Tombstone Tuesday~Nellie Isabella Huneycutt Deese

Nellie Isabella Huneycutt Deese

b. 27 Oct 1857

d. 9 May 1938

bu. Morven Cemetery

Photo Courtesy of Julious Burr

Nellie Isabelle and Henry Harrison Deese were married 1 February 1875. Nellie was my Great Grandmother's sister. Thus my Great  Grandfather, John Calvin Deese married Louvena Huneycutt, a younger sister of Nellie Isabelle Huneycutt.

Nellie and Louvena are daughters of James W. and Sarah Page Huneycutt.
 
Nellie Isabelle Huneycutt Deese is my Great Grand Aunt.

Treasure Chest Thursday~Certificate of Marriage-Louvena Huneycutt and John Calvin Deese

On 9 April 1884, a young couple by the name of John Calvin Deese, age 28 and Louvena Huneycutt, age 27 were married at the residence of J. B. Lindsey in Lilesville, Anson County, North Carolina. 

Though unknown at the time of the event; this couple would ultimately turned out to be my Great Grandparents.


The marriage application shows that John Calvin was the son of Samuel and Sarah [Hill] Deese and that Louvena Huneycutt was the daughter of James W. Huneycutt and Sarah Elizabeth [Page] Huneycutt. The application also shows that John Calvin’s mother was deceased and that the other named parents were still living.
John Calvin and Louvena were a happy young couple with a growing family of young daughters until tragedy struck with the birth of their 4th child, given the namesake of her mother – Louvena. 

Louvena, the mother, passed away the day after the birth of daughter, Louvena, on 15 October 1889. A year and a day later on 16 October 1890, Louvena, the daughter passed away.  

John Calvin remarried and had 3 additional daughters by his second wife. He passed away on 1 April 1930 in Morven, North Carolina. 

John Calvin and Louvena Huneycutt Deese are my paternal Great Grandparents.











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[1] State of North Carolina, marriage (9 April 1884), John Calvin Deese & Louvena Honeycutt; https://www.ancestry.com, Wadesboro, Anson County, North Carolina. My thanks to Steve Bailey for sending me a copy of the actual Certificate of marriage.
[2] Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database and digital images, (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed June 2011); Memorial page for Louvena Huneycutt Deese; (10 November 1857–16 October 1889); Find a Grave memorial # 80710365, Citing Cedar Creek Meeting House Cemetery; Lilesville, Anson County, North Carolina, USA.
[3] Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database and digital images, (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 2 January 2010); Memorial page for John Calvin Deese; (10 November 1854–1 April 1930); Find a Grave memorial # 38280047, Citing Morven Cemetery; Morven, Anson County, North Carolina, USA.

Amanuensis Monday~Land Deed, Mrs. Sallie Gathings to Mrs. Pearly Purvis

Amanuensis Monday is a genealogy blogging theme. It was started by John Newmark who writes the TransylvanianDutch blog.

His definition of Amanuensis is:
Amanuensis: A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another.


Today’s subject is a Land Deed, Mrs. Sallie Gathings to Mrs. Pearly Purvis.¹



MRS. SALLIE GATHINGS  -TO-  MRS. PEARLY PURVIS

NORTH CAROLINA
RICHMOND COUNTY
THIS DEED, made this 30th day of March, A. D. 1936, by Mrs. Sallie Gathings, widow, of Richmond county and State of North Carolina of the first part, to Mrs. Pearly Purvis, widow, of Anson County and State of North Carolina pf the second part:
WITNESSTH, That Mrs. Sallie Gathings, in consideration of Twenty-five and no/100 Dollars, to her paid by party of the second part the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, have bargained and sold, and by these presents do grant, bargain, sell and convey to said party of the second part, her heirs and assigns, a certain tract or parcel of land in Anson County, State of North Carolina, adjoining the lands of and others, and bounded as follows,viz:
Being Lot no. 5 of a subdivision according to a plat and survey made by James Stewart, Surveyor, April 27th, 1936, said plat being referred to for a more full and complete description.
This being a part of the tract of land conveyed to Mrs. Sallie Gathings by her children by deed dated March 23rd, 1936.
TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the aforesaid tract or parcel of land, and all privileges and appurtenances thereto belonging, to the said party of the second part, her heirs and assigns, to their only use and behoof forever.
And the said party of the first part, for herself and her heirs, executors and administrators, covenant with said party of the second part, her heirs and assigns, that she is sized of said premises in fee and has right to convey in fee simple; that the same are free and clear from all encumbrances, and that she does hereby forever warrant and will forever defend the said title to the same against the claims of all persons whomsoever.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, the said Mrs. Sallie Gathings has hereunto set her hand and seal, the day and year first above written.
                                                                              Mrs. Sallie Gathings {seal}

