Laura Jane Sides was born 30th of December, 1859, a daughter of Jacob W. Sides and Emily C. Lewis. Miss Laura Jane never married. She lived with her parents until their death. After her parents death, she lived with her brother, Charles Edgar Sides, until she passed away on 20 May 1951. She was buried in Concord Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Statesville, Iredell County, North Carolina.
Statesville Record And Landmark -- Newspaper “Christmas Page” for those over the age of Eighty.
Miss Laura Sides
Dec.10, 1859
I was born the 30th of December, 1859 on a farm about two and one half miles north of what is now Loray. I grew up and lived on the same farm until seventeen years ago when I moved to Statesville. Name of my father, Jacob W. Sides, son of Daniel Sides. Mother's name, Emily Lewis, daughter of Thompson Lewis and Kliza Alexander Lewis. My name Laura Jane Sides has not has not changed— I am still Miss Laura Sides.
When I can first remember it was soon after the end of the Civil War. Everybody poor—money scarce as the proverbial hen's teeth. We didn't celebrate Christmas as we do now. If we hung up our stockings what was put in them was home-made— toys, cakes, apples or something like that, even the stockings were home knit and candy was almost as scarce as money. Children didn't eat much candy when I was a child or poor children like I was did not, but for all that we had a nice time. It does not take much to amuse children.
Statesville Record And Landmark
Statesville, North Carolina
28 Dec 1939, Thu
Page 7, Column 4
Obituary:
Rites Today For Miss Laura Sides
Miss Laura Jane Sides, 91, died Sunday morning at 9 o'clock at her home, 613 West Sharpe street.
Miss Sides was born at the Sides home place in the Trinity church community, a daughter Jacob W. Sides and Emily Sides. She had been living in Statesville for many years.
Survivors include two brothers, Lynn Sides and C. E. Sides, of Statesville, and a number of nephews and nieces. Funeral services will be held this afternoon at 4 o'clock from Concord Presbyterian church, at Loray, conducted by Rev. John K. Lasley, Rev. Earl F. Thompson and Rev. J. T. Barham. Burial will be in the family plot at Concord Presbyterian church. The pallbearers will be Messrs. John, Arthur, Privette, Ralph Sides, John and Blake Crawford and the flowers will be received by Mrs. J. D. Morrison and J. W. Ferguson.
Statesville Record And Landmark
Statesville, North Carolina
21 May 1951, Mon.
Page 2, column 1
Laura Jane Sides is my 2nd Cousin 3X Removed.
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1. "Miss Laura Sides," Marry Christmas Experiences, Statesville Record And Landmark, Statesville, North Carolina, 28 December 1939, Page 7, Column 4; Digital On-Line Archives, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/ : viewed 3 February 2023).
2. "Rites Today For Miss Laura Sides, 21 May 1951," Page 2, column 1."
3. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database and digital images, (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 3 February 2023); Memorial page for Laura Jane Sides; (30 December 1859–20 May 1951); Find a Grave memorial # 74007768, Citing Concord Presbyterian Church Cemetery; Statesville, Iredell County, North Carolina, USA.
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