buford Township, on the
30th ult., Mr. John HAYES. Aged 80 years.
-Tribute of Respect - Richard
Wylie BLAIR...
Saturday, September 14, 1878, MONROE
ENQUIRER (Union County, NC)
-Died in Buford Township, on the
23rd ult., Miss Martha ADAMS. Aged 18 years.
-Married in Sandy Ridge
Township, on the 19th ult., by A. J. PRICE, Esq., Rev. S. C. BOYCE
to Miss Ellen D. SHANNON.
Saturday, September 21, 1878, MONROE
ENQUIRER (Union County, NC)
-After suffering ten days in
great agony from the wounds in which he received by falling into a well, notice
of which we made in our last issue, Capt. Calvin BELK died on Thursday
last. He was about 55 years of age, a good citizen and an industrious farmer. Lancaster (SC) Ledger.
-Died near Polkton, on the 11th
inst., Mrs. Cally TRAYWICK; wife of Asa TRAYWICK, Esq., aged 68 years.
-Died at Griffinsville,
on the 8th inst., of typhoid fever, Mr. Marshall GRIFFIN. Aged 21 years,
son of the late T. W. GRIFFIN; - making the fourth death from that
disease in that place in the last few weeks.
-State of North Carolina, Union
County Superior Court - Administrator’s Notice - John W. MILLER, Adm’r. of Jane M. PORTER, dec’d., against H. J. CHERRY, et al... The Defendants, J. T. CHERRY, a resident of Macon,
Georgia, W. J. CHERRY, a resident of Georgia, H. P. REDDING, of
Atlanta, Ga., A. R. HOWELL, of Durant, Miss., and H. J. CHERRY,
of Macon, Georgia, and others whose names and residences are unknown, are
non-residents of this state... heirs at law of Jane M. PORTER deceased....
Saturday, September 28, 1878, MONROE
ENQUIRER (Union County, NC)
-The proceedings of the trial of
Hoke C. SECREST, for murder, held in McDowell
Superior Court, September 18, 19, 20, 21, 23, 1878. We
give below the substance of the evidence abduced
(sic) during the trial of Hoke C. SECREST, of
this county, for the murder of his wife and step-daughter... [lengthy account follows]
-Died in this place on the 23rd
inst., Mr. W. H. D. McATEER.
-Married at the residence of the brides father in Charlotte on the 25th inst., by Rev.
A. A. BOSHAMER, Mr. W. T. CARPENTER and
Miss Josie, daughter of Joseph McLAUGHLIN,
Esq.
-State of North Carolina, Union
County Superior Court - Administrator’s Notice - John W. MILLER, Adm’r. of Jane M. PORTER, deceased, vs. H. J. CHERRY
et al (H. J. CHERRY, resident of Macon, Georgia; W. T. Cherry, a resident of Georgia, H.
P. REDDING, of Atlanta, Georgia; A. R. HOWELL of Durant, Miss.;
and H. J. CHERRY, of Macon, Georgia.)...
-Farm for Sale - Wishing to
remove to another state, I hereby offer for private sale my plantation lying 6
miles West of Monroe - containing 212 acres... Jno. W. EASON.
Saturday, October 5, 1878, MONROE
ENQUIRER (Union County, NC)
-Died in this place on the 13th
ult., Stella May, infant daughter of McN. and
Virginia R. BRANCH, aged 10 mo. and 14 days.
-Another fatal affray - We learn
that on last Tuesday, while returning home from this place, and when near the
residence of Mr. J.R. HARRELL in Lanes Creek
Township, John ROGERS and Jim FOSTER, both colored and under the
influence of liquor, engaged in a difficulty, during which ROGERS stabbed FOSTER
with a knife in the throat and made a sever gash in the windpipe. ROGERS
was committed to jail by Esquire CHEARS for
trial at Court. At last accounts the wounded man was still living. (photocopy)
-On last Tuesday evening, as Mr.