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
ANSON COUNTY
I, Jno. P. Boyd Notary Public, do hereby certify that Mrs. Sallie Gathings, widow, personally appeared before me this day and acknowledged the due execution of the Annexed Deed of Conveyance; and the said Mrs. Sallie Gathings being by me  privately examined, separate and apart from her said husband,  touching her voluntary execution of the same, doth state that she signed the same freely and voluntarily, without fear or compulsion of her said husband or any other person, and that she both still voluntarily assent thereto.
Witness my hand and notarial seal, this 30 day of April, A.D. 1936.
(N. P.)                                                        Jno. P. Boyd   {seal}
(Seal)                                                          N. P.
My commission expires Feby. 15, 38

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
ANSON COUNTY
The foregoing certificates of Jno. P. Boyd, a Notary Public of Anson County., State of North Carolina, is adjudged to be correct. Let the instrument, with the certificates, be registered.
Witness my hand and official seal, this 12 day of Jan., A.D. 1953.
                                                                  Nannie Lee Horne, Asst.
                                                                  Clerk Superior Court
January 12th, 1953, at 3:00 o’clock P. M.
Then the foregoing instrument, with the certificates thereon, came into my hands and were duly registered.
                                                                  Frances E. Liles
                                                                  Register of Deeds

Mrs. Pearly Purvis is my Grandmother Lucy Pearl Deese Purvis, daughter of John Calvin Deese and his 1st wife, Louvena Huneycutt. Mrs. Sallie Gathings is Sarah ‘Sallie’ Katherine Pratt Gathings, daughter of Daniel Pratt and Mary J. ‘Mollie’ Braswell. Sallie was married to Thomas C. Gathings. The original deed was in possession of my grandmother at the time of her death. 

I have been told that this Deed was for a “Cemetery Plot” for the Purvis Family in the Morven Cemetery, Morven, Anson County, North Carolina. 

This deed can be accessed at - http://www.ansonncrod.org/





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[1] Anson County, North Carolina, 118: 371 and 372, MRS. SALLIE GATHINGS -TO- MRS. PEARLY PURVIS; 30 March 1936, Register of Deeds, Wadesboro, Anson County, North Carolina.

Tombstone Tuesday~Henry Harrison Deese

Henry Harrison Deese
b: Aug. 4, 1845
d: Jun. 21, 1913

bu. Morven Cemetery

Photo Courtesy of Julious Burr

Henry Harrison Deese is a brother of my Great Grandfather John Calvin Deese. They married Huneycutt sisters; daughters of James W. Huneycutt and Sarah Elizabeth Page. 

Harrison married Isabella Huneycutt on 1 February 1875 in Morven, Anson County, North Carolina. Nine years later in 1884 his younger brother John Calvin married Isabella's younger sister  Louvena Huneycutt.  

Harrison and Isabella had eleven children; four daughters and seven sons.  

They are both buried in the Morven Cemetery, Morven, Anson County, North Carolina.

Henry Harrison Deese is my Great Grand Uncle.  

52 Ancestors: # 2, Louvena Huneycutt Deese

Louvena Huneycutt  is my great grandmother. She was born on 1 Oct 1855 in Cabarrus Co., North Carolina.^{1 2 3 4} She  was a daughter  of James W. Huneycutt and Sarah Elizabeth “Sallie” Page. She died on 16 Oct 1889 at the age of 34  and was buried at Cedar Creek Meeting House Cemetery in Lilesville, Anson, North Carolina.⁵

I don’t know how John Calvin Deese, my great grand father, met Louvena Huneycutt but they were married on 9 Apr 1884 in Lilesville, Anson, North Carolina.⁶ Their eldest daughter was my grandmother and Grandma Purvis is the only one of my grandparents that was alive when I was born. Grandma Purvis lived until 1970, but as a young kid I had no interest in how her parents met each other.  Wouldn't it be nice if we could go back in time.

John Calvin Deese, son of Samuel Deese and Sarah Hill, was born on 10 Nov 1852 in Anson County, North Carolina.^{7 8 9 10 11 12} 

Between 9 April 1884 and 15 October 1889, John and Louvena had 4 children. The last born, Louvena and her Mother, Louvena Huneycutt Deese both passed away on the same day, 16 October 1889.
Their children were:

i. Lucy Pearl "Pearly" Deese, born 17 Jan 1885, Morven, Anson, North Carolina.
ii. Theresa Sara "Fleeter" Deese, born 8 Feb 1887, Morven, Anson, North Carolina.
iii. Etta M. Deese, born 3 Feb 1888, Morven, Anson, North Carolina.
iv. Louvena Deese was born on 15 Oct 1889 in Lilesville, Anson, North Carolina, United States. She died on 16 Oct 1890 at the age of 1 day and was buried beside her Mother at the Cedar Creek Meeting House Cemetery in Lilesville, Anson, North Carolina.

