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Bamecy au 89 years old last Sunday, All af Hie hér. children gathered aut iat the ene plage |i “Green Acres” for an old-time day dinner with her and after dinner they sat with the mother about the living room fire after the manner of |} os Sabbath afternoons of their child- 0 On Monday, the day after the}) birthday, neighbors, kinfolk and fam- ily friends came in to bring greetings, | | love and best wishes to Mrs. Ramsey |} who hasbeen a loyal friend, a kind and helpful neighbor an da devoted mem- ber of a large family that has always been closely bound by family ties. Mrs. reo is an amastag'y youne and alert 89, Sitting there Monday by |the window in her living toom her eyes were bright as any girls and she was having the time of her life joking and talking with her friends. She had on her said, a soft black dress with a white lace collar and & white flower pinned |} on at her shoulder and her slim hands folded in her lap gave the typical mother touch to the picture that shej = ahe t made. Mrs. Ramsey “Green Acres bride to the old family homestead weleomed with an ag e” that she tells about with « ‘sigh o utter satis- faction even today, “Oakes, custards, chicken, ham, pickles, jellies— | never saw sueh a table in all your titel and every one of the Ramsey family has lived there at was there to welcome me” she oa el el as abound te Pi 7. that long-ago home com af “birthday dress” she |i a were,-plentitul, Bei Siemany was always weleome since she came af ia wi by ' Nive | Daw Sik aaa, br, Rockwell, eve bit pastor @t* Bethany -heard mS wanting vows, It was a real wedd 0 wi the bride in # cream silk hee — a lo pein, veh tetera at i cept one who Was juet & very young attendant, Mrs. Lizzie ucky Allison, of Cleveland, cousin of Mrs. | Ramsey. An aunt Mrs. Bill Lucky too came from her home in Rowan to rvise the baking of the weddin oH kin folks came from all aroun nd ib Waa @ ul Buea eon, : The: bride, A Elizabeth Steven- ison, was one of a lange family of } childs . Her mother was Catherine ' Lucky ner father was John Stevenson | and there was a wide connection in | Iredell, Rowan and adjoining coun- ties, It was a happy girlhood home. Mrs. Ramsey hes about 8 miles from “Fae oe ag . a before-the-w ar- where. parental authority was — ged. It was.a strict Presbyter- Ramsey tells the little girls schold. too. Mrs. we “Ma” used to tell on Bavuneey afternodim to pack up their ‘oll th ings, they ae tag So away ‘until oe ested er Sunday they Saturday, nuts put aside— done on the ells how they they wanted fruit must gather it on must be cracked too and such stags es pha be ay. And she bey “heee miles to Bethany chureb, the entire family, the two prot ners three sisters and were martial into one of the ngh long pews and there through preaching. e didn't dare go to sleep either, not even to nod.” And often Phe chureh had no heat—physical comfort was not a part of old time Presbyterian | doctrine. And the catechism! They all had to learn it.and the preacher “visited round at intervals and cate- chized them all to see how well they shad. learned it. “ We ws used to be scared St death whenever we saw a preacher a anh coe X cl ~/F40 = “ Wot bin oar Meer SOG = see! 397 3 oe IIRC behikeit 17 ee JBE oC pes iA; {Eg | = Veaspi Mie 19” 7-A-/ Fe> ba eee 1 ate be jae es ee I eee i ae? Pie oe ee bp eth fH ente% a re a ~4H-H-O ae us 70 veers 6 3 Seth, - oeiteioetaias a io Ao to bn CO AES ——~o ee a oe re P Setaie Een, fs ‘m7 7%) a 7 Ve past pedk. AY, Berk )n- $423 n-SBo-O FraTteaes—_—~ PBS n- 339 B Wyeth. — X he a: | ~e | Meet 3 ae : : Cc joe AP ss Ae a8 a ie . 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F Donald Michael Rouk DLAI EWING STEVENSON was a iA yame unfamiliar to many before "last week, but there was a time in Amer- stranger ) than that of Abraham Lincoln, In 1892, eight years before the present Democratic presidential nominee was sy born, his grandfather, Adlai Ewing Ste- XC venson, was elected as the 23d Vice Pres- ident of the United States on the Demo- ,Cratic ticket that had brought Grover le (Cleveland back to the White House for e a second time. *“Uncle Adlai.” as he was affectionately .,known, had become his party's second- Bs \Place candidate %% by a stampede started “in the 1892 Democratic convention, just as his namesake was to be drafted as the presidential! nominee by & conv Suddenly gone berserk in the year 1952. What manner of man was the earlier t “Stevenson? Adlai Ewing Stevenson was born Oc- . ‘tober 23, 1835, in Christian County, Ky,, : ' Eliza Ewing Stevenson, the son of John Turner Stevenson and Scotch-Irish Presbyterians, His father was a small Planter and slave owner, In 1852 the Stevenson family moved to Bloomington, Il., where young Adlai taught country school, attended Dlinois Wesleyan University and later years at Centre College in Dan Arg .. e, Ky, There tall, blond Adlai met and married Posters. Letitia Green, whose father was Centre’s president. Unable to return to school after the death of his father, Adlai was admitted to the bar and opened an office at Meta. mora, Ii]. In common with most coun+ try lawyers of the Period, he never be. came a specialist in the law, acquire a wide practice. It was not too long after this that Adlai was elected to the office of State prosecutor of Mllinois, ; An ardent Democrat, Stevenson cam- Paigned for Stephen Douglas against Lincoln in 1858 and 1860 and ran for elector in 1864 on the McClellan ticket. Although a hue and @ cry was raised 'S Opponents that he was & Southern sympathizer in the War Be. tween the States, he vigorously asserted his loyalty to the Union. No proof was ever brought to bear showing that he was ever