Ronald Poston

Bobby married Betty Scalf. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Cemetery: Elizabeth Baptist Church, Shelby, Cleveland County, NC

James married Olie Pauline Allen on 20 Aug 1921 in Cleveland County, North Carolina. Olie (daughter of James Daniel Allen and Bessie Borders) was born on 6 Sep 1900 in Cleveland County, North Carolina; died on 28 Feb 1931 in Shelby, Cleveland County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Cemetery: Elizabeth Baptist Church, Shelby, Cleveland County, NC

Notes:

Died:
Influenza

Buried:
Revs Waldrop and D. G. Washburn

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• Cemetery: Poston Cemetery, Highway 226 North of Shelby, Cleveland County, NC
• Occupation: Millright

Notes:

Daniel Poston was born in the Poston log house north of Shelby. He remained a bachelor and helped care for his mother until age 48. He then married Margaret, aged 18. Her brother had earlier married Daniel's sister, Rachel. Monroe and Rachel later became owners of the Poston homeplace Daniel was a millwright, mechanic, farmer, and at one time owned a cotton gin. Although he suffered a grea loss through investment in Confederate bonds, he was able to leave his young wife a comfortable estate. In his will he instructed his wife to "school the children as best she could" and contrary to most testators, he left provision for her to inherit one-fourth of his estate even if she remarried.

Daniel married Margaret Ann Weathers in Jun 1870 in Cleveland County, North Carolina. Margaret (daughter of Jenkins Devaney Weathers and Eunice Ann Bailey) was born on 25 Feb 1853 in Cleveland County, North Carolina; died on 9 Jun 1924 in Cleveland County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Cemetery: Zoar Baptist Church, Cleveland County, NC

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• Cemetery: Elizabeth Baptist Church, Shelby, Cleveland County, NC

James married Bessie Borders on 22 Nov 1899 in Cleveland County, North Carolina. Bessie (daughter of Elza Caveny Borders and Susan Elizabeth Wilson) was born on 18 Oct 1882 in Cleveland County, North Carolina; died on 31 Mar 1966 in Cleveland County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Cemetery: Elizabeth Baptist Church, Shelby, Cleveland County, NC

Notes:

Bessie was a sunday school teacher at Elizabeth Church and a member of Susan Circle.

(Medical):Mrs. Allen died from being in a car accident. The accident occured at the intersection of NC 180 and NC 150. Her son-in-law, Leslie Owen, was driving when he pulled out in front of an oncoming 1960 car driven by John Mcalister of Waco, NC. Mr Owen was charged at the scene for failure to yield right of way. No one else was injured.