WOOD FAMILY PAPERS
CONTENTS OF
FILE BOX #10
FAMILY PHOTO ALBUM
Inventoried August 13, 1997,
by Donald B. Koonce, Jr.
This
album contains photographs of many of the different families, places and things
that connect to the Woods.
The
following photographs are contained in this book:
Mary
Ann Wilber, 1818 - 1888
Robert
Barkley Wood, 1815 - 1890
Mary
Ann Wilber Wood & her daughters
Robert
Barkley Wood & his sons
Wilber
Coat of Arms
Couch
in sitting room of 201 Chestnut St.
Brass
Kettle & two brass candlesticks belonging to Carolina Matilda Fanning
(Nantucket)
Coat
of Arms of John Coffin -1708
Plate
belonging to Thomas F. Wood bearing Coffin Coat of Arms
Fanning
Coat of Arms
Phineas
Wines Fanning, 1799 - 1880
Thomas
Fanning Wood, 1811 -
Alfred
Wood, 1853 - 1926
Alfred
Vincent Wood (older)
Marion
Colesberry
Painting,
Kezia Folger Coffin
Thomas
Fanning Wood, MD, 1841 - 1892
Lydia
Summerhay Wood Vincent, 1844 - 1936
Mary
Vincent, b. 1865
Kezia
Fanning Wood Conoley, 1856 -
China
belonging to Mary Kennedy Sprunt Wood
Robert
Barkley Wood, Jr., 1839 - 1920
Typed
Biography of Thomas Fanning Wood, MD, copied from his hand written original in
1927. He prepared the original in 1892
for the “Who’s Who of Eminent American Physicians and Surgeons.”
Newspaper
article on Captain James Fanning, 1877.
Letter
to Dr. Edward J. Wood from The American College of Physicians, July 21,
1928. Asking him to make a presentation
on Sprue.
Newspaper
article about an atoll in the Pacific called Fanning Island.
The
Health Bulletin - The North Carolina State Board of Health, June 1939. Honoring Thomas Fanning Wood, MD. A photo of his house, 201 Chestnut Street,
in Wilmington, is on the cover.
The
Woods --- Doctors, Memorial by Southern Medicine & Surgerym December, 1928
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Photos
of Thomas Fanning Wood & Mary Kennedy Sprunt tombstone at Oakdale Cemetary
Tombstone
- Robert B. Wood & Mary Wilber
Tombstone
- Edward Jenner Wood, M.D.
Envelope
“For my dear Wife with affectionate rememberances of blessed hours of affection
borne together.” Signed Thomas F.
Wood. March 27, 1888
Newspaper
memorial to Dr. Wood. Sunday, July 2, 1892.
Photo
of the grave of Benjamin Franklin, 1706 - 1790
Newspaper
article about the building of Wilmington’s City Hall (Robert B. Wood). January 31, 1939.
Newspaper
article about marriage of Francis Sibley & Edward Jenner Wood, Jr. February
1, 1940.
Newspaper
article about John D. Wood enlisting in Naval Aviation - May 27, 1942.
Hand-written
copy of a bio from a tombstone in the cemetary at Riverhead (Nantucket). “Captain James Fanning. Died 1776, in the 98th year of his age ...
continues for complete bio.”
Photos
of Wood house at 201 Chestnut Street, Wilmington, N.C. taken 1928 through 1940.
46
photos ... 7 of them in the snow, 1937.
Photos
of Mary Kennedy Sprunt Wood in 1928.
Jane
Wood in June 1939.
John
D. Wood in July 1930.
WOOD FAMILY PAPERS
CONTENTS OF
FILE BOX #11
FAMILY ALBUM
Prepared for Thomas Fanning
Wood,III by Margaret Hall Wood
Inventoried August 16, 1997,
by Donald B. Koonce, Jr.
Photo
of Thomas Fanning Wood, Jr. as an adult.
No date.
New
Hanover High School Commencement Program for T.F. Wood, III who graduated June
5, 1931.
Photos
of Mary Kennedy Sprunt Wood and Thomas Fanning Wood, MD.
Autobiographical
Sketch of Thomas Fanning Wood, typed copy from the hand-written original (1892)
by T.F.W., MD.
The
Woods --- Doctors. Booklet, First
Edition. Tribute by Southern Medicine and Surgery. December, 1928.
Family
Tree. Children of Thomas Fanning Wood,
MD and Mary Kennedy Sprunt
Four
photos of Thomas Fanning Wood, III as a child and young man.
