Detailed Timeline of Main Events in Mt. Pleasant (1833-1960s)

Early to Mid-19th Century (Pre-Town Incorporation)

• 1833: Daniel Walker becomes Postmaster of “Walker’s Store PO,” the earliest documented post office in the area.
• 1833: Michael Shimpock and Trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church purchase a ¼ acre lot from Daniel Walker, likely the site of the first Methodist church.
• 1835: John Scott sells a portion of his land to his son, George Wilson Scott.
• 1836: John O. Wallace becomes Postmaster of “Mt. Comfort PO.”
• 1836: Michael Shimpock, representing the Methodist Episcopal Church, purchases land for the first church building.
• 1840 (circa): Dr. J. L. Henderson is traditionally said to have built the oldest residence in town (Henderson/Barrier House), though records are unclear.
• 1842: Michael Cook becomes Postmaster of Mt. Comfort PO.
• 1843: Michael Cook purchases a 186-acre tract on Dutch Buffalo Creek.
• 1844: Charles A. Misenheimer becomes Postmaster of Mt. Comfort PO.
• 1845: John Shimpock and Christopher Melchor purchase a two-acre tract on the northeast corner of the Salisbury/Charleston and Concord/Fayetteville crossroads, building a general store.
• 1845 (circa): Mathew Cook moves to Mt. Pleasant and establishes a business with Jacob Ludwig.
• 1847: Jacob Ludwig sells a one-acre lot to the Methodist Church for their cemetery.
• 1847-1848: A wooden Methodist church building is constructed.
• 1848: The name of the Post Office is officially changed to “Mt. Pleasant PO.”
• 1850: John Shimpock sells Moses Shimpock a 49-acre tract, and Moses sells John a 50-acre tract on Salisbury Rd.
• 1851: Michael Cook sells his land holdings to his brother, Mathew Cook.
• 1853: William R. Scott constructs the Mt. Pleasant Hotel.
• 1853: Mathias Barrier sells 16 acres of land for the Western Carolina Male Academy.
• 1855: Western Carolina Male Academy opens for students.
• 1857: Lawson G. Heilig purchases the Melchor’s Store building.
• 1858: Lawson G. Heilig builds a residence on E. Franklin St.
• 1859: Western Carolina Male Academy is re-chartered as North Carolina College.
• 1859: Rev. D. H. Bittle purchases a one-acre lot and constructs the Bittle House.
• 1859: Mont Amoena Female Academy opens, with Mrs. Susan Bittle as its first Principal.
• 1859-1860: Two additional buildings, Pi Sigma Phi Literary Hall (later Ludwig Hall) and Philaethean Literary Hall (later Society Hall), are constructed at NC College.

Civil War and Reconstruction Era

• 1861: Scott assigns his hotel property to Dr. John L. Henderson as collateral for a loan before joining the Confederate army.
• 1863: Henderson sells the Mt. Pleasant Hotel to John Lentz for Confederate money.
• 1864: John Shimpock sells the Bittle House and an additional seven acres to Edmund D. Lentz.
• 1864: Dr. J. L. Henderson sells land to J. M. Harkey, apparently in a “trade” for adjacent land.
• 1865: Thomas Edmund Foil’s tannery is supposedly destroyed by Federal troops during General Stoneman’s occupation of Salisbury.
• 1866: William R. Kindley purchases two small lots in town and builds a “mill store.”
• 1868: Holy Trinity Lutheran Church is organized at NC College.

Late 19th Century Growth and Development (1870s-1890s)

