Pound Supper, Social Custom, 1910, U.S., Georgia, Whitfield County

While researching the Stacy family of Five Springs (and/or of Antioch), Whitfield County, Georgia, I found a description of a "pound supper" given by the Baileys (with a Stacy in attendance).

I couldn't find anything on a pound supper, but found a description of a "pound party," in which everyone brings a pound of food (or a pound of groceries). Such parties are sometimes given for newlyweds or for new arrivals to the neighborhood, and maybe just for socializing. Locally, the party must have been called a "supper," or maybe that was meant as a hint of the late hour that the meal would be taken.

The description of the supper, given around December 10, 1910, says that it was given on Saturday night by Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Bailey in honor of Mrs. Carter of Cartersville (Georgia). The guests were not invited into the dining room to feast until 11:00, which seems pretty late for a "supper." The decorations are described ("ferns, holly, and chrysanthemums"), but no games, dancing, or other forms of entertainment are mentioned, except that there was a contest to see who had baked the best cake: "Misses Lizzie Kreischer and Mollie Callahan won the prize on having the nicest cakes; ..." (There were judges for the contest.) There probably was entertainment, but it is not mentioned in the column.

The guests included men and women of the county (most of the surnames can be recognized as local names). These were probably young adults of the upper-middle class or merchant/business class, property owners, and fairly well-to-do farmers from the Five Springs, Antioch, and River Bend communities (mid-to-southern Whitfield County).

The item appeared in a social/gossip column in The Dalton Citizen (North Georgia Citizen) called 'Everywhere' (containing 'news'--mostly personal mentions or gossip--from 'everywhere.' It seems to be mostly personal mentions about local persons, but not specifically related to one community or another, as the other columns are.

Guests/Surnames by community:

• (Dalton): Tankersley and Wade

• (River Bend): Callahan, Cash, Evans, Holland, Kreischer, Moore, Parlee, and Whitmire 

• (unspecified): Callahan, Evans, Holland, Kreischer, Moore, Noland, Stacy, Whitener, and Whitmire

Some of the names from the unspecified area(s) are known to be from the Five Springs, Antioch, and Busy Bee Valley communities. One of the Evanses mentioned is Addie Evans, who helped entertain (that is, was one of the hostesses of the event, I think). I believe she was a relative of Catherine Evans Whitener's and owned a spreadhouse (not sure--just a recollection from my knowledge of the local tufting-industry history). Mrs. J. M. Bailey, Mrs. Clark, and Mrs. Noland are also mentioned as having helped entertain, which is interesting, since the party was given in honor of Mrs. Clark.

Mr. Roy Vance was complimented on his  behavior (the writer hoping that other boys will emulate him "this Christmas." The last perhaps implies that Vance did not drink too much, scuffle, or play pranks--no way to know, but the disclaimer by the writer was "I am no saint myself, but I do like to see nice behavior."

Clipping, Everywhere Column, North Georgia Citizen

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Source: 
Untitled piece about a 'pound supper' in 'Everywhere' (column), The Dalton Citizen (indexed as North Georgia Citizen ; Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia) 1868-1924, 15  December 1910, page 7 (digital image 7), Georgia Historic Newspapers, Gallileo, USG.edu (accessed 24 November 2019).

Henry Pitchford Stacy Family of Whitfield County, Georgia, with Wife, Orazaba Moody

Henry Pitchford Stacy married Orazaba Moody on 11 January 1883 in Whitfield County, Georgia. The couple had the following children:

(1) Isaac N. Stacy (m)
    b. April 1885
    d.
    Residence: Whitfield Co., Georgia (1900)

(2) Henry Pitchford Stacy (m)
    b. 1888, Georgia
    d. 04 May 1968, Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa Co., Alabama
    Buried: Tuscaloosa Memorial Park
Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa Co., Ala.
    Married: about 1922 to:
Bertram Gwendolyn Lawrence (1902-1992)

(3) Martin Clyde Stacy (m)
    b. 30 August 1889, Tilton, Whitfield, Georgia
    d. 7 October 1982, Bakersfield, Kern Co., California
    Buried: Green Lawn Memorial Park, Bakersfield, Kern Co., Calif.
    Married: about 1913, place unknown; had thought to be Dalton, , Georgia, but not found.

