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    Giles Mebane

    Male 1880 - 1969  (89 years)


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    • Name Giles Mebane 
      Born 08 Jul 1880  Hillsborough, Orange County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
      Gender Male 
      Died 30 Nov 1969  [1
      Buried New Hope United Methodist Church (Caswell County, North Carolina) Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
      Notes 
      • Giles Mebane (1880-1969)

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        At an early age he moved with his family from Hillsborough to the old "Mebane Place" on Walters Road [Walters' Mill Road?] near Blanche, North Carolina. As a young man he worked on the family farm and at various jobs in Milton and Blanche. Riding horseback, he delivered mail between Yanceyville and Blanche. He also was station agent for the Southern Railway Company in Blanche, North Carolina.

        He was a deputy sheriff and jailor under Caswell County Sheriff J. Yancey Gatewood, father of famous artist Maud Florance Gatewood. After his term as deputy sheriff, Giles Mebane launched a dry cleaning business in the Yanceyville building that eventually housed the office of Dr. Houston Lafayette Gwynn and the Confederate Memorial Library. Whether Giles Mebane constructed this building is unknown.

        See: The Heritage of Caswell County, North Carolina, Jeannine D. Whitlow, Editor (1985) at 380-382

        See Also: Yancey Family Genealogy Database

        North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000
        Name: Giles Mebane
        Date of Birth: 1880
        Gender: Male
        Race: White
        Birth County: Alamance
        Parent1 Name: De Bernie Y Mebane
        Roll Number: B_C001_68001
        Volume: 17
        Page: 11

        1920 United States Federal Census
        Name: Giles Mebane
        Home in 1920: Dan River, Caswell, North Carolina
        Age: 39 years
        Estimated Birth Year: abt 1881
        Birthplace: North Carolina
        Relation to Head of House: Head
        Father's Birth Place: North Carolina
        Mother's Birth Place: North Carolina
        Marital Status: Single
        Race: White
        Sex: Male
        Able to read: Yes
        Able to Write: Yes
        Image: 1014
        Household Members: Name Age
        Giles Mebane 39
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        The following is a copy of the records in the Bible of Joseph R. Whitice and John A. Graves Bible, both of Caswell County, North Carolina, the Bible now being in possession of Mr. Giles Mebane of Yanceyville, N. C. in l951.

        Family Record.

        Marriages:

        Joseph R. Whitice and Catharine M. Dodson were married July 17th, 1844 by Rev. J. J. James.
        Deberniere Y. Mebane and Mollie J. Graves were married June 23rd, 1870 by Rev. S. G. Mason.
        John L. Satterfield and Anne Elizabeth Mebane were married Dec. 20th, 1894.
        John A. Graves and Catharine M. Whitice were married May 31st, l848 by Rev. S. Wait.

        Births:

        Joseph J. Whitice was born December the 5th, 1845.
        Molly John Graves was born March the 11th, 1849.
        William Matthew Graves was born December the 24th, 1850.
        Anne Elizabeth Mebane was born March 20th, 1871.
        John A. Graves Mebane was born Feb. 5th, 1873.
        Mary Catherine Mebane was born Oct. 12th, 1875.
        Virginia George Swepson Mebane was born Jan. 12, l878.
        Giles Mebane was born July 8th, 1880.
        Deberniere Yancey Mebane December 29th, 1882.
        Pink Graves Mebane born Mar. 6th, 1886.

        Deaths:

        Joseph R. Whitice died 26th of December 1845.
        Joseph J. Whitice died the 31st of August, 1851.
        Col. John A. Graves, a prisoner of war, died at Johnston's Island, Ohio, Mar. 20th, 1864.
        William M. Graves died June 18th, l882.
        Catherine M. Graves died July 17th, l882.
        Capt W. P. Graves died July 15th, l892.
        Mollie Graves Mebane died Sep. 13, 1925.
        John A. Graves Mebane died April 13, 1928.
        Bessie Norman Mebane, wife of John A. Mebane, died May 28, l928.
        D. Y. Mebane, Jr. died May 1st, 1933.

        Cooperstown, N. Y.
        Published and sold by H. & E. Phinney
        Sold also by I. Tiffany, Utica, l843.
        Recorded herein in the year l951.
        J. Burch Blaylock/Signature
      Person ID I21561  Devin Timber
      Last Modified 17 Jan 2012 

      Family Edna Earl Watkins,   b. 27 Feb 1885, Danville, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Oct 1988, Cobb County, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 103 years) 
      Married 14 Oct 1920 
      Family ID F8391  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    • Sources 
      1. Details: Gravestone at New Hope United Methodist Church (Caswell County, North Carolina).