St. Paul’s Episcopal Church was originally located Fourth at Pine Streets, 1879 to 1910. From 1910 until 1929 it was located Fourth at Cherry Street when
it was removed to its present location. A complete Roster of it’s First Communicants has not been located.
The oldest church records are kept in two locations. Some Bound Books are kept in the safe in the Church office. More old records are to be found in the
“Tower Room,.”
In the Tower Room are Volumes I through IV of Member Obituaries, perhaps initially collected by the Church’s First Archivist, Miss Rosalee Sadler Wilson.
Mrs. Georgia G. Sanders is the long-time current Archivist.
The following obituaries are abstracted from the First Half of Volume I. There is also an Alphabetical Index to all Obituaries Collected to contemporary times.
Most obituaries in this article were initially printed in the UNION REPUBLICAN.
August 16, 1887. Anna Louise Whitaker. age 6., daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Whitaker.
In Salem, May 9, 1889, Mrs. Anne Claudie Jennings, age 25, wife of Mr. J. H. Jennings. She leaves two small children. She was a member of the Episcopal
Church.
Rev. H.. O. Lacey died Sept. 27, 1889, Washington City (D.C.), former pastor of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church. Note: Rev. Henry O. Lacey was pastor of
St. Paul’s in 1887 to 1889.
Little Jarvis Buxton, in this city, age 10 years, 5 months, 7 days, died Dec. 9, 1892, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Buxton.
In Salem, Morning of January 3, 1894, Charles S. Wheeler, eldest son of Dr.. and Mrs. William H. Wheeler. Deceased was Assistant Postmaster.
In this city, July 2, 1901, Mrs. F. J. Hardy (Mrs. Jane Hill Hardy), age about 71 years. Ran Hardy Boarding House 25 years. Surviving daughters are Miss
Mary and Mrs. Elizabeth Rierson,
Miss Laura Lemly, age 58, of No. 14, Belews Creek, Salem; Clothing caught fire while baking cake. Obituary October 3, 1901. Member of St. Paul’s . She
lived with aged Mother. She leaves four brothers, Dr. I. T. Lemly, Mr. W. A. Lemly, Lt. H. C. Lemly, and Judge Advocate S. C. Lemly. Other household
members: Mr. and Mrs. W. I. Brooks, Miss Nancy Brooks, and Miss Dot Brooks.
Mrs. Lilly Masten Cutler (Mrs. DuBrutz Cutler), at Wilmington, N. C., died in prime of young womanhood; A Husband and “Tender Babe survive.” Interred
Salem Cemetery. She was only daughter of Mrs. W. T. Carter of this city. Death Tuesday, Obituary June 19, 1902. Note: Possible kin of Mrs. Betsy Euphemia
Cutlar Bradley. Born 1830, daughter of Dr. Frederick Jones Cutlar (b. 1801) and Louisa Burdasole DuBrutz of Wilmington, N. C., and Montgomery, Ala.
February 21, Miss Martha Elizabeth “Bessie” Harris, daughter of Mr. and Mrs E. E. Harris. A graduate of Salem Academy. Appendicitis. Parents and
brother survive. She was 19, died “This City.”
George Edward Buxton, died Sept. 17, 1903, this city, age 14, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. (Lilian Preot) Buxton. (Note: John Edward Buxton (1865-
1948), son of William Thomas and Mary Ann Jordon Buxton of Jackson, N.C.).
Mrs. Mary Symington Boggs, age 73, wife of Gen. W. R. Boggs. Died this city. Daughter of late Col. Symington , USA. Born near Washington, D. C.
Resident of Winston-Salem 20 years. Surviving, an aged husband and children W. R. Boggs, Mining Engineer, Argentine Republic, Mrs. W. B. Taylor of this
city, Mrs. John S. Boggs of Ashville, N. C. and Mrs. Henry P. Boggs of Allendale, S.C.
Capt. Charles Buford, buried Salem Graveyard. Obituary April 25, 1906. Communicant, St. Paul’s. Southern (Railroad) employee.
Capt. Pride Jones , age 51. Died April 8, 1907. A native of Hillsboro, N. C. Conductor Richmond and Danville Railway, Later yardmaster, Southern
Railroad. Nine years ago wed Mrs. Fanning Hellen who survives. As do a son and two stepdaughters. Buried Hillsboro, N. C.
Dr. William Henry Wheeler, died this city, April 23, 1909, age 69. Born Salisbury, N.C. Wed Miss Addie Wheeler “of an old and Honored Family of Salem.”
They had five children. His wife and two granddaughters alone survive. He was a leading Republican, Collector of Internal Revenue, Postmaster of Winston,
twice County Representative in the Legislature; Captain Company “D,” 2nd Battalion, N.C. Troops in Civil War.
Henry Archer Crute, died March 19, 1910, A native of Virginia, age 54, 25 years resident of this city. His wife, Miss Mary H. Dobson, and two children
survive. Also his Father, Mr. H. J. Crute and two sisters, Mrs. Walter Barrow of Raleigh, and Mrs. T. E. Keville of Brooklyn, N. Y., one brother, Mr. Howard
Crute of Farmville, Mo.
Gen. William Robertson Boggs, age 82, Graduated West Point 1853. Confederate Brigadier General.. Married 1855, Mary Sophia, daughter of Col. John
Symington, USA. An engineer and architect, he was a Professor of Mechanics at Virginia Mechanical College. He had Archer Boggs, died age 22, Mr. J. S.
Boggs living Brevard, N. C., Mr. H. P. Boggs, living Glen Springs, S. C., Mr. W. R. Boggs, Jr., Murdered in Mexico, Miss Edith Boggs, who died N.Y.C., Miss W.
B. Taylor of this city. Buried Salem Cemetery.
Mr. W. A. Whitaker, died Baltimore, Md.; From this city, age 69, Manager of J. A. Bitting Tobacco Factory. Enlisted in Co. B, 21st Regt., N. C. Troops in
Civil War. Survived by his wife, the former Miss Anna Bitting, daughter Miss Grace Whitaker; Sons, Prof.. William A. Whitaker, Kansas, and Lyman, John, and
George Whitaker of this city. Buried Salem Cemetery. A faithful member of St. Pauls.
Arthur M. Coleman, died Richmond, Va. Jan. 24, 1913. He and Brother Frank Coleman arrived Winston-Salem from Danville, Va., 25 years ago; Managed
Coleman Brothers Tobacco. Never married. Sisters are Mrs. N. C. Edmunds of Danville, Va., and Mrs. John Clark of Scottsburg, Va. Brother Frank A. Coleman
of this city, J. M. Coleman of South Boston, Va., H. E. Coleman of News Ferry, Va.., N. R. and R. L. Coleman of Paces, Va.., and T. A. Coleman of Bedford
City, Va. Buried News Ferry, Va.
Mrs. A. H. Belo, died Feb. 4, 1913, widow of Col. Alfred Belo. She died at her daughter’s home, Cambridge, Mass; Buried with husband, Salem Cemetery.
Mrs. Charles Peabody of Cambridge, her only daughter. Daughter-in-law is Mrs. Alfred Belo, Jr., of Dallas, Texas and Mrs. Lombardi of Dallas, her sister. Col.
Alfred H. Belo was the oldest son of E. Belo. She is survived by six grand children.
Mrs. Lois Crute Heilig, age about 20 years, died Feb. 21, 1916. Her husband, Mother, and one brother survives.
Miss Emmie Drewry of Raleigh, N. C., now Mrs. James Hanes, lived “Here,” died March 6, 1916.
Mrs. Frances Hardin Jewett, died April 1, 1917; Took her life with a pistol. Survived by husband, Dr. R. D. Jewett and five children. Remains to Wilmington,
N. C. (Oakdale Cemetery).
Note: Two Volumes “History and Genealogy of The Jewetts of America,” 1908, by Frederick Clarke Jewett, MD, Vol. II, page 689: Dr. Robert Drane Jewett,
Son of Stephen Jewett, IV, of Wilmington, N.C. Dr. Jewett first wed 1891, Susan Rowena Phillips, daughter of Rev. Charles Phillips of Chapel Hill. She died
without issue. He married 2nd, Sept. 8, 1897, Frances Hardin, born Morganton, N.C., March 6, 1869, daughter of Thomas H. and Margaret Lillington Harden.
Dr. Jewett practiced in Winston-Salem and was Supt. of Health, New Hanover Co., N.C. He was a surgeon in the 3rd. N.C. Regt. Militia.
