G2G: Is any info availabe on James Harold Petty bron in Siler City, NC in the 1920s

Question

James Harold Petty was the husban to my sister, Dorothy Jean Abernethy.  He was the equivalent of a Navy Seal in WW2  and was injured by a Japnanese underwater mine. He receoved the purple heart.  He was born in Siler City on the old Petty Farm whioch grew tobacco.  I am searching for more information and the family trree,  Both he and his wife are burried in Siler City, NC.  

 

Bruce Abernethy

maida.shane --at-- att.net

Answer 1

He can be found on https://familysearch.org/   by using the free search tool.

Father Thadeus Erven Petty, mother Carrie Holt.  Examples:

James Harold Petty

 Birth  14 Aug 1922  Chatham, NC

Other Location: Haw River

Father: Thaddeus E Petty

 

Petty  male  = (M Linwood)

Birth  13 Mar 1915  Chatham, NC

Other Location: Cape Fear

Father: Thadius Petty

U S Census, 1930 Matthews, Chatham, NC

Head  T Erven Petty M 42 NC

Wife  Carrie B Petty F 41 NC

Dau  Katie Lee Petty F 19 NC

Son  M Liwood Petty M 15 NC

Son  J Harrold Petty  M 7 NC

Deaths

Murphy Linwood Petty

Death 11 May 1974 Greensboro, Guilford, NC

Est Birth1915

Father  Thaddeus Petty  Mother Carrie Holt

Spouse Edith White

 

Katie Lee Mcneill

 Death  14 Jun 1985  Siler City, Chatham, NC

Birth 08 Apr 1911 Chatham, NC

Burial  16 Jun 1985  Siler City, NC  Chatham Memorial Park

Residence: Rt. 2 Box 330 Siler City, Chatham, North Carolina

Marital Status: Widowed

Birth Date: 08 Apr 1911

Father  Thadous Petty  Mother  Carrie Holt

Marriages

Linwood Petty

Marriage 17 Dec 1933 Chatham, NC

Age 21

Father  T E Petty Mother Carrie Petty

Spouse  Edith White

Age 21

Father  J H White  Mother  Elizabeth White

 

James H. Petty Birth  1922

Bride Dorothy Abernethy  Birth

Marriage  16 Dec 1945 Charlotte, Mecklenburg, NC