City Directories and History: 1908 – E.G. Jones, 1917 – M.D. Bryant, 1922/23 – J.W. Taylor, 1938 – Carrie O. Taylor, Mrs. Ida T. Hamilton, 1963 – Riddle – Simrill and Retail Credit Company
The Herald reported March 14, 1914 – “an ad was run for F.E. Gross, a tailor at #115 Hampton St., “The Good Town Tailor.”
“….going east, was the little frame cottage of Capt. Jonathan Walker Taylor, a North Carolinian and an outstanding veteran of Confederate Army service. He was in the first pitched battle of the Civil War, the Battle of Big Bethel. He served in a unit commanded by York County native Gen. Daniel Harvey Hill. Captain Taylor’s daughters were Miss Carrie Taylor, a well-known nurse, and Ida Taylor Hamilton.” [Robbins – White History Tour]
The McElwee Store ledger states that Frank E. Gross and wife Ethel (merchant and cleaning – 115 Hampton Street), live at this address and are account holders at the store.
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