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Alumnews Catawba College Cover Photo: Dr. Adrian L. Shuford, Sr.
Obituary on page 14 (four columns)

Asheville Citizen-Times (VF Mat.)

June 6, 1941
Death Takes W. E. Shuford At Age Of 71
Obituary of an Asheville Capitalist and Attorney.
Republished in The Shuford Newsletter

December 9, 1962
Rites Monday for Shuford, Former Solon and Judge
Obituary for George A. Shuford
This article covers his career, place of burial, three congressional terms, military service, family and organizations he belonged to.
Republished in The Shuford Newsletter

Catawba County Documents
By Elizabeth Bray Sherrill

March 1991
Isaac Douglass to John J. Shuford--Book 1, Page 58

Cauble, Frank P.
Alonzo Craig Shuford, March 1, 1858 - February 8, 1933
NC Ref B SHUFORD 86746

Charlotte Observer

Catawba Valley Neighbors
July 6, 1988
Familiar Face--Christa Shuford Becoming Known For Acting, Modeling
By Monte Mitchell
Photo

Clark, Murtie June.
Loyalists in the southern campaign of the Revolutionary War
Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1981
Arch. 929.373 CLA
Page 366--Shuford, Jacob-witness
Page 403-- David Shoiford & Jacob Shuford both recorded on furlough .

Clinard, J. Weston.Clinard looks back: a compilation of short stories covering early days in Hickory.
Hickory, NC: J.W. Clinard, 1962.
NC 975.6 CLI
Pages 250-253--Abel A. Shuford

Connor, R. D. W. (Robert Digges Wimberly), 1878-1950
North Carolina: rebuilding an ancient commonwealth, 1584-1925.
[S.l.] : Am. Historical Soc., c1929.
NC Ref 975.6 CON (Volume 4)
Pages 423 & 424
Photograph of A. A. Shuford

Griffin, Clarence W., 1904-
History of old Tryon and Rutherford Counties, North Carolina, 1730-1936.
NC Ref 975.6 GRI 31002
Shuford, Catherine  170
Shuford, Eli  170
Shuford, Jacob 170
Shuford, J.M.  338
Shuford, John  170
Shuford, Laban  170
Shuford, Martin P. 165 &170 &190

Hickory Daily Record

 
Date Unknown--April 20th
Shuford Patriarch's Early Home, Descendants
Photographs of Adolphus, Abel and Dr. J. H. Shuford, as well as a photograph of the no longer standing home of John Shuford "patriarch of the Shuford family in Catawba" County.

September 11, 1965
Christmas Birthday Proves Asset for Wade H. Shuford
A brief biography, which includes a listing of his parents.

September 11, 1965
Diversified Shuford Mills Leader in Textile Industry
Photographs of Abel A., A. Alex, and A. Alex (Jr.) Shuford.
This is a good history of the mill.

September 11, 1965 
Hickory Pioneer Helped City Develop Along Many Lines
Adolphus L. Shuford's brief biography.

September 11, 1965
Jones W. Shuford Linked Past, Present Generations
Jones W. Shuford's contribution to the Catawba area.

September 1, 1965 (50th Anniversary Edition)
Major Andrew H. Shuford 1st Catawba County High Sheriff
A brief biography of the man and his career.

September 11, 1965
Uncle Watt Shuford Fools Cub Reporters
By Wake Bridges
Interesting story about the early years of the Record.

March 20, 1982
Wake's Notebook: Settler Braved Frontier
Johann Scheffert's brief story.

November 13, 1986
Ballenger Not 1st Elected From County to Congress
Alonzo Craig Shuford was--article contains a brief biography on our first Congressman.

July 2, 1992
Shuford Family Gathers
Photograph of three generations of the Adolphus Shuford Family.

October 16, 1992
Obituary--Clyde Allen Shuford Sr. (43)
3 short paragraphs--lists parents

October 2, 1997
Equestrian Will Compete In Final
Linda Shuford will go to the Capital Challenge Horse Show in Washington, DC.

October 22, 1999
Harley Shuford Jr. in Furniture Hall of Fame

January 1, 2000
Person of the Century

ABEL ALEXANDER SHUFORD--Innovator, Visionary, Builder
Biography of the man who founded Shuford Mills.
Page 1 & 8 A

Hickory News

June 18, 1987
Shufords once owned 70 acres in Viewmont
Claims Maple Grove once encompassed nearly 70 acres, and how it was eventually divided.

December 1, 1994 (Page 3A)
In his wake, a magnificent legacy
Harley F. Shuford Sr., (82) Obituary
Photo--This is a very detailed article.

December 5, 1996
What's News Business: Business interests divided by Shufords
Shuford Industries and Shurtape Technologies reach an agreement.
Contains photographs of A. Pope Shuford and Harley Shuford Jr.

