THE LANDMARK
Statesville, NC
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Oct. 31, 1876: Col. Joseph Masten, a prominent lawyer in Forsyth County, died suddenly last Sunday morning. An excellent gentleman and sterling
citizen; his loss will be deeply felt.
Nov 17, 1882 - In Winston - Mrs. George B. Everett, wife of the collector of the fifth internal revenue district
Feb 8, 1884: The Winston Leader says that Daniel Hauser , a young man of Forsyth County, was loading a wagon with saw logs on a hill-side Thursday
of last week, when one of the logs, became unmanageable, rolled over him and killed him instantly.
Aug. 29, 1884: Geo. Hay, colored of Forsyth county, who the Winston Leader says was 112 years old—though we suppose this is a snake story—died
last month. His first vote was cast in 1876 for Tilden, when he rode to the polls in a buggy with a soldier from the War of 1812.
Sept. 12, 1884: Mrs. Frank Martin, of Winston, is visiting her sister-in-law, Mrs. A.W. Jamison, of this place.
Nov 7, 1884: A fire at Winston Monday night destroyed the house of Mr. P.H. Dalton. A kerosene lamp exploded.
Sept. 25, 1885: The Sentinel says, one of the children of Mr. Levine Brewer of Winston, called for some water some nights ago, and when the mother
arose to wait on it,, she found Mr. Brewer dead.
Oct 30, 1885: In his home in Winston, on the night of the 22nd, of paralysis of the brain, Dr. R.D. Hay, a leading physician.
Feb 19, 1886: There has been another newspaper death in Winston. The Independant has petered out. This makes two suspensions within a month,
the Twin City Daily having recently expired. There is no fun like running a newspaper. Anybody can do it, and when you get tired (or when the funds
give out), you can stop.
Mar 12, 1886: The Winston Republican says that the six year old daughter of Mr. Calvin Griffith, of Forsyth County, and a cousin of hers, a lad
somewhat older, were left along in the house one day recently, when the boy, by accident or from thoughtlessness, pushed the little girl into the fire. She
was burned so that she died.
July 22, 1886: Robert Brown, age 18, the son of David Brown, living near Winston, accidentally shot and killed himself with a pistol last Friday week.
Jan 5, 1900: The Greensboro Record says the 13-year old daughter of Mr. W.T. Mock, of Salem, was so badly burned Monday that she died that
night. Her clothing caught from the fire place.
Mr. Joseph H. Stockton, a prominent citizen of Salem, died Saturday night after an illness of only a few hours. He was twice mayor of Salem and for a
number of years was a member of the wholesale mercantile firm of Pfohl and Stockton.
Jan 9, 1900: The Winston Republican says that Geo. Newsom living near Clemmonsville, Forsyth County, was shot by the accidental discharge of his
gun December 26 and died December 28.
Jan. 12, 1900: In Salem Saturday night, Abe Walker shot Sid Mitchell. Both are white. Mitchell is seriously wounded and may die. Walker is in jail.
Col. Robert B. Glenn of Winston, N.C. will be a candidate for the United States Senate to succeed Pritchard, Republican whose term expires on the 3d of
March 1903. Col. Glenn, who is in the city, made the statement to me today, the first announcement to this effect that he has made. (article continues)
Jan. 26, 1900: Mr. Phillip Hopkins, of Winston, aged 78, was found dead early Wednesday morning sitting in his chair.
Feb. 13, 1900: Thos. Welcher, a white man, has been jailed at Winston, charged with criminally assaulting Miss Ina Starr , a young white woman of
Guilford county. Welcher denies his guilt. The crime was committed in Guilford and he was taken to Winston presumably for safe-keeping.
Feb. 20, 1900: Albert Sidney, the infant son of Mr. and Mrs. H.T. Johnson, died last Saturday night, aged 4 months and 21 days. Interment was in
New Salem churchyard Monday.