• 1870: Patterson Masonic Lodge #307 is chartered.
• 1871: Augustus Cicero Barrier purchases a four-acre tract on S. Main St. where he builds his residence.
• 1871: Holy Trinity Lutheran Church purchases land on S. Main St. for their church building.
• 1873: The Holy Trinity Lutheran Church building is completed.
• 1875: Dr. J. L. Henderson sells a twelve-acre tract of land to Dr. Paul A. Barrier.
• 1875: Jesse Skeen and J. H. W. Eudy open a blacksmith shop on W. Franklin St.
• 1875: Cary Bangle, wife of Daniel Bangle, purchases a lot and constructs the Bangle Hotel.
• 1876: Jonas Cook and Lawson J. Foil open Cook & Foil’s General Merchandise Store.
• 1878: William R. Kindley purchases the land for the Lutheran Cemetery from L. G. Heilig.
• 1878: Edmund Foil and W. R. Kindley own a tannery in Mt. Pleasant on E. Franklin St.
• 1880: Edmund Foil moves his family to Mt. Pleasant, residing in the Matthias Barrier house.
• 1880-1890: William H. Fisher erects the existing W. H. Fisher House.
• 1881: James L. Lefler’s wife, Delia, purchases an acre lot adjacent to their home.
• 1881: D. A. Sides and L. M. Barrier form a partnership to operate a sawmill.
• 1881: Daniel and Margaret Barrier sell a one-acre tract for the South Boston School.
• 1882: A. W. Moose joins his brother, Dr. John W. Moose, to form Moose Brothers Co., opening a store near Heilig’s store.
• 1883 (May 21): Charles P. Cox is elected Mayor of Mt. Pleasant, with Hezekiah McNamar, J. J. Misenheimer, G. R. P. Miller, J. H. Thayer, and L. J. Foil as Commissioners. L. J. Foil is elected Secretary & Treasurer, and S. C. Fisher is elected Constable.
• 1883 (May 26): C. P. Cox is released as Mayor, and Hezekiah McNamar is elected Mayor in his place. W. S. Hartsell is elected Commissioner to fill McNamar’s vacancy.
• 1883 (March 27): The Town Calaboose is mentioned as being rented from John Lentz.
• 1884 (September 15): The Board addresses issues of forming new streets, including negotiations with C. P. Cox, J. J. Misenheimer, E. D. Lentz, May Jackson, and Maj. L. G. Heilig regarding right-of-way and compensation.
• 1885 (January 10): Mayor McNamar resigns, and Robert Rose is elected Mayor to fill the unexpired term.
• 1885: A. W. Moose purchases a half-acre lot on E. Franklin St. from L. G. Heilig.
• 1885: The “old brick church” (Mt. Pleasant Methodist Church #4) is built.
• 1886: William R. Kindley agrees to move his cotton gin “outside the town limits” if compensated by the town, indicating the presence of early industrial activity.
• 1886: Alexander Foil sells his share of C.P. Cox & Co. to C. P. Cox’s son-in-law, I. F. Lineberger.
• 1886: Two deeds record the sale of land by L. G. Heilig to the Town Commissioners for street development.
• 1886: Moses L. Buchanan opens a dry goods store with Daniel D. Barrier and L. M. Ritchie.
• 1887: W. S. Hartsell declines to serve as Town Marshal, and A. W. Moose is elected in his place, but he also declines. James L. Lefler is then elected.
• 1888: Mrs. Daniel Bangle is paid for boarding “Rail Road surveyors,” indicating attempts to bring a railroad to Mt. Pleasant.
• 1888: A. W. Moose is elected Mayor for the first of ten terms.
• 1888: Edmund Foil and W. R. Kindley purchase a gin house on E. Franklin St.
• 1889: Moses L. Buchanan is appointed Postmaster and moves the Post Office into his business.
• 1891: Moses L. Buchanan erects a residence on S. Main St.
• 1891 (July 3): The Mayor is authorized to have the calaboose repaired and moved to a location between L. J. Foil and M. Cook.
• 1892: The Masonic Hall is constructed on S. Main St.
• 1893: William R. Kindley proposes building a “cotton factory” on the west side of Mt. Pleasant.
• 1893: Mont Amoena Female Academy is officially renamed Mont Amoena Female Seminary.
• 1893: Mt. Pleasant Mfg. Co. is founded, buying out Frick Mfg. Co.
• 1894: St. James Evangelical Reformed Church is organized by Rev. Paul Barringer.
• 1895: W. W. Dry purchases a house and four-acre lot on E. Franklin St. from Hezekiah McNamar.
• 1896: The Kindley Cotton Mill is founded by W. R. Kindley and a group of investors.
• 1896: The first church building for St. James Reformed Church is erected on land donated by W. J. Heilig.
• 1897: Dr. Charles Henry Barnhardt purchases the Buchanan residence and establishes his medical practice there.
• 1897: Kindley Cotton Mill is incorporated.
• 1897: Paul Barringer purchases an interest in Mt. Pleasant Mfg. Co.
• 1897: Manly Heilig is paid for “work on the streets.”
• 1898: Rev. Paul Barringer and Alice Foil Barringer purchase land and begin building the Paul Barringer House.
• 1899: Augustus N. James moves to Mt. Pleasant to serve as superintendent at Kindley Mill.
• 1899: The Tuscarora Cotton Mill is chartered and construction begins on E. Franklin St.
• 1899 (November): James Franklin Lowder’s “new house on Mill St.” is “blown over” in a storm.
• 1899 (December): James Franklin Lowder is appointed as a policeman.
• 1900: The Kindley Cotton Mill is annexed into the Mt. Pleasant Town limits.
• 1900 (June): John Sidney Columbus Kluttz is appointed Town Marshall but resigns in August.
• 1900 (October): James Franklin Lowder, James Fisher, and Robert G. Johnson open a livery service.

