Fairley, McIver, and Roberson family papers, 1805-1964 [manuscript].

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Fairley, McIver, and Roberson family papers, 1805-1964 [manuscript].

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Correspondence, pictures, and other materials. Materials 1805 and into the 1830s relate to Isaac and Jane Gillespie Wright of Bladen County, N.C., and treat mostly social topics. In the 1830s, there are many items relating to Rev. Alexander and Catherine McIver of Duplin County, N.C. Many of these letters document Alexander's church activities, including his participation in weekly services and at marriages, births, and deaths. Letters to Catherine are chiefly about routine family affairs. Fairley family materials begin in 1861, when Janie McIver married David Fairley and took up residence in Mancester, Cumberland County, N.C. During the Civil War, there are many letters from David to his mother telling her of his church work and religious instruction with troops who passed through Manchester. Letters to David and Janie from their children begin in the 1880s, many of them relating to Watson M. Fairley, who traveled extensively in the West in the early 1900s. Roberson family letters begin in 1909, when Janie and Edward Leon Roberson were living in Tarboro. Letters are sparse from the mid- 1920s to the early 1940s. Materials 1941-1946 are chiefly related to Edward L. Roberson, Jr.'s service with the U.S. Navy's Medical Corps during World War II in Georgia, the Bahamas, Cuba, Miami, and, as the war ended, on a ship in the Pacific. Other materials include clippings; a few sermons and other writings; genealogical items; and photographs of members of the Fairley, Roberson, and related families.

750 items (2.0 linear ft.).

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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