MEWBORN FAMILY
1 . LEMUEL HARDY 1
MEWBORN SR was born in Greene County, North Carolina, on 26 January 1803;
Lemuel Hardy
Mewborn Family Bible, in possession of Unknown, Last in possession of Mary
Louise Mewborn and her brother Thomas Warren
Mewborn of Grifton, NC in 1977 when they showed it to Ima Mewborn of Farmville,
NC. Ima copied the Bible at that time.; Parrott
Mewborn Family Bible, (New York, 1801); in possession of Joshua E. Mewborn,
copy in possession of this writer and at Heritage
Place, LCC, Greene County, North Carolina. He married Louisa Kilpatrick,
daughter of Francis Kilpatrick and Rachel Pugh, in Greene
County, North Carolina, on 4 September 1823; Lemuel Hardy Mewborn Family
Bible.; Parrott Mewborn Family Bible. Lemuel died
BY 1760 in Bertie County, North Carolina. Lemuel died CA 1860-1870 in Lenoir
County, North Carolina; 1860 and 1870 Lenoir Co
NC Census.
This family were members of the Episcopal Church.
SHIRLEY KILPATRICK COLLECTION - ECU
INDENTURE
15 Feby 1841 - BRYANT MURPHEY to LEMUEL MEWBORN of Lenoir - $3750 - NS Loosing
Swamp conveyed by GUILFORD
MURPHY to GUILFORD HOUGHTON (?) by deed 27 Nov 1836 - adj Kinston, Snow Hill
road where it crosses Loosing Swamp, to
S. B. CARRAWAY to JESSE VAUSE, run of Loosing Swamp - 300 acres
signed BRYAN C. MURPHY
WIT SNOAD B. CARRAWAY
To Court April 1841, LEWIS C. DESMOND Clerk
Enrolled Lenoir Co - ? July 1841, J. E. METTS, Regt
END OF DOCUMENT
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NOTE (The below is torn and eaten by insects)
INDENTURE
18 Jan 1845 - LEML. H. MEWBORN to LEVI MEWBORN both of Lenoir - $3,?50 - tract
in Lenoir NS Loosing Swamp where
Kinston and Snow Hill Road crosses Loosing Swamp up road to Snow Hill to LEVI
MEWBORN'S line, to SNOAD B.
CARRAWAY's line, adj JESSE VAUSE along course of swamp - 300 acres
WIT ABNER WETHERINGTON, S. SCOTT
TO Court April Term 1845 - W. C. LOFTIN
Enrolled 19 June 1845, JAMES E. METTS, REGT
END OF DOCUMENT.
LOUISA KILPATRICK was born in Greene County, North Carolina, circa 1806; Lemuel Hardy Mewborn Family Bible.; 1860 and
1870, Lenoir Co NC Census . Louisa died after 1870 in Lenoir County, North Carolina; Ibid.
The 11 known children of Lemuel Hardy 1 Mewborn Sr. and Louisa Kilpatrick all born in Greene County, North Carolina, were as
follows:
| + | 2. | i. | MARTHA (PATSY) 2 MEWBORN, born 16 September 1825; married Lewis (Louis) Kilpatrick. | |
| + | 3. | ii. | RACHEL MEWBORN, born 9 November 1827; married Augustus Moseley. | |
| + | 4. | iii. | LEVI ALEXANDER MEWBORN, born 23 October 1829; married Mary Elizabeth Kilpatrick; |
| 5. | iv. | WARREN FRANCIS MEWBORN was born on 25 November 1831; Lemuel Hardy Mewborn Family |
Warren was born on a Friday. There is no additional information on this child; however, he did not
live long enough to marry.
| + | 6. | v. | LOUISA MEWBORN, born 17 December 1833; married Francis Marion Pittman. | |
| + | 7. | vi. | LEMUEL HARDY MEWBORN JR, born 22 March 1836; married Louisa Penelope Kilpatrick. | |
| + | 8. | vii. | LYDIA MEWBORN, born 24 July 1838; married William Augustus Pugh. | |
| 9. | viii. | WILLIAM PARROTT MEWBORN was born on 9 September 1840; Ibid. William died after 1860; |
William was born on a Wednesday.
William enlisted in Pitt County 1 January 1863 for the war as a private. He was present or accounted
for until transferred to Company E 67th Regiment NC Troops on January 18 1864.
Vol II.
| + | 10. | ix. | SUSAN ELIZABETH MEWBORN, born 26 August 1842; married Augustus Moseley; married |
| + | 11. | x. | SARAH ANN (SALLIE) MEWBORN, born 26 September 1844; married Francis Marion Pittman. | |
| + | 12. | xi. | HENRIETTA PARROTT MEWBORN, born 10 July 1847; married Edward Augustus Johnson. |
Generation Two
2 . MARTHA (PATSY) 2 MEWBORN ( Lemuel1 ) was born in Greene County, North Carolina, on 16 September 1825; Lemuel
Hardy Mewborn Family Bible.; Parrott Hardy Mewborn Family Bible, Dobbs County, North Carolina, Bible Records, Vol 5" by
William L. Murphy.; Tombstone, Lenoir County, NC. She married Lewis (Louis) Kilpatrick, son of James Kilpatrick and Louisa
(Lovicey) Cox, in Greene County, North Carolina, in April 1844; Lemuel Hardy Mewborn Family Bible.; Industrial Issue of the Free
Press , Kinston, NC (1906). Martha died on 27 October 1867 in Lenoir County, North Carolina, at age 42; Martha Mewborn
Kilpatrick, Kilpatrick Cemetery, off Greenville Hwy near Grifton, NC; Martha Mewborn Marble.; Collection of Ima Eula Mewborn,
Farmville, NC. Her body was interred in Lenoir County, North Carolina, in Kilpatrick Cemetery.
Martha was born on a Friday. The original tombstone for Patsy is missing from the Kilpatrick Cemetery; however, the one for
Lewis is still there, but broken. New stones have been placed for both, but the dates do not agree with other information. The dates
for Lewis are taken from his father's Bible which agree with the original tombstone. The Bible give the spelling of his name as Lewis,
but he also used Louis. Lewis was a Mason, and a member of the Methodist Church. There was an article on him in the Industrial
Issue of the Kinston Free Press, along with a picture that shows a beard almost down to his waist. He was a highly respected member
of his community.
LEWIS (LOUIS) KILPATRICK was born in Lenoir or Craven County, North Carolina, on 8 April 1819; James Kilpatrick Family
Bible, (Copy of Bible in collection of Ima Mewborn).; Tombstone . He married Ann Lane in Lenoir County, North Carolina, in 1868;
Industrial Issue of the Free Press . He married Nettie Wetherington, daughter of Gideon Wetherington and Nancy Harper, in 1894;
Ibid. Lewis died on 17 May 1906 in Lenoir or Craven County, North Carolina, at age 87. His body was interred in Lenoir County,
North Carolina, in Kilpatrick Cemetery. Both our grandparents were in the Civil War. They were young. Mama's father was 16. He
went in to take his father's place. Believe they were in what was called the home guard. Mama was nine when her father died and
didn't remember too much about him. She did remember that he lost a finger but didn't know how. After she was married and living in
Vanceboro she met a Mr. Bryan that knew her father. He could tell her a lot about her father. He was in the battle when he lost his
finger. They didn't go out of state.
From a letter to Dottie Dunlap Hecked from Lula Clippard White in 1982. From the Collection of Robert Hall
There is a lengthy article in the Industrial Issue of the Free Press on Lewis.
The six known children of Martha (Patsy) 2 Mewborn and Lewis (Louis) Kilpatrick all born in Lenoir County, North Carolina, were
as follows:
| + | 13. | i. | JOHN LEWIS 3 KILPATRICK, born 31 August 1845; married Frances Holland (Fannie) Moseley. | |
| + | 14. | ii. | LOUISA ELIZABETH (PUSS) KILPATRICK, born 30 September 1850; married Charles Loftin |
| 15. | iii. | BRYANT COX (NED) KILPATRICK was born on 1 December 1854; Collection of Egbert Rouse, |
Marriages of Lenoir County, information found on
bsp; http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ssneuse/index.htm
. Bryant died in 1936.
Egbert Rouse said this couple moved to Florida. They had no issue. Ned may have moved but his
wife died in Kinston.
| 16. | iv. | JAMES L. KILPATRICK was born on 20 May 1859; Collection of Egbert Rouse . He married Lula |
James L. Kilpatrick moved to Florida where he died. Egbert Rouse thinks Lula married a Koonce
after James' death.
| 17. | v. | LEVI H. KILPATRICK was born on 29 September 1861; Ibid. He married Anne (Kilpatrick); Ibid. |
Kinston Daily Free Press - 6 July 1918 - The Burleson County (Tex) Ledger tells of the death at
Caldwell, Texas of Levi H. Kilpatrick late in June. He was ill for a long time of Bright's disease. Mr.
Kilpatrick was a former resident of Lenoir County, but had been located in Burleson County many
years. According to "The Ledger" he had as many friends throughout the county as any man in it
being of a pleasant, genial disposition; an honest and accomodating gentleman; a true Christian; a
consistent member of the Baptist Church and a friend to every county citizen". "The funeral took
place at Mission Cemetery. Jeff Davis and A. B. Whitehurst conducting the service." "The attendance
was large."
| 18. | vi. | WARRE F. KILPATRICK was born on 23 September 1863; Ibid. Warre died on 28 July 1866 in |
3 . RACHEL 2 MEWBORN ( Lemuel1 ) was born in Greene County, North Carolina, on 9 November 1827; Lemuel Hardy Mewborn
Family Bible.; William Augustus Moseley Family Bible, in possession of Mrs. Roy Wooten, (Title page not available). She married
Augustus Moseley, son of William Augustus Moseley and Sarah (Sallie) Kilpatrick, in Greene or Lenoir County, North Carolina, on
27 February 1845; Ibid. Rachel died on 17 November 1870 in Lenoir County, North Carolina, at age 43; Ibid. Her body was interred in
Lenoir County, North Carolina, in B. F. Scarborough Cemetery; Collection of Egbert Rouse .
Rachel was born on a Friday. This family lived and farmed in Lenoir County.
AUGUSTUS MOSELEY was born in Lenoir County, North Carolina, on 4 March 1823; William Augustus Moseley Family Bible.
He married Susan Elizabeth Mewborn, daughter of Lemuel Hardy Mewborn Sr. and Louisa Kilpatrick, in Lenoir County, North
Carolina, on 17 February 1873; Collection of Egbert Rouse .; William Augustus Moseley Family Bible. Augustus died on 5 March
1882 in Lenoir County, North Carolina, at age 59; Ibid. His body was interred in Lenoir County, North Carolina, in W. A. Moseley
Cemetery. Lenoir Co Marriage Records - Augustus Moseley 49, Susan E. Mewborn 31 - license 26 February 1873 marriage 27 Feb
1873 - WIT F. M. Moseley, J. H. Kilpatrick, L. A. Mewborn - Frank Powell, MG - information from Julia Combs.
The nine known children of Rachel 2 Mewborn and Augustus Moseley all born in Lenoir County, North Carolina, were as follows:
| + | 19. | i. | FRANCIS MARION 3 MOSELEY, born 5 August 1846; married Mary Elizabeth (Betty) Edwards. | |
| + | 20. | ii. | WILLIAM MANOAH MOSELEY, born 15 September 1848; married Annie Laurie Pines. | |
| 21. | iii. | MARY ELIZA MOSELEY was born on 26 September 1851; Ibid. Mary died on 9 May 1894 in |
Carolina, in B. F. Scarborough Cemetery; Collection of Egbert Rouse .
Kinston Free Press 17 May 1894 Miss Mary Moseley, aged 42 years, died at the home of her
father, Mr. Augustus Moseley, in Vance township, on May 9th, and was buried in the family burying
ground next day.
Collection of Egbert Rouse.
| + | 22. | iv. | JAMES WARREN MOSELEY, born 27 April 1854; married Mary Elizabeth Hill. | |
| + | 23. | v. | WILLIAM AUGUSTUS MOSELEY, born 27 October 1856; married Alphie Haskins. | |
| + | 24. | vi. | LEMUEL ALEXANDER MOSELEY, born 20 November 1858; married Effie Estelle Edwards. | |
| + | 25. | vii. | DARTHULA (DARLIE) MOSELEY, born 20 September 1861; married George B. Kilpatrick; |
| + | 26. | viii. | FLORENCE MOSELEY, born 16 December 1863; married Edward Augustus Patrick. | |
| + | 27. | ix. | LAUNA MOSELEY, born 25 August 1866; married John Jackson. |
4 . LEVI ALEXANDER 2 MEWBORN ( Lemuel1 ) was born in Greene County, North Carolina, on 23 October 1829; Levi
Alexander Mewborn - William Pugh Family Bible, in possession of Thomas Richard Mewborn, Jr. and the Family Sheets in
possession of Martha Mewborn Marble.; Lemuel Hardy Mewborn Family Bible. He married Mary Elizabeth Kilpatrick, daughter of
Bryan Kilpatrick and Elizabeth Burney, in Pitt County, North Carolina, on 4 May 1856; Levi Alexander Mewborn - William Pugh
Family Bible.; The American Advocate, abstracted in the NCGJ, February 87 by Katherine K. Walls , Kinston, NC 29 May 1856 -
MARRIED - In Pitt County, on the 1st instant, Mr. Levi Mewborn of this county to Miss Elizabeth Kilpatrick, daughter of the late
Bryan Kilpatrick. He married Adelaide Sarah Albritton, daughter of James Albritton and Margaret (Peggy) Ormond, in Hookerton,
Greene County, North Carolina, on 6 August 1861; Levi Alexander Mewborn - William Pugh Family Bible. Levi died on 17 August
1903 in Kinston, Lenoir County, North Carolina, at age 73; Ibid. His body was interred on 18 August 1903 in Kinston, Lenoir County,
North Carolina, in Maplewood Cemetery; Lenoir County, NC Cemetery Records, abstracted by Martha Mewborn Marble, Heritage
Place, LCC, Kinston, Lenoir County, North Carolina.
Levi was born on a Friday. According to a letter written by Joshua Mewborn in 1969, this Levi was called "Big Levi" by members
of the family and his uncle was called "Rich Levi". A great grandson, Sam Mewborn, said Levi and Adelaide lived on the Albritton
farm near Hookerton in Greene County until her father's death at which time the land was divided. They then moved to Stoneyton
Creek in Lenoir County. At the same time some of the Kilpatricks, Graingers, and Canadys who were neighbors in Greene County
became neighbors in Lenoir County. It is not known why they all moved at the same time and to the same place. Levi and Adelaide
later moved to Kinston and lived at 207 Peyton Ave.
Levi served as a 2nd Jr. Lt. in Capt. Rountree's Company, Clark's Special Battn. where he appears on a Receipt Roll for pay from Jan
21 Feb 19 1862. Records at the U.S. Archives show he served the following dates: 1 July - 23 Sept 1862; Jan and Feb 1863; July and
Aug 1863; May and June 1863; and Sept Dec 1863. In May and June he was detailed to carry off horses. In Nov and Dec of 1863 he
was detailed to the Orange County Courthouse in Virginia. He was admitted to the General C.S.A. Hospital in Charlottesville, Va on
25 Dec 1863 and returned to duty on 30 Dec. His admissions card said he was admitted for Iwf. Fev. Quo. He appeared on a receipt
roll 2 Nov 1864 for clothing. He was promoted to Corporal 23 July 1864. During the rest of the Civil War he served with Capt.
Stephen B. Evans' Company of the Partisan Rangers, N.C. Volunteers also known as Co. B 5th N.C. Calvery. Information from
another Muster Roll reveals he was 6'1" and was born in Lenoir County and was aged 33 on 1 July 1867. According to some of the
records in the Archives, Levi was in two places at once.
One story has come down the family regarding this couple during the Civil War. It seems Levi was home on leave when Union
Soldiers arrived at his home and requested to come in. Levi had hidden in the attic and Adelaide met them at the door with a gun.
When they demanded to go into the house she threatened to shoot them. They must have believed her as they left without causing any
problems.
Levy attended St. Mary's Episcopal Church but Adelaide grew up in the Hookerton Christian Church and elected to remain with this
denomination after her marriage attending Gordon Street Christian Church. This was not the last time a Mewborn man in this branch
of the family attended St. Mary's and married a wife who was a member of the Disciples of Christ Church who refused to attend the
Episcopal Church.
Levi must have had some talent for furniture making as a couch has come down this family that was made by Levi. Having courted on
this couch, I can state that it is not very comfortable.
This compiler has a quilt Adelaide made probably in her later years as it is in perfect condition. The cousins, Connie and Peggy
Mewborn, gave it to me. Peggy Mewborn Briley has several old and used quilts Adelaide made given to her by LuLang Mewborn
MacKenzie.
From information in the JOHN TULL PAPERS - in the possession of Capt. Lee Edwards of Kinston, N.C. 1. Levi A. Mewborn owed
John Tull in 1862 - $10.80 for 1200 bricks and $2.00 for repairing a wagon 2. Levi A. Mewborn owed John Tull in 1866 - $23.06
for lumber 3. Levi A. Mewborn signed a promisory note to John Tull 1 Nov 1867 for $300
Both died at their home on Peyton Ave. and Levi was buried with Masonic honors. He was a member of St. John's Lodge having
become a member in 1852. A walking cane with the Masonic Emblem, a gift from his brother-in-law Alpheus Albritton, is in the
possession of his great grandaughter, Martha Mewborn Marble.
Levi and Adelaide had four sons and one daughter. Until recently, it was thought they only had three sons and indeed an old tin type
had the sons incorrectly identified for years.
OBIT: Kinston Free Press - MR. LEVI MEWBORN DEAD - Mr. L. A. Mewborn, Sr. died at his home on east Payton avenue this
morning at 4 o'clock. He has been ill for some time with a complication of diseases and his age militated against his recovery. Mr.
Mewborn was born in this county, near Institute, 74 years ago and has lived in the county since, for a long time past in Kinston. He was
a representative citizen and was generally loved for his genial good nature and was familiarly known as "Uncle Levy" by a wide circle
of intimate friends. For the past six months his health has been such that he was compelled to stay closely at his home. He was one of
the oldest members of St. John's Lodge, No. 4 A.F. & A. M. having become a member of the lodge in 1852 and will be buried with
Masonic honors tomorrow. Mr. Mewborn leaves a widow and three sons, Messrs. Will E., T. W., and Mark Mewborn and a host of
relatives in this city and county. The funeral will be conducted from his late residence at 207 east Peyton avenue tomorrow morning at
10 o'clock by Rev. J. H. Griffith, Jr. rector of St. Mary's Episcopal church, of which Mr. Mewborn was a member, assisted by Rev.
Edward Wooten, of Wilmington, chaplain of Mr. Mewborn's company in the Civil War.
Quite a large crowd attended the funeral of Mr. L. A. Mewborn this morning. The last rites were conducted by Rev. Edward Wooten,
of Wilmington. The Masonic ceremony was very impressively conducted by the members of St. John's Lodge, No.4.
NOTE: Egbert Rouse thought it was most interesting that the chaplain of his Civil War Company assisted at the funeral. I agree, but
have to admit, this tidbit had always flown over my head.
