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Martin Luther Bake r was bor n
In Lanes Creek township. four mliea
(rom hl a ~rel ent home. Octo be r 12,
1867 . Hla father. Albe rt Baker . la
a native of Chesterfi e ld co unty , S.
C. , wh e re h e remain ed until he
Join e d t he Co n fed erate (o r eet! In
1862. He enliste d In a light artt]·
le ry company. ser vin g about six
mODlils, when he Joine d th e regular
Inflnltry and l er ved with Compan y
lJ.• I ,t South Carolina r egi me nt. up
to Ute', s urrend e r . Af t(l r h ll mar- •
rlage III 1866 to Ml u Sarah S. Lee, I
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1\1. I.. HakeI'.
dalISiltt" of Samue l Lee of Chellter- I
fi eld « ,unty, S. C., he It'ttl ed In UnIon cuuoty where he ,UII r elldel
with hla IOn , th e lubJet. t of th ll
sketch .
.\'art ln L. Bake r Is one of th e
prumlnent men ot Lane. Creek town
Ih lp, t: f'l n " a ]Iros peroul farm e r and
alwHYI acti ve ly loturelted In matters cOl1nected with the wel!are and
p ro.reu or hll county and to wnship.
He hlUl been promine nt In the pro..
moUo .. 0, educational fac hillel . and
his lervlcel (or 14 ye ars 8s a memo 1
beT of the 1Jchool co mmittee In hll
district h av" been of laaUng bene.
fit to that community,
Mr. Dake r
alsu ownl and ope rates th e tel ephone ce nt r al Itatlon at Llmel Creek
""hlch eonn ecla with all pai nts 10 the
rounty, and long d l, tance lervlce
thrl'u, h conner t lon with Charl otte.
He WIUI m arr ied In 1889 to Mil l
Mary Jo' . Cox, a daughte r of Madl80n
Cox of Uni on county, Of th is union
n ine ch ildre n ar ') li ving : Be rtha VI·
ola (now Mrs. C. L . Care lock ) .
Carl Fl, Sarab E ., Martin L., Tho rn.
lUI L., Kate, Mary L., Jamel 5 .•
.lod J , Buter.
BUFORD
Duford
township
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directly
louth of Monroe a nd exte nd, to
th e South Carolin a line, being bound.
ed on the ealt and west by l~ane8
Cr eek and Jaekson townships res pective ly.
The rural pop ulation 18
lom8whnt larger than lo me o f the
other townships In the counly. AI.
lan being an Impo r tant ' ~ ltl~m e nl i
n ear th e ceeter of th e township. I
Neat and .ubalantia] 8choola and .
churches are we ll d istri buted ol'er
th e tow nship. and lome of lhe beat ,
farma I n t he county ar e to be found
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In It.. we ll tilted a re
T he ro a re
rtft- adt-t 4Io:,..
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enj oy excellent schools a nd tear hers,
local laxation bei n g now 10 force I
throu8hout t he tow-nablp. Thele
trl et, are ... follow8 : No. I, RI bardao n ; No. 2, Plylera; No.3 , Trln.
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Ity ; No.5 , Ml . Plf>lUIllnt ; :-10. "I , Ma-
cedonia; No. 8, Allan; No. 9. Mt.
Prospect . and No. to. Sandy Rid ge.
Th e "cbool at Mt. P ro, pelt J, de.
serving of special Jllentl on all It was
one o [ tb e [Int ~bool8 In the (.'Oun·
ty to ,"Ole a ,peclal t ax for acboul
pUTjKllJea, and Includes hl f!: h a~ool
gradea In Ita roun3 of atudy. Hu·
ford town a hlp la an ImpOr t an t factor
In the progrell8lve work of UnI on
county. Ita peop ls being fully IIll to
tb e hlgb a ~andartl of Inteillgen( e
wblch prevail, th rougb ou t Un lO ll
cou nt)' .
T. I'. IHLI.OX.
Thomas Percy Dillon was born In
Monroe. December. 1862 . I n lineal
desCCnt he cornOl from the F ltzH enrys of I reland, promInent am on!
tbe nobility of Great Drltaln for
T . I '. UUlo n.
many centuries. The first member
of the family to s3ttle In the U n It.ed States was Sid ney DIllon" who
built a home In Baltimore an d was
subsequently lOst at sell. orr the
coas t of Glbralar . His son, 'rhom as
I Per cy DIllon, ""as born In Coun ty
I W exfor u, I reland. In 1772, and came
to this countr y wh en quite a young
man. and after many trying eX llerlencell In New Y ork and elsewhere,
fi nally 8ettl ed n ear Monroe whe r e
he was for 40 years a well known
mer ch ant and farmer . He 11'8.8 Ihe
first Regist er of Deed8 of UnIon
county, and d url ng h[s long li re was
held In the hlghc8t esteem and re_
gard for h is Intelligen ce, refinement,
and lovable qualities a8 a Cbrlstlan
gentleman . He died at the advanc_
ed age of 82 yean and Is burleu In
th e old cemetery at Monroe. T. P.
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H enry Dillon, born In Monroe. His
, lU ')ther was Jane ( Irby) Di ll o n, a
dbuKnter of William Irbl' of Union
county. Mr. Dillon began his com·
merclal career In the co tton busIness and was em ployed b)' Mr, J .
M. "~a[r[ey o f Monroe In that line
for nine years. In 1893 he formed
a partnership with Duncan M c K enzle In the furniture busi ness, bu t
purchased h[s partner 's In te r est In
1896. since which time he has con.
tlnued th e buslnus alone.
The furn ' ture and undertaker
house of T, P. Dillon Is the l argest
In the county, and noted for ItII corr:.
plet e stock, whic h a lso Incl udes pl _
aliOS, phonogr aphs and other musica l
merchandise. Three hearst s are em·
plo yed In the undertakIng del)art.ment,
I n 1889 Mr, Dillon married Cor_
nella D. Wolfe of Monroe, daughter
ot Hilliard J. Wolfe, also of M on_
r03, and for many years Register for
Union county.
Of this union five
Children are living: Beatrice, T h o m ~
8.8 Per cy, Jr .. HIJJlard ..~Itt. H e n ry ,
Frank Wolfe and Cornelia Metzger .
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JacOb E p,L ra lu. Efird, maror '
Mon roe , was bor n In Slanly eou al; ,
N. C., Ma rt h 2, 1867. HI!! fa th e"',
J ohn ,I. E tlrd, and h is Dloth tl r, Mar·
tha ( Mabry ) Efird, were a :ao r. 1Iri ves of S tanly county , Mr. Erll d
WIUI educa te d Ilt tb e Albemarle h l;.; h
sl:hool and Richmond Bus lncss Clillege. He was a t ea cher In lbe
acbool8 of his native co unty severll
terms, cle rk ed In a general Slo re :Lt
L Albemarle a few yeara. and was t ax
collec tor for th a t city.
In 1119 2 he
cam e to Monroe and started In h's
pre sCnt line of bU Siness (Efird's
Marble Work s ) whiCh he h u ct.ll.
du cled with mu ch s ucce88. T ae
workmanship. hi g h quality and a:listie designs ot th e mon u men tl\, n
J. K
Elii'd.
m arbl e and granite , tablets, statul- ry, etc., produC€d at his yards hal e
g a in ed a wide r eputatio n, r ea.ch lt&
beyond th e contlnu ot North Carolina, A branch omce of b ls estab_
lis hme nt Is a lso maintained at l.a urlnburg.
Mr. Etlrd had s erv ed 10
th e city council of Monroe elgbt
u l'lt
pb
~fili , fll!ltn
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ma.yo r pro te rn betore bei ng Insta ,ll/
ed In his prese nt orrico In DGce u'
ber, 1911.
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In 18 93 h e m:lr r loo Fannie Kra ll .• ,
or Monro ~, daugb: er ot W . H , KranM
a we ll known citizen of Union
ty. Their four childre n are : Grac '.
Albert Fay. Gilbert Hall, John ~~I -I
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COUI'I
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0' St'ore or K lIg : lbh 1t/'uK Co" M o nroe.
W . A. IWUA NHS.
William Alexander Eubank, was
born In 8uford
township, Union
'county, July II, 1860. HI, father,
':'homal C. Eubanka, wa6 a nallve
of Chesterfield ('ount)', S. C. , tHlt
moved to Union when quite a you n g
man and WIUI engaged III rarmlng
unUI Alay, 1862. when ho en llated
In Conlpany E .• 4Sth N. C. regiment,
and served with Lee', arll1,. In Vir-
ginia until the close of the war.
He wu twice wounded; or.ce In the
lIaUle of Fredericksburg, IIlId again
I ll.t 8rll"00 Station , Va.
After hi'
retur n he taught Bchool l ove ra)
yeaI'I In C h ea t er[leld and Uhlon coun •
. ties, performed the dutll'lI of magi.
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In th;- cause
of
f'ducatlon
In 1876 he was el~c led to lhe of-
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of counll' commISSlon""
a : r l'-
J Ing four co nl5ocutlve term', bel Dg
chairman of the boar,1 during the
lEUIt two t er me.
l n 1895-96 ho
.erved In tho lowor houll& o f the
Genera A uem blY,and wu prominent
In the public weUare of wi. COunty
until hhl death.
W . A. Eubank's mother wU Nauc:
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W. A..
(Aran t ) Eubanks, a dau gh ter of AI·
exander Arant of Cb esterfleld cou n·
ty, S. C. Mr. Eubanks received h Is
i enrl y edu cation at the Tradesville
Ihlgh s ~ hool In l~a n cRil ter county, S.
I C., Ilnd at the hIgh school uf MOIIroo.
I-Ie taugbt In the s( hoo!. of
• Buford township three years. l:lfl'ed
as magistrate two years. wall n m ember o f the tow n school boa:'d two
1ro ;;-~-;'eau.
