Zorah News, January 17, 1927

The following is from the New Bernian of January 18, 1927:

ZORAH, Jan. 17--Miss Eloise Wiley of this section spent the weekend with Miss Madie Bell Franks at Ernul.
  Guy Wetherington of Hallsboro spent Saturday night and Sunday with his mother, Mrs. H.B. Wetherington.
  Miss Mae Ipock of Jasper, who is teaching school at Clayton [sic, should be Caton], spent the week-end at home.
  Mr. and Mrs. L.M. Sutton were visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Toler Sunday evening.
  Henry Wetherington and son, Lewis, who are working at Havelock spent the week-end at home.
  Misses Oleta, Ora, and Mary Gray Wetherington were visitors at the home of Mrs. Nannie Toler Sunday evening.
  A large crowd attended Sunday school at New Haven church Sunday afternoon.
  Several new families have recently moved to this community.
  Mr. and Mrs. Bill Toler were visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Toler Sunday afternoon.

About a week later, the following article appeared (New Bernian, January 26, 1927):

ZORAH, Jan. 25--Mr. and Mrs. J.R. Toler and daughter, Thelma, spent Sunday at Bridgeton.
  Mr. and Mrs. Bill Toler spent the week-end at Spring Garden.
  Dalton Roberson, Mack Norman, Albert Morris, Hodil Norman [Hudie? Norman], and Hyman Stubbs were visitors at New Haven Church Sunday afternoon.
  Luther Lane, Miss Sena Knox and Miss Edna Whitford motored to Edwards Sunday.
  Miss Mae Ipock returned home Sunday evening.
  Mr. and Mrs. Jessie Rowe of Beaufort County spent Sunday afternoon at Mr. and Mrs. Joshua Stilley's home.
  Holmes Turner of New Bern passed this section en route to C.B. Wetherington's home.
  Mr. and Mrs. Luther Sutton of Vanceboro spent Sunday  at the home of Mr. and Mrs. George Norman.
  T.E. Whitford and son, Edgar, motored to Edwards Sunday morning.
  There will be a minstrel show and a box party combined at Coyton [sic, should be Caton] School Saturday Jan. 29. All are invited.
  Mr. and Mrs. H.W. Wetherington spent Sunday evening at the home of Mrs. H.B. Wetherington.
  Henry Wetherington and son left Monday morning for Havelock.

Eloise Wiley was the daughter of John Redding Wiley and Effie B. Price and was born about 1914, while Madie Bell Franks was the daughter of Daniel R. Franks. [1930 census records for Pamlico and Craven Counties].
  Guy Wetherington was the son of Henry Bryan Wetherington and Laura Toler. He was born in 1894 and died in 1948.
  I don't have much information on Mae Ipock, other than she was a teacher.
  L.M. Sutton married Dorcas Knox. Bill Toler married Nan Ipock.
  Henry Willis Wetherington and son Louis Henry Wetherington worked with North Carolina Pulp Company.
  Misses Oleta, Ora and Mary Gray Wetherington were the daughters of Henry Willis Wetherington.
  Bill and Nan Ipock Toler were visiting his sister, Tom and Lucy Toler Toler.

Beginning with the second article, James Robert Toler and Celia H. Stilley Toler and daughter Thelma went to Bridgeton.
  Bill and Nan Ipock Toler went to Spring Garden, probably visiting some of Aunt Nan's family.
  Dalton Roberson later married Gladys Sutton; Albert Morris is possibly the son of Ed and Augusta Jones Morris; Hudie Norman was son of John Henry and Victoria Toler Norman; while nothing further is known about Hyman Stubbs.
  Luther Lane married Essie Knox, the sister of Sina Knox. Edna Whitford is probably Edna Earle Whitford, daughter of David Purifoy Whitford and Grace Leona Price.
  Mae Ipock (see above comments).
  Jesse and Sina Stilley Rowe lived in Blounts Creek and were visiting her brother Joshua Stilley and his wife Penny Toler Stilley.
  I'm not sure who Holmes Turner is, but he was visiting Charlie Bryan Wetherington, son of Henry Bryan Wetherington.
  Luther Sutton (see above L.M. Sutton) was visiting George Norman, no further information on him.
  T.E. Whitford should be I.E. (Ira E.) and his son Edgar.
  The other families mentioned in the article are identified above.
 

Zorah News, January 16, 1904

The following is from the New Bern Daily Journal of January 19, 1904:

  ZORAH, January 16th.
  Mr. I.R. Whitford of this place, has been elected keeper of the Neuse River bridge.
  Miss Amanda Whitford and Mr. J.R. Wiley went to Clayroot last Saturday.
  Larry Alston, the little son of Mr. D.P. Whitford, caused his people considerable anxiety last week by putting a bean in his nose.
  The recent bad weather has caused our schools to stop several days.
  Mrs. Mary Tunstall is quite sick with grip. Dr. Primrose of New Bern is attending her.
  Mrs. W.D. Toler is in quite a critical condition. She has been lying unconscious since Friday noon. Her recovery is doubtful.
  Mr. Jas. O. Wiley and sister, Miss Rosa, are visiting their sister Mrs. R.E. Lathinghouse, near Vanceboro.
  Mr. and Mrs. B.C. Whitford went to New Bern yesterday to visit their son, Mr. J.R. Whitford.
  Mr. Ransom Booth of Pollocksville is visiting at Zorah.
  The young people of our place had a very enjoyable dance at Mr. W.R. Arthur's last night.

