OLD LADY WEATHERMAN
(Direction to Cemetery at the bottom of the page)
There is a grave in the Carver Cemtery with an inscription on the headstone that reads "Old Lady Weatherman" with no dates of birth and death or any other information. I have gone to this cemetery since I was a young child, at first with my parents to visit the graves of relatives. Invarably, I would be drawn to the Weatherman grave. I would stand there and wonder who she was, and what was her story? Now, many years later with an avid curiosity, the internet, the input of a relative, census records, and property transfer records, the mystery may be solved.
One account has it that there was an elderly lady who stayed with folks in this area known only as "Old Lady Weatherman". When she died people were at a loss as to what to do. They didn't really know who she was, or where any of her relatives might be located. W.M. (DocK) Carver owned the property that is now Carver Cemetery, and gave permission for her to be buried there.
Contact with Lucille Weatherman (note difference of spelling in the last name), provided much more information. Mrs Weathermon (Weatherman)said that "Old lady Weatherman" was her great aunt and that her name was Catherine Cornelia, the wife of James A Weatherman. In the process, I also learned a geography lesson. I always thought that Weatherman Bald Mountain, on the Cherokee County-Clay County line southeast of Andrews, was called that because of some old timer who was sort of a weather forecaster. In fact, the mountain which rises 4,980 feet in elevation was named for Lucille's great grandfather, Henry Weatherman, who fought in the Civil War.
The Weatherman's first came to North Carolina in 1786, an settled in Surry County. The 1900 Census for Graham County shows a Weatherman living here: In the household of Elmore Howell and mother, Catherine Bailey Howell, a Cornelia (Camilla?) Weatherman, age 84, grandmother is listed. Other records show she being born June, 1815, and the date of death as best as we can determine was probably 1902 at age 87. There are no other records of any other Weatherman'[s living in Graham County.
Some old land records show Elmore Howell, one of the first delegates of Aloah Freewill Baptist Church, and his mother Sousand (Susan?) Weatherman Bailey buying fifty acres of land on West Buffalo for $300, from Thomas Carver and his wife, Edie Carver. The date of the deed is September, 26, 1900. This was the people "Old Lady Weatherman" was with in the 1900 Graham County Census. The land was described as adjoining the property of Samuel Lovin, Gug's, Lankford, and others. Another deed dated September 27, 1905 list Elmore Howell, wife Myra Howell, S.E. Bailey of Spavinaw Indian Territory, John Hill and wife Hettie Hill, H.F. Lovin, 4+3/4 acres of land of West Buffalo for $20. Still another deed dated December 15,1910 by Elmore Howell and wife Elmira Howell. S.E.Bailey of Mayes County, Oklahoma-Amanda Jane Crisp $225 for 5 acres of land on West Buffalo.
All of this helps tie the Howell family and "old Lady Weatherman" to the West Buffalo area. Lucille Weathermon (Weatherman)said that Ron and Nancy Johnson were very helpful in helping her obtain some of this information.
It is not known who "Old Lady Weatherman" was staying with when she died. It is possible that she died before the rest of the Weatherman's moved to Oklahoma. It seems unlikely that they would have moved off and left her at her advanced age. There may have only been an unmarked stone on her grave at first, with the present one being added later. When someone asked who was buried there, the reply "Old lady Weatherman ?" With the rest of the family gone, that is all they would have known to put on the stone. It may have taken a century since her death, 1902-2002 to solve the mystery of who she was, but I think we now know. Lucille Weatherman is responsible for adding the remainder of her name, date of birth, and death added to her headstone.
NOTE:Some of the graves in this cemetery were re-located from the cemetery where Suntetlah Lake is located , "OLD LADY WEATHERMAN" was one of those.
INFORMATION COURTESY OF
MARSHALL McClung
Graham Star Correspondent
OTHER CHILDREN:
(1)Jane A. Weatherman b:04-11-1848 NC. d:unk
(2)Clarice Adeline Weatherman b:08-06-1839 Yancey Co. NC. d:08-27-1920 Madison Co.NC.
