William M Nuckolls & Sarah Shepherd

Sarah Jane Shepherd 1, daughter of James Wilburn Shepherd and Elizabeth Jones, was born 17 Jul 1854 in Alleghany Co, NC, died 17 Sep 1944 in Alleghany Co, NC at age 90, and was buried 19 Sep 1944 in Cranberry Primitive Church Cemetery.

General Notes and Information:
Sara had a daughter Aurora from her first husband Boyd Hash who died of T B. I found her grave last week.Her birthdate is the same as Sara and Willi ams first son who died at he age of seven.
Sandra Nuckolls Church
JonChurch@skybest.com

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Historical Genealogical Society, Inc., POBox 817, Sparta, NC 28675.
Ed. Lou Reid Landreth.

# 6254, Nuckolls, Sera Jane 09-17-1944 07-17 1854
(This doesn't make sense. Could they have switched the b & d dates?)

The caretaker of Cranberry Cemetery wrote back to say that they could n ot find out anything concerning any of the Nuckolls buried their. The re is something that I have been wondering about. The land where the cemet ery is located was donated by Sera Jane. Bettie (William's Mother) is buri ed there. Sera Jane inherited alot of money from her first husband and pro bably bought the land after her first husband died Boyd Hash. Their only c hild Aurora found in cemetery records was born 1878?I'm not sure if the ye ar is right, trying to locate gravesite. Bettie had to be buried on her la nd after she bought it or she purchased the land because she was buried th ere. The marked isn't in line with the other Nuckolls graves and it's n ot an old marker. William & Sera's first child was born 23, Dec. 1878 a nd died 21, May 1885 is buried in the same cemetery. The childs tombstone looks older than Bettie's marker. Also if she died then why wasn't h er dates recorded on her marker unless nobody knew her exact birth and death date.

Another story of Sarah Jane Shepherd Nuckolls was sent to me. Wiley Edis on Maybe remembered a story about (Gordie). Seems he had done something th at angered Aunt Jane and she threatened to whip him. His response was "you 're not big enough" and her reaction to that was to wait until he was asleep and sew him into the bedclothes and then she gave him the lickings. Then so the story goes, he left home and where he ended up nobody knows. Wiley also stated that others in the family wasn't sure which boy it was. I believe this could be Robert Lee Nuckolls because he left home to ne ver to return. I found a letter he wrote to Aurora and plus all the lette rs and postcards he had written to his girlfriend asking about different p eople while in the service and other letters the brothers were asking abo ut the where about of Rob. Ms Reeves said that Jane was stubborn and proba bly wouldn't change her membership. William wasn't listed in the origin Be llview Church Minutes after his death. Jane probably had something to do w ith that too

Mrs. Reeves gave me the copy of the cemetery records at Liberty Hill where Aurora is buried. I also seen where her daughter's child was also buried there. Will send you a copy in a few days. When I was rereading so me of the old letters sent by the Nuckolls brothers, I notice where Robert wrote from Texas(sent to Aurora) after 1900. that he asked about Aurora 's father. He seen him recently in W.Wa. The story was told that Boyd died of TB maybe before Sarah Jane and William got married. I will also send you a copy and see what you make of it. Sarah Jane may have told William that he died

Research Notes:
Name: Sarah Jane Nuckolls
[Sarah Jane Shepherd]
Gender: Female Race: White
Age: 90y 2m
Birth Date: 17 Jul 1854
Birth Place: Weavenforth, North Carolina, United States
Death Date: 17 Sep 1944
Death Location: Scottsville, Alleghany
Spouse's Name: William Nuckolls
Father's Name: Wilburn Shepherd b Ashe Co, NC
Mother's Name: Elizabeth Jones b Alleghany Co, NC
RESIDENCE: Alleghany, North Carolin
Informant Mrs Edwin Nuckolls, Scottsville, NC

Noted events in her life were:

• She appeared on the census in 1880. L/W Father And Her Daughter Aurora

• She appeared on the census in 1900. M18y 8/7

• She appeared on the census in 1910. M30y 9/6

Sarah married Boyden Hash.

General Notes and Information:
Hash, Baker Lived in: Pine Swamp Township, Ashe County, North Carolina 1 900
Series: T623 Microfilm: 1182 Book: 1 Page: 170
b 10/1843 age 66, M14y
mary, wife, 1/1844, M14y 8/8

Boyden H. Hash born to William C. Hash and Melissa Polly Wingate and married to Tamsy Rutherford 23, Sept. 1882. I was looking over some of the o ld letters I have and Robert Nuckolls asked about Aurora's people and said he seen her father in Keystone , W.Va around 1908. Would there be a divorce record of Boyden and Sarah Jane. We were told that that he died of TB and left her alot of money.

The child from this marriage was:

2 F i. Aurora Hash was born 23 Dec 1878 in Alleghany Co, NC, died 29 Mar 1912 in Alleghany Co, NC at age 33, and was buried 1 Apr 1912 in Liberty Hill Cemetery.

General Notes and Information:
1880 Census Place:Chestnut Hill, Ashe, North Carolina
Source:FHL Film 1254952 National Archives Film T9-0952 Page 54 4D
J.W. SHEPHERDSelfMWW52NCOcc:FarmerFa: NCMo: NC
Jane S. SHEPHERD DauFWW24NCFa: NCMo: NC
Martha SHEPHERDDauFSW16NCFa: NCMo: NC
Leona SHEPHERDDauFSW9NCFa: NCMo: NC
Frank SHEPHERDSonMSW18NCFa: NCMo: NC
Aurara SHEPHERDDauFSW1NCFa: NCMo: NC

I know someone who knew that J. Henry was probably married two or three times because she ran a store for years in that area ,Scottville) and knew alot of people and also her husband is buried there. Her husband is a brother to Z. Grey Nuckolls, wife Muriel (Bob Huffman) my half-brother. No one in the family knew what ever happen to Aurora until I found h er and her five childrens names in Ashe Co. Courthouse and library. The only reason I have not gone to the cemetery is because you have to travel through several cow pastures and gates. My husband thought I shouldn't go but, I am going with a camera and grass chippers. Scottville is half in As he and Alleghany. It is next to Chestnut Comm. in Ashe where Liberty Hill Cemetery is located on HOPE WAGONER ROAD.
Sandra Nuckolls Church

Aurora married John Henry (Jeremiah) Wagoner 31 Oct 1900 in Alleghany Co, NC2, son of Adam Wagoner and Nancy. John was born about 1864 in NC.

