Recently, on one of the mailing list,somebody ask what newpapers had been microfilmed and where to find them. Check out the link below for State Library of NC. They have ALOT of newpapers on microfilm available through interlibrary loan. <A HREF="http://statelibrary.dcr.state.nc.us/tss/newspape.htm#Purchase">North Carolina Newspapers</A> Vicki BUFF, HOYLE, SWOFFORD, SAIN, ARROWOOD, CHAPMAN
The Sun - March 15, 1928 Mrs. Jay Gossett is Buried Friday. Union Mills Rt. 3 Funeral services were held Friday afternoon at Bills Creek Baptist church at two oclock for Mrs. Jay Gossett, who died at eleven o clock Wednesday night after an illness of over a year. Rev. Pink White officiated. Interment took place in the cemetery adjoining the church. The deceased is survived by her husband, Mr. Jay Gossett; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Frady; three sisters, Mrs. Sam Conner, Mrs. Pink Smith and Mrs. Jay Bradley, all of Green Hill, and two brothers, Mr. L. H. Frady, of Drakes, S. C. and Mr. John Frady of South Carolina. There were many beautiful flowers sent as tokens of respect, affection and love. The flowers were carried by friends and relatives. After the casket was placed upon the bier in front of the pulpit the choir sang a hymn and scriptures were read by the Rev. Pink White and a prayer followed. The late Mrs. Gossett was born December 17, 1882. She joined the church at Bills Creek at an early age; was a good Christian woman, a good neighbor, and will be greatly missed in the community. The Sun December 20, 1928 J. C. Weeks is laid to his last rest Spindale, Dec. 14 the many relatives and friends of Mr. J. C. Weeks were saddened to hear of his death on Monday, Dec, 10, after a two weeks illness of influenza. Mr. Weeks was seventy-nine years old on November 12th, and had led a faithful Christian life. His first marriage was to Miss Alice Fisher, of Chattanooga, Tenn., who preceded him to the grave in 1908, and in 1912 he married Miss Lizzie Grayson. Mr. Weeks is survived by his wife, three brothers, Leonard and Julius Weeks, of Westminster, and Nathaniel, of Marion, and two children, Annie Goode of Spindale and L. A. Weeks of Crystal Hill, VA. He also leave five grandchildren and one great-grandchild. The pall bearers were Messars. Roy Weeks, Bob Weeks, Gordon Morgan, Deck Hampton, Harris Edgerton and Walter Goode. Ronald Arrowood Rutherford Co., NC
Obituaries - January 23. Shelby- Funeral services for ENOCH ERWIN HUSKEY, 32, were held this afternoon at the Camp Creek Baptist church and burial was in the church cemetery. MR. HUSKEY was a farmer of the No.1 township community where he was born and reared. He died unexpectedly at his home of a heart attack. Surviving are his wife; 3 children, MAYNARD, HELEN, and DEAN HUSKEY, at home; his parents, MR. and MRS. CRELL HUSKEY, Mooresboro; 4 brothers, J.V., BURIAN, NEILL and DUDLEY HUSKEY, Mooresboro; 3 sisters, MISSES RUBY and LUCILE HUSKEY, and MRS. BLANCHE McCRAW, Mooresville. ----- Shelby - Funeral services for MRS. NETTIE JANE MATHIS, 54, were held this morning at the Flint Hill Baptist church. MRS. MATHIS died at her home near Lattimore following a stroke of paralysis a week ago. She was a native of Georgia and came to Cleveland Co. 17 years ago. Surviving are her husband, WILL MATHIS; 5 sons, OSCAR , Kings Mt., FLOYD, ARTHUR, HOYT