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January 7, 1890, The Charlotte News (Mecklenburg Co,
NC)
Still Leaving Union County: A
large party of white emigrants from Beaver Dam, Monroe and Ames', arrived in
the city last night on the Carolina Central passenger train. Their baggage,
amounting to a car load, came in on a freight train preceeding (sic) the
passenger train. There were 75 white people in the party, and they were bound
for Arkansas. This is the second party of white people to emigrate from Union
county within a few weeks past.
January 7, 1890, Charlotte Chronicle (Mecklenburg
County, NC)
EMIGRATION AGENTS: They Were
Working in Charlotte Yesterday, and Made Some Converts.
Emigration
agents have struck Charlotte. Yesterday all day long groups of negroes could be
seen at different places on the streets. They usually surrounded a white man, who
was constantly portraying, in a very impassioned manner, the superior
advantages and inducements offered by Arkansas and other Southwestern States. A
CHRONICLE reporter, in his rounds yesterday, frequently stumbled upon
the agent and his eager and interested hearers (sic). Occasionally some of the
negroes who are opposed to the emigration movement would argue the question,
but the glowing picture of the great Southwest contrasted with what the agent
called the depressed condition of affairs in North Carolina, in many cases,
convinced the darkies that the objective point of the emigrant is far superior
in every aspect to North Carolina.
The
agent began work in Charlotte yesterday, and the reporter learned that some of
the negroes are already seriously considering exodusting (sic).
The
agent said that he wanted to establish a settlement in Woodruff county,
Arkansas, but that he will take emigrants to Mississippi, Alabama, or other
parts of Arkansas. He says that he wants to secure 50 white families, and will
take any number of negroes, from 50 to 500. Farms, provisions, and railroad
fare are offered on the same conditions upon which so many have already gone.
The agent may get enough negroes and whites, too, to fill his orders, but many
of the Charlotte negroes are averse to the idea of trying the realities of the
other side of the Mississippi.
January 8, 1890, Charlotte Chronicle (Mecklenburg
Co, NC)
MORE EMIGRANTS: The movement
from North Carolina to the South and West Continues.
An emigrant train in charge of J.W. HICKS, passed through Charlotte Monday night. There were two carloads of negroes and about 100 white people. One man said that he had his wife, two sons and daughters, and 21 grand-children along with him. The whites were from Union and Moore counties, and were on their way to Texas and Arkansas. Another batch of emigrants passed through yesterday morning. There were about 200 negroes and a few white families. All of them were from the eastern counties, and were on their way to Alabama. The negroes said that the exodus movement will continue active, and that many more negroes will leave soon. They were in good spirits, and seemed hopeful.
January 8, 1890, THE ATLANTA CONSTITUTION (Atlanta, Georgia)
-Leary, Ga. – Jan. 6 – Cards are
out for the marriage of Miss Virginia T. CURRY, of Baker, the adjoining
county to this (Calhoun), to Mr. Walter J. HUNTLEY, of Wadesboro, N. C.,
on the 8th instant, the marriage to take place at the home of the
bride’s father, Rev. W. L. CURRY.
Miss Virginia is one of the most accomplished young ladies of this
entire section. She came home from North
Carolina about two months ago, where she had been for two years, occupying a
position as a teacher in one of the educational institutions of that state.
Friday, January 10, 1890,
THE CHARLOTTE DEMOCRAT (Mecklenburg County, NC)
-...Mr. R.V. HOUSTON proposed to donate an acre lot lying just north of the
cotton platform, for the purpose of building a co-operative cotton factory.
Friday, January 17, 1890,
THE CHARLOTTE DEMOCRAT (Mecklenburg County, NC)
-The STEWART estate property was sold at public auction on Monday. the
sale amounted to $7,350. the hotel building was bid off by Mr. J. ASHCRAFT at $4,600; the store house on
South LaFayette street was bought by Mr. J.C. BLAKENEY and Mr. J.W. ASHCRAFT.
Mr. BLAKENEY getting the upper room
at $1,400 and Mr. ASHCRAFT the lower
one at $1,300. MONROE ENQUIRER.
(photocopy)
-Married in Monroe, Union
County, on the 7th inst., Mr. O.P. WIMBERLY
of Texas, and Miss Ida R., daughter of Sheriff J.P. HORN.
-Married in Union County, Lanes
Creek, on the 5th inst., Mr. Uriah SADLOCK,
of Texas, and Mrs. Mary J. BIVENS.
Also, Mr. J.A. ASHCRAFT and Miss
Wilma RUSHING.
-The following jurors were drawn
to serve at the February term of Superior Court of Union county [alphabetized
here for easier searching]:
First week: C.A. ASHCRAFT,
T.E. ASHCRAFT, G.D. AUSTIN, GEO. W. BAILEY, R.T. BARRETT,
Ashley BAUCOM, Hilliard W. BELK, W.A. BENTON, S.B. BUNDY,
Eli CONDER, J.J. COX, J.J. CROW, H.G. GREEN, Milton
C. HAGLER, S.B. HART, R.J. HEMBY, R.A. HUDSON, G.S.
LEE, T.C. LEE, W.D. LILES, Jr., J.O.A. LITTLE, John
A. LONG, W.A. LOVE, Garrison MEDLIN, Myers MEDLIN,
B.F. MOORE, Jacob OUTEN, Peter A. PARKER, H. PRESLAR,
S.J. RICHARDSON, D.C. ROBINSON, John H. ROBINSON, J.C. SIKES,
James R. STEWART, J.D. TAYLOR, E.J. TYSON.
Second week: A.D. AUSTIN,
N.W. BIVENS, John W. BYRUM, J.M. CAMPBELL, K.R. GORDON,
B.G. GRAHAM, Edmund W. GRIFFIN, W.A. HAMILTON, A.M. HOWIE,
R.H. HOWIE, M. LICHTENSTEIN, R.W. MOSER, W.W. NORWOOD,
P.E. PERRY, W.W. REID, R.E.WARLICK, Thomas E. WILLIAMS.
Third week: Jos. M. AUSTIN,
James C. BAILEY, L.R. BELK, Calvin BROOM, J.E. CHANEY,
I.A. CLONTZ, G.F. CROWELL, J.S. DeLANEY, J.Q. GRIFFIN,
Marley GRIFFIN, T.B. HAMILTON, Allen HARRIS, S.G. HOWIE,
J.H. LEE, B.F. NIVEN, J.P. ROGERS, Z.P. RONE.
(photocopy)
Friday, January 24, 1890,
THE CHARLOTTE DEMOCRAT (Mecklenburg County, NC)
-J.F. LITTLE, from near Beaver Dam, Union county, a white boy, aged
probably sixteen years, turns out to be the fellow who burglarized Dave FOREMAN’S store in this town on the
night of December 15th last, and again on the night of January 7th. Officer U.
F. HAITHCOCK arrested LITTLE at the home of John E. FESPERMAN...
Friday, January 31, 1890, THE
CHARLOTTE DEMOCRAT (Mecklenburg County, NC)
-Mr. John C. BATES, of Aspen, Colorado, reached Monroe last Friday and left
Tuesday afternoon. Mr. BATES was a
resident of this county for ten or eleven years and left here about four years
ago, since which time he has resided at Aspen, Colorado, and has been engaged
in mining enterprises. He has recently gained a mining suit which involved
about $6,000,000... Monroe Express.
(photocopy)
-Attempt At Barn Burning - Mr.
Thos. A. PRICE, who lives near Mill
creek, seven miles from Monroe, came very near losing his barn by fire last
Monday morning...he found that his barn had been set on fire...Monroe Register. (photocopy)
-A Maine Visitor – Mr. Hiram M. PAUL, from the northern part of
Maine, has spent a few days here examining the land around here with a view of
purchasing and settling. He says that when he left home, ten days ago, the snow
was a foot and a half deep, and the thermometer indicated a temperature of 45
degrees below zero… (photocopy)
February 6, 1890, THE LANDMARK (Statesville, Iredell County, North Carolina)
-The Monroe Enquirer and
Express. A curious case is reported to us from Goose Creek township. Mr. J.
F. BELK, of that township, has a daughter 8 years of age, who, although
she has perfectly good use of her tongue and talks freely with all other
members of the family, cannot be induced to speak to her father. She will sit upon his knee and allow him to
fondle her, but has never be known to speak to him. He has tried every device to get her to do
so, but without avail. If her mother
sends her to the field on an errand she will take one of the other children
along to deliver the message. The
circumstance, as is to be imagined, gives Mr. BELK a good deal of
uneasiness, as he does not know how to account for it. It seems to be simply a freak of the
child. There is not a doubt of the truth
of the above. We doubt if it has ever
had a parallel.
Friday, February 7, 1890,
THE CHARLOTTE DEMOCRAT (Mecklenburg County, NC)
-Died in Union County, on the 30th ult., Mr. Michael OSBORNE, aged 81 years.
February 14, 1890, THE ATLANTA CONSTITUTION (Atlanta, Georgia)
-Charlotte, N.C., February 13. –
[Special] A very remarkable case of attempted highway robbery is reported
tonight from Cabarrus county. Yesterday,
Jona LITTLE, a Stanly county merchant, was returning home through the
country in a covered wagon, which was loaded with merchandise, and when about
ten miles out of Concord, he heard a childish voice near his wagon call out,
“Halt there.” LITTLE stopped his
wagon, and raising the canvas a queer sight met his eyes. A thirteen-year-old boy in knee breeches
stood by his wagon, and with a double-barrelled gun leveled square at him,
commanded the driver: “Throw up your hands, or off goes your head.” LITTLE was dumbfounded, but seeing
from the lad’s eyes that he meant business, up went his hands in compliance
with the youth’s command. The young
highwayman was prepared to overhaul the wagon, when the Stanly merchant suddenly
jumped down upon him, and before the lad could realize the change of situation,
he was slapped down and his gun taken from him.
Getting on his feet, he ran for dear life. His name was Willie COLEMAN, the son
of a Cabarrus county farmer.
Friday, February 21, 1890,
THE CHARLOTTE DEMOCRAT (Mecklenburg County, NC)
-Married in Monroe, on the 19th
inst., Mr. Eli HENDERSON of
Clear Creek, and Miss Jane FLOW, daughter of G.W. FLOW.
