Jahu S. Stinnett

Notes:

Johu's known first marriage ended in divorce in March of 1871.

However, the census of 1860 shows a John Stinnett and wife, Sarah, living in an area of Cocke County, Tennessee which is near the Stinnett homeplace in Sevier County, Tennessee. The age is right to be Jahu, (Jahu written in longhand is easily mistaken for John). Jahu was not listed in the census of 1860 as living in the Alexander Stinnett household. Also, this John does not appear in the any subsequent census. Jahu was about twenty-seven years old in 1860 and when you consider the number of times he was married later in life it is not unreasonable to believe that he would have been married at least once by 1860.

Jahu served in Capt. J.P. Lynch's Battery of the Tennessee Light Artillery at Vicksburg, Mississippi until its surrender in 1863. He was at a point about six tenths of a mile East of Fort Hill which was the uppermost point of the Confederate defense line around the city. There is a plaque indicating this there. (It doesn't mention Jahu but it does mention Capt. Lynch.) After the surrender, Jahu was kept in the Marine Hospital at Vicksburg from July 4 until July 17, on one occasion, he refused to sign the parole but he did sign it on July 17. He returned to Sevier County and never entered the war again. He applied for a pension from the state of Tennessee in 1903 but was turned down because his name was mistaken for John.

Lydia Hurst, Jahu's third wife, was a daughter of William Breeding. She was first married to Arch Nunn who was from Kentucky. He returned there and she was to follow him after a certain time. When she got there she could not find him and after a time she returned to Tennessee. Later, after getting a divorce from Nunn she married Sevier Hurst. She had one child by Arch Nunn, named Tolbert and one by Sevier Hurst named Lewis.

Sevier Hurst must have died before the 1870 census. It was said that Tolbert looked like an Indian and was a great hunter and was a good shot with his "hog rifle."Jahu also looked like an Indian and was a good hunter and good shot with his "hog rifle too. Tolbert and Jahu were good friends and were in contests with each other about hunting and shooting for many years. In August of 1902
In August of 1902 Jahu filed a complaint through the Sevier County Courts against R.H. Stinnett and wife, Anna. It states that he had given them a deed for a tract of land in Sevier County, Tennessee on the condition that they would take care care of him for the remainder of his life. If they failed to do so the title of the land would revert back to him. He said that they had lived with and cared for him for a time and then they had moved to Cocke County leaving him with his son James and they had been gone for five years. He wanted the title of the land returned to him but the Court ruled against him. Jahu was Jahu was living with Arrie when he died. The complaint refered to an R. H. Stinnett and wife, Anna. The R.H. must have come about by the person writing the complaint for him thinking Jahu's pronouncing "Arrie" sounding as if he was saying R. H. Jahu could not write. The records of the New Salem Baptist Church.

The records of the New Salem Baptist Church show that Jahu was excluded from fellowship of the church in 1893 for joining the U. B. Church. He had previously been excluded in 1868 on the charges of intoxication and refusing to answer the call of the Lord. He was invited to attend the next meeting to defend himself. Jahu denied himself this opportunity. In 1972 he presented a letter for membership in the church which was rejected, no reason given.

Jahu is buried in the Fox Cemetery (sometimes called Oak Grove) Cemetery on Spicewood Flats Road near Del Rio Tennessee.

Most of the information on Jahu was compiled by Wilbur Bradley from census and church records also from interviews with people who knew him such as his aunt Cora Hopkins Stinnett who was born in 1878.
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Jahu married Jane McMahan 6 Oct 1867, Sevier County, Tennessee; divorced Yes, date unknown. Jane was born Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Jahu married Lucinda Roberts 1874, , Cocke County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Jahu married Lydia Breeding 8 Apr 1880, , Sevier County, Tennessee; divorced Yes, date unknown. Lydia (daughter of William Breeding) was born 1832, Sevier County, Tennessee; died Aft 1880, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Jahu married Celia Eliza Canupp 1 Jun 1884, Sevier County, Tennessee. Celia (daughter of Jacob Canup and Margaret "Peggy" Moore) was born 22 May 1844, Tennessee; died 16 Apr 1894; was buried Fowler Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Arrie worked as a teamster and a farmer and some said he made and sold moonshine. He lived most of his life in Del Rio on Tom's Creek Road. About 1920 he and Laura were divorced.

He moved to Balfour, North Carolina which is near Hendersonville. He died there and was taken back to Del Rio, Tennessee to be buried in the Fox Cemetery that is sometimes called Oak Grove Cemetery. The cemetery is located on Spicewood Flats.
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Timothy Welch Stinnett GEDCOM, August 1995.