OBIT: Kinston Free Press - DEATH OF MRS. LEVI MEWBORN - Mrs. Adalaide Sarah Mewborn, relict of the late Levi Alexander
Mewborn, and mother of our townsmen, Wm. E., Thomas W., and Mark Mewborn passed at her home on Peyton avenue after a short
and painful illness of malarial fever and gastritis. Mrs. Mewborn was born in Greene county sixty-six years ago and was the daughter
of James and Margaret Albritton long time residents of Greene County. When but 20 years of age, August 6th 1861, she plighted her
troth to Mr. Levi Mewborn just as he had enlisted his services in the cause of the southland, and for forty odd years was not only the
true wife and helpmate, but a loving mother and constant companion to her children who cannot but rise up and call her blessed. Her
devotion to her boys as she so sweetly called them, was something beautiful, while in turn they ministered to her every want with that
consideration and love which only the true man can bestow. Mrs. Joshua T. Aldridge of this city is the only surviving sister. Mrs.
Mewborn was a consistent member of the Christian church. The funeral service was held this afternoon at 3 o'clock from her late
residence, conducted by the pastor, the Rev. P. B. Hall, and the remains interred in Maplewood cemetery.
MARY ELIZABETH KILPATRICK was born in Pitt County, North Carolina, on 3 April 1839; The American Advocate,
abstracted in the NCGJ, February 87 by Katherine K. Walls , 29 May 1856 - MARRIED - In Pitt County, on the 1st instant, Mr. Levi
Mewborn of this county to Miss Elizabeth Kilpatrick, daughter of the late Bryan Kilpatrick.; Tombstone . Mary died on 1 September
1858 in Lenoir County, North Carolina, at age 19. The American Advocate Marriage and Death Notice 1855-1859 has:
Sept 1st 1858 at the home of Lewis Kilpatrick Lenoir Co, Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Mewborn, wife of Levi A. and dau of the late Bryan
Kilpatrick died. age 19 years, 3 months and 28 days;
The American Advocate, abstracted in the NCGJ, February 87 by Katherine K. Walls , 7 September 1858 - DIED: At the residence of
Lewis Kilpatrick, in this county, on Wednesday, the 1st instant, Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Mewborn, wife of Levi. A. Kilpatrick, and
daughter of the late Bryan Kilpatrick, aged 19 years, 3 months and 28 days. Her body was interred in Pitt County, North Carolina, in
Kilpatrick Cemetery.
OBIT: Abstracted by Russell King - From The American Advocate - 1855-1859 Kinston, N. C. p 25 - DIED: at home of Lewis
Kilpatrick, Lenoir Co - Sept 1, 1858, Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Mewborn, wife of Levi A. Mewborn and daughter of late Bryan Kilpatrick -
age 19 years, 3 months, 28 days.
There were no known children of Levi Alexander 2 Mewborn and Mary Elizabeth Kilpatrick.
ADELAIDE SARAH ALBRITTON was born in Greene County, North Carolina, on 13 August 1841; Levi Alexander Mewborn -
William Pugh Family Bible. Adelaide died on 16 May 1907 in Kinston, Lenoir County, North Carolina, at age 65; Ibid.
The five known children of Levi Alexander 2 Mewborn and Adelaide Sarah Albritton were as follows:
| + | 28. | i. | WILLIAM EDGAR (WILL) 3 MEWBORN, born 1 September 1862 in Hookerton, Greene County, |
| 29. | ii. | GEORGE CLEON MEWBORN was born in Greene County, North Carolina, on 4 February 1866; |
interred on 10 April 1882 in Greene County, North Carolina.
| + | 30. | iii. | THOMAS WARREN MEWBORN, born 31 March 1868 in Greene County, North Carolina; married |
| 31. | iv. | ADELAIDE ELIZABETH MEWBORN was born in Greene County, North Carolina, on 18 July 1870; |
| + | 32. | v. | LEVI MARK MEWBORN, born 9 April 1876 in Greene County, North Carolina; married Lucy Jane |
6 . LOUISA 2 MEWBORN ( Lemuel1 ) was born in Greene County, North Carolina, on 17 December 1833; Lemuel Hardy Mewborn
Family Bible.; Pittman Family Bible, Analytical Reference Bible , (J. A. Wilmore, 1899); in possession of Mrs. George Watts Fowler,
Durham, Durham County, North Carolina. She married Francis Marion Pittman, son of Elijah Vail Pittman and Nancy Brooks, in
Greene County, North Carolina, on 27 March 1855; Ibid. Louisa died on 15 October 1875 in Kinston, Lenoir County, North Carolina,
at age 41; Ibid.
Louisa was born on a Tuesday. Louisa and Francis lived in Greene County where he farmed. Louie Dell Pittman said Francis was
very tall and had a long white beard. He owned a store which he papered with Confederate money.
FRANCIS MARION PITTMAN was born in Greene County, North Carolina, on 11 September 1829; Ibid.; His tombstone gives
his birthdate as 19 September 1829. He married Sarah Ann (Sallie) Mewborn, daughter of Lemuel Hardy Mewborn Sr. and Louisa
Kilpatrick, circa 1877; Pittman Family Bible, Analytical Reference Bible . Francis died on 1 January 1899 in Grifton, Pitt County,
North Carolina, at age 69; Ibid.
Margaret Pittman Fowler wrote the following in July 1988.
As to Francis Marion Pittman, Louie Delle is the only one living who rememmbers him at all. she remembers that he was very tall and
that he took her on his lap to feel his long white beard. I understand he had a store, the walls of which he papered with Confederate
money. P. B. Loftin, MD, in a history of Grifton M. E. Church written about 1895, paid a flowery tribute to him and his children,
Alvah, Emma and Lula (who were among the dozen who founded the Church) and to Robert.
The six known children of Louisa 2 Mewborn and Francis Marion Pittman were as follows:
| + | 33. | i. | AGNES 3 PITTMAN, born 17 February 1856 in Fountain Hill, Lenoir County, North Carolina; |
| + | 34. | ii. | ALVAH FRANCIS PITTMAN, born 22 December 1857 in Fountain Hill, Lenoir County, North |
| + | 35. | iii. | EMMA PITTMAN, born 16 January 1860 in Coward's Bridge, Lenoir County, North Carolina; |
| + | 36. | iv. | NANCY LOUISE PITTMAN, born 22 March 1862 in Coward's Bridge, Lenoir County, North |
| + | 37. | v. | AMON ERNEST PITTMAN, born 5 November 1864 in Hookerton, Greene County, North Carolina; |
| + | 38. | vi. | ROBERT ELIJAH PITTMAN, born 31 August 1867 in Edward's Bridge, Lenoir County, North |
7 . LEMUEL HARDY 2 MEWBORN JR. ( Lemuel1 ) was born in Greene County, North Carolina, on 22 March 1836; Lemuel Hardy
Mewborn Family Bible. He married Louisa Penelope Kilpatrick, daughter of Bryan Kilpatrick and Elizabeth Burney; Jr. Family Bible
Lemuel Hardy Mewborn, Thomas Worthington Gower, Grifton, Pitt County, North Carolina. Lemuel died on 16 September 1872 in
Pitt County, North Carolina, at age 36; Ibid.; Tombstone . His body was interred in Pitt County, North Carolina, in Kilpatrick Cemetery
2.
Lemuel was born on a Monday. According to the 1860 Pitt County Census, Lemuel could have been married twice as the only adult
female listed in the 1860 Census was Susan, not Louisa. Susan's age was the same as Louisa's. The name Bryan is definitely a
Kilpatrick name and Lemuel Bryan was born in 1859. I suspect the Census Taker wrote the name down wrong.
Lemuel served in the Civil War in the 4th Comp., Comp. E, 41 lst Reg.
Lamb H. Mewborn, Corporal. Enlisted in Pitt Co, 10 July 1862 for the war. Mustered in as a private and appointed corporal Nov -
Dec 1863. Present and accounted for through Oct. 1864.
Vol II - page 217.
LOUISA PENELOPE KILPATRICK was born in Pitt County, North Carolina, on 22 January 1833; Lemuel Hardy Mewborn.;
Tombstone . Louisa died on 8 February 1888 in Pitt County, North Carolina, at age 55; Lemuel Hardy Mewborn.; Tombstone . Her body
was interred in Pitt County, North Carolina, in Kilpatrick Cemetery 2.
The six known children of Lemuel Hardy 2 Mewborn Jr. and Louisa Penelope Kilpatrick were as follows:
| + | 39. | i. | LEMUEL BRYAN 3 MEWBORN, born 5 February 1859; married Sally Bryan Burney. | |
| 40. | ii. | W. FRANK MEWBORN was born in Pitt County, North Carolina, on 10 October 1860; Lemuel |
was interred in Grifton, Pitt County, North Carolina, in St. John's Cemetery.
| 41. | iii. | RACHEL ELIZABETH MEWBORN was born in Pitt County, North Carolina, on 1 April 1863; Ibid. |
She married W. H. Tripp; Ibid. Rachel died on 10 September 1882 in Pitt County, North Carolina, at
age 19; Ibid.
Her tombstone gives her birthdate as 1 June 1863 and her death as 11 September 1882.
| + | 42. | iv. | MARY LOUISE MEWBORN, born 29 March 1867 in Pitt County, North Carolina; married Joseph |
| + | 43. | v. | WALTER MEWBORN, born 4 August 1870 in Greene County, North Carolina; married Emily |
| + | 44. | vi. | WILLIAM CLARENCE MEWBORN, born 15 September 1872 in Pitt County, North Carolina; |
8 . LYDIA 2 MEWBORN ( Lemuel1 ) was born in Greene County, North Carolina, on 24 July 1838; Lemuel Hardy Mewborn Family
Bible.; St. John's Cemetery, St. John's community near Grifton, NC, Pitt Co. She married William Augustus Pugh, son of William
Pugh and Mary Coart, circa 1858; Collection of Ima Eula Mewborn . Lydia died on 24 September 1905 in Pitt County, North Carolina,
at age 67; . Her body was interred in Grifton, Pitt County, North Carolina, in St. John's Cemetery.
The Levi Mewborn Bible in the possession of this compiler appears to have originally belonged to William Pugh and his first wife
Eliza Phillips. No information on Lydia appears in the Bible.
Most of the information on this family was provided by Ima Mewborn of Farmville, NC. and various articles in the Craven County
Heritage Book.
Lydia was born on a Tuesday.
WILLIAM AUGUSTUS PUGH was born on 23 October 1813; Ibid. He married Eliza Eleanor Phillips, daughter of Barna Phillips
and Elizabeth (Phillips), on 6 June 1838; Levi Alexander Mewborn - William Pugh Family Bible. William died on 27 June 1887 in
Pitt County, North Carolina, at age 73; . His body was interred in Grifton, Pitt County, North Carolina, in St. John's Cemetery. William
Pugh was a Adjutant in the 4th Batt. during the Civil War and enlisted 3 May 1863.
The two known children of Lydia 2 Mewborn and William Augustus Pugh were as follows:
| + | 45. | i. | CLARA LOUISA 3 PUGH, born 6 February 1861; married William John Hughes Laughinghouse. | |
| 46. | ii. | JOHN WARREN PUGH was born on 3 September 1873; Collection of Ima Eula Mewborn . John died |
John's Cemetery.
Check stone dates - what I have differs from Ima's.
10 . SUSAN ELIZABETH 2 MEWBORN ( Lemuel1 ) was born in Greene County, North Carolina, on 26 August 1842. Egbert Rouse
said her tombstone gave the birthdate as 10 August 1842; Lemuel Hardy Mewborn Family Bible. She married Augustus Moseley, son
of William Augustus Moseley and Sarah (Sallie) Kilpatrick, in Lenoir County, North Carolina, on 17 February 1873; Collection of
Egbert Rouse .; William Augustus Moseley Family Bible. She married Lemuel Joseph Mewborne Sr., son of Levi Mewborne and
Susannah (Susan) Matilda Parrott, in Lenoir County, North Carolina, on 23 March 1885; Collection of Egbert Rouse . She married
Thomas Sutton in Lenoir County, North Carolina, on 29 May 1894; Ibid. Susan died in Lenoir County, North Carolina; William
Augustus Moseley Family Bible.; Tombstone . Her body was interred in Lenoir County, North Carolina, in B. F. Scarborough
Cemetery; Collection of Egbert Rouse .
Susan was born on a Friday.
Who is the Susan in the William Moseley Bible who d 1877. Look up her death date again.
AUGUSTUS MOSELEY was born in Lenoir County, North Carolina, on 4 March 1823; William Augustus Moseley Family Bible.
He married Rachel Mewborn, daughter of Lemuel Hardy Mewborn Sr. and Louisa Kilpatrick, in Greene or Lenoir County, North
Carolina, on 27 February 1845; Ibid. Augustus died on 5 March 1882 in Lenoir County, North Carolina, at age 59; Ibid. His body was
interred in Lenoir County, North Carolina, in W. A. Moseley Cemetery. Lenoir Co Marriage Records - Augustus Moseley 49, Susan E.
Mewborn 31 - license 26 February 1873 marriage 27 Feb 1873 - WIT F. M. Moseley, J. H. Kilpatrick, L. A. Mewborn - Frank
Powell, MG - information from Julia Combs.
The only known child of Susan Elizabeth 2 Mewborn and Augustus Moseley was:
| 47. | i. | RACHEL L. 3 MOSELEY was born in Lenoir County, North Carolina, on 3 July 1875; Collection of |
Augustus Moseley Family Bible.
LEMUEL JOSEPH MEWBORNE SR was born in Lenoir County, North Carolina, on 8 September 1832; Collection of Egbert
Rouse .; Lenoir County, NC Cemetery Records, abstracted by Martha Mewborn Marble. He married Sarah Malvina Dixon, daughter of
Windsor Dixon and Clara Albritton, in Greene County, North Carolina, on 11 December 1852; Collection of Julia Moseley Combs,
Hampstead, NC.; Collection of Frederick Lee Edwards, dec, Originals at ECU, Manuscript Division and family histories at Heritage
Place, LCC.; Winsor Dixon Family Bible, Dobbs County Bible Records, by William L. Murphy.; The American Advocate, abstracted
in the NCGJ, February 87 by Katherine K. Walls , 30 July 1857 - DIED: on the 22nd of July 1857, Mrs. Sallie M. Mewborn, consort of
L. G. Mewborn, Esquire, of this county, and daughter of Winsor Dixon, Esquire, of Green County. Born the 27th of April 1834.
Leaves husband and one child. He married Sally E. Parrott, daughter of Benjamin Franklin Parrott and Nancy Mewborn, in Lenoir
County, North Carolina, on 6 April 1859; Collection of Frederick Lee Edwards, dec .; Collection of Ima Eula Mewborn .; Will of Sallie
E. Parrott Mewborn, written June 1871 - pro 12 March 1885 - husband, L. J. Mewborn, exec; son L. J. Mewborn Jr, mentions Robt. G.
Mewborn, mentions John F. Mewborn, land of J. M. Mewborn, lands of E. A. Mewborn, lands of L. A. Mewborn; wit L. A. Mewborn,
Jr to handwritting of Warren Kilpatrick, WIT L. A. Mewborn, Jr, Warren Kilpatrick, dec 1885, Lenoir County Courthouse, Kinston,
Lenoir County, North Carolina.; The American Advocate, abstracted in the NCGJ, February 87 by Katherine K. Walls , 7 April 1859 -
MARRIED: On Wednesday the 6th instant, at the residence of James M. Parrott, in this county by Rev. John P. Dunn, Mr. Lemuel J.
Mewborn of Carolina City to Miss Sallie E. Parrott of this county, daughter of the late Franklin Parrott. Lemuel died on 27 October
1891 in Lenoir County, North Carolina, at age 59; Collection of Egbert Rouse .; Lenoir County, NC Cemetery Records, abstracted by
Martha Mewborn Marble. His body was interred in Lenoir County, North Carolina, in Levi Mewborne Cemetery; Ibid.
There were no known children of Susan Elizabeth 2 Mewborn and Lemuel Joseph Mewborne Sr..
THOMAS SUTTON was born circa 1827; Collection of Egbert Rouse . Thomas died.
There were no known children of Susan Elizabeth 2 Mewborn and Thomas Sutton.
11 . SARAH ANN (SALLIE) 2 MEWBORN ( Lemuel1 ) was born in Greene County, North Carolina, on 26 September 1844; Lemuel
Hardy Mewborn Family Bible. She married Francis Marion Pittman, son of Elijah Vail Pittman and Nancy Brooks, circa 1877;
Pittman Family Bible, Analytical Reference Bible . Sarah died on 11 March 1914 in Kinston, Lenoir County, North Carolina, at age 69.
Sarah Ann was born on a Thursday.
OBIT: The Free Press - Thursday, 12 March 1914, Page 4 - Mrs. Sallie A. Pittman - Mrs. Sallie A. Pittman, relict of the late F. M.
Pittman, died at 2:30 pm Wednesday, of heart failure at the home of her son-in-law, Mr. J. C. Rasberry, on E. Peyton Avenue. She was
a native of this county and 69 years of age. Mrs. Pittman's demise was sudden. She called Mrs. Rasberry to her bedside and died as
the daughter came. She was the mother of Mrs. Rasberry, Mrs. H. P. Loftin, county; Mrs. W. T. Purvis, Columbus, Ga., and Mr. A.
F. Pittman, city, and the following were her stepchildren: Mr. F. M. Pittman, Wilmington; Mrs. G. B. Webb, city; Mrs. N. L. Bruton,
Richmond; Mr. R. E. Pittman, Bridgeton, N.C.; and Mr. E. A. Pittman, New Bern. The funeral was held this afternoon at 4.
Collection of Egbert Rouse.
FRANCIS MARION PITTMAN was born in Greene County, North Carolina, on 11 September 1829; Ibid.; His tombstone gives
his birthdate as 19 September 1829. He married Louisa Mewborn, daughter of Lemuel Hardy Mewborn Sr. and Louisa Kilpatrick, in
Greene County, North Carolina, on 27 March 1855; Pittman Family Bible, Analytical Reference Bible . Francis died on 1 January 1899
in Grifton, Pitt County, North Carolina, at age 69; Ibid.
Margaret Pittman Fowler wrote the following in July 1988.
As to Francis Marion Pittman, Louie Delle is the only one living who rememmbers him at all. she remembers that he was very tall and
that he took her on his lap to feel his long white beard. I understand he had a store, the walls of which he papered with Confederate
money. P. B. Loftin, MD, in a history of Grifton M. E. Church written about 1895, paid a flowery tribute to him and his children,
Alvah, Emma and Lula (who were among the dozen who founded the Church) and to Robert.
The four known children of Sarah Ann (Sallie) 2 Mewborn and Francis Marion Pittman were as follows:
| + | 48. | i. | MARY ANNA 3 PITTMAN, born 4 June 1878; married William Thomas Purvis. | |
| + | 49. | ii. | FELIX MARION PITTMAN, born 4 February 1880; married Annie E. Spriggs; married Maude |
| + | 50. | iii. | MARGARET ELIZABETH (MAGGIE) PITTMAN, born 31 May 1881; married Joseph Conklin |
| + | 51. | iv. | SUSAN (SUDIE) HENRIETTA PITTMAN, born 9 August 1882; married Hardy Perry Loftin. |
12 . HENRIETTA PARROTT 2 MEWBORN ( Lemuel1 ) was born in Greene County, North Carolina, on 10 July 1847. Egbert Rouse
said her tombstone gives the date of 20 July 1847; Lemuel Hardy Mewborn Family Bible. She married Edward Augustus Johnson, son
of Frederick Johnson and Eliza Cray Patrick; Collection of Egbert Rouse . Henrietta died on 17 November 1896 in Pitt County, North
Carolina, at age 49; Tombstone . Her body was interred in Grifton, Pitt County, North Carolina, in St. John's Cemetery.
