Lucy Wimberly was born in the Walnut Creek section of Edgecombe County, NC, the eldest of 4 known children (3 girls/ 1 boy) born to farmers, Joseph Wimberly & Martha Lawrence.
Her father was born in Tennessee, the son of Robert Diggs Wimberly & Margaret Ann Powell who left Edgecombe to homestead in the new state. She is the granddaughter of Joseph Wimberly & Sarah Diggs of Edgecombe & Robertson Co, TN. She is a direct decedent George Wimberly Sr (1718-1767. & Mourning Pope of Bertie County.
Lucy was 34 years old, well on her way to being a spinster, when she married her 38-year old first cousin, once removed, Joseph Clay Powell, Sr., on February 6, 1895. The marriage lasted just 8 months, as Lucy passed unexpectedly on October 16, 1895. She was just 35 years old.
Her husband remarried 6 years later to Nina B. Knight, who presented him with 3 children. Lucy was originally buried at Coolmore Plantation, but the plantation graves were moved to Greenwood Cemetery in 1919. She is buried near Joseph Clay Powell and and his 2nd wife, Nina Knight.
Her father was born in Tennessee, the son of Robert Diggs Wimberly & Margaret Ann Powell who left Edgecombe to homestead in the new state. She is the granddaughter of Joseph Wimberly & Sarah Diggs of Edgecombe & Robertson Co, TN. She is a direct decedent George Wimberly Sr (1718-1767. & Mourning Pope of Bertie County.
Lucy was 34 years old, well on her way to being a spinster, when she married her 38-year old first cousin, once removed, Joseph Clay Powell, Sr., on February 6, 1895. The marriage lasted just 8 months, as Lucy passed unexpectedly on October 16, 1895. She was just 35 years old.
Her husband remarried 6 years later to Nina B. Knight, who presented him with 3 children. Lucy was originally buried at Coolmore Plantation, but the plantation graves were moved to Greenwood Cemetery in 1919. She is buried near Joseph Clay Powell and and his 2nd wife, Nina Knight.
Lucy Wimberly was born in the Walnut Creek section of Edgecombe County, NC, the eldest of 4 known children (3 girls/ 1 boy) born to farmers, Joseph Wimberly & Martha Lawrence.
Her father was born in Tennessee, the son of Robert Diggs Wimberly & Margaret Ann Powell who left Edgecombe to homestead in the new state. She is the granddaughter of Joseph Wimberly & Sarah Diggs of Edgecombe & Robertson Co, TN. She is a direct decedent George Wimberly Sr (1718-1767. & Mourning Pope of Bertie County.
Lucy was 34 years old, well on her way to being a spinster, when she married her 38-year old first cousin, once removed, Joseph Clay Powell, Sr., on February 6, 1895. The marriage lasted just 8 months, as Lucy passed unexpectedly on October 16, 1895. She was just 35 years old.
Her husband remarried 6 years later to Nina B. Knight, who presented him with 3 children. Lucy was originally buried at Coolmore Plantation, but the plantation graves were moved to Greenwood Cemetery in 1919. She is buried near Joseph Clay Powell and and his 2nd wife, Nina Knight.
Her father was born in Tennessee, the son of Robert Diggs Wimberly & Margaret Ann Powell who left Edgecombe to homestead in the new state. She is the granddaughter of Joseph Wimberly & Sarah Diggs of Edgecombe & Robertson Co, TN. She is a direct decedent George Wimberly Sr (1718-1767. & Mourning Pope of Bertie County.
Lucy was 34 years old, well on her way to being a spinster, when she married her 38-year old first cousin, once removed, Joseph Clay Powell, Sr., on February 6, 1895. The marriage lasted just 8 months, as Lucy passed unexpectedly on October 16, 1895. She was just 35 years old.
Her husband remarried 6 years later to Nina B. Knight, who presented him with 3 children. Lucy was originally buried at Coolmore Plantation, but the plantation graves were moved to Greenwood Cemetery in 1919. She is buried near Joseph Clay Powell and and his 2nd wife, Nina Knight.
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