NIXON, Jere. Nichols – (d. 1853)

DIED – In this City, on Saturday the 23rd instant, Jere. Nichols, son of Jeremiah and Elizabeth NIXON, aged 2 years, 9 months and 19 days.

“Gone from the hearts that loved him,
Gone from his home away –
Gone in his childish beauty,
Like flowers in May.

Gone like the moonlight’s glimmer
From off the rippling stream;
Gone like the joyous pictures
Of childhood’s glowing dream.

He dwelleth now and kneeleth
Beside the throne of God,
In praise to Him who raiseth
The spriti from the sod.”

STRICKLAND, Marian W. – (d. 1853)

DIED — On the 25th of June, at the residence of her father-in-law, Mr. STRICKLAND, near Milton, Miss., Mrs. Marian W. STRICKLAND, aged 22, only daughter of John and Sophia LEWIS, formerly of Chapel Hill, N.C.  Though a few months only had elapsed since she stood at the marriage altar, yet when the summons came she was by a lively faith in her Redeemer willing to part with husband, parents, and brothers.  When informed by her almost heart-broken mother that she could not survive, she embraced all present, separately, and begged them to prepare to meet her in Heaven Dry up your tears, bereaved ones, you have the gratifying assurance that  your loss is her gain.

Source: Semi-Weekly Standard (Raleigh, NC). 30 July 1853. Available at Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers.

EDWARDS, Dempsey and SHEPARD, Elizabeth – (m. 1853)

MARRIED – In Greene county, on Thursday evening, the 14th instant, by Joshua ROUSE, Esq., Col. Dempsey EDWARDS to Miss Elizabeth A. SHEPARD, all of Greene.

Source: Semi-Weekly Standard (Raleigh, NC). 30 July 1853. Available at Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers.

POOL, Edwin and LONG, Bathenia – (m. 1853)

MARRIED — In Camden county, on Wednesday the 20th July, Mr. Edwin POOL, of Nixonton, Pasquotank county, to Mrs. Bathenia LONG, of Raleigh, North Carolina.

Source: Semi-Weekly Standard (Raleigh, NC). 30 July 1853. Available at Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers.

SUMMEY, D.F. and MORRISON, J.A. – (m. 1853)

MARRIED — In Asheville, on the 18th instant, by the Rev. Wm. MORRISON, Mr. D.F. SUMMEY of Aberdeen, Mississippi, to Miss J.A. MORRISON, of Asheville.

Source: Semi-Weekly Standard (Raleigh, NC). 30 July 1853. Available at Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers.

CLARK, A.J. and WOLFFE, Sarah – (m. 1853)

MARRIED — On the 28th ultimo, Mr. A.J. CLARK and Miss Sarah WOLFFE – of Union county, N.C.

Source: Semi-Weekly Standard (Raleigh, NC). 30 July 1853. Available at Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers.

HOUSTON, James and WALKUP, Martha E. – (m. 1853)

MARRIED – By Rev. W.C. PATTERSON, on the 24th May last, Mr. James HOUSTON and Miss Martha E. WALKUP.

Editorial note: the news clipping later mentions the couple was from Union county, NC.

Source: Semi-Weekly Standard (Raleigh, NC). 30 July 1853. Available at Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers.

J.A. Harrell to Publish Newspaper (1879)

New Paper and Job Office – Mr. J.A. HARRELL, formerly of Henderson has moved to Weldon where he intends to establish a job printing office. He will also publish weekly an agricultural journal, containing general news, but more especially devoted to the farming interests of the community and agriculture generally.

Mr. HARRELL is not a stranger to our people, he at one time lived in Weldon and afterwards in Enfield.

We wish him success in both branches of his business. The people ought to subscribe to his journal as it will contain original articles of value and also extracts from the best agricultural papers of the country.


Source: Roanoke News, 6 February 1879, page 3. Available online at DigitalNC.org.

Good Word About the Roanoke News (1890)

The Danville, (Va.) Daily News has the following good word to say of us: While we have not yet done so, it is still not too late to mention the fact that the Roanoke News, Weldon, NC, has recently undergone a change of proprietorship. W.P. BATCHELOR, Esq., and Capt. J.G. LOCKHART have sold it to Messrs. W.W. HALL and L.M. LONG, who have assumed sole control. The new proprietors are young gentlemen of fine intellectual qualifications, energetic and public spirited, and will doubtless meet with success in their new field of labor. Under their management the News has already been much improved in appearance, while the general tone of the paper has been changed for the better. it is kept up to the standard of a first-class family newspaper, and deserves a liberal patronage. Our sympathies flow out in a tidal wave of well wishes for the old craft upon which we first ventured out upon the treacherous sea of journalism, and we shall ever watch with pleasure the success and prosperity of the Roanoke News. Long may it live to defend the rights of the party and people it represents.

Source: Roanoke News, 6 February 1879, page 2. Available online at DigitalNC.org.

Col. W.L. Saunders Retires (1879)

Col. SAUNDERS has retired from the editorial staff of the Raleigh Observer on account of ill health. During his life, as a journalist, both in connection with the Wilmington Journal, and the Observer, Col. SAUNDERS made many friends among newspaper men, and his opinions were always entitled to, and always commanded the highest respect from the members of the press. To this, the notices in our exchanges testify. We hope Col. SAUNDERS will recover his health in a short time, and again resume the duties to which his abilities so well fit him.


Source: Roanoke News, 6 February 1879, page 2. Available online at DigitalNC.org.