    Residences: Dalton, Whitfield Co., Georgia (1900, 1910); Floyd Co., Texas (1917-1918 ; WWI Draft Reg.); Ventura, Ventura Co., Calif. (1930, 1940, 1942)

(4) Orazaba M. Stacy (f)
    b. 1892, Georgia
    d. 28 March 1983 (prob. in Whitfield Co.)
    Buried: Stuart-Mitchell Cemetery, Whitfield Co., Ga.
    Married: 20 Feb. 1911, Whitfield Co., Georgia, to:
Arthur D. Biles (1886 -   )
    Residence: Whitfield Co., Ga. (1910, 1920, 1930)

(5) Lula Belle Stacy (f)
    b. 1894, Georgia
    d.
    Married (1) 03 May 1911, Whitfield Co., Georgia, to:
William Foster Thomas (1889 - 1919)
    Married (2) 02 January 1918, Whitfield Co., Georgia, to:
Homer Darcus Stevens (1904 - 1985)
    Residence: Whitfield Co., Ga. (1910, 1920, 1930) ; specifically, in 1912, lived in Phelps, Whitfield, Georgia (as mentioned in social items in The Dalton Citizen newspaper).

(6) Mary Elizabeth 'Lizzie' Stacy (f)
    b. 11 November 1894, Whitfield Co., Georgia
    d. 25 January 1919, Carroll Co., Georgia
    Married: 1914 - 1916 (?Gordon Co., Georgia?), to:
    Rev. Nelson Hinsley (or Hinesley) (1885 - 1919)
    Occupation: Teacher
    Member: Five Springs Methodist Church, Five Springs, Whitfield Co., Georgia
 
    Burial: Saint Paul Methodist Church Cemetery, Whitesburg, Carroll, Ga, USA.

    Residences: southern Whitfield Co. (early years); Whitfield Co. (1910); Gordon Co. (1916); Carroll County (1919)
 
    Remarks: Sadly, the husband and wife died of flu and pneumonia within five days of each other in Carroll County, Georgia, where they had been teaching (in a town called Burwell). Their little child, Mary Nell Hinesley, came back to Whitfield County and lived with her aunts (one listing says grandmother, but the name matches a married aunt).

(7) William Claud Stacy (m)
    b. 20 January 1896, Whitfield Co., Georgia
    d.
    Buried:
    Married: Willie Irene Parks (30 Jun 1920, Marietta, Cobb, Georgia)
 
    Registered for the US WWI Draft in Whitfield County, Georgia. May have trained or served in Missouri (record is Missouri related, but could just be filed there)

    Residences: (1900 - 1940) Whitfield Co., Georgia

(8) Minnie L. Stacy (f)
    b. 28 May 1898, Dalton, Whitfield Co., Georgia
    d.
    Buried: (not yet known; has double stone w/husband at West Hill Cemetery in Dalton, but no death date; perhaps remarried)
 
    Residences: (1900 - 1940) Whitfield Co., Georgia.

    Married: (concluded, 1922 - 1924; record not yet found) to:
             Charles Nix Evans (1894 - 1962)

Sources, Various: 

Sources for Parents of Family Group: 

Find A Grave 51485214: Henry Pitchford Stacy (1888-1968)

Find A Grave 138596856: Ora Stacy Biles (  - 1983)

Identifiers/Sources for Isaac N. Stacy: 

US Census, 1900: Isaac N Stacy, son of Henry P Stacy (Militia District 872, Dalton-excluding city, Whitfield, Georgia).

Isaac N. Stacy is listed as as one of three substitute rural free delivery carrier for Dalton (Whitfield Co., Georgia), in 'New Appointees.' Three regular carriers are listed, as well. 'New Appointees' under 'Local Happenings,' in /The Dalton Citizen/ (North Georgia Citizen ; Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia) 1868-1924, 08 September 1904, page 8 (digital image 8), Georgia Historic Newspapers, Gallileo, USG.edu (accessed 22 Nov. 2019).

Identifiers and Sources for Henry Pitchford Stacy (the son; 1888 - 1968): 

Social Mention: 'Messrs. Pitchford, Clyde, and Claud Stacy visited their sister, Mrs. Byles, Sunday.' In the same column (showing proximity, but not relationship): 'Mr. H. P. Stacy and Mr. Arthur Byles were in Dalton last week' ; and 'Miss Minnie Stacy attended the fair at Dalton last week.' [Source]: Untitled social items, 'Busy Bee Valley' (community column), /The Dalton Citizen/ (North Georgia Citizen ; Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia) 1868-1924, 17 October 1912, page 2 (digital image 2), Georgia Historic Newspapers, Gallileo, USG.edu (accessed 22 Nov. 2019).

Identifiers/Sources for Martin Clyde Stacy: 

US World War I Draft Reg. Card of Martin Clyde Stacy. Birth: 30 Oct 1889, Tilton, Georgia, US. Military draft registration: 1917-1918, , Floyd, Texas, US.