Early 20th Century (1900s-1930s)

• 1901: The Mt. Pleasant Graded School is built on Walnut St., replacing Tammany Hall and South Boston schools.
• 1901: Tuscarora Cotton Mill opens, and thirteen dwellings are erected to house employees.
• 1901 (January 11): Burglars break into C. G. Heilig’s store and rob the safe of town funds.
• 1902 (May): The Town offers to buy lamps for in front of the Methodist Church and downtown, and A. M. Nussman is appointed to have three ladders made for fire use.
• 1903 (May 19): The Concord Telephone Company runs lines to Mt. Pleasant, and a switchboard is installed.
• 1903 (August 13): The Mayor is instructed to advertise and sell the old town pump, indicating a public well at “Woods Spring.”
• 1904: The Town Auditorium is constructed beside and above Cook & Foil Hardware.
• 1904: S. C. Kluttz purchases a lot on N. Main St. and later builds a house.
• 1905: Jonas Cook and L. J. Foil (Cook & Foil) purchase the Bangle Hotel.
• 1906 (June 6): Lowder & Kluttz are contracted for dirt hauling, indicating road construction near the Methodist Church.
• 1907: Wylie Robert Blackwelder is appointed a policeman in Mt. Pleasant.
• 1908 (August 7): A new roadway is constructed from E. Franklin St. towards Lee St., likely to accommodate Tuscarora Mill workers’ residences.
• 1909: The Pi Sigma Phi Literary Hall (Ludwig Hall) at NC College is struck by lightning and burns down.
• 1909: Augustus N. James and his brother, Crawford James, build the James Knitting Mill.
• 1911: Mont Amoena Seminary’s original building burns down during a play.
• 1911: The Lentz Hotel converts its upstairs rooms to house Mont Amoena Seminary students.
• 1912: W. D. Foil runs for Mayor against J. M. Shuping and wins.
• 1913: A new, larger brick structure for Mont Amoena Seminary opens behind the original site.
• 1913: The Concord Telephone switchboard is moved to a building on N. Main St.
• 1913: W. J. Moose & Son purchase the livery business of Paul R. Moose.
• 1914: L. A. Lipe purchases a lot on the north end of N. Main St. and builds a residence.
• 1918: Tuscarora Mill is responsible for Southern Power Company supplying electricity to Mt. Pleasant.
• 1919: Charles Crowell purchases the Mt. Pleasant Milling Co.
• 1920: The Kindley Cotton Mill is sold to C. A. McCanless and becomes part of Halifax Mills, Inc.
• 1922: J. B. McAllister is elected Cabarrus County Clerk of Court.
• 1924: The current St. James Reformed Church building is erected.
• 1925: Augustus N. James purchases the entire Kindley Mill property.
• 1925: Edith Virginia Moose Watson is appointed Postmistress for Mt. Pleasant.
• 1925: A new dormitory/classroom building is constructed north of the original buildings at Mt. Pleasant Collegiate Institute.
• 1927: Mont Amoena Seminary closes as a preparatory school for girls.
• 1928: Cook & Foil’s, A. W. Moose Drug Store, the Town Auditorium, and Cabarrus Savings Bank are destroyed by fire but quickly rebuilt.
• 1928: Eustice Manardy Dry is elected Mayor of Mt. Pleasant.
• 1932: The Mt. Pleasant Hosiery Mill opens.
• 1933: Mt. Pleasant Collegiate Institute closes due to the Depression.
• 1933: George H. Nussman purchases the Bangle Hotel property from the Foil family heirs.
• 1934: L. H. Barringer constructs a “filling station,” taxi stand, and restaurant on W. Franklin St.
• 1938: McAllister School is constructed to serve grades 1-7.
• 1939: Barringer operates a Ford Car Dealership and garage.

