Union County Home or "Poor House"

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1902 Home for the Aged and Infirm - Click to enlarge. The circa 1902 photo of the Union County Home, "Poor House," or ...

Rudge-Welsh House circa 1880

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Dr. Stephen J. Welsh came to Monroe in 1881 to practice medicine with his cousin, Dr. I.H. Blair, purchasing the homeplace of John W. and ...

James David McRae

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From Sketches of Monroe and Union County, Stack & Beasley 1902:  “James D. McRae was born in Anson County, November 16, 1858. He mo...

Thomas Jackson Gordon 1862-1918

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"The above is a country home of Union county, situated six miles west of town; the owner is Mr. T.J. Gordon. He began life fifteen ye...

Control of the Liquor Traffic

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Image found online for illustration By J.E. Clark Sketches of Monroe and Union County Stack & Beasley 1902 The Monroe dispensary is ...

THE MONROE ENQUIRER

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“The Monroe Enquirer, B.C. and Eugene Ashcraft, proprietors, is the oldest paper in the county, and its long career has been one of extreme ...

Monroe Journal & Beasley Brothers

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R.F. Beasley   Sketches of Monroe & Union County T HE MONROE JOURNAL Sketches of Monroe & Union County 1902 Stack & Beasley...

W.F. Morgan

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William Franklin Morgan “W.F. Morgan, the chairman of the board of county commissioners, is a native of Anson County but moved to Union ...

L.R. Helms

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Leonidas Randolph Helms Sketches of Monroe and Union County 1902 Stack & Beasley "Alderman L.R. Helms is a member of the firm o...

Road Improvement

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from Sketches of Monroe and Union County Stack & Beasley 1902 A Graded Road Graded Road and $3000 Iron Bridge Turn P ike ...

Wolfe-Ashcraft House circa 1874

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Early photo - Heritage Room Collection 600 S. Church Street "In 1874 W.C. Wolfe, one of the founders of the Monroe Enquirer ,* purc...

Monroe Opera House 1898 and Hugh Hinde

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O f the Monroe Opera House, J. Ray S hute related the following in an interview , "In 1898 J. Shute and Sons built the Opera House, ...

"Maj." David Anderson Covington - Early Pioneer

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David Anderson Covington (1807-1870) was born in Rockingham, Richmond County, NC, the son of Benjamin Coulter Covington (1775-1850) and Na...

Samuel Spencer Stuart McCauley- Teacher and Mayor

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Samuel Spencer Stuart McCauley was born 14 Feb 1823 Orange County, Chapel Hill, NC and died 1 Sep 1902 in Monroe, Union County, NC. -Father...