Henrietta was born on a Saturday and died on a Tuesday. On the 1879 Census, Henrietta was living with her sister Louisa Pittman
and she was listed as a teacher.
Obit: The Kinston Free Press, Wed. 18 Nov 1896, Page 4 "Died" "Mrs. Henrietta Johnson, wife of Mr. E. A. Johnson, died yesterday
morning (17 November 1896) at 7:30 o'clock, after a short illness at her home near Pitt County. She was about 48 years old and leaves
a husband and three sons, and many relatives and friends to mourn. Rev Allan Graves will preside at the burial services this evening at
3 o'clock at St. John's Church, Pitt County."
Collection of Egbert Rouse.
EDWARD AUGUSTUS JOHNSON was born on 12 January 1848; Ibid. He married Maggie Dawson. Edward died on 28
November 1926 in Pitt County, North Carolina, at age 78; Ibid. His body was interred in Grifton, Pitt County, North Carolina, in St.
John's Cemetery. Bertha Johnson, daughter of Edward and his 2nd wife, Maggie Dawson, gave a lovely Memorial Window to St.
John's Church near Grifton in memory of her father.
The five known children of Henrietta Parrott 2 Mewborn and Edward Augustus Johnson all born in Pitt County, North Carolina,
were as follows:
| 52. | i. | DURWOOD W. 3 JOHNSON was born on 5 November 1871; Ibid. He married Emily Roach, daughter |
died on 14 September 1928 in Pitt County, North Carolina, at age 56; Tombstone . His body was
interred in Grifton, Pitt County, North Carolina, in St. John's Cemetery.
| 53. | ii. | HERMAN PATRICK JOHNSON was born in 1876; Collection of Egbert Rouse . Herman died in |
According to Egbert Rouse, Herman was a Professsor of English at the University of Virginia from
1914 - 1946.
| 54. | iii. | BERTHA GRAY JOHNSON was born on 25 September 1879; Collection of Ima Eula Mewborn . |
Grifton, Pitt County, North Carolina, in St. John's Cemetery.
| 55. | iv. | ALVIS ALLEN JOHNSON was born on 1 June 1881; Ibid. Alvis died on 7 October 1887 in Pitt |
in St. John's Cemetery.
| + | 56. | v. | RALPH FREDERICK JOHNSON, born 28 May 1882; married Elizabeth Cook. |
Generation Three
13 . JOHN LEWIS 3 KILPATRICK ( Martha2Mewborn , Lemuel1 ) was born in Lenoir County, North Carolina, on 31 August 1845;
Martha Mewborn Kilpatrick. He married Frances Holland (Fannie) Moseley, daughter of Tully Moseley Jr. and Holland Harper, in
Lenoir County, North Carolina, circa 1872; John Lewis Kilpatrick - Frances Holland Moseley family group sheet, by Sally Duguid
Arnold Steinback. John died on 27 May 1888 in Lenoir County, North Carolina, at age 42; Ibid. His body was interred in Lenoir
County, North Carolina, in Kilpatrick Cemetery.
The Free Press - 31 May 1888 - Mr. Jno Lewis Kilpatrick, in Neck township, Sunday evening, at 3 o'clock of billous fever. He was
a widower of about 42 years of age and leaves a family of three young girls. He was a good man and will be missed by the community
in which he lived. His body was buried the next evening.
FRANCES HOLLAND (FANNIE) MOSELEY was born on 28 March 1845; Ibid. Frances died on 13 March 1881 at age 35; Ibid. I
also have the death date of 19 May 1888. She died of pneumonia after leaving a party and riding home on rainey night in an open
carriage.
The four known children of John Lewis 3 Kilpatrick and Frances Holland (Fannie) Moseley were as follows:
| 57. | i. | PEARL VERNON 4 KILPATRICK was born in Lenoir County, North Carolina, circa 1873; Ibid. She |
married Herbert Lane Arnold, son of James Arnold and Caroline Matilda Lane, in Lenoir County,
North Carolina, on 7 June 1893; Ibid. Pearl died circa 1966; Ibid.
| 58. | ii. | LOLA JUSTINE KILPATRICK was born on 28 April 1876; Lola Kilpatrick - Hugh Lane family |
Gulley, on 2 January 1901; Ibid. Lola died on 3 August 1969 at age 93; Ibid.
| 59. | iii. | MEVIA ADEL KILPATRICK was born in Lenoir County, North Carolina, on 1 October 1877; John |
Lenoir County, North Carolina, at age 4; Ibid.
| 60. | iv. | KATE GERTRUDE KILPATRICK was born in Lenoir County, North Carolina, on 5 October 1879; |
Louisa Catherine White, in Craven County, North Carolina, on 7 August 1901; John Lewis Kilpatrick
- Frances Holland Moseley, family group sheet . Kate died on 13 July 1978 in Vanceboro, Craven
County, North Carolina, at age 98; Collection of Egbert Rouse .
OBIT: Vanceboro, Jan 28 - W. C. White died at his home at 8 a.m. Friday. He was a member of
the Vanceboro Methodist Church, Masonic Lodge 433, the Sudan Temple, and the New Bern
Consistory No. 3. Services will be held at 2:30 pm Sunday with Rev. D. M. Tyson officiating from the
Chapel of Garner Funeral Home. Burial will be at Westview Cemetery. Survivors include his wife
Mrs. Kate Kilpatrick White; two sons William C. White of Avondale Estates, Georgia, and Thomas E.
White of Marion; five daughters, Mrs. E. N. Hall of Washington, D. C., Mrs. E. D. Dunlap of San
Francisco, Miss Cora White, Mrs. Courtney White and Mrs. Charles Clippard of the home; eight
grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.
Collection of Egbert Rouse
OBIT: 14 July 1978 - Kate Kilpatrick White, 98, of 1108 Brooks Ave., Raleigh, died Thursday.
Services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday from the Chapel of Garner's Funeral Home with the Rev.
Claude Wilson of Vanceboro officiating. Burial will be in Westview Cemetery. Survivors include five
daughters; Mrs. Lula W. Clippard, Miss L. Courtney White, and Miss Cora B. White all of the home,
Mrs. E. N. Hall of Bowie, Md, and Mrs. W. B. Dunlap of San Francisco; two sons, William E. of
Avondale Estates, Ga. and Thomas F. of Marion; eight grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren. The
family will be at the funeral home 5-7:30 pm Friday.
Collection of Egbert Rouse.
14 . LOUISA ELIZABETH (PUSS) 3 KILPATRICK ( Martha2Mewborn , Lemuel1 ) was born in Lenoir County, North Carolina, on
30 September 1850; Ibid. She married Charles Loftin Rountree, son of William Hart Rountree and Susannah Caroline Loftin, in Lenoir
County, North Carolina; Ibid. Louisa died on 24 December 1912 in Lenoir County, North Carolina, at age 62; Ibid.; Tombstone . Her
body was interred in Lenoir County, North Carolina, in Kilpatrick Cemetery.
Most of the information on this family came from the Records of Egbert Rouse of Jacksonville, NC.
CHARLES LOFTIN ROUNTREE was born in Lenoir County, North Carolina, on 1 April 1848; Collection of Egbert Rouse .
Charles died on 26 July 1924 in Beaufort, Carteret County, North Carolina, at age 76; Ibid.; Tombstone . His body was interred in
Lenoir County, North Carolina, in Kilpatrick Cemetery. Free Press - 28 July 1924 - The funeral of Charles Loftin Rountree, Sr. was
held from the home of his son Virgil A. Rountree in this city yesterday afternoon. Mr. Rountree, who was a member of a prominent
East Carolina family died at Beaufort, Saturday morning. He was in his 75th year. He is survived by four daughters, Mrs. Clyde
Braxton of Grifton, Mrs. J. H. Ives, and Mrs. C. P. Tyler both of Beaufort, and Mrs. O. A. Paschall of Kinston; one son, V. A.
Rountree of Kinston; and three sisters, Mrs. Cynthia Winfrey of Richmond, Va., and Mrs. L. A. Cobb and Mrs. Helen Kennedy, both
of this city. Death occurred at the residence of Mrs. Ives. Mr. Rountree was a Mason. Relatives reside in a number of counties and
several other states. Rev. Abraham Cory of the Disciples of Christ conducted the funeral and burial service. Mr. Rountree was a
member of the Disciples of Christ. He had been in failing health some months.
His obit does not show his burial place. Also, he had celebrated his 76th birthday on April 1, 1924 so he would have been in his 77th
year. He had several brothers living outside of N. C. and they are not shown. (ER)
Collection of Egbert Rouse.
The eight known children of Louisa Elizabeth (Puss) 3 Kilpatrick and Charles Loftin Rountree all born in Lenoir County, North
Carolina, were as follows:
| 61. | i. | MARY 4 ROUNTREE was born on 12 August 1869; Collection of Egbert Rouse . Mary died on 2 |
| 62. | ii. | VIRGIL ANGELO ROUNTREE was born on 10 August 1871; Ibid. He married Susie Timberlake, |
Virgil died on 1 December 1943 in Kinston, Lenoir County, North Carolina, at age 72; Ibid.
OBIT: Free Press - 3 Dec 1943 - The funeral of Virgil Angelo Rountree, 72, prominent
Kinstonian who died in a local hospital Wednesday after a five week illness was held at Edward's
Funeral Home here at 11 am Friday with burial following in Oakwood Cemetery in Raleigh. Rev. Jack
A. Rountree local Episcopal clergyman officiated. Floral tributes were numerous. Mr. Rountree, a
native of the Grifton section, who had been employed at L. Harvey and Sons Company for forty years
is survived by his wife, Mrs. Susie Timberlake Rountree; a daughter, Miss Elizabeth Rountree of
Kinston; and four sisters, Mrs. A. Q. Paschall of Kinston, Mrs. Clyde Braxton, Grifton, and Mrs. J. H.
Ives and Mrs. C. P. Tyler, both of Beaufort.
Colletion of Egbert Rouse.
| 63. | iii. | DAISY ROUNTREE was born on 13 August 1873; Ibid.; Clyde Braxton and Daisey Rountree Family |
Clyde Rountree Braxton, son of Jesse Franklin Braxton and Julia Kilpatrick, in Lenoir County, North
Carolina, on 7 December 1893; Collection of Egbert Rouse .; Clyde Braxton and Daisey Rountree
Family Bible. Daisy died on 1 January 1956 in Lenoir County, North Carolina, at age 82; Collection of
Egbert Rouse .
OBIT: The Free Press - 2 Jan 1956 - Mrs. Daisy Rountree Braxton, 82, died at her home on
Grifton Route 2, about 1:15 pm Sunday, after an illness of some time. She was the daughter of the late
Charles Loftin and Louisa Elizabeth Kilpatrick Rountree and was a member of the Bethel Christian
Church. Funeral Services will be conducted from Garner's Funeral Home at 2:30 pm Tuesday with
interment to follow in Maplewood Cemetery. Services will be conducted by Rev. Jay Morris,
Christian, of Hookerton, assisted by Rev. Paul Parker, Christian, of Beaufort. She is survived by her
husband Clyde, three sons, Clyde R., Jesse B., and C. L., all of Grifton; two daughters, Mrs. Gladys
Cummings of Newport News, Va., and Mrs. James Garris of the home; two sisters, Mrs. O. A.
Paschall of Kinston, and Mrs. John H. Ives of Beaufort; twenty-seven grandchildren; thirty-two great-
grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. Active pallbearers will be the following grandsons: J.
B. Braxton, Robert Brooks, Lindsay Braxton, Earl Braxton, Ned Braxton, and Sam Brooks.
Collection of Egbert Rouse
OBIT: Free Press - 7 June 1966 - Clyde A. Braxton, 91, of Grifton, Route 2, died at his home at
5:30 pm Tuesday after a lengthy illness. He was a retired farmer and a member of the Bethel Christian
Church. Funeral services will be conducted at 4 pm Thursday from the Chapel of Garner's Funeral
Home. Rev. Clifton Rice, Free Will Baptist, of Kinston, assisted by Rev. L. B. Benett, Christian, of
Macckesfield, will officiate. Burial will follow in Maplewood Cemetery. He was the son of the late
Jesse Franklin and Julia Kilpatrick Braxton of Lenoir County. His wife, Daisy Rountree Braxton died
in 1956. Surviving are three sons, Clyde R., Jesse Bruton, and C. L., all of Grifton, Route 2; one
daughter, Mrs. G. L. Cummings of Newport News, Va; twenty-three grandchildren; thirty-five great-
grandchildren and a number of great-great grandchildren. Grandsons will serve as pallbearers. From
Collection of Egbert Rouse There are Bible Records for this family in the Collection of Ima Mewborn.
Collection of Egbert Rouse.
| 64. | iv. | PATTIE ROUNTREE was born on 15 January 1876; Ibid. She married John Horace Ives, son of John |
Ibid. Pattie died on 8 January 1967 in Lenoir County, North Carolina, at age 90; Ibid.
| 65. | v. | HANNAH B. ROUNTREE was born on 4 September 1878; Ibid. Hannah died on 31 May 1880 in |
| 66. | vi. | CHARLES LOFTIN ROUNTREE was born on 28 January 1881; Ibid. He married Roxie Belle Pate in |
Carolina, at age 38; Ibid.
| 67. | vii. | RUTH ELLEN ROUNTREE was born on 8 March 1887; Interview with Edna Earl Paschall Hayes, |
Albertus R. Paschall and Martha Calley Pate; Ibid. Ruth died on 1 September 1970 in Lenoir County,
North Carolina, at age 83; Ibid.
OBIT: Free Press - Otis Albert Paschall, 88, of 1402 North College Street died Friday in a local
hospital. He was a retired merchant and founder of Paschall's Sporting Goods Shop. A native of
Wayne County, he was the son of the late Albirtus R. and Martha Calley Pate Paschall. He came to
Kinston in 1917 and worked as a mechanic for a bicycle and gun repair shop owned by George F.
Suggs and A. E. Rountree until 1929, when he opened a small repair shop at 112 East North Street.
His small business grew and moved to 106 West Gordon Street and again to 123 West North Street.
In 1944 the business was sold to his son-in-law James P. Hayes. Funeral services will be held at 2 pm
Sunday from the Chapel of Garner's Funeral Home. Rev. Dexter Wasson will officiate. Burial will
follow in the Westview Cemetery. Survivors include four daughters, Mrs. E. F. Monroe of Johnson
City, Tenn., Mrs. James P. Hayes of Kinston, Mrs. Jack Foss of LaGrange, and Mrs. Alton Cummings
of Ashville; a sister, Mrs. Mary P. Howell of Goldsboro; seven grandchildren and four great-
grandchildren.
Collection of Egbert Rouse.
| 68. | viii. | CHARLOTTE LOUISE (LOTTIE) ROUNTREE was born on 13 June 1890; Collection of Egbert |
Ives; Ibid.
19 . FRANCIS MARION 3 MOSELEY ( Rachel2Mewborn , Lemuel1 ) was born in Lenoir County, North Carolina, on 5 August 1846;
William Augustus Moseley Family Bible. He married Mary Elizabeth (Betty) Edwards, daughter of William F. Edwards and Martha A.
Grimsley, in Lenoir County, North Carolina, on 12 December 1867; Collection of Julia Moseley Combs . Francis died on 15 January
1877 in Lenoir County, North Carolina, at age 30; Ibid. His body was interred in Lenoir County, North Carolina, in B. F. Scarborough
Cemetery; Collection of Egbert Rouse .
MARY ELIZABETH (BETTY) EDWARDS was born in Greene County, North Carolina, on 2 February 1848; Collection of Julia
Moseley Combs .; William O. Dixon Family Bible, 1892. William Taylor, dec.; copy in "Dobbs County, North Carolina Bible Records,
Vol. 4" by William L. Murphy, Hookerton, Greene County, North Carolina. Mary died on 5 October 1932 in Greenville, Pitt County,
North Carolina, at age 84; Collection of Julia Moseley Combs .; William O. Dixon Family Bible.
The three known children of Francis Marion 3 Moseley and Mary Elizabeth (Betty) Edwards all born in Lenoir County, North
Carolina, were as follows:
| 69. | i. | ANNIE LILLIAN 4 MOSELEY was born on 13 February 1870; Ibid. She married William Odel |
on 24 February 1892; Ibid. Annie died on 16 September 1941 in Greene County, North Carolina, at
age 71; Ibid. Her body was interred in Kinston, Lenoir County, North Carolina, in Maplewood
Cemetery.
The information for this family was provided by the late William Taylor of Hookerton who had the
family Bible. This family lived near Ormondsville where a number of the family are buried in the
Edwards Family Cemetery according to William L. (Bill) Murphey.
| 70. | ii. | FRANKLIN AUGUSTUS MOSELEY was born on 17 February 1872; Collection of Julia Moseley |
Ibid. Franklin died on 16 November 1944 at age 72; Ibid. His body was interred in Snow Hill, Greene
County, North Carolina, in Potter - Suggs Cemetery; Mary Louise Kilpatrick., Greene County
Cemetery Records .
The information on this family provided by Julia Moseley Combs.
| 71. | iii. | LILLIE CLYDE MOSELEY was born on 30 June 1875; Collection of Julia Moseley Combs . She |
January 1943 at age 67; Ibid. Her body was interred in Greenville, Pitt County, North Carolina.
The information for this family provided by Julia Moseley Combs of Hampstead, NC.
20 . WILLIAM MANOAH 3 MOSELEY ( Rachel2Mewborn , Lemuel1 ) was born in Lenoir County, North Carolina, on 15 September
1848; William Augustus Moseley Family Bible. He married Annie Laurie Pines; Collection of Julia Moseley Combs . William died in
Lenoir County, North Carolina; Ibid.
The three known children of William Manoah 3 Moseley and Annie Laurie Pines all born in Lenoir County, North Carolina, were as
follows:
| 72. | i. | SARAH (SALLY) 4 MOSELEY was born; Ibid. She married Oscar Platt; Ibid. |
| 73. | ii. | FANNIE GRACE MOSELEY was born; Ibid. She married unknown Day; Ibid. | ||
| 74. | iii. | BLANCHE FENTRESS MOSELEY was born on 24 May 1874; Ibid.; Collection of Ima Eula |
Turnage, in Lenoir County, North Carolina, on 17 March 1897; Collection of Julia Moseley Combs .
Blanche died on 22 September 1958 in Kinston, Lenoir County, North Carolina, at age 84. Her body
was interred in Kinston, Lenoir County, North Carolina, in Maplewood Cemetery.
22 . JAMES WARREN 3 MOSELEY ( Rachel2Mewborn , Lemuel1 ) was born in Lenoir County, North Carolina, on 27 April 1854;
William Augustus Moseley Family Bible. He married Mary Elizabeth Hill, daughter of Drewry Hill Jr. and Eliza Pridgen, in Lenoir
County, North Carolina, on 4 December 1879; Collection of Julia Moseley Combs .; William Augustus Moseley Family Bible. James
died on 9 December 1924 in Lenoir County, North Carolina, at age 70; Ibid.
