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  1. World Family Tree Family Archives, Vol. 2, pre 1600 to Present, Pedigree #6002, Broderbund Software, Inc., 1995.
  2. Ibid
  3. Life Sketches of Lutheran Clergy, North Carolina Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran in America, 1773-1999, Historical Works Committee, NC Synod, ELCA, Salisbury, NC 28144, p. 336.
  4. Catawba Country Cemeteries,The Catawba County Genealogical Society, 1986-1998, Hickory, NC, p 85.
  5. Smith, Mark, Lifting High the Cross for 200 Years--St. John's Lutheran Church, MO Snyod, Conover, NC (Copyright 1998, St. John's Luth. Church, MO Synod, P.O. Box 595, Conover, NC 28612, edited by Robert C. Carpenter, Published by Gateway Press, Inc., 1001 N. Calvert St., Baltimore, MD 21202), p 146.
  6. Ibid., p 136.
  7. Life Sketches of Lutheran Clergy, p. 336-37.
  8. Marriage Bonds of Tryon & Lincoln Counties, North Carolina, Abstracted and Indexed by Curtis Bynum (Catawba County Historical Association, Hickory, NC, 1929), p 91.
  9. 1850 Census, Catawba Co., NC, compiled & published by The Catawba Co. Genealogical Society, Hickory, NC, 1988, p 98.
  10. 1870 Census, Catawba Co., NC, compiled & published by The Catawba Co. Genealogical Society, Hickory, NC, 1991, p 169; 1880 Census, Catawba Co., NC,.. p 92.
  11. Catawba Country Cemeteries, p 102.
  12. 1860 Census, Catawba County, NC The Catawba County Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 2406, Hickory, NC 28603, 1989 (The Catawba County Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 2406, Hickory, NC 28603, 1989), p 111.
  13. 1880 Census, Catawba Co., NC, compiled & published by The Catawba Co. Genealogical Society, Hickory, NC, 1991, p 169; 1880 Census, Catawba Co., NC,.. p 119.
  14. World Family Tree Family Archives, Vol. 2, pre 1600 to Present, Pedigree #0897, Broderbund Software, Inc., 1996.
  15. 1900 Catawba County, NC Census, Vol. 1, Millennium Ed., extracted & compiled by Jan L. Richardson, P.O. Box 43029-PMB, Las Vegas, NV 89116, 1999, p 179.
  16. Catawba Cousins, Vol. 10, No. 3, Dec 1995, The Catawba County Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 2406, Hickory, NC 28603, p 11. Listed as BUSIDA HEFNER daughter of George Hefner, born 16 April 1835 per Church Records of St. Peter's Lutheran Church.
  17. Ibid., p 11.
  18. 1910 Catawba County, NC Census, Vol. 1, c 2005, Jan L. Richardson, 4929 Holt Avenue, Las Vegas, NV 89115, p 137.
  19. WFT Family Archives, pre 1600 to Present, Vol. 1, Pedigree #1212, Broderbund Software, Inc., 1995.
  20. 1850 Census, Catawba Co., NC, compiled & published by The Catawba Co. Genealogical Society, Hickory, NC, 1988, p 144.
  21. Life Sketches of Lutheran Clergy, p. 338-39.
  22. Anderson, Diana D., e-mail addr: DDAnderxxx@@aol.com, Gilleland of Tryon & Lincoln Counties, 11/13/97.
  23. Marriage & Death Notices from Extant Lincolnton Newspapers 1836-1853, compiled & edited by Robert M. Topkins, p 77.
  24. Marriage Bonds of Tryon & Lincoln Counties, North Carolina, Abstracted and Indexed by Curtis Bynum, p 92.
  25. Life Sketches of Lutheran Clergy, p. 338.
  26. Through Four Generations, Heinrich Weidner 1717-1792-Catharina Mull Weidner 1733-1804, Anne Williams McAllister, 1871 9th Dr. SW, Hickory, NC 28601 (Vol. I, Copyright 1996, Library of Congress No: 92-64119), p. 489.
  27. 1850 Census, Catawba Co., NC, compiled & published by The Catawba Co. Genealogical Society, Hickory, NC, 1988, p 88.
  28. Historical Madison County 1818-1889, published by The Heritage and LandmarksCommission and The Madison County Historical Society. "Ward and Powell Grandparents" by Aline Ward Baker.
  29. Catawba County, NC, Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, Catawba County Gen. Soc., 1987; March 1843-January 1850, Vol. 1, pg. 102.
