Skeen Family Pioneers Settle in Davidson County 1799
In Sept 1799 Matthew Skeen and Priscilla Hancock with James Skeen travel from Tennessee into Rowan County on the Yadkin headwaters near Linwood. They become early settlers in Davidson County, founding a family and playing leading roles in Tom's Creek Church and missionary work while navigating frontier life. Priscilla Hancock Skeen emerges as a notable pioneer woman guiding family migrations to Missouri and Texas.
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Skeen
Davidson County
John C. Garner
Great Smoky
Blue Ridge
North Carolina
Tenessee
Ravelers
Matthew Skeen
Priscilla Hanck
Priscilla
James Skeen
Matthew
Priscilla Hancock
Tennessee River
Peo
Fareell
Tennessee
Yadkin River
Revoluon
George III
Baptist Church
Jesse Sewel
Martin Skeen
Priscilla Hancock Skeen
Union
Mississippi River
Missouri
Louisiana Territory
France
Sam Houston
Texas
Hancock
Wilson
Hope
Dawson
Burrel
Elizabeth
Peter Stout
Rachel
Nancy Sparks Skeen
Clark Haltom
W. E. Haltom
Old Home Place
Burrel Skeen
Burrell
Priscilla Hancock Sheen
Blue Ridge Mountains
Great Smoky Range
Mississippi
Martin
Dawson Hancock
Hope Sheen
Ransom Harris
Marshfield
Webster County
Wilson Skeen
Greene County
Green County
Trinity River
Ellis County
Pacific
America
Priscilla Skeen
H. M. Skeen
J. N. Skeen
Davidson
Randolph County
Skeens
Fellowship of Prayer by Dr. Gaius Glenn Atkins
Dr Gaius Glenn Atkins prepares a religious guide for the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America during 1940. The pamphlet outlines a program of prayer and unity across Protestant denominations.
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Gaius Glenn Atkins
Federal Council of Churches of Christ In America
Dangerfield To Be Heard Here Next Thursday
George Dangerfield renowned critic and author will speak at High Point College on March 28 at 8 15 p m on Books That Count. The lecture marks the fifth and final installment of the 1939 40 series, following speakers from science monodrama criminology and music.
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George Dangerfield
Vanity Fair
High Point College
Dangerfield
Methodist Institution
P. E. Lindley
Music
Easter Trade Booms in Busy Spring Buying
Retail merchants report heavy Easter shopping with record sales in the South and stronger across the nation. Winter weather slowed purchases in the North and East, while factory payrolls expanded and sales rose 10 to 30 percent over March 1939.
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New York
United States
Associated Press
Europe
Stocks Rally Amid War News and Economic Hopes
Analysts say near term industry promise hinges on housing upturn after a winter decline. On Wall Street, stocks and commodities tied to war production rose within a narrow band as peace talks waned after British and German air raids and France’s cabinet upheaval. Speculation, still stalled, awaits clearer political and war prospects.
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Wall Street
Daladier
France
Europe
Abbotts Creek Church to Present Easter Cantata
Abbotts Creek Missionary Baptist Church presents an Easter cantata this afternoon at 5 o clock. A 30 voice choir led by Carey J. Davis and Jeffery Trayn ham performs Memories of Easter Morn by Ellen Jane Lorenz. Public invited.
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Abbotts Creek Missionary Baptist Church
Carey J. Davis
Jeffery Traynham
Ellen Jane Lorenz
Firemen Battle Smoke Fire At Big Bear Store
Firemen were called at 1 30 this morning to extinguish a small blaze at the Big Bear grocery on English Street. A motor in the refrigeration system overheated causing heavy smoke and the firefighters forced a door to enter.
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Big Bear
English Street
Ice Cream From Cotton Debuts in Texas Test
King Cotton yields a new product ice cream made with meat and cotton extract. Sim T. Lake of the Texas State Restaurant Association announces a test for over 1 000 restaurant men next Thursday during a joint meeting with the Southwest Region of the National Restaurant Association. Prosper Ingels of Hotel Adolphus created the recipe with state and National Cotton Council support. If approved, Borden may market the dessert.
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Dallas
King Cotton
South
Sim T. Lake
State Restaurant Association of Texas
National Restaurant Association
Prosper Ingels
Hotel Adolphus
State of Texas
National Cotton Council
Ingels
Borden
Farm Income Exceeds 1939 in Early 1940 Report
The Agriculture Department reported cash income for farmers in the first two months of 1940 reached 1.378 billion dollars, up 218 million from the same period in 1939. Marketings totaled 1.154 billion, while cooperative program payments rose to 224 million. Government subsidies moved earlier and faster, with peaks in January 1940 versus March 1939. Market prices were slightly lower in March than February.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
What Easter Means
Easter message urges living as already in an endless life through faith in Jesus Christ. The sermon calls believers to pursue duty, friendship, and prayer, letting love and goodness shape daily life beyond death. It ends with a prayer for steadfast life and immortality in Christ.
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Riscilla
Prisilla
Baptists
Lord Jesus Christ
Joseph Spence
Willis Spence
Old North Carolina
Clark Haltgm
Frankie Sexton
Joe Skeen
Allan Skeen
Waxahachie
Fellowship of Prayer
Mr. Dangerfield
England
Edward VII
Scribner’s
the Bookman
Harper's Bazaar
Saturday Review of Literature
Britain
Chaucer
Steinbeck
Sinclair Lewis
Hemingway
Abbotts Creek Church
Germany
Gilmore-Yosemite
Ford
Mexico
Amen
English Motor Company
Washington Street
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