Dean S. HORNBACK was coming to this place with a load of cotton, he
being very much intoxicated, fell off his wagon, and was so severely injured
that he died a few hours afterward. His driver could not tell whether the
wheels of the wagon passed over his body or not; but it is supposed that they
did. An inquest was held by Coroner BROOM, and the verdict was that the
death of the deceased was caused by injuries received in falling from a wagon
while intoxicated. (photocopy)
-State of North Carolina, Union
County Superior Court - J. N. NEELY and J. N. NESBIT, Executors
of Hugh WATSON, Executor of John J. McCAIN,
deceased, against R. T. McCAIN, et al... It appearing to the
satisfaction of the Court that the defendants, Margaret N. GLENN, a
resident of the State of South Carolina, and James FLYNN and wife Agnes
A. FLYNN, John FLYNN and wife Jane FLYNN, who, when last
heard from, were also residents of the State of South Carolina... heirs at law
of John J. McCAIN, dec’d...
-For Sale- A second-hand
Improved Home Shuttle Sewing Machine with table. Has only been used about a
year and is in first-rate order. Call at the millinery store of Mrs. J.W. RUDGE. (photocopy)
-Fine Specimens – Mr. Wm. SIMPSON
sent us another apple the other day from that dwarf tree, which weighed 18
ounces and measured 14 ½ inches. We also have a cotton stalk from his farm
which is about 5 feet high and has 120 full grown bolls. This was made without
fertilizers. (photocopy)
-We direct the attention of our readers – especially the ladies – to the new advertisement of E.H. HANFORD. He has now in store a magnificent stock of millinery goods, from which the most fastidious can be suited… (photocopy)
October
9, 1878, Pee Dee Herald (Anson County, NC)
Suicide
- Joe Sellers
a young man living in the edge of Chesterfield, SC committed suicide, last
Saturday. Mr. Sellers mind had been wondering for some time past and
his friends were keeping close watch over him. It seems Mr. Sellers
went over to his brothers on a visit and not finding any of the family at home
raised one of the windows and went into the house. When found he was lying
across a bed cold in death with his brother's pistol by his side with one
bullet hole in his forehead and one in his stomach. Submitted
by Steve Bailey.
Saturday, October 12, 1878, MONROE
ENQUIRER (Union County, NC)
-We learn that on last Sunday,
Mr. Joseph SELLERS, a young man about 24 years old, and living near Chesterfield
CH [Courthouse], committed suicide by shooting himself with a pistol...
-Married on the 29th inst., by
E. S. HARKNESS, Esq., Mr. Thos. N. BROWN
to Miss Lutitia ANDERSON.
Saturday, October 19, 1878, MONROE
ENQUIRER (Union County, NC)
-Died in Jackson Township, on
the 15th inst., John McLeard, infant son of Jno. L. and Martha S. OSBORNE.
Aged two months and two days.
-[Lengthy
article about trial of Robert PARKER, on charges he murdered Leander STACK.
Some names mentioned: Solicitor MONTGOMERY; Col. R.T.
BENNETT; PAYNE & VANN; Jurors: William BAKER, Jno. L. HOOKS, Calvin MULLIS, J.A. GRIFFIN, W.C. McCALL, Sam’l RAPE,
J.D.A. SECREST, B.O.
SECREST, L.N. SECREST, J.M. ROGERS, Cader DEASON, N.W. BROOM; Witnesses: Harvey MANGUM,
Moses HORN, Sam’l HORN, Burrell THREAT,
A.W. BASS]. (photocopy)
-Married at the residence of the bride’s father, in Anson county on the 7th inst., by Rev. J.L. BENNETT, Mr. W.H. BIVENS to Miss M.E. BIVENS. (photocopy)
October 19, 1878, THE MOUNTAIN DEMOCRAT (Placerville, California)
-A Costly Practical Joke – A
remarkable suit was commenced in the Supreme Court of Cabarrus county, North Carolina, on the 1st instant. A few
months ago John M. INGRAHAM, a prominent and
wealthy citizen, was applied to for work by John FORST.
He told him that he had nothing for him to do, but that he would give him
$12,000 for the hides of 6,000 lizzards (sic), and
gave his note for that amount. FORST, with his
wife and five children, at once left for the mountains. There they established
themselves in camp and commenced a war upon the reptiles,
and within twenty days had secured the 6,000 lizzard
(sic) hides. The family marched into town yesterday and offered the reptile
skins in INGRAHAM, who informed them that this
offer was a jest. The lizzard-hunter (sic), however,
does not so understand it, and has instituted suit upon INGRAHAM’S
note, securing the best counsel in the State.
