Charles Meekins Brickhouse

 

Charles Meekins Brickhouse was born February 25, 1891 in Tyrrell County, NC to James Gilbert Brickhouse and his wife, Hattie Della Swain.  He died in 1992 at the age of 101. 

 

Charles graduated from the North Carolina State College in Raleigh in 1914 with a BS degree in Animal Industry.  He also attended Colorado A & M. 

 

During World War I, Charles served as a Sergeant in the 306th Engineers (1918-1919).

 

He had a long and successful career as a teacher, principal, Tyrrell County Farm Superintendent, and as District Farm Agent.

 

He and his wife, Sallie Mae Andrews raised two nieces and two nephews of his wife.

 

In 1989 he gave the NCSU Alumni Association $50,000 to establish an endowment fund that helps Cooperative Extension Service employees attend seminars, conferences and graduate programs.

 

He received the Order of the Long Leaf Pine citation from Governor James G. Martin on his 100th birthday.

John Willoughby Brickhouse and Family Photograph

 

This picture of John Willoughby Brickhouse and his family was brought to the reunion this year by Mary Erra.  John was born May 8, 1867 in Tyrrell County, NC.  He died in Norfolk, VA on December 6, 1930.  I was told that he was working as a watchman in Norfolk when he was murdered by a black man for some pocket change. 

 

He was the son of James Samuel Brickhouse and his wife, Lurina Caroline Richardson.  Their old homestead was located on Grapevine Landing Road in Gum Neck.  The old family cemetery is located just across from the old homestead in a field that is now overgrown.

 

Camille Everton located the cemetery while doing research on her book cemetery book.  She took me to visit this cemetery in 1989 after the family reunion. 

John Willoughby Brickhouse, Pearl Sawyer Brickhouse, Albert Monroe Brickhouse, Johnnie Milton Brickhouse, Caddie Eleanor Brickhouse.  Gum Neck, NC circa 1900

When he passed away at the age of 101, he was the oldest alumni of North Carolina State University.

He was buried in Riverside Memorial Cemetery, South Norfolk, Virginia.  This is a picture of his tombstone.