September 16: Happy Birthday! George Frederick Bahnson
George Frederick Bahnson was born on this day in 1805, in a Moravian community in Denmark. He was educated at Herrnhut, Germany, and came to the United States to be a teacher in Pennsylvania...
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September 15:Happy Birthday! James Robert Bolling
James Robert Bolling was born on this day in 1889, in Rockingham County, to C. W. and Mary Bolling. He was a pioneer in the bicycle and motorcycle retail business in Winston-Salem, opening his...
September 14:Happy Birthday! Louis DeFoy Baker
Louis DeFoy Baker was born on this day in 1906, in Catawba County, to Norris and Louella Yoder Baker. Louise graduated from the Startown Farm Life School in the late 1920s. He came to...
September 13:Happy Birthday! Bernard Jacob Pfohl
Bernard Jacob “B. J.” Pfohl was born on this day in 1866, in Salem, to Christian Thomas and Margaret Siewers Pfohl. He attended the Salem Boys School and at age fifteen he joined his...
September 12:Happy Birthday! John Wesley Drye
John Wesley Drye was born on this day in 1865, in Iredell County, to Daniel Monroe and Lidia Eagle Drye. John spent his early life in Iredell County, and moved to Winston-Salem in 1886....
September 11:Happy Birthday! Barbara Lasater Hanes
Barbara Mildred Lasater Hanes was born on this day in 1920, in Winston-Salem, to Robert Edward and Nancy Lybrook Lasater. Barbara was well-known as “Bob-Ed,” and she attended the local schools, the National Cathedral...
September 10: Happy Birthday! Donna Trogdon Henry
Donna Trogdon Henry was born on this day in 1893, in Winston-Salem, to Captain and Mrs. R. P. Henry. Donna graduated from Winston High School, also known as Cherry Street High School, in 1911....
September 9: Happy Birthday! Irvin Sylvester Disher
Irvin Sylvester Disher was born on this day in 1895, in Forsyth County, to James Theodore and Seba Estella McLain Disher. He was connected with Reynolda Florists for 49 years and retired in 1960....
September 8: Happy Birthday! Robert Emory Carmichael
Robert Emory Carmichael was born on this day in 1861, in Winston-Salem, to Louis F. and Adelaide McKenzie Carmichael. He moved with his family to Indiana and Missouri, then returned to North Carolina in...
September 7: Happy Birthday! Irvin Washington Grogan Sr.
Irvin Washington Grogan Sr. was born on this day in 1886, in Virginia, to Lafayette Smith and Sallie Griggs Grogan. He came to Winston-Salem in 1913, and worked for R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company...