US World War II Draft Reg. Card of Martin Clyde Stacy. Birth: 30 Oct 1889. Residence and Registration: 1942,
Ventura, Ventura Co., California, US.

California Death Index, 1940-1997:  Martin Clyde Stacy, male. Birth: 30 Oct 1889, Georgia. Death: 07 Oct 1982, , Kern, California, US. Also listed: Moody, mother of the deceased.

Find A Grave Index 8953810 for M. Clyde Stacy (1889 - 1982). Burial: Greenlawn Memorial Park, Bakersfield, Kern, California, USA. (Wife is buried at Ivy Lawn Memorial Park in Ventura).

Sources/Identifiers for Orazaba (Stacy) Biles: 

Reference to Mrs. Arthur Biles as the sister of Miss Minnie Stacy, social item, 'Busy Bee Valley' (community column), /The Dalton Citizen/ (North Georgia Citizen ; Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia) 1868-1924, 20 June 1912, page 2.

Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Byles received as visitors 'Mr. and Mrs. Foster Thomas, of Phelps' (showing friendly interaction, but with no relationship mentioned). In same column: 'Messrs. Pitchford, Clyde, and Claud Stacy visited their sister, Mrs. Byles, Sunday' ; 'Mr. H. P. Stacy and Mr. Arthur Byles were in Dalton last week' ; and 'Miss Minnie Stacy attended the fair at Dalton last week.' [Source]: Untitled social items, 'Busy Bee Valley' (community column), /The Dalton Citizen/ (North Georgia Citizen ; Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia) 1868-1924, 17 October 1912, page 2 (digital image 2), Georgia Historic Newspapers, Gallileo, USG.edu (accessed 22 Nov. 2019).

Whitfield County, Georgia, Probate Court Records, Marriage Book E, page 441: Arthur D. Biles and Ora Stacy; m. 20 Feb. 1911.

Identifiers/Sources for Lula Belle (Stacy) Thomas Stevens: 

For Relationship as Sister of Miss Lizzie Stacy: Untitled social item about Mrs. Foster Thomas and sister, Miss Lizzie Stacy, 'Antioch' (community column), /The Dalton Citizen/ (North Georgia Citizen ; Dalton, Whitfield, Ga.) 1868-1924, Thurs., 14 November 1912, page 2/digital image 2, Georgia Historic Newspapers, Gallileo, USG.edu (accessed 21 Nov 2019): 'Miss Lizzie Stacy spent Saturday and Sunday with her sister, Mrs. Foster Thomas, near Phelps.'

Mr. and Mrs. Foster Thomas, of Phelps, visited Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Byles (showing association, knowledge, but no relationship mentioned). In same column: 'Messrs. Pitchford, Clyde, and Claud Stacy visited their sister, Mrs. Byles, Sunday' ; 'Mr. H. P. Stacy and Mr. Arthur Byles were in Dalton last week' ; and 'Miss Minnie Stacy attended the fair at Dalton last week.' [Source]: Untitled social items, 'Busy Bee Valley' (community column), /The Dalton Citizen/ (North Georgia Citizen ; Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia) 1868-1924, 17 October 1912, page 2 (digital image 2), Georgia Historic Newspapers, Gallileo, USG.edu (accessed 22 Nov. 2019).

Marriage: Whitfield County, Georgia, Probate Court Records, Marriage Book E, page 416: Foster Thomas married Belle Stacy on 03 May 1911.

Belle S. Stevens, permanent contact for draft registrant, Homer Dorcus Stevens, in Georgia World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945 (Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia, 1941).

US Census, 1900 and 1910: Lula B Stacy is listed as a daughter of Henry P Stacy (Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia).

US Census, 1920: Mrs. Belle Thomas, widowed head of household (Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia). She is listed with her own children, and with the little girl, Mary Nell Hinesly, aged 4, whose parents died in 1919. The child is listed as a granddaughter, but would actually be the niece of Belle Thomas.

US Census, 1930: Lula Belle Stevens, wife of Homer D Stevens (Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia).

Identifiers/Sources for Mary Elizabeth 'Lizzie' (Stacy) Hinesley:

Mrs. Lizzie Hinesley, of Red Bud, spent last week with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Stacy [inferred, of Antioch community, Whitfield, Georgia]." [Source]: Untitled social item (Hinesley) in 'Antioch' (community column), /The Dalton Citizen/ (North Georgia Citizen ; Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia) 1868-1924, 09 November 1916, page 2 (digital image 2), Georgia Historic Newspapers, Gallileo, USG.edu (accessed 21 Nov 2019).

In another item on the same page, in the 'Five Springs' column, she is called Mrs. Nelson Hensley. In both, she visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Stacy [inferred, of Whitfield County, Georgia].

