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    • Dr. Ivan Brouse and Dr. Graham Barefoot

    • Dr. Ivan Brouse and Dr. Graham Barefoot

    • 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. James Dickie and Dr. Robert M. Fales

    • Dr. James Dickie and Dr. Robert M. Fales

    • Dickie family, McDonough family, Fales family, Taylor family, physicians, medical profession

    • Dr. James William Dickie, son of Herbert Gratsby, Sr. and Kate DuRant Dickie, was born September 20th, 1916 in Wilmington, North Carolina. He married Miss Gladys McDonough, and his father and brother also received their medical degrees. He was...
    • Kennedy-Forehand House

    • Kennedy-Forehand House
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    • Queen Anne style house built as rental property for Lorenzo D. Kennedy (c. 1850-1921), grocer and baker; and wife, Sarah J. Nash (born c. 1853). Purchased in 1945 by John Lee Forehand (1906-1992), native of Charleston, West Virginia, laborer; and...
    • Strausz House

    • Strausz House
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    • Italianate style house built by Alexander Strausz (born c. 1849), native of Hungary, partner in Cape Fear Building Co.; and wife, Annie Young (1837-1889). Purchased in 1876 by Rudolph E. Heide (1832-1895), commission merchant and vice-consul for...
    • Telfair House

    • Telfair House
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    • Built for the Rev. James W. Telfair, Jr., (1837-1914), born in slavery, pastor of St. Stephen A.M.E. Church, presiding elder of the North Carolina Conference of the A.M.E. Church, Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of North Carolina Colored Masons,...
    • Rush-Steljes Building

    • Rush-Steljes Building
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    • Greek Revival style store with residence above, built for Antonio Rush (1814-1896), grocer; and wife, Emiline Louisa Silva (1830-1906), both of Portuguese descent. Owned by German born Diedrich Steljes (1833-1902), grocer; and wife, Mary Frances...
    • Hashagen House

    • Hashagen House
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    • Queen Anne style house built for Frederick Ernest Hashagen (1855-1932), partner in firm of Vollers & Hashagen, wholesale grocers; and wife Minnie Gardner (1862-1920). Purchased in 1931 for rental use by neighbor, Robert R. Stone (1866-1955),...
    • Chapman House

    • Chapman House
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    • Cottage built for Sarah E. Chapman (born c. 1807), who resided here with Ivey Prescott Bell (1814-1868), ship carpenter; and wife, Rebecca (1826-1909); and son, Benjamin (1852-1923), co-founder of Jackson & Bell, printers. Purchased in 1927 for...
    • Richard T. Burnett House

    • Richard T. Burnett House
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    • Mediterranean style house built for Richard Tate Burnett (1901-1992), assistant superintendent of Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey and owner of Burnett’s Service Stations; and wife, Virginia S. Perkins (1905-1979). From 1943 to 1961 owned by Herman...
    • Dr. Bob Williams

    • Dr. Bob Williams

    • Williams family, Martin family, physicians, emergency rooms, hospitals, medicine

    • Dr. Robert Wefer Williams (1921), son of Robert J. and Elsie Wefer Williams, was born January 27th, 1921, in New York, N.Y. He married Miss Isabel Martin and attended Harvard (1942) and Cornell Medical College, where he received his M.D. (1945). He...

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