Generation VIII (Great-grandchildren of Merrimon Featherstone):
2.2.1.4. Mary Alice Featherston - b. ca. 1876 NC (dau of Calvin R. "Bob"
Featherston and Emily T. Corn); m. ca.
1898 to
Decatur R. Stepp - b. 1874. JFH sources: 1870 Cocke Co., TN Census; 1910
Henderson Co.,
NC Census.
Issue
of Mary Alice Featherston and Decatur R. Stepp:
2.2.1.4.1. Blanche Stepp - She (Blanche Featherston Dermitt) wrote her will
prior to Feb. 15, 1915
"...devise to my cousin and namesake, Blanche Stepp, daughter of Decatur and
Alice F. Stepp
- 10 acres..."
2.2.5.5. Horace N. Featherston - b. Feb 1894 NC (son of S. Merriman Featherston
and Mary Garren), d. 31 Oct
1968 Buncombe Co., NC [Bk 55/1555]; m. ? __?
Issue of __? __? and Horace N. Featherston:
2.2.5.5.1. Jennings Nye Featherston - d. 10 Dec 1989 Buncombe Co., NC. (See Gen.
IX 2.2.5.5.1.)
2.2.7.3. Pare Lee Featherston - b. 1894 NC (dau of Napoleon Bonaparte "Little
Bud" Featherston and Luster
Lee Nichols). d. 1981; m. David Winfield Robertson - d. 1958. JFH source: July
1996 information
supplied by Scott R. Featherstone.
Issue of Pare Lee Featherston and David Winfield Robertson:
2.2.7.3.1. Nell Robertson -
2.2.7.3.2. Madeline Robertson -
2.2.7.3.3. Virginia Robertson -
2.2.7.3.4. Frank Robertson -
2.2.7.4. Ambrose Mills Featherston - b. 20 Dec 1896 Henderson Co., NC (son of
Napoleon Bonaparte "Little
Bud" Featherston and Luster Lee Nichols). (source: Vol. 6, page 157" (Delayed
Birth Certificates.
Henderson Co., NC Courthouse), d. 12 Mar 1984 at the V.A. Medical Center in
Asheville, Buncombe
Co.. NC at the age of 87 years. [Bk 71/0540]. His home was at 960 Brookside Camp
Road in
Henderson County. He was a member of the Moore's Grove United Methodist Church
and an Army
Veteran of World War I. He married 11 Feb 1922 at Hendersonville, Henderson Co.,
NC to Eula Evelyn
Anderson - b. 28 Dec 1902 Henderson Co., NC, dau of Waverly Anderson and Grace
Love. Ambrose
was bur.in the Moore's Grove United Methodist Church Cemetery at Hendersonville,
NC. JFH source;
July 1996 information supplied by Scott R. Featherstone,
cont.
Issue of Eula Evelyn Anderson and Ambrose Mills Featherston:
2.2.7.4.1. Anne May Featherstone - b. 1 Jan 1923 Hendersonville. Henderson Co.,
NC. (See Gen. IX
2.2.7.4.1.)
2.2.7.4.2. Mary Emily Featherstone - b. 1924. Mary Featherstone, dau. of A.M.
Featherstone and Eula
Anderson, d. in Hendersonville 25 July 1924. [General Index to Deaths, Henderson
Co., NC
1914-1956 Book 1924, p. 55]
2.2.7.4.3. John Harold Featherstone - b. 20 Nov 1926 Hendersonville, Henderson
Co., NC, d. Jun 1941
2.2.7.4.4. David Edward Featherstone - b. 22 Jan 1930 Hendersonville, Henderson
Co., NC; m.
Virginia Prather - b. 1933
2.2.7.4.5. Richard Ambrose Featherstone - b. 8 Dep 1934 Hendersonville,
Henderson Co., NC. (See
Gen. IX 2.2.7.4.5.)
2.2.7.4.6. Shirley Jean Featherstone - b. 10 May 1936 Hendersonville, Henderson
Co., NC (See Gen.
IX 2.2.7.4.6.)
2.2.7.5. Vera Lucile Featherston - b. 31 Oct 1898 (dau of Napoleon Bonaparte
"Little Bud" Featherston and
Luster Lee Nichols), d. 1980; m. to Angus G. Sargeant, Sr. Source: Vol. 10. page
280 [Delayed Birth
Certificates. Henderson Co., NC Courthouse]. JFH source; July 1996 information
supplied by Scott R.
