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Cora Belle Doby was born on February 28, 1873 in the Jackson Hill Community of Davidson County.
Cora Belle was the oldest child. Her father Manly Goldsberry Doby was 20 years of age and her mother Adaline Sarah Johnson Doby was 18. Cora Belle’s mother, Adaline may have read her this poem which appeared in the Salisbury Carolina Watchman on March 13, 1873 on page 1 in the weeks after the birth of her first daughter. The Doby’s had one son, James L Doby who was one year older than his sister.
When Cora Belle was two, her brother Arrastus was born. In the 1980 census, James L, Cora Belle, and Arrastus are living with father Manly Goldsberry and Adaline Sara Doby. Father Manley is working as a farmer and reports being unemployed three months of the year.
In the decade of 1890, there are several children added to the…
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