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Friday, August 3, 1923, The Monroe Journal, (Union County, NC)
-As a reader of the Journal and a native of Union county, I feel myself appealed to in helping The Journal write an interesting story as asked for in the recent issues of the paper. My father was John McCOLLUM, my mother’s name was Ruth and she was a daughter of David CUTHBERTSON. They were married in 1821 and lived on a farm on Richardson’s Creek, seven miles from Monroe. Unto them were born eleven children – the youngest being a daughter and the second child a daughter, and I being the youngest of nine sons. In March 1852 our parents emigrated to Albany, Georgia, bringing with them all the children except one older brother who had married and settled here. In 1862 our mother died leaving seven sons as confederate soldiers and all on the battlefields of Virginia and Tennessee in the day of her going. On the 10th day of July I saw the last remaining brother laid away in his tomb, and my younger sister, and myself are the living representatives of the family. There were many people from Union county who came to this section at that time, but they have all passed into the great beyond and “I even I only am left.” …On the eighth day of February 1872, I was happily married to Miss Hattie EVERYINGHAM of Bunavista (sic), Ga…. We reared two boys and two girls, now far into middle life, loyal to church and state, eminently successful in business and have never brought any reproach upon us and we feel justly proud of them. On the fourth day of the past June my faithful loving wife left us for the home beyond. She left us in a beautiful lovely home unencumbered the product of our best thought for forty years….. A. S. McCOLLUM.
-In July, 1923, God, in his infinite love came and took to himself the spirit of our much loved friend, Mrs. J. R. WARREN, wife of Rev. J. R. WARREN, pastor of North Monroe and Icemorlee Baptist churches….
-Judge E. C. WILLIAMS, who has been in the western part of the country since the war, during which time he held an important government position on the Mexican border, came in this week for a brief visit en route to New York. Mr. WILLIAMS was warmly greeted by hundreds of old friends while here.
-Mrs. Tabitha C. ROWELL, relict of the late J. E. ROWELL, of Goose Creek township, died at the home of Mr. and Mrs. M. K. LANEY in North Monroe township last Sunday at 11 o’clock. Mrs. ROWELL was 76 years of age. She was a good woman, a member of Ebenezer Baptist church. There were no children and the only survivor of her father’s family, the late Simpson [sic: Sampson] HELMS, is Esq. S. A. HELMS, of Benton Heights. Funeral was conducted at Ebenezer church Monday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock by Rev. A. MARSH, Elder J. M. BAGWELL and Rev. J. R. WARREN. Interment was in the PRICE cemetery nearby…. [Note: Tabitha Helms married on July 14, 1889 in Union Co, NC to J. E. Rowell]
-Miss Etta McMANUS, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sam McMANUS of Buford township and Mr. Eustace BAUCOM, son of Mrs. Fannie BAUCOM of Lanes Creek township, were married Wednesday afternoon at the home of the bride…
-On Tuesday, July 31 at 1:30 p.m., Mr. M. D. HILL was ordained at Fairfield Baptist church…
-Contesting Will of Mr. R. E. LITTLE – Mrs. LITTLE was Children Being Completely Cut Out from Estate Bring Suit [lengthy article]
-Mrs. H. A. STARNES has a letter which was written by her father, the late John E. STARNES, to her mother, during the war from the battlefields of Virginia. The letter has become a family heirloom. Mrs. STARNES has given it to her daughter, Mrs. Curtis MEDLIN, who will in turn hand it down. How tragic are these old war letters! Husbands on the field not only did not know when they might be killed, but even if not killed, they did not know when they might ever see their families again. And the anxieties of the mothers and wives at home know no bounds, for practically all men were at the front, and news traveled slowly in those days. An occasional letter from some soldier was all that whole neighborhood had. And how welcome these letters were. The letter from Mr. STARNES to his wife, Margaret STARNES, was dated at Petersburg, Va., June 3, 1862, and reads as follows: “Dear Companion: I now seat myself this morning to write you a few lines to let you know that I am well at this time, and hoping that when these few lines come to hand they will find you enjoying the same blessings of God. We left Goldsboro the first day of June and landed here the second, and are stationed at Petersburg. I think that this is a healthy place from the appearance of the country, and we have good water. I am better satisfied here than I was at Goldsboro, for I think it is a healthier place. Petersburg is a beautiful town, situated in a very nice place, and the largest town I ever saw. “They have been fighting at Richmond for the last two or three days. It is said our side got the best of the fight. “We left brother William STARNES in the hospital at Goldsboro. I expected to come home at harvest, but I don’t think I can get off. I want you to have my wheat taken care of if you can for you needn’t look for me at harvest. I want you to write to me as soon as you get this letter. Write to me how you are all getting along and give me the times in that country and how the prospects of crops are. I want to know whether you got my things I sent you or not. I sent one pair of shoes and one shirt and a pair of pants. Write to me whether you got them or not. “I would like to see you all the best in the world and will come home as soon as I can. No more at present, but remember me until death. – From John E. STARNES to Margaret STARNES, at Home.” Oh, the heart breaks in those old letters!
-Rufe JOHNSON shot John BURCH, both colored, in Marshville township Friday night, from the effects of which BURCH died Sunday…
-Mrs. J. J. SMITH and son, F. T. SMITH of Lanes Creek township, and V. B. PARKER of Marshville township, and C. C. SMITH of Kannapolis, returned Friday night from Georgia, where they visited relatives in Coffee county. They found Mr. F. M. SMITH, father of J. J. and C. C. SMITH, well and in good spirits. He will be 89 years of age in November, and is still enabled to do farm work.
