Josie (Fearrington) Alston (1897 - 1985)

Born 29 Dec 1897 in Chatham County, North Carolina, USA

Wife of Lenious Scurlock — married 14 Mar 1925 in Center Township, Chatham, North Carolina, United States

Wife of Lemuel Alston — married after 1942 in North Carolina, United States

Descendants

Died 5 May 1985 at age 87 in Sanford, Lee County, North Carolina, USA

Biography

Josie (Fearrington) Alston is a part of US Black heritage.

Josie was born in 1897 to General Fearrington and Francis "Sinnie" Degraffenreid.^[1] She married Lenious Scurlack in 1925 ^[2]and they had issue.

Josie is recorded in 1930 with son Luther, husband Lenious Spurlock, six of their children and a relative:

Lenious Scurlack Husband

1. Patrick Scurlack, 1
2. Lenious Scurlack Jr., 2
3. Kinston Scurlack, 3
4. Robert Scurlack, 4
5. Francis Scurlack, 7
6. William Scurlack, 8
7. Luther Scurlack, 14

Berta Scurlack, Age 17, "relative"^[3]

Josie married Lemuel Alston after 1942, when he was widowed.

She passed away in 1985, 87 years old, from "Organic Brain Syndrome".^[4] Burial: Saint Matthew A.M.E. Zion Church Cemetery Pittsboro Chatham County North Carolina, USA^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSYM-JVX : Thu Aug 03 20:49:27 UTC 2023), Entry for General Fearrington and Frances Fearrington, 1900.
2. ↑ Marriage "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q28T-BHPF : 22 July 2021), Jim Fearington in entry for Lenius Scurlock and Jose Fearington, 14 Mar 1925; citing Center Township, Chatham, North Carolina, United States, p. , North Carolina State Archives Division of Archives and History; FHL microfilm 2,441,222.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1930", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X3SW-BGJ : Fri Aug 04 11:10:54 UTC 2023), Entry for Lenious Scu?Lack and Josie Scu?Lack, 1930.
4. ↑ "North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FG4Y-NLD : 29 September 2022), Sinnie in entry for Josie F. Alston, 1985.
5. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/126105826/josie-alston: accessed 07 August 2023), memorial page for Josie Fearrington Alston (29 Dec 1897–5 May 1985), Find a Grave Memorial ID 126105826, citing Saint Matthew A.M.E. Zion Church Cemetery, Pittsboro, Chatham County, North Carolina, USA; Maintained by greensboro24 (contributor 47844350).