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11/18/1883-5/4/1970 3
Lawrence, Lenora Bray
12/27/1878-12/15/1967
6
Lawrence, Mary Alice
5/10/1909-4/18/1918
3
King, Jane Auman
King, Janie C.
1/8/1886 13
63
Lawrence, Rufus J. Lawrence, T. W.
Lilly, Edward C.
Lilly, John Dula
Lilly, Mazie Boggs
Lilly, Pearl Auman
Lineberry, Walter M.
Lucas, John Randolph (Randy)
10/28/1881-3/31/1961 3 10/23/1857-4/15/1928 6 died 8/21/1985 17
4/19/1881-10/19/1964 11
4/9/1910-6/6/1944 12
6/25/1886-9/28/1961 11
1879-1963 11
7/5/1948-11/4/1967 10
M
McDonald, Arie Lamonds, wife of James Monroe McDonald
6/5/1880-12/31/1914 2
McDonald, infant of Arie & Monroe
2
Mckenzie, Alexander, infant son
of John & Jane McKinzie 2/15/1886 9
Monroe, Fred, son of J. A. & Hattie Monroe
5/8/1916-7/31/1918 12
Murray, Christina R.
8/31/1887-5/5/1968 9
Murray, Julius C.
10/4/1885-9/20/1973
9
P
Parker, infant dau. of Mr. & Mrs. T. W. Parker
born & died 4/17/1943 8
Presnell, Susannah, wife of Randal 6/28/1807-4/4/1897
11
R
Redwine, Joseph Lee
10/2/1959-4/18/1976 16
Reeder, infant of Mary Reeder
Reeder, William Clarence
5/22/1912-6/12/1971 9
Richardson, infant of Noah
and Lillian
stillborn 11/19/1911
11
Richardson, Christenia, wife of Andrew
11
Richardson, Foster C., Sr.
3/16/1882-1/9/1965
14
Richardson,
Francena Auman
8/25/1851-6/13/1901
11
Richardson,
Hal E.
8/25/1898-9/29/1918
14
Richardson.
L. Roy
9/12/1878-9/22/1960
14
Richardson,
Lillian Stubbs
10/19/1872-5/21/1966
11
Richardson,
Lonnie L.
2/24/1874-12/10/1947
14
Richardson,
Mary Mamie
11/25/1876-10/15/1974 14
2/25/1849-10/10/1926
11
Richardson, Noah Richardson, Wincy Adeline, wife
of S. R. Richardson
4/1/1865-12/20/1893
12
S
Slack, infant of Lundy Jane Slack
3/25/1905-3/28/1905 3
Slack, Earl Braxton
9/18/1884-5/11/1963 3
Slack, Ernest B., Jr.
4/18/1896-11/21/1965 3 7/23/1881-7/14/1961 3
Slack, Elbie Miller
Slack, J. B.
8/13/1862-1/5/1948
3
8
64
Slack, John B., Jr. Slack, Johnnie M.
12/9/1902-4/2/1975 3
10/15/1891-10/24/1910 3
Slack, Lundy Jane
11/7/1862-6/9/1920 3
Slack, Margaret Carter
11/13/1897-2/14/1976 3
Slack, Theodoria Stout
9/8/1896-12/4/1954
3
Smith, Claud Haywood
2/26/1908-8/27/1965 14
10/8/1901-3/11/1957
14
Smith, Haywood D.
1873-1954
14
Smith, Millicent M.
1867-1936
14 5
Spencer, Rev. C. L.
1879-1946
12
Spencer, Clayton
2/13/1877-5/17/1950
12
Spencer, Cora Lee
9/3/1899-8/2/1946
5 12
Spencer, Ellen Hudson
1871-1958
12
Spencer,
F. Pearl
7/16/1891-9/17/1973
12
Spencer, Fruza
6/11/1853-5/15/1927
12
Spencer , J. H.
10/15/1847-6/11/1926
12
Spencer,
Lillie Mae
8/18/1893-3/5/1911
5
Spencer,
Rosanah Elizabeth
12/19/1858-7/14/1918
12
Spencer,
Sarah
1/9/1850-1/26/1923
12
Spencer, Sarah Ann
8/25/1871-7/13/1957
5
Spencer, Susy Ann Trogdon
2/2/1849-5/17/1888
12
Steed, John Franklin
9/17/1882-12/19/1965
6
Stout, Aginess C., wife of Taylor Stout
11/6/1859-8/15/1900 6
Stout, Carl Clarence, Sr.
2/25/1892-11/18/1963 13
Stout, J. T., Sr.
