Caroline Whitted operated a school at the corner of Green and Pine Streets?

Entries in the 1908 Hill’s Wilson, N.C., city directory are the only reference to the school found so far, and there’s scant record of Whitted either.

1908 Hill’s Wilson, N.C., city directory.

Was the school on Green Street at the corner of Pine? Or Pender? Pender seems more likely, but in what building? The 1908 Sanborn fire insurance map is not very helpful, as its coverage cuts off at the intersection and shows only Calvary Presbyterian at the southwest corner. Amerson’s Grocery stood on the northwest corner. I have not yet determined who owned the eastern corner lots at the time, but suspect Whitted was renting a house for her academy.

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In the 1880 census of Contentnea Neck township, Lenoir County, N.C.: school teacher Charlotte Whitted, 40; children Elizabeth, 22, John M., 17, James L., 14, and Allan, 8; and grandson Arthur Halcott, 4.

In the 1900 census of Wilson, Wilson County: Charlot Whitted, 58, widow, living alone, no occupation listed. Her youngest son, Allan J. Whitted, appears in the 1900 United States Military and Naval Population Schedule aboard the U.S.S. Princeton, Cebu, Cebu Island, Philippines. He is listed as a cabin steward; a resident of Wilson, N.C.; was born in January 1873; and was a widower.

On 30 April 1902, A.J. Whitted, 31, and Lena A.S. Stallings, 19, received a Wilson County marriage license, but did not return it.

In the 1910 census of Wilson township, Wilson County: on Nash Road, widow Charlott A.E. Whited, 69, school teacher at private school.

Charlotte Whitted died 8 November 1911 in Wilson. Per her death certificate, she was 72 years old; was born in Chapel Hill, N.C.; was married; worked “teaching school”; lived on Manchester Street; and was buried in Wilson. Rev. H.B. Taylor was informant.