Horace Miller Sproull, Jr. ’41 — Davidson College / Class Memorials

Davidson College – Class Memorials – Summer 2008

He was elected finance commissioner for the City of Anniston and served from 1962–66. He helped found and build The Anniston Academy, a college preparatory school, and served as chairman of the board. The school later was named The Donoho School for which he was a director emeritus. His leisure-time activities included being an avid reader, a scratch golfer, an expert hunter, a world traveler, and a civilian pilot. He is survived by his wife, Barbara V. Sproull, 100 Raemon Dr., Anniston, AL 36207; children, James Creswell Sproull IV, Sara Sproull Choquette, Eva Abel Sproull, Hunt Miller Sproull (Susan Vinsant Sproull), Barbara Sproull Snow (Gary), and Horace Miller Sproull III (Joy Martin Sproull); grandchildren, James Creswell Sproull V, Drayton Allison Sproull, Paschal Trippe Sproull, Suzanne Sproull Choquette, Sara Catherine Choquette, Justin Hunt Sproull, Marie Louise Sproull, Eva Catherine Sproull, Chelsea Caroline Sproull, Logan Sproull Snow, Shannon Wimberly Snow, Vaughn Morton Stewart III, Houston Sproull Andrews, H. Miller Sproull IV, Wimberly Elisabeth Sproull, Holly Milliken Sproull, and Gabriel Sparks Sproull; and great-grandchildren, Lucienne Sproull, Hunter Jackson Sproull, Jackson Sproull, and Reagan Sproull.

NC Business History – North Carolina Iron Forging

Iron Ore Mining & Forging

In 1585, the Lane Colony found iron ore deposits in two locations, but it would be in 1729 that the first shipments of iron ore were sent to England. One of the first iron works would get started around 1770 near present day Reidsville. Most commonly known as the Troublesome Creek

Iron Works, a forge was constructed as early as 1771 and a furnace was added during the American Revolution (1776 – 1782).

Another early furnace (1777) was located on Tick Creek in Chatham County for the Revolutionary government of North Carolina. James Miles managed the Chatham furnace.

In the late 1770s, the Wilcox Iron Furnace and Forge was opened near present day Siler City. It produced cannon and shot for the North Carolina Council of Safety. The furnace and forge were abandoned by 1780.

In 1786, General Joseph Graham built the Vesuvius Iron Furnace near present-day Lowesville along Anderson’s Creek.

In 1788, the North Carolina legislature passed the “Act to Encourage the Building of Iron Works in This State” which titled 3,000 acres to anyone establishing a furnace operation — “every set of iron works, as a bounty from the state to any person or persons who will build and carry on the same.”

That same year, Peter Forney discovered the Big Ore Bank near Lincolnton. On May 18, 1789, North Carolina awarded 300 acres along Leeper’s (or Leaper’s or Leiper’s) Creek to Abraham Reinhart, Abraham Forney, Turner Abernathy, and Peter Forney.

In 1790, Turner Abernethy built the Mt. Carmel forge, located on Mountain Creek.

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History of Rutherford College, (Burke County) North Carolina United States of America

Arthur Talmage Abernethy Biographical Sketch

Arthur Talmage Abernethy, educator, was born in Rutherford college, N.C., Oct. 10, 1872; son of the Rev. Robert Labon and Mary Ann (Hayes) Abernethy. He learned telegraphy when nine years old, and worked in various offices in the United States and Mexico until he was prepared for college at the Chafman school. He was graduated at Rutherford college, A.M. in 1889. He was professor of Latin in the college, 1887-90, having passed his A.B. examination in 1887, but was refused the degree on account of his youth. He took a post-graduate course in Latin and Greek in Johns Hopkins university as an honorary Hopkins scholar, 1890-91, and received the degree of A.M., from Trinity college, N.C., in 1891. He returned to Rutherford college as professor of Latin and Greek in 1891; edited the Telegrapher, 1895-97; was biographical writer on the Philadelphia Record, 1897-99; and was a newspaper correspondent during three years’ travels in all parts of the United States. He became known as a humorist, and was given the name of “the New Bill Nye” by Edgar Wilson Nye, who was his friend and adviser. He published “Bertie and Clara” (1896); and “Mechanics and Practice of Electric Telegraph” (1891).