April 24, 1997
Weekend Gala
Marie Lewis and Robert Shuford have series of parties held in honor of their upcoming marriage. (Beverly Shuford, Nina Shuford, Nancy Shuford Dowdy, Nancy and Alex Shuford, and Helgi and Harley (Buck) Shuford were attendees of the events.

November 12, 1998
Shuford family profiled
Announcing David Wilson Shuford's book, The Shuford Family of Catawba.

Hickory News--Senior Accents

May 1997

Heritage Day
Hamp Shuford and Meredith Alexander dress as members of the Maple Grove household. (Photo-color)

December 1999-Page 9
Photograph of Adelaide Shuford (and Margaret Ann Campbell and Mary Adelaide Henry Galphin)
Photograph of Hamp Shuford and Claude Abernethy Jr.

Hofmann, Margaret M.
Colony of North Carolina: abstracts of land patents, (includes indexes)
Weldon, NC: Roanoke News Co., c1982-c1984.
NC Ref 929.3 HOF
Patent Book 23
Page 448
John [5960] [5961] [5963]

Holcomb, Brent.
Tryon County North Carolina: minutes of the Court of Pleas and Quarter sessions, 1769-1779 / by Brent H. Holcomb.
Columbia, SC: SCMAR, c1994.
NC Ref 929.37567 HOL
January Term 1770--John Shooford & Clara (Page 25)
October Term 1774--John Shuford (Page 141)

Ingmire, Frances Terry.
Abstracted wills of Catawba County, North Carolina, 1842-1870
St. Louis, MO (10166 Clairmont Dr., St. Louis 63136): F.T. Ingmire, c1984.
NC Ref 929.3756785 ING

Lowry, Christine Smith.
The Shuford legacy: a family history
NC Ref 929.2 SHUFORD

Neese, J. Everette, 1911-
The Dutch settlement on Abbotts Creek: a history of Pilgrim Reformed United Church of Christ, Lexington, North Carolina, ca. 1753 to 1979
Lexington, N.C.: Neese; (Winston-Salem, NC: Hunter Printing Co.), c1979.
NC Ref 285.7 NEE
Rev. Julius H. Shuford--1887-1888--Biography-brief
Pages 87-88

Observer News Enterprise

October 21, 1953
Shuford Family Late Settlers; All But One Member Were Tories
By Dr. J. E. Hodges
The political and social struggle of the Shuford family during the Revolutionary War

January 1969
Shuford Mills Looms Big In Local Textile Industry
Story of the consolidation of Shuford Mills, Inc. in 1947, includes a photograph of Abel A. Shuford.

November 13, 1985
Centenarian to celebrate soon
Annie Lee SHUFORD Wall born November 19, 1885 in Catawba County. A nice article which includes two photos--one recent, and one when Mrs. Wall was a young college student at the State Normal and Industrial College.

November 24, 1994
Obituary--Harley F. Shuford Sr.
Includes photograph.

Philbeck, Miles S.
Lincoln County, North Carolina will abstracts, 1779-1910 / compiled by Miles S. Philbeck, Jr. and Grace Turner.
Wilson, NC: G. Turner; Chapel Hill, N.C.: M.S. Philbeck, Jr., c1986.
NC Ref 929.375678 PHI

Wills of: Daniel []-1831
David []-1828
Elvira E. Shuford [578] 1886
John [1143] (Johanes Schufert)-1788
Jacob Shuford [579]-1843
Jacob Hoyle Shuford [580] 1867
Macon H. Shuford [1899]
Ray, Lenoir.
Postmarks: a history of Henderson County, North Carolina, 1787-1968.
Chicago, IL: Adams Press, [1970]
NC Ref 383.09756 RAY
Pages 52 & 53
Includes information on "Postmaster Shuford and Marcus P.N. Shuford

Rucker, Elizabeth Hoyle.
The genealogy of Peiter Heyl and his descendents, 1100-1936 <
NC Ref 929.2 HOYLE

Salzmann, Joan Marie, 1933-
George Shuffart (Shuford) and his descendants in America, 1733-1980
NC Ref 929.2 SAL
Includes the will of George Shufford, Anson County, August 126, 1762.

Sherrill, Elizabeth Bray
The Shuford gold mine
NC Ref 975.6785 SHE

Shuford, David Wilson.
Origins of the Shuford family in America: a brief history and genealogy
NC Ref 929.2 SHUFORD

Shuford, Julius H. A historical sketch of the Shuford family
NC Ref 929.2 SHUFORD

Shuford, Peggy Baker.
The ancestors and descendants of Abel Alexander and Maud Ferguson Shuford
By: Peggy Baker Shuford & Ann Webb Crews.
NC Ref 929.2 SHUFORD  

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