MARY ELIZABETH HILL was born in Lenoir County, North Carolina, on 16 December 1853; Collection of Julia Moseley
Combs . Mary died on 21 February 1923 in Lenoir County, North Carolina, at age 69; Ibid.
The only known child of James Warren 3 Moseley and Mary Elizabeth Hill was:
| 75. | i. | ADDIE 4 MOSELEY was born in Lenoir County, North Carolina, on 30 August 1886; Ibid. She |
Carolina, at age 58; Ibid.
23 . WILLIAM AUGUSTUS 3 MOSELEY ( Rachel2Mewborn , Lemuel1 ) was born in Lenoir County, North Carolina, on 27 October
1856; William Augustus Moseley Family Bible. He married Alphie Haskins in Lenoir County, North Carolina, on 8 April 1903; Ibid.
William died on 11 December 1929 in Lenoir County, North Carolina, at age 73; Ibid.
Marriage Bonds - W. A. Moseley - age 46 years - Alpha Haskins - age 30 years.
The two known children of William Augustus 3 Moseley and Alphie Haskins both born in Lenoir County, North Carolina, were as
follows:
| 76. | i. | KATIE ELIZABETH 4 MOSELEY was born on 28 October 1904; Ibid. She married Robert Erol |
Carolina, on 24 September 1925; Ibid.; Robert Wooten - Emma Parrott Family Bible, in possession of
Harriett Yelverton in 1997, Kinston, Lenoir County, North Carolina,, (A copy was placed at Lenoir
County Community College in 1997 and a copy in possession of this writer but the Title Page was not
made available to the writer.).
| 77. | ii. | WILLIAM AUGUSTUS MOSELEY was born on 10 April 1911; William Augustus Moseley Family |
1987 in Lenoir County, North Carolina, at age 76; Ibid.
24 . LEMUEL ALEXANDER 3 MOSELEY ( Rachel2Mewborn , Lemuel1 ) was born in Lenoir County, North Carolina, on 20
November 1858; William Augustus Moseley Family Bible. He married Effie Estelle Edwards, daughter of James Edwards and Sarah
Ann Britt, in Greene County, North Carolina; Lemuel Alexander Moseley-Effie Estelle Edwards Family Group Sheet, by Ernest
Jones.; William Augustus Moseley Family Bible. Lemuel died on 13 November 1926 in Greene County, North Carolina, at age 67;
Ibid.; His tombstone said he died 12 November 1926. His body was interred in Greene County, North Carolina, in Rainbow Church
Cemetery.
Both Lemuel and Effie were buried at Rainbow Church in Greene Co., NC.
EFFIE ESTELLE EDWARDS was born in Greene County, North Carolina, on 6 October 1876; Lemuel Alexander Moseley-Effie
Estelle Edwards, Family Group Sheet . Effie died on 5 March 1957 at age 80; Ibid. Her body was interred in Greene County, North
Carolina, in Rainbow Church Cemetery.
The seven known children of Lemuel Alexander 3 Moseley and Effie Estelle Edwards were as follows:
| 78. | i. | MABLE ESTELLE 4 MOSELEY was born on 11 September 1894; Ibid. She married William Fred |
Kinston, Lenoir County, North Carolina, at age 91; Ibid.
| 79. | ii. | MAMIE E. MOSELEY was born on 2 October 1897; Ibid. She married Tolson Jarman; Ibid. Mamie |
| 80. | iii. | MILDRED RUTH MOSELEY was born on 9 June 1900; Ibid. She married James G. Vick; Ibid. |
Mildred died on 20 July 1991 in Wilson, Wilson County, North Carolina, at age 91; Ibid. Her body
was interred in Greene County, North Carolina, in Rainbow Church Cemetery.
OBIT - Kinston Daily Free Press - 21 July 1991 - RUTH M. VICK - Wilson - Ruth Moseley Vick,
91, of Wilson died Saturday. She was the former owner of Ruth Dress Shop. Services will be held at 2
pm Monday from Joyner's Funeral Home with the Rev. Philip Siebbeles and Dr. David Walsh
officiating. Burial will follow in Rainbow United Methodist Church Cemetery near Snow Hill;
Survivors include one daughter, Sue V. Warren of Wilson; two sisters, Rachel Moseley and Mamie
Jarman, both of Kinston; one brother, Lynwood Moseley of Southern Pines; two grandsons and one
great grandson.
{ENC} Collection of Ima Mewborn.{END}
| 81. | iv. | DAVID EUGENE MOSELEY was born in Lenoir County, North Carolina, on 5 July 1903; Ibid. |
was interred in Greene County, North Carolina, in Rainbow Church Cemetery.
| 82. | v. | EFFIE PAULINE MOSELEY was born on 30 August 1907; Ibid. Effie died on 28 December 1969 in |
North Carolina, in Rainbow Church Cemetery.
OBIT - Kinston Daily Free Press - 28 December 1969 - MISS PAULINE MOSELEY - Miss Effie
Pauline Moseley, 62, died in a local hospital Sunday morning. She resided on Hill Street. She was the
daughter of the late Lemuel A. and Effie Edwards Moseley of Kinston. She was a member of Gordon
Street Christian Church, from which funeral services were held at 2 pm Monday. Rev. David
Alexander officiated. Interment followed in Rainbow Church Cemetery in Greene County. Survivors
include four sisters, Mrs. Mabel Outland, Mrs. Tolson Jarman and Miss Rachel Moseley all of
Kinston, Mrs. Ruth Vick of Wilson, two brothers, David of Kinston and Lynwood of Goldsboro.
Collection of Ima Mewborn.
| 83. | vi. | RACHEL MOSELEY was born on 21 June 1912; Ibid. | ||
| 84. | vii. | JAMES LYNWOOD MOSELEY was born on 12 March 1920; Ibid. He married Retha Pate; Ibid. He |
died on 24 December 1991 at age 71; Ibid.
25 . DARTHULA (DARLIE) 3 MOSELEY ( Rachel2Mewborn , Lemuel1 ) was born in Lenoir County, North Carolina, on 20
September 1861; William Augustus Moseley Family Bible. She married George Bryant Kilpatrick, son of George Kilpatrick and Mary
Hooker. She married George B. Kilpatrick in Kinston, Lenoir County, North Carolina; Lenoir County Heritage Book . She married
Benjah Sutton in Lenoir County, North Carolina, in May 1888; Ibid. Darthula died on 4 November 1899 in Kinston, Lenoir County,
North Carolina, at age 38; William Augustus Moseley Family Bible. Her body was interred in Lenoir County, North Carolina, in B. F.
Scarborough Cemetery; Collection of Egbert Rouse .
GEORGE B. KILPATRICK was born in Lenoir County, North Carolina, on 18 November 1867.
There were no known children of Darthula (Darlie) 3 Moseley and George B. Kilpatrick.
GEORGE BRYANT KILPATRICK married Laura Green.
There were no known children of Darthula (Darlie) 3 Moseley and George Bryant Kilpatrick.
The only known child of Darthula (Darlie) 3 Moseley and Benjah Sutton was:
| 85. | i. | RACHEL BENJAH 4 SUTTON was born in Kinston, Lenoir County, North Carolina, on 22 March |
North Carolina, in 1908; Ibid. Rachel died on 19 November 1979 in Kinston, Lenoir County, North
Carolina, at age 89; Ibid.
OBIT: Kinston Free Press - Mrs. Rachel Sutton Tull 89, of N. Queen Street, died at her home
Monday. She was the owner of R. S. Tull Insurance. Services will be held at 2:00 pm Wednesday
with graveside rites at the Maplewood Cemetery. The Rev. David Alexander will officiate. Survivors
include two daughters, Mrs. Harriet Tull Wooten of Kinston and Mrs. Rowena Tull Brinser of
Richmond, Va., three grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. The family will receive friends at
the home of 1001 N. Queen Street. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer
Society.
Collection of Egbert Rouse.
26 . FLORENCE 3 MOSELEY ( Rachel2Mewborn , Lemuel1 ) was born in Lenoir County, North Carolina, on 16 December 1863;
William Augustus Moseley Family Bible. She married Edward Augustus Patrick in Lenoir County, North Carolina, on 29 August
1892; Collection of Julia Moseley Combs . Florence died on 3 July 1930 in Lenoir County, North Carolina, at age 66; Ibid.
Information on this family from Julia Moseley Combs.
EDWARD AUGUSTUS PATRICK was born in Lenoir County, North Carolina, on 24 January 1861; Ibid. Edward died on 27
November 1936 in Lenoir County, North Carolina, at age 75; Ibid.
The four known children of Florence 3 Moseley and Edward Augustus Patrick were as follows:
| 86. | i. | BRUCE EDWARD 4 PATRICK married Nell Dail; Ibid. | ||
| 87. | ii. | LELAND A. PATRICK was born in Lenoir County, North Carolina, on 2 May 1896; Ibid. Leland |
Died in the service of his Country.
| 88. | iii. | MOSELEY G. PATRICK was born in Lenoir County, North Carolina, on 27 May 1899; Ibid. Moseley |
| 89. | iv. | EDWARD PATRICK was born in Lenoir County, North Carolina, on 15 June 1905; Ibid. Edward |
Buried at St. Johns.
27 . LAUNA 3 MOSELEY ( Rachel2Mewborn , Lemuel1 ) was born in Lenoir County, North Carolina, on 25 August 1866; William
Augustus Moseley Family Bible. She married John Jackson in Lenoir County, North Carolina, on 2 December 1884; Collection of
Julia Moseley Combs .
The information on this family was provided by Julia Moseley Combs.
The only known child of Launa 3 Moseley and John Jackson was:
| 90. | i. | GERTRUDE ELIZABETH 4 JACKSON was born in Lenoir County, North Carolina, on 5 October |
Ibid. Gertrude died on 21 March 1959 at age 71; Ibid.
28 . WILLIAM EDGAR (WILL) 3 MEWBORN ( Levi2 , Lemuel1 ) was born in Hookerton, Greene County, North Carolina, on 1
September 1862; Levi Alexander Mewborn - William Pugh Family Bible.; William Edgar Mewborn Family Bible, in possession of
Martha Mewborn Marble, Washington,, District of Columbia. He married Lula Lee Lang, daughter of William Grey Lang and Anne
Priscilla Moye, in Langs Crossroads, Pitt County, North Carolina, on 26 December 1888; Ibid. He died on 17 September 1862 in
Sharpsburg,, Maryland; Estate of Benjamin Sutton, Settlement found in Lenoir Co Vol A Divisions, Dowers, and Provisions page 39,
Lenoir County. Another Record at the NC Archives, Craven Co CR028.508.17 - Estate of Alexander W. Kilpatrick.; Will of
Benjamin Sutton, written 13 August 1863, probated September 1864, copy found in Wayne County, NC. William died on 28
November 1930 in Kinston, Lenoir County, North Carolina, at age 68; Death Certificate Lenoir County Courthouse, Kinston, Lenoir
County, North Carolina. His body was interred in Kinston, Lenoir County, North Carolina, in Maplewood Cemetery.
Will attended UNC.
Will taught school in Pitt County and after his marriage moved to Kinston where he was in the insurance business. It is a well known
fact in the family that William Lang was less than pleased with his daughter's choice of husbands - he was a Mewborn and a member of
the Episcopal Church. William elected to stay in his barn and shuck corn during the wedding which was held at his home. They built a
lovely home at 205 West Washington Street which has since been torn down. The lumber in the home came from the Lang farm
outside of Farmville. Will was a member of the Masonic Lodge in Hookerton, NC. His Masonic sword belongs to his great grandson,
Ronald Earl Mewborn, III. Will was confirmed in the Protestant Episcopal Church by Bishop Lyman on 2 July 1882 and was an active
member of St. Mary's Episcopal Church. A silver receiving bason was given to St. Mary's Church in Kinston by the children in honor
of William E. and Lula Lang Mewborn on 23 January 1949. It is my understanding this bason is still in active use.
Lula graduated from what is today, Greensboro College, in Greensboro,NC. Both the Mewborn and Lang families were great believers
in higher education, even for the women of the family. Members of the family have a number of items that belonged to William and
Lula including several beautiful hand made bedspreads. Both William and Lula's Autograph Books are in the possession of this
compiler, but will some day be placed at East Carolina in the family collection. The entries are most interesting to read and some are
by family members and some by college classmates.
Lula was adored by her grandson, Sam Mewborn, and until the day he died, he requested this compiler to make him a chocolate pie
using her receipe. LuLang also gave Sam Lula's china which he especially loved and this compiler also has that set of china. The love
of both these things has been passed on down to my daughter.
OBIT: Free Press - WILLIAM E. MEWBORN PASSES; FUNERAL TO BE HELD TOMORROW William E. Mewborn, 68, well
known farmer and insurance man, died of a heart attack at his home, 205 West Washington Avenue shortly after last midnight. He had
been in failing health sometime. Mr. Mewborn was a member of a prominent family. He was a son of the late Levy A. and Adelaide
Aldridge Mewborn and was born at Hookerton. He had resided in Lenoir County since he was a boy. He was active in Masonic
circles and widely known in insurance circles. Surviving are a widow, Mrs. Lula Lang Mewborn, and the following children: Misses
Carlotta and Lula Lang Mewborn, Ronald E. and William L. Mewborn of this city, and T. Morrill Mewborn of Bordentown, N.J. A
brother, Thomas W. Mewborn and numerous other relatives also survive. The funeral will be held from St. Mary's Episcopal Church
tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock. The Rev. Dr. Bartholomew F. Huske will officiate. Burial will be in Maplewood Cemetery. The
Masons will have part in the service at the grave. Pallbearers will be F. F. Brooks, R. L. Crisp, M. C. Hooker, A. D. Hobgood, T. W.
Heath, Dr. J. M. Parrott, Dal F. Wooten, and E. B. Marston.
OBIT: This was an additional article in The Free Press on Thursday, December 25, 1930 along with a picture. The sudden death of
Mr. William E. Mewborn removed from this community one of its finest and most highly esteemed citizens and brought universal
sorrow to the people of Kinston. His unswerving integrity and his kindly spirit of good will for all with whom he came into contact
had won for this splendid Christian gentleman a place of honor and affection in the hearts of all throughout eastern North Carolina, as
well as in Kinston and Lenoir County. William E. Mewborn was regarded as one of the very best citizens of our State. The late Mr.
Mewborn was born September 1, 1862 at Hookerton, N.C. From 1882 to 1884 he attended the University of North Carolina. In 1888
he was married to Miss Lula Lang of Farmville N.C. The three sons and two daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Mewborn have grown up in
Kinston and with their parents have contributed as one of the most highly regarded families of our entire community. As a public
spirited citizen; as a devoted husband and father; and as a faithful communicant of the Episcopal church, Mr. Mewborn has
consistently upheld the finest tradition of our christian civilization. In early years of manhood, Mr. Mewborn was a school teacher - as
such he is affectionately remembered by many. Of late years, Mr. Mewborn had been a great sufferer from rheumatism. In spite of
his suffering and his slight lameness which resulted, Mr. Mewborn was always cheerful and kindly. He maintained his genial
disposition and never gave up to his afflictions. He kept on with his work, when except for his fortitude, he might have surrendered.
With splendid cheerfulness and courage, Mr. Mewborn never gave up, but carried on to the very end. "One who never turned his back
but marched breast forward. Never doubted clouds would break. Never dreamed though right were worsted, wrong would triump.
Hold we fall to rise, are baffled to fight better. Sleep to Wake".
OBIT: The Mission Herald - published by the Episcopal Church of N. C. March 1931 - IN MEMORIAM - Mr. William E. Mewborn,
whose death occurred in Kinston, N.C. on the twenty-eighth of November last, was for many years a faithful and devoted member of
St. Mary's Church, Kinston, a loyal and earnest son of the Diocese of East Carolina, and throughout his entire life a most sincere and
consistent Churchman. In the recent passing into "Life Eternal" of Mr. Mewborn, St. Mary's Parish and the Diocese sustained a great
loss; as did also the State of North Carolina, and the community of which he was an honored citizen. Mr. Mewborn was born at
Hookerton, Greene County, North Carolina on September first, 1862. During the years 1882 to 1885 he was a student at the
University of North Carolina. After leaving the University, Mr. Mewborn for several years taught school. In 1888, he was married to
Miss Lula Lang. Three sons and two daughters were born to Mr. and Mrs. Mewborn. For many years Mr. Mewborn and family have
made their home in Kinston; and have always been very closely identified with St. Mary's Church. The passing of Mr. W. E. Mewborn
has brought real loss to both Church and State; and removed from the Diocese of East Carolina one of our most devout and faithful
laymen. Mr. Mewborn is survived by his bereaved widow and children and also by one brother, Mr. T. W. Mewborn. Always an
upright citizen of the highest type, and a loyal and devout communicant of the Church, Mr. Mewborn will long be remembered by all
who knew him on account of this splendid Christian life, his unswerving fortitude and cheerfulness, and his kindly, gentle spirit of
good will for all. "He being dead yet speaketh." William was confirmed at age 19 in Kinston, Lenoir County, North Carolina, on 2 July
1882. Confirmed by Bishop Lyman in the Protestant Episcopal Church according to a certificate in the possession of Martha Mewborn
Marble.
LULA LEE LANG was born in Langs Crossroads, Pitt County, North Carolina, on 25 November 1866; William Edgar Mewborn
Family Bible.; William Gray Family Bible, (William W. Harding, Philadelphia, 1860); (I have a copy of the Bible, Alice Richmond of
Durham may have the original).; Will of William Gray Lang, Written 27 September 1902, probated 6 April 1904, Pitt County, NC.
Lula died on 29 March 1943 in Burlington, Alamance County, North Carolina, at age 76; William Edgar Mewborn Family Bible. Her
body was interred in Kinston, Lenoir County, North Carolina, in Maplewood Cemetery.
The six known children of William Edgar (Will) 3 Mewborn and Lula Lee Lang all born in Kinston, Lenoir County, North Carolina,
were as follows:
| 91. | i. | CARLOTTA LEE 4 MEWBORN was born on 25 September 1889; Ibid. Carlotta died on 24 October |
Kinston, Lenoir County, North Carolina, in Maplewood Cemetery.
Carlotta was educated at St. Mary's Junior College and Columbia University. She taught in the
Kinston Public Schools and then moved to the Superintendent's Office. She served in the school
system for 37 years and was loved by several generations of school children. She was the organist for
St. Mary's Episcopal Church. She never married, but spent a lot of time with her nephews and great
nieces and nephews. This writer remembers what a treat it was to spend the night with Aunt Carlotta
and to visit with her downstairs housemate, Cousin Ruby Bruton. I gather that when she gave
instructions, which was fairly often, she expected them to be followed without question and
immediately. My father called me "Miss Carlotta" from time to time.