Ira married Laura Anna Simmons 30 May 1892, , Cocke County, Tennessee; divorced Yes, date unknown. Laura (daughter of Grisby and Martha Simmons) was born 28 Jan 1873, Hartford, Tennessee; died 20 Dec 1959, Laurens, South Carolina. [Group Sheet]

Ira — Cora Davis. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Richard's parents were divorced when he was very small and he was raised for the
most part by his grandmother, Elmina, and aunt, Sarah on the Stinnett farm in
Sevier County, Tennessee. When Dickey, as he was called, was about sixteen
years old he and a friend moved to Hartford, Tennessee and found work on the
farm of Allen Joe McGaha, who operated a mill and a tannery along with farming.
After about three years, Dickey married Allen Joe's daughter Katie. He was
nineteen and she was sixteen at the time. He soon found work at the Swift
Company in Hartford, Tennessee.

Richard and Katie moved to Texas after the death of their fourth child in 1895.
They traveled in a covered wagon and down the Mississippi in a flat bottomed
boat. They went to the home of his uncle Ben, to pick cotton and possibly work
on the railroad. Their first son to live, George Mack, was born in Ennis, Texas
in 1896. Katie and George Mack returned to Hartford, traveling in the caboose
of a train and Dickey followed after the crops were harvested that year.

Dickey and Katie then moved their family to Hazelwood, North Carolina where
Dickey worked as a tanner. In 1906, when Champion moved into the area he got a
job as carpenter for them. He went with a crew to Savannah, Georgia and was
getting ready to move his family there when he died of malaria.

His body was moved back to Hartford and buried beside his children in the
Redmond-Valentine Cemetery.
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Timothy Welch Stinnett GEDCOM, August 1995.

Richard married Katie McGaha 20 Jul 1889, Hartford, Cocke County, Tennessee. Katie (daughter of Allen Joe McGaha and Jane Rose) was born 3 Jan 1873, Cocke County, Tennessee; died 13 Jan 1946, Canton, North Carolina; was buried , Haywood, North Carolina. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

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"In the Shadow of the Smokies," Smoky Mountain Historical Society, 1993, 29s.
Timothy Welch Stinnett GEDCOM, August 1995.

James — Hannah Estelle Parton. Hannah (daughter of Richard M. C. Parton and Martha Shultz) was born Oct 1876, Tennessee; died 2 Oct 1950; was buried Richard Parton Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

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Notes:

Garfield served in the Army Infantry, 30th Division during World War I and
after the war he worked as a mechanic and as a textile worker. He is buried in
Northview (Second Baptist) Cemetery.
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Timothy Welch Stinnett GEDCOM, August 1995.

Garfield married Fannie D. Jones 1920, Laurens, South Carolina. Fannie (daughter of Hardy Jones and Mary Rogers) was born 7 Sep 1896, Waynesville, North Carolina; died 28 Dec 1983, Hendersonville, North Carolina. [Group Sheet]

Garfield — Virginia Watson. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Buried in the Fox Cemetery that is sometimes called Oak Grove Cemetery.
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Notes:

Baptist housewife buried in Northview (Second Baptist) Cemetery.
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Timothy Welch Stinnett GEDCOM, August 1995.

Sarah married Connor H. Green 2 Oct 1937, Woodruff, South Carolina. Connor was born 2 May 1874, Woodruff, South Carolina; died 16 Dec 1954, Laurens, South Carolina. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

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Timothy Welch Stinnett GEDCOM, August 1995.

Notes:

Clyde was a fine Baptist Christian man and was very knowledgeable, concerning
the Bible. He was employed at Champion Papers and worked there for fifty years.
Clyde was a sportsman and enjoyed hunting and fishing and he and Edna camped
and fished quite often. He was a fly fisherman and was very adept at tying his
own flies. He died of Cancer and is buried in Crawford Memorial Cemetery.
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Timothy Welch Stinnett GEDCOM, August 1995.

Clyde married Mary Edna Queen 25 Nov 1929, South Carolina. Mary (daughter of Tom M. Queen and Annie Jones) was born 10 Jun 1910, Haywood County, North Carolina; died 13 Nov 1985, Canton, North Carolina; was buried Clyde, North Carolina. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

George enlisted in the Army at eighteen years of age in 1914. He attained the
rank of Master Hospital Sergeant. He said that after flunking the physical
examination for being under weight, he went out and bought a dozen bananas and
returned after eating them to be weighed again and this time just barley passed.

He received his medical training at Fort Sam Houston, Texas and served in the
base hospital there until 1917. He was then sent to Long Island, New York and
left the USA in June of 1917, to serve in France. He returned after the death
of his father to help his family.