-Lightning struck Mr. W. H. CATO while he was plowing in his field near Pageland, a few days ago. He was knocked unconscious and his legs below the knew were badly burned and the mule he was plowing was killed.
-Mr. W. N. DAVIS was married to Mrs. Ione P. CRAIG of York, S. C., Wednesday afternoon at three o’clock at the home of the bride’s father Mr. R. N. PLAXTON, near Clover, S. C….
-Waxhaw, Aug. 9. – Mrs. Edna NIVEN MASSEY, wife of Mr. T. N. MASSEY, of this place, died at the home of her mother, Mrs. W. H. HOWIE, Saturday evening at seven o’clock. Mrs. MASSEY had been in poor health for several months…. The remains were interred in West Side cemetery by the side of a baby girl, Jean Neely, who died in April. She was thirty years of age. On September 1st, 1914, she was happily married to Mr. T. N. MASSEY, who with one little daughter, Marion MASSEY, survive her. She is also survived by her mother, Mrs. W. H. HOWIE, two sisters, Mrs. W. R. McCAIN of High Point, and Mrs. J. P. HOFFMAN of Dallas; two brothers, W. M. and F. D. NIVEN of Greenwood, Miss., who were unable to attend the funeral….
-Mr. and Mrs. E. M. HELMS of Fairfield community will have all their children with them next Sunday. This is he second time that the entire family has been together in sixteen years. Rev. F. C. HELMS of Beaufort, S.C., H. J. HELMS of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and Fred B. HELMS of Charlotte, the three sons, will all arrive Sunday. While Mrs. Loyd W. HELMS of Monroe and Mrs. Harry EDWARDS of Marshville, the two daughters, will also be at home. [Note: this was the family of Emanuel M. Helms and wife Frances P. Austin.]
-Wednesday afternoon at 5 o’clock Mr. L. P. PHIFER and Miss Mary AUSTIN, both of Marshville township were married… daughter of Mr. Wesley AUSTIN…
-Mr. Plummer STEWART who was billed to make a speech at the AUSTIN reunion at Crooked Creek church yesterday, could not come and at the last minute they drafter R. W. LEMMOND. Mr. LEMMOND had time to go to the records and find out all about the AUSTINS. He found that the name occurs frequently in English and American history. Richard AUSTIN, the original one in America, came from England and arrived at Charleston, Mass., and settled there in 1638. His two sons, Richard and Anthony, became the founders of families in Connecticut and New York, from which descendants passed to all parts of the country. The first AUSTIN appeared in this state in Carteret county in 1734, and took up land. Daniel AUSTIN took up land in Onslow county in 1741. Alfred AUSTIN, late Poet Laureate of England is head of the English branch. Moses AUSTIN of Connecticut, went to Texas and settled in Travis county during the Mexican regime, and his son Stephen F. AUSTIN, founded the city of Austin, the capital of Texas. The reunion Wednesday was attended by a large number, and Mr. LEMMOND says he never spoke before a finer looking set of folks.
-Of much interest here, is the marriage of Mr. William Bede HAMILTON of Charlotte and Miss Ruth FANT of Anderson, S.C., which took place Saturday at the bride’s home….
-The marriage of Miss Margaret ROMEDY and John WINCHESTER of Monroe, which took place Tuesday evening at eight o’clock in the Waxhaw Presbyterian church was one of the most beautiful [end of sentence]… The bride is the daughter of Mrs. C. L. ROMEDY and prior to the last two years lived at Darlington, S.C…. The groom is the son of Mrs. Theodora WINCHESTER of Monroe and is a young man of sterling character and worth. He is connected to the Southern Express Company at Monroe…
-Pretty soon after Mr. Joshua LOWE quit driving the stage from Wadesboro to Monroe, he began draying in Monroe. He ran drays for E. M. GRIFFIN, C. W. GRIFFIN, N. S. OGBURN, A. J. HARGETT, and himself, but all the time it was Joshua LOWE, the dray-man. Some years ago he sold out to the late C. D. MEACHAM. At the death of the latter Mr. Frank BLAKENEY took over the business, and now he has sold out, and Mr. PINKSTON one of the purchasers, is from Wadesboro. And that gives the succession in the draying business in Monroe back nearly to the Civil War, and from Wadesboro back to Wadesboro. [Note: A drayman was a cart driver.]
-John Franklin, the six-months-old son of Mr. and Mrs. John McCRANEY of Icemorlee, died Thursday morning…
-Mr. Sandy THOMAS and Miss Faye LITTLE of New Salem township were married Saturday in the Register of Deeds office, Rev. R. H. JAMES performing the ceremony. Mr. THOMAS is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank THOMAS and Mrs. THOMAS is a daughter of Mr. Luther LITTLE….
-Willie COLLINS, 15-year-old son of Mr. Henry COLLINS of Waxhaw, died at the Ellen Fitzgerald hospital Sunday evening, following an operation for appendicitis about a week ago…
-Last Wednesday death removed from our midst Mrs. Lavica HARKEY, widow of the late James I. HARKEY. She had been in ill health for several months, and death was a great relief to her. She was seventy-five years old, and had been a member of Weddington Methodist church for a long time… She leaves five daughters and two sons to mourn her loss. They are Miss Lula HARKEY, Miss Lela HARKEY, Mrs. D. F. SHORT, Mrs. W. E. MOORE, W. L. HARKEY, W. J. HARKEY, all of Weddington community, and Mrs. T. S. COBLE of Youngsville, N.C. …the remains were laid to rest in the Weddington cemetery… [Note: James I. Harkey married on Jan. 21, 1869 in Union Co, NC to Levicy C. Hartis]
-Miss Pauline Witsell McCANTS, of Monroe, and Robert Ray RITCHIE, of Charlotte, were married at the home of Dr. and Mrs. A. F. MAHONEY, 200 Church street, Monroe, Tuesday evening, July 31… Mrs. RITCHIE came to Monroe from Clio, S.C., as superintendent of the Ellen Fitzgerald Hospital when Dr. A. F. MAHONEY took over the hospital…
-We are very sorry to hear of the death of little Carl POLK, youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. Charlie POLK, who died in Charlotte Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. POLK formerly lived here. We extend to them our heartfelt sympathy in this sad hour.