FORST will undoubtedly obtain a
judgment.
Saturday, October 26, 1878, MONROE ENQUIRER (Union County, NC)
-Died at the residence of Thos.
W. LEE, in Floyd County, GA, George W. LEE, on the 14th day of
Oct., 1878. He was the youngest child of Samuel and Levina
LEE, late of Chesterfield County, SC...
-Advertisement: REMOVAL – J.E. HINSON Hereby announces to his friends and
customers that he has removed his Shoe, Harness and Saddle Shop to a building
on the corner of the lot on which his residence is situated, near AUSTIN’S
buggy shop, and would be pleased to have them call when in want of any article
in his line. (photocopy)
-For the Penitentiary – Deputy
Sheriff PRESLAR, accompanied by Mr. Geo. ALLAN, left here last
Wednesday morning with four prisoners, all colored, sentenced to confinement in
the Penitentiary at the late Court, as follows: Hiram SPRING, 2 years; LaFayette FUNDERBURK, 4 years; Amos DOSTER, 4 years; Thomas Osborne, 1 year. All convicted of larceny. (photocopy)
Saturday, November 2, 1878, MONROE
ENQUIRER (Union County, NC)
-Mr. Hanan
PRESLAR, of this place, has been appointed an assistant marshal at the
__ Fair of the Carolinas.
-A restaurant has been opened in
the old Shell building, under the name of “Our House.” Mr. C. W. RIVENBARK is the proprietor.
-We are glad to learn that Maj. Jno. B. ASHCRAFT is making arrangements to run a
dairy farm at his residence four miles East of this
place...
-On last Thursday evening, a
little son of Mr. Jesse L. PARKER, of this place was so severely burned,
that death ensued in a few hours. He was in the cotton field of Mr. B. F. FINCHER,
with several others at the time, picking cotton, and on going to a fire to
warm, it is supposed he ventured too near the flames, and his clothing took
fire...
-We are glad to be able to state
that Mr. POUNDS, the gentleman who was thrown from his buggy last week
and severely hurt, is improving finely.
Saturday, November 9, 1878, MONROE
ENQUIRER (Union County, NC)
-Mr. John T. POUNDS has
so far recovered from his recent injuries, as to be able to come to town a few
days ago.
-Masonic - At a regular communication
of Beaver Dam Lodge; No. 276, A. F. & A. M., held in their hall on the 8th
inst., the following officers were elected for the ensuing 12 months, viz:
J. B. ASHCRAFT, W. M.; J.
E. GREEN, S. W.; T. E. ASHCRAFT, J. W.; H. G. GREEN,
Treasurer; J. A. MARSH, Secretary...
-Married in Jackson Township, on
the 22nd ult., by rev. R. A. MILLER, Mr. David HOOD and Miss
Lizzie NEELEY.
-Married near Monroe, on the 30st (sic) ult., by Rev Joseph A. BIVENS, Mr. John
H. WILLIAMS and Miss Alice BIVENS, daughter of Wm. BIVENS,
Esq.
-Married in this place, on the
7th inst., by Rev. J. H. GUINN, Mr. W. E. PENNINGTON and Miss
Tracie A. WALSH.
-Married in Goose Creek
Township, on the 30th ult., by E. S. HARKNESS,
Esq., Mr. E. A. LEMMOND and Miss Isabella FORD.
-Married in Sandy Ridge
Township, on the 31st ult., Mr. Garrison MEADLIN
(MEDLIN) and Miss Mary S. CUTHBERTSON, daughter of James R. CUTHBERTSON,
Esq.
-Departed this life, on the 24th
of October, 1878, at the residence of J. S. RITCH,
in Sandy Ridge Township, Mrs, Elizabeth STEVENS,
Aged 91 years and 7 months. She has been a consistent member of the M. E.
Church for the last 76 years...