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18 on~ of t h; Il;!ad ln l
farill en of Buford town,hll). own! n,;
I a farm of 22(0 ncrea.
11\ 1882 he marr ied Arlevla Lan eY
daughter of Cnntaln W. A. Laney or
rolon couot). Capt...l n l.aney I :!rv_
ed aa lIt Ll!ut~ Daot of Company
E., 48th N . C. R ~"lment, I)oln& {ommleeloncd as such on May 16. 1862,
and promoted to the rank of Cap- I
tal n , October 23,
1862.
Serving
with t he arm y In Vlr"lnla he 8l.W
much active work nnel took a gallan t
part In the numeroue and blooely en_
lagOllicn tll whleh fell to the lot of
th e Forty-eighth rcglmnt.
Mr. Eubank. has five
children
living ·
Robert A ., Ma~gle May
(Mr •. W. R. Davl.). Benjamin G.
C., Ch:ltlel W .• Nancy D.
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Anlo, Lexton Funderburk waa
!Jorn In Buford town,hlp. neaT
where hEl now Tcsldea. May n, 1876 .
HII tather. N. A. Funderburk , II a
native of LancMter counly, S. C.,
!Jut moved to \Jn lon cou nty when
tlUlle young, and II s tili livi n g o n
hill farm In Bu ford low nlh lj). H I,
I),other, Elmira (M08er) F und er~
!Jurk, was born In Unio n county, be~
lng a d aughteh of G. III. MOle r , who
en listed In th e 48th N. C. r ~glme nt
III Ma y, 1862, and was killed at the
!Jatlle of Wlnchelter, Va., In 1864.
Mr. Funderburk Is promillent among
lhe tarmen of thll county, owni ng
; i;i0 a crel, 70 of which are und er
,·ultlvatlon. I-lis hOllle 18 one ot th e
1Il0lt attrat tlve In Duford township,
J.ud recently he h fts ('orn e Into no.ke
as an advo: ate of Improvemenl In
th(. rai l ing at ca!t le a nd live ILock.
:jlj haa lome
Har ... ford callie at
!':.Ire blood on his pl ace, and expe.rt.ll
I.u gO o n with lhe further Int roduction of other choke Block; for
wh ich he should be highly com.
r.lended.
. In 1900 Mr. Funderburk ma rri ed
A. L . • ' ulid crlJ urk.
Annie Medlin, daughter o f Myers
)lodlln of Union cou nty. Of thl l
union there are rive chlidren living:
Oura, George C., Bogue, Mark S.,
and Irving.
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T. J. GOHl10N.
Thomas J ackllon Gordon, memo
ber of th e board ot county commIsSioners, was horn i n Mon roe tOWD •.
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ship. Sepl~mber 28, 1862. Ills fa,..
ther, Louis K . Gordon, was 0.180
born In Union co un ty. the old home
place being In wh at i8 now Sandy
Ridge to wn ship.
L . K. Gordon II' M
a teacher I n the schools ot th Is
county for many years, aDd also a
Buceeu!ul farme r.
The moth er or
T . J . Gordon was Deedy
( Das8) Gordon, daughter
ard" Bas8, both natives
cnunty, Mr. Gordon was
III
le2n
conducted a. gene ral 8 ore
He lIerv. ed IllJ magistrate six years In h is
township, several yean on the IIchool
.Jcommittee o r h is district, and WIl.8
a ctive In the promotion of edu{'a·
tlona1 mallel8. E!;ht years ago h e
started a general s to re at Minerai
Springs, wb fch he stiB owns, and
two years ago be e ngaged In mercan
tlle bUSiness at Monroe, In 1906 he
was elected to tbe orflce of county
commissione r and tw ice re-e lected to
the ~ame otrh:e, &e r vi ng at pres ~nt
his third consecu tive te rm,
Mr, Gordon was marri ed In 1895
to Mittie Presson, a d aughter or
Newton Pres,",o n, bot h natl ves or
UniOn cou n ty, or this union th ere
are tour children living: Craven N.,
Mary, Willie and Christi na,
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Blakeney
of Ri chof Union
ra ised on
ye arll
I connection with hili farm.
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Leonldaa Randolph Helms was
born In Union county, Monroe town_
ship, October. 26, 1858. His fat her,
Joseph C. H elms, also a native of
this county, was engaged In farming
until 1864 when he Joined the Confederat e army with the Senior Reser ves, of which h.e was a member,
and died at Greensboro, N. C., I n
January, 1865.
The moth er of L.
R. Helms was Frances ( Mc Larty)
Helms, daug hter of Archibald M cI.-arty of Union coun ty, and sis te r
of th e late James M . M cLar ty. Mr.
H elms ha.s alwa.lS res'ded In Moo _
roe townShip, and aside from his
far ming Interest.s ha.s d ev olt)d muc h
time to matters (.onnected wit h t he
public w elfare.
