Retired educator seeks Civil War letters for Gaston County story
Robert Carpenter, a retired Forestview High principal and history buff, searches for Civil War era letters from Gaston County residents to compose A Portrait of the Civil War in Gaston County. He has a 235 page transcription of an 1863 slave tax list and invites locals to share copies or new documents for genealogical and historical insight.
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Forestview
Gaston County
Robert Carpenter
Bessemer City
Carpenter
Gastonia
U.S
Belmont Abbey College
State Archives
Raleigh
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Charter.net
John Clark
the Gazette
Christmas Feast Brings 12th Annual Warmth to Gastonia
At East Baptist Church Gastonia volunteers hosted 12th annual Christmas Feast from 6 p.m. Christmas Eve to noon Christmas Day. They cooked from 3 a.m. with meals groceries clothing and toys worth about 10000 dollars, expecting to feed over 2200 people.
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Gastonia
Amanda Memrick
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Mike Henshill
North Church Street
Wilma Rhyne
Joyce Hoffman
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