Craven County, NC - Blind Couple Get Fortune, 1915 ~~~~~~~~~~ Blind Couple Get Fortune "Blind" Johnson and his blind wife, having lived for years in comparative proverty in a Newbern, NC hut, have come into wealth estimated at more than $500,000 by reason of Johnson's brother's death on the east coast of Florida, near St. Augustine. Long separated, the brothers did not know of each other's whereabouts, having parted at the little central Carolina home years ago. George went to Florida and started in the orange growing business and grew rich, while John met with an accident and lost his eyesight. He sold newspapers in Newbern for years. While there he met and loved a blind woman and they married. Though they have managed barely to exist for ten years or more, they will now live in luxury on the Florida orange plantation. [Wilmington NC Dispatch to the Raleigh News and Observer] Source: The Miami Herald February 26, 1915 Comments: New Bern North Carolina is in Craven County. ______________________________________________________________________ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Connie Ardrey ______________________________________________________________________