-Unionville, Aug. 16. – A most remarkable reunion was held at Mr. D. A. PRICE’S Tuesday of this week when all of the children and a number of the grandchildren of Mrs. Sara PRICE, wife of the late Mr. Mack PRICE, met together to celebrate her ninety-first birthday. Mrs. PRICE was reared in this community and lived here until for the past year or two when she has been living with her daughter, Mrs. D. T. BOGER of Rockwell. Mrs. PRICE is a fine lady and has reared a splendid family who are known throughout the state. Her children were all present. They are: Messrs. D. A. PRICE, N. C. PRICE, and Mrs. Collie SMITH and Mrs. E. J. GRIFFIN of Unionville, Mr. Bob PRICE of Albemarle, Mrs. D. T. BOGER of Rockwell, Mrs. Aron LITTLE of Charlotte, and Mrs. A. A. SECREST of Monroe…. [Note: Sarah L. C. Presson married on Dec. 7, 1852 in Union Co, NC to David McCollum Price”]
-Rev. S. J. STARNES of Buford township, a student at Trinity College, has developed an endurance for work few men ever attain. He is a man of a family, taking a full college course, working at night on a linotype machine in the Durham Sun office and holding at the same time a regular pastorate of two churches, riding about thirty miles every Sunday to fill his appointments. Mr. Henry BELK, publicity agent for Trinity College, says STARNES is making good at all three jobs and that you can’t keep a man like that down. [Note: This is Rev. Shirley Judge Starnes who married Daisy R Brantley]
-Orel HONEYCUTT, the young man who brought to the hospital here last Sunday with his spinal cord severed by a bullet which went into the front of his neck and came out the back, died late Monday evening after being taken back to his home near Stanfield. He was 20 years of age and unmarried, while Jodi MORGAN, who shot him, is thirty and married. There had been trouble between them of some kind and when they met in the road, Honeycutt is said to have drawn a knife and attacked MORGAN, who shot him. MORGAN is in the jail at Albemarle.
-The family of the late Mr. and Mrs. James C. WILLIAMS of the Rock Rest community will have a reunion at the old homestead, now occupied by Mr. W. E. L. WILLIAMS, next Wednesday. The brothers and sisters of the family now living are: Thomas E. WILLIAMS, John H. WILLIAMS, W. E. L. WILLIAMS, E. C. WILLIAMS, Mrs. John H. GRIFFIN, Mrs. J. H. McCOLLUM, Mrs. T. B. LILES, and Mrs. H. E. COPPLE.
-Mrs. Hannah LANEY FUNDERBURK, wife of Mr. A. W. FUNDERBURK of Buford township, died Wednesday after an illness of several months, and bad health for a longer time. She was sixty-one years of age and is survived by her husband and twelve grown children. She was a member of Trinity Methodist church, where the funeral took place Thursday…. Her sons and daughters are: Mr. Frank FUNDERBURK of Lanes Creek, Mr. Robert C. FUNDERBURK of Monroe; Mr. George FUNDERBURK of Buford; Mr. Theodore FUNDERBURK of Goose Creek; Miss Mary FUNDERBURK; Mrs. Earnest MANGUM of South Carolina, Miss Arlevia FUNDERBURK who is teaching at Green Mountain; Mr. Boyd FUNDERBURK of Charlotte; Miss Jane FUNDERBURK, trained nurse at Hamlet; Mr. Lemuel FUNDERBURK of Fort Bragg; Miss Ruby FUNDERBURK in school at Montreat. All were present at the death of their mother. Mrs. FUNDERBURK was a grand-daughter of the late Calvin LANEY, her father William LANEY, being killed in the Civil War. [Note: Hannah Laney was married to Alfred W. Funderburk]
-Charlotte Observer: I. T. HINSON, 44 year old farmer of Union county, died here yesterday morning at 11:30 o’clock at the Charlotte sanatorium following a brief illness. Funeral services will be held this morning a 11 o’clock from Antioch Baptist church, Union county, Rev. C. C. HONEYCUTT, officiating. Mr. HINSON is survived by his wife and two children, Ora HINSON, age 14 and Emma HINSON, age 2; five brothers, R. H. HINSON, of Union county, J. B. HINSON of Union county, and Jack HINSON of Monroe; and two sisters, Mrs. Martha Laura BARBER of Stanly county, and Mrs. J. R. WILLIAMS, of Charlotte. [Note: Israel T. Hinson married Idell Williams] . [Also see another death notice for him in the August 21, 1923 issue of the same paper.]
-In Memory of Edward DEASON - On July 30th, 1923, the angels came from heaven to earth and caught up the precious life of our dear friend Edd…. We extend our heartfelt sympathy to his mother, relatives and friends in their bereavement and point them to the great Comforter, until we dwell with one so dear, around the Saviour’s throne.