Photo
of Edward Jenner Wood, John Hunter Wood, Thomas Fanning Wood on the steps of
201 Chestnut Street. 28 June, 1892. Two
months before their Father’s death.
Newspaper
article, Old Country Church Holds Its Own On Historic Site At Kenensville. Wilmington, N.C., July 13, 1961. The Reverand James M. Sprunt was pastor
there in 1849 - 1884.
Family
descendants of John Wood who came to America from London September 11, 1635.
Wood
family line ... Robert Barkley Wood.
1815 - 1890.
Photo
of Thomas Fanning Wood, Jr. as a young man (approx 16 years).
Typed
newspaper notice of Margaret Hall Wood’s death July 11, 1962.
Western
Union Telegram to Thomas F. Wood, Jr. from William Gilcrest Wood announcing the
death of his father John Hunter Wood, June 8, 1961. Pencil notes of sympathy telegrams to Lilly G. Wood and William
G. Wood from T.F.W., Jr. and Margaret Wood.
Photo
Jane Dalziel Wood in sitting room at 201 Chestnut Street.
Photo
of Margaret Hall Wood.
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Photo
of Jane Dalziel Wood (daughter of Thomas F. Wood, MD & Mary Sprunt) in
garden of 201 Chestnut Street, Wilmington, N.C. Approx. 1929.
Photo
of garden at 201 Chestnut Street
Family
photo. Thomas F. Wood, MD, Mary Sprunt Wood and children. Approx 1891.
Photo
of Thomas F. Wood’s house at 201 Chestnut Street. Approx. 1929.
Three
photos of house at 201 Chestnut Street.
The
family of Lillis Wood. 1741.
Photo
of tombstone monument to Tristram Coffin, Thomas Macy, Edward Starbuck, Peter
Folger, John Gardner, Richard Gardner, Christopher Hussey, and William Bunker
in Nantucket, Mass.
Photo
of marker -- “Homestead of Tristram Coffin.”
Family
of Carolina Matilda Fanning Wood.
Photos
of Kezia Coffin and her journal.
Family
line of Kezia Folger.
The
Wood Family -- Thomas Fanning Wood, MD and Mary Kennedy Sprunt.
Photo
of Thomas Fanning Wood, Jr. as a baby.
Photo
of Thomas F. Wood, Jr. on the docks by the Cape Fear River in Wilmington.
The
Wilber family line.
The
Bunker family line.
Bio
on Edward Jenner Wood, MD with small photo.
Photo
of Thomas Fanning Wood. About 1890.
Article
from The Inquirer and Mirror, Nantucket Island, Mass. July 29,
1939. “Annual Meeting of Nantucket
Historical Association.” Margaret Wood
makes her presentation on the “Descendants of Kezia Folger Coffin.”
Photo
of Margaret Wood infront of house at 201 Chestnut Street.
Newspaper
article from Wilmington, N.C. January 31, 1939. “Wilmington City Hall Was Built For $35,786.” Robert Barkley Wood built City Hall.
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Photo
of tombstones of Lawrence Sprunt, 1791 - 1867 and wife Christina McDonald 1785
- 1864.
Tombstone
of Isabella Hall, 1824 - 1863.
Family
line of Alexander Sprunt and Jane Dalziel.
Photos
of James Sprunt, Thomas Edward Sprunt and William H. Sprunt.
Photo
of Margaret Tannahill Dalziel, wife of John Dalziel.
Photos
of Jane Dalziel Sprunt and Alexander Sprunt.
Family
photo of children of Jane Dalziel Sprunt. Taken in 1891
Photos
of five sons of Jane Dalziel & Alexander Sprunt and the four daughters.
Line
of Thomas Dalziel.
Photo
of Thomas Edward Sprunt.
Photos
of sampler created by Jane Dalziel in 1832.
With story of how the sampler was done.
Tombstones
of Rev. James M. Sprunt, D.D. 1818 - 1884 and Elenor Hall 1821 - 1876.
Bio
and family history of James Menzies Sprunt.
Photos
of Sprunt Bible.
Photo
of James Menzies Sprunt, D.D.
Photo
of James M. Sprunt’s house in Kenansville, N.C. Taken April 1936.
Photo
of William Hutchison Sprunt and brother Alexander Sprunt. Taken in front of house of James M. Sprunt,
1936.
Photo
of house belonging to Isabella Sprunt Hall in Hallsville, N.C.
Letter
to Isabella Hall from her brother James M. Sprunt - December 31, 1845. Typed copy.
