Stallings

Good Hope celebrates Rev. Stallings.

Wilson Daily Times, 22 December 1948.

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In the 1900 census of Wilson township, Wilson County: farmer Gilbert Stallings, 44; wife Georgiana, 40; and children James, 19, Lena, 17, Gilbert Jr., 14, and Leonard, 6.

In the 1916 Hill’s Wilson, N.C., city directory: Stallings Jas D msgr h 610 Robinson [Roberson]

In 1918, James D. Stallings registered for the World War I draft in Wilson. Per his registration card, he was born 24 January 1880; lived at 136 Ashe Street; worked as a blacksmith for Hackney Brothers; and Lena Perry was his nearest relative. 

In the 1930 census of Wilson, Wilson County: at 639 Wiggins, owned and valued at $2000, widow Cora Morris, 46, private cook, and roomers Carrie H. Scott, 22, and James Stallings, 45, plumber for Wiggins Plumbing.

On 28 November 1936, James D. Stallings, 49, of Wilson, son of Gilbert and Georgia Stallings, married Daisey Rowland, 37, of Wilson County, daughter of Adam and Ella Rowland, in Nash County, North Carolina.

In the 1940 census of Wilson, Wilson County: plumber James Stallings, 62, and wife Daisy, 38, tobacco factory laborer. 

In the 1950 census of Wilson, Wilson County: at 701 Wiggins, plumber’s helper James Stallings, 64; wife Daisy R., 48, house cleaning; and adopted son Thomas Hinnant, 8.

James D. Stallings died 23 May 1972 in Wilson. Per his death certificate, he was born 24 January 1888 in Wilson to Gifford Stallings and Mary Washington; was married to Daisey Vick; lived at 702 Norris Street; and was a retired plumber. 

The United Service Mission: to improve health and aid the poor.

In the summer of 1946, Rev. James M. Stallings led a public meeting of the newly formed United Service Mission at Reid Street Community Center.

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Wilson Daily Times, 13 June 1946.

Per the Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of North Carolina 1946-1948, United Service Mission Assistance incorporated in Wilson on 11 October 1947 as a non-stock corporation.  As the article below noted, the organization’s purpose was to “operate a board of health for the protection and improvement of the health of its members and the community” and “to aid the poor and the suffering and assist in the finding of employment for its members.”

Wilson Daily Times, 20 December 1947.

  • Fred M. Davis
  • James M. Stallings — in the 1940 census of Wilson, Wilson County: W.P.A. project laborer James Stallings, 23; wife Kattie, 22; and step-son William, 1. Also in 1940, James Mayo Stallings registered for the World War I draft in Wilson. Per his registration card, he was born 27 May 1917 in Duplin County, North Carolina; was married to Katie May Stallings; resided at 709 Suggs Street; and was unemployed. James M. Stallings died 18 March 1999 in Scotland Neck, North Carolina.

Real estate transfers.

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Wilson Daily Times, 10 October 1911.

  • Abram B. Simms — in the 1900 census of Wilson, Wilson County: Abram Simms, 32, bricklayer, wife Mollie, 25, and children Annie, 7, and William, 4. On 31 December 1902, Abram B. Simms, 39, married Sue Wilkins, 37, in Wilson at Sue Wilkins’. Missionary Baptist minister W.M. Baker performed the ceremony.
  • Gilbert Stallings — in the 1908 Wilson city directory, Gilbert Stallings is listed as a farmer residing at 153 Suggs Street. In the 1910 census of Wilson, Wilson County: farmer Gilbert Stallings, 56, wife Annie, 50, and children Gilbert G., 19, Leonard, 16, and Georgia, 7. Gilbert Stallings died 13 August 1918 in Wilson. Per his death certificate, he was born 8 February 1854 in Franklin County to John Stallings and Hannah Ufferman; was married; and was a farmer. G.W. Stallings was informant.
  • S.H. Vick — Samuel H. Vick.
  • Nazareth Pierce — in the 1910 census of Wilson, Wilson County: at 445 Goldsboro Street, Nazareth A. Pierce, 35, laborer, wife Ella, 34, laundress, and children Eugene, 9, Almada, 7, Leroy, 4, and Louis, 2. Nazareth Pierce died 16 February 1941 in Wilson. Per his death certificate, he was born about 1877 in Franklin County, North Carolina, to Adam W. Pierce; lived at 415 East Green Street; was married to Ada A. Pierce; and worked as an insurance agent. He was buried in Rountree cemetery. Joseph L. Pierce was informant. An index of Social Security death claims lists his full name as Nazareth Andrew Pierce and his birth date as 15 June 1876.