Giles Mebane

1880 - 1969  (89 years)

• Name	Giles Mebane
  Born	8 Jul 1880	Hillsborough, Orange County, North Carolina
  Gender	Male
  Died	30 Nov 1969
  Buried	New Hope United Methodist Church Caswell County, North Carolina   [1]
  Person ID	I21561	My Reynolds Line | Descendants of Giles Carter of Henrico, Descendants of William Walters
  Last Modified	23 Dec 2015

  
  

  Family	Edna Earl Watkins,   b. 27 Feb 1885, Danville, Virginia ,   d. 21 Oct 1988, Cobb County, Georgia  (Age 103 years)
  Married	14 Oct 1920
  Last Modified	9 May 2012
  Family ID	F8391	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Giles Mebane (1880-1969) title="blanchepostoffice2rt by CCHA, on Flickr"> src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/213/495530567_964a41ab07 _t.jpg" width="100" height="76" alt="blanchepostoffice2rt" /> (click on thumbnail for larger image) _______________ 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 _______________ 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 !BIRTH:Details: Gravestone at New Hope United Methodist Church (Caswell County, North Carolina)., Details: Gravestone at New Hope United Methodist Church (Caswell County, North Carolina). !DEATH:Details: Gravestone at New Hope United Methodist Church (Caswell County, North Carolina)., Details: Gravestone at New Hope United Methodist Church (Caswell County, North Carolina). !BURIAL:Details: Gravestone at New Hope United Methodist Church (Caswell County, North Carolina)., Details: Gravestone at New Hope United Methodist Church (Caswell County, North Carolina).

  
  

• Sources

  [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=58161773.