Featherstone,
Issue of Vera Lucile Featherston and Angus G. Sargeant, Sr.:
2.2.7.5.1. Angus G. Sargeant, Jr. -
2.2.7.5.2. Vera Sargeant -
2.2.7.6. Franklin Nichols Featherston - b. May 1900 NC (son of Napoleon
Bonaparte "Little Bud" Featherston
and Luster Lee Nichols). d. 1981; m. Dollie Whitaker - d. 1987. JFH source: July
1996 information
supplied by Scott R. Featherstone.
Issue of Dollie Whitaker and Franklin Nichols Featherston:
2.2.7.6.1. Mary Doris Featherstone - b. 1924
2.2.7.6.2. Syble Featherstone - b. 1927, d. 12 Apr 1928 Hendersonville,
Henderson Co., NC. Record of
Deaths in Henderson Co., NC April 12, 1928 Syble Featherstone, d/o F.W.
Featherstone and
Dolly Whitaker. Hendersonville 197/1928.
2.2.7.7. Geneva Dorthy Featherston - b. 1904 (dau of Napoleon Bonaparte "Little
Bud" Featherston and Luster
Lee Nichols), d. 1970; m. Robert Van Buren Dalton. JFH source: July 1996
information supplied by
Scott R. Featherstone,
Issue of Geneva Dorthy Featherston and Robert Van Buren Dalton:
2.2.7.7.1. Thelma Doris Dalton - b. 1930 (See Gen. IX 2.2.7.7.1.)
2.2.7.7.2. Joanne Dalton - b. 1935 (See Gen. IX 2.2.7.7.2.)
cont.
2.4.4.1. Katherine Amanda Dermid - b. abt. 2 Nov 1860 in Henderson Co., NC (dau
of Memory Prince Dermid and Sarah Eliza Featherston), d. 22 Nov 1958 Asheville,
NC; m. William Albert Bunn of Asheville. Known as "Kitty", she was a member of
the First Baptist Church, the Edward Buncombe Chapter of the Daughters of the
American Revolution, the Esther Chapter of the Eastern Star, and the Women's
Christian Temperance Union
- a leader in the cultural and charitable movements of her time. Born in
England, her husband, William Albert Bunn, was a brickmaker, owned his own
brickmaking and brickwork business, having been brought to Asheville
to do the brickwork for the Buncombe County Courthouse that was the immediate
forerunner of the Courthouse in use in 1992. He also did the work for the
Courthouse in Brevard serving Transylvania County, and the one in Waynesville
serving Haywood County.
Issue of Katherine Amanda Dermid and William Albert Bunn:
2.4.4.1.1. William Albert Bunn, Jr. - b. 1 Jun 1890 Asheville, NC. He became a
surveyor and operated
his own surveying business. He never married and d. 1 Aug 1960 in Asheville, NC.
2.4.4.1.2. John Gladstone Talmadge Bunn - b. 19 Mar 1894 Asheville, NC; m.l) to
Lois Katherine
Patton, dau of Burgin Alexander Patton and Li 11 ie Randall, and they had a
family of two
boys before they divorced. He m.2) to Eleanor Jones, and they had two boys.
John operated
stables in Pinehurst and Miami, FL. and also directed a number of summer camps
in the
Brevard area. He was a registered judge of the American Horse Show Association
as well as
being a breeder and trainer of horses. He died at the age of 84 years in
hospital in
Henderson County in 1979.
2.4.4.1.3. Robert Dewey Bunn - b. 14 Nov 1899 Asheville, Buncombe Co., NC.
Educated in the
Asheville Schools, he worked first as a Real Estate salesman, then in the 30's
during the
depression he worked for Leo Finkelstein in his Pawn Shop on Pack Square.
