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Caswell County Genealogy
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 1879 - 1949 (69 years)
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| Name |
Claytor, Numa Reid [1, 2] |
| Birth |
17 Aug 1879 |
North Carolina  [1, 2] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Reference Number |
8012 |
| Death |
8 Jan 1949 |
Caswell County, North Carolina [1, 2] |
| Burial |
Cedars Cemetery, Milton, Caswell County, North Carolina [1] |
| Person ID |
I7883 |
Caswell County |
| Last Modified |
2 May 2024 |
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| Notes |
- Numa Reid Claytor (1879-1949)
The minister at the Milton Presbyterian Church 1911-1948 was Numa Reid Claytor, who served until his death. Presumably, this is the Numa Reid Claytor who is buried in the Cedars Cemetery in Milton, North Carolina. The gravestone immediately adjacent to Numa Reid Claytor is Whit Irvine Claytor (1865-1958). This is Whitlock Hoge Irvine Claytor, the wife of Reverend Numa Reid Claytor.
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When Milton Presbyterian Church in those days comes to mind I see all those dear people, so much a part of our lives and just where they sat in church. Nearly everyone had a chosen seat and the regular attendants honored those seats.
Mr. Claytor, long time minister, read his sermons and left his written word in the shelves of the pulpit, where nosy youngsters easily found them. There was Miss Whit, his wife, and Miss Annie Irvine, his sister-in-law, the picture of dignity and Southern gentility. There were Mary Williams, Mrs. Whitlock, Colin Winstead, and Mr. Lewis Walker, the druggist, who nodded off during all sermons. There was Ethel Gillespie in the choir. And Bernice Oliver and Evelyn Gusler, sitting together, and both as neat as neat as could possibly be. There was Mr. Jim Brandon who always sat near my grandmother, Mrs. Frank Jones. There was Mr. Kilby, Sunday school Superintendent for most of my early life. There were our mothers: Mrs. Angle, Miss Edith, Mrs. Kilby (a member of the Episcopal Church, but that met only once a month). There was Miss Ellen Donoho, and Miss Em, her sister-in-law. Miss Em played the piano occasionally and had the shortest, stubbiest little fingers I always wondered if she could span an octave.
Another member of the congregation was Charlie Lea, the black sexton, sitting about halfway up the stairs to the balcony. He tolled the church bell every Sunday, and stoked the furnace in winter. All part of what we could expect every Sunday. Women in summer dresses, anything but revealing, and the men were always in coat and tie. We, the children and young people, had our Sunday clothes, probably homemade, but kept for Sundays and special occasions. What an ordinary and wonderful way of life.
Source: "Milton Memories" by Jean Scott (The Caswell Messenger, 4 July 2012).
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"Rev. NR Claytor, longtime Presbyterian minister (lived in the Clay-Irvine house, now home to Jim Upchurch), served five Presbyterian churches in the Milton area -- Red House in Semora, Milton Presbyterian, Gilead, Community (across Dan River in Virginia), and Palmer's Chapel -- African-American congregation. To the back and side of Gilead Presbyterian Church is a fairly large cemetery, where Phil Allen's grandparents are buried, as well as the Bryant family. I have an announcement of a Rainey wedding there in 1906." Source: Jean B. Scott Comment Posted 3 March 2014 to the Caswell County Historical Association Facebook Page.
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1900 United States Federal Census
Name: N R Claytor
Home in 1900: Chapel Hill, Orange, North Carolina
Age: 20
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1880
Birthplace: North Carolina
Relationship to head-of-house: Son
Father's Name: W C
Mother's Name: Margarett
Race: White
Household Members: Name Age
W C Claytor 73
Margarett Claytor 61
Currie Claytor 25
N R Claytor 20
Claude Claytor 18
1920 United States Federal Census
Name: Numa R Claytor
Home in 1920: Milton, Caswell, North Carolina
Age: 42 years
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1878
Birthplace: North Carolina
Relation to Head of House: Head
Spouse's Name: Whitlock
Father's Birth Place: North Carolina
Mother's Birth Place: Virginia
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Sex: Male
Able to read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Image: 1137
Household Members: Name Age
Numa R Claytor 42
Whitlock Claytor 52
1930 United States Federal Census
about Reid N Claytor
Name: Reid N Claytor
Home in 1930: Milton, Caswell, North Carolina
Age: 51
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1879
Birthplace: North Carolina
Relation to Head of House: Head
Spouse's Name: Whitlock H
Race: White
Occupation: Presbyterian Minister (Milton, North Carolina)
Parents' birthplace: North Carolina
Household Members: Name Age
Reid N Claytor 51
Whitlock H Claytor 55
Annie I Irvin 60 [Annie Lewis Irvine]
North Carolina Death Collection, 1908-2004
Name: N R Claytor
Race: White
Age: 70
Date of Birth: 1879
Date of Death: 8 Jan 1949
Death County: Caswell
Death State: North Carolina
Source Vendor: NC State Archives. North Carolina Deaths, 1908-67
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- Details: Milton, North Carolina: Sidelights of History, Charles B. Motley (1976) at 29.
- Details: Gravestone at Cedars Cemetery (Milton, Caswell County, North Carolina).
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