Perry performed the ceremony at the residence of James Jenkins before official witnesses F.S. Williston, 24, of Wilson, son of Henrietta Williston of Fayetteville, North Carolina. On 17 September 1905, in Wilson County, Doane Battle, 19, daughter of Charles Battle, married F.O. Ada’s brother Nicholas Battle was a Chandler resident, and this seems to be Ada of Wilson. Battle of Chandler, Oklahoma, among the teachers certified as first grade instructors. On 17 November 1904, Chandler News listed Ada G. Her younger sister Chandler Battle was enumerated among the school’s students. Battle, 24, is a listed as a teacher at Scotia Seminary in Concord, Cabarrus County, North Carolina. As Fonvielle noted, however, she graduated Scotia Seminary’s Normal and Scientific Department in 1895:Ī year later, she was well-enough known to personify Wilson’s African-American elite, along with Samuel H. While still in school, Ada Battle began teaching at Wilson’s Colored Graded School. In Reminiscences of College Days, his self-published 1904 memoir of Livingston College, William Frank Fonvielle remembered both Battle sisters: The Charlotte Observer‘s coverage of Livingstone College’s 1890 commencement mentioned that Ada had received the freshman award for oratory. Battle left Wilson to complete their studies in the western part of the state. In the 1880 census of Wilson, Wilson County: blacksmith Charles Battle, 35, wife Leah, 30, and children Adelia, 5, Geneva, 2, Virgil, 1 month, and Nicholas, 18.Īda G. Leave a comment Overindulgence in the ardent.Ĭharles Tecumseh Battle was not the only distinguished offspring of Charles and Leah Hargrove Battle. Posted in 1920s, Births Deaths Marriages, City of Wilson, Newspapers, Vocation, Women and tagged cook, Evans, obituary on Jby Lisa Y. North Carolina Wills and Estates, 1665-1998. In earlier censuses, the Loftins appear in Indian Springs township, southern Wayne County.) Loftin, 42, his widowed mother Evaline, 71, brother-in-law Sam Barron, 24, sister Jessie Barron, 24, and nieces Donnie, 13, Maybelle, 12, and Marie Barron, 10. (In the 1920 census of Black Creek township, Wilson County: on the road to Horns Bridge, widower Major J. Loftin, Alice Ford, Lena Loftin, Bettie Loftin, Florence Loftin, Mary Hinnant, and Jessie Barron and mother Eveline Loftin as her heirs at law. Loftin applied to open her estate, estimated at $450 in value, listing her siblings Sylvester Loftin, Robert Loftin, Ben F. (Emma’s employer, department store merchant Charles Gay, appears in the 1920 census residing at 104 West Green Street.)Įmma died intestate. She was a native of Wayne County, and her sister Florence Loftin, who lived at 600 West Nash Street in Wilson, served as informant. Per her death certificate, Emma Evans died of aortic regurgitation.

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