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Glidewell, Eveline (d-1876)

Died, in this county, at the residence of Col. H.W. Rierson, on the 24th, of typhoid fever, Miss Evaline Glidewell, aged 25 years, 1 month and 5 days.

The deceased sustained a good character in her neighborhood, and considering the fact that she had not had the watchful care of a mother since she was a small girl, and had to live among strangers, she had done well to reach the age she had attained without a blemish upon her character.

She was noted and praised by those with whom she lived and who knew her best, for her honest integrity and virtue.

The Danbury Reporter 27 Jan 1876

Spainhour, John Wesley (d-1914)

Mr. John Wesley Spainhour, of King, one of Stokes County’s best citizens, passed away Thursday night at St. Leo’s Hospital, where he underwent an operation two weeks ago. He had been ill with a complication of diseases for some months.

The deceased was aged 61 years and is survived by a wife and five children. His two sons are Messrs. E.O. and J.W. Spainhour, both of Winston. The three daughters are Mrs. Will R. Kiger, of King, Mrs. Edgar Neal, of Greensboro, and Miss Spainhour, a trained nurse, of Charlotte.

Mr. Spainhour, who was formerly postmaster at King, was well known here as well as throughout this county, and has a host of friends who were pained to learn of his death.

The deceased was a member of the M.E. church for more than twenty years, and was also an honored member of the Junior Order in his home town.

The Danbury Reporter 25 Mar 1914