9/15/1853-12/21/1918 6
Stout, Myrtle Chloe
1889-1910 6
Stout, Ruth Maness
11/26/1892-8/22/1964
13
Stout, Sarah Donnah
11/27/1887-6/18/1979 5/20/1869-5/6/1956
12
Stuart, Mary Weeks, wife of Verne
4/9/1908-7/20/1983
12
Stuart, Minnie Spencer
6/25/1872-3/7/1968
12
Stuart, Verne Spencer
3/19/1906-2/11/1974
12
Stutts, Lundia Dunlap, wife of Henry S. Stutts
6/11/1884-8/25/1961 5
Stutts, Henry S.
5/22/1867-4/4/1926
5
Stutts, Junie, Clady, Claudie, infants of Henry Stutts
T
Townsend, Beulah T.
12/9/1902-9/17/1984 13
Townsend, Clarence and Clinton, twins, children of Daniel and Beulah
2/6/1938
13
Townsend, Daniel
6/10/1905-11/30/1974
13
Trogdon, infant of A. B. & Ethel Trogdon
9/13/1912-9/13/1912
11
Trogdon, , Gertie L., dau of
W. B. & A. W. Trogdon
7/21/1893-4/22/18 ?? 7
Trogdon, J. W.
1889
11
Tucker, A. R.
1875-1954 13
Tucker, Henry C.
11/25/1844-8/2/1887
13
Smith, Garland Dwight
Spencer, Burley A.
10/30/1891-5/25/1910
Spencer, E. L.
11/15/1845-12/19/1891
6
Stuart, Chas. E.
5
65
Tucker, Jane
8/31/1913-7/31/1897 13
1871-1929 13
10/18/1911-3/15/1984 16
9/19/1812-2/25/1896 13
V
Vandever, Julia M.
11/7/1889-4/25/1906 9
Varner, B. Frank
1/10/1892-2/5/1951 10
Varner, Beatrice Yow
5/15/1894-9/26/1974 10
Varner, Marie Elda
7/19/1925-8/8/1977 10
Voncannon, Blanche, dau. of
Cora and Milton
12/5/1902-7/25/1904 13
Voncannon, Cora K.
1882-1950
13
Voncannon, Milton F.
1880-1921
13
Vosakalns, Aleksanders
5/17/1877-12/8/1950
6
W
Westmoreland, Lola Edna Freeman, wife of Paul Westmoreland
4/24/1915-6/20/1937 3
14
Y
Yow, child
2
Yow, A. L.
5/28/1834-5/30/1899
12
Yow, Alfred L. (Bud)
2
Yow, Agnes B.
1823-1907
7
Yow, Dalton, infant
10
Yow, Elisha R.
1832-1880
7
Yow, Estelle
died 6/19/1889
8
Yow, Jas. Martin
12/17/1857-2/16/1939
8
Yow, Martitia L.
1/17/1857-10/2/1886
12
Yow, Martha J.
8/2/1828-8/23/1886
12
Yow, Mary Ellen Lowdermilk
12/17/1856-8/7/1936
8
Yow, Noah W.
11/11/1855-7/13/1935
10
Yow, Raymond Darrell
10/3/1937-10/12/1985
11
Yow, Susanna Chriscoe
5/31/1864-10/29/1917
10
66
Tucker, Sarah E. Vuncannon
Tucker, W. C.
Tucker, William
Wright, Lucille C.
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INDEX
Please Note:
The names in the following three lists of names printed in the text are not included in this index:
1. List
of Ministers Serving the Fair Grove Methodist Church from 1859-1947 (see page 36)
2. List of Students in Attendance at Why Not Academy, 1905-1906 (includes names of parents of students and student's post office address -- see page 52)
3. Index to Persons Buried at the Fair Grove Methodist Church Cemetery (see page 60)
This index was prepared and typed by William T. Auman. Please notify him of errors and omissions so that future editions of this book may be corrected accordingly.