Feb. 27, 1900: The Times says that the remains of Chas. Johnston, of Yadkin county, arrived at Elkin last week from New York. Mr. Johnston was a
private in Company C, First North Carolina Volunteer Infantry, and died in Havanna, Cuba March 8th 1899, of typhoid fever. He enlisted at Winston. The
remains were taken to Zion, Yadkin county, near his old home, for burial
Mar. 2, 1900: Mr. A. Grogan, a well known citizen of Salem, was found dead in bed Monday morning. He was 70 years old.
Lexington Dispatch: Eugene Hunt, a negro, froze to death in Winston, Sunday night. He was partially demented and went to sleep on a street near his
home. He was not discovered until the next morning and was so badly frozen that he died a short while after being found.
Friday, March 16, 1900: Mrs. Sid Marshall, aged 35, was found dead in her bed at her home near Walkertown, Forsyth County, Monday morning. A
husband and five children survive her.
Horace Hailey, a young white man of Salem, was stabbed in the right breast Saturday night near the Winston post office, by a negro named Charles
Atkins. The wound is a serious one but Hailey is expected to recover.
William Grubbs, a white boy of Salem, was struck by a rock, thrown by an unknown negro near the Southern passenger depot Saturday night, his nose
being broken and skull fractured. He died at 4 o’clock Monday morning.
Apr. 13, 1900: Policeman Everhart, of Salem, while trying to arrest three negroes Sunday night, was shot by Will Sanders. One ball took effect in his
left shoulder and the other burned the officer’s ear. His wounds are not considered fatal. The policeman shot five times at the fleeing negroes, who
escaped. The Salem commissioners have offered a reward of $25 for the arrest of the negro who shot Policeman Everhart Sunday afternoon, and will pay
his expenses until he recovers.
Sidney Mitchell, who was shot in Salem a few months ago by Abe Walker, died Friday. The coroner’s jury rendered a verdict that Mitchell came to his
death through causes produced by a pistol shot. Walker was out on bond but was arrested after Mitchell’s death.
Apr. 27, 1900: Mr. W.B. Pollard, a prominent citizen of Winston, and a member of the board of alderman, died quite suddenly Tuesday morning.
May 4, 1900: A. Savery, of Winston, has brought a suit against the town for $10,000 damages. He was arrested and imprisoned for refusing to be
vaccinated.
May 8, 1900: Lieut. Commander Samuel C. Lemly, of the Navy, who is a native of Salem, N.C., has been appointed Judge Advocate General of the
Navy with the rank of Captain.
Mr. W.M. Hendren, of Winston, a son of the late Rev. L.L. Hendren, who lived in Statesville when a boy and is well remembered by many people here,
is a candidate for the Democratic nomination for solicitor for the criminal court of Forsyth County. He has been a practicing lawyer for six years.
May 11, 1900: Mrs. Elizabeth Conrad, who died in Salem Sunday, aged 90, was the mother of Mr. H.C. Eccles, of Charlotte, a distant relative of Mrs
Jno. W. Gray of Statesville. Mr. Conrad was buried in the family grave yard at Conrad’s Ferry, Yadkin County.
June 19, 1900: Mr. C.J. Watkins, a dentist and a prominent citizen of Salem, died Thursday night.
July 24, 1900: News has been received at Washington that Capt. Lemly of Salem, who was wounded I the recent battle at Tiensin, China, received a
gunshot wound in the left thigh, and that his condition is not serious.
Sept. 25, 1900: Winston Republican: N.T. Shore, who winds the Salem clock, has performed this duty 17 years. He winds the clock once a day—17
years, 365 times a year, a total of 6, 205 times. He succeeded the late Emanuel Fisher and Mr. Fisher succeeded the late Samuel Shultz. The clock
has been doing active service since 1800.
Dec. 4, 1900: The Winston Journal says that Mrs. Lee Charles died at her home in Salem Saturday morning from taking an overdose of patient
medicine. The name of the medicine is not given.
Dec. 14, 1900: Col. R.A. Jenkins of Winston-Salem, is a candidate for Doorkeeper for the House of Legislature