The Youngest Child
Orpah Jane Prevatt-Jones
Furney Alfred Prevatte (b. September 23, 1842 – d. October 17, 1940), was 98 years old when he passed away. He was a Private in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. He fought in the battle of Chancellorsville, Battle of Gettysburg, and was captured at the Battle of the Wilderness. He was a prisoner at Elmira, NY until the end of the war. He returned after the war and married Isabelle Frances Curry (b. November 22, 1844 – d. September 1, 1914) from Lumber Bridge on January 4, 1866. They had the following children:
• Custer McGoogan (MG): November 1, 1866 – October 12, 1954
• Mary Ann: August 16, 1868 – May 15, 1937
• Lula Plummer: December 25, 1870 – November 10, 1959
• James Covington: July 25, 1873 – January 10, 1945
• Archibald Hartwell: December 25, 1875 – February 26, 1927
• Ida Caroline: November 22, 1877 – January 29, 1959
• Libby Judson: February 29 1880 – April 14, 1965
• Lenner Frances: April 3, 1882 – October 23, 1902
• Roland Ernest: July 24, 1885 – January 15, 1957
• Orpah Jane: (deaf and mute): October 9, 1887 – September 13, 1961
It is believed that Orpah was named after her aunt Orpah Jane Prevatte Nye, the daughter of Furney Alfred Prevatt and Sallie Nichols. Orpah married Charles Edwin Jones (b. August 28, 1887 – d. April 30, 1951). Both of them were deaf and mute and attended the School for the Deaf in Morganton, NC. Charles could hear with the use of a hearing aid. Both were expert lip readers and could communicate orally in spite of the handicap. They taught in the deaf school in Talladega, Alabama, where Charles became superintendent of the school. After, Charles’ death Orpah taught in West Virginia. They had no children and are buried in the cemetery at Saddletree Baptist Church, Robeson County, NC. She was survived by one sister, Mrs. L. J. Smith of Raeford; her step-mother, Mrs. Dora Prevatte of Marietta; three half-sisters, Mrs. Lyle Smith of Shelby, Mrs. Rebecca Thompson, and Mrs. Hugh Walters of Marietta.
Orpah Prevatte Jones in the news:
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