George Washington Suggs
1836 - 1914 (78 years)
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Name George Washington Suggs [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8] Born 16 Jan 1836 Snow Hill, Greene, North Carolina, USA 
[4, 5, 6, 7, 8] - birthdate is from grave stone
Gender Male _MILT 1864 USA [2] Private in Company H, 111th Regiment, US Colored Infantry == NARA Film Number M589 Roll 84 == African American Civil War Memorial, Plaque D-109 - 111th 1 Mar 1864-30 Apr 1866 Battles: 25 Sep 1864 Sulphur Branch Trestle, AL, 27 Sep 1864, 1 Oct 1864 _MILT 1 Mar 1864 USA [3] Date of first Muster of 111th Regiment, US Colored Infantry - not sure when he joined the regiment (he joined Company H as a Private) Residence 9 Jul 1870 Stantonsburg, Wilson, North Carolina, USA [8] as Washington - age 42, Black, Brick Mason, born North Carolina - Washington with children Serena, Mary [Mollie], Decatur [D. Cato] and also in home Richard Hasper/Harper (17, farm laborer, born NC) 
Washington Sugg Family - 1870 Census of Stantonsburg Post Office, Wilson Township, Wilson County, North Carolina
Top of image: Esther Sugg Keeping House in home of Lindsy & Jane Moye - Across page break: Washington Sugg with children Serena, Mollie (as Mary), Cato (as Decatur) Sugg and also Richard Hasper/Harper (17, farm laborer, born NC)Residence 14 Jun 1880 Wilson Township, Wilson, North Carolina, USA [7] age 51, Black, married, Brick Mason, cannot read nor write, born North Carolina to North Carolina Parents - Washington & Esther with children Nicy, Sarena, Cator, Molly, Edmonia, Juda [Julia], James Washington Sugg Family - 1880 Census of Wilson Township, Wilson County, North Carolina Newspaper Article 26 May 1911 Wilson, Wilson, North Carolina, USA "The Daily Times" (Wilson, NC) - Friday, 26 May 1911 - p 3 George Washington Suggs - Newspaper Article 26 May 1911 Wilson Daily Times p 3 col 2-3 Died 19 Feb 1914 Wilson, Wilson, North Carolina, USA [1, 4, 5, 6] - 6 PM of Lobar Pneumonia - Informant C. C. Suggs of Savannah, Georgia [probably actually D. C. Suggs]
George Washington Suggs - Obituary - 21 Feb 1914 Wilson Times 
George Washington Suggs - Death 19 Feb 1914 at Wilson, Wilson, North Carolina
father Lu Suggs born NC, mother Julia Bess born NC - informant C. C. Suggs of Savannah, Georgia [probably actually D. C. Suggs]Probate 20 Feb 1914 Wilson County, North Carolina, USA [1] Wilson County, North Carolina - Administrators Accounts, Vol 3, 1908-1916 - Case 487 - p 224 George Washington Suggs - Administrator's Bond for his Estate - 20 Feb 1914 in Superior Court of Wilson County, North Carolina
died without leaving will - D. C. Sugg issued Letters of Administration of the estate - estate valued at $213,00 - entitled heirs: D. C. Sugg, Jas. T. Sugg, Sarena Moore, Julia Bryant, Edmonia Purrington, Mollie Watson - signed D. C. Suggs (above text as Sugg is in hand of the court clerk, who mis-spelled the surname) == Wilson County, North Carolina - Administrators Accounts, Vol 3, 1908-1916 - Case 487 - p 224Buried 22 Feb 1914 Wilson, Wilson, North Carolina, USA - Masonic Cemetery - undertaker Rob? H. Danders? & Son of Wilson
George Washington Suggs - Funeral Report - 24 Feb 1914 Wilson Times 
George Washington Suggs & Esther (Best) Suggs - Grave Stone at Masonic Cemetery, Wilson County, North Carolina - Zoom View
== received 14 Apr 2016 from Coleen Patterson: "Attached is the tombstone for George Washington Suggs and Esther Best Suggs that I received from James Kennedy or Rebecca [Johnson], can't remember which..."