  30. Census Records, pg. 316 [631 handwritten], Jeptha Gant, enum.
  31. Through Four Generations, Heinrich Weidner 1717-1792-Catharina Mull Weidner 1733-1804, Vol. I, A.W. McAllister, pg. 489, 500.
  32. Ibid., p 488.
  33. WFT Family Archives, pre 1600 to Present, Vol. 5, Pedigree #3838, Broderbund Software, Inc., 1996.
  34. Through Four Generations, Heinrich Weidner 1717-1792-Catharina Mull Weidner 1733-1804, Vol. I, A.W. McAllister, p 581.
  35. Ibid.
  36. Ibid., p. 488.
  37. WFT Family Archives, Vol. 5, pre 1600 to present, Pedigree #3838, Broderbund Software, Inc., 1996.
  38. Catawba Country Cemeteries, p 139.
  39. 1860 Census, Catawba County, NC The Catawba County Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 2406, Hickory, NC 28603, 1989, p 94.
  40. Catawba Co., NC Marriages, 1842-1900, compiled & published by The Catawba Co. Genealogical Society; two volumes, p 433.
  41. Ibid., p 434.
  42. 1860 Census, Catawba County, NC The Catawba County Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 2406, Hickory, NC 28603, 1989, p 92.
  43. Through Four Generations, Heinrich Weidner 1717-1792-Catharina Mull Weidner 1733-1804, Vol. I, A.W. McAllister, p 489.
  44. North Carolina Troops - 1861-1865-A Roster, N.C. Dept. of Achives & History, North Carolina (1966-2003 ), 9:52.
  45. Prof. George W. Hahn, The Catawba Soldier of the Civil War Hickory: Clay Printing, Co., 1911 (Rowan Public Library), p. 209.
  46. 1880 Census, Catawba Co., NC, compiled & published by The Catawba Co. Genealogical Society, Hickory, NC, 1991, p 169; 1880 Census, Catawba Co., NC,.. p 113.
  47. Catawba Co., NC Marriages, 1842-1900, compiled & published by The Catawba Co. Genealogical Society, p 253.
  48. Catawba Cousins, Vol. 10, No. 3, Dec 1995, The Catawba County Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 2406, Hickory, NC 28603, p 12. Church Records of St. Peter's Lutheran Church.
  49. Ibid., p 12.
  50. Catawba Co., NC Marriages, 1842-1900, compiled & published by The Catawba Co. Genealogical Society, p 153. No parents listed. Witnesses were P. E. Deal, Jacob Huffman and D. McD. Little.
  51. Ibid., p 153.
  52. 1880 Census, Catawba Co., NC, compiled & published by The Catawba Co. Genealogical Society, Hickory, NC, 1991, p 169; 1880 Census, Catawba Co., NC,.. p 273.
  53. Catawba Co., NC Marriages, 1842-1900, compiled & published by The Catawba Co. Genealogical Society, p 135. No parents or witnesses listed.
  54. 1860 Census, Catawba County, NC The Catawba County Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 2406, Hickory, NC 28603, 1989, p 87.
  55. Catawba Cousins, Vol. 5, No. 4, Apr 1991, The Catawba County Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 2406, Hickory, NC 28603, p 138.
  56. Catawba Country Cemeteries, 11:231.
  57. 1880 Census, Catawba Co., NC, compiled & published by The Catawba Co. Genealogical Society, Hickory, NC, 1991, p 169; 1880 Census, Catawba Co., NC,.. p 274.
  58. Catawba Co., NC Marriages, 1842-1900, compiled & published by The Catawba Co. Genealogical Society, p 395.
  59. Ibid., p 395. Parents shown as William and Susan Sigmon; George and Rachel Hefner. Witnesses were P. H. Pope, George Pope and Alfred Hefner.
  60. Catawba Country Cemeteries, p 22.
  61. 1870 Census, Catawba Co., NC, compiled & published by The Catawba Co. Genealogical Society, Hickory, NC, 1991, p 169; 1880 Census, Catawba Co., NC,.. p 90.
  62. 1900 Catawba County, NC Census, Vol. 1, Millennium Ed., extracted & compiled by Jan L. Richardson, P.O. Box 43029-PMB, Las Vegas, NV 89116, 1999, p 128.
  63. Catawba Co., NC Marriages, 1842-1900, compiled & published by The Catawba Co. Genealogical Society, p 185.
  64. Catawba Country Cemeteries, p 39.
  65. 1900 Catawba County, NC Census, Vol. 1, Millennium Ed., extracted & compiled by Jan L. Richardson, P.O. Box 43029-PMB, Las Vegas, NV 89116, 1999, p 156.