-Fifty-nine years ago today, William P. RICHARDSON of this county, a Confederate soldier, was killed at Petersburg, Va. He was a young man, only twenty three years old, and had volunteered and gone out with Capt. McRAE’S company, the first that left this county. His body lies buried in the family cemetery in Buford township, for his father, in the winter of 1865, went to Virginia and brought it home. He was a son of E. W. RICHARDSON, and a brother of Mr. S. S. RICHARDSON and Mrs. J. F. DOSTER. Mrs. DOSTER has a letter which the young soldier wrote in the winter of 1864 before he was killed the following August. This letter was written to his older sister, Mrs. Margaret HELMS, and lovingly kept by her till her death some years ago, when it was given to Mrs. DOSTER. The Journal is permitted to copy the letter and, as it happens, publish it on the fifty-ninth anniversary of his death. The letter is an unusually interesting one because it breathes the spirit of the young soldier on the field as that spirit existed right through to the end with the boys who were following General LEE. Even in ’64 these boys did not know that they could not win, and many of them, as this one did, “bit the dust.” The letter is written in a fine, concise penmanship that was practiced in those days, and every word correctly spelled and plainly written. It may be added that what happened after the war was almost as bad as this soldier boy anticipated, though he was wrong in his view of Mr. LINCOLN, as most people were then, and had not Mr. LINCOLN also “bit the dust,” these things would not have happened. The letter follows: “Camp near Orange Courthouse, Va., February 16, 1864. My Dear Sister: With a pleasure of devotion I have concluded to write a short letter. But before I write further I must tell you that I have nothing of interest to communicate. Therefore, if I fail to interest you you must excuse me. All is quiet along the lines here, nothing to interrupt our happiness or comfort. We are certainly enjoying our winter quarters now as it is snowing and we are snug in our tents enjoying the comforts of a warm and glowing fire. Were it not for the thoughts of the spring campaign which will soon open and summon us to the bloody field of strife we could rest more composed. But the horror of many bloody fields of battle are readily pictured in our minds though unseen. And according to past transactions the Spring of 1864 will be another of bloody warfare. And many, many who are now survivors, may bite the dust while trying to drive the heartless foe from our soil.
“I understand that many people who remain at home are in favor of going back to the Union. What, can it be possible! What terms have our enemies offered us? What promises did LINCOLN make the people? Why, every southern man must say, none. He (LINCOLN) has thousands of foreigners in his army whom he has promised a habitation or a farm in the South. Now, where are the farms and the habitations to come from? Why, if we are subjugated we will be driven from our peaceful homes with our property confiscated and placed in a worse condition than the Wyandotte Indians who were advised to go to some barren rock where the eagle builds her nest and there call for the mercy of Providence without any hope.
“How can any man or woman in the South think of ever going back into the Union? I do not see how any one can harbor such a thought. I believe it all due to cowardice, and if this is the reason they are not fit to live on our soil. And I think to treat them right we should have one side of their cowardly heads shaved and then loan them one of the white oak horses of the 46th regiment, and let them ride through to Yankeedom with a soldier on each side of them with bayonets fixed ready to pierce their white livers if they failed to sit proper on their sharp horses.
“It looks to me like if any one should be worn out with the war it ought to be the old soldiers who have been toiling nearly three long years, enduring all hardships and suffering many wants. We confess to be tired of war and want peace as bad as anybody but we are not willing to lay down our arms, our freedom, our liberties and our property and be reduced to beggary. “My health is very fine and none sick in this company. I will be glad when this cruel war is over if I am permitted to see its end. It does seem long since I entered the army. It does not seem possible to have spent three more years in such way. I would be very glad to see you all. Hope you will write soon. You are surely tired of my scribbling, so I’ll stop.
“Your brother, William P. RICHARDSON.” Alas, William P. RICHARDSON was one of
the tens of thousands of the boys of that day who did not live to see the end of
the war.
-A family reunion was held Thursday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. RICHARDSON, in Sandy Ridge township, at which time nearly all the family was present. Those attending were, sons: J. C. and C. T. WINCHESTER, of West Monroe township; Hugh H. WINCHESTER, of Louisville, Ky., and Sam WINCHESTER of Monroe, and Mrs. Grady DOSTER of Monroe. Mrs. Amanda HINSON, another daughter, who lives at Woodlawn, S.C., was unable to attend. There are 31 grandchildren, nearly all of whom were present, and 14 great grandchildren. Mr. John H. WINCHESTER is a remarkably well preserved man for his age, being 92 years of age. He was sitting in his accustomed place on the first seat at Pleasant Grove Sunday.
-Mr. Israel T. HINSON, whose home was near Antioch church in Goose Creek township, died last Thursday morning at 11:30 o’clock at the Presbyterian hospital in Charlotte…. Funeral services were held at Antioch church at 1 p.m. Saturday, Rev. W. E. KNOTTS conducting it. Many friends and acquaintances were present at the funeral. Mr. HINSON was about 45 years of age and is survived by his wife and two children, Ora age 14, and Emma, age 2; three brothers, R. H. and J. B. HINSON of Antioch community, Jack HINSON of Monroe, and two sisters, Mrs. Martha Laura BARBER of Stanly county, and Mrs. J. R. WILLIAMS of Charlotte. Mr. HINSON was a splendid farmer, in good circumstances, and was known for his honesty and uprightness. [Also see another death notice for him in the August 17, 1923 issue of the same paper.]
-Mr. and Mrs. J. E. DEESE and children of Greenville, N.C., came Friday night to spend a few days with Mr. James T. DEESE, in east Monroe township. The family left yesterday for the western part of the state. Mr. DEESE has a prosperous monument business and has been living in Greenville for 16 years. Mrs. DEESE, who before her marriage was Miss Margaret PARKER, is a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. J. D. PARKER of Monroe.
-Civil Court: …M. A. SIMPSON secures divorce against H. J. SIMPSON… M. E. NANCE was given a divorce from J. W. NANCE. James WATTS granted divorce from Cornelia WATTS….