Recollections
of Tomina Dalziel Fisher Jackson. Typed
copy.
Letter
to Margaret Tannahill from her sister Mary Kennedy Sprunt (married Thomas F.
Wood, MD.) August 8, 1870. Typed copy.
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Letter
to Margaret Tannahill Sprunt Hall from her Father Alexander Sprunt. November 4,
1864.
Typed
copy.
Letter
to Margaret Tannahill Sprunt Hall from her sister Mary Kennedy Sprunt Wood.
August 17, 1878. Typed copy.
Letter
from Jane Dalziel Wood to her Aunt Jeanie Sprunt (Holmes). Typed copy .. no date. Approx. 1880’s.
Letter
from Mary Kennedy Sprunt to her sister Margaret Tannahill Sprunt, Nantucket,
July 11, 1882. Concerns the trip to
Nantucket to take care of her ailing Mother.
NOTE:
all of these letters are annoptated with names and family relationships and
dates.
NOTE: Most of the above family data and lineage
copied from a Bible owned by Laurence and Christianna McDonald Sprunt.
Journal
of Mary Kennedy Sprunt (Wood) written in 1873 when she went to Great Britian
with her parents, Alexander and Jane Dalziel Sprunt. She was 25 years old.
Typed copy. The Journal begins
May 8, 1873 and ends October 5, 1873.
Letter
written by Jane Dalziel Sprunt, Glasgow, September 20, 1873. It is not known to whom she wrote the letter
-- addressed “My Dear Friend” -- but it might have been Ellen Hall Sprunt, wife
of James Menzies Sprunt. Typed copy.
Letter
to Mary Kennedy Sprunt Wood from Agnes Boyd Towndrow, a close friend. April 27, 1876. Typed copy.
Letter
from Etta Ross, daughter of John Dalziel and Jane Naismith Sprunt to Margaret
Hall Wood, Berkhamsted, Herts, March
18, 1936. Typed copy.
Family
line of Jane Dalziel Sprunt and Alexander Sprunt.
“The
Sprunts in Trinidad.” By Susan E.
Hall. Extracts from an article printed
in the Presbyterian Standard, August 3, 1927.
Susan E. Hall visited Trinidad February 1926. Typed copy.
Extracts
from the biographical sketch of James Sprunt, by W.W. Moore, D.D., LLD. Typed copy.
Memorial
article from Wilmington newspaper honoring William H. Sprunt. Sunday, October 8, 1939. Typed copy.
Newspaper
article (Wilmington, N.C.) announcing the death of Dr. James Sprunt. July 10,
1924. “Dr. James Sprunt Peacefully and Quietly Lays Down Business of a Lifetime
and Goes to His Reward.” Original
newspaper print.
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Newspaper
article (Wilmington, N.C.) announcing the launching of new Liberty Ship. “SS James Sprunt Will Be Launched ... 64th
Liberty Freighter to Honor Wilmington Man’s Memory.” February 3, 1943.
Original newspaper print.
Admission
ticket to Launching Stand for SS James Sprunt, February 3, 1943. Original.
Article,
Wilmington Post, “Dr. James Sprunt Honored by Freighter.” February 6, 1943.
The
forst page is the original newspaper but the second page evidently was
destroyed and this page is a typed copy.
Newspaper
article (Wilmington) on “William H. Sprunt.”
Monday, October 9, 1939.
Original newspaper print.
Newspaper
announcement of the marriage between David Castello Loughlin and Francis Sibley
Wood on November 26, (year not given).
WOOD FAMILY PAPERS
CONTENTS OF
FILE BOX #12
SPRUNT FAMILY PAPERS
Inventoried August 20, 1997,
by Donald B. Koonce, Jr.
Line
of Edward Jenner Wood with birth and death dates from Peter Coffin, 1628 plus
the Folger line from John Folger, 1660 to Robert Barkley Wood, 1815.
The
Legend of the name “Dalziel” -- Scottish word meaning “I Dare.” Typed copy.
Parents
and siblings of Alexander Sprunt, 1815 - 1884.
Parents
and grandparents of Jane Dalziel Sprunt, 1823 - 1892.
Children
of Margaret and John Dalziel.
Children
of Mary Wright Tannahill and Thomas Tannahill, II.
Bio
of James Menzies Sprunt, 1818 - 1884.
With pictures of James and his brother Alexander Sprunt and his wife
Jane Dalziel.
Letter
from the Rev. James H. Sprunt to Miss Isabella Sprunt, (His sister in
Viewfield, near Perth, Scotland), December 31, 1865, Hallsville, Duplin Co.,
N.C. He describes his trip to America
and settling in Onslow County and then Duplin County.
