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FAMILY HISTORY FOR NORA MAYO |
WILLIAM MAYO (SEPT. 25, 1791 ~ NOV. 23 1866 WILLIAM MARRIED ELIZABETH ? (1800 ~ 1876). THEY HAD THE FOLLOWING CHILDREN: JOSEPH JAMES ~ JUNE 12, 1829 MARTHA ANN ~ MAY 2, 1832 LUCINDA ~ JULY 4, 1839 PRUSSIA ANN ~ APRIL 2, 1842 JULIA ANN ~ ? ELIZABETH ~ ? |
JOSEPH JAMES MAYO (JAN. 12, 1829 ~ MAY 6, 1858) ~ MARRIED POLLY HODGES ( JAN. 25, 1836 ~ MARCH 29, 1902) THEY WERE MARRIED ON JULY 19, 1851 BY SAMUEL T. CARROW AT BEAR CREEK. THEY HAD TWO CHILDREN: WILLIAM JOHN ~ OCT. 9, 1855 SALLY ANN ~ DEC. 3, 1857 JOSEPH JAMES DIED AT THE AGE OF 29, CAUSE UNKNOWN, J. J. AND POLLY MAYO ARE BURIED AT WESLEY CEMETERY. |
WILLIAM JOHN MAYO (OCT 9, 1855 ~ MARCH 24, 1931) ~MARRIED KATHERINE "KATIE" REBEKAH MOORE (JAN. 11, 1860 ~ MARCH 21, 1944) THEY HAD THE FOLLOWING CHILDREN: WALTER J. ~ MARCH 2, 1879 ~ AUG. 19, 1880 (DIED OF UNKNOWN CAUSES CHARLES ALLEN ~ DEC. 2 1881 BLANCH ~ SEPT, 7, 1884 JOHNNIE "JACK" w. ~ SEPT. 26, 1887 NETTIE ~ SEPT. 9, 1890 CORINNE ~ AUG. 18, 1893 **NORA ~ JULY 9, 1896 ( GRANDMOTHER) ROBBIE ~ SEPT. 15, 1899 (STILLBORN) REBEKAH ~ JUNE 16, 1901 IN JANUARY 1860, CALHOON MOORE AND HIS WIFE, REBEKAH L. (TUCKER) MOORE, MOVED FROM FLORIDA, BY COVERED WAGON, TO CHOCOWINITY, N. C. THEY HAD A DAUGHTER BORN ON THIS TRIP, KATHERINE REBEKAH. CALHOON WAS A SCHOOL TEACHER IN CHOCOWINITY. IN APRIL 1891, WILLIAM JOHN MOVED FROM THE OLD LOG HOUSE LOCATED IN THE FIELD BEHIND THE PRESENT HOMEPLACE. HE DIED OF CANCER. HE WAS IN THE HOSPITAL IN WASHINGTON, N. C., PRIOR TO HIS DEATH. DOCTORS WANTED TO PERFORM SURGERY FOR HIS CANCER. HE REFUSED SURGERY AND ASKED HIS DAUGHTER, NORA, TO HAVE SOMEONE MOVE HIM TO HIS HOME. HE DIED AT HOME AND IS BURIED IN THE WESLEY CEMETERY NEAR CHOCOWINIY. AFTER WILLIAM JOHN'S DEATH, KATIE PURCHASED A VAULT BESIDE HIS GRAVE IN THE WESLEY CEMETERY AS HER BURIAL PLACE. BEFORE SHE DIED, THE LOCAL CHILDREN KEPT OPENING THE VAULT AND PEEPING IN. THIS ANGERED AND FRUSTRATED KATIE TO THE POINT THAT SHE DECIDED TO CHANGE HER BURIAL PLACE. SHE MOVED HER VAULT TO CHERRY HILL CEMETERY IN GREENVILLE. |
NORA MAYO (JUNE 9, 1896 ~ FEB. 23, 1999 ~ MARRIED LEVI MCGOWAN (APRIL 24, 1893 ~APRIL 2 1981) THEY WERE MARRIED ON JANUARY 28, 1914. THEY HAD THE FOLLOWING CHILDREN: IRMA LEE ~ JAN. 17, 1915 NANCY G. ~ JAN. 2, 1917 VERNA MAE ~ JAN 6, 1920 QUILLIE LOUISE ~ APRIL 23, 1923 MELVIN RUTH ~ NOV. 30, 1925 LEVI, JR. ~ JULY 4, 1928 |
| GREAT, GREAT GRANDFATHER AND MOTHER |
| GREAT, GREAT, GREAT GRANDFATHER AND MOTHER |
| GREAT GRANDFATHER AND GRANDMOTHER |
| GRAND FATHER AND GRAND MOTHER |
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| left to right: IRMA LEE, NANCY AND VERNA MAE |
| GRANDMA WITH ALL OF HER CHILDREN |
| LOUISE ~ DUCK TO MOST PEOPLE ~ SHE WAS SUCH A CHILD AT HEART, LOTS OF FUN, AND REALLY ENJOYED YOUNG PEOPLE. SHE IS REALLY MISSED. |
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