An NCGenWeb/USGenWeb Project
In 2009, I posted an obituary for Rev. W.P. Williams from a 1900 issue of the Charlotte Observer. One of our site visitors turned out to be a great-great grandchild of Rev. Williams and was kind enough to share this photo of him taken around 1899.
Photo contributed by David Shaffer.
From the book “Everetts of Martin County, North Carolina” by Robert L. Everett. This book is available online from the Family History Library here.
From the December 22, 1926 issue of the Gastonia Daily Gazette, paper of Gastonia, NC
Reuben Bland Martin county, is figuring on going to the national capital to keep his story straight. Bland is the father of 34 children. He expressed resentment that representative Upshaw and the United States house of representatives made such an ado last week over a Georgia farmer with only 28. Bland claimes he is the father of the largest family in the United States.