MARRIED — At the residence of W.T. WHITFIELD, in Weldon, by Rev. J.W. HOPTINSTALL, on Tuesday the <…> last, Mr. George MOSELEY to Miss Maggie BRIGGS.
Source: Roanoke News, 20 February 1879, page 3. Available online at DigitalNC.org.
Category Archives: Halifax
Sandy Speed Sprains Ankle (1879)
Sandy SPEED a colored man living in town sprained his ankle very severely one day this week while stepping off a train.
Source: Roanoke News, 20 February 1879, page 3. Available online at DigitalNC.org.
Wharton J. Green Moves (1879)
Col. Wharton J. GREEN has bought the Tokay Vineyard near Fayetteville. He will reside there.
Source: Roanoke News, 20 February 1879, page 3. Available online at DigitalNC.org.
R.W. Daniel Confined to Room (1879)
Mr. R.W. DANIEL has been confined to his room for the past two weeks with rheumatism.
Source: Roanoke News, 20 February 1879, page 3. Available online at DigitalNC.org.
HENDERSON–Mary Elizabeth – (d. 1879)
Departed this life on the 11th of January 1879 Mrs. Mary Elizabeth HENDERSON, consort of Andrew J. HENDERSON, Esq., of Nansemond, in the <…> year of her age. The deceased professed conversion and connected herself with the M.E. Church at Farmville, Halifax county, NC at an early age, and lived a most exemplary christian life. She was a remarkably kind and affectionate wife and mother. May the Lord, in whom she trusted, in his goodness and mercy, comfort the bereaved husband by the many consolations in his word, and the sacred and comfortable influences of his Holy Spirit, and may his watchful eye and protecting had be ever over her children.
Source: Roanoke News, 13 February 1879, page 3. Available online at DigitalNC.org.
HARRISON, H.S. and GARRETT, Mamie S. (m. 1879)
MARRIED – At St. Clement church in Ringwood, Feb. 12th, by Rev. A.S. SMITH, Mr. H.S. HARRISON and Miss Mamie S. GARRETT. The young couple who linked their destinies together, have today realized the fulfillment of vows plighted in the distant past, throughout the varying vicissitudes of life, they have remained true to each other. The acme of their happiness they have at last reached, we can only say to them, that our earnest wish is that the sun of prosperity and happiness may scatter all clouds of adversity or sorrow that may overcast them. As you glide smoothly over the placid waters of the ever onward stream of time, may your voyage be undisturbed by a single wave of trouble; may birds sing their sweetest songs along the shores as you pass; may the pleasant dews of heaven descend upon your hands, may the softest zephyrs fan your cheeks; and may the verdant banks be thronged with the kinda and loving friends, tossing to you as you pass the golden apples of unalloyed happiness and perpetual prosperity, may you be long spared and your beams cloudless and rosy to the last. — J.M.W.
Source: Roanoke News, 13 February 1879, page 3. Available online at DigitalNC.org.
SOUTHALL, Frank W. and RAINES, Eudora W. – (m.1879)
MARRIED – On Sunday 2nd instant in Halifax by Rev. A.S. SMITH at the Southern Hotel, Mr. Frank W. SOUTHALL to Miss Eudora W. RAINES of Sussex county, Va. The pair arrived in Halifax on Sunday but on being informed that they could not get license on that day, waited until 12:30 o’clock at night and were married. The Register of Deeds and Mr. SMITH kindly waited with them until Sunday had passed.
Source: Roanoke News, 13 February 1879, page 3. Available online at DigitalNC.org.
Thomas Cooke Passes Through (1879)
Mr. Thomas COOKE, for many years a resident of Scotland Neck, passed through on Tuesday on his way to Statesville, where he intends to reside in the future. May Heaven shower its choicest blessings on his head, and move him to subscribe to the Roanoke News.
Source: Roanoke News, 13 February 1879, page 3. Available online at DigitalNC.org.
Fire at Smiths Church (1879)
Smiths church about four miles from town caught on fire last Sunday during divine service. The flue was defective and burst a hole in the ceiling. Some excitement for a short while, but no damage was done and service was resumed.
Source: Roanoke News, 13 February 1879, page 3. Available online at DigitalNC.org.
A.J. Burton Returns (1879)
A.J. BURTON returned last week from Atlanta where he had been on professional business.
Source: Roanoke News, 13 February 1879, page 3. Available online at DigitalNC.org.