Last will and testament of Fannie Rountree.

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In the 1870 census of Wilson township, Wilson County: farm laborer Osborn Dunstan, 37, wife Mariah, 45, and children Dora, 4, Cora, 2, Sarah, 2 months, John, 12, and Fanny, 6. [The latter two children were born prior to Mariah’s marriage to Osborne.]

In the 1880 census of Wilson township, Wilson County: farm worker Osbourn Dunston, 44, wife Mariah, 40, and children Dorah, 12, Corah, 11, Sarah, 9, Frances, 7, Hubbard, 5, Mary, 4, and Harriet, 3. Next door, in the household of farmer Henry Miller, was John Dunston, 20.

In the 1900 census of Wilson, Wilson County: Fannie Rountree, 32, cook, married 16 years.

On 11 September 1901, Sarah Dunston, 23, of Wilson, North Carolina, daughter of Osborne and Mariah Dunston, married Marshall Bells, 24, waiter, of Charleston, South Carolina, son of Calvin and Lovinia Bells, in Norfolk, Virginia.

In the 1910 census of Wilson, Wilson County: Fannie Rountree, 40, widow, cook, living alone.

In the 1916 Hill’s Wilson, N.C., city directory: Rountree Fannie dom  h 667 E Vance

In the 1920 census of Wilson, Wilson County: at 667 Vance, widow Fannie Rountree, 52, cook, and sister Sarah Rountree [sic], 35, tobacco laborer.

Fannie Rountree died 4 June 1925 in Wilson. Per her death certificate, she was about 60 years old; was born in Wilson to Benjamin Rountree and Maria Dunston; was separated; lived at 710 East Vance; and worked as a cook for Mrs. Walter Woodard. Sarah Bell was informant.

In the 1930 census of Wilson, Wilson County: at 710 East Vance, owned and valued at $3000, Sarah Belle, 55, cook.

Sarah Bell died 29 December 1930 in Wilson. Per her death certificate, she was 54 years old; was born in Wilson to Osborne Dunston and Mariah Monday; was married to William Marshall Bell. Informant was Hattie Wilkerson, 712 Brooks Street, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania.