age 20, single, not attending school. He has completed 1 year of college. He is employed as a truck driver for a transfer company. His wage last year was $780. He resides with his parents.
Obituary*
Milit-Beg*
George Luther Whisenant Jr. began military service on 5 June 1942 in NC U. S. Army enlistment.
Raymond Franklin Lowe died on 28 July 1977 in Gaston Co., NC, at age 71.
Census*
Raymond Franklin Lowe appeared on the census of 1 April 1940 in Belmont, Gaston Co., NC, age 3, md., completed the 7th. grade. He is employed as an Oiler at a cotton mill. His wage last year was $686. He rents a home for $4.
age 52, md., completed 1 year of high school. He is employed as a laborer at a dairy farm. His wage last year was $455. He owns a farmhouse valued at $600. [e.d. 11-86, sheet 14A, household #269]
Name Variation
Dudley Brown Whisenhunt was also known as Dudley Brown Whisenant.
age 54, single, completed 3 years of school. She is not employed. She owns a home valued at $600. Note: In the household is Milton Curdtis, son-in-law, Jessie Curtis, daughter, and Carrie Lee Whisnant, grand-daughter. [s.d. 9, e.d. 14-13A, sheet 8A, line 32, household #119] Note: Carrie is actually her grand-niece.
age 51, md., completed no schooling. He is employed as a carpenter at the furniture factory. His wage last year was $828. He rents a home for $9. [s.d. 9, e.d. 14-13A, sheet 3A, line 18, household #31]
age 50, md., completed 4 years of school. He is employed as a repair worker at the furniture factory. His wage last year was $900. He owns a home valued at $1600. [s.d. 9, e.d. 14-13A, sheet 11B, line 62, household #177]
age 46, md., completed the 2nd. grade. He is employed at odd jobs for the furniture factory. His wage last year was $150. He owns a farmhouse valued at $400. [s.d. 9, e.d. 14-13A, sheet 8B, line 54, household #123]
Malinda May Tolbert was born in May 1870 in NC; Note: Her death certificate listed her d.o.b. as "1874, age 58". The informant was Clarence Hicks, Conover, NC. Her father was Edward Alexander Tolbert.1
age 52, md., completed no schooling. He is employed as a laborer at a furniture factory. His wage last year was $820. He rents a home for $3. [e.d. 14-28, sheet 12B, household #189]
Henry Lee Whisnant was born in February 1891 in Mortimer, Caldwell Co., NC; Note: His death certificate listted his d.o.b. as 1885. The informant was C. H. Mclean.1,2
Ella Whisnant was born in February 1894 in Mortimer, Caldwell Co., NC; Note: Her brother Finleya was listed on the 1900 census as being born in Jul of this same year.1
Ella Whisnant died on 20 March 1935 in Lenoir, Caldwell Co., NC, at age 41; married. Note: Her death certificate listed her d.o.b. as "1890, age 44". The informant was Leonard Whisnant, Lenoir, NC.3,4
Calvin lived his life as a farmer and a country store keeper. He served three terms in the South Carolina state legislature: From 1897-1898 representing Union County, 1899-1900 representing Cherokee Co., and from 1911-1912 representing Cherokee Co. After his wife died, he moved to Blacksburg, South Carolina, where his siblings and his daughter Fay lived. Calvin and his daughter Olive lived with his daughter Fay and her children after Fay's husband died in 1918. Author's notes: Calvin is shown with the T. McGill family in the 1860 census for York Co., SC.
1910 Cherokee Co., SC census Whisonant, Calvin W. 58 Pearl R. 33 d. Susan Gay 30 d. Olive Branch 23 d. Fay 20 d. May McCullah 38 step-dau.
Note: I am not sure who Susan Gay is. She did not appear in the 1880 census for Union County, South Carolina, where this family was listed.
age 1, widow, completed 3 years of college. She is employed with the W.P.A. as an Adult Teacher. Her wage last year was $130. She owns a home valued at $1600. [e.d. 11-1B, sheet 10A, household #189]
Philip M. Whisnant & Family Courtesy: Taylor Whisonant Back row: L-R Lillie, Claude Clinton, Mary Lou, Philip McCamey, Sumey, William Charles, Hobart Wood, Oscar Avery
age 69, md., completed 4 year of school. He is a day watchman at the cotton mill. His wage last year was $60. He rents his home for $4. [s.d. 5, e.d. 11-13, sheet 14A, line 37, household #272]
Family 1
Huldy McCurry b. 22 October 1865, d. 29 November 1907