The
story of the Dalziels from Scotland, entitled “Mine Own People.” No date.
Carbon copy - typed.
Notes
taken during the voyage from Trinidad to England by Thomas Dalziel, April 1,
1844.
(Son
of John Dalziel and Margaret Tannahill).
Typed copy - 19 pages.
Recollections
of Tomina Fisher Jackson. Copied August
11, 1913 by Jane Dalziel Wood, Perthshire, Scotland. Two pages.
Newspaper
article -- “The Weaver’s Son Who Became A Poet.” About Robert Tannahill, a poet and a famous Paisley weaver. 1774 - 1810. Original news print.
Printed
article -- “The Sprunts in Trinidad” Presbyterian
Standard, August 3, 1927.
Newspaper
article -- “Greyfriars Church Celebrates 100th Birthday” Trinidad Guardian, march 17,
1936. Centered around the unveiling of
a memorial tablet to the late Alexander and Jane Dalziel Sprunt, founders of
the church.
Memorial
to James Sprunt 1846 - 1924, by C.W. Worth.
Typed original.
James
Sprunt. Biographical sketch by the Rev.
W.W. Moore, D.D., L.L.D., President of Union Theological Seminary, Richmond,
Va. 21 pages - typed original. July, 1924.
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Letter
from Thomas F. Wood, III (nine years old) to his Grandmother, Mary Dalziel
Sprunt Wood, July 9, 1924. Expressing
his sympathy over the death , James Sprunt.
Accompanying note from Thomas F. Wood, Jr. to his mother.
Newspaper
article -- “SS James Sprunt Will Be Launched -- 64th Liberty Freighter To Honor
Wilmington Man’s Memory”, February 3, 1943. Wilmington, N.C.
Newspaper
article -- “Shipyard Sends James Sprunt Down Ways Today”, February 3, 1943.
Wilmington, N.C.
Newspaper
article -- “29 Days Record Set By Shipyard -- SS James Sprunt Launched Here
Wednesday In New Speed Mark.” February 4, 1943, Wilmington, N.C.
Newspaper
article -- “Dr. James Sprunt Honored By Freighter” February 6, 1943,
Wilmington, N.C.
Memorial
to James Sprunt by The Session of the First Presbyterian Church, 1924,
Wilmington, N.C.
Newspaper
funeral notice for Mrs. Anna Sprunt Munds 1858 - 1939, daughter of Alexander
and Jane Dalziel Sprunt. October 1, 1939, Wilmington, N.C.
Funeral
notice for Mrs. Thomas Fanning Wood, wife of Thomas F. Wood, Jr., January 11,
1943. Wilmington, N.C.
Newspaper
articles -- “William H. Sprunt, 83, Dies At Residence Here” October 8, 1939, Wilmington, N.C. (Last surviving son of Alexander and Jane
Dalziel Sprunt)
Daily
Review, “A
City’s Sorrow” Death of Alexander
Sprunt. April 18, 1884.
Newspaper
article -- “FOREIGN EXPORTS - Messrs. Alexander Sprunt & Son Cleared Three
Large Steamers With Cotton Last Night for Foreign Ports.” November 22, 1898. Record number of foreign exports for Sprunts -- three British
steamers sailed on the same day.
Newspaper
article -- “A MAMMOTH PLANT - The Greatly Increased Capacity of the Champion
Cotton Compress.” September 6,
1899. New line of steamships owned by
the Sprunts -- ten vessels of large tonnage.
Letter
to “My Dear Maggie” from her Cousin Etta Ross, March 18, 1936, Berkhamsted,
Herts. (Berkhamsted and Northchurch
Nursing Association letterhead) She is
sending information on John Naismith and his wife, Patricia for Maggie’s family
album.
Line
of John Dalziel Sprunt 1850 - and Jane Naismith 1859 -
Letter
to “My Dear Maggie” from her friend Laura Moore Gavin. April 15, 1936,
Kenensville, N.C. Information about the
oil portrait of Dr. James Sprunt hanging in the James Sprunt Institute, painted
by Mrs. Marshall Williams.
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Newspaper
articles announcing the death of Mrs. Alexander (Ellen Richardson Peck) Sprunt,
March 4, 1936.
The
Presbyterian Survey, “The First Presbyterian Church, Charleston, S.C.” April 1935.
Rev. Alexander Sprunt is current pastor.