-Married in Lancaster County,
S.C., on the 11th inst., Mr. W.T. CASKEY
of Lancaster County and Miss Nancy L. MEDLIN,
of Union County, NC
Friday, March 14, 1890,
THE CHARLOTTE DEMOCRAT (Mecklenburg County, NC)
-At Monroe last week, the final
sale of the property of the STEWART
Hotel building was bought by Mr. B.A. EVANS, of White Plains, S.C. the sum
paid for same was five thousand sixty dollars.
Friday, March 21, 1890,
THE CHARLOTTE DEMOCRAT (Mecklenburg County, NC)
-At Monroe...Mr. Hill McCALL... and W.N. WHITE left town ...with the intention of hunting... The gun McCALL was holding slipped
...discharged and ...entered the breast of Mr. McCALL, killing him instantly.
Friday, April 11, 1890,
THE CHARLOTTE DEMOCRAT (Mecklenburg County, NC)
-Some one (sic) set fire to the
barn of Amos C. PARKER, of Buford
township, last night. All the contents, which were two tons of fertilizer, a
wagon or two, and a considerable amount of corn, fodder, etc., were entirely
consumed.
-Died in Union county, on the 5th instant, Mr. Larkin THOMPSON, aged 53 years.
April 24, 1890, THE LANDMARK (Statesville, Iredell County, North Carolina)
-The Monroe correspondent of the
Charlotte Chronicle says E. W. GRIFFIN, a farmer of Union county,
was wounded in the hip during the war, and as the ball remained in his body,
has been lame ever since. While lifting
some heavy objects a day or two ago, the ball was dislodged, and with a small
piece of bone was cast out by the sore.
Thursday, April 24, 1890, MONROE ENQUIRER AND EXPRESS (Union County, NC)
Jackson Township:
-Mr. Walker SIMPSON is
suffering from the mumps.
-Mr. W.E. HELMS has been
suffering for several days with la grippe, but is improving.
-We are glad to state that Mr.
Jas. C. HUEY is some better...
-Dr. G.H. BURGESS
returned last Friday from a trip to the mountains, where he had been visiting
his father.
-We were sorry to hear of the
death of Mr. Charlie BROOM, which occurred last Friday night, in Monroe
township...He was 75 years and nine months old and leaves an aged wife and six
children...
Indian Trail Items:
-The health of the community is
very good at present with the exception of Mr. Eli HEMBY... Mr. Clark HARKEY
has been very sick.
-Mr. A.J. WILLIAMS child,
that was badly scalded some time ago...died on the 3rd inst.
-Our section was visited by a heavy
wind and hail storm on the 9th inst. Mr. John WILSON had his stables
unroofed...Mr. Andrew STARNES had his shop blown down. Messrs. Wm. CARTER
and son had the frames of their houses at Indian Trail badly wrecked...S.C. ROSS
was thrown from his horse during the storm...
-Mr. Luther BOYTE of
Goose Creek, and Miss Melinda YANDLE, daughter of Mr. M.M. YANDLE,
were married last Sunday...
Oak Grove Items:
-The health of this community is
very good. We know of no sickness except two cases of long standing paralysis-Mrs.
Jane M. LONG and Miss Clarinda CLONTZ. Mrs. C.W. LONG has
been confined to her bed for some time on account of a sprained or fractured
limb, caused by a fall.
-Married, on the 17th inst., at
the residence of the bride's father, Mr. J.E. GRIFFIN, Mr. Henry E. POPE
and Miss Ella GRIFFIN...
Lanes Creek Township:
-Died, on last Thursday, infant
son of Mr. Steven MEIGGS, aged two years.
-Miss Dora GREEN, who has
been teaching near Goodman, Anson county, returned home last week.
Items from Gravel Hill:
-Mr. J.L. HAMILTON'S
family is confined with measles...
-Bertha, infant daughter of Mr.
B.F. HASTY, is lying low with pneumonia.
-Misses Lerrie and Blanche HASTY,
are suffering with la grippe.
-Mr. J.W. HASTY, of
Albemarle, who has been visiting friends and relatives in our vicinity,
returned home a few days ago.
Monroe Township:
-Mr. T.A. PRESLEY has
been very poorly, but is improving.
-Mr. O. BAUCOM who has
been sick, is better.
-Union's Oldest Man: Mr. Hutson TAYLOR,
we learn, is 118 years old, or thereabouts...
-Mr. Elisha GRIFFIN has
had a ball taken out of his leg that has been in there 27 years or upwards.
-From Friendship: Mr. Jackson CHANEY,
who was stricken with paralysis on the 14th inst., is still in a helpless
condition...
-Administrators Notice: N.J. McMANUS,
administrator of Mary M. McMANUS, deceased...
Sandy Ridge Township:
-Joseph, a little son of Mr. and
Mrs. W.P. REDWINE, fell and broke his arm the other day...
-Mrs. H.L. ZEDAKER and family
have recently moved to Waxhaw, N.C.
-Mr. S.W. STEWART has
been quite sick with La Grippe but is improving.
-Mr. W.A. ALDRIDGE has
been suffering for some time with a wound he received from the late war.
-Olive Branch Items: Prof. ALDERSON,
who has been conducting our school for the last 8 months, expects to vacate his
work of teaching on the second of May...
-Advertisement: Union
Institute-Trustees: Wm. G. LONG, Ch'm'n,
D. Mac PRICE, Treas.,
E.J. GRIFFIN, Sec., Wm. A. LOVE, Thos. H. BENTON, S.N. PRESSON,
(dec'd.) Principal: O.C. HAMILTON.
