McAllister

Funeral Program Friday: Etta Bullock McAllister (1909-2002).

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In the 1910 census of Toisnot township, Wilson County: George Bullock, 48; wife Ella, 39; and children Sallie A., 20, George, 17, Lovey, 15, Isaac, 13, Bettie, 12, Rosa, 9, Charlie, James, Etta, and Effie, .

On 14 October 1926, Henry Woodard, 18, of Toisnot township, Wilson County, son of Louis and Edie Woodard, married Etta Bullock, 18, of Toisnot township, daughter of George and Ella Bullock, in Elm City. Church of God minister A.J. Bowman performed the ceremony.

In the 1940 census of Wilson, Wilson County: Eugene McAllister, 33; wife Ella, 29; and children Eugene, 4, and Yvonne, 8 months.

In the 1950 census of Wilson, Wilson County: Eugene McAllister, 42, truck driver for auto body manufacturing company; wife Etta, 39; children Eugene Jr., 13, Shirley, 12, Yvonne, 11, Annie D., 10, Alfred, 4, and Nathaniel, 3; and lodger Charlie L. Bullock, 35.

Eugene McAllister died 16 March 1963 in Wilson. Per his death certificate, he was born 12 May 1907 in Florence County, South Carolina, to Weldon McAllister and Beulah Smith; was married; worked as a laborer; and lived at 1506 Carolina Street. Informant was Etta McAllister, 1414 Atlantic Street.

Etta Bullock Woodard McAllister died 30 May 2002.

927 Carolina Street.

The one hundred-fifty-third in a series of posts highlighting buildings in East Wilson Historic District, a national historic district located in Wilson, North Carolina. As originally approved, the district encompasses 858 contributing buildings and two contributing structures in a historically African-American section of Wilson. (A significant number have since been lost.) The district was developed between about 1890 to 1940 and includes notable examples of Queen Anne, Bungalow/American Craftsman, and Shotgun-style architecture. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.

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As described in the nomination form for the East Wilson Historic District, this building is: “ca. 1922; 1 story; shotgun with hip roof.”

In the 1940 census of Wilson, Wilson County: at 927 Carolina, rented for $8/month, Eugene McAllister, 33; wife Ella, 29; and children Eugene, 4, and Yvonne, 8. Eugene McAllister Sr. was a native of Florence, S.C.

Eugene McAlister registered for the World War I draft. Per his registration card, he was born 15 December 1907 in South Carolina; his contact was Prince Edward McAlister of Evergreen, Florence County, S.C.; and was not emplyoyed.

In the 1941 Hill’s Wilson, N.C., city directory: McAlister Eug (c; Etta; 4) lab h 927 Carolina

In the 1947 Hill’s Wilson, N.C., city directory: Howard Pearl Mrs tob wkr h 927 Carolina

Photo by Lisa Y. Henderson, April 2022.

The leaders of Wilson Cullud Society.

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Wilson Daily Times, 25 August 1899.

  • Spencer Barnes — Barnes was newly returned to Wilson after service in the Spanish-American war.
  • Ward McAllister — McAllister was the tastemaker and social arbiter of Gilded Age New York City.
  • Jim Ottis
  • Colored Odd Fellows Hall
  • Miss Brinkley –– probably, one of the daughters of Dick and Charlotte Brinkley. In the 1900 census of Wilson, Wilson County: Dick Brinkley, 65; wife Charolott, 49, cook; son Hilliard, 29; and daughters Nancy, 27, school teacher, and Bettie, 23, nurse.
  • Miss Rountree