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Giles Mebane

Male 1880 - 1969  (89 years)


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  • Name Giles Mebane 
    Born 8 Jul 1880  Hillsborough, Orange County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 30 Nov 1969 
    Buried New Hope United Methodist Church Caswell County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I21561  My Reynolds Line | Descendants of Giles Carter of Henrico, Descendants of William Walters
    Last Modified 23 Dec 2015 

    Family Edna Earl Watkins,   b. 27 Feb 1885, Danville, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Oct 1988, Cobb County, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 103 years) 
    Married 14 Oct 1920 
    Last Modified 9 May 2012 
    Family ID F8391  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Giles Mebane (1880-1969)

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      At an early age he moved with his family from Hillsborough
      to the old "Mebane Place" on Walters Road [Walters' Mill
      Road?] near Blanche, North Carolina. As a young man he
      worked on the family farm and at various jobs in Milton and
      Blanche. Riding horseback, he delivered mail between
      Yanceyville and Blanche. He also was station agent for the
      Southern Railway Company in Blanche, North Carolina.

      He was a deputy sheriff and jailor under Caswell County
      Sheriff J. Yancey Gatewood, father of famous artist Maud
      Florance Gatewood. After his term as deputy sheriff, Giles
      Mebane launched a dry cleaning business in the Yanceyville
      building that eventually housed the office of Dr. Houston
      Lafayette Gwynn and the Confederate Memorial Library.
      Whether Giles Mebane constructed this building is unknown.

      See: The Heritage of Caswell County, North Carolina,
      Jeannine D. Whitlow, Editor (1985) at 380-382

      See Also: Yancey Family Genealogy Database

      North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000
      Name: Giles Mebane
      Date of Birth: 1880
      Gender: Male
      Race: White
      Birth County: Alamance
      Parent1 Name: De Bernie Y Mebane
      Roll Number: B_C001_68001
      Volume: 17
      Page: 11

      1920 United States Federal Census
      Name: Giles Mebane
      Home in 1920: Dan River, Caswell, North Carolina
      Age: 39 years
      Estimated Birth Year: abt 1881
      Birthplace: North Carolina
      Relation to Head of House: Head
      Father's Birth Place: North Carolina
      Mother's Birth Place: North Carolina
      Marital Status: Single
      Race: White
      Sex: Male
      Able to read: Yes
      Able to Write: Yes
      Image: 1014
      Household Members: Name Age
      Giles Mebane 39
      _______________

      The following is a copy of the records in the Bible of
      Joseph R. Whitice and John A. Graves Bible, both of Caswell
      County, North Carolina, the Bible now being in possession
      of Mr. Giles Mebane of Yanceyville, N. C. in l951.

      Family Record.

      Marriages:

      Joseph R. Whitice and Catharine M. Dodson were married July
      17th, 1844 by Rev. J. J. James.
      Deberniere Y. Mebane and Mollie J. Graves were married June
      23rd, 1870 by Rev. S. G. Mason.
      John L. Satterfield and Anne Elizabeth Mebane were married
      Dec. 20th, 1894.
      John A. Graves and Catharine M. Whitice were married May
      31st, l848 by Rev. S. Wait.

      Births:

      Joseph J. Whitice was born December the 5th, 1845.
      Molly John Graves was born March the 11th, 1849.
      William Matthew Graves was born December the 24th, 1850.
      Anne Elizabeth Mebane was born March 20th, 1871.
      John A. Graves Mebane was born Feb. 5th, 1873.
      Mary Catherine Mebane was born Oct. 12th, 1875.
      Virginia George Swepson Mebane was born Jan. 12, l878.
      Giles Mebane was born July 8th, 1880.
      Deberniere Yancey Mebane December 29th, 1882.
      Pink Graves Mebane born Mar. 6th, 1886.

      Deaths:

      Joseph R. Whitice died 26th of December 1845.
      Joseph J. Whitice died the 31st of August, 1851.
      Col. John A. Graves, a prisoner of war, died at Johnston's
      Island, Ohio, Mar. 20th, 1864.
      William M. Graves died June 18th, l882.
      Catherine M. Graves died July 17th, l882.
      Capt W. P. Graves died July 15th, l892.
      Mollie Graves Mebane died Sep. 13, 1925.
      John A. Graves Mebane died April 13, 1928.
      Bessie Norman Mebane, wife of John A. Mebane, died May 28,
      l928.
      D. Y. Mebane, Jr. died May 1st, 1933.

      Cooperstown, N. Y.
      Published and sold by H. & E. Phinney
      Sold also by I. Tiffany, Utica, l843.
      Recorded herein in the year l951.
      J. Burch Blaylock/Signature

      !BIRTH:Details: Gravestone at New Hope United Methodist
      Church (Caswell County, North Carolina)., Details:
      Gravestone at New Hope United Methodist Church (Caswell
      County, North Carolina).

      !DEATH:Details: Gravestone at New Hope United Methodist
      Church (Caswell County, North Carolina)., Details:
      Gravestone at New Hope United Methodist Church (Caswell
      County, North Carolina).

      !BURIAL:Details: Gravestone at New Hope United Methodist
      Church (Caswell County, North Carolina)., Details:
      Gravestone at New Hope United Methodist Church (Caswell
      County, North Carolina).

  • Sources 
    1. [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=58161773.