-Dissolution of Co-partnership:
...the cotton firm of FAIRLEY & HEATH, composed of J.M. FAIRLEY
and B.D. HEATH, expired on June 1st, 1889. Afterwards, on Sept. 1st,
1889, the firm of HEATH, FAIRLEY & HEATH was organized...
This later firm is also this day dissolved. The old business of latter firm
will be continued in liquidation and wound up by May 1st, 1890, under the
management of O.P. HEATH... O.P. HEATH, B.D. HEATH, J.M. FAIRLEY.
-Mr. Amos PARKER has sold
his farm, consisting of about 300 acres, lying in Buford township... Mr. Parker
will go west.
-On Monday morning a little
child of Mr. Pierce ROGERS, of Buford township, was bitten by a supposed
mad dog...
-Baxter Hilton SIMPSON,
son of C.N. SIMPSON and wife M.R. SIMPSON, met his death by
falling into the well in his father's yard, on Friday, April 18th, 1890.... age
2 years, 10 months and 14 days...
-Administrators Notice: H.A. WINCHESTER
and B.J. WINCHESTER, administrators of W.G. WINCHESTER,
deceased...
-Mr. D.B. WOLFE has gone
to Baltimore for the purpose of taking a course in book keeping.
-Mr. H.F. McPherson expects to spend the
summer in Baltimore. His address is 208 West Franklin Street.
-Col. Russell ROGERS, one
of the old landmark's of the county, was in town Tuesday.
-Dr. John R. DRAKE is in
town this week. He has been spending some time in Greensboro since leaving
Monroe.
-Mr. T.P. DILLON and
wife, who have been residing in Charlotte for the past seven of eight months,
have returned to Monroe...
-Mr. John JOHNSON and
wife of Montana, are here visiting Mrs. J.D. PARKER, who is a sister of
Mr. JOHNSON. Mr. JOHNSON is a civil engineer and has been in the
employ of the government for the past eight years.
-The family of Mr. B.G. GRAHAM
will [leave] today for Laurinburg, which place they will make their future
home. Mr. Graham has been
in Laurinburg several weeks where he is engaged in the drug business...
-Mr. E.W. GRIFFIN, of
Goose Creek township, is a happy man. Mr. GRIFFIN was wounded in the
battle of Fredericksburg over 27 years ago. He was sitting down at the time and
the ball entered his thigh and ranged upward, and lodged against his hip bone,
but its exact location could never be discovered, and Mr. GRIFFIN has
carried the ball all of these years and has been lamed more or less by it. On
last Friday, Mr. GRIFFIN, while trying to dislodge a root, felt the ball
break loose from its long resting place and fall down in the channel of the
wound. That night his son Luther sharpened up his knife and cut the ball out,
and now Mr. GRIFFIN prizes it as his most valuable relic. Mr. Griffin was a good soldier in the
time that tried men's souls; he is now a good farmer, a good Alliance man and a
good citizen generally. We congratulate him.
Friday, April 25, 1890,
THE CHARLOTTE DEMOCRAT (Mecklenburg County, NC)
-A most distressing accident
occurred at Monroe last Friday. The children of C.N. SIMPSON, having through curiosity, removed the covering from a well
which is being dug in the yard, were playing around the same, when Baxter, a
three-year old child, approaching too near it, fell in and striking his head
against a rock, was instantly killed
-Married at Whitaker’s, S.C., Mr. George DAVIS and Miss Irene HUMPHRIES, all of Cleveland County, N.C.
May 8, 1890, THE LANDMARK (Statesville, Iredell County, North Carolina)
-Monroe Enquirer-Express:
Judge FLOW’S bar room, which was located on a high embankment on the
side of the WOLFE Pond road, a mile and a half south of town, was turned
over into the road the other night and the jugs and bottles smashed.
Friday, May 9, 1890,
THE CHARLOTTE DEMOCRAT (Mecklenburg County, NC)
-Rev. J.D.A. SECREST, of Monroe township, is the
possessor of a relic of the Revolutionary war; which he values very highly. It
is a musket, which was captured at the Battle of King’s Mountain by Maj. John SECREST, who was a brother of Mr. SECREST’S grandfather, and it has been
in the SECREST family ever since.
When Mr. SECREST’S father, a few
years ago, gave him the gun, he cautioned him particularly never to let it go
out of the family, and when Mr. SECREST
started to bring it to town with him a few days ago, his son was earnest in his
request that it should not be sold. The gun is a flint and steel musket-and it
never misses fire. It is Mr. SECREST’S
companion on his hunting expeditions, and he assured us that he has brought
down many a fine “gobbler” with it. It is 6 feet 7 inches long including the
bayonet, and weighs 13 pounds. On the upper end of the lock are the letters and
figures E D G E -1760. On the right hand side of the lock is an engraving of a
crown and underneath it the letters G R I P . On the left of the lock are the
figures 8-30. The gun is well preserved and in the hands of a “good shot” is
just as capable of doing deadly execution as in the day when it was used to
shoot down THE PATRIOT soldiers of the Revolution.-MONROE ENQUIRER.
