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UNION COUNTY,
NORTH CAROLINA,
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NORTH CAROLINA
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MECKLENBURG
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January
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January 1878
Monday, January 5, 1878, MONROE
ENQUIRER (Union County, NC)
-The firm of H. M. HOUSTON
& Co., dissolved on the 31st ult., by limitation.
-Married near Statesville, NC, on the 26th of Dec’r.,
1877, at the house of the bride’s father, Dr. John ROBERTSON, by Rev. J.
B. BOONE, Miss Nellie M. ROBERTSON and Rev. J. J. McLENDON, Principal of the Carolina Central Academy,
Ansonville, NC.
Monday, January 10, 1878, MONROE
ENQUIRER (Union County, NC)
-Fine specimen of gold - We were
shown a few days ago a fine lump of gold taken from a vein on Mr. D. P. BELK’S
land, by Mr. BELK, L. B. FINCHER, and A. R. BRADEEN.
It weighed 38 pwts. and was
worth 95 cents per pwt., and was the result of only five or six day’s work for
five hands... It lies six miles South of Monroe.
-Married in this county, on the
1st inst., at the residence of Dr. William McILWAIN,
Mr. J. J. RONE to Miss M. L. McILWAIN, Rev’s. W. E. McILWAIN and W. S. RONE,
officiating.
-Married in Lane’s Creek township, on the 20th inst., by V. T. CHEARS,
Esq., Mr. W. F. TIMMONS to Miss S. F. DAVIS. Also,
by the same on the 3rd inst., Mr. P. M. COX to Miss A. R. LOWERY.
-The Co-partnership of A. F. STEVENS
and Co., was dissolved by mutual consent on the 10th
day of Jan., 1878... A. F. STEVENS, W. H. PHIFER, B. F. HOUSTON.
Monday, January 21, 1878, MONROE
ENQUIRER (Union County, NC)
-Married in this township on the
16th by Able (sic) HELMS, Esq., Mr. Enoch HELMS
to Miss Millie PRESLEY.
-Married in Goose Creek township on the 25th ult., by Russel
ROGERS, Esq., Rev. B. F. ROGERS to Miss Louisa CAUDLE, at
the residence of W. M. CAUDLE. [note:
Louisa Caroline CAUDLE (b.1856)
was the daughter of William Marshall CAUDLE and Penelope AUSTIN]
-Married in Mt. Pleasant, at the
residence of the bride’s father, Mr. W. R. KINDLEY,
on the 15th ult., by Rev. J. B. ALFORD, Mr. W. T. TUCKER, of
Monroe, to Miss M. L. KINDLEY... [gives lengthy account of wedding]
-Died in Columbia, November
29th, ‘77, Mrs. Anna M. O. JONES, wife of Rev. W. W. JONES...
-The Discovery of a Horrible
Murder - On last Monday, Sheriff GRIFFIN received a telegram from
Hickory, NC, stating in effect that the bodies of a woman and child answering
to the description of Maggie STINSON and child, who were missing from
this county, had been found buried near that place and full particulars would
come by mail...Since last March, Mrs. Maggie STEPHENSON, widow of Allan STEPHENSON,
whose maiden name was EZZELL, together with
her little girl has been absent from this county... It was said that she had
run away with one, Hoke SECREST, who lived
four miles west of this place. Not long after, the marriage of Mr. Hoke SECREST to Miss Maggie STINSON, by Rev.
J. C. HARTSELL, near Hickory, was published in the papers...
-Notice - My son, Allen Barkley,
having left my employ, this is to forewarn any person from hiring him or in any
way giving him aid within the distance of 8 or 10 miles of my residence; above
that any person may hire him any way they may see fit. H. H. MITCHUM, M.
E. MITCHUM.
Monday, January 28, 1878, MONROE
ENQUIRER (Union County, NC)
-Married at Wesley Chapel
Methodist Church on the 13th inst., by Rev. R. T. N. STEPHENSON, Mr.
William S. CROWELL to Miss Fannie E. WINCHESTER.
-Married at Wake Forest College,
NC, on the 23rd inst., by Rev. Dr. WINGATE, Mr. D. A. COVINGTON,
of this place to Miss Mollie A. SIMMONS, daughter of Prof. SIMMONS,
of Wake Forest College...