OBIT: Free Press - MISS MEWBORN DIES THURSDAY; SERVED SCHOOLS 37 YEARS
Miss Carlotta L. Mewborn, 68, died Thursday night in a Burlington hospital. Funeral services will be
conducted from St. Mary's Episcopal Church at 2:30 p.m. Saturday with burial to follow in
Maplewood Cemetery. Miss Mewborn began her service in the Kinston public schools as a classroom
teacher under the tenure of the late Supt. Kader R. Curtis. She moved into the office at his request and
served for seven years. She stayed at the post for 18 years under Major William A. Graham and when
Supt. Jean P. Booth took over in l945 she continued that service. She retired last January ending a
public education career coverning more than 37 years. She went to Burlington some two weeks ago to
undergo abdominal surgery. She apparently was recuperating steadily until Sunday when she suffered
a coronary occlusion. She showed little signs of improvement prior to the fatal heart attack which
occurred about 8:15 p.m. Thursday. Supt. Jean P. Booth noted Friday that her passing "leaves us all
with a deep sense of loss". She maintained an abiding interest in all school activities until the end.
"Her love for the schools find everyone connected with them was an inspiration to us all", Booth
declared. She was educated at St. Mary's Junior College and Columbia University. Miss Mewborn is
survived by a sister, Mrs. Duncan McKenzie of Burlington and several nieces and nephews.
Pallbearers will be T. R. and R. E. Mewborn, W. Harry lang, Robert G. Lang of Greenville, Edward
Joyner of Wilson, and Duncan McKenzie, Jr. of Burlington. The body will remain at Edwards Funeral
home until it is moved to the church for the services.
MISS CARLOTTA MEWBORN
On October 24th God called home Miss Carlotta Mewborn, a most devoted and loyal member of Saint
Mary's Episcopal Church, Kinston. "To live in the hearts we leave behind is not dying" expresses the
sentiment of those who knew her best. Miss Carlotta taught in Saint Mary's Church School, was
organist for a number of years and at all times active in her Guild and the Woman's Auxiliary, giving
gladly and generously of her service and means for the support of her Church.
The members of Saint Mary's Woman Auxiliary extend to her family deepest sympathy and sincere
appreciation of a life well spent. Those of us who knew Miss Carlotta may well profit by her example
of faithfulness and loyalty. Truly it can be said that she was "faithful unto death" and just as truly has
inherited her crown of life."
| 92. | ii. | RONALD EARL MEWBORN SR was born on 21 May 1891; Ronald Earl Mewborn Sr. Family |
Mewborn Family Bible. He married Susan Moore Phillips, daughter of Needham Moore Phillips and
Ada Hill, in Kinston, Lenoir County, North Carolina, on 22 July 1919; Ronald Earl Mewborn Sr.
Family Bible.; Marriage Certificate. Ronald died on 4 March 1950 in Kinston, Lenoir County, North
Carolina, at age 58; Ronald Earl Mewborn Sr. Family Bible.; Death Certificate . His body was interred
on 6 March 1950 in Kinston, Lenoir County, North Carolina, in Westview Cemetery.
Ronald was educated at N. C. State and Susie at Atlantic Christian College, University of Virginia
(Summer Session), and received a Master's Degree in Home Economics in Washington, D. C. Ronald
owned Mewborn Fertilizer in Kinston. Ronald entered the Army during World War I, but within a
month of his enlistment, he was given a medical discharge. They lived on Fairfield Ave, Vernon Ave,
and then built a lovely home on Hwy 58 in Kinston. Ronald never lived in this house as he died the
day before they were to move.
This compiler spent most of her time between the ages of 3 and 6 with her grandparents. Neither
were known to be overly fond of children being very strick with their sons and sending them to
military school at a fairly young age. By the time their first grandchild, a girl, arrived, that had
changed. I rather ruled the roost. Although quite young when granddaddy died, I remember him well.
After he died, my grandmother insisted my parents move in with her in the new house. Granny and I
had our own kitchen upstairs and I spent most of my time with her, leaving my mother with one less
child to run after for the most part. One disavantage to this situation was that I grew up closer to my
grandmother than to my mother until after Granny died. She was also very fond of her great-
grandchildren. My sister lived next door with her two children, and they were in and out of the big
house every day. After grandmother had her stroke and was in a nursing home, my sister took the two
children to visit almost every day and I understand it was the only time she ever smiled during her last
six months. Many people will not allow their children to visit someone ill, but this simple action by
my sister brought great joy to both the children and their great-grandmother as well as an introduction
to the lessons of life.
OBIT: Free Press - with photo - MEWBORN RITES AT 3:30 MONDAY - Ronald Earl
Mewborn, Sr., 58 prominent local farmer and businessman, succumbed to a heart attack at 501 West
Vernon Avenue at 6:30 pm Saturday. The funeral will be from St. Mary's Episcopal Church at 3:30
pm Monday with interment in Westview Cemetery. His rector, Rev. Edward F. Moseley, will
officiate, assisted by Rev. R. B. Hurt, pastor of Gordon Street Church of Christ. Mr. Mewborn was
formerly head of the Mewborn Fertilizer Company here for several years, but had given that up in
recent years to take care of his farming interests. He would have moved into his new home on the
Snow Hill highway this week. He was a member of the Rotary Club, which he served as president
several years ago. He was also active as a director of the Kinston Chamber of Commerce for several
years. He was a member of the Executives Club and a lifelong communicant of St. Mary's Episcopal
Church. A son of the late William E. and Lula Lang Mewborn, he was born in Lenoir County on May
21, 1891. He was a veteran of World War 1 and was a member of the American Legion. He was
educated in the Kinston schools and at N.C. State College in Raleigh. Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Susie Phillips Mewborn, whom he married in 1919; four sons, Ronald E. Mewborn, Jr., of Lenoir
County, Needham P. Mewborn, with the army in Japan; William E. and T. Richard Mewborn of the
home; two sisters, Miss Carlotta Mewborn of Kinston and Mrs. Duncan Mackenzie of Burlington.
Pallbearers are T. W. Heath, Sr., J. C. Hood, Phil Smith, Thomas Mewborn, R. A. Whitaker, R. A.
Thompson, Harry Lang, and C. H. Joyner.
| 93. | iii. | RUTH LANG MEWBORN was born on 4 December 1892; William Edgar Mewborn Family Bible. |
| 94. | iv. | THOMAS MORRILL MEWBORN was born on 14 September 1895; Ibid. He married Edith Mae |
Bordentown,, New Jersey, at age 41.
Morrill was named in honor of Dr. Samuel Morrill, a well known doctor who lived near Lang's
Crossroads. Thomas was educated at UNC and served in WWI - May 24, 1917 - June 10, 1919.
Corp., 310th Am. Co., 303rd San. Tr., 78th Div. Overseas, June 5, 1918 - May 30 1919. St. Mihiel,
Aronne Forest, Toule Sec. . His papers have been donated to ECU.
Morrill and Mae met while he was stationed in New Jersey during World War 1. Mae's brother
took him home for the weekend and it was love at first sight. After marriage, they lived in Kinston for
a short time then moved back to Bordentown. They lived in a lovely old townhouse built by one of
Mae's great grandfathers where their daughters continued to live until moving to NC in 1994. Morrill
was with the Lenox China Company and was an independent insurance salesman. After Morrill's
untimely death, Mae taught school and reared her two daughters by herself.
MEWBORN, THOMAS MORRILL, Corp., Ambulance Co., 78th Div., Regt. 303, San. Tr. Born
in Lenoir County; son of W. E. and Mrs. Lula Mewborn. Husband of Mrs. Mae Mewborn. Entered
service 31 May, 1917 at Raleigh, NC. Sent to Ft. Thomas, Ky. Transferred to Ft. Oglethorpe, Ga.
From there to Camp Dix, NJ. Sailed for France June 12, 1918. Promoted to Corpl. June 1918. Fought
at St. Mihiel Front, Argonne Forest, Toul Sector. Returned to USA May 29, 1919, Hoboken, NJ.
Mustered out at Camp Lee, Va on June 15, 1919.
"Tar Heel World War Record 1917 - 1918" compiled by J. R. Graham
Morrill was presented a certificate and medal from th UDC as being a grandson of a Civil War
Veteran, Levi Mewborn, seriving in WWI. Said certificate and medal are in the possession of this
compiler.
WEDDING ANNOUNCEMENT - Bordentown Paper - BORDENTOWN GIRL WILL WED
SOLDIER NOVEL SCHEME TO ANNOUNCE ENGAGEMENT BY MISS EDITH M. BECHTEL
- Miss Edith Mae Bechtel, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Bechtel, of Prince Street, surprised her
friends at a party given recently by announcing her engagement to Corp. Thomas Morrell Mewborn, of
Kingston, N.C., a member of the 310th Ambulance Corps, stationed at Camp Dix. Corporal Mewborn
enlisted last May while a student at A. and N. College, Raleigh, N.C. Miss Bechtel devised an original
scheme of conveying the news of her engagement. One of the guests, Miss Ellen Griffenberg, an
elocutionist of note, read a story of unusual interest and interwoven in the story was the unexpected
announcement. Miss Bechtel is a graduate of the Bordentown High School and the State Normal
School and is at present engaged in teaching in the Broad Street Park public school. (The article gives
the list of guests which I will omit here.)
WEDDING WRITEUP - Bordentown paper - MISS BECHTEL CHARMING BRIDE - Miss
Edith Mae Bechtel, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin A. S. Bechtel, of Prince Street, this city, became
the bride of Thomas Morrill Mewborn son of Mr. and Mrs. William E. Mewborn of Kinston, North
Carolina, with a charming church wedding on Tuesday afternoon at four-thirty. The ceremony took
place in Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church and the pastor, Rev. James V. Burnes, officiated. Miss
Bechtel was given in marriage by her father. Her maid of honor was her sister, Miss Hallie C. Bechtel.
The bridesmaids were Miss Mary Saum of Brooklyn; Miss Carlotta Mewborn of Kinston, N.C., a
sister of the groom; Miss Nelchel Sievers and Miss Gertrude Ford of this city. Mr. Hubert Joyner of
Kinston, a cousin of the bridgroom was the best man. The ushers were Harold C. Bechtel, brother of
the bride, LeRoy Brown and Lester Brown of Trenton, cousins of the bride and Earle Leonard of
Fieldsboro. The wedding march was played by Miss Lillian Koenig, organist of Christ Church. The
bride wore a lovely gown of ivory satin, draped with rare old Duchess lace, a bridal veil, with orange
blossoms and carried a large shower boquet of bridal roses and sweet peas. The maid of honor, Miss
Hallie Bechtel was attired in a charming costume of pink tulle over georgett and wore a crownless hat
of silver lace. She carried a large boquet of pink sweet peas. The bridesmaids wore handsome dresses
of white net, draped with pink and orchid tulle. All wore crownless hats of silver lace. Each carried a
boquet of pink and lavender sweet peas. Following the ceremony, the members of the immediate
families of the contracting couple, with a few intimate friends, attended a reception at the Bechtel
home where supper was served. The just married couple then left for an extended honeymoon tour,
after which they will return to Bordentown for a brief visit before going to Kinston, where they will
take up their residence. Mrs. Mewborn, who is very popular locally and quite prominent in all social
affairs of the younger set, was an ardent participant in all patrotic movements during the war. She has
been very active in Community House affairs and also in the work of Trinity Church of which her
father is one of the senior officers. A graduate of the New Jersey State Normal School, Trenton, she
has host of friends in that city, as well as in Philadelphia and her native city. Mr. Mewborn comes of
a very old family, socially prominent in North Carolina. He attended the A. & M. State College at
Raleigh, N.C. until he enlisted in the ambulance company of the 310th regiment, with which he saw
service overseas, after training at Camp Dix.
OBIT: Bordentown paper - 20 March 1937 - THOMAS MEWBORN DIES SUDDENLY -
Thomas Morrill Mewborn, husband of Mrs. Mae Mewborn nee Bechtel, died suddenly late Saturday
night at his home, 110 Prince Street, at the age of 42 years. A native of North Carolina, Mr. Mewborn
came here after the War, and for many years was an employee of the Lenox Pottery, Trenton. He
served overseas with the A. E. F. during the World War and was a member of the Ervin V. Hamilton
Post No. 26, American Legion; Citizen Hook and Ladder Company, No. 1; Yapewi Aquatic Club and
the Masonic fraternity. While not a Bordentown native, he had a host of friends in the town and was
genuinely liked by all. He was a real gentleman. Survivors beside his wife are two daughters
Constance and Margaret of Bordentown, mother and two sisters and two brothers in North Carolina.
Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock from his late residence with the Rev. Alfred
Banyard of Christ Episcopal Church and the Rev. Harry D. Hummer, of Trinity M. E. Church
officiating. Interment was in the Bordentown Cemetery under the direction of Rogers Funeral Service.
His bearers were: Frank Appleton, T. Harold Pope, Granville Jarrett, Millard Wall, Frank Rusling and
Williard Elliott.
OBIT: Free Press 20 March 1937 - MORRILL MEWBORN DIES IN N. JERSEY - MEMBER
PROMINENT LOCAL FAMILY LIVED IN NORTH MANY YEARS - Thomas Morrill Mewborn,
41, member of a prominent Kinston family, died at Bordentown, N.J., at 11:30 p.m. Saturday, victim
of a heart attck. He had resided in the New Jersey town many years. He was in the insurance business.
The funeral will be at Bordentown at 2 p.m. Tuesday, and burial will be there. Surviving are a widow,
two daughters, 15 and 13 years of age; his mother, Mrs. W. E. Mewborn, Kinston; two sisters, Miss
Carlotta Mewborn, Kinston, and Mrs. Duncan Mckenzie, Burlington, and two brothers, Ronald E. and
William Mewborn both of Kinston. His father was the late Will E. Mewborn. He was related to many
persons in Kinston and vicinity. He was a member of the Episcopal Church. Mr. Mewborn is
remembered by many who were in school with him and others here.
OBIT: Bordentown paper - 16 Nov 1984 - MAE BECHTEL MEWBORN, 90 - Mae Bechtel
Mewborn, 90, of Prince Street, Bordentown, died Friday at Mercer Medical Center, Trenton. A
lifelong Bordentown-area resident, Mrs. Mewborn was a graduate of Bordentown High School and the
Trenton Normal School. She was a teacher in Bordentown for many years, retiring in 1957. She was
a former member of the Bordentown Chapter No. 257, Order of the Eastern Star. Widow of T. Morrill
Mewborn, she is survived by two daughters Constance B. Mewborn and Margaret E. Mewborn, both
of Bordentown; a brother and sister-in-law, Harold A. and Mary S. Bechtel, both of Bordentown; a
sister, Hallie B. Roberts of Bryn Mawr, Pa., a sister-in-law, Lula Lang Mackenzie of Burlington, N.C.,
and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held Monday at 11 a.m. at Trinity United
Methodist Church of Bordentown. The Rev. Larry Kalajainen and the Rev. Robert W. Duncan, Jr., a
great-nephew of Mrs. Mewborn, will co-officiate. Burial will be in Bordentown Cemetery. Calling
hours will be Sunday from 7 to 9 pm at the Huber Funeral home, 517 Farnsworth Ave., Bordentown.
Memorial contributions may be made to Trinity United Methodist Church.
| 95. | v. | WILLIAM LEVI MEWBORN was born on 9 August 1907; Lenoir County, NC Cemetery Records, |
March 1908 in St. Mary's Episcopal Church, Kinston, Lenoir County, North Carolina. He married
Helen Cannon in New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina, on 15 November 1934; . William died on
19 April 1941 at age 33; Lenoir County, NC Cemetery Records, abstracted by Martha Mewborn
Marble. His body was interred in Kinston, Lenoir County, North Carolina, in Maplewood Cemetery;
Ibid.
Bill played baseball both in high school and college. He served in the Army and was in the NC
Highway Patrol. A receipt found in his father's ledger gave the cost of a semester at UNC for tuition,
room and board, to be $47. Helen is a retired banker and lives in New Bern where she has been active
in Tryon Palace affairs. She has always been a favorite member of the family with her nephews and
great nieces.
WEDDING WRITEUP- Free Press - The following account of the marriage of William Mewborn, of
this city, and Miss Helen Cannon, of New Bern, was taken from yesterday's New Bern Sun-Journal. It
will be of much interest here: "A marriage of simple beauty and widespread interest was solemnized at
nine-thirty Thursday morning at the home of the bride's parents. Mr. and Mrs. Lemuel Hooker
Cannon, on the Morehead City highway near the city, when Miss Helen Lemuel Cannon became the
bride of William Levy Mewborn, of Kinston. "The home was beautifully arranged for the occasion. In
the livingroom, where the ceremony was performed in the presence of a number of relatives and
friends, there was an improvised altar of ferns. On each side was a tall standard entwined with fern
and bearing white candles, these being flanked with two large baskets of white chrysanthemums and
fern. At the opposite end of the room, along with the mantel, were candelabra with numerous white
tapers and fern. White chrysanthemums and fern were used elsewhere in the room, making a most
effective background for the wedding. "The event was simple, the bride and bridegroom taking their
places quietly before the Rev. Dr. Bartholomew F. Huske, of Kinston, former rector of Christ
Episcopal Church, this city, who performed the ring ceremony. The bride was lovely in a brown
diagonal suede cloth suit with a mink collar. She carried a brown muff with mink trim and her hat was
of diagonal suede with a fur quill. Her accessories were of suede. The chic outfit was enhanced by a
shoulder corsage of Parma violets. Mrs. Cannon, mother of the bride, wore an Evangeline model of
black tulip crepe, while Mrs. Lula Lang Mewborn of Kinston, mother of the groom, was attired in
black romaine crepe. After the ceremony the couple left by motor for a trip to an unannounced
destination. Upon their return they will reside at Greenville. No announcements of the wedding are
being sent out. Mrs. Mewborn is popular through the section, and has been accorded an unusually
large number of courtesies during the pre-nutial period. She graduated at New Bern High School then
attended St. Mary's School, Raleigh. Mr. Mewborn is the son of Mrs. Lula L. Mewborn and the late
William E. Mewborn, of Kinston. He attended the University of North Carolina, where he was a
member of Sigma Chi fraternity. At present, he is a member of the state highway patrol located
temporarily at Greenville. Here from out of the city for the wedding were Mrs. Lula Mewborn, Miss
Carlotta Mewborn, Mrs. Mark Mewborn, Thomas Mewborn, T. W. Mewborn, Mr. and Mrs. R. E.
Mewborn, Mrs. O. G Rucker, Miss Catherine Gray Rucker, and O. G. Rucker, Jr. of Kinston; Mrs.
Duncan Mackenzie of Burlington, and Mrs. W. L. Stallings and son Ricky, and Mr. and Mrs. W. C.
Trevathan and son, Billy Carter, of Pinetops."
OBIT - Kinston Free Press
MEWBORN RITES HELD AT 11 A.M. on MONDAY - MEMBER PROMINENT FAMILY
The funeral of William L. (Bill) Mewborn, 33, member of a prominent local family who succumbed to
pneumonia at Memorial Hospital about 9 pm Saturday, was held from the home of his mother, Mrs.
W. E. Mewborn, on Washington Avenue, at 11 am Monday, Rev. Edwin F. Moseley, rector of St.
Mary's Episcopal Church, officiating. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery.
Surviving with his mother are a brother, Ronald E. Mewborn, of Kinston; two sisters, Miss Carlotta
Mewborn, secretary to Supt. of Schools William A. Graham, and Mrs. Duncan A. McKenzie of
Burlington, and a number of nieces and nephews.
