The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-12-11

pack IN tne old Gays before tnere
was highway linking Hyde
County to Dare, but it certainly
brought results, proving again
the truth of the old adage that
Love will find way"
The two communities are close
ly linked today by the blood ties
that exist as result of Hyde
girls marrying Dare boys and
vice versa.
In the village of Stumpy Point
some 80 families can trace their
origin to some part of Hyde
County.
Beginning at the south end of
the village, the Albert Best fam
lily has perhaps. the highest per
cent. The late Albert married
Miss Lucy Cuthrell of Lake
Landing forty five years ago. To
their union was born nine chill
dren, three of the boys married
Hyde County girls. Alton, the
Oldest, married Miss Ruby Gibbs
of Nebraska; Guy married Miss
Cora Balance of North Lake;
and Woodrow married Miss Edith
Creole of Rose Bay. All live in
the village and have established
homes of their own.
Marvin Hooper, prominent
Stumpy Point merchant of today,
married Miss Caddie Mason of
Gulrock Mount pleasant, it
was called in those days. To this
union three daughters were born.
Mae, the middle, grew up and
married Calvin Watson of Engel-
hard. The Watsons claim both
Stumpy Point and Engelhard as
their home.
When Leander Wise and Her
bert Hooper courted the Midget
girls, Mollie and Ada, over forty
years ago, Engelhard was called
Fur Creek. Some old timers still
call it that, but the number is
small. Both Mollie and Ada de-
clded to marry their Stumpy
Point sweethearts. Thus two new
corners from Hyde added to the
number of marriages between the
two counties. During the years
after their marriages and esta-
bl1shment of their homes, Molly
and Ada's nieces, Jean and Mar
tina Midget, came up to visit
their relatives. Sam Nixon of
Engelhard had married Miss Eliz-
abeth Hooper many, many years
prior, and one of their sons, Ros-
ser, took a great fancy to Miss
Martha Midget. The upshot was
that Miss Martha remained on
Stumpy Point as the bride of
Rosser. Will Wise couldn't see the
sense of letting Miss Jean get
away single either, so both the
Midget girls found new hus-
bands in Dare County.
The Brinn sisers, Annie and
Judy, of the Poppin section of
Engelhard, also found husbands
at Stumpy Point. They married
brothers Wellington Payne
and Hyman Payne nearly so
years ago. Both these unions
raised large families. Luther, son
of the Wellington Paynes, mar
ried Miss Annie Laurie Harris.
Miss Harris family, the Garland
HAIRLESS moved to the village
from Hyde County about ten
years ago.
Probably on some visit to. his
sisters house, William T. Mason,
brother of Mrs. Marvin Hooper
married Miss Delton Hooper and
set up a prosperous mercantile
business which served the north
end of the community. Their
family came along: two girls and
son. When Carl, the boy grew
up, he married Miss Allie Mid
gett of Engelhard. Allie has
brother named Roland. About
twenty years ago Zion Mason
employed Roland as his en-
gineer. About that time, Miss Lii
liam Twiford was considered just
about the prettiest young maiden
in the village. Roland was struck
with her beauty and personality,
so the couple took on the bonds
of holy matrimony. Today they
have three fine sons. The family
moved to Norfolk just before the
beginning of World War II.
Rudolph Francis is another old
timer who came to Stumpy Point
from Mount Pleasant to get his
bride. He married Miss Susan
Payne, sister of Wellington and
Hyman Payne.
When Miss Edie Brinn used to
come up from her home in Hyde
to visit her cousins, Judy and
Annie, who had married the
Payne boys, Ed Midget, the old
est son of Uncle Thomas Midget
saw his future wife. It wasn't
long before Ed and Edie were
married and had ec+obI;eboL n