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Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He was killed in the North Atlantic area when his plane crashed about three minutes after take-off. He was on a foreign ferrying mission and had frequently flown ferry command planes into Morris Field in Charlotte. He had completed 18 missions.
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Killed on the first day of the Peleliu Island campaign. As the driver of an amphibious tractor, he carried troops across the reef through heavy mortar fire before being mortally wounded by enemy mortar fire.
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He was returning from a routine combat training flight piloting a C-47 troop carrier plane. He was killed when the plane crashed. His funeral was at Enderly park Baptist church on 9-24-1944. Internment was at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Charlotte.
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Killed in an airplane accident 6 miles east of Turner Field, Albany, GA. Funeral services held Mar 10, 1944 at Harry and Bryant chapel. Memorial service at Westminster Presbyterian Church on Jul 21, 1946.
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He was the commanding officer in the Charlotte Quartermaster Depot. He suffered a stroke of apoplexy in his office and died at Memorial Hospital. His funeral was at St. Philips Episcopal Church in Durham with full military honors on 12-18-1944.
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He was killed on his third bombing mission. His first was 7-4-1944. A requiem mass was said for him on 7-27-1944 at St. Peters Catholic Church in Charlotte. Memorial marker at Cambridge, England.
Age at Death: 22
American military historians, seeking perhaps years from now to discover the time and place of birth of Charlotte's famed World War II Evacuation Hospital Unit, might be expected to search the records of the various Charlotte hospitals.
`Native of Rowan County, N.C., educated at Salem College. First marriage in 1829 to William D. Crawford, lawyer, who died in 1844: in 1854 married the late Peter M. Brown, Esq. of Charlotte. Member of Tryon Street Methodist Church in Charlotte,N.C.
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Marriage: Esquire Thomas Stuart Armistead and Miss Mary Bratton
Location: Charlotte, Mecklenburg County,NC
Mary Bratton is listed as Dr. Bratton's only daughter.Married by Rev. Dr. A.W. Miller.
Family Information: Dr. S. E. Bratton
Marriage: Mr. Alexander Sandie Bethune and Miss Amanda Bolton
Location: n.p.
Information appears as part of an obituary for Alexander Bethune. Amanda Bolton's father, John Bolton was the first `chief coiner` for the Charlotte, N.C. branch of the U.S. Mint.
Marriage: Mr. Julius Kats and Miss Hassie Bernstein
Location: Charlotte, Mecklenburg County,N.C.
Married by Rev. Dr. Mendelson of Wilmington, New Hanover County,N.C.New Orleans Death Records show that Hassie Bernstein Katz died 2/1920 in New Orleans,LA.
Marriage: Mr. Le Roy R. Kennedy and Mrs. Mary E. Beckton
Location: Charlotte,Mecklenburg County,N.C.
Mary Beckton is listed as being formerly of Kinston, Lenoir County,N.C.Married at the residence of C.A. Wadsworth by Rev. J.B. Cheshire.
Has removed from Mr. L. Dinkins` to the house of widow Elizabeth Smith, 5 miles from Charlotte on the Old Nations Ford Rd., where he will attend to any calls that may be made in his line. See also 4-17-1832, when he moved to Lewis Dinkins 8 miles south of Charlotte.
One of the most notable of Charlotte's many celebrations was the 39th Reunion of the United Confederate Veterans on June 4 through 7, 1929. This is the event for which the Armory-Auditorium was hastened to completion.
The Berryhill Baptist Church, shown in the photo, has been closed due to expansion of the Charlotte-Douglas International Airport. It is located at 7438 Old Dowd Rd., Charlotte. This list of burials is incomplete and was abstracted by Mary Beth Gatza.
The plot was once owned by H. C. Dwelle and his family. There were 17 graves that were in a wooded area, which is now the site of Theater Charlotte. The graves were relocated in 1941 to an unnamed downtown cemetery. An African-American mortician named Grier performed the relocation.
This cemetery has brick gate posts with signs that say Memorial United Presbyterian Church is the responsible church. This should not to be confused with the Charlotte Church of Christ, which is next to the cemetery. This is not a complete list of burial records.
This cemetery is now owned by the City of Charlotte. It was established in 1915 by J. J. Misenheimer. The cemetery was deeded to the City of Charlotte in 1956 by Mrs. Adele Lynch Hendrix. The Carolina Room has a list of some interments. This cemetery can be seen from Oaklawn Ave.
Gold mined in Mecklenburg County must travel hundreds of miles to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to be minted into coins. Roads are bad and each dangerous trip takes four months. Charlotteans ask Congress for a North Carolina branch of the U.S. Mint. But legislators resist the plan.
The gold rush attracts mining experts to Charlotte. Humphrey Bissell invests in the mines, and helps develop machines that drill for gold, then crush and compact it. Count Chevalier Vincent de Rivafinoli brings European workers to help increase the yield from the mines.