Japan

Sgt. Sutton goes to Japan.

Wilson Daily Times, 2 September 1949.

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In the 1930 census of Gardners township, Wilson County: farm laborer John Sutton, 30; wife Jane, 31; and children Haywood, 14, Mittie, 11, John, 9, and David L., 6.

In the 1940 census of Gardners township, Wilson County: farmer John Sutton, 41; wife Jane, 40; children Mittie, 21, John H., 19, David Lee, 16, Henry G., 6, and Nina Bee, 2.

In 1942, David Sutton registered for the World War II draft in Wilson County, North Carolina. Per his registration card, he was b0rn 1 July 1924 in Wilson County, North Carolina; lived at R.F.D. 3, Wilson; his contact was John Sutton; and he worked for John Sutton.

On 7 November 1946, David Sutton, 22, of Wilson, son of John Clarence Sutton and Jane Sutton, married Jessie Gray Newsome, 17, of Wilson, daughter of Richard L. Sutton and Mable Newsome, in Snow Hall, Greene County, North Carolina.

Jessie Gray Sutton died 30 July 1947 at Mercy Hospital, Wilson. Per her death certificate, she was one day old; was born in Wilson County to David Sutton and Jessie Gray Newsome; and was buried in Rest Haven cemetery.

In the 1950 census of Wilson, Wilson County: at 211 South Vick Street (front), Redmond Barnes, 30; wife Mittie, 31, maid; children Jessie L., 8, Bernice, 6, and Redmond Jr., born in August; and in-laws John, 52, Jane, 53, and Nina B. Sutton, 12; and, in “back trailer,” Jessie G. Sutton, 22, and son David Jr., 1, born in Washington, D.C.

PFC George serves as lab technician.

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Wilson Daily Times, 3 September 1949.

In the 1940 census of Dunn, Averasboro township, Harnett County, North Carolina: widow Lula George, 60; her sons Wilbur, 22, and David, 14; granddaughter Cleo, 15; daughter Enice [sic], 29; and her son James D. George, 10. Eunice and James George reported that they lived in Wilson County in 1935.

Eunice George at left (I think) and James George, center.

Photo courtesy of Ancestry.com user Donald George.

 

A soldier returns.

On 1 June 1956, 31 year-old Jesse F. Barnes set sail from Yokohama, Japan, aboard the U.S.S. General William Mitchell bound to arrive at the port of Seattle, Washington, in ten days. A native of Wilson and 1942 graduate of Darden High School, Barnes took passage in cabin class. The William Mitchell was a troopship that served with the United States Navy in World War II and the Korean War, regularly returned service men and women from Asia to Seattle.

In the 1930 census of Wilson, Wilson County: at 411 Singletary Street, odd jobs laborer Harry Barnes, 49; wife Rena, 46; and children William H., 22, Maggie, 17, Harry Jr., 16, David, 12, and Jesse F., 5; son-in-law Carter Powell, 30, and daughter Anna, 27.

Washington Passenger & Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at Seattle, Washington, 1882-1965, Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service 1787 – 2004, [database on-line], http://www.ancestry.com.