Armfield 88th Birthday Recalled In Deep River Heritage
Wyatt J. Armfield, born November 25, 1843 on Deep River near High Point, celebrates his 88th birthday. The sketch traces Armfield lineage to John Armfield, early Quaker emigrant, with notes on Civil War service, Jamestown Woolen Mill, and local memories of Lee era events and Jefferson Davis’s retreat through Greensboro and Jamestown.
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Richard Beeson Armfield
Anne Chipman Armfield
Deep River
High Point
Joseph C. Armfield
Elizabeth Beeson
Col
Isaac Beeson
Old Jamestown
Baptist Church
Jamestown
First Baptist Church
Armfields
England
John Armfield
Thename
America
Philadelphia
Bucks County
Penn
William
John
Robert
Isaac
Thomas
North Carolina
South Buffalo Creek
Pomona
New Garden
Register of Deeds
Rowan County
Guilford
St. Luke’s Parish
Wyatt J. Armfield
John Tilley
John Freeman
Florence
Nereus Mendenhall
Oak Ridge Institute
Quartermaster’s Department
Confederate States of America
James Ruffin Mendenhall
James Sloan
Greensboro
Lee
George Stoneman
Danville
John H.reagan
Texas
John Hiatt
H. B. Hiatt
Davis
Reagan
Armfield
Old Barbee Hotel
the Bellevue
Jefferson Davis
Winnie
Charlotte
Mr. Davis
Wyatt
Armfield, 1860s Westward Move and Banking Pioneer
A detailed reminiscence recounts Civil War scenes at Mendenhall’s store and Armfield family life. It covers Horace Greeley’s “Go West” call leading to 1866 Indiana fruit trade expansion, founding of Jamestown Academy, and Armfield’s role in establishing the National Bank of Greensboro, the first bank in Guilford and High Point, with later recharter and banking growth across multiple towns. It notes family, education, and civic contributions, including the 1906 Wachovia Building project and the High Point Public Library founding.
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Field
Mendenhall
Edwin D. Steele
High Point
John C. Breckinridge
Kentucky
Duncan A. MasRae
Minerva Menden
Armfield
Horace Greeley
Indiana
Freeman and Ballard
Enrightstown
Ind
Ohio
Tennessee
Georgia
South Carolina
New York
New Orleans
Mississippi River
Southland
Jennie Britt
Britt
National Bank of
Greensboro
Qdell
Concord
J. M. Tead
Wyatt Armfield
Bank of Cape Fear
Jesse H. Lindsay
Eugene Morehead
Julius A. Gray
South Elm Street
Benbow Hotel
State University
Eugene M
W. Frank
William J
Asheboro
Jesse L
Thomasville
Madison
Mackaville
Graham
Troy
First National Bank
Main Street
Broadway Theatre
Matton Drug Company
J. J. Cox
Steele
N. Main
Washington Streets
Penny
Wachovia Bank and Trust Company
Joseph C. Armfield
R. Beeson Armfield
Broad Street
R. T. Pickens
Lucille
Annette
Greensboro News
High Point Enterprise
High Point Public Library
Winning Looks Won a Prize Keeps Balance at 60
A historical profile describes a disciplined elderly man fond of family, garden, and century plants. It notes ten grandchildren and in laws in various cities, with ties to LSU Baton Rouge, New York, Concord, and Asheboro. He recalls early local landmarks and the Cross Roads at Mechanicsville, reflecting on city growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyatt A. Pickens
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge
Britt M. Armfield
New York City
Rupert T. Pickens
Armfield
John V. Hunter, Jr
Winston-Salem
Jack
Blanche Armfield
Concord
Chariton
Iowa
Robert Garland
William
Nab” Armfield
Asheboro
George Armfield
Alice Armfield
Rupert Pickens
Sedge
Sheraton Hotel
Southern Furniture Xposition
Mechanicsville
Richmond
Atlanta
Bethania
Fayetteville
N. C
California Bees Produce Millions in Honey This Year
California's bee population estimated at 24 billion will yield about 8 million pounds of honey this year, averaging one pound per 3 000 bees. The crop value is placed near 2 million dollars by the state department of agriculture.
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California
Sacramento
Cali
State Department of Agriculture
Hen Lays Own Likeness in Embossed Egg
A Gainesville artistically gifted hen owned by J. C. Bowen laid an egg bearing a raised sculpture of her own likeness.
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Gainesville
J. C. Bowen
Cooperation Among Governors Hampers Tobacco Talks
Gardner says differing state interests block a unified approach to crop reduction. He cites Virginia, Georgia, and South Carolina governors chasing potatoes, watermelons, and cotton while North Carolina leads in tobacco, underscoring the challenge of coordinated policy across states.
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Raleigh
O. Max Gardner
Shelby
Virginia
South Carolina
Georgia
North Carolina
Gardner
Polland
Russell
Corgia
Blackwood
General Assembly
iLater
Ysmafsset
One Year Old Joins Iowa American Legion Auxiliary
Wheatland Iowa reports Ann Riedesel aged one becomes the youngest member of the American Legion auxiliary in Iowa, highlighting the growing involvement of families in the organization.
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Wheatland
Ann Riedesel
American Legion Auxiliary
Iowa
Wireless Exhibition set voices stations automatically
A London display features a radio receiving set that automatically tunes to a specified station when spoken to. A built in microphone is tuned to speech consonants so different sounds cue different stations.
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London
American Airlines completes circled route over water
Washington reports American Airlines now circles South America after inaugurating the Rio de Janeiro to Buenos Aires service. The new Miami southbound route becomes the longest over-water line in the world.
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Washington
South America
American Airlines
Rio de Janeiro
Buenos Aires
Miami
Fla
Oldest World Book Found in China Dating to 100 B C
A newly discovered Chinese tome is claimed as the world’s oldest book. It comprises seventy eight wooden leaves bound by a string and dates to about 100 B C.
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China
Central Friends Church Hosts Haworth Sermons and Thanksgiving Service
Central Friends Church will host visiting minister Samuel Haworth from Guilford College. He leads the Brotherhood class at 9 45 and a worship service at 11 on the morning of the visit. Rev Tom A Sykes preaches at 7 30 in the evening on Is Christianity a Great Delusion. A Thanksgiving service is planned for Thursday at 10 30 with Sykes and Deep River Quarterly Meeting ministers.
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Central Friends Church
Samuel Haworth
Guilford College
Haworth
Tom A. Sykes
Sykes
Deep River
Trusty prisoners linked to whisky distilling found in factory
In Denver prison yard officials uncovered that trusted inmates ran a whisky still inside the penitentiary factory. The operation was traced to Lyle Hastings Wayne Jack Ross and Jim Snyder who were removed from their trusted status.
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Denver
Col
State Penitentiary
Lyle Hastings
Wayne Jack Ross
Jim Snyder
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W. J. Armfield
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Nice
France
Broadway
Hoover
William Tudor Gardiner
Maine
Lenville Hawks
Cumberland Canter
B. J. C. Baskervill Enterprise Bureau
Sir Walter Motel
Edith Riley
Washington Hospital
Cleveland
Gray
Stewart
Warner Round-the-World Radio
Stewart-Warner
Clinard Electric Co
North Main Street
Isfactory
Cos
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