and ROY MATHIS of Lattimore; 2 daughters, MRS. FESTUS McSWAIN, Shelby and MRS. WILBERT WEATHERFORD, Lattimore; one brother, WILL MYERS of Georgia and 7 grandchildren. ----- Shelby- Final Rites for MRS. BARBARA STEVENSON MARTIN, 82, were conducted at the ,Mountain View Baptist church. Burial was in the church cemetery, near Kings Mountain. MRS. MARTIN who was a native of Gaston Co., suffered a broken hip as the results of a fall eight weeks ago at her home in Gastonia. She died at the home of a daughter, MRS. R.P. PRUITT of Shelby. Other survivors include another daughter, MRS. ERNEST LAUGHRIDGE of Kings Mountain; 5 sons, JOE F.MARTIN, Stecoah, PLATO MARTIN,Fla., JOHN MARTIN, Gastonia, O.D. MARTIN, KingsMountain and BAXTER MARTIN, Radford, Va.; one half-brother, CALVIN HOOD, Granite Falls; a half-sister, MRS. HOKE CARPENTER, Cherryville; 41 grandchildren and 48 g-grandchildren. ----- Free post- don't sell, Share ! nancie
I am seeking any additional information that you can provide about the parents/siblings of Pleasant Webb. Thanks a million. ================================================================ Pleasant (Plesent) WEBB was born about ca 1760-1765. His son, Elias, said that his father, Pleasant was born in Ireland (not substantiated). He died between 1830 and 1840 in Ohio, USA. Around 1800 Pleasant and family came in to the Ohio valley from Rutherford County, North Carolina. In 1803 (reported to be 45 years old) he was in Scioto County, Ohio and was said to be a notorious character. Supposedly, he tried to break up a fight between James Bradley and the wife and children of James Quire (Squires). He ended up shooting Mr. Quire (Squires). After this incident at the Licks, he was driven out of that area. He is also said to have been a Tory during the Revolutionary War. Pleasant was in GreenupCounty, Kentucky in 1820 and in Lawrence County, Ohio in 1830, he did not appear in the 1840 census, so it is believed he died between 1830-1840. Pleasant (Plesent) WEBB and Unknown had the following children: James WEBB (1786), Elias WEBB (1788), Thomas Hanley WEBB (1795), Aden WEB! B (1797), Temperance WEBB (1799), William WEBB (1801), Margaret WEBB (1806), Sarah (Sally) WEBB (1809), and Baker WEBB (1811). Larry D. Loiselle 19967 Blake Manor Rd Manor, Texas 78653 (512) 272-5770 larry_loiselle@hotmail.com
I wish I knew? My Grandmother was in the 1880 census with her parent James & Louisa Gibbs in Campobello - Spartanburg, SC. Next door was Louisa's parents John & Bettie Childers with children Logan & Lizzie. James Gibbs died in 1884 from drowning. Louisa disappeared and haven't found any trace of her or her parents. I was told that my Grandmother was raised by her Uncle Logan Childers. That's about all I know. Barbara Channell
I am still looking for my lost Polly Splawn so if you ran across any information about her or the Moses Splawn family let me know. But, on the other hand I have Cole's (a few) and Robbin's on my Mother's side. I don't have the names you listed but I am interested in them. I have John Cole who married Susannah??? They had a daughter Harriet that married John Roach. John Brisco Robbins married my Great-grandaunt Amelia Jane McBrayer. Thank you for sharing! Barbara Dyer Channell Researching -- Dyer's, Splawn's, Childers, Gibbs, McBrayer's, Allen's, Griffin's and a whole lot more!