Finally he
became a dealer in antiques, operating his own store at 40 Biltmore Ave. in
downtown
Asheville. One of his boyhood chums was Thomas Wolfe who later became
Asheville's most
famous writer. Their homes were only a short distance apart, they were nearly
the same age,
and went all through school together before Tom went on to University A
first hand account
of some of their experiences together was published by Ralph Roberts in The
Original
Carolina Senior Citizen, Vol. 2, Number 20. On three occasions he used his
contracting
talents in the service of the movie industry when companies came to Asheville
for the location
sites of motion pictures. Through these jobs he met Susan Hayward, who starred
in Tap
Roots, the stars of Conquest of Canaan, Thomas Meighan, Doris Kenyon and Diana
Alien;
and Grace Kelley and Louis Jourdain who cont.
starred in The Swan. For one picture he was delegated the job of rounding up 27
Victorian horse-drawn carriages, in the course of which he had to travel for
about two weeks through
Georgia and South Carolina, and even on up to Virginia, looking for ones that
were still in good enough condition to be used. He ended up with only sixteen.
His brother who was in the horse-breeding business was able to supply a good
number of the needed horses.
About five years after Dianna Alien was in town, he recalled finding a picture
of her rolled up and hidden back on a shelf in his mother's pantry. When he
asked his mother about it she admitted that when it had come about five years
earlier, she had hidden it without giving it to him, on the grounds that she was
afraid he might take off and move out to Hollywood.
He was a member of the First Baptist Church, a 32nd Degree Mason, member of the
National Society, Sons of the Revolution, and of the Old Buncombe County
Genealogical Society. In 1992, at the age of 92 years, he published a small book
of memoirs, but which was mainly about his father's and mother's ancestry,
entitled The Life and Ancestry of Robert Dewey Bunn of Asheville, NC.
2.5,1.1. Mary Clyde - b. abt. 1860 SC (dau of Col. W.E. Clyde and Harriet C.C.
Texana Featherston); m. William Pinkney Ward
Issue of Mary Clyde and William Pinkney Ward:
2.5.1.1.1. William Joseph Clyde Ward - b. Jul 1882 in Hoopers Creek of Clear
Creek
Township, Henderson County, NC according to the 1900 census for Henderson
County, NC. He married Bertha Newman on March 24, 1904 in Henderson Co., NC
with Justice of the Peace J.H. Turley officiating. He died about 1909, at the
age of
27, and was buried in Moore's Grove Cem., Henderson Co., NC. No issue.
2.5.1.1.2. Mary Matilda Ward, known as May/Mame/Mayme/Mammie - b. 30 Jul 1886
Henderson Co., NC. (See Gen. IX 2.5.1.1.2.)
2.5.1.1.3. William Henry Ward - b. 1895. (See Gen. 1X2.5.1.1.3.)
2.5.3.1. Cora Eva Ellis - b. 18 May 1882 Pickens Co., SC (dau of Aurora Talula
Alexander and Robert Joshua Ellis), d. 9 Mar 1964 Greer. SC; m. 12 Oct 1902
Pickens Co., SC to William Henry Williams - b. 14 Apr 1878 Pickens Co., SC, d. 3
Aug 1968 Travelers Rest, SC, bur. Wood lawn Mausoleum
Issue of Cora Eva Ellis and William Henry Williams:
2,5.3.1.1. Ruth Williams - b. 25 Mar 1916 Pickens Co., SC; m. 1 Sep 1937 NC to
__? Bishop cont-
Generation IX (Great-Great-grandchildren of Merrimon Featherstone):
2.2.5.5.1. Jennings Nye Featherston - (son of Horace N. Featherston and __? __?)
d. 10 Dec 1989 Buncombe Co., NC [Bk. 76, p. 2287, Buncombe Co., Court Records];
m. Amelia __?. In the 1973 Asheville City Directory he was listed with wife
Amelia, and was a District Power Sales Engineer for Carolina Power and Light Co.
of 80 Henry Ave. His residence was at 18 Glenview Road. There was a student,
Larry Featherstone, living at 18 Glenview Road, obviously his son.
Issue of Amelia __? and Jennings Nye Featherston:
2.2.5.5.1.1. Larry Featherstone -
2.2.5.5.1.2. Jennings Nye Featherstone, Jr. -
2.2.7.4.1. Anne May Featherstone - b. 1 Jan 1923 Hendersonville, Henderson Co.,
NC (dau of Ambrose Mills Featherston and Eula Evelyn Anderson); m. 23 Nov 1946
Hendersonville, Henderson Co., NC to Harry C. Clarke and lived in
Hendersonville. JFH source; July 1996 information supplied by Scott R.