(3)Martha Matilda Weatherman b:abt 1846 NC. d:unk m David Baker, 03-06-1869 Yancey Co.NC. b:1840 d:unk
(4)William C. Weatherman b:11-1849, Yancey Co.NC. d:aft 1920 Yancey Co.NC.
(5)Martin A Weatherman b:abt 1851 NC d:abt 1890 Yancey Co.NC., Bondsman-William Hutchins, T.C. Gibbs and T.B. Gibbs, b:abt 1863 d:unk
(6)Jane Weatherman
The following research by Helen Anders
1850 United States Federal Census:
Name: Catharine Weatherman age 34,, estimated birth 1816.
SPOUSE: Married James A Weatherman d:01-1870,who died from Scrofula or Tuberculosis of the neck.
Home in 1850, Yancey Co. NC.
Color:White
Gender: Female
Family #: 1375
Household Members:Names & Age
(1)James A Wetherman 38
(2)William Wetherman 2
(3)Cathatine Wetherman 34
(4)Jane M Wetherman 12
(5)Adaline Wetherman 10
(6)Catharine Wetherman 8
(7)Midea Wetherman 6
(8)Matilda Wetherman 4
1870 Census Report (16th July 1870) Carnela Weatherman lived in South Toe Township in household with Martin Weatherman, Son** (lived next door to Catherine Howell and her son Elmore Howell)
1880 United States Federal Census.
Head of Household: Catherine Weatherman Howell
Name: Cornelia Weatherman,
Home: In 1880, Hollow, Poplar, Mitchell, NC, Age 56: Estimated birth year: abt 1824, NC.
Relation to head of household:
Mother to Catherine Weatherman Howell.
Parents birth place: NC
Marital Status: Widowed
Education: can't read or write
1900 Home with Catherine Howell in Cheoah, Graham Co.NC, copy below from Ancestry.com
Name: Cornelia Weatherman (Carmelia Weatherman)
Home in 1900: Cheoah, Graham Co. NC & Robinsville, NC.Age 84
Birth Date: June 1815 NC.
Relationship to Head of House: Grandmother
Parents birth place: NC
Mother: number of children: 8
Marital Status: Widowed
Head of house hold: Elmore Howell,age 28 & wife Mary age 20.
Robert Howell 8, son of Elmore
Catherin Bailey, Mother of Elmore--married Bailey after Howell.
Cornelia Weatherman 84, Grandmother to Elmore Howell.
Catherine Cornelia Weatherman made her home near or with her daughter, Catherine, and then with Catherines's son Elmore -from South Toe to Cheoah***
DIRECTION TO THE CARVER (Long hungry Cem.)
From Asheville, Take Interstate 40 west; EXIT slight right on US 74 Great Smokey Mt. Expy.(sign for US 19/US 23/Clyde/Waynesville/Maggie Valley/Franklin/Murphy/Atlanta/exit).
Take EXIT #85 for Hwy US 23 Bus., you'll drive pass Western Carolina University. Continue on the same hwy, on toward Bryson City;
EXIT on Hwy #28,Continue, by-passing Bryson City.
Driving several miles, and at the top of a hill,
T/L on Hwy #143 (sign reads)Cheohala Parkway, Robinsville, Fontana,(Sweetwater Rd.)about 8 miles to Robinsville.
At Robinsville take Hwy T/L Hwy 129/143 w,(about 1 mile) T/L on MASSEY RD (Hwy# 143 west).
(It will be about (7.3 miles) to STOP sign)
T/R Hwy# 143 w, SNOW BIRD RD.
(About 3.7 miles to Carver Cem).
The road name will change to SATEET LAH RD(continue on Hwy # 143 west),
(As drive, you may notice a road sign on the left (long Hungry rd.)continue on the same road (Hwy.#143w), just a short distance, at the top of the hill will be a sign on the right (CARVER CEMETERY), turn down the dirt road a short distance, and the road will split, take the left road to the top of the cemetery. The headstone of Old Lady Weatherman is down the hill,on the right side, near two Popular trees.
IMPORTANT NOTE:
ONCE YOU LEAVE ROBINSVILLE, HWY #143 w (very important to follow (HWY #143, W) WILL TAKE YOU TO THE DIRT ROAD ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROAD WHICH READS (CARVER CEMETERY).
