Cumberland County, NC - Cross Creek Cemetery - Partial

ANGIE C.
wife of
Genl Walter Draughon,
and daughter of
Henry M. Erambert.
She departed this life
October 8th. 1866,
Aged 34 years.
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Thou are gone to the grave
but we will not deplore thee
Though sorrow and darkness
encompass the tomb;
Thy Saviour hath passed through
its portals before thee.
And the lamp of His love xxx

Additional Comments:
Henry M. Erambert was a "confectioner" who's business was in Fayetteville, NC.

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ALBERT P. HURT
was born in
Lunenburgh Co., Va.
and died in
Fayetteville, N.C.
June 8, 1883
AGED 76 YEARS.
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xxx soul x

Additional Comments:
The tombstone is laying flat and is partially obscured by overgrowth.  His wife,
Morgiana Erambert's grave is to the right of his marker.  Both markers are just
a few feet from busy Grove Street in Fayetteville, NC.

Captain A. P. Hurt was a famous Cape Fear River steamboat captain.  He even had
a steamer named after himself.  The steamer "A. P. Hurt" was built by a company
in Wilmington, Delaware in 1860.  In 1863, Captain Samuel W. Skinner set a speed
record from Wilmington to Fayetteville aboard the "A. P. Hurt" of 11 hours
(which is averaging 10+ miles per hour).

There is an advertisement in "Bernard's Wilmington and Fayetteville Directory of
1866-'7" for the CAPE FEAR STEAMBOAT COMPANY which lists both Captain A. P. Hurt
of the "Governor Worth", and Captain Samuel Skinner of the "A. P. Hurt".  The
Cape Fear Steamboat Company was owned by the Worths.

Captain Skinner was married to Emily J. Erambert and they lived in Wilmington,
NC after the Civil War.

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