-Died in this place, on the 25th
inst., Robert Virgil, infant son of R. V. and C. A. HOUSTON. Aged 15 months.
Monday, February 4, 1878, MONROE
ENQUIRER (Union County, NC)
-Died in Sandy Ridge Township,
on the 4th inst., Miss Nancy J. HOWIE. Aged 41 years.
-Married in Jackson Township, at
the residence of Mr. Samuel K. WALKUP, by the Rev. R. A. MILLER,
assisted by the Rev. R. D. PERRY, on 26th of January, Miss M. E. DULIN and Mr. Hugh A. NORWOOD.
Monday, February 11, 1878, MONROE
ENQUIRER (Union County, NC)
(partial photocopy)
-Mr. W. H. TROTT
has been for several days this week engaged in packing up his stock of general
merchandise for the purpose of shipping them to Catawba Station, on the Western
N. C. Railroad, where he expects to open a store. He will not make his
residence there.
-Killed - We learn from Dr. J.
L. BOST that Mr. John E. DAVIS, living
near KENDALL’S Tan Yard, was killed on the 1st instant by a limb falling on him
from a tree he was cutting down. The Doctor tells us also that in the same
neighborhood, on the same day, a little four-year-old child of Mr. Moses WALTERS
was killed by a tree falling on it that its father was cutting down.
-Another school - Mr. Rev. J. WHEELER
has opened a subscription school at the old STITT
residence...
-Married in Monroe township on the 3d inst., by A. J.
PRICE, Esq., Mr. R. H. GORDON and Miss Martha A. HELMS.
-Died near this place on the 3d inst., Mrs. Patsy DOSTER,
relict of the late James DOSTER, Esq.; aged
about 70 years...
-Eddie SINCLAIR, an
enterprising youth, has opened a news stand at the Stewart House...
-FIRE - We learn that the
dwelling of Geo. WILLIAMS, (col’d,) [colored]
on the plantation of Mr. Levi CARNES, in Jackson Township, was destroyed
by fire on 3rd inst., with all its contents, while they were absent at church.
-We learn from Mr. Jacob HELMS, that a little son of Mr. Frank TYE fell from a platform, used for speaking purposes, at Mr. John A. HARRISON’S school, near Antioch Church, a few days ago, and was severely hurt. It was feared that the thigh bone was broken.
February 12, 1878, Raleigh Observer (Raleigh, Wake County, NC)
-Died: John E. DAVIS, Feb. 1, Kendall’s Tan Yard, Monroe.
-Died: Moses WALTERS, Feb. 1, Monroe (infant).
Monday, February 16, 1878, MONROE
ENQUIRER (Union County, NC)
-Mr. W. C. OGBURN,
who has been a much respected citizen of this place for several years, left
with his family on last Wednesday, for their new home in Rockingham county...
-On last Wednesday, Mr. W. H. TROTT, with E. Brown WILSON and R. B. MYERS, left this place for Catawba Station...
-On last Tuesday evening, Prince
HOWIE (colored), who had been committed to jail only a few days before,
suddenly dropped to the floor, having been attacked by a disease of the
heart...
-Married in Buford Township,
Union county, NC, Feb’y the 12th, 1878, by Rev. J. E.
IRBY, Mr. William Lafayette BELK of Lancaster Co, SC, to Miss
Elizabeth LOWERY of Union County, NC.
Monday, February 25, 1878, MONROE
ENQUIRER (Union County, NC)
-Mr. Jack E. HINSON has
opened a harness and saddle shop in the store room formerly occupied by W. C. OGBURN, (WOLFE corner) where he is making up
a lot of substantial harnesses and saddles...
-Last Sunday night a whiskey shop kept on the
Concord road, some four miles from this place, was burned down with its
contents. Mr. PUPPA, who attended the shop,
kept his bed there... The shop, or rather the goods, belonged to Mr. MULLER,
of this place.
-Married at the residence of the
brides father, Mr. Harrison LEE,
of Lane’s Creek Township, on the evening of Feb. 19, 1878, by Rev. M. H. HOYLE,
Mr. W. P. NEELY, of Jackson Township, to Annie LEE.
Monday, March 2, 1878, MONROE
ENQUIRER (Union County, NC)
-The death of Mrs. Mary Amelia BROOM,
wife of Mr. G. D. BROOM, which occurred on the 23rd
is noted in the obituary columns of this issue...
