From the July 24, 1837 issue of the Raleigh Register – the death notice for Green Bryan of Craven County.
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Ladies Memorial Society of New Bern
I’ve recently added a link on the site to an online text called “Confederate memorial addresses : Monday, May 11, 1885, New Bern, N. C.” The book was done for the Ladies Memorial Society of NewBern and includes some history about the group, a biographical sketch of James Johnston Pettigrew for whom the address was in honor of his monument unveiling, and another address by Rev. L.C. Vass.
In the history of the Society the founding officers are named and include:
- President: Mrs. E. B. DAWES
- Vice-Presidents: Mrs. J.A. GUION, Mrs. W.P. MOORE and Mrs. M. Mck. NASH
- Secretary: Miss H. LANE
- Treasurer: Mrs. Julia LEWIS
I added it to the Cemeteries page because the focus of the even was the monument unveiling. What an interesting find!
Image: Freed Slaves
New on the NCGenWeb News blog is a quick intro to the Sons of the South website, a resource for Civil War history. While browsing the images I came across this one from the February 21, 1863 issue of Harper’s Weekly. Much more can be read and browsed by checking out the site.
Portraits of a General
While doing some searching in Google News Archive I discovered an article about Craven County native, General Mildred Caroon Bailey.
General Bailey was the third woman to reach the rank of General in the United States Army. She was director of the Women’s Army Corps from 1971-1975. Mildred was the daughter of Walter & Ruby Caroon and was born in Ft. Barnwell April 18, 1919. She attended college at Flora McDonald College in Red Springs, NC for her first year of studies, then transferred to UNC-Greensboro (then known as the Women’s College of the University of North Carolina), graduating from there in 1940.
Upon reading she graduated from UNC-G, I went to go look for her yearbook photos and found the following from the 1938, 1939, 1940 annuals.
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Mildred’s papers are held by the UNC-Greensboro Archives & Manuscripts. Brief details of the Caroon family are available in my database of North Carolina families.
Dedication of New Bern Fire Museum 1957
One day, while browsing the bookshelves of a second-hand bookstore, I found this pamphlet from the dedication of the New Bern Firemen’s Museum. It appears to have been written just about that time (1957) and while small, has some interesting history about the museum.
There are several components to the pamphlet:
- An article discussing when the railroads came to New Bern
- brief info about the history of New Bern
- a tidbit about the almost name it got of “Bernberg”
- a history of the fire department written by Jack Honrine
- pictures of some of the old fire engines
- a history of New Bern’s worst fire (to that date).
- a history of the Battle of New Bern
- a description of the dedication services
This fire described in the pamphlet started in the home of Henry Bryan, an African-American resident who lived on Kilmarnock street and would destroy 1,000 homes & businesses in the city. There was one death from the fire, an 105 year old African-American woman who lived on Cedar street.
I didn’t scan the pamphlet in color, but here is the front image in color
You can access the pamphlet from the Misc Records page where you will be also able to download it if desired.
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