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Marriage: Mr. William Walker and Miss Jennie Hannon
Location: Charlotte,Mecklenburg County,NC
Married by Rev. Thomas Ledwell.
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Source: Charlotte Democrat - 7/1/1881
Marriage: Mr. Joseph H. Wells and Miss Katie A. D. Blackwelder
Location: Charlotte, Mecklenburg County,N.C.
Married by Rev. E.A. Wingard.
Family Information: Mr. L, A. Blackwelder
Source: Charlotte Democrat - 12/25/1879
Marriage: Mr. J. F. White and Miss Clara Belle Alexander
Location: Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, NC
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Source: Charlotte Democrat - 9/26/1890
Marriage: Mr. J. F. White and Miss Clara Bwllw Alexander
Location: Charlotte, Mecklenburg County,NC
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Source: Charlotte Democrat - 9/26/1890
Marriage: Mr. William C. Wilkinson and Miss Rosa Booker
Location: Charlotte, Mecklenburg County,N.C.
Married by Rev. A. G. McManaway.
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Source: Charlotte Democrat - 11/16/1888
Marriage: Reverend Neander M. Woods and Miss Sallie Behrie
Location: Walterboro,S.C.
Rev.Neander Woods is listed as pastor of 2nd. Presbyterian Church in Charlotte,N.C.
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Source: Charlotte Democrat - 5/22/1885
Marriage: Mr. William A. Worsham and Miss Maggie E. Alexander
Location: Charlotte, Mecklenburg County,NC
Family Information: Mr. James F. Alexander
Source: Charlotte Democrat - 9/11/1877
Marriage: Mr. Thomas C. Worth and Miss Alice M. Hannah
Location: Charlotte County,VA
Thomas Worth listed as a clerk in the N.C. Treasury Dept.
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Source: Charlotte Democrat - 11/10/1878
Marriage: Mr. Loyd R. Wriston and Miss Margaret `Maggie` Bethune
Location: Charlotte, Mecklenburg County,N.C.
Family Information: Mrs. Amanda Bethune, Mrs. Louisa Wriston , Mr. Samuel T. Wriston , Mr. Alex Bethune
Source: Charlotte Democrat - 10/25/1887
Marriage: Mr. J. W. Yandle and Miss Lizzie Austin
Location: Charlotte,Mecklenburg County,NC
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Source: Charlotte Democrat - 10/17/1890
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Age at Death: first joint off of first finger maybe hand (*?)
Home Address: Chadwick Station, Charlotte
Disability: first joint off of first finger maybe hand (*?)
Image Source: The Charlotte Observer 2/20/1982
Charlotte and the surrounding area continue to grow. William Smith is Charlotte's postmaster and there are 10 other post offices in Mecklenburg County. Serving the city's population of 700 are 14 stores, plus taverns, tailors, weavers and wagon makers.
June 15, 1843 - Green Washington Caldwell is appointed superintendent of Charlotte's Mint. This doctor, former congressman and lawyer is well acquainted with the business of manufacturing coins.
The Charlotte Female Institute opens to educate young women. The school building at the corner of Ninth and College streets will be used in 1896 to start Presbyterian College for Women.
Although the Civil War has ended, Southern military leaders will not abandon their countrymen. More than 60 officers bring their skills to Charlotte.
December 15, 1874 - The last stagecoach carries mail from Charlotte to Wadesboro as railroad lines now link major cities throughout the Carolinas and the South. There is now a distillery to make liquor in Charlotte, and four dealers who sell the intoxicating spirits.
Without money to build and expand their facilities, businesses cannot grow. The Charlotte National Bank opens this year. It will lends funds, called capital, to help businesses become strong and healthy.
D.A. Tompkins arrives in Charlotte, armed with a prestigious engineering degree from New York. He believes the New South can and will emerge as the nation's industrial and textile leader.
Charlotte Sanitorium opens in a five-story building at the corner of Seventh and Church Streets. The hospital can accommodate 100 patients. It is privately owned by a group of 30 physicians and surgeons.
On December 5, Charles Wadsworth, who with his brother James operated a livery stable on North College Street, became the first person to drive a gasoline-powered car in Charlotte. As it passed along Tryon Street . . . crowds followed it, noted the Charlotte Observer in a story the next day.