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Grady Cole (1906-1979) was one of WBT's most popular personalities in the early days of the radio. From 1931 until his retirement in 1961 his radio program was heard throughout the southeast.
Edward Dilworth Latta (1851-1925) was a native of Pendleton, S.C. He came to Charlotte in 1876 and worked in a clothing store.
The church owned another cemetery on Wendover, near the intersection with Marvin Road. According to an article on page 20B of The Charlotte Observer on 9/28/1977, there were several stones on the property. One was marked Anne Kinto, 1/30/1888. A member of the D.A.R.
An African American Album: The Black Experience in Charlotte and Mecklenburg County was first published as a book of photographs in 1992. It documented the community's history up to 1950.
Bonnie Ethel Cone (June 22, 1907 – March 8, 2003) is best known as the driving force behind the development of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, North Carolina. Dr. Cone, the daughter of C.J. and Addie Harter Cone, was born in Lodge, South Carolina.
Revolutionary War era Cemetery, northern half of South Tryon and College Street between Martin Luther King Blvd. and 3rd St., Charlotte, NC.This location has no evidence of a former cemetery.
The library system of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County had always grown and diversified to reach the citizens of Mecklenburg wherever they lived, including
Count Chevalier De Rivafinoli came to Charlotte in 1829-1830 as a representative of a London mining mining firm that was interested in investing in Charlotte's gold mines. He leased several of the area mines and operated others.
Wilbert H. Harrison (1929-1994), the son of James William and Nancy Grafton Harrison, was born on January 5, 1929, in Charlotte, NC. One of 22 children, Wilbert spent his early childhood at 936 Oliver St. in Charlotte.
Dr. Charles G. McManaway (1855-1918) came to Charlotte in 1888, and practiced medicine in the city for over thirty years. He was a charter member of the Mecklenburg Medical Society. Dr. McManaway was born in Bedford County, Virginia.
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: In the 1920 census, the family lived in Charleston, West Virginia. While he was a junior high student in Charlotte, his father worked as a manager for Whitney & Kemmerer Inc. His family lived at 1007 Central Ave. in 1932. Lt.
Echo of the Bugle Call
Charlotte's Role in World War I
Miriam Grace Mitchell
and
Edward Spaulding Perzel
DOWD HOUSE PRESERVATION COMMITTEE
CITIZENS FOR PRESERVATION INC.
CHARLOTTE N. C. 1979
"Black Soldiers Mattered: Black North Carolinians, Camp Greene, and the Great War"
will be presented by Dr. Janet Hudson, associate professor of history at the University of South Carolina.
Object Title: Recreation Center
Description: This center is on Albemarle Road in east Charlotte.
Location: Charlotte (N.C.)
<p>January 31, 1903 - Since 1891, Charlotte's library has charged a subscription fee of 50 cents per month. Today, the city's first free library opens. Northern steel executive Andrew Carnegie has given Charlotte $25,000 to start the library.
Harriet Abigail Morrison Irwin (1828-1897) was the first woman architect to patent an architectural plan for a house. The patent, entered in 1869, was a design for a hexagonal house. She used her plan to design and build her house which was located at 912 W.