Mid-20th Century (1940s-1970s)

• 1941: The NC College property and buildings are sold at auction.
• 1942: The Town of Mt. Pleasant purchases a portion of the Lentz Building for its municipal offices.
• 1944: Martin B. Foil, Sr. assumes control of the Tuscarora Mill.
• 1949: The current Mt. Pleasant Methodist Church building is constructed.
• 1950s: The Town Hall moves into the “Lentz” building.
• 1958: “Bess” McEachern, Mt. Pleasant’s telephone operator, retires due to a new automated switching system.
• 1958: The Heilig’s Store building is demolished, and a city park is erected on the site.
• 1960: Patterson Masonic Lodge #307 sells its hall to J. T. and Nan Barringer.
• 1960s: The Kindley Mill closes operations as a textile mill.
• 1967: The Mont Amoena Seminary building is purchased and demolished by the First Baptist Church.
• 1972: A new Fire Department building is constructed on North Main St.
• 1973: The Eastern Cabarrus Historical Society purchases the main NC College building.

Late 20th to Early 21st Century (1980s-Present)

• 1980: The main NC College building is placed on the National Historical Register and opened as the Eastern Cabarrus Historical Society Museum.
• 1982: The Lentz Hotel building is moved to a site on College St. and restored.
• 1995: Society Hall is purchased by the Eastern Cabarrus Historical Society.
• 1999: The old McAllister School building is converted into Town Offices and the Police Department.
• 2007: Concord Telephone Co. merges into Windstream Concord Telephone, Co.
• 2013: Society Hall re-opens as the ECHS Library and office.
• 2015: The Masonic Hall is demolished by the Town of Mt. Pleasant.
• 2019: The Mt. Pleasant Milling Co. structure is demolished.
• 2021: A new house is constructed on the former Lefler House property.
• 2022: The Henderson/Barrier House is sold to the Town of Mt. Pleasant.
• 2023: The Henderson/Barrier House is deeded to The Historic Preservation Foundation of North Carolina, and then sold to Scott and Amanda Miller for an event venue.
• 2024: The Buchanan House property is sold to Town Square Properties II, LLC.