Mr. Mewborn had been ill some time, his condition the last few days critical.
Pallbearers were Thomas Mewborn, Ralph White, Ray Barbe, Carey House, Bill Stanley, W. A.
(Berry) Moore, Francis Rasberry, Harold Flynn and Quincy Hart. The rites were largely attended.
There were many attractive floral offerings.
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| 96. | vi. | LULA LANG (LULANG) MEWBORN was born on 20 August 1909; William Edgar Mewborn |
Lenoir County, North Carolina. She married Duncan Archibald MacKenzie in Kinston, Lenoir County,
North Carolina, on 20 June 1934; . She died on 27 June 2002 in Burlington, Alamance County, North
Carolina, at age 92; Brain tumor.
LuLang attended East Carolina and taught school at Lewis School in Kinston. Dunc was with Kaiser-
Roth in Burlington where LuLang continues to live. She travels a great deal and is active in
community affairs. Although in later years she moved into a retirement home, she has little to do "with
those old people".
WEDDING WRITE-UP - Free Press - MACKENZIE-MEWBORN - A wedding of simple
dignity and rare beauty was that of Miss Lula Lang Mewborn and Duncan MacKenzie of Burlington,
solemnized at high noon, Wednesday at St. Mary's Episcopal Church. Dr. B. F. Huske, rector,
officiated. The church was decorated in green and white stately lilies, Queen Anne's lace and fern
banking the altar and forming a beautiful setting for the lighted tapers. Miss Carlotta Mewborn, sister
of the bride and organist of the church, played "Traumerel" and "Romance" preceding the service.
The choir entered singing "The Voice That Breathed O'er Eden" as processional. Robert Rhodes,
violinst, played "Serenade" by Schubert with organ accompaniment. The bride was escorted by a
brother, Ronald E. Mewborn, by whom she was given in marriage. She wore a striking street
ensemble of brown and maize plaid triple sheer crepe with matching stitched fabric hat with brown
straw brim and other accessories of brown. Her shoulder corsage was of orchids. The bridegroom was
attended as best man by his father, Alex MacKenzie of Edenton. Ushers were Thomas Mewborn and
W. A. Moore. After a wedding trip to unannounced points, Mr. and Mrs. MacKenzie will make their
home at Burlington. Mrs. MacKenzie is the daughter of Mrs. Lula Lang Mewborn and the late W. E.
Mewborn. She graduated from East Carolina Teachers College, Greenville and the past few years has
been a member of the city schools faculty. Since the announcement of the engagement a series of
social functions have attested her popularity. The bridegroom is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Mackenzie of
Edenton, and is well known in Kinston where he was formerly employed. He was educated at Duke
University, Durham and is associated with the Standard Hosiery Mills at Burlington. Following the
marriage the bride's mother entertained out-of-town guests and members of the wedding party at
breakfast. The preceding evening the bridal couple and wedding party were entertained by Miss
Carlotta Mewborn. Guests were members of the bride's club with their husbands and friends and out-
of-town wedding guests. The bride's cakes centered the dining table which was covered with a
handsome cloth of lace. White candles burned in low silver holders and silver bon bons placed about
the centerpiece held salted pecans and green and white mints. Ices in the shape of wedding bells,
bride's slippers and other nuptial symbols were served with the bride's cake, nuts, and mints.
OBIT: Burlington paper - DUNCAN ARCHIBALD MACKENZIE - Duncan Archibald
Mackenzie, 75 of 1106 Edgewood Ave., Burlington, died Friday at 6:40 p.m. at Memorial Hospital of
Alamance County after an illness of 10 days. A native of Red Springs, he was the husband of Mrs. Lu
Lang Mewborn Mackenzie of the home, and the son of the late Alex and Eupha McMillian
MacKenzie. A resident of Burlington since 1930, he was a retired vice president of Kayser-Roth
Corp. and a member of the First Presbyterian Church, where he was a former deacon and elder. He
was a former member of the Cherokee Council of the Boy Scouts of America, and he attended Duke
University. Survivors other than his wife include one son, Duncan A. MacKenzie, Jr. of Burlington;
two sisters Mrs. C. E. Scott of the Presbyterian Home in High Point and Mrs. H. Raymond Madrey of
Wagram. The funeral will be conducted at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at the First Presbyterian Church of
Burlington by Dr. Charles Williams, pastor. Burial will be in Pine Hill Cemetery. The family will be
at home, 1106 Edgewood Ave., Burlington. Memorials may be made to the Greater Piedmont Teen
Challenge.
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Mrs. Lula Lang Mewborn MacKenzie
BURLINGTON - Mrs. Lula Lang Mewborn MacKenzie, of 3908
Knox Court, died Thursday, June 27, 2002.
Rich & Thompson Mortuary in Burlington is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Lula Lang Mewborn MacKenzie
BURLINGTON - Mrs. Lula Lang Mewborn MacKenzie, 92, of 3908
Knox Court, died at 4:15 p.m. Thursday, June 27, 2002, at Twin Lake
Health Care Center.
A native of Kinston, North Carolina, she was the wife of the late Duncan
A. MacKenzie Sr., and the daughter of the late William E. and Lula L.
Mewborn. She attended Eastern Carolina University and taught in the
Kinston and Alamance County Schools. She was active in various civic
and social clubs in Burlington and taught Sunday school for many years
at the First Presbyterian Church.
Survivors include a son, Duncan A. MacKenzie Jr.; and two nieces,
Constance B. Mewborn and Margaret E. Mewborn, both of Burlington.
The funeral will be conducted by the Rev. Ernest T. Thompson, and the
Rev. S. Suzanne Shoffner at the First Presbyterian Church, Burlington, at
11 a.m. Monday, July 1, 2002. Burial will follow at Pine Hill Cemetery.
The family will be at the Rich & Thompson Mortuary in Burlington from
4 to 6 p.m. Sunday.
Memorials may be made to the First Presbyterian Church, 508 W. Davis
St., Burlington, N.C. 27215 or to Residential Treatment Services of
Alamance Inc., P.O. Box 427, Burlington, N.C. 27216.
30 . THOMAS WARREN 3 MEWBORN ( Levi2 , Lemuel1 ) was born in Greene County, North Carolina, on 31 March 1868; Levi
Alexander Mewborn - William Pugh Family Bible. He married Lelia Loops, daughter of Frederick Loops and Amanda Loops, in
Kinston, Lenoir County, North Carolina, on 5 June 1890; now deceased Interview with Catherine Grey Vick, by Martha Mewborn
Marble, 1988. Thomas died on 22 January 1938 in Kinston, Lenoir County, North Carolina, at age 69; Death Certificate . His body was
interred in Kinston, Lenoir County, North Carolina, in Maplewood Cemetery.
There are Marriage Bonds for this couple - T. W. Mewborn - age 22 years md 5 June 1890 to Leila Loops - age 20 years. W. D.
Harper, M.G., Henry Tull.
LELIA LOOPS was born in Kinston, Lenoir County, North Carolina, on 17 July 1869; Interview with Catherine Grey Vick.;
Records of St. Mary's Parish, Kinston, NC, "CHURCH: St. MARY'S PARISH RECORDS," Microfilmed and the originals are at the
church. She was baptized on 16 October 1881 in St. Mary's Episcopal Church, Kinston, Lenoir County, North Carolina. Lelia died on
1 September 1933 in Kinston, Lenoir County, North Carolina, at age 64; Death Certificate . Her body was interred in Kinston, Lenoir
County, North Carolina, in Maplewood Cemetery; Lenoir County, NC Cemetery Records, abstracted by Martha Mewborn Marble.
The only known child of Thomas Warren 3 Mewborn and Lelia Loops was:
| 97. | i. | META 4 MEWBORN was born in Kinston, Lenoir County, North Carolina, on 4 August 1890; |
Carolina, circa 1913; Ibid. Meta died on 20 September 1958 in Kinston, Lenoir County, North
Carolina, at age 68; Death Certificate .
32 . LEVI MARK 3 MEWBORN ( Levi2 , Lemuel1 ) was born in Greene County, North Carolina, on 9 April 1876; Levi Alexander
Mewborn - William Pugh Family Bible. He married Lucy Jane Cox, daughter of William Henry Cox and Mary Ann Kittrell, in
Kinston, Lenoir County, North Carolina, on 25 February 1903; Interview with Francis Cox Lipscombe, Kinston, NC, by Martha
Mewborn Marble, (1988). Levi died on 12 July 1926 in Kinston, Lenoir County, North Carolina, at age 50; Death Certificate . His
body was interred in Kinston, Lenoir County, North Carolina, in Maplewood Cemetery; Lenoir County, NC Cemetery Records,
abstracted by Martha Mewborn Marble.
There were marriage bonds for this couple - Mark was 26 years, Lucy was 30 years. John H. Griffin, Jr, M.G., I. S. Stowe, M. W.
Cox, Sack Smith.
LUCY JANE COX was born on 24 November 1871; Interview with Francis Cox Lipscombe, Kinston, NC .; Records of St. Mary's
Parish, Kinston, NC . She was baptized on 25 November 1903 in St. Mary's Episcopal Church, Kinston, Lenoir County, North
Carolina. Lucy died on 10 April 1962 in Kinston, Lenoir County, North Carolina, at age 90; Interview with Francis Cox Lipscombe,
Kinston, NC . Her body was interred in Kinston, Lenoir County, North Carolina, in Maplewood Cemetery; Lenoir County, NC
Cemetery Records, abstracted by Martha Mewborn Marble.
The only known child of Levi Mark 3 Mewborn and Lucy Jane Cox was:
| 98. | i. | WILLIAM THOMAS 4 MEWBORN was born in Kinston, Lenoir County, North Carolina, on 25 |
Brown, daughter of Walter Bishop Brown and Ruth Harper, in Kinston, Lenoir County, North
Carolina, in December 1934; Ibid. William died on 14 June 1959 in Kinston, Lenoir County, North
Carolina, at age 55; Death Certificate . His body was interred in Kinston, Lenoir County, North
Carolina, in Maplewood Cemetery; Lenoir County, NC Cemetery Records, abstracted by Martha
Mewborn Marble.
33 . AGNES 3 PITTMAN ( Louisa2Mewborn , Lemuel1 ) was born in Fountain Hill, Lenoir County, North Carolina, on 17 February
1856; Pittman Family Bible, Analytical Reference Bible . She married George Bell Webb, son of James Barney Webb and Margaret
Ann Laughinghouse, in Greene County, North Carolina, on 18 October 1876; Ibid. Agnes died on 16 October 1883 in Greene County,
North Carolina, at age 27; Ibid.
GEORGE BELL WEBB was born in Greene County, North Carolina, on 8 July 1855; George Bell Webb-Agnes Pittman family
group sheet, Georgia Bell Loops Smith, Arlington, Va. He married Emma Pittman, daughter of Francis Marion Pittman and Louisa
Mewborn; Ibid. George died on 21 August 1914 in Kinston, Lenoir County, North Carolina, at age 59; Ibid. George owned the best
known Buggy Factory in Kinston, NC.
Industrial Issue of the Kinston Free Press
George B. Webb, was born in Kinston, July 8, 1855. He was educated in the local schools of that day, and after finishing school he
applied himself to the acquirement of his father's knowledge of mechanics. In 1876 he entered business with his father, the Rev. J. B.
Webb. The father came to this town 54 years ago, in 1844, and commenced building buggies in 1847 in the old court-house, on the
northwest corner of King and Independence streets, under the Masonic hall.
In 1878, after working with his father two years, Mr. George B. Webb, sold out his interest in the business and until 1884, engaged
in engineering. He then bought out Mr. Thomas Williams, who had purchased Rev. J. B. Webb's shops, and began again the business
and is still located at the same stand.
Mr. Webb is our only undertaker and owns two hearses, one being very handsome. The healthfulness of Kinston is such that we
need no more. He is thoroughly posted in this department, have had years of experience. In 1897 he took a special course in
embalming at the Champion College of Embalming in Baltimore, graduating from that institution and receiving a diploma.
Mr. Webb is a natural mechanic. A knowledge of the intracacies of mechanical powers and appliances so mysterious to the
ordinary mind, unfold themselves before him with little study. Mr. Webb inherited his talent for mechanics and has increased it by
study. He has large constructive power, great observation and self-confidence, all of which are necessary to success in this line. He is
well posted on many scientific subjects and loves experimental investigation.
He is the inventor and owner of Webb's Ice Shaver and Crusher, which is the best and most complete machine of its kind on the
market. It fills all requirements of such a machine, and supplied a place that but for its invention would be still unfilled. It is largely
used on cool drink counters for shaving or crushing ice. It is the result of years of patient study and improvement and is a marvel in its
simplicity and perfection.
He was first married in 1878 to Miss Agnes Pittman, who died in 1882 leaving three children, two boys, Guy and Frank, and one
girl, Miss Eva.
In 1884, he married Miss Emma Pittman. They have two little girls, Agnes and Carrie Lula.
They live on the corner of Queen and North Street.
Mr. Webb is a member of the Masons, Odd Fellows, Pythians, W. O. W. fraternal orders and nearly all the insurance organizations
with lodges here.
In the spring of 1898, Mr. Webb was elected by the Democratic party as Mayor of Kinston and was successively re-elected in
1899, 1900, 1901, and 1902.
Thus for four terms he served his fellow citizens as mayor and during that period he devoted his time, energy and talents largely to
the service of the city. During his administration the graded school was established and under his direction the first line of water pipe
was laid for a few blocks up Queen street and the service tank built at the old electric light station. During this time Kinston was
preparing the way for better and larger things which were determined upon in the spring of 1902 when bonds for public improvements
were authorized by popular vote.
{ENC}Collection of Ima Mewborn.{END}
The three known children of Agnes 3 Pittman and George Bell Webb were as follows:
| 99. | i. | JAMES FRANCIS 4 WEBB. James died. Died young. | ||
| 100. | ii. | GUY WEBB was born on 24 July 1877; Ibid. He married Helen Gray, daughter of Marshall Albert |
Virginia, at age 62; Ibid.
The information on this family was provided by Georgia Bell Loops Smith.
| 101. | iii. | EVA BELL WEBB was born in Kinston, Lenoir County, North Carolina, on 28 April 1882; Ibid. She |
34 . ALVAH FRANCIS 3 PITTMAN ( Louisa2Mewborn , Lemuel1 ) was born in Fountain Hill, Lenoir County, North Carolina, on 22
December 1857; Pittman Family Bible, Analytical Reference Bible . He married Luvenia Sparrow Tripp, daughter of William H. Tripp
and Guilford Tripp; Ibid. Alvah died on 15 May 1926 at age 68; Ibid.
LUVENIA SPARROW TRIPP was born in Beaufort County, North Carolina, on 31 May 1855; Collection of Egbert Rouse .
Luvenia died on 26 August 1919 at age 64; Ibid.
The only known child of Alvah Francis 3 Pittman and Luvenia Sparrow Tripp was:
| 102. | i. | LILLIAN READE 4 PITTMAN was born on 18 October 1891; Ibid. Lillian died on 31 May 1931 at |
35 . EMMA 3 PITTMAN ( Louisa2Mewborn , Lemuel1 ) was born in Coward's Bridge, Lenoir County, North Carolina, on 16 January
1860; Pittman Family Bible, Analytical Reference Bible .; Her tombstone states she was born 17 January 1860. She married George
Bell Webb, son of James Barney Webb and Margaret Ann Laughinghouse; George Bell Webb-Agnes Pittman, family group sheet .
Emma died on 10 May 1930 in Kinston, Lenoir County, North Carolina, at age 70; Ibid.
Emma was a much loved school teacher in Kinston and Emma Webb Park was named in her honor. She married her brother-in-law,
widow of her sister Agnes.
GEORGE BELL WEBB was born in Greene County, North Carolina, on 8 July 1855; Ibid. He married Agnes Pittman, daughter of
Francis Marion Pittman and Louisa Mewborn, in Greene County, North Carolina, on 18 October 1876; Pittman Family Bible,
Analytical Reference Bible . George died on 21 August 1914 in Kinston, Lenoir County, North Carolina, at age 59; George Bell Webb-
Agnes Pittman, family group sheet . George owned the best known Buggy Factory in Kinston, NC.
Industrial Issue of the Kinston Free Press
George B. Webb, was born in Kinston, July 8, 1855. He was educated in the local schools of that day, and after finishing school he
applied himself to the acquirement of his father's knowledge of mechanics. In 1876 he entered business with his father, the Rev. J. B.
Webb. The father came to this town 54 years ago, in 1844, and commenced building buggies in 1847 in the old court-house, on the
northwest corner of King and Independence streets, under the Masonic hall.
In 1878, after working with his father two years, Mr. George B. Webb, sold out his interest in the business and until 1884, engaged
in engineering. He then bought out Mr. Thomas Williams, who had purchased Rev. J. B. Webb's shops, and began again the business
and is still located at the same stand.
Mr. Webb is our only undertaker and owns two hearses, one being very handsome. The healthfulness of Kinston is such that we
need no more. He is thoroughly posted in this department, have had years of experience. In 1897 he took a special course in
embalming at the Champion College of Embalming in Baltimore, graduating from that institution and receiving a diploma.
Mr. Webb is a natural mechanic. A knowledge of the intracacies of mechanical powers and appliances so mysterious to the
ordinary mind, unfold themselves before him with little study. Mr. Webb inherited his talent for mechanics and has increased it by
study. He has large constructive power, great observation and self-confidence, all of which are necessary to success in this line. He is
well posted on many scientific subjects and loves experimental investigation.
He is the inventor and owner of Webb's Ice Shaver and Crusher, which is the best and most complete machine of its kind on the
market. It fills all requirements of such a machine, and supplied a place that but for its invention would be still unfilled. It is largely
used on cool drink counters for shaving or crushing ice. It is the result of years of patient study and improvement and is a marvel in its
simplicity and perfection.
He was first married in 1878 to Miss Agnes Pittman, who died in 1882 leaving three children, two boys, Guy and Frank, and one
girl, Miss Eva.
In 1884, he married Miss Emma Pittman. They have two little girls, Agnes and Carrie Lula.
They live on the corner of Queen and North Street.
Mr. Webb is a member of the Masons, Odd Fellows, Pythians, W. O. W. fraternal orders and nearly all the insurance organizations
with lodges here.
In the spring of 1898, Mr. Webb was elected by the Democratic party as Mayor of Kinston and was successively re-elected in
1899, 1900, 1901, and 1902.
Thus for four terms he served his fellow citizens as mayor and during that period he devoted his time, energy and talents largely to
the service of the city. During his administration the graded school was established and under his direction the first line of water pipe
was laid for a few blocks up Queen street and the service tank built at the old electric light station. During this time Kinston was
preparing the way for better and larger things which were determined upon in the spring of 1902 when bonds for public improvements
were authorized by popular vote.
{ENC}Collection of Ima Mewborn.{END}
The two known children of Emma 3 Pittman and George Bell Webb both born in Kinston, Lenoir County, North Carolina, were as
follows:
| 103. | i. | AGNES PITTMAN 4 WEBB was born; Ibid. She married Lucuis Stacy in Kinston, Lenoir County, |
| 104. | ii. | CARRIE LULU WEBB was born on 7 November 1893; Ibid. She married Arthur C. Bernard on 5 |
36 . NANCY LOUISE 3 PITTMAN ( Louisa2Mewborn , Lemuel1 ) was born in Coward's Bridge, Lenoir County, North Carolina, on
22 March 1862; Pittman Family Bible, Analytical Reference Bible . She married Speight Brock Bruton, son of Jesse Bruton and Julia
Kilpatrick, on 11 September 1887; Ibid. Nancy died on 4 August 1954 in Kinston, Lenoir County, North Carolina, at age 92; Ibid.
