Richard AND Jim....I wish you all would send me some anecdotal stories about anybody, esp. oldtimers, for my book. Send pic of you all, too!! I am just going to add .50 to the price of book orders just so I can tell how many have been ordered. AND we all talked about how we celebrated Christmas in C.H. and old local recipes that I would be delighted to include... anybody? I am having the best time doing these books and can sent and "invitation" to DOG-S if anyone wants to see the quality. DO NOT BUY ANY, THO. I am not out to make money but just to share memories. I did a small vol. on famous UNC football player recently. I didn't not pretend to know anything much about football. Did go to the games way back mainly because it was fun!! BUT turns out Don McCauley has many more ties to C.H. than UNC land donator, Mathew McCauley (whose dau., Eleanor m. Wilson Atwater. Don is from STROUD, MERRITT, BARBEE, O'KELLY, too, thru the wf. of his John McCauley!! Bebe Researching North Carolina and Virginia families -----Original Message----- From: Richard Ellington <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Fri, 5 Oct 2007 11:14 am Subject: Re: [NCDOGS] Fw: The Merritt family of Orange and Chatham Bebe, I will write down what stories I remember and send them to you via separate email. We can't send attachments through the D-OGS mail list. Maybe Jim Richmond and others also know Eben Merritt stories. Jim was correct in saying that a Merritt owned the Pines Restaurant. Their names were Leroy and his wife Gladys. The restaurant was located on NC54 east at the Finley golf Course turnoff. It was sold and became the Aurora Restaurant for quite a few years. Aurora moved there from Carr Mill Mall in Carrboro. - Richard Bebe and John wrote: > OH, pleazzzz send them to me for my Orange Co. book as Eben sounds as > funny/interesting/whatever as ole Doc Lloyd!! I am still irritated, ha > ha, at g'daddy Bruce, AND my mother, both long ago deceased,!! When I > was about 6 we stopped at Eben's to get chewing gum on the way to > Grouchbuster, Mann's Chapel Rd., in Chatham. When they came back to > the car I was handed my very own first pack of gum, JUICY FRUIT, THEN > both stuck a hand over into the backseat and ASKED FOR A PIECE!! Well, > I HAD thought it was mine to offer or not and said so and my mama sd. I > was selfish!! > > I feel like I have now been to therapy...tee hee. > > PS I like redneck stories and farms! A lot more interesting than > overly proper plus no good stories from the latter, in my opinion! > > Best, Bebe > > Researching North Carolina and Virginia families > > -----Original Message----- > From: Richard Ellington <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Fri, 5 Oct 2007 9:12 am > Subject: Re: [NCDOGS] Fw: The Merritt family of Orange and Chatham > > > > > > > Hey there, Bebe. Clarice and Virginia were Eben's daughters. They grew > up on South Columbia Street, just across the street from Eben's filling > station. Both were school teachers at Carrboro Elementary. > > Eben was just a good ole' redneck (like me). His idea of dressing up > was > a clean pair of overalls! His station was famous (or infamous) as the > place for an underage college guy to get a cold beer. > > My Dad was a building contractor from the late 1940's until the late > 1960's. He hired Eben to do a lot of his contract hauling and > earthmoving. I know several good stories about Eben that are too long > to > include here. > > - Richard > > > Bebe and John wrote: >> Am interested in the whole Merritt family at this point so would >> appreciate anything you will share with me. I remember Eben Merritt >> who had what we used to call a "FILLING" station near Morgan Creek >> bridge...a nice fellow. Also, an attractive girl named Clarice or >> Clareese who went to C.H. Elem. Sch. I am 69 now...yikes! so she > must >> be in her early 70's. >> >> Bebe >> >> >> Researching North Carolina and Virginia families >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Paul Hollinghurst <[email protected]> >> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> >> Sent: Thu, 4 Oct 2007 4:01 pm >> Subject: [NCDOGS] Fw: The Merritt family of Orange and Chatham >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Forwarded >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Mabel & Reece Dillard >> To: [email protected] >> Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2007 7:05 PM >> Subject: Re: [NCDOGS] The Merritt family of Orange and Chatham >> >> >> Hi, >> >> I am a Merritt researcher. My grandmother was Mabel Ester Merritt > whose >> brother was Wellington Barbee Merritt that you had questions about. >> His son >> John Gordon was born 10 May 1903 and died 22 Dec 1975. He appears on >> the >> 1910 census as John G. age 7; in 1920 census he appears as John G. > age >> 16 >> and is in school; in the 1930 census he is John age 27 a farm > laborer. >> The >> family lived in the Williams Township of Chatham County and John is >> always >> listed with them and I do not think he ever married. He shares a >> headstone >> in the Mt. Carmel Church/Sparrow cemetery with his mother and father. >> >> I never hear any stories from my Grandmother about him if he was the >> Jack >> Merritt of UNC fame. The family was poor and I doubt he went to >> college. >> Since he was listed as a farm laborer in the 1930, census that would >> seem to >> eliminate him working as a policeman at UNC. >> >> I am going to send your message to another person who does Merritt >> Research >> and maybe this Jack comes from his line. There is also a line of >> Merritt's >> in Wake County. Sorry I could not be of more help. I have more >> information >> about this entire family if you are interested and I am willing to >> share but >> you seemed to just want to find Jack Merritt. >> >> Mabel Dillard >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] >> On >> Behalf Of Bebe and John >> Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2007 3:48 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [NCDOGS] The Merritt family of Orange and Chatham >> >> I would love to email with anyone familiar with the Merritts...I >> especially need to know something about Jack Merritt, aka THE > BATTERING >> RAM of UNC football fame. His nickname gave Vic Huggins the idea to >> acquire a ram for the UNC mascot. >> >> Annette Cox, an historian at UNC, told me that Jack played football at >> Chapel Hill High bef. attending UNC in ca 1920, I think it was. I >> cannot find him in the Orange census so looked at Williams Township >> just over the line into Chatham at a John Merritt who seems to have >> been the correct age..and since Jack is a nickname for John... >> >> This fellow's father was named something fancy, Wellington..not > looking >> at the moment, and elsewhere I saw that his name was Barbee Wellington >> Merritt. >> >> Annette wrote that after graduation Jack worked as a policeman or >> someway in security at UNC for many years. >> >> Any clues greatly appreciated! >> >> Thanks, >> >> Bebe Fox >> >> >> ************************* >> Visit the D-OGS web site: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncdogs/ >> Please post all queries using the D-OGS query form: >> http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncdogs/memquery.html >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] >> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the >> body of >> the message >> >> >> >> >> > ________________________________________________________________________ >> Email and AIM finally together. 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