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for "Journal of the New Bern Historical Society"
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36155
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This entry offered three corrections for the May 1998 issue. One was a missing paragraph from Richard Lore’s “The New Bern Historical Society: The First Seventy-five Years.” The second was two lines omitted from Mary Baker’s “John R. Taylor.” The third was the improper copying of an illustration on page five.
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39445
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A list of native New Bernians buried in Point Clear’s Confederate Rest Cemetery is included in this article. The individuals noted by Lonergan include: Harriet King; Nathan Tisdale Gooding; Hattie Gooding; Betty Gooding; Buck Baldwin; Hattie Baldwin; Leon Cornelius Baldwin; Dollie Mae Baldwin, and Norman J. Baldwin.
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39447
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Graham Tull Richardson’s name reflects a common practice during the nineteenth century: naming a child after the family doctor, John Graham Tull. What follows the origin of Graham Richardson’s name is a discussion of Dr. Tull’s heritage. Noted events included: arrival of Dr. Tull’s great-great-great grandfather, Reverend Dr. Charles Chauncy, in Plymouth in 1638; his mother Eliza Graham’s marriage to Isaac Tull in 1814; and the burial of Dr. Tull’s daughter, Julia, in Cedar Grove Cemetery in 1934.
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39448
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Discussed in this article is two encounters between David Dunn’s servant, Nat, and Union soldiers; the sale of David Dunn’s plantation to Mrs. Lewis Whitford; and a barbecue recipe that includes an update from the sauce’s original ingredients.
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39453
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Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad’s history included its merger in 1870, joining the Eastern North Carolina Dispatch in 1877, the election of James A. Bryan as company president in 1899, its renaming to the Atlantic and North Carolina Company by Richard S. Howland; and Howland’s consolidation of the Atlantic and North Carolina Company with five other railroad companies. The author coincides the multi-railroad company merger with railroads ceding to ships as a major transporting source by the early twentieth century.
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39472
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An endeavor undertaken by a sixth grade class at Epiphany School, its yield was the preservation of the Bryan-Fordham Cemetery. Included were a description of their preservation activities, individuals discovered in the cemetery; research sources, such as a local public library; their dream that the cemetery will be included on the New Bern Tour of Cemeteries. Included also were a gravestone identification table, map showing a layout of the graves in Bryan-Fordham Cemetery, and photo of this sixth grade class.
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7.Mike’s Place by Phaup, John J. Journal of the New Bern Historical Society Vol. 5 Issue 1, May 1992
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41221
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Mike Shapou was a Lebanese immigrant who gained a down home reputation through his cafes. In all three cases, his places exuded a third place level nuance. The “home away from home” nuance came from the sense of welcome offered for all, across the racial divide and through times of economic boom and bust.
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43495
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Free persons of color, Issac Carter, Joshua Carter William Dove and Issac Perkins of the Harlowe community appear to have started their Revolutionary War service in early May 1776. Chartered on September 3, 2016, the Patriot Issac Carter Chapter became the first and only chapter of Sons of the American Revolution comprised primarily of African American men.
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The Bank of Commerce opened in New Bern in 1859. Alonzo Thomas Jenkins was appointed its first president. John Amos Guion, cashier worked to keep the bank open during the Civil War, but it eventually succumbed in 1867. Guion continued afterwards in his same role for the National Bank of New Bern until 1886.
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Journal of the New Bern Historical Society
(NoCar F 264 N5 J66), Vol. 28 Issue 1, 2021,
p13-22, il, por, bibl, f
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43500
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Torpedoes and mines contributed to a mass explosion that wiped out a depot an other structures at Bachelor Creek on May 26, 1864. Most contemporary sources reported around thirty men killed. Union forces had already repelled two strong Confederate attacks on New Bern earlier in 1864.
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Journal of the New Bern Historical Society
(NoCar F 264 N5 J66), Vol. 28 Issue 1, 2021,
p24-31, il, por, map, bibl
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43501
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Gerock began his career in Raleigh in 1876 and in 1877, relocated to New Bern, where he was active until the early 1900s. He began a partnership with Ignatius W. Brock in 1891. He is known for his portrait photography and additionally his realism in the capturing of New Bern street scenes.
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Journal of the New Bern Historical Society
(NoCar F 264 N5 J66), Vol. 28 Issue 1, 2021,
p32-47, il, por, bibl
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A native of Duplin County, Caleb Bradham invented "Brad's Drink" in a New bern pharmacy in the 1890s. In 1898, he changed the name to Pepsi-Cola. Patent for the beverage was secured in 1903. By 1909, Pepsi was being bottled and sold through franchise agreements in 250 plants in 24 states. In 1923, the business was bankrupt. It did not re-emerge to the level of its early success until after Bradhams death in 1934.
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Journal of the New Bern Historical Society
(NoCar F 264 N5 J66), Vol. 28 Issue 1, 2021,
p48-54, il, por, f
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"In 1913, New Bern City Council had a problem on its hands. The Cedar Grove Cemetery was running out of space. This old cemetery located along Queen and George Streets in New Bern is one of the finest historical cemeteries in the state. Founded in 1800 by Christ Episcopal Church after yellow fever filled up its capus graveyard, Cedar Grove would become the final resting place of many of the city's founders and heroes."
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Journal of the New Bern Historical Society
(NoCar F 264 N5 J66), Vol. 28 Issue 1, 2021,
p55-64, il, f
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43507
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"The following story tells of our country’s and Craven County’s preparation for war, and three Craven County men who were caught up in the maelstrom of the country’s mood as it lurched towards war: the physician, the volunteer, and the draftee. Noted are Dr. Steven James Hawes of Dover, Wiley Clifton Bissett, and African American draftee James M. King.
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Journal of the New Bern Historical Society
(NoCar F 264 N5 J66), Vol. 28 Issue 1, 2021,
p65-74, il, por, f
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43508
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Ceasar, a former slave and member of the local Presbyterian Church began his career as bell-ringer and sexton in 1846, serving only occasionally interrrupted for more than 60 years.
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