Marriage Notes:
J H wagoner, age 36 son of A J Wagoner, living and mother Nancy Wagoner, d ead
Aurora Hash, d/o Bayden? Baker? Hash, dead and Jane living

Family history says Aurora married John Henry Wagoner.
John H wagoner in Ashe Co, NC Census

General Notes and Information:
1880 Census Place:Gap Civil, Alleghany, North Carolina
Source:FHL Film 1254951 National Archives Film T9-0951 Page 26 9A
Adam WAGGONERSelfMMW46NCOcc:FarmerFa: NCMo: NC
Nancy WAGGONERWifeFMW40NCFa: NCMo: NC
Henry WAGGONERSonMSW16NCFa: NCMo: NC
James WAGGONER SonMSW14NCFa: NCMo: NC
Martha WAGGONER DauFSW10NCFa: NCMo: NC
Amanda F WAGGONER DauFSW7NCFa: NCMo: NC
George WAGGONER SonMSW5NCFa: NCMo: NC
Benjiman WAGGONER SonMSW3NCFa: NCMo: NC

Family lore says name was John Henry or J Henry or Jeremiah H. But the abo ve 1880 census is the only J initial who is a son of A and Nancy as indica ted in his marriage record.

Sarah next married William M Nuckolls3 in 18804, son of Unknown and Bettie. William was born 3 Oct 1856 in VA VA VA, died 12 May 1934 in Alleghany Co, NC at age 77, and was buried 14 May 1934 in Cranberry Primitive Church Cemetery.

General Notes and Information:
Mother Bettie buried in Cranberry Cemetery, death date not known

family researcher: Kathie hill 22229 E 62nd St Broken Arrow, OK 74014
Also John Parsons JParsons@cafes.net

My grandfather William M. Nuckolls told a story where his dad set him on his lap and told him that somebody was after him. The next morning they found him dead in a ditch nearby. They thought he was a war deserter. Sandra Nuckolls ChruchJonChurch@skybest.com

1900 Census
127/127
Nuckolls, William, Head, Oct 1856, 43, M18yrs, VA VA VA Farmer, owns fa rm free of mtg
Jane (??????), Wife, May 1854, 45, 8 ch, 7 living; NC NC NC
Franklin, son, Mar 1885, 15, NC, farm hand
Doctor, son, Mar 1887, 13, NC, farm hand
Robert L., Sept 1888, 11, NC, farm hand
Floyd E., June 1890, 9, NC
Roy (Ray?) E., Mar 1892, 8, NC
Wilborn, Mar 1895, 5, NC
Aurora, step daughter, Dec 1878, 21, S, VA VA NC
Saler, Moses, Hand, W M Mar 1876, 24, M4yrs, NC NC NC

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Historical Genealogical Society, Inc., POBox 817, Sparta, NC 28675. Ed. L ou Reid Landreth.

# 6257 Nuckolls W.M. 10-03-1856 05-12-1958
(Doesn't jive with your death date. Anyway, this makes him 102 at deat h, so it is likely wrong.)

Both are buried at Cranberry Primitive Baptist Church, road #1607, 2 1 /2 mi south from junction of 113 & 221, Ashe County side.

A story was recorded that William's father was a deserter from a war. Two family members told me that they heard that when William was very small, his father put him on his knee and told him that some people where after him and the next morning the family found him dead in a nearby ditch. I spoke to a gentlemen doing research in the library last month and he told me that that they usually didn't kill you if you are a war deserter because alot of men had farms back home. It could be he was running from the law. Could that be recorded somewhere?

WM Nuckolls in Book 3 p. 553 Deeds, of where he purchased land from Jac ob & Caudice Miller in the Obids Creek Township on 23, Jan 1899 andpaid $ 107.00 plus 6% payable on that day. I couldn't read alot of the content be cause it was hard to read. It was wittness by B.B.Bare & G.E. Richards on on 8, May 1899 by A.S. Eller, Clerk of Court & D.A. Osborne was Regist er Of Deeds

copies from a small book. A couple of titles" Declaration of James Co x" & "Declaration of Benjamin Phipps,*** I found an article (pages)
out of a book that mentioned Creed Nuckolls name. This article was se nt to me in 1985 by someone who had researched the Shepherds Line.>>Some years after the first store house was built and goods being sold in it, the re was another store house built on the opposite side of the creek near er to the Fields house. The first merchant to sell goods in that house w as a man by the name of Weaver. After him came James Waugh and Creed Nuckolls. After them came Weldon Edward who rented the store, sold goods for several years, then moves to the east side of Pine Mountain. After Edward s, McLean and Hale sold goods up to the beginning of the Civil War. After the war was over two young Confederate solders, Charley Evans, who before the war lived at Baltimore, and Captain Blankenship, from Fredericksburg, Va. drifted here. Neither could go back at that time in account if t he Federal army having possession of their homes. During the war Evans h ad lost his right arm and Capt. Blankenship his right leg. They drifted he re and by some means got a small stock of goods and continued in the business a few years. Before them came W.J. Neikirk who sold goods and bought horses for the southern market. He married while here Miss Leutitia Ross. After a few years he moved up near Grassy Creek, N.C

***Benjamin Phipps ,Sr. is Grandma Sarah Jane Shepherd Nuckolls' Great Great Grandfather b. ca. 1762 in Grayson Co. Va. Married Jane Hash 1838.