Cast of Characters

Public Officials and Community Leaders

• Allman, Alfred M.: Mt. Pleasant Town Commissioner in 1891, 1892, 1894, 1895, 1899. Also a Trustee of the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1908.
• Bangle, Daniel Monroe: Mayor of Mt. Pleasant in 1877; appointed Magistrate/Justice of the Peace for Township #8 in 1877. Owned and operated the Bangle Hotel.
• Barrier, Augustus Cicero (A.C.): Member of the first class of NC College (1859). Instructor of vocal music at Mont Amoena Seminary (1869-1870). Served on the MP Board of Commissioners in 1885, 1889, & 1895. Successful farmer and founding member of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church and Mt. Pleasant Brass Band.
• Barrier, Daniel Dixon (D.D.): Mt. Pleasant Town Commissioner in 1901. Partner in a dry goods store and an original investor in Mt. Pleasant Mfg. Co. (later Miller Lumber Company). Served on the Board of Trustees for North Carolina College.
• Barrier, David Franklin (D.F.): Inherited and purchased Barrier’s Mill on Dutch Buffalo Creek. Sold the mill to W. R. Kindley in 1895.
• Barrier, George Louis: Mt. Pleasant Town Commissioner in 1908. Large-scale farmer in Cabarrus County.
• Barrier, Luther Malancathon: Mt. Pleasant Town Commissioner in 1888. No children with his wife.
• Barrier, Dr. Paul A. (P.A.): Mt. Pleasant Town Commissioner (1891, 1892, 1894, 1895), Board of Health member (1883, 1884, 1885, 1899), and Junior Warden of Patterson Masonic Lodge #307 (1891). Physician who purchased land and maintained an office near his residence.
• Barnhardt, Dr. Charles Henry (C.H.): Mt. Pleasant Town Commissioner (1897, 1899-1901) and Secretary/Treasurer (1901). Practiced medicine in Mt. Pleasant. Member of the Cabarrus Co. Sanitary Committee.
• Barnhardt, Charles Atlas (C.A.): Engineer in an oil mill in Mt. Pleasant, later a foreman in a planning mill in Virginia and a millwright.
• Barnhardt, Eugene: African-American, married Pearl May Miller. Employed at MPCI boarding hall as a cook.
• Barringer, Lawson Herman (L.H.): Son of Rev. Paul Barringer. Served five terms as Mayor of Mt. Pleasant (1936-1948). Involved in several businesses, including Barringer Motor Company.
• Barringer, Rev. Paul J.: Mt. Pleasant Town Commissioner (1898-1900). Minister of the Reformed Church and instrumental in forming St. James Reformed Church. Investor in Mt. Pleasant Mfg. Co. and Kindley Mill Corporation, and President of the first Board of Directors of Kindley Mill. Stockholder and director of Tuscarora Cotton Mill.
• Blackwelder, George Washington (G.W.): Mt. Pleasant Town Commissioner (1889 & 1894). Farmer and teacher. Original investor in Mt. Pleasant Mfg. Co.
• Blackwelder, John Alonzo (Alonzo): Instructor at MPCI (1902-1910). Involved in telegraphy, railroad business, and roller mill machinery installation. Later a book-keeper for a coal company.
• Blackwelder, Parks Josephus (P.J.): Mt. Pleasant Town Commissioner in 1905. Farmer and carpenter. Died from a horse-related injury.
• Blackwelder, Richard Martin (R.M.): Mt. Pleasant Town Commissioner in 1905. Miller and millwright. Active in the Populist Party.
• Blackwelder, Wylie Robert (W.R.): Mt. Pleasant policeman in 1907. Later a prison guard, mail carrier, carpenter, and Baptist minister.
• Buchanan, Moses L. (M.L.): Mt. Pleasant Town Commissioner (1887), Town Treasurer (1887). Postmaster of Mt. Pleasant (1889-1893) and later Concord (1906-1915). Elected Sheriff of Cabarrus County in 1896.
• Cook, Jonas: Justice of the Peace (1884, 1906, 1908). Postmaster of Mt. Pleasant (1875-1882, 1885-1889, 1893-1897). Partner in Cook & Foil Mercantile. Mayor of Mt. Pleasant (1895-1896), Town Commissioner (1884, 1896, 1897, 1906, 1907, 1908). Treasurer for North Carolina College and Holy Trinity Lutheran Church. Well-known for horticulture and animal husbandry.
• Cook, Mathew: Prominent merchant and farmer in Mt. Pleasant. Partnered with Jacob Ludwig to establish a business.
