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Caswell County Genealogy
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 1881 - 1956 (75 years)
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| Name |
Crutchfield, Sallie Gertrude [1] |
| Birth |
1881 [1] |
| Gender |
Female |
| Reference Number |
42163 |
| Death |
1956 [1] |
| Person ID |
I41366 |
Caswell County |
| Last Modified |
16 Apr 2024 |
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| Notes |
- Martha Ann (Annie) Harrelson Letter (30 December 1940)
(This letter was probably written to Sallie Gertrude (Crutchfield) Gunn. The 1900 US Census lists her given name as "Gertrude". Her husband, Perley Ovid Gunn was a grandson of Barzillia Powell. Barzillia's daughter, Louvenia Frances Powell, married a John Allen Gunn.)
Source: Elvin Meyers (ewmeyers@telus.net) 16 December 2009
December 30, 1940
Dear Cousin Gertrude,
Just received your nice letter. I do not have a Kodak but will try to get some one to make a picture of Sterling Gunn's Rock.
Polly Powell was my daddy's mother. She married James C. Harrelson January 6, 1834. Polly was born January 27, 1810, and died November 5, 1856. My dad, John F. Harrelson, was Polly's oldest child. There were 11. Thomas, the youngest, died 3 years ago, age 85 years.
I heard John Allen Powell went to Missouri from North Carolina after his father, Peter Powell, Jr. died and lived with William Powell, brother of Peter Powell, Jr. and I heard that John Allen went to Texas after he got grown and was never heard of anymore. I have been told that Peter Powell, Jr. died in North Carolina.
I will go to Yanceyville soon and see what what I can get about the Powells. I have been told Brazillia Powell married a Miss Poteat of North Carolina the first time and a Miss Sparrow the second time. I know the Poteats real well but the old Powells are dead and the young people do not know anything about their people away back. This Miss Poteat that Brazillia married was Miles Poteat's daughter, sister to the one Henry Powell married. I am kin to the Gunns on both sides. My mother was a Hooper. Sterling Gunn married Mary Hooper who was Ben Hooper's sister. Ben Hooper was my ggrandfather.
One of my Grandpa Harrelson's sisters married a Gunn and I live alone and we could not leave My mother has been dead 11 years last May. My daddy has been dead 28 years. My daddy has a brother Pete Harrelson that lived in Bowling Green, Missouri. Pete is dead ... children near Bowling Green, Missouri. I know J. A. Mo... real well. I went to school with him in Yanceyville. I have heard my daddy say he remembered Uncle Baz (Brazillia) and Uncle Henry coming from Missouri to see Grandma (Polly). One of them gave one of Papa's sisters a gold piece and she had a pin made.
Lovingly,
Annie Harrelson,
Yanceyville
R. F. D.
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