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Marriage: Mr. A. C. Williamson and Miss Minnie Adams
Location: Bethel, South Carolina
Married by Rev. S.L. Watson.
Family Information: Esquire J. L. Adams
Source: Charlotte Democrat - 1/25/1878
Marriage: Mr. J. F. Wilson and Miss Elizabeth Hayes
Location: Mount Holly, Gaston County,NC
Married by W.B. Rutledge, Esq.
Family Information: Unknown - Add to this story below.
Source: Charlotte Democrat - 9/5/1879
Marriage: Mr. P. M. Wilson and Miss Ellen M. Hale
Location: Raleigh, Wake County,NC
P.M. Wilson is listed as a local editor for the Raleigh Observer.
Family Information: Esquire P. M. Hale
Source: Charlotte Democrat - 5/12/1879
Marriage: Mr. William H. Windle and Miss Dora Ann Blankenship
Location: Fort Mill, York County, S.C.
Family Information: Unknown - Add to this story below.
Source: Charlotte Democrat - 11/22/1875
Marriage: Professor P. P. Winn and Miss Sue N.H. Anderson
Location: Davidson College, Davisdon, Mecklenburg County,NC
Family Information: Unknown - Add to this story below.
Source: Charlotte Democrat - 11/14/1871
Marriage: Mr. J. A. Withers and Miss E. S. Belk
Location: Fort Mill, York Conty,S.C.
Family Information: Unknown - Add to this story below.
Source: Charlotte Democrat - 4/12/1876
Marriage: Mr. Joseph Woodruff and Sophie L. Halsey
Location: Elizabethtown, NJ
Joseph was part of the firm J & J Woodruff in Charlotte.
Family Information: Unknown - Add to this story below.
Source: Miners and Farmers Journal - 4/24/1832
Marriage: Mr. W. T. Woodruff and Miss Alice F. Booe
Location: Mocksville, Davie Coounty,N.C.
Family Information: Mr. A. M. Booe, Mr. W. T. Woodruff
Source: Charlotte Democrat - 5/26/1882
Marriage: Mr. S. G. Worth and Miss Lovie C. Beaman
Location: n.p.
Father of the bride, John R. Beaman, is listed as being a resident of Clinton,N.C.
Family Information: Mr. John R. Beaman
Source: Charlotte Democrat - 8/8/1879
Marriage: Mr. James E. Wyche and Miss Rosa T. Bobbitt
Location: Hickory, Catawba County,N.C.
Married by Rev. T.M. Jones at the residence of J.T. Bobbitt of Greensboro.
Family Information: Reverend J. T. Bobbitt
Source: Charlotte Democrat - 2/8/1878
Marriage: Mr. M. W. Wyrick and Miss Victoria P. Goodman
Location: Amity Hill, Iredell County, NC
Family Information: Mrs. Amanda Goodman, Mr. George V. Goodman
Source: Charlotte Democrat - 12/25/1879
Marriage: Mr. William Yoder and Miss Mattie Michal
Location: Lincoln County, NC
Marriage performed by Rev. A.J. Fox.Marriage date approximate.
Family Information: Unknown - Add to this story below.
Source: Charlotte Democrat - 9/24/1880
Surveyors mark off the locations of Charlotte's streets in a block pattern called a grid. The four sections defined by the crossing of Trade and Tryon streets will evolve into four areas, called wards. In years to come, each of the wards will change tremendously.
With the Revolutionary War now over, citizens work hard for a better life in the growing Charlotte- Mecklenburg communities.
Dr. Caldwell has practiced medicine in Charlotte for more than 20 years. But doctors still don't know how diseases are transmitted. Without realizing it, Dr. Caldwell treats a patient and brings a deadly infection home to his own family. His wife, Harriet, and three children will die.
March 3, 1845 - The U.S. Congress agrees to set aside, or appropriate, money to rebuild the Charlotte Mint. The facility, which made coins from gold mined in North Carolina, was destroyed by a fire last July. Congress will allow $35,000 to be spent on the project.
Doctors and lawyers, printers and teachers, miners and tradesmen all make their homes in Charlotte. In the surrounding Mecklenburg county, flour and grain are milled and gold is mined. Taverns welcome travelers, and a weekly newspaper keeps citizens informed.
The First Charlotte Bank opens. But not everyone in Mecklenburg needs a bank. During the first 50 years of U.S. history, settlers in the rough wilderness, or backcountry, have had little use for money. Many people trade for what their families need.
Before the railroad came through in 1852, the little village was known simply as Morrow's Turnout. Now, the town south of Charlotte is incorporated as Pineville. In 1903, it will have a cotton mill.
The Carolina Central Railroad connects Charlotte to Wilmington, nearly 200 miles away. Within two years the railroad will reach from Richmond, Virginia to Atlanta, Georgia. The cotton trade booms as textiles made in the region travel to markets beyond.Steam Engine