Carah Bella (Carrie) Fowler

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• Cemetery: Buffalo Baptist Church, Grover, NC

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Died of Spanish influenza.

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• Cemetery: Buffalo Creek Baptist Church, Cleveland County, NC

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Died of Mycarditis and ends with hypertension. Buried at Buffalo Creek Church Cemetery, Cleveland Co., NC. Thomas, Flay, and Paul are living with Mun and Levada Morgan in the 1920 census. In that census he is listed as a spooler in the Cotton Mill and his son Flay is listed as a doffer.

Thomas married Pruanna "Prue" Morgan on 20 Aug 1902 in Cleveland County, North Carolina. Pruanna (daughter of James Monroe "Mun" Morgan and Gertia Lankford) was born on 15 Apr 1883 in Cleveland County, North Carolina; died on 13 Sep 1919 in Cleveland County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Cemetery: Buffalo Creek Baptist Church, Cleveland County, NC

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Prue is buried in the Buffalo Church Cemetery. Her father is James Monroe Morgan also buried at Buffalo (b. August 10, 1853; d. November 25, 1937. Mother's name on death certificate is Gertie(a?) Lansford Morgan.

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• Cemetery: Sandy Plains Baptist Church Cemetery, Cleveland County, NC

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Buried at Sandy Plains Baptist Church in New House Community in Cleveland County, NC. The 1900 Cleveland County census lists Jim Fowler in #7 Township and identifies his place of birth as being in South Carolina with his father's place of birth in SC and mother's in NC. The children were all also born in SC. (SC census data shows his mother was born in SC and father in Va.) The 1900 census also lists Jim's birth date as 1845.

James married Sarah Elizabeth Bridges on 11 Feb 1877 in Cleveland County, North Carolina. Sarah (daughter of James "Hopping Jim" Beam Bridges and Martha Jane Dycus) was born in 1852 in Cleveland County, North Carolina; died in Sep 1896 in Cleveland County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Cemetery: Sandy Plains Baptist Church Cemetery, Cleveland County, NC

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Marriage fact:
Married at the residence Of Samuel Magnes, JP, In #7 Township.

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• Cemetery: Buffalo Baptist Church, Grover, NC

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J. Monroe Morgan is the son of Perry and Elizabeth Morgan. In the 1920 Cleveland County, NC census Thomas Fowler (Levada's brother) and his two sons are living with them. Mun is listed as a slabber in a cotton mill.

James Monroe Morgan is the father of Thomas Fowler's wife Prueanna Morgan.

James married Gertia Lankford about 1883. Gertia was born in May 1853 in North Carolina; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Gertia is listed as Junlia in the 1900 Cleveland County census.

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• Cemetery: Brown's Chapel Baptist Church, Pacolet, SC

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The 1870 census for Union County, SC lists Thomas and Martha in Jonesville Township. It also indicates that Thomas was born in Va. and Martha in SC but Thomas' parents were foreign born.

The 1880 Union County, SC census shows Thomas (76) and Martha (60) living in Gowdeysville Township (located north of Jonesville off highway 18). The information identifies Martha's birthplace as NC and the children; Gilman (18), Lucy A.(16), W. Jackson (14), Ellen (Etta) (12), Martha F. (10) all born in SC. Three boarders are living with Thomas and Martha in this census; Theodore Smart (22), Adolphis Fowler (23), and ? (21) all male with the same occupation that appears to be "ditcher"

Thomas and Martha are buried at Brown's Chapel Baptist in Pacolet, SC. The gravesites for Thomas and Martha are in poor shape with Thomas's headstone broken in two and on the ground.

Thomas married Martha A. Owens. Martha was born on 11 Oct 1829 in South Carolina; died on 27 Aug 1903 in Whitney, Spartanburg County, SC. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Cemetery: Brown's Chapel Baptist Church, Pacolet, SC

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Published Union County Death notices announced the death of Martha as "a former resident of Pacolet" who died in Whitney and buried at Brown's Chapel. She had probably moved in with her daughter Ella Phillips.

Hand written notes in the possession of Charlene Allen reference Martha Owens and James and Lola Owens. James and Lola Owens may be the parents of Martha? These notes were taken based on discussions about family that she had had years before.

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• Cemetery: Sandy Plains Baptist Church Cemetery, Cleveland County, NC

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James and Martha appear in the 1870 Rutherford County census in Duncan's Creek Township.

James and Martha Bridges are both buried at Sandy Plains Baptist Church in Cleveland Co. NC.

Three of the Bridges brothers Crayton, Newton, and Kimsey all moved to Georgia and started a lumber business. They also all married Felkers.

James married Martha Jane Dycus on 5 Feb 1852 in Cleveland County, North Carolina. Martha (daughter of Elijah Dycus and Lavinia (Viney) Green) was born on 29 Oct 1833 in Cleveland County, North Carolina; died on 14 Jun 1922 in Cleveland County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Cemetery: Sandy Plains Baptist Church Cemetery, Cleveland County, NC

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The 1900 census indicates Martha as widowed with 11 children, 8 of which were still living. She also had a sister named Lou Dycas (possibly Dicy Lou).

The 1910 and 1920 Cleveland County census' show Martha living with her daughter Texie and John Morgan.

(Medical):The Paragon Funeral Home, Shelby NC.
Death information provided by her sister Risey Dycus White.

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Married:
Married by W. M. Gold, Justice of the Peace. Marriage was registered on March 5, 1852.

Perry married Elizabeth McSwain. Elizabeth was born in May 1835 in North Carolina; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]