(Direction to Cemetery at the bottom of the page)
There is a grave in the Carver Cemtery with an inscription on the headstone that reads "Old Lady Weatherman" with no dates of birth and death or any other information. I have gone to this cemetery since I was a young child, at first with my parents to visit the graves of relatives. Invarably, I would be drawn to the Weatherman grave. I would stand there and wonder who she was, and what was her story? Now, many years later with an avid curiosity, the internet, the input of a relative, census records, and property transfer records, the mystery may be solved.
One account has it that there was an elderly lady who stayed with folks in this area known only as "Old Lady Weatherman". When she died people were at a loss as to what to do. They didn't really know who she was, or where any of her relatives might be located. W.M. (DocK) Carver owned the property that is now Carver Cemetery, and gave permission for her to be buried there.
Contact with Lucille Weatherman (note difference of spelling in the last name), provided much more information. Mrs Weathermon (Weatherman)said that "Old lady Weatherman" was her great aunt and that her name was Catherine Cornelia, the wife of James A Weatherman. In the process, I also learned a geography lesson. I always thought that Weatherman Bald Mountain, on the Cherokee County-Clay County line southeast of Andrews, was called that because of some old timer who was sort of a weather forecaster. In fact, the mountain which rises 4,980 feet in elevation was named for Lucille's great grandfather, Henry Weatherman, who fought in the Civil War.
The Weatherman's first came to North Carolina in 1786, an settled in Surry County. The 1900 Census for Graham County shows a Weatherman living here: In the household of Elmore Howell and mother, Catherine Bailey Howell, a Cornelia (Camilla?) Weatherman, age 84, grandmother is listed. Other records show she being born June, 1815, and the date of death as best as we can determine was probably 1902 at age 87. There are no other records of any other Weatherman'[s living in Graham County.
Some old land records show Elmore Howell, one of the first delegates of Aloah Freewill Baptist Church, and his mother Sousand (Susan?) Weatherman Bailey buying fifty acres of land on West Buffalo for $300, from Thomas Carver and his wife, Edie Carver. The date of the deed is September, 26, 1900. This was the people "Old Lady Weatherman" was with in the 1900 Graham County Census. The land was described as adjoining the property of Samuel Lovin, Gug's, Lankford, and others. Another deed dated September 27, 1905 list Elmore Howell, wife Myra Howell, S.E. Bailey of Spavinaw Indian Territory, John Hill and wife Hettie Hill, H.F. Lovin, 4+3/4 acres of land of West Buffalo for $20. Still another deed dated December 15,1910 by Elmore Howell and wife Elmira Howell. S.E.Bailey of Mayes County, Oklahoma-Amanda Jane Crisp $225 for 5 acres of land on West Buffalo.
All of this helps tie the Howell family and "old Lady Weatherman" to the West Buffalo area. Lucille Weathermon (Weatherman)said that Ron and Nancy Johnson were very helpful in helping her obtain some of this information.
It is not known who "Old Lady Weatherman" was staying with when she died. It is possible that she died before the rest of the Weatherman's moved to Oklahoma. It seems unlikely that they would have moved off and left her at her advanced age. There may have only been an unmarked stone on her grave at first, with the present one being added later. When someone asked who was buried there, the reply "Old lady Weatherman ?" With the rest of the family gone, that is all they would have known to put on the stone. It may have taken a century since her death, 1902-2002 to solve the mystery of who she was, but I think we now know. Lucille Weatherman is responsible for adding the remainder of her name, date of birth, and death added to her headstone.
NOTE:Some of the graves in this cemetery were re-located from the cemetery where Suntetlah Lake is located , "OLD LADY WEATHERMAN" was one of those.
INFORMATION COURTESY OF
MARSHALL McClung
Graham Star Correspondent
OTHER CHILDREN:
(1)Jane A. Weatherman b:04-11-1848 NC. d:unk
(2)Clarice Adeline Weatherman b:08-06-1839 Yancey Co. NC. d:08-27-1920 Madison Co.NC.
