City Directories and History: 1908 – Lee Kerr, 1922/23 – Rev. R.L. Holroyd (Margaret), Asst. Minister St John Methodist, 1925 – L. G. Huckabee and (Louis or Lois)
This house was built circa 1895 and is one of the earlier remaining houses on North Confederate. The house is covered in asbestos
A photo given to me by my cousin, Matthew Rush, is a car made from a kit in 1924. The Anderson Body Shop located in Rock Hill, S.C.sold these kits. Some of the men who worked there are kin to me. Tom Young, I cannot pin down as I have several that he could be Julius Milton Huckabee, Sr. married my great-aunt, Anna Bell Young, [grandmother’s sister.) His nephew, Landy Gaston Huckabee married Mary Lois Young (Another sister of my grandmother, Carrie Lee Young. They were the children of Landy George Young, Sr. – Nation Collection, 2015
The Herald reported on Jan. 5, 1910 – “The J. L. Williamson family has move from Bethesda and is occupying the Kerr house on Academy Street.”
R&R contributor Judy Nation wrote on 11/19/15 – “Aunt Lois and Uncle Landy had two daughters and Myrtle-they are listed as students. I do not remember the men. Aunt Lois and family are found in Columbia in 1938. They lived there the rest of their lives. Their grandson, Bobby Russell still lives in Columbia.”
The Herald reported on Oct. 5, 1918 – “Mr. C.S. McCrorey has resigned as manager of the Catawba Milling Company and the new manager is Mr. L.G. Huckabee.”
The SC Architects: 1885 – 1935, Wells and Dalton, 1992 – Reported, “the R. Lee Kerr home was designed by Charles C. Hook in 1898.
The McElwee Store ledger states that D. Webster Smith and wife Annie C. (Sales with J.H. Milling Co), live at this location and hold an account at the McElwee store in 1915.
City Directory listing for the Huckabee Family in Rock Hill – 1925.
Click on the More Information > link found below the picture column for additional data or pictures. Also see #119 North Confederate Avenue for additional information on the Huey family. As well as #213 and 214 West Black Street, for additional home listings of the Huckabee Family.
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