Letter
to Alexander and Nellie Sprunt from Thomas Fanning Wood, MD, January 9, 1888,
Wilmington, N.C. Congratulations upon
the arrival of their daughter Christina.
He tells them that he is restored and once again able to walk and ride
about and even see patients. He thanks
them for their prayers.
Newspaper
article announcing death of Dr. Alexander Sprunt, pastor emeritus of The First
Presbyterian Church, Charleston, S.C. Wilmington
Morning Star, December 16, 1937.
Attached is the First Presbyterian Church’s bulletin with the same
announcement. Various other newspaper
articles and funeral notices follow.
The
Wilmington News, “John D. Sprunt Dies in England” March 8, 1938. Brother of W.H. Sprunt and Mrs. W.C.
Munds. In his 89th year.
Newspaper
article -- “Mrs. J.S. Holmes Dies At Residence” August 25, 1930. Daughter
(Jane Isabella Sprunt - 1862 - 1930) of Alexander Sprunt.
Wilmington
Morning Star,
“Miss Sprunt Dies in Connecticutt” April 5, 1939. Bettie Worth Sprunt, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter
Sprunt.
The
Wilmington News, “Funeral Services For Mrs. Taylor”
March 21, 1938. Mrs. Heyward
Gibbons Taylor (Amanda Nutt Parsley) -- First husband was Thomas Edward Sprunt.
The
Wilmington News, “Relatives Receive News of Local Woman Now In War Zone” March,
1938. Jessie D. Hall, missionary to
China, in Tsing Kiang Pu, close to invading Japanese.
The
Wilmington Morning Star, “Church Property Is Burned in China” January 12, 1938. Japanese destroy buildings and residences in
Kiangyin, China on the Yangize River, includes the compound of the Wilmington
First Presbyterian Church’s Mission.
The church, The James Sprunt Academy for Boys, The Luola Murchison
Academy for Girls (both given by James Sprunt) and ten medical buildings were
burned.
Report
to U.S. Consul -- From Chas E. Worth, Shanghai, February 13, 1938. He describes in detail the Japanese attack
on Kiangyin, China and the burning of the village.
Bulletin
of The First Presbyterian Church, Wilmington, N.C. May 11, 1930. Rev. A.D.P. Gilmour, D.D., Pastor. List of memorials to the new church
including the tablet to Woodrow Wilson, son of Rev. Joseph R. Wilson,
D.D., The James Sprunt Memorial Organ,
William Gilchrist, Margaret Sprunt Hall,
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Bulletin
of The First Presbyterian Church, Wilmington, N.C. October 10, 1926. Photo of the old church on the cover with
inscription “Destroyed by fire on December 31, 1925. The congregation is now worshiping in the large auditorium of
Tileston School, corner of Fourth and Ann Streets.”
Special
four page brochure for The First Presbyterian Church, Wilmington, N.C. April 15, 1930. The new church on the cover, the old church on the inside first
page with inscription “Destroyed by fire on December 31, 1925.” On page three, a photo of the home of
Patrick Murphy, Esq., 8 North Fourth Street where the Presbytery of Wilmington
was organized on November 21, 1868. The
back page is a photo of the memorial tablet dedicated to the memory of Woodrow
Wilson, 1856 - 1924. The tablet was
placed in the new church by the Daughters of the American Revolution.
Letter
(copy) to “My Dear Sir” from Thomas Dalziel, October 12, 1850, Glasgow. Letter of appreciation. He was presented with a 2 1/2” x 3
1/2”silver box with One Hundred and Fifty Guineas inside -- inscription inside:
“To Mr. Thomas Dalziel by members of Wellington Street U.P. Church in testimony
of grateful rememberance of his late father’s services and warm appreciation of
their own and as an expression of their cordial regard. Glasgow, 10th October, 1850. NOTE:
Silver box given to Ned Sprunt by Mother Sprunt, December 17, 1884.
Dates
and names of Sprunts from old parish registers -- 28 September, 1922. Marriages, births, baptisms, etc. (does not
say what parish) Five pages.
Newspaper
article -- “DEDICATE MEMORIAL TO HEROIC BROTHERS -- Tablet unveiled in Memory
of Sons of Mr. and Mrs. JohnD. Sprunt.” (No date or name of paper) Dedication of a tablet for the three brothers
who gave their lives in the Great War.
