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Subject: [15] Gaston County, North Carolina
Early History of Belmont and Gaston County, North Carolina, Robert Lee
Stowe, Sr., 1951, 1997. Hardbound, dust cover, new book - had to remove
cellophane wrapper - new condition, 6-1/4x9-1/4, over 72 pages. The
wonderful illustrations, portraits & views of old homes have not been
included in the pagination. There are end maps, and the book has an
everyname index. The book has been printed on good quality paper and has a
quality binding. The author was born in 1866 & was 85 years of age when he
wrote the book & lived to be 97; a lifetime of memories have gone into this
history.
Gaston County was created from Lincoln County, North Carolina, but the
author begins with the earliest settlers in this Catawba River area about
1750, and brings the history up to the early 1900's. Contents include:
Preface
Preface to First Edition
Early History of Belmont and Gaston County
First Settlers My Boyhood HomeConditions After the Civil War
Organization of Gaston County
Textile Beginnings
Belmont from 1871 to 1901
Living Conditions as I Have Known Them
Prices and Classes of Merchandise
Rivers and Farming
School Facilities
Weather and Climatic Conditions
Recreation and Amusement Discovery of Iron
Early Settlers
Residents Whom I Remember
The Health of the Community and Facilities for Treating Diseases When I Was
a Boy and Young Man
There was No Tree Conservation in the Old Days Working the Public Roads
Churches and Religious Services
The Catholic Church in Gaston County History of the Textile Industry of
Belmont and Vicinity
Surnames include: Abbe, Allison, Armstrong (lot), Asbury, Beaty, Boyd,
Bishop, Carol, Carrier, Cathey, Chronicle, Cocke, Daughtridge, Davis, Dixon,
Ewing, Fite, Ford, Frances, Gaither, Gallant, Garrison, Gray, Grier,
Gullick, Haid, Hall (lot) Hand, Hanks, Harrison, Hogan, Holland, Horne,
Houston, Howell, Hunter, Hutchinson, Johnston, Kendrick, Latimer, Leeper
(lot), Lincln, Lineberger, Love, Martin, Maynard, McAden, McCrum,
McConnell, McKee, McLean, McNinch, Mellon, Moody, Neagle, O'Connell,
Padgett, Pegram, Pharr, Puett, Rankin (lot), Ratchford, Reid, Reins, Rhyne,
Rumfelt,Sloan, Smith, Springs, Stanley, Stough, Stowe (many), Suggs, Tate,
Taylor, Thomasson, Thompson, Todd, Walker, Wells, West, Williams, Wimmer,
Wolfe, and Yarboro.
$15.00 plus $2.50 Media Mail postage and handling.
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