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.