affiliated with the Knights of the Golden Circle, the zealous pro- Confederate organization which thrived in England and Canada during the Civil War. Indeed, there is docu- mentary evidence available indicating Stevenson had given aid to the North by contibuting his services to the rais. of troops in Blinois. In 1874 he was Swept into Congress on he Democratic tidal wave. He was defeated in his bid for re-election two years later, but he was elected to the House once more in 1878 with the sup« Port of the Greenbacks. In Stevenson's two rather unspectacu- lar terms in Congress, he was known fly for his devotion to the low-tariff bd soft-money arguments. . When Grover Cleveland became Presi- ‘ Stevenson we convention in 1 nois ‘ Fi § A i =f & Star Staff Photo, Courtesy theeeey of Congress, in 1892, Ewing Stevenson (right) hotn “had his pictiire on campaign administration, but in 1897 accepted an appointment by the newly elected Mc- Kinley as a member of a monetary commission which went to Europe un- Seeking to pave the way for international. bimetallism. The @lection of 1900 again saw Adlai Stevenson-as a vice presidential candi. date, this time as the teammate of Wil« liam Jennings Bryan, but the Demo- cratic issue of agrarian reform was not enough to unseat the Party that had won the Spanish-American War. and President William McKinley was tri- umphantly re-elected. Now 64, Adiai Stevenson went back to Tilinois, where, seven years later, the Democrats of his State chose him to run as candidate for Governor against Charles §. Duneen. Even in his ad- vanced age, Stevenson lost the election by 2 margin of only 22,000 votes. He died in Chicago in 1914 at the ace of 79, Of Adlai Ewing Stevenson, the mem- orable Speaker of the House, Champ Clark, wrote in his memoirs: “He was one of the most popular campaigners in the land, and was the delight of the multitude. Stevenson always spoke right out in meeting and did not mince his words. One thing that him to his audiences was & neuen presence. Tall, slender well-knit, lean of flank, he always re- minded me of @ race horse. His infor- mation Was bs musical far nose, eyes ghd chin of a fighter, whic he was.” /) tne, Mang these words equally At nA ee WEVA Vee Dre aal As .royVv r ; : aeka “a ning : SVAN aed eeVIela de appointed Ac ice Of pout room ior tne viclorx1o ction he performed so cost him his appoint- to. Lae 1wrem SPY . weliare Haag nowt .z0r 4iai™ ulnhougn ne did nov nominacion, \ } re : “) Ve ; « VEL VOl,, VsatvOiaia Ss y . a ddbddadd ashe Ul resiagenu £ i: eke = aOl sUdiddy maage nim a y "1¢ C or ; manag al ainner tat unexceiiea Was an 1. an0' once, fa ynte Allsalived —rerTT a aehhh O1 aAnISN TOS the Colur UhileG al Lamuy be sees 1 4115 USUAL! the tne ner ~e ‘arlilaatinn naw lid eanecvuon Jor otevenson retirec om o1ice i y af ‘aciaon! lavalann’e Sie close of Presiden’: Cleveland SUR Ca MOMOCTALUC s Wie Are ah Add FsUidbbadd Wd fie g ters Fy. pen Ot OT fe, at po dalrwto, z r y. ec. PC ae ie: HH: ec 3 - ah SA/ ‘uf MOO nt r Farm No. and Operator 1421 T B SWANN 64 487 FEED GRAINS, COTTON, AND WHEAT PROGRAMS ox 147 JISR SYILLE NC 28677 ~~ ee ee NO ar te PAI 0 a = ‘Not applicable if farm is participating in CR, CCP, CAI ea ee a i OR Pa EP Cropland Intended Diversion A Feed Grain Program (C 6 of ASCS=4,77) B Cotton Program (Item 14 of ASCS=378, if small farm; others, item 16 of ASCS=378) Conserving Base Total Conserving Acres Requirement (2A + 2B + = Z 4. Maximum Acreage for Depleting Crops, Including ALL Allotment Crops, Oats, Rye, Feed Grains, and Soybeans C (Item 1 minus item 4) q f : NOTE: This computation is a guide based on the above intention(s) and is not a binding determination. eee Std hoon Date : Signature of ASCS Employge 5 75.67 fe Pgs Date Signature of Operator IE, c Y se nenlion a AA b= Shih & a A AL Phe a. 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Ate Ut Maur [eae 4 AAU aoe alae Lhe Vial ust fh ULC Hinersen ae - Ls & We pan 7 pant | f i. tio fa ae \ Dear Mr. Swann: | ditkiven, tone : brwraa ed at Maturaliy aren. Came an » we haven't got. letters answered very promptly. We're leaving Sunday “ Monday for Maryland for a few weeks. (to visit. dan. ) I was glad to hear of the Joseph Stéwensom deed, I had written Mrs. Goodrum and asked her about deeds: for Joseph Stevenson and mentioned that I'd be esbecially delighted i f any showed the name of his wife. She answered only that there was “no information" about his: wives: (I hadn't supposed there would be unless: one sighed a wi and so I took it she didn't find ’ deeds. My husband! wrote her e i a deed with jim) so about severdl items and she in-the same way answered onily on of his ques j,,fo~ tions. 4 ym —-& eas S ather was deed- brotherSseemed already fo bee 1 his 80's, anod I have record of 1850 ; Christian County, Kye, ,with a date as if it were taken LS: that. he died in June, If I look up that Census record, I as 83, but I'd have to check I have time to look it up,. LL Se I'll try to get thee: 1792 4 for your trouble of —. I'm glad bilitgm= of Sherrill at the certainly like to find out more Sherrill, supposed to be fat She was said to be a Miss if she means: "William Lanier< he wrote of thre Sherrill: im } that he mentioned that a Reve M. time working on the family Reve Me V. with having | Seemed to have come from a a ee and: his: - erril Haskell, Texas, who charte I had sauna nae of it i My mother was: impatient with th dates: for her grandfather. which: s} omission of many of his my mother's: death, I turned up the inf in Washington. that a copy of his: chart Public Library. I wrote there for a | many parts, which. I have never yet glued together; follow lines». It was ini so many parts: that I hat to pay or $18 for all