George worked for Champion Papers for a time and then worked at Sayles
Bleacheries as an electrician. Later he found a job with the U. S. Naval Gun
Factory in Washington, DC. He lived with his family in Alexandria, Virginia
until his death.
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Timothy Welch Stinnett GEDCOM, August 1995.

George married Maudie Bessie Craig 31 Dec 1922, Canton, North Carolina. Maudie (daughter of John Kelly Craig and Eula Annis) was born 14 Nov 1906, Nebo, North Carolina; died 13 Jul 1975, Culpeper, Virginia; was buried Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington County, Virginia. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Religion: Methodist

Viola was a meticulous housekeeper and a fabulous cook. Her mother, Katie, was
a member of her household and lived with Viola and Letch and their sons until
her death.

Viola is buried in the Bon-A-Venture Cemetery.
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Timothy Welch Stinnett GEDCOM, August 1995.

Viola married John Letcher Worley 29 Jun 1917, Turnpike, Haywood, North Carolina. John (son of Nathan Jones Worley and Allie Renolds) was born 7 Jun 1890, Sandy Mush, Buncombe County, North Carolina; died 26 Jan 1974, Waynesville, North Carolina; was buried , Haywood, North Carolina. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Twin buried in Redmond-Valentine Cemetery.
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Timothy Welch Stinnett GEDCOM, August 1995.

Notes:

Twin buried in Redmond-Valentine Cemetery.
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Timothy Welch Stinnett GEDCOM, August 1995.

Notes:

Larry received his education in the public schools of Haywood County, North
Carolina. Larry was employed by Champion Papers and worked there as a pipefitter
for a number of years. Larry died of cancer and was buried in Bon-A-Venture
Cemetery.
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Timothy Welch Stinnett GEDCOM, August 1995.

Larry — Ollie Jones. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Charlie received his education in the Haywood County schools. Charlie is a fine
Christian man and is a member of North Canton Baptist Church where he has
taught Sunday School, served as Deacon, and filled many positions in his
church. He is a Mason and a member of the Order of the Eastern Star and is an
active member of the Gideons. Through the years he has been interested in
camping and fishing. As a young man he was a member of the National Guard.
Charlie worked for many years at Champion Papers and retired in 1963.

Charlie along with his second wife worked to enrich the lives of anyone they
found in need. They were making their home in Canton, North Carolina in 1995.
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Timothy Welch Stinnett GEDCOM, August 1995.

Charles married Mazie Patton 22 Oct 1931, , Haywood, North Carolina. Mazie (daughter of James S. Patton and Rachel Kirkpatrick) was born 30 Dec 1909, , Haywood, North Carolina; died 24 Feb 1981, Canton, North Carolina; was buried , North Carolina. [Group Sheet]

Charles married Lucy Mauney 28 Oct 1982. Lucy was born 15 Mar 1915. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Buried in Redmond-Valentine Cemetery.
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Notes:

Buried in Redmond-Valentine Cemetery.
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Timothy Welch Stinnett GEDCOM, August 1995.

Notes:

Buried in Redmond-Valentine Cemetery.
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Timothy Welch Stinnett GEDCOM, August 1995.

Notes:

Buried in Redmond-Valentine Cemetery.
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Timothy Welch Stinnett GEDCOM, August 1995.

Notes:

Buried in Parton Cemetery.
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Reference:
"In the Shadow of the Smokies," Smoky Mountain Historical Society, 1993, 29s.

— C. L. Sherwood. [Group Sheet]

— Robert Morgan. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Furman served in the Air Force during World War II in the Pacific area. Furman
retired from work at the General Electric Corporation in Hendersonville, North
Carolina. He and Fanny make their home in the Dana section of Henderson County
in 1995.
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Timothy Welch Stinnett GEDCOM, August 1995.

Furman married Fannie Elizabeth Howell 19 May 1951, Greenville, South Carolina. Fannie (daughter of Clinton Howell and Ada Hoglen) was born 14 Mar 1926, Waynesville, North Carolina. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

RT 2 BOX 185-A
Horse Shoe , NC 28742
891-8579
877-2525
Occupation: Millwright/ Olin
Religion: Baptist

Ed Ray Stinnett attended the Haywood County Public Schools. He served in the
U.S.Navy from August 1951 until August of 1955. Most of this time was aboard
the destroyer USS D. J. Buckley DDR 808. He was employed by the Ecusta
Paper Co. for about forty-four years. In 1995 he was retired.
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Timothy Welch Stinnett GEDCOM, August 1995.

