Solomon T. Midgett, well known in Elizabeth City, sat down to breakfast with a family of 13 at his home in Norfolk on Friday, Jan. 13, and went to his job as a carpenter on a new school building in that city. He had been on the job only a short while when he fell from the second floor of the building and sustained injuries from which he died before he could be gotten to a hospital.
Mr. Midgett was 50 years old and a native of Wanchese, Roanoke Island. He left Wanchese during the recent war, attracted to Norfolk by the high wages offered at that time. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ella Midgett, and five daughters and two sons: Mrs. L.C. Tillett, Mrs. E.S. Pugh, and Mrs. M. Payne, all of Wanchese, N.C.; Mrs. C.A. Cheshire and Miss Jesse Midgett and C.H. and H.H. Midgett, all of Norfolk.
The remains passed thru Elizabeth City Saturday to be interred in the family burial ground at Wanchese.
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Man Who Put Silk in Paper Money Is Dead. . . Col. Edward L. Mills Died at Community Hospital Here Monday
Colonel Edward L. Mills, who died at the Community Hospital here last Monday at the age of 79 years, was a Civil War veteran, and had served in the United States Treasury Department for more than 50 years at the time of his retirement in 1915. It was at his suggestion that silk threads were first put in the paper money of the United States in 1884 to prevent counterfeiting.
In his day, Colonel Mills was rated one of the dozen best wing shots in America. He attended shooting tournaments in all parts of the country, and won many trophies. For a number of years he was president of the Capitol Gun Club was Washington, which numbered among its members former President Cleveland, John Philip Sousa, the noted band director, and many others whose names are famous in politics, business and statesmanship. Even after his 70th year, Colonel Mills was an enthusiastic hunter.
In accordance with his expressed wish, Colonel Mills was buried in Arlington National Cemetery at Washington, D.C., on Thursday. He is survived by a daughter, Mrs. S. Irving Pool, of this city, and a son, Judge Edward P. Mills of Shreveport, La.
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Mrs. Greenleaf Dead
Mrs. H.T. Greenleaf Sr., age 68 years, died at her home on Matthews St., in this city Sunday afternoon, following an aggravated attack of acute laryngitis. Mrs. Greenleaf had been in poor health for several years and kept much to her room. Mrs. Greenleaf was a daughter of the late Joseph H. and Anna Elizabeth Pool.
She is survived by nine children: Mrs. C.A. Dean, Mrs. E.R. Outlaw Jr., Mrs. W.D. Glover and J.P. Greenleaf of this city; Mrs. W.W. Suewo (?) of Baltimore; Harry T. Greenleaf of Norfolk; J.G. Greenleaf, Norfolk, William Greenleaf of Tampa, Fla., and Louis C. Greenleaf of Mebane.
From The Independent, Elizabeth City, N.C., Jan. 20, 1922
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