His children, all born Winston-Salem except the first, born Wilmington: Thomas Hardin Jewett, 1898, Frances Lillington Jewett, 1899, Lucy Yonge Jewett,
1900, Robert Drane Jewett, Jr. 1901, and Margaret Hill Jewett, 1903. Dr. Jewett’s sister was Mrs. Eliza Yonge Jewett Wootten of Wilmington, second wife of
Epis. Rev. Edward Wooten/Wootten, Lt. CSA, Co. B, 5th N.C. Cavalry, this writer’s Great Grandparents.
Hon. James Cameron Buxton, Attorney, died April 26, 1917, born Ashville, N.C., 1852, student St. Clements Hall, Elicott City, Md., and Trinity College,
Harvard, Conn. In 1877, Salem, N.C., wed Miss Agnes C. Belo. In 1883 he was Mayor of this city, in 1884 State Senator, and a member of St. Paul’s.
Surviving are: Mrs. Buxton, son, Cameron Belo Buxton of Dallas, Texas, daughters Miss Anna Nash Buxton of this city, and Mrs. Cora Fries Buxton Edwards
of Dallas, Texas. Son Jarvis Buxton died 1892. Surviving sisters Mrs. M. E. Banks, Miss Lilly Buxton and Mrs. J. H. McKee, All of N.Y.C., and Mrs. Kain of
Glassboro, N.J.
“Died, In Salem, June 9th (1905) James A. Woolen aged 67 years. A wife and four daughters and three sons survive.”
Note: Sgt. James Anderson Woollen, CSA, Musician, Co. C, 45th N.C. Troops, enlisted Guilford Co., N.C., with his Father-in-law, Pvt. James Landreth
Malcolm, CSA, Musician, October 22, 1860, Guilford Co., N. C., wed Miss Susan Caroline Malcolm, Born July 20, 1845, died March 23, 1920, Charlotte, N.
C. Her Charlotte obituary says she was for 20 years a “Devout Member” of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Winston-Salem. Buried Elmwood Cemetery,
Charlotte.
Sgt. Woollen was born Feb. 22, 1835. His Salem Cemetery, Moravian-Style stone displays an inscribed Confederate flag on it. His lineage is in the Book,
“Woollen/Woolen Family Genealogy,” 1984, ISBN 84-072574, by the late Edward A. Woolen of Richmond, Va.
Sgt. Woollen and his Grandchild buried beside him, Miss Lillian Virginia Lee Born Salem Dec. 26, 1894, are both in the 1890s Book, “Lee Family of
Virginia” by Edm Jennings Lee. because Sgt. Woollen’s daughter, Lillian Elizabeth Woollen, born 1861, wed Henry Lee of Winston-Salem, son of Charles
Carter Lee of “Windsor,” Lee’s Landing, Powhatan Co., Va; Brother of Gen. Rbt. Edw. Lee, Sr.,CSA. Gen. Lee encamped at “Windsor,” the night after his
Surrender.
Mrs. Lillian Elizabeeth “Muttie” Woollen Lee’s son, Lt. Col. Robert Henry “Marse” Lee, was born Winston-Salem, Sept 3, 1890, and is buried St. Luke’s
Epis., Lee’s Landing, Va. He died Richmond May 22, 1941; West Point Class of 1912. His brother, Charles Carter Lee was born Winston-Salem and reared by
Lee kin, Rocky Mount, Va.
Old Woollen Gymn, UNC-Chapell Hill, N.C. is named for Sgt. Woolllen’s son, Charles Thomas Woollen, born Winston-Salem Nov. 18, 1878, died 1938,
Buried UNC Chapel Hill..
Sgt. Woollen’s daughter, Miss Ruby Valerie “Tee” Woollen, was born Feb. 6, 1884, wed Wm. Alfred Miller of Winston-Salem, and died Atlanta, Georgia ,
Feb. 10, 1968. As a Miss, she was a Steno-Typist for Col. Fries and Wachovia Bank’s First Female employee. In 1928, Col. Fries was N.C. Presidential
Campaign Manager for Fellow Banker, Evans Woollen, Sr of Indiana who had wed Indiana Gov. Conrad Baker’s daughter.
Sgt. Woollen had been the Prizery Manager of the Ogburn & Hill Tobacco Co. He was the writer’s Great Grandfather.
SOME EARLY COMMUNICANTS
ST. PAUL’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH
520 Summit Street
Winston-Salem, N. C. 27101
By James Alfred Locke Miller, Jr.
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