Friday, May 16, 1890,
THE CHARLOTTE DEMOCRAT (Mecklenburg County, NC)
-The municipal elections at Monroe,
on the 5th, resulted as follows: For Mayor-C.H. POLLEY, 150; S.S.S. McCAULEY-127.
For Commissioners-J.R. ENGLISH-264;
J.M. FAIRLEY, 250; W.F. MORGAN, 257; John SHUTE, 212; A.F. STEPHENS,
152; A.M. CROWELL, 138; J. Millen STEWART, 35. The first five were
elected.
-Last night, the citizens of
Monroe were aroused by the alarm of fire. The residence belonging to Mr. S.L. GARDNER, was found to be in
flames...Rev. J.F. WASHBURNE, pastor
of Monroe circuit, informs us that Shiloh Methodist Church, 3 miles south of
Monroe, was also burned last night...
-Jurors for Federal Court -
Union county - Joseph R. WINCHESTER,
G.W. HELMS, John E.W. AUSTIN, John SHUTE, Calvin ROGERS,
Benson STARNES, W.H. KLUTZ.
-Married in Union county, on the
7th inst., Mr. Will DAVIDSON of
Charlotte, and Miss Maggie SIMPSON
of Monroe.
-Died in Cabarrus county recently, Mr. Obediah W. HAMPTON,
aged 41 years.
Friday, May 30, 1890, THE
CHARLOTTE DEMOCRAT (Mecklenburg County, NC)
-Died in Cabarrus County, on the
17th inst., Annie, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J.P. HORNBUCKLE, aged 19
years.
-Died at Harrisburg, on the 25th inst., Mrs. HARRIS,
aged 85 years.
Friday, June 6, 1890,
THE CHARLOTTE DEMOCRAT (Mecklenburg County, NC)
-Married in Union county, on the
25th ult., Mr. G. H. LOVE and Miss P. H. BIGGERS.
Friday, June 13, 1890,
THE CHARLOTTE DEMOCRAT (Mecklenburg County, NC)
-Rev. C. W. ROBINSON, who
has been pastor of the Presbyterian Church in Monroe for nearly three years, preached
his farewell sermon Sunday night... His family will move to Charlotte next
week.
-Died in Concord, on the 6th
inst., Nellie, infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R.A. BROWN, aged 4
months.
Friday, June 20, 1890,
THE CHARLOTTE DEMOCRAT (Mecklenburg County, NC)
-Died in Union county, on the
6th inst., Mrs. Bethany SNIDER, aged 60 years.
Friday, June 27, 1890,
THE CHARLOTTE DEMOCRAT (Mecklenburg County, NC)
-A new post office, by the name
of Sincerity, has been established at the residence of Mr. I. A. CLONTZ,
nine miles from Monroe, on the route between here and Olive Branch...
-It is with pleasure that we
note the fact that Mr. E. K. WOLFE of Monroe has been elected to the
professorship of higher mathematics in a college in Neosha, Missouri...
-Mr. S.L. MULLIS, of
Goose Creek township reports that on the last day of May, while in the clover
patch near the house, his little son, who was with him, was bitten on the foot
by a black adder...
-Died in Union county, on the 18th inst., Mr. James
C. HUEY, aged 51 years.
-Maggie MAXWELL, daughter
of Washington MAXWELL, was burned to death last Saturday...about 12
years of age... Concord Standard
Friday, July 4, 1890,
THE CHARLOTTE DEMOCRAT (Mecklenburg County, NC)
-Married in Monroe, on the 25th ult., Dr. J. E. ASHCRAFT
and Miss Rosa ANDREWS, daughter of Maj. L. D. ANDREWS.
-Died in Monroe, on the 24th
ult., Mrs. HART, widow of Maj. W. H. HART, aged 76 years.
-Died in Union county on the
25th ult., Mrs. Bessie LANEY, wife of Mr. G. W. LANEY of Monroe.
Mrs. LANEY was the daughter of Dr. PARKS of Mecklenburg County.
Friday, July 11, 1890,
THE CHARLOTTE DEMOCRAT (Mecklenburg County, NC)
-Died in Union county, Sandy
Ridge township, on the 28th ult., Mr. R. M. MOORE, aged 50 years.
-The Wadesboro Brown Stone Quarry
has received the contract to furnish the brown stone to be used in the
construction of the government buildings to be erected at Asheville and
Statesville – Wadesboro Messenger. (photocopy)
-The Presbyterian church at Waxhaw
is now receiving the finishing touch. This is one of the prettiest churches in
the county. The first sermon was preached in this church on Sunday, 22nd,
by Rev. Mr. COCHRAN, of Mecklenburg. Monroe Register (photocopy)
Friday, July 18, 1890,
THE CHARLOTTE DEMOCRAT (Mecklenburg County, NC)
-Died in Phillipsburg, NJ, on
the 14th inst., Miss Florence BERNHEIM, daughter of Rev. G.D. BERNHEIM.
She was a native of Mt. Pleasant, Cabarrus County.
Friday, July 25, 1890,
THE CHARLOTTE DEMOCRAT (Mecklenburg County, NC)
-Died in Cabarrus county, on the
12th inst., Mr. M.A. HARRIS, aged 72 years.
-Died in Cabarrus county, on the
14th inst., little son of Mr. Allen BOST, aged 5 years.