  I.R. Whitford is Ira Romonas Whitford (1880-1948), son of Bryan Cox Whitford and Margaret Jane Wiley. He is probably the J.R. Whitford in the 8th paragraph that B.C. Whitford is going to see in New Bern.
  Amanda Rhesa Whitford (1877-1965) was the daughter of Stephen Edward Whitford and Artemisia Tuten. J.R. Wiley is probably John Redding Wiley (1877-1961), son of Azariah Wiley and Ellen Ann Stilley.
  Larry Alston Whitford continued his love for botany as a long-time professor at North Carolina State University.
  Mary Tunstall (1828-1906) was the widow of Alfred B. Tunstall (1828?-1903). She was the daughter of Calvin Morris and Sallie Reel. Both Mary and Alfred are buried in High Bridge Cemetery.
  Mrs. W.D. Toler (nee Sarah "Sally" Knox) was the daughter of William R. "Bill" and Dorcas Knox. She married William David "Willie" Toler. She died January 17, 1904, from complications following childbirth. The child also died. Both were buried in "Bethel Burying Ground" (now High Bridge Cemetery), but were later re-interred at the Knox Family Cemetery.
  James O'Neal (O'Neill) Wiley, Rosa Wiley, and Mrs. R.E. Laughinghouse (Nancy "Nannie" Wiley), were the children of Azariah F. Wiley and Ellen Ann "Nellie" Stilley, and the siblings of John Redding Wiley mentioned above.
  Ransom Booth was the son of Merritt Booth and the brother of Julia Booth (married Fred Willis Toler) and Claud Booth (and others).
  W.R. Arthur was William Roberson Arthur (1867-1929). He married Nancy Pauline O'Neal.

Zorah News, January 4, 1904

  The following article is from the New Bern Daily Journal of January 6, 1904:

  Christmas passed of[f] very pleasantly at our place. Dancing seemed to have been the order of the day among the young people, there being as many as five during the holidays.
  Among our older, hunting was the chief source of amusement. Mr. A.D. Whitford killed a fine deer, others killing squirrels, birds, etc., in considerable numbers.
  Among the visitors at Zorah during the holidays not already mentioned were Mr. Herbert Stilley and Miss Bettie Knox of Washington, Messrs. Arthur Simpson and Amos Bell of Onslow County, Mr. Paul O'Neal of Kinston and Mr. Jno. M. Whitford of Kinston, Miss Clara Mills of Blounts Creek, Mr. T.A. Tuten and Miss Ruth Adams of Edward, Mr. Gales Yates and Mr. Peter Hill and sister, Miss Viney, all of Gilead, Mr. and Mrs. J.H. Harris and family of Vanceboro, and Hon. I.W. Miller and family of Alliance.
  Mr. G.A. Whitford made a business trip to Greenville last week.
  Mr. E.G. Wise of Pamlico was at Zorah Friday.
  Mr. D.M. Peel has recently moved from here to Mr. Fred Rowe's place near New Bern.
  Our place is coming to the front in the way of marriages just now. Mr. Robert Toler and Miss Celia Stilley both of this place were happily married yesterday by Mr. J.H. O'Neal, justice of the peace.
  Another wedding was reported but we do not know whether it took place.

  A.D. Whitford could be Addison Purifoy Whitford (Addie...A.D.?), otherwise I can locate no Whitford with initials A.D.
  According to the 1900 Census for Washington, Beaufort County, Herbert M. Stilley was the son of Thomas E. and Pauline Stilley, and lived at 412 North Second Street in Washington. Herbert was born in February 1889. Living in the same household was Bettie Knox (single), born in January 1850, and was a "Servant" of the Stilley household. [Year: 1900; Census Place:  Washington,  Beaufort,  North Carolina; Roll: 1182; Page: 11A; Enumeration District: 0011; FHL microfilm: 1241182. Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.] Bettie was probably Elizabeth Knox, William R. (Bill) Knox's sister, and aunt of Charles B. (Charlie) Knox.
  I am not sure of the connection with Arthur Simpson, Amos Bell of Onslow County or. Paul O'Neal of Kinston. O'Neal may have been related to the O'Neal family who lived on the Hill's Neck Road near McRay Whitford's present home. Nor am I sure of the connection with Clara Mills.
  Jno. M. Whitford is John Malcolm Whitford, son of Lewis David Whitford and Rosa Keul Tuten Whitford.
   T.A. Tuten may be Thomas Atkins Tuten, son of Thomas A.E. Tuten and nephew of Rosa K. Tuten Whitford. Gales Yates was a son of Josephine Tuten Yates and also a nephew of Rosa K. Tuten Whitford. Peter and Viney (Lovina) Hill were neighbors of Gales Yates in 1900, but I am unsure of who Ruth Adams is, or Mr. and Mrs. J.H. Harris, I.W. Miller, or E.G. Wise, at present.
  G.A. Whitford is Gilbert Arthur Whitford (Sr.), son of Bryan Cox Whitford and Margaret Jane Wiley.
  D.M. Peel[e] is Duncan McRae Peele married Emma Knox (in 1895). Emma was the daughter of Bill and Dorcas Knox, and sister of Charles B. Knox.
  Robert Toler is James Robert Toler, son of James Lawrence Toler and Sina Ann Dunn. Celia Stilley is the daughter of William Joyner Stilley and Elizabeth Taylor Dunn (sister of Sina).