the "pages," Maybe photocopying ; higher then, I have never thought: very highly of the chart. Although he used the informatiom that. the Rev. William Lanier credits thCe Rev. Me Ve with having supplied, there is: nothing whatever in the 2 <i Hh ARN aM N H tge chart. as sent to me to give credit. to there was a letter not sent to me; , thate There are many errors andi of. 1 was further disappointed to find in 1965 Sherrill information turned into the Department: of Archives in Raleig&h which repeats: the early informatiom, also with- out. giving anybody else credit. It es down only male lines. I have that man's name in my notes haven't time to look for it nowe 1 didn't evem take dowm much on his*work." We may possibly get to look up a few things: on this tripe Our address in. Maryland will be 10404 Montrose Avenue Apte 202 Bethesda, Maryland 20014 Soo Neen nnn naa senemeniancnciasseenanee — 180 Census: of Lincoln Coe, Ne Cates Be 881 Joseph Stevensom Males OmlO 10-16 16826 >" 5 & up 0 L Q) L (Hugh) (Joseph) Females 2 Q Q 0 & _(lasey ye Jincy) os ; His wife must. have been: dead, but who is 16=267 / On. the same page is another Jacob dont, tt ese a an Enos Sherrill. Above him is some\Jacot Sherrill. My Jacob (creategrandfather) was: borm im 1794 and is supposed to be the son of Joseph. Sherrill, som of Uriah, som of Adam, This Jacob Sherrill (Census of I) has no sons: under 10, ¢ Joseph. Sherrill, also om De 881, has a som under 10, Thank you agains oe Sincerely yours Nell Be. Adams pg tanstnne tlecntm fe ak 5 a Abeer es Felon, 2032 McLendon Ave., N. E. Atlanta, Georgia 30307 Pebruary 26, 1967 Mr. 1. Be Swann Route 1, Box 147 Statesville, N. C. 28677 Dear Mre Swann: I shall try to answer some of your questions from time to time. I will try to start with the Reid (Reed)=I:nox connection. First I have a photocopy of the will of Alexander Reed (so he signs it, though all his sons who came to Georgia before 1800 spelled 1t Reid). He made this will in Rowan Cos, Ne Coy 1775. In it he bequeaths one seventh of his Estate to his daughter Hannah Knox. From the McCubbin notes (family tree of the Knox Family) I confirmed that John Knox married Hannah Reide I have no place or date of the marriage or of their births or deaths. This John is noted as having served in the Revolution and as buried in Thyatira Graveyard. lis father John Knox (wife Jean Gracey) has dates (probably taken from the tombstone) of 1708=1788, The tree includes, presumably, all his children but no datese The Knox book I should hope would give them. I have not checked to see if it is available at any local library. The tree gives the date of marriage of date of John and Hannah (Reid) \nox to James Chambers as Dec. 27, 1784, Rowan Cos His birth date is given also as Oct. 15, 1799} death 1804, I cannot place the David Reid who married Margaret's sister Jane though he (or some other David Reid) witnesses some of the Reid documents in the Rowan area, : I have considerable information about the Reids (sons of Alexander) who came to Georgia: Alexander, Samuel, Andrew, John and George, but very little on daughters Frances, who marreed a Halls Hannah, who me John Know; and Mary, who m. a Wilson. Alex, mentions in his will grandchn. Alexander and Margrat (sic spelled) Wilson. I do not think any of these girls came on to Georgia. I have some word of another dau. Elizabeth (through some of the Reeds in Gas), who married Brice Gaither and went to Reids seem all to be quite family conscious for rations and hand down many traditions of the three of later generations did family research, and I have read their stuff in the Gas Dept. of Archives, taken careful notes, and extended the research on my-own (in Gas, Ne Co, Vae, and slightly Pa.). I like to get all the info. I can on any branches of the family, but I have especially tried to extend what I have learned of my several branches back beyond Alex, Reed of the Rowan Coe will, Several of his brothers went to Kye This Alex. married Margaret McKay, daughter of Alexander McKay, Member of the Provincial Congress. I have previously assumed that this Alex. McKay was (in his later years) a North Carolini- an in Bladen Co., later Cumberland Coe, Ne Care, made, like Anson- Rowan from Bladen. There is an elaborate will of Archibald McKay in Cumberland Co., in which he bequeaths, in addition to his own children and others, to the heirs of Alexander McKay and Isabella Reed. This will is witnessed by John McKay, David Reed, and N. McKay. This is on microfilm at the N. C, Archives. This has set me to speculating who this Isabella Reed is, and whether she is Pe 2 great the mother of my great-great~great/grandmother, Margaret McKay. If any of the Reeds(Reids) in your neighborhood have been. inter- ested to this extent in family history, I should be pleased to hear of them. The McKay-Reed notes I send to you, im which : Samuel Reid (son of Alex. of theéRowan will) marries Agnes McKay@icKee) (the Gas Reids call her Agnes Kay in their writings) in Lancaster Co., Pa. Her father's will (made in. Lancaster Co., Pa) names his "son" Samuel Reed; her mother in her will (made in Iredell Co., Ne Ce) refers to him as her "son by law." This Pa. info (which I discovered since I got your letter)makes me wonder if I have been on the wrong McKay line--or, whether Samuel Reid married a double- first cousin in Pae Nobody has ever suggested such a thing. | am especially interested in those things that involve my direct lines. 