Alfred Augustus McKethan, Sr.
Married Lovedy McAlister on 21 Dec 1833 in Cumberland County, NC
He was the son of Christian McKethan, the daughter of John and Grisella McAllister McKethan . The name of his father is unknown. Little is known of McKethan's early life and education. In 1832 he began the manufacture of carriages, an enterprise that later made him a prominent figure in the economic and political life of the Cape Fear region.
The Fayetteville Observer-Times, Sunday Morning, March 7, 1982: "The MacKethan Carriage Factory, by Lucile Johnson. Alfred Augustus MacKethan Sr. was connected with a business that was vital to his time, the A.A. MacKethan and Sons Carriage Factory. Born in 1809, he died in 1890...The records in Cumberland County show that the establishment of the Carriage Factory was his lifetime accomplishment, having been organized in 1825 (sic) when he was 26 years old...When the company was established, A.A. MacKethan had as his partner Charles T. Gardner, and the firm was known as Gardner-MacKethan Carriage and Coach Company. In 1866 Gardner sold his interest to MacKethan, and the firm name became A.A. MacKethan and Sons.
"The business was located on a large lot on Person and Dick Streets that had been purchased from Alexander and Archibald McLaughlin. Warehouses were located on other lots, one on Cool Spring Street that had belonged to Thomas Waddill and one on New Street that held the Cape Fear Navigation Co. and Warehouse that had earlier belonged to Paris J. Tillinghast.
"Alfred Augustus MacKethan did not confine his activities entirely to his business, for he served as representative from Ward 5 on the city council (or the board of aldermen in that day) for many years.
"During the Confederate war period, he served on a special committee set up to provide a commissary store for destitute made so by the approaching enemy in 1865 [These were Sherman's forces]."
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Married Lovedy McAlister on 21 Dec 1833 in Cumberland County, NC
He was the son of Christian McKethan, the daughter of John and Grisella McAllister McKethan . The name of his father is unknown. Little is known of McKethan's early life and education. In 1832 he began the manufacture of carriages, an enterprise that later made him a prominent figure in the economic and political life of the Cape Fear region.
The Fayetteville Observer-Times, Sunday Morning, March 7, 1982: "The MacKethan Carriage Factory, by Lucile Johnson. Alfred Augustus MacKethan Sr. was connected with a business that was vital to his time, the A.A. MacKethan and Sons Carriage Factory. Born in 1809, he died in 1890...The records in Cumberland County show that the establishment of the Carriage Factory was his lifetime accomplishment, having been organized in 1825 (sic) when he was 26 years old...When the company was established, A.A. MacKethan had as his partner Charles T. Gardner, and the firm was known as Gardner-MacKethan Carriage and Coach Company. In 1866 Gardner sold his interest to MacKethan, and the firm name became A.A. MacKethan and Sons.
"The business was located on a large lot on Person and Dick Streets that had been purchased from Alexander and Archibald McLaughlin. Warehouses were located on other lots, one on Cool Spring Street that had belonged to Thomas Waddill and one on New Street that held the Cape Fear Navigation Co. and Warehouse that had earlier belonged to Paris J. Tillinghast.
"Alfred Augustus MacKethan did not confine his activities entirely to his business, for he served as representative from Ward 5 on the city council (or the board of aldermen in that day) for many years.
"During the Confederate war period, he served on a special committee set up to provide a commissary store for destitute made so by the approaching enemy in 1865 [These were Sherman's forces]."
http://ncpedia.org/biography/mckethan-alfred-augustus
Alfred Augustus McKethan, Sr.
Married Lovedy McAlister on 21 Dec 1833 in Cumberland County, NC
He was the son of Christian McKethan, the daughter of John and Grisella McAllister McKethan . The name of his father is unknown. Little is known of McKethan's early life and education. In 1832 he began the manufacture of carriages, an enterprise that later made him a prominent figure in the economic and political life of the Cape Fear region.
The Fayetteville Observer-Times, Sunday Morning, March 7, 1982: "The MacKethan Carriage Factory, by Lucile Johnson. Alfred Augustus MacKethan Sr. was connected with a business that was vital to his time, the A.A. MacKethan and Sons Carriage Factory. Born in 1809, he died in 1890...The records in Cumberland County show that the establishment of the Carriage Factory was his lifetime accomplishment, having been organized in 1825 (sic) when he was 26 years old...When the company was established, A.A. MacKethan had as his partner Charles T. Gardner, and the firm was known as Gardner-MacKethan Carriage and Coach Company. In 1866 Gardner sold his interest to MacKethan, and the firm name became A.A. MacKethan and Sons.
"The business was located on a large lot on Person and Dick Streets that had been purchased from Alexander and Archibald McLaughlin. Warehouses were located on other lots, one on Cool Spring Street that had belonged to Thomas Waddill and one on New Street that held the Cape Fear Navigation Co. and Warehouse that had earlier belonged to Paris J. Tillinghast.
"Alfred Augustus MacKethan did not confine his activities entirely to his business, for he served as representative from Ward 5 on the city council (or the board of aldermen in that day) for many years.
"During the Confederate war period, he served on a special committee set up to provide a commissary store for destitute made so by the approaching enemy in 1865 [These were Sherman's forces]."
http://ncpedia.org/biography/mckethan-alfred-augustus
Married Lovedy McAlister on 21 Dec 1833 in Cumberland County, NC
He was the son of Christian McKethan, the daughter of John and Grisella McAllister McKethan . The name of his father is unknown. Little is known of McKethan's early life and education. In 1832 he began the manufacture of carriages, an enterprise that later made him a prominent figure in the economic and political life of the Cape Fear region.
The Fayetteville Observer-Times, Sunday Morning, March 7, 1982: "The MacKethan Carriage Factory, by Lucile Johnson. Alfred Augustus MacKethan Sr. was connected with a business that was vital to his time, the A.A. MacKethan and Sons Carriage Factory. Born in 1809, he died in 1890...The records in Cumberland County show that the establishment of the Carriage Factory was his lifetime accomplishment, having been organized in 1825 (sic) when he was 26 years old...When the company was established, A.A. MacKethan had as his partner Charles T. Gardner, and the firm was known as Gardner-MacKethan Carriage and Coach Company. In 1866 Gardner sold his interest to MacKethan, and the firm name became A.A. MacKethan and Sons.
"The business was located on a large lot on Person and Dick Streets that had been purchased from Alexander and Archibald McLaughlin. Warehouses were located on other lots, one on Cool Spring Street that had belonged to Thomas Waddill and one on New Street that held the Cape Fear Navigation Co. and Warehouse that had earlier belonged to Paris J. Tillinghast.
"Alfred Augustus MacKethan did not confine his activities entirely to his business, for he served as representative from Ward 5 on the city council (or the board of aldermen in that day) for many years.
"During the Confederate war period, he served on a special committee set up to provide a commissary store for destitute made so by the approaching enemy in 1865 [These were Sherman's forces]."
http://ncpedia.org/biography/mckethan-alfred-augustus
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