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Flora McKenzie of Pinehurst a Remarkable Local Character
The article profiles Mrs Flora Jane McKenzie born 1849 in Moore County North Carolina a thrifty Scotch descended figure known for hard outdoor work in girlhood and marriage in 1866. It details her plantation home built 1818 its water mill rebuilt in 1872 and again after 1874, her large family of ten children, and the extensive self sufficient farming and textile duties she performed including spinning weaving and managing crops and livestock with simple village amusements like quilting and dances.
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Flora Jane McKenzie
Mrs. McKenzie
Moore County
North Carolina
McKenzie
Pinehurst
James Ray