-Charlotte Man Kills Wife Then Himself – Firing two shots that snuffed out the life of his wife as she stood on the sidewalk a short distance away, Charles H. LEMMOND, of 611 East Thirteenth street, turned the pistol to his head and fired a bullet through it Sunday morning between 8:30 and 9 o’clock says the Charlotte Observer….. [lengthy article]
-Mr. Cleve HAIGLER left Tuesday morning for Hillsboro, N.C., to work for Mr. J. P. DICUS, road contractor. Thursday a telegram was received at Midland stating that Mr. HAIGLER had fallen and crushed his skull, and was in a serious condition at a hospital in Durham, where he was carried after the accident.
-Descendants of Matthew STEWART to Organize Clan – Of
much interest here and in the county where there are many descendants of
Matthew STEWART is the following from Sunday’s
Charlotte Observer: Mrs. William S. STEWART
Entertained delightfully on Wednesday at a most delightful family dinner at her
home on North College street. The guests
were all descendants of Matthew STEWART, the original STEWART ancestor,
who came to America from Scotland about 1750.
He lived in Mecklenburg county near
Philadelphia church, and was one of the founders of this church. He was a Captain in the Revolutionary war and
his colonial land grants from Governor Arthur DOBBS in 1764 and his will
dated 1808, are on record in Mecklenburg courthouse. He was appointed a state’s juror for North
Carolina in 1777. His grandson, Esq. Eli
STEWART was at one time owner of the block on which the Mecklenburg
courthouse now stands. He gave this
property to his daughter, Mary STEWART ASHBURY, wife of the late Dr.
Daniel ASHBURY, the family making their home there for many years. Matthew STEWART was the father of
eight children. His eldest son was John STEWART,
who was represented by five different branches of his descendants at the
gathering Wednesday. A temporary
organization to form a STEWART clan in this country of descendants of
Matthew STEWART was effected with the following official personnel: President, Hon. William H. STEWART, of
Columbia, S.C., first vice president, Mrs. Elizabeth STEWART BUNDY, of
Monroe; second vice president, Mr. W. C. ALEXANDER of Charlotte; third
vice president, Mr. Plummer STEWART of Charlotte; secretary, Mrs.
Adelaide SMITH BEARD, of Belmont, treasurer, Mr. W. Sinclair STEWART,
of Charlotte. The original STEWART
clan was organized in Scotland in 1100, by King David I, ruler of Scotland and
England, who made the chief steward of his household head of a new clan and
changed his name to STEWART.
Plans were formed Wednesday to have a gathering of all the STEWART connection,
who are descendants of Matthew STEWART, to be
held at Philadelphia church the middle of August, 1924. Mrs. STEWART’S guests Wednesday were:
Hon. William H. STEWART, Columbia; Mrs. Elizabeth STEWART BUNDY,
Monroe; Mrs. Adelaide SMITH BEARD, Belmont; Messrs. John C. STEWART,
W. C. ALEXANDER, Plummer STEWART, John G. STEWART, W.M. STEWART and W. Sinclair STEWART.
-Waxhaw, Aug. 20. – Beautiful in its simplicity was the marriage of Miss Estaline McCAIN of Waxhaw to Carl Ganson BENNETT of Lancaster, S.C., Wednesday evening at the home of the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. McCAIN….
-The whole of Ansonville and community was shocked and deeply grieved on Thursday afternoon the 16th of August, when the news quickly passed that Will R. LITTLE had died at 4:30 o’clock….. He was the eldest son of Mr. L. L. LITTLE and his first wife, Mrs. Lula SMITH LITTLE of Edgefield, S.C., and is survived by his wife, Mrs. Flossie Mauney LITTLE and four children, John R., Wm. R., Lula Lee and Elizabeth, and one sister, Mrs. L. L. LITTLE, and a maternal aunt, Mrs. W. B. McLENDON, all of Ansonville. The funeral was held at the cemetery and was conducted by Rev. D. S. RICHARDSON, pastor of the Ansonville M. E. Church and Rev. John Jordan DOUGLASS of Wadesboro. The interment was in the LITTLE plot in the Ansonville cemetery where rest his grandparents, brothers, aunts and uncles, all of whom preceded him, the late Hon. R. E. LITTLE being but recently buried there. [lengthy article]
-“Uncle John” HUNTLEY of Rock Hill, S.C., will arrive today to spend some time with his many relatives in Union county, the HORNS, WILLIAMS, SMITHS and other connections. Mr. HUNTLEY is 90 years of age and is strong for a man of that age. He is the oldest living relative of the HORN family in Union and his visit will prove very interesting to a great many people of the county. Last week the U. D. C.’s at Rock Hill held a celebration in honor of the veteran old gentleman’s birthday.
-Mrs. H. R. PERRY [should possibly be Mrs. M. R. PERRY] died Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock at the home in Marshville of her daughter, Mrs. J. T. BELK. For a long time Mrs. PERRY had been in ill health and about thirteen weeks ago she fell and broke a hip from which injury she never recovered. Mrs. PERRY was a most excellent Christian woman and lived a long life of usefulness, being 77 years of age at her death. She is survived by her husband, Rev. M. R. PERRY, and two children, Mrs. J. T. BELK of Marshville and Mr. J. H. PERRY of Charlotte. Funeral services were conducted Thursday afternoon at 4 o’clock at the home of Mrs. BELK in Marshville by Rev. C. H. MARTIN of Polkton and the remains were interred in the cemetery in Marshville. [Note: Marshville Cemetery has listings for the following: Mary Aranna Perry b.Nov 12, 1846-d.Aug 22, 1923; Marion R. Perry, b.May 24, 1860-d.Oct 0, 1835 – Possibly the same family.]
