Cumberland-Newhanover County NcArchives Obituaries.....Hunley, Thomas July 28, 1899
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The Fayetteville Observer – Friday, July 28, 1899
Death of Mr. Thos. Hunley.

	Mr. Thos. Hunley, who has been sick for several months, died at his residence
on Winslow street at noon to-day.
	Mr. Hunley came here in the early ‘70s from, we think, Warrenton, or near that
town, having served as a soldier through the war of the Confederacy.  The first
work done by him after his arrival here was to assist in putting in a dam and
building a grist mill on the McKethan Mill Pond, afterwards torn down to make
way for the Fayetteville Cotton Mills.
	He afterwards assisted in putting in the machinery of the Novelty Wood Works’
plant, and was connected with that institution as foreman until it passed out of
the hands of its then owners, when he secured a position with the C. F. & Y. V.
shops as a carpenter, remaining there until its sale and removal.
	About 1880 Mr. Hunley married Miss Neily Carter, daughter of the late A. M.
Carter, who survives him together with three children.  They have nursed him
faithfully and, with the kindly help of neighbors and friends, made the last
hours of the deceased as comfortable as possible.
	Mr. Hunley, while in good health, was a genial companion and very popular with
those who knew him best.
	The funeral will take place from his late residence at 10 o’clock to-morrow
(Saturday).

Additional Comments:
I currently believe the A. M. Carter referenced, was Archibald M. Carter, who
was married to Virginia Erambert, the oldest child  of Augustus J. & Martha
Erambert.  A. M. & Virginia Carter had a daughter, Cornelia, who was born in
1862.  I believe that “Neily” Carter was Cornelia Carter.

Virginia Erambert’s brother, Louis B., was married to Sarah Frances “Sallie”
Skinner, who was the sister of Capt. Samuel Wallace Skinner.  Capt. S. W.
Skinner married the widow, Mrs. Emily J.  Wilkinson, the younger sister of
Virginia & Louis B. Erambert.

Louis B. & Sallie Erambert had a daughter, Annie D., born in Fayetteville in
July of 1862.  After the death of L. B. Erambert, later that year, his widow and
children moved to Richmond, Virginia to be near her family.

If the above assumptions are correct, then the passengers on the steamer Bladen
mentioned, “… Miss Erambert and Mrs. Hunley and child of Fayetteville,…” in the
Wilmington Morning Star article about the Great Fire of Wilmington, 21st
February, 1886, would make Mrs. Hunley (Cornelia – Neily) and Miss Erambert
(Annie D.) first cousins, both born in 1862, and probably all coming for a visit
to their Uncle Samuel & Aunt Emily J. Skinner.

[The Morning Star – Wilmington, NC Vol. XXXVII No. 129. February 23, 1886 “A
TERRIBLE FIRE”]  Currently available online at:
http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/newhanover/newspapers/aterribl70gnw.txt


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