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Title: The MacQueens of Queensdale; a biography of Col. James MacQueen and his descendants
Year: 1916 (1910s)
Authors: MacElyea, Annabella Bunting MacCallum McLean, Angus Wilton, 1870-1935 Clan MacQueen Association
Subjects: McQueen family
Publisher: (Charlotte, N. C., Observer Printing House)
Contributing Library: State Library of North Carolina, Government & Heritage Library
Digitizing Sponsor: LYRASIS members and Sloan Foundation

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Besides these, Daisy, a baby girl fourteen months old, and another
girl, died in infancy; and a little boy died at birth, and another boy died
in infancy.

Cora Ila Thompson, who was educated at Maxton, N. C. and Staun-
ton, Va., was graduated at the age of nineteen years, and was afterwards
married to George L. Pittman, of Goldsboro, N. C, where they now
reside, and he is engaged in the wholesale dry goods business in that
place. They have three children:
Reddin G. Pittman,
Margaret Louise Pittman,
Katherine Pittman.

Sallie Eudora Thompson was educated at Virginia College, Roanoke,
graduating in art and literature. Flora MacOueen was also graduated
from Roanoke, Aa., in Latin, mathematics, English, and chemistry.
Flora is the only one of this interesting family with whom I am
acquainted. She is a very beautiful and intelligent young lady.
From what I have heard, all that I have said about Flora appliese
qually to Eudora, for I am assured that in all the Fairmont section
where they live there are no girls anywhere held in higher esteem

88 THE MACQUEENS OF QUEENSDALE
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DONALD MACLEOD

KATHERINE MACQUEEN AND HER DESCENDANTS. 89

than these. They are all very accomplished, not only in art and literature
but in music and domestic science.
Margaret Lois Thompson, a very bright young girl, is now in her
junior year at Peace Institute, Raleigh, N. C. She is president of the
junior class, and takes great interest in the Y. W. C. A. work.

Donald MacLeod, eldest son of Alexander MacLeod and wife. Flora,
was born August 26, 1856. He was a young man of handsome presence,
sterling character, and bright intellect, and at the time of his death, in
1894, was one of the leading citizens of the county. He was educated
at Tusculum Academy and Bingham Military Academy, and chose farm-
ing as his vocation, in which he achieved great success. In December,
1878, he was married to Miss Susan A. Townsend, a member of a promi-
nent Robeson County family, a sister of Col. N. A. MacLeans first wife,
and a most attractive and lovable lady. She was educated at Salem
Female College, and is cultured and accomplished. This worthy pair
became the parents of live children — a son who died in infancy, then :

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