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Advisory Group The Chowan Discovery Group relies on an advisory
group to help guide its efforts. The expertise, insights and connections
of this network of individuals have been invaluable to the success
of our work. The CDG is grateful for the support and encouragement
of the following individuals: Linda Blackburn - Mayor of Ahoskie, NC; Angenita Boone - genealogist/researcher - Earl Ijames - archivist-historian, NC State Archives and NC State History Museum - Raleigh, NC; Dr. Rhonda Jones - Assistant Professor of History, NC Central University - Durham, NC Tupper W. Jones - businessman - Cofield, NC; K. Paul Johnson - author - Danville, VA; Dr. Edna Medford - Associate Professor of History, Howard University - Washington, DC;
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Tribute to
Barbara Archer Gregory
1942-2008
Barbara Archer Gregory's ancestor, Jeb Catus, was one of the first from the Winton Triangle to seek higher education at Hampton University in the early 1870's. After graduation, Catus taught at various schools in Hertford County, and ultimately was of the first group of teachers at Chowan Academy-Waters Training School. For many years, he also served as Winton's postmaster.
Catus' great-grandaughter, Barbara Archer Gregory deserves much credit
for unifying the core group of researchers of the Chowan Discovery Group.
Her respected research skills have benefited us greatly. In my last conversation
with Barbara, I described the creation and purpose of the CDG to her.
She eagerly accepted the invitation to join the Advisory Group.
Proud of her Archer, Catus, Copeland, Douglas, Lang and Nickens ancestry,
Barbara amassed over 8000 names in her treasured computer database of
families in the region.
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Leaders: Before the founding of the Chowan Discovery Group, CDG Advisory Group member Tupper W. Jones and the late Richard E. Gadsden visit the memorial obelisk of Gadsden's great-grandparents, James and Milly Walden. The Waldens sent their seven daughters to college in the 1880's and 1890's. James Walden was a Union Army veteran, a leader of Pleasant Plains Baptist Church, co-founder of the Walden community school and a member of the Chowan Educational Association, the parent organization that founded Waters Training School. MTJ Photo |
Louis Mizelle - pharmcist and business owner - Ahoskie, NC;
Alice Jones Nickens- retired teacher - Winton, NC;
John Pierce - Hertford County Commissioner -
Winton, NC;
Linda Davis Pierce - educator,
Roanoke-Chowan Community College – Ahoskie, NC;
McCoy Pierce - Councilman - Winton, NC
Hermea Pugh - Mayor of Cofield, NC;
Edith Seiling - president, Gates County Historical Society - Gates,
NC;
Shirl Spicer - historian, Maryland-National Capital Parks & Planning
Commission - Silver Spring, MD
Donna Wells - photo archivist, Moorland-Spingarn Research
Center of Howard University - Washington, DC.
Barbara Archer Gregory in the 1950's.
Photo Courtesy of
Dr. D.L. Lang
Our Barbara passed in May of 2008. A few weeks later, several of us held an impromptu memorial for Barbara while researching historical sites in Gates County. It is far from being our last tribute to Barbara Archer Gregory.
-Marvin T. Jones