Saturday, November 16, 1878, MONROE
ENQUIRER (Union County, NC)
-It is rumored that Mr. Drury MORGAN,
a wealthy and eccentric character, well known to a great many of our readers,
died at his residence, about 12 miles N.E. of this place, one day this week.
-The champion pressman is in the
Enquirer office. - Master Robert L. BRUNER,
who is only 17 years of age...
-Married in this place, on the
12th inst., by Rev. J. H. GUINN, Mr. J. Mahlen
BENTON and Miss Minnie Winchester, daughter of J. Robeson WINCHESTER.
-Miss Lillie MARSH,
daughter of A. T. and Jane MARSH, died on the 12th of October 1878, of typhoid
fever, age 15 years, 11 months and 26 days...
Saturday, November 23, 1878, MONROE
ENQUIRER (Union County, NC)
-Mr. Sandy McLELLAN
is having a 2-story dwelling erected in the eastern portion of the town.
-We learn that “Our House” has
changed hands. Mr. Hillie McCALL
succeeds Mr. RIVENBARK.
-Died in this place, on the 18th
instant, Capt. Arch’d. Pae,
aged about 64 years, father of Mr. J. W. RUDGE,
of this place. He was of Scottish birth, and was in his prime days one of the best machinists in the State. It is said he
built and run (sic) the first locomotive engine ever in North Carolina.
-Died in Jackson Township, on
the 27th ult., Viola Baskins, daughter of John J. and
Jane R. RICHARDSON, aged 8 months and 2 days.
-Died in Sandy Ridge Township,
on the 18th inst., Charles McLAUGHLIN, son of Dr. S. C. McLAUGHLIN, aged 16 years.
-Married in this place, at the
residence of S. R. McLELLAND, Esq., on the
19th inst., by Rev. J. E. KING, Mr. J. J. SHEPPARD of Wilmington
and Miss Lissie CURLEE.
Saturday, November 30, 1878, MONROE
ENQUIRER (Union County, NC)
-Professor J. D. HODGES
is absent from town this week, visiting relatives in the Western part of the
State.
-”Barney” WILLIAMS
regaled his boarders and patrons on the 28th with a Thanksgiving turkey weighing
20 1/4 pounds.
-Mr. J. J. KENDALL, of
this place, has been appointed State Lecturer by the Order of the Good Templars.
-On Thursday morning last, Mr.
A. A. LANEY of this place discovered that the lock to his stable door
had been broken and that his horse had been taken there from the night
previous, and forthwith “despatched” (sic) runners
upon the various roads leading out of town...
-A Young man by the name of
D[___] PHIFER was brought to this place on Sunday last, and committed to
jail, on charge of having shot Geo. W. WILLIAMS in a melee which took
place in a bar room kept by Mr. S[___] TADLOCK, in the Southern portion
of this county and near the S.C. line...
-Married in the Methodist Church
at Chester, SC, on the 26th inst., Capt. A. TOWNSEND of this place, and
Miss Belle D. SIMPSON of Chester.
Saturday, December 7, 1878, MONROE
ENQUIRER (Union County, NC)
-Public Sale - Mr. Geo. W. WALDEN
of Lanes Creek, advertises by hand bills that he will sell a lot of corn and
fodder, house hold and kitchen furniture, cattle “&c.”, at his residence on
the 17th inst.
-A small house owned by W. A. PENINGER, but on the lands of his father, Mr. John PENINGER, was destroyed by fire on the 29th ult.,
together with about 35 bushels of corn - cause accidental.
-We learn that Mr. John COAN the father of Mr. I. G. COAN
who has lived on the land of Mr. G. A. WINCHESTER, in this county for
several years, is now nearly 98 years old. During the past fall he has picked
out as high as 70 pounds of cotton in a day.
-Dr. HOLDEN ... has
located in Monroe for a few weeks, and will be pleased to meet any of the
citizens of this county who are diseased...
-Married at the residence of the bride’s father on
the 20th ult., by Rev. J. P. MURRAY, Mr. Thos. R. EVANS of
Society Hill, SC, and Miss Annie C. WALSH, daughter of Mr. John H. WALSH
of Chesterfield Co., SC.
-Married in this place, on the
4th inst., by Rev. J. E. KING, Mr. C. L. McMANUS
and Miss Maggie L. HOUGH.