OBIT:Speight Brock Bruton - Free Press - 15 Dec 1898 - Mr. S. B. Bruton, a prominent merchant of Grifton, died yesterday at 8
pm. Mr. Bruton was sick with yellow chills only a few day. He left a wife and children. His wife is a sister of Mrs. G. B. Webb of
Kinston.
Collection of Egbert Rouse
OBIT: Nancy Louisa Pittman Bruton - Free Press - 4 Aug 1954 - Mrs. Nancy Louisa Pittman Bruton 92, died at 7 am Wednesday at
the home of her daughter, Miss Ruby Bruton, at 608 Mitchell Street following an extended period of declining health. She had been
critically ill for the past several weeks. She was the widow of Speight Brock Bruton who died in 1898. Funeral Services will be
conducted from Edwards Funeral Home on North Queen Street at 4:30 pm with interment in Maplewod Cemetery. The family requests
that no flowers be sent. Surviving are one son, Earl P. Bruton of Raleigh; three daughters, Mrs. S. P. Boylin of Sanford, Fla, Mrs. H. B.
Moore of Bristol, Va. and Miss Ruby Bruton of Kinston, popular and well-known principal of Lewis School here; a sister-in-law, Mrs.
S. B. Bruton of Washington, D. C. (NOTE: ER thinks this should be a daughter-in-law); three grandchildren and three great-
grandchildren. Mrs. Bruton, who was one of Kinston's oldest residents, was a daughter of the late Francis M. and Louisa Pittman.
Pallbearers will be Hardy Loftin, Jr. of Kinston Route 5, Francis Pittman, Guy Bruton, Robert Rasberry, Howell P. Rasberry, Francis
P. Rasberry, and Joe C. Rasberry, all of Kinston, and Elliott Pittman of New Bern.
Collection of Egbert Rouse.
SPEIGHT BROCK BRUTON was born in Lenoir County, North Carolina, on 23 April 1862; Ibid. Speight died on 14 December
1898 in Grifton, Pitt County, North Carolina, at age 36; Collection of Egbert Rouse .
The five known children of Nancy Louise 3 Pittman and Speight Brock Bruton all born in Lenoir County, North Carolina, were as
follows:
| 105. | i. | RUBY 4 BRUTON was born on 10 July 1888; Bruton Family Bible, in possession of Ethel Rouse |
September 1899 from nancy Louisa (lu) to Mrs. Julia Kilpatrick Bruton Braxton. Lu was living in
Thomasville, NC and in the letter, she named all her children and gave their brith dates. Ruby died on
31 August 1986 in Kinston, Lenoir County, North Carolina, at age 98; Collection of Martha Mewborn
Marble, Washington, DC.
Cousin Ruby was a favorite of this compiler and I was often in her home. I often just sat in her
living room, which had beautiful victorian furniture, and asked to be remembered in her will. This was
when I was a child. Ruby was a teacher and principal and beloved by several generations of
Kinstonians.
OBIT: 1 Sept 1986 - Miss Ruby Bruton, 98 of 608 Mitchell Street, died Sunday at Guardian
Care Nursing home. She was a retired school principal of Lewis School and a member of Queen
Street United Methodist Church. Services will be held at 1 pm Tuesday from the chapel of Edward's
Funeral Home. The Rev. Randall Baker will officiate. Burial will follow in Maplewood Cemetery.
Survivors include two sisters, Mrs. Raye B. Boylin of Tampa, Fla., and Mrs. Pauline B. Moore of
Bristol, Va. The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 pm at the funeral home. Collection of Martha
Mewborn Marble There are several clippings for Ruby in the Collection of Ima Mewborn.
| 106. | ii. | EARL PITTMAN BRUTON was born on 12 January 1890; Bruton Family Bible. Earl died on 3 May |
Earl was an accountant and lived in Raleigh until he moved to Kinston to live with his sister, Ruby.
| 107. | iii. | NETA RAYE BRUTON was born on 13 August 1891; Bruton Family Bible. She married Page |
| 108. | iv. | PAULINE BRUTON was born on 27 April 1894; Bruton Family Bible. She married Henry Bass |
Ibid.
This family lived in Bristol, Va. Information on the family was provided by Egbert Rouse of
Jacksonville, NC.
| 109. | v. | SPEIGHT BROCK BRUTON was born on 6 October 1899; Bruton Family Bible. He married Mary |
Canaham, Falls Church, Va. Speight died on 21 May 1943 in Washington,, District of Columbia, at
age 43; Ibid.
Marjorie Lou Bruton Canaham provided the information for this family.
OBIT: Speight Brock Bruton, Jr., 44 of Washington, D. C., son of Mrs. N. L. Bruton of Kinston,
died at his home about 11 o'clock Friday night. He was a former resident of Kinston. Surviving are
his mother and three sisters and a brother; Miss Ruby Bruton of Kinston, Earl P. Bruton of Raleigh,
Mrs. Page Boylin of Sanford, Florida, Mrs. H. B. Moore of Bristol, Virginia; two aunts, Mrs. J. C.
Rasberry and Mrs. Hardy Perry Loftin, both of Kinston.
37 . AMON ERNEST 3 PITTMAN ( Louisa2Mewborn , Lemuel1 ) was born in Hookerton, Greene County, North Carolina, on 5
November 1864; Pittman Family Bible, Analytical Reference Bible . He married K. Mary Woods in February 1889; Collection of
Egbert Rouse . Amon died on 24 February 1951 at age 86; Tombstone . His body was interred in New Bern, Craven County, North
Carolina, in Cedar Grove Cemetery.
Information on this family was provided by Margaret Pittman Fowler.
K. MARY WOODS was born on 5 August 1867; Ibid. K. died on 23 May 1953 in New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina, at
age 85; Ibid. Her body was interred in New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina, in Cedar Grove Cemetery.
The three known children of Amon Ernest 3 Pittman and K. Mary Woods were as follows:
| 110. | i. | KATHLEEN 4 PITTMAN married James B. Cole; Pittman Family family group sheet, Margaret |
| 111. | ii. | ROBERT PITTMAN. | ||
| 112. | iii. | SAMUEL ELLIOTT PITTMAN was born on 24 August 1891; Ibid.; Tombstone . He married Erma |
County, North Carolina; Ibid.; Tombstone . His body was interred in New Bern, Craven County, North
Carolina, in Cedar Grove Cemetery.
38 . ROBERT ELIJAH 3 PITTMAN ( Louisa2Mewborn , Lemuel1 ) was born in Edward's Bridge, Lenoir County, North Carolina, on
31 August 1867; Pittman Family Bible, Analytical Reference Bible . He married Eugenia Albert Coward, daughter of Albert Gatlin
Coward and Nancy Wright Stanley, on 11 December 1890; Ibid. Robert died on 12 January 1936 in Roxboro, Person County, North
Carolina, at age 68; Ibid.
Robert was a well known steamboat captain on the Contentnea Creek and in his later years, became a minister
NEWSPAPER ACCOUNT OF WEDDING FROM EGBERT ROUSE - Grifton News - 18 Dec 1890 At 6:30 o'clock on last
Thursday evening a large crowd of relatives and friends assembled at Mr. A. G. Coward's to witness the marriage of his accomplished
daughter, Miss Jennie Coward, to Capt. Rob't E. Pittman. The following were waiters; Mr. S. P. Abbott and Miss May Coward, Mr. R.
L. Kilpatrick and Miss Lizzie Phillips, Mr. Jno. H. Barwick and Miss Ada Kilpatrick, Mr. Y. A. Rountree and Miss Annie
Laughinghouse, Dr. P. B. Loftin and Miss Ada Barwick. Rev. J. G. Johnson officiated. After the congratulations, which were many,
they were ushered into the dining room, where was everything good to satisfy the appetite. May the pathway of the bride and groom be
as pleasant as their wedding day, and may they live long and be prosperous and after life may then reach the happy home in the
beyound.
EUGENIA ALBERT COWARD was born on 11 December 1872; Ibid. Eugenia died on 10 October 1950 in Durham, Durham
County, North Carolina, at age 77; Ibid.
The 10 known children of Robert Elijah 3 Pittman and Eugenia Albert Coward were as follows:
| 113. | i. | VIRGINIA DARE 4 PITTMAN was born in Lenoir County, North Carolina, on 30 August 1891; Ibid. |
on 28 June 1911; Ibid. Virginia died on 17 February 1963 in Kinston, Lenoir County, North Carolina,
at age 71; Ibid.; Egbert Rouse said her tombstone gave the year as 1963.
| 114. | ii. | KATHLEEN PITTMAN was born in Lenoir County, North Carolina, on 5 July 1893; Pittman Family |
Ibid.
| 115. | iii. | LOUIE DELLE PITTMAN was born in Lenoir County, North Carolina, on 8 July 1894; Ibid. She |
July 1963; Ibid. Louie died on 11 August 1996 in Home,, Greene County, North Carolina, at age 102;
Collection of Martha Mewborn Marble .
There are several clippings for this family in the Collection of Ima Mewborn including several on
the Brooks Frizzelle Church in Maury.
OBIT - The Standard Laconic - 21 August 1996 - LOUIE D. FRIZZELLE - Mrs. Louie Delle
Pittman Frizzelle, age 102, of Maury, died Sunday, AUgust 11 at her home. Mrs. Frizzelle was a
member of General Davie Chapter DAR in Durham, Daughters of American Colonist, Delta Kappa
Gamma Sorority and author of Jolly Numbers Primer. Mrs. Frizzelle was also a member of Brooks
Frizzelle Memorial United Methodist Church where funeral services were held at 11 am Wednesday.
Burial followed in the Snow Hill Cemetery.
Mrs. Frizzelle is survived by her sisters, Eugenia Dixon, Margaret Fowler both of Durham and
Charlotte Fields of Swansboro.
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| 116. | iv. | ALBERT MARION PITTMAN was born in Lenoir County, North Carolina, on 8 October 1897; |
North Carolina; Ibid.
| 117. | v. | ROBERT (ROBIN) ELIJAH PITTMAN was born in Lenoir County, North Carolina, on 8 July 1899; |
| 118. | vi. | FRANCIS MARION PITTMAN was born on 12 January 1901; Ibid. He married Eloise Quinn on 26 |
November 1919; Ibid. Francis died on 6 March 1961 at age 60; Ibid.
| 119. | vii. | EUGENIA COWARD PITTMAN was born in Edward's Bridge, Lenoir County, North Carolina, on |
Carolina, on 26 September 1923; Pittman Family, family group sheet .
This family lived in Durham, NC. Information provided by Margaret Pittman Fowler.
| 120. | viii. | CHARLOTTE EDWARDS PITTMAN was born in Edward's Bridge, Lenoir County, North Carolina, |
on 13 September 1933; Pittman Family, family group sheet .
This family lived in Swansboro, NC.
| 121. | ix. | LEVI MEWBORN PITTMAN was born in Edward's Bridge, Lenoir County, North Carolina, on 15 |
March 1932; Pittman Family, family group sheet . Levi died on 24 December 1970 at age 63; Ibid.
Levi was named after his uncle and this compiler's great great grandfather, Levi Alexander
Mewborn. Information on this family provided by Margaret Pittman Fowler.
| 122. | x. | MARGARET ELIZABETH PITTMAN was born in Edward's Bridge, Lenoir County, North Carolina, |
Fowler on 10 November 1935; Pittman Family, family group sheet .
This family lived in Durham, NC. Margaret has the Pittman Family Bible and provided most of
the information for the Pittman family.
39 . LEMUEL BRYAN 3 MEWBORN ( Lemuel2 , Lemuel1 ) was born on 5 February 1859; Lemuel Hardy Mewborn. He married
Sally Bryan Burney, daughter of Louis Bryan Burney and Julia Ann Smith; Ibid. Lemuel died on 28 January 1922 in Pitt County,
North Carolina, at age 62; Ibid. His body was interred in Grifton, Pitt County, North Carolina, in St. John's Cemetery.
SALLY BRYAN BURNEY was born in Pitt County, North Carolina, on 1 March 1872; Ibid. Sally died on 26 December 1919 in
Pitt County, North Carolina, at age 47; Ibid. Her body was interred in Grifton, Pitt County, North Carolina, in St. John's Cemetery.
The six known children of Lemuel Bryan 3 Mewborn and Sally Bryan Burney were as follows:
| 123. | i. | FRANCIS RAY 4 MEWBORN was born in Pitt County, North Carolina, on 7 March 1895; Lemuel |
Majorossy; Lemuel Levi Mewborn-Lina Joyner family group sheet, Sally Mewborn LaCava. Francis
died on 25 January 1971 in Yorktown,, Virginia, at age 75; Ibid. His body was interred in Grifton, Pitt
County, North Carolina, in Grifton Cemetery.
OBIT - The News and Observer - 27 January 1971 - Grifton - F. RAY MEWBORN - Funeral
Services for F. Ray Mewborn, 75, of Yorktown, Va who died Monday, will be held at 10 am Thursday
at Grace Episcopal Church, Yorktown, Va by the Rev. John Alfred. Graveside services 4 pm
Thursday, Grifton Cemetery, the Revs. John Alfreiend and William Barrett. Surviving: his wife, Mrs.
Irene W. Mewborn; two sisters, Miss Louise Mewborn of Grifton and Mrs. Ruth Phelps of Hampton,
Va; a brother Thomas W. Mewborn of Grifton.
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| 124. | ii. | MARY LOUISE MEWBORN was born on 28 December 1896; Collection of Ima Eula Mewborn .; |
Eula Mewborn . Her body was interred in Grifton, Pitt County, North Carolina, in Grifton Cemetery.
OBIT - The News and Observer - 21 January 1977 - MARY L. MEWBORN - GRIFTON - Miss
Mary Louise Mewborn, 80, died Wednesday. Funeral 2:30 pm today, St. Marks Episcopal Church.
Burial, Grifton Cemetery.
Surviving: sister, Mrs. Ruth Phelps of Hampton, Va; brother, Thomas W. Mewborn of Grifton.
Collection of Ima Mewborn.
| 125. | iii. | LEMUEL LEVI MEWBORN was born in Pitt County, North Carolina, on 6 June 1899; Lemuel Levi |
Joyner, daughter of Abe Joyner and Anna Forbes; Lemuel Levi Mewborn-Lina Joyner, family group
sheet . Lemuel died on 30 November 1964 in Pitt County, North Carolina, at age 65; Ibid.
OBIT - The News and Observer - 1 December 1964 - LEMUEL L. MEWBORN - Grifton - Lemuel
L. Mewborn, 65, died Monday. Funeral services will be condicted at St. Marks Episcopal Church of
which he was a member, Wednesday at 11 am by the Rector, the Rev. Edward B. Jordan. Burial will
be in Grifton Cemetery. He was a native of Grifton and attended Atlantic Christian College. He
owned and operated L. L. Mewborn's Grocery Store for 21 years. He was a mason, a member of the
Scottish Rite and of the Sudan Temple. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Lina Joyner Mewborn, one
daughter, Mrs. John W. LaCava of Kernersville; one grandchild; three brothers, F. Ray of Yorktown,
Va., Robert B. of Grifton, and Thomas W. of Charleston, SC; two sisters, Miss Mary Louise Mewborn
of Grifton and Mrs. Frank Phelps of Hampton, Va.
{ENC} Collection of Ima Mewborn.{END}
| 126. | iv. | ROBERT BRYAN MEWBORN was born in Pitt County, North Carolina, on 14 August 1901; Lemuel |
Robert died on 28 September 1969 in Lenoir Memorial Hospital, Kinston, Lenoir County, North
Carolina, at age 68; Ibid. His body was interred in Grifton, Pitt County, North Carolina, in Grifton
Cemetery.
The information for this family was provided by Robert Bryan Mewborn, Jr. of Richmond, Va. who
has the family Bible. Robert Sr. was the Postmaster in Grifton, NC.
OBIT - Kinston Daily Free Press - 6 September 1969 - Grifton - ROBERT B. MEWBORN -
Robert B. Mewborn, 68, died Friday morning at Lenoir Memorial Hospital. He had been in failing
health for several years. Funeral services will be conducted at 3 pm Sunday from St. Marks Episcopal
Church with Rev. William Barrett officiating. Burial will be in the Grifton Cemetery. Mewborn, a
native of Pitt County, attended Grifton schools. He was in the postal service for 45 years until his
retirement in 1961. He was a member of St. Marks Episcopal Church and a member of the vestry for
many years. He was a member and past secretary of the Junior Order, a member of the Order of Red
Men and of the Charitable Brotherhood. He was the former postmaster of Grifton and was the former
town clerk and treasurer. He was first married to Miss Violet Cooper in 1925. She died in 1930. In
1932 he was married to the former Janie Mae Butler of Salemburg, who survivies him. Also surviving
are one son, Robert B. Mewborn, Jr. of Richmond, Va; two daughters, Mrs. Richard N. Ottaway of
Winston-Salem and Mrs. Donnie Layno of Raleigh; two brothers, F. Ray Mewborn of Yorktown, Va.,
and Tom W. Mewborn of Grifton; two sisters, Miss Louise Mewborn of Grifton and Mrs. Ruth Phelps
of Hamton, va; and six grandchildren.
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| 127. | v. | THOMAS WARREN MEWBORN was born in Pitt County, North Carolina, on 3 December 1903; |
Charleston, SC, by Martha Mewborn Marble. Thomas died on 14 December 1980 in Florida, at age
77; Ibid. His body was interred in Grifton, Pitt County, North Carolina, in St. John's Cemetery.
The information for this family was provided by Thomas Warren Mewborn Jr. before his death.
The Lemuel Hardy and Louisa Kilpatrick Mewborn Famiy Bible was last known to be in his
possession; however, none of his descendants know where it is today.
OBIT - The News and Observer - 18 December 1980 - Grifton - THOMAS W. MEWBORN -
Thomas Warren Mewborn, 77, retired chief warrant officer, U. S. Navy, died Sunday. Funeral 2:30
today, St. John's Epsicopal Church. Burial, church cemetery, with military honors.
Surviving: son, Thomas W. Mewborn, Jr of Charleston, SC; daughters, Mrs. Tamara Snelgrove of
Mary Ester, Fla, Mrs. Margarette Scott and Mrs. Linda Lee Stines, both of Oak Ridge, Tenn; sister
Mrs. Ruth Phelps of Hampton, Va; 10 grandchildren.
{ENC}Collection of Ima Mewborn.{END}
| 128. | vi. | LILLIAN RUTH MEWBORN was born in Pitt County, North Carolina, on 8 January 1907; Collection |
of Ima Eula Mewborn .
42 . MARY LOUISE 3 MEWBORN ( Lemuel2 , Lemuel1 ) was born in Pitt County, North Carolina, on 29 March 1867; Lemuel Hardy
Mewborn. She married Joseph Thomas Worthington in Pitt County, North Carolina, on 22 April 1896; Ibid. Mary died on 8 September
1955 in Pitt County, North Carolina, at age 88; Ibid.