• Cox, Charles P. (C.P.): Elected Mayor of Mt. Pleasant in 1883 but removed shortly after. Operated a store and retail business.
• Crowell, James Lee: Law partner in Montgomery & Crowell in Concord. Served three terms as Mayor of Concord and many years as City Attorney.
• Dry, Eustice Manardy (Nardy): Mt. Pleasant Town Commissioner (1910-1912, 1914, 1925, 1927). Superintendent of Tuscarora Mill. Mayor of Mt. Pleasant (1928-1932).
• Dry, Washington Whitfield (W.W.): Mt. Pleasant Town Commissioner in 1897. Carpenter and owned land in Stanly County.
• Earnhardt, Lawson Columbus (L.C.): Farmer, carpenter, and furniture maker. Resided near Kindley Mill.
• Eudy, Jacob Henry Wilson (J.H.W.): Mt. Pleasant Town Commissioner in 1890. Operated a blacksmith shop with his father-in-law, Jesse Skeen.
• Fisher, Charles Henry (C.H.): Entered NC College. Confederate Army veteran. Mt. Pleasant Town Board (1891, 1892), Town Marshal (1898), butcher, and carpenter. Later operated a shoe repair shop.
• Fisher, Prof. J. H. C.: Mt. Pleasant Town Commissioner (1898, 1901, 1903, 1907, 1908). Teacher and Principal at Mont Amoena Female Seminary.
• Fisher, William Henry (W.H.): Mt. Pleasant Town Board (1884, 1885, 1890, 1895, 1896). Investor in Mt. Pleasant Mfg. Co. and partner in Fisher & Miller Co. (blacksmith/wagon repair).
• Foil, Lawson Jeremiah (L.J.): Mt. Pleasant Town Commissioner (1890, 1895, 1896), Mayor (1891, 1892). Partner in Cook & Foil Mercantile, one of the largest mercantile/hardware establishments in Cabarrus County. Investor in Mt. Pleasant Mfg. Co. and Kindley Mill Corporation.
• Foil, Dr. Moses Alexander (M.A.): Mt. Pleasant Town Commissioner (1899, 1900), Board of Health (1899), and first deacon/church secretary for St. James Reformed Church. Opened a medical practice in Mt. Pleasant.
• Foil, Thomas Edmund: Farmer and operated a tannery and grist mill. Lived in the Matthias Barrier house.
• Foil, Warren Deberry (W.D.): Mt. Pleasant Mayor (1912). Partner in Cook & Foil. Elected County Commissioner (1926-1930). Operated a saw mill.
• Heilig, Clarence Gilbert (C.G.): Mt. Pleasant Town Commissioner (1888, 1889, 1891, 1892, 1895, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1907). Secretary (1888-1889), and Secretary & Treasurer (1901, 1903, 1904, 1905). Store owner.
• Heilig, Lawson Gilbert (L.G.): Mt. Pleasant Town Board (1877). President of NC College Board (1871-1872). State Senator (1876). Prominent merchant, farmer, and gold mine owner. Reportedly served multiple terms as Mayor (exact dates unknown).
• Heilig, Manly Whiteford: Laborer, later a woodshop laborer and house-keeper. Paid for “street work.”
• Heilig, William J. (W.J.): Mt. Pleasant Town Commissioner (1884, 1885), Street Master (1886, 1887). Donated land for St. James Reformed Church.
• Honeycutt, Hubert DeBerry: Engineer at a textile mill, later a garage worker and sales representative.
• Honeycutt, Joel: Shoemaker.
• James, Augustus Newberry (A.N.): Superintendent at Kindley Mill and Tuscarora Mill. Investor in both mills. Mt. Pleasant Town Board (1904-1906, 1915-1917). Owned James Knitting Mill and later purchased Kindley Mill. Republican candidate for NC State Legislature.
• Johnson, George Robert (R.G.): Partner in a livery business with Frank Lowder.
• Keller, John H. (J.H.): Mayor of Mt. Pleasant (1907, 1908).
• Kindley, John S.: Son of W. R. Kindley. Mt. Pleasant Town Commissioner (1908). Farmer and clerk in the Post Office. Partial owner of Kindley Cotton Mill.
• Kindley, William Adam (W.A.): Son of W. R. Kindley. Mt. Pleasant Town Board (1908). Worked in his father’s store. Partial owner of Kindley Mill.
• Kindley, William Riley (W.R.): Mt. Pleasant Town Board (1886, 1896, 1908). Postmaster (1882-1885, 1897-1905). Owned a cotton gin and grist mill. Founder of Kindley Cotton Mill.
• Kluttz, John Sidney Columbus (S.C.): Mt. Pleasant Town Marshall (1900). Carpenter and furniture maker.
• Lefler, James Lawson (J.L.): Mt. Pleasant Town Constable/Marshal and Tax Collector (1887, 1889, 1890, 1894-1897, 1899, 1901, 1904, 1905). Blacksmith.