Ed married Ocie Davis 8 Nov 1956, Bethel, North Carolina. Ocie (daughter of Absalom Jarrett Davis and Ollie Ann Wikle) was born 9 Aug 1936, Whittier, North Carolina. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Kate was educated in the Haywood County Schools and graduated from Canton High.
Kate went on to receive a degree from Blanton's Business College. After
graduation she worked for a few years for a group of lawyers in Asheville. Kate
became a full time homemaker, wife and mother after her marriage.

Kate passed away after a long battle with M/S. She was buried in Crawford
Memorial Cemetery.
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Timothy Welch Stinnett GEDCOM, August 1995.

Annie married Elmer Clyde Limbo 30 Sep 1950, Clayton, Georgia. Elmer was born 10 Dec 1928; died 6 Jul 1991, Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina; was buried Clyde, North Carolina. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Jon completed his education in the Haywood County North Carolina Schools. Jon
served in the Army from 1953 to 1955 and was stationed in Austria where he
worked as a radio operator. After his discharge, he attended the North Carolina
Highway Patrol School at the University of North Carolina Institute of
Government at Raleigh, North Carolina and graduated as a State Trooper. He was
stationed in Ashe County where he met and later married Charlotte Severt. Jon
was promoted to Inspector in the License and Theft Division and he and
Charlotte moved to Shelby, North Carolina. After twenty years, he retired and
in 1995 worked at the Du Pont Corporation in Shelby.
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Timothy Welch Stinnett GEDCOM, August 1995.

Jon married Charlotte Severt 27 Jul 1957, West Jefferson, North Carolina. Charlotte (daughter of Barney Severt and Maude Severt) was born 3 Mar 1936, , Ashe. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Judye graduated from Canton High School and went on to Western Carolina
University and graduated with a degree in Education.

She and her husband made their home in Eden, North Carolina where she taught
school in 1995.
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Timothy Welch Stinnett GEDCOM, August 1995.

Judye married Glenn Delane Fuqua 28 Aug 1958, Walhalla, South Carolina. Glenn was born 25 Feb 1932, , Rockingham, North Carolina. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

After Gerri's school years she became employed with Metropolitan Life
Insurance Company where she worked for a number of years then in 1967, moved
with her family to Culpeper, Virginia. Gerri resumed work for a few years after
moving to Culpeper and took employment with Leggett Department Store and rose
to Management level as Personnel and Office Manager. She retired in 1986.
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Timothy Welch Stinnett GEDCOM, August 1995.

Margaret married Claudie Edward Miles 3 Jul 1946, Alexandria, Virginia. Claudie (son of Herman R. Miles and Myrtle Agnes Smith) was born 13 Oct 1924, Schyler, Virginia. [Group Sheet]

Margaret — Hartwell. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Kay, as she is called, graduated from G.W. High High School in Alexandria,
Virginia. After graduation she worked for six months in Washington, DC as an
Accounts Ledger Clerk for the National Metropolitan Bank. In June of 1948,
after her marriage to Gerald Glenn Moore, she became a clerk typist at Universal
Credit Company in Alexandria, Virginia. She remained in this employment until
she moved with Jerry to Culpeper, Virginia in June of 1950.

Kay started to work at Culpeper Farmers co-op in January of 1951 as Accounts
Receivable Clerk and rose to the position of General Ledger Bookkeeper and
Office Manager before terminating her employment to become a full time homemaker
and mother to their two adopted sons. When the eldest son enrolled in college
she returned to work as a bookkeeper at the Virginia Homes. Kay advanced to
General Ledger Bookkeeper and Office Manager when the newly built General
Office was opened. She remained in this title until she left work to become a
full time homemaker again.

Kay has served in her church in many capacities and has been in the Culpeper
Chapter #79 O. E. S. for over twenty-five years, serving as Worthy Matron from
1961 to 1962. She has been active in many organizations and has been tracing
her families' genealogy for several years.
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Timothy Welch Stinnett GEDCOM, August 1995.

Eula married Gerald Glenn "Jerry" Moore 4 Jun 1948, Alexandria, Virginia. Gerald (son of Henry Colton Moore and Margaret Louise Underwood) was born 26 Jan 1928, Alexandria, Virginia; died 29 Jan 2012, Amerisist Assisted Living; was buried 4 Feb 2012, Masonic Cemetery, Culpeper County, Virginia. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Betty compleeted her education by graduating from Hoag High School in Alexandria
Virginia. She worked for a time for the Navy in Washington, DC and then as a
secretary for a photography studio and as secretary for a church. She continued
to work, after marrying Charles Allen Moore until their first child was born.