US Census, 1900: Mary E Stacy, daughter of Henry P Stacy (Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia).

US Census, 1910: Mary C Stacy, daughter of Henry P Stacy (Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia).

Marriage between 1914 and 1916 (concluded). In 1914, she is mentioned in social items as Miss Lizzie Stacy. In 1916, she is mentioned as Mrs. Lizzie Hinesley and as Mrs. Nelson Hinesley, of Red Bud, Gordon Co., Georgia. I saw a reference (unable to access) to a marriage in Gordon Co., Georgia, which is very near southern Whitfield County, where the family is often found (Tilton, Five Springs, etc.).

In Memoriam: Nelson and wife, Mary Elizabeth Hensley, died five days apart in Carroll County, Georgia, where they taught school. 'In Memoriam,' /The Dalton Citizen/ (North Georgia Citizen ; Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia) 1868-1924, Thurs., 13 February 1919, page 3.

Find A Grave 125721011 for Mary E. (Stacy) Hinesley. Burial: 1919, Saint Paul Methodist Church Cemetery, Whitesburg, Carroll, Georgia, USA. Her husband is buried there, too.

Identifiers/Sources for William Claud Stacy: 

US World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918: William Claud Stacy, single male, residing in Dalton RFD (Whitfield Co.), Georgia. Employed by H. P. Stacy as a farmer, 3 miles south of Dalton. Birth: 29 January 1896, Whitfield Co., Georgia. Exceptions: support of Father and Mother and stomach troubles. Citizenship: US. Residence and Registration: about 1917-1918, Whitfield Co., Georgia.

United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940: William Claud or Claude Stacy. Birth: 29 Jan 1896, Dalton, (Whitfield), Georgia. Military Service: 14 Feb 1919, St. Louis, Missouri, US.

US Census, 1900, 1910, and 1930*: William C Stacy, son of Henry P Stacy (Whitfield Co., Georgia).
   *(in 1930, he is married; Willie I Stacy is a daughter-in-law in the household).

US Census, 1920: Claud Stacy, son of Henry P Stacy (Whitfield Co., Georgia).

US Census, 1940: William C Stacy, married male, head. Birth: 1896, Georgia. Wife is Willie Stacy. Residence in 1935: Same House (Militia District 872, Whitfield, Georgia).

Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950: Willie Irene Parks, female; listed in marriage to William Claude Stacy. Marriage: 30 Jun 1920, Marietta, Cobb, Georgia, US.

Georgia Death Index, 1933-1998: William C Stacy, male. Birth: 1896. Death: 01 Jun 1974, , Whitfield, Georgia (same as residence).

Identifiers/Sources on Minnie L. Stacy: 

Social item mentioning Miss Minnie Stacy as the sister of Mrs. Ora Byles, in 'Antioch' (community column), 14 Nov. 1912, page 2 

Social items mentioning Minnie Stacy as the sister of Mr. Clifford Stacy and of Mrs. Belle Thomas (of Phelps), in 'Antioch' (community column), /The Dalton Citizen/ (North Georgia Citizen ; Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia) 1868-1924, 04 November 1915, page 2 (digital image 2), Georgia Historic Newspapers, Gallileo, USG.edu (accessed 22 Nov. 2019).

Social item showing that Minnie Stacy, Charlie Evans, and others, were visitors of Mr. and Mrs. Roe, in 'Antioch' (community column), /The Dalton Citizen/ (North Georgia Citizen ; Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia) 1868-1924, 30 September 1920, page 2 (digital image 2), Georgia Historic Newspapers, Gallileo, USG.edu (accessed 22 Nov. 2019).
 
Social item showing that Minnie Stacy, Charlie Evans, Cathy Evans, and others, attended a taffy-pulling party given by Miss Lizzie Kreischer, in 'Antioch' (community column), /The Dalton Citizen/ (North Georgia Citizen ; Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia) 1868-1924, 04 November 1915, page 2 (digital image 2), Georgia Historic Newspapers, Gallileo, USG.edu (accessed 22 Nov. 2019).

US Census, 1900 - 1920: Minnie L. (or just Minnie) Stacy, daughter of Henry P Stacy (Whitfield Co., Georgia)

US Census, 1930: Mannie L Evans, wife of Charlie N Evans (Whitfield Co., Georgia). Note: Mary N Hinsley, 13-year-old niece, is also in the household.

US Census, 1940: Minnie Evans, wife of Charles N Evans (Whitfield Co., Georgia).

One census shows that Orazaba (Moody) Stacy had nine children. One had died. Only eight of her children are known.