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This article highlights notable women of Cleveland County, focusing on figures such as Sallie Homesley, during the Civil War era, and Mrs. Jane Marks, an early educator who helped establish religious instruction and schooling in Shelby. It also profiles musical talents like Lillian Homesley Bott and Minnie Eddins Roberts, along with mothers whose sons achieved literary prominence, including those connected to authors Thomas Dixon Jr., Wilbur J. Cash, and Hatcher Hughes.
Publication Date
2026
City
Shelby, NC
Keywords
Sallie Homesley, Ab Homesley, Steve Homesley, Mollie Homesley, Reese Roark, Lillian Homesley Bott, William Homesley, Minnie Eddins Roberts, Josh Roberts, William J. Roberts, Eddins Roberts, George Roberts, Jane Marks, Roland Hamrick, Hattie Jackson Blythe, Will Blythe, Legare Blythe, Nannie Hamrick Cash, W. J. Cash, Martha Gold Hughes, J. Jack Hughes, Hatcher Hughes, Susan Twitty Miller, John Miller, W. J. T. Miller, Andrew C. Miller, Robert B. Miller, William H. Miller, Shelby Female College, Methodist Meeting House, Y.M.C.A, Shelby, Cleveland County, Sunset Cemetery
Contributors
Fay Webb Gardner Collection in the Gardner-Webb University Archives
Recommended Citation
Jones, Mamie, "Undated (05) - Cleveland County Early Days" (2026). Cleveland County Early Days Newspaper Column. 65.
https://digitalcommons.gardner-webb.edu/fay-webb-gardner-cleveland-county-early-days-newspaper-column/65