After losing his young wife and baby daughter, John Calvin married  Sarah Frances Gathings, daughter of William W. and Charlotte Jones Gathings. They were married 4 February 1892 in Morven, Anson County, North Carolina.

I’m still searching for additional information about Louvena Huneycutt Deese and her short life.




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1. State of North Carolina, marriage (9 April 1884), John Calvin Deese & Lavinia Honeycutt; https://www.ancestry.com, Wadesboro, Anson County, North Carolina.
2. 1860 U. S. Census, Cabarrus County, North Carolina, population schedule, Subdivision East of NC RR, Cabarrus, North Carolina, Page: 88; Line xx, Page 118/88B(stamped), Line 17, Dwelling #902, Family #902, Household of James Hunycut; online database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 28 May 2013); citing National Archives Microfilm Publication M653, Roll 890.
3. 1870 U S Census, Stanly County, North Carolina, population schedule, Big Lick, Stanly County, North Carolina, Page 38A(stamped), Line 34, Dwelling 159, Family 160, Household of James HUNEYCUTT; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 28 May 2013); citing National Archive Microfilm M593, Roll 1160.
4. 1880 US Census, Anson County, North Carolina, population schedule, Morven, Anson County, North Carolina, enumeration district (ED) 002, Page 352A(stamped), Line 39, Dwelling #264, Family #282, Household of James Hunicutt; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 26 May 2013); citing National Archives Microfilm T9, Roll 951.
5. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, digital image, (http://www.findagrave.com : Accessed on June 2011); Headstone for Louvena Huneycutt Deese; (10 November 1857–16 October 1889); Records of the Cedar Creek Meeting House Cemetery; Lilesville, Anson County, North Carolina, USA.
6. State of North Carolina, marriage, (9 April 1884), John Calvin Deese & Lavinia Honeycutt.
7. Ibid.
8. State of North Carolina, death (2 April 1930), Calvin Deere [Deese]; https://www.ancestry.com, Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina.
9. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database, "Record, John Calvin Deese (10 November 1854–1 April 1930), Memorial # 38280047.
10. 1870 U S Census, Anson County, North Carolina, population schedule, Gulledge, Anson County, North Carolina, Page 337B; Line 15, Dwelling 97, Family 97, Household of Sam DEES; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 29 March 2013); citing National Archive Microfilm M593, Roll 1122.
11. 1880 U. S. Census, Anson County, North Carolina, population schedule, Morven, Anson County, North Carolina, enumeration district (ED) #2, Page 345C; Line 11, Dwelling 127, Family 140, Household of Samuel DEESE; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 14 October 2011); citing National Archives Microfilm T9, Roll 0951.
12. 1900 US Census, Anson County, North Carolina, population schedule, Morven, Anson County, North Carolina, enumeration district (ED) #8, Page 152A; Line 26, Dwelling 52, Family 52, Household of Calvin DEES; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 12 October 2011); citing National Archives Microfilm T623, Roll 1181.

Tombstone Tuesday–John Calvin Deese

John Calvin Deese

10 November 1852 – 2 March 1930

John Calvin Deese is my 2nd Great Grandfather. My grandmother was one of four daughters born to John Calvin and Louvena Huneycutt Deese. Louvena and the last child Louvena perished during that childbirth and are buried at the Cedar Creek Meeting House, to the left when entering the Church.

After the death of Louvena, John Calvin married Sarah Frances Gathings, daughter of William W. Gathings and Charlotte Jones.

John Calvin and Charlotte also had three daughter; no sons were born to either of these unions.

The NC Death certificate[1] for John Calvin Deese shows he died 2 April 1930; but it’s wrong. His tombstone shows that John Calvin died on 1 April 1930. His Obituary[2] found in the 3 April (Thursday) 1930, The Messenger & Intelligence, Page 10, Morven News states:

Death of J. Calvin Deese Tuesday night at 11 o'clock. Mr. J. Calvin Deese died at his home. He had been a victim of paralysis for a long time and the end was expected at any hour. The funeral was held in the Methodist church Thursday morning at 10 o'clock conducted by his pastor, Rev. C. L. McCain, and interment was in the Morven cemetery where a large number of sorrowing friends and relatives gathered to pay the last tribute to a man who had always la-bored with both heart and hand to do the right thing for his Master, his country and family. Mr. Deese was 77 years of age; he had been a citizen of Morven nearly all his life. He was twice married, first to Miss Lavenia Honeycutt and to this union three children were born, and second to Miss Fannie Gathings, and to them were born three children also. He is survived by his second wife and five daughters. They are: Mrs. Baldwin, of Palestine; Mrs. Jim Purvis, of McFarlan; Mrs. Reuben Philips and Misses Lizzie and Cora Deese of Morven. [The Messenger & Intelligence, 3 April 1930, Page 10, Morven News]

I have a photo of Louvena Huneycutt Deese but have been unable to locate a photo of John Calvin Deese. If you have one that you would like to share; please let me know.