Friday, August, 8, 1890,
THE CHARLOTTE DEMOCRAT (Mecklenburg County, NC)
-Died in Huntersville, on the 12th ult., at the
residence of his son in law, Mr. R.B. HUNTER, Mr. John M. CANNON,
aged 85 years. Mr. CANNON was a highly respected citizen of Cabarrus
county. He was one of the first subscribers to the , and continued a subscriber
and read it every week as long as he could read.
Friday, August 15, 1890,
THE CHARLOTTE DEMOCRAT (Mecklenburg County, NC)
-Eugene LITAKER, a son of Capt. Jim LITAKER,
of Cabarrus county, shot himself Monday and will probably die. He is about 32 years
old and had been known as a sober and industrious man...
Friday, August 22, 1890,
THE CHARLOTTE DEMOCRAT (Mecklenburg County, NC)
-Eugene LITAKER, the young Cabarrus man who
shot himself a few days ago, died last Wednesday. A disappointment in love is
said to have caused his suicide.
Friday, August 29, 1890,
THE CHARLOTTE DEMOCRAT (Mecklenburg County, NC)
-Mr. John W. HOWIE, of
Pleasant Grove neighborhood, has 7 acres of cotton in one field, which the best
of judges say will average a bale to the acre... Mr. HOWIE is a young
man, only twenty three or twenty four years old...
-Died in Cabarrus county, on the
22d inst., Mrs. Jane E. HARRIS, wife of the late Shakespeare HARRIS,
aged 70 years.
Friday, September 5, 1890,
THE CHARLOTTE DEMOCRAT (Mecklenburg County, NC)
-Died in Cabarrus county, on the
22nd ult., Mrs. W.S. HARRIS, aged 66 years.
Friday, September 12, 1890,
THE CHARLOTTE DEMOCRAT (Mecklenburg County, NC)
-Married in Monroe, on the 10th
inst., by Rev. P. J. CARAWAY, Mr. PHIFER, of Florida and Miss
Florence HOUSTON.
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Union County’s Civil War Veterans Reunion
of 1890
The Charlotte Democrat, September 12,
1890 (photocopy)
Veterans Reunion and Barbecue
The
Veterans of Union county met at the Court House on Wednesday, the 20th of
August, 1890, in an Annual Reunion, Geo.
C. McLARTY, Colonel Commanding, presiding, and T. D. McCAULEY, Adjutant, acting as Secretary.
The minutes of the last Annual Reunion were read
and approved. The following veterans came forward, gave in their names and were
enrolled in the organization, to wit:
A. J. CUTHBERTSON, Co H, 7th N.C. Regt.
W. C. SIMPSON, Co H, 7th N.C. Regt.
J. M. BROOM, 6th N.C. Regt.
J. M. BROOM, 6th N.C. Regt.
[name repeated in article]
J. A. POLK, Co K, 6th N.C. Regt.
J. J. HARKEY, Co F, 49th Regt.
Saluthie HELMS, Co A, 48th Regt.
W. H. AYCOCK, Co B, 43rd Regt.
W. P. WILLIAMS, Co I, 48th Regt.
R. A. G. DAVIS, Co B, 53rd Regt.
J. W. HELMS, Co C, 1st Cavalry
E. W. TOMBERLIN, Co C, 1st Cavalry
A. J. PHIFER, Senior Reserves
Also, the following named
persons formerly belonging to Co H, 42d N.C. Regt. :
A. G. R. NANCE
Jno. DRAKE
J. H. DRAKE
J. D. TAYLOR
Daniel THOMAS
After
the transaction of some other business, the veterans adjourned to “Stewart Grove,” where a table had been
spread under the direction of Capt. J.
E. W. AUSTIN, Commissary in Chief, and his corps of assistants.
At
least one thousand persons partook of the feast. The whole of the proceedings at
the table were well arranged, well conducted, and orderly, and there was a
sufficiency of well cooked provisions for all.
Upon
the meeting being again called to order a short address was delivered by T. D. McCAULEY, Adjutant, in which the
necessity of more perfect and thorough organization was set forth. He was
followed by the Colonel who, in a forcible manner, spoke of the necessity
of organizing a “Permanent Relief
Association” for the benefit of indigent soldiers, their widows and orphans,
and suggested that a fund be created by quarterly assessments of 25 cents each
on such members of the Association as would pledge themselves to contribute for
this purpose.
The
election of officers being in order, the following officers were elected for
the ensuing year: Geo. C. McLARTY,
Colonel; B. F. RICHARDSON, Lieut.
Colonel; Bartley BENTON, Major; T.D. McCAULEY, Adjutant; W.A. LOVE, Treasurer.
All
of the company officers, heretofore elected at the last annual reunion and
whose names are published in the report of that meeting, were re-elected to
serve for the next ensuing year.
The
following resolution was unanimously adopted:
Whereas,
The success of the barbecue this day enjoyed by us, has been much assisted by
the zeal, energy and kindness of certain young ladies connected with the
contribution committees, and whose names have been reported to us; now
therefore be it,
Resolved,
That in these young ladies we recognize the true and perfect type of the
genuine “Southern Girl,” and as worthy daughters of those matrons whose
heroism, in the dark days of the South, is an honor to all womanhood.
There
being no further business, the Association adjourned to meet again in Monroe,
N.C., on the first Tuesday in August, 1891.
