Tag: Meads

JESSE G. BRIGHT (b.1872) Family Bible

JESSE G. BRIGHT BIBLE

(Pasquotank County)

  • William Meads died Oct. 20, 1852
  • Harriet Pailen died Aug. 10, 1881
  • Rosie Lee Wilson died Dec. 19, 1881, age 2 months and 22 days
  • John Pailin died Jan. 12, 1883
  • Beatrice L. Wilson Bright died Jan. 5, 1931 (suicide by hanging)
  • Jesse Bright died May 10, 1952 age 80 years 20 days

 

  • John Pailen and Harriet Meads were joined together in holy wedlock Jan. 14, 1884
  • Jesse D. Wilson and Sarah Pailen were joined together in holy wedlock Jan. 18, 1880
  • Jesse G. Bright and Beatrice Wilson were married April 4, 1899

 

  • Sarah F. Pailen was baptized Jan. 31, 1876 by F. M. Jordan at Elizabeth City, N. C. age 17 years, 1 month, 2 days.
  • Beatrice L. Wilson was baptized Aug. 1, 1897 by Dr. Blackwell at Salem (church), age 14 years, 4 months, 2 days

 

  • William Meads, son of Timothy Meads and Harriet, his wife, was born 24 April 1838
  • Sarah Pailin daughter of John Pailin and Harriet, his wife, was born 28 December 1862
  • Harriet Denby daughter of Thomas Denby and Sallie, his wife, was born 6 June 1873
  • John Pailen son of Thomas Pailin and Penny, his wife, was born April 19, 1812
  • John Pailen son of Thomas Pailin and Penny, his wife, was born Oct. 2, 1819
  • Beatrice L. Wilson daughter of Jesse Wilson and Sarah, his wife, was born 30 January 1882
  • Rosie Lee Wilson, daughter of Jesse Wilson and Sarah his wife was born sept. 27, 1881 Tuesday
  • Mary O. Wilson daughter of Jesse Wilson and Sarah, his wife, was born July 22, 1886
  • Charles Wesley Wilson son of Jesse Wilson and Sarah his wife was born Dec. 1889
  • Beatrice Louise Wilson and Jesse Grant Bright were married Apr. 4, 1889 at Elizabeth City, N. C. by Joseph Ferebee, D. D.  Witnesses: David Whitehurst and Katie Hill

 

  • Jesse G. Bright, son of Jesse and Sarah, was born 20 April 1872
  • Bea.  – – born Jan. 30, 1882
  • Jesse B. Bright, Jr. was born 17 Feb. 1907
  • Eugene Robert Bright was born 9 Aug. 1916

 

  • Addie Bright James (widow) and Jesse G. Bright, Sr. were married Jan. 15, 1938. 
  • Shelton Early Bright was born 17 March 1939.

Source: North Carolina Bible Records – Compiled by Wilma Cartwright Spence and Edna Morrisette Shannonhouse (1973).

 

THOMAS JEFFERSON MEADS (b. 1877) Family Bible

BIBLE OF THOMAS JEFFERSON MEADS

  • Thomas Jefferson Meads, the son of George Meads and Sally Keaton Meads his wife, was born 5 May 1877 and died 5 April 1955
  • Thomas J. Meads and Ann Elizabeth (Bessie) Pendleton were married —-(no date)
  • Ann Elizabeth Pendleton, the daughter of Reuben Pendlton and Dora Modlin Pendleton his wife, was born 1 Feb. 1885

              

  Children of Thomas J. and Bessie Meads:

  1. Naomi Meads, born 8 Oct. 1903, married Raymond Williams
  2. Ralph Meads, born 12 June 1905, married Lizzie Chambers
  3. George A. Meads, born 24 Jan. 1910, married Pauline Morgan
  4. Everett E. Meads, born 13 Oct. 1913, married Delia Luton
  5. Gladys E. Meads, born 9 May 1917, married Winston Markham
  6. Marshall E. Meads, born 19 Dec 1922, married Lelia Davis
  7. Thomas J. Meads, born 11 June 1925, married Nida Hyatt
  8. B. Gaynelle Meads, born 30 sept. 1928

Source: North Carolina Bible Records – Compiled by Wilma Cartwright Spence and Edna Morrisette Shannonhouse (1973).