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This is the Good Samaritan Hospital, which was located 405 West Hill Street. Built in 1888, it is the first hospital for blacks in North Carolina. Like St. Peter's, the women of St.
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He joined the Royal Canadian Air Force before the United States entered the war. His wife was living in Spartanburg, SC, at the time of his death.
Watson Park, in Washington Heights, was the only park in Charlotte for the use of blacks in 1915. From: Colored Charlotte, courtesy of QUEENS COLLEGE LIBRARY.
In an age when opportunities for women were extremely limited, Annie Lowrie Alexander made a place in history. She was the first woman in the South to practice medicine. She was born near Cornelius, N.C., the daughter of a prominent Mecklenburg citizen, Dr.
Lillian Arhelger (1907-1931) was a native of Fredericksburg, Texas. She was a graduate of the University of Texas.
Object Title: Sterling Elementary School
Location: 9701 China Grove Rd.Charlotte (N.C.)
Date Taken: September, 2000
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THE discovery of gold in Piedmont Carolina began the first of three important epochs which differentiated the industrial history of Charlotte from neighboring communities.
Richard Harris was one of the original signers of the Meckenburg Declaration of Independence.
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: The World War II Honor List for Mecklenburg County states that he died in service, non-battle. He died in a POW camp in the Philippines. He is buried in the Manila American Cemetery, Plot A, Row 1, Grave 1 in Manila, Phillipines.
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Accidentally killed at Camp Hood where he was attending anti-tank school. Memorial services held Feb 16, 1943 at Chadwick Baptist Church.Funeral services at Hovis Chapel. Burial at Forest Lawn Cemetery.
Age at Death: 26
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Accidentally killed in the North Pacific in August, 1943. Burial overseas. Memorial service at Tabernacle ARP Church on May 26, 1946. His mother honored as a Gold Star Mother on Nov 12, 1943.
Age at Death: 34
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He had been overseas 17 months at the time of his death, according to a newspaper article on 3-1-1944. There was no date of death given. A memorial service was held at Warlick's Baptist Church near Icard on March 12, 1944.
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He had been in the South Pacific for nine months and had already been in three major battles. He was lost at sea when the Warrenton encountered a hurricane. Memorial marker at Battery Park, NYC.
Age at Death: 17
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Lost his life off of Okinawa when the USS Morrison was sunk by 4 direct hits from suicide planes. Memorial service held Sep 16, 1945 at St. Paul's Presbyterian Church. Memorial marker at Punchbowl National Cemetery in Honolulu, HI.
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He was on a boat that had been at Okinawa. It was later attacked by a large group of Japanese dive bombers. The ship sunk 12 miles from land, but he was not one rescued. His memorial service was held at St. Andrews Presbyterian Church on 7/8/1945.
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He was killed in action when his plane was on a reconnaissance mission from Wewak, New Guinea to find a missing plane. He had been eligible for a leave, but he had volunteered for this mission.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He was in the process of improving his newly captured position against a possible enemy counterattck. The enemy subjected the area to a heavy artillery barrage, and during this time, Lamuel was hit and killed instantly.
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Killed in action after going into Normandy soon after D-Day. Has also served a year in Army and then gone into the Reserves before he was recalled. Memorial service at his home on Sep 13, 1944.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: On a strafing mission over a tank column he was hit by antiaircraft fire. He escaped the aircraft but his parachute did not open. Buried in Neuville-en-Condroz Military Cemetery, Belgium.