-Miss Rossie MEDLIN, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. MEDLIN, and Mr. Hurley CHANEY, son of Mr. and Mrs. Noah CHANEY, all of Goose Creek township were married Wednesday afternoon…..
-Yesterday morning, news came to Mr. W. W. BLAND and his sisters, Misses Sallie and Janie BLAND that their niece, Mrs. Ruth FREEMAN STARK had died the night before at the home of her father-in-law, Mr. Bolivar STARK in Hamlet. It seems that about ten o’clock Wednesday night Mrs. STARK, having a head ache in taking what was supposed to be a remedy, in some unaccountable manner, took poison instead, death resulting in about an hour. Mrs. STARK was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. B. FREEMAN who lived in Monroe until about four years ago when they moved to Hamlet, Mr. FREEMAN being at that time promoted to the shop foremanship at that place. Last spring Mrs. STARK was married when only nineteen years old….
-On August 23rd, Esquire John A. HICKS and his wife, Mrs. Rebecca HICKS, celebrated the first anniversary of their marriage at their beautiful home in Buford township. Mr. HICKS having been previously married and having many children and grandchildren, the celebration was also a reunion and many of his descendants, kinfolks and neighbors were present.… [lengthy article]
-J. L. BROOKS of Marshville is in possession of an arithmetic [book] which was made by his great grandfather, Daniel SMITH, in the years of 1812 to 1826. Printed arithmetics are evidently very scarce at that time and the old gentleman, possessing more education than the average man of his age took it upon himself, probably at the request of his neighbors to compose and compile the rules and examples of arithmetic. The leaves of the arithmetic are eight by thirteen inches in size and there are about eight hundred in number. Addition, subtraction, division and multiplication are treated and the rules of interest, rebate, etc., are treated and especial attention was given to the double rule of three, which in recent years has been discarded by the use of algebraic equations. The books was written indelibly with goose quill and ink and the work is well arranged. It must have taken the old gentleman a good part of his time during the years of its completion to compile and arrange the work, since it is done with great neatness. Mr. SMITH was the grandshire of the late Dr. H. M. BROOKS of Olive Branch, a cousin of the late Esq. A. J. BROOKS and is connected with a large percent of the BROOKS families of Union county. He moved from Fayetteville to New Salem township and his work was evidently begun before making the change. In the old arithmetic is a shoe pattern cut from an old Fayetteville Observer, the oldest paper in the state, in the year 1830. In this paper are some price quotations that sound interesting to folks who live in the good year 1923, when some of the things quoted at a ridiculously low price then cannot be had now at any price: Jamaica rum, $1.40 gallon; Windsor Island, 70 cents gallon, New England rum, 40 cents gallon; rice, 100 pounds $3.00; Liverpool salt, 60 cents bushel; leaf tobacco, 2 1/2cents per pound; wheat, 95 cents per bushel; whiskey, 40 cents gallon; Malaga wine, 70 cents gallon. A number of other things are also listed that show how times have changed.
-A Tribute to Mrs. T. N. MASSEY – Born November 4, 1892. Married September 1, 1914. Passed beyond August 4, 1923. As a bright cloudless day was merging into the gray shadows of evening, the gentle and beloved spirit pf Mrs. Edna NIVEN MASSEY heard the twilight bell… [lengthy article and poem]
-Mr. Henry POLK and Miss Etta SECREST of Mineral Springs, were married December 26th last, keeping well their secret until Wednesday. Mr. POLK is a son of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. POLK. Mrs. POLK is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. L. SECREST, all of Monroe….
-Mr. George PAGE of Mecklenburg and Miss Hester STARNES of Union, were married yesterday by Esq. R. H. HARGETT.
-There will be a reunion at the old PENEGAR homestead in Buford township September 7th in honor of Mrs. M. C. PENEGAR who is 84 years of age and Mrs. Lou RICHARDSON who is 87 years of age…
-There will be a picnic dinner at the home of Mr. Israel LITTLE in Stanly county, near the SIKES’ mill, Wednesday, September 5th. This day will be the 85th birthday of Mr. LITTLE and he is the only one of the family living. He has many relatives in this county and they are all invited to be present.
-There will be a reunion of the family of Jehu LANEY in Buford township September 8th, to celebrate his eighty-third birthday…
-Mr. S. S. RICHARDSON celebrated his seventieth birthday last Friday, and the occasion was made a most pleasant one, not only by the presence of his children and grandchildren, but by a number of his friends, who, with the family, partook of a most elegant dinner…
-Monroe, Rt. 1, Aug. 27. – Mrs. Eliza BROOME died Friday afternoon August 24th at 4:00 o’clock at the home of her son, Mr. James BROOME of Buford township. Mrs. BROOME had been in ill health for several years, being confined to her bed for the past two years, but her death came unexpected to her friends as she was as well Friday morning as usual. Mrs. BROOME was a most excellent christian woman. She was a member of High Hill Primitive Baptist church. Mrs. BROOME was 73 years of age at her death. She is survived by her husband, Mr. Burrell BROOME, one daughter, Mrs. Sam COLLINS of Buford township, and three sons, James BROOME of Buford township; Henry BROOME of Wingate and William BROOME of Charlotte. Funeral services were conducted Saturday afternoon at 3:00 o’clock at Faulk’s church by Rev. R. M. HAIGLER.
-Announcement was made this week of the marriage of Miss
Doris MILHAM of Hamlet and Mr. John DOUGLASS
of Moncure, formerly of Monroe, which took place last
January in Bennettsville, S. C. Mr. DOUGLASS
is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. DOUGLASS of this city and was one of
the most popular boys of the town….
