The Rt. Rev. Watson (1818-1905) was a chaplain in the Second North Carolina Infantry of the Confederate army. Ill health forced him to resign his commission in 1862. Shortly afterwards, he became the rector of St. James Episcopal Church and...
Launching party for the S.S. Santa Barbara on Jan. 24, 1946. Pictured left to right are Phillip B. Iglehart, vice president of Grace Line, Inc.; Arthur C. Diehl, vice president of Naco Fertilizer Co.; Mr. Alan Corey, Jr.; Godfrey MacDonald,...
Colonial Revival style house built for J. Haughton James (1886-1939), President of the General Insurance Agency, Inc.; and wife, Isabel Clark (1889-1991). Until 1992 residence of daughter, Isabel (1913- ), President of National Society of the...
Dr. Joseph Ward Hooper, Sr. (1887-1952), was born in Baltimore, Maryland February 17, 1887. He married Louise Smallbones and they had a son, Joseph Ward Hooper, Jr., who was also a Physician. He received his M.D. from the University of Maryland in...
Dr. Bertram R. Williams (1920-), son of Ralph B. and Bessie Sutton Williams, was born on July 4th, 1920 in Wilmington, North Carolina. He married Miss Ellen Shannon and attended UNC-Chapel Hill (1940) and Vanderbilt University, where he recieved...
Hooper family, physicians New Hanover County Commissioners, New Hanover County Repulican Party
Dr. Joseph Ward Hooper, Jr. (1921-), son of Joseph Ward Hooper, Sr., M.D. and Louise Smallbones Hooper, was born in Wilmington, N.C., September 30th, 1921. He married Miss Nell Trask, and attended Princeton (1943) and Harvard Medical School, where...
Dr. Donald Brock Koonce (1905-1975), son of Simon Everette and Lila Ward Koonce, was born September 6th, 1905 in Wilmington, North Carolina. He was married to Louise Bellamy Wood and later to Mary Hargrove Bellamy. His father was also a Physician....
Murphy family, physicians, hospitals, James Walker Memorial Hospital
Dr. John Gerald Murphy (1872-1882), was born September 18th, 1872. He was educated at University of North Carolina (1901) and The University of Louisville, where he received his M.D. in 1903. He practiced medicine from 1904-1932. Notable...
Dr. Joseph Ward Hooper, Jr. (1921-), son of Joseph Ward Hooper, Sr., M.D. and Louise Smallbones Hooper, was born in Wilmington, N.C., September 30th, 1921. He married Miss Nell Trask, and attended Princeton (1943) and Harvard Medical School, where...
Launching of the S.S. Ruth Lykes on Feb. 24, 1945. It was the 203rd ship completed by the NC Shipbuilding Company. Pictured left to right are S. Turman, executive vice president of Lykes Bros.; Roger Williams, president of NC Shipbuilding Co.;...
New Hanover County, North Carolina, Beauty contests, pageants, clubs, organizations, officers
Sandy Cyphers, Bladen County native and president of the Wilmington Jaycee women and later 1st woman president of the Wilmington Jaycees, in a backstage dressing room sprays hair spray on contestant Jamie Cyndra McGee, as she gets ready for the...
Colonial Revival style house built as investment property for Thomas Wesley Harrison (1878-1955), president of A. D. Brown & Co., dry goods. Purchased in 1939 by Eric Norden (1869-1946), native of Sweden, civil engineer and map maker; and wife,...
Queen Anne style house built for Zollicoffer W. Whitehead (1862-1923); and wife, Mary Warren Smith (1867-1951). He was owner and editor of the Southern Truckers Journal and the Southern Lumber Journal; president of the NC Press Association; and...
Colonial Revival style house and office built for Frank W. Avant (1876-1973), physician, native of Southport; and wife, Florence L. Nichols (1887-1962), native of Newark, NJ. He was a founder of Community Hospital, president of the New Hanover...
Dudley family, Sprunt family, Front St., Nun St., Governors, mansions
The stately mansion on the corner of Front and Nun streets has been the home of several prominent families. It is thought to have been constructed about 1825 by Governor Dudley (1789-1855). In 1836, he became the first popularly elected Governor of...
Marshburn family, physicians, nursing students, hospitals, James Walker Memorial Hospital
Dr. Elisha Thomas Marshburn Sr. (1924-) was born in Wilmington, N.C., November 25th, 1924 to Elisha and Eva Beasley Marshburn. He received his eduction from Wake Forest (1944) and his M.D. from Bowman Gray in 1947.
He was Chief of Staff at New...
Brouse family, Barefoot family, physicians, medicine
Dr. Ivan Edwin Brouse (1898-), son of Jacob Edwin and Christina Chalmers Crosbie Brouse was born December 15th, 1898 in New Denver, B.C., Canada. His father was aldo a Medical Doctor. He married Vera Perritt and attended McGill University where he...
Dr. Solomon Sampson Satchwell (1821-1892), son of James and Elizabeth Windley Satchwell. He was married to Elizabeth Vanderveer of New Jersey; Ann Victoria Moore, daughter of Alfred L. Moore of New Hanover County; Sara Bell, daughter of Fletcher...