I talked to a 73 year old lady that is researching information on Cranberry Cemetery where my family is buried. She was also present when William died. She was around four or five. She told me William Nuckolls donated land for Bellview Church which is less than a mile from Cranberry. Cranberry split up and William changed his membership to Bellview. He was a committeemen and wanted to start their own cemetery. This lady Mrs. Reeves said her uncle was the first one buried their. Later they decided to share t he one cemetery. She remembered a Nuckolls being buried without a grave marker in the 40's. She wants to see the data I have collected on William & Sarah's children. The reason she had an interest in the Nuckolls w as that her mother had a trunk full of old love letters from my uncle Robert (the one I am searching for). The letters are lost but she had one where he wanted to marry her and she turned him down because maybe of family problems. Robert was in the Ohio 52th U.S. Army WW1. He was an office r. Where could I get information on him. She is getting me more information on other people to call. She called an 82 year old man about William a nd he said that he did die at home because someone by the name of Dan Hill and Elmer Taylor was walking down the road when William fell to the floor and Sarah Jane yelled at them to help get him up and that was when he died. She gave me an address of an old lady that lives in PA who has al ot of information. Every one said so far that noboby heard William talk ab out his parents.
5/29/2002
I met with Ms. Reeves today and she had alot of information on William Nuc kolls. Every one called him Willie. She made a lot of phone calls for m . She wants me to help her figure out what Nuckolls was buried in the Cra nberry Cemetery in the mid-40's without a grave marker. She remembers alot of nice flowers was placed on the grave and she saw them on a Sun morning. She thinks it might have been some of W.Va. Nuckolls. She thought some one said that it was one of William's children. All of them are accounted for but Robert. She wants to collect alot of information in a book form and sell them and use the money to purchase markers for the ones in t he Cranberry Cemetery without any. She helped a man who was taking care if the graves and knew that at one time all the old field stones where cleared out of the cemetery and there are alot of lost graves. Al so we were going through her 1850 Ashe Co. Census and found a Geo. Nicke ls 23 from Va. and Elizabeth 28 Children; David age 6, Eda age 3 and Pol ly 8/12 from Peak Creek Comm. pg. 16 author Danny L. Miller. I kn ow it is a long short. I also found in my notes several years ago that I w ritten down that William was born in the Peak Comm. in Ashe. I've asked Mr s. Reeves to help me locate anyone in that comm that might know something. Wm. & Sarah's house burned in 1899 or 1900 and he purchased land in Ob id Comm which is close to Peak Creek Comm in Ashe Co in 1899 .I will go sometime and check out land records and wills. Still waiting on a reply from the funeral home and the very old distant cousin from PA. Mrs. Reeves s howed me a love letter Robert Nuckolls wrote to her mother in 1909 from Ca mp -Perry, Ohio 2nd.U.S. Infantry (AHA Pruden Chapin Library) was print ed on the stationery.I'm going back to see her Thurs and get a copy of t he letter .--

My half-brother told to the family that he remembered that William Nuckol ls showed up one day out of nowhere and married Sarah Jane Shepherd.

One old gentleman told Ms. Reeves that William wanted to visit his s on in Chicago that was sick and Jane wouldn't give him the money and when he got the money his son died before he got to see him. He wasn't sure if they didn't have the money or she didn't want him to go. I cannot understand why Gordie was buried in the Cranberry Cemetery before Jane and William was married. Sarah Jane Shepherd's and her people donated the land for the cemetery

The Nuckolls Family
as told by Phyllis Nuckolls McMahan
Our grandfather, William M Nuckolls was born October 5, 1856 and eid May 1 2, 1934 with a heart attack. He stated that when he was little, his father was a Union soldier in the Civil War, he was advised they were looking for him. He took William in his lap and kissed him goodbye, and later t hey found his body (his father) in a ditch nearby. He was thought to be a deserter from the Army. If you recall the story Marshall Wyatt wrote on Edison Nuckolls life history as a musician, It told of William Nuckolls, a family of boys that settled in Grayson County Virginia. They were originally from Zash, England, their names were James, John and William.

William M Nuckolls was married to Sarah Jane Shepherd. Sarah was born July 17, 1854 and died Sept 17, 1944 with pneumonia after having a stroke. H r first husband was Boyden Hash and they had a daughter Aurora. He died of TB and I understand he was quite wealthy. That was why grandma had quite a bit of money. Aurora married John Henry Waggoner on Oct 31 19 00 in Alleghany County North Carolina. Both are buried at Liberty Hi ll in Nathan's Creek Community in Asche Co, NC

We took care of grandmother in her later days as Dad had two houses. I lis tened to a lot of her stories. One that really fascinated me is as follow s. "When she was little and she was riding with her aunt on a horse, th ey stopped to let a gap down and the horse started bucking. All of a sudd en a panther leaped out of a tree, snatched her bonnet and left. If she h ad not have had on a bonnet it would have taken her head."

Sarah jane told us about her house burning one night. They had a piano, lace curtains and a quite elaborate house. Her son came home from a date a nd was smoking in the bed upstairs, all of a sudden when the fire start ed the older boys savaged bedding, furniture, etc. They got hasty and d id not take time to dress and they put all the things they got out near t he house. Edison was only five years old. He got dressed and climbed out t he window like a man and was very cool. When the house burned the second f loor fell on all the furnishings they had savaged and nothing was saved. T hey all hid in the bushes while little Edison went to a nearby neighbors f or help.

Alleghany News, May 17 edition in 1934.
Willie Nuckolls, 77 of near Cranberry church, died Saturday and was buried Sunday with Elder Everett Thompson, of Nathan's Creek, conducting funeral services. Besides his wife, four sons survive, two of whom live in California, and one in Texas. Only one son, Edison, of Scottville, was able to attend the funeral

Noted events in his life were:

• He appeared on the census in 1900 in Alleghany Co, Piney Creek, NC. -Pg 187

• He was a Member Belleview Baptist Church, 9 May 1909.

• He appeared on the census in 1910 in Ashe Co, Peak Creek, NC. -Pg 249

• He appeared on the census in 1920 in Alleghany Co, Prathers Creek, NC. Ed18 Sh1

• He appeared on the census in Apr 1930 in Alleghany Co, Prathers Creek, NC. MD 35/23

Children from this marriage were:

3 F i. Aurora Hash was born 23 Dec 1878 in Alleghany Co, NC, died 29 Mar 1912 in Alleghany Co, NC at age 33, and was buried 1 Apr 1912 in Liberty Hill Cemetery. (Relationship to Father: Step)

General Notes and Information:
1880 Census Place:Chestnut Hill, Ashe, North Carolina
Source:FHL Film 1254952 National Archives Film T9-0952 Page 54 4D
J.W. SHEPHERDSelfMWW52NCOcc:FarmerFa: NCMo: NC
Jane S. SHEPHERD DauFWW24NCFa: NCMo: NC
Martha SHEPHERDDauFSW16NCFa: NCMo: NC
Leona SHEPHERDDauFSW9NCFa: NCMo: NC
Frank SHEPHERDSonMSW18NCFa: NCMo: NC
Aurara SHEPHERDDauFSW1NCFa: NCMo: NC

I know someone who knew that J. Henry was probably married two or three t imes because she ran a store for years in that area ,Scottville) and kn ew alot of people and also her husband is buried there. Her husband is a b rother to Z. Grey Nuckolls, wife Muriel (Bob Huffman) my half-brothe r. No one in the family knew what ever happen to Aurora until I found h er and her five childrens names in Ashe Co. Courthouse and library. IThe o nly reason I have not gone to the cemetery is because you have to travel t hrough several cow pastures and gates.My husband thought I shouldn't go bu t, I am going with a camera and grass chippers. Scottville is half in As he and Alleghany. It is next to Chestnut Comm. in Ashe where Liberty Hi ll Cemetery is located on HOPE WAGONER ROAD.
Sandra Nuckolls Church

Aurora married John Henry (Jeremiah) Wagoner 31 Oct 1900 in Alleghany Co, NC5, son of Adam Wagoner and Nancy. John was born about 1864 in NC.

