Atwater and Strowd Family Folder

Photographs generously shared by Bebe Fox
Left: Bruce Strowd, abt. 12 years old, in his twin steer calf cart on Franklin Street in Chapel Hill, abt. 1903.  This cart preceded his Strowdmobile, pictured below.

With special thanks to Bebe Fox, Mr. Strowd's granddaughter, for sharing this photo with us! 

     Bebe gives us this info about the background in the photo: "I believe that was the old Seaton Barbee house across the street, the house was replaced by the Carolina Coffee Shop, I don't know when the house was razed. To the left of the house was the original University Methodist Church.  That building was replaced in about 1937.  The small amount of brick building you can see to the right of the Barbee house remains and has been Julian's, a men's clothing store."    

 

 

The drawing to the right was done by William Prince Smith, from a description provided by Mr. Strowd, who built the Strowdmobile when he was 16 years old.  

Rev. Wilson Atwater, married Eleanor McCauley, 12/23/1819; minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church South; died 7/31/1885.  His father-in-law, Capt. Matthew McCauley, was held captive on the British prison ship, The Eske, served at Valley Forge and donated 150 acres of land toward founding of U.N.C.
Edmund Browder Atwater was born 5/27/1804; he married Martha Snipes, dau. of Wm. and Martha Bynum Snipes; he died 1/1/1893.  He was a prosperous and religious man, a Methodist, who was known to give rousing prayers at "The Rock" in Upson Co., GA.
Jahaza Atwater married Sarah Washington Stone, 11/11/1833, who was the dau. of John Stone and his second wife, Elizabeth Boothe, whose mother was a Barbee.  Jahaza was the father of John Wilbur Atwater, Civil War, NC Senate, US Rep. from NC; he was the father-in-law of US Con. Wm. F. "Buck" Strowd.
Jehiel Atwater was born 3/17/1817; married  Martha C. Warren, 12/10/1840; he died 1/17/1876.  He was the ancestor of Repub. Nat. Chairman, Lee Atwater.
Honorable William Franklin "Buck" Strowd
served as US Congressman; he was the son of Bryant Strowd and Martha Cynthia Wilson; Patsy was the daughter of John
Wilson and Eunice Browder.  John Wilson was founder of Damascus Congregational Church.		 Louisiana Atwater Strowd,
wife of W. F. Strowd,
daughter of Jahaza Atwater
and Sarah Washington Stone;
descendant of Joseph Barbee.
Alexander Atwater, former slave
of William Franklin Strowd,
he served him throughout the Civil War.
NC State Legislator Matthew Atwater, whose wife was Emily Snipes; Matthew was the father of
William Bascom Atwater.  Civil War soldiers used his home in Orange County to rest between battles.
Mattie Atwater Strowd,
first wife of Bruce Strowd
and Bebe's grandmother.
Martha Helen Clegg Atwater,
wife of William Bascom Atwater;
daughter of David Clegg
and Eliza Bynum.
David was the son of
Bridget Polk Cegg.


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