7 Back of Alex. Reed (Will, Rowan Coe), I find his father married Magdalen McDowell. The father was Andrew Reed. Her father Samuel McDowell me Mary McClung (her father Winey broe John), Samuel MeD.'s father John. McDowell (killed after birthing two or three children) yx in a battle with Shawnee Indians) had married Magdalen Wood (who married twice afterward and lived to 104 years). Magdalen's parents were Michael Wood and Mary Campbell. Michael's parents were John Wood and Elizabeth, whose maiden name is spelled by the Reid descendants Warsop and Wardhop. She was born Nov. 15, 1654. The lines in this paragraph down to Michael Wood and Mary Campbell (called Lady Mary), I have researched in the old Augusta County, Va., records. A lady of this line here tells me that the Warsop (Wardhop) name should really be Wauchope, and Elizabeth's father was some such official as Lord High Chancellor of Ireland. Enough of this. I enclose a sheet, pe 1058, Our Kin, which contains a ‘O ie very clearly SS elie probably built by Henry Cham=- wy bers 1815-1820 on old John MeKlwraith land. The clipping you sent_\ / me about "Farmville" says the house was built in 1820 by Joseph \ Chambers. The only Joseph and Heny still living then were sons .; of es te (will, 1809). A note I have from Book 12, De =. 792 says? zsnag_lones, highesheriff of Rowan Co. Lets Henry Chaitbers of Iredell 0, N. a planter, have 401 acres on Th9rd Creek next Morrison, Barkley, & Allison (being part of 575 acres granted to John McElwraith in as Esqe John Brevard, Collector of Public Taxes in 1787~88, disbur@ed for said John McElwraith much money on his 2286 a. of land which went to his helr-atelaw Thos. McElwraith 1 Chambers got judgment against said Thomas for b+, is. ete." Is the house pictured herein the "Farmville" house? I enclose a shot of the map which you sent to me. It tooKtwo shots to get it because of the width of the map. I md de extra copies for myself. I thought you might use the copy for reference to save wear on your original paper. I notice that the "Widow McKee" lived about three miles from the "Meeting House." In 1792 Morrison, Barkley, and Allison must have owned land nearer to Henry éhambers' location on the map that that of the Morrisons shown on Third Creek om the left side of the map. I suppose there wag a good deal of buying and selling even then. 1 add another note I- have on the John McElwraith property: (Book 33, Pe +7, Dece 28, 1833) "David Chambers-=no wife signs— lets Wm. Barber have 304 acres on north bank of Third Creek next James Kerr. Morrison. the new dividing line and the old line of Maxwell Chambers for $2000. . . (This is part of the property of John McElwraith which was: sold by the sheriff to Henry Chambers who. let his son Joseph Chambers and he let. his brother the said David have.). Another/item says: "ridge between Third & Fourth Cr." A. ahs Fahy. 51290, I Apress gor borve rrivhecrnid gui Pe 3 so a Xerox copy of the Knox Family tree, which I copied at the StateLibrary at Raleigh. Mrse Price there would not let a photocopy be made for me, though she was very gracious about letting me copy it by hand. I worked very fast and may have omitted some things that did not directly concern més 1 suspect that: you have more than this info available in the Knox Book. I may be able to identify the father of the Joseph Chambers of "Farmville" when I identify "Parmville." I shall write sometime (but now right away, I am afraid) to Mr. Gatton, whose address you gave me. There are several questions about Chambers relationships in the Rowan and derived county areas that I have not yet. been able to prove to my owm satisfaction. When. 1 was last in. Raleigh I did not know enough to study the records for Nesbit and Steele connections, and they did not then have the Knox Book, which might have been a great help. I also did not know of the Simonton connection or others from Lancaster and Chester Coe, Pas Since I wrote you I have had mast another big letter from the Genealogyamk Clearing House, ané the good lady there practically resolved all my doubts about. her reliabilityee or her honest intentions. Before I write to anybody else, I must try toanalyze the material she sent: me: (mainly about énambers~ Steele connections), and send her some things to add to her record. I am sorry I have been so slow, but. I have taken four trips to local libraries im trying to check info for your let~ ter besides checking mg own boxes of notes~-very imperfectly. Even. so,, though I have retired, I note that I have some fifteen. years advantage of you. I certainly do not wish to impose and burden of hunting for informatiom or corresponding about it. You write better now than. I eam by hand, and I fall back on the typewriter. Otherwise I have quite rugged health. I still play tennis (singles - doubles) ‘se and am im good condi- I certainly do not want. you to ove anything I write. Don't yourself wi prompt. answers to anything I write. Maybe we both ought it easye 1 am very grateful for your information and especially about the Henry Chambers: burial I hope to visit it one of these years soome ; I want to keep your “Farmville” clipping a bit longer. I have another item or two I also want to send you later. My wife wants me to thank you for her for the material on Youngs, Brevards, ete. She was especially interested in your account. of the deed of Thomas: Yo from William and Thomas Stevenson in 179%. You said it “joins Joseph Stephenson on | Fourth Creek." She would like very much to Inow where you got / that. information. Joseph Stevenson is im her direct ancestral line. If this is im th e Iredell Coegeeds, she would be glad to 1194 / write to them for a copye Again, thanks. ) "egg i | ' Sincerely, Nyy Ue spay welch iin by) ; 7 4 bef, | ete : Ae, Li dA 5 - 4 eorgia 30307 Henry W ams “shed 4 hes in Mb bo dilouat: aud, coy Hour’ iene cae Weick. AIL S- je Cree to Beil. (Pp /q 2 Berge otic PP W2-ele | pcr cee Nyclee Poi Sa J—1 of Fay