4 M ii. Gordie Nuckolls was born 23 Dec 1878 in Alleghany Co, NC, died 21 May 1885 in Alleghany Co, NC at age 6, and was buried 23 May 1885 in Cranberry Primitive Church Cemetery.

Death Notes:
The birth date listed on Gordie's headstone is the exact same date as that of his half sister, Aurora Hash. At this point, it is believed that the birth date for Aurora is correct. The sole source for Gordie's date of birth is his headstone, which may have been set at a later date with confused information. It is also possible that Gordie and Aurora may have been twins, and that Gordie was adopted by William Nuckolls after he married Sara Jane.

General Notes and Information:
Gordie, the first born has the birth year, month and day as Aurora. I se en it when I was recording the dates. I thought I made a mistake. I'm goi ng by the Ashe cemetery records at the library. I know Gordie's is right b ecause I decorate the graves every year. I cannot locate the cemetery ye t, the church is no longer in use where Aurora is buried. One of the dat es must be wrong.

The Nuckolls Family
as told by Phyllis Nuckolls McMahan
Was born Dec 23, 1878 and died May 21, 1885 at the age of 7. Dad pointed h is grave out to me in the Nuckolls Cemetery and said not to forget to deco rate his grave. I never really learned what caused his death.

I took my dousing rods to Cranberry Cemetery today and checked the gra ve of Gordie Nuckolls. Contrary to cemetery records, Gordie is a boy as t he Nuckolls family believes.

Since Gordie is reported to have died at the age of seven, I wanted to s ee if I could get a reading on the length of the body. From the place ne ar the heardstone where I could get a solid reading to the bottom of the g rave where I could get a solid reading was 64 inches. I checked three oth er graves like this. John Frank Nuckolls measured 80 inches, William M. Nu ckols measured 103 inches, and an infant grave measured 43 inches.

Now, I'm not suggesting that these measurements are the actual length of t he bodies, only that the measurements represent the distance where I pi ck up a body reading. Since the infant grave measured 43 inches and the t wo adult graves averaged 90 inches, it seems reasonable to conclude that a
seven-year old child is buried in a grave measuring 64 inches.

With that said, I would like to suggest that the dates listed on Gordie 's headstone might possibly be confused. The dates are: b. Dec. 23, 187 8; d. May 21, 1885.

I didn't examine the headstone carefully , nor do I have any knowledge wh en it comes to dating headstones. However, this particular headstone do es not appear to have been set at the grave near the time of death.

I'd suggest that this headstone may have been set many years later. At th is point, someone had the date of May 21, 1885 associated with Gordie. Als o, it may be that someone noted that the first child of Sara Jane was bo rn December 23, 1878. Assuming this to be Gordie, these two dates were p ut on the headstone, when actually, it could have been that May 21, 18 85 is Gordie's date of birth, instead of his death.

The other children of William and Sara Jane Nuckolls were born: 1886, 188 7, 1888, 1890, 1892, 1895. A birth date of 1885 (ten months before child # 2) seems more in line, than for one child to have been born and then di ed before any of the others came along.

And since it is pretty firmly established that Aurora Hash's (Gordie's ha lf sister by a different father) birthday was December 23, 1878, it follo ws that Gordie Nuckolls birth date as recorded on the headstone mu st be in error.

Also, on another note, there is a male buried beside the grave marked "Bet tie: Mother of W.M. Nuckolls."

Sincerely,
Brodrick Shepherd, Author

5 M iii. John Franklin Nuckolls 6 was born 21 Mar 1886 in Alleghany Co, NC, died 21 Jan 1919 in Cook Co, Chicago, Ill⁷ at age 32, and was buried in Cranberry Cemetery.

General Notes and Information:
The Nuckolls Family
as told by Phyllis Nuckolls McMahan
Born March 21, 1886 and died jan 21 1919 with the flu. He married Anna She pherd and lived in Chicago. He had two children, Frank and Gloria. She di ed with a heart attack. Frank lives in Salinas, CA After Frank's death, An na married Dock. He was their step-father and also their uncle.

World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 9/12/1918
John Frank Nuckolls b3/21/1885 age 33 living 3230 S Canal St, Chicago
.Garage foreman for W J Burris. Kin Anna Nuckolls, tall, med build,Blue ey es, brn hair, no defects

John married Anna B Shepherd 17 May 1912 in Alleghany Co, Prathers Creek, NC8, daughter of Newton Connor Sheppard and Malinda Richardson. Anna was born 20 Jul 1887 in Alleghany Co, NC⁹ and died 24 Dec 1980 in Sacramento Co, CA⁹ at age 93.

Marriage Notes:
J F Nuckolls age 25 son of Wm Nuckolls living and Jane Nuckolls living ma rried Annie Sheppard age 23 d/o N C Sheppard and Linda Sheppard

General Notes and Information:
1900

Newton Shepherd 6/1847 M31y
Malinda 8/1845 10/8
Floyd 10/1880
Maud 3/1885
Anna 7/1887
Frank Shepherd 4/1871
Ida 12/1874
Ray 10/1892
Case? (sn) 6/1894

California Death Index, 1940-1997
Name: Anna B Nuckolls
[Anna B Shepherd]
Social Security #: 558140002
Sex: FEMALE
Birth Date: 20 Jul 1887
Birthplace: North Carolina
Death Date: 24 Dec 1980
Death Place: Sacramento
Mother's Maiden Name: Richardson
Father's Surname: Shepherd

6 M iv. Daniel "Dock" Lee Nuckolls 10 was born in Mar 1887 in Alleghany Co, NC and died 22 Oct 1934 in Sacramento, CA at age 47. The cause of his death was fell to his death while a foreman on the Sacramento River Bridge.