He
served four
years on the boa~d of alder men of
the city of Mon r oe, and during hIs
t erm or oUl ce rendered the ci ty val·
uable service 88 tbal rmnn or the FInance Commlttge, establishing an 1m
portanl pre(4)d(nt by a skillful and
systemalic managem ent of lhe ci t y' S
rloa.D ces. He tau ght for fI~e yearra
In th e schools of the cou nty, and
bas always sho wn much Inter est In
educational affal s, and Is at prca:mt
a m ember of the co unty boar d of e\lucatlon .
I\lr. H clrr:s WIlS married In 1889
to Ra chel Lu { lnda Ru ssell , d ~ ugh.
ter of James A. Rus sell of Un ion
county.
They have fhe chl!dren
living :
Stamey R., Ear ] A., Lu {y
B ., Mabel F ,and LeonldM Russell.
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S. A. HJ<:I.;\l S, l ':SQ.
Samuel Alexande r lie)wB was '
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<';U lJlny
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m ile f rom hlB prCllout home in Mon.
roe township. Septembe r 27, 18()2 .
His father , Samplon H elma, and h iB
g r andfather , T i llman H elms, were
nath")8 of this county and raIsed In
this ImmedIate aoetl on.
Hla moth-
er, Lu ci nda ( Hargett) H elms, w as a
daughter of H enry Hargett, Esq.,
also o ne of the e ariy Bettlera ot thlB
aectioD. 'Squ i r e Helma ha.s follow ed
farming and the mercantile uua! ne88
th r oug hout hili career, hav in g a gen.
eral IItore close to his present res idence.
As a farmer he \8 one o r the
moat Ilrominent In Monroe township.
and of hlB original holdI ngs ot 700
!lerea he lltill retains Cl OO, II. large
portico Of whi ch
18
und e r
cultlva,.
tlo n. He has h e ld the of rice of
mag istrate for the pa.8t thirteen
years, was one of the foun d ers of
Union Institute at Unton\'ll le and
one of lUI most active sup porters for
mallY yean, both as one of the t rus.
tees and me mbe r of the school ('om·
ml.tee.
In 1873 he married Serena A.
Liles, dau g hter of Travis Liles, both
natives of Union coun t y. Mrs. Helma
died In August, 1889, leaVing five
childre n , stili Hvlng : Let.ttla I, (Mrs.
D. L. }o~urr), fo' IOra g . ( Mrs W. A.
Keziah ). ,\I attie, Le nn ie B., Ell
C. J .
'S~ u l re Hel ms was married again
in 1890 to Mrs, Mary J , Helms ,
S, A. !1c !,us,
daughter of Samuel PyrOn, II. native
ot Union county, a nd proml nfln t In
hi s day 8@ a te ache r In th e schools
o f the county and a highly esteem·
ad citizen .
Hig h School at I'l on roe.
11. A. HOnN,
BenJnmln
AleJ::lud ar
Horn, exsllerlff, was born In what Is now
LanCfj Creek township. Union county, June 1. l859. His father. James
Perry Horn, waa a native of Anson
county, but came to Union whcn
H. A. H(...·" .
about ten years old, tll(' family IItlttIlng In Lanel! Creek. In Ahty, 1 S62 ,
he enlisted In Company E., 48th N.
C. regiment, ser,vl ng through Lbe
war with the army of Northern Virginia. He Willi prominent In Lnl\ei
Creek lownshll) as a fll.rm"r and
magi strate, and consj'l1cuous for b!s
strong lnteTUI In school anti church
matters, giving freely of his time
and means for their advancement,
In 1884 he was elected Sheriff of
UniOn county, and by su ccessive reelections held the ottlce
twelve
years ; lhua attesting hili eW,,;iencY
as ' an officer and his popularlt,- 8a a
citizen.
He died In 1905 Sincerely
mourned by all who knew h\1II for
hla Integrity and worth as It. cilh:en,
and his endearing qualities 1111 a
Christian ,entlemen.
The Inoth.er
of B. A . Horn was Laura E , (Smith)
Horn, born In Lanes Cre~k townIIhlp, and a dau ghter of John Smith.
native of Halifax county N, C,
B. A. Horn WI1.ll r eared on hIs father's farm In Lanes Cr eek, but waa
early called to duty under his father
and served as deputy sheriff ten
yeare,
He was 11.1110 eh let of police
of Monroe two yeara.
In 1896 he
was elected sh.erlff of Union coun_
ty and served In that orrlce until
1908, leaving a record for fa.lthful
and {earleh di8lhRrge of duty, the
~ IJI;neet "l-t: ...:n.uu ..... '1loloL ........ 'oe !I:IC"_
dared W any public olflelaJ.
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In 1(102 h~ mtlrrled Mrs, Mnrpie
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Flavel Flake, also of Anson cou nty.
From this union there Is one t hUd
living: Benjamin A., Jr.
H. V. HO VSTO!\',
R Ober t Virgil Houston ws& bOrL
in Meckhmburlj lOUDly. June 2 ~.