lic x Mh eee & 2 Fe: A se Te Belk, Poe cen J. wie a et. 4 es R Leaf i? (50,3 o pak. : & 7 ” Boag de See a. ae ad ae eons fai {rit ttn, te wee con, oe i , Ther lawer™ mp t = eo R : oe \ Li 2 Ce Zz ca ? “ a : p : L Bn ” 5 ‘ : c i -¢ - Z ~ | / = ae | i = L Art —f (JX ee — _. ieee aa -27~- po - eee po te oe 79249 ¥ ole: Cie ss —S Za : Lee f/ er ne {> a “@ “) a. ’ we 72 Swede err 1 / -> oe > 7 J 7 oa — aE ? ao ose) fP ge Fg is (fr -t_5>. Pore DF gota rt, oo ey 1. ine as F3 ile } Hay] Hig vy es i rsh i ” Shift; soatlaldagsye tty > a ip pay os A aH 2 oh 24)" [if a eu i fall poe ae ‘ Wiig ‘ iH qa ae walt ttl, ite sili Statesville-Then And Now By RALPH SLOAN In a recent article I tried to inform those unacquainted with “Depot Hill” with just | the difference I can see in then and now. I pictured the passenger station and the freight as they were about 1898. As I delve back into memory I cannot pinpoint exact dates. I have to resort to approximate times. In the era I am going back to I find many nostalgic memor- ’ jes, which I will endeavor to picture. The Southern Railway station was a focal point of in- terest. Before the automobile came, the citizens of Statesville, having naught else to do, would Sravitate to “ Hill” the railway station. Some came by horse drawn vehicles, bicycle or on foot, having walked many blocks and climbing the steep hill to get there, possibly through necessity or maybe curiosity. They wanted in many cases to see the arrival or de- parture of the throngs. I know I have on many occasions seen the popular reporter Landmark, Paul L circulating among the crowds, getting the goings of the citizenry and other local bits of news, No matter where you went or came from, the personal column carried the in- formation. I have seen the waiting room and the outside space around the station jammed with men, women and children. On Sundays or holidays the crush was worse, Entire families would be present to bid loved ones or friends wel- come or farewell Many meet- ings or departures were sad. The Charlotte Observer arrived in Statesville via Salisbury on the morning train. Wiley Blackburn, a Negro, erstwhile a waiter at the old St. Charles Hotel, met the train to get the paper, for which he was the local dis. tributor. One Sunday Wiley was rushing through the crowd, hold. ing an Observer high, asking the prospects to get a copy and mischeivous | of water had created quite a fellow asked Wiley to let him | washed out gorge, perhaps 15 see eadlines knew | feet deep. The side Wiley could not read, Glancing | Bell Street going towards the | Pead the news. A Georgia and the Tar River is, burning.’ Grabbing the paper, | Bakeries plant stands today. In | . Wiley began the chant, ‘Hell has | those days the property was con. | broke loose in Georgia and the | sidered unfit for any kind of | ™ Tar River is burning. Read all | development. rs about it. Get a copy.’ If you will come with me * the top of “Depot Hill,” we will | Pr steam locomotive is oe esia a walk headed towards I and others I have known could | ‘b¢ uptown section, Beginning | sit all day watching the great | at the corner of the Statesville | monsters, with all the h | Flour Mills property, facing | * and buff , with the bell ring. | Center Street, we will recon- | Rie! ing. The whistle cord: fe rl struct the east side of Center | 4 : : | os hands of an experienced eS i x F | Hall gineer, could produce the call - 5. Bony, & jeweler owned part of which foe now the flour mill, He had erected a brick store ,| Du Terre, lan | oy 4, ee big, | Ds on | store and watch repair business, | 8 home stood on a lot| 1? adjoining. In later years he | is moved his business uptown. Next H to the Henry home, stood a/| dwelling in which George Wright | 8 family lived. George held a position as gauger for the : wife, aff called ‘Miss Mary Lizzie’, was an old Alexander _county kinswoman of my mother. Annually my family was invited to the home for Thanks. giving dinner. My memory lingers on the food which | indulged on the occasion. Her meals were polished off with several varities of pies and cakes, topped with English Southern | rill Da the eBFRR da BK Teeg ey ¥ E riers [7 Sede Le pA Les ee We bee = da ont, ton Howri ide ie , EXE = ( ie a UL < ee AW Ale — VS, Mp tee he ah sel ' | ee fe WAL _ ti iL Lid yt fat BALL, _ Ais VLAA “y Mth 17 fet aitend dang | | ot woth | gre: ae sho tt ee f fle . HAV bL gocn ‘ nee Shirl Serums | ee. ne JM A tiAMA a f “eee an | of w [AR yg a oe Ze Bees ie tel x4 Y i Lut Wihkity 4 ahi y Reta ALE 2 ae Thee ee Ct Whe YL Kir he JK AM 7 LAE: Wie ne LL 2. you DLeb/ hate KL Lani hee. (, | Si ater ate Cet SG Thx. A “ 7 : 4 : Z fgg . | SL ae ( UY a ‘Koa L, Henge fc Ht /) : bs / | wet ‘ Cae rm , tik A pees Beer C wee - fe 7 VE LABGWUL a Ne, HAC 4 WA Ata Z Cawulsh fp Aff GU 4 AoAL Seg wd : ye a 4 He te We Mite ay hea LE 1 Ce AS 4 dat We Weel Qh hats refer 7, yt V atl: p . ne AG. es silo lee /Y _ r Pare Bho ic 2 RBar: Jt dt -4-T Var Fae fogs a lt1tz (2 et () < x SG Bess L = et oi Lathe Micn are fx oor |) ttt ANB. ya. ae 2 Cg eas poi poms ae nes ty. Dear Ur. Swannt A breeze 2 my pep, rather, 4 Enjoyed the nev tne Compbeli Line (Milas of Belt. Did Virgid say line in my files ¢€ hove been John Turner 9 ant I re business. John Turner | see Dr. Davidson's "Ci I will send it down, 1 _* There is runnung serially in the D. Ae Re magazine the pene= "The Six Alexanders Who Signed the Mecklenburg Declaration." too, if you care for then. There will be some you~ Indeed, one could hardly throw stone without Hite. elogy. ol “ill send those, know, no doubte tine en Alexandere ii Pa Cera Ay Be hi gry ae ee fo 5 Wi 7 X site Etna Ril Veeco om rs r (aa MH 6. [phd | Robt Woe ee /F Dy ite a-RAr ? fed 2 fee yy fe Lad ( To a wie eae” oy Be. Nut < — her~Aeece 2 € o-c-h-~ (ltt aki A Rat vn eS AR Avve — /¥+ty J oe : ch gen Je } ( S 0 a oe ‘ on f whe cc Auwlf . a ee ei Aqua 4 i | C Be A. La : 5 {) Csi Jeo "a Pree Aege L y fo or fades he doe. Yar Za, pe bitte LY an Joey en 7 tack FA Zl ke cair-le li f te / a “ : Co ys: sopeses “Viowe ua . is eA yp fod 5) Hen Fone / f ee a v, oti 2 4141 | t 7 4 l ot 7 oe | fed ; -\ } ~ / S CG ’ J So Kj h-€, €: f a 1 ie Li ] ip tte x, a fret a Voces. 