Edward Turner Bynam was born in Tarboro, Edgecombe County, NC in 1858, the eldest of 2 known sons born to farmers, Richard T. Bynum and Mary Elizabeth Cobb of Farmville, Pitt County, NC. He is the paternal grandson of Turner Bynum & Nancy Jenkins of Edgecombe Co, and a direct descendant of James Bynum Jr. (b. 1710) & Agnes Nicholson of Edgecombe.
Edward Bynum attended UNC and was a member of the Philanthropic Society. In 1878, he married Maud Barnes of Pitt County, when he was 20 years old, and she 18.
"Turner" became a sucessful merchant in Tarboro, and in 1885 built an impressive two-story Victorian Italianate home (shown here) located on Main Street.
Turner Bynum died just 4 years after building his home, passing in 1889 at young age 31.
His then 29-year old widow never remarried, and remained in the home raising their 3 children Mary Bynum (1879), Edward Turner Bynum, Jr. (1881), and Elizabeth "Lizzie" Bynum (1887) until her death in 1939.
Edward Bynum attended UNC and was a member of the Philanthropic Society. In 1878, he married Maud Barnes of Pitt County, when he was 20 years old, and she 18.
"Turner" became a sucessful merchant in Tarboro, and in 1885 built an impressive two-story Victorian Italianate home (shown here) located on Main Street.
Turner Bynum died just 4 years after building his home, passing in 1889 at young age 31.
His then 29-year old widow never remarried, and remained in the home raising their 3 children Mary Bynum (1879), Edward Turner Bynum, Jr. (1881), and Elizabeth "Lizzie" Bynum (1887) until her death in 1939.
Edward Turner Bynam was born in Tarboro, Edgecombe County, NC in 1858, the eldest of 2 known sons born to farmers, Richard T. Bynum and Mary Elizabeth Cobb of Farmville, Pitt County, NC. He is the paternal grandson of Turner Bynum & Nancy Jenkins of Edgecombe Co, and a direct descendant of James Bynum Jr. (b. 1710) & Agnes Nicholson of Edgecombe.
Edward Bynum attended UNC and was a member of the Philanthropic Society. In 1878, he married Maud Barnes of Pitt County, when he was 20 years old, and she 18.
"Turner" became a sucessful merchant in Tarboro, and in 1885 built an impressive two-story Victorian Italianate home (shown here) located on Main Street.
Turner Bynum died just 4 years after building his home, passing in 1889 at young age 31.
His then 29-year old widow never remarried, and remained in the home raising their 3 children Mary Bynum (1879), Edward Turner Bynum, Jr. (1881), and Elizabeth "Lizzie" Bynum (1887) until her death in 1939.
Edward Bynum attended UNC and was a member of the Philanthropic Society. In 1878, he married Maud Barnes of Pitt County, when he was 20 years old, and she 18.
"Turner" became a sucessful merchant in Tarboro, and in 1885 built an impressive two-story Victorian Italianate home (shown here) located on Main Street.
Turner Bynum died just 4 years after building his home, passing in 1889 at young age 31.
His then 29-year old widow never remarried, and remained in the home raising their 3 children Mary Bynum (1879), Edward Turner Bynum, Jr. (1881), and Elizabeth "Lizzie" Bynum (1887) until her death in 1939.
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