1846, but when sIx yeara of llI;f
came to Un i on county. moat of b 't
life being passed In Monroe.
HII
fathe r , H . M . Houston, and his mOTh
e r, Margaret (Reid) Housto n ,
we~
natives o f Mecklen burg cou n ty, hI!
mother being a daughter of Col. S(,j.
omon Re i d of the aame ('ouoty. II
M. Houston was one o f the earl l ~1
mercha nts of Mo nroe, a nd was al ....
well k now n liS a banker, helng proro
loenl I n th ('86 li nes of bU8 ~neB8 for
more than forty yeare.
R. V. H ouston W8.lI edu('II.led at tb
high school of Moarroe an d at Trin I-
ty College. In March, 1861, he en.
lIaled In Com pany C., 10'h bs' ts' le.
of N. C, artillery, and
8 ~ rveu
with
Gen. Johnston 'q army u n til the cloll1
of the war.
For ma ny years h e wal
10 bU8In'J8S w i th hl8 rather In Mo"!).·
r oe, retiring f rom act i ve work abo'~
tour years ago. l\f r. H ouston 110 1
l arge owner or l and. his holding
comprising several fine farms I n th '~
county, be81 dee Important pro!)er t,
InterU18 In Monroe. H e h as flnf'J
many offlce8 of trU8t and r el:lp.on~ ' ·
bUlty In Union cou nty, servi ng 1>1
mayor ot M onroe t?ur year8, trll8tf'O
of M onroe high srhoo! tour yeaa~~
magl9trate t wo year8, and al Ilre,wI:' 1
a member or th e St'lte Lel'ls'atur!,
havlnft been elected to that ot f\(;e ..
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In 1868 h e m arried Celcst\a <:<;1'
Ington, daughter 0: D. A. Co\·\ngt, ,
ot Monroe. She died In 1 889 , leav'
Ing 8ix ch ildren:
Hugh M., DavId
,IA., Clarence ~. , E1Jn (Mr8. Julian
, ' i-l ndaay ), Lol a A. (.'Irs. flutul Arm·
-hlel d ). and Celcatln. I n t892 be mar ·
. rled Nancy Isabel Stroud, da u ';"ht ~ r
i(of John Stroud of Cheater LOunty, S.
C. From thIs union th ere "re thr .::e
, children living: Robert 5., :o.iargu er.
~t It13 R., a nd Octllvla.
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Jeremiah
Columbu8
Laney
w.!s
born July 8 , 1.85 0, on the old M,me.
stead In what la now Buford town·
ship.
1118 father, Calvin Laney, wu
a180 a native of Union county. and
wIth the exc4lJ)tlon of tlme spent In
t he Confederate army. lived
(;jed Oil the nme plantation ,
and
He
tol\sled In Company A, 48th N. C.
r egiment In May, 1862, and was
Beverely wounded In Se ptember of
the same year during the battle of
flharpaburg. He waa well known as
good far mer , a nd a man of I'D bile
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Esquire L ao l Y'8 metl.cr w ns Nan
. )' U'underburk) Lan ey. native ot
Cbesterfivld cou nly, South CaroUo:l,
and a daughter of .Jeremiah ,"'001t1rbur k . also a native of Cileaterfle]'
.;ounty.
I n addition to being a prosperoua
ant! progre,.lve farmer, Mr. Laney
hall been prominent In th e pu!,lic
affaire Of the county and the township o f Buford . Ast(le fronl his active Inl.erelt In promoting the school
1I11d church InUuences of ht. localIty, he 13rved aa constable ten yean,
road overleer fOur yean, h ... been
a magll trll.e eighteen yean, aDd tl
.arvlng ht l second term as .. county comml811loner.
Mr. Laney W8. m arried In 1872
to JOIUlna M. Rogers, a (laughtcr Of
i1.u88e11 Rogen, both born and ra'l_
fOd tn Union county. Nine c hildren
have been born to them a.nd are
&lOW living:
William T ., Cora I.. I
Nancy, (Mr •. T . A . Gulledge), Re- (
Ueeea (Mrs. E. E. Re;dfearn), SUIlilD I
pfra. W . J. Gulledge),
Beli nda
\:\I rl . S. n. Eubank8), 11.uBleJl , JerfOmlah C., Jr., and Cal vin.
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Julian Wa:ter I~an ' y. County Treasurer. was born In Buford town8hlp,
Union county. February 5, 1880.
He Is a son of the. late George M.
Laney, and gran dson of Calvin Laney, natives of this cou nty and prom
lnent citizens.
HIs llIother, Ida M.
(OUlon) Laney, Is a daughter of W .
F. OHlon, an d granddaughter of
Thomas P. OIHon. first Reg ister fo
Union Lounty, George M. Laney was
Jlected to the offke oC County Treas·
urer In 1908 and was 8 ~rvlng at th e
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'~ all '
: or many yf'arll a mnglstrat e In AuOf rd. active ,rnd gene.OU8 In hla "1,1,).
