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Edmund Lily Hill

 Edmund Lily Hill - 19 May 1882-19 March 1957 - was born in Anson County, North Carolina, the son of James Pleasant Hill and Sarah Emmaline Parker. He was the seventh of eleven children. His wife, Mary Ellen Ruth Thomas, was the daughter of John Ashley Turner and Elizabeth Ann Curlee. At the age of 26, according to the 1910 Federal Census he had moved to Big Lick, Stanly, NC.

According to the 1920 Federal Census, Edmund Lily Hill was a farmer and lived in New Salem, Stanly, NC. He and Ella had eight children:

1. Cora Bell Hill: 1907-1979, spouse unknown
2. Ruth Hill: born 1909, married Turner Preslar
3. Clifford Pleasant Hill: 1910-1999, married Esca Gaddy
4. Myrtle Hill: born 1913, married William T Carpenter
5. Blanche Estelle Hill: 1915-2004, married Pearl Franklin Taylor
6. Winifred Hoyle Hill:  1916-1992, spouse unknown
7. Marshall Kemp Hill: 1918-2003, spouse unknown
8. Clara Elizabeth Hill: 1924-1994, married Billy Eugene Prather

Edmund Lily died "at his home in the Union Grove Baptist Church Community" on 19 March 1957. He was survived by his wife, Mary Ellen Ruth Thomas Hill, eight children, numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren. He was buried at Rocky Mount Baptist Church in Anson County North Carolina.

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Stokes McIntyre & Elizabeth Murray

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Fred Columbus Hill

William Nicholas Parker

William Nicholas Parker was the eldest child of William Wiley Parker and Annis(Annice) Broadaway. He was born 26 April 1820 in Anson County NC and died 20 May 1899 in Anson County NC. William Nicholas is buried in the William Nicholas Parker Graveyard located on Richardson Creek in Anson County near the Union County line.

William Nicholas Parker married Dianna Penelope Burns, 26 April 1828-22 June 1899, daughter of Walter Pharr(Farr,Far) Burns and Sarah White Lilly.

Their children were:
1. John Benton Parker: 20 Feb 1845-31 Oct 1929, married (1) Susan Caroline Curlee and (2) Mary Caroline Brooks
2. Isaac Wiley Parker: 30 Dec 1846-20 Aug 1921, married Mary C Nance
3. Sarah Emeline Parker: 7 Nov 1848-12 Mar 1930, married James Pleasant Hill
4.Elizabeth Frances Parker: 28 Aug 1850-29 May 1924, spouse unknown at this time
5. Walter Lilly Parker: 12 Jul 1852-30 Jan 1936, married Jemima Jane Staton
6. William Henry Parker: 5 Oct 1855-24 Nov 1934, married Harriet Frances Davis
7. Margaret E Parker: 24 Oct 1856-30 Jun 1941, married George W Brewer
8. James A Parker: 15 Jan 1859-28 Apr 1935, never married
9. Myrick Thomas (Tom) Parker: 14 Dec 1866-21 Aug 1948, married Mary Elizabeth (Lizzie) Curlee
10. Jesse Atlas Parker: 14 Dec 1870-17 Apr 1952, married Fannie Curlee

William Nicholas Parker was a farmer and owned a tan yard, a brick yard, and several grist mills. Millstones for a grist mill on Richardson Creek were transported from the port of Charleston SC. During the Civil War, shoes were manufactured on the plantation for use by the Confederacy.

In addition to the mill on Richardson Creek, William Nicholas owned mills on Rocky River; one was on land called the Parker Mills Tract. He was one of several who invested in the Reed Gold Mine in Cabarrus County, formerly part of colonial Anson County.

Source of some of the above: Parkers of Anson County North Carolina with Burnses and Curlees  Helen Parker Kelman

Fetna Jane Little

 Fetna Jane Little was born 28 October 1858 in Union County NC, the daughter of Joseph Knox Little and Jeanette Deas. She lived in New Salem, Union County, NC all her life. On 2 February 1879 at the age of 20 she married Noah Columbus "Lum" Curlee of Union County NC.

