1950, May 10 - Cleveland County Early Days

Authors

Mamie Jones

Files

Description

This article highlights notable graves and memorials connected to Cleveland County history, including Revolutionary War leaders Col. William Graham and Col. Frederick Hambright. It also describes monuments in Shelby’s Sunset Cemetery, including those of Jesse Jenkins, author Thomas Dixon Jr., and Governor O. Max Gardner. Additional references to Union soldiers’ graves illustrate post–Civil War tensions and local memory.

Publication Date

5-25-1950

City

Shelby, NC

Keywords

Amzi Clarence Dixon, William Graham, Frederick Hambright, Margaret Homesley, Plato Durham, Micajah Durham, Esther McDowell Baxter, Charles Alexander Durham, Patience Davis, Cicero A. Durham, Jesse Jenkins, Hattie Beam Jenkins, Thomas Dixon Jr., Tryon Resolves, Lane’s Brigade, Matt Ransom Brigade, Graham’s Fort, Old Shiloh Presbyterian Church, Sunset Cemetery

Contributors

Fay Webb Gardner Collection in the Gardner-Webb University Archives

Recommended Citation

Jones, Mamie, "1950, May 10 - Cleveland County Early Days" (1950). Cleveland County Early Days Newspaper Column. 29.
https://digitalcommons.gardner-webb.edu/fay-webb-gardner-cleveland-county-early-days-newspaper-column/29