  66. 1910 Catawba County, NC Census, Vol. 1, c 2005, Jan L. Richardson, 4929 Holt Avenue, Las Vegas, NV 89115, p 118.
  67. The Klein/Cline History and Biography Records About the Descendants of Pioneer Sebastian Klein, Born cir. 1712/1717 (1915/1962, privately published), Vol. 1, p 59.
  68. Catawba Co., NC Marriages, 1842-1900, compiled & published by The Catawba Co. Genealogical Society, 1:186.
  69. Ibid., p 185. Listing for the bride is Sarah Sigmon and should read Susan. Sarah's sister, Susan, married David Bragg. Parents shown as George and Rachel Hefner; Lawson and Rhoda Sigmon. Witnesses were T. K. Sigmoln, J. H. L. Huitt and Sesand Bolch.
  70. 1880 Census, Catawba Co., NC, compiled & published by The Catawba Co. Genealogical Society, Hickory, NC, 1991, p 169; 1880 Census, Catawba Co., NC,.. p 130.
  71. 1870 Census, Catawba Co., NC, compiled & published by The Catawba Co. Genealogical Society, Hickory, NC, 1991, p 169; 1880 Census, Catawba Co., NC,.. p 103.
  72. Catawba Country Cemeteries, p 84.
  73. 1880 Census, Catawba Co., NC, compiled & published by The Catawba Co. Genealogical Society, Hickory, NC, 1991, p 169; 1880 Census, Catawba Co., NC,.. p 120.
  74. 1910 Catawba County, NC Census, p 136.
  75. 1880 Census, Catawba Co., NC, compiled & published by The Catawba Co. Genealogical Society, Hickory, NC, 1991, p 169; 1880 Census, Catawba Co., NC,.. p 121.
  76. 1870 Census, Catawba Co., NC, compiled & published by The Catawba Co. Genealogical Society, Hickory, NC, 1991, p 169; 1880 Census, Catawba Co., NC,.. p 94.
  77. 1910 Catawba County, NC Census, p 137.
  78. Catawba Country Cemeteries, p 61.
  79. 1910 Catawba County, NC Census, p 127.
  80. Catawba Co., NC Marriages, 1842-1900, compiled & published by The Catawba Co. Genealogical Society, p 184.
  81. 1860 Census, Catawba County, NC The Catawba County Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 2406, Hickory, NC 28603, 1989, p 103.
  82. 1880 Census, Catawba Co., NC, compiled & published by The Catawba Co. Genealogical Society, Hickory, NC, 1991, p 169; 1880 Census, Catawba Co., NC,.. p 122.
  83. World Family Tree Family Archives, Vol. 1, pre 1600 to Present, Pedigree #4839, Broderbund Software, Inc., 1995.
  84. Catawba Co., NC Marriages, 1842-1900, compiled & published by The Catawba Co. Genealogical Society, p 186.
  85. 1900 Catawba County, NC Census, Vol. 1, Millennium Ed., extracted & compiled by Jan L. Richardson, P.O. Box 43029-PMB, Las Vegas, NV 89116, 1999, p 129.
  86. 1860 Census, Catawba County, NC The Catawba County Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 2406, Hickory, NC 28603, 1989, p 96.
  87. 1870 Census, Catawba Co., NC, compiled & published by The Catawba Co. Genealogical Society, Hickory, NC, 1991, p 169; 1880 Census, Catawba Co., NC,.. p 102, 115.
  88. 1900 Catawba County, NC Census, Vol. 1, Millennium Ed., extracted & compiled by Jan L. Richardson, P.O. Box 43029-PMB, Las Vegas, NV 89116, 1999, p 167.
  89. Catawba Country Cemeteries, p 34.
  90. 1910 Catawba County, NC Census, p 133.
  91. Catawba Co., NC Marriages, 1842-1900, compiled & published by The Catawba Co. Genealogical Society, p 147.
  92. 1880 Census, Catawba Co., NC, compiled & published by The Catawba Co. Genealogical Society, Hickory, NC, 1991, p 169; 1880 Census, Catawba Co., NC,.. p 116.
  93. 1870 Census, Catawba Co., NC, compiled & published by The Catawba Co. Genealogical Society, Hickory, NC, 1991, p 169; 1880 Census, Catawba Co., NC,.. p 87.
  94. Catawba Cousins, Vol. 15, No. 1, Jun 2000, The Catawba County Genealogical Society, P. O. Box 2406, Hickory, NC 28603, p 26.
