Giles Mebane

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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
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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).

Giles married Edna Earl Watkins 14 Oct 1920. Edna (daughter of Daniel Gunn Watkins and Lydia Ann Powell) was born 27 Feb 1885, Danville, Virginia; died 21 Oct 1988, Cobb County, Georgia; was buried , New Hope United Methodist Church Caswell County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet]