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43920
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The author, Monika Fleming, is contacted by Jim and Bonnie Warner who had an inquiry about an Edgecombe County Resident named Dr. William Henry Whitehead. They wanted to know more about Dr. Whitehead because his name was found on a tag attached to an antique furniture set they had just purchased. This article details Dr. William Henry Whitehead’s life and career in Battleboro, Tarboro, and Rocky Mount. Dr. Whitehead practiced medicine for over 20 years in Edgecombe County. Dr. Whitehead served as the president of the NC State Medical Society for 6 years, on the Board of Directors for NC State Hospitals and the State Board of Health as well as the State Board of Medical Examiners. He passed away in June 1909 but his son Joseph Phillip Whitehead also started a practice and treated patients as his father had.
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Welcome to Tarboro & Homes Magazine
(F 264 T3 W4), Vol. Issue , December 2022,
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43921
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Frank Smith Wilkinson also known as “Old Man Frank” was an Edgecombe County educator known for his stern teaching and disciplinarian skills. He attended the University of North Carolina in 1857 and returned home to Edgecombe County to teach at the Tarboro Male Academy in 1858, where he would teach for over five decades. After returning home, he married Annie Stronach with whom he had five children. In 1885, the academy was destroyed by fire and Frank continued his teachings of young men at his home on the corner of Wilson Street and St. Patrick Street. Many of Frank’s students left the academy and pursued careers in healthcare, law, and politics. Frank passed away in November of 1919. Frank’s students shared their recollections of him and honor him through donations to his memorial fund.
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Welcome to Tarboro & Homes Magazine
(F 264 T3 W4), Vol. Issue , September 2023,
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43918
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Lewis Bond moved his family to Tarboro NC around 1820. Lewis was a cabinet maker and operated his business in a tavern on the corner of Main and Pitt Streets in Tarboro. He and his wife, Siddie Nelson, parented six children. Lewis was a member of the Masonic brotherhood. His wife passed away in 1832 and Lewis passed away in 1858. His son Francis L. Bond also known as Frank took over the family business of cabinet making. Frank kept a journal filled with remedies and town happenings. That journal is now preserved in the Joyner Library Special Collections at East Carolina University. Frank went missing in August of 1890 and his body was recovered in September of 1890.
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Welcome to Tarboro & Homes Magazine
(F 264 T3 W4), Vol. Issue , October 2022,
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44096
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At the time of her death in 1858, Mary Lloyd Gregory was considered the richest resident of Tarboro. From modest means, she steadily managed on her own to run a boarding house. Later called the Bryan House Hotel, the structure burned in November 1897. A local photographer across the street captured the event from its beginning until its end, producing likely what were the first news photographs ever made concerning Tarboro.
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Welcome to Tarboro & Homes Magazine
(F 264 T3 W4), Vol. Issue , December 2023,
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44110
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The earliest photographer on record for Edgecombe County is M.M. Mallon in 1860. Regarding local resident women photographers, Lena Pennington Martin produced notable images of Tarboro people and places in ten 1890s as did Lota Leigh Draughon for the community of Fishing Creek. Most prominent at the turn of the 20th century was S.R. Alley, who produced the first news type photos for the area. Most prolific of Edgecombe photographers was M.S. :Coca-Cola" Brown, working from the 1910s through the 1950s.
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Welcome to Tarboro & Homes Magazine
(F 264 T3 W4), Vol. Issue , June 2024,
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44148
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Methodist minister, John Francis Speight moved from Greene County to Edgecombe County with his marriage to Emma Lewis in September 1840. Rev. Speight established a church in the area that later became known as Speight's Chapel. In 1857, he began the construction of his home known as the Cedars. Designed by William Ruffin, the house is fine example of Italianate design. A genealogical sketch of the Speight family follows.
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Welcome to Tarboro & Homes Magazine
(F 264 T3 W4), Vol. Issue , July 2024,
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44165
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The Staton family was one of many families that contributed to Edgecombe County's prosperity and growth during the 19th and early 20th centuries. Baker Staton, who died in 1866, did much in the way of experimental farming prior to the Civil War. His plantation known as Cotton Valley is currently surrounded by a well known golf course in the area. Dr. L.L. Staton is credited with the first successful gastronomy in America. His son, Aldolphus earned distinction in the Navy as a rear admiral. He retired after World War II and established a program for building homes for wounded solders.
