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Slade, Mary Elizabeth

Female 1873 - 1939  (66 years)


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  • Name Slade, Mary Elizabeth 
    Birth 21 Jul 1873  Purley, Caswell County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Name Miss Bettie 
    Reference Number 5218 
    Death 20 Sep 1939  Yanceyville, Caswell County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Harrison Family Cemetery, Purley, Caswell County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I5148  Caswell County
    Last Modified 2 May 2024 

    Father Slade, Ezekiel B.,   b. 14 Aug 1838, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Sep 1914 (Age 76 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Harrison, Cora Ann,   b. 13 Jul 1846, Caswell County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Feb 1933, Yanceyville, Caswell County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 24 May 1870  [1
    Reference Number 38888 
    Family ID F2662  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Anderson, George Andrew,   b. 30 Nov 1869, Anderson, Caswell County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 May 1945, Yanceyville, Caswell County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years) 
    Marriage 26 May 1897 
    Reference Number 39690 
    Children 
    +1. Anderson, Kenneth Gordon,   b. 5 Mar 1898, Anderson, Caswell County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Dec 1968, Durham, Durham County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     2. Anderson, Mary Slade,   b. 2 Mar 1902, Anderson, Caswell County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Jun 1977, Yanceyville, Caswell County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     3. Anderson, John Quinton,   b. 18 Nov 1906, Anderson, Caswell County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 May 1938, Caswell County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 31 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +4. Anderson, Ruth Byrd,   b. 22 Sep 1911, Yanceyville, Caswell County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Feb 2009, Waynesboro, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 97 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +5. Anderson, James Ezekiel,   b. 2 Dec 1914, Caswell County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Jul 2005, Caswell County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 90 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +6. Anderson, George Andrew Jr.,   b. 31 May 1916, Yanceyville, Caswell County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Jul 1995, Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F2665  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 May 2024 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 21 Jul 1873 - Purley, Caswell County, North Carolina Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 20 Sep 1939 - Yanceyville, Caswell County, North Carolina Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Harrison Family Cemetery, Purley, Caswell County, North Carolina Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Mary Elizabeth Slade (1873-1939)

      Mary Elizabeth Slade Anderson (1873-1939)

      Mary Elizabeth Slade Anderson (1873-1939)

      2012-10-06 19.45.53

      Anderson Dies, The Bee (Danville, Virginia), Wednesday, 20 September 1939

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      Third Photograph: This book was made by my grandfather Slade in the year 1825 was presented to Mr. Roberts & he gave it to my father E. Slade & he gave it to me. I prize it very highly & hope nothing will happen to destroy it. I have willed it to my oldest son Kenneth.

      Mary E. Slade Anderson

      Ezekiel Slade came to Caswell Co. N.C. from Md.

      His son, Thos Slade, who made this book married Miss _____ Tabor

      Their son Ezekiel Slade married Miss Cora Ann Harrison

      Their daughter Mary E. Slade married Geo. A. Anderson, and I, Kenneth Anderson, married Miss Myrtle Lee Smith

      Kenneth Anderson 1939
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      Fourth Photograph: The Bee (Danville, Virginia), Wednesday, 20 September 1939.
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      See: The Heritage of Caswell County, North Carolina, Jeannine D. Whitlow, Editor (1985) at 89 (Article #16 "George A. Anderson").

      In the Membership Roster and Genealogical Summary of the Dan River Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution, written 1994, it states that Mary Elizabeth Slade was born 21 Jul 1873 and died 21 Sep 1939 in Caswell Co. Her son James Ezekial Anderson was a member of the SAR.

      Note that 20 September 1939 is given as the death date on her gravestone.
      1930 US Census
      Name: Mary E Anderson
      Age: 56
      Estimated birth year: abt 1874
      Relation to head-of-house: Wife
      Spouse's Name: George A Anderson
      Home in 1930: Yanceyville, Caswell, North Carolina

      Anderson Family 1928

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      Anderson Family of Caswell County North Carolina, About 1928

      Bottom Row L to R: James Ezekiel Anderson, Ruth Byrd Anderson Howze, George Andrew Anderson Jr.
      Top Row L to R: John Quintin Anderson, George Andrew Anderson, Mary Elizabeth Slade Anderson, Kenneth Gordon Anderson, Myrtle Lee Smith Anderson, Mary Slade Anderson Horton, William Banks Horton.
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      The U.D.C. Chapter of Yanceyville Meets: Mrs. George Oldham Hostess at Interesting Meeting -- Other News of Yanceyville

      (Special to Daily News) Yanceyville, Feb, 26 [1919] -- Mrs. George W. Oldham was hostess to the U.D.C.'s Friday afternoon at her home on West Main Street. The president, Mrs. George A. Anderson, presided. The chaplain being absent, Mrs. Oldham opened the chapter with prayer. Much business was discussed, dues were paid in for the coming year. etc. Mrs. B. S. Graves read an attractive poem, "My Boy," written by Mrs. W. O. Spencer, of Winston-Salem, who has a son in service overseas. Mrs Spencer was born and reared in Yanceyville, and her clever writings are especially enjoyed in the town of her birth. The chapter adjourned to meet with Mrs. Anderson on March 21. The hostess served a salad course, coffee and mints. Attractive favors, in the form of miniature hatchets, were given the guests in honor of George Washington's birthday. The evening was concluded with a number of selections on the Victrola. The guests were: Mesdames George A. Anderson, B. S. Graves, T. J. Henderson, W. F. Fitch, E. F. Upchurch, J. W. Wiggins, H. S. Turner and T. J. Florance.

      Greensboro Daily News (Greensboro, NC), 27 Feb 1919.
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      Mrs. Geeorge W. Oldham: Not identified, but lived on West Main Street in Yanceyville, NC. Possibilities:

      1. Eula Kirkpatric Oldham (died 1941), wife of Reverend George Willis Oldham (1879-1964).

      2. Mary Doherty Oldham, wife of George Washington Oldham.

      Mrs. George A. Anderson: Mary Elizabeth Slade Anderson (1873-1939), wife of George Andrew Andersson (1869-1945)

      Mrs. B. S. Graves: Malvina F. Graves Graves (1870-1955), wife of Barzillai Shuford Graves (1854-1942).

      Mrs. W. O. Spencer: Mary Graves Miles Kerr Spencer (1875-1965), wife od Dr. William Oliver Spencer, M.D. (1863-1938). The son in service referenced most likely is William Oliver Spencer, Jr. (1895-1975).

      Mrs. T. J. Henderson: Alice Cleveland Slade Henderson (1884-1928), wife of Thomas Johnston Henderson (1883-1959).

      Mrs. W. F. Fitch: Fannie Rebecca Moore Fitch (1881-1920), wife of William Franklin Fitch (1877-1956).

      Mrs. E. F. Upchurch: Mary Constance Stroupe Upchurch (1882-1968), wife of Ernest Frederick Upchurch (1877-1960).

      Mrs. J. W. Wiggins: Sallie Henry Womack Wiggins (1864-1929), wife of John William Wiggins, Jr. (1849-1923).

      Mrs. H. S. Turner: Mollie A. Hatchett Turner (1869-1946), wife of Henry Stephen Turner (1868-1951).

      Mrs. T. J. Florance: Nancy Kerr Lea Florance (1869-1939), wife of Thomas Jefferson Florance (1858-1926).

  • Sources 
    1. Details: The Heritage of Caswell County, North Carolina, Jeannine D. Whitlow, Editor (1985) at 270 (Article #316 "The Family and Ancestry of John Pendleton Harrison" by Francis Andrews Maloney, Jr.).