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Home » The County » R. K. Hollifield » Chapter Thirty Five
Memories & Events of a Half Century by R. K. Hollifield

Chapter Thirty Five

June 22, 1939

Rev. A. G. Gant was a Methodist minister and an outstanding citizen and man. I boarded at his home for a few months while I was working at Belwood and became very much attached to his family. Mr. Gant later moved to Shelby and several years later he was visiting his sons in Texas and was killed in an auto wreck.

Mr. Horace Thompson lived about two miles out from Belwood. He owned and operated a wood working plant in Belwood. He manufactured doors, sash and house trimmings. He also owned a shoe shop. A man by the name of Fite was the shoemaker and he could take the measure of a foot and make a pair of shoes to exactly fit. Mr. Thompson later moved to Shelby and opened up a lumber plant.

Mr. John Weber was a Rutherford county man but married in Belwood and located there. His wife had been married before, having married also a Weber the first time. I boarded in this home for several months while at work here, and it was an excellent place to board. Mr. Weber moved to Virginia some years later and he died a few years ago in Danville, Va. His wife is still living in Danville, Va., with her son Meek Weber.

Mr. Melvin P. Gant lived in Belwood and operated a tan yard and harness shop. He usually kept about six or eight hands employed and things had to move around where he was. He had no use for anyone who did not like to work. He was a good man to work for, and was a great friend of mine. Some twenty or more years ago he went on a trip to California and on his return home he was killed in a train wreck near Newport, Tenn. As I remember now, there were about one hundred people killed in that wreck.

Mr. Jonathan Hoyle lived in or near Belwood and was one of the best men I ever knew. He was a great Christian and could do some of the most impressive praying I ever heard. He would very often pray for people by name. He had a son Marvin Hoyle who was a widely-known minister, but he died while young.

Mr. Jonathan Hoyle’s wife was a Johnston before her marriage. She was a sister to Mr. David Johnston, who was clerk of superior court of Rutherford county and died a few years ago. Mr. Hoyle is still living and lives at Cornelius, N. C.

Mr. Will Porter was an unmarried man and not far from my age. He was the harness salesman for the M. P. Gant & Co. He traveled through the country with a wagon from one town to another and sold harness, bridles, collars and saddles. He later married Miss Ethel Baber and they live at Belwood and operate a store there. Mr. Porter is the only person now residing in Belwood that lived there when I left there in 1895. The people, both men and women, old and young, have either moved or died since I left there.

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  • Introduction
  • About the Author
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  • The County in 1884
  • Chapters 1 – 10
    • Chapter 1
    • Chapter 2
    • Chapter 3
    • Chapter 4
    • Chapter 5
    • Chapter 6
    • Chapter 7
    • Chapter 8
    • Chapter 9
    • Chapter 10
  • Chapters 11 – 20
    • Chapter 11
    • Chapter 12
    • Chapter 13
    • Chapter 14
    • Chapter 15
    • Chapter 16
    • Chapter 17
    • Chapter 18
    • Chapter 19
    • Chapter 20
  • Chapters 21 – 30
    • Chapter 21
    • Chapter 22
    • Chapter 23
    • Chapter 24
    • Chapter 25
    • Chapter 26
    • Chapter 27
    • Chapter 28
    • Chapter 29
  • Chapters 31 – 40
    • Chapter 31
    • Chapter 32
    • Chapter 33
    • Chapter 34
    • Chapter 35
    • Chapter 36
    • Chapter 37
    • Chapter 38
    • Chapter 39
    • Chapter 40
  • Chapters 41 – 47
    • Chapter 41
    • Chapter 42
    • Chapter 43
    • Chapter 44
    • Chapter 45
    • Chapter 46
    • Chapter 47

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