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Major Whitesides

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Major Whitesides

Birth
Lincoln County, North Carolina, USA
Death
5 May 1864 (aged 65)
Gaston County, North Carolina, USA
Burial
Crowders, Gaston County, North Carolina, USA Add to Map
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Major and his wife Elizabeth were founding members of the Mount Nebo Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church organized March 17, 1856, in Cleveland County, North Carolina. As recorded in The Minutes of Session, Major Whitesides served as Clerk Pro Tem. and ruling Elder in this early church. This followed the abandonment of Old Pisgah ARP Church as a place of worship due to immigration of members from the immediate neighborhood of the church and the erection of extensive iron factories just at the door. The woods adjacent to the mountains, not smooth by nature, were made more impassable by the ponderous iron wagons. New Pisgah was established to serve the majority of members to the east of the mountain with Mount Nebo serving those to the west. Mount Nebo was later abandoned in 1876 with the formation of Kings Mountain and Bethel A.R.P. Churches. Only the ruins of the old cemetery remain today.

Major and Elizabeth raised 11 children, 7 boys and 4 girls. Five of the seven boys served in Confederate armies of Mississippi, North and South Carolina. Only two of these five sons survived the war. Sons Major, John and Edward died during the war, as did one son-in-law, Ben Arrowood, the husband of daughter Isabella. His other two sons, Thomas and William were present and paroled at Appomattox.
Major and his wife Elizabeth were founding members of the Mount Nebo Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church organized March 17, 1856, in Cleveland County, North Carolina. As recorded in The Minutes of Session, Major Whitesides served as Clerk Pro Tem. and ruling Elder in this early church. This followed the abandonment of Old Pisgah ARP Church as a place of worship due to immigration of members from the immediate neighborhood of the church and the erection of extensive iron factories just at the door. The woods adjacent to the mountains, not smooth by nature, were made more impassable by the ponderous iron wagons. New Pisgah was established to serve the majority of members to the east of the mountain with Mount Nebo serving those to the west. Mount Nebo was later abandoned in 1876 with the formation of Kings Mountain and Bethel A.R.P. Churches. Only the ruins of the old cemetery remain today.

Major and Elizabeth raised 11 children, 7 boys and 4 girls. Five of the seven boys served in Confederate armies of Mississippi, North and South Carolina. Only two of these five sons survived the war. Sons Major, John and Edward died during the war, as did one son-in-law, Ben Arrowood, the husband of daughter Isabella. His other two sons, Thomas and William were present and paroled at Appomattox.

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  • Added: Jun 9, 2012
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/91621242/major-whitesides: accessed ), memorial page for Major Whitesides (24 Dec 1798–5 May 1864), Find a Grave Memorial ID 91621242, citing Pisgah ARP Church Cemetery, Crowders, Gaston County, North Carolina, USA; Maintained by Share It (contributor 47845248).