Category Archives: Pitt

T.F. Hoff Arrested (1890)

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Mr. T.H. HOFF, a young white man of this county, was arrested in Pitt county last week by order of the Sheriff of this county.  Immediately after the arrest Depy. Sheriff FAGAN left for that county where he took charge of the prisoner and brought him back to Plymouth on Thursday night and lodged him in jail.  It seems that young HOFF was charged with trading of a mule on which there was a mortgage.  The case was settled on Friday and Mr. HOFF released.

Source: Roanoke Beacon, 13 June 1890, pg 3. Available online at digitalnc.org.

Mrs. J. B. Wilson Visits (1890)

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Excerpted from the Beacon Flashes column:

Mrs. J.B. WILSON, of Greenville, is the guest of her sister, Mrs. A. BARDEN, on Washington street.

Source: Roanoke Beacon, 28 March 1890, pg 3. Available online at digitalnc.org.

BEAMAN, R.C. (Rev.) and CLEMENTS, Mattie – (m. 1915)

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Source:  NC Christian Advocate, 14 January 1915. Available at the Internet Archive.

Mrs. Barden Visits Greenville (1889)

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Mrs. A. BARDEN was visiting Greenville this week as the guest of her sister, Mrs. W.B. WILSON.

Source: Roanoke Beacon,  23 August 1889.  Available online at digitalnc.org.

B.F. MANNING Family Stricken (1880)

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Greenville Express: Typhoid fever is raging to a great extent in and around Greenville.  Six members of the family of Mr. B.F. MANNING, who resides about four miles from town, were stricken at one time.

Source: Raleigh News and Observer. 14 Sep 1880. pg. 3.