(3)Martha Matilda Weatherman b:abt 1846 NC. d:unk m David Baker, 03-06-1869 Yancey Co.NC. b:1840 d:unk
(4)William C. Weatherman b:11-1849, Yancey Co.NC. d:aft 1920 Yancey Co.NC.
(5)Martin A Weatherman b:abt 1851 NC d:abt 1890 Yancey Co.NC., Bondsman-William Hutchins, T.C. Gibbs and T.B. Gibbs, b:abt 1863 d:unk
(6)Jane Weatherman
The following research by Helen Anders
1850 United States Federal Census:
Name: Catharine Weatherman age 34,, estimated birth 1816.
SPOUSE: Married James A Weatherman d:01-1870,who died from Scrofula or Tuberculosis of the neck.
Home in 1850, Yancey Co. NC.
Color:White
Gender: Female
Family #: 1375
Household Members:Names & Age
(1)James A Wetherman 38
(2)William Wetherman 2
(3)Cathatine Wetherman 34
(4)Jane M Wetherman 12
(5)Adaline Wetherman 10
(6)Catharine Wetherman 8
(7)Midea Wetherman 6
(8)Matilda Wetherman 4
1870 Census Report (16th July 1870) Carnela Weatherman lived in South Toe Township in household with Martin Weatherman, Son** (lived next door to Catherine Howell and her son Elmore Howell)
1880 United States Federal Census.
Head of Household: Catherine Weatherman Howell
Name: Cornelia Weatherman,
Home: In 1880, Hollow, Poplar, Mitchell, NC, Age 56: Estimated birth year: abt 1824, NC.
Relation to head of household:
Mother to Catherine Weatherman Howell.
Parents birth place: NC
Marital Status: Widowed
Education: can't read or write
1900 Home with Catherine Howell in Cheoah, Graham Co.NC, copy below from Ancestry.com
Name: Cornelia Weatherman (Carmelia Weatherman)
Home in 1900: Cheoah, Graham Co. NC & Robinsville, NC.Age 84
Birth Date: June 1815 NC.
Relationship to Head of House: Grandmother
Parents birth place: NC
Mother: number of children: 8
Marital Status: Widowed
Head of house hold: Elmore Howell,age 28 & wife Mary age 20.
Robert Howell 8, son of Elmore
Catherin Bailey, Mother of Elmore--married Bailey after Howell.
Cornelia Weatherman 84, Grandmother to Elmore Howell.
Catherine Cornelia Weatherman made her home near or with her daughter, Catherine, and then with Catherines's son Elmore -from South Toe to Cheoah***
DIRECTION TO THE CARVER (Long hungry Cem.)
From Asheville, Take Interstate 40 west; EXIT slight right on US 74 Great Smokey Mt. Expy.(sign for US 19/US 23/Clyde/Waynesville/Maggie Valley/Franklin/Murphy/Atlanta/exit).
Take EXIT #85 for Hwy US 23 Bus., you'll drive pass Western Carolina University. Continue on the same hwy, on toward Bryson City;
EXIT on Hwy #28,Continue, by-passing Bryson City.
Driving several miles, and at the top of a hill,
T/L on Hwy #143 (sign reads)Cheohala Parkway, Robinsville, Fontana,(Sweetwater Rd.)about 8 miles to Robinsville.
At Robinsville take Hwy T/L Hwy 129/143 w,(about 1 mile) T/L on MASSEY RD (Hwy# 143 west).
(It will be about (7.3 miles) to STOP sign)
T/R Hwy# 143 w, SNOW BIRD RD.
(About 3.7 miles to Carver Cem).
The road name will change to SATEET LAH RD(continue on Hwy # 143 west),
(As drive, you may notice a road sign on the left (long Hungry rd.)continue on the same road (Hwy.#143w), just a short distance, at the top of the hill will be a sign on the right (CARVER CEMETERY), turn down the dirt road a short distance, and the road will split, take the left road to the top of the cemetery. The headstone of Old Lady Weatherman is down the hill,on the right side, near two Popular trees.
IMPORTANT NOTE:
ONCE YOU LEAVE ROBINSVILLE, HWY #143 w (very important to follow (HWY #143, W) WILL TAKE YOU TO THE DIRT ROAD ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROAD WHICH READS (CARVER CEMETERY).
