Federal style house built for Richard Langdon (1753-1810), native of New Hampshire, merchant; and wife, Jane Dunbibin Ward. In 1812, the widow Jane married Samuel Russell Jocelyn (1764-1816), native of Connecticut, attorney. Purchased in 1829, by...
Italianate style house built for Lemuel Henry Bowden (1825-1891), lumber inspector and city alderman; and wife, Mary Jane Flournoy Jacobs (1822-1888). Given to daughter, Julia Augusta Bowden (1859-1944), in 1888. She married Bias Franklin Boykin...
Built by James H. Chadbourn for his daughter, Frances Chadbourn, who married Dr. Jack Stanley, dentist. Robert Ruark (1915-1965), newspaper journalist and novelist, spent part of his childhood here.
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...
Dr. George W. Johnson (1897-1966), son of Charles A. and Ida Pure Johnson, was born April 18th, 1897 in Wallace, North Carolina. He married Miss Evelyn Hill and they had a son, George Johnson Jr., who was the Professor & Chief, Division of General...
Hare family, physicians, Urologists, Stewart family
Dr. Ransom Bryant Hare, Jr. (1903-), son of Ransom Bryant and Lillian Baker Hare, was born in Florence, South Carolina, October 12th, 1903. He married Miss Mary Stewart, attended the University of N.C. (1924) and the University of S.C. (1933-75)....
Dr. Robert Jackson Andrews (1921-), was born January 21, 1921 in Wilmington, North Carolina. He attended UNC Chapel Hill from 1943-44 and the University of Tennesse, Memphis, in 1946. His parents were Vernon and Edna Hall Andrews and he married...
Dr. Edwin Julius Wells, Jr. (1923-), son of Edwin Julius, Sr. and Mamie Highsmith Wells, was born in Fayetteville, North Carolina, September 1st, 1923. He married Miss Louise Warner and attended UNC-Chapel Hill (1944) and The University of...
James Sprunt and Luola Murchison, married 27 November 1883 and bought the Dudley house in 1895. They added the Greek columned portico with Ionic capitals and made a few other changes to the 1825 structure. This image was produced around 1915.
Freeman family, Penton family, physicians, medicine
Dr. Jere David Freeman (1888-), son of Jerimiah and Irene G. Freeman, was born February 22, 1888. He married Miss Lidie Penton and received his M.D. from the Medical College of Virginia in 1918.
Fales family, residences, physicians, Azalea Festival, Renovah Circle
Front view of the home of Dr. Robert M. Fales, located at 407 Renovah Circle in Wilmington, taken during the Azalea Festival. Dr. Fales, son of James Benjamin Franklin and Maggie Delena Hewlett Fales, was born February 25th, 1907, in Wilmington,...
Dr. Everette S. Koonce married Miss Lila Ward. They had a son, Donald Brock Koonce, who was also a Physician (Surgeon). He was in private practice as an Ot. He received his medical education in Baltimore, M.D. in 1896.
Front view of the home of Dr. Robert M. Fales, located at 407 Renovah Circle in Wilmington, taken during the Azalea Festival. Dr. Fales, son of James Benjamin Franklin and Maggie Delena Hewlett Fales, was born February 25th, 1907, in Wilmington,...
Elliot family, Physicians, hospitals, James Walker Memorial Hospital
Dr. Avon Hall Elliot, (1890-), was born in Manchester, N.C., September 29th, 1890. His parents were Johnathan Evans and Alice Hall Elliot. He married Miss Myrtle Elaine Vandegrift. His brother, George Douglas Elliot, was also a Medical Doctor...
Fales family, physicians, residences, Azalea Festival, Renovah Circle
Front view of the home of Dr. Robert M. Fales, located at 407 Renovah Circle in Wilmington, taken during the Azalea Festival. Dr. Fales, son of James Benjamin Franklin and Maggie Delena Hewlett Fales, was born February 25th, 1907, in Wilmington,...
Dr. David Reid Murchison (1891-), son of Joel William and Loulie Atkinson Muchison, was born August 18th, 1881 in Wilmington, North Carolina. He married May McLaughlin Carmichael. He attended UNC Chapel Hill (1912) and received his M.D. from Johns...
Hare family, Stewart family, nursing students, hospitals, James Walker Memorial Hospital
Dr. Ransom Bryant Hare, Jr., (1903-) was born in Florence, S.C., October 12th, 1903. He was the son of Ransom Bryant and Lillian Baker Hare. He married Miss Mary Stewart. He was educated at the University of North Carolina, (1924) and The...
Dr. Joseph Ward Hooper, Sr. (1887-1952), holding two babies in back of the main building at James Walker Memorial Hospital. Dr. Hooper was born February 17th, 1887 in Baltimore, Maryland. He married Miss Louise Smalllbones and they had a son,...
Pryse family, physicians, Thomas family, Sheaffer family
Dr. David Pryse Thomas (1907-), son of Pyrse and Sarah Jeanette Elias Thomas, was born July 16, 1907 in Scranton, Pennsylvania. He attended Lehigh University (1934) and the University of Pennsylvania, where he earned his M.D. (1938). He married...
Moore family, Gallagher family, physicians, Medicine, Wilmington, North Carolina Azalea Festival, Wilmington Housing Authority
Dr. William Houston Moore (1880-1948), was born in Duplin County, North Carolina. He married Miss Ida Galla(g?)her of Danville, Pa in 1911. He attended the University of North Carolina and received his M.D. from Jefferson College (1910). He was a...