By
order of the Colonel Commanding.
T.D. McCAULEY, Adj’t.
Monroe Register
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Friday, September 19, 1890,
THE CHARLOTTE DEMOCRAT (Mecklenburg County, NC)
-Died in Monroe, on the 16th
inst., Mrs. J. T. HEART, aged 45 years.
-Union County Court-The Fall
term of the Superior court for Union county convened at Monroe last Monday, His
Honor Judge BROWN presiding, F. I. OSBORNE, Solicitor. The Grand
Jurors drawn to serve the present year were as follows: E. A. ARMFIELD,
Foreman; C. W. BREWNER, J. H. BENTON, S. A. WILLIAMS,
Alex. OSBORNE, A. E. RUSHING, J. L. WALKUP, W. M. PERRY,
R. S. AUSTIN, M. C. LONG, W. CUTHBERTSON, I. L. P. SIMPSON,
A. L. PARKER, T. J. EZZELL, W. P. NEELY, W. L. BIGGERS,
Wesley HINSON and O. M. SANDERS. (photocopy)
-W.C. COLEMAN, of Concord, and the wealthiest
colored man in the State, took thirteen premiums at the New Bern fair recently
held. (photocopy)
-At Mill Hill, Cabarrus county, is
a house that was built over sixty years ago by Mr. Jacob STIREWALT, the
grandfather of Miss Julia STIREWALT. The piazza columns are of solid
heart pine, eighteen inches in diameter, and have stood there over sixty years,
and yet they show no signs of decay. The piazza floor is laid in pine and white
oak alternatively. This Mr. STIREWALT did to test the two specimens of
lumber. The pine is yet smooth and in solid condition, while the oak is worn
rough and is giving away to age-the action of heat and cold.-Concord Standard. (photocopy)
-A Bullet which was Carried Twenty Eight Years: At the Battle of Cold
harbor, on the 27th of June, 1862, Rev. E.E. PREESLY [PRESSLY?], now Pastor of Amity Associate Reformed Presbyterian church
of this county, received a minnie ball in his right leg at the ankle joint,
while he was kneeling and loading. The surgeons could not find the ball. He was
operated upon in 1863, but without results, and again three years ago, in like
manner fruitlessly. Meantime the ball, which has been a constant source of
irritation was working outward, and last Saturday Dr. M.W. GIBSON cut
into the leg and got it out. The sense of relief which Mr. PREESLY
experienced is inexpressible. For more than twenty eight years he has not been
allowed to forget that he was carrying the ball about with him…. (partial
photocopy)
September 26, 1890, Charlotte Chronicle (Mecklenburg Co., NC)
-Married at the Temple of Justice – Paul Hagler and Mrs. Amelia Whitley, of Mecklenburg county, were married yesterday at the new Temple of Justice, by Esq. D.G. Maxwell.
[note: Paul Hagler was
born 1831 in Anson Co., the son of Charles and Elizabeth Hagler who
lived in what later became Union Co. He was 1st married in 1853 in
Union Co. to Jane E. Griffin. “Mrs. Amelia Whitley” was Amelia Braswell,
born 1866 Union Co., the daughter of Penelope Braswell and James Lewis Griffin
(he was married to Margaret A. Cuthbertson York). Amelia was 1st
married about 1889 to a Mr. Whitley.]
Friday, October 3, 1890,
THE CHARLOTTE DEMOCRAT (Mecklenburg County, NC)
-LAND IMPROVEMENT COMPANY-
Monroe, N.C.-A company, of which
Fred C. BEARD is General Manager, and John W. TOWNSEND,
Secretary, has been organized under a liberal charter, and authorized by the
State, granting it power to purchase and develop town and city lots, sell and
dispose of the same. The company has secured option on 385 acres of land in and
adjoining Monroe. About 284 acres of the land lies on the line of the Carolina
Central Railroad, east of the corporation line, and is very valuable for
improvements. The company proposes to lay off
this property into town lots, having broad streets, as fast as the
engineer can do so. Any information, or order for stocks can be had by
addressing J. W. TOWNSEND, Monroe, N.C. (photocopy)
-Capt. B.F. RICHARDSON of
this county, who commanded Co. F, 48th Regiment, N.C. Troops, captured the
sword of a Federal officer in the fight at Ream’s Station, near Petersburg, Va.
in the fall of 1864. On the sword was the following inscription: “Capt. Wilson
W. FAY, 56th Regiment, Mass. Vols. From his mother.” Capt. RICHARDSON
still has the sword in his possession, and he desires to return it to the
owner, if he is still living, or if Capt. FAY is not now living, some member
of his family will receive the sword by
corresponding with Capt. B.F. RICHARDSON, Mt. Prospect, Union county,
N.C. (photocopy)
-Jurors for Cabarrus county
court to commence on the 29th of October:
W.R. LAMBERT, John A. CLINE, John F. FINK,
R.C. WHITE, John R. BRADFORD, J.C. LIPPARD, G.E. FISHER,
R.M. KIMMONS, C.T. ALLISON, M.A. EMERSON, J.L. SHINN,
John A. BARNHARD, (No. 1) Jacob A. CLINE, L.J. FOIL,
Martin BOGER, James P. COOK, E.G. IRVIN, Ed. F. CORRELL,
Alex BOSTIAN, D.G. HOLDBROOKS, D.H. McEACHREN, D.B. MORRISON,
Robt. W. COPE, Noah BLACKWELDER, C.H. FISHER, D.R. HOOVER,
M.A. PROPST, Edmund FOIL, C.L. WALTER, D.L. BOST,
M.W. DORTON, D.M. LIPE, R.M. BOGER, G.C. GOODMAN,
Jr., F.S. GOODMAN, Charles F. WALTER. (photocopy)
Friday, October 10, 1890,
THE CHARLOTTE DEMOCRAT (Mecklenburg County, NC)
-Yesterday evening while
returning home from the fair, Mr. Charlie CRESS, of No. 5 township,
happened to a very severe accident...his horse stumbled, throwing him violently
forward upon the ground, breaking one leg midway between the thigh and the
knee...