Fetna Jane and Noah had eight children who are listed in the post about Noah Columbus Curlee. The eldest of these children was my grandmother Saphronia Mae Curlee.

Fetna Jane died in Marshville Union County NC 28 January 1949 at the age of 90. She is buried with Noah at Pleasant Hill Baptist Church in Union County NC.

Sarah Emeline Parker obituary

Mar 12 1930
Mrs. Emeline Parker Hill, widow of the late J. P. Hill, Confederate veteran, died at her home in Burnsville township Wednesday of last week, aged 81 years, four months and five days. Mr. Hill died a number of years ago.
To them were born 11 children, seven of whom are living. They are W.H., J. W., E.I., and Rev M. D. Hill, of Union County; D. J. Hill, Mesdames H. F. Curlee and B. H. Edwards, of Burnsville township. She also leaves one sister, Mrs. George Brewer, and the following brothers: Messrs. Watt, W. H., M. T., Jimmie and J. A. Parker. Mrs Hill is survived also by 67 grandchildren and 71 great-grand-children. Mrs. Hill was loved by all who knew her, and was a consecrated Christian, having been a member of Rocky Mount Baptist church for 65 years.
The funeral was held in Rocky Mount Baptist church last Thursday morning at 11 o'clock by her pastor. Rev. T. E. Stanley, Rev. A. Marsh, of Marshville, and Rev. Tommie Melton, of Stanly county, in the presence of a large gathering. Interment was in the cemetery. The pall bearers were six of Mrs. Hill's grandsons, Harvie and Henry Curlee, Claude McSwain, Giff Edwards, Robert and Clifford Hill. Flower girls were eleven of her granddaughters, Misses Arvie, and Audie Edwards, Cora, Ruth, Blanche, Bessie, Myrtle, Kate, May, Mary and Virginia Hill.

S E Parker obituary appeared in the M & I Newspaper, Wadesboro, NC on Mar 12, 1930


Leonidas C. McSwain in The Hills of Rocky River:

"My father Claude McSwain said that there were two chairs placed half way between the cemetery and church. When the pall bearers reached the chairs, they sat the coffin in the two chairs one at the head and one at the foot, then the pall bearers changed sides to rest their arms, picking up the coffin they continued to the grave."

Noah Columbus "Lum" Curlee

 Noah Columbus "Lum" Curlee was born 27 December 1856 in Union County NC. He was the eldest of three sons of Claiborne Clement Curlee and Narcissa Howard. The 1860 Federal Census shows him living with his parents and younger brother Caliborne in Olive Branch, Union County, NC. I am unable to find Noah Curlee in the 1870 Census. His mother Narcissa Howard married Henry Swink after his father Claiborne was killed in 1862 in the Civil War.

Noah Curlee married 2 February 1879 in Union County NC, Fetna Jane Little, who was born 28 October 1858, the daughter of Joseph Knox Little and Jennette Deas. Fetna Jane died 28 January 1949 and is buried in Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Union County NC.

Eight children were born to Noah and Fetna Jane:

1. Saphronia Mae Curlee , my grandmother, was born 1880 and died in 1934. She was married to Mallie Devotion Hill, my grandfather
2. Lonnie Curlee: 1881-1884
3. James Thomas Curlee: 1887-1946 married Ollie E Carten
4. Susan Janet Curlee: 1890-1960 married Charles Turner
5. William Robert Curlee: 1892-1971 married Glennie M Mitchum
6.  Robert C Curlee: born  abt 1892
7.  Seaborn Curlee: 1895-1984 married Mary Lily Smith
8. Margaret Odessa Curlee: 1898-1966 married (1) Lonnie Clyde Moore and (2) James Clingman Griffin

Noah and Fetna Jane lived in New Salem, Union County, NC until his death 26 February 1933 at the age of 76. He died of bronchial pneumonia. He was buried at Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Union County NC.