• Lentz, Edmund Deberry (E.D.): Mt. Pleasant Town Board (1883). Tailor, prominent merchant, and farmer. Partner in a retail liquor business and a tannery. Investor in Mt. Pleasant Mfg. Co.
• Lentz, John: Purchased the Mt. Pleasant Hotel in 1863. Resided in Mt. Pleasant before moving to Mt. Holly.
• Lentz, Luther Augustus (L.A.): Mt. Pleasant Town Commissioner (1890, 1895). Justice of the Peace. Owned the Lentz Hotel and a livery stable.
• Lentz, Victor Columbus (V.C.): Postmaster for Dry’s Mill Post Office. Co-owner of a grist mill, cotton gin, and general store. Washboard factory owner and leatherworker.
• Lowder, Hamp: Day laborer.
• Lowder, James Franklin (J.F.): Mt. Pleasant policeman (1899), Town Marshall (1900). Operated a livery service and later a passenger service and mail delivery. Owned a restaurant.
• Ludwig, H. T. J.: Mt. Pleasant Town Commissioner (1890, 1891, 1892, 1894, 1895, 1896, 1897), Assistant Secretary (1890).
• McAllister, George F.: Son of H. C. McAllister. Re-opened the school as Mt. Pleasant Collegiate Institute (MPCI).
• McAllister, Harvey Caswell (H.C.): Mt. Pleasant Mayor (1905). Builder of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church.
• McAllister, John Bickel (J.B.): Mt. Pleasant Town Board (1898, 1900, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1913). Secretary/Treasurer (1898). Mayor (1908, 1909). Postmaster (1914-1921). Cabarrus County Clerk of Court (1922).
• McAllister, Robert Lee (R.L.): Mt. Pleasant Town Board (1897, 1908). Brick mason.
• McEachern, David Hall (D.H.): Mt. Pleasant Town Board (1907). Engineer and bridge builder. School Commissioner (1913).
• McEachern, David Ray (D.R.): Elected Cabarrus Co. Clerk of Court in 1930.
• McNamar, Hezekiah (H.): Mt. Pleasant Town Board (1883), appointed Mayor (1883), elected Mayor (1884) but resigned. Millwright.
• Miller, George Richmond Pearson (G.R.P.): Mt. Pleasant Town Board (1883, 1885). Carpenter and manager of construction projects.
• Misenheimer, John Jacob (J.J.): Mt. Pleasant Town Board (1877, 1883 & 1886). Employed as a clerk, later owned the Krimminger & Cox Store. Served in the Confederate Army.
• Montgomery, William James: Law partner in Montgomery & Crowell. Served as Cabarrus County Solicitor and Superior Court Judge.
• Moose, Archibald Walter (A.W.): Mt. Pleasant Town Marshal (1887, declined). Elected Mayor of Mt. Pleasant for ten terms (first in 1888), Town Commissioner (1906, 1907, 1908). Postmaster (1905-1913). Pharmacist and co-founder of Moose Brothers Co. Republican and active in local politics.
• Moose, Dr. John Wesley (J.W.): Mt. Pleasant Town Commissioner (1884). Physician and co-founder of Moose Brothers Co.
• Moose, William Jennings (W.J.): Mt. Pleasant Town Constable (1904, defeated). Rural mail carrier. Carpenter.
• Nussman, Adam M. (A.M.): Mt. Pleasant Town Commissioner (1899, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1908). Owned property where the Concord Telephone switchboard was installed and where the Town Calaboose was located.
• Peck, James Luther (J.L.): Mt. Pleasant Town Board (1898, 1906). Manager of W. R. Kindley’s store. Rural mail carrier. Member of the first Board of Directors of Kindley Cotton Mill.
• Pless, Henry Luther: Textile mill oiler, later a farmer. Involved in land development in Concord.
• Ritchie, Charles Franklin (C.F.): Manager of Ritchie Hardware Co. in Concord. Served on the Concord Board of Alderman.
• Rose, Robert: Mt. Pleasant Town Commissioner (1884), Mayor (1885).
• Sifford, S. T.: Mt. Pleasant Town Commissioner (1903).
• Skeen, Jesse: Blacksmith in Mt. Pleasant. Mt. Pleasant Town Commissioner (1891, 1892).
• Thayer, Julian H.: Mt. Pleasant Town Commissioner (1883). Machinist, inventor of a “Gin Saw Sharpening Machine,” and built a “bucket factory.”
• Tucker, William T. (W.T.): Mt. Pleasant Town Commissioner (1885).
• Walker, Daniel: Early Postmaster of “Walker’s Store PO.”
• Wallace, John O.: Early Postmaster of “Mt. Comfort PO.”

