Rumell Sisk Stevens was born in Stokes County in 1923 to Oliver and Nora Hicks Sisk. She graduated from King High School as Valedictorian, attended Appalachian State University, and graduated from High Point College....
Walter Thomason was born in 1875 in Lincoln County and received his elementary education in Lincolnton. He taught school for a while, then entered UNC, from which he graduated in 1898. Walter taught school and ran a...
Carl Eller was born in Winston-Salem in 1942. He attended Atkins High School and the University of Minnesota. At the University of Minnesota, Carl played football on the defensive line. In his sophomore year,...
Elsie Brogan was born in Virginia in 1904. She was educated in Virginia, and continued her education at several North Carolina colleges. She married Austin Evans, who died in 1970. Elsie taught school in...
Eunice Hedrick was born in Lexington to O. C. and Margaret Hedrick in 1909. She was the oldest of their seven children and she graduated from Lexington High School and Crim’s Business College in Winston-Salem. ...
Archibald “Archie” Kimbrough Davis was born in Winston-Salem in 1911. His parents were Dr. Thomas and Frances Conrad Davis. Archie graduated from UNC with a degree in history, and after graduation he accepted a job...
William “Bill” Reynolds Lybrook was born in Forsyth County in 1912. Bill’s great uncle was William Neal Reynolds, and Bill spent a lot of his childhood at his uncle’s home, Tanglewood. He also lived there...
Major Hamilton Scales was a native of Rockingham County and was born in 1821. For his livelihood, he made plug tobacco in Rockingham County. At the beginning of the Civil War, he entered the...
Harriet “Hattie” Butner Clemmons was the daughter of Adam Butner of Salem. Adam and his wife ran the Butner Hotel in Salem from 1850 to 1884. Hattie married Edward T. Clemmons, great-grandson of Peter...
Charlotte Preston was born in Stokes County in 1818. She was married at (almost) age 15 in 1832 to John Lewis. She and her husband had 11 children. Her husband died in 1875. She...