  95. Catawba Country Cemeteries, p 81.
  96. Life Sketches of Lutheran Clergy, p. 337.
  97. Catawba Country Cemeteries, p 11.
  98. 1900 Catawba County, NC Census, Vol. 2, Millennium Ed., extracted & compiled by Jan L. Richardson, P.O. Box 43029-PMB 56, Las Vegas, NV 89116, 1999, p 318.
  99. Life Sketches of Lutheran Clergy, p. 337-38.
  100. Catawba Co., NC Marriages, 1842-1900, compiled & published by The Catawba Co. Genealogical Society, p 135.
  101. Ibid., p 135. Parents shown are Ransom and S. E. Eads; Israel and Mary Hefner. Witnesses were D. A. Hunsucker, George M. Pope and Tilda Hunsucker.
  102. 1900 Catawba County, NC Census, Vol. 1, Millennium Ed., extracted & compiled by Jan L. Richardson, P.O. Box 43029-PMB, Las Vegas, NV 89116, 1999, p 114.
  103. 1910 Catawba County, NC Census, Vol. 1, c 2005, Jan L. Richardson, 4929 Holt Avenue, Las Vegas, NV 89115, p 114.
  104. Catawba Country Cemeteries, p 76.
  105. Catawba Co., NC Marriages, 1842-1900, compiled & published by The Catawba Co. Genealogical Society, p 135. Parents shown as Ramson and Salinda Eads; Elihu and Caroline Stewart. Witnesses were Joel Eads, W. C. Price and D. P. Ostwater.
  106. Catawba Cousins, Vol. 13, No. 3, Dec 1998, The Catawba County Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 2406, Hickory, NC 28603, p 4.
  107. 1910 Catawba County, NC Census, Vol. 1, c 2005, Jan L. Richardson, 4929 Holt Avenue, Las Vegas, NV 89115, p 113.
  108. Catawba Country Cemeteries, p 77.
  109. Ibid., p 78.
  110. Abstracts of Catawba County, N.C. Death Records, 1915 abstracted by Rebecca S. Hunder & James W. Miller, Jr. (Catawba County Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 2406, Hickory, NC 28603, 1988), p 14.
  111. Catawba Country Cemeteries, p 80.
  112. 1900 Catawba County, NC Census, Vol. 1, Millennium Ed., extracted & compiled by Jan L. Richardson, P.O. Box 43029-PMB, Las Vegas, NV 89116, 1999, p 115.
  113. Catawba Co., NC Marriages, 1842-1900, compiled & published by The Catawba Co. Genealogical Society, p 303.
  114. 1900 Catawba County, NC Census, Vol. 1, Millennium Ed., extracted & compiled by Jan L. Richardson, P.O. Box 43029-PMB, Las Vegas, NV 89116, 1999, p 66.
  115. Catawba Co., NC Marriages, 1842-1900, compiled & published by The Catawba Co. Genealogical Society, p 310.
  116. 1850 Census, Catawba Co., NC, compiled & published by The Catawba Co. Genealogical Society, Hickory, NC, 1988, p 38.
  117. 1860 Census, Catawba County, NC The Catawba County Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 2406, Hickory, NC 28603, 1989, p 119.
  118. Catawba Country Cemeteries, p 33.
  119. Catawba Co., NC Marriages, 1842-1900, compiled & published by The Catawba Co. Genealogical Society, p 303, 310. Listing on page 303 reads Fred R. Mull, age 35; should read Thomas R. Null, age 35, and M. J. Eads. On page 310 Listed as T. R. Null, son of J. S. and N. M. Null; M. J. Eades daughter of Ransom and S. E. Eades. Witnesses listed on both pages as A. S. Kale, M. A. Gilleland and Miles T. Saunders.
  120. Wesson, Lynn E., e-mail address: lynnwess@@earthlink.net, 10/15/05.
  121. Catawba Country Cemeteries, p 56.
  122. 1910 Catawba County, NC Census, Vol. 1, c 2005, Jan L. Richardson, 4929 Holt Avenue, Las Vegas, NV 89115, p 117.
  123. Ibid., p 174.
  124. Ibid., p 174. John and Cora married 10 years.
  125. 1910 Catawba County, NC Census, p 174.
  126. http://www.rootsweb.com/~nccatawb/family/deitz.txt (Derick Hartshorn, Conover, NC), 1/18/01.