A
Aberdeen and Asheboro Railroad, 17, 46 Academies, see Schools
Aconite, North Carolina, 51 Alexander, Marjorie, 33
Allbright, Thomas, F., 6
Allen, Elsey, 56
Anson County, North Carolina, 15
Asbury, Rev. F. E., 29
Asheboro, North Carolina, 9, 15, 17, 28 Auman, Alson, 24
Auman, Charles B., 33
Auman, Clinton, 32 Auman, Clyde, 59 Auman, E. W., 29 Auman, Etta Jane, 33
Auman, Euclid, 33, 56 Auman Family, 42 Auman, Henry, 24, 28
Auman, Hillary, 16
Auman, Rev. J. Clyde, 32 Auman, Jacob, 16 Auman, Rev. James Auman, 32, 33 Auman, Jefferson, 24, 25, 28, 30, 31, 39
Auman, Lydia, 25, 28
Auman, M. C., 29, 39, 57
Auman, Martin, 5, 6, 11, 12, 13, 24, 35
Auman, Susannah, 28
Auman, Velon, 58
68
Auman, Warren, 16 Auman, William T., iii, 60, 68 Auman's Chapel, 6 Austin, Etta Auman, 32, 58 Austin, Dr. John W., 33
B
Bean, Ina, 51 Biggs, Rev. G. H., 33 Blueback Speller, 29 Bolling, W. H. H., 16 Boroughs, Professor James P., 24, 31, 38, 39, 42, 46, 55, 58 Brandy Station, Virginia, 13 Bristow Station, Battle of, 14 Brown, Dorothy Lilly, 33, 37 Brush Arbor, 6, 24, 41 Bulla, Imogene, iii Burgess, Ada Monroe, 42
C
.
Cagle, Ernest, 57, 59 Cagle, Katie Bell, 42
Cagle, Lloyd, 37 Cagle, Margaret, 37 Cagle, Margaret Slack, 37
Cagle, Martin A., 6, 29, 31, 39, 42, 46
Carolina Population Center, 19 Caviness, Hattie, 30
Cedar Point, Virginia, 12
Champion, Mrs. Hester, 58
Chatham County, North Carolina, 15, 16
Children's Day, 29, 30 Chisholm, John F., 39, 46
Christian Church, 18, 42
Christian, Samuel H., 15 Civil War, 6-16, 38 Cole, L. C., 35 Cole Pottery, 19 Cole, (Widow), 8 Confederate States of America, 6, 7, 8, 9, 16 Army
Camp Jackson Hospital, 15 Camp Mangum, 11 Company F, Forty-sixth Regiment N. C. Troops, 11 Court-martial, 9, 14, 20 Deserters, 6, 7, 8, 10, 13, 14, 16 Disease in, 11, 12, 15 Draft-dodgers, 7, 10 Draft Law, 7 Peace Movement, 7, 13 Unionists, 7, 10 Women in, 10
69
Cox, Eleazer, 28 Cox, Elma, 28, 29 Cox, Fred J., 34 Cox, H. J., 28
Cox, Hannah, 28
Cox, Mabel Stuart, 33, 42
Cox, Mary Ann Lowdermilk, 28
Cox, Ross, 33 Cox, Sarah C., 28
Cox School House, 38
D
Davidson County, North Carolina, 15, 40 Democratic party, 16 Deserters (see Confederate States of America)
Draft Law (see Confederate States of America) Draft-dodgers (see Confederate States of America) Drewry's Bluff, Virginia, 12
Dunn, Jas. S., 8
E
Elon College, 32, 33
F
Fair Grove Methodist Church, 6, 18, 23-37, 55, 57, 58, 59 Board of Trustees, 56, 57 Cemetery, 35, 56, 57, 59 Gravestone Inscriptions, 60-65
Christian Endeavor Society, 31 Class Meetings, 25 Lighting Methods, 33-34 Marriages, 33 Missions
Foreign Missions, 30 Nagoya, Japan, 32 Tokyo, Japan, 32 Woman's Foreign Missionary Society, 32, 35 Parsonage, 30 Singing, 27 Song Books, 27
Sunday School, 28, 29, 31, 32, 35 Baraca Class, 31 Philathea Class, 31 Superintendents of, 29-30
