William Clarence Peurifoy was born in central Georgia to William David and Amelia Ollie Dearing. A brother, Horace Bernard "Benner" Peurifoy was born about 1896. The mother died about this time. Clarence and Berner were left with his grandparents, John N. Dearing and wife to be raised. Bonner moved on to Miami where he raised a family. He was lost to the family records but is buried in Muscogee, Georgia having died in the 1930s after spending years in VA hospitals.
Their father started a new Life in Ft. Myers, Florida. There he went on to marry again and to have other children.
According to the U.S. Census of 1900, he is being raised by his maternal grandparents, John N. Dearing and Louise Dearing.
Around 1910 he moved to Concord, North Carolina. There he married Lillian Jane Scott in Concord, December 6, 1913, by the Rev. Jacob Simpson. William Clarence had five children: William "Buck" Peurifoy, David Grier Peurifoy, Elizabeth Lib Peurifoy, Raymond Patterson "Pat" Peurifoy and Robert Eugene Peurifoy. They went on to have nine grandchildren.
He first worked in the mill but took up being a barber. In 1938 he abandoned his wife and children and moved to Arkansas. After one year they were divorced. Later he would marry Clara Holman Sherrill. She had one child, Marianne Sherrill.
During World War II he ran the local soda shop on the Square in Concord. After the war, he returned to being a barber. He retired from the Delux Barber Shop in the sixties and died peacefully at his home in North Kannapolis, Rowan County, in 1972.
Robert C. Peurifoy, Grandson
Their father started a new Life in Ft. Myers, Florida. There he went on to marry again and to have other children.
According to the U.S. Census of 1900, he is being raised by his maternal grandparents, John N. Dearing and Louise Dearing.
Around 1910 he moved to Concord, North Carolina. There he married Lillian Jane Scott in Concord, December 6, 1913, by the Rev. Jacob Simpson. William Clarence had five children: William "Buck" Peurifoy, David Grier Peurifoy, Elizabeth Lib Peurifoy, Raymond Patterson "Pat" Peurifoy and Robert Eugene Peurifoy. They went on to have nine grandchildren.
He first worked in the mill but took up being a barber. In 1938 he abandoned his wife and children and moved to Arkansas. After one year they were divorced. Later he would marry Clara Holman Sherrill. She had one child, Marianne Sherrill.
During World War II he ran the local soda shop on the Square in Concord. After the war, he returned to being a barber. He retired from the Delux Barber Shop in the sixties and died peacefully at his home in North Kannapolis, Rowan County, in 1972.
Robert C. Peurifoy, Grandson
William Clarence Peurifoy was born in central Georgia to William David and Amelia Ollie Dearing. A brother, Horace Bernard "Benner" Peurifoy was born about 1896. The mother died about this time. Clarence and Berner were left with his grandparents, John N. Dearing and wife to be raised. Bonner moved on to Miami where he raised a family. He was lost to the family records but is buried in Muscogee, Georgia having died in the 1930s after spending years in VA hospitals.
Their father started a new Life in Ft. Myers, Florida. There he went on to marry again and to have other children.
According to the U.S. Census of 1900, he is being raised by his maternal grandparents, John N. Dearing and Louise Dearing.
Around 1910 he moved to Concord, North Carolina. There he married Lillian Jane Scott in Concord, December 6, 1913, by the Rev. Jacob Simpson. William Clarence had five children: William "Buck" Peurifoy, David Grier Peurifoy, Elizabeth Lib Peurifoy, Raymond Patterson "Pat" Peurifoy and Robert Eugene Peurifoy. They went on to have nine grandchildren.
He first worked in the mill but took up being a barber. In 1938 he abandoned his wife and children and moved to Arkansas. After one year they were divorced. Later he would marry Clara Holman Sherrill. She had one child, Marianne Sherrill.
During World War II he ran the local soda shop on the Square in Concord. After the war, he returned to being a barber. He retired from the Delux Barber Shop in the sixties and died peacefully at his home in North Kannapolis, Rowan County, in 1972.
Robert C. Peurifoy, Grandson
Their father started a new Life in Ft. Myers, Florida. There he went on to marry again and to have other children.
According to the U.S. Census of 1900, he is being raised by his maternal grandparents, John N. Dearing and Louise Dearing.
Around 1910 he moved to Concord, North Carolina. There he married Lillian Jane Scott in Concord, December 6, 1913, by the Rev. Jacob Simpson. William Clarence had five children: William "Buck" Peurifoy, David Grier Peurifoy, Elizabeth Lib Peurifoy, Raymond Patterson "Pat" Peurifoy and Robert Eugene Peurifoy. They went on to have nine grandchildren.
He first worked in the mill but took up being a barber. In 1938 he abandoned his wife and children and moved to Arkansas. After one year they were divorced. Later he would marry Clara Holman Sherrill. She had one child, Marianne Sherrill.
During World War II he ran the local soda shop on the Square in Concord. After the war, he returned to being a barber. He retired from the Delux Barber Shop in the sixties and died peacefully at his home in North Kannapolis, Rowan County, in 1972.
Robert C. Peurifoy, Grandson
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