GADDY, Rueben Ralph, Seaman 2c, USNR. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Gaddy, Rt. 1, Box 255-B, Kannapolis. GAINER, Walter Riggs, Aviation Ordnanceman 1c, USNR. Father, Mr. Joseph Jason Gainer, P.O. Box1, Manchester. GAITHER, James Ralph, Chief Machinist’s Mate, USN. Wife, Mrs. Olga Angie Gaither, Mocksville. GANTT, Derrell Benjamin, Pvt., USMCR. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Marcux […]
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HAGGARD, Claude S., Cpl., USMC. Wife, Mrs. Claude S. Haggard, 1415 Branch St., wilson. HAIGLER, George Washington, Electrician’s Mate 1c, USNR. Parents, Mr. and Mr. John David Haigler, Rt. 1, Wingate. HAIR, Leon Kermit, Seaman 2c, USNR. Father, Mr. John Issac Hair. Hope Mills. HAIRE, Will Mitchel, Seaman 1c, USNR. Father, Mr. Ashby Haire, Rt.
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Queen, James Shook, Lieutenant (jg), USNR. Wife, Mrs. Marian McClenaghan Queen, 119 E. Peace St., Raleigh.
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RAGAN, James Landon, Seaman 1c, USNR. Mother, Mrs. Fred Matthews, Box 193, Black Mountain. RALEY, James Arthur, Steward’s Mate 2c, USNR. Mother, Mrs. Dollie David Raley, 1514 S. Miller St. Charlotte. RAMSEY, Cecil N., Pfc., USMCR. Mother, Mrs. Phatima McCrary, Rt., 1, Potter Rd., Charlotte. RATTLER, Mark J., Pfc., USMCR. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. John
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DALE, Fritz Ervin, Fireman 2c, USNR. Wife, Mrs. Abbie Roper Dale, Rt. 1, Morganton. DALE, Lloyd E., Sgt., USMCR. Father, Mr. Willie Dale, Watha. DANIEL, George, Officer’s Steward, USNR. Mother, Mrs. Margaret Daniel Johnson, W. Church St., Lincolnton. DANIEL, William Cleston, Signalman 1c, USN. Wife, Mrs. Elizabeth C. Daniel, 716 2d St., Elizabeth City. DANIELS,
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EADES, Ransom Edgar, Seaman 2c, USNR. Wife, Mrs. Lena Bertina Eades, Box 144, Catawba. EAGLE, Howard Lee, Ship’s Cook 1c, USNR. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Thoudis Eagle, Rt. 1, China Grove. EARLY, James Godsey, Lieutenant, USNR. Father, Mr. Hutham Watson Early, aulander. EASTERLING, James Archie, Ship’s Cook 1c, USNR. Wife, Mrs. ruth Jane Easterling,
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NANCE, Raymond W., Cpl., USMCR. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. John H. Nance, Rt. 2., Thomasville. NANNEY, Charles Edward, Gunner’s Mate 3c, USNR. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Addie Douglas Nanney, 209 Broadway, Forest City. NASH, Benjamin Marion, Lieutenant (jg), USNR. Wife, Mrs. Ceil Sypher Nash, 2108 Kenmore Ave., Charlotte. NEASE, Howard Euliss, Cpl., USMCR. Parents, Mr.
