Excerpt from the Personal Mention column:
Mrs. W.E. JONES, of Dover, came Thursday to visit her sister, Mrs. J.M WHITE, and returned home the same day.
Source: Daily Free Press (Kinston, NC). 8 April 1898. page 4.
Category Archives: Lenoir
Mattie Winfield Visits Brother (1898)
Excerpt from the Personal Mention column:
Miss Mattie WINFIELD, of Chocowinity, came Thursday to visit her brother, Mr. Howard WINFIELD, for a few days.
Source: Daily Free Press (Kinston, NC). 8 April 1898. page 4.
Issac Spruill Arrested (1898)
Brought Here to Jail – Mr. C.W. DUNN, deputy sheriff of Halifax county, arrested Issac SPRUILL, colored, Tuesday on a warrant issued by his wife, charging him with abandonment. SPRUILL had been teaching school near Trenton. He ran away to Halifax county, where he was arrested. Deputy Sheriff DUNN brought SPRUILL to Kinston Wednesday evening and lodged him in the county jail. He will be tried before Chas. DUNN today. (page 2)
Source: Daily Free Press (Kinston, NC). 7 April 1898. page 2.
Palmer Girls Visit Grandmother (1898)
Excerpt from the Personal Mention column:
Misses Mary and Nora PALMER, who had been visiting their grandmother, Mrs. Eliza RANTZ, for a few days, returned to Greenville Wednesday.
Source: Daily Free Press (Kinston, NC). 7 April 1898. page 2.
Braxton Builds Barbecue Stand (1898)
Mr. L.A. BRAXTON is building a small structure, just back of Mr. H.W. McKINNE’s for use as a barbecue stand.
Source: Daily Free Press (Kinston, NC). 7 April 1898. page 2.
Pollock Moves Into New Law Offices (1898)
Mr. W.D. POLLOCK was moving into his new law office yesterday.
Source: Daily Free Press (Kinston, NC). 7 April 1898.
MARRINER, T.J. and CARRAWAY, Lizzie – (m. 1890)
MARRIED — At the residence of the bride’s father, Capt. W.W. CARRAWAY, near Kinston, on the morning of July 24th at 7:30 o’clock, Mr. T. J. MARRINER, of Plymouth , and Miss Lizzie CARRAWAY, of near Kinston. Esq. Benj. SCARBOROUGH officiating. They were attended by Mr. Lemuel MOSELEY and Miss Gertrude CARRAWAY, and Mr. J.P. HILLIARD and Miss Florence MOSELEY, many friends being present.
The bride was one of the most charming belles of Lenoir county, admired by all for her gentle manners, grace and beauty. The groom is one of our most popular citizens, and is the efficient Clerk of the Superior Court of this county.
Immediately after the ceremony was performed the happy couple took the train for Plymouth, where they arrived at 7:45 p.m., they were met at the depot and driven at once to the groom’s residence on Washington street, where they were met by a host of invited guests, and the bride given a hearty welcome to her new home.
After partaking of a bountiful supper, the Plymouth Cornet Band gave them a serenade.
Our congratulations “Uncle Tom” to you and yours. May the guardian angel of happiness, prosperity and peace ever hover about these two hearts that beat as one.
Source: Roanoke Beacon, 25 July 1890, pg 2. Available online at digitalnc.org.
MEWBORNE, Cleon – (d. 1882)
Extracted from the Kinston Items column:
Cleon MEWBORNE, a son of Mr. Levi MEWBORNE, Sr., of Kinston, died on Saturday night of typhoid pneumonia.
Source: New Berne Weekly Journal , 13 April 1882, page 3.
SUTTON, Ben F. and HERRING, Elsie – (m. 1882)
Extracted from the La Grange Items column:
Ben F. SUTTON, of Bucklesbury, took unto himself a third wife on last Thursday. Miss Elsie HERRING, of Wayne county, was selected as the bride.
Source: New Berne Weekly Journal , 6 April 1882, page 3.
Mrs. Mewborne Injured (1882)
Extracted from the Kinston Items column:
Mrs. J.M. MEWBORNE had her eye painfully injured last week by the explosion of a pistol cap which she had swept in the fire. The wound was painful but the eye not permanently injured.
Source: New Berne Weekly Journal , 6 April 1882, page 3.