where did your childers end up BBarkes barkesms@webtv.net bbarkesms@hotmail.com hardin91159@webtv.net clay co ms
Hello All-- I'm a descendant of Thomas and Henry Bradley, the son of Thomas Bradley, Sr, all hammermen in the forge of the High Shoals Iron Works. Family legend (mostly whispered in secret) held that the Bradley line was Native American (Cherokee). My grandfather, John Bynum Bradley was the son of Esther Bradley and a certain Benjamin Bradley, who I believe was descended from Henry Bradley (b. 1805; married Naomi Downey), brother of Thomas Bradley (b. 1807, married Jane ?). This family line is very difficult to trace, as it is near impossible to determine from census records who was the father of Esther Bradley (b. 1857; d. 1910). Her mother was Martha "Patsy" Bradley, b. 1818. We believe that Esther married her cousin Benjamin, and their children were William Cleastus Bradley, John Bynum Bradley, Mary Cornelia Bradley, Martha Belle Bradley, and Thomas Walton Bradley. I am only able to search BRADLEY lines, as it is difficult to determine if the Bradleys ever married out of the family, given that they were likely not so well accepted by their Rutherford and Cleveland County neighbors. The Bradley family was listed in various census records first as "Free Colored Persons," and later as "mulatto," and then in 1880, they are shown as "I" or "Indian," in the census. Collateral family lines report stories of discrimination against the family, that some of the children were turned away from the Harris Elementary School in the 1920s because the children were considered too "dark" to be admitted (not white enough, whatever that meant at the time, either resembling African American folk or Native American), and that the family feared their lands would be confiscated if it were ever discovered that they were Native American, since all the Cherokee and other related folks had been moved West in 1838 and earlier. My mother's father and family left Rutherford and Cleveland Counties (they moved back and forth between the two counties) for South Carolina, just over the border, to join other relatives, around 1890, and lived in South Carolina until about 1915, when their branch of the clan moved to Atlanta. The connections to the original family members were then lost. Any information on the BRADLEY family descended from these two brothers, whose families were shown as being dark-skinned enough to be categorized as "Free Colored Persons," "Mulatto," and later "Indian," greatly appreciated. I have connected with some family members, but would like to connect with more of the Bradley line. Kit McChesney ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tamara Stevens" <tamara@bearsandhares.com> To: <NCRUTHER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, January 13, 2003 10:18 PM Subject: [NCRUTHER-L] Splawn, Cole, Robbins, Henson, Dills, Brisco(e) > Ok - I'll start > > I'm researching the names above and have recently added new data on the > Coles and Splawns. > > I'll go into the Coles a little bit here - > > I had previously believed that John Cole (1782-1871) who married Susannah > Robbins was the son of Thomas Cole whose will was filed in Spartanburg in > 1816. I now believe he was the son of Joseph Cole of Rutherford Co. and had > a brother Hugh, who died about 1823 in Spartanburg. > More info if anyone else is researching this family. > > Tamara > tamara@bearsandhares.com > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~tamara/genie1.html > > > ==== NCRUTHER Mailing List ==== > > Subscribing: Clicking on one of the shortcut links below should work, but if your browser doesn't understand them, try these manual instructions: to join NCRUTHER-L, send mail to NCRUTHER-L-request@rootsweb.com with the single word subscribe in the message subject and body. To join NCRUTHER-D, do the same thing with NCRUTHER-D-request@rootsweb.com. > Unsubscribing: To leave NCRUTHER-L, send mail to NCRUTHER-L-request@rootsweb.com with the single word unsubscribe in the message subject and body. To leave NCRUTHER-D, do the same thing with NCRUTHER-D-request@rootsweb.com. > For questions about this list, contact the list administrator at NCRUTHER-admin@rootsweb.com >