Alexander Dalziel Sprunt, 2nd Lieutenant, 4th Battalion Bedfordshire
Regiment, mortally wounded 10 March, 1915 at the Battle of Nueve Chapelle,
France. Edward Lawrence Sprunt,
Private, 1st Battalion Honorable Artillery Company stretcher-bearer section --
killed in action 17 January, 1915 at the Battle of Chateau Hooge-Ypres-Menin,
Belgium. Gerald Harper Sprunt,
Lieutenant, 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment, died of his wounds, 15
October, 1919, near Morlancourt, France.
Letter
to “My Dear Maggie” (probably Margaret Tannahill) from Mary Sprunt Wood, August
17, 1878, Wilmington, N.C. She talks
about the new baby Edward Jenner Wood who has been “colicy” of late. She is very worried about the Yellow
Fever. Two old sea captains have
recently died.
Letter
to “My Dear Maggie” (probably Margaret Tannahill) from Mary Sprunt Wood, July
18th, 1882, Nantucket, Mass. She talks
about how she likes Nantucket but how Mrs. Folger’s house is too far from the
water. She talks about how hard people
work there, even on Sunday. She was
horrified at the presence of a female preacher in church.
Letter
to “Dear Aunt Jeanie” (Jane Dalziel) from Jeanie D. Wood, (no date),
Wilmington, N.C. Tells her that she has
just started “Robinson Crusoe” and she likes it. She is obviously a young girl of 10 to 12 years.
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Photos
of various family tombstones: Benjamin
Franklin Hall, Jan. 28, 1842 - Oct 4, 1934 & Margaret Tannahill Sprunt
(wife of B.F. Hall) Oct. 20, 1844 - Apr. 26, 1914. Bettie Hamilton, July 22, 1858 - July 19, 1929, wife of William
H. Sprunt. Alexander McDonald Hall,
Dec. 9, 1874 - July 11, 1933. Alexander
Sprunt, Sep 28, 1815 - Apr 11, 1884.
Luola Murchison, Sept. 21, 1858 - Feb. 17, 1916 & James Sprunt, June
9, 1846 - July 9, 1924.
Letter
to Thomas Fanning Wood from Jane Sprunt, July 10, 1873, Tighnabruich. She describes her trouble with piles and
constipation of the bowels during her trip to Scotland and thanks him for the
prescription. She describes her
ailments in detail every step of the trip.
Photos
of family tombstones: Lawrence Sprunt,
April 3, 1791 - December 28, 1867.
Christina McDonald, wife of Lawrence Sprunt, May 1785 - Jan. 9, 1864. Rev. James M. Sprunt, D.D., Jan. 14, 1818 -
Dec. 6, 1884.
Photo
of James Menzies Sprunt 1818 - 1884 and his house at Kenansville, N.C.
Diary
of Mary Kennedy Sprunt when she went to Great Britain with her parents,
Alexander and Jane Dalziel Sprunt.
Written in 1873. Typed original
- 4 pages.
Letter
to “My Dear Maggie” (Miss Margaret T. Sprunt - Kenansville) from Alex Sprunt,
4th Nov. (no year), Wilmington. He
doesn’t think it good for her to stay in Wilmington because the fever (yellow)
is still around. Mary and Archie
McKimmon were thrown out of their buggy, on Sunday, and pitched into the river
but no injuries. Signed: Your
Affectionate Father, Alex Sprunt. Original letter.
Bill
of Fare - British and North America Royan Mail Steam Packet Company. R.M.S. JAVA. TFW’s trip to Liverpool in 1873.
Original with hand-written (pen) notes on menu.
Memorial
to James Sprunt, adopted by the Session (assumed to be First Presbyterian
Church) July 16, 1924.
Parish
entries about the Sprunts -- names and dates -- 1746 to 1848 -- typed original
on Alexander Sprunt & Son letterhead.
The
Charlotte Observer - “Old Time Plantation Christmas Party To Be Held As Usual Near
Southport” December 27, 1942. Story of the big Christmas party at Orton
Plantation, home of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Sprunt.
Orton
Plantation sales brochure -- Black & white 1938.
Newspaper
photo of Orton Plantation. Probably in
the 1940’s.
Color
brochure of Orton Plantation. Probably
1950’s.
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The
Health Bulletin of the North Carolina State Board of Health. June 1947. Discussion on the first page of Dr. Thomas
F. Wood’s vision for the State Board of Health and how he made it happen on
$100.
The
Health Bulletin of the North Carolina State Board of Health, July 1947. Two page insert showing Dr. Wood’s home at
201 Chestnut Street - “First Home of the state Board of Health.” Story inside concerns his founding of the
State Board of health and editing The Bulletin.