Information on this family provided by Lynn D. Gower of Grifton, NC.
JOSEPH THOMAS WORTHINGTON. Joseph died on 11 December 1910 in Pitt County, North Carolina; Ibid.
The only known child of Mary Louise 3 Mewborn and Joseph Thomas Worthington was:
| 129. | i. | ELEANOR HANRAHAN 4 WORTHINGTON was born on 21 August 1897; Ibid. She married Waldo |
Eleanor died on 6 May 1980 in Grifton, Pitt County, North Carolina, at age 82; Ibid. Her body was
interred in Grifton, Pitt County, North Carolina, in St. John's Cemetery.
OBIT - Kinston Daily Free Press - 7 May 1980 - ELEANOR W. GOWER - GRIFTON - Mrs.
Eleanor Worthington Gower, 82, died Tuesday. Services will be held at 11 am Thursday from St.
John's Episcopal Church in Grifton. The Rev. Kenneth Townsend will officiate. Burial will follow in
the church cemetery. Survivors include one son, Thomas W. Gower of Grifton, three grandchildren
and two great grandchildren.
Collection of Ima Mewborn.
43 . WALTER 3 MEWBORN ( Lemuel2 , Lemuel1 ) was born in Greene County, North Carolina, on 4 August 1870; Ibid. He married
Emily Roach, daughter of William Spencer Roach and Catherine Chapman, on 13 January 1888; Interview with Emily Leftwick Munn,
Charlotte, NC, by Martha Mewborn Marble. Walter died on 19 October 1906 at age 36; Ibid.
Information on this family was provided by Emily Leftwich Munn.
EMILY ROACH was born on 6 July 1872; Tombstone . She married Durwood W. Johnson, son of Edward Augustus Johnson and
Henrietta Parrott Mewborn, after 1907; Collection of Egbert Rouse . Emily died on 17 February 1944 at age 71; Tombstone . Her body
was interred in Grifton, Pitt County, North Carolina, in St. John's Cemetery.
The four known children of Walter 3 Mewborn and Emily Roach were as follows:
| 130. | i. | KATHERINE LOUISE 4 MEWBORN was born on 15 August 1889; Interview with Emily Leftwick |
Ibid.
| 131. | ii. | UNKNOWN MEWBORN was born in Pitt County, North Carolina, on 25 December 1900; Ibid. |
| 132. | iii. | JOSEPH SPENCER MEWBORN was born in Pitt County, North Carolina, on 2 March 1903; Ibid. |
| 133. | iv. | MARY MEWBORN was born in Pitt County, North Carolina, on 17 August 1904; Ibid. She married |
26 March 1957 at age 52.
In 1992 Mary was still living with her daughter Emily in Charlotte.
44 . WILLIAM CLARENCE 3 MEWBORN ( Lemuel2 , Lemuel1 ) was born in Pitt County, North Carolina, on 15 September 1872;
Lemuel Hardy Mewborn. He married Rachel Frances Burney in Pitt County, North Carolina, on 18 April 1900; Ibid. William died on
12 August 1950 in Pitt County, North Carolina, at age 77; Collection of Egbert Rouse .
Information on this family provided by Aileen Mewborn Cox of Jacksonville, NC.
William had a will probated in Pitt County, NC.
OBIT: Kinston Free Press - Tuesday, Jan 9, 1973 - Funeral Services will be held from St. Mark's Episcopal Church in Grifton for
Mrs. Frances Burney Mewborn, 97, who died Monday. Burial will follow in the Grifton Cemetery. Survivors include a daughter, Mrs.
Sam Cox of Jacksonville; four sons, Harvey of Grifton, Bruce of Atlanta, Ga., Walter of Portsmouth, Va., and Edward Mewborn of
Tego City, S.C.; a brother Claude Burney of Ayden, seven grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Collection of Ima Mewborn.
RACHEL FRANCES BURNEY was born in Pitt County, North Carolina, on 29 November 1876; Ibid. Rachel died on 7 January
1973 in Jacksonville, Onslow County, North Carolina, at age 96; Ibid. Her body was interred in Grifton, Pitt County, North Carolina,
in Grifton Cemetery. OBIT - Kinston Daily Free Press - 9 January 1973 - MRS. FRANCES B. MEWBORN - JACKSONVILLE -
Funeral services will be held from St. Mark's Episcopal Church in Grifton for Mrs. Frances Burney Mewborn, 97, who died Monday.
Burial will follow in the Grifton Cemetery. Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Sam Cox of Jacksonville; four sons, Harvey of Grifton,
Bruce of Atlanta, Ga., Walter of Portsmouth, Va., and Edward Mewborn of Tega Clay, SC; a brother, Claude Burney of Ayden; seven
grandchildren and six great grandchildren.
Collection of Ima Mewborn.
The six known children of William Clarence 3 Mewborn and Rachel Frances Burney were as follows:
| 134. | i. | FRANCIS BRUCE 4 MEWBORN SR was born in Pitt County, North Carolina, on 2 June 1901; |
Margaret Virginia Duke on 9 June 1932; Ibid. He married Elizabeth Longyear Patton in Atlanta,,
Georgia, on 9 November 1964.
| 135. | ii. | HARVEY BURNEY MEWBORN was born on 28 October 1903; Ibid. Harvey died on 3 December |
County, North Carolina, in Grifton Cemetery.
OBIT: Free Press - 5 Dec 1989 - GRIFTON: Harvey Hardy ( NOTE: HARDY is incorrect)
Mewborn, 86, died Sunday in Lenoir Memorial Hospital. He was a member of St. John's Episcopal
Church. Graveside services will be at 2:00 pm Tuesday from Grifton Cemetery in Grifton with the
Rev. Thomas Darst Noe officiating. Survivors include a brother, Edward C. Mewborn; and a sister
Mrs. Aileen Cox of Jacksonville. Memorial contributions may be made to St. John's or St. Mark's
Episcopal Church. Farmer Funeral Home in Ayden is in charge of arrangements.
| 136. | iii. | WALTER MEWBORN was born in Pitt County, North Carolina, on 2 January 1907; Ibid. He married |
on 31 March 1988 in Portsmouth,, Virginia, at age 81; Ibid.
This family lived in Portsmouth, Va.
| 137. | iv. | AILEEN MEWBORN was born in Pitt County, North Carolina, on 22 October 1909; Ibid. She |
This family lived in Jacksonville, NC.
| 138. | v. | EDWARD CLARENCE MEWBORN was born in Pitt County, North Carolina, on 20 April 1911; |
Kinston, Lenoir County, North Carolina, at age 88; Ibid.
Kinston Free Press - 21 January, 2000
Edward C. Mewborn
Edward Clarence Mewborn died Thursday, January 20, 2000 at the age of 89 after enduring a long
illness. Edward Mewborn was a graduate of Grifton High School and received his Bachlor of Science
Degree in Business from North Carolina State University. He was a member of the Lambda Chi Alpha
Fraternity. Mr. Mewborn was career employee with Firestone Inc. from 1934 to 1973, holding the
position of district manager when he retired. After his retirement Mr. Mewborn lived in Tega Cay,
S.C., where he served on the Mental Health Board in Rockhill. He was a member of the Masonic
Order and was awarded the 50-year service pin for his years of support and dedication. Mr. Mewborn
was also a member and served as treasurer of the Kinston Power Squadron. He was a member of St.
Marks Episcopal Church in Grifton. St. Marks was built on land given as a gift from the late Clarence
and Frances Burny Mewborn, parents of Edward Clarence Mewborn. Edward Mewborn held great
interest and concern in the welfare of his town, Grifton. He enjoyed delivering meals to home bound
citizens, for the Council on Aging. His request for those wishing to place a memorial in his memory
are asked to make their gift to the Grifton Cemetery Fund to assist in its perpetual care and mail it to
P.O. Box 579, Grifton, NC 28530. Preceded in death by a sister Frances Mewborn and three brothers,
Francis Bruce Mewborn, Walter Mewborn and Harvey Mewborn. Edward Mewborn is survived by his
wife, Frances Dudley-Mewborn of the home; daughter, Patricia Mewborn Rodgers of Charlotte; sister,
Aileen Cox of Jacksonville, N.C.; four stepdaughters, Frances Dudley Stancill of Durham, N.C.,
Kay Dudley Taylor of Kinston, N.C., Judy Dudley Herring of La Grange, N.C., Virginia Dudley
Haddock of Ayden, N.C.; granddaughters, Kimberly Rodgers McClintock of Matthews, N.C.; 10
stepgrandchildren, and five great-stepgrandchildren. Memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday,
January 22, 2000 Chapel Farmer Funeral Service in Ayden. Visitation will be from 7:30 to 9 p.m.
Friday, January 21, 2000 at Farmer Funeral Service in Ayden. The family will hold private graveside
rites.
| 139. | vi. | RACHEL FRANCES MEWBORN was born in Pitt County, North Carolina, on 20 August 1913; Ibid. |
50; Ibid.
45 . CLARA LOUISA 3 PUGH ( Lydia2Mewborn , Lemuel1 ) was born on 6 February 1861; Collection of Ima Eula Mewborn . She
married William John Hughes Laughinghouse, son of William John Laughinghouse and Ann Vines, on 9 May 1880; Ibid. Clara died
on 17 March 1934 at age 73; Ibid.
There are what appears to be Bible records for this family in the Ima Mewborn Collection, but no notation what Bible they were in.
WILLIAM JOHN HUGHES LAUGHINGHOUSE was born on 10 June 1852; Ibid.; Craven County Heritage Book . William died
in 1934; Collection of Ima Eula Mewborn .
The six known children of Clara Louisa 3 Pugh and William John Hughes Laughinghouse were as follows:
| 140. | i. | MARGARET ANN 4 LAUGHINGHOUSE was born on 12 March 1881; Ibid. Margaret died on 7 June |
Unmarrried.
| 141. | ii. | EDWARD STAUTON LAUGHINGHOUSE was born on 25 May 1883; Ibid.; Craven County |
Wetherington, in Craven County, North Carolina, on 4 February 1917; Collection of Ima Eula
Mewborn .; Craven County Heritage Book . Edward died on 23 August 1938 at age 55; Collection of
Ima Eula Mewborn .; Craven County Heritage Book .
Middle name also spelled Stoughton.
| 142. | iii. | WILLIAM PUGH LAUGHINGHOUSE was born on 3 May 1885; Collection of Ima Eula Mewborn . |
| 143. | iv. | WARREN MEWBORN LAUGHINGHOUSE was born on 24 July 1891; Ibid. He married Edith Shell |
| 144. | v. | CLARA LILLIAN LAUGHINGHOUSE was born on 26 February 1901; Ibid. She married Romulius |
| 145. | vi. | HELEN MARY LAUGHINGHOUSE was born on 18 June 1904; Ibid. She married Edward Hawkins |
in Grifton, Pitt County, North Carolina, in St. John's Cemetery.
OBIT - Kinston Daily Free Press - 6 Septembe 1977 - HELEN L. JONES - Ayden - Helen
Laughinghouse Jones, 73, died Tuesday in Greenville. She taught in the public schools in Vanceboro
and Ayden for 41 years. Services will be held Thursday at 11 am from St. John's Episcopal with Revs.
Kenneth Tousand and Travis Owens officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Survivors
include a son, Dan Jones of Greenville; a sister, Mrs. R. L. Marsh of Marshville; and three
grandchildren.
{ENC} Collection of Ima Mewborn.{END}
48 . MARY ANNA 3 PITTMAN ( Sarah2Mewborn , Lemuel1 ) was born on 4 June 1878; Collection of Egbert Rouse .; Interview with
Ethel Loftin, Kinston, NC, by Martha Mewborn Marble. She married William Thomas Purvis on 2 December 1908; Ibid. Mary died on
16 April 1968 at age 89; Ibid.
Ethel Loftin provided the information on this family.
The only known child of Mary Anna 3 Pittman and William Thomas Purvis was:
| 146. | i. | BENNIE HOWELL 4 PURVIS was born circa 1912; Ibid. She married Liston Pope; Ibid. Bennie died |
49 . FELIX MARION 3 PITTMAN ( Sarah2Mewborn , Lemuel1 ) was born on 4 February 1880; Collection of Egbert Rouse .;
Interview with Ethel Loftin, Kinston, NC . He married Annie E. Spriggs in July 1907; Collection of Egbert Rouse .; Interview with Ethel
Loftin, Kinston, NC . He married Maude Quattlebaum after 1909; Collection of Egbert Rouse .; Interview with Ethel Loftin, Kinston,
NC . Felix died on 10 February 1949 at age 69; Collection of Egbert Rouse .; Interview with Ethel Loftin, Kinston, NC .
Ethel Loftin has the dates b 29 March 1875 and d 16 September 1909. Egbert Rouse has the dates 20 November 1890 and d 22
July 1971. This compiler is inclined to think Egbert has the correct birth date and Ethel the correct death date.
The only known child of Felix Marion 3 Pittman and Annie E. Spriggs was:
| 147. | i. | ANNIE L. 4 PITTMAN was born on 12 September 1909; Collection of Egbert Rouse . Annie died on |
MAUDE QUATTLEBAUM was born on 25 October 1883; Collection of Ima Eula Mewborn . Maude died on 6 July 1942 in Lenoir
County, North Carolina, at age 58. Her body was interred in Kinston, Lenoir County, North Carolina, in Maplewood Cemetery.
There were no known children of Felix Marion 3 Pittman and Maude Quattlebaum.
50 . MARGARET ELIZABETH (MAGGIE) 3 PITTMAN ( Sarah2Mewborn , Lemuel1 ) was born on 31 May 1881; Interview with
Jane Rasberry, by Martha Mewborn Marble.; Joseph Conklin Rasberry-Margaret Elizabeth Pittman family group sheet, Robert
Rasberry, Plymouth, NC. She married Joseph Conklin Rasberry, son of Samuel Rasberry and Mary Eliza Pugh, in Kinston, Lenoir
County, North Carolina, on 5 November 1903; Ibid.; Collection of Egbert Rouse . Margaret died on 3 November 1960 in Kinston,
Lenoir County, North Carolina, at age 79; Joseph Conklin Rasberry-Margaret Elizabeth Pittman, family group sheet .
The information on this family provided by Jane Rasberry and Robert Rasberry.
OBIT: Free Press - Mrs. Maggie Pittman Rasberry, 79, died in Lenoir Memorial hospital about 2 pm Thursday afternoon after a
brief illness. She resided at Rountree Avenue and was the widow of J. C. Rasberry, Sr. Funeral Services will be conducted at 2 p. m.
Friday from Edward's Funeral Chapel with Internment to follow in Maplewood Cemetery. Rev. T. Marvin Vick of Queen Street
Methodist Church will officiate. She is survived by four sons, Robert P., Howell P., Francis P., and J. C. Jr.; two sisters, Mrs. H. P.
Loftin and Mrs. W. T. Purvis all of Kinston; five grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Pallbearers will be Burwell Temple, Tom
Galbreath, Sr., Robert Gilbert, Francis Pittman, Alton Fields, Hardy Loftin.
Collection of Egbert Rouse
OBIT: Free Press - 14 Feb 1941 - Joseph C. Rasberry, 63, insurance man and farmer, died at his home in North Kinston
Thursday night. He had been in declining health many months. He was known to thousands of persons in Lenoir and Pitt counties.
He was a native of Pitt, but lived here at least 35 years. Survivors are a widow, Mrs. Maggie Pittman Rasberry, and four sons, Robert
P., Howell P., Francis P., and Joseph C. Jr. The funeral will be held at 11 am Saturday. The Rasberry residence on Park Avenue is one
of the most imposing dwellings in the section. It is on a hill. The grave and lawn before it make it outstandingly attractive. Years ago
Mr. Rasberry became a large landowner. His holdings at his death approximated 5,000 acres. He maintained an insurance office on
Queen Street south of Caswell many years. Mr. Rasberry's death occurred about 9:45 o'clock. He had been reported in extremis some
hours earlier.
Collection of Egbert Rouse.
JOSEPH CONKLIN RASBERRY was born on 12 December 1877; Interview with Jane Rasberry. Joseph died on 13 February
1941 in Kinston, Lenoir County, North Carolina, at age 63; Ibid.
The six known children of Margaret Elizabeth (Maggie) 3 Pittman and Joseph Conklin Rasberry were as follows:
| 148. | i. | IRMA 4 RASBERRY. Irma died circa 1904; Joseph Conklin Rasberry-Margaret Elizabeth Pittman, |
| 149. | ii. | ALTON RASBERRY. Alton died Young; Ibid. | ||
| 150. | iii. | ROBERT PITTMAN RASBERRY was born on 18 September 1905; Ibid. He married Mary Mildred |
County, North Carolina, at age 57; Ibid.
| 151. | iv. | HOWELL PURVIS RASBERRY was born in July 1912; Interview with Jane Rasberry. He married |
Kinston, Lenoir County, North Carolina; Ibid.
| 152. | v. | FRANCIS PUGH RASBERRY was born on 8 August 1915; Joseph Conklin Rasberry-Margaret |
Francis died on 17 January 1971 at age 55; Joseph Conklin Rasberry-Margaret Elizabeth Pittman,
family group sheet .
This family lived in Raleigh, NC.
| 153. | vi. | JOSEPH CONKLIN RASBERRY was born in Kinston, Lenoir County, North Carolina, on 22 |
Rasberry. Joseph died on 18 April 1987 in Kinston, Lenoir County, North Carolina, at age 67; Joseph
Conklin Rasberry-Margaret Elizabeth Pittman, family group sheet .
51 . SUSAN (SUDIE) HENRIETTA 3 PITTMAN ( Sarah2Mewborn , Lemuel1 ) was born on 9 August 1882; Interview with Ethel
Loftin, Kinston, NC . She married Hardy Perry Loftin, son of Elijah Perry Loftin and Sarah Catherine Hodges, in Lenoir County, North
Carolina, on 9 April 1905; Ibid. Susan died on 5 November 1962 in Lenoir County, North Carolina, at age 80; Ibid.
HARDY PERRY LOFTIN was born on 13 January 1874; Ibid. Hardy died on 7 July 1964 in Lenoir County, North Carolina, at age
90; Ibid.
The only known child of Susan (Sudie) Henrietta 3 Pittman and Hardy Perry Loftin is:
| 154. | i. | HARDY PITTMAN 4 LOFTIN was born in Lenoir County, North Carolina, on 25 February 1917; Ibid. |
56 . RALPH FREDERICK 3 JOHNSON ( Henrietta2Mewborn , Lemuel1 ) was born in Pitt County, North Carolina, on 28 May 1882;
Collection of Egbert Rouse . He married Elizabeth Cook circa 1905; Ibid. Ralph died on 28 August 1941 at age 59; Ibid.
The four known children of Ralph Frederick 3 Johnson and Elizabeth Cook were as follows:
| 155. | i. | RALPH FREDERICK 4 JOHNSON married Elsie Garnts; Ibid. | ||
| 156. | ii. | ELIZABETH COOK JOHNSON married Richard Mandl; Ibid. | ||
| 157. | iii. | CHARLES COOK JOHNSON married Mattie Davis; Ibid. | ||
| 158. | iv. | J. EDWARD JOHNSON married Bridie O Brien; Ibid. |
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