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ODOM, Shuler, Jennings, Seaman 1c, USNR. Wife, Mrs. Ada Myrtle Odom, Gen Del., Laurinburg. OFFMAN, David William, Cpl., USMCR. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. David O. Offman, Julian. OLIVER, Archie Preston, Aviation Radioman 3c, USNR. Parents. Mr. and Mrs. Arch Puck Oliver, Mills, Rockingham. OLIVER, Eugene Lee, Jr., Electrician’s Mate 3c, USNR. Wife, Mrs. Marian Caudle
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PAGE, Henry Allison, III, Lieutenant, USNR. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry A. Page, Jr., Aberdeen. PAGE, Howard Shuler, Seaman 1c, USNR. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Bernard Page, 221 S. Alston Ave., Durham. PARDEW, Oscar Walter, Seaman 1c, USNR. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wilborn Erskine Pardew, Roaring River. PARIS, Edward Dill, Aviation Machinist’s Mate 2c,
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CADY, Andrew Jack, Technical Sgt., USMCR. Wife, Mrs. Mary V. Cady, Box 1848. Charlotte.. CALDWELL, Broadus Montoe, Torpedoman’s Mate 3c, USNR. Mother, Mrs. Mollie Caldwell, Smyre, Gastonia. CALDWELL, Charles Fay, Pvt., USMCR. Parents, Mr. And Mrs. James H. Caldwell, Box 227, Maiden. CALDWELL, Dewey Charles, Fireman 2c, USN. Father, Mr. Earnest Edgar Caldwell, 1611 W.
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YARBORO, Ernest Murray, Coxswain, USNR. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Caldwell Yarboro, 2724 N. Caldwell St., Charlotte. YEATTS, Wesley Grove, Electrician’s Mate 3c, USN. Father, Mr. Charlie Oregon Yeatts, Rt. 3, Reidsville. YORK, John E., Pvt., USMCR. Wife, Mrs. John E. York, Rt., 1, Cameron. YORK, Ray Edwin, Seaman 1c, USNR. Mother, Mrs. Frances Strickland
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CARAWAN, Benago Greene, Pharmacits’s Mate 2c, USN. Sister, Miss Florence Marie Carawan, Memorial General Hospital, Kinston. DAVIS, David Waverly, Pharmacist’s Mate 3c, USN. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Grover David Davis, Rt. 2, Conway. DURHAM, Irwon Washington, Hospital Apprentice 1c, USN. Mother, Mrs. Eva C. Durham, 1612 Front St., Greensboro. FENNELL, John Miller, Watertender 2c, USN.
Captain Augustus Joseph Hiner of St. Louis, captain and pilot of Mississippi river steamboats, was born in Covington, Kentucky, December 17, 1860, and was but seven years of age when brought to Missouri in 1867 by his parents, David Augustus and Desdemona Amanda (Gorman) Hiner, the former a native of Hamilton county, Ohio, while the
Judge Leander Stillwell, now retired from the active duties of his profession, living at Erie, was one of the two pioneer attorneys who composed the first bar of Erie, and located there in 1868, nearly half a century ago. Aside from the amount of work he had performed as a lawyer and citizen, the chief
The following sketches represents for the most part work done by the students in the upper classes of Trinity College. It has not been thought wise to be to stringent in reforming the style of these pieces, but pains have been taken to ensure the reliability of the facts presented. The work of collecting them was begun with some hesitation, but it is now an assured fact that they will appear regularly in the future. They are the outgrowth of the devotion of young men to the neglected field of Southern history.
The old saying, that North Carolina is a good place to start from, is the key-note to the greatness of her people, as well as a term of reproach as accepted by them. All great men must seek the large centers of civilization in order to give to the world their message, but the great
One evening in the winter of 1891-’92, in the city of Baltimore, I went to Lehman’s Hall to hear George William Curtis deliver an address before the national meeting of the Civil Service Reform Clubs. Among the prominent men on the platform I noticed a tall gentleman of middle age, with a grave and intelligent
North Carolina has produced many men of genius whose lives gave rich prospects of fame and usefulness, who doubtless would have brought honor and glory to the shrine of the “Old North State;” but when life has seemed most hopeful to them, when their work has begun, as it appeared, to cast upon them the
During the parade at Pulaski, as it was passing a corner where a Negro was standing, one of the horsemen, dressed in a hideous garb, dismounted and stretched out his bridal rein to the Negro as if he asked him to hold his horse. The frightened darky held out his hand to receive it, and,
Perhaps it will be a matter of considerable surprise to many, in fact a majority of the citizens of the State, to know that the anti-slavery sentiment was ever strong enough here to take the form of organized protest and endeavor against the practice of slavery. And they would be still more surprised to know