Other Mentioned Individuals/Families

• Anthony, Katherine Susan: First wife of J. D. S. Barrier.
• Bangle, Cary A. Farrell: Wife of Daniel Bangle. Purchased lot and constructed the Bangle Hotel.
• Barringer, Margaret Lodema Culp: Wife of G. R. P. Miller.
• Barringer, Rosana Jane Shimpock: Wife of A. C. Barrier.
• Blackwelder, Amy Solina Lippard Cress: Wife of G. W. Blackwelder.
• Blackwelder, Elizabeth Catherine Litaker: First wife of R. M. Blackwelder.
• Blackwelder, Eunice Solah Cox: Second wife of W. W. Dry.
• Blackwelder, Julia Anne (Blackwelder) Barnhardt: Second wife of R. M. Blackwelder.
• Cook, Martha Regina Shimpock: Daughter of John Shimpock and wife of Jonas Cook.
• Cook, Michael: Brother of Mathew Cook, former Postmaster in Mt. Pleasant.
• Cox, Catherine Smith Linebarger: Wife of C. P. Cox.
• Cox, Laura Jane: First wife of W. W. Dry.
• Culp, Polly Clementine Eddleman: Second wife of Hezekiah McNamar.
• Dry, Sarah Elizabeth: Wife of Victor Columbus Lentz.
• Earnhardt, Georgia Anna: Wife of Wylie Robert Blackwelder.
• Earnhardt, Mattie Elizabeth Hahn: Wife of George L. Barrier.
• Earnhardt, Sarah E. J. Cruse: Wife of Lawson Columbus Earnhardt.
• Eudy, Eva Caroline Barrier: Wife of William Monroe Eudy.
• Eudy, Roma Etta Skeene: Wife of J. H. W. Eudy.
• Faggart, Rose Catherine: Wife of W. A. Kindley.
• Fisher, Martha Christina: First wife of W. D. Foil.
• Fisher, Mary Quilman: Mother of W. H. Fisher.
• Fisher, Mollie Selma Ketchie: Wife of C. H. Fisher.
• Foil, Catherine Lavina Kluttz: Wife of Thomas Edmund Foil.
• Foil, Mary Annie Wadsworth: Wife of L. J. Foil.
• Foil, Mary Jane: First wife of Rev. Paul Barringer.
• Foil, Nina Genora Nussman: Wife of Harry Edmond Foil.
• Heilig, Emma Regina Barrier: Wife of Clarence Gilbert Heilig.
• Heilig, Mary Ann Shimpock: Wife of L. G. Heilig.
• Holbrooks, Martha Jane: Mother of Henry Luther Pless.
• James, Bessie Kate Misenheimer: Wife of Augustus N. James.
• Johnson, Mary Ellen Coleman: Second wife of George Robert Johnson.
• Johnson, Roseann Catherine Bost: First wife of George Robert Johnson.
• Kluttz, Alice Barringer: Wife of J. S. C. Kluttz.
• Kindley, Mary Ann “Polly” Barnhardt: Wife of W. R. Kindley.
• Kindley, Carrie Lula Fink: First wife of J. S. Kindley.
• Lefler, Delia Lucretia Moose Eudy: First wife of J. L. Lefler.
• Lentz, Sophia Saline Heilig: Wife of John Lentz.
• Lipe, Julia M. Barringer: Wife of L. A. Lipe.
• Litaker, Louisa Catherine: Wife of Asa Isaiah Blackwelder.
• Lowder, Laura Ada Suther: Wife of James Franklin Lowder.
• McAllister, Francis C. Cook: Wife of Harvey Caswell McAllister.
• McAllister, Lula Blanche: Wife of Daniel Dixon Barrier.
• McAllister, Martha Jane “Jennie” Misenheimer: Wife of Robert Lee McAllister.
• McAllister, Myrtie Elizabeth Foil: Wife of John Bickel McAllister.
• McEachern, Mary Roxana Blackwelder: Wife of David Hall McEachern.
• Miller, Eve Francis: Wife of John Mathew Cook.
• Miller, Pearl May: Wife of Eugene Barnhardt.
• Misenheimer, Elizabeth J. Allen: Second wife of J. J. Misenheimer.
• Misenheimer, Martha Jane Shankle: First wife of J. J. Misenheimer.
• Moose, Aurelia Hamilton Rose: Wife of William Jennings Moose.
• Moose, Ethel Corzine: Wife of Paul Alexander Moose.
• Moose, Mary Ellen: First wife of Joel Honeycutt.
• Moose, Mary Rebecca “Mollie” Barrier: Wife of A. W. Moose.
• Moose, Nina Genora Nussman: Wife of Harry Edmond Foil.
• Peck, Flora Agnes Moody: Wife of James Luther Peck.
• Ridenhour, Ella Lindora: First wife of Dr. C. H. Barnhardt.
• Rinehardt, Paul: Inherited property from Christopher Rinehardt.
• Rose, Clara Sophia Ridenhour: Second wife of Dr. L. R. Rose.
• Shankel, Cora Jane Misenheimer: Wife of Moses L. Buchanan.
• Shimpock, Christina Miller: Second wife of John Shimpock.
• Shimpock, Elizabeth Barrier: First wife of John Shimpock.
• Shimpock, Margaret: Second wife of W. H. Fisher.
• Shimpock, Rosanna Jane: Wife of Augustus Cicero Barrier.
• Skeen, Huldah Virginia “Jennie”: Wife of John Alonzo Blackwelder.
• Suther, Laura Ada: Wife of James Franklin Lowder.
• Tucker, Sarah: Wife of J. R. Heintz.
• Welsh, Mary Ella Barrier: Operated the Lentz Hotel and a boarding house for MPCI students.