Halifax-Chatham-Brunswick County NcArchives Obituaries.....Stith, Dr Nicholas Long Bassett 1878
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The Charlotte Democrat, 15 March 1878
[For the Charlotte Democrat.]

In Memoriam.
DR. NICHOLAS L. STITH.

In the higher civilization it became a principle that de mortuis nil uisi bonum,
(no evil should be spoken concerning the dead.)  The same principle which
dictates that a mantle be thrown over the faults of the dead, prompts us to
render immortal the names of those “whose sword or voice has served mankind”.  
The subject of this sketch was born at “Quanky”, Halifax county, Dec 4th, 1807,
a descendant of Col. Nicholas Long of Revolutionary memory, studied medicine,
graduated at the University of Pennsylvania, and became a Physician of
celebrity.  He and his brother Albert became early associated in business and
remained so to the end, acquiring the name of the “Cheeryble Brothers.”

Dr. Stith was the pioneer in developing the celebrated Coal Fields of Chatham. 
The deceased married Miss Anna Hill of Cape Fear.  He was a man of fine
intellect, large heart and broad views. …perfect gentleman of the … [the rest of
this article is cut off from my copy]

Additional Comments:
Source: 
Newspaper: The Charlotte Democrat, Charlotte, Mecklenburg County North Carolina,
issue date Friday, 15 March 1878, ____ Yates, Editor and Proprietor; page number
not on copy; 3rd column. 
Microfilm copy in hand with only a partial page; the original microfilm of this
newspaper located in the Charlotte Mecklenburg County Library, The North
Carolina Room, Uptown Charlotte NC.  Condition of this microfilm is fair; it has
many vertical lines running through the film with some word distortion.

Submitter’note is in brackets [  ].
Research shows this Dr. Nicholas L. Stith’s full name to be Dr. Nicholas Long
Bassett Stith.  He was the son of Mary Long and Col Bassett Stith.  Mary Long’s
parents: Col Nicholas Long and Mary McKinne.  Dr Nicholas Bassett Long Stith was from
Halifax, Halifax Co NC. Dr. Nicholas Long Bassett Stith married Anna Austin Hill on
Thursday, 22 Apr 1847 at the Orton Plantation, Brunswick Co NC at Dr. Frederick
Jones Hill’s residence.  Dr. Hill was owner of the Orton Plantation at the time
of this wedding.  Currently, research has not proven if Dr. Frederick Jones Hill
is Anna Austin Hill’s father.  If he is her father, then her mother would be
Anne Ivy Watters who married Dr. Frederick Jones Hill at St James Church,
Wilmington, New Hanover Co NC on 02 Apr 1812.  Can anyone confirm Anna Austin
Hill’s parents?

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