-Married near Concord on the
26th ult., by Rev. L. KcKINNON, Mr. J. T. POUND’S
and Miss Laura Kate, daughter of Jacob DOVE, Esq.
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Confederate Reunion in
Monroe
MONROE ENQUIRER of December 7, 1878
(photocopy)
According
to appointment the surviving members of Company “B” 5th Regiment volunteers and
15th Regiment State Troops, held a re-union meeting at the court house in
Monroe, on Saturday, November 22d, 1878. The meeting
was organized by calling Jas. M. McLarty to the chair and requesting H.W.
Houston to act as Secretary. On suggestion of the Chair, the roll of the
original company was called, for the purpose of obtaining a record of the
casualties, &., with the following results:
Reunion
of Co B, 5th NC Regt. and 15th NC State Troops
Wm.
McRae, Captain, absent but still
living.
T.H. Means, 1st Lieutenant, absent but still living
L.A.
Helms, 2d
lieut., absent but still living.
A.H.
Houston, adjutant; now living at
Catawba Station, N.C.
J.M. McLarty, 1st sergeant, present.
A.B. Helms, 2nd Sergeant, killed at Dam No. 1
D.G. Cuthbertson, 3rd Sergeant, killed at Bristow Station.
I.B. Long, 4th Sergeant, killed at Hatchner’s Run
D.M. Rose, 5th Sergeant, absent but still living; wounded at Malvern Hill.
B.G. Coone, 1st Corporal, still living; wounded at Dam No.
1 and B Station.
J.S. Bickett, 2nd corporal, wounded at Bristow Station; died
since war.
A.T. Clark, 5th corporal, wounded at Malvern Hill; died at home on furlough.
F.L. Rogers, 4th corporal, absent but still living; wounded at Malvern Hill; at
Bristow Station he lost an arm.
Austin, H.L. absent but still living.
Austin [Thos.?] A. present; wounded at Bristow Station.
Austin, John M. absent but still living.
Austin, W.H. died at Fort
Grafton.
Austin, J[____] transferred;
killed at Petersburg.
Austin, J.E.W., present;
wounded at Malvern hill.
Alexandes (Alexander?), S.M.,
present; wounded at Fredricksburg..
Alexander, W.W. present; wounded at Malvern Hill.
Broom, W.H., died at Fredricksburg.
Broom, Floyd, wounded at Malvern Hill and died.
Broom, L.E., absent but
still living.
Benton, J.M., killed at Spottsylvania Courthouse.
Birmingham, Thos., present.
Birmingham, John, present.
Brooks, C.H., present.
Brooks, J.C., absent but still living.
Baker, G.W., present;
wounded at Bristow Station, Reams’ Station and South Mountain.
Baker, J.G., killed at Fredricksburg.
Barrino, F.R., killed at Dam,
No. 1.
Conder, E.C., died at
Yorktown.
Conder, Wm., Died in prison.
Clontz, Jeremiah, died at home.
Cohen, Wm., returned; absent.
Cohen, Jacent, died from
wounds at Malvern hill.
Chapman, George, died at Richmond.
Craig, J.A., killed at
Petersburg.
Craig, J.S., absent but
still living.
Cuthbertson, W.F., absent but still living.
Doster, John R., killed at Wilderness.
Forbes, R.C., absent but
still living.
Forbes, John H., killed at Turkey Ridge.
Forbes, H.M., absent but still living.
Foard, Elmore, killed at Sharpsburg.
Freeman, J.S., present;
wounded at South Mountain.
Freeman, C.J., absent but
still living, wounded at Moore’s Creek.
Gordon, G.N., present.
Griffin, E.W., absent but still living; wounded at Fredricksburg.
Green, J.P., absent but still living; wounded at
Malvern Hill.
Houston, H.W., present.
Helms, J.E., killed at
Bristow Station.
Helms, G.A., died at
Yorktown.
Helms, J.A., absent but
still living.
Helms, J.D., present; wounded at South Mountain.
Helms, Calvin, present.
Howard, J.N., wounded at
South Mountain and Bristow Station-Died in 1870.