General Notes and Information:
The Nuckolls Family
as told by Phyllis Nuckolls McMahan
Married his brothers widow, Anna Shepherd (her former husband was John Fra nk Nuckolls). Dock was a foreman on the Sacraamento River Bridge and fe ll to his death October 22, 1934. They had four daughters, Annie Lee, Edit h, Margaret and Virginia. They lived in Sacramento, CA. Therefore I did n ot know many details regarding them. Annie Lee retired from the telepho ne company. She did not get married and died with a heart attack. Margar et married a minister from the mid-west. Virginia is deceased and I thi nk her death was attributed to a heart attack.

World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
Daniel Lee Nuckolls res 730 J St Sacramento, CA
Age 30 born 3/10/1887 Furches, NC
Occ-Bridgeman for Mercy Fraser Co, Solvang, CA
Single, no dependants, med height med build, blue eyes, lt brn hair
Signed 6/5/1917 Daniel Lee Nuckolls

Daniel Nuckolls 43 1886 North Carolina Head White Sacramento, Sacrament o, CA 1930 Census
Anna B Nuckolls 31 1898 Wife Sacramento, Sacramento, CA
Glona M Nuckolls 17 1912 Daughter Sacramento, Sacramento, CA
Robert F Nuckolls 15 1914 Son Sacramento, Sacramento, CA
Anna Lee Nuckolls 9 1920 Daughter Sacramento, Sacramento, CA
Virginia M Nuckolls 7 1922 Daughter Sacramento, Sacramento, CA
Edith H Nuckolls 5 1924 Daughter Sacramento, Sacramento, CA
Rents home, Md ages 29 and 21

Noted events in his life were:

• He appeared on the census in 1920 in Sacramento Co, Sacramento, CA Ed398 Pg 99.

• He was employed in 1920 in Carpenter.

Daniel married Anna B Shepherd about 1920, daughter of Newton Connor Sheppard and Malinda Richardson. Anna was born 20 Jul 1887 in Alleghany Co, NC¹¹ and died 24 Dec 1980 in Sacramento Co, CA¹¹ at age 93.

Marriage Notes:
Md first time ages 29 and 21

7 M v. Robert Lee Nuckolls was born 20 Sep 1888 in Alleghany Co, NC, died 12 Nov 1958 in Bexar Co, San Antonio, TX at age 70, and was buried 15 Nov 1958 in Ft Sam Houston National Cemewtery Lot 924.

General Notes and Information:
Before joining the service, worked on the railroad laying ties, where he l ost part of his finger.
His only sons says that her was never an officer. He was a high ranking en listed man.

Robert (Lee) Nuckolls. He was our fathers older brother who disappeared lo ng before their mother S. Jane died. In the family stories I record ed is that he left home and never returned. He lives in Texas and w as in the war. I found a letter where he wrote Aurora (Half-sister) and s aid he was homesick.I couldn't read the return address. Well back in De c. I found on a message board where a John Nuckolls was searching his Nuck olls ancestors in N.C. (Furches Comm.) This is where WM & S.Jane raised th eir children.I didn't have his birthdate at the time, but found it in t he census and it was the same year 1888 that his grandfather Robert ha d. He wrote that on Robert's death certificate his parents was list ed a unknown. We also heard that he didn't have children. John said his fa ther was adopted by Robert Nuckolls but has a daughter by another marriage .** He was to contact me after contacting his family back in Jan. He nev er returned a reply and lost his e-mail and cannot locate him. They liv ed in Austin, TX and he moved to somewhere near Moorehead City, N.C. We do n't have anything on Robert other than what Mrs. Reeves said that he w as in the Ohio Army at Camp Perry in 1907 and that he lived in Texas (Conv ersation with son on 11/8/2007 says Robert never had any biological childr en)

Letter to Maggie Hoppers from Camp Perry OH, 2nd U S INantry, August 19, 1 909 Copy in file

The Nuckolls Family as told by Phyllis Nuckolls McMahan
Was an officer in World War I and living in San Antonio, Texas. For reaso ns unknown he did not contact his family in North Carolina. On one had hea rd from him in years. We first heard he had married a wealthy widow. Wh en Tony (my son) was six years of age, I was teaching him how to skip-tra ce a person. That is what I did in my collection work at Sears. Would y ou believe we located Roberts wife. He said, "Mama, she is on the phone ." Sure enough, her name was Edna and advised that Robert did not say mu ch about his family and only that he was from Winston-Salem. I learn ed he died with a heart attack and had no children. When dad and I was set ting up Sarah Jane's estate years prior to that, the attorney advis ed us we had to send a letter to Texas. Someone answered it and the attorn ey told dad we could have him come to North Carolina to claim the estat e. Edison said "If he is like that, I do not want to see him in North Caro lina, just send him a check."

Robert Lee had a following out with his mother and left home. I found lett ers and cards where he wrote home and to a lady friend who turned him do wn in marriage

Name: Robert L Nicckolls 1st Sgt.
Home in 1920: Justice Precinct 3, Bexar, Texas Camp Travis Texas
Age: 31 years
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1889
BirthPlace: North Carolina
Father's Birth Place: Virginia
Mother's Birth Place: North Carolina
Marital status: Single
Race: White
Sex: Male
Able to read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes

San Antonio Express 14 Nov 1958
M-Sgt Robert Lee Nuckolls, Ret USA, ____ passed away in a local hospital W ednesday Nov 12, at the age of 79 years. Survivors, Mrs Edna Nuckolls, s on Robert N Nuckolls, Austin Texas, 3 grandchildren. Funeral services wi ll be held in the chapel of the Alamo Funeral Home Friday N ov 14 at 10 am with Chaplin ____ officiating. Interment will be in Ft S am Houston National Cemetery under to audispices of Army Lodge No ____ AFA M. Sgt Nuckolls was a member of the Lutheran Church, a member of the Ar my Lodge No 1108, AFA&M and the Retired Service Personnel. Pallbearers wi ll be William Lorann, Buster Seagraves, Elgin Hermana, Bobby Kissel, Kenne th and Danny Kordzik.

Address given in cemetery records is not correct (see Edna notes)

Noted events in his life were:

• He served in the military U S Marine Corps between 1908 and 1938.

• He appeared on the census in Jan 1920 in Bexar Co, San Antonio, TX.

