Belo House Times Two
Frederick Edward Belo (1811-1883) was born in Salem. He attended the Salem Boys’ School and was trained as a cabinetmaker. He constructed a general store on South Main Street, built with red brick and decorated...
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The Name Game: Burke Street
In the 1891 “Bird’s Eye View of the Twin-Cities,” shown above, Burke Street was called Shallowford Street, an extension of the street that is known today as First Street. In the foreground of the...
December 31,1961: Confederate Ball at Reynolda House
Charles Babcock Jr. held a Confederate Ball at Reynolda House on this evening in 1961, to celebrate the centennial of the Civil War. According to an article in the newspaper by Roy...
June 22: Happy Birthday! Rufus Lenoir Patterson
Rufus Lenoir Patterson was born on this day in 1830, in Caldwell County, to Samuel Finley and Phebe Caroline Jones Patterson. His father was a wealthy planter and a prominent politician. He was the...
June 10: Happy Birthday! Marmaduke W. Norfleet
Marmaduke W. Norfleet was born on this day in 1839, in Caswell County, to Marmaduke and Mary Comer Roan Norfleet. Marmaduke received a good education, and served as a Confederate soldier with the Forty-second...
March 4: Happy Birthday! Dr. Henry Theodore Bahnson
Dr. Henry Theodore Bahnson was born in Pennsylvania in 1845. He was the son of Bishop George F. and Anna Gertrude Bahnson. He moved to Salem with his parents as a child, and attended...
January 20: Happy Birthday! Hamilton Scales
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...