Featherstone,
Issue of Anne May Featherstone and Harry C. Clarke:
2.2.7.4.1.1. Sammy Clarke -
2.2.7.4.1.2. Stephen Love Clarke - b. 1950; m. Katherine Edwards.
2.2.7.4.1.3. Susan Anne Clarke - b. 1953. (See Gen. X 2.2.7.4.1.3.)
2.2.7.4.1.4. James Harry Clarke - b. 1954. (See Gen. X 2.2.7.4.1.4.)
2.2.7.4.1.5. Shirley Lynn Clarke - b. 1957. (See Gen. X 2.2.7.4.1.5.)
2.2.7.4.5. Richard Ambrose Featherstone - b. 8 Dep 1934 Hendersonville,
Henderson Co., NC (son of Ambrose Mills Featherston and Eula Evelyn Anderson);
m. Carole Ruth Weeden - b. 1938. JFH source: July 1996 information supplied by
Scott R. Featherstone.
Issue of Carole Ruth Weeden and Richard Ambrose Featherstone:
2.2.7.4.5.1. Scott Richard Featherstone - b. 1963
2.2.7.4.5.2. Ashley June Featherstone - b. 1971
2.2.7.4.6. Shirley Jean Featherstone - b. 10 May 1936 Hendersonville, Henderson
Co., NC (dau of Ambrose Mills Featherston and Eula Evelyn Anderson); m. Charles
Arthur German, Jr. - b. 1934. They settled in Houston, TX. JFH source: Scott R.
Featherstone.
Issue of Shirley Jean Featherstone and Charles Arthur German, Jr.:
2.2.7.4.6.1. Michael Timothy German - b. 1961
2.2.7.4.6.2. Cynthia Anne German - b. 1963 (See Gen. X 2.2.7.4.6.2.)
2.2.7.4.6.3. Christopher Featherstone German - b. 1964 (See Gen. X
2.2.7.4.6.3.)
2.2.7.4.6.4. Leigh Anne German - b. 1968 ———— cont.
2.2.7.7.1. Thelma Doris Dalton - b. 1930 (dau of Geneva Dorthy Featherston and
Robert Van Dalton); m. Richard William Jacobson. JFH source: Scott R.
Featherstone.
Issue of Thelma Doris Dalton and Richard William Jacobson:
2.2.7.7.1.1. Hollis Leigh Jacobson - b. 1962
2.2.7.7.1.2. Christine Carol Jacobson - b. 1965
2.2.7.7.2. Joanne Dalton - b. 1935 (dau of Geneva Dorthy Featherston and Robert
Van Dalton); m. Joseph Laiklam. JFH source; Scott R. Featherstone.
Issue of Joanne Dalton and Joseph Laiklam:
2.2.7.7.2.1. Joey Laiklam - b. 1962
2.2.7.7.2.2. Mark Laiklam - b. 1964 (See Gen. X 2.2.7.7.2.2.)
2.5.1.1.2. Mary Matilda Ward, known as May/Mame/Mayme/Mammie - b. 30 Jul 1886
Henderson Co., NC (dau of Mary Clyde and William Pinkney Ward). Her second name
may have been Matilda. She m. Jerome Mitchell Freeman of Henderson Co., NC with
John H. Turley, Justice of the Peace of Henderson County officiating on November
6, 1904. She inherited property on Zeb Corn Road from her mother, but borrowed
on it for cash and eventually the mortgage was foreclosed so the property passed
out of the hands of the Featherston/Alexander/Ward family. She and her husband
had a family of about five children, according to information gleaned from the
Henderson County records. At her death, her address was Cherry St.,
Hendersonville, and she is buried in the Freeman Cemetery in Henderson County.
Issue of Mary Matilda Ward and Jerome Mitchell Freeman:
2.5.1.1.2.1. Jay Whittington Freeman - b. 14 Nov 1905, d. 19 Dec 1962; m. 17
June 1933 to Naomi Perkins. Lived in Canton, Haywood Co., NC
2.5.1.1.2.2. Joseph Lola "Jim" Freeman - b. 24 July 1907, d. 7 Jul 1976; m. 3
Sep 1927 to __? __?. Lived in Canton, Haywood Co., NC
2.5.1.1.2.3. William Curtis Freeman - b. 26 Dec 1909, date of death not known;
m. 16 Dec 1951 to Helen __?
