William E. Elmore Collection, 1821-2009, undated

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William E. Elmore Collection, 1821-2009, undated

1821-2009

https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/special/ead/findingaids/0039

This collection (1821-2007) contains several groups of family history-related papers concerning eastern North Carolina and a large number of unrelated miscellaneous items such as photographs, church records, Bible records, and rare printed items on a variety of subjects. The majority of the family papers concern the Croom and Whitfield families of Lenoir County, N.C. Other family papers concern the Harvey family of Greene County, N.C., the Jordan and Waters families of Washington, N.C., the Meeks family of Pitt County, the Outlaw family of Lenoir County and the Thompson family of Georgia. A large part of this collection concerns the Ficklen family of Greenville, N.C., including scrapbooks, diaries, an autograph book and a post card collection. Some items concern the colorful poet, magazine editor, railroad speculator, paper mill owner, Civil War blockade-runner, and sea captain Appleton Oaksmith who lived in Carteret County, N.C., for fifteen years (1872-1887). Also included are ambrotype photographs of Confederate Civil War soldiers James Needham Alexander, who served in Company A, 11th North Carolina Troops (Infantry) and Stanhope Washington Alexander, who served in Company H, 35th North Carolina Regiment.

2 Cubic Feet, 9 archival boxes and 2 oversize folders

eng, Latn

East Carolina University. J.Y. Joyner Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 11625724

East Carolina University. J.Y. Joyner Library

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North Carolina.

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Elmore family.

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This collections contains items held by the Elmore family of North Carolina. The Elmores of Saulston and Seven Springs in Wayne Co., N.C., the Elmores of Lenoir Co., N.C., and the Fields of La Grange, N.C. are represented. From the description of Elmore family papers, 1821-1976 [manuscript]. (East Carolina University). WorldCat record id: 537194176 ...

Whitfield family.

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St. Mark's Church (Wilson, N.C.)

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National Farmers' Alliance and Industrial Union

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East Carolina Teachers Training School

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Ficklen family.

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Ney, Peter Stuart, d. 1846

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Peter Stuart Ney was a school teacher in the Carolinas, settling in the Davidson region toward the end of his life. He designed the Davidson College seal. It is rumored that he was also Napoleon's Marshal Michel Ney of France, who had somehow escaped his execution and fled to America. From the description of Collection, 1842-1992. (American Museum of Natural History). WorldCat record id: 722090418 ...

Atlantic Christian College

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Croom family.

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Oaksmith, Appleton, 1827-1887

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Adventurer, author, shipowner, and industrial promoter, of Hollywood, N.C. From the description of Papers, 1840-1885. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20019397 Appleton Oaksmith, North Carolina state legislator from Carteret County, N.C., was the son of Seba Smith (1792-1868), Maine and New York political humorist, and Elizabeth Oakes Prince Smith (1806-1893), author, lecturer, and reformer, who used the name Ernest Helfenstein. From the description...

Elmore, William E.

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The Whitfield and Croom families lived in Lenoir County, N.C. The Ficklen family lived in Greenville, N.C. Appleton Oaksmith was a poet, magazine editor, railroad speculator, paper mill owner, Civil War blockade-runner, and sea captain who lived in Carteret County, N.C., for fifteen years (1872-1887). From the description of William E. Elmore collection, 1821-1948, undated [manuscript]. (East Carolina University). WorldCat record id: 276760906 ...

Carolina Christian College.

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Greenville Tobacco Board of Trade.

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