4 ltd fore [1047 . Jue [2 Pe ; - re a. Oe ey o it. as U ‘ I don't have time to unite much £} had made from THe Stevenson. Looky and the Book Brother Adlai" by Nas, Ives, hive aister, She was a great waker fon a dong time fon DAR, but believe she dropped out not tov Long age. I'm doing some work ak the present. time for a man in New jersey, uho is getting ready to publish a (hivvis Genealogy, and have been munning obituanies in our local newgsinens fon the dates he has, and as soon as all the mow qoes I will check tu old cenetnies in anall touns, a shont distance quay, You folks doun thene must be getting oun shane of winten, The last weer has heen jute nice and moat all the snow 1/2 inches is almoat gone, and prediction today is 40, 20 the nest should 90- Just a year ago today we had 28 inch anow that comrletely paralized things hene fon 3 days, I was lucky to be at heme, uhen. | got sowed in but other Lesa fortunate people had to stay uhene they wene, on uhene they cot stuck, etc, (huaches and places of that type were full, and the police on snow mobiles got food in, midk to the babies, and several upman to hospital for binthe on the mow nobiles, I certainly hope we do not have it this year, We have had quite a lot of sleet ard ice, but 4 fan Idve been able to get the 2 //2 miles to wrk oven the gdaze of ice, / Mr, Swann, You atated in your detien that Adlai ¢, Stevenson ia a grandson ° of anes Stevenson whoLived 5 miles {aon Statesville in [ninddy, Weds [hen you aay this ia the james Stevenson uho married Jane Stephenson. The Janes Séevenson uho narried dane Stephenson is Janea I], on of Janes I, and Sarah Kelly The ancestor of Adhai Ewing Stevenson sf Janes Stevendon wha mannied Nancy Bnevartle a Shit unitten" Menoins of the Staverton Family of Nonth (arodina Mdnted 15 Suly 1892, signed by Adlai Stephenson, was Willian D. Adlai Stepherton_ b, (852, died 29 Oct. 1930, duvaacamnxapx, it 14 believed, and not Adlai (wing Sdevenson 1835-1914, You can zee by the chard , and much verified by Mas, Lves, that if Adlai &. Stephenson (Stevenson) had written if danes Stevenson married Nancy Brevard, not jane Sdephensone The family of janes Il. Stephenson 6, (700, family seened to have wsed the spelling Stevenson- Stephenson, intenchangeably, ganea I]'a will Book Z pg. 57 in Sictesville, ia Stevenson, yet his zon in Bryson, Tenn. (ian Stephenson) apells hia Stephenson, I know in my oun Laten generation of jacob Shearill Stephenson, one of - the gneat grandsons, hranchesew uses the Stevenson, spelling thaough out his fanily, as did some in my oun uncles and aunts, untill all got togethen and decided tp we Steph. 1 myself do not believe the apelling of the nane back in the neconds indicated fron uhich family {anes on Willian that they came from. 1 must close, 1 probly-haven'é made my self clean at all tut perhaps the chant will help cleani fy...» since nost uns uonked out by young Adlai ¢, Stevenson4 Ai Aten, Roth wene DAR, and SAR from (ol. Hugh Brevard, ard also (ol, Alexander Oaborn and others. See DA, R neconda, “eat Wishes. 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Dear Miss Lazenby, Thank you for your note, I am inclined to agree with you that 'Stimpson' is scarcely a corruption of 'Stevenson'--however, I am cert- ainly not an etymology expert. The Maryland Stimpsons might well have been restive under Puritan rule. New England, the first pophlated part of the country, was also the first depopulated, Stewart Holbrook, who is a really fine and literate scholar of American history, has written a book about this: Yankee Exodus, He mentions only one Stimpson In this book--a man named George, I believe, who went to Kansas (?) and started a store. (This is only a half-memory for I read the book some time ago), Ascfar-as American historians and Stimpsons are concerned, ome must mention the truly fortit- uous combination that was George Stimpson, whom I am sure was one of your Maryland Stimpsons, One of his old friends called me up the other day and wondered if we were related, I said not. Ido think howewer that since this George lived here in Washington that he may well hate been related to the Lazenbys' traveling companions. Problem of names, When *,? ~ Wonder if the"R, » is for t is for in name, Thank YOu again for your note, Sincerely, Mag € Mhioscn In the Washington Post of July 12, 1959, is a feature story, W er picture, of ef Bellingham, Wash., who Mary E. Stimpson, is working on a scholarship, and is at- tached to the effice of Senator Jackson. She says her father was brought here from England at six weeks old by his parents. I gave Miss Stimpson the Maryland tradi- tion, not too well known, that the Stimpsons came to Maryland, the "Free State" frem New England, to get from under Puritan rule. Mary BE. Lazenby July 31, 1959. 