OLD LADY WEATHERMAN
(Direction to Cemetery at the bottom of the page)
There is a grave in the Carver Cemtery with an inscription on the headstone that reads "Old Lady Weatherman" with no dates of birth and death or any other information. I have gone to this cemetery since I was a young child, at first with my parents to visit the graves of relatives. Invarably, I would be drawn to the Weatherman grave. I would stand there and wonder who she was, and what was her story? Now, many years later with an avid curiosity, the internet, the input of a relative, census records, and property transfer records, the mystery may be solved.
One account has it that there was an elderly lady who stayed with folks in this area known only as "Old Lady Weatherman". When she died people were at a loss as to what to do. They didn't really know who she was, or where any of her relatives might be located. W.M. (DocK) Carver owned the property that is now Carver Cemetery, and gave permission for her to be buried there.
Contact with Lucille Weatherman (note difference of spelling in the last name), provided much more information. Mrs Weathermon (Weatherman)said that "Old lady Weatherman" was her great aunt and that her name was Catherine Cornelia, the wife of James A Weatherman. In the process, I also learned a geography lesson. I always thought that Weatherman Bald Mountain, on the Cherokee County-Clay County line southeast of Andrews, was called that because of some old timer who was sort of a weather forecaster. In fact, the mountain which rises 4,980 feet in elevation was named for Lucille's great grandfather, Henry Weatherman, who fought in the Civil War.
The Weatherman's first came to North Carolina in 1786, an settled in Surry County. The 1900 Census for Graham County shows a Weatherman living here: In the household of Elmore Howell and mother, Catherine Bailey Howell, a Cornelia (Camilla?) Weatherman, age 84, grandmother is listed. Other records show she being born June, 1815, and the date of death as best as we can determine was probably 1902 at age 87. There are no other records of any other Weatherman'[s living in Graham County.
Some old land records show Elmore Howell, one of the first delegates of Aloah Freewill Baptist Church, and his mother Sousand (Susan?) Weatherman Bailey buying fifty acres of land on West Buffalo for $300, from Thomas Carver and his wife, Edie Carver. The date of the deed is September, 26, 1900. This was the people "Old Lady Weatherman" was with in the 1900 Graham County Census. The land was described as adjoining the property of Samuel Lovin, Gug's, Lankford, and others. Another deed dated September 27, 1905 list Elmore Howell, wife Myra Howell, S.E. Bailey of Spavinaw Indian Territory, John Hill and wife Hettie Hill, H.F. Lovin, 4+3/4 acres of land of West Buffalo for $20. Still another deed dated December 15,1910 by Elmore Howell and wife Elmira Howell. S.E.Bailey of Mayes County, Oklahoma-Amanda Jane Crisp $225 for 5 acres of land on West Buffalo.
All of this helps tie the Howell family and "old Lady Weatherman" to the West Buffalo area. Lucille Weathermon (Weatherman)said that Ron and Nancy Johnson were very helpful in helping her obtain some of this information.
It is not known who "Old Lady Weatherman" was staying with when she died. It is possible that she died before the rest of the Weatherman's moved to Oklahoma. It seems unlikely that they would have moved off and left her at her advanced age. There may have only been an unmarked stone on her grave at first, with the present one being added later. When someone asked who was buried there, the reply "Old lady Weatherman ?" With the rest of the family gone, that is all they would have known to put on the stone. It may have taken a century since her death, 1902-2002 to solve the mystery of who she was, but I think we now know. Lucille Weatherman is responsible for adding the remainder of her name, date of birth, and death added to her headstone.
NOTE:Some of the graves in this cemetery were re-located from the cemetery where Suntetlah Lake is located , "OLD LADY WEATHERMAN" was one of those.
INFORMATION COURTESY OF
MARSHALL McClung
Graham Star Correspondent
OTHER CHILDREN:
(1)Jane A. Weatherman b:04-11-1848 NC. d:unk
(2)Clarice Adeline Weatherman b:08-06-1839 Yancey Co. NC. d:08-27-1920 Madison Co.NC.
