Bladen County NcArchives Obituaries.....Dove, William 1940
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Sam West sam.west.1@gmail.com October 14, 2013, 4:27 pm

Robesonian Mon 2/12/1940
Is Bladen Co.’s Oldest Citizen
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95-Year-Old Woman Has Interesting Recollections of Civil War Days.
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By Mrs. R. C. Bridger
   Bladenboro, Feb. 11.-Bladenboro was honored Monday by a visit from the 
county’s oldest citizen, so far as is known.  The visitor was Mrs. Sallie Jean 
Dove, widow of the late Mr. William, who died at the age of 107 a few years ago.
   Mrs. Dove, who was born in 1855, was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. 
Dennis Storm, has lived all of her 95 years in Bladen county, going outside only 
twice in that time.  Her journeys were both to Lumberton.  She is “hearty and 
well”, has never used spectacles, and enjoys life to the fullest.  Mrs. Dove is 
one of the charter members of Sandy Grove church, which she still attends 
occasionally.
   Some of her recollections of the Civil war days include the tragic ending of 
a neighbor who deserted the army and hid in a home near to her father’s.  
Officers searched the house and were in the act of leaving when some one noticed 
a pile of cotton in the room and upon investigating, discovered the unfortunate 
deserter soldier.  He was shot and wounded, and next day taken to the gallows 
and hanged.
   Mrs. Dove has living near her the following children, Mrs. Arie Dove, Theo 
Dove, Mrs. Marshall Dove, A daughter, deceased, was Mrs. Tom Dever.

Additional Comments:
The Storm family begins their history in old Bladen Co NC with their ancestor 
Wendel Storm who died in the 1700s.  His son John Storm married Jemima Chauncey 
and lived at their plantation known as "High Hills" on the Drowning Creek, now 
Lumber River near Lumberton, Robeson Co NC.  His son Charles Storm, a veteran of 
the War of 1812, and family, moved from the Burnt Islands in Robeson Co NC to 
the Hickory Grove Community in western Bladen Co NC in 1840.  His son, Dennis 
Storm, was the father of the subject of this article, Sallie Jean Storm Dove.

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