January 10: Happy Birthday! Archibald Boggs Taylor
Archibald Boggs Taylor, known as Archie or Arch, was born in Salem in 1892. His father was William Barrett Taylor and his mother was Elizabeth McCaw Boggs Taylor. His father, known as “Old Man...
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January 9: Happy Birthday! Georgia Liipfert Pepper
Georgia Liipfert Pepper was born in 1864 in Clarksville, Virginia. She was educated at Sunnyside College in Buffalo Springs, Virginia. She married Thomas R. Pepper in 1890 and moved to Winston-Salem. Thomas R. Pepper...
January 8: Happy Birthday! Dr. Elizabeth Conrad
Dr. Elizabeth Conrad was born in Washington, D. C. in 1920, to Dr. Henry B. and Hally Conrad. Her father was a native of Winston-Salem, a physician, and a veteran of World War I....
January 4: Happy Birthday! John Lash Gilmer
John Lash Gilmer was born in Walnut Cove in 1872 to John Eli and Laura Lash Gilmer. His father, John Eli Gilmer, was a pioneer retail merchant in the town of Winston. When the...
January 2: Happy Birthday! James Alexander Gray Sr.
James Alexander Gray Sr. was born in 1846 in Gladesboro and moved with his parents, Robert and Mary Gray, to the new town of Winston when he was five years old. Robert Gray was...
January 1, 1920: James A. Gray Jr. is named director and vice-president of R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.
On this date: January 1, 1920. Mr. James Alexander Gray of Wachovia Bank & Trust Company will become a director and vice-president of the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, and will identify himself with...