McNeill

The McNeil-Russell wedding.

Journal and Guide (Norfolk, Va.), 14 November 1936.

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  • Annie Lee Russell

In the 1920 census of Wilson, Wilson County: on Atlantic Street, laborer Jeff Russell, 35; wife Julia, 32; and daughter Annie, 9.

In the 1930 census of Wilson, Wilson County: brickmason James [sic] Russell, 42; wife Julia, 42; daughter Annie, 17; and lodger James E. Amos, 41, public school teacher.

Per their marriage license, on 21 December 1936, Annie Russell, 24, daughter of Jeff and Julia Russell, married James McNeill, 28, son of Bernie and Lacy McNeill, in Wilson. Baptist minister B.F. Jordan performed the ceremony. [Jordan applied for the license on October 21, but the certification he signed at the bottom of the license gives the marriage date as December 21, which is inconsistent with the date of the news article.]

  • James McNeil

 

Funeral Program Friday: Lona McNiel Jackson (1905-1992).

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In the 1910 census of Back Swamp township, Robeson County, N.C.: farmer York McNeill, 49; wife Francess, 46; and children Franklin, 16, Lillie, 14, Tonnie, 11, Walter, 8, Lulu, 6, Lonie, 4, and Dewey, 2.

In the 1920 census of Lumberton township, Robeson County: farmer John W. McNeill, 59; wife Frances, 53; and children Lillie, 24, Fonnie, 22, Walter, 19, Lula, 16, Lona, 14, and Hughie, 12.

In the 1940 census of Wilson, Wilson County: barber Macon Jackson, 38; wife Lona, 34, worked in green tobacco; and children Margaret, 14, Thurman, 13, Louise, 12, Theodore, 7, and Doris, 5.

In 1944, Thurman Willis Jackson registered for the World War II draft in Wilson County. Per his registration card, he was born 5 August 1926 in Saratoga, N.C.; lived at 1203 Carolina Street; his contact was mother Lona Jackson, same address; and he worked for P.B. Coley, Elks Club, Goldsboro Street, Wilson.

In the 1950 census of Wilson, Wilson County: barber Macon H. Jackson, 49; wife Lona, 44; and children Margaret, 24, housecleaner, Louise, 22, Theodore, 17, Dorthory, 15, and Levarne, 3.

Macon Henry Jackson died 1 July 1958 in Chapel Hill, Orange County, N.C. Per his death certificate, he was born 22 November 1903 in Greene County, N.C., to Macon Jackson and Frances Walton; was married to Lona McNeill; resided in Wilson; and worked as a barber. 

Boxing tomorrow nite!

Wilson Daily Times, 7 March 1928.

For Chapel Hill, N.C.-native Addison “Kayo” Warren and Joe “Biff” Bennett’s ten-round boxing match at Wilson’s Farmers Warehouse, African-American fans could purchase tickets for seats in the “section reserved for colored people.” McNeil’s Barber Shop was likely a business operated by barber Angus A. McNeill and John Hargrove at 420 1/2 East Nash Street.

412 East Green Street.

The one hundred thirty-second 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.

As described in the nomination form for the East Wilson Historic District, this building is: “ca. 1940; 1 story; double shotgun with bungalow type porch.” (It’s not clear whether the house is still multi-family or has been converted to a single.)

Per the 1922 Sanborn fire map of Wilson, this single-family dwelling stood at 412 East Green prior to the double-shotgun there today.

In the 1928 and 1930 Hill’s Wilson, N.C., city directories: McNeill Lucinda (c) dom h 412 East Green

In 1940, Ike Essex Collins registered for the World War II draft in Wilson County. Per his registration card, he was born 23 November 1907 in Camden, S.C.; lived at 412 1/2 East Green Street; his contact was mother Josephine Robinson Collins of Greensboro, N.C.; and he worked for Monticello Cafe, West Nash Street, Wilson.

In the 1941 Hill’s Wilson, N.C., city directory: Collins Isaac (c; Lula; 1) cook Monticello Cafe h 412 E Green

In the 1947 Hill’s Wilson, N.C., city directory: Collins Isaac E (c; Lula) cook M&J Restaurant h 412 E Green

[A comparison with the 2012 image in Google Maps Street View shows that this house has been updated. Large overgrown shrubs blocking the front steps are gone, and the white trim paint is fresh.]