(3)Martha Matilda Weatherman b:abt 1846 NC. d:unk m David Baker, 03-06-1869 Yancey Co.NC. b:1840 d:unk
(4)William C. Weatherman b:11-1849, Yancey Co.NC. d:aft 1920 Yancey Co.NC.
(5)Martin A Weatherman b:abt 1851 NC d:abt 1890 Yancey Co.NC., Bondsman-William Hutchins, T.C. Gibbs and T.B. Gibbs, b:abt 1863 d:unk
(6)Jane Weatherman
The following research by Helen Anders
1850 United States Federal Census:
Name: Catharine Weatherman age 34,, estimated birth 1816.
SPOUSE: Married James A Weatherman d:01-1870,who died from Scrofula or Tuberculosis of the neck.
Home in 1850, Yancey Co. NC.
Color:White
Gender: Female
Family #: 1375
Household Members:Names & Age
(1)James A Wetherman 38
(2)William Wetherman 2
(3)Cathatine Wetherman 34
(4)Jane M Wetherman 12
(5)Adaline Wetherman 10
(6)Catharine Wetherman 8
(7)Midea Wetherman 6
(8)Matilda Wetherman 4
1870 Census Report (16th July 1870) Carnela Weatherman lived in South Toe Township in household with Martin Weatherman, Son** (lived next door to Catherine Howell and her son Elmore Howell)
1880 United States Federal Census.
Head of Household: Catherine Weatherman Howell
Name: Cornelia Weatherman,
Home: In 1880, Hollow, Poplar, Mitchell, NC, Age 56: Estimated birth year: abt 1824, NC.
Relation to head of household:
Mother to Catherine Weatherman Howell.
Parents birth place: NC
Marital Status: Widowed
Education: can't read or write
1900 Home with Catherine Howell in Cheoah, Graham Co.NC, copy below from Ancestry.com
Name: Cornelia Weatherman (Carmelia Weatherman)
Home in 1900: Cheoah, Graham Co. NC & Robinsville, NC.Age 84
Birth Date: June 1815 NC.
Relationship to Head of House: Grandmother
Parents birth place: NC
Mother: number of children: 8
Marital Status: Widowed
Head of house hold: Elmore Howell,age 28 & wife Mary age 20.
Robert Howell 8, son of Elmore
Catherin Bailey, Mother of Elmore--married Bailey after Howell.
Cornelia Weatherman 84, Grandmother to Elmore Howell.
Catherine Cornelia Weatherman made her home near or with her daughter, Catherine, and then with Catherines's son Elmore -from South Toe to Cheoah***
DIRECTION TO THE CARVER (Long hungry Cem.)
From Asheville, Take Interstate 40 west; EXIT slight right on US 74 Great Smokey Mt. Expy.(sign for US 19/US 23/Clyde/Waynesville/Maggie Valley/Franklin/Murphy/Atlanta/exit).
Take EXIT #85 for Hwy US 23 Bus., you'll drive pass Western Carolina University. Continue on the same hwy, on toward Bryson City;
EXIT on Hwy #28,Continue, by-passing Bryson City.
Driving several miles, and at the top of a hill,
T/L on Hwy #143 (sign reads)Cheohala Parkway, Robinsville, Fontana,(Sweetwater Rd.)about 8 miles to Robinsville.
At Robinsville take Hwy T/L Hwy 129/143 w,(about 1 mile) T/L on MASSEY RD (Hwy# 143 west).
(It will be about (7.3 miles) to STOP sign)
T/R Hwy# 143 w, SNOW BIRD RD.
(About 3.7 miles to Carver Cem).
The road name will change to SATEET LAH RD(continue on Hwy # 143 west),
(As drive, you may notice a road sign on the left (long Hungry rd.)continue on the same road (Hwy.#143w), just a short distance, at the top of the hill will be a sign on the right (CARVER CEMETERY), turn down the dirt road a short distance, and the road will split, take the left road to the top of the cemetery. The headstone of Old Lady Weatherman is down the hill,on the right side, near two Popular trees.
IMPORTANT NOTE:
ONCE YOU LEAVE ROBINSVILLE, HWY #143 w (very important to follow (HWY #143, W) WILL TAKE YOU TO THE DIRT ROAD ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROAD WHICH READS (CARVER CEMETERY).
