Caswell County Historical Association Collection, 1791-2000s

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Caswell County Historical Association Collection, 1791-2000s

The Caswell County Historical Association, headquartered in Yanceyville, N.C., was organized in 1954 to promote the study of local history and genealogy. The collection consists of materials collected by the Caswell County Historical Association, including family papers, photographs, and account books.

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Ku Klux Klan (19th cent.)

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Yarbrough, O. R.

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O. R. Yarbrough was a son of Henry Mitchelle Yarbrough and Ida Dixon Yarbrough. From the description of O. R. Yarbrough papers, 1890s-1950s. WorldCat record id: 422783538 ...

Satterfield family.

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McAden family.

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Thompson family.

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Covington family.

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Yanceyville Plank Road Company (Yanceyville, N.C.)

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McDade family.

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Zimmerman, Dorothy Y., 1916-

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Dorothy Yarbrough Zimmerman was born 15 June 1916 to Webb C. and Ida Siddle Yarbrough of Caswell County, N.C. She was a educator. From 1950 to 1982, she served as curriculum supervisor of the Caswell County Schools. During that time, she also served as state president of the North Carolina Supervisors, was a state officer of Delta Kappa Gamma, and was a member of the North Carolina Textbook Commission. Prior to her supervisory work, she taught school in Ellerbe, N.C., Boston, Mass., Washington, ...

Milton Women's Club (Milton, N.C.)

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The Milton Women's Club, founded circa 1900, is a community development organization in Milton, N.C. Over the years, the Milton Women's Club has promoted the building of sidewalks, worked on establishing after-school activities for young children, and dealt with other issues that directly affect the community. From the description of Milton Women's Club notes and scrapbooks, 1950s-1990s. WorldCat record id: 422778729 ...

Farley family.

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Davis family.

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Yarbrough family.

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Dodson family.

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McAden, J. H. (John Henry)

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J. H. McAden was a pharmacist who owned a dry-goods store in Semora, N.C. He was possibly the husband of Ella Temperance Yarbrough and the son-in-law of John B. Yarbrough. From the description of J. H. McAden papers, 1894-1942. WorldCat record id: 422767415 ...

Totten, Joseph Silas, 1806-1861

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Joseph Silas Totten (1806-1861) of Yanceyville, N.C., was a slave trader, planter, and president of the Yanceyville Plank Road Company. He and Allen Gunn of Yanceyville traded under the name of Totten & Gunn, and Totten traveled the South in his business of speculating in slaves. Among the children he and his wife Amanda McAlpin Totten (1821-1890) had was a son, Leroy Logan M. Totten (1843-1903), who served in the Confederate army during the Civil War. From the description of Jos...

Royster family.

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Somerville Female Institute (Leasburg, N.C.)

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McMurray family.

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Snipes family.

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Yarbrough, John B., 1841-1922

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John B. Yarbrough, a son of Joseph J. Yarbrough and his wife Mary Herring Yarbrough, was born 6 January 1841 in Caswell County, N.C., and died 7 January 1922. He attended Trinity College, and, after the Civil War, became a millwright and served as justice of the peace and county commissioner. He married his cousin Mary Louisa Harrison. In 1878, he and his family moved to Semora, N.C. John B. Yarbrough and his wife had six children: Jesse Walton Yarbrough, Ella Temperance Yarbrough, Louis Thomas ...

Kersey family.

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McAden, Hugh, approximately 1730-1781

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Lindbergh, Charles A. (Charles August), 1859-1924

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Lea family.

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Yarbrough's Foundry (Milton, N.C.)

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Yarbrough's Foundry was an ironworks near Milton, N.C., operated by Joseph Joel Yarbrough (1821-1896). From the description of Yarbrough's Foundry papers, 1860, 1960. WorldCat record id: 422781538 ...

Lea, Solomon, 1807-1897

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Solomon Lea (1807-1897) was the son of William and Sarah McNeil Lea. He graduated from the University of North Carolina in 1833. In 1837, Lea married Sophia Ainger, an English woman. In 1846, he became the first president of Greensboro Female College, the first regularly chartered female college in North Carolina and the second one "south of the Potomac." He returned to Leasburg, N.C, in 1847 and, in 1848, founded the Somerville Female Institute, a school for young women; the school closed in 18...

Yarbrough, Joseph Joel, 1821-1896

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Scott family.

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Glenn family.

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Richmond, Caleb Hazard, 1805-1861

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Caleb Hazard Richmond was born around 1 January 1805 in Newport, R.I. His parents were Nathaniel Richmond (b. ca. 1768) and Mary Hazard (b. ca. 1773). Caleb Hazard Richmond married his first wife Ann Samuel (Nancy) Rainey of Milton, N.C., on 11 April 1830; the couple had three children. After his first wife died on 17 February 1836, Richmond married Mary Randolph Dodson of Granville, N.C., on 28 September 1838. They had seven children. Richmond died 20 June 1861. From the description...

Totten family.

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McDade, A. J. (Ashel James), 1832-1900

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Ashel James McDade was born 15 October 1832 in Hudson, Caswell County, N.C. He served in the 31st North Carolina Infantry Regiment during the Civil War. McDade married Charlotte Jane Murphey on 17 October 1855 in Orange County, N.C. They had eight children before his death on 14 May 1900. His wife died 16 June 1921. From the description of A. J. McDade papers, 1853-1912. WorldCat record id: 422776277 ...

Montague, J. K.

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Stephens, John Walter, 1834-1870

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Satterfield, Mary McAden, 1911-

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Mary (Yarbrough) McAden Satterfield was born 15 March 1911 and died 24 June 2003. She was the daughter of John Henry McAden and Ella Temperance Yarbrough McAden. She graduated from Meredith College; taught school for many years; served as postmistress for Milton, N.C.; and was a charter member of the Milton Women's Club. She married Lynn Banks Satterfield on 29 November 1933. They had two sons: Lynn Banks Satterfield Jr. and John DeBerniere Satterfield. From the description of Mary M...

McAden, John Henry, 1907-1967

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John Henry McAden Jr.'s parents were J.H. McAden and Ella Temperance Yarbrough McAden of Semora, N.C. From the description of John Henry McAden Jr. baby book, 1907-1967. WorldCat record id: 422770295 ...

Caswell County Historical Association

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The Caswell County Historical Association, headquartered in Yanceyville, N.C., was organized in 1954 to promote the study of local history and genealogy. Part of Caswell County Historical Association's collection was transferred to the Southern Historical Collection in August 2008 and January 2009. From the guide to the Caswell County Historical Association Collection, 1791-2000s, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.) The Cas...