In the lead-up to my February 8 talk at Wilson County Public Library, every day I’ll feature a post related to Wilson County’s Rosenwald schools. (Or schools, like Mitchell, which were not Rosenwald-funded, but were contemporaries.)
Wilson Daily Times, 21 February 1944.
- Fannie Parker — in the 1940 census of Toisnot township, Wilson County: James Parker, 44; wife Fannie, 42; and adopted children Annie, 13, and Silas, 8.
- Carolina Brodie
- Louise Chisel
- Minnie Winstead — in the 1940 census of Toisnot township, Wilson County: Clarence Winstead, 42, farmer; wife Minnie, 44; and adopted son Robert Featherson, 14.
- Dorthea Parker — in the 1940 census of Toisnot township, Wilson County: farmer John Parker, 39; wife Doretha, 28; children Nora Lee, 18, James Earl, 14, Elmer, 12, and John S.T. Parker, 8; and stepson Joseph Evans, 8.