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Welcome to Tarboro & Homes Magazine
(F 264 T3 W4), Vol. Issue , August 2024,
p21-22, il
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44381
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An Edgecombe County native and graduate of Atlantic Christian College, Weeks was a regular columnist for the Raleigh News and Observer. Her first publication was "God Given Messages" in 1930 and her last was "Beauty and the Truth" in 1960.
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Welcome to Tarboro & Homes Magazine
(F 264 T3 W4), Vol. Issue , March 2025,
p25-26
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Record #:
44397
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Author Monika Fleming talks about winter storms for Tarboro in more recent memory. Included are the 1967 spring Blizzard, the March 1980 storm and most destructive, the Dec. 9, 1989 ice storm. Major storms were recorded in January 2009 and January 2010.
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Welcome to Tarboro & Homes Magazine
(F 264 T3 W4), Vol. Issue , February 2025,
p23-24, il
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43917
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Josiah and Laura were from Tarboro, North Carolina. Josiah Pender was a Mexican War veteran who was a part of the 10th NC Regiment at Fort Macon. He was discharged from the Confederate Army and that is where he met his cousin, Laura. They soon married and left for Bermuda where Josiah was assisting in the smuggling of goods for the Confederate cause. Laura became pregnant and wished to return to Tarboro to birth the baby. She boarded a ship to Wilmington which Union soldiers later tried to capture. The captain of her ship wanted to surrender but allegedly Laura persuaded him otherwise with a pistol. Josiah passed away in 1864 from yellow fever and Laura remarried Dr. Charles Cook. Laura had four more children but sadly her son with Josiah passed away in 1881.
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Welcome to Tarboro & Homes Magazine
(F 264 T3 W4), Vol. Issue , August 2022,
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43924
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On March 16, 1903 Dr. Julian M. Baker and Dr. Henry Turner Bass got into an altercation which led to the shooting and death of Dr. Bass. Prior to this altercation Dr. Bass accused Dr. Baker, who was the current chief of staff of the Edgecombe General Hospital, of mismanaging the hospital. On March 16, Dr. Bass walked into the post office and attacked Dr. Baker with continuous blows. This altercation led out onto Main Street where Dr. Baker pulled his gun and shot Dr. Bass in the abdomen. Dr. Bass attempted to shoot Dr. Baker as well but his shots went through a local store instead. Many physicians from all around tried to save Dr. Bass' life but to no avail. He died that same night. Dr. Baker had a major trial for which he was acquitted for in 1904.
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Welcome to Tarboro & Homes Magazine
(F 264 T3 W4), Vol. Issue , November 2023,
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44012
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DeBerry's Colonial Dining Room was a fixture in Tarboro from 1940s through the 1960s. Located across from the Town Common in a house thought to be one of Tarboro's oldest, the restaurant was featured in a 1959 Duncan Hines Travel Guide. Remembered are recipes like grated sweet potato pudding. Noted cook was Gussie Harrell. Historical documents related to the business have recently been added to digitalnc.org.
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Welcome to Tarboro & Homes Magazine
(F 264 T3 W4), Vol. Issue , March 2024,
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44007
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Among the many developments that transpired in Edgecombe County was Carolina Telephone and Telegraph in 1896. County native Elias Carr was elected North Carolina governor in 1892. Tarboro's grand city hall opened in December of 1890. The structure was built by local craftsmen, including George Mathewson, an African American building contractor. a summary of the decade is given, including two 1890s vintage photos from the files of Edgecombe County Library.
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Welcome to Tarboro & Homes Magazine
(F 264 T3 W4), Vol. Issue , February 2024,
p51-52, il
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44050
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Over 400 women in Edgecombe County served as either a member of the army or the navy during World War II. Fortunately much information about them was recorded in a locally published newsletter, "The Home Front News". Of the group, three women have particularly interesting stories; namely, Beverley Bridgers, Mary Howard and Westry Battle. Bridgers met Eleanor Roosevelt on the day before the war began. Howard set up Red Cross centers and by the end of the war , Westry had become the highest woman officer in the U.S. Army.
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Welcome to Tarboro & Homes Magazine
(F 264 T3 W4), Vol. Issue , April 2024,
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44103
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Placed on the Town Common in the late 1930s to preserve it, the press is believed to be one of the last surviving devices if its kind in North Carolina and possibly the South as a whole. In the1850s, Edgecombe County was the leading producer of cotton in North Carolina. The Tarboro Press was originally located on the Norfleet Plantation.
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Welcome to Tarboro & Homes Magazine
(F 264 T3 W4), Vol. Issue , May 2024,
p19-20, il
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