George Washington Suggs & Esther (Best) Suggs - Grave Stone at Masonic Cemetery, Wilson County, North Carolina - Location View
== received 14 Apr 2016 from Coleen Patterson: "Attached is the tombstone for George Washington Suggs and Esther Best Suggs that I received from James Kennedy or Rebecca [Johnson], can't remember which..."George Washington Suggs - Death 19 Feb 1914 at Wilson, Wilson, North Carolina
father Lu Suggs born NC, mother Julia Bess born NC - informant C. C. Suggs of Savannah, Georgia [probably actually D. C. Suggs]Person ID I194 Lucy's Tree Last Modified 8 Jul 2020
Father Luke - Lu - Suggs, b. 1800, Snow Hill, Greene, North Carolina, USA Relationship natural Mother Susan Edwards, b. 1800, Snow Hill, Greene, North Carolina, USA Relationship natural Family ID F58 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Beatrice Suggs, b. 1872, North Carolina, USA , d. North Carolina, USA Last Modified 8 Jul 2020 Family ID F54 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 Esther Best, b. 17 Jan 1839, Snow Hill, Greene, North Carolina, USA , d. 6 Jul 1902, Wilson, Wilson, North Carolina, USA (Age 63 years) Married Abt 1860 - married 40 years in 1900 census
Children 1. Nicy Suggs, b. 1860, Snow Hill, Greene, North Carolina, USA [natural]+ 2. Daniel Cato Suggs, Ph.D., b. 11 Apr 1865, Wilson, Wilson, North Carolina, USA , d. 22 Nov 1936, Greenboro,Guilford, North Carolina, USA (Age 71 years) [natural]+ 3. Serena Letitia Suggs, b. 11 Nov 1865, Snow Hill, Greene, North Carolina, USA , d. 12 Aug 1930, Wilson, Wilson, North Carolina, USA (Age 64 years) [natural]+ 4. Mollie Suggs, b. Abt 1867, North Carolina, USA , d. Abt 1948, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA (Age 81 years) [natural]5. Edmonia Suggs, b. 11 Apr 1870, Wilson Township, Wilson, North Carolina, USA , d. 25 Jul 1915, Wilson, Wilson, North Carolina, USA (Age 45 years) [natural]6. James Thomas Suggs, M.D., b. 13 Sep 1876, Wilson Township, Wilson, North Carolina, USA , d. 20 Aug 1934, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA (Age 57 years) [natural]7. Julia Suggs, b. 23 Sep 1878, Wilson Township, Wilson, North Carolina, USA , d. 27 Jan 1929, Wilson, Wilson, North Carolina, USA (Age 50 years) [natural]Last Modified 8 Jul 2020 Family ID F55 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Born - 16 Jan 1836 - Snow Hill, Greene, North Carolina, USA 
Residence - as Washington - age 42, Black, Brick Mason, born North Carolina - Washington with children Serena, Mary [Mollie], Decatur [D. Cato] and also in home Richard Hasper/Harper (17, farm laborer, born NC) - 9 Jul 1870 - Stantonsburg, Wilson, North Carolina, USA 
Residence - age 51, Black, married, Brick Mason, cannot read nor write, born North Carolina to North Carolina Parents - Washington & Esther with children Nicy, Sarena, Cator, Molly, Edmonia, Juda [Julia], James - 14 Jun 1880 - Wilson Township, Wilson, North Carolina, USA 
Newspaper Article - "The Daily Times" (Wilson, NC) - Friday, 26 May 1911 - p 3 - 26 May 1911 - Wilson, Wilson, North Carolina, USA Died - 19 Feb 1914 - Wilson, Wilson, North Carolina, USA 
Probate - Wilson County, North Carolina - Administrators Accounts, Vol 3, 1908-1916 - Case 487 - p 224 - 20 Feb 1914 - Wilson County, North Carolina, USA Buried - 22 Feb 1914 - Wilson, Wilson, North Carolina, USA = Link to Google Earth
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Photos George Washington Suggs - Newspaper Article 26 May 1911 Wilson Daily Times p 3 col 2-3 George Washington Suggs & Esther (Best) Suggs - Grave Stone at Masonic Cemetery, Wilson County, North Carolina - Zoom View
