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Carrie Catherine “Caroline” <I>Mitchem</I> Abbott

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Carrie Catherine “Caroline” Mitchem Abbott

Birth
Lowell, Gaston County, North Carolina, USA
Death
7 Mar 1983 (aged 86)
Henderson County, North Carolina, USA
Burial
Lowell, Gaston County, North Carolina, USA
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Mitchem Family Plot
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She was the 9th of 10 children of David Worthly Mitchem, Sr. and Martha Ann Willett Mitchem, of Lowell, NC. She was married four times, and had one daughter who died at birth (with husband #3). Her husbands were: (1) Thomas Robert Shuford (1875 - 1949, buried at Hollywood Cemetery, Gastonia, NC); (2) A.M. "Joe" Hayward; (3) Daniel Flynn; and (4) Charles Frankel Abbott (1904 - 1979, buried at Edgewood Cem., Lowell, NC). She always loved her many nieces and nephews. She was a very colorful and beautiful lady. Her picture was once on the cover of Harper's Bazaar Magazine (see photo at bottom right). She was a graduate of Greensboro Women's College (now University of North Carolina) and taught school for a short while. She also worked as a professional photographer for Shuford's Studio; and for several department stores. She loved to travel and meet people. She lived most of her adult life in Charlotte, NC, but died in a nursing home in Hendersonville, NC.
Mitchem Lineage: Nathaniel Meachum/Mitchum 1780 - 1838 Lincoln Co., NC & Jemima Reynolds Mitchum/Logan Mitchum 1805 - 1860's Lincoln Co., NC & Louisa Best Mitchim 1812 NC - 1875 Cape Girardeau, MO/Joseph B. Mitchum 1833 - 1861 Civil War & Barbara Ann Smith Mitchem Flowers Gaston Co., NC/David Worthly Mitchem 1856 - 1939 Gaston Co., NC & Martha Ann Willett Mitchem/Carrie Catherine Mitchem Abbott (above).
She was the 9th of 10 children of David Worthly Mitchem, Sr. and Martha Ann Willett Mitchem, of Lowell, NC. She was married four times, and had one daughter who died at birth (with husband #3). Her husbands were: (1) Thomas Robert Shuford (1875 - 1949, buried at Hollywood Cemetery, Gastonia, NC); (2) A.M. "Joe" Hayward; (3) Daniel Flynn; and (4) Charles Frankel Abbott (1904 - 1979, buried at Edgewood Cem., Lowell, NC). She always loved her many nieces and nephews. She was a very colorful and beautiful lady. Her picture was once on the cover of Harper's Bazaar Magazine (see photo at bottom right). She was a graduate of Greensboro Women's College (now University of North Carolina) and taught school for a short while. She also worked as a professional photographer for Shuford's Studio; and for several department stores. She loved to travel and meet people. She lived most of her adult life in Charlotte, NC, but died in a nursing home in Hendersonville, NC.
Mitchem Lineage: Nathaniel Meachum/Mitchum 1780 - 1838 Lincoln Co., NC & Jemima Reynolds Mitchum/Logan Mitchum 1805 - 1860's Lincoln Co., NC & Louisa Best Mitchim 1812 NC - 1875 Cape Girardeau, MO/Joseph B. Mitchum 1833 - 1861 Civil War & Barbara Ann Smith Mitchem Flowers Gaston Co., NC/David Worthly Mitchem 1856 - 1939 Gaston Co., NC & Martha Ann Willett Mitchem/Carrie Catherine Mitchem Abbott (above).

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