Howard, W.A., absent but
still living.
Hinson, F.M., died since the
war.
Irby, J.A., died since the
war.
Irby, R.G., died since the war.
Jerome, J.A., present.
Kesiah, A., died at Yorktown.
Kesiah, Robert, killed at Malvern Hill.
Kesiah, S.B., died since the
war.
King, Charles H., absent but still living; wounded at
Richmond.
Knotts, H.B., absent but
still living.
Lyons, Joshua, discharged-over age.
Long, J.C., absent but still living.
Long, J.G., killed at Dam
No. 1.
Long, W.G., present;
wounded at Malvern Hill and Wilderness.
Long, R.H., killed at
Malvern Hill.
Long, D.G., died at Garysburg, N.C.
Little, J.H., present,
wounded at Wilderness.
Lemmond, W.H., present;
wounded at Sharpsburg and Wilderness.
Lucas, J.A., died at home on
furlough.
McLarty, G.C., present;
wounded at Fredricksburg.
McLelland, S.R. Present; wounded at Sharpsburg and Moore’s
Creek.
McLelland, Robert, killed at Fredricksburg.
McLain, W.B., present; eyes
shot out at Bristow Station.
McLain, M.J., Died in
Maryland.
McCorkle, J.F., absent but
still living.
McCorkle, J.H., died at
Richmond.
McCall, J.C., killed at South Mountain.
McCall, Wm., present; wounded at South Mountain.
Medlin, D.B., present.
Massey, A.N., died since the
war.
McRorie, Samuel, killed at Fredricksburg.
McCoy, M.M., absent but still living.
Muse, C.B., absent but
still living.
Mullis, Alexander, killed at Malvern Hill.
Moser, H.W., absent but
still living.
Mills, Thomas, killed at Dam No. 1.
Osborne, A.L., present;
wounded at Sharpsburg.
Pinion, J.M., killed at
Malvern Hill.
Pistole, J.M., present;
wounded at Fredricksburg.
Porter, A.J., absent; wounded
at Malvern Hill.
Ramsay, J.C., killed at Hatcher’s Run.
Rogers, C.S., Died in
Maryland.
Rogers, C.A., killed at Malvern Hill.
Rainer, W.C., killed at
Sharpsburg.
Richardson, W.P., killed at
Reams’ Station.
Richardson, [_] H.W., died at
Petersburg.
Richardson, P.M., killed at Fredricksburg.
Steele, J.C., absent; wounded at Sharpsburg.
Shell, W.F., died at Petersburg.
Secrest, John; died at Yorktown.
Secrest, Coleman, killed at Malvern Hill.
Sterns [Starnes?], Robert, killed at South
Mountain.
Stegall, J.B.D., absent; but
still living.
Stinson, G.M., absent; but
still living.
Stinson, D.D., present.
Stinson, P.C., present.
Sikes, John B., present; wounded at Wilderness.
Sikes, C.B., present;
wounded at Petersburg.
Sikes, J.C., Absent; wounded at Wilderness.
Shropshire, A., died at Fort Grafton.
Utely [Utley?], W.J.,
died since the war.
Wolfe, W.C., absent, wounded
at Dam No. 1.
Wolfe, W.T., absent; wounded
at Fredricksburg.
Williamson, R.M., died at
Richmond.
Walters, M.J., killed at
Wilderness.
Yandle, W.C., killed at Dam. No. 1.
W.B. McLain one of the surviving members being
present, who had the misfortune to loose his eye
sight, and he being an object of charity the following comrades donated to him
the amount opposite their names:
J.D. Helms, 25c.; G.N. Gordon, 25c.; D.D. Stinson, 25c.; C.H. Brooks, 25c.; Calvin Helms,
25c; H.W. Houston 25c.; J.M. Pistole,
25c; W.G. Long, 25c.; G.C. McLarty,
25c.; S.R. McLelland,
25c.; S,M, Alexander,
25c.; J.E.W. Austin,
25c.; J.M. McLarty, 50c.; Thos. Birmingham,
25c.; John Birmingham, 25c.;
J.R. Sikes, 25c.; J.S. Freeman, 25c.; Wm. McCall,
25c.; W.H. Lemmond, 25c.