• He appeared on the census 10 Apr 1930 in Bexar Co, San Antonio, TX. - Fort Sam Houston- Army Soldier, Single

• He had a residence in 1946 in San Antonio, TX.

• His Social Security Number was 459-34-2248 Issued TX before 1951.

Robert married Edna Kordzik. Edna was born 30 Aug 1893, died 11 Mar 1979 at age 85, and was buried 13 Mar 1979 in Ft Sam Houston National Cemetery Lot 925.

General Notes and Information:
Name: Edna Nuckolls
Relationship: Wife of Nuckolls, Robert N
Birth Date: 30 Aug 1893
Death Date: 11 Mar 1979
Rank: MSGT
Branch: US Army
Last known address: 1520 Harry Wurzbach Road San Antonio, TX 78209
Interment Date: 13 Mar 1979
Cemetary: Ft. Sam Houston National Cemetery
Buried At: Section Ag Site 925
Cemetary URL: http://www.cem.va.gov/nchp/ftsamhouston.htm

Had a twin sister who was the mother of Robert N Nuckolls whom she to ok in to raise.
This address given in the cemetery records in not correct

8 M vi. Floyd Everett Nuckolls was born 18 Jun 1890 in Alleghany Co, NC, died 17 Jun 1930 in Raleigh Co, Beckley, WV¹² at age 39, and was buried 20 Jun 1930 in Cranberry Cemetery. The cause of his death was Mine Accident.

General Notes and Information:
The Nuckolls Family
as told by Phyllis Nuckolls McMahan
Lived in Princeton, WV. Was born June 18, 1890 and was killed in a coal mi ne on June 17, 1930. He married Rosa Woods and had eight children, Otis, R oy, Naomi, Juanita, Billy, Eugene, Floyd Jr and Evelyn. Otis and Roy sti ll live in West Virginia. Otis had 7 children and Roy had 2. Naomi was bur ned to death. She was passing by when they were burning trash. Juanita w as married three times and had 7 children and she died of pneumonia. Bil ly was shot in the chest at close range. Boys that were with him sa id he wanted to show them that the gun was not loaded. It is a mystery a nd we wondered about the case. Eugene was shot and killed by his wife a nd she wounded both of her children. Floyd Jr was working in Wash DC and h ad gotten his paycheck, called his mother and told her three angels were c oming for him. The family received word that he jumped from a three sto ry building. That is another mystery. He had one son that was a minister a nd he died with a virus. Evelyn had been married twice and had a son and d aughter and she died with liver problems.

Name: Floyd E./Nuckolls
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Death Date: 17 Jun 1930
Death Place: Raleigh, West Virginia
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Medical Notes:
Fractured back and paralisys, fractured arm, infected bladder and kindeys

Noted events in his life were:

• He appeared on the census in Apr 1930 in Raleigh Co, Shady Spring, VA MD 23/16.

Floyd married Rosa Preston Woods. Rosa was born 18 Apr 1899 in VA¹³ and died 20 Aug 1990¹³ at age 91.

9 M vii. Roy Elmer Nuckolls 14 was born 18 Mar 1892 in Alleghany Co, NC¹⁵ and died 9 May 1944 in Fresno Co, Burrell, CA¹⁵ at age 52. The cause of his death was Heart attack.

General Notes and Information:
World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
Roy Elmer Nuckolls res Burrel CA
Age 25 born 3/18/1892 Zurches? North Carolina
Cream Hauler for Butter Mfg, Calif Central Creamery, Riverdale
Married, wife dependant, claims exempt to support wife
Med height, med build, grey eyes, brown hair
Signed 6/5/1917 Roy Elmer Nuckolls

The Nuckolls Family
as told by Phyllis Nuckolls McMahan
Born March 18, 1892 and died of a heart attack . He lived in Burrell Cali f. He married Lelia Hill (sister to maggie Hill) and they had two childre n, Gwendolyn and Iona. Gwen died of a heart attack. They are my double cou sins.

California Death Index, 1940-1997
Name: Roy Elmer Nuckolls
Social Security #: 0
Sex: MALE
Birth Date: 18 Mar 1892
Birthplace: North Carolina
Death Date: 9 May 1944
Death Place: Fresno
Mother's Maiden Name: Sheppard
Father's Surname: Nuckolls

Noted events in his life were:

• He appeared on the census in 1920 in Fresno Co, Twp 15, CA Pg38.

Roy married Lela Blanche Hill16 15 Jan 1917 in Fresno Co, CA16, daughter of Melvin Cicero Hill and Cynthia Ann Blevins. Lela was born 10 May 1896 in Norfolk Co, Edgewater, VA¹⁷ and died 1 Dec 1972 at age 76.

10 M viii. Wilburn Edison Nuckolls was born 11 Mar 1895 in Alleghany Co, NC,¹⁸ died 22 Aug 1975 in Alleghany Co, Scottsville, NC at age 80, and was buried 24 Aug 1975 in Cranberry Cemetery.

General Notes and Information:
The Nuckolls Family
as told by Phyllis Nuckolls McMahan
Edison and Maggie, Bland and Grey were riding in a pickup truck comi ng up Wilkes Mountain. We were driving very slowly and it was getting dar k. I held my head out of the window and said "Lord, I hear a woman screami ng and that big dog on the bank keeps following us." Mother said "Lord Go d, stop quick and get the boys in this cab." as they were riding in the ba ck, I learned later that night that a panther was following us.

Edison was the youngest of seven boys. His mother was so attached to hi m. He had to leave Colorado and move back to North Carolina, brothers incl uded. Robert, Dock, Gordie, Frank, Floyd and Roy.

Born March 11, 1895 and died Aug 22, 1975 with a heart attack. He marri ed Maggie Hill and they eloped by buggy and caught a train and went to Chi cago. Later took a job in Colordao working in the Gold Mines. He moved ba ck to North Carolina and had three children, Bland, Grey and Phyllis. Bla nd lived in Norfolk VA and died of a heart attack. He has a daughter th at lives in Dallas. Grey lives in Charleston, SC and has five childrenPhyl lis lives in Greensboro NC and has one son, Tony McMahan. After Maggie die d, Edison married Edna Cox of Virginia and had three daughters, Patrici a, Sandra and geraldine. Sandra married David Church of West Jefferson NC.