Fayetteville and Western Plank Road (see Plank Road) Fayetteville, North Carolina, 5, '23 Fayetteville Observer (newspaper), 7 Flower Hill, North Carolina, 51 Fogleman, Carrie, 31 Fogleman, Rev. W. D., 31 Fredericksburg, Battle of, 13
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G
Garner, Enoch, 12 Garner Family, 42 Garner, Professor George F., 29, 40, 41, 42, 44, 45, 55, 56, 58 Garner, John, 58 Garner, Nancy, 58 Garner, W. C., 56 Gollihorn, Alpheus, 9 Gollihorn Springs, 8 Gollihorn, William, 7, 8 Graves Candle Company, 18 Graves, D. R., 57 Graves, David, iii Graves, Harwood, 59
Graves, Nell, iii, 18, 35, 56
Graves, Noah, 11, 12 Graves, Phil, 18, 35, 56
Graves, Shelton, 59
Green, Capt. D. C., 9 Gross, Connie, 58 Guilford County, North Carolina, 40
H
Hammer, Minnie Hancock, 28, 58
Hammer, William C., (US Congressman), 28
Hancock, Jane Page, 28
Hancock, Jennie, 38
Hancock, John, 15 Harper, Lacy, 41 Hatcher's Run, Virginia, 15 Hill, John, 13 Hogan, 42 Hulin, D. F., 51
I
Inner Civil War, 9, 16
3
James River, Virginia, 12 Joyce, Vern Ann Stuart, 26, 37
К
Keeling College, 42 Kennett, Rev. W. C., 24, 30 King, A., 16 King, Boyd, 37 King, Cora Juanita, 33 King, Etta, 33 King, J. E., 29 King, James A., 25, 30, 31, 33, 39, 46
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King, James B., Jr., iii
King, Jane, iii
King, L. J. (Mrs. James A. King), 39
King, Lonnie A., 29, 30, 31, 55, 57, 59
King, Mae, 42
King, Susan, ii, iii
King, Vernon, iii
King, W. Carson, 55, 56
L
Lassiter, Alma, 42 Latham, John, 11, 12
Lawrence, Nora, 42
Lawrence, Ruth, 60
Lawrence, T. W., 39, 46
Lawrence, Thomas, iii
Lawrence, W. P., 39 Leach, Colonel James Madison, 15 Lemonds, Lela, 56 Leonard, Burgess, 42
Lexington, North Carolina, 15
Lilly, J. D., 37, 57
Lilly, Pearl, 37
Lincoln, Abraham, 8 Lineberry, Zachary, 6, 23
Lowdermilk, A. C., 57
Lowdermilk, Conie S., 37, 58
Lowdermilk, Rev. E. G., 39
Lowdermilk, Rev. W. R., 39 Lucas, John, 8 Lucas, Nixon, 39 Luck, Elijah, 14
Luck, Ivey, 19
Luck, Lucinda Latham, 37
Luck, William, 10
Luck's, Inc., 19
Luther, Mary Ann, wife of Riley Luther, 12, 13, 14 Luther, Riley, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 M
Macon family, 19 Macon, Nancy, 39 Maness, L. C., 51 Maness, Rev. W. L., 32 Marshall, Mary Lilly, 33 Matthews, Mrs. George, 58 McDonald, D. W., 11 Mckenzie, Jack, iii, 60 Mckenzie, Ruth, iii McNeill, Calvin, 38 McNeill, E. E., 39, 46 McNeill, Martin, 33
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Methodists
Methodist Churches Flag Springs, 34 Love Joy, 34 Macedonia, 34 Melton Grove, 34 Mt. Gilead, 34 Mt. Moriah, 6, 23 New Hope, 25, 34 Pleasant Hill, 30, 34 Seagrove, 57 Methodist Church Circuits Flag Springs, 34 Love Joy, 34 Seagrove, 34 Thomasville, 57 Why Not, 34 Methodist Conference, 18, 55, 57
Miller, J. R., 39
Monroe, C. L., 57
Monroe, Clayton, 37 .
