Nov 24, 2020 | Cumberland, Union affiliation
AUTHOR: Paul Peeples (edited by Cheri Todd Molter) The U.S. Army Airborne and Special Operations Museum at Fayetteville, North Carolina, has many monuments and memorial paver stones on its grounds. Each one has a story behind it, and one is of a hometown hero named...
Sep 3, 2020 | Guilford, Union affiliation
AUTHOR: JC Knowles (edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter) On July 23, 1873, a local newspaper announced the opening of a “Normal College for the education of colored teachers” in Greensboro, North Carolina. The school was founded through the motivation...
Sep 3, 2020 | This Month's Featured Story, Union affiliation, Wayne
AUTHOR: Minnie Becton (edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter) Introduction: This story, and its accompanying photographs, were excerpts from a blog post entry entitled “52 Ancestors: #10 – Jack Sherrod – ‘A Man of First Class Standing,’” written by Minnie...
Sep 3, 2020 | Caldwell, Confederate affiliation, Union affiliation
AUTHOR: Glenn Land (edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter) Eliza Ann Triplet of Caldwell County, North Carolina, was married to a 3-times-removed-2nd-cousin of mine, William Taylor Land, the only son of Wilson Land and Rebecca Miller Land. While it seems most of my...
Sep 3, 2020 | Confederate affiliation, Cumberland, Featured, Union affiliation
SUBMITTED BY: Megan Dulaney Molter (article Written by Pat Reese, Fayetteville Observer Staff writer; submission edited by Cheri Todd Molter) None of the people named in this article are my ancestors, but I graduated from the Cumberland County School system and did...
Aug 5, 2020 | Caswell, Union affiliation
AUTHOR: Teresa Leake (edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter) The Civil War was a tragic time in our history, no matter what side you were on: Families were uprooted, children were orphaned, and stability—both family stability and economic stability—was lost. My...