Events recalled by Phyllis Nuckolls McMahan regarding the events in the li fe of Edison Nuckolls
Edison Nuckolls and Everette Taylor were neighbors and grew up togeth er a kids. They went to college together at Boone and got their teaching c ertificates. (I have alantern the used while walking back from Boone whi ch is 40 miles). Uncle Everett met his wife, my mothers sister, Melissa Hi ll at da's house where she was staying when Bland was born. later Evere tt went to Criopple Creek Colorado to work in the Gold Mines and Dad join ed him later, after they graduated from college.

How Dad got to be a veternarian is because it was the type of work t he Dr Cicero Hill was engaged in. When dad bought his house, he also got t he equipment and doctor books. Dad, being very smart, studied the books a nd took the course by mail. He looked after a lot of the animals in the vi cinity. I can remember him filling horses teeeth. He did this up until a f ew years before he died.

Edison and Edna Cox were introduced by Charlie Cox at the Cox Store in Gol dhill Virginia. Both their nicknames were "Ed". Edison would drop by her f ather's store. Then one day they took the ice cream and went for a ri de on White Top Mountain in Virginia.

A complete biography of Edison and many photos is found on the intern et at
http://www.danielprophecy.com/edison.html

Edison Nuckolls A "Henpecked Husband"
Edison Nuckolls was the son of Willie and Sara Jane Shepherd Nuckolls, a g randson of James Wilburn Shepherd and a first cousin to brothers Grover a nd Harrison Shepherd.

The following is a collection of selected excerpts from a two-part story t itled Music From "The Lost Provinces by Marshall Wyatt. The story was publ ished in the Spring, 1996 and Summer, 1996 editions of
The Old-Time Herald, a magazine dedicated to old-time music.

Wilburn Edison Nuckolls

How Edison Nuckolls first learned music no one can remember, but lea rn it he did. "Oh, he just picked it up along the way." He could fiddle a nd he could ring a banjo and he could play most anything with strings. Edi son grew upo on the county line between Ashe and Alleghany in the communi ty of Furches, also known as Cranberry, in a time before radio existed a nd when phonographs were rare. He learned music from friends and relative s, and farmhands and traveling horse traders--anyone with a song to sing a nd a tune to play.

He and Maggie [Hill, Edison's first wife] had two boys, Bland and Grey, a nd a daughter, Phyliss, and they all played music. Maggie hammered a 5-str ing banjo, Phyllis played tenor banjo, Bland the mandolin, and Grey the gu itar. Edison Fiddled: "John Henry," "Old Hen Cackle," "Home Sweet Home." P hylis, the youngest child, remembers,

The whole family played music. We played one time for a contest at Nathan 's Creek School, and my brother Bland...was sitting on the edge of the sta ge with his mandolin and he just fell asleep and tumbled off. Bang! But t he rest of us kept on playing! The Children, we just chorded, you know, a nd Dad would give us signals when to change. He would take his foot and gi ve a little kick, so we always watched him. We were so tiny!

Nuckolls Family Band
Scottville, NC mid 1930's

Maggie (banjo), Phylis (tenor banjo), Edison (fiddle), Bland (mandolin), G rey (guitar).

Grey Nuckolls continues:

When I was a kid back there in the 1920s we used to have corn shuckings a nd molasses making, and at our home once a month they had candy making, a nd there'd be music playing and square dancing for family and good friend s. Sometimes Dad would take us around to fiddlers conventions. In Boone o ne time we took second prize, which was a sack of flour!
A corn shucking was a way to get your corn shucked for free. Sometimes you 'd find a row of red kernels in an ear of white cord--if you did that y ou could get your choice of any girl and kiss her! After the corn shuckin g, they'd clear out a room and have a big dance. People seemed to really e njoy life in those days, not so much stress like today. You might only ma ke a dollar a day, but you didn't have to worry about withholding tas, a nd nobody had any insurance either!

Corn shuckings and other communal activities had a long tradition in As he and Alleghany Counties where most citizens raised all of the food th at they put on their tables. Sugar was scarce and expensive, and often mol asses was the only sweet substance available. Molasses making was a lon g, slow task that required mashing sorghum cane in a horse-turned mill, fo llowed by a lengthy process of boiling and filtering. But hard work was te mpered by the opportunity to socialize and the promise of entertainment wh en the job was done. Friends would arrive to help at all stages of the pro cedure; music and dancing was sure to follow. Edison Nuckolls would oft en bring his family string band to such gatherings, knowing that he in tu rn could rely on his neighbors to assist him when the need arose.

THE FATAL COURTSHIP
by Ephram Woodie &
the Henpecked Husbands

...by the time Clay Reed joined Ephraim Woodie's band in 1927 he was we ll respected as a fiddler. Ephraim was then still a bachelor but Clay h ad married Bertha Church three years prior, and Edison Nuckolls had tied t he know back in 1917. In jest, Ephraim began calling his two partners "T he Henpecked Husbands." The name stuck and soon the threesome bagan playi ng at local dances and social events with handbills announcing: "We Play B anjo, Violin, Guitar. Singers of old time songs, as 'Cluck Old Hen' as we ll as love songs. It takes 4 to 6 hours to play all we know. Come Bring A ll Your Friends And Sweethearts."

In the fall of 1929 Ephraim Woodie and the Henpecked Husbands got a chan ce to make recordings for the Columbia Phonography Company. They first rec orded "Last God Dollar," with Clay Reed fiddling and Edison Nuckolls on ba njo. Ephraim Woodie sang in his nasal mountain accent.

Modest Sales can be attributed in large part to poor timing. Colubia 15564 -D by Ephraim Woodie & The Henpecked Husbands was released in 1930, a ti me when nationwide record sales began a drastic decline in response to t he collapsing American economy. A recording career was clearly not a pract ical pursuit. Edison and Clay had families to feed and fields to plow, a nd Ephraim had yet to finish high school. But the band continued to do wh at it did best--performed around home, at box suppers, square dances, scho ols, picnics, and parties.

Handkerchief Dolls (photo)

When friends and neighbors gathered at the Nuckolls' house to hear musi c, most of them would bring the children along. Edison had a pair of dol ls that he'd made from two handkerchiefs, and he used them to entertain t he kids, as described by his daughter Sandra: "He would tie one of those d olls to his strumming hand with little pieces of black thread and it wou ld hang down almost to the floor. Then he'd make it dance. When he play ed the banjo that doll would dance exactly to the beat! One handkerchief w as black and one was white, they were supposed to be a black man and a whi te man, I think that's what the impression was."

