Ripley, Lila

1863 - 1961  (97 years)

• Name	Ripley, Lila  [1]
  Birth	18 Apr 1863	Hendersonville, Henderson County, North Carolina
  Gender	Female
  Reference Number	43069
  Death	15 Mar 1961	Henderson County, North Carolina
  Burial	Oakdale Cemetery, Hendersonville, Henderson County, North Carolina
  Person ID	I42264	Caswell County
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Ripley, Colonel Valentine,   b. 14 Feb 1807   d. 3 Oct 1879 (Age 72 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Living
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F1720	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Barnwell, Ralph Izard,   b. 4 Feb 1862, South Carolina d. 20 Mar 1891, Stokes County, North Carolina (Age 29 years)
  Reference Number	636044
  Family ID	F15232	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2024

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 18 Apr 1863 - Hendersonville, Henderson County, North Carolina Death - 15 Mar 1961 - Henderson County, North Carolina  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Notes

  The Man Who Brought Us to the Springs. Colonel V. Ripley, father of Mrs. Lila Ripley Barnwell, was one of the early settlers in Hendersonville [North Carolina]. He was of English descent, his immediate branch of the family having come to New England in 1636. Colonel Ripley was a native of Virginia, from which state he came to North Carolina when quite a young man. He was a man of wide experience and fine business ability. In 1835 the business of mail contracts, extending from Florida when the state was a territory to the upper part of South Carolina, was almost entirely in his hands. This business was continued until June, 1855. His Wife an Authoress. Mr. Ripley's first wife was the daughter of James M. Smith of Buncombe, who was the first white child to be born west of the Blue Ridge in Buncombe county, he having been born on Swannanoa. During the War between the States, Col. Ripley was married to Mrs. Mary A. Ewart of Columbia, S.C., a lady of great culture, refinemen and strong intellectuality. In her early years, Mrs. Ripley was an author of considerable distinction, and was a regular contributor to many of the leading magazines and periodicals of her day. Perhaps her most valuable production was "Ellen Campbell, of Kings Mountain," a prize story which was contested for by many of the well known writers of the South. . . . Mrs Lila Ripley Barnwell, her daughter, has been inseparably identified with the later development of Hendersonville; she is well known in western North Carolina as a writer, and a broadly public-spirited woman, as well as a friend to all who need a friend -- and this is saying much. Source: Western North Carolina: A History from 1730-1913, John Preston Arthur (1914) at 497.

  
  

• Sources

  Details: Western North Carolina: A History from 1730-1913, John Preston Arthur (1914) at 497.