!lort of 8Cliovl Rnd c1,ureh work, aud
a l together a man of most exemplary
charactc r.
Arter leaving 8chool. J.
W. Lan ey began wo r k as a sal c8man
I n the furniture 8tor e o f T. P. UIl.on, and with th e exception Of 14
months as clerk In a dry goo d~ store
ll all been engaged In the 8a.me buslneall.
He t ook s;)eclal COUT8eJ1 In
emhalml ng at Ral ei gh and Bal timore, and has full cha.rge of that
Iml)Ortant branch of Mr. Oillon's
businellll.
U pon the d eath Of his
fath er, Mr. Laney was al)Pointed by
the Cou n ty COmml8sloneiS to fiJI
Ollt the unexpired term of County I
Treasurer, an d has ably ' and fal ~ h _
f ully performed th e res;>oD8lblUti u
of that office.
I n 1893 he married Wilma Armf iel d of Monroe, dnughter of E. A .
Armfield, 0.180 of Monroe.
They
.1, \\' . 1..al1l(;1.
have three children:
Emllley
George M ., and Julian W. , Jr.
A.,
J. D. LITTL.E.
Jnlllcli Bunyan Lit tle was born I n
Goose ('\'Ct:' township D ecember 19,
lllj6
Ht'" III a SO il of J ames Labe
LlUIIJ nll,1 Elizabe t h ( Groon) Lltlle
of L" I,l.. n l'Ollnly. Mr. Little' s early
Ja.~14 \1 el ::: I<plnt on th e farm , but
111.1"r on work ed abo ut lib: yeaTll for
.1 .
W. Love, of Unlonvllle, In t h e
flour und lI.!w mlll bus/lI : ss.
He
n !so vwrked In Chlrlotte, wh er e he
g,l/uN] v a lua~le experien ce running
plllning mach/n e.. He th en r eturn ed to Union v ide and Shor t ly afte rward o rganlz :!d th e Unio ll ville Manu(adur'ng Com pany of wh ich he 18
the pr: Bent managel·.
Mr. Lltt]e
/s ma}'or Of Union ville alld one 01
Its m OB t enterprising "liens.
I n 187!t he waB married to Miss
enn le L ove, dau ghter of MI'. John
l~ove, ot Union ville. Their
!"hl1dren are : Rulh , Ger trude, Er.
l.ell and Ned..
W.
fOUr \
z. v.
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Z 9bulon Vance M c intyre was born
In New Salem Lownldllll, Union coun ty, November 8, 1876 , H 'I father,
Iialah M c intyre, was a nallve of
Stanly county, but pUlled m oat of
his yo uthful day s In An SOn COunty
where h e was eng aged In fa rming
u n tl! September, 13 61, lI' h en he
enli sted In Company K ., ::l 8th North
Carollna r egiment, and served with
the army o f Nor th ern Virgin i a until
th e c lolle of th e war, helng engaged
In many h ard-rought baLtica and
Willi al so confin ed several months in
a federal prison after being ('aptu f ed In 18 62 , in 1866 h e aett!ed in
N ew Salem township wh er e be wu
prominent lUI II. rumer and upright
citizen unll] bill d eath i n 1909 . The
m oth er of Z . V. ,\l clntyre wall Martha ( Hili ) M cintyre, nl\tlve o f Anlion county, and a d auJ!:hter or JulIus 11111, a'So born In AnllOn county . Mr. Mcintyre has beeen eng aged
In f a- ming and lIaw mill bu s!n e1Ja all
(\f his working yea rl. an ti ownl a
Very attra(.live farm in N ew Salem
to wn llhlp. He h al! alao been active
In educational matter l !lnd lerved
on the Ichool committee In hla d i stri ct for four years.
In 1119 5 he
married ida Thomss. nallvf' of An _
i 80n (ounty, and a dau g hter o r WU' I llam Th o m as, als o a natIve o r An- 1
lIOn co unty . Fro m th is unIon t here
. are 89ven children Ih ' ln g:
VI t orla
, I., .....om anon, JulJa B., J ellle, Pearly
~ , .... , SI:lney I., and Martha.
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A. II. MeL,\ItTY.
~reat-gra nd talhe r .
four
f'
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east,
l
Archib ald Hampton M c l~arty was
I ~or n on the old homestead or b ~ 8
mllet!
· f ro m Monroe, J une 3, \871.
The
I ~18tory of the family In this coun.
J
1
'.y beglna wit h A1 Clxun der McLarty,
who emigrate d f r om SLO ti aod and I
, ellied In Cabarrul county, N. C..
but later on remo 'l ed 10 Union coun1
.y,
The next In succeSSIon was Ar-
chibald , who was born In Cabarru8
· ~ounty, but came to th Is county
I 'I, hen about 20 yeara old with b 's
,l a th e r . He ma rr ied EII€D B. COlIna, a n ative of tbls coun t y. James
J
)1. McLarty. Bon of Al'chlbald , was
) oro I n Union county. rQ,!acd fiB a
farmer, and married Sa\1y Go~don,
allgh te r
,_I rom lnent
~ !!~' ..
of
H aml)ton Gordon, a l
of Anaon county.
cltl~en
'WIlII horn to th em , f our su r _
h " : Rev . Emmett K ., D. p 1o::kett, 4
r o::h fba lu J!
