Robert “Bob” Penick Whaling was born in Martinsville, Virginia in 1923. He lived in Winston-Salem for most of his life, graduating from R. J. Reynolds High School in 1940. He attended Davidson College, but...
George Henry Black was born in Randolph County in 1877. He came to Winston-Salem with his family about 1888, and found work making bricks in the town brickyard. His father died soon after they...
Fred Macon Roberts was born in Middletown, Connecticut in 1854. He came to Winston-Salem about 1889 with his family. Roberts worked as a clerk in the Forsyth Sporting Goods Company, then he opened Roberts...
William Henry “Will” Watkins was born in Salem in 1877 to Dr. C. J. and Flora Conrad Watkins. He attended Salem Boys School, West End School, Davis Military Academy, and Wake Forest College. After...
Richard Gordon Stockton was born in Winston-Salem in 1892. He was the son of Madison Doughty and Martha Vaughn Stockton. Stockton attended the local schools, and graduated from UNC with a bachelor of arts...
Ruth Estelle Crist was born in Salem on this date in 1887. She was the daughter of Harvey S. and Christina Jones Crist, and she was descended from some of the early Moravian settlers...
Marvin Ward was born in Virginia in 1914. He graduated from East Bend High School and Appalachian State University, and earned a master’s degree in education administration from UNC. Ward worked in the city...
Kathryn Grayson was born in Winston-Salem in 1922, but was known then as Zelma Kathryn Hedrick of Apple Street. Her family moved to St. Louis when she was a child and Kathryn later became...
Edwin L. Stockton Sr. was born in Salem in 1905. He graduated from R. J. Reynolds High School and Moravian College. Edwin served as Secretary-Treasurer of the Southern Province of the Moravian Church...
Photographs showing Sylvester E. Hough are elusive, but as a professional photographer, his name appeared on many cabinet cards (such as the one featured here) of people that he photographed. The photograph shows the...