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

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History of Rutherford College, (Burke County) North Carolina United States of America

William Ellis Abernethy Biography

William Ellis Abernethy, educator, was born at Rutherford College, N.C., May 28, 1860; Son of the Rev. Dr. Robert Labon and Mary Ann (Hayes) Abernethy. His first ancestor in America, Robert Abernethy, came from Scotland, settled in North Carolina, and was a prominent member of the Halifax state constitutional convention of 1776. William Ellis was graduated at Rutherford college, of which his father was president, in 1877. He studied law under Col. George N. Folk, of Lanier, N.C., in 1880; was county superintendent of public instruction 1890-’93; twice declined the nomination of the dominant party for state senator; and served as professor of law and English literature in Rutherford college, 1881-’94, and succeeded to the presidency of the college on the death of his father in 1894.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

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History of Rutherford College, (Burke County) North Carolina United States of America

Robert Labon Abernethy Biography

Robert Labon Abernethy, educator, was born in Lincoln county, N.C., April 3, 1822; son of Turner and Fannie (Wedner) Abernethy. His father was a farmer and his first ancestor in America was John Abernethy, a near kinsman of the eminent English surgeon. He was brought up on the farm and had no school privileges. He gained a knowledge of English grammar from a second-hand textbook, and taught children in the neighborhood, extending his teaching as he gained further knowledge from such books as he could obtain. He became a minister in the Methodist church in 1840, preaching in the South Carolina conference, 1840-’43. In 1850 John Rutherford founded Rutherford college in Burke county, N.C., and the young Methodist preacher was made its first president.

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Biography-William Ellis ABERNETHY, Born: 1860 NC – Halifax – Family History & Genealogy Message Board – Ancestry.com

Biography-William Ellis ABERNETHY, Born: 1860 NC New

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Classification: Biography

Surnames: ABERNETHY, HAYES

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ABERNETHY, William Ellis, educator, was born at Rutherford College, N.C., May 28, 1860; Son of the Rev. Dr. Robert Labon and Mary Ann (Hayes) Abernethy. His first ancestor in America, Robert Abernethy, came from Scotland, settled in North Carolina, and was a prominent member of the Halifax state constitutional convention of 1776. William Ellis was graduated at Rutherford college, of which his father was president, in 1877. He studied law under Col. George N. Folk, of Lanier, N.C., in 1880; was county superintendent of public instruction 1890-’93; twice declined the nomination of the dominant party for state senator; and served as professor of law and English literature in Rutherford college, 1881-’94, and succeeded to the presidency of the college on the death of his father in 1894.

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Biography-William Ellis ABERNETHY, Born: 1860 NC – Halifax – Family History & Genealogy Message Board – Ancestry.com

Biography-William Ellis ABERNETHY, Born: 1860 NC New

DelorisWilliams87 (View posts) Posted: 17 Apr 2005 3:47AM GMT

Classification: Biography

Surnames: ABERNETHY, HAYES

The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans: Volume I

A

Acheson, Alexander Wilson

ABERNETHY, William Ellis, educator, was born at Rutherford College, N.C., May 28, 1860; Son of the Rev. Dr. Robert Labon and Mary Ann (Hayes) Abernethy. His first ancestor in America, Robert Abernethy, came from Scotland, settled in North Carolina, and was a prominent member of the Halifax state constitutional convention of 1776. William Ellis was graduated at Rutherford college, of which his father was president, in 1877. He studied law under Col. George N. Folk, of Lanier, N.C., in 1880; was county superintendent of public instruction 1890-’93; twice declined the nomination of the dominant party for state senator; and served as professor of law and English literature in Rutherford college, 1881-’94, and succeeded to the presidency of the college on the death of his father in 1894.

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Lee Roy Abernathy (1913 – 1993) – Find A Grave Memorial

LEE ROY ABERNATHY

Birth: Aug. 13, 1913

Death: May 25, 1993

Gospel Singer, Songwriter. He is considered by many consider to be one of Gospel music’s greatest piano players. While giving vocal and piano lessons out of his music store, he and his wife Louise began the first “mail-order piano courses,” which taught thousands throughout the world. He trained several performers who credit him for their success in the Gospel music field. He achieved great success on his own by writing some of the genre’s most well known songs, including “Everybody’s Going to Have a Wonderful Time Up There (aka ‘Gospel Boogie’),” “Moving Up To Gloryland,” and “He’s a Personal Savior.” In the 1950s, he ran unsuccessfully for Georgia Governor. His music honors include being inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame (1978), the Southern Music Hall of Fame (1983), and the Georgia Music Hall of Fame (1989). In 1984, he received the Pioneer Award, the high honor given by the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers. Each year, his hometown of Canton, Georgia, holds its “Annual Memorial Lee Roy Abernathy Singing.” (bio by: Evening Blues)

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Burial:

Cherokee Memorial Park

Holly Springs

Cherokee County

Georgia, USA

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