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dLpd
'n
11I ·!'ln .
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James M. M o::- I
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A. W . l\lc.'IANCS, ESQ.
Amoa W. McManus was born
I~I
In '.
LancMter co unty. S. C. , Octol)(lI" 2 L,
J
1847.
His [alber, John H. Mci\U" j l
nUB, and his mother, !IIar y Minerv a I
(\JoOk) M cManus, w er e bolh nath,u, 11
or Lancaster co unty. S. C. In 1860 I
the family llloved to Unio n count~" I '
settllng In lhe northt'rn part of wh at i
Is DOw Goose Creek township,
on l
Mar ch II, 1862, John H. MCManusl
enlisted in COUi pany 1, 48tb N. ~.
Regiment and was fatally WOUli d$<t
at the battle of j.'rederlckaburg, DYIng t en days later.
His bOdy II'alI
Inlerred at his old home In Lan <;8l1-
l er county.
In February . 1863 , A.
W. M cManus enlilJt.ed In the Second
S. C. Regiment and s erved uD .1I
the close of tb e war, He then / T'lturn ed to Goose Creek townshi"
and began farming 8S a t enant, !Jul
soon atqulred land of his own, an d
by Industr y and carefu l managem eot
has I ncreased hts o wn ersh ip to 70il
acres I n Un ion and Mecklenburll"
counties; nearly 200 acr( s being Ullder cu ltivation.
ill r . McManus haJ
h eld the offke or maglslrale for 3t:
years.
I n September, 1867, he married
Sarah Ann Helms, daughter or Re, .
Calvi n H elms of Union county. 'J'h c.>}
have eight children lil' lng:
Penlna
E. ( Mrs. J. M. Grlrttn), Vera (Mr~
W. A. Houg h), John C., Mag gIe J
I (Mrs. Rufus Bivens), Ufus O . (Mr~
Fernando H elms), Panthe (Mrs. H u
d en Cionta), Hu gh l<~ .• and ROIli\
(Mrs. L. S. Plgg ).
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MONROE
Although Monroe, the capltal tow
of Union county, has been 6jD<;!t It
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of
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county' s !\,I"owth an oJ enterprise, ;.... I
real importance and develOPffi'1''' j '
\H!gan with the tint railroad ou lle'l ,
SlUIl and west afforded by the com- "
Ing or the Seaboard Air Line 1m I
1874. Land vaiu88 were immedlate-I
Iy ad'vanced, n ew eDterprl8~ 8 IIprung I
Into activity, and the population
h:oj:
crea.<led rapldly.
About 16 felO.r:I I
later, when the Seaboard with 118 I
COllUec(lo D8 were comp leted between I
the Northern cities IUld Atlanta,
MOI'· I:
roc became a junction Rod 8to.:loll I
or great Importanr:e on the mala :
lIuc ot that rallroad; and w!tll!
(heSt;! additional advantages of tran,,_ (
portation Its forward pace wlUl much
accelerated. Among the cltlu c,(
North CarOlina none sur pass Monroe in promise of future de \'elop, ment and prosperity. The preser!
populallon Is about 6,000 including
Outside corporation8 within a radh~s
of one mile. The schoola, chu r che~,
buslnen blocks, and private re" ~ ­
d ences of th e eft.y are very attral' ,
Ive, being fully up to th e require. ~
menta of a cotn ulunlty which (on'bln es Inte11lgence, rertnement, arid
busln e8s enterprise. There are four
banks he re wIth an aggregate capItal at $23Ei,OOO, and two bu\[dlng
and loan associations. 0.11 In sound
financial cond ition; two weekly neyo'l
paperll, Tbe Monros Enquirer, putt-
t
~~~edM::ra:8~:~~r:al,B~:t:~~~'e~ a~~
;
G. M. Beasley & Bro.; three [email protected]
cotton m\[ls, four wholesale hou8"'~,
One wagon and buggy factory, oli
mllJ , cotton gins, and many minor
Industries. Taken as a wllo[(', ;\IO!l_
roe p O.l!SeB8 ~S many attrarllo no< In 1<8
80clal and general aSllef't. and 81)et!
advanta l'1I r >t . erma~
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NEW SALEM
This township lI : s northeast from
Monroe, contains numerous good
f arm s, and two Important 8~tll e­
ms n la: Olive Br an ch and Eulo. The
cultlvatlon of land has not been 80
extensive as In o ther townBhlps of
th e county. because of its uneven
surface, especially In the northern
portIon . Educational faclUtleB are
Bom ewhat.
m eagre
8a
co mpared
I with the othe r tow nships, although
a good sch ool Is maintained at HamIIton'a CroBB Roads by loca l tax, and
other dIstricts give pr om iss of im _
provement In tb e n ear f utu r e.
