Aug 17, 2021 | Confederate affiliation, Lincoln
SUBMITTED BY: Michael Stroupe; transcribed by Cheri Todd Molter & Hallie Smith Frederick Washington Dellinger, commonly called “Wash,” was born on Oct. 28, 1834, in the Cherryville area of Gaston County. His name was also spelled “Fredrick” and “Fred” in some...
Aug 8, 2021 | Confederate affiliation, Lincoln
SUBMITTED BY: Michael Stroupe; written and transcribed by Cheri Todd Moulter Frederick Washington Dellinger, commonly called “Wash,” was born on Oct. 28, 1834, in the Cherryville area of Gaston County. His name was also spelled “Fredrick” and “Fred” in some records....
Feb 12, 2020 | Confederate affiliation, Lincoln
SUBMITTED BY: Michael Stroupe (introduction and modern transcriptions written by Cheri Todd Molter) Author’s Note: I’d like to thank Patrick Ruppe for providing the details of Charles Dellinger’s and George Dellinger’s Confederate military service. The original draft...
Oct 27, 2019 | Confederate affiliation, Lincoln, Union affiliation
SUBMITTED BY: Mike Stroupe Written and transcribed by Cheri Todd Molter (Click photos to enlarge letter) Frederick Washington “Wash” Dellinger wrote this letter to Margaret Dellinger Brown, his sister and the wife of William B. Brown. Wash fought for the Confederacy,...
Oct 4, 2019 | Confederate affiliation, Lincoln, Union affiliation
SUBMITTED BY: Mike Stroupe WRITTEN AND TRANSCRIBED BY: Cheri Molter William B. Brown was born in Lincoln County, North Carolina in 1840. He was a farmer when the war started and twenty-one years old when he enlisted in the Confederate army. On October 25, 1861, he...
Mar 12, 2019 | Confederate affiliation, Lincoln
Submitted by Sid Stroupe and Mike Stroupe; Edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter Joseph Franklin and Eliza Moore Stroup had nine children, including two sons—Robert M. Stroup and Peter Lafayette Stroup—who served in the Civil War. In November 1862, Joseph passed...
