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JEREMIAH CARTWRIGHT (b. 1880) Family Bible

Copy of

JEREMIAH CARTWRIGHT BIBLE

 Original lost in fire in 1928

 

Jeremiah Cartwright and Lucy Mae Whedbee were married 4 June 1906.

Jeremiah Cartwright the son of Benoni Cartwright and Isadora Bright Cartwright his wife was born 2 May 1880. Died 2 Apr 1940.

Lucy Mae Whedbee the daughter of William H. Whedbee and Georgianna Ownley Whedbee was born 28 May 1890. Died 4 June 1952.

Children:

  • Burvell Fleetwood Cartwright the son of Jeremiah and Lucy Whedbee Cartwright was born 7 January 1907. Married Lessie Harris the dau. of John A. Harris and Annie Perry his wife 23 Nov 1929.
  • Wilma Marie Cartwright the daughter of Jeremiah and Lucy Whedbee Cartwright was born 22 May 1908. Married Joe Timothy Spence 19 May 1935.
  • Curtis Jeremiah Cartwright the son of Jeremiah and Lucy Whedbee Cartwright his wife was born 4 October 1909. Married 1st. Adelaide Williams 1935 (Divorced) Married 2nd. Ethel Bundy the daughter of Heywood G. Bundy and Mona Staples Bundy his wife 25 January 1941.
  • Evelyn Cartwright the daughter of Burvell and Lessie Harris Cartwright his wife was born 4 November 1930. Married Russell Capps, Jr. 27 June 1949.
  • Helen Marie Cartwright daughter of Burvell and Lessie Harris Cartwright his wife was born 6 July 1933.
  • Ernest Fleetwood Cartwright the son of Burvell and Lessie Harris Cartwright his wife was born 16 August 1938. Married Joyce Loflin 2 July 1959.
  • Charles Franklin Cartwright the son of Burvell and Lessie Harris Cartwright was born 22 February 1945 and died 24 April 1947.
  • Ivia Mae Cartwright the daughter of Curtis J. and Ethel Bundy Cartwright was born 11 September 1943. Married Winfred Hunter 29 July 1962.
  • Jerry Garland Cartwright the son of Curtis J. and Ethel Bundy Cartwright was born 16 February 1952. Married Sherry Upton 7 November 1970.
  • Winfred Hunter the son of Winfred and Ivia Mae Cartwright Hunter was born 

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

 

HAMON D. BELL Family Bible

H. D. BELL Family Bible 

  • Samuel Bell, the son of H. D. Bell and Martha Bell, his wife, was born 25 July 1839
  • Wilson Bell,  the son of H. D. Bell was born 7 Nov 1837
  • Isaac Bell,  the son of H. D. Bell was born 21 May 1842
  • Howard Pinckney Bell,  the son of H. D. Bell was born April 1844.
  • Elizabeth Bell the daughter of H. D. Bell and Martha Bell, his wife was born 10 April 1848
  • Mary Bell,  the daughter of Hamon D. Bell was born Sept. 1850.
  • H. D. Bell’s Book, A. D. 1850, age 52 years.

 

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

 

SEELEY Family Records (JEREMIAH SEELEY)

JEREMIAH SEELEY FAMILY RECORDS

“These notes are given as they were found in the files of the late Madge McPherson Thacker, written as told to her by the late John T. Williams.

Rebecca Davis, daughter of Arthur Davis and his wife, Bathsheba Sanford, married Jeremiah Seeley and of that union came Phillip Seeley, father of Sanford and Lowry Seeley.

Sanford Seeley was the father of Alson, Ann Walker, and others.

Lowry Seeley was the father of Phillip (who died on his way to Indiana), Rebecca Andrews, Aunt Martha Ives, Aunt Nancy, and Mariah.

Jeremiah Seeley left to go back to his birthplace, Rhode Island, and never returned. It was never known what became of him. He was a carpenter and built several houses in the Providence neighborhood.”

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

 

JOHN T. COPPERSMITH (b. 1848) Family Bible

Coppersmith

  • John T. Coppersmith married Jane Burgess 4 Jan 1871 at Elisha Coppersmith’s, by F.M. Godfrey, J.P.
  • W. Edward Pendleton and Margaret Burgess (no date)
  • William Grant Coppersmith and Nannie Eugenia Dixon, married 2 Jan 1907 at Littleton, North Carolina.
  • John T. Coppersmith, son of Wm. and Susan Coppersmith, was born 15 Sept 1848.
  • Jane Burgess, daughter of Nicholas and Mary Burgess, was born 17 Oct 1847 and died 25 Oct 1884.
  • John E. Coppersmith, son of John T. Coppersmith and Jane his wife, was born 29 Dec 1871 and died 15 Aug 1924.
  • Wiley B. Coppersmith was born 15 Aug 1873 and died 25 June 1955.
  • William Coppersmith was born 29 Sept 1875 and died 13 June 1935.
  • Elisha Coppersmith was born 1 Dec 1877 and died 9 Feb 1928.
  • Virginia was born 19 July 1879.
  • Lessella was born 27 Nov. 1882.
  • Mary A. Coppersmith was born 16 Nov 1880 and died 17 Nov 1882.
  • Mary Lyon was born 5 Dec 1918.
  • John T. Coppersmith died 16 Feb 1917.
  • Aunt Mary died 21 May 1924.
  • Mrs. Mary Burgess Coppersmith, second wife of John Thomas Coppersmith, was sister to his first wife. Mary’s first husband was Elisha Coppersmith, who was uncle to John Thomas Coppersmith.

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