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Roster Of Prominent Men 50 Years Ago Smallwood Recalls Names Of Leaders In County History Names of Men of Half Cen tury Ago Still Live in County Todav (Spending about eight years in Williamston during the eighties. M.r Chas. Smallwood. was im pressed by the personages of the period, and only recently he re called the names of many of those ole-timers who figured promi nently in the history of the coun ty and section Most of those whose names appear below have gone on to their reward, but a few are still with us. The roster carries brief identifications as re called by Mr Smallwood.?Ed ) Bt CHAS. SMALLWOOD (Washington. 1942.) A roster of Williamston folk, during the days represented by these "Remembrances" or be tween 1881 and 1889. and listed as recalled at random, plus no tation. Mr. Dennis Simmons?Fjrst cit izen. and business leader. . Mr. Noah Staton Peele?Mer chant. Mr. Samuel Romulus B^s ? Druggist Dr. Alonzo Hassell?Do<Jor of Medicine. Mr. James Edwin Moore?Lead ing attorney TTie Rev. Thomas H. Haughton ?Episcopal rector. Mr Walter Hassell?Merchant, livestock dealer INCREASE In 184# there were fifteen retail establishments in Mar tin County, including dry goods, groceries and other stores. The total capital in vested was placed at 838,5##. Hie people of those days had a real live-at-home program, out of necessity, to be sure. The retail stores handled just those things that could not be grown and produced at home such as coffee, sugar, condi ments and the like. One hundred years later and there were 215 retail es tablishments doing a business conservatively placed at 83, 584,000. No one is complain ing, at least not yet, but ap parently we are mighty nigh dependent on the other fel low for most everything we want and actually need. Elder Sylvester Hassell ? ? Churchman, scholar, educator Mr. Joseph Sitterson?Hostel r Captain Jphn Robert Lanier ? Soldier, postmaster, first railroad agent. Mr. Augustus Ray?Died soon ^fter I knew him. Mr. Church Hardison?Deputy Sheriff, meat dealer. Dr. Thomas S. Burbank. doctor of medicine Mr Alex Smith, lawyer. Mr William Slade, merchant. Mr. Wilson G. Lamb?Travel -r.g salesman. Mr Charlie Lamb?Traveling salesman, register of deeds People Lived To Ripe Old Age In County Years Ago A century ago people ? not many, to be sure?lived to ripe old ages in Martin County, ac cording to the official U. S. cen sus for 1840 The greatest num ber in any age group was found among the infant population. It started a gradual decline until it reached the 30-year-old group which was 281 greater than the 463 white persons enumerated in the 20-year-old class. A marked decrease is noticed in the popu lation between 30 and 40 years of age for the period, and a big drop is evident in the number whose ages ranged from 40 to 50 years. Where two men passed the 80-year mark that year there were six women. The percentage of the number >f persons 65 years or older in 840 and in 1940 is just about the ame. Almost four out of every lundred persons passing the 65 'ear mark. The following table shows the ige groups for the white popula ion in 1840, male and female: Male Female Jnder 5 years 383 391 Between 5-10 334 332 3etween 10-15 290 279 letween 15-20 225 238 let ween 20-30 339 405 between 30-40 238 275 Between 40-50 176 171 3etween 50-60 99 108 Between 60-70 43 47 letween 70-80 26 31 Between 80-90 2 6 2155 2483 Judge W T. Crawford ? Ex Sheriff, clerk county court for years. Mr. W. H. Carstarphen?Mer chant Mr. Josh Ewell ? Postmaster, justice of peace. Mr. W. H. Roberson?Merchant. Mr. Joseph Roberson ? Mer chant. . Mr. John E. Cook ? Principal painter. Mr. TTiomas Harrell?Confined rheumatic. Mr. John H. Thrower?Leading builder. Sheriff William Hardison ? Continuous in office about 25 years. Mr. H. Thomas Biggs? Travel-1 ng salesman. Jt Mr. James H. Ellison?Wood worker, coroner, undertaker, dep- < ty sheriff. Mr. Marrion Burroughs?Far ler. Mr. John Groves?Merchant. Colonel D. Worthing ton?Law er. State Legislature 1881, 1883 I nd 1885. < Mr. William Weathersbee ? I'raveling salesman. Mr. B. B. Watts ? Merchant, I : >stm aster Mr. W. Thomas Deans?School l aster, general superintendent I. 1 O F. Orphanage at Goldsboro. Mr. George Llewellyn Whitley j i Farmer. Mr. Joseph Martin ? Lawyer, i postmaster at Tarboro, U. S. House { Representatives first district 1879. I Mr. Eli Gurganus ? Peanut | ;rading factory. ' Mr. John Dawson Biggs?Lead ng merchant, lumberman. Mr. John Watts?Farmer lead ng Republican politician. Mr. Richard Clary?Night po iceman, mail carrier. Mr. Alf Roger-son?Merchant. Mr. Fletcher Wyatt ? Helper vith the sick and afflicted. Mr. Albert Riddick?Merchant, ?hief of police. Mr. Baldy Riddick?Restaur int. Mr. John Tucker?Carpenter. Mr. Henry Cowen?Farmer. Mr. LaFayette Cherry?River nan, trapper, preacher. Mr. Aaron Roberson ? River nan, builder of "Dug-outs". Mr. Cliff Bland?Riverman. Mr. Joe Gurkins?Riverman. Mr. B. F. Godwin?Merchant, nayor, justice of peace. Mr W. C. Kirby?Merchant, ho le! keeper. Captain W. R. Fowden?Cleri cal work, railroad builder. Mr. Frank Rhodes ? Farmer, ihingle manufacturer. Capatin Tom Tompson?Keep er of county home. Captain Sam F. Williams?Mas er of Roanoke steamer, "Plym >uth". Mr. W. Z. Morton?Lawyer. Mr. Jim Morton?Jeweler, (la er doctor of medicine, elsewhere) Mr. John Swain?Blacksmith. Mr. Tom Perry ? Plasterer, irickmason. Mr. Joseph L. Roberson?Ear ner, railroader. Mr. Albert Riddick?Merchant, policeman. WE BUY LOGS and T1MBERLANDS See Us When You Have Either For Sale WELCOME ll i\11- a fjreat ileal of pleasure lo join, with (lie oilier business firms of V I LI.IVMSTON, in extending a cordial ueleome to (he tobacco far mer- of hastern Carolina to sell and bu> in W IL LIAMSTOV SAUNDERS & COX WILLIAMSTOV NORTH CAROLINA
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