Betty has lived in several states due to her husband being transferred from one
area to another. They were living in Chester, Virginia in 1995.
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Timothy Welch Stinnett GEDCOM, August 1995.

Betty married Charles Allan Moore 10 Oct 1951, Alexandria, Virginia. Charles (son of Henry Colton Moore and Margaret Louise Underwood) was born 7 Sep 1931, Alexandria, Virginia. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

George was born in Canton, NC. When his family moved to Alexandria, Virginia he
attended the schools of the city until he was seventeen years of age. He then
enlisted in the Army, this was in 1942, during World War II. George was
honorably discharged in 1946. During his service he received a batlefield
commission. After the war George returned to Alexandria, Virginia and graduated
from high school in 1947, after graduation he worked as a stock clerk and sales
manager for the Temple Foundry.

In 1948 George become an Officer with the Alexandria, Virginia Police Dept. and
was assigned to the Patrol Division. In 1956 he became Dept. Hack Inspector and
remained at this assignment for seventeen years. During his tenure as a police
officer George was awarded eleven commendations and was absent from work a total
of six times. On each of these occasions he was ordered to stay home by a
doctor. Over the years he accumulated over 3,000 hours of unused sick leave.
George is buried at Mt. Comfort Cemetery.
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George married Evelyn Ray Hicks 9 Jul 1948, Alexandria, Virginia. Evelyn (daughter of William Raymond Sr. Hicks and Willetta Martin) was born 13 Jan 1930, Alexandria, Virginia. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

George received his education in the Haywood, North Carolia public schools.
George was employed by Champion Papers in Canton. He was a sportsman and
enjoyed fishing. He loved animals and raised and sold several species of
unusual birds and he was known throughout Western North Carolina as the Bird
Man. George was a veteran of WWII and served in the Army in the 1048th Signal
Corps. He died of Cancer is buried in the Bon-A-Venture Cemetery.
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George married Catherine Collins 1946, Clayton, Georgia. Catherine (daughter of Dan K Collins and Delta Meadows) was born 27 Jan 1919, Canton, North Carolina; died 26 Oct 1965, Canton, North Carolina; was buried , Haywood, North Carolina. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Gudger received his education in the Haywood County, North Carolina school
system and graduated from Canton High School. He served in the Army during
World War II in the 61st Machine Records Unit in Australia and the Philippines.

After the war, Gudger returned to Canton, North Carolina and became employed by
Champion Papers and was Supervisor of Data Processing at the time of his death
from cancer.

He was a fine musician and served as organist for his Methodist church for many
years.

Gudger is buried in the Bon-A-Venture Cemetery.
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Timothy Welch Stinnett GEDCOM, August 1995.

Gudger married Hiawatha Rogers 20 Apr 1946, Clayton, Georgia. Hiawatha (daughter of Hobert Rogers and Eva Queen) was born 18 Nov 1923, , Haywood, North Carolina. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Religion: Methodist

Joe graduated from Canton High School and from Blanton's Business College. He
entered the Army in 1950, and served in Louisiana and Texas in the 317th Heavy
Tank Division. Joe was employed by the Champion Credit Union and was Manager of
this firm until his retirement. He was living in the Bethel section of Haywood
County, North Carolina in 1995. Joe is a man of varied interests and has a
variety of hobbies such as collection of antiques.
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Notes:

Hardy received his education in the public schools of Harwood County, North
Carolina. Hardy is an artist and was in the sign painting business for many
years and is now semi retired. He was residing in Waynesville, North Carolina
in 1995.
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Timothy Welch Stinnett GEDCOM, August 1995.

Hardy — Floy Latimere. [Group Sheet]

Hardy — Juanita Roberts. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Buried in the Patton Cemetery near Canton.
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Notes:

Charles was educated in the Haywood County Schools and earned his degree in
Engineering from North Carolina State University. Charles served in the Navy in
the early 1950s. He and Rose Ann Warren were residing in Mobile Alabama in 1995
where he was employed by International Paper Co.
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Timothy Welch Stinnett GEDCOM, August 1995.

Charles married Rose Ann Warren 5 Sep 1957, , Haywood, North Carolina. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Dickey served in the Navy in the late 1950s and after his discharge worked for
several years at the Square D Co. in Asheville. In 1995 he was employed at the
Gerber Company. Dickey is a sportsman and is interested in hunting, fishing and
boating.
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Timothy Welch Stinnett GEDCOM, August 1995.

James married Irene Martin 26 Jan 1963, Murphy, North Carolina. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

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Robert — Barbara Blankenship. [Group Sheet]

Robert — Linda Pless. [Group Sheet]

Robert — Linda Holcomb. [Group Sheet]