-Died in Monroe, on the 23rd instant, of consumption, after an illness of twenty-one months, Mrs. Mary Permelia, wife of G. D. BROOM, aged 41 years, 6 months and 20 days...
March 8, 1878, Raleigh Observer (Raleigh, Wake County, NC)
-Died: Wilson ALLEN, March 1, Anson Co.
Monday, March 11, 1878, MONROE
ENQUIRER (Union County, NC)
-We are requested to announce
that a funeral sermon touching on the life and death of the late John HOUSTON
will be delivered by Rev. C. A. PLYLER, at
Wesley Chapel Church on Sunday, the 17th inst., at 11 o’clock A. M.
-We notice the death of Capt.
John E. MOORE, a former resident of this county, is announced in the
Charlotte papers...
Monday, March 18, 1878, MONROE
ENQUIRER (Union County, NC)
-Married in New Salem township on the 10th inst., by William A. AUSTIN,
Esq., Mr. Jas. L. GREEN to Miss Julia HINSON, daughter of Wm. B. HINSON.
-We learn that on the night of
the 6th inst., a dwelling house on the lands of Mr. Geo. W. HOWIE, in
Sandy Ridge township, was burned by the hand of an
incendiary.
Monday, March 25, 1878, MONROE
ENQUIRER (Union County, NC)
-Married on the evening of the
22nd inst., at the residence of the bride’s father, by Rev. W. H. BOBBITT,
Mr. John R. ENGLISH and Miss Maggie A. STEVENS.
-Mr. J. M. BELK was an aged citizen of Lancaster
county, SC, and lived in the vicinity of Taxahaw. We are informed by a gentleman from that county,
who visited Mr. BELK’S residence on Tuesday last, that he found the
family weeping over the dead bodies of the old gentleman and his aged wife. Mr. BELK having died late on Monday evening last, and his
wife early the following morning. They both died of pneumonia, and were
buried in the same grave Wednesday morning.. had been married seventy one years. Mr. BELK... had
attained the extreme age of 95 years...
-Mrs. Mary Permelia,
wife of G. D. BROOM, died of consumption in Monroe, NC on the 23rd of
February, 1878, aged forty one years, six months, and twenty days... [lengthy obituary follows]
Monday, April 1, 1878, MONROE
ENQUIRER (Union County, NC)
-Married in Chesterfield County,
SC, on the 14th instant, by Rev. J. W. MURRAY, Mr. C. L. EVANS
and Miss E. J. MILLER.
-A Lady Commits Suicide- Last
Thursday night, ... the body of Miss Jane McCORKLE,
a maiden lady of about 40 years of age, who lived in Jackson Township about 15
miles west of here, was found swinging to the limb of a hickory tree... her
sister [was Mrs. ALEXANDER]...
-Dissolution of Partnership-J.
R. ENGLISH, H. C. ASHCRAFT...
Saturday, April 13, 1878, MONROE
ENQUIRER (Union County, NC)
-Died in Monroe township on the 2nd of March, 1878, Mrs. Tirzah
SECREST, wife of Jacob SECREST, Esq.; aged 66 years.
-Martin O. FLANNIGAN, an old man of some 60 years. He was a native of Mecklenburg, but has stated no place of residence for several years and had no family [was hit by train]...
Apr 17, 1878, Biblical Recorder (Raleigh, NC)
-Died: Susanah W. HERRING, W. of
John S. HERRING, M. of
Saturday, April 20, 1878, MONROE
ENQUIRER (Union County, NC)
-Died of consumption, on the 13th of April, Arkansas Minerva YARBROUGH, wife of Asbury YARBROUGH and daughter of Rev. J. E. and Isabella IRBY... leaves a husband and three small children, and aged and faithful mother and other relatives and friends to mourn...
April 28, 1878, Raleigh Observer (Raleigh, Wake County, NC)
-Died: Willis JARMON, April 19, Anson Co.
Saturday, April 31 (sic), 1878 [note: the date should’ve been April 27] , MONROE ENQUIRER (Union County, NC)
-We are sorry to hear of an
accident which happened to Mr. Robert STEELE, a very worthy citizen of
Union County, NC, and who lived just over the boundary line of this county, on
Tuesday last week, while riding on the top of a load of fodder, the wagon wheel
struck a stump in the road which threw him off, breaking his spine. He has been
paralyzed ever since. No hopes are entertained for his recovery.