2333 NEBRASKA AVENUE WASHINGTON 16, D. c July 31, ..1959. Deer Mr. Swann: After two weeks of around 90 degrees, more or lesa, I still have pep enough to pass along the Mary Bb. Stimpson note with the suggestion that it might be dropped in the Stimpson file. I must have sent down some time 7 om what I have on that family background. Une thing I do not have in what I sent you is a list of the eighteen children JO0QRGQNDUDONOGOOUMOODGODDUGOUSOUR XX Z00000% which is found in Blanchard's History of Morgan, Monroe and Boone County, Ind., of Henry and Amy Brandon Stimson, who came to Iredell from Halifax Co., Va. His son, Frasmus F., born in Iredell, 1829, says he was the fifth. The point is that the feurth one was George, and could heve been the George referred to by Miss Stimpson. I hope you are taking things with great ease till this extreme heat has passed and that you and Mrs. Swann are well, J) As ever, Mase 4 : cat - helped. He lugged buckets of water to-get photographie eqitt ~An Artist ~ file very first experiences with tant name, in-photograpy a. are some that Ben this entire area of North C . som will probably, never for- get. After leaving Mulberry Street Period of Servier. Schoo! each day be went to his Attached to Base fathe>’s studio, in an old wooden ber foriy-tive in Te ing over what is now the %-"ey technician durhig W © ants ahd Farmers Bank, and 1, Ben Stimson: was "is net to th studio from the public well @ French mai jon Booad Street; he ran errands. he made up a priceless for:his father, W. J, Stimson; and of pictures of Prance: he dabbled in chemicals, wiping jon, Nancy, Toule, Bis hands ou his clothes, boylike, birthplace and shrives. ‘wntil, one morning, dressed and Arc and Nantes, birthpla Soumet at breakfast, his mother es Verne; shots of old ied in dismay, “How on earth ermen drying their neta; jou get all those funny-looking ¢s rolling inte the hes les burned in your Glothes?” _, wounded: soktiers, F fie’ was fifty-three years ago made during the war. , + aad Ben Stimsen has been American soldiers #8 earning photography ever since; shipped out from the from the earliesi photographic pro- whole war story was | @rsses which employed what was & camera in the hands of “ eglled color-blind emulsions coated |... a man interested in ign giass plate, to the ofthechro- around him, tends and stra atic and panchromatic emulsions alike. This partieman ie & wsed in the twenfles , , . . pictures is recorded: éyning that the color was sensi- of Base Hospital. ‘ive in that it reproduced color Medical College: alues in shades of grey-to-black Richmond. _.. tothe modern, rapid, and Back in the U.S.A, aeien!ifically-perfect methods of to- took over hig. father sy. Simson has been an impor- |W. 4. nat es | “The school at Leonard's {s | | Progressing~nigely. Mr. Spurgeon | / Grose of North Iredel] and Miss | Naomi Massey of Cool Springs | | are the teachers.” {| | mark, November “There passed throdgh neighborhood on last sday | awhite dog supposed to be mad. | He bit the negro boy at D. H. | Powell's and several dogs, all that he met with; attacked some school children and after they had given him the road. bit onc through the dress, He nassed out of this county into Davie, going in the direction of Cala- han.—Settle, N.C." , “While J. I. Hoover and family of Barringer’s township were at- tending the sale of R. S. Rit- chie's effects on the 19th their | house was broken into and rob. bed of $30 in cash, a pistol and two razors.”’ | Constables elected at the gen- | eral election were C. D. Connor in Statesville township, J, W. | Chamberlain in Eagle Mills | township, W. B. Campbell in / Olin township, S. A. Wagner in | Barringer township, A, L, Ken- | nedy in Davidson township, R. T. Cowan in Chambersburg town- ship, W. W. Henderson in Union Grove township, T. B. Lemley in Fallstown township and R. P. Scroggs in Shiloh township." J. P. Caldwell, editor of the Landmark, was attacked by the brothers of J, B. Connelly, late clerk of the Superior Court, who had been presented for embez- ziement and forgery. “While Walter engaged the editor in front, Oliver attacked him from the side and behind. The fight was altogether in the store from the front door to the back. The editor was at a disadvantage in that he had on his overcoat. Nevertheless he emerged ‘from the difficulty, disordered but with whole bones. Walter got knocked down, knocked flat, got dirt on his back; Oliver had no bad luck at all—you have to catch ’em before you can hurt ‘em. Caldwell got a bloody nose, and a cat scratch under his left eye. The case went before E. B. Stimson, ESas a med whe | COMMIS tach $25 amt costs and | disetrarged the editor,” i Miss Gay Lovelace . ee PMS ec ies: RSI: 82 et le ily Aa Po. RB. 514 " Bonkam, Vexas 75418 6=3~68 Dear Mr. Swann: Agaia, I thank you so much, I have letter of Mr, Newman and his comments material concerning Gov Francis Lovelace I am also enclosing a tid=bit on you may want to keep for your files, information that he came to Texas before William and Sarah Holman Lovelace and must have been with him, I am trying my best to round up the later genera the Lovelaces. ; ‘ This is such a fascinating hobby. ' ings some of the most charming and compassionate people in the are interested in genealogy, Rec from Mrs. R. Shaefer Heard, Box 246, written me in response to Mra, wey and she is not well, Mrs. Turner still lives at i Road, Dallas, Texas, You gave me a copy of Mr, Newman's lette: dated Oct. 29,1953 when Bill & I were in Statesville, I'm just now getting around to contacting Mrs, Turner, I have ; e had information from Clark Hibbard whose p residence - is im 917 Davis, Ardmore, Okle and whose residence ig 712 NE 2ist., City, Okla. Mr. Roy R Holman, Rt 5, Box 107, Sedalia, Mo sent me very interesting Holman his« tory. 4 In your letter dated 8-28-56, you indicate that you have | the Lovelace line since Francis Lovelace (1621-1675), iis son Edward died 1714. John B died 1765. Charles died 179% in Ire« dell Ceo and his son, Themes died 1829, I wonder if this material on Francis & his son Edward, and 01 ne ¥ be substantiated or shal] 1 depend on « Newman ¢ cad 1 our’, The “Simmens are plentiful and lace Sunday, opossum hunting has started of the Popl up, but.dogs are scarce, so the _Jittle boys will have. to. depend. toe thelr smi" 1 drove up near the door of John W. Heath and bawled, ‘Hurrah for the Hars!’ The statement is: absolutely false and nothing but +a milicious heart could con ceive and bring forth such a lie. — Robert V, Tharpe.” “The tower of the Methodist | qhurch is receiving a new coat | of paint.” “Revenie collections at Statesville stamp office during September aggregated. Cotton Mills. He will give up his business here and go there to 2333 NEBRASKA AVENUE WASHINGTON 16, D. Cc. ty [L 4 Lads . afi i (ref Leal At ile rit — bl . 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Kia - Milli eee 3, MMilidr, Midlirawl J AL he. wetted “ddidle.) tee dee Md lis:. 3 - kid pita hinted Dipldtda) > —fidee! delat / ae wa Bb iy @ 4 ec! hide 2. bly balled. ( Lutein + Milles A Ulli poh ¥- Pi. Slade Lae MMi Lilt. hf delet (Vers tt he Fait ; ie se [tak fee brought to England April 14, 1909, “The social event of the sea. son wag the marriage of lian Gilmer annual rg December of 1849, nine “at 8:30, spaci e Senet Was the first Us Presiden; to Partors” Were thrown together and | advocate construction of a trang- Were indeed a dream of loveliness ' continental railroad . Lown > 4 ce Ma are $9, ae fk ee ee ) eo akaat / Lo hak on Tyeg Baptist Church have made a quilt. They have placed on this quilt 275 names. It is offered for sale at public auction, May 8, at 6 o'clock. Following the sale of the quilt, the ladies will serve cream and cake on the church ¢ lawn.” “Mrs. Grant Compton of Ost- / (leeds 2 ae 2 aa nel teehee oe. Fag : 2 Ka od i doe ciao. _ JO-S 3 / SFI | wh 6 Stim Pa ‘ ‘ ; . % we ‘ 3 Pe YS ad hi pee me A Ak, : wane +S Peren, donentots ~ et a and As e,Femiin County, o CONBUB. ..; sof 1960 they ine ehih 1% parr oe genie. aged ive nine tens! — ey te Te ie Stinpade- Re Be oe James lig + = + Harriett aie er Darthafia: as All vorn in Ni Oy whi | wim the bs newes de er of nis. ae 2 o u | cat Theop hi | awed the by Cherles Blandiard, J slight variance -#® 0, ferring to the same pe te Brown Coun | gi ve. » Dovember 29, fi | end keft the made tip aixteenth, <> 207 a ovide a of ie ‘sum at f Gyeck, 1 inn tag ate . oud » « « pear ee of a tradtof seid heire ef baad “inneon In 184 Netty Lesenty’ (won: Sf Robert WRowt wild ie at Seervilley -Mde, 1785) gave three acter: 6? land» fer ’ Kigthod tet; ou urch se This grent was reefii rmed by Tenge imbon. Aw y 18, 1829, ™ ae, . Rif. ferent site. a ee OG rama, PR lies Cs vn yl vanis: County Wem inelided 1H Waites tint!) » tout tn. perin< of the Revolution. >. Vi 5 J y 2 ed Ad ¥ c 3; to that tite. In an early Census of Pitthylvanda the leeds x “families mempperee are benjemin, Jereninh, Rachel, en (Mike ea a | WELLS ~ cs rts <i pap nies amare jee end. Will Sook : De 4 y itenthanll sons Jerem: fares - radius , boyd, uite Reohél, There ; were magi. Tee owt = o ut ee et eae } BFS Penh? a 5 Daiigh ters’ Leut VeioLuéy P,.- J . - gen i : Ma eT oy e ] nab b ‘hs ive, Sons mene x tioned but not. name Oo ey mae jy he Ge aha: i, Sate Note. Ge sin d6 knden ‘to Have béen ar, Bo ge Sates who went te sistema, 1 below, * ; Rrasema imaon wa x “Meth Let ister, r bag and Rachel Stimson, J “Mpril 14, iM oy Be Mec in Rot’ creek et o ‘et bi: oe ‘hed first dempietes | Port. the mother of hig son Brapaney Sona , af eae ie~ fi 'y rh wild Book 1, pe 37 e-3 » Blisebeth. Sty i. - Mentioned but not named, pie meme Re S| ag | near the center of Deu to be "Brasmus ‘sabia _yeer of hip. agey* © ere is « legend that Gisd wall to his oni aretiy Th vhiliis Stim salgo unied in ra Creek Cemetery, He @ oa wi & Widow, “Tane | . Statesville, } 548), . Hote, 5 ‘Yone: 1. noticed aivndli stone w bee | im This Jane ins wae the mbeth Wilebhy fire’ wire of Erasmus Stingen,. of 8 Ltesy nnd mother of | lie thildren, the sons — Logan, t and ce 2 ae Te Pi tugaaetare wo grande mT » ROMSOCA A, Sten call. granddaughter Sally Anh St ns , Vig Prion, and sone Thomas By. and Figtohar We St! jae sd Cimpwen Bamily of the: way’ Mens, by Robert Collyer Whittier: > derives. eer of Stevenson in exrly records oe ‘ahaa ye a ae A good many. pedpth, Ts Ossible the Sti — or pCR Dipti Veetete ie im Lend, OFFICE OF P. L. Mureny, M. 0., Surrawrenvent, WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA INSANE ASYLUM, MORGANTON, N. C. ae fg Voy oa Eb Rh ASE Copied by Fay Levolacs, Bex 514, Benham, Texas 75412 on Ute 2) 1972, From BIOGRAPHICAL SOUVENIR whieh was pub= lished by Battey & Company, Chicage, Chicago inlfE89 A Nototion of the flyleaf is, "Conteining Mhogrsphical Sketehes of the Representative Publie and many “erly Settled Fanilies® os v ee. 4 fet yen te bee Thomas oe : "Thomas B Stimpson was bern in ‘orth Caroling Yovember bs 1&24 and ds « sen of Beswall and Pachel (Stimpsen) »tlmpson, waswall jtimpeon died in Nerth Carolina en 1°26 and his “iuew departed this life ea 1855, © Thomas Baswall Stimpsen was reared in Nerth Corolina ant Gains to inxas in 1854. Im May 1364 he enlisted in the Confederate Army under Captein Rutherford in e@ Texas regiment and serveduntil the declaration ef peace. INXIK@In 125) he married Miss .achel Elizabeth Lovelace, daughter of Wil- liam Lev: lace and te this unign he béen bern eight ehildren namely, Aiea, ig James Hg 4 Kg Sarah By Alige J; Tneras '3 Ls and ijanche, Mr. stimpson owns a farm of 483 acress las prospered in his woeation as an agriml- trist, ond is a consistent member of the Methodist Moises Church jieuth, * ; tation by Fay Lovelace, ‘The above may have not in line with ov ry detail as recorded, 2. \. rere ie Has eee te ‘ 2 ge Net oy ay a a 4 N Uh. yal L ew <<. 4 eg a a heed Ler caeb TF cake