Ok - I'll start I'm researching the names above and have recently added new data on the Coles and Splawns. I'll go into the Coles a little bit here - I had previously believed that John Cole (1782-1871) who married Susannah Robbins was the son of Thomas Cole whose will was filed in Spartanburg in 1816. I now believe he was the son of Joseph Cole of Rutherford Co. and had a brother Hugh, who died about 1823 in Spartanburg. More info if anyone else is researching this family. Tamara tamara@bearsandhares.com http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~tamara/genie1.html
Does anyone know where I can get a copy of Irene Roach Delpino's book? I'd also like a copy of Opal Cole's research publication (title?) if anyone knows where I can get a copy. Thanks, Tamara
Kit, I'm sure many folks could answer you question but the articles I post are from the Spartanburg and Gaffney papers. Wish I could get up to N.C. and view some of those old newspapers on film. Isothermal College, has some but only one viewer . Hope someone will post your answer on the site. nancie
where is that school at ? BBarkes barkesms@webtv.net bbarkesms@hotmail.com hardin91159@webtv.net clay co ms
1946 Forest City, Sept. 12.- Funeral services for MRS. O.C. TURNER, 47, supervisor of public welfare for Rutherford County who died at the Rutherford hospital yesterday after a long illness, were conducted at the Turner home this afternoon. Interment was in the Greenlawn Memorial Gardens at Spartanburg. A native of Spartanburg, she was the former MISS EUGENIA PHILLIPS, d/o former County Commissioner J. VOLNEY PHILLIPS and the late MRS. PHILLIPS. MRS. TURNER attended Limestone College and taught in the Forest City Schools before coming head of the welfare dept. 9 years ago. MR. and MRS. TURNER moved to Forest City from Spartanburg in 1919 and she was a member of the First Baptist church here. Surviving are her husband; her father; a daughter, MRS. DOROTHY WORICK of Bevea, Ohio; 4 sisters, MRS. J.R. SHIPPEY, MRS. JOHN GUTHRIE, and MRS. T.A. LOCKMAN, all of Spartanburg; and MRS. S.A. BARNES of Marion; 2 brothers, G.R. and J.J. PHILLIPS of Spartanburg. ----- Forest City, Sept. 5.- Funeral services for MRS. EULALIE ELLIOTT REID, w/o the late DR. GEORGE P. REID, pioneer physician of Rutherford County, who died at her home on W. Main St. yesterday after an illness of several months were held at the First Methodist church, interment in the Cool Springs cemetery. MRS. REID was a charter member and former president of the Forest Citry Womens' Club and held offices at the church. Surviving are 2 daughters, MRS. ELZIE MYERS and MISS RUTH REID of Forest City and one son, JOHN K. REID of Rutherfordton; One sister, MRS. C.L. MOSS of Forest City also survive. ----- Free post- Don't sell, share ! Nancie --- Nancie O'Sullivan --- drayton5@earthlink.net --- EarthLink: It's your Internet.
Nancie-- Do you have access to other newspapers of the Forest City area? I'm looking for the Forest City Ledger, around 1890-1900 . do you know where I can find copies of these? There are the reminiscences of a certain Rev. Christenberry Lee whose accounts of the area I'd like to see in their original published form. Also wondering what the primary newspaper might have been for the area around Caroleen/Henrietta/High Shoals for 1805s and later. Any help appreciated. Kit McChesney (researching Native American BRADLEYs in Rutherford/Cleveland Counties) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nancie O'Sullivan" <drayton5@earthlink.net> To: <NCRUTHER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 12, 2003 5:45 PM Subject: [NCRUTHER-L] Spartanburg Journal 1946 > > 1946 > > Forest City, Sept. 12.- Funeral services for MRS. O.C. TURNER, 47, > supervisor of public welfare for Rutherford County who died at the Rutherford > hospital yesterday after a long illness, were conducted at the Turner home this > afternoon. Interment was in the Greenlawn Memorial Gardens at Spartanburg. > > A native of Spartanburg, she was the former MISS EUGENIA > PHILLIPS, d/o former County Commissioner J. VOLNEY PHILLIPS and the late MRS. > PHILLIPS. > > MRS. TURNER attended Limestone College and taught in the > Forest City Schools before coming head of the welfare dept. 9 years ago. MR. and > MRS. TURNER moved to Forest City from Spartanburg in 1919 and she was a member > of the First Baptist church here. > > Surviving are her husband; her father; a daughter, MRS. > DOROTHY WORICK of Bevea, Ohio; 4 sisters, MRS. J.R. SHIPPEY, MRS. JOHN > GUTHRIE, and MRS. T.A. LOCKMAN, all of Spartanburg; and MRS. S.A. BARNES of > Marion; 2 brothers, G.R. and J.J. PHILLIPS of Spartanburg. > > ----- > > Forest City, Sept. 5.- Funeral services for MRS. EULALIE ELLIOTT REID, w/o > the late DR. GEORGE P. REID, pioneer physician of Rutherford County, who died at > her home on W. Main St. yesterday after an illness of several months were held > at the First Methodist church, interment in the Cool Springs cemetery. > > MRS. REID was a charter member and former president of the > Forest Citry Womens' Club and held offices at the church. > > Surviving are 2 daughters, MRS. ELZIE MYERS and MISS > RUTH REID of Forest City and one son, JOHN K. REID of Rutherfordton; One > sister, MRS. C.L. MOSS of Forest City also survive. > > ----- > > Free post- Don't sell, share ! > > Nancie > > > > --- Nancie O'Sullivan > > --- drayton5@earthlink.net > > --- EarthLink: It's your Internet. > > > ==== NCRUTHER Mailing List ==== > > Subscribing: Clicking on one of the shortcut links below should work, but if your browser doesn't understand them, try these manual instructions: to join NCRUTHER-L, send mail to NCRUTHER-L-request@rootsweb.com with the single word subscribe in the message subject and body. To join NCRUTHER-D, do the same thing with NCRUTHER-D-request@rootsweb.com. > Unsubscribing: To leave NCRUTHER-L, send mail to NCRUTHER-L-request@rootsweb.com with the single word unsubscribe in the message subject and body. To leave NCRUTHER-D, do the same thing with NCRUTHER-D-request@rootsweb.com. > For questions about this list, contact the list administrator at NCRUTHER-admin@rootsweb.com >
Obituaries Forest City, Sept.10.-JOHN B. NEIL, 78, of Alexander, died Thursday in a Charlotte hospital after several months illness. Funeral services will be held at Alexander Baptist church with the Rev. M.D. BLANTON officiating, burial Cool Springs cem. Survived by 2 sisters, MRS. NAN GARDEN and MRS. J.M. BROWN of Glenwood; 2 daughters, MRS. KATE HAYWOOD, Powells Station and MRS. MARGARET BEAM of Charlotte; 3 sons, ROBERT B. NEIL and JOHN G. NEIL of Forest City and JOE W. NEIL of Cornelius, Ga. ----- Spindale, Sept. 27.- Funeral services will be held at the home of MR. and MRS. ROY HENDERSON, Harmon street, Forest City, for MRS. W.E. COOPER, 65, who died at the home of her daughter. Burial will be in the Spindale Cemetery.Rev. M.H. INGLE will officiate. She was daughter of the late I.W. and MARY CHANDLER WALKER of Rutherford County and member of the Bapist church. Surviving are her husband, EDGAR COOPER; a son, BURGIN COOPER of Spindale; 2 daughters, MRS. GRADY WRIGHT and MRS. ROY HENDERSON; 4 brothers, ROY, J.B., MARION and TROY WALKER of Spindale and 6 grandchildren. ----- Shelby, Oct. 18.- RANDOLPH RAY NIX, 57, died at his home here Monday after a 3 weeks illness. Funeral services will be held at Missionary Methodist church. The Revs. T.W. LOVELESS, W.T. FURR and ELISHA PAGE will officiate. Burial will be at Sunset cemetery. Surviving are his wife, MRS.ELLA BARNETT NIX; 2 sons, LEROY and ARTHUR of Shelby; 3 daughters, MRS. J.S. COOK ,Shelby, and MRS. HERMAN JONES and MRS. GARLAND PRUETTE, of York; 2 step-daughters,MRS. ETHEL ROBBERSON and MRS. ERNEST SMITH, Shelby; 5 brothers, FRED, Caroleen, JEFF and GROVER, Shelby, RALPH, Spartanburg, and JAY of Gilkey; 6 sisters, MISSES MATTIE and ALICE NIX, Shelby, MRS. FAY LAWS, MRS. CHARLES FRANCES and MRS. DARVIN WILKINS, all of Shelby and MRS. R. RAY of Forest City. Lutz-Austell Funeral home in charge. ----- Rutherford, Sept. 10.- MRS. DAISY ELIZABETH KENNEDY, 67, died at the home of his daughter, MRS. O.G. WHITT of Caroleen. Funeral services will be held at the Missionary Methodist church at Caroleen of which she was a member. ----- { I hope I haven't posted these before, sometimes I forget to mark through them ! } Free post- nancie --- Nancie O'Sullivan --- drayton5@earthlink.net --- EarthLink: It's your Internet.
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I'm writing some memories from my childhood. One of the events of my life was attending a Rural Electric function of some sort. I think it was at one of the schools in Rutherford County. We lived in Polk but our electricity was furnished by REA. This might have been a stock holders meeting, but I don't remember the business. There was lots of entertainment. This would have been between 1946 and 1951, probably in the summer. Does any one have any information about either REA or this function? Thanks. Virginia
1935 Shelby, Aug. 28.- CLYDE HAMRICK, well known resident, died suddenly Tuesday morning while visiting friends. Funeral services will be conducted Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock from the Boiling Springs, N.C., Baptist church by the Rev. Zeno Wall pastor of the First Baptist church of Shelby. Burial will be in the churchyard. MR. HAMRICK formerly lived at Pacolet where he served his trade as barber. His wife, MRS. DAISY GREENE HAMRICK, was stricken suddenly and died five months ago. He is survived by two children, RUBY and JOSEPH, both of Shelby; and three brothers, CLARENCE , Gaffney, UNI ,Boiling Springs, and THOMASON HAMRICK of Winston- Salem. ----- 1946 Forest City, Sept. 7.- Funeral services for MRS. SENIE BOBO HUCKABY, 86, who died yesterday afternoon at the home of her daughter, MRS. A.C. UNDERWOOD, will be held at her home at 1 tomorrow afternoon. Interment will be at 4:30 in Rosedale cemetery in Wattsville. She is survived by 3 daughters, MRS. ETTA MARLER HESTER, a nurse in Gastonia, MRS. A.C. UNDERWOOD, Forest City, and MRS. S.T. SHAW, of Greenwood. Also surviving are 3 sons; B.M. HUCABY, Rutherfordton, B.T., Greenville, and H.B. HUCKABY, of Burlington; 38 grandchildren and 29 g-grandchildren. ----- Free post- nancie --- Nancie O'Sullivan --- drayton5@earthlink.net --- EarthLink: It's your Internet.
LOGAN: My Rutherford County Logans are Reubin Logan b. abt 1770 who married Rachel Moore; and Nancy Logan b. abt 1800, who married John Reid, Jr. I believe that Reubin Logan was a son of Joseph Logan, b. abt 1750, who married Anne Bias. Nancy Logan's father was Andrew T. Logan b. 1763, who married Mary "Polly" Hyder. REID, REED: See above for John Reid, Jr b. 1798 who married Nancy Logan. John Reid, Jr was a son of John Reed (Reid), who married Elizabeth Smart. John Reed Sr had many children, four of whom were John, Jr, Thomas, Colin Pinckney, and George M. John Jr had children Susan Elizabeth, Mary F., Sarah Rachel, Martha Jane, and Mary Sallie. The John Jr family moved from Rutherford Co to Union Co., GA, then on to Bradley Co., TN. In particular, I would like to learn who John Reed's parents were. MOORE: Rachel Moore b. abt 1772 was a daughter of Aaron Moore and Rachel Lawrence Moore. Aaron's father was Benjamin Moore. If you know any of these families, please correspond and we will share. DAVID
It sounds like a newspaper. Check with Michael Greene at the Isothermal College. I tried to find a 1888 copy of the Banner. He had a few on microfiche but not the one I needed. He suggested "You might check with the Genealogical Society of Old Tryon County. They are located in Forest City, NC. [828-248-4010] Hours are Wednesday-Friday 9-3 & the 1st & 3rd Saturdays of the month 1:30-4:30. Their library has local family information and could possibly have newspaper files." MGREENE@isothermal.cc.nc.us (Michael Greene) Michael Greene Interlibrary Loan/AV Technician Isothermal Community College Library 286 ICC Loop Road Spindale, NC 28160 (828)286-3636 (301) Hope this helps? Barb Channell