Nov 14, 2018 | Confederate affiliation, Moore, Union affiliation
AUTHOR: Tom Bailey I knew my dad and he knew his. It got a bit iffy when I started chasing the ‘Rest of The Story.’ I had problems locating documentation for my GF’s birth, among other things. Then, I located his birth record, Lafayette Burl Smith...
Nov 14, 2018 | Confederate affiliation, Gaston
Submitted by Sid Stroupe and Mike Stroupe; Edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter On May 8, 1863, Hosea Holcombe Stroup, the thirty-five-year-old son of Moses Stroup (1796-1877) and husband of Nancy Crutchfield Stroup, was conscripted into service in Lincolnton, North...
Nov 13, 2018 | Confederate affiliation, Rockingham
SUBMITTED BY: William Snead “Mr. W.A. Snead passed away on Jan 6, 1919,at the home of Mr. M.F. Pratt. Pneumonia was the cause of his death. His sickness was of short duration. He left a family of six children- three sons and three daughters: R.L. Snead of...
Nov 13, 2018 | Confederate affiliation, Guilford
SUBMITTED BY: Linda D. Gibbs Obituary from the July 11, 1925 Greensboro Record (Greensboro, N.C.): WAR VETERAN IS DEAD NEAR HERE–J.B. Callahan Died Saturday Morning in Stokesdale at Ripe Old Age of 93—J.B. Callahan died at the home of his son, E.O....
Nov 13, 2018 | Confederate affiliation, Montgomery
Written by Jim Tucker, the Great-grandson of James [Jim] Milas Tucker, Jr.; Edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter James [Jim] Milas Tucker, Jr. (1830 -1900) was a wagon maker & farmer in Montgomery County, North Carolina. It is thought that he was very prosperous...
Nov 7, 2018 | Anson, Confederate affiliation
SUBMITTED BY: Steve Campbell Hagwood AUTHOR: Peter Jones, 1848-1943 “The day the Yankees came into this county was the first day of March in ’65. Me and some of the neighbor’s boys had run away from home. We were too young to join the army, and...
