This brief article about Wilton M. This photograph was found at North Pender Street shortly before the house was demolished. The house had been owned by the Clinton and Minnie Lockhart Bess family since the s and was last occupied by their children Ruth Gladys Bess and Rev. James Clinton Bess The men at right are John Merrick and Dr.
Aaron M. Moore, of Wilson, North Carolina, who is still in the employ of the company. Lee A. Moore lived on Pender Street, but not at , and it is not clear whether anyone in the Bess family worked for N. Though the insurance company employed nurses, such as Henrietta R.
Colvert , that provided home healthcare, none of the women above has been identified as someone with a direct connection to Wilson. Nor have the men at top left. Wilson Daily Times , 22 January Wilson Daily Times , 10 November Richmond — C. Richmond was a Presbyterian minister. Thomas — Charles S. Thomas , an insurance agent, was a native of Bennettsville, South Carolina. Mitchner — William Arthur Mitchner. John H. Clark — John Henry Clark.
Walter Hines — Walter Scott Hines. Jordan — B. Jordan was a Missionary Baptist minister. Butterfield — George Kenneth Butterfield. He was the brother of Georgia Crockett Aiken. Washington Wilkins — Washington Wilkins was a plumber and laborer for the city. He was the son of Richmond and Patsy Armstrong Wilkins. James E. Stokes — Probably James Stokes born circa , who worked as a barber. Ed Humphrey — James Edward Humphrey was a carpenter. Barnes — Boisey Otha Barnes.
Pierce — Nazareth Andrew Pierce. Vick — Samuel Hines Vick. Artis — Columbus Estelle Artis. Moore — Lee Andrew Moore. Moore John M. Barnes — John Mack Barnes. Edward Barnes — Edward Morrison Barnes. Johnson J. Langley — Jarrett Judge Langley was a grocer. Freeman — Oliver Nestus Freeman. Wesley Rogers — John Wesley Rogers. White , a cook and native of Franklin County, North Carolina. Robert Haskins — Robert Douglas Haskins. George Hagins — Possibly, George Hagans , a farmer. Clarence Best — Clarence Benjamin Best.