(Direction to Cemetery at the bottom of the page)
There is a grave in the Carver Cemtery with an inscription on the headstone that reads "Old Lady Weatherman" with no dates of birth and death or any other information. I have gone to this cemetery since I was a young child, at first with my parents to visit the graves of relatives. Invarably, I would be drawn to the Weatherman grave. I would stand there and wonder who she was, and what was her story? Now, many years later with an avid curiosity, the internet, the input of a relative, census records, and property transfer records, the mystery may be solved.
One account has it that there was an elderly lady who stayed with folks in this area known only as "Old Lady Weatherman". When she died people were at a loss as to what to do. They didn't really know who she was, or where any of her relatives might be located. W.M. (DocK) Carver owned the property that is now Carver Cemetery, and gave permission for her to be buried there.
Contact with Lucille Weatherman (note difference of spelling in the last name), provided much more information. Mrs Weathermon (Weatherman)said that "Old lady Weatherman" was her great aunt and that her name was Catherine Cornelia, the wife of James A Weatherman. In the process, I also learned a geography lesson. I always thought that Weatherman Bald Mountain, on the Cherokee County-Clay County line southeast of Andrews, was called that because of some old timer who was sort of a weather forecaster. In fact, the mountain which rises 4,980 feet in elevation was named for Lucille's great grandfather, Henry Weatherman, who fought in the Civil War.
The Weatherman's first came to North Carolina in 1786, an settled in Surry County. The 1900 Census for Graham County shows a Weatherman living here: In the household of Elmore Howell and mother, Catherine Bailey Howell, a Cornelia (Camilla?) Weatherman, age 84, grandmother is listed. Other records show she being born June, 1815, and the date of death as best as we can determine was probably 1902 at age 87. There are no other records of any other Weatherman'[s living in Graham County.
Some old land records show Elmore Howell, one of the first delegates of Aloah Freewill Baptist Church, and his mother Sousand (Susan?) Weatherman Bailey buying fifty acres of land on West Buffalo for $300, from Thomas Carver and his wife, Edie Carver. The date of the deed is September, 26, 1900. This was the people "Old Lady Weatherman" was with in the 1900 Graham County Census. The land was described as adjoining the property of Samuel Lovin, Gug's, Lankford, and others. Another deed dated September 27, 1905 list Elmore Howell, wife Myra Howell, S.E. Bailey of Spavinaw Indian Territory, John Hill and wife Hettie Hill, H.F. Lovin, 4+3/4 acres of land of West Buffalo for $20. Still another deed dated December 15,1910 by Elmore Howell and wife Elmira Howell. S.E.Bailey of Mayes County, Oklahoma-Amanda Jane Crisp $225 for 5 acres of land on West Buffalo.
All of this helps tie the Howell family and "old Lady Weatherman" to the West Buffalo area. Lucille Weathermon (Weatherman)said that Ron and Nancy Johnson were very helpful in helping her obtain some of this information.
It is not known who "Old Lady Weatherman" was staying with when she died. It is possible that she died before the rest of the Weatherman's moved to Oklahoma. It seems unlikely that they would have moved off and left her at her advanced age. There may have only been an unmarked stone on her grave at first, with the present one being added later. When someone asked who was buried there, the reply "Old lady Weatherman ?" With the rest of the family gone, that is all they would have known to put on the stone. It may have taken a century since her death, 1902-2002 to solve the mystery of who she was, but I think we now know. Lucille Weatherman is responsible for adding the remainder of her name, date of birth, and death added to her headstone.
NOTE:Some of the graves in this cemetery were re-located from the cemetery where Suntetlah Lake is located , "OLD LADY WEATHERMAN" was one of those.
INFORMATION COURTESY OF
MARSHALL McClung
Graham Star Correspondent
OTHER CHILDREN:
(1)Jane A. Weatherman b:04-11-1848 NC. d:unk
(2)Clarice Adeline Weatherman b:08-06-1839 Yancey Co. NC. d:08-27-1920 Madison Co.NC.