Bill Williams (fiddle), Charlie Cox (guitar), and Edison Nuckolls (banj o) played music together for more than three decades. (Photo)

The music of the Lost Provinces is pure old-time music, music from the hea rd and soul, not motivated by publicity potential or profit margin. Mus ic for the home and the schol and the backyard adn the front porch. "Kitch en music." Music at the country store on Saturday night and music at chur ch on Sunday morning. Live music. This is the music of the Woodie Brothe rs and the "Henpecked Husbands," of Clay Reed and Donald Thompson, of Bi ll Williams, Charlie Cox and Edison Nuckolls. None of these names are famo us, nor are they likely to be. These men never made a hit records or play ed in concert halls. In fact, none of them were music professionals at al l, their recorded legacy just a handful of scratchy old records and a f ew reels of tape. but their importance cannot be overstated; these musicia ns were bearers of a vital cultural tradition, their motives were on es of creative expression and social interaction. And the tradition liv es on through all the children and grandchildren who continue to sing a nd play music.

Wilburn Edison Nuckolls, born Mar. 11, 1895; died Aug. 22, 1975; buri ed at Cranberry Community Cemetery; married 1st Margaret (Maggie) Nevada H ill, Sept. 18, 1917; married 2nd Edna Alice Cox, Mar. 18, 1927. Edison rec eived his education at Furches, NC and Applachian College in Boone, NC wi th a degree in teaching. He and Maggie Hill eloped by buggy tot he dep ot in West Jefferson, NC, and boarded a train to Chicago to join his broth er. Later they left Chicago and went to Colorado Springs, CO, where Edison was employed with the gold mines.
After a few years, they returned to Furches and lived on a farm his moth er had purchased for them, January 2, 1931. Edison became engaged in farmi ng, cattle raising, lumber, and owned his own sawmill for over 20 years. E dison was a great musician and played all instruments. He played five-stri ng banjo in a band, having recorded and broadcast on a radio station in No rth Wilkes boro, NC. He aslo had a private band at home in which every mem ber of his family took part in playing. Edison was a very hard worker a nd was one of the last farmers in the county to work the land without t he aid of a tractor, but instead used horse-drawn machinery. His machin es can now be seen at Shatley Springs Inn along with other antique machine ry.

Name: Wilborn Edison Nuckolls
Date of Birth: 11 Mar 1895
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birth County: Alleghany
Parent1 Name: W M Nuckolls
Parent2 Name: Sarah Jane Shepherd
Roll Number: BD_C004_66001

Research Notes:
Name: Wilburn Edison Nuckolls
Gender: Male Race: White
Age: 80
Birth Date: 11 Mar 1895
Birth Place: North Carolina, United States
Death Date: 22 Aug 1975
Death Location: Scottsville, Alleghany Co, NC
Occ: retired farmer SS# 242-22-3154
Informant- Mrs Edna Nuckolls, Scottsville, NC
Spouse's Name: Edna Cox
Father's Name: William Nuckolls
Mother's Name: Sarah J Shepherd
RESIDENCE: Scottsville, Alleghany, North Carolina

Noted events in his life were:

• He appeared on the census in 1900 in Alleghany Co, Prathers Creek, NC. Ed18- Own Home-No Children

• He appeared on the census in 1920 in Alleghany Co, Prathers Creek, NC. -Pg 5A

• He appeared on the census in Apr 1930 in Alleghany Co, Prathers Creek, NC. MD 22/19

Wilburn married Margaret "Maggie" Nevada Hill 19 Sep 1917, daughter of Melvin Cicero Hill and Cynthia Ann Blevins. Margaret was born 7 Aug 1898 in Ashe Co, NC, died 29 Apr 1954 in Ashe Co, NC at age 55, and was buried 1 May 1954 in Cranberry Cemetery, Laurel Springs, NC. The cause of her death was C V A & Hypertension.

Marriage Notes:
Events recalled by Phyllis Nuckolls McMahan regarding the events in the li fe of Edison Nuckolls
How Edison and Maggie met
She was walking home from church with some other girls. Dad was riding a p rized horse (no one had anything like it). They eloped and only Melissa kn ew they were getting married. They left by horse and buggy to Jefferson, w here they married and boarded a train to Chicago where his brother Frank w as living and then to Colordao for work. Dad had some depression being th ere but firends from NC were working there too and one had to borrow mon ey from dad ro get back home to NC. I found a letter in Dad's trunk whe re one man pawmed his piano to Dad for a ticket, but we never got the pian o. Maggie came home to NC by train and brought the money for the farm in h er money belt. They knew a girl slone would not stand a chance of being ro bbed. I wore the same money belt when Claude and I went to Calif.

General Notes and Information:
Events recalled by Phyllis Nuckolls McMahan regarding the events in the li fe of Edison Nuckolls
Maggies father was Dr Cirero Hill. When he died , mother's brother want ed to keep the house in the family. Dad was the only one in the family th at could afford the house. I understand Dr Burgess Cox Waddell had the ho use built by Perry Waddell, Jones brother. Jones mother was Ida and is rel ated to Edna Cox. Every piece of lumber in it came via wagon from Wilkesbo ro where it was shipped by train. I am sure you noticed all of the fancy t rimming it had. You mentioned Jones Waddell our neighbor. De, Dr Waddell a nd A C Dancy owned all of those fancy houses. They all had lots of money a nd land, more than anyone in the county.

Research Notes:
Name: Moggie Hill Nuckolls
[Moggie Hill Hill]
Gender: Female Race: White
Age: 56y 8m 22d
Birth Date: 7 Aug 1897
Birth Place: Ashe, North Carolina, United States
Death Date: 29 Apr 1954
Death Location: Jefferson, Ashe
Father's Name: Cicero Hill
Mother's Name: Cynthia Ann Blevins
RESIDENCE: Scottsmill, Ashe, North Carolina
Informant W E Nuckolls

Noted events in her life were:

• She appeared on the census in 1900. Age 21

Wilburn next married Edna Alice Cox 17 Jun 1955 in Alleghany Co, NC19, daughter of Thomas Paul Cox and Annie Elsie. Edna was born in 1927 in Fox, VA.

Marriage Notes:
W E Nuckolls age 60 spon of William and Sarah Jane Nuckolls both deceas ed and Edna Cox d/o Thomas Paul Cox and Annie Elsie Cox age 28 both paren ts living.