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t:''':iQ.
Benjamin Franklin
born In Union county,
Parker, alao a native
Ilt r;~
IU, father,
Parke
ao a naUve
Parker wu
November 25,
or thl, counl...eonld8ll A.
or thl' coun, "''' - ,-,. .
• and WIUI I
1 .. ... ..I. .he uattl!' ·)f Chancellor8... 1110. Hl8 mothpr , g!1na r. (Kin ... )
f'arktor , Willi born In Che8terfleld I'
county. South Carolina.
'SqUI~"' i '
Parke .... I, a prominent rarmer...
(
me~ot In Lanes Creek township,
Aodn .. been particularlY active In
the promotion or eduratlonal facllltlei In that po r tion of the count)'
For 28 yeare he hM served on I~hool
committee, In hi. distri ct and for
many years was a memb ur or the
o ld townlhlp board of education. He
hlUl held the office of magistrate
30 yearl In hll district, and ha, been
Chairman of the townrtl '"J' board of
elections, and reglate r ~t e lections.
for 16 ye aMl. 'Squlr e Parker W:l8
In terMted In lumher and cotton ginn ing bu'lnea8 fo. leveral years, but
I, now C>ccupled solely with the affairs of hi' farm and store.
In 1876 he married Sarah Oella
Cox, native of Union cou nty , and
daughter of Peter P. Cox. born In
AnlJOn county. or thll union there 1
are twelve children Jiving:
r.e.t:;!r
u.' , ·J 08ePh LUCM. Edna C. (!.Irs. C.
L. t.ulledge). Henry F., Mary PI MI.
T. K. Helm ,>. Beulah. lle nJarnln C.'I
Sarah C., James CurUs, Annie G.,
J oh n and William V.
I
J . II. A. S I~Q H BST , 1~'iQ.
jaco b DO: lor Alvin SeerCill was
born In Mon roe township ...~ebru a ry
:!S, 18 47 .
HIli fath('r,
Captain
I\bram J. Secrest, was a nl\llre of
li n lo n county, well known 1011 a far_
mer, and was captain of a mIlitary
compa ny for ma ny yeara. Ills mother, M!1lle ( p}rCn ) S ~c rest , was a
t! lI.uo;hter ot 'SquI r e BIlly Pyron,
hn th born In Union (Lhen Mecklen _
burg) county.
'Squ ire S'Jcrest Is
prominent as a (armer, m.l.gislrate
ant! Methodist preacher ,
He has
held the oUke of ma.gistrate abou t
t hirty years ant'! has been preaching
for fifteen years.
He also served
the county as corone r two terms
a.n': ~ Illwau, been a ctive In
,chao l ma(to;rs.
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One o f his ancestors rought In
the Revolutlonar;;' war, a nd he has
in his Ij()ij!lcs;i.:;n a OrltlSh mu~ket
take n o n the bettie field at King's
Mountain, South CarOlina. The relic
Is In an excellen t stale of preservation a n t! a hig h ly prized trophy.
j'ilQulre Sec.'est has been tWice
married. Hla firat wlte, ElizaiJeth
Dunla p, of l~ancaster count)', S, C.,
he ma rr ied In 18 74 . She died In
1875, leavi ng one son, W. Blair Secrest, .UIl livi ng . In 1876 he ma rried Nancy R. Wentt of Unio n county, a d aughter of Je re miah We n tz ,
alao a native of Union county, a nd
prollllnf' n t In his day 8S a n able
farmer a nd school teacher.
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lU.. SUTTON.
Fanclll Marlon
Sutton, Monroe
township, Wall born I n Lancall~er
I,:ou nty, S. C .• May 22, 1863.
HIli
father, Benjamin F. Sulton, w8.8 a
native of Lancaster county, S. C.
HIs mother, E\I~a J . (Trull) Sutlon,
was a daughter of Charles Trull Of
Union county. D. 1<'. Sutton joIned
the Confederat e army In 1861 from
his native county and lIerved tour
yearll.
He was color bearer of his
regiment and Wall sho t through the
lungs at the battle of Gettysburg,
but recovered and agai n went to
the front and wall I n severa] mor e
enga:&emenls before the war clOS2d.
In 1870 tbe family came to Unio n
' ounty. Mr. Sutton haa a f ine farm
of 600 acres, about ]60 of which
.lre u nder cultivation'. besides be' n g
~rop r letor of a lIaw and planing mi ll ,
and a colton gin . H e h as a n umber of valuable housea In Monro e.
Mr. Sutton haa ser ved th e township
o f Monroe as road overseer, and for
many years 8.8 member Of the lilhool
commIttee In hla dlst r lc.t.
In ISH he married Nan cy C.
Rogers of Monroe township. They
have tbree ch ildren Hvlng:
Minnie
W. (Mrs. Tom Howle), G. F rank,
and L loyd E.