Tuesday, September 4, 1923, The Monroe Journal, (Union County, NC)
-Indian Trail, Sept. 3. – The many friends of Miss Ovella PLYLER and of Mr. Reid FUNDERBURK are surprised to hear of their secret marriage which took place in Lancaster, S. C., on July 3, 1923…. Mrs. FUNDERBURK is the attractive daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. P. PLYLER of the Hemby Bridge community…. Mr. FUNDERBURK is the son of Mrs. Cora FUNDERBURK of Indian Trail….
-Announcement came today of the marriage yesterday afternoon in Charlotte of Miss Ethel WIGGS of this city and Mr. A. C. CAPPEDGE [Coppedge] of Wadesboro, more recently of Hopewell, Va.
Friday, September 7, 1923, The Monroe Journal, (Union County, NC)
-Albemarle, Sept. 5. - Walter JOHNSON, of this county, and Joe FINNEY, of Clinton, S.C., were instantly killed here about 8:30 o’clock this morning when the cable to one of the steam shovels operated by the Asheville Paving Company broke, allowing the shovel which was filled with crushed stone to fall of the two men. Both men were employed by the Asheville Paving Company at the time…. Mr. JOHNSON was 24 years of age and leaves a wife and one child. He came to this county shortly before Christmas last year from Peachland. His home was about five miles west of Albemarle. Mr. FINNEY was about 47 years of age and unmarried. His home was in Clinton, S.C., and he had been working in Albemarle for only a short while. He was an uncle of Mrs. W. P. HORTON of this place. The body of Mr. FINNEY was shipped to Clinton this afternoon where the funeral will be held some time tomorrow. At this time it has not been definitely decided but it is thought that the body of Mr. JOHNSON will be shipped to Anson county and that the burial will take place at Peachland sometime tomorrow.
-Charles Vernon McGUIRT died in a Government hospital at Greenville, S.C., Wednesday afternoon of Tuberculosis contracted while with the A. E. F. in France. Mr. McGUIRT served two years in France and has been in a Government hospital for the past three years, two years of which time he has been confined to his bed. Young McGUIRT was 28 years of age and was a most excellent young man… McGUIRT is survived by a number of brothers and sisters, Messrs. S. J. and I. L. McGUIRT and I. L. McGUIRT of Waxhaw, Curtis and R. L. McGUIRT of Monroe, Ralph of Monroe township and H. T. McGUIRT of Hoboken, N.J., and Mesdames R. D. ROBINSON of Waxhaw, and Mrs. Vernoon TOMLINSON of Monroe township, all of whom were present at the funeral yesterday afternoon when Rev. W. R. McILWAIN, Dr. W. R. BURRELL, and Rev. CROWDER conducted the services.
-CLONTZ and BLAIR Family History – Interesting Account of Reunion and Story of the Family in this Section – Unionville, Sept. 4. – The descendants of the late John A. and Martha BLAIR CLONTZ held their annual reunion this year on September 3, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. C. CLONTZ, twelve miles north of Monroe which is the home place of the late James CLONTZ. This was pronounced by all present to be the best reunion that the family has ever held. It was the largest from point of attendance. It is estimated that between three and four hundred kinsfolk and friends were present. It was generally agreed that Labor Day should be selected as the day for this reunion each year. –The exercises for the day were presided over by Rev. R. C. CLONTZ, Presbyterian minister. This exercise consisted of the following: The invocation by Rev. L. W. BROWN of Mint Hill. Address of Welcome by Mr. I. C. CLONTZ. The response by Mr. W. R. LONG; a short memorial service was conducted for those who had died since the last reunion. Those mentioned were Mrs. Hettie CLONTZ GRIFFIN who died in her 81st year, Oct. 30, 1922. Mrs. GRIFFIN was a member of he Presbyterian church and is survived by the following children: Prof. I. C. GRIFFIN, Shelby; Mrs. Pet KEZIAH, Mint Hill; Mr. J. Reece GRIFFIN, Charlotte; Mrs. Bessie PENEGAR, Charlotte; and Mrs. Daisy FAULKNER, Monroe. -Mr. Clegg CROWELL, son of Mr. J. L. CROWELL and Laura CLONTZ CROWELL, died in his thirty-first year on Jan. 1, 1923. He was a member of the Baptist church and is survived by his father, mother, one brother and several sisters. Mr. John E. HAIGLER, a confederate soldier, died in his 78 year, on April 17, 1923, and his wife, Mrs. Mollie CLONTZ HAIGLER, died in her 79th year, on May 23, 1923. They were both Methodists and are survived by the following children, Mrs. J. E. BROOM, Eunice HAIGLER, T. C., O. B., S. D., G. B., and S. E. HAIGLER, all of Union county. -After this Rev. A. A. WALKER of Queens College delivered and inspiring address on “The family, a place in the plan of God.” -Rev. Mr. WALKER is an interesting speaker and made a profound impression on his audience as to their responsibility. Following this address came the paper, prepared by Hon. R. W. LEMMOND, Clerk of Superior court of Union county: -Jeremiah CLONTZ was born about 1756 in Mecklenburg county (now Cabarrus county.) His father came to this county from Ireland about 1740 and settled in Penn., and later moved to Rowan County, N. C., where he reared his family. In Colonial Records, Vol. 26, page 755, appears the name of George CLONTZ who was a brother of the said Jeremiah and in 1790 George had one son under 16 years of age also two daughters under sixteen. George CLONTZ was a revolutionary soldier and was a sargeant (sic). Jeremiah seems to have had three sons and one daughter in 1790. He was in the Revolutionary War and served in Capt. JACKS company in May 1871 (sic). He was in the march to Moore’s Creek and Dan River. From Dan River he was allowed to go home on a furlough, after which he went to South Carolina and poind (sic) the continental troops and served as a corporal under Capt. GOODWIN, Col. LYTEL, and Gen. LINCOLN. He was in the Brier Creek battle in the state of Georgia. He was a brave soldier – an