In news from Goldsboro, North Carolina:
Journal and Guide (Norfolk, Va.), 17 October 1931.
The missing comma — after the second “Sylvia Hobbs” — threw me for a bit. Presumably, “Mr. and Mrs. Hobbs” were a son and daighter-in-law of Sylvia Hobbs, but I have not been able to identify them.
Journal and Guide (Norfolk, Va.), 25 August 1917.
Nellie V. Woodard’s late husband was William H. Woodard, son of Jack and Fannie Simms Woodard, a cleaning and pressing club owner who had died 26 February 1917. He was about 35 years old.
A few weeks later, Nellie Woodard placed a notice thanking friends for their kindnesses during her husband’s illness and her bereavement.
Journal and Guide (Norfolk, Va.), 17 March 1917.
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In the 1880 census of Black Creek township, Wilson County: farmer Jack Woodard, 35; wife Fannie, 32; and children John, 12, Julia, 7, Cynthia, 6, Albert, 5, and Aaron, 2.
In the 1900 census of Black Creek township: farmer Jackson Woodard, 56, wife Fannie, 53, children Daisy, 30, Aaron, 18, Harry, 19, Augustus, 17, Steven, 16, Mary, 11, and Harriet, 8, and grandchildren Eddie, 5, Bessie, 3, and Frank, 6 months.
Virginian Pilot (Norfolk, Va.), 13 October 1910.
Virginian Pilot (Norfolk, Va.), 2 November 1910.
Norfolk (Va.) City Directory (1918).
Journal and Guide (Norfolk, Va.), 28 July 1917.
Olivia Peacock‘s mother, Hannah Pyatt Peacock, was the first cousin of Dr. John Dorsey Barnes, who was born in Tarboro, North Carolina. Hannah Peacock’s mother, Susan Hines Pyatt, was the sister of Harriet Hines Barnes, mother of Dr. Barnes and several daughters who also migrated to Portsmouth, Virginia.
Journal and Guide (Norfolk, Va.), 11 June 1927.
Journal and Guide (Norfolk, Va.), 24 March 1917.
I have not been able to identify the person whose body Camillus L. Darden transported back to Wilson — by train? by automobile? — in March 1917.
Journal and Guide (Norfolk, Va.), 11 January 1947.
Elm City was aswirl with visitors during the 1946-47 Christmas season.
Journal and Guide (Norfolk, Va.), 11 June 1927.
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In the 1920 census of Wilson, Wilson County: at 134 Pender Street, Heneretta Hill, 70, A.C.L. railroad matron; Celia W. Hill, 40, teacher; Cora A. Hill, 27, teacher; Hazell Hill, 16; Christina Hill, 19; Barlee Hill, 22, laborer; Rosa Hicks, 22; and Archer Martin, 14.
In the 1925 Hill’s Wilson, N.C., city directory: Norwood Hazel (c) tchr h 205 Pender
In the 1930 Hill’s Wilson, N.C., city directory: Norwood Hazel (c) r 205 Pender
In the 1930 census of Durham, Durham County, N.C.: Hazel Norwood, 28, insurance company clerk.
On 5 September 1933, Hazel Norwood, 24, married Thomas Covington in Durham, North Carolina.
In the 1940 census of Durham, Durham County, N.C.: Hazel Coventon, 30, life insurance company clerk.
In the 1950 census of Durham, Durham County, N.C.: Hazel N. Covington, 47, life insurance company stenographer.
The Herald-Sun (Durham, N.C.), 27 March 1993.
In an article about happenings at Chicago’s Wabash Avenue Y.M.C.A.:
Chicago Defender, 7 December 1912.
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I have found only one other reference to James H. and Hattie I. McGrew in Wilson, which mentioned that James McGrew had come to work in Wilson for Lincoln Benefit Society in the fall of 1912. They didn’t stay long.
In 1910, the couple appears in the census of Brunswick County, Virginia. In 1915, J.H. McGrew was counted in the 1915 state census of Bluff Creek, Iowa. In 1920, the McGrews are listed in Richmond, Virginia, where James worked as state secretary of the Y.M.C.A. By the mid-1930s, he was executive secretary of Atlanta’s famed Butler Street Y.M.C.A.
Wabash Avenue Y.M.C.A., Chicago, Illinois.
Chicago Defender, 16 June 1951.
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On 20 November 1877, Shade Reed, 23, married Susan Edwards, 21, in No. 8 township, Edgecombe County, N.C.
In the 1880 census of Sparta township, Edgecombe County, N.C.: farmer Shade Reid, 25; wife Susan, 23; and son Ross, 1.
In the 1910 census of East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana: farmer Shed Reed, 55; wife Caroline, 45; and children Sammie, 24, Lossa, 24, and Ossa, 21, all born in North Carolina.
On 27 February 1913, Samuel Reed, 28, married Mary Hamilton, 29, in Chicago, Illinois.
On 22 November 1916, Samuel Reed, 31, married Mary J. Wright, 23, in Chicago.
In 1918, Samuel Reed registered for the World War I draft in Cook County, Illinois. Per his registration card, he was born 22 July 1885; lived at 6204 Ada, Chicago; worked as a Pullman porter for Pullman Company, Chicago & Alton Railroad; and his nearest relative was wife Mary J. Reed.
In the 1920 census of Chicago, Cook County, Illinois: at 6145 South Ada, railroad porter Samuel Reed, 34, and wife Mary, 25.
In the 1930 census of Chicago, Cook County, Illinois: at 6231 Racine, railroad porter Samuel Reed, 43; wife Birdie, 41; mother[in-law?] Ollie Smith, 65; and Elizabeth Walker, 19, xx.
In the 1940 census of Chicago, Cook County, Illinois: at 6016 May, owned and valued at #3000, Samuel Reed, 54, porter on steam railroad; wife Nancy, 39; and daughters Amelia, 16, and Elizabeth, 17.
In 1942, Samuel Reed registered for the World War II draft in Cook County, Illinois. Per his registration card, he was born 22 July 1885 in Edgecombe County, N.C.; lived at 6016 South May, Chicago; his contact was Louis Baler, 6142 South Ada, Chicago; and he worked for the Pullman County, Chicago.
In the 1950 census of Chicago, Cook County, Illinois: railroad company porter Samuel Reed, 64, and wife Nancy, 49.
In the 1940 census of Gardners township, Wilson County: Dan Randolph, 28, farmer; wife Mary, 26; children Paul G., 2, and Deloise, 1; and uncle Pete Randolph, 67, widower.
In the 1950 census of Wilson, Wilson County: at 608 Spring, Peter Randolph, 77, and wife Clockie, 67.
Peter Randolph died 4 March 1959 at his home at 510 South Spring, Wilson. Per his death certificate, he was born 4 July 1883 in Edgecombe County, N.C., to Robert Randolph and Julia Johnson; was a widower; and was buried in Elm City Cemetery. Mattie Ruffin was informant.
Chicago Defender, 16 August 1924.
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Coaldale is now an unincorporated town in far south West Virginia. I have not been able to identify Della McGee or L. Major.