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[1] State of North Carolina, death (2 April 1930), Calvin Deere [Deese]; https://www.ancestry.com, Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina.

[2] John Calvin Deese obituary, The Messenger & Intelligence, Wadesboro, North Carolina, 3 April 1930, Page 10, Morven News.

Tombstone Tuesday - Louvena Huneycutt Deese

Louvena Huneycutt Deese

Louvena Huneycutt was born on 10 Nov 1857 in Cabarrus County, North Carolina. She was the daughter of James W. Huneycutt and Sarah Elizabeth Page. She died on 16 Oct 1889 at the age of 32 in Lilesville, Anson, North Carolina. She was buried at Cedar Creek Meeting House Cemetery in Lilesville, Anson, North Carolina. [1]

Louvena Huneycutt and John Calvin Deese were married on 9 Apr 1884 in Lilesville, Anson, North Carolina. John Calvin Deese, son of Samuel Deese and Sarah Hill, was born on 10 Nov 1854 in Anson County, North Carolina. He signed his will on 14 Mar 1908 in Wadesboro, Anson, North Carolina.[2]  John Calvin died on 2 Apr 1930 at the age of 76 and was buried on 3 Apr 1930 at Morven Cemetery in Morven, Anson, North Carolina.[3] [4]

John Calvin Deese and Louvena Huneycutt had the following children:

          i.        Lucy Pearl "Pearly" Deese, born 17 Jan 1885, Morven, Anson, North Carolina; married James Francis Purvis, bef 14 Mar 1908; died 23 Apr 1970, Cordova, Richmond County, North Carolina.

          ii.       Theresa Sara "Fleeter" Deese, born 8 Feb 1887, Morven, Anson, North Carolina; married Ruben Thomas Phillips, abt 1911; died 8 Feb 1925, Morven, Anson, North Carolina.

          iii.      Etta M. Deese, born 3 Feb 1888, Morven, Anson, North Carolina; married Emanual Leach Kirk, 1905 or 1909, Stanly County, North Carolina; married Alsey Oscar Hopkins; died 25 Feb 1982, Albemarle, Stanly County, North Carolina.

          iv.      Louvena Deese was born on 15 Oct 1889 in Lilesville, Anson, North Carolina. She died on 16 Oct 1890 at the age of 1 in Lilesville and was buried on 17 Oct 1890 at Cedar Creek Meeting House cemetery with her Mother.

Louvena Huneycutt Deese is my great grandmother. Her baby, with her namesake, is buried beside her at Cedar Creek Cemetery. Sadly, the tombstone of my great grandmother has been damaged since I last visited the grave-site.

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[1] Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com, Accessed on June 2011; Headstone for Louvena Huneycutt Deese; Memorial # 80710365.

[2] Anson County, North Carolina, FHL microfilm 018161: page 423 Will of John Calvin Dees; Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah.

[3] State of North Carolina, death (2 April 1930), Calvin Deere [Deese]; https://www.ancestry.com, Wadesboro, Anson County, North Carolina.

[4]  OBITUARY: John Calvin Deese, found under Morven News, The Messenger & Intelligence, 3 April 1930, Page 10.

Census Notes

[5]. 1880 U. S. Census, Anson County, North Carolina, population schedule, Morven, Anson County, North Carolina, enumeration district (ED) #2, Page 345C; Line 11, Dwelling 127, Family 140, Household of Samuel DEESE; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 14 October 2011); citing National Archives Microfilm T9, Roll 0951.

[6]. 1900 US Census, Anson County, North Carolina, population schedule, Morven, Anson County, North Carolina, enumeration district (ED) #8, Page 152A; Line 26, Dwelling 52, Family 52, Household of Calvin DEES; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 12 October 2011); citing National Archives Microfilm T623, Roll 1181.         

[7]. 1910  U. S. Census, Anson County, North Carolina, population schedule, Morven, Anson County, North Carolina, enumeration district (ED) #0011, Page 165B; Line 89, Dwelling 208, Family 217, Household of John C. DEES; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : Viewed 14 October 2011); citing National Archives Microfilm T624, Roll 1096.

[8]. 1920  U. S. Census, Anson County, North Carolina, population schedule, Morven, Anson County, North Carolina, enumeration district (ED) #13, Page 194A; Line 26, Dwelling 148, Family 148, Household of John C. DEES; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 14 October 2011); citing National Archives Microfilm Series: T625, Roll: 1283