(3)Martha Matilda Weatherman b:abt 1846 NC. d:unk m David Baker, 03-06-1869 Yancey Co.NC. b:1840 d:unk
(4)William C. Weatherman b:11-1849, Yancey Co.NC. d:aft 1920 Yancey Co.NC.
(5)Martin A Weatherman b:abt 1851 NC d:abt 1890 Yancey Co.NC., Bondsman-William Hutchins, T.C. Gibbs and T.B. Gibbs, b:abt 1863 d:unk
(6)Jane Weatherman
The following research by Helen Anders
1850 United States Federal Census:
Name: Catharine Weatherman age 34,, estimated birth 1816.
SPOUSE: Married James A Weatherman d:01-1870,who died from Scrofula or Tuberculosis of the neck.
Home in 1850, Yancey Co. NC.
Color:White
Gender: Female
Family #: 1375
Household Members:Names & Age
(1)James A Wetherman 38
(2)William Wetherman 2
(3)Cathatine Wetherman 34
(4)Jane M Wetherman 12
(5)Adaline Wetherman 10
(6)Catharine Wetherman 8
(7)Midea Wetherman 6
(8)Matilda Wetherman 4
1870 Census Report (16th July 1870) Carnela Weatherman lived in South Toe Township in household with Martin Weatherman, Son** (lived next door to Catherine Howell and her son Elmore Howell)
1880 United States Federal Census.
Head of Household: Catherine Weatherman Howell
Name: Cornelia Weatherman,
Home: In 1880, Hollow, Poplar, Mitchell, NC, Age 56: Estimated birth year: abt 1824, NC.
Relation to head of household:
Mother to Catherine Weatherman Howell.
Parents birth place: NC
Marital Status: Widowed
Education: can't read or write
1900 Home with Catherine Howell in Cheoah, Graham Co.NC, copy below from Ancestry.com
Name: Cornelia Weatherman (Carmelia Weatherman)
Home in 1900: Cheoah, Graham Co. NC & Robinsville, NC.Age 84
Birth Date: June 1815 NC.
Relationship to Head of House: Grandmother
Parents birth place: NC
Mother: number of children: 8
Marital Status: Widowed
Head of house hold: Elmore Howell,age 28 & wife Mary age 20.
Robert Howell 8, son of Elmore
Catherin Bailey, Mother of Elmore--married Bailey after Howell.
Cornelia Weatherman 84, Grandmother to Elmore Howell.
Catherine Cornelia Weatherman made her home near or with her daughter, Catherine, and then with Catherines's son Elmore -from South Toe to Cheoah***
DIRECTION TO THE CARVER (Long hungry Cem.)
From Asheville, Take Interstate 40 west; EXIT slight right on US 74 Great Smokey Mt. Expy.(sign for US 19/US 23/Clyde/Waynesville/Maggie Valley/Franklin/Murphy/Atlanta/exit).
Take EXIT #85 for Hwy US 23 Bus., you'll drive pass Western Carolina University. Continue on the same hwy, on toward Bryson City;
EXIT on Hwy #28,Continue, by-passing Bryson City.
Driving several miles, and at the top of a hill,
T/L on Hwy #143 (sign reads)Cheohala Parkway, Robinsville, Fontana,(Sweetwater Rd.)about 8 miles to Robinsville.
At Robinsville take Hwy T/L Hwy 129/143 w,(about 1 mile) T/L on MASSEY RD (Hwy# 143 west).
(It will be about (7.3 miles) to STOP sign)
T/R Hwy# 143 w, SNOW BIRD RD.
(About 3.7 miles to Carver Cem).
The road name will change to SATEET LAH RD(continue on Hwy # 143 west),
(As drive, you may notice a road sign on the left (long Hungry rd.)continue on the same road (Hwy.#143w), just a short distance, at the top of the hill will be a sign on the right (CARVER CEMETERY), turn down the dirt road a short distance, and the road will split, take the left road to the top of the cemetery. The headstone of Old Lady Weatherman is down the hill,on the right side, near two Popular trees.
IMPORTANT NOTE:
ONCE YOU LEAVE ROBINSVILLE, HWY #143 w (very important to follow (HWY #143, W) WILL TAKE YOU TO THE DIRT ROAD ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROAD WHICH READS (CARVER CEMETERY).
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