Henry Giles Fritts
(1845-1915)
Saluda Caroline Farabee
(1850-1927)
James McDuffie "Mack" Fritts
(1872-1955)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Bertha Nancy Beeker

James McDuffie "Mack" Fritts 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

  • Born: 15 Sep 1872, , Davidson, NC 2 3 4
  • Marriage (1): Bertha Nancy Beeker on 20 Dec 1893 in , Davidson, NC 1 2
  • Died: 3 Feb 1955, Lexington, Davidson, NC at age 82 3 4
  • Buried: 6 Feb 1955, Tyro: Sandy Creek Cemetery, Davidson, NC 3 4

   FamilySearch ID: KHKW-GV3.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Residence: Fowler St., Lexington, NC on 27 Feb 1947 in Lexington, Davidson, NC. 8

2. Book: The Heritage of Davidson County 1982, 1982. 7
Henry Giles Fritts born 1845 died 1915 married 2 May 1867 Saluda C. Farabee born 1850 died 1927, daughter of Joseph Columbus and Catherine (Swicegood) Farabee. He was an active member of St. Luke's Lutheran Church, a farmer, deputy sheriff and on 17 September 1863 joined the 42nd Regiment and was wounded 2 June 1864 and sent to Danville, Virginia. He returned to service 3 August 1864 and was take prisoner and sent to Fort Monroe, Virginia on Christmas Day 1864, then to Point Lookout until 17 May 1865 when he returned home. Their children were: Joseph Lee (1868) married Martha J. Walser and had 5 children: Mary Kate, Harley F., Willis R., Etta F. and Lena M.; James McDuff "Mack" (1872) married Bertha N. Beeker. He was a farmer in Tyro until 1923 when he moved to Lexington and became a merchant until his death in 1955. Their 8 children: Hugh E., Henry G., Jefferson F., Della, Ernest V., Laura E., Saluda E., and James P. Della Catherine m. 1st Willie Giles and 2nd Charles M. Owens. She had no children. Webster "Web" M. (1877) m. 1st Delia A. Waitman, and had 11 children: Harper C., Willie F., Annie, Mary, Zella, Lizzie, Myrtle, Samuel W., Melba, Beulah and Harvey G. Web married 2nd Jane Swaim. William "Willie" Grover (1883) married Sallie A. Shoaf and had:Julia, Clarence, Lizza, Reuben and Gilmer.


James married Bertha Nancy Beeker, daughter of George Washington Beeker and Mary Elizabeth Sharp, on 20 Dec 1893 in , Davidson, NC.1 2 (Bertha Nancy Beeker was born on 9 May 1874 in , Davidson, NC,2 6 9 died on 27 Feb 1947 in Lexington, Davidson, NC 6 8 9 and was buried on 1 Mar 1947 in Tyro: Sandy Creek Cemetery, Davidson, NC 6 8 9.)

Sources

1 FamilySearch.org, North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VXTW-LCS J M Fritts and Bertha Beeker, 20 Dec 1893; citing Davidson, North Carolina.

2 Gregory A. Fritts, The Fritts (Fritz) family heritage: a historical, genealogical, and biographical record of the Fritts (Fritz) and allied families from October 30, 1738 (1979.), Page 65-67, J. Mack and Bertha N. (Beeker) Fritts.

3 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=18900398.

4 FamilySearch.org, North Carolina Deaths and Burials, 1898-1994, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZRK-4FJ James Mcduffie Fritts, 03 Feb 1955; citing Sandy Creek Cemetery Cemetery, Lexington, Davidson, North Carolina, reference v 3A cn 3179; FHL microfilm 1,927,103.

5 The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, NC) (Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina), 15 Feb 1934, page 7. Obituary of George W. Beeker.

6 FamilySearch.org, North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FP8C-V7X Bertha Beeker Fritts, 27 Feb 1947; citing Lexington, Davidson, North Carolina, v 4A cn 4418, State Department of Archives and History, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 1,909,217.

7 The Heritage of Davidson County 1982 (Lexington, North Carolina : Genealogical Society of Davidson County, c1982, 794 p. ISBN 0894591827), Biography 434 George and Phebe S. (Byerly) Fritts.

8 Greensboro Daily News (Greensboro, NC), 28 Feb 1947, page 30 Obituary of Mrs. Bertha Fritts.

9 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=18900408.


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