The chairman then proceeded to appoint a committee,
consisting of G.C. McLarty,
J.E.W. Austin, and H.W.
Houston, to inform the surviving members who were absent, of the next
meeting, which will be held in August, 1879, and to urge them to be present.
On motion, it was ordered that a copy of the proceedings
of this body be handed to the Union
Express and MONROE ENQUIRER for publication.
After listening to appropriate remarks from C.M.T. McCauley, J.F. Payne
and H.B. Adams, the body adjourned to meet at
the time appointed.
J.M. McLarty, Chm’n.
H.W. Houston, Sec’y.
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Saturday, December 14, 1878, MONROE
ENQUIRER (Union County, NC)
-Dr. W. H. BOBBITT has
been in feeble health for the past week...
-Married in Monroe Township on
the 8th inst., by A. J. PRICE, Esqr., Mr. J. M. HARKEY and
Miss M. J. ROGERS.
-Died of consumption, in
Providence Township, Mecklenburg Co., on Friday 16th instant, Mrs. Cynthia
Margaret, wife of James R. DUNN, Esq., aged about 32 years. She was a
consistent member of the Presbyterian Church.
-We are pleased to note the fact
that the artist, Mr. M. P. STONE, has rented the dwelling now occupied
by Mr. S. R. WILLIAMSON, and will move his family here after the first
of January...
-That portion of Trade Street in
the vicinity of Mr. J. E. HINSON’S residence,
has been wonderfully improved since the erection of his new dwelling and the
removal of the old “BENTON house”, which is now being replaced by the
handsome dwelling of Sheriff Griffin...
-Horse Stolen - ... on the night
of December 1st ... a suitable reward will be paid... D. P. BELK,
six miles south of Monroe, NC.
Saturday, December 21, 1878, MONROE
ENQUIRER (Union County, NC)
-We learn that on last Saturday,
Julia REDWINE and Lillie ZEDAKER,
daughters of Dr. T. W. REDWINE and Mrs. Nancy ZEDAKER
respectively, were thrown from a horse, breaking Julia’s arm about 4 inches
below the shoulder. The broken bone was promptly set and the sufferer is doing
well.
-We learn that early on last
Monday morning - Mr. Wm. BROWN, who has been a “miller” at Crows’ mills,
six miles northeast of this place, for several years, attempted to commit
suicide first by taking a [sufficient] quantity of laudanum to kill him, and
then afterwards cutting his throat with a razor... Mr. BROWN has been
quite sick recently with bilious fever, and his brain became slightly deranged,
and it is reasonable to suppose that [he] really did not know what he was
doing...
-On last Wednesday night, Mr.
Geo. W. WALDEN and family boarded the train at this place for their new
home in Alexander county. They will reside in the
neighborhood of Mr. A. T. MARSH, who moved there from here some 2 or 3
years ago...
-Mr. M. AUSTIN, an old
and respectable citizen of this place has been quite sick for the past week.
-Married in Sandy Ridge
Township, on the 19th inst., by E. S. HARKNESS,
Esq., Mr. R. J. HEMBY and Miss M. E. MARTIN.
-A committee of ladies
consisting of Mrs. T. D. WINCHESTER, Mrs. J. F. PAYNE, Mrs. J. H.
GUINN, were on a canvass (sic) yesterday soliciting subscriptions to the
Orphan Asylum. They succeeded in raising about 35 dollars... [It] will be
forwarded as a Christmas present from the citizens of Monroe...
-Mr. S. R. WILLIAMSON
advertised by posters that he will sell at public auction, at his former
residence, six miles north of Lancaster village, on Monday, the 30th inst.,
some horses, cattle, hogs, shucks, fodder, corn, farming tools, &c.
-State of North Carolina, Union
County Superior Court -Administrator’s Notice - J. O. GRIFFIN,
Administrator of C. DEESE, deceased, against B. W. DEESE, K. M. DEESE,
et al... the
Defendants, Edward DEESE, a resident of the State of Arkansas, Archibald
DEESE and J. M. DEESE, residents of the State of Tennessee, are all non-residents
of this State... heirs at law of C. DEESE, deceased...
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