Monroe, J. A., 29
Montgomery County, North Carolina, 10, 11, 15, 40 Moore County, North Carolina, 7, 10, 11, 15, 40 Morgan, Rev. Frank, 32
Morris, Tula, 42 Mourner's Bench, 26, 27
0
Ogburn, Rev. J. C., 30 Ogburn, Rev. T. J., 32
Okeeweemee, North Carolina, 51
Old Gap, 19
Orange Courthouse, Virginia, 14
Owens, Mrs. William, 10
Owens, William, 7, 8
P
Page, Billy, 31 Page, James, 15, 16
Page, Jane, 16 Page, Martha Shamburger, 15, 16 Page, W. J., 16
Page's Toll House, 15, 16, 42
Parks, Carolina, 27 -
Peace Movement (see Confederate States of America) Petersburg, Virginia, 12, 13
Pike, Alfred, 10
Plank Road, 5, 7, 15, 16, 18, 23, 42 Point Lookout, Maryland, 15
Political Parties (see under name of party)
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Post Office Confederate, 6 Seagrove, 6 Why Not, 6 Presnell, Alfred, 12, 15
Presnell, Allen, 15
Presnell, Clay, 19
Pregnell, Josiah, 6
Presnell, R. (probably Randell), 12, 13
Presnell, Sarah, 28
Presnell, Silas, 24, 28
Presaly, Capt., 8 Pressly, Lt. B., 8
Progressive Era, 39
Prosperity, North Carolina, 51 Protracted Meetings, 26
Public Schools, see Schools
R
Raleigh, North Carolina, 16 Reconstruction, 16, 38 Republican party, 16 Revival Meetings, 26, 27 Richardson, Mamie S., 6 Richardson, Noah, 5, 28, 31 Richmond, Battle of, 12 Richmond County, North Carolina, 15
Richmond, Virginia, 12, 16 Robbins, North Carolina, 18
Russell, David, 13
Russell, Rev. John, 32
S
Salem, North Carolina, 5 Schools
Academies, 38, (see also Why Not Academy, Keeling College) Public, 17, 18, 38, 39, 40, 42 Subscription, 38 (see also Cox School House) Scott, G. W., 51 Seagrove Lumber Company, 42 Seagrove, North Carolina, 17, 18, 19, 42, 46, 48, 51, 57, 59 Seagrove School, 6, 8, 15, 23, 42 Seagroves, Edwin, 17 Secession, 8 Shamburger, Capt. Peter, 8 Slack, Emory, 33 Slack Family, 41 Slack, J. B., 59 Smith, H. D., 29 Spencer, Addison, 25 Spencer, Alfred, 19 Spencer, B. L. 28
74
Spencer, Rev. C. L., 38 Spencer , Rev. Charles, 32
Spencer , Conie, 26
Spencer , E. L., 25, 29
Spencer , Graham, 29
Hattie, 26
Spencer , Spencer, J. H., 29, 31, 39, 46
Spencer ,
Janie, 29
Jesse, 13
Spencer, Spencer , May, 33 Spencer, Minnie, 30
Spencer , Sergeant Nathan, 14
Spencer, Rev. T. A., 32
Staley, Donna Lawrence, iii, 60
Steed, Joe, 28
.
Steed, Martitia Page, 28
Stowe, Rev. J. H., 30
Stowe, Rosa, 58
Stowe, Xannie, 31
Stuart, Charles E., 27, 29, 31, 37, 57 Stuart, Charlie, 41
Stuart, Mary, 37
Stuart, Minnie Spencer, 23, 26, 37, 42, 56, 58
Stuart, Vern S., 37
Sugg Creek, 24
T
Taylorsville, Virginia, 13 Texas, 28
Trogdon, Ethel Biggs, 32
Trogdon, J. W., 25, 28, 29, 30, 38
Trogdon, W. L., 51
Tucker, Delano, 28
Tucker, Edmund, 28 Tucker, J. D., 11 Tucker, Jane, 35
Tucker, Lou, 28
Tucker, William, 6, 24, 28
U
Unionists (see Confederate States of America) United States Army Indiana Cavalry, 9 Sherman's Army, 9 United States Military Academy, 15
Vanderford, John, 9 Voncannon, Henry, 11 Vuncannon, Letha, 28, 29 Vuncannon, Milton Filmore, 33 Vuncannon, Peter, 29
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W
Walters, Priv. William F., 9 Weir, Lt., 13 Wesleyan Church, 19 Westminster Seminary (Maryland), 32 Whigs, 15
Why Not Academy, 17, 18, 25, 31, 32, 38-54, 55 Baseball Team, 41
Board of Trustees, 39, 46
Brass Bands, 41 Catalog for 1905-1906, 43-54 Commencement Exercises, 41 Commercial Department, 48 Debates, 41 Discipline, 41, 49
Disease, 46 Dormitories, 40 Examinations, 47 Expenses, 50
Library, 48 Literary Course, 48
Miscellaneous Rules of Conduct, 50-51
Penmanship Department, 48
Physical Education, 47
Religion, 47
Shorthand and Typewriting Department, 48 Text Books, 49
Why Not Academy and Business Institute, 40
Why Not Memorial Association, 18, 23, 55-59 Board of Directors, 59
Board of Trustees, 56, 57 Committees
Constitution and By-Laws, 56 Grounds, 56 Historical, 23 Williams, Rev. Ben, 32
Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 5, 23
Worth Lumber Company, 31
Y
Yadkin College, 39 Yow, A. L., 6, 24, 25, 28, 35
Yow, Alfred, 5, 12 Yow, Alfred L., 35, 39 Yow, Bonnie, 42
Yow, Elisha, 35
Yow, Henry, 25
Yow, Martitia, 28, 38
Yow, Mary Ellen Lowdermilk, 38
Yow, Sarah, 39
Yow, Worth, 24
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