Ruby Misenheimer, c. 1915.
1. Bonnie Misenheimer, 2. Helen Misenheimer, 3. Ruby Misenheimer, 4. Earl Moose, 5. Elaine Moose, Center front unidentified, c. 1915. Tempe Ritchie Wiest Collection.
Class of 1919
Birth: 5 Mar 1900, Cabarrus County, North Carolina, USA
Death: 6 Aug 1992, Winston-Salem, Forsyth County, North Carolina, USA
Parents:
William Nathaniel Misenheimer (1870-1903)
Sarah Ann McAllister Misenheimer (1869-1928)
Siblings:
Bonnie Lucile Misenheimer Miller (1896-1973)
Stella Blanche Misenheimer Squires (1898-1982)
Willie Madge Misenheimer (1902-1906)
Spouse: Clinton Broadoux Smithdeal (1902-1964)
Marriage: 22 Apr 1922, Cabarrus County, North Carolina
Children:
Clinton Broadoux Smithdeal Jr. (1923-1982)
William Carroll ‘Billy’ Smithdeal (1926-1971)
Sarah Ann Smithdeal McDonald (1931-2008)
Burial: Forsyth Memorial Park, Winston-Salem, Forsyth County, North Carolina, USA
Source: www.findagrave.com, # 84709115.
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The Sentinel (Winston-Salem, NC), 27 Jul 1922.
ANNOUNCEMENT CARDS
The following announcement has been received here:
“Mrs. Sarah A. Misenheimer announces the marriage of her daughter, Ruby, to Clinton B. Smithdeal on Monday, April the seventeenth, nineteen hundred and twenty-two, Mount Pleasant, North Carolina.”
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Winston-Salem Journal (Winston-Salem, NC) 7 Aug 1992.
SMITHDEAL
Mrs. Ruby Misenheimer Smithdeal, 92, of 229 Plymouth Avenue died at home early Thursday morning. She was born March 5, 1900 in Mt. Pleasant, N. C., the daughter of Sarah Ann and William Nathaniel Misenheimer. Mrs. Smithdeal was the widow of Clinton Broadnax Smithdeal, Sr. She was a long-time member of Ardmore United Methodist Church and a member of Forsyth Country Club and a charter member of Pine Needles Garden Club. Mrs. Smithdeal is survived by a daughter, Ann Smithdeal McDonald and son-in-law, William Basil McDonald; five grandchildren, JoAnn Mcdonald Jackson, William Basil McDonald, Jr., of Winston-Salem, Leigh Ann McDonald Woodruff of Raleigh, Catherine Smithedeal Fales and Nancy Smithdeal Shannon of Wilmington; tow great grandchildren, Jennifer Jackson Ross of Winston-Salem and Eric David Fales of Wilmington; two great great grandchildren, Dixie Leigh Ross and Thomas Jonathan Ross of Winston-Salem. Mrs. Smithdeal was preceded in death by two sons, Clifton Broadnax Smithdeal, Jr. and William Carroll Smithdeal. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Saturday at Vogler’s Reynolda Road Chapel by Rev. Bill Haire. Burial will follow at Forsyth Memorial Park. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 7 to 0 p.m. Friday. The family asks that memorials be made to Ardmore United Methodist Church, 630 S. Hawthorne Rd., Winston-Salem, NC 27103.
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When 33-year-old William Nathaniel Misenheimer died of peritonitis in 1903, he left behind his wife, Sarah Ann McAllister Misenheimer, and four young daughters: Bonnie, Stella, Ruby, and Willie. Tragically, Willie also passed away in 1906.
Sarah came from an educated and civic-minded family—her brother was George F. McAllister, president of M.P.C.I. Having experienced the vulnerability of widowhood firsthand, she understood the importance of women’s ability to support themselves. She was determined that her three surviving daughters would receive a secondary education at Mont Amoena.
Although Sarah owned property, she was cash-poor; her assets were tied up in the family farm, leaving insufficient income to cover tuition.
In September 1913, Sarah, acting as the guardian of her minor children, petitioned the Superior Court of Cabarrus County for permission to use $300 from her children’s estate to support their education in the Mount Pleasant schools. She cited the inadequate income generated by their holdings and emphasized the educational necessity. The court agreed that the expenditure would serve the children’s best interests, and the petition was approved. The following are from the collection Cabarrus. Court Records 1909–1912, 1912–1916, http://www.familysearch.org.
Memories of Mont Amoena 