contrlbutiona In reaearch,
training and patient care
profeaaor of medicine and ftirlng more than 80 yeara Bowman Gray.
work In cancer and
at related areaa.
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more than 160 ACS related aubjecta which explaining the nature of
volunteera from acroaa the have been publlahed In reaearch projecta being
atate.
Spurr recently waa
preaented the Society’a
Dlatlneulahed Service
profeaalonal joumala. The
conducted.
Miss Daniels Is
Honored At Drop-In
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..ATTEND MEETING—Volunteera of the Cleveland
County unit of the American Cancer Society recently
attended a atate-wlde American Cancer Society
meeting In Wlnaton Salem. From left, above, BIra.
WUbum Nichola, Mrs. Dot Houaton, Mra. Ruby M.
Auatell and Mr*. GUda W. Cooper.
A Winning Essay
Mias Rene Danlela, Preaent aa apeclal gueata
whoae wedding to Dan were the bride-to-be’a
Wright of Klgna Mountain mother, Mra. Louale
takea place June 17th In Fletcher Danlela; her
Kings Mountain Church of grandmother, Mra. Hettle
God, waa honored June 6th Danlela, both of Gaatonla,
at a drop-ln bridal party at and the brldegroom-to-bei
the home of Mra. Lloyd mother, Mra. Jamea Ray
Ralley on May Street In Wright of Klnga Mountain.
Gaatonla.
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(Ed. Note-Kela Owens
wrote the following eaaay
about John Bennett, CSA
soldier. John and his
brothers, William and
Joseph, all returned home
to Kings Mountain (York
Rd. area) after the Civil
War. John and William
raised large families,
niany of whom live In
Kings Mountain today.
John raised his family on
York Rd. In the Bennett
house at the comer of
Bennett St. His home will
soon be razed.
Kela’s essay, "My
Favorite Confederate
Ancestor", won third place
In that category In
Cleveland County. The
contest was sponsored by
the Cleveland Guards
Chapter of the United
Daughters of the Con
federacy In Shelby.
Kela la a student at
Twelve Oaks Academy In
Shelby. She Is the daughter
-of Jack and Joan Owens of
Bessemer City. Her
grandpart "ts, Mr. and
Mrs. Wesley Thomasson
and Mr. and .Mrs. Richard
Owens, live in Kings
Mountain.)
By KEIA OWENS
Special to
Mirror-Herald
All of my Confederate
ancestors are favorites,
william Griffith was In a
"guerilla" company.
Lemuel Levi Thomasson,
great grandson of a
Revolutionary War
soldier, did not sign the
Oath of Allegiance. Amos
Owens waa discharged due
to sickness, but rejoined
the CSA Army. Amos
owned (Jherry Mountain In
Rutherford County, N.C.
He was a blockader and
served time in Sing-Sing
Prison for Klan activities.
I’ve chosen John Bennett
because his homeplace Is
live miles from me and
will be destroyed for in
dustry. TTils history is a
memorial to him.
In 1M4, In Cleveland
County, N.C., Englishman
'niomas Bennett and his
wife, Nancy, were blessed
with their third son, John.
He had dark hair, dark
complexion and "coal
black” eyes. In 1866,
John’s father dled.When he
was 17, John's brothers
enlisted In the CSA Army,
leaving John the eldest boy
at home.
John left his Job at the
gold mine near Kings
Mountain and enlisted In
Cb. K, 49th Regiment, N.C.
Infantry on March 16,1862.
He was 18. John was
6’614” tall, so he grew IH"
despite the hardships of
war and yankee prison
because he was 6’8" when
he took the Oath of
Allegiance on September
30, 1864.
John was In the Con
federate Hospital at
Petersburg, Virginia In
August, 1862 and was
“returned to duty” there
where he stayed until his
capture.
Petersburg Is famous
because Generals Grant
and Burnside "ham
mered" at the Confederate
troops who held out for
nearly two years. General
Grant lost 6,666 men. The
Confederates were suf
fering from starvation and
disease. Even though the
South managed to keep the
fighting men in weapons
(with a good part of those
weapons stolen from
federal troops), It was a
hardship to feed and clothe
them. General Grant
surrounded the town of
Petersburg cutting off all
supplies to the area. Great
Grandmother Alice
Bennett Jones often told
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the story that her father’s
company fed their horses
and were so hungry they
ate the kernels of com
which were not digested.
Around Petersburg, during
the latter part of the war,
flour was $200 a barrel,
meat was $2 to IS a pound,
bacon was $13 a pound and
meal was $100 a bushel.
General Grant at
tempted to capture
Petersburg again and the
Northerners planned to dig
under the Confederates
where they would place
dynamite and blow them
up. I am grateful that
Great-great Grandpa John
Bennett was captured by
General Burnside's guards
on July 17 because on July
SO, 1864, the explosion took
place caused by 12,000
pounds of dynamite. After
the explosion, the enemy
attacked. The explosion
caused a big crater and the
Northerners lost the battle
and 4-6,000 men. General
Grant called It a
"miserable affair”
John’s name appears on
a register of Prisoners of
War at Old Capitol Prison,
Washington, D.C. as
"committed on July 19,
1864". He was "captured at
Petersburg on July 17,1864
by the 9th Army Corps”.
He cooked for the Yankees
after his capture, his
daughter said.
John was sent to Elmira
Prison In New York.
Elmira’s death toll Is said
to be 2,963, but people think
It was more. About 10,000
prisoners were Jammed
into an area of less than 29
acres. The sewage system
probably never existed. If
It did. It broke down and a
pond In the center of camp
became a disease Infested
liquid cesspool and a
garbage dump. A meal
might consist of bits of beef
from which the maggots
must be picked. Scurvy
was common and would
cause men’s teeth to fall
out and pus sores to form
on their bodies. The men
would hunt rats for food or
a sun-baked bone.
A scafford was built
"from which these strange
Confederate creatures
were displayed". A sign
read “Admission 16c,
Refreshments Served
Below”.
wide, and 12" deep In
family and entertained
his ghost stories. He en
tertained her by spitting
I wish I had known him.
Ralley were Mrs. Betty Jo
Daniels of Gastonia and
Mrs. Ronnie Leigh of
Stanley.
The 20 guests called
from 7:80 until 9:80 p.m.
and showered the bride-to-
be with linen gifts.
Overlaid with lace over
yellow, the bride’s table
was decorated In the
yellow and green motif.
Decorated cake squares,
topped with wedding bells,
were served with punch
and party pick-ups.
The bride-to-be received
a corsage of yellow daisies
to pin to the shoulder of her
party dress.
Reunion
Alumni of Davidson High
School will hold a reunion
July 20-21-22.
It will be the second
annual reunion of the
Davidson graduates.
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