upright and honorable citizen and gentleman, and handed down to his posterity a heritage worthy of the highest esteem. The above was obtained from the Pensions office in Washington and is therefore authentic. Jeremiah CLONTZ died November 30, 1840. He left the following children, Henry Jeremiah, Sarah, Jacob, John A. and Catherine CLONTZ. About the same time that the CLONTZ family came to this country there came also the BLAIR family and they too settled in Penn. William BLAIR was the founder of this family and he too came from the province of Ulster county, Ireland. He came to Penn. in about 1750, and came a year or two later to N.C. and settled on Goose Creek in Union county, now the J. T. HELMS place. He was married when he left Ireland and in 1790 had three sons and four daughters under 16 years of age. The names of the boys were James, William, Samuel, John, and Garrison. ----James BLAIR married Elizabeth FITZGERALD and settled just across Goose Creek from his father, which is the late John E. HAIGLER place. The following children were born to this union: Joe, Ellison, Samuel, Laird, Carolina, Isabell, Phebee and Martha or Patsy. –It is just here that the CLONTZ and BLAIR families became united when John A. CLONTZ, a grandson of the original Jeremiah, married Martha or Patsy BLAIR, a granddaughter of the original William BLAIR. One of the oldest members of the CLONTZ family says this was a turning point in the CLONTZ History and that Patsy BLAIR was a strong Christian woman and that she did much to help her husband to become a better man. She was a loyal Presbyterian and taught her children the Catechisms and took them up behind her and carried them many miles to church horse-back. We do not know a great deal about the religious life of the family up to this time but we have been told that there was a family alter in this home (by a woman who is now eighty years old) and she has knelt in the family group around this sacred place. John A. CLONTZ was an elder in the Presbyterian church, and we think that each generation has furnished an elder. John A. and Martha BLAIR CLONTZ settled at the mouth of Goose Creek, which was the old CLONTZ homestead but later moved to the James BLAIR place (now the John HAIGLER place.) They had the following children: Jeremiah, John, Jacob, James, Lynn and Isaac, Matilda, Hettie, Sarah , Josephine and Mollie; one daughter died young but we do not recall her name. All of these are dead except Isaac who is now in his 77th year. The CLONTZ family has been represented in every war that the United States has ever fought. Jeremiah and brother were in the revolutionary, and the war of 1812, and some of the family were in the 1844-48. When the South called for volunteers in 61, James, Jerry, Lynn and Isaac answered and went with their comrades and stood and fought for what they thought to be right. –And when the call of 1917 came their grandsons answered in the persons of Guy CLONTZ, the WILLIAMS, the McMANAWAYS and others whom we have no record. The CLONTZ’S have not only been patriotic but have been of courage, patience, and perseverance. They have been loyal citizens and true to every noble cause. They do not figure in the criminal courts. I have never heard of one of them being in the penitentiary, chain gang, nor even in jail. This family has inherited a great responsibility and may be compared to a river that flows through the desert its waters giving life and beauty to all.
-Brief, Sept. 3. – A marriage of somewhat widespread interest took place Thursday when Miss Hester STEVENS of Brief became the bride of Mr. George PAGE of lower Mecklenburg county….
-Paul Carson, the infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Ed HARGETT died on Thursday, August 31, and was buried in the Shiloh cemetery September 1….
-The reunion of the descendants of Andrew MORGAN, commonly known as “Drew” MORGAN, and among relatives as “Grandsir Drew,” came off on August 31st at MORGAN Memorial church just across Rocky River from MORGAN’S Mill on the Stanly side of the river. This is the family burying grounds. Drew is buried there…. At 2 o’clock all assembled in the church and after the devotional period conducted by Rev. R. J. McILMAIN [McILWAIN?], chairman of the meeting, the program of the day was carried out. Perhaps the first item was also the most important event of the day when the name of the church was changed from Rocky River to MORGAN Memorial by a vote of the membership of the church….
-There will be a reunion at the home of Mrs. Emmerline MELTON in Buford township, Saturday, September 15, this being the 89th birthday of Mrs. STARNES. Everybody is intended to attend prepared for a picnic dinner.
-[Indian Trail] …a colored man by the name of Fred BLACK has been found dead at his residence…. Dr. FITZGERALD made an examination and found that he died of acute indigestion or heart failure.
-Two colored children were burnt to death Tuesday night when a tenant house on the plantation of A. P. WIDENHOUSE at Midland caught fire and burnt down. One of the children was the son of Sebe GARLAND, who lived in the residence burnt….
-Lura Catherine, three-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William F. ROSS of Weddington, died Thursday morning about 2 o’clock of diptheria (sic).… interred at the cemetery at Weddington….
-Mr. John M. GRAHAM, a printer on the Charlotte Observer, was killed at an early hour last Tuesday morning in an automobile accident in which John G. CLEMMER, of Bessemer City, also lost his life…. Mr. GRAHAM spent a number of years in Monroe, where his family lived for a long time, and he is remembered by many of the older citizens of this town. He was nearly 60 years old, and is survived by his wife, two daughters, one brother, W. W. GRAHAM, and two sisters, Mrs. W. L. WALLACE and Mrs. W. L. PHIFER of Charlotte….
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