== received 14 Apr 2016 from Coleen Patterson: "Attached is the tombstone for George Washington Suggs and Esther Best Suggs that I received from James Kennedy or Rebecca [Johnson], can't remember which..."Washington Sugg Family - 1870 Census of Stantonsburg Post Office, Wilson Township, Wilson County, North Carolina
Top of image: Esther Sugg Keeping House in home of Lindsy & Jane Moye - Across page break: Washington Sugg with children Serena, Mollie (as Mary), Cato (as Decatur) Sugg and also Richard Hasper/Harper (17, farm laborer, born NC)Mr. George Washington Suggs Washington Sugg Family - 1880 Census of Wilson Township, Wilson County, North Carolina George Washington Suggs - Administrator's Bond for his Estate - 20 Feb 1914 in Superior Court of Wilson County, North Carolina
died without leaving will - D. C. Sugg issued Letters of Administration of the estate - estate valued at $213,00 - entitled heirs: D. C. Sugg, Jas. T. Sugg, Sarena Moore, Julia Bryant, Edmonia Purrington, Mollie Watson - signed D. C. Suggs (above text as Sugg is in hand of the court clerk, who mis-spelled the surname) == Wilson County, North Carolina - Administrators Accounts, Vol 3, 1908-1916 - Case 487 - p 224George Washington Suggs & Esther (Best) Suggs - Grave Stone at Masonic Cemetery, Wilson County, North Carolina - Location View
== received 14 Apr 2016 from Coleen Patterson: "Attached is the tombstone for George Washington Suggs and Esther Best Suggs that I received from James Kennedy or Rebecca [Johnson], can't remember which..."George Washington Suggs - Death 19 Feb 1914 at Wilson, Wilson, North Carolina
father Lu Suggs born NC, mother Julia Bess born NC - informant C. C. Suggs of Savannah, Georgia [probably actually D. C. Suggs]
Histories George Washington Suggs - Obituary - 21 Feb 1914 Wilson Times George Washington Suggs - Funeral Report - 24 Feb 1914 Wilson Times
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Sources - [S43] North Carolina, Wills and Probate Records, 1665-1998, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2015;), Administrators Bonds, 1869-1916; Author: North Carolina. Superior Court (Wilson County); Probate Place: Wilson, North Carolina.
North Carolina, Wills and Probate Records, 1665-1998
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North Carolina, Death Indexes, 1908-2004 - [S14] 1880 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Year: 1880; Census Place: Wilson, Wilson, North Carolina; Roll: 987; Family History Film: 1254987; Page: 242B; Enumeration District: 304; Image: 0494.
1880 United States Federal Census
Year: 1880; Census Place: Wilson, Wilson, North Carolina; Roll: 987; Family History Film: 1254987; Page: 242B; Enumeration District: 304; Image: 0494 - [S15] 1870 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.Original data - 1870 U.S. census, population schedules. NARA microfilm publication M593, 1,761 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Record;), Year: 1870; Census Place: Wilson, Wilson, North Carolina; Roll: M593_1166; Page: 574B; Image: 254; Family History Library Film: 552665.
1870 United States Federal Census
Year: 1870; Census Place: Wilson, Wilson, North Carolina; Roll: M593_1166; Page: 574B; Image: 254; Family History Library Film: 552665
- [S43] North Carolina, Wills and Probate Records, 1665-1998, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2015;), Administrators Bonds, 1869-1916; Author: North Carolina. Superior Court (Wilson County); Probate Place: Wilson, North Carolina.