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Taken about 1905, this is Quinton Riddick Hurdle (1840-1924) and Henrietta White Hurdle (1855-1942) with 9 of their 10 children, a son-in-law James Copland, and their eldest grandchild, Quinton Raper Hurdle (1898-1991), taken on their farm at Belvidere, NC. Aunt "Ret" was a sister of my great2-grandfather, Willis Doctrine White (1865-1894). Their grandson Quint is the little boy in front holding Ret's hand. The girl holding Ret's left hand is her youngest child, Katherine "Eucil" Hurdle (Boyce)(1898-1982). The boy to Uncle Quinton's right is Jerome West Hurdle (1896-1963). The girls behind Jerome are, left to right, Clemma White Hurdle (Hayman)(1892-1985), Olive Hurdle (Lane)(1889-1918), Laura Eley Hurdle (Copland)(1882- ?) with husband James Phillips Copland behind her left side, and Bessie Elethia Hurdle (Parker)(1882-1935). In back are Earl Anderson Hurdle (1887-1961), John Quinton Hurdle (ca. 1877-ca. 1905), James Phillips Copland, and Hubert Doctrine Hurdle (1885-1962). The eldest child, William Carson Hurdle (1875-1940), is the only one not pictured, as he had already left home and settled in the New Hope vicinity of Perquimans County, but his son Quinton Raper Hurdle in front is shown. Photo courtesy of William C. Hurdle's grandson, John Quinton Caddy of New Hope, with whom we found in April, 2009 the Hurdle family plot off Perry's Bridge Road in northern Perquimans County where Ret, Quinton, his sister, and daughter Olive are buried, after a thorough search through a farm. I hope we can eventually find the plot nearby where Ret's parents, Doctrine R. Perry White (ca. 1806-1883) and Elizabeth "Catherine" Whitehead White (ca. 1828-bet. 1883-1890), my great3-grandparents, are buried, as my great2-grandfather Willis D. White is probably buried there also. Mr. Caddy had been to that cemetery also more than 30 years ago, and its location has been forgotten.
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