-Pardoned: On last Wednesday, on
the petition of some four hundred citizens of this county, presented by H.B. ADAMS, Esq., His Excellency Gov. VANCE
granted a pardon to Wm. HOLLY, of this county, who has been in the
penitentiary for twelve months serving out his term of ten years for
manslaughter, having killed Geo. MILLS at a corn-shucking frolic in
Lane’s Creek township in 1876. HOLLY returned home yesterday. (photocopy)
-Reported murder: For the past
two weeks we have heard rumors that a Mr. MORGAN, living in Stanly
County near Rocky and Pee Dee Rivers, had killed his wife, but we have not been
able to obtain a straight account of it. In fact, as there are so many
conflicting rumors, we are inclined to believe there is no foundation for them.
(photocopy)
-WOMBLE
Verdict – Just as we go to press, a special dispatch from Wadesboro tells us
that the Jury in the case of State vs. T.H. WOMBLE for murder, rendered a verdict of “Not
Guilty.” (photocopy)
-Dissolution – By adv’t in this issue the public are informed that the law firm of ADAMS & PAYNE have dissolved
partnership. Mr. ADAMS returns to the office in the Court house which
the firm formerly occupied, while Mr. PAYNE remains at the office near CROWELL
& Son’s store, to which the firm moved a few weeks ago. (photocopy)
Wednesday, May 1, 1878 PEE DEE HERALD (Anson County,
NC)
On Friday last George WOMBLE was put on trial,
charged with, first, the murder of Miss RUSHING; second, as being
accessory to her suicide. She was, according to the testimony, not an idiot,
but a person of weak mind; her parents being dead, she lived a part of her time
with WOMBLE, who married her sister, and a
part with another brother-in-law. It was in evidence that she was pregnant and
that she died from poison; that WOMBLE, at
whose house she died, was arrested – some weeks after her death – and committed
to prison by a Magistrate’s Court; that while under arrest he confessed buying
strychnine for her; that he said he was ‘overpersuaded’
to do it; that he consented to do so because she said she wanted to ‘get out of
the way so as to prevent disgrace to that family;’ that he sat up with a dying
neighbor on the night preceding her death; that he could not have had an
opportunity of administering the poison. His character was proven to be good.
At conclusion of testimony the Solicitor withdrew the first ‘count’ in the bill
of Indictment; and, without argument by counsel, the
case went to the Jury on the second ‘count,’ after a lucid and comprehensive,
though brief charge from Judge Moore. Within a very few minutes a verdict of
‘not guilty’ was rendered, and the prisoner discharged.
Saturday, May 4, 1878, MONROE
ENQUIRER (Union County, NC)
-One Hundred Dollars Reward -
The undersigned trustees of Wesley Chapel Church will pay a reward of One
Hundred Dollars for evidence that will lead to the detection and conviction of the
parties who set fire to said Church on the night of the 1st inst. James HOUSTON,
J. R. HUDSON, John D. DAVIS, J. M. PRICE, J. H. WINCHESTER,
A. J. PRICE, Trustees.
-We learn of the death on last
Tuesday of Mr. Geo. W. McCAIN and Mr. Robt. STEELE, two of Union’s most respected citizens
and both being in the same neighborhood. Mr. McCAIN
was sick only a few days of typhoid pneumonia. Mr. STEELE was severely
injured by falling from a wagon... Both interred at the same hour in the
graveyard at Tirzah Presbyterian Church...
-We also learn of the death of
Mrs. Martha RICHARDSON, wife of Mr. E. D. RICHARDSON, which
occurred on the 2d instant.
Saturday, May 11, 1878, MONROE
ENQUIRER (Union County, NC)
-Died in Goose Creek Township,
on the 6th inst., Mrs. Francis SIKES, aged 69 years, wife of Joshua SIKES.
Also on the 8th inst., Mr. Joshua SIKES, aged 75
years.
-Married in Monroe Township, at
the residence of the bride’s parents, on the 8th inst., by Rev. J. A. BIVENS,
Mr. W. Saunders HAMILTON to Miss N. C. BIVENS, daughter of Henry BIVENS,
Esq. The attendants were John C. HAMILTON and Miss O. A. JEROME;
Mr. Thomas J. JEROME and Miss D. E. TRULL;
Mr. J. W. BIVENS and Miss N. E. JEROME.