-Died in Mt. Pleasant, Cabarrus county, on the 3rd
inst., Mr. Will ROSE.
Friday, October 17, 1890,
THE CHARLOTTE DEMOCRAT (Mecklenburg County, NC)
-Mr. W. P. PLYLER of Mt. Prospect,
has been for two years experimenting with ribbon sugar cane, and has
demonstrated that it can be successfully grown in this section...
-Died in Monroe, on the 11th
inst., Mrs. S. L. MONTGOMERY, wife of Dr. Saml. MONTGOMERY, aged
85 years.
-Died in Cabarrus county, on the
10th inst., Mr. J.A. RUSSELL, aged 65 years.
Friday, October 24, 1890,
THE CHARLOTTE DEMOCRAT (Mecklenburg County, NC)
-Married at Tradesville, SC, on
the 12th inst., Mr. Jule WOLFE of Monroe, NC and Miss Dora POLK.
-Married in Monroe, on the 12th
inst., Mr. Wm. E. BAUCOM and Miss Ada GRIFFIN, all of Union
county.
Friday, October 31, 1890,
THE CHARLOTTE DEMOCRAT (Mecklenburg County, NC)
-Died in Concord, on the 27th
inst., Mr. John C. WINECOFF, aged 35 years.
Friday, November 7, 1890,
THE CHARLOTTE DEMOCRAT (Mecklenburg County, NC)
-Two little sons of Mr. R. P.
REDWINE came near meeting with a horrible death at Wolfsville one day last
week. They were packing lint cotton into a press, when a match which had fallen
among the cotton ignited, and soon the lint was blazing around the boys, and
they would doubtless have been suffocated if relief had not been at hand. As it
was they were painfully, though not seriously burned.
-Married in Union county, Sandy
Ridge township, on the 21st ult., Mr. James E. MORRIS and Miss Emma D. THOMPSON.
Friday, November 14, 1890,
THE CHARLOTTE DEMOCRAT (Mecklenburg County, NC)
-Died in Monroe, on the 3d
inst., little daughter of Mr. James McNEELY, aged 8 years.
-Died in Monroe, on the 6th inst., Mrs. C. E. WOLFE, aged 63 years.
Thursday, November 20, 1890 MONROE REGISTER (Union County, NC)
-Married: Last night at the residence of C. AUSTIN, Esq., by Rev. A. B. CAUDLE, Mr. J. F. GARNER of Darlington, S.C. to Miss Maggie MAY.
-Mrs. Dolly FERGUSON, of Clear Creek township, Mecklenburg county, died on the 9th inst., aged 92 years.
-The obituary of Mr. Thomas W. SANDERS, an excellent and highly esteemed citizen who recently died, will appear next week.
-Olive Branch: Married: Mr. Preston FOWLER to Miss Jane MOORE, on the 9th inst., J. S. SMITH officiating. Mr. Benton BRYANT, to the daughter of Mr. Ashley GRIFFIN. Also, Mr. John AUSTIN to the daughter of Mr. Andrew GRIFFIN.
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Friday, November 21, 1890,
THE CHARLOTTE DEMOCRAT (Mecklenburg County, NC)
-Died in Cabarrus county, on the
10th inst., Maud, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Will JOHNSTON, aged 9 years.
Friday, November 28, 1890,
THE CHARLOTTE DEMOCRAT (Mecklenburg County, NC)
-Married in Monroe, on the 19th
inst., Mr. J. F. GARNER of Darlington, SC, and Miss Maggie MAY.
-Died at Poplar Tent, Cabarrus county, on the 25th
inst., Mr. J.B. HARRIS, aged 43 years.
Friday, December 12, 1890,
THE CHARLOTTE DEMOCRAT (Mecklenburg County, NC)
-The Union county government
changed hands last Friday. Geo. C. McLARTY, who had been Clerk of Court
for eight years, is succeeded by F. H. WOLFE. J. W. BIVENS was
sworn in as Register of Deeds to succeed Mr. WOLFE. J.P. HORN
succeeds himself as Sheriff.
-Died in Cabarrus county, on the
4th inst., Mr. Arch FAGGART, aged 54 years.
Friday, December 26, 1890,
THE CHARLOTTE DEMOCRAT (Mecklenburg County, NC)
-Sometime ago, Trade Street
Baptist Church of Charlotte, extended a call to Rev. D. M. AUSTIN, of
this place, to take charge of that church. Mr. AUSTIN has decided to go
accept the call and enter upon the discharge of his duties about the first of
January... Monroe Register
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