  127. WFT Family Archives, pre 1600 to Present, Vol. 3, Pedigree #4637, Broderbund Software, Inc. 1996.
  128. Catawba Country Cemeteries, p 51.
  129. World Family Tree Family Archives, Vol. 3, pre 1600 to Present, Pedigree #4637, Broderbund Software, Inc., 1996.
  130. Catawba Cousins, Vol. 14, No. 2, Sep 1999, The Catawba County Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 2405, Hickory, NC 28603, p 23. Catawba County Marriages - 1902. Parents shown as George and Sarah Adams; Rufus and Jane Sigmon.
  131. 1900 Catawba County, NC Census, Vol. 1, Millennium Ed., extracted & compiled by Jan L. Richardson, P.O. Box 43029-PMB, Las Vegas, NV 89116, 1999, p 117.
  132. 1910 Catawba County, NC Census, p 117. Listed as STANLEY C. ADAMS, age 28 NC.
  133. Ibid., p 117.
  134. Catawba Co., NC Marriages, 1842-1900, compiled & published by The Catawba Co. Genealogical Society, p 463.
  135. Catawba Country Cemeteries, p 145.
  136. Ibid., p 5.
  137. 1900 Catawba County, NC Census, Vol. 1, Millennium Ed., extracted & compiled by Jan L. Richardson, P.O. Box 43029-PMB, Las Vegas, NV 89116, 1999, p 92.
  138. Catawba Cousins, Vol. 13, No. 4, Mar 1999, The Catawba County Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 2406, Hickory, NC 28603, p 16.
  139. Ibid., p 16. Catawba County News, 8 March 1907.
  140. Catawba Country Cemeteries, p 91.
  141. Ibid., p 63.
  142. 1900 Catawba County, NC Census, Vol. 2, Millennium Ed., extracted & compiled by Jan L. Richardson, P.O. Box 43029-PMB 56, Las Vegas, NV 89116, 1999, p 450.
  143. Catawba Country Cemeteries, p 57.
  144. Catawba Co., NC Marriages, 1842-1900, compiled & published by The Catawba Co. Genealogical Society, p 463. Parents shown as L. and N. C. York; Daniel and Belle Heffner. Witnesses were J. D. Cochrane and Hughie York.
  145. 1910 Catawba County, NC Census, p 177.
  146. Catawba Cousins, Vol. 16, No. 2, Sep 2001, The Catawba County Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 2406, Hickory, NC 28603, p 34. Ellen Cloninger Hefner's Midwife Diary.
  147. Catawba Cousins, Vol. 16, No. 3, Dec 2001, The Catawba County Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 2405, Hickory, NC 28601, p 11. Shuford Funeral Home Records -- 1911.
  148. Ibid., p 18. Ellen Cloninger Hefner's Midwife Diary.
  149. Catawba Cousins, Vol. 18, No. 4, Mar 2004, The Catawba County Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 2406, Hickory, NC 28603, p 7. Catawba County News, 25 December 1914.
  150. 1900 Catawba County, NC Census, Vol. 1, Millennium Ed., extracted & compiled by Jan L. Richardson, P.O. Box 43029-PMB, Las Vegas, NV 89116, 1999, p 188.
  151. Catawba Cousins, Vol. 16, No. 2, Sep 2001, The Catawba County Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 2406, Hickory, NC 28603, p 33.
  152. Catawba Cousins, Vol. 16, No. 3, Dec 2001, The Catawba County Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 2405, Hickory, NC 28601, p 19.
  153. Catawba Country Cemeteries, p 58.
  154. 1900 Catawba County, NC Census, Vol. 2, Millennium Ed., extracted & compiled by Jan L. Richardson, P.O. Box 43029-PMB 56, Las Vegas, NV 89116, 1999, p 449.
  155. Catawba Cousins, Vol. 17, No. 2, Sep 2002, The Catawba County Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 2406, Hickory, NC 28601, p 6. Catawba County News, 9 January 1912.
  156. 1910 Catawba County, NC Census, p 133. Apparently George and Minnie married less than a year; Minnie in household of her stepmother, Maragaret Fox.
  157. 1900 Catawba County, NC Census, Vol. 1, Millennium Ed., extracted & compiled by Jan L. Richardson, P.O. Box 43029-PMB, Las Vegas, NV 89116, 1999, p 171.
  158. Catawba Country Cemeteries, p 113.
  159. 1900 Catawba County, NC Census, Vol. 1, Millennium Ed., extracted & compiled by Jan L. Richardson, P.O. Box 43029-PMB, Las Vegas, NV 89116, 1999, p 303.
  160. 1910 Catawba County, NC Census, p 343.