2.5.1.1.2.4. Claude Edward Freeman - b. 1 Nov 1911, d. 3 Aug 1966; m 21
Jan 1933 to __? __?. Lived in Henderson Co., NC.
2.5.1.1.2.5. Velma Lucille Freeman - b. 9 Jul 1914. (See Gen. X 2.5.1.1.2.5.)
2.5.1.1.2.6. Mitchell Jerome Freeman, Jr. - b. 3 Apr 1929; m. to Ettie Belle __?
(JFH: ?and) Deborah Bolton.
2.5.1.1.3. William Henry Ward - b. 1895 (son of Mary Clyde and William Pinkney
Ward). Married Nellie Carr Byers on Sept. 4, 1915 at the age of 20
cont.
years, although the certificate stated that he was 21 years old. T.P. Ward and
B.J, Maxwell were the witnesses. They were apparently married early one Sunday
morning before the time for the regular church to begin. Nellie was stated on
the records as being 18 years of age, but she was actually only 15 years. They
worked at various occupations, an early job being cooks for Edward
W. Ward's road construction crew when they were building roads through the Green
River section of Henderson County. They did some farming, but along the way,
probably lost the property Henry received from his parents. They eventually
moved to Canton, in Haywood County, where Henry worked at the Champion Paper
Company, and Nellie ran a boarding house. Their children
attended school in Canton. They had seven children, although they lost one
little girl Caroline when she was about two years old. In time, they bought a
large house at 73 Merrimon Ave. in Asheville which Nellie operated as a Tourist
Home, finding it much easier and more profitable than the boarding house in
Canton. Henry continued to work at the Champion Paper Company until his death in
1955. Nellie continued to live in Asheville, and m.2) to Charles F. Schroeder,
owner of the Evergreen Motel which was located at 715 Merrimon Ave., Asheville.
He died shortly after their marriage and Nellie continued to operate that
business until her death in November 1977.
Issue of Nellie Carr Byers and William Henry Ward:
2.5.1.1.3.1. Faye Marie Ward - b. ca. 1916 Hendersonville, Henderson Co..
NC. (See Gen. X 2.5.1.1.3.1.)
2.5.1.1.3.2. Daisy Belle Ward - b. 1 Oct 1918 Tuxedo, Henderson Co., NC;
m. James Everett McCarty of Falls Church, VA. She died 11 Oct 1993 Asheville,
Buncombe Co., NC. Burial in Refuge Baptist Church Cemetery, Dana, Henderson Co.,
NC. No children.
2.5.1.1.3.3. Raymond Clifton Ward - b. 11 Dec 1925 Hendersonville, NC; m.
22 Feb 1952 to E. Frances Edwards in Trinity Episcopal Church, Asheville. She
was born in Ayden, NC, d/o William Holton Edwards and Frances Cox. Three
children.
2.5.1.1.3.4. Mildred Bernice Ward - m.l) to Lewis Smith - two children;
m.2) to Samuel Hill - no children.
2 5.1.1.3.5. Kenneth Burton Ward, Sr. - b. 1 Mar 1931 Canton, Haywood
Co., NC; m.l) to Doris Annette Cline, d/o Carl Gordon Cline and Esther
Hansenburg of Niagara Falls, Ont. Canada. Div. Nov 1979 Asheville, Buncombe Co.,
NC. Had three children. Kenneth m.2) to Viola (__?) McKinney - div. 30 Jul 1983;
m.3) 24 Jul 1985 Wilson, Niagara Co., NY to Nadine ——? __? of Asheville, NC - no
issue.
2.5.1.1.3.6. Carolyn Ward - b. 1932 Canton, Haywood Co., NC, d. 1933
Canton, Haywood Co., NC
2.5.1.1.3.7. Cecil Maurice Ward - b. Canton, Haywood Co., NC; m.l) at
Buffalo, NY to Adele Kiebzac - five children; m.2) to Brenda Woodard of
Asheville, NC who had one daughter later adopted by C.M. Ward [aka Bobby]. ——
cont.