Saturday, May 18, 1878, MONROE
ENQUIRER (Union County, NC)
-In Memorium
(sic)- Geo. W. McCAIN...
one of the best citizens Union county has ever produced. In Buford Township, of
pneumonia, April 30th, Mr. George W. McCAIN
was removed from the scenes of earth to the reward of a well-spent life. He was
in the 41st year of his age... [lengthy obituary
follows]... Only a few months ago he was united in marriage with the daughter
of Capt. A. S. NISBET. Poor Laura! ...
-State of North Carolina, Union
County Superior Court - Administrator’s Notice - W. H. MASSEY vs. John
N. DAVIS, Adm’r., with the will annexatted (sic) of W. J. CURETON,
dec’d.
Saturday, May 25, 1878, MONROE
ENQUIRER (Union County, NC)
-On last Saturday night about 8
o’clock, it was discovered that the valuable Grist Mill belonging to Mrs. NORWOOD,
Wm. CROW, and Jno. N. DAVIS on Waxhaw
Creek, in Jackson Township, was on fire and there being no one near except the
miller’s wife and some small children there was no
chance to save it from the devouring flames...
Saturday, June 1, 1878, MONROE
ENQUIRER (Union County, NC)
-We notice the frames of two
commodious dwelling houses, belonging, one to Mr. J. E. HINSON, and the
other to Mr. J. E. STACK, are now being raised.
-State of North Carolina, Union
County Superior Court - Administrator’s Notice - Estate of Geo. W. McCAIN, deceased, W. J. McCAIN,
Adm’r....
Saturday, June 8, 1878, MONROE
ENQUIRER (Union County, NC)
-We learn that the dwelling of
Mrs. STARNES, (widow of Jackson STARNES) in Buford Township, was
burned down on last Wednesday evening, about 4 o’clock, and with it her little
five-year-old grandson, who was in the house at the time...
Saturday, June 15, 1878, MONROE
ENQUIRER (Union County, NC)
-Married in Monroe, on
Wednesday, June the 12th, by Rev. W. H. BOBBITT, Mr. George M. WHITFIELD
and Miss Anna E. SMITH.
Saturday, June 22, 1878, MONROE
ENQUIRER (Union County, NC)
-Died at her late residence near
Monroe, on the 16th ultimo, Mrs. Polly HINSON, aged seventy years.... [lengthy obituary follows]
Saturday, June 29, 1878, MONROE
ENQUIRER (Union County, NC)
-On the 19th day of the present
month, in Anson County, Jas. BROADWAY, Esq., age 81 years, was united in
matrimony to Miss Nancy MARTIN, aged 21 years.
Saturday, July 6, 1878, MONROE
ENQUIRER (Union County, NC)
-Married in this Township, on 1st
inst., by R. ROGERS, Esq., Mr. Wm. MEDLIN and Harriet E. HELMS.
Saturday, July 20, 1878, MONROE
ENQUIRER (Union County, NC)
-Died on the 9th inst., near
Olive Branch, in New Salem township, John HYATT,
about 90 years of age. Mr. HYATT was a soldier in the War of 1812 under
the late Col. Dosier CASH of Anson County, and
was properly a pensioner...
-Died in this place, on the 18th
inst. of cholera infantuin (sic), Wilmer, daughter of
W. F. and N. M. MORGAN. Aged 1 year and 1 month.
-Died in Jackson Township, on
the 16th inst., of dropsy, Samuel McWHIRTER,
Esq. Aged 81 years.
Saturday, July 27, 1878, MONROE ENQUIRER (Union County, NC)
-Married in Sandy Ridge Township on the 18th inst., by E. S. HARKNESS, Esq., Mr. Davis GORDON and Miss Jane J. STARNES.
-Mr. Wm. WALSH... was severely shocked by a stroke of lightening... A little daughter of Mrs. CUTHBERTSON... was also knocked down...
July
31, 1878, Pee Dee Herald (Anson County, NC)
-Distressing
Accident - A gentleman who was present informs us that a beautiful little girl,
three